Vintage Wrestling in Sanford, July 18th, 2009
Filled with entertainment, including David Tuthill jokes.
The first time I saw a Vintage show I saw some action I enjoyed, sure, but due to various reasons I left that event with not the best opinion of everything; after THIS Vintage Wrestlingshow, though, I ended up having a much higher opinion on what I saw, despite a scary incident that happened midway through the event (but that ended up being fine in the end).
Before I get to the show stuff, I have to mention that before the event I decided to go to the Cheeburger Cheeburger that’s at Waterford Lakes, as it’s a place I only go to once in awhile. The food there is decent enough, although the shakes are divine. I noticed on the wall that they had up a series of pictures of people who completed the challenge to eat their largest burgers (one or two pounds) and I-no kidding-looked at those photos to see if David Tuthill’s was on there! It wasn’t but I’m sure that’s because they regularly take down the old ones to put up the newest photos; it’s either that or he’s unwilling to pose for pictures as he doesn’t want anyone to know that he downs those huge burgers more than once or twice a week! Anyway, his picture wasn’t on there BUT another toady had his picture up and it’s probably the one guy who has his cranium up MSL’s sphincter even more that Tuthill does… Ric Susman! I thought he was on a diet… guess not.
After dinner I spent some time in the Waterford Lakes area (which is an open-air shopping area) before driving up to Sanford and the Salvation Army area. I waited in line a bit before getting in and I noticed already that there would be more people at this show than the last one, where a huge Magic game had an obvious effect on attendance. Someone I know counted attendance himself and guessed it at around 175, which sounded close enough to me so I’ll go with it.
The show started off at 7:30 with Scotty Sweatervest coming out, but this time without a sweatervest but instead a suit and tie. Out came referee Josh Rich, to the boos of some people in attendance… no, I wasn’t one of the people booing him!
1. 2 Fast 2 Furious defeated Bumz R’ Us (w/ Mr. Milo Bearsley). This is the first time that the teams of Nooie Lee-Jerrelle Clark and Ray Beez-Milo Beasley have faced off against each other. This started off as a total comedy match, as the two teams did some posing for the photographer (no, not Robdog or Jake Sposetta) and the Bumz (the heels on this night) ended up looking like fools. Then, there was some comedy that I didn’t quite understand… similar to the puzzlement I got the one time I watched a full episode of Robot Chicken-and what a vile disgusting program THAT is-but it was a good bout overall. The main highlight was seeing Milo do a somersault from the top rope to the floor… past the barricades to the other three guys, who were fighting each other in the crowd. Impressive. The Bumz lost the bout, though, when Jerrelle did a dropkick to the face while Nooie did his Code Red finisher to the recipient of said dropkick; one happened right after another. After the bout you had comedy from the homeless dudes as before the show the Internet TV Title was hung up from the ceiling for the upcoming 6 man ladder match and they noticed the belt so they tried to retrieve it without the use of a ladder; it led to LOL’s as the crowd laughed at their foolish attempts and I thought it was even funnier than watching a shirtless David Tuthill trying to run a 100 yard dash in less than a minute.
2. Lord Neil Faith (w/ Sheik Mohammad Akbar) defeated Irish Jack Hurley. Yes, this is like the battles you see in Belfast (ok, maybe not so, but…) as the (presumably) Catholic Hurley goes against the British Protestant Faith, managed by a guy in a stereotypical professionally dressed sheik outfit; you know, dress pants, a shirt and tie, and a keffiyeh on his head. It was a good contest that was simple yet effective. Now, the first match the crowd wavered in and out in support, but due to the obvious xenophobia, the crowd-some of which was “good old boy” types-did not like the nefarious Faith or especially the Sheik, and given some of the recent troubles in the Middle East… thing started off simply and it wasn’t long before Hurley took over with technical wrestling stuff. However, Akbar-no, not Admiral Akbar, Josh Rich-was a cheater cheater pumpkin eater and got involved when the ref (Dan, who reffed for eKlipse, among other feds) was distracted, and Faith used an aggressive heel style against Hurley. The Irishman made the comeback but once again the Sheik got involved and the Lord was able to win with a tombstone piledriver.
By the way, if you want another take on the show, go here to read Mr. Wrestling 19’s take on the show.
