Took in WrestleCon Supershow
In addition to the Rev Pro show on Friday night, WrestleCon also put on a Supershow in the same room (and with a lot of the same talent). This was the definition of a supershow with a little bit of everything from comedy to violence to dueling chants. To say this was a lot more energetic than most shows is an understatement.
The show was scheduled to start at 8:30 but since Rev Pro went fairly late it wound up starting at about 8:50. There were also well over 1000 people in one room sot he place was BOILING. Prices for a bottle of water (as in a regular one) at the bar: SIX DOLLARS. Realizing this was insane, I went down the street to Walgreens and bought a liter sized bottle for $1.79. At intermission I went and got two more, with all three not combining for the cost of one. I get the idea of making money but those prices would drive customers away.
1. David Starr/Caleb Kenley/Trevor Lee vs. Michael Elgin/ACH/Mascarito Dorado
That would be El Torito at the end. To give you an idea of what we were dealing with on this card, ACH was introduced as “Mr. I Used This Booking To Pay My Bills.” The match was under Lucha rules and it was very clear that this was going to be a very Un-PG show. Dorado did a bunch of speedy stuff, causing Lee to shout the following at his partners: “WHAT IN THE F******* F*** WAS THAT???” Later, when Dorado was in a chinlock, Lee shouted at Kenley to “MAKE THAT MIDGET TAP!”
2. Low Ki vs. Shane Strickland
3. Impact Wrestling World Title: Bobby Lashley vs. Jeff Cobb
4. Flip Gordon/Sammy Guevera vs. Angleico/Jack Evans
5. Team Ricochet (Ricochet/Jason Cade/Sami Calihan/AR Fox/Desmond Xavier) vs. Team Will Ospreay (Ospreay/Marty Scurll/Lio Rush/Drew Galloway/Ryan Smile)
The captains were chosen due to a great match Ospreay and Ricochet had last year in Japan which was called choreographed nonsense. The solution? Give then four partners each (which they say they were allowed to hand pick) and TWENTY TWO MINUTES to do as much choreographed stuff as they could. This included a series of about ten straight cutters, quadruple big boots, a quintuple suplex and a dance off that has to be seen to be believed. As luck would have it, I had a camera on me and filmed the second half of said dance off. Everyone danced but I only got the last few. The one that matters is included though.
Intermission time, which again ran long as the wrestlers were running their merch tables. It also meant time for me to meet some more wrestlers, including Angelico, Lio Rush, Flip Gordon, Sammy Guevera (very nice guy), Desmond Xavier and Moose. As I was coming back from Walgreens for water, I saw Marty Jannetty in the lobby and WOW he was out of it. I shook his hand and he started walking around without letting go while hitting on a woman. As I was heading out of the arena, I also saw Donovan Dijak watching the show as a fan.
6. DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Title: WrestleCon Rumble
1. Joey Ryan (defending champion)
2. Colt Cabana
Bell rings.
Ryan to Cabana: “GRAB MY D***!”
Fans: “GRAB HIS D***! GRAB HIS D***!”
3. Kikutaro (Japanese comedy character)
4. Underground Luchador
5. Manscout Jake Manning (He reads and beats people up at the same time)
6. George South
7. Suicide (Never unmasked, apparently Caleb Konley)
8. Mr. Hughes (Down probably 100lbs from his mainstream days)
9. Zane Riley (Mr. 305 Live)
10. 2 Cold Scorpio (One of my favorites so this was a treat)
11. Billy Gunn (Easily the biggest pop of the match)
12. Moose (Who had a staredown with Gunn for a bizarre visual)
13. Swoggle
14. Shane Douglas
15. Kevin Thorn
16. Shannon Moore
17. Hurricane (With a bad limp)
18. Abyss (House was cleaned)
19. Gangrel (That music is still SWEET)
20. Marty Jannetty
7. Johnny Mundo vs. Brian Cage
8. Hardys vs. Rey Fenix/Pentagon Dark
15 Quick Thoughts From Wrestlemania XXXIII
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2. The mixed tag went exactly as I expected with Cena just popping up at the end and winning with his usual.
3. The proposal, while cheesy, was fast and fine enough.
4. The Hardys coming out made me jump to my feet, along with about 75,000 other people.
5. AJ vs. Shane was shockingly good.
6. What was the point of Nia Jax being added? Like at all.
9. I want to punch the finish of Bray vs. Orton in the face, kick it in the testicles and feed it to a ravenous bull.
10. Goldberg vs. Lesnar was better than I was expecting.
11. Mickie James and Alexa Bliss look very good in trunks.
13. New Day was worthless tonight and I forgot they were a thing for hours at a time.
14. The ending with Undertaker and the post-show stuff with him leaving almost got to me a bit.
At Wrestlemania
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Took in the Rev Pro Wrestling Show (And a Bit of Annoyance at WWE)
Wrestlemania XXXIII Preview: Overall Thoughts
Ice cream is a powerful weapon.
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Wrestlemania XXXIII Preview: Raw World Title: Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar
Where’s my stopwatch?
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Wrestlemania XXXIII Preview: Roman Reigns vs. Undertaker
This could be it.
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Wrestlemania XXXIII Preview: US Title: Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens
All this over a list.
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Wrestlemania XXXIII Preview: Seth Rollins vs. Triple H
This…..could go multiple ways.
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Wrestlemania XXXIII Preview: Smackdown World Title: Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton
Something about Bray and soil.
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