Now, as promised, a special comment about the Dynamo Pro Wrestling show on Sunday, November 18th at the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis, Missouri...wait, what?...
DISCLAIMER: I'm biased. Deal with it.
Unfortunately, the annual 4 Hands Brewery show had been rained out a month earlier...so with little time to put on the event, a deal was worked out for Dynamo to hold the show at the SBAC. It was the first time in many years that a promotion other than the Mid-Missouri Wrestling Alliance had run an event in that building and it was a surreal environment to say the least. Admission was free for the afternoon event and the show had a pretty good turnout, all things considered.
Your ring announcers were Chris Roedel & Luke Roberts; your referees were Jay King & Scott Ramsey.
"The Caramel Bear" C.J. Shine vs. Camaro Jackson vs. Ezra Zealous: The competitors had a feeling-out process that began with a series of arm-wrestling challenges...hey, whatever floats your boat. All three guys were hoping for a signature win to get on the radar in a volatile championship situation (more on that later)...and Shine seemed to accomplish that goal. He took out Zealous with the TKO, then finished off Jackson with a knee trembler in 4:39.
Outtkast vs. The Snitch: The masked man continued his crusade for a Heavyweight Title shot, seeing as how it was at the previous year's 4 Hands Brewery show that he claimed to have been robbed of a battle royal victory. Dynamo management has practically been mocking Snitch's predicament, keeping tabs on the number of days since the so-called "Dynamo Screwob". The former D-1 and Tag Team Champion Outtkast was hoping to slow the momentum of the Riot On The River Tournament winner. He came close to accomplishing his goal by hitting the Case Study, but Snitch surprisingly kicked out of the pin attempt at two and caught Outtkast in a small package for his own near-fall. Outtkast went after his opponent, who held onto the referee to cover up a mule kick to the groin...after that, Snitch rolled him up for the pin with a handful of tights in 10:10.
Luke Roberts announced that "Lights Out" Adrian Surge had forfeited the Heavyweight Title due to a collarbone injury suffered at the hands of Makaze and The Agents Of Chaos. It was terrible timing as Surge had only held the championship for two months since winning it from Makaze...and the title situation was left completely up in the air.
The Agents Of Chaos(Viktor Von Stein & Xavier Shadowz) vs. The Unlikely Heroes(Jackal & "Mr. Mustache" Ricky Rodriguez) vs. The Arch City Mercenaries(Tony Esteem & Jimmi LaFleur) for the Tag Team Titles: Jackal & Rodriguez held a non-title win over the champions, but the Agents cheated to retain their titles the previous month at Concordia Turners Gym; in the meantime, the Mercenaries had been nipping at the heels of both teams. Jackal & Ricky seemed to be in a tough spot against two teams who hated them, but only one tandem could win the matchup and any alliance that could have been created was short-lived. On top of that, tension had surfaced between the Agents in previous months which could have been the crack in the champions' armor that potential challengers were hoping to see. The Unlikely Heroes were worked over by both opposing duos...The Agents hit their fireman's-carry Flapjack/Diamond Cutter combo on Rodriguez while the Mercenaries took out Jackal with the sideslam/top-rope elbowdrop combo, leaving the champions and Mercenaries to battle it out. "The Wind Of Destruction" Makaze came out to run interference for the Agents, but their plans went awry as Shadowz' pump kick hit Von Stein by mistake as LaFleur moved out of the way. As the Agents recovered from their mistake, Jackal and Rodriguez ran in for stereo rollups on LaFleur and Esteem, scoring dueling three-counts to win the Tag Titles in 16:12!
"The Empress Of Evil" Rahne Victoria vs. Savanna Stone for the Women's Title: I believe this was Part MCMXVIII of the ongoing series between the two...the matches are very good, but I'm sure both would love to get some fresh competition in this area. It's unfortunate that Dynamo has been unable to produce new competition for the championship; World League Wrestling has the same problem. At any rate, these two could have a good match in their sleep at this point...Rahne unveiled a new submission finisher, getting the tapout victory with a full nelson and bodyscissors in 7:33.
Intermission~! Official Ben Simon Concession Count(tm): Bottle of water, gooey butter cake doughnut, and an A.J. Styles T-shirt(woo).
Mike Outlaw vs. "The Heartthrob" Jaden Roller for the D-1 Title: These two fought in September with Outlaw picking up the win, but it was a close enough matchup that Roller got another opportunity at the gold. He gave the titleholder a good fight once again, but Outlaw's championship reign continued as he won with the High Noon(top-rope elbowdrop) in 12:46.
Battle Royal: This consisted of most of the competitors who we had already seen in action, along with Makaze and William Meyers. Rahne Victoria opted not to compete in this, but Savanna Stone was up for the challenge and entered the fray. Wrestlers who had already battled on the show locked horns once again and Snitch went with the same strategy he had in 2018 by exiting the ring and hiding in the audience. Eliminations went something like this: Camaro Jackson, William Meyers, Tony Esteem, Outtkast, and Jimmi LaFleur. New Tag Champs Jackal & Ricky Rodriguez took themselves out of contention in order to get the biggest man in the match(Viktor Von Stein) over the top rope as well. Makaze threw his own ally Xavier Shadowz to the floor, but was eliminated himself soon afterwards. Savanna Stone threw out D-1 Champion Mike Outlaw, which seemingly set up a future title shot for herself. The remaining competitors finally realized what Snitch was doing and dragged him back to the ring, dishing out a beating before throwing him to the floor. Savanna eliminated Ezra Zealous and seemed to be on the verge of victory, but C.J. Shine threw her out of the ring to leave himself and Jaden Roller as the final two. Roller attempted to forge a peaceful resolution to the conflict, but Shine didn't buy it and the two fought it out...Shine finally threw Roller out of the ring for the win in 14:13! At a time when the title situation was in such turmoil, every big win mattered...but more on that in the next commentary!
I've taken a few weeks off from independent wrestling shows. It's a long story. Suffice it to say that I won't be back in the Alton area any time in the near future and I've lost a lot of faith in this area's wrestling scene in general. I've taken breaks in the past and maybe this will do me some good. I don't know if I'll check out any shows this coming weekend...if I do, I think I'll prefer to keep to myself. I'm not a big fan of wrestling fans these days, either.
That's my special comment for this, the seventy-fourth wrestling show I attended in the year 2018. Good night, good luck, and #yaywrestling.
-PB, Watching Wrestling Wrong Since 1991
P.S. We are all marks.
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