Anarchy Wrestling TV #437

-Commentators:  Bret Wolverton & Jeremy Vain.
-Heavyweight Champion Mike Posey starts the show to brag about his title win and insist on a proper introduction from ring announcer Jonathan Feltner.  He claimed to be a fighting champion and said he would do a random draw to determine his next challenger.  Feltner drew the name of "The Priest Of Punishment" Mikael Judas, so Posey made him redo it...and this time he got The Laredo Kid.
-Corey Hollis d. "The Encore" Kevin Blue after the elevated DDT (8:31 aired).
-The Urban Assault Squad(Shadow Jackson & Nemesis) said they had gotten a bit soft with the fans on their side lately...but no more.
-Agent/Attorney Jeff G. Bailey enlightened us in the presence of the newly-expanded Elite:  Young Lions' Champion "The Temptation" Shaun Tempers, "The Deadly Sin" Se7en, and "The Being Of Inconceivable Horror" Iceberg.  Iceberg has returned to Bailey's employ(Jeff G. was the one who provided his weapon last week)...Se7en disposed of "Wrestling's Most Dangerous Weapon" Geter, but Lars Manderson thought he could step up to the plate a few weeks ago so Bailey called him out.
-"The Deadly Sin" Se7en(w/ Jeff G. Bailey, Shaun Tempers, & Iceberg) d. Lars Manderson(w/ "The Stray Cat" Brodie Ray Chase) after the chokeslam (4:16).  Brodie saved Manderson from a post-match chokeslam but was overwhelmed by the Elite trio...notably Manderson walked away from the ring as the beatdown was happening.  "The Seven-Figure Deal" Ace Rockwell tried to help but the Elite still had the numbers advantage...until Geter hit the ring and the Elite members retreated.
-"The Lethal Dose" Stryknyn d. "The Modern Classic" B.J. Hancock(w/ Miss Rachael) by DQ when Hancock blatantly hit Stryknyn with Rachael's shoe (joined in progress; 4:27 aired).
-"The Technician" Todd Sexton & "Hit For Hire" Bobby Moore d. The Washington Bullets(Jon & Trey Williams) to win the Tag Team Titles.  The Bullets tried to walk away from the match but they were forced back to the ring by Shadow Jackson & Nemesis.  Sexton & Moore were surprisingly on the same page, but Sexton accidentally superkicked Moore when Trey moved out of the way.  When Moore recovered from the kick, he walked away from his corner and left Sexton in a two-on-one situation.  The referee was knocked down when Trey broke up a sleeperhold on Jon...The Bullets hit the Marion Barry(backcracker by Jon followed by Diamond Cutter by Trey) but there was no one to count a pin.  Shadow & Nemesis re-entered the picture and Shadow leveled Jon Williams with one of the title belts; after that, Shadow took out Trey with a Stone Cold Stunner and Nemesis added a running senton.  Sexton recovered first and draped an arm over Trey...and the referee recovered in time to make the three-count (joined in progress; 15:53 aired).
-Next week:  Mike Posey vs. The Laredo Kid for the Heavyweight Title, plus Geter/Rockwell/Brodie vs. Tempers/Iceberg/Se7en.

Special Comment Extra

I try not to make judgments about what I haven't seen. As such, I only feel comfortable about commenting on the shows that I directly attend. I do my best to keep up via YouTube, but the live experience is important to the whole picture.

At any rate, I meant to touch on the MMWA show in the main commentary but it honestly slipped my mind. The schedule has been so busy lately that shows just occur on the same night sometimes. Last Saturday evening was a notable example as the area talent was spread out across four different events(Dynamo, Broadway, WLW, Metro Pro) with very little crossover.

Broadway has built up to a big July show where they'll do a best-of-seven series of matches; if the Elitism side wins the series, Sean Orleans will become the new Commissioner and Jim Harris will be out of the company. Two wrestlers made returns after long absences: LaMarcus Clinton and Johnny(Johnathon?) Zulu. A.J. Williams & Da'Marius Jones won the Tag Team Titles from Jackson Whitechapel & Sean Orleans. Heavyweight champion Brandon Espinosa's been having trouble with rookie Everett Connors; he lost to him by countout in May(thanks in part to Brian James) and was surprisingly pinned by Connors in this month's tag match.

