***THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THE FOLLOWING REVIEW ARE THOSE OF THE WRITER AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF THE PARENT BOARD (CAPITAL CITY CHAMPIONSHIP COMBAT) OR IT'S USERS. THESE ARE ENTIRELY WRITTEN AND THOUGHT UP BY MYSELF AND ANY AND ALL FEEDBACK IS WELCOME***
Ring Announcer Jennie Dee
General Manager DJ Brently
Attendance 80
Venue Greely District Legion Greely Ontario.
So I went to check out the Acclaim Pro Wrestling show last night and as with most promotions first shows I had no Idea what to expect. I left late, thanks to my ride, so I missed most of the meet and greet. Which brings me to my first point. The venue is WAY OFF The beaten path. We missed it TWICE on the way there, now being that I am blind, and the driver is a moron, that isn't saying much but as some have said, "LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION". I know venues are few and far between in Ottawa and I know they had no choice but to take that venue but in order to survive, a new venue is drastically needed.
Finally got there and went into the venue. It was HOT!! Again, not the promotions fault but JESUS was it hot. The only thing keeping the mosquitoes off me was the sweat pouring off of me. Don't visualize it, it will hurt just move on. The venue was set up great. The merch table, which as most of you know, I always look at first, had tons of stuff. It had a huge selection of merch so I have to give that an A+. There were tables set up all around the venue with different stars at them, posing for pics and talking to people. Very nice touch. The ring itself was awesome looking. Black canvas, with black and green ropes (THE COLORS OF APW) The colored lighting on the ceiling was also very nice. Now I am not sure if those were the venues
or the promotions but great look either way. The only real issue was I was in a rush to get there and had not eaten so I was a little more than dismayed when I found out the venue had no cooked food. Popcorn and chips and such. I understand there was some misunderstanding but it was still a downer. It was the first show , so to assume there would be no bugs is retarded, but better communication would be helpful.
I tried to do a rough head count and I got to about seventy people which brings me to my next major issue. People need to start coming to these new shows. I heard people, weeks in advance pissing on this show without even attending it. They had no idea what it was going to be like and they ripped it. I hear people say that it was "TOO FAR" to travel and there were no buses and Yes, I will give you that, but there were numerous ride groups set up for people
to go and five, yeah FIVE people replied to them. Without fan participation these feds will shut down and then the same people that don't bother going to these shows are going to piss and moan that there is no fucking wrestling in Ottawa. Well, YOU ARE THE REASON. So either Piss or get off the pot as my mom used to say.
So the show is about to start. First thing I noticed is the ring mic was too loud. It was starting to hurt my head and it made Jennie Dee, (The Ring Announcer) very hard to understand as it was distorted. We start off with the six man match which was one of the matches I was there for especially.
Deeno, Shocker and "Showtime" Shaun McMillan Vs Cheeky Tyler Logan and Virus. I had originally thought something broke just as Deeno entered the ring but then I realized that it was the sound of the ring. I don't know if it was mic'd or not but it was way too loud. Every hit on the ring sounded like a gunshot, which may be fine for a huge venue but a small
one, in concert with the mic, was really starting to give me a headache. On to the match. I had never seen Logan or Virus wrestle but I had heard tons about Virus so one of my main goals of the night was to see this guy and see if he lived up to the hype...HE did!! Within the first two
minutes of the match Catastrophe struck. The top rope snapped, well not the rope but the turnbuckle bolt, sheered right off the post, Snapped right in half. To the guys credit, it threw them for a second or two but they recovered pretty well and did what they could without a top
rope. The two former Hunks got in the ring and were about to square off when all of a sudden, they embraced and were all buddy buddy again, to the chagrin of their partners who
