Promoter Herb Simmons and Larry Matysik started the show by addressing another local group that is using the NWA initials. I know as well as any fan that the "National Wrestling Alliance" isn't what it once was...I like a lot of the wrestlers who work for the other group, but I honestly don't know much about the people in charge of that promotion. Competition can be good but sometimes it gets overly heated...not the way I'd like to see things happen. Put on your best show and let the ticket-buying fans make the decision.
Was wondering how Travis would handle his new follicle situation...I was figuring on a ridiculous wig of some sort, but the wrestling mask was tremendous as well. Heath Hatton got the honor of relieving him of the hood.
Poor Max Archer...he'd been absent for a few months and he returned only to lose twice in one night. The SICW fans don't like Archer...Brandon Gallagher was the face by default in their singles bout.
Hadn't seen Daniel Eads before, he seems to be new...hadn't seen his name in result listings. He and Allwardt had a solid bout.
Gallagher was a face for the night and Dirden seems to be a face now...think that was Dirden's first promo time in front of a live audience and he did well with it.
Gary Jackson going over his rules before the match is like Kane doing his pyro...you know something bad might happen. Thankfully it was averted as Gary turned the tables on Texan to beat him quickly...that's what happens when you interrupt The Rules.
Really good matchup between Kasa and Hatton...didn't think the belt was changing hands, but they had some strong near-falls near the end of the match. Early in the bout, Kasa pulled out a chair for a spot and a young fan pulled it back after the two fought away from that spot...so when Hatton did the reversal, Kasa took a drop-toehold straight to the floor. Ouch.
The main event had Ricky as the face, Flanagan as the heel, and Powers somewhere in between...but the finish and the aftermath seemed to turn Powers face. We may need some new heels in the near future...
Chris Hargas and Joker are both out of action with knee injuries, from what I heard...
The next few months will be busy...other than next week, anyway. 8/31 has CSCW in Cahokia and WLW in Linn, MO with the Jack Gamble benefit show(Brian Breaker and Ace Steel on the card!). SICW has a few extra shows on the agenda including the Hillsdale matinee on 9/14 and a return to Belleville on 10/12.
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Haven't watched too many wrestling pay-per-views in recent memory. Went to Murphy's On 21 for Elimination Chamber...the last one before that was Money In The Bank 2011 at Show-Me's. A few comic friends had a PPV get-together that included a recording of the Rude Moose Radio podcast...will post the link once it's online, but it's a marathon so you may want to pack a lunch for that listening. Bwahahaha...
Shawn Michaels has some impressive facial hair going these days...my friends were joking that they felt like giving him some money or a bowl of soup or something. :)
I admittedly suck at predictions but I still got a few right on this night. Technically we were all right on the pre-show match(Landon/Joel/Matt said RVD would win, I said Ambrose would retain and figured on the DQ loss). They teased Reigns/Rollins vs. Henry/Show but it didn't happen.
The notInferno Match was a disappointment, sorry to say. I'm a Kanenite but it felt like a one-sided match until the interference happened. Only match on the show that I actively disliked.
RIP Cody's mustache...*sob* We were divided on that prediction, but my friends are HUGE Sandow fans and were disappointed by his loss.
My friends didn't care for Alberto or Christian. Alberto looked banged up...apparently he was involved in some kind of fight this past weekend along with Drew McIntyre. Think that was the first time Alberto had ever beaten Christian, oddly enough.
Fans didn't care for Natalya vs. Brie but it was pretty good for what it was...the tag match with Maria Menounos and Eva Marie took place at Fan Axxess.
This was the first Lesnar match I'd actually seen since his comeback...great stuff. There had been some concern on the Internets about how credible Punk would look here...he looked like he could hang with Brock and that's what counted, even though he lost. It was their first matchup and I'm sure the issue isn't over yet.
The mixed tag was fine for what it was, yup.
Glad referee Triple H was a non-factor during the actual main event matchup. Outstanding matchup; the top two bouts really delivered on this show. At the end of the day, elbow injury notwithstanding, Daniel Bryan beat John Cena for the WWE Title clean as a sheet in the middle of the ring.
They played up Orton's potential cash-in like crazy until fans convinced himself it was TOO obvious...but it was a front for the real SWERVE~! of Triple H double-crossing Bryan. Did anyone time that MITB match to see if it went around...eighteen seconds? (According to PWTorch, it went eight seconds...even better!) My friends and I were going nuts over the fact that HHH hadn't left the ring for Bryan's celebration...GET OUT OF THERE~!
As I've said in the past, "what I want to see" and "what's good for business" tend to be two different things...so yeah. It is still amazing to think that Bryan and Punk are among the top faces in WWE right now...though time will tell whether Cena is off TV for any length of time. As for either of them getting a win over Triple H in the near future...with apologies to the positivity police, I'll believe it when I see it.
#yaywrestling
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