UIW Redemption March 16, 2013----Why did he turn on us?

This is the first show I've attended at Villa Rica's Bay Springs Middle School. I was impressed with the seating. I was on the bleachers and could see all the in ring action perfectly. The Bay City Psychos played as pre-show entertainment. They did a pretty good job of psyching up the crowd. If I have any issue with a band being at a show like this, it's mostly that live music tends to drown out conversation opportunities. I go to shows as much to socialize as I do to watch wrestling. This crowd was the largest crowd I'd seen for an independent show that I've attended. I think it drew well because of the guest stars and the quality of the card. I think the intergender street fight was the coolest idea for a main event.

The first match featured Marvelous Michael Stevens of the BFF's, accompanied by his partner Adorable Anthony Andrews, against Drew Adler. As usual, the BFF's tried to cheat. While the referee's back was turned, Anthony hit Drew aiding Michael in landing his attack. Michael did miss a moonsault allowing Adler to capitalize. Drew did a flip to the outside of the ring and knocked down both the BFF's. Drew finally won on a roll up after the BFF's tried to cheat again. I think Drew Adler is one of the best up and coming talents that UIW has on its roster right now, and I definitely want to see more from him.

The second match featured Mercenary, the one man army against Dixie Dynamite Billy Knight. This match was a little slowly paced. Mercenary got disqualified when the So-Fine Mafia interfered. They beat Billy Knight down, and Frankie Valentine and Josh Storm came out to his rescue. Frankie Valentine tells Peanut to shut his mouth. He also called him a loser. A lady in the audience yelled at So Fine Mafia as they exited "We don't need any of your kind here."

Wicked Nemesis came out with Chris Knox, and he said "All you simpleton sheeple need to stop for a minute and realize what you see before you." He called the Empire a cancer. and he said "We are not going to sit idly by and let the Empire take over this promotion. Give us a match with anybody." Out comes Johnny Swinger of TNA, WWE, ECW, and WCW fame to answer their challenge.  Nemesis tried to interfere in the match, and he was knocked off the ring apron inadvertently by Knox as Swinger evaded Knox's attack. Johnny Swinger won the match, and he attacked Wicked Nemesis after the match. The whole crowd chanted "You got beat!" at Knox and Nemesis. I'm not sure how I feel about the Merchants of Death trying to take out the Empire. They aren't doing it for any noble reason. They simply want to be in control themselves. I am curious to see who ends up in control of UIW if the Empire and the MOD are both fighting for supremacy.  The rest of UIW needs to band together to control these factions.

The next match was a four way elimination match for the U.S. Heavyweight Championship belt which was previously held by Rob Adonis who had to retire because of an injury. Stupid accompanied by Tweety, Hit for Hire Bobby Moore, Jailhouse Rocker Terry Lawler, and Awesome T.C. accompanied by Awesome Brandon McClure fought for this title. There was a lot of funny stuff in this match. Terry Lawler was the first eliminated. T.C. did a sidewalk slam to Bobby Moore, but Stupid stole the pin to eliminate Bobby Moore. Stupid tapped to T.C.'s submission move that I feel resembles a scorpion death lock. (feel free to correct me because I call moves wrong all the time). T.C. wins the title. He gives a heartfelt thank you speech to his fans, to his manager Brandon.

Jimmy Rave challenged Fred Yehi for his internet championship. Jimmy Rave took forever to decide he'd finally get in the ring to face Fred. After that, however, this turned into one of the best technical matches I've seen. Fred Yehi wins by getting Rave to tap to his Koji clutch. I enjoy watching Yehi wrestle every chance I get, and I've not seen him put on a bad match. I need to go watch more of Rave as well because these two really played well off each other.

Next we saw a Tag Team Match with the So Fine Mafia against the newly named "Full Throttle" Frankie Valentine and Josh Storm. So Fine Mafia won this match, but they won because Josh Storm turned on his partner. Storm went on a rant about how he carries the whole company. Josh Storm, what happened to "family first" and putting your differences aside? What happened to the idea that blood is thicker than water? How do you feel about the fans who've been behind you for your career? The little kids who look up to you? You've got the hairbows, and the purses, and the cupcakes with your name on them. Little girls in the audience proudly wear your fangear, buy your pictures, and want their picture made with you. You are likely the most popular fan favorite in UIW, so why? No one saw this coming. My son wore his Full Throttle t-shirt to the event last night, and during the intermission right before the tag team match, Josh Storm came up to him and signed his shirt. And now? My son said he wants me to make him a Frankie Valentine shirt for the next event because Josh Storm turned into a bad guy. So Josh, you've turned on us? What now?

So Fine Mafia's Brad Lynch  goes on a rant about how Diamond Dallas Page couldn't bother to show up and challenges him. DDP answers this challenge. He punches him in the face and then does the Diamond cutter on him. Epic Grant comes in to save his partner and DDP diamond cutters him too. DDP gives a speech about how his career nearly ended until he began doing Yoga and that's how he developed DDP Yoga. The best news he gave us all was that Scott Hall has been clean and sober for 47 days. If he can do for Scott Hall what he's done for Jake Roberts, the man can work miracles. I am extremely impressed.

Our main event was a 6 person West GA street fight. Pandora, Jagged Edge, and Shane Marx took on the team of Murder One, Bull Buchanan, and Nina Monet. This match devolved into chaos very quickly. People got hit with cowbells, steel chairs, and kendo sticks. It felt like I was attempting to watch three separate matches for part of it because it spread all over the place. Nina Monet ending up winning the match for her team. Pandora went to hit Nina with the women's title belt, and she missed. Nina grabbed the belt from her and hit her in the face with it. She then got the pin on Pandora.

