CONVERGENCE SPECIAL EDITION
“THE BUNKER OPENS THE BOOK OF CHAOS”
By Dave “The Brute” Kent
Brutalists… buckle up.
This ain’t your normal Thursday night newsletter where I sit in the Bunker, sip lukewarm cocoa, and tear the booking committee a new one for whatever nonsense they cooked up in New Brunswick.
This is CONVERGENCE.
Two nights. Two promotions. Twenty matches.
One historic experiment in cooperation, ego management, and creative insanity that somehow didn’t burn the Glacier Plex to the ground.
And because of that, this issue of The Brutal Truth is breaking format harder than Wilbur’s spine when Krampus decided to redecorate the backstage area with him.
This one’s going to be five parts, each one sharper than the last:
PART 1 — What You’re Reading Now
The mission statement. The roadmap. The warning label.
I’m laying out exactly what this Special Edition is and why Convergence was the most volatile, politically radioactive, and accidentally brilliant event NPCW and HCW have ever attempted.
If you thought “brand warfare” was about t-shirts and team colors, kid, you haven’t seen two egomaniac booking committees try to outmaneuver each other while pretending to be civil in front of a camera.
PART 2 — Dave’s Take on Convergence Night 1
NPCW’s night.
The Glacier Plex.
The oversized ice palace Scrooge built to show the world what happens when capitalism meets blunt-force architectural ambition.
Night 1 was myth and madness:
– Queens fought witches.
– Santa punched monsters.
– Dark Dominion descended like a gothic flash mob.
– And half the roster tried to kill each other just to prove which promotion had the sharper teeth.
I’m not just giving you results — I’m giving you the truth behind the truth. What worked, what bombed, what booking decisions smelled like corporate compromise, and which wrestlers put their names in neon that night.
PART 3 — Dave’s Take on Convergence Night 2
HCW’s turf war in Columbia, South Carolina.
Different building, different vibe, same inter-promotional powder keg.
Night 2 was pure HCW grit:
– Titles changed hands.
– Dominions rose and fell.
– And the South proved they could hit just as hard as the North — maybe harder.
I break down the politics, the power plays, and the matches where the booking nearly imploded under the weight of its own ambition.
PART 4 — House Show 34 Results (Calgary, Alberta)
You know I never skip the live event circuit.
After all the Convergence chaos, NPCW hit Calgary — and the cold air didn’t cool a damn thing down.
I’ll run you through every match, every surprise, and every car wreck that unfolded, complete with my signature ratings, praise, and unfiltered venom.
PART 5 — Dave’s Final Thoughts
The big-picture autopsy.
Did Convergence actually work?
Did anyone come out looking stronger?
Who gained steam?
Who lost stock?
Who got exposed?
And who walked out of this inter-promotional experiment with more power than they walked in with?
I wrap up the issue with the bluntest, most honest assessment you’re gonna get anywhere.
So that’s the blueprint, Brutalists.
Convergence was historic.
It was messy.
It was political.
It was spectacular.
And it damn sure deserves an issue like this.
Now sharpen your reading glasses —
Part 2 is next, and believe me… I’m not pulling a single punch.
DAVE’S TAKE ON CONVERGENCE NIGHT 1
By Dave “The Brute” Kent
“Where the ice is cold, the politics colder, and the booking? …depends who brought a blowtorch.”
Convergence Night 1 wasn’t just a show — it was an experiment in controlled chaos.
NPCW opened the Glacier Plex to HCW, rolled out the blue carpet, and said:
“Come on in, wreck our house, and try not to burn the place down.”
And guess what?
Both sides did exactly that.
Here’s the brutally honest truth — match by match — with star ratings out of 5.
MATCH 1 – Gretel vs. Veronica Flame
★★☆☆☆ (2.0)
A forgettable opener that felt more like an HCW infomercial for “Why You Should Fear Hot Stuff Inc.” than an actual match. Gretel came in with fire, sure — but Veronica Flame wrestled like the only scouting she did was reading a children’s book.