Ace Hawkins and Andrew Wilder continued their feud and will meet in a ladder match in July(first time ever at Broadway!). Moondog Rover will get a shot at T.V. Champion Lynn Mephisto in a dog collar match. Barackus(out with bronchitis this month) will defend the Survivor Title against Dave Osborne in a best-of-three-falls match. Those are three matches out of the best-of-seven series...don't yet know how the Heavyweight and Tag Titles will fit into things. With LMC back in action along with Chase King, perhaps the former Tag Champs who never lost the belts in the ring will challenge the new titleholders? James, Gary Jackson, and even Connors have legitimate claims to a shot at Espinosa...so they could go in a few different directions with that.

One of these days, I'll finally get to a WLW show...it seems like there's always something else happening when they run in the general St. Louis area. I saw a Thursday night show on the upcoming event listing, so maybe that'll be it.

Have heard a lot of good things about Metro Pro and have seen a few of their YouTube programs...don't know if they'll run any more shows in the near future, though. Saturday's show seemed like a one-time deal after their shutdown last year. Maybe they'll do more reunion shows down the line...don't know.

SICW is back in East Carondelet this coming weekend with Ted DiBiase as the special guest. Bobby Heenan is still recovering from his recent arm injury and I haven't heard anything definite about when he'll be rescheduled to appear. The lineup seems to have the theme of "old guard vs. new guard" with established guys facing relative newcomers to the promotion. We've got Classic Champion Ken Kasa teaming with Ricky Cruz(something that will not improve Ricky's mood) against Heath Hatton and Daniel Eads, Gary Jackson vs. Bull Bronson, and Chaz Wesson vs. Frankie "The Thumper" Wyatt as well as Big Jim Hoffarth vs. Flash Flanagan and Shorty Biggs vs. "The Iceman" Howard Moritz.

NWA Central States Championship Wrestling will have their first show in the immediate St. Louis area in a while as they'll be in Fort Leonard Wood, MO on Saturday. A bit has changed since I last saw them: The Central States Title went from Shane Somers to G.Q. Smooth back to Shane Somers, who is now a rulebreaker under Garrett Williams' management. Evan "Money" Morris dropped the NWA Affliction Title to Mitch Johnson, only to rebound by capturing the vacated NWA Illinois Title in a battle royal. The NWA Missouri Title was won in a battle royal by Elvis Aliaga, only to be re-vacated due to a controversial finish: Aliaga had been eliminated but the referees missed it, leading to Elvis re-entering the match and eventually winning.

Saturday's show will feature Money defending against David DeLorean, Mitch Johnson defending against former referee "Mad Hatter" Damon Buchanan, and a four-way match for the NWA Missouri Title. The four-way was scheduled to feature the final four participants in the battle royal, but Bradley Charles was taken out in favor of Brian Breaker; the other three participants are scheduled to be Aliaga, Jack Gamble, and Michael Magnuson.

Once again: Good night, good luck, and #yaywrestling.

WWE Raw

-Commentators:  Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, & John Bradshaw Layfield.
-Seth Rollins d. Dolph Ziggler by DQ when Dean Ambrose ran in to attack Rollins after he hit the advanced curbstomp on Ziggler.  Chief Operating Officer Triple H ordered Ambrose into an impromptu match...
-Intercontinental Champion Wade "Bad News" Barrett d. Dean Ambrose by countout(non-title); Rollins interfered and Ambrose chased him through the audience, but that led to Barrett beating the ten-count back into the ring.
-U.S. Champion Sheamus O'Shaunessy(w/ Tag Team Champions Jimmy & Jey Uso) d. Bray Wyatt(w/ Wyatt Family) by DQ(non-title) when Harper & Rowan interfered as Sheamus was setting up the Brogue Kick.  Sheamus and the Usos got the better of the post-match brawl with the aid of a conveniently-present ladder.
-Alexander Rusev(w/ Lana Perry) d. Heath Slater with the Accolade(camel clutch).
-Adam Rose & Summer Rae(w/ Rosebuds) d. Johnny Fandango & Layla El when Rose pinned Fandango after the Party Foul(snapmare driver).  Special guest Kevin Hart did commentary and partied with the Rosebuds afterwards.
-Roman Reigns won a battle royal to qualify for the WWE Title ladder match.  Eliminations:  Damien Sandow, Santino Marella, Matador Diego, Matador Fernando, Xavier Woods, Titus O'Neil, Sin Cara, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Johnny Fandango, Ryback, Curtis Axel, Rob Van Dam, Intercontinental Champion Wade "Bad News" Barrett, Big E Langston, Bo Dallas, and Alexander Rusev.
-Women's Champion Paige Knight d. Cameron Lynn(w/ Naomi Night)(non-title) with the scorpion crosslock.
-Goldust & "Stardust"(Cody Rhodes in Goldust-esque ring attire) d. Ryback & Curtis Axel when Stardust pinned Axel after hitting Diamond Dust.
-John Cena d. Kane in a stretcher match to qualify for the WWE Title ladder match; Seth Rollins and Randy Orton interfered but Dean Ambrose ran in to fight them off.

