With the Glen Carbon Sports Academy busy for soccer season, Dynamo is branching out to other venues...their first show of 2014 will be at the Stratford Inn in Fenton on Saturday, January 4th. They ran there several years ago when they were still under the NWA Central States banner.
Of course, wrestling shows on that side of the river fall under the jurisdiction of the benevolent(?) Missouri State Athletic Commission...so that resulted in a slightly altered(and compressed) talent roster. Your ring announcers were Ben Simon and Chris Roedel...even the ring announcers must be licensed in Missouri, for the record.
Mark Bland started the show by updating us on the title situation: Jake Dirden won the belt from Dan Walsh in Pittsfield under controversial circumstances and tonight is the rematch. That brought out Walsh and Dirden for some verbal sparring. Oddly the face/heel roles were reversed in Pittsfield as Dirden was the crowd favorite...Walsh initially won after hitting Dirden with the belt but the match was restarted, leading to Dirden's championship victory.
Geek Singh was a heel on this night...because no one likes tech support guys, AMIRIGHT? He tried to use his computer keyboard as a weapon but the referee stopped him, leading to Webb getting the win.
A lot of the triple threat was Parnell vs. Gallagher as Dark Shadows hid outside the ring...hey, live the gimmick. Hadn't seen Parnell go to the top rope too often but he pulled off a nice 450 Splash. It has been noted that the "Gentleman" gimmick seems better suited for a heel character; he seemed to be gimmickless for this one. I believe Gallagher called his finisher the "Champagne Supernova"...okay then.
This was the first Dynamo appearance for Espinosa in a long time and, I think, the first ever for Ace Hawkins. They've fought approximately five hundred times and also been tag partners, so it's safe to say they know each other pretty well. CHEAT TO WIN~!
Travis Cook was upset about his guys not being on the show. Hey, get the paperwork done next time. :)
It seemed like Magnuson was going to be the face against heel Kevin X, but the roles reversed over the course of the match as the fans were more familiar with Kevin. Solid bout.
The main event was really good...both survived each other's big moves(Dirden's chokeslam, Walsh's Paydirt TWICE) thanks to some delayed pin attempts. Dirden finally caught him in the Asiatic Spike...three arm drops later, Dirden had cleanly retained the title. Bland wasn't happy about handing the belt back to the champion but there was no controversy this time around.
The year wraps up in December with St. Louis Anarchy on Friday the 6th, MMWA at South Broadway on Saturday the 7th, and SICW on the 14th...as previously noted, Dynamo has the first show of the year on Saturday 1/4.
As always: #yaywrestling
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