3. Zoe (w/ Chasyn Rance) defeated Miss Betsy (w/ Aaron Epic) via DQ. This is the first time that (at least in Florida) that Zoe has wrestled against a distaff opponent instead of a male. Both-in their own ways-are large powerful ladies so I was interested in seeing what’d happen here. Zoe has a growing cult of fans who fervently cheer her on so this was quite heated as they loved her and Chasyn and hated Betsy and Epic. It was even early on as they tested each other’s power, but Zoe was soon to knock Betsy off her feet, much to her disgust. They fought on the floor and eventually Betsy took over and she used moves like a sleeperhold to her advantage. Zoe got out of it by delivering a belly to back suplex, a pretty impressive feat. A minute later she did it again; yes, Zoe is very strong. She went to the top rope to do a move but Epic tripped her up and Josh Rich called for a DQ. Chasyn got in there and the heels ran away and presumably at the next show there will be a mixed tag involving these four participants. I thought it was pretty good myself.
Sean Solo came out and he asked Chris Carson to come out to explain why he turned against him back in May. Carson came out with his tiny bodyguard (and Pantera’s Walk as his entrance music! Yes, as if he was RVD in ECW!) and the war of words was on. It was about SCW crap, which to me is just that, crap, and I couldn’t possibly care less about it. The thing is, the segment itself worked as even I knew what was going on; to summarize, Carson is a bitter old veteran who is mad because SCW is over with, he never got the proper due, and all that, and Solo is riding his coattails. Sean responded that he’s just trying to run a promotion and he was thankful that Chris gave him his start, but Carson responded by slapping Solo right across the face, and he responded to the bitchslap by… walking away. I was puzzled at the time but by the end I was fine with it.
4. Aaron Epic defeated Jude Mackenzie, Leon Scott, Eric Cooper, Gus Money, and Simon Sez in a ladder match to win the Vintage Internet TV Title. The belt was just created and would be awarded to the guy who could grab it. The last guy to come out was Simon, who wore a new majestic sparkly black jacket. He got on the mic and insulted the crowd and then his five opponents; that was a mistake as all five other dudes unleashed some big moves on Simon. What followed was what I thought was a very good contest, even though there was a very frightening moment that had an obvious effect on the rest of the contest. I mean, even more obvious than the stretchmarks on David Tuthill’s stomach!
All six went at it and you had ladders and chairs involved. Some definite “ouchie” moments! It was crazy. But then the unfortunate moment. There happened to be the problem of guys having the opportunity to grab the belt but instead they couldn’t help themselves and did big dives to other wrestlers on the outside. When Gus Money did this, though, he went to nearly the top of the tall ladder and he pretty much pushed off the ladder to do a somersault, and no referee or anyone else was holding on to the ladder. Yep, as I feared was going to happen, he couldn’t get enough momentum from the ladder and there was a frightening landing on the ground; he partly landed on guys but also partly landed on the ground back-first and it was obvious that he was in pain. Some guys came out to check on him and needless to say he was done for the rest of the match, which obviously had an effect on things and screwed up the plans that all the wrestlers had for the rest of the contest. I’m sure that’s why The Vacation Foundation (who came out during the bout and just watched on; they vanished by the end and I wondered what happened to them) ended up not being a part of this contest at all. Instead, Miss Betsy came out and she got involved for the last few minutes of the bout, which I enjoyed as at least it’s different, but I’m not sure what the male wrestlers thought of it. I mean, she powerbombed Cooper as he was climbing the ladder, she was waylaid by a Sez clothesline and even received a chairshot, but she kept on fighting. See what I mean? But I still enjoyed all of this contest-except for what happened to Gus, needless to say-and that even includes the ending where Epic climbed the ladder, went to unhook it from the rope that was holding it up… and had trouble unhooking it. Oops. Jude ended up climbing the ladder as something to do on the fly, but finally Epic unhooked it and he and Betsy celebrated. Like I said, a bout I thought of as very good, even though who knows what would have happened if Gus wasn’t hurt like that. Money was helped to the back but I have VERY good news to say… Gus was at the hospital and got X-rays but his back ended up not being seriously hurt, which is a relief. He was also walking around at intermission which made me and everyone else feel better at the time. Hopefully he can recover and be back in the ring again soon.
Intermission time, but before that, Larry Zbyszko was introduced to the crowd, as he was there with Chasyn. It was announced as being 15 minutes in length but in a rarity for indy wrestling, it was actually *shorter* than the announced time, at around 13 minutes. I’ll mention here that some familiar faces were in the crowd; I won’t announce all of them as I’m not sure if they want to be mentioned here, but it included Lew Spectre (who pulled a Tuthill and arrived late… just kidding, Lew! Don’t get offended here) and Mr. Wrestling 19.
