----The crowd was treated to the RRO Awards Ceremony 2010 before the show. I would like thank all the winners, cast and crew – it makes me feel like all the hard work I do on the awards and the Yearbook is worth it. Alan Steele and Downtown Bruno had my favorite speeches. Thanks guys!!
----Quick note also – these matches are for TV and not all of them are long and designed to be [*****] stuff.
-----Mike Anthony beat Jason Rose. Good solid back and forth. Anthony missed a move and Rose worked on his leg. Not great, but not just horrible. [*1/2]
----Shawn Reed/Johnny Dotson interview. Good very good.
----Austin Lane/Eric Wayne beat Shawn Reed/Johnny Dotson. Good hold for hold. Some stiff kicks from Wayne and Reed. Lane slaps Reed. Dotson working his ass of here and fits right in. Dotson misses a frog splash – DKO. Lane ends it with a “rings of Saturn” for the submission and win for team. [***]
----Nikki Lane beat Tasha Simone. I guess the less said about this match the better. They did not “jell” well. Crowd was surprised to see women wrestling. Sloppy in spots and others spots just not working.
----Kid Nikels – interview. Great interview. Kid is over!!
-----Dan Matthews/Kevin Charles interview. Matthews did a solid job here. Charles is usually better, but Matthews was putting over his opponent so much that when the match ended it meant something.
----“Midnight Gold” [Greg Anthony/Bobby Eaton] with Brian Thompson. A very good interview. This kind of interview would have been money in the old days.
----Kevin Charles/Dan Matthews billed as “Prime Danger” beat “Midnight Gold” [Bobby Eaton/Greg Anthony]. The match started with them announcing no managers in NEW at ringside, so Thompson was announcing with Terrance Ward/John Steele. [I want to hear that stuff!] Just a slow methodical match with babyfaces going over when TGB catapulted Matthews who then sunset flipped Eaton for the win. [***]
----Alan Steele beat Kid Nikels in a real good solid bout. This is probably the best it is going to get for a TV main event and could easily be the front runner for TV Match of the Year. Match was No DQ, so they were trading punches to start the match. Kid gets a lot of shine. He throws Steele to the floor and tries to hit with a chair. Steele ends up nailing Kid with the chair and giving him a bloody nose. Good pop as Steele rolled Kid in the ring for the 2 count. Kid hits a flying press that Steele rolls thru with and holds the tights for the pin and win. [***1/2]
NOTES
-----85+ in the crowd. Crowd was into everything…Chuck Poe and Downtown Bruno both did a great job. They easily are the top two guys in this area…As said, Dotson will hopefully stay around – he fits the style and works real hard. He has got criticism before for things like being “Corey’s pick” or something, but Dotson is a damn good worker. He is very small though, but it doesn’t harm him here with the only real big guy being Nikels….Reed is one of my favorite workers in the area – every time I see him with a partner I want to manager the team. LOL …I am firm believer of putting people in roles they belong – Nikki Lane
Photos by Lily Winningham
