The Rap Sheet - from the Crimefighter
Great American Wrestling's Blue Collar Brawl
9/4/2K4 Decatur, IL
Another day, another new fed opens...
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Great American Wrestling was started by a tag team that used to be
associated with New Midwest Wrestling known as Red and Coop. They
had told me of their idea to start an afflilate in Decatur. Well,
they for some reason decided to split and after so many months did
start up the fed. Red gave me a comp ticket to come watch the
event, so for the fourth successive weekend I attend a wrestling
show. This time around I took along one of the more dastardly
heels with me that happened to be Red & Coop's former manager and
it was quite interesting chatter on the way over. The heat in the
facility was just as bad as the event I went to a week ago, and I have
to wonder where's the AC in these buildings? Attendance looked to
be about 100. It was too dark to take any photos, bleh.
The debut show for GAW is LIVE from the Decatur Masonic Temple in
Decatur. Your ring announcer is Slick Rick Castle. Oh no,
not live PA commentary! Your commentary team is Castle and the
man known as Nemesis (not in character). They bring out all the
wrestlers to draw for the royal rumble, including one girl
wrestler. Castle shows off the tag belts of which the first round
of the tourney begins tonight.
Nite Angel 123lbs. Nighttown, MI vs. Danielle Cash 114lbs. Terra Haute,
IN w/ Colton Cash - Nite Angel is a blonde-haired woman wearing a black
outfit, Danielle has dark brown hair and is wearing a lime green
outfit. Colton is apparently her uncle, and her dad was sitting
by me. Elektra Fine was supposed to be wrestling here instead of
Angel. Danielle gets a headlock takedown, hammerlock Nite,
pickup, armdrag Danielle gets two. Tornado DDT, standing
moonsault by Danielle gets two. Angel gets a monkey flip, sunset
flip gets two. Snap mare Angel, splash off the second rope gets
two. DDT Angel, elbow gets two. Danielle hits a sloppy
second rope bulldog for two. Then for no reason whatsoever, two
men come out and interrupt the match. Oh criminey! Let the
girls do a full match!!! Match was quite sloppy all the way
through though, they are rookies. Castle is annoying as heck as
commentator.
NO WINNER: NO CONTEST -> 3:30 mins. ½*
The two men who interrupt the match are the "Lady Killer" Donovon Cain
and the former Drive Thru Coop now known as JC Michaels. They
asks how its going princess. They complain about not having any
opponents in the first round cause no one's man enough, the crowd get
on them for interrupting the match. They tell the referee to just
give them a bye to the second round. Gee, you REALLY had to
interrupt the girls match JUST to say that? Danielle grabs the
mike and says they're women enough and challenge them to a match right
now. The men say this isn't the first time they've taken on two
women. Oh funny.
Men vs. Women Tag Match
Nite Angel 123lbs. Nighttown, MI & Danielle Cash 5'3" 114lbs. Terra
Haute, IN w/ Colton Cash vs. JC Michaels 6'1" 305lbs. Decatur, IL &
Donavon Cain ???lbs. Parts Unknown - I'm wondering how the girls are
gonna work together now and I don't like their chances here.
Angel is gonna start against Coop, and it's bantamweight versus super
heavyweight, oh dear. Shove by Coop, slam and a butt slap by
Coop. Whip clothesline JC. Tag Danielle, tag Cain.
Cain asks for a date and Cash slaps him hard. Pair of suplexes
Danielle get two. Rollup Cain gets two. Takedown headlock,
atomic drop by Danielle. Tag JC, tag Angel. Danielle
appears to be afraid of JC. JC whip corner, SPLASH, oh that's
what I was afraid would happen, elbowdrop but Angel kicks out at
two! Powerslam JC gets two. Slam JC, Angel tries to tag but
Cash refuses it, JC tags Cain in. Side suplex, one foot cover
gets two. Slam Cain, legdrop gets two. Second one gets
two. Danielle NOW tags in, kick DDT, she stomps away, second rope
moonsault gets two. Cain gets dumped out, tag Angel. JC
jumps in, whip clothesline on Angel, Colton roughs up Cain on the
floor, Danielle back in, Cain back in, Angel gets on all fours behind
Cain, Danielle crossbodies Cain, girls pile on him for the pin!
WINNERS: Danielle Cash & Nite Angel pin -> 7:30 mins. **
Bizarre tag match. Well the girls aren't happy with each other,
Angel gets thrown over the top rope, then Danielle suplexes Angel on
the floor! They're gonna have to kiss and make up cause they're
in the tournament now and going to the next round!
