Rock N Roll Wrestling April School Holiday Show Review (18/04/2026)

By Mick Robson

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Results and quick thoughts on Rock N Roll Wrestling’s April School Holiday show:

Match 1: Gold Rush Ladder Match Qualifier- Moses def. Robbie Zucco

Issues with sound and video as we get going, so Zucco comes out without all that glitz and glamour and starts brawling with Moses. Moses is at his obnoxious heel best riling up the crowd. The former RNR Champion beats down the Greaser, who makes a spirited comeback, punctuated with a top rope elbow drop that seems to have the match won, but Otis runs out and saves Moses by placing his foot on the bottom rope. Zucco deals with Otis, and looks to fly again, but leaps into a cutter out of nowhere! Great finish.

Thoughts: Entertaining opener. The crowd took an immediate dislike to Moses and his moustache, aided by his pre-match promo. It was taken too far by some audience members, with repeated screams of “F*** you, Moses!” Rock N Roll is a family friendly show, and sadly it was a couple of little boys swearing their heads off. They were asked a few times to stop, but ignored it. Otherwise, a fun start.

Match 2: RNR Tag Team Championship- Hunter PS Hayes & Killa Kye (c) def. MoneyMaxxing (Maxx Damage & “Cash Train” Andy Boa)

A Bluetooth speaker comes to the rescue to give us some entrance music! First time Maxx and Cash Train are teaming- Cash Train making his debut, in fact- and they look the part with matching gear and do some slick double team moves. Huge support for Cash Train as he seemingly has a lot of friends in the audience. The experience of Hayes & Kye as an established team makes the difference, with Hunter displaying plenty of power on the hot tag with a delayed vertical suplex and a fall away slam. Ultimately, the champs land their best stuff- DDT by the Australian Freebird, double 619 by the Killa, followed by an impactful Swanton Bomb. And still!

Thoughts: Great action, but another match hurt by some crowd antics. The pro-Cash Train squad behind us were being pretty rough on the tag champs, with yells/chants of “Turkey Trip” for Kye- he's got a shaved head- and “Ozempic” towards Hayes. Just a bad vibe- and besides just being nasty, it really hurt the heel/face dynamic. They could’ve supported their boy without the body shaming in my opinion. I will say, on a positive note though, it made Cash Train come across as the next big thing, the way they were cheering and supporting his every move in the match.

Post-match, Hunter grabs the mic and puts over Cash Train as a future champion, and he and Kye hand the tag belts to Andy Boa to pose with. Very smart move by Hunter to shift the crowd energy, and it works- in the moment.

Match 3: Goulburn Cup- Otis def. Luke Watts

This is the inaugural Goulburn Cup, just for bragging rights, I guess? Otis draws heat, and Watts gets a polite reaction. It feels like this crowd doesn’t want to cheer anyone really, besides CASH TRAIN!, who they constantly yell for throughout this match and the rest of the show.

Otis and Watts work well here, with Otis being a more rugged competitor, unleashing chops, kicks and rough offense, while Watts gets pretty with his flips and aerial offense. A Spanish Fly gets the Hope from The Top Rope a nice near fall. Green Bay Plunge hits for Watts and he looks to follow up with a moonsault, but Otis moves. GTS hands the Grub the Cup.

Thoughts: We had a better face/heel dynamic here, with Watts winning some people over with his flashy attacks, and Otis being a heat magnet as always. He also copped various remarks about his weight- feels like every “clever” remark from the crowd has to do with a wrestler being fat or gay, and whether heel or face, anyone was a target for a heckle. Really got tiring and made for an uncomfortable atmosphere throughout the whole night. Can’t fault the actual wrestling action though.

Intermission

Patrick hypes the crowd for the second half of the show and reminds the crowd to not swear, and that it’s a family-friendly show. That is ignored, as the show is filled with swearing and homophobic, body shaming and ableist slurs for the rest of the show.

