Now, as promised, a special comment about the Wrestling Over Everything show on Sunday, September 10th at the River's Edge Community Center in Centreville, Illinois.
DISCLAIMER: I'm biased. Deal with it.
After the one-hour drive to World League Wrestling the previous night, the shorter trip to WOE was a welcome change of pace. They had a decent turnout and seem to be building a solid audience in Centreville.
Your ring announcer was Moe Romero-Kennedy; your referee was Jason Pemberton.
Da'Marius Jones started off the show with a promo, leading into a verbal confrontation with The Landlord to set up his Interstate Title match with LaMarcus Clinton later in the night.
Thomas Muños vs. Flavio Augusto: After competing as a fan favorite at the WLW show, Augusto was decidedly not in that role on this night. I've been seeing Muños a bit more regularly in this area lately. I don't know if this was a match I would have positioned as the show opener, but that's why I'm not a booker. Muños missed a spear in the corner and Augusto rolled him up with a handful of tights(HEEL~!) for the win in 5:14.
Brandon Espinosa vs. "The Roman Dynasty" Karim Brigante: Augusto is announced as representing the Roman Dynasty, so I guess the Dynasty is more than one person now. I need a scorecard to keep track of where to cheer Espinosa...he was the good guy on this occasion. After bulking up for a little while, Espy seems to be slimming back down and dusting off the aerial arsenal...he needed that against a larger opponent like Karim. Espinosa got the tapout win with the cross-armbreaker in 8:21.
Money & Gold(Taylor Champion & Trystan Brady Shadeux) vs. The Sabotage Squad(Krispy 2 Pop & John Boi)(w/ The Landlord), street fight: This one got out of control in a hurry and the brawl even traveled completely out of the building at one point! Champion and Shadeux hit a LOT of dives to the floor, some better than others. I know this style of match calls for that kind of over-the-top action, but I'm surprised Champion doesn't focus on his technical background more than he does. LaMarcus Clinton ran interference, leading to the Squad hitting a modified Hart Attack(with Krispy jumping off the top rope) to land Shadeux on a garbage can...L.M.C. added a 450 Splash and Krispy got the pinfall in 12:19.
Intermission~! Official Ben Simon Concession Count(tm): Two Coca-Colas and chili cheese Fritos.
"The Neon Icon" Justin D'Air(w/ Lady D'Air) vs. P.T. Beckham: Beckham is the artist formerly known as Shane "The Pain Train" Petrokovich; these two had a competitive match at the previous WOE show with D'Air emerging victorious, but Beckham attacked D'Air after the bell which led to this grudge rematch. Lady D'Air usually doesn't stay at ringside for Justin's matches but she was in his corner for this one...Beckham raised Justin's ire by creeping on his lady on a few occasions. D'Air's aerial range and hangtime are impressive as he's able to hit opponents on the far opposite side of the ring! Beckham rolled out of the ring for a breather and got in Lady D'Air's face once again...Justin rushed in to break things up, but P.T. sidestepped him and Justin accidentally struck his valet! D'Air was stunned over the accident and Beckham was able to take advantage, finishing with a top-rope elbowdrop in 6:46. This was Lady D'Air's first physical involvement in the action...I hadn't known if she was training to wrestle, but perhaps its a possibility in the future. Stay tuned, as they say...
Prince Moses(w/ B.T. Daramola) vs. Benjamin Ulysses Trust: These two crossed paths at the August show, ending with Trust taking a walk for the countout loss. Moses went aerial to gain an advantage and landed a top-rope elbowdrop, but climbed the turnbuckles again and got caught in a modified Death Valley Driver, followed by an Air Raid Crash onto the knee. Trust pummeled Moses and the referee attempted to back him off, but Trust lost his cool and shoved the referee away twice...this got him disqualified in 9:01. I suspect this issue is far from over.
LaMarcus Clinton(w/ The Landlord & The Sabotage Squad) vs. "2.0" Da'Marius Jones for the Interstate Title, For Whom The Bell Tolls Match: Since Landlord didn't allow the bell to be rung when Jones had rightly beaten L.M.C. the month before, this match could only be won by the participant ringing the bell that was set up on the entrance stage. Since it was essentially no-DQ, L.M.C.'s backup got involved on his behalf...eventually Taylor Champion and Brady Shadeux entered the scene to even the odds. Hoever, it wasn't quite enough as the titleholder had an extra ace up his sleeve...as Jones was in position to ring the bell and win the match, B.T. Daramola swiped it and ran to the ring with it. (So much for his tag team with Prince Moses...) He brought it straight to L.M.C. who rung the bell for the win in 13:15...I expected better matches out of this pairing but for whatever reason they haven't clicked as well as I would have thought.
Savanna Stone vs. Miss Monica Passeri: These two crossed paths for the first time in Dynamo Pro with Monica scoring the win after a distraction by Rahne Victoria. Savanna evened the store by pinning Monica in a triple threat match that also involved Laynie Luck. Savanna and Rahne have both been traveling to new territories in recent weeks, which is good to see...I look forward to seeing how they do. Monica won a good competitive matchup in 6:02 after the roundhouse kick.
"The Infamous" Tyler Copeland vs. Richard Faith for the Heavyweight Title: While Faith had the size advantage over the new titleholder, Copeland was riding a wave of momentum after unseating the long-time titleholder Leone Mephisto in August. The match was shorter than expected but a good outing from both men...Copeland tried for the Last Chancery a few times, but finally got it in the middle of the ring and Faith tapped out in 7:05.
Copeland had little time to celebrate his victory as an unidentified figure walked down the aisle in a Leone Mephisto T-shirt and a pig mask...it turned out to be feint as the real Mephisto blindsided Copeland with a kendo stick! Mephisto dropped Copeland with two Air Raid Crashes, then ranted and raved about his title loss and how he NEEDED to get the championship back...unfortunately dropping at least one F-bomb in the process(whoops). Looks like that rematch is on tap for the next show in October...
Apologies for how far behind I am on these commentaries...this past weekend had no local wrestling events and next weekend only has the National Wrasslin' League show in O'Fallon, Missouri on Friday. As it turns out, I have a comedy show in Effingham on Friday night so I'll have to miss the NWL event. Cape Championship Wrestling has a show on Saturday which I may check out if I'm feeling up to it. I've still got to cover last week's shows from Outlaw Wrestling and Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling...
So far, October looks like this:
-Friday 10/6: High Risk Wrestling in Warsaw, MO
-Saturday 10/7: World League Wrestling in Troy, MO; Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling in Swansea, IL; Mid-Missouri Wrestling Alliance in St. Louis, MO(South Broadway Athletic Club
-Saturday 10/14: World Powerhouse Wrestling in Madison, IL
-Sunday 10/15: Glory Pro Wrestling in Alton, IL; Wrestling Over Everything in Centreville, IL
-Saturday 10/21: Proving Ground Pro in Taylor Springs, IL; SICW in East Carondelet, IL
-Saturday 10/28: SICW in Caseyville, IL
That's my special comment for this, the forty-seventh wrestling show I've attended in the year 2017. Good night, good luck, and #yaywrestling.
-PB, Watching Wrestling Wrong Since 1991
P.S. We are all marks.
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