It was a busy wrestling weekend in this area with three shows...Ricky Cruz worked all three and several people worked both shows on Saturday. Unfortunately, MMWA seemed to be a bit short-handed with several notable absences.
It seems like Brandon Espinosa and his crew(Ace Hawkins, Dave Osborne, LaMarcus Clinton, & Chase King) have parted ways with MMWA...Osborne worked last month's South Broadway show but was absent this month. This throws a wrench into their title picture as Osborne is Battle Royal Champion and LMC & King are Tag Champs. Osborne was announced as a participant in the King Of St. Louis Cable Tournament in Lemay so he could be on that show(card subject to change, of course). T.V. Champion Dave Vaughn and Ken Kasa were both absent from in-ring competition this past weekend as well(though Vaughn made a ringside appearance during the South Broadway opener). Johnny Courageous made an appearance with his arm in a sling, bringing several new trainees out to watch the action. Don't know if Missouri licensing played a factor in any of these or not...
The annual back-to-school matinee show on Saturday was unique since there was no sound system. That meant no entrance music, plus Ben Simon had to do his ring announcing from a police car speaker! The kids had a good time plus they had a bicycle raffle and free food and sodas...woo.
Cruz had the busiest weekend with FIVE total matches(wrestling twice at each of the MMWA shows)...Jr. Heavyweight Champion Max Archer and Webmaster Stevie K were a close second with four matches in one day! Quite a return to action for Stevie K as he hadn't wrestled in several months.
Sean Vincent was in a tough spot as he just recently turned face but worked two face-vs.-face matches(one against Gary Jackson and the other against Cruz). At least he got the stamp of approval from Ricky as they teamed up in the main event at South Broadway.
After recent ring mishaps, I'm a bit nervous about ANYONE jumping off the ropes at shows these days. It has been suggested to me that it'll help wrestlers to develop a more solid match structure without relying on FLIPPIES~! Nothing wrong with flippies in moderation, of course. It didn't help that they had to fix the bottom rope right before the start of the South Broadway show...
Me to a friend: "So is Archer the top heel on this show?" My friend was left semi-speechless.
Okay, so the Lumberjacks are heels...at least they were this past weekend as they were sore about losing the Tag Titles. That didn't help the Archer vs. Abe match in terms of fan interest.
At first I was wondering about Archer and Stevie K wrestling twice at South Broadway...then I realized that the tag match was "impromptu" so they probably already had scheduled matches.
Noticed Jerome Cody doing commentary for some of the South Broadway matches...perhaps he's pondering a return to the ring?
"American Blue Demon" was a bigger guy in a Castaldi gi and Blue Demon mask with mannerisms similar to Purple Passion...not sure if the person under the mask was a total newcomer or someone else on the card pulling double duty.
The closing tag match at South Broadway actually had two referees...a staple of tag matches in the days of Wrestling At The Chase. That just meant Archer and Stevie K had to work extra hard to cheat.
The attendance was a bit lower than usual at South Broadway, sorry to say.
Kinda wish the MMWA championship situations had more direction...it doesn't seem like there are a lot of solid feuds over the belts.
Upcoming shows...SICW in East Carondelet this coming weekend, MMWA in Lemay on the 22nd, and St. Louis Anarchy on the 29th.
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