Per ring announcer Ben Simon, the match times(which I should note more often): 5:47, 2:42, 8:11, 3:58, 6:11, 8:10, 11:52, 9:57, 9:19.
Whitechapel earned points from me for "Tag me, Cujo!" The tag match only went about five minutes and I'm okay with that.
I don't know if the Tag Team Titles are still in play or if that was just a misdirection on Espinosa's part to tease a Mephisto win in the tournament. The mic work lasted longer than the actual match...yes, a lot of finishes on this night involved some sort of distraction or interference. There was one scary moment where A.J. backdropped Mephisto too close to the ropes and he practically landed on his head...eep.
Hadn't seen Steve Sharp in a long time...I read he was also at the Alton show on Friday. He worked a handful of GCW shows, usually doing stuff with his brother Kevin X. Think I also saw him in a dark match at a WWF Raw taping under the name Ali Stevens.
Jimmy D was still sporting the Red Sox jersey from the CSCW show...he was even announced as hailing from Boston. Well played.
Referees don't get enough notice in wrestling, especially on the independent scene. Jim Harris has been a mainstay official with both MMWA and SICW for as long as I can remember and next month's South Broadway event will be his final show...best of luck to him.
The Lumberjacks are also retiring next month...they held the MMWA Tag Team Titles many times and there's not much left for them to do with the belts seemingly out of play. Don't see them work many other places.
Odd bit of continuity as James and Osborne fought in the semfinals of LAST year's tournament, but this time the result was different. Was the post-match handshake a tease of a face turn for Osborne?
The wording of Gary's stipulation wasn't entirely clear as "if Gary loses" means something different than "if Gary doesn't win the title". He could have won by DQ or countout, but Mephisto made sure he officially lost to ensure the stipulation came into play. It might put a crimp in Jackson's challenge to Mephisto if he has to retire at the hands of The Big Texan next week...hmm.
Espy and Mephisto's plan backfired in a big way in the finals...they wanted to rig another DQ win for themselves, but senior official Jim Harris overruled it and said the match would continue. That left Mephisto ripe for the proverbial pickings...and Brian James won this year's King Of St. Louis Cable Tournament, earning a title shot of his choice. It'll probably go toward the Heavyweight Title, but they worded it so that it could be used for any championship at any time. I guess it's a Money-In-The-Bank sort of deal, but the title matches been set up in advance for the past two years.
The in-ring content was solid for the most part. On the bright side, the ropes stayed up and no one crashed and burned on a dive attempt.
Things are slowing down for the end of the year...SICW is next weekend but there's nothing for the two weekends after that. December only seems to have St. Louis Anarchy's Yuletide Terror as well as the monthly offerings from MMWA and SICW. CSCW's next show announcement was for January and I haven't heard anything from Dynamo about their next show.
As always: #yaywrestling
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