Julian Furnace’s “optical adjustments” (aka straight-up cheating) were as subtle as a blowtorch at a gingerbread house, and the finish landed like wet snow.
A short match, a weak story, and a flat introduction to a long night.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
Gretel deserved a rematch; Veronica deserved a better dance partner; the fans deserved more than five minutes of “meh.”
MATCH 2 – Robin Hood vs. Mr. X
★★★★☆ (4.0)
Robin Hood is one of NPCW’s purest wrestlers — crisp timing, smart pacing, effortless connection. Mr. X? A brick wall with a punchable face and unexpected technical chops.
The gimmick of my own golden mask distracting Mr. X?
Listen — I didn’t sign off on that, but I’ll admit it:
It was funny, it worked, and it put Robin over without burying X.
Strong psychology, tight execution, and the right guy won.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
Give these two 15 more minutes and a real finish and you’ve got a hidden gem.
MATCH 3 – Queen of the North Championship
Lilith (C) vs. Luciana Albano
★★½☆☆ (2.5)
Lilith looks like royalty, moves like royalty, and carries herself like royalty.
But this match?
This wasn’t a coronation — this was a cell phone commercial gone wrong.
Grinch Heyman’s phone interference finish was clever in concept but clunky in execution. Luciana wrestled her heart out but the story never clicked into second gear. The crowd didn’t buy a title change for a second.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
Not bad — just disappointingly safe. A Queen of the North match should feel like a blizzard, not a chilly draft.
MATCH 4 – Northern Lights Championship
Sandman (C) vs. The Rich Athlete
★★★★☆ (4.0)
Shock of the night.
HCW’s Rich Athlete walked into NPCW, flexed his way through Sandman’s stoic power game, and walked out with the belt.
Sandman wrestled like a brick silo. Rich Athlete wrestled like a CrossFit millionaire finally allowed to throw hands. The pacing was surprisingly snug, the spots were clean, and the ending — while slightly abrupt — felt earned.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
HCW stealing a North Pole belt on Night 1?
That’s heat. Good heat. The right kind of heat.
MATCH 5 – Blonde Bombshells vs. Dark Dominion Vixens and Wicked Witch
★★★☆☆ (3.0)
Selena Blackfang continues to prove she’s the most dangerous woman in either promotion — and Talia Nocturne is the perfect silent dagger beside her.
Goldie Locks getting tapped out was the correct booking, but it left the crowd quieter than expected. Dorothy and Alice did strong work, but the match never truly escaped the gravity of its own predictability.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
The right team won… but the match didn’t elevate anybody.
A necessary chapter, not a breakout moment.
MATCH 6 – Moonshadow vs. Feral
★★★★½ (4.5)
This was violence, psychology, character, and escalation all wrapped in a 22-minute masterclass of wolf-on-beast warfare.
Moonshadow was brilliant — calculating, adaptive, vicious.
Feral was unhinged, terrifying, and relentless.
Vlad’s looming presence, the Pack’s internal tension, and the finish all served a bigger story:
The Alpha Alliance isn’t united — it’s cracking.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
This was the best pure singles match of Night 1.
No notes. Run it back in a cage.
MATCH 7 – The Beasts vs. New Samoan Bloodline
★★★½☆ (3.5)
Two monster teams banging meat for 40+ minutes with no dead air and no wasted motion.
Raku and Tumu looked fantastic — explosive, coordinated, believable underdogs.
But the Beasts?
A freight train with fur. Their double-teams were crisp, their selling was smart, and their dominance felt earned.
The only drawback:
It went too long.
Cut fifteen minutes and this is a four-star banger.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
These two teams should meet again with belts on the line.
MATCH 8 – Mean Jack Mason vs. Zack “Commando” Brown
★★★★☆ (4.0)
Mean Jack continues to be the most compelling heel champion in NPCW — unpredictable, savage, and just smart enough to outfight his own chaos.