Match 4: Morgan Rose (w/ The Dogs) def. Zesty Zane (w/ Bricktoria)

Zane is the first babyface to get a genuine, overwhelmingly positive reaction on the show. He’s extremely high energy and charismatic. He’s got a challenge here against the devious Morgan Rose and his masked henchmen, the Dogs. He’s got an equaliser though- Bricktoria. It’s an actual brick, and the lore behind Bricktoria on Zane’s social media is actually hilarious. Check it out @_prettyboy.zane! Journey to 100K, baby.

Zane does Zesty things, taunting Rose with a smack on the butt and doing a little dance. A little hip swivel distracts Rose, and he cops an enziguri! Good lucha things follow with a springboard arm drag. He goes for another springboard but gets countered into a Blue Thunder Bomb. Niiiice. Zane gets the upper hand and goes up top. The Dogs swarm the apron, Zane tries to deal with them, as does the ref, but during the chaos, Morgan hits Zane with his chain, undetected by the referee, and gets the tainted victory.

Thoughts: The awful crowd behaviour actually stopped for this one, and we had an enjoyable match where the story and characters came across the way it was meant to. Not that hard, guys. Zane has come a long way so quickly, from trainee to one of RNR’s most popular young stars in less than a year. And Morgan Rose has no problem being the most hated man in the room- uber talented and highly underrated. Don’t tell him I said that.

Before the main event- ring announcer Patrick announces a return to Goulburn- the Rock N’ Rumble! Oh god. I absolutely love a Rumble, but I’m not sure I want to come back to Goulburn after the night I had here dealing with these obnoxious people.

Main Event: RNR Championship- Lee Morrow (c) def. Andrew Vega

During Lee’s entrance, the refrain for the Angels’ “Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?”, the crowd is silent. NOW you want to heed the warnings to not swear?! Vega answers the open challenge here rather than be in his advertised match for the Goulburn Cup. Fair enough, it is a far bigger prize.

With both guys in great shape, the idiots can’t make fat jokes, so it’s a slew of gay jokes throughout this one. Battle of the bulls ensues as they tie up and have trouble moving each other. They battle to ringside and Lee does his signature move of borrowing a kid from the crowd to use as a battering ram against Vega. Vega rallies some vicious strikes. Lee fires back with chops. Vega with some impressive suplexes- a big German and a couple of butterfly suplexes- but the champ rallies and nails the Widowmaker to keep the gold.

Thoughts: A strong main event- literally and figuratively. Like the rest of the show, would’ve been better with a better crowd. Low atmosphere with no boos for the heel or cheers for the face. Just a bunch of heckles and sexual jokes. It might’ve been more tolerable if they could’ve at least cheered and booed at the right times instead of the weak attempts at humour.

Post-match, Morgan Rose and the Dogs attack Morrow. Rose wants his title shot against the Australian Hero.

To end the show- Pat confirms, our first entrant for the Rumble- CASH TRAIN! The crowd roars. Gotta give Rock N Roll credit for playing into it when they can. If Cash Train can sell those tickets, more power to him! He certainly performed well and is very athletic.

Overall Thoughts

Through no fault of the wrestlers, one of the most uncomfortable, least enjoyable shows I can recall going to. The action was great, but the atmosphere caused by a large portion of the crowd really hurt it for me. As a person with a disability, hearing insults based around “autistic kids” is very hurtful, as well as the body shaming and the homophobia... honestly the kids swearing, while a little jarring, was really the least of my issues when all was said and done. Sometimes you get one or two dickheads at a show... when you’ve got multiple rows of them? Yeah, it’s a bad time.

I want to reiterate though that the actual quality of wrestling was quite high, and I honestly felt bad for the performers, trying to have their matches and tell their stories, and the reactions just not being there for it. I don’t want to give a terrible score to the show when the entertainment presented wasn’t bad, it was external factors. So we’ll go...

Overall Score: 7/10

Not sure I’ll be back to Goulburn though, and a few fans I spoke to said the same. People from all backgrounds and walks of life come to pro wrestling shows for some escapism, and antics like that by crowds really prevent that escapism.

Rock N Roll Wrestling absolutely deserve a watch though. Their next show will be at Campbelltown RSL on the Anzac Day public holiday (27^th of April), headlined by the Gold Rush Ladder Match! Fingers crossed for a better crowd to witness the high quality wrestling action.

Until next time, take care,

Mick