as if they didn't have enough to deal with were now facing the fact that they had been hung out to dry by the REUNITED HUNKS!! I marked out a little bit. LOL. They then left and what is now seemingly a tag match resumed. Tyler Logan is a great worker he looked crisp with his moves and sharp as a tack. Virus is absolutely amazing. He more than lived up to the hype and applied a flying armbar and took it to the mat into a cross arm breaker, has a pretty sweet CARNAGE Tattoo to boot. LOL. The end came after Virus executed and absolutely astounding corkscrew 450 off of the second rope no less and pinned McMillan I believe. After the match McMillan got in the face of Shocker and it then came to blows with McMillan getting on top of the youngster and raining down punches on him. There were only a few problems with this match and I
am not going to point out a lot of them as most of them have to do with equipment failure as opposed to talent in the ring. The negatives I have on this are personal opinion and can be disputed if so chosen. First I know this Shocker kid is a relative rookie so putting him in a match with all of these talented workers is setting him up to look horrible. The experience shows in the other guys and it just made him look like a lost kid in a mall. If you want to make him look better, by all means, put him in a singles match with someone more experienced, that is how people learn, but I found it unfair to the kid to put him in with five other guys who make him look like a newbie. Second thought is. The guys did a great job of improving the match
after the rope malfunction but it may have been better to take it to the floor or something to allow the rope to be fixed, or brawl through the crowd or something. Again, just opinion. Lastly, The match went on too long for my taste, maybe it was because of the rope issue but it really seemed to drag at points. Maybe a few minutes shorter it would have been perfect.Either way Good opening match and Acclaim is RETARDED if they do not book virus again. HINT HINT!!
I heard a lot of people complaining about the rope breaking like it was the promotions fault, guys grow up, it wasn't scripted to happen so lay off seriously. I mean bitch about whatever you want but at least make it a credible argument. Equipment malfunctions though?? REALLY??
They then took a five minute intermission to deal with the ropes issue. They were fixed.
Match number two was unannounced before hand but it was
CJ Felony Vs Harley DavidsonTypical match you would expect from these two, Face and heel spots with the crowd and then Hard hitting "SMASH MOUTH" fighting. At one point Harley jumped on the ropes to play to the crowd and when they didn't break, I knew they were really fixed well. LOL. I told him that too. Back and forth contest that saw Felony capture the pinfall with his feet on the ropes. That sneaky bastard!! Even though Harley protested the referee's decision, as always, is final. Harley did get a measure of revenge on the vile villain with a stunner after the fact.a good, basic match. Nothing special but nothing horrible. It did it's job and it was just the perfect amount of time. About the only issue I heard, as I had none myself, was that some people around me were saying the antics with the crowd (The Cheer Off) was "Too Carttony".
Next match was also not announced in advance but OH MY GOD!!
Roy "Toy" Stevens Vs DarrkoI knew of Darrko from IWS but had never seen him before. This guy is awesome and I mean awesome. He is almost seven feet tall and comes out in an all black mask. Roy is a big dude but looked like a kid next to this monster. I was actually a little intimidated. He scares the BEJESUS OUTTA ME. This was a typical BIG MAN match with Roy actually using speed and technique to avoid and evade Darrko. I am still actually amazed at this guy and his resemblance, ring wise to the Undertaker. The guy is just awesome and that's all I can say. How Awesome?? He shut up the Drunk Tank when he came out of the ring. They shut right up!! Now that is crowd control. He ended up putting Roy away with an ear (and I would imagine Spine) shattering Chokeslam for the easy three. We all thought he was leaving but he went under the ring and pulled out a field stretcher, slid it into the ring and then proceeded to put his fallen adversary on it, cover him in a sheet, and drag him into the back, WITH ONE HAND!! I was super impressed with this big man but he didn't do alot. What he did do was strong and looked great but it wasn't alot. I have seen Roy a few times before as THE BIG MAN but this is the first time I have seen him as
the smaller man and he looked good. He sold everything like a million Dollars. This match was my second favorite of the night. Not for the wrestling but for the gimmick alone. BRING BACK DARRKO!!. The negatives ; Not alot of variety as I stated before. Very Strong, basic moves by Darrko and very slow pace. At times it seemed the audience was getting restless and losing interest. I found it was just the same couple of moves over and over. Roy looked good but also the same thing. It was like a cha cha cha dance 1,2,3, and 1,2,3. Good match but could have been more.