Dynamo Special Comment

Now, as promised, a special comment about Saturday's Dynamo Pro Wrestling show at the Stratford Inn in Fenton, Missouri.

One of the big questions of the evening regarded the amount of available talent. With Metro Pro, WLW, and MMWA also running on Saturday night, several key players were elsewhere. Only two people worked both Dynamo and MMWA(Ace Hawkins & Everett Connors).

Dynamo is slowly building an audience for the Fenton shows, though the promotion seems to be slightly behind the other area groups in terms of attendance numbers. There are plenty of possible reasons: The long layoff for soccer season in Glen Carbon and starting two new venues(not to mention the Tuesday night slot for Off Broadway). Either way, I wish I knew the answer to that question.

Not much was announced ahead of time; until a day or so before the event, I only knew about the Cruz-Dirden title rematch. I saw a few more matches on social media: Aarons-Gallagher, Bumrush Brothers vs. Viking War Party, and Evan "Money" Morris vs. Jack Gamble. Money wasn't at the show, so Gamble faced Shorty Biggs, Outtkast went one-on-one with Alexandre Rudolph, and Jake Parnell was in a triple threat match with Rocket Mapache and Everett Connors.

Your ring announcers were Chris Roedel & Luke Roberts, your referees were Patrick Hook and Keith Smith Jr.

"The Bosnian Warchild" Spi-Ral vs. Ace Hawkins: Spi-Ral enters the Midwest wrestling scene with an interesting resume; he's a multi-faceted competitor with martial arts experience. Going by a Google search, he's also gone by "S.P.I." and the name is an acronym for "Streets Produced an Icon, Raw And Legit". He's competed for Zero-One in Japan and has also wrestled in Puerto Rico. Long story short: He's not a total newbie. Thought he had a good showing for his first appearance in the area...look forward to seeing more of him in the future. The finish saw the referee stop Ace from using the ring bell as a weapon, but Hawkins kicked Spi-Ral in the Universal Weak Point as the ref was returning the bell to the timekeeper's table. Ace got the pinfall in 10:25.

"The Littlest Viking" Jake Parnell vs. Rocket Mapache vs. Everett Connors: This was a battle of three fan favorites...also, I think this was Connors' first triple threat match. I've heard mixed reviews on Parnell's viking character; it works when he's playing off Rudolph, but the "Gentleman" character might fit better when he's in a heel role. Also, I'm wondering if the furry boots are a drag on his 450 Splash finisher. The match was solid enough for an all-fan-favorite triple threat...Parnell pinned Mapache after the aforementioned 450 in 5:18.

Brandon Aarons vs. "The Alternative" Brandon Gallagher: I wish Dynamo had more undercard storylines. Gallagher had the feud with Dan Walsh, but after he got a DQ win in their first encounter, it seems like he's hit the skids himself. That's part of my reasoning for reviving the light heavyweight division: They have plenty of guys in that weight class who aren't in tag teams and aren't in a position to challenge for the main belt. (I'll get to the tag team division.) Aarons got the win with a unique finisher(pumphandle setup into a half-nelson released German suplex?) in 8:25.

