They'll need a bigger building at the rate they're going...the building was packed to say the least. I had trouble finding a place to simply be out of the way...nice problem to have if you're a wrestling promotion, I suppose.
Your ring announcer was Ben Simon, your referees were Michael Crase and Jay King.
"The Don Mega" Shorty Biggs vs. "The Alternative" Brandon Gallagher: Gallagher is back to heeldom after a few appearances as a face in SICW. I appreciate blatant heel wins a lot more these days as it seems like too many heels just win clean. If they're not cheating to win, then there isn't nearly as much to hate about them.
"Night Train" Gary Jackson & Big Jim Hoffarth vs. Alexandre Rudolph & Joker: The original match announcement had Rudolph teaming with someone named "Mr. Lucky"(possibly a renamed Waco?). Gary and Rudolph brawled on the floor during the finish and then Rudolph blindsided Gary afterwards, so that's a new feud. Hoffarth continued his winning streak and is now set for a title shot in February.
Travis Cook always seems to stick his nose into the segments with the visiting legends...and he usually pays for it. I wasn't sure what Bushwhacker Luke would do since his best-known signature move involves his cousin and tag partner Butch Miller. So, we got a Stinkface complete with Luke pulling his pants down...thankfully he did have underwear.
Daniel Eads vs. Frankie "The Thumper" Wyatt: These two are from the central Illinois wrestling scene, as are Heath Hatton and Ax Allwardt. Eads is fairly new but is doing well so far. Keep forgetting about the over-the-top-rope DQ rule but we occasionally get reminders of it.
Lucy Mendez vs. Jake Parnell: Lucy was originally scheduled to face Jordynne Grace(who did an interview at the December show), but a few weeks ago it was announced that Lucy would be facing Angelus Layne. Layne had a bad few weeks as she missed St. Louis Anarchy due to illness and missed this show due to transportation problems. This one went pretty well considering it was Parnell's first intergender match and (I think) Lucy's second.
Jake Dirden & Heath Hatton vs. Ken Kasa & Dave Vaughn: Travis Cook was still out of sorts due to the Stinkface earlier in the show, bwahahaha. It looks like Kasa-Dirden isn't quite done yet; this also set up Hatton-Vaughn for the February show.
Chaz Wesson vs. Ax (Allwardt): The Old School Warriors met once again. It looked like Ax might pull off a slight upset when he cut off Chaz's attempt at a top-rope move, but Wesson pulled out the win in the end.
Ron Powers vs. Flash Flanagan, referee Ricky Cruz: Ricky has history with both men, though his feud with Flash is a more recent issue. It had been pushed on the television show that Ricky was frustated over his lack of title shots and felt like he had to "do the promoter a favor" in the form of the guest ref stint. Cruz called it down the middle in the beginning with some subtle favoring of Powers. It even got the point where Flash hung onto Cruz when Powers attempted a sunset flip, prompting Ricky to punch him away. However, the finish went down...and the guy who had been the undisputed top face for the past two or three years turned heel. So who's the top face now: Powers? Dirden? I guess we'll have to wait and see...
Right now, February looks like this:
-Saturday 2/1: Dynamo at Stratford Inn in Fenton, MO
-Saturday 2/8: MMWA at South Broadway in St. Louis, MO
-Saturday 2/15: SICW in East Carondelet, IL
-Tuesday 2/18: Dynamo at Off Broadway in St. Louis, MO
-Friday 2/28(+ Saturday 3/1): St. Louis Anarchy in Alton, IL
Haven't heard anything about upcoming shows for NWA Central States. WLW had the grand opening of their training center this past Saturday, but they haven't announced any shows in the St. Louis area yet. Wow, one month of 2014 already in the books...
Good night, good luck, and #yaywrestling.
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