Lucky Dane 215lbs. Belfast, OH w/ Lizzy O'Shea vs. Cannonball Drake
240lbs. "The Circus" - Well the goofy gimmicks they come up with these
days, the masked guy shoots himself out of a cannon or used to.
Drake tries getting in the face of Dane's gal so he jumps him.
Forearm Drake, lockup, wristlocks traded, rollup Dane gets two.
Poke by Drake, whip sloppy clothesline, Drake slugs away, whip
clothesline Drake. Drake chops away, choke with the boot.
Whip corner, Drake eats a boot, Dane hits a clothesline then starts
going for the mask. Ref doesn't want him to strip the mask off,
armbar Dane, legdrop on the arm and works it over. Drake
reverses, whip splash, chops. Dane flips him around and chops
away, yank of the chest hair. Dane whip clothesline, armbar
DDT. And look at this, two men rush the ring to attack Dane for
the SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT FINISH AT 6:30 minutes!
WINNER: Lucky Dane DQ -> 6:30 mins. ½*
The Irish Revolution, Mickey & Shamous McNelson beat on Dane, but
Chip Conway and Jaxson Pride run out to make the save. What was
the point of that? The IR hate the fellow countrymen or something
cause they aren't aligned with them? Sloppy match.
T-Bone 6'3" 250lbs. Philadelphia, PA & Toxik 5'9" 230lbs. New York
City vs. "The Chosen Few" - Crossroad Kid 5'8" 165lbs. Crossroads of
America & TNT Jack Maverick 6'2" 165lbs. Las Vegas, NV w/ Danielle
& Colton Cash - The Chosen Few are the current Crossroads
Championship Wrestling tag champs. Toxik has blonde hair and wear
a hazardous waste logo'ed shirt, T-Bone is shaved bald. Toxik and
CRK start, hammerlocks traded, trip by the Kid gets one. Full
nelson Toxik, headlock takedown Kid. Toxik spinning leg
neckbreaker, tag T-Bone, suplex legdrop gets two. T-bone whip
clothesline, LOW BLOW CRK. He kicks away, tag Maverick, he pounds
away. Elbow, he torques the arm around a rope, Colton
helps. Maverick armbar, he yanks on it. Snap mare Jack,
second rope double fistdrop gets two. Tag Kid, he chops and
chokes away, armwringer. He slugs away, tag Jack. Double
team kicking, Jack whip flying clothesline gets two. Armbar into
a nerve hold by Jack. T-bone knocks him off, throws him outside,
tag Toxik. Jack is rammed into the apron, toss in, Toxik stomps
away. Whip Toxik, he steps back and watches Maverick runs the
ropes, then steps in and kicks him HARD in the face for two!
Running shooting star press Toxik gets two. Toxik slugs away, tag
T-Bone, whip side slam gets two. T-Bone begs for Crossroad Kid to
tag in, then whips Maverick three times and gives him the BIG BOOT
three times for a two count! Jack begs for a timeout, T-Bone whip
into a chokeslam but it's blocked, DDT Jack! Everyone tags, Toxik
cleans house, hits the Styles Clash on Crossroads Kid for two!
Toxik stomps away, tag T-Bone, he slugs away, whip BIG BOOT. LOW
BLOW by Crossroads Kid! Toss out, Colton Cash kicks away, T-Bone
gets posted! Toss in, Kid elbow, show off legdrop gets two.
Kid goes up, missile dropkick gets two. Kid hard slap on the
chest, whip clothesline gets two. Back body drop T-Bone, double
tags, Toxik slugs away on Maverick, slam in the corner, Toxik goes up,
moonsault is WAY OFF! Crossbody attempt by CRK on T-Bone on the
floor is caught, CRK is rammed into the post! Maverick has Toxik
and KO punch, T-Bone is shoved into the post, superkick. The
Chosen Few set up Toxik, F5 neckbreaker combo move and Toxik is DONE!
WINNERS: The Chosen Few pin -> 15:25 mins. ****
That commentary team is annoying me more and more as the night goes on. Tag match was great though.
The Irish Revolution 520lbs. Belfast, Ireland - "Golden Boy" Mickey
McNelson & Shamous McNelson w/ Pat McGroin vs. Machine Gunn Tommy
& Kandi Deluxe w/ woman - Mickey has bleached his hair and is
wearing feather boas. Kandi Deluxe has a valet who's handing
candy out to kids. Kandi and Mick start, rollup Kandi gets
one. Lockup armbar, Kandi, rollup gets two, crucifix rollup gets
two. Kandi whip clothesline Mick, X-Factor Mick, he slugs
away. Whip shoulderblock Kandi, whip grazing boot gets two.