Commando Brown impressed. The guy’s a machine:
– Tight hold work
– Clean transitions
– Perfect pacing
– Legit threat
The Polly Mason elbow-pad assist was classic Primal Horde nonsense, but it didn’t hurt the match — it enhanced the story.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
The only thing holding this back from 5 stars was the finish being too telegraphed.
MATCH 9 – Krampus vs. Wilbur “Terror Fang” Townsend
★★★★¼ (4.25)
This was a mutual assault, not a wrestling match.
Krampus fought like a demon unchained.
Wilbur fought like a man trying to keep his Dark Dominion medical insurance.
Stiff strikes, brutal pacing, and a finish that convincingly put Krampus over as an apex predator.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
Wilbur looked better in losing than half the HCW roster did in winning.
MATCH 10 – MAIN EVENT
Santa & Jax Brenner vs. Yeti & Big Bad Wolf
★★★★★ (5.0)
This was everything a Convergence main event needed to be:
Emotion
Betrayal
Violence
Story
Stakes
Character
Internal collapse of a faction
The downfall of Santa
The unraveling of Jax Brenner
Wolf psychologically destroying Jax from ringside?
Genius.
Yeti pinning Santa clean with the Glacial Driver?
Massive statement.
The Dominion walking out as HCW heroes to THEIR fans and NPCW villains to OUR fans?
Pitch perfect.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
This was cinema wrapped in spandex.
OVERALL TAKE — CONVERGENCE NIGHT 1
NPCW won the match count (6–4),
but HCW won the optics:
They stole the Northern Lights Title.
They broke the Blonde Bombshells.
They embarrassed Santa Claus.
And they cracked the Wolf Pack storyline into a dozen jagged pieces.
NPCW gave great performances…
HCW stole the moments.
That’s the difference.
Night 1 was ambitious, chaotic, political, and electric — everything a first-ever Convergence should be.
OVERALL RATING: ★★★★☆ (4.25/5)
A phenomenal night with only two real duds.
The Glacier Plex delivered, the talent delivered, and the war now feels personal.
Night 2 has a hell of a bar to clear.
DAVE’S TAKE ON CONVERGENCE NIGHT 2
By Dave “The Brute” Kent
“Night 1 shook the ice… Night 2 cracked the foundation.”
HCW hosted Night 2 in Columbia, and let me tell you —
the South showed up like they were trying to exorcise the North out of their building.
Hot crowd. Hot angles. Hot tempers.
Too bad half the matches were colder than Scrooge’s heart and twice as petty.
Let’s walk through all ten matches, one brutal truth at a time.
MATCH 1 – Convergence Cup Battle Royal
★★★☆☆ (3.0)
Twenty bodies in one ring, ten from each world, all swinging like someone insulted their per diem.
The pacing was frantic, the risks unnecessary, and the eliminations ranged from clever to “did that guy slip on a popcorn kernel?”
Hans Trapp winning?
Look — he’s a menace, I get it.
But HCW letting a NPCW Grim Tidings monster grab the Cup felt like management saying,
“We don’t have a plan, but we sure as hell have a problem.”
Fun chaos, but messy.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
A battle royal is only as good as its final five — and these five were fine, not fantastic.
MATCH 2 – Owen Zestwell vs. Abaddon
★★½☆☆ (2.5)
You’ve got a rookie scientist-knight fighting a demon who looks like he crawled out of a haunted furnace.
This could’ve been charm vs. carnage.
Instead, it was hesitation vs. overbooking.
Abaddon did Abaddon things — snarling, slamming, snatching souls.
Owen showed flashes of brilliance but looked like he was reading from a wrestling manual mid-match.
Finish worked, but the match dragged.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
Abaddon carried it.
Owen survived it.
Fans tolerated it.
MATCH 3 – “The Inferno” Nico Burnett vs. Negropolis
★★★★☆ (4.0)
FINALLY — fire with follow-through.
Nico brought speed, precision, and psychological spite. Negropolis brought aura, menace, and that signature urban-knight brutality NPCW fans love.
This was a banger — crisp striking, fluid counters, and a finish that felt earned without making either guy look weak.
