Admittedly I was a bit worried about MECW recently...their previous show was severely shorthanded as a result of travel problems and regulars being booked elsewhere. After that, their September show was cancelled with a few days' notice...thankfully, this one went off without a hitch. It was advertised as their fifth anniversary show(their first event took place in November of 2007).
Bailey Mannix was advertised but was said to be injured...not sure if he'll do his "one last match" at a future event or not.
Slight surprise to see Kyle O'Reilly and King Fale at the merchandise table. Oddly enough, they only worked as managers for newer trainees of Davey Richards and company.
Several new faces were on this show...Shane Fury had competed as "Gamertag Fury816" but his partner Martell Spade was a newcomer. Spade took some serious chops from Chris Logan in particular and it did seem like an "initiation" of sorts...heh.
Another wrestler debuting for MECW was Jake Dirden, who has been working all over the place lately. He participated in the TNA Gut Check in St. Louis a few weeks ago and is scheduled to make his 3XW debut in Iowa later this month. He had a pretty good brawl with Joey...that issue probably isn't over but we'll see.
Had seen Solo & Dean a few times in the past but the British guys were totally new. They seemed a bit green and had some rough spots, but I really don't know anything about their prior experience(I had to ask around just to get their individual names). Match was okay.
Good technical contest between Anthony and Kozina...plus they're doing a rematch at the next show. The next event is looking pretty strong with Allen/Aarons vs. Sydal/SBC, that rematch, Logan vs. Fale, and the Mr. K-McDarby lumberjack match...too bad that weekend is pretty crowded with regards to local shows.
Had read that Evan Money returned to action the previous night at a show in central Illinois, so I figured he'd make an appearance for the promotion where he got his start. Couldn't really judge from a triple threat match if there's any ring rust. Given the heel turns of MECW mainstays Mauler McDarby and Shawn Santel, I wonder if Money will follow suit...
Figured it would be a hard sell for Justin Reno to be a face...and matched up against another face in Buddy Roberts Jr., he seemed to work heel as a result. Hadn't seen Buddy in MECW in a few months...think Money did make reference to the fact that he and Buddy technically still have a tag title shot in the bank. They made a big deal out of the post-match handshake to continue pushing Reno in the face role.
With the no-more-title-shots stipulation of the main event, I was wondering if McDarby would get the belt...after much overbooking, Allen pulled out the win with Mr. K making the three-count. The ownership situation is still a bit unclear, but McDarby said that he knew more about the Sarin Sinn deal than you might think...hmm.
As I said, their next show is already set up fairly well and it's too bad I won't be able to check it out...the rest of my year is pretty much set(SICW, SICW, Dynamo, SLA, MMWA, SICW).
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