5. SCW Tag Team Champions Asian Superstar Organization (Jason Hexx-Ryze) and The Heartbreak Express fought to a double countout. This was a pretty good contest. Before the bout Phil got on the mic (a rare feat) and stated that Sean was under the weather and he could barely speak so he asked the crowd not to antagonize them; they didn’t take to his suggestion. People were happy to cheer on the ASO and boo Sean and Phil. Early on you had Sean act and do some stereotypical Asian things, as if he watched Shelton Benjamin in that match with Yoshi Tatsu a few weeks ago. He got his comeuppance for that and after some comedy the ASO had the advantage. However, Hexx was isolated and for a few minutes he was the Asian in Peril and Sean used moves like a big splash. But, Hexx was able to make the hot tag and Ryze ran wild for a bit. The ending was a double countout but the match didn’t end there. Both teams brawled around the building for a bit, including Phil and Hexx ending up right where I was sitting and those chairs ended up getting used. I’m sure that next month these guys will fight but it’ll be some sort of stip contest.
Sammy Haggard came out, and that scummy-looking guy got on the mic and said that he’s still looking for a challenge and that the fed has no more monsters for him. Suddenly, out came the returning Tommy Marr, to wrestle for the first time in months after suffering a health scare. Haggard was noticeably upset over who he had to fight.
6. Tommy Marr (w/ Nancy) defeated Sammy Haggard. Nancy is a demure young lady dressed up in an evening gown and gloves… which reminded me of the lady commonly known now as Nancy Sullivan, or Nancy Toffoloni, if you will and how she dressed up when she was Woman. Anyhow, this contest was a total squash and he basically suplexed poor Sammy around like a ragdoll and he won the match by delivering his fireman’s carry into a neckbreaker finisher… twice. After the match, he plugged his new t-shirts, bragged about how great he was, ripped on Haggard and his ilk for being overtly skinny and wearing bad clothes (to paraphrase) and then Marr went to the back with his new valet.
At this point in the show Scotty Sweatervest announced the main event was coming up here and I was surprised that it would be here already as I figured the show would be longer than this. But, after the main event I wasn’t carping.
7. Sam Shaw (w/ Robin Donahue) defeated Jesse Neal to retain the Vintage Wrestling Heavyweight Title. This ended up being a quite good match, I thought. When it started they were Even Steven and Shaw was quite braggadocious. However, Neal* got control and to the crowd’s delight he kicked the ass of both Shaw and Donahue, including the both of them at the same time after a suicide dive. But, Robin was a pumpkin eater and he interfered. Shaw wore down Jesse for a few minutes and he tried to fight back after the crowd-solidly behind him except for some randoms cheering the heel-cheered him on. The major thing that turned the tide was Shaw jumping off the top rope towards Jesse… but Neal responded with a spear. I hadn’t seen these two guys wrestle too much in the past but I was very impressed with them both and how well they worked together here. The ending ended up being a schmozz, but a very entertaining one. Referee Josh Rich was squashed so he was out for the rest of the match. Out came Chris Carson in a referee’s shirt, as hey, he must’ve kept it from the May show. He did a fast count but Neal still kicked out, and Carson didn’t count to 3 as he couldn’t help but be honest there, I guess. Suddenly, out came Sean Solo, out for revenge, and he delivered a dropkick (!) to Carson, and they had what I could derisively call a “catfight” but I don’t want to be mean like that. Anyway, Solo chased Chris to the back. Meanwhile, ref Dan came out and he reffed the rest of the contest; after some underhanded tactics Shaw ended up getting the win.
• While I admittedly don’t watch TNA I at least try to follow it, and I know that Neal, who was signed to the company earlier in the year, is now involved in a storyline with Rhyno where it looks like they’ll end up feuding.
Overall, I enjoyed this 2 hour and 20 minute event quite a bit more than the May event. Sure, the May show had some quality moments (such as Lanny Poffo) but this overall show I much preferred to the May one. There was hardly any stalling here… now I don’t mind it if it happens at a show, but if it’s more than once in awhile at an event, it gets old, and there was much too much stalling at the May card. This card flowed together better and overall it was even more entertaining than watching David Tuthill fall down and then seeing him struggle to get up, his arms and legs flailing as if he’s a turtle stuck on his back!
The next thing I’ll post here is my take on this Saturday’s ASW event in Spring Hill. That review will be up sometime on Monday the 27th.