Poke by Mick, tag Shamous, beatdown in the corner, whip clothesline
Shamous. Another beatdown in the corner, splash attempt
misses. Tag Tommy, who's only 16 years old, he slugs away, Mick
slugs him down. Whip reverse clothesline Shamous, kick to the
knee by Shamous, knee slam, choke, slugaway. Tag Mick, double
whip double hip toss, double elbows get two. Whip clothesline,
splash Mick. Tommy hits a suplex, tag Kandi, ram to the corner,
whip flying clothesline gets one. Whip low hip tosses, drop kick
Kandi. LOW BLOW Mick, slam, he climbs up. Kandi slams him
off the top for two. Kandi takes a swipe at McGroin, the IRs nail
him, Mick chops away, McGroin gets a chair. Kneedrop by Mick, the
valet hops up, Tommy goes after Shamous, Kandi stunner is blocked,
standing bulldog by Mick and pins Deluxe. Tommy was covering
Shamous as well but they weren't the legal men.
WINNERS: The Irish Revolution pin -> 9:50mins. ***
The owner of GAW comes out and thanks the people for coming,
errr...most of them. He says something to annoy the crowd before
leaving. We go to intermission.
Tank 230lbs. Florida vs. Jaxson Pride 215lbs. Freedom, PA - Jaxson
Pride is the former Drive Thru Red. I should say also that his
tag partner Coop/JC Michaels decided to just turn on him three weeks
ago at a CCW show. Why, I don't know. There are too many
wrestlers calling themselves Tank and he's gonna have to come up with a
first name or something. Lockup, headlock Red, shoveoff,
shoulderblock, elbow. Jaxson with a sloppy hip toss (or maybe
into a neckbreaker?). Poke by Tank, choke, whip
clothesline. Tank DDT gets two. Tank goes up, splash
misses. Elbow Jaxson, whip clothesline gets one. Tank whip
double clotheslines. Tank falls outside, Jaxson gets a slam for
two. Elbow Pride gets a slow two count. Whip spinebuster
Tank, he rolls out and gets a drink, back in Tank kicks away, drop kick
in the corner, Tank with the FAMEASSER! Tank goes up to the
second rope, but Jaxson flatliners him off for three!
WINNER: Jaxson Pride pin -> 6 mins. **
He's not done, Jaxson attacks him in the aisle, ram to the apron and
throws him through the curtain. They introduce the teams for the
next match, but one of the men who stunk up the IL State Fair show for
the IWF a couple weeks ago, Gino Latino comes out. Oh gosh
no. The GAW owner comes out to protest the “birthday party” for
the Animals, they shove a cupcake in his face.
Handicap Tag Match
Gino Latino, The Animals - George "The Animal" Jr. & George III vs.
Hot Commidity - “Primetime” Adam Starr & “Big Investment" Richard
E. Biggs III - I had a hard time figuring out who was who cause they
did not intro anyone individually. Animals are running around in
the crowd, the other team came out wearing ties. And I have NO
idea if these Animals are related in any way to George “The Animal”
Steele. Biggs and Junior start. Bite by Junior, the Animals
and Latino clown around a lot. Gets to the point where I start
arguing with them and a pair of females yell back at me. Well
when an audience member gets more heat than the match itself, that’s a
bad sign. The Kraft Cheese Factory is IN THE RING!
Lockup shove Biggs. Animals goof around some more, lockup hard
chop by Junior, whip criss cross, clothesline Junior. Tag Starr,
tag George 3rd. Lockup whip fireman’s carry, and slaps him on the
rear before a sloppy death valley driver. Tag Gino, elbow,
kneedrop, headlock, Junior tags Biggs and Hot Commidity almost slug
each other. Animals tease them more, lockup, Starr slugs away,
whip reverse shoulderblock, then walks on him. The Animals also
take a walk on him. Gino whip clothesline, tag Junior, he punches
him down. Suplex Junior, boot wipe, poke, headlock, KO punch gets
two. Turnbuckle ram, charging shoulderblock Junior, splash,
wedgie. Tag George 3rd, snap mare, iron claw, Biggs kicks him
off. The commentary team begins to show impatience and calls out
the time elasped, now at 14 minutes. Tag Gino, whip double
elbow. Headbutt Gino, suplex, whip clothesline, more clowning
around. Ram to the corner, tag Junior, headbutt Biggs has no
effect. Headbutt Junior, double whip back body drop Animals,
Starr gets knocked off, legdrop George 3rd gets the pin.