And a special musical guest appearance thrown in for good measure.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
This is the match that told HCW fans, “NPCW has killers too.”
MATCH 4 – The Nightstalkers vs. Friar Tuck & Little John
★★★★¼ (4.25)
This was an unexpected classic.
The Nightstalkers wrestled like they were auditioning for a Dominion pay raise.
Tuck and Little John fought like two guys who’d rather die than let HCW steal their shine.
Big moves, great pacing, and the right balance of power vs. heart.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
NPCW’s Merry Band might be silly on paper, but in-ring?
They’re the real deal.
MATCH 5 – Ashley Summers vs. Maid Marion
★★★☆☆ (3.0)
A solid, cleanly wrestled match between two veteran ring standouts.
Summers wrestled like a technical purist; Marion wrestled like a deceptively tough underdog.
Everything connected… it just didn’t elevate.
It was a good match.
Not great.
Not memorable.
Just good.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
These two deserve a rematch with an actual story attached.
MATCH 6 – Morningstar vs. Hansel
★★☆☆☆ (2.0)
This should’ve been a supernatural thriller.
Instead?
A slog.
Morningstar played the fallen angel bit well enough, but Hansel wrestled like someone stole the last page of his script. Timing was off, chemistry felt nonexistent, and the crowd checked out by the midpoint.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
Everybody has an off night.
This was two.
MATCH 7 – Fangs of Despair & Azrael vs. Ashen Vicar & The Mirror Saints
★★★★★ (5.0)
This. Right. Here.
This was the best match of Night 2 by a country mile.
Trios mayhem at its finest — crisp sequences, blistering pace, story progression, and a finale that landed like a guillotine.
Ashen Vicar shined.
The Saints were immaculate.
Fangs of Despair looked terrifying.
Azrael was a supernatural anchor.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
This was the match that made Convergence feel like a true crossover.
Pure excellence.
MATCH 8 – HCW Television Championship
Beastfang (C) vs. Van Helsing
★★★★☆ (4.0)
Personal. Violent. Unresolved.
Beastfang fought like a monster with a directive:
Hurt Van Helsing and enjoy it.
Van Helsing fought like a man possessed by vengeance and bad memories.
The in-ring work was strong, and the character beats were perfect. The only reason this isn’t 4.5?
They leaned on interference as a crutch.
Van Helsing’s win will send chills through the Dark Dominion which just may make them more dangerous.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
Let these two fight without Vlad’s shadow, and you’ve got a classic.
MATCH 9 – HCW World Championship
Jack Lumber (C) vs. Rudolph
★★★★½ (4.5)
This was a statement match.
Jack Lumber wrestled like a Southern executioner; Rudolph wrestled like a man desperate to prove the North isn’t just fairy lights and elk.
The intensity never dipped.
The crowd was molten.
The finish — while predictable — was executed flawlessly.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
Rudolph didn’t lose stock.
Jack gained legitimacy.
That’s the mark of a great world title match.
MATCH 10 – MAIN EVENT
Mina Harker, Korbi Kong & Grizelda vs. Crimson Vane, Scarlett Howl & Ruby Howl
★★★★☆ (4.0)
A chaotic, high-energy six-woman bout that delivered exactly what it promised:
blood, spite, and faction warfare.
The Howl sisters tore the house down.
Mina oozed dominance.
Korbi Kong was a wrecking machine.
Vane was the MVP — selling, striking, storytelling, all top-tier.
A bit long, but the drama carried it.
Dave’s Brutal Truth:
A strong finale — not legendary, but damn satisfying.
OVERALL TAKE — CONVERGENCE NIGHT 2
Where Night 1 was spectacle and shock,
Night 2 was precision and violence.
HCW proved:
they can host a supercard like a major league,
they can book long-term stories like adults,
and they can make their monsters look like gods.
NPCW proved:
they can hang,
they can elevate,
and their talent can steal a show on enemy turf.
But make no mistake —
Night 2 belonged to HCW.
Not because they won more matches.
Not because they held home-court advantage.
