Dynamo Special Comment

It will be tough to comment on this show from an unbiased perspective for obvious reasons, but I'll give it a shot...

Yes, this was a LONG show...it started around 7:00 and ended around midnight(with an intermission after the Alaskan Death Match). I guess it was a case of putting everyone on the show that wanted to be on the show...on top of that, several people worked twice(regular match and battle royal).

The "pre-show match" had SOME GCW connections...Max Archer did a lot of officiating in the GCW days and wrestled a match or two under that banner. Also, Tiffany LaFane was in the corner of Brandon Gallagher...not sure what happened to her new recruit El Sanchez...

On the ring announcing front, Luke Roberts handled the duties for most of the night with a cameo or two from one of GCW's original ring announcers, "The Ikon" Brian Thompson. They did a ten-bell salute for Adam Starr, though they did NOT announce the intermission as being "brief".

Always good to see Daizee Haze...she's been out of wrestling for a little while and I don't know if she's done for good or not. Didn't get much of a chance to talk to her or Delirious; I guess they had to get back on the road for the Chikara show that Sunday.

Sean Vincent reverted to his heel roots for this night...first as "Slim Sexy" against MsChif, then as the "Head Sexy Official" in Mike Sharona's match with Nikki Strychnine. Technically Sharona's a face in Dynamo, but Vincent was biased towards his old Syndicate stablemate in that contest.

Jynx's brother Patrick Smalls returned to officiate a few matches...yes, I had to resist the urge to bust out the old heckle: "You're killin' me, Smalls!" Jynx and Jackal fought a ton of times Back In The Day(tm) and had a fun quick matchup.

C.J. vs. Electro was more danceoff than match...entertaining for what it was.

Ken Kasa went back to his old ring name of Ian Storm for the night...didn't see if he was wearing the "TOOL" T-shirt. Keith Smith Jr. had only wrestled one previous match(a tag match in SICW with his father against Sean Vincent & Travis Cook) and mostly took abuse as the least experienced member of the team. The OSWs CHEATED TO WIN~! with Coach Farley passing in a chain.

Tommy Jeans paid a visit with a primo heel promo en route to introducing Jack Adonis...too bad The Grand Poobah couldn't make it. It was a slight surprise to see Aurora in Jack's corner. Of course the Alaskan Death Match was insane...while longtime fans know what Outtkast can do, it can be an eye-opener to see him do some of his aerial moves. Both men were bloody and multiple chairs were destroyed in the making of this matchup.

Not sure if the fans knew who to support in the Sharona-Strychnine matchup. Nikki was always one of those heels that people "loved to hate" and had his own cult following(including one fan affectionately known as "Satan").

Steven Kennedy vs. Makaze was almost a "breather" match in the sense that it was a standard contest as opposed to the hardcore bouts that preceded it. Kennedy came out with Tiffany in a nod to the Ego Express days and even had the old GCW Light Heavyweight Title belt(as this was hyped as a battle between the first and last titleholders).

Strangely, this was Travis Cook's first appearance as a HEEL manager under the GCW banner as he was briefly a face with Shorty Biggs. Shorty had a busy night as he also worked MECW in Wood River. Don't know if Kevin is returning to action for good...he had moved out of the area but may be back in town.

I'm selectively observant, but how long has Delirious been wrestling barefooted? The match with Billy was very good but the fans were kinda dead for it...maybe they were worn out from the lengthy show but I couldn't say. I had to go around the ring to meet up with Delirious on his way out...yes, the Wayne's World cap was sent flying. :-D

Tiffany was out with Kennedy but not with Karrington. I don't know if there was a ban-from-ringside for most of Karrington's crew, though I imagine Greg Jovi would have had a "manager's license". It seemed like this would be the show-ender, but not quite...

The Gateway Rumble featured a couple of dual entries...after the members of D.N.S. were eliminated, they came back out as Team Trainee. There could have been a few more, depending on your theories as to the identities of the masked participants. Pete Madden had an entertaining encounter with an inanimate object(Johnny Greenpeace's Tree)...bwahahaha. In other notes, Pondula jumped up from his internet broadcast table to participate but was tossed quickly...and I'd heard a few interesting theories about the identity of Super Castaldi but I can't confirm anything. I may or may not have been offered a spot in the battle royal...but trust me, I don't belong anywhere near the inside of a wrestling ring. :)

Good times all around...probably had more meaning to a "GCW fan" than to a wrestling fan not familiar with the promotion, of course.

Wrapping up the year, we have St. Louis Anarchy on Friday and MMWA at South Broadway on Saturday(rumored to feature the return of Brandon Espinosa), then SICW in East Carondelet next week. Been an eventful year...looking forward to the shows!