WINNERS: Gino Latino & The Animals pin -> 17 mins. DUD
If this match went any longer they had a couple men in the back ready
to charge the ring and take the Animals out! I wished they
did. Hardly a wrestling match, the cheese factory was in full
production and I’ve stated previously that I don’t care at all for
comedy-gimmick matches. Way, way too long. The GAW owner
jumps up and declares the match is null and void for the tournament
cause it was supposed to be two-on-two. Gee, why didn’t you do
something before the match started then? He says they’ll have to
wrestle again at an upcoming show on Sept. 19th in a town called Maroa,
IL which apparently will be a free outdoor show. The Animals go
dancing and bring somebody's kid in the ring.
Now for a quick look at the tourney brackets:
Danielle Cash & Nite Angel
-------------------------------------- Danielle Cash & Nite Angel
JC Michaels & Donovan Cain
T-Bone & Toxik
-------------------------------------- Crossroads Kid & Jack Maverick
Crossroads Kid & Jack Maverick
The Animals
-------------------------------------- OPEN
Hot Commodity
Kandi Deluxe & Machine Gunn Tommy
-------------------------------------- The Irish Revolution
The Irish Revolution
Looking at this....ain't no way Danielle Cash is gonna fight her Chosen
Few teammates so Nite Angel appears to be really in the lurch.
Triple Threat Match
AJ Powers 5'9" 195lbs. California vs. Ray Lincoln 5'6" 155lbs. Sinn
City, USA vs. Boxcar J ?'??" 250lbs. Trainyard - Ray Lincoln is the
current CCW Heavyweight Champ and looked like a mini-John Cena.
He fetches the mike, he says he does this in every city he goes to, he
tells everyone to sit back and enjoy the show and let him know how they
feel about his performance in the ring. Boxcar is wearing an
orange hood. Ray throws Boxcar three pennies to get out of the
ring. AJ and Ray lockup, headlock, hammerlock, leg trip,
shoveoff, clothesline by Lincoln. Boxcar in, Ray slugs away on
Boxcar, shoulderblock, whip reverse elbow Lincoln, Boxcar catches Ray
off the second rope into a spinebuster for two! AJ back in,
throws Lincoln out. Powers slugs away on Boxcar, chops away, whip
into Lincoln on the way back in! Sidewalk slam Boxcar gets
two. AJ snap suplex, Lincoln elbow, AJ throws Lincoln out, AJ
goes up, headbutt on Boxcar! Lincoln springboard into AJ with an
elbow to break up what looked like a three count! Lincoln pickup,
slams AJ, Boxcar slugs away on Lincoln, suplex! Boxcar kicks
away, AJ circles the ring, whip crossbody caught, powerbomb! AJ
drop kicks on Boxcar in the seated position. AJ gutwrench suplex,
northern lights suplex gets two on Lincoln. Boxcar kicks away,
clothesline. Lincoln slugs away, does a flip move and into a
facebuster. Choke by Ray on AJ. Lincoln goes for a sunset
flip, AJ gets him, it's the Tarantula! Now Crossroad Kid, Jack
Maverick, Colton Cash, Danielle Cash have come out of the curtain,
Colton has a chair! They're up to no good! German suplex by
Boxcar on AJ gets two. Lincoln slugs away on Boxcar, whip
clothesline, AJ wants Lincoln to cover, then yanks him off. AJ
tosses Lincoln out, AJ throws Boxcar out. AJ shoots a glance at
the four on the stage, suicide crossbody to the floor! Powers
gets his own chair and whacks someone in the back. Lincoln gets
the chair and whacks AJ in the head. Lincoln circles the ring,
Colton lays in wait! Lincoln puts Powers back in, Boxcar in,
slingslot legdrop on Boxcar, sleeper hold by AJ. Double
jawbreaker, Chosen Few come in, Colton in the ring and blasts Ray
Lincoln and Boxcar J with the chair, the referee just STANDS there with
a dumb look on his face. AJ Powers with a death valley driver
into a powerslam on Lincoln for the win. What the heck business
did those three guys have in this match??? The retarded referee
needs to go back to refereeing school, cause this dimwit idiot moron
must had skipped the lesson where it was taught that jumping in the
ring and hitting someone with a chair is an automatic DQ.
