Very good crowd in East Carondelet...hadn't been to a show there since September but I've kept track of SICW through the TV show.
Opening tag match didn't have much flow to it...I think Raze and Archer had teamed before but I don't think LMC and Lyte had joined forces. I've said recently that tag team wrestling is becoming a lost art and I reluctantly stand by that statement. Look at how many local groups don't even bother to have Tag Titles. I sometimes wonder if the Missouri/Illinois Tag Titles would be better served on the SICW side as they have a deeper talent pool without the Missouri licensing concerns.
Big push for Hargas as he won the tag match despite miscommunication and then won the Wrestle Royal at the end of the night. He had trouble positioning the larger Rudolph for the F-5 and settled on a modified F-U instead...still an impressive feat of strength.
Slightly overbooked Powers-Cruz match but they've done a good job of building up that feud. Will the best-of-three-falls match next month be the end of it?
I know that MMWA and SICW are technically separate groups nowadays, but Chase King didn't get much momentum out of that T.V. Title win...
Key moments of the Wrestle Royal included gang-attacks to get rid of the biggest competitors(Texan and Rudolph), Hargas fighting with Vaughn and eventually eliminating him, and a revival of the recent Jackson-Hargas issue at the end. Hargas got the upset pin on Gary to close the night...it seemed like they were positioning Hargas to take the title from Powers, but now the feud with Cruz has taken center stage.
I've seen it happen during intermissions and after shows in the past...kids want to play around in the ring. That can be tough to control at shows with no guardrails/barricades, but the ring can be very dangerous and the organization could be held liable if a child gets hurt in that environment. Even trained wrestlers get hurt in there, you know?
I was feeling a bit under the weather this past week so I passed on the Sunday Bethalto show...can't get around as much these days. :P
St. Louis Anarchy next weekend...will need to take a look at the March schedule and see what's on tap...
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