Stuff I Love...it's all in here
Found a funky new little BLOG to plug the other day....a comic geek one to be certain, but just the template alone kicks ass: Dial B For Blog. Fun stuff...I shall try and steal some of their material as often as possible. In checking it out, it brought my attention towards THIS comic cover, which leaves a myriad of questions to be answered...such as (look closely)...why the hell does it say "ASSPAIN" on the theater marquee?
One plug, one piece of stolen material, one question to never be answered. Not too shabby.
Ya know what, while I'm at it, I'm gonna give good old Captain Carrot a shoutout just because...
Man, if I had never gotten laid at this point in my life I can't imagine flaunting this stuff the way I do. I mean, do Star Wars virgins sit around and actually think that dedicating their life to that movie is more important than actually attempting to give the illusion to females that you're not a complete dork?
This week's pick results from those that did it as the NFL season continues to be as unpredictable as ever:
9-7: Randolph Hedrick
8-8: Matty Dee, GeeStar
7-9: Donnie Dollars
6-10: Amber O'Neal, Grant Sawyer
5-11: Mikael Yamaha
Fantasy Football updates...I win big again, by some 69 points to go 2-0, Gemini wins by 19 to go 2-0, Hedd beats McAllister by 15 to go 2-0, and Yamaha beats Matty Dee to go 2-0 (WTF??). Week 3's big one is the Hedd-Gemini matchup as at least one team will start 3-0.
If you watched Week 1 at all, you saw those commercials for Fathead.com, which is that site that sells that big ass NFL decals that cover like a wall of your room. I'm dying to get some of these suckers but holy balls are they expensive.
Your basic helmet is $95 and to get a player decal is $145. Ba freakin' jeez...maybe eBay will have 'em cheaper one of these days. Honestly though, that whole decal gimmick could really replace the traditional poster. If they actually work, that's exactly how posters should start be produced so you can just slap that sucker up on a wall.
ok, onto the big show reviews from last weekend and the first thing you'll notice is the addition of even MORE action pics than usual as our other ringside photo's site, Slamfest Bob, has put them up on his new photosite. This in addition to Hedd's always great work with the Insiders. Saturday 9/17 brought us the appropriately titled CWF "Superclash" with arguably the biggest main event in company history: Converse vs. Corino for the AWA World title.
1. Brass Munkey and American Steel Ninja defeated the Street Sweepers (Gregory Vercetti and Jay Sinn) in 7:32 when Ninja pined Sinn -
Well done opener as you would expect here with Munkey and Ninja almost looking better as a team now than when they were champs. TV quality. **
2. Rob "Boogie Woogie Man" McBride pinned Donnie Dollars in 3:17 - Dollars is becoming the king of TV, having participated in nearly perfect-length TV bouts with Rob, Otto, and Ric now. And guess what? They all actually went on TV. Funny how that works when you actually work an undercard match in under 7 minutes. Good stuff, nice finish. *3/4
3. Mikael Yamaha pinned "Rock N Roll" Matty Dee in 11:58. Due to his win, Yamaha was granted the #30 entry in the 5th Annual CWF Rumble on 10/1 by Michael McAllister -
Without question, the most important match in Matty's CWF career. Pretty much abandoned at this point, he's gotta be able to turn the corner and move up the singles ladder. Problem being is that Matty's whole shtick is so ridiculously over the top, there's a fine line between the lovable dolt that amuses me to no ends and actually performing as a credible wrestler (which isn't nearly as amusing to me, but golly, does the crowd seem to like him a lot better then). Perfect matchup for him at this crossroads against Yamaprick, who I have to hear whine and bitch all weekend about how he always gets the shaft in the Rumble so he goes to McAllister who sympathizes with him and hands over the #30 spot this year if he wins tonight. God I can't stand wrestlers that whine about their spot. Near-perfect execution with Matty winning the crowd's hearts early by dumping Yam over the top rope and continuing on a roll which led to some of my worst spazzing-out-of-my-freakin-gourd play-by-play commentary in post later that night. Springboard into the superkick is **** on the Michaels-Benjamin scale. Stutts saves his boy numerous times from disaster until Yam hits a wicked snap DDT to win it. Fuck him. Matty was SO there we could taste it. Went too long but I LOVED the match and will make the "Year-End 25 list". ****
