Went to SICW's Fairmont City show a few years ago and was pleasantly surprised by how well they drew...this time around was no exception. Had always been under the impression that Thanksgiving weekend was a tough time to run a show.
Seems like Max Archer can't buy a win on the Illinois side...odd contrast to his status as MMWA Junior Heavyweight Champion. That may have been the first time in modern recorded history that Moondog Rover's trademark bone was NOT involved in his match finish.
Dirden wins! Dirden wins! Dirden wins! The guy made his debut for 3XW in Iowa the previous night and was back in town for this show, so he had a full weekend.
In preparation for the GCW reunion at Dynamo next week, the Old School Warriors reunited for this show to take on The Big Texan and Waco...the dinner menu called for chops. :-D Random DQ finish with Waco blatantly using a chain, but Chaz and Keith cleared the ring afterwards.
Had previously seen Brandon Gallagher as a referee for local promotions, but this was my first time seeing him "officially" in the ring. He's working an aerial style which is almost a necessity if you're below a certain size...it's tricky to do and he's still working on it. Rudolph's half-nelson suplex just looks like it sucks to take(in a good way, if that makes sense).
Kasa had beaten Gary in their previous encounter so I was expecting Gary to even the score here...the double DQ was a bit of a surprise in that regard. Good matchups for the most part on this evening...
I'm fairly sure the local rings are jinxed at this point...it wasn't even the same ring as with previous incidents, but the top rope snapped loose when Ron Powers dumped Chris Hargas on it out of a slingshot suplex setup. Luckily, they were able to kill time with the 50/50 raffle drawing while the ring was being fixed. Oddly enough, the countout finish worked out well as it pushed Powers as a killer while Hargas didn't just lose outright.
Fine main event between Cruz and Vaughn...they had a couple of false finishes as Vaughn kicked out after Cruz's superkick and Cruz kicked out after Vaughn's spear. They're already building up the Cruz-Powers rematch as Powers jumped Cruz during an earlier interview and then again after this matchup...seems odd for the next East Carondelet show to have a tag match on top, but I guess they're saving the title match for January. The December show already has several attractions(battle royal, elimination tag, Bruiser Brody's widow in attendance).
Unless you've been living under a rock, you know what's happening next weekend: Dynamo's GCW reunion. I like MECW and it's unfortunate that they're running on the same night...hope they have a good show. On top of that, WLW has a training camp this coming week capped off by a show in Eldon with S. William Regal facing Ace Steel...so it'll be a busy weekend.
The Dynamo show has quite a few items of interest...several wrestlers will be returning to the ring for the night including Kory Twist and Jack Adonis. The Old School Warriors are confirmed for the show and they'll be doing a battle royal with a lot of the guys. Delirious and MsChif are both working the show and I heard that Daizee Haze(who's been out of wrestling for a little while) will be there as well. Cool stuff for someone who got his indy wrestling start with Gateway.
As for the rest of December, there's St. Louis Anarchy and the final MMWA and SICW shows of the year...good times.
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