But because Night 2 felt tighter, sharper, and more complete.
OVERALL RATING: ★★★★¼ (4.25/5)
A fantastic night of wrestling storytelling, carried by four outstanding matches and weighed down by only two obvious clunkers.
Convergence as a whole?
A risky experiment… that paid off.
NPCW HOUSE SHOW 34 – CALGARY, AB (November 19, 2025)
Dave “The Brute” Kent’s Quick & Dirty Takes
MATCH 1 – River Reapers vs. Merry Band (30:00 Draw)
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (4.0/5)
Thirty minutes of classic tag grit — Huck & Tom’s grind-and-grit brawling versus Tuck & John’s big-man heart and old-school double-teams. Great ebb and flow, but the time-limit draw leaves you wishing somebody had actually closed the deal.
MATCH 2 – Gretel vs. Gilda the Greedy (Gretel wins)
★ ★ ★ ½ ☆ (3.5/5)
Gretel basically turned this into a one-woman striking clinic, chaining K-360s, Shining Wizards, and pump kicks like she was speed-running a video game. Fun showcase, but the endless kick-outs edged into overkill before the Rolling Fireman’s Carry finally ended it.
MATCH 3 – La Bruja Muerte vs. Sorina (La Bruja wins)
★ ★ ★ ½ ☆ (3.5/5)
Short, stiff, and bomb-heavy — both women spammed big offense from the opening bell, then rolled through pin reversals until La Bruja stole it off a snap suplex. Felt more like a wild highlight reel than a full match, but the intensity never dipped.
MATCH 4 – Virtuous Blades vs. Jack Frost & Abaddon (Frost/Abaddon win)
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (4.0/5)
Knights vs. nightmares delivered: Galahad and Gawain bumped like heroes, Abaddon looked like a final boss, and the managers turned it into a small war with Merlin’s tricks countered by Grinch’s cheap shots. A little busy, but HELL’S FURY to finish Gawain was the right exclamation point.
MAIN EVENT – King Arthur vs. Kong (Arthur wins by submission)
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (4.0/5)
Arthur worked smart, chopping down the monster with holds instead of trying to out-brawl him, while Kong mixed big-man bombs with just enough selling to keep it believable. Clean tap to the Arm Trap Crossface made Arthur look like a king without neutering Kong as a threat.
OVERALL TAKE – HOUSE SHOW 34 (CALGARY)
A workhorse card: lots of ring time, strong storytelling, and no outright duds — just varying flavors of “good to very good.” The draw in Match 1 and the overlong Gretel/Gilda epic keep it shy of elite, but Calgary absolutely got their money’s worth.
Overall Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (4.0/5)
DAVE’S FINAL THOUGHTS
By Dave “The Brute” Kent
“Convergence is done. The war isn’t.”
You can sweep the confetti out of Columbia.
You can melt the Glacier Plex snow machines.
What you can’t do is pretend anything goes back to normal next week.
Convergence wasn’t a crossover.
It was a hostile handshake — and both companies walked away with bruises and leverage.
Here’s where the dust is settling.
1. YETI, JASPER FANG, AND THE NEW ERA OF CROSS-PROMOTION
Yeti didn’t just show up at Convergence —
he made himself unavoidable.
He marched into the North on Night 1, pinned Santa Claus in NPCW’s own house, and reminded every elf, beast, and hero that the South breeds monsters differently.
And because of that victory, one simple, terrifying sentence is now official:
Yeti earned a contract for an NPCW North Pole Title match.
That alone would be big news.
But then HCW doubled down.
To “maintain fairness,” they’ve granted NPCW’s Jasper Fang a sanctioned title shot at the HCW Television Championship — which is now held by Van Helsing, after he choked the life out of Beastfang and dethroned the Dominion’s bruiser.
So now the scoreboard reads:
Yeti → North Pole Title challenger
Jasper Fang → HCW Television Title challenger
This isn’t a polite exchange program.
This is talent infiltration.
This is strategic escalation.
This is infrastructure, not novelty.