4. Amber O'Neal defeated Christie Ricci by submission in 8:59 of a AWA Women's World title qualifying match -
First time I remember seeing Christie although according to Hedd, we were on the same show as here back in 2002 for NEW/PGWA. Great look, very nice work and a pretty darn good women's bout here with Amber. It's all gravy. **
5. Ultra Dragon defeated Brandon Day by submission in 8:28 -
Solid match that was hurt by it's insane length considering what was needed. Dragon takes his usual "this guy shouldn't be alive, much less kicking out" murderous heat. Some insanity on the floor as well and Day ends up pretty much driving his own head into the canvas like a pogo stick, leading to Dragon's win. Post-match, Sean Powers hits the ring and clears house with a chain leading to the traditional pre-Rumble 15-man locker room brawl. Not a bad match, just too much. *3/4
6. "A Very Handsome Man" Mitch Conner pinned Jesse Ortega in 8:53 to win the CWF/AWA Mid-Atlantic Television title -
It had to happen one day and it finally did, the record setting 24-successful title defense run of Ortega (spanning 9 months and 9 days) finally came to an end with Conner's 3rd shot at the title. The meat-and-potatoes wasn't as dramatic or as crisp as some of the previous ones, but all anyone will ever remember is the final 2 minutes, ending with a Honky Tonk-Steamboat like finish with Conner rolling through the fujiwara, his feet laced into the ropes and on top of Ortega for the fateful 3 count. NO ONE saw this one coming and fans were just flat out shocked. **1/2
7. CWF/AWA Mid-Atlantic tag team champions the $outh$ide Playas (J-Money and Will B. Smooth with Kiyia Moka in their corner) defeated Alex Adonis and Marcellus King in 14:59 when Smooth pinned Adonis -
Adonis takes the place of Julius Augustus who was in an unfortunate automobile accident on the way to the show (f'n deers). Honestly, not too shabby at all as King and the Playas really click and Adonis has worked with the Playas enough to fit into the puzzle pretty nicely. Yeah, I was surprised too. Fine little bout. **1/4
8. AWA World Heavyweight champion Steve Corino pinned "Slick Diddy" Ric Converse in 38:47 -
Well this was it, the epic matchup that every fan was just chomping at the bit for. Make no mistake, this crowd wanted and truly believe with all their hearts that Ric could indeed leave as the new AWA World champ. Hell of an old school matchup as the pace is very very slow but they didn't need anything more than that as the crowd is hot for every single little thing. The initial feeling out process literally goes nearly the entire first 30 minutes and there's no question that if we had decided to go with a 60 minute draw, this would have been the match to do it in and the fans would have still been there in the end. Unfortunately, Charles the ref gets KO'd by Corino late and wouldn't ya know it, Ric hits his Richter scale on Corino with no one there to count it. But wait! Here comes ref #2 Katie Kincaid to make the count and it's 1, 2, and cocksucker of the night, Ricky Landell, yanks her out of the ring and nearly gets booed out of the building. Corino comes back with a second Northern Lights Bomb to put Ric away for good and the crowd is PISSED. And I mean, in a rebellious "G-DAMN IT! FUCK!" kinda way. Resident fan Big Donnie takes the lead by bitching ME out first off (of all people) and then gets the mic from CORINO, going on a (mild) profanity-laced 5 minute rant ending with "You no good bastard". Whew, thank god we're family friendly, cause the fans sure ain't. Corino ends up bitching out Ricky Landell for f'n the finish up which in turn leads to another brawl between Ric, Corino, Landell, and the rest of the locker room. The match itself was basic as fuck and would probably be deemed boring by some (god forbid), but it told a story, one HELL of a story, and I have NEVER seen a CWF crowd that mad about who went over in a match. On a side note, Corino is the ultimate professional, putting over every single little thing about the promotion and I look forward to the rematch that was never supposed to happen. ****
Sunday night 9/18 brought us RCW "Bigger Than Average" at the Riders bar in Greensboro for a decent little turnout for what could wind up being the last show ever in that facility:
1. Ultra Dragon, Brass Munkey, and American Steel Ninja defeated "Mr. Elite" Jake Manning and the Guerreros (Jose and Miguel Guerrero) in 13:12 -
I missed the CMLL mini-show a couple of weeks back so this was my first time seeing the Guerreros in action (or Manning for that matter). Seriously fun 6-man with the Munkey past and future partners teaming on one side. Little mix of lucha in there as you would expect with the traditional southern tag format. ***