The first time I saw a Vintage show I saw some action I enjoyed, sure, but due to various reasons I left that event with not the best opinion of everything; after THIS Vintage Wrestlingshow, though, I ended up having a much higher opinion on what I saw, despite a scary incident that happened midway through the event (but that ended up being fine in the end).
Before I get to the show stuff, I have to mention that before the event I decided to go to the Cheeburger Cheeburger that’s at Waterford Lakes, as it’s a place I only go to once in awhile. The food there is decent enough, although the shakes are divine. I noticed on the wall that they had up a series of pictures of people who completed the challenge to eat their largest burgers (one or two pounds) and I-no kidding-looked at those photos to see if David Tuthill’s was on there! It wasn’t but I’m sure that’s because they regularly take down the old ones to put up the newest photos; it’s either that or he’s unwilling to pose for pictures as he doesn’t want anyone to know that he downs those huge burgers more than once or twice a week! Anyway, his picture wasn’t on there BUT another toady had his picture up and it’s probably the one guy who has his cranium up MSL’s sphincter even more that Tuthill does… Ric Susman! I thought he was on a diet… guess not.
After dinner I spent some time in the Waterford Lakes area (which is an open-air shopping area) before driving up to Sanford and the Salvation Army area. I waited in line a bit before getting in and I noticed already that there would be more people at this show than the last one, where a huge Magic game had an obvious effect on attendance. Someone I know counted attendance himself and guessed it at around 175, which sounded close enough to me so I’ll go with it.
The show started off at 7:30 with Scotty Sweatervest coming out, but this time without a sweatervest but instead a suit and tie. Out came referee Josh Rich, to the boos of some people in attendance… no, I wasn’t one of the people booing him!
1. 2 Fast 2 Furious defeated Bumz R’ Us (w/ Mr. Milo Bearsley). This is the first time that the teams of Nooie Lee-Jerrelle Clark and Ray Beez-Milo Beasley have faced off against each other. This started off as a total comedy match, as the two teams did some posing for the photographer (no, not Robdog or Jake Sposetta) and the Bumz (the heels on this night) ended up looking like fools. Then, there was some comedy that I didn’t quite understand… similar to the puzzlement I got the one time I watched a full episode of Robot Chicken-and what a vile disgusting program THAT is-but it was a good bout overall. The main highlight was seeing Milo do a somersault from the top rope to the floor… past the barricades to the other three guys, who were fighting each other in the crowd. Impressive. The Bumz lost the bout, though, when Jerrelle did a dropkick to the face while Nooie did his Code Red finisher to the recipient of said dropkick; one happened right after another. After the bout you had comedy from the homeless dudes as before the show the Internet TV Title was hung up from the ceiling for the upcoming 6 man ladder match and they noticed the belt so they tried to retrieve it without the use of a ladder; it led to LOL’s as the crowd laughed at their foolish attempts and I thought it was even funnier than watching a shirtless David Tuthill trying to run a 100 yard dash in less than a minute.
2. Lord Neil Faith (w/ Sheik Mohammad Akbar) defeated Irish Jack Hurley. Yes, this is like the battles you see in Belfast (ok, maybe not so, but…) as the (presumably) Catholic Hurley goes against the British Protestant Faith, managed by a guy in a stereotypical professionally dressed sheik outfit; you know, dress pants, a shirt and tie, and a keffiyeh on his head. It was a good contest that was simple yet effective. Now, the first match the crowd wavered in and out in support, but due to the obvious xenophobia, the crowd-some of which was “good old boy” types-did not like the nefarious Faith or especially the Sheik, and given some of the recent troubles in the Middle East… thing started off simply and it wasn’t long before Hurley took over with technical wrestling stuff. However, Akbar-no, not Admiral Akbar, Josh Rich-was a cheater cheater pumpkin eater and got involved when the ref (Dan, who reffed for eKlipse, among other feds) was distracted, and Faith used an aggressive heel style against Hurley. The Irishman made the comeback but once again the Sheik got involved and the Lord was able to win with a tombstone piledriver.
By the way, if you want another take on the show, go here to read Mr. Wrestling 19’s take on the show.
