Sunday, August 24, 2008
Arena Report: WWCW Kennett, MO 8.22.08 - Psycho First WWCW Champion!!
----WWCW promoter Joey McNew’s debut this year was considered a flop. His second show was ended in controversy. [Read the Kayfabe Board] So, how did the third show go with the return of wrestling to Kennett, MO?? The following is the report that I typed as the show happened on Friday night.
----I am trying again for a Wi-Fi show, but it looks like in rural America doe not know what Wi-Fi is..LOL
PRE SHOW
----The Missouri Commissioner is here and he is being a real prick. At 7:45 PM [15 minutes after the show was suppose to start], WWCW has 4 wrestlers cleared to wrestle. Blame is being thrown both ways as the workers are saying that the commish web site does not say that you need certain tests and such. Apparently all the workers were told what paperwork they were suppose to get, but they were going by the web site. All said and done – all of this should have been clear before the day of the show. Shit like this just totally amazes me. Ring, building…oh yeah…make sure talent is licensed?? LOL
CCW RELATED PEOPLE AT SHOW
----Paul Justice, Emilo Lazardo, Rod Dent III [his mom & dad], Brandy [went to a lot of the old shows], Dara [another long time fan], my girls and mom, Psycho, Arnez, Seth Knight, Zane, Kilo, Auburn Thunder, Rob Justice aka OzWick and Mark Justice [and family],.
THE SHOW
----The show starts with Tasha Simone and Richard Marx going over the stips, [basically was a standard double elimination tournament with first match being a battle royal…I guess…LOL] putting over the fact there is only 4 guys on the show. The crowd was 150 – 170 and pretty hot for at least Tasha announcing “Asylum” – Tasha did a real good job getting all this over. Truthfully this can only be a major fustercluck, but at least RRO is here to cover it. LOL
----“Big Indian” Quixote is out. Psycho comes out to a huge pop. Kennett has always been his town. Psycho gives his doll Kayte to..the real Kayte [my daughter]. I got chills guys – sorry but this building, Psycho and wrestling means “something” to me. Psycho chops as he puts him in the corner. Huge “Psycho” chant. Justin “The Juice” Smart enters the ring. Smart jumped in, but stopped – should have continued on them. Smart and Quixote then start on Psycho taking heat. Quixote slams Psycho. They try pinning Psycho. And…4th person entering is “Asylum’s” Arnez. Psycho making comeback gets huge pop. Arnez got a big pop too. Crowd was so hot for “Asylum”!!! Tasha announces the tournament is for the WWCW Title. Tasha put over “Coach BT” and with messages on the laptop. LOL… Quixote and Smart playing total heel here getting heat – crowd was hot. Arnez eliminated by Smart. Psycho eliminates Smart with fall down closeline. Psycho pins Quixote. [**]
----“Loser” Bracket: Quixote vs Arnez – Winner has to wrestle Smart. Announcers putting over the fact that it could be Psycho vs Arnez in the finals. This match is bad – nothing yet. Arnez taking all match. Quixote gets heat. Arnez’s making comeback. No psychology, but crowd stayed into it most of the match. [*1/2]
----“Loser” Bracket: Smart vs Arnez is next. Started real quick with Arnez trying to get pins. Crowd wanted this. Sweet standing suplex from Arnez. Arnez runs into the ringpost for Smart to start heat. Smart working real hard here. Smart uses Karly [Arnez’ doll] on him. Crowd is hot for this. Two good hope spots. Perfect psychology so far. Smart went to the top and Arnez caught him for a black hole slam – looked good!! Goes for the pin and Quixote comes out. Quixote slides chair in – Smart takes it with him to top turnbuckle. He throws it to Arnez and Arnez catches and Smart hits him with a dropkick hitting the chair hard for the pin & win. Good match. [***]
----Psycho vs Smart next. Psycho missed Smart running into the turnbuckle. Smart goes after the leg with hard kick. Heat begins. Did I say how over Psycho is here?? Psycho makes a small comeback. Smart right back on him. Smart doing just basic heel stuff here. Fans are eating it up. Crowd is hot. Psycho making comeback. Psycho jumps from the bottom rope!! [BT Express move – I did that in my first ever match] LOL Smart goes to the top. Blockbuster from Smart. Double down. Smart goes for him, but Psycho blocks it for the “dreamcatcher” for the win and WWCW Title. Solid match. [**1/2]
----Quixote/Smart vs Arnez/Psycho next. Arnez/Psycho out with straight jackets and Psycho has a snake around his next. Arnez/Psycho getting shine. Psycho puts Smart down in a submission. Smart is still tired from other matches – blown up. Smart hits Arnez with dropkick to knee. Quixote comes in and the heat starts. Smart/Quixote work the knee. Arnez goes dead. Quixote misses legdrop, but gets the quick tag to Smart. Smart puts half crab in then to Quixote for half crab. Hot tag to Psycho was flat. Quixote shitcanned – “Straight to Hale” for finish. [**1/2]
NOTES
-----Sarge O’Reilly, Chris Rocker, Rob Justice and Pappy were backstage without licenses including the ones mentioned above from CCW..."Classy" Meltin Massy [Loose Cannon] was backstage for the full event...Got to give the guys that worked a big hand for going out to do this. They all four went out and gave 110% and the fans were into the show right up to the end. Motley Cruz, who booked the show, did a good job also...Quixote has the worse music ever….Announces next show for October 11, 2008 for “Fan’s Appreciation Night” - $5!!...Simone did some real smart thing over the mic – putting over everything – every move – every part of the match…Smart superkick Quixote after main event. At times she was even calling spots to the workers very subtle. I usually not a fan of mic over crowd, but Tasha helped getting this show over…Even with all the license bs, you got to give McNew a “high five” for giving the fans a show. He announced before the show started there was only 4 wrestlers, so everyone knew what they were getting beforehand. I also was told to kayfabe, but the amount these four guys got for a payoff was probably one of the best of their careers. They deserved it also.
----Photos by Kayte Tramel. Psycho with strap to the left. Top right: Rod Dent II/BT/Emilo Lazardo. Lower Right: Arnez/Kilo/Psycho/Auburn Thunder/Zane Justice/Seth Knight/BT/Paul Justice/Mark Justice.