2. Sean Cruise (with Tre G in his corner) pinned Jay Steel in 7:30 - Boy, Riders is always the place I can go now to see new guys. Solid enough, but nothing truly memorable. I probably need to go back and watch on tape before really passing any judgment, good or bad. *1/2
3. Jeremy Ryan and "Texas Lightning" Bobby Houston defeated Jay Sinn and Donnie Dollars (with Gregory Vercetti in their corner) in 10:10 - Holy god, whoever gave "Houston" THAT gimmick was dead freakin' on. Bobby Houston is Sam Houston's long lost, but slightly less incarcerated, brother. I mean, absolutely PERFECT gimmick for a guy. Talk, lanky, good lookin youngster. Gave him the white tights, boots, cowboy hat and all the rest takes care of itself. Match was alot of fun actually although a touch too long at this stage of the show with what came before and what was coming later. **
4. The Millennium Violence Connection ("The Black Hand" Justin Feeche and "Dangerous E" Corey Edsel) defeated Jukebox Heroes (Charlie Dreamer and "Rock N Roll" Matty Dee) in 9:43 -
Ironically enough, the Mid-Atlantic tag champs can't make the show but the recently doubly retired MVC team does, up against a fun little duo that actually had plenty of crowd support between Dreamer's natural charisma and the CWF regulars still pulling for Matty because of what happened the night before. **
5. KC McKnight pinned "Slick Diddy" Ric Converse in 12:02 -
The "Mini-Clash" between one of, if not THE, premier MA worker and the one that has been deemed as the NEXT. Very solid bout here with Converse getting screwed for the second night straight. MAJOR props to KC on the new gear as it's a VAST improvement on some of the previous RCW and CWF stuff he's worn. I can totally see KC and Ric doing a 40-minute 3 falls match in the right setting somewhere down the road. ***
6. Amber O'Neal and GeeStar defeated Mikael Yamaha and Brad Stutts in 8:11 when Gee pinned Yamaha -
Certainly not a workrate classic, but earned major praise from others as soon as it was over as one of the most entertaining matches seen in a long time. Yamaha strikes gold on two straight days and we ALL know how rare that is. He broke out the pink motocross which actually looked awesome and not in the "questionable lifestyle" kinda way either. I won't go the full Bret Hart-monty on it, but still not too shabby. Stutts played his role perfectly and both girls were on (which is a biggie for Gee, who has had a tough time trying to reclaim the motivation and glory of 2004 post-knee injury). Very Classic Rock-Tank in the sense that you're probably talkin ** at best workrate wise, but on an entertainment level, it was WAY up there.
7. RCW Intercontinental champion "Boogie Woogie Man" Rob McBride (with Hank the Rider's Enforcer in his corner) pinned Tank Lawson (with Penguin in his corner) in 15:20 to win the vacant RCW Heavyweight title -
Your basic Rob-Tank matchup although the ringside shenanigans were almost TOO distracting as Penguin and Hank just have no clue out there as to what to do when and pretty much spent half the match holding hands while the fans scream "For the love of god Hank, HIT HIM!!". **
8. KC McKnight pinned "Boogie Woogie Man" Rob McBride to win the RCW Heavyweight title -
Rob wins the title back and out comes KC for an abrupt challenge that leads to a mini-match with KC pulling a Hogan-Yoko-Bret and WINNING the freakin' belt (or as some would say a Credible-Dreamer-Taz but whoever watched that stuff? :P ). I actually hate this kind of title switch and even though this one was done completely fine, not insulting in any way, I think it still degrades the sanctity of the RCW Heavyweight title. Cough, cough...man, what's that in my throat...Post-match, KC celebrates on the bar with the title and is asked to get down by former wrestler/RCW bouncer/No selling god of wrestling Grease, which leads to a confrontation between KC and Grease, with Grease grabbing KC by the throat (shizoooooooooooooot and the shizit is on!)and KC going all front facelock on him. This goes back to the locker room which in turn nearly breaks out into a full-fledged riot between the RCW wrestlers and the Riders bouncers and employees. Very, very ugly scene which should have never happened in the first place.
Ok, that's enough of an insanely large update for now..time for us all to go back to our regularly scheduled lives...peace out!
GRANT "STATMARK" SAWYER
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