Sexxxy Eddy Vs "Tyrant" Eric DawsonI had never heard of Dawson before but a few guys in the crowd gave me a brief lowdown on him. I have never seen Eddy in anything less than a three star match....until tonight. I have said it before and I will say it whenever it is applicable, "You can only do so much with what you
are given" Now I am going to be lenient as I have never seen Dawson wrestle before and I mean he COULD have been having an off night, but WHY IN THE HELL would you put him in a match with Eddy?? Do you know how bad it has to be to make Eddy look anything less than good?? Do you realize what a special circumstance that is?? but it was pulled off tonight. I hope, for the sake of the promotion, Eddy continues to be booked but with people that are actually his callibre. I know sometimes there is an attempt to elevate people by putting them in with better but the danger is sometimes you lower the better to meet the worse and that is what happened tonight. Great Job Eddy but worst match of the night. Get Eddy better opponents. Seriously. Eddy pulled out the win with a Powerdrive DDT after being beaten down for a lot of the match.
Thank God it is intermission. I was dying in there. The venue needs to get AC seriously man. I mean I could stand to lose a few pounds but I was starting to feel like I pissed myself . I tore ass outside to get some air and totally missed the start of the second half. I heard familliar music and then Realized OH SHIT!! It's CHAZ!! So I tore ass back into the venue, leaving puddles I'm sure. LOL
The LOve Lounge with Chaz Lovely...My God this was so corny. I would rip on it but I know that's how it was supposed to be, unlike a lot of people I heard bitching about how Cheesy it was I know the deal. LOL. Name one Wrestling talk show that isn't/wasn't guys?
Thought so!! Chaz's special guest was She Nay Nay and he had a special Presentation for her, which turned out to be the Acclaim womens Title belt. She was awarded it!!?? What the Hell!!?? How does that work. Now I have to say at this point, this was all filled in for me after the fact due to the hecklers and the fact the mic was ridiculously loud I couldn't understand a damn thing. Music hits and out comes Jodi D'milo. SHe gets in the ring and basically calls out She Nay Nay at which point Chaz steps in front of her and says to get to her she has to go through him. More music hits and out comes Matt Gray. HE tells Chaz that HE has to get through him to get to Jodi. You guys follow?? We didn't. Out comes the APW GM DJ Brentley who says that titles are not GIVEN they are won and orders a mixed tag match where the winning team's woman, becomes the APW inaugural Womens Champion, and we have an impromptu match.
Chaz Lovely and She Nay Nay VS Matt Gray and Jodi D'milo Good match with Jodi getting the lions share of the beating for the women and Chaz doing alot of running and heel tactics for the men. Switch around and D'Milo comes back and beats down She Nay Nay. The men back in and Chaz hits the Patented Cartwheel elbowdrop and a move I can only call a BACKPACK FACEDRIVER, whatever the hell it was it was amazing and I thought Gray was dead....He wasn't. The women get back in Chaz interferes and gets laid out with the Dreaded COCKSLAM from D'Milo!! Chaz rolls out in a lot of pain and every guy in the place feels it. SNN in and eventually and D'Milo has SNN in a Boston Crab when Chaz suckers Gray into a chase around the outside. Chaz rolls in and as the ref stops Gray, Chaz hits a leaping DDT on D'milo and Allows SNN to get the three. First ever APW Womens Champion She Nay Nay. Decnet match. Very confusing at parts and very chaotic in others. Heel heavy off the start and then the face rebounds. Nothing horribly botched but no real OMG moments other than that Brutal move Chaz executed. The match was entirely too long though and really seemed to drag out . Good match overall which is actually surprising that Gray could concentrate with the constant heckling and catcalls of "GAY SKATER" Good job Mr Gray!!