WINNER: AJ Powers pin -> 8:30 mins. ***½
30-Man Royal Rumble
They call this match the "Blue Collar Brawl". In an interesting
twist, they have numbers one to four start the match. Announced
intervals are two minutes.
#1. "The Iron Chef" Leo Lagossi 220lbs. Paris, France. He TRIPS on the stairs coming down from the stage.
#2. Ace Dorrity 155lbs. London, England. That music just doesn't work for an entrance theme.
#3. George the 3rd 250lbs. The Playground. It was THEIR match
taking so freakishly long that forced the reduction in time of the
rumble match.
#4. Hachet Warrior 225lbs. Lotusmod. You'd think this would be an
Indian gimmick, but no, he comes out in simple facepaint and a black
t-shirt.
Ace goes after Hachet and kicks away, the others just watch.
George 3rd, sloppy DDT on Chef, DDT by Ace. George 3rd chokes
away, bites. Ace slugs away on Hachet. George shovedown,
pokes Ace. The music for the next guy is playing already, hey it
hasn't been two minutes yet! What gives here?
#5 is Crossroad Kid at the one minute mark, Chef suplex on Ace, Chef
tries to dump Ace. Music plays for the next guy. WHAT?
#6 is Jaxson Pride at 1:50. Jaxson nails the chef, George
clothesline on Hachet Warrior. Jaxson gets rid of Hacket Warrior.
#7 is Billy Reno at 2:45. George whip on Reno clothesline.
Ace works on Crossroad Kid. George headbutt on Ace, Pride
headbutt on Reno. Crossroad kicks Ace, Pride ram into the corner,
chops Reno. George nails Kid.
#8 is Gino Latino at 3:30, ugh. Jaxson slams Reno, headbutt by
Pride on Ace. Gino stomps away, Crossroad Kid dumps Ace out at
4:10. Reno slugs away on Gino, hip toss into a neckbreaker by
Pride. Gino elbows Reno, Crossroad poke to the face.
#9 is George Jr. at 4:45. Reno slammed face first to the mat by
Gino. Pride works on Reno. George 3rd dumps Billy Reno at
5:25. Crossroad and Gino beat on Pride. Clothesline on
someone.
#10 is the lone woman in the rumble, Nite Angel. Animals throw
CRK in the corner, Gino chokes Jaxson Pride, Angel puts Gino in the
corner and chops him. Pride throws George Jr. out. Angel
chops away on Gino, CRK kicks George 3rd.
#11 is Chip Conway. Jaxson Pride goes after Nite Angel and
pitches her over the top rope, smacking against the apron before
hitting the floor. BOO!!! Yeah I scold him after the show
for it. Double suplex by George 3rd and Gino on someone.
Jaxson nails CRK with an elbow. George 3rd beats on Conway,
STINKFACE!
#12 is Jokaz! Rake by Animal 3rd, CRK slams Conway, spineroonie
by Jokaz. Legdrop on the arm by CRK, Jokaz back elbow.
#13 & #14 are Hot Commodity at 8:50. Man I hate it when they
bring out TWO at once. Too much to call, HC go after George Jr
and dump him out. Jaxson Pride dumps Adam Starr
immeadiately. Chip goes after Richard Biggs. Gino chokes
Jokaz in the corner. Chip chops Biggs. Jaxson Pride dumps
Richard Biggs out. Well they didn't last long.
#15 is Machine Gunn Tommy and goes after Jokaz. 10:15
minutes. CRK nails Gino and dumps him out. Conway stomps on
Jokaz. Jaxson flatliner on CRK. Tommy throws Jokaz out at
10:55. Conway dumps CRK.
#16 is Vampire Kaval. Jaxson suplexes Tommy and throws him
out. Conway chops on Kaval, Jaxson chops Kaval. Kaval
dropkicks Conway and stomps away. Chops in the corner, 12:10.
#17 is Ray Lincoln. Samoan drop on Conway by Kaval. Jaxson
& Lincoln double whip double clothesline and Kaval nearly breaks
his neck in a sick bump. Headbutt to the knee, Lincoln and Conway
slug it out in the corner. Kaval chokes Pride, snap mare.
#18 is Jack Maverick. He slugs away on Lincoln and tries to dump
him. 13:55 mins. Gut wrencher by Maverick on someone.
Lincoln and Kaval go after Maverick. Conway and Pride are
down. DDT Kaval.
