St. Louis hasn't been the most law-abiding metropolitan area in recent months, sorry to say. Several bands had their equipment stolen from their vans in recent months. Unfortunately, Dynamo Pro Wrestling was one of the latest victims...here's their official statement on what happened, posted last week Sunday:
"This past week, Dynamo Pro Wrestling suffered a catastrophic theft. Our trailer, our wrestling ring, and our state-mandated guard rails were all stolen by a criminal opportunist. We have remained silent until now regarding the matter, in respect to an ongoing police investigation, but we can share that there is no hope of recovering these items. Their remnants had already been permanently mangled and destroyed for scrap."
If nothing else, it sounds like there is video surveillance footage of the theft, so that will hopefully help them catch the thieves. Dynamo used their other training center ring for the show on Saturday; that ring is built lower to the floor so it was a slight adjustment for the wrestlers. Also, different guardrails had to be used and I imagine they had to rent or borrow a trailer for transporting everything.
It was another solid turnout for Dynamo in Fenton; glad to see they're building an audience there. Glen Carbon will be out for a few months due to the winter soccer season, so Stratford Inn will be their main venue for a while. A few regular competitors were absent due to WLW running a show in Richmond, Missouri on Saturday night.
Your ring announcer was Chris Roedel; your referees were Jay King and Patrick Hook(w/ bowtie).
The show started with Crystal, Evil Jim, and Executive Director Mark Bland addressing the change in scenery and the theft. On the bright side, they thanked the fans for voting Dynamo as the best promotion in the Midwest on the Missouri Wrestling Revival website.
The Bumrush Brothers("The Don Mega" Shorty Biggs & Outtkast) vs. "The" Evan Morris & "The New Hotness" Danny Adams: Solid outing for the new team of Morris & Adams (New Money? Hot Money? Thee Hotness?). Not sure what's left for the BRBs to do as a team in Dynamo since they're already multiple-time Tag Champs. Anywho, the upstart team had a few close calls but the Bumrush Brothers took home the win; Outtkast pinned Adams in 13:35 after he and Shorty hit the Order 66(double torture-rack pickup into a double faceplant). For the record, I lost some dork cred by having to look up the meaning of "Order 66"...it was the order given to the clone Stormtroopers to exterminate the Jedi in the Star Wars prequels.
Keon Option vs. Mauler McDarby(w/ Shawn Santel): Travis Cook was conspicuous by his absence; it seems like he's a busy guy around this time of year. Option's only had a few matches so far; he was in a four-corner match at the previous Dynamo show and worked a recent show in Independence, MO. I hadn't seen McDarby in a singles match in quite a while; Santel ran interference in Travis' absence. That led to the finish as McDarby rolled up Option with feet on the ropes in 4:49. Afterwards, The Professionals bragged about an off-camera assault on Jackal(explaining the co-Tag Champ's absence)...that brought out Jake Dirden and kick-started an impromptu bout.
Tag Team Champion "Dirdey" Jake Dirden vs. Shawn Santel(w/ Mauler McDarby): It was another two-on-one situation with Jackal MIA; maybe Option should have stuck around? McDarby interfered a few times and Santel focused on the leg to slow the bigger guy down. Dirden made the comeback and locked on the Asiatic Spike, drawing McDarby in for the DQ in 6:10. Dirden tried to fight off both men but the numbers caught up to him and McDarby BELTed him to put a stop to his resistance. Looks like The Professionals have made their case to be in the Tag Team Title picture...though I would imagine Brandon Espinosa & Elvis Aliaga could still be in the running.
"The Bosnian Warchild" Spi-Ral vs. "The Belt Collector" Jeremy Wyatt: Was looking forward to this one; it promised to be an interesting mix of styles. I don't think we've seen all that Spi-Ral has to offer; looking forward to seeing him against more diverse opposition. There was a rough spot or two, but it was their first in-ring encounter and I'd be interested in seeing them tie up again in the future. The fans were a bit cold toward Spi-Ral at first but were into him by the end of the match, which was a good sign. The finish saw Wyatt push the referee into the ropes to trip up Spi-Ral on the top rope...Wyatt finished with the Lightning Spiral in 12:15.
Cue intermission~!
