The Hillsdale show has been an annual back-to-school thing for a little while. It had previously been a joint effort for MMWA and SICW; since the official split of the groups, SICW made it their rare stop on the Missouri side for the year. With the roster limited to Missouri-licensed wrestlers, a few MMWA guys worked both area shows. Chris Roedel did the ring announcing in Ben Simon's absence and Commissioner Keith Smith refereed all bouts.
Da'Marius Jones is a rookie in the area and only recently debuted. He had a couple of good bouts with Brandon Espinosa last Saturday...oddly enough, the SICW upset carried over to Jones getting a title shot at MMWA that night. Liked the second match a bit better than the first.
Versatility is good in indy wrestling because the promoter may need you for a specific role. Sometimes they need a face, sometimes they need a heel, and sometimes they just need some cannon fodder. Face time is face time.
The kids practically rushed the ring when Ricky Cruz broke the pinata over an opponent's head...heh.
A good time was had by all...wasn't too talkative at that weekend's shows due to a temporary loss of voice(long-ish story).
Espinosa's been through the face/heel revolving door lately and that's just in MMWA. It looks like he's definitely a heel...for now.
Didn't care for Moondog-Whitechapel. Again.
Wilder-Hawkins was pretty good despite a couple of rough spots(unfortunately including the finishing rollup). It happens sometimes.
Liked A.J. Williams-Dave Osborne...David-Goliath is always a good story to tell, simple and straightforward. Jimmy D was apparently only there for a run-in as he didn't have a match.
Solid James-Raze matchup. James continues to be a solid guy. I'm torn on Raze as I've seen him in decent stuff and also in some not-so-decent stuff; guess it depends on who he's working with.
Odd to bring out Freddie Fury only to swap him out. The tag match...would...not...end. It nearly went to a fifteen-minute draw and then it just ended in the last minute. I swear most Broadway shows this year have either featured a rope malfunction or a messed-up dive out of the ring...J-Mal Swagg was the unfortunate subject of the latter event. Yeah, didn't care for this one either.
Good show-closing angle to set up next month's main event, though it was odd to position the Lumberjacks as faces after they'd just worked as heels in the prior bout. Gary did a stretcher job after the spike piledriver because IT'S A MOTHERFARGING SPIKE PILEDRIVER and that's what you do after you get hit with one.
SICW East Carondelet commentary should be done in the next day or so, readers(yes, both of you).
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