Executive Director Mark Bland hyped the show and was confronted by Heavyweight Champion Ricky Cruz. The segment had the purpose of establishing that Jeremy Wyatt and Lucy Mendez were both absent(barred from the building) after they played a major role in Ricky's title win. Bland also made it a no-DQ match, but Cruz said that he didn't mind that style of match either...

"The Don Mega" Shorty Biggs vs. Jack Gamble(w/ Travis Cook): The Black Hand Warriors(Michael Magnuson & David DeLorean) were absent as they were at WLW; they're Tag Champs for both promotions. As such, Shorty got to continue his feud with the Travis Cook Organization(such as it is); Shorty was even managed by Cook for a brief time in his GCW days. I'd seen Gamble work as a rulebreaker in the past; in fact, he and Jon Webb were in that role against Shorty and Outtkast at one of the FIST shows at Pop's last year. Travis' distraction allowed Gamble to superkick Shorty for the win in 11:49 (that was the last match time I got).

Crystal Yount thanked the fans for their support and hyped the June 28th Glen Carbon event as Dynamo's anniversary show. She brought Evil Jim to the ring and let the fans know that Sunday was his birthday, leading to everyone singing Happy Birthday to him...heh.

Outtkast vs. "The American Viking" Alexandre Rudolph(w/ Jake Parnell): Not sure why Shorty wasn't in Outtkast's corner with Parnell in Rudolph's corner. As previously stated, this was supposed to be a tag bout...perhaps the Viking War Party will be positioned for a run at the Black Hand Warriors in the near future. Missouri licensing and alternate commitments seem to limit the tag team options, unfortunately. History was made as Outtkast actually hit the corkscrew moonsault senton(I swear the opponent almost ALWAYS rolls out of the way of that) and it was good enough for the victory.

"The King Of Chaos" Ricky Cruz vs. "Dirdey" Jake Dirden, no-DQ match for the Heavyweight Title: This definitely lived up to the expected environment. Cruz's tumble out of the ring and through the timekeeper's table happened completely out of the blue. Even in a no-disqualification format, Ricky found a way to weasel out of a fair fight...one of the hardest hits of the match was probably the kendo stick shot on referee Patrick Hook! Both refs AND Mark Bland were down by the time it was over...I believe this was the first time Bland had gotten physically involved in a situation. He's been teasing a return to the ring for a while and I wonder what's planned for the anniversary show. After cuffing Dirden's hands behind his back, Ricky laid him out with the title belt and teased cutting his hair and beard until Shorty and Outtkast ran him off. With the Tag Title situation in question, maybe Shorty and Outtkast have singles gold in mind...at any rate, it was a no-contest but the feud is far from over.

Upcoming:
-Saturday 6/21: SICW in East Carondelet(Ted DiBiase); NWA:CSCW in Fort Leonard Wood
-Saturday 6/28: Dynamo in Glen Carbon; WLW in Troy, MO

Good night, good luck, and #yaywrestling.

TNA Slammiversary

-Seiya Senada won a ladder match with Tag Team Champion Davey Richards, Tag Team Champion Eddie Edwards, Manik, Tigre Uno, & Crazzy Steve(w/ Menagerie) to retain the X-Division Title.
-Bobby Lashley d. Samoa Joe via spear.
-Brutus Magnus(w/ Bram Cameron) d. Willow The Wisp(w/ Abyss) with a Protobomb.
-Kurt Angle announced the next inductees to the TNA Hall Of Fame:  Team 3-D(Bully Ray & Brother Devon).
-Austin Aries d. Kenny King after a top-rope brainbuster.
-Marshall & Ross Von Erich(w/ Kevin Von Erich) d. Jessie Godderz & D.J. Shiima Xion by DQ; Marshall hit a standing moonsault on Xion but Jessie broke up the pin with a chair.  After the bell, Kevin cleaned house and took out Xion with the IRON CLAWWWWW~!
-Angelina Love(w/ Velvet Sky) d. Gail Kim to retain the Women's Title by rolling through an O'Connor Roll and holding the tights.
-Ethan Carter III d. Bully Ray in a Texas Death Match after Rockstar Spud and Dixie Carter interfered; Ray set up Dixie on a table and went for a splash off the apron, but EC3 hit him with a kendo stick and Spud pulled Dixie to safety as Ray crashed through the table.  That left Ray unable to answer the ten-count.
-Ken Anderson d. James Storm after the Mic Check.
-Eric Young won a triple threat cage match with Bobby Lashley and Austin Aries to retain the Heavyweight Title when he pinned Aries after the piledriver.