Brutal Truth:
The door between HCW and NPCW is now permanently cracked open —
and monsters, hunters, wolves, and champions are walking through it freely.
You’d better get used to it.
2. DECEMBER IS A TWO-FRONT WAR: ZERO HOUR & NIGHTMARE AT THE NORTH POLE
Convergence was the explosion.
December is the fallout.
Both federations are now barreling into their biggest year-end shows:
HCW: Zero Hour
NPCW: Nightmare At The North Pole (NANP)
NPCW has already declared it:
“We are on the Road to NANP.”
And after Santa’s loss, the Alpha Alliance imploding, Krampus rising again, the Tag Division heating up, and Yeti’s looming title shot, that road is looking less like a snowy trail and more like a battlefield.
Meanwhile, HCW enters ZERO HOUR with:
A dominant Jack Lumber, fresh off defending the HCW World Title against NPCW’s Guiding Light Rudolph.
A newly crowned Van Helsing holding their TV Title.
Mina Harker’s camp gaining momentum.
A locker room split between pride and panic.
Both companies are charging into December with unresolved grudges, shaken champions, and open questions.
Brutal Truth:
This isn’t two promotions “moving on.”
This is two promotions accelerating.
By the time Zero Hour and NANP hit, half these cross-promotional wounds still won’t be closed — and that’s the point.
3. THE SCOREBOARD THAT MATTERS – AND WHY THE DARK DOMINION WON THE WEEKEND
Here are the official numbers:
CONVERGENCE WEEKEND STATISTICS
🔵 NPCW OVERALL
10 W – 8 L
2 for 4 in Title Matches
0 for 2 in Main Events
🟣 DARK DOMINION
8 W – 6 L
1 for 2 in Title Matches
2 for 2 in Main Events (Undefeated)
🔴 HCW (Non–Dominion)
2 W – 8 L
1 for 2 in Title Matches
(Rich Athlete wins Northern Lights Championship)
Now let me translate those into truth, not PR:
NPCW: Won More Matches, Lost More Moments
NPCW can claim victory on paper:
More total wins
Split the title matches
But nobody remembers the fourth match from the top.
Everybody remembers:
Yeti pinning Santa Claus.
Rich Athlete walking away with NPCW gold.
NPCW losing both main events.
The Alpha Alliance fracturing in real time.
NPCW’s stats look good in a vacuum.
Wrestling does not exist in a vacuum.
HCW (Non–Dominion): The Underachieving Undercard
Strip away the Dark Dominion and HCW’s “regular roster” had a rough weekend:
Only 2 wins
Lost almost every meaningful match
Barely held onto one title
Got carried by Rich Athlete
HCW’s non-Dominion talent looked like the B-show at their own event.
And that’s a problem going into Zero Hour.
DARK DOMINION: THE ACTUAL WINNERS
Forget the brand split. Forget the poster logos. Forget the merch.
If you look at who walked out with influence, heat, momentum, and power, it’s not NPCW or HCW.
It’s Vlad’s monsters. And his affiliates.
They:
Went undefeated in both main events,
Provided the psychological warfare that broke Santa & Jax,
Tightened their grip on HCW’s upper card,
Used Convergence as a recruitment booth and a showcase,
And watched as Jack Lumber successfully defended the HCW World Title against NPCW’s Rudolph, reinforcing their home promotion’s dominance.
The Dominion didn’t win the stats.
They won the weekend.
Brutal Truth:
NPCW won the battle.
HCW survived the storm.
But the Dark Dominion controlled the war.
And they know it.
FINAL WORD
Convergence didn’t create tension.
It exposed it.
Amplified it.
Weaponized it.
The bridges are open.
The champions are uneasy.
The monsters are moving freely.
And December is looking like a battlefield with two different climates and one shared forecast:
Blood, gold, and reckoning.
If you think this feud is cooling off after Convergence?
Kid…
we’re just getting started.
-Dave “The Brute” Kent
“Stay brutal, folks—because with the way these promotions are running things, someone has to keep the IQ in the room above freezing.”
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