"Ironman" Ken Kasa vs. Brandon Aarons vs. "The Alternative" Brandon Gallagher vs. Mike Outlaw vs. "The Maniac" Paco Gonzalez vs. "Showtime" Bradley Charles: This was pushed on Ringsyders as a traditional gauntlet match; it was more of a six-way dance with Rumble-style entries. Two wrestlers started with a new person entering every two minutes or so. Eliminations only occurred by pinfall or submission. Kasa & Aarons started; the subsequent entries were Gallagher, Outlaw, Paco, and SBC. Gallagher initially bided his time outside the ring while the other two fought. No eliminations took place until all six men were in; that wasn't a rule of the match, just how it played out. SBC rolled up Paco with the tights in 12:11. Gallagher tried his own cheap rollup on someone else(forget who), but Aarons rolled up Gallagher straight out of that for his own three-count in 13:17. (For those keeping score, that's three rollups on the same show, including two in a row within this one match.)
It turned into a two-on-two situation with recent tag team Aarons & Outlaw against Kasa and SBC. That teamwork paid off as Kasa initially blocked Outlaw's attempted sunset bomb off the ropes, but Aarons kicked him down and Outlaw completed the move to pin Kasa in 15:10. SBC took out Aarons with the TKO in 15:53, leaving him and Outlaw as the final two. They had a good finishing exchange with Outlaw fighting out of a superplex attempt, hitting the Macho Elbow for the final victory in 19:29. With the win, Outlaw earned a Heavyweight Title shot at Ricky Cruz at the December show...the setup for the gauntlet match was that none of the six men had ever had a shot at the big belt and this was their big opportunity to earn one.
Heavyweight Champion "The King Of Chaos" Ricky Cruz vs. Brandon Espinosa, non-title: This issue had been building for several months, dating back to Cruz's interference backfiring in Espy's match with Jake Dirden in July. The two seemed to be at odds, but Mark Bland forced them to team up in the night's Tag Team Championship main event. Shockingly enough(ahem), the two worked together well enough to win the belts...but they dropped them in their first defense against the makeshift team of Dirden & Jackal (Dirden was subbing for the injured Rocket Mapache). After that match, Espinosa joined forces with Elvis Aliaga to lay out Cruz, effectively ending that partnership.
The allegiance of Lucy Mendez was an interesting question in the Cruz/Espinosa relationship...she had primarily been aligned with Ricky, but was absent at the show where they lost the Tag Titles and was in Espinosa's corner at the last Dynamo show when he and Aliaga faced Dirden & Jackal. Unfortunately, she was not in the house for this show(out sick, if I'm not mistaken) so that development may still be in the works. Other than it being set up as a "grudge match", there was no real explanation for this being a non-title match.
I was wondering how this match would go and how the fans would respond to it since it was heel vs. heel; the audience seemed to go with Ricky as the lesser of two evils in this case and Cruz worked face by process of elimination. This was the first meeting between these two and it was a really good bout; it also set the stage for coming attractions as the issue is definitely not over. A lot of shenanigans were involved as Espy pushed the ref into the ropes with Ricky on the top rope(second time for that spot in this show). Espinosa brought out a chain but Ricky superkicked him and the chain fell to the mat. Ricky pointed out to the ringside fans to divert the ref's attention(err, random) and then took out Espy with his own chain for the win in 13:25.
Espinosa didn't take the loss well to say the least...he laid into Ricky with the chain before bringing in a chair for more damage. (Unfortunately, the plastic chairs don't have the same ring to them as the metal versions.) Espy topped it off by laying out Ricky with the title belt...both refs and ringside security tried to restore order along with Mark Bland, but Espinosa delivered a parting shot with a superkick. At this point, Mike Outlaw hit the ringside area with a chair and Espinosa finally decided to leave...Ricky was assisted away from the ringside area. I'm not sure if this will mean a full return to the fan favorite role for Ricky, but I imagine he'll be the heel against Outlaw next month and it was just a temporary thing for the Espinosa feud. He's clearly no angel, as we saw with the chain usage...
At any rate, that set up Cruz vs. Outlaw for the title at the December 6th show. Outlaw's been impressive in his rookie year and this will be his toughest test to date...looking forward to seeing how that match goes.
The rest of the year looks like this:
-Saturday 11/8: MMWA in St. Louis, MO
-Saturday 11/15: SICW in East Carondelet, IL (Marty Jannetty appearing)
-Saturday 11/22: MMWA-SICW in Cahokia, IL (John Blackheart/Big Momma Love benefit)
-Friday 12/5: SLA in Alton, IL; PWE in Pontoon Beach, IL
-Saturday 12/6: DPW in Fenton, MO
-Saturday 12/13: SICW in East Carondelet, IL; MMWA in St. Louis, MO
-Sunday 12/18: HRW in Belleville, IL
Good night, good luck, and #yaywrestling.
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