Weekend wrestling

ROH TV

-Commentators:  Kevin Kelly & Steve Corino.
-Cedric Alexander d. Roderick Strong by countering an attempted Falcon Arrow backbreaker into a small package for the flash pin.  The members of The Decade(B.J. Whitmer, Jimmy Jacobs, & Tadarius Thomas) had been banned from ringside but attacked Alexander after the match, ending with Strong suplexing Cedric onto a bunch of set-up chairs.
-Adam Cole d. Kevin Steen to retain the Heavyweight Title.  Michael Bennett tried to interfere but took a package piledriver for his efforts.  Cole escaped another package piledriver attempt and got the win after a superkick.

SICW Wrestling Explosion

-Comentator:  Larry Matysik.
-Joined in progress:  Big Jim Hoffarth d. Waco after the big splash. Hoffarth added a double-underhook powerbomb after the bell.
-Heath Hatton won a fourteen-man battle royal.  Eliminations: Max Archer(by Shorty Biggs), Joker(by Bull Bronson), Waco(by Hoffarth), "The Iceman" Howard Moritz(by Chaz Wesson), Chaz(by Bronson), Ax Allwardt(by Hatton), Shorty(by Flash Flanagan), Hoffarth(by Flanagan), Flanagan(pulled over the ropes by Hoffarth), Jake Dirden(by Frankie Wyatt), Daniel Eads(by Bronson), Wyatt(by Hatton), and Bronson(by Hatton).
-Larry did a sitdown interview with Heath Hatton & Daniel Eads about their tag match with Classic Champion Ken Kasa & Ricky Cruz at the next show.

Saturday DPW Results From Fenton, MO

-Ace Hawkins d. Spi-Ral; Hawkins tried to bring the ring bell into the match but the referee took it away from him.  As the ref was returning the bell to the timekeeper's table, Ace puned Spi-Ral in the groin to get the cheap win.
-"The Littlest Viking" Jake Parnell won a triple threat match with Everett Connors and Rocket Mapache when he pinned Mapache after a 450 Splash.
-Brandon Aarons d. "The Alternative" Brandon Gallagher after a pumphandle half-nelson suplex.
-Executive Director Mark Bland got into another confrontation with Heavyweight Champion Ricky Cruz; with Jeremy Wyatt and Lucy Mendez both barred from the building, Bland made the night's title match a no-DQ bout.
-Jack Gamble(w/ Travis Cook) d. "The Don Mega" Shorty Biggs; Travis distracted the referee from seeing Shorty get a potential pinfall after a pumphandle driver, allowing Gamble to recover and score the win after a superkick.
-Outtkast d. Alexandre Rudolph(w/ Jake Parnell) after a corkscrew senton off the top rope.
-Ricky Cruz fought "Dirdey" Jake Dirden to a no-contest in a no-DQ match to retain the Heavyweight Title.  Things got out of hand almost immediately as Dirden threw Cruz out of the ring and through the timekeeper's table.  Chairs were used as weapons by both men and Cruz focused his attack on Dirden's leg, but then Cruz blinded Dirden with powder and handcuffed him to the turnbuckles.  Cruz went to town on Dirden with a kendo stick, then superkicked referee Keith Smith Jr. when he tried to stop the assault.  The second referee Patrick Hook ran in to take over the match but Cruz wiped him out with the kendo stick, bringing Mark Bland into the ring.  Cruz and Bland finally came to blows, but Cruz got the upper hand and trapped Bland in a leglock.  Meanwhile, Dirden unscrewed the turnbuckle to get free, then finally rallied against Cruz until Cruz took out his knee again.  Ricky cuffed Dirden's hands behind his back and got out a pair of scissors, threatening to cut his hair and beard until Shorty and Outtkast hit the ring with chairs to run him off.