3. Zoe (w/ Chasyn Rance) defeated Miss Betsy (w/ Aaron Epic) via DQ. This is the first time that (at least in Florida) that Zoe has wrestled against a distaff opponent instead of a male. Both-in their own ways-are large powerful ladies so I was interested in seeing what’d happen here. Zoe has a growing cult of fans who fervently cheer her on so this was quite heated as they loved her and Chasyn and hated Betsy and Epic. It was even early on as they tested each other’s power, but Zoe was soon to knock Betsy off her feet, much to her disgust. They fought on the floor and eventually Betsy took over and she used moves like a sleeperhold to her advantage. Zoe got out of it by delivering a belly to back suplex, a pretty impressive feat. A minute later she did it again; yes, Zoe is very strong. She went to the top rope to do a move but Epic tripped her up and Josh Rich called for a DQ. Chasyn got in there and the heels ran away and presumably at the next show there will be a mixed tag involving these four participants. I thought it was pretty good myself.
Sean Solo came out and he asked Chris Carson to come out to explain why he turned against him back in May. Carson came out with his tiny bodyguard (and Pantera’s Walk as his entrance music! Yes, as if he was RVD in ECW!) and the war of words was on. It was about SCW crap, which to me is just that, crap, and I couldn’t possibly care less about it. The thing is, the segment itself worked as even I knew what was going on; to summarize, Carson is a bitter old veteran who is mad because SCW is over with, he never got the proper due, and all that, and Solo is riding his coattails. Sean responded that he’s just trying to run a promotion and he was thankful that Chris gave him his start, but Carson responded by slapping Solo right across the face, and he responded to the bitchslap by… walking away. I was puzzled at the time but by the end I was fine with it.
4. Aaron Epic defeated Jude Mackenzie, Leon Scott, Eric Cooper, Gus Money, and Simon Sez in a ladder match to win the Vintage Internet TV Title. The belt was just created and would be awarded to the guy who could grab it. The last guy to come out was Simon, who wore a new majestic sparkly black jacket. He got on the mic and insulted the crowd and then his five opponents; that was a mistake as all five other dudes unleashed some big moves on Simon. What followed was what I thought was a very good contest, even though there was a very frightening moment that had an obvious effect on the rest of the contest. I mean, even more obvious than the stretchmarks on David Tuthill’s stomach!
All six went at it and you had ladders and chairs involved. Some definite “ouchie” moments! It was crazy. But then the unfortunate moment. There happened to be the problem of guys having the opportunity to grab the belt but instead they couldn’t help themselves and did big dives to other wrestlers on the outside. When Gus Money did this, though, he went to nearly the top of the tall ladder and he pretty much pushed off the ladder to do a somersault, and no referee or anyone else was holding on to the ladder. Yep, as I feared was going to happen, he couldn’t get enough momentum from the ladder and there was a frightening landing on the ground; he partly landed on guys but also partly landed on the ground back-first and it was obvious that he was in pain. Some guys came out to check on him and needless to say he was done for the rest of the match, which obviously had an effect on things and screwed up the plans that all the wrestlers had for the rest of the contest. I’m sure that’s why The Vacation Foundation (who came out during the bout and just watched on; they vanished by the end and I wondered what happened to them) ended up not being a part of this contest at all. Instead, Miss Betsy came out and she got involved for the last few minutes of the bout, which I enjoyed as at least it’s different, but I’m not sure what the male wrestlers thought of it. I mean, she powerbombed Cooper as he was climbing the ladder, she was waylaid by a Sez clothesline and even received a chairshot, but she kept on fighting. See what I mean? But I still enjoyed all of this contest-except for what happened to Gus, needless to say-and that even includes the ending where Epic climbed the ladder, went to unhook it from the rope that was holding it up… and had trouble unhooking it. Oops. Jude ended up climbing the ladder as something to do on the fly, but finally Epic unhooked it and he and Betsy celebrated. Like I said, a bout I thought of as very good, even though who knows what would have happened if Gus wasn’t hurt like that. Money was helped to the back but I have VERY good news to say… Gus was at the hospital and got X-rays but his back ended up not being seriously hurt, which is a relief. He was also walking around at intermission which made me and everyone else feel better at the time. Hopefully he can recover and be back in the ring again soon.
Intermission time, but before that, Larry Zbyszko was introduced to the crowd, as he was there with Chasyn. It was announced as being 15 minutes in length but in a rarity for indy wrestling, it was actually *shorter* than the announced time, at around 13 minutes. I’ll mention here that some familiar faces were in the crowd; I won’t announce all of them as I’m not sure if they want to be mentioned here, but it included Lew Spectre (who pulled a Tuthill and arrived late… just kidding, Lew! Don’t get offended here) and Mr. Wrestling 19.