#19 is Dickie Williams. Kaval slugs away on Lincoln.
#20 is T-Bone at 15:10 mins. Kaval kneedrop on Lincoln.
Jaxson Pride KICK WHAM STUNNER on Maverick! Kaval tosses Lincoln
over, but he stays on the apron. Jaxson Pride almost gets rid of
Kaval but he's hung on the top rope by his arm. T-Bone suplexes
Maverick.
#21 is Donovan Cain. Kaval falls out and appears to be injured as
the referees gather around him, hyperextention of an arm perhaps.
Lincoln works on T-Bone, armbreaker from the fireman's carry
position. 16:40 passed.
#22 is Gavin Alexander, aka Rage from WQLZ but Ray Lytle DOESN'T WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT. Too late, I just spilled the beans.
Chokeslam blocked into a crossarm breaker by Lincoln on T-Bone.
Jaxson chops Cain. Maverick attacks Williams. Gavin chokes
someone.
#23 is Mickey McNelson. It's a pure brawl at 17:50.
Maverick is on the apron, T-Bone side suplex on Lincoln. Conway
works on Gavin. Williams works on Mickey. Cain chokes
Pride. T-Bone spinebuster on Maverick. Cain & Mickey
chops on Conway.
#24 is American Plowboy Petey Clark. T-Bone gets dumped by
Maverick at 18:45. Whip clothesline Clark on Cain. Conway
slugs away on Mickey. Snap mare by Cain on Clark. Gavin is
dumped out by Williams.
#25 is Shamous McNelson. Rock Bottom by Clark on Cain.
Williams is dumped out by Mickey. 20 minutes. Donovan Cain
dumps Clark out.
#26 is Tank. Ray Lincoln with a senton bomb on Donovan Cain,
Shamous dumps Conway out. Jaxson Pride slides out to attack Tank
on the floor, then fight in the ring. Fireman's carry into a Rock
Bottom by Maverick. Maverick puts Lincoln on the apron.
#27 is Toxik at 21 minutes. Jaxson Pride dumps Tank over the
top. Lincoln gets knocked off the apron so he's out. Can't
dally on the apron. Cain almost gets tossed. Tank gets a
parting shot. Mickey works on Pride.
#28 is Chuck Diamond at 21:40. Toxik is being choked on the
mat. Pride is outside the ring. Mickey works on
Diamond. Diamond fights his way out, Jaxson goes after Mickey,
suplex into a sitout by Toxik on Cain!
#29 is Kandi Deluxe at 23 minutes. Toxik kicks away on Cain, Pride kicks Maverick.
#30 is JC Michaels. Jaxson Pride goes after his former tag team
partner outside the ring! McNelsons works on Diamond.
Maverick tries something on Toxik but can't hold him. Mickey
chops Kandi, Cain kicks away on someone. Shamous kicks
away. JC dumps Chuck Diamond at 24:40. Michaels throws
Kandi Deluxe out, and pats Shamous on the back. Shamous goes
after Cain. Michaels goes after Toxik and dumps him out at
25:15. JC pokes Shamous and gets him out. Cain puts a
submission hold on Maverick. BIG SPLASH by Pride on Cain.
Mickey and Michaels are fighting, Mickey gets rid of Michaels.
Double headbutt by Jaxson on Cain and Maverick! Pride dumps
Maverick, JC caught him, but Pride dropkicks him down! Cain is
dumped by Mickey McNelson. Pride and Mickey slug away at each
other as the final two! Shoulderblock Pride, LOW BLOW Mickey and
he gets him out for the victory!
WINNER: Mickey McNelson -> 27:05 mins. N/A
Uh oh, they aren't done! Cain throws Pride back in, Michaels back
out, Shamous back out. They beat on Jaxson Pride. Lucky
Dane runs out here, with Conway, Clark, Lincoln. Brawl in the
ring, and the heels run off. Rumble ended up to about 45 second
intervals. Mickey McNelson gets a shot at the vacant heavyweight
title down the road. I don't know how they are deciding a champ
here. I'm gonna forego rating the rumble.
The Verdict: Wrestling in this show varied greatly from match to
match. Show got off to a real sloppy start, really picked up when
we got to the second tag match, hit the skids after intermission with
the lame comedy act affecting the rumble, then got back on track with
the triple threat despite the garbage finish and the rumble.
Booking needs some improvement, but the bad doesn't drag the show down
so it is...
Thumbs up.