Now for the match that I called in advance to be the match of the night. For the
APW INTER-Provincial Championship.JJae Rukin VS Mike "Speedball" Bailey VS "The Prince of Persia" Rahim Ali. I am a fan of Mike Bailey since day 1. He is awesome. He was all over the place. Rukin was amazing and was countering the speed of Bailey with Pinpoint Accuracy. Bailey would attempt a move such as a springboard back elbow off the ropes, Rukin would catch him with a basement dropkick or the like. Absolutely Breathtaking. Every match I have seen Bailey work he lands the standing Shooting star press and the picture perfect tornado kick. Ali was picking his spots and attacking when it was advantageous. At one point Rukin and Ali were out on the floor and Bailey hit a Shooting Star Press off the top rope to the floor. WOW!! All three men took turns basically beating the crap out of each other and in the end, the Wiley Ali executed a brutal Brainbuster on Bailey to become APW's First Inter Provincial Champion. MATCH OF THE NIGHT!!
This match was one OH MY GOD MOMENT after another. It was a fairly long match but it seemed to fly by. Pardon the pun but it did. No faults or flaws in my opinion but if anyone disagrees , let's hear it.
It is now time for our MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING!!
"HIghlander" Rory McAllister Vs Michael Von Peyton "MVP"Even though I know some who bitched about it, this was a WRESTLING match. Rory actually "OUT WRESTLED" MVP. MVP played the cowardly heel tole, running away and evading the big Scotsman every chance he got. When the opportunity arose, he took it. It was short lived however as the Celtic strongman always regained his advantage after a short time and took every opportunity to embarrass the already frustrated Von Peyton by covering him with his kilt over his face and smothering him in the corner with it. Very entertaining match. At one point, Rory, slipped and fell out of the ring , NO HE WASN'T DRUNK!! and landed in the crowd. It was an accident and he wasn't hurt. The match continued in a back ands forth manner until the cunning MVP reversed a roll up with a handful of kilt and then got the three count with a handful of ropes. Winner, Micheal Von Peyton... The APW GM makes another appearance and says that main events do not end in that way and the match is to be re started. They tussled for a it and MVP rolled out and tookk the ten count. Winner by count out Rory McAllister. Again the Gm comes out and says the match will be re started ...With NO count outs. Well that was all McAllister needed to hear as now the match went to the floor. Some furniture was rearranged and by that I mean strewn across the venue and scattered like chicken feed (IT WAS IN GREELY) and eventually made it's way back into the ring. Once there it was less than a minute before MVP Charged his much bigger opponent and was laid out with a flapjack. Dazed and confused, he was covered for the three count. Winner ...again.. Rory McAllister. There were only a few things found wrong with this match. One was the multiple finishes got rather annoying. It was evident that MVP was going to lose after the first finish and the rest of it all be it entertaining was just overdone. I believe they call it overbooking, again , if I am wrong correct me but I didn't see the need for three finishes in one match. The second problem was the ending. It just seemed weak. After all of that MVP goes down to a simple flapjack move , and I mean that is all it was, a flapjack. It just seemed after the false endings and whatnot it was a weaknote to go out on. Other than that, the match was great. I haven't seen many MVP matches that weren't. First time seeing Rory and I was not disappointed. Good match, good effort. Good story. Work on the endings.
Now a few opinions on the over all show. With advance tickets at twelve dollars you could not have gotten a better value for the money anywhere. Even at door prices of fifteen I doubt any movie or show could have lived up to the value per dollar of Acclaim. I think it would have been a good idea to have the GM come out at the start and introduce himself to the crowd in an in ring promo, rather than just coming out halfway through the show and expecting everyone to know he was the GM , even though he said it. Just would have made more sense. Also, with the announcement of Steve Corino at the next show to challenge MVP, no reason or story was given, maybe it will come out later but it hasn't yet. To me, it would make better sense to have some kind of story in place as to why the match is taking place rather than to just toss out a name. Time will tell. Either way Hell of an effort on your first show. Acclaim, you have made a new customer out of me and the group I went with. We will not miss a local show that is for damned sure. Great job guys.