So much excitement packed into an $8 ticket. UIW calls itself the past, present, and future of professional wrestling. They've certainly delivered on that statement during this show. They announced that at their June 15th show, Golddust, aka Dustin Rhodes will be appearing. I'm going to try to make it out for that show if I can. 

Platinum Championship Wrestling March 2, 2013

The highlights of this show were the second and third rounds of the tournament to win the PCW/Empire unified titles. 

The show began with a big six man tag match. It was God's Gift to Wrestling (William Huckaby and Shawn Adams) partnered with Matt "Sex" Sells against Johnny Danger, Matt Von Reaper and Sylar Cross. Johnny Danger and William Huckaby start the match. Huckaby yells at Johnny Danger "Godzilla is a punk". Matt Sells is tagged in. Johnny slams Matt Sells twice. Matt sells misses a move, Johnny Danger tags in Reaper. Then Sylar is tagged in. Huckaby breaks up the count as Sylar nearly pins sells. Adams distracts the ref as Von Reaper is tied up in the enemy corner. Huckaby has Reaper pinned, Johnny Danger breaks up the count. Huckaby tags in Matt Sells. Reaper tags in Sylar Cross who cleans house. Adams and Huckaby both enter the ring to get Sylar. His teammates come in to stop them. The match turns into chaos for a minute, but Sylar wins it getting the pin on Huckaby. 

Rachel comes out and says that Shane Marx should get a by since there is one person without competition because neither Sylar nor Jagged won their match. Sylar Cross says " Jagged Edge is nothing. This is my house." A dog collar match between Sylar Cross and Jagged Edge has been set for the March 16th St. Patrick's day extravaganza. 

The second match was part of the second round of the tournament. Fred Yehi took on Trey Williams of the Washington bullets. I don't like face vs. face matches or heel vs. heel matches. I think wrestling is better when the audience has a common hero or a common enemy. During this match, it felt like the darling of Porterdale, Trey Williams was taking on the darling of the internet and the podcasts, Fred Yehi. I was in Yehi's camp, and my son was in Williams' camp. Fred was more aggressive in this match than I'd seen him in previous outings. Fred Yehi wins with a springboard rollup into a very nice bridge pin. 

Match 3 was another second round bout. Chip Day fought against Supernatural. This was another one of those matches where no one knew who they wanted to get behind because Chip and Supernatural are both crowd favorites. Mostly during this match the crowd was very quiet. Chip kicked Supernatural, and Super caught his leg. Supernatural did a nice frog splash for a 2 count. Chip Day did a very pretty spinning kick followed up by a piledriver. He also kicked Super in the head. Super, however, keeps going. Day double stomps Supernatural. Supernatural kicks Day in the head, and then he dodges Day's kick. Supernatural double stomps Day on the ring apron. Chip Day is counted out. Chip does seem to be favoring his ankle after the match as well. Chip comes back into the ring, and in a show of sportsmanship raises Supernatural's hand. 

The next match was also a second round contest. Pump Yo Brakes took on Geter. I find Pump Yo Brakes to be merely annoying. I don't hate him with the same zeal I hate Shane Marx or Jagged Edge. Apparently the rest of the Porterdale audience despises him, as they all cheered for Geter. And Geter delivered, as it was a complete squash. 

In the third round of the tournament Shane Marx faced Fred Yehi. My child has a strange sense of humor. He yelled at Miss Rachel as she walked by that he wanted to roast her like a hot dog and put her in a hot dog bun. He also said he would like to lock Shane Marx in a cat room. Marx and Yehi exchanged blows at the start. The exchange ends in a clothesline in Fred's favor. Marx turns it around with a spinebuster, and it's Shane's turn to pound Fred on the mat. Shane Marx is a great wrestler. He's won titles across the state of Georgia, but I despise him. Fred supplexes Shane, and he goes for three like Chavo Guerrero or Kurt Angle. Marx wins the match finally because Rachel trips Yehi and holds his legs during the pin. Please ban the girl from ringside for the final. She is a cheater, and she does nothing but cause trouble. I am not unbiased in this matter. 

The second third round match took place between Supernatural and Geter. As much as I love Supernatural, I actually expected this match to be a squash, and predicted that Super had no chance. Super is trying to kick Geter and his kicks are just bouncing off. Geter throws Super around the ring like a ragdoll. Geter does a giant chop to Super's chest, and Geter pins him for a 2 count. He attempts to choke Super. My friend's son yelled at Geter "Supernatural is going to behead you". Geter yells back "What's your name kid?" which makes him cower back, but he eventually answers. So for a bit, everytime Geter hit Super he would say "This is for you Issac." At some point a chair was introduced into the match. Two fans, Debra and Penny said they thought Supernatural needed an equalizer. I am not certain this is how the chair was introduced, this is merely hearsay. Geter threw supernatural into a chair, this didn't get him disqualified because he didn't pick up the chair. Super tried to take out Geter's legs. Chuck Porterfield got knocked out during the match. Geter does what I'd like to call "a giant slam of doom" to Supernatural. John Clay, my friend's other son yelled out at Geter while this is happening, "Geter, fight your true enemy, diabetes." Supernatural took advantage of the referee's ailment and got the chair. He double stomped Geter on the chair after firing repeated shots with it. Supernatural wins. The referee never saw the chair. Wait, was I talking about a chair? Our hero would never use a chair. This blogger would never encourage her husband to pick up said chair and fold it up and place it against the wall, nor would she condone the idea that Tim would sit in front of the chair to further conceal its existence. Chair, what chair? 

The final showdown between Shane Marx and Supernatural will take place on March 16th. Please let our hero win this showdown, we've suffered under the reign of Marx long enough. I will not be blogging this event, however, as I am attending UIW's Redemption show that evening. Two wrestling shows in one day would be very difficult for me and my family.