For those with theories about my weekend plans: You're probably going to believe whatever you choose to believe anyway and nothing I could say would change that. Let's move on.
Really good crowd...sometimes a little too good as members of the locker room had to settle down a particularly inebriated audience member late in the show!
Good show-opening promo as Mannix apologized for his rather colorful language at the end of the previous show, then went into detail about how Reno was once a trainee of his. That brought out Reno who claimed to have accomplished more in two years of wrestling than Mannix had in thirteen.
MECW recently acquired a sponsorship from Monster Energy Drink...cool for them, though I shouldn't have chugged one of those things last night as it took me forever to get to sleep. Heh.
With the chaotic nature of Sinn Enterprises' formation, not many clean finishes in MECW these days...just saying. I have noticed that in the past about MECW shows as they seem to be a bit heel-heavy on the winners' side of things.
I feel for MECW's lone referee as he's very new to the game and is undergoing a baptism by fire in officiating EVERY match on the show...I can remember the days when Max Archer was in a similar role for GCW. Local ref Eric Davis occasionally also works entire shows lately. It's one of those things where you don't grasp the importance of the referee's role until you see a ref who, with all due respect, isn't very polished in his role.
Kharfu seems to employ more of a brawling style than his compatriots and he wrestles in street clothes instead of wrestling gear...he's got some good moves, at any rate. Still trying to get a read on the newcomers, having only seen them a handful of times.
Wish they'd elaborated more on Eric Allen's recent actions as he seemed to be aligned with Bailey and company against a common enemy only to stab them in the back at last month's show. Guess he should quote C.M. Punk: "I'm a snake!"
Didn't completely catch how the finish went down in the tag match, though I think I got it right. Not sure why the referee was tied up with Buddy Roberts Jr. since I'm PRETTY sure Buddy was the legal man at the time...however, the ref missed a tag or two during this matchup. Perhaps more glaringly, there was at least one occasion where the ref ALLOWED a tag he should have MISSED. Again, he's new to the game and it's not an easy job by any means...particularly in tag matches where you have to keep track of more people(including cornerpeople).
Evan Money had a marathon night as he wrestled a lengthy opener at IHW against Ace Hawkins, then worked the majority of the lengthy tag match at MECW.
The main event was a good matchup(heck, can't recall any of the matches being BAD on this show)...though the finish was confusing. Not only did Sarin Sinn pull the referee out of the ring when Mannix had Reno pinned after his finisher, he punched the ref in the face! That somehow didn't warrant a DQ, but Mannix curbstomping Reno onto a chair outside the ring DID cause a disqualification. At least they sent the fans home happy with the post-match Mannix Depression through a table^H^H^Hdoor.
Not much local next weekend...AAPW runs in Carbondale but that's a long drive for me. Will need to take a look at how August shapes up.
As for the rest of the weekend...IHW ran in East St. Louis. Heavyweight Champion Cameron Cage was not present due to a reported injury so scheduled challenger Shorty Biggs was put in Mephisto's spot in the scheduled tag match. C.M. Punk paid a visit to AAW at the behest of his longtime friend Colt Cabana. Claudio Castagnoli dropped the PWG Heavyweight Title to Kevin Steen amid rumors about both Claudio and Chris Hero's futures in the wrestling business(GOOD rumors, mind you). Interesting times in the wrestling world, to be sure.
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