Now, as promised, a special comment about last Saturday's Dynamo Pro Wrestling show at the Concordia Turners Gymnasium in St. Louis, Missouri.
DISCLAIMER: I'm biased. Deal with it.
The choices last Saturday were Dynamo Pro and Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling in Caseyville, Illinois. As it turned out, DPW had a VERY eventful weekend with not only this show, but also their annual showing at 4 Hands Brewery the following afternoon. Concordia has become their home base of sorts and I'm glad to see them build a stronger product with some steady storylines. They had a solid turnout for what was essentially "Halloween weekend".
Your ring announcer was Chris Roedel; your referees were Scott Ramsey and Ricky Rodriguez. Your video commentators were Luke Roberts and Patrick Brandmeyer...nice to be behind a microphone again in this role!
"The Beach Bod" Thomas Munos vs. Aaron Dzinic vs. "The Mercenary" Graham Bell vs. "The Caramel Bear" C.J. Shine: This was an interesting mix of talent; I believe it was the Dynamo debuts for both Dzinic and Bell. I normally see Dzinic and Bell in tag team competition with their usual partners Matt Kenway and Luke Langley in The Pride and The Diamond Dogs(respectively). Munos looked the best I've seen him in Dynamo Pro competition. Just about anyone is capable of achieving victory in this style of match as long as one person scores a quick fall at the right time...in this case, Shine got the pinfall on Munos after a top-rope dropkick in 9:53.
Tag Team Champion "The Valedictorian" Keon Option vs. Viktor Von Stein: Option returned to wrestling at the August show and the Tag Team Titles held by himself and Justin D'Air were reactivated...he saved D'Air from a two-on-one attack by Von Stein and Xavier Shadowz of the Agents Of Chaos, setting up singles bouts between the members of the teams. While Option is normally the more ground-based of his tag team, he had an uphill battle against the much larger Von Stein and had to stick and move. As Option gained momentum, Shadows made an appearance that brouught out D'Air to even the sides. In the ensuing chaos, the referee was occupied with D'Air and Shadowz hit his elevated neckbreaker on Option...Von Stein followed up with the Legdrop O' Doom for the tainted pin in 6:55. The Agents did some post-match damage to both tag champs, hoping to gain a premature advantage going into Shadowz' match with D'Air later in the evening.
Brandon Espinosa & Jackal vs. The Snitch & Tony Esteem: As usual, Snitch made Chris Roedel read his pre-match soliloquy...this brought out the newcomer Esteem as his tag team partner. I'd spotted Esteem observing the proceedings at a previous Dynamo show but this was his in-ring debut for the promotion. Both sides were unusual tandems, but Espy and Jackal had a lot of tag team success with other partners so they worked together fairly well. It ended in another case of the official's attention being elsewhere...he was on the floor and checking on Espy and Esteem when Snitch got in a low blow on Jackal. That allowed Snitch to get the rollup pin in 11:58.
Savanna Stone vs. Rahne Victoria: Rahne had come up short in recent outings against Savanna at the Eat & Treat event and also in Proving Ground Pro, so she was hoping to reverse her fortunes here. Savanna was looking to pick up momentum going into some big matches in her career: She faces Mia Yim at Zero-One USA this weekend(November 4th), takes on Marti Belle at the National Wrasslin' League event on Sunday the 5th, and has other big matches on the horizon with Laynie Luck(PGP) and Lufisto(Glory Pro Wrestling). The two are so evenly matches that their bouts could easily go either way...in this case, Victoria got the victory with her version of the Skyhigh(I've unofficially called it the Rahnefall) in 7:06.
Intermission~! Official Ben Simon Concession Count(tm): Root beer and hot dog(leftover after the show was over).
"Lights Out" Adrian Surge" vs. "The Heartthrob" Jaden Roller: Surge put himself in prime position for a future title shot by winning the Riot On The River Tournament (beating Heavyweight Champion Brandon Aarons in the finals), but Roller has made a strong impression on Midwest fans in just a few months. Roller's strategy became clear in the early going as he clipped Surge's knee, kicking off several minutes of attacking his opponent's leg. Surge fought back into the match, but the damage to the knee was too much and Roller managed to take him down into a version of the Calf Crusher, scoring the tapout win in 9:51! Roller wasn't done and didn't feel like releasing the hold right away, which brought out Brandon Aarons to run him off...this would be important later in the evening.
Tag Team Champion "The Neon Icon" Justin D'Air(w/ Keon Option) vs. Xavier Shadowz(w/ Viktor Von Stein): This match was originally scheduled to occur right after intermission, but was pushed back slightly to give D'Air more time to rest from the earlier attack by the Agents Of Chaos. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.) The champs charged the ring and took the fight to the Agents; they cleared the ring and D'Air took to the air with a somersault plancha onto both adversaries! The match officially got underway after that point with the outside parties taking a close interest...Option had trouble dealing with Von Stein until he made good use of a steel chair to take the big man out of the game. With the official checking on Von Stein, Option entered the ring to drop Shadowz with the Paydirt (paying the Agents back for their earlier cheap win)...that gave D'Air the victory in 7:38! After the match, Option & D'Air challenged the Agents to a match at the 4 Hands Brewery show the following afternoon, even offering to put their titles on the line.
"The Master Of Hairflips" Brandon Aarons vs. "The Wind Of Destruction" Makaze for the Heavyweight Title: I was unclear on whether Makaze was considered a former Dynamo Pro Heavyweight Champion...he was NWA Missouri Champion on the night that the championship was converted into the current Dynamo Title. At that show, he was defeated by K.C. Karrington for the title...and this was his first chance to get back to the top of the promotion. Makaze had recently returned to his rulebreaking ways and that attitude had led to several victories, putting him in position for this opportunity. Aarons had been on a roll with successful title defenses against Dingo, Danny Adams, and Brandon Espinosa and Roy Lewis in a triple threat match, as well as his win over Nick Brubaker at Proving Ground Pro...he was also nearing the one-year mark as champion, as he defeated Mike Outlaw for the belt last November. I was NOT expecting a title change here, but I had a feeling Aarons was about due for it...I try to avoid making predictions because I'd rather watch things progress, plus wrestling companied tend to go for the "swerve" when people make predictions. At any rate, Jaden Roller made his way to ringside to confront Aarons over his earlier actions...Aarons was distracted but only momentarily. Aarons rallied and delivered the close-range superkick that won him the title in the first place, but Roller got up on the ring apron to put the bad-mouth on the champion. He claimed that Aarons was jealous of his own hairstyle...them's fighting words and Aarons took him out with a superkick. However, Makaze was lying in wait...and as the referee's attention was on Roller, Makaze threw a FIREBALL in Aarons' face! Makaze quickly covered and the referee turned around to count three in 14:35, crowning Makaze as the new Dynamo Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion!
The shocking title change closed out a solid show for Dynamo Pro, and the weekend wasn't over yet as they'd return to action at 4 Hands Brewery the following afternoon. That's another story for another time, of course...so tune in next time: Same Pat-Time, Same Pat-Channel.
That's my special comment for this, the fifty-fourth 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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