Now, as promised, a special comment about the Wrestling Over Everything show on Sunday, December 2nd at the River's Edge Community Center in Centreville, Illinois.
DISCLAIMER: I'm biased. Deal with it.
Your ring announcer was The Landlord; your referees were Jacob Carter & Michael Crase.
The night started with a ten-bell salute for Larry Matysik.
"Thoroughbred" Brayden Lee vs. "Paragon" Khris James: This was my first time seeing either competitor. The roles were made clear in short order as Lee won over the fans with aerial offense, taking out James with a somersault plancha. James cut him off with a single-arm DDT as he re-entered the ring, focusing his attack on the arm to slow the pace. Lee made a comeback, but James held onto the referee to shield him from seeing a mule kick to the Universal Weak Point(tm); James finished with a spinning uranagi after that, scoring the pin in 11:18.
Savanna Stone vs. James Brady: These two know each other well from training, but Brady wasn't in a friendly mood as he was focused on winning. He took the advantage after a blind charge by Savanna hit the ringpost shoulder-first, then followed up with a suicide dive before throwing Savanna into the ringside seats. Stone came back with her own suicide dive and then a superplex, then scored a near-fall after a uranagi. Brady stopped her with a 3.0 backbreaker and nearly won after a fireman's-carry slam, but Savanna showed her power by delivering a turnbuckle powerbomb before winning with a a standard-issue powerbomb in 9:00!
John Boi vs. Krispy 2 Pop(w/ "The Unholy Father" Richard Faith): I missed a few WOE shows so I wasn't there for the Sabotage Squad breakup or Krispy aligning with Faith. Faith got himself ejected from ringside in the early going, leaving the two former teammates to settle their differences. The more experienced Krispy nearly won after a swinging neckbreaker and elbowdrop off the top rope, but it only got a two-count. John Boi came back with a DDT but Krispy got a foot on the bottom rope to escape defeat. Krispy went for a rana off the second rope, but John Boi countered into a huge sitout powerbomb to get the duke in 7:20. John Boi offered to make amends after the bell, but Krispy answered with a low blow...the fight continued and John Boi brought in a chair, but Faith returned with new protege Alister Crowe for the gang beatdown.
"The Gypsy Warrior" Orion Creed vs. Brandon Espinosa: I hadn't seen Creed in a little while as he'd been on the shelf with an injury. Both guys have a lot of talent and were very evenly matched in this one. Creed nearly scored the win with a Rite Of Passage-style behind-the-back piledriver but Espy just barely kicked out of the pin at 2 1/2. Espinosa fought back into the matchup and delivered a huge Last Ride-style powerbomb...but Creed somehow reversed Espy's pin attempt into a modified sunset flip for the flash three-count in 9:33! Hope to see more of Creed around this area in the future.
Intermission~! Official Ben Simon Concession Count(tm): Cheese fries, Mountain Dew, Pepsi.
No Coast(Sid Holland & D.C. Shaw) vs. All Eyes On Us(Micah Pope & Nelson Sixx) for the Tag Team Titles: Shaw was previously known as J.C.J., for those keeping track. A.E.O.U. are regulars in central Illinois but they occasionally make their way down here. The champs retained in a hard-fought matchup; Holland delivered a knee trembler to Sixx and Shaw got the pin after a Shining Wizard to the back of the head in 11:51.
"The Pain Train" P.T. Beckham vs. "The Canadian Boss" Trystan Brady Shadeux(w/ Hardcore Andy) for the Interstate Title: Beckham had retained the title against Shadeux in October, but the issue was far from settled as they crossed paths once again. Seeing Hardcore Andy as a rulebreaker just seems wrong. Shadeux had an underhanded game plan going into the bout as he sneak-attacked Beckham with a chair during his entrance, leaving him bloody. Despite the assault, Beckham agreed to start the match and Shadeux pressed his advantage. P.T. nearly scored the comeback win after a slingshot spear, but Shadeux got a foot on the bottom rope to escape defeat. The referee was knocked down and Beckham could have won after his advanced curbstomp, but there was no official to make the pin count. Andy passed the title belt in to Shadeux and he blasted the titleholder with it...the referee recovered as Shadeux made the cover, but Beckham barely kicked out of the pin at 2 1/2. However, that was all of the fight that was left in Beckham...Shadeux delivered a close-range superkick to seal the deal in 7:03 to crown a NEWWWWW Interstate Champion!
"2.0" Da'Marius Jones vs. "The Unholy Father" Richard Faith(w/ Krispy 2 Pop & Alister Crowe) for the Heavyweight Title: After Faith lost the Interstate Title, he made it clear that he had bigger goals in mind and that meant the big belt in the company. Faith had plenty of backup, but John Boi ran off Krispy to make the sides a bit more even. Faith almost accomplished his goal after hitting the Blackhole Slam, but took too long in making the cover and Jones kicked out at 2 1/2. Faith brought in the title belt and the referee stopped him, leading to Jones hitting the Paydirt, but Crowe pulled Jones off the cover when he went for the pin. Jones took out Crowe, but Faith blatantly leveled Jones with the belt and got disqualified in 8:27. Landlord(who had a tumultuous relationship with Jones at best) got a microphone and said that Jones had saved him from a beating at a previous event, so he might have thought that they were on the same side. Instead, he simply said they were "even" and attacked Faith and Crowe with a baking pan. Jones stood tall in the end, retaining his title...
I fully plan to get caught up on these. It may take a while and I may consolidate my format of these commentaries, but it will happen.
That's my special comment for this, the seventy-seventh 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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