5. SCW Tag Team Champions Asian Superstar Organization (Jason Hexx-Ryze) and The Heartbreak Express fought to a double countout. This was a pretty good contest. Before the bout Phil got on the mic (a rare feat) and stated that Sean was under the weather and he could barely speak so he asked the crowd not to antagonize them; they didn’t take to his suggestion. People were happy to cheer on the ASO and boo Sean and Phil. Early on you had Sean act and do some stereotypical Asian things, as if he watched Shelton Benjamin in that match with Yoshi Tatsu a few weeks ago. He got his comeuppance for that and after some comedy the ASO had the advantage. However, Hexx was isolated and for a few minutes he was the Asian in Peril and Sean used moves like a big splash. But, Hexx was able to make the hot tag and Ryze ran wild for a bit. The ending was a double countout but the match didn’t end there. Both teams brawled around the building for a bit, including Phil and Hexx ending up right where I was sitting and those chairs ended up getting used. I’m sure that next month these guys will fight but it’ll be some sort of stip contest.
Sammy Haggard came out, and that scummy-looking guy got on the mic and said that he’s still looking for a challenge and that the fed has no more monsters for him. Suddenly, out came the returning Tommy Marr, to wrestle for the first time in months after suffering a health scare. Haggard was noticeably upset over who he had to fight.
6. Tommy Marr (w/ Nancy) defeated Sammy Haggard. Nancy is a demure young lady dressed up in an evening gown and gloves… which reminded me of the lady commonly known now as Nancy Sullivan, or Nancy Toffoloni, if you will and how she dressed up when she was Woman. Anyhow, this contest was a total squash and he basically suplexed poor Sammy around like a ragdoll and he won the match by delivering his fireman’s carry into a neckbreaker finisher… twice. After the match, he plugged his new t-shirts, bragged about how great he was, ripped on Haggard and his ilk for being overtly skinny and wearing bad clothes (to paraphrase) and then Marr went to the back with his new valet.
At this point in the show Scotty Sweatervest announced the main event was coming up here and I was surprised that it would be here already as I figured the show would be longer than this. But, after the main event I wasn’t carping.
7. Sam Shaw (w/ Robin Donahue) defeated Jesse Neal to retain the Vintage Wrestling Heavyweight Title. This ended up being a quite good match, I thought. When it started they were Even Steven and Shaw was quite braggadocious. However, Neal* got control and to the crowd’s delight he kicked the ass of both Shaw and Donahue, including the both of them at the same time after a suicide dive. But, Robin was a pumpkin eater and he interfered. Shaw wore down Jesse for a few minutes and he tried to fight back after the crowd-solidly behind him except for some randoms cheering the heel-cheered him on. The major thing that turned the tide was Shaw jumping off the top rope towards Jesse… but Neal responded with a spear. I hadn’t seen these two guys wrestle too much in the past but I was very impressed with them both and how well they worked together here. The ending ended up being a schmozz, but a very entertaining one. Referee Josh Rich was squashed so he was out for the rest of the match. Out came Chris Carson in a referee’s shirt, as hey, he must’ve kept it from the May show. He did a fast count but Neal still kicked out, and Carson didn’t count to 3 as he couldn’t help but be honest there, I guess. Suddenly, out came Sean Solo, out for revenge, and he delivered a dropkick (!) to Carson, and they had what I could derisively call a “catfight” but I don’t want to be mean like that. Anyway, Solo chased Chris to the back. Meanwhile, ref Dan came out and he reffed the rest of the contest; after some underhanded tactics Shaw ended up getting the win.
• While I admittedly don’t watch TNA I at least try to follow it, and I know that Neal, who was signed to the company earlier in the year, is now involved in a storyline with Rhyno where it looks like they’ll end up feuding.
Overall, I enjoyed this 2 hour and 20 minute event quite a bit more than the May event. Sure, the May show had some quality moments (such as Lanny Poffo) but this overall show I much preferred to the May one. There was hardly any stalling here… now I don’t mind it if it happens at a show, but if it’s more than once in awhile at an event, it gets old, and there was much too much stalling at the May card. This card flowed together better and overall it was even more entertaining than watching David Tuthill fall down and then seeing him struggle to get up, his arms and legs flailing as if he’s a turtle stuck on his back!
The next thing I’ll post here is my take on this Saturday’s ASW event in Spring Hill. That review will be up sometime on Monday the 27th.