Decent-sized crowd for MMWA's debut in Lemay...the fans were kinda quiet for most of the show, though they got into the action by the final two matches.
I only have second-hand information on the Madison Rayne situation...from my understanding, she did arrive in the St. Louis area on the previous evening and spent the night at a local hotel, but checked out early the next morning and flew back home. No idea why she would have done that, but that's what happened from what I was told. I guess it COULD have been a Missouri licensing issue but, in that case, she could have at least appeared at the show...
The house mic wasn't too clear for most of the night so I didn't quite catch the exact reason why Phil E. Blunt "forfeited" his semifinal match to Brandon Espinosa...from what I gathered, it was a way to make amends for screwing up Espy's previous title match with Gary at South Broadway.
I noticed that the brackets were rearranged from the original graphic...if they had followed the original format, it would have been Jackson-Espy in the semifinals with Vaughn-Blunt on the other side. It turned out better this way, as it turned out...hey, card subject to change.
I think the wrestlers who cheated the most were the Lumberjacks(who are faces, by the way)...while Espinosa did get a break via Blunt's forfeit/countout, he ended up in an impromptu T.V. Title match with LMC which he WON CLEANLY. Espy did cheat to win the finals, at any rate.
The tag title match was not exactly a fast-paced opener to set the tone for the night. I didn't see all of what happened in the chaos at the end of the match, but I believe a fan actually grabbed Waco's mask at one point. Big Texan would later refer to an "imposter Waco" screwing him over, for what it's worth.
I guess one could call it a "rookie mistake" for Osborne to pull Espinosa up from a sure pin following a released dragon suplex...Osborne worked face in that match since Espy was the bigger heel for the night but Osborne has been a heel in recent months.
Feel bad for Courageous as he seems to have bad luck with injuries...he tweaked his knee in East Carondelet a few months ago. At this show, he was a bit too close to the ropes when executing his Asai DDT and caught his legs on the ropes coming down. Despite that, he did work his way to the finish shortly thereafter.
Had originally heard that Sean Vincent was cleared to compete, but I would imagine that you don't want to push the issue with any sort of neck problem. Archer did a fine job in his stead...no pun intended, though far be it from anyone in wrestling to misinterpret something(HA!).
The two face/face matches in the tournament didn't have much crowd reaction(Jackson-Hawkins and Jackson-Vaughn). Some hesitation on Vaughn's part on the post-match handshake, though...
Stacey O'Brien has been a heel for her entire MMWA run, but I imagine she would have been the face against Madison Rayne on that night. The match with Jimmy D was actually better than expected, though things were a little rough toward the end.
The tournament final was shorter than expected...Espy teased cashing in his title shot right away but then was all "I had four matches tonight!" and declined. Ha ha.
Next weekend will be MMWA at South Broadway as well as ROH's first Collinsville show in quite a while on Sunday. I heard that Al Snow cancelled his East Carondelet appearance for the 12th...aww. Hated to miss MECW as they've put on good shows lately...I definitely plan to be there for the anniversary show on the 12th as they've got a strong lineup already set.
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