----RRO was treated to another really good show presented by NEW at West Memphis, AR. There were just a little over 20 people in attendance and that is only bad thing about the whole show. Ken Wayne is still trying to “iron” out the kinks and when he feels there will be less technical problems, then he will invest in advertising and I look for more people to show up. The only thing that bothers me is some of the regular people that came to the first three shows were missing and it makes you wonder why?? I would like to recommend it to you though – if you are a wrestling fan in this area – invest $5 into a great show this upcoming Friday night.
----“The Golden Boy” Greg Anthony beat Matt Justyce. This match proved again this week that Justyce is 4th on the totem pole when it comes to the students. Justyce is really good when he is in the ring with someone from the school, but does not shine out of that realm. He is still real green. Justyce worked TGB’s arm for a bit. Cradle to bridge for the pin. [**]
----Stan Lee beat Greg King Jr. This was a real good match and King continues to impress me. A lot of hold for hold and some high spot moves worked in from Lee. Lee hit a flying side kick. King did a good job keeping up. Lee did a few monkey flips with King stopping one of them and send Lee into the turnbuckle with a catapult – Lee ended up on the second turnbuckle and jumping off with a flying press. Lee hit his running shooting star and a split leg moonsault within a minute of each other. Where a move like that might finish someone on another show [it should have be criticized if it did not], they were putting over the fact that you have to be BEAT down more to go down. Forearm exchanges with a huge winding one from Lee. King did an Angle slam. King missed a frog splash with Lee putting his knees up into Kings’ ribs. [***1/4]
----Eric Wayne beat Dustin Ring with german suplex. Both of these guys really shined here. Hold for hold and as quick as it gets. Ring is MADE for this type of style – very fast and very good with holds. And, it was fun to watch him REAL stiff with Eric. Eric was twisting Ring’s foot at one point and it looked like it was going to come off. Both were both working real stiff. Ring did the Tajari handstand into the ropes flying into Wayne early into the match. They had one flaw with closeline, but Ring did good selling being hit high into the head. This move ended the match when he slipped doing the move and Wayne caught him with the german suplex for the win. Just a bit better than the Lee/King bout. [***1/2]
----Kid Nikels beat Derrick King with armbar submission. This was a good match up as Kid is the biggest of the students. Good solid bout with good follow up with move to move. Nikels missed an elbow from the turnbuckle. King hit the superkick at one point into a double knockout and it didn’t seem to hit Nikels hard enough to put him out. Nikels wins with an armbar submission with his legs wrapped around King’s head. King tapped and it came off as an upset. [***]
NOTES
----Robbie Douglas is going to be hard to get the vote for “Rookie of the Year” over a guy like Greg King Jr. Douglas is unfortunately been stuck in the middle of two years, which might hurt him along with being in a tag team. Even though I think BLS will win Tag Team of the Year, King may edge out all competition for “Rookie”…Interviews before matches that were good – TGB, Wayne and Ring. Interview that was bad – Lee…Please someone tell Dustin Ring to buy a new suit – good amateur look – but before the match was over I was tired of looking at his sack. [ok..I said it..kill me..]…Nikels finisher – “Nikels Pickle II”…Good to put over Nikels in the upset. After all of this – it still puts Nikels vs Wayne somewhere down the road with both being undefeated, but could not beat each other…Payoffs were “more than I made at LAW” LOL…From what I could hear, John Steele was “ON” – came across clear and an almost perfect team with Thompson…Justyce came out to the “Rocky” theme…The reason Ring’s foot did not come off during Wayne twisting it is because he has those special vampire powers. LOL…Nikels would have been money in the territories. Good size, good attitude and good worker.
