It was the lightest crowd I'd seen in Porterdale in a long time. I counted about thirty, but it competed with both NXT in Atlanta, and Southern Fried's largest show of the year, Shindig. The diehard PCW fans came, and their cheers were as loud as ever, for despite the small crowd, PCW delivered a show full of good wrestling.
Logan Creed faced Slim J. in a battle of might vs. fight. It was a classic giant against little guy match, and they delivered. Slim J's flashy style with spot after spot dazzled the crowd. Creed's strength impressed. At one point Creed caught Slim J, and he laid him across the laps of the front row fans, and beat him down right there. Gunner Miller's music played, and Creed was distracted momentarily, allowing Slim J to land a top rope splash and secure the victory. The opener set the bar for the rest of the show, and it was my personal favorite match of the night.
Trevor Aeon faced Warhorse 16 times. Brian Blaze did a run-in and beat up Aeon before the match with The Warhorse began in earnest. The Warhorse held Aeon while Blaze got a painting of Trevor Aeon. The Carpenter and Bill the Butcher saved Aeon from being hit with the painting.
Go Time Eric Jones teamed with Johnny Nixx to wrestle The Washington Bullets. The match began with a gorgeous exchange between Jon Williams of the Bullets and Johnny Nixx that ended with with a beautiful drop kick from Nixx. Williams left the ring to regroup. This was the best match I'd seen Go Time Eric Jones compete in in a while. He and Nixx really seemed to flow as a team. Jon Williams secured the win for his team with a low blow to Nixx. Trey Williams held Jones back from breaking up the pin.
The Much Hate Mulisha (the newly dubbed Cameron Jackson and Stunt Marshall) accompanied by their manager, Miko Rodriguez, the SVP of the Hate Club, challenged Geter for his Platinum Championship Wrestling Heavyweight title. Geter issued an open challenge to anyone at his last appearance two weeks prior, and the Mulisha were the first to answer it. Marshall and Jackson lasted longer against Geter than I expected originally. They took out his knees and kept control of the match for a while. They engaged in a lot of nice double team moves. Geter fought to get back to his feet, and Marshall delivered a flying headbutt. Geter delivered a belly to belly suplex to Jackson, and a giant splash from the second rope secured Geter's victory and he retained his title. This was an exciting match, and Marshall and Jackson have good synergy as a team.
Geter said that he'd started on the wrong side, but that he'd found the light. "I still have my sadistic smile, I'm still an asskicking machine. Come the war games, you boys have never seen the Geter I'm going to unleash." He confirmed that he was the first member of the face faction in July 4th's Wargames.
David Tita, Tyson Dean, and Brian Blaze competed in a triple threat match. Dean and Tita teamed up against Blaze to start, but that eventually dissolved as the match went on. Dean and Tita argued and Blaze got up. Dean jerked him back down, and Tita delivered a lovely leg drop. Blaze had Tita rolled up, but Trevor Aeon interfered by throwing white powder in Blaze's face. Tyson Dean took advantage of the distraction, rolling Blaze up to secure the pin. Aeon ran away from a heated Blaze who wanted to fight him post-match.
Brian Blaze is set to face Trevor Aeon in PCW's first ever blindfold match on July 2nd. Hopefully the heat between those two will come to a head, and one will extinguish the fire.
The main event featured Bill the Butcher against Kevin Park. Park wasted no time attacking with punches and kicks. Butcher came close to choking Park, and he delivered some nice chops. They fought on the side of the apron, and Park delivered a beautiful enziugiri. Butcher bit Park, proving he'd do anything to win. Park tried his submission, but Butcher dumped him off. Park's strength showed in his suplex. He knocked Butcher's ringside companion, The Carpenter, off the ring, and hit Butcher with a knee to the face, and he won the match by pinfall.
Park didn't get to celebrate his victory for long as he was attacked by Trevor Aeon, and the Carpenter. The Danger City Demons came out to assist Park, and just as it looked bleak for our heroes, Quasi Mandisco's music hit, and he came in to make the save. Mandisco, Valek, Danger and Park stood triumpant in the ring. Mandisco entered the War Games and he cut an inspiring promo about how he's going to kick the cornerstone's asses.
PCW returns to Porterdale on June 18th, and Johnny Danger will announce who will compete for him in July 2nd's haircut match.
Logan Creed faced Slim J. in a battle of might vs. fight. It was a classic giant against little guy match, and they delivered. Slim J's flashy style with spot after spot dazzled the crowd. Creed's strength impressed. At one point Creed caught Slim J, and he laid him across the laps of the front row fans, and beat him down right there. Gunner Miller's music played, and Creed was distracted momentarily, allowing Slim J to land a top rope splash and secure the victory. The opener set the bar for the rest of the show, and it was my personal favorite match of the night.
Trevor Aeon faced Warhorse 16 times. Brian Blaze did a run-in and beat up Aeon before the match with The Warhorse began in earnest. The Warhorse held Aeon while Blaze got a painting of Trevor Aeon. The Carpenter and Bill the Butcher saved Aeon from being hit with the painting.
Go Time Eric Jones teamed with Johnny Nixx to wrestle The Washington Bullets. The match began with a gorgeous exchange between Jon Williams of the Bullets and Johnny Nixx that ended with with a beautiful drop kick from Nixx. Williams left the ring to regroup. This was the best match I'd seen Go Time Eric Jones compete in in a while. He and Nixx really seemed to flow as a team. Jon Williams secured the win for his team with a low blow to Nixx. Trey Williams held Jones back from breaking up the pin.
The Much Hate Mulisha (the newly dubbed Cameron Jackson and Stunt Marshall) accompanied by their manager, Miko Rodriguez, the SVP of the Hate Club, challenged Geter for his Platinum Championship Wrestling Heavyweight title. Geter issued an open challenge to anyone at his last appearance two weeks prior, and the Mulisha were the first to answer it. Marshall and Jackson lasted longer against Geter than I expected originally. They took out his knees and kept control of the match for a while. They engaged in a lot of nice double team moves. Geter fought to get back to his feet, and Marshall delivered a flying headbutt. Geter delivered a belly to belly suplex to Jackson, and a giant splash from the second rope secured Geter's victory and he retained his title. This was an exciting match, and Marshall and Jackson have good synergy as a team.
Geter said that he'd started on the wrong side, but that he'd found the light. "I still have my sadistic smile, I'm still an asskicking machine. Come the war games, you boys have never seen the Geter I'm going to unleash." He confirmed that he was the first member of the face faction in July 4th's Wargames.
David Tita, Tyson Dean, and Brian Blaze competed in a triple threat match. Dean and Tita teamed up against Blaze to start, but that eventually dissolved as the match went on. Dean and Tita argued and Blaze got up. Dean jerked him back down, and Tita delivered a lovely leg drop. Blaze had Tita rolled up, but Trevor Aeon interfered by throwing white powder in Blaze's face. Tyson Dean took advantage of the distraction, rolling Blaze up to secure the pin. Aeon ran away from a heated Blaze who wanted to fight him post-match.
Brian Blaze is set to face Trevor Aeon in PCW's first ever blindfold match on July 2nd. Hopefully the heat between those two will come to a head, and one will extinguish the fire.
The main event featured Bill the Butcher against Kevin Park. Park wasted no time attacking with punches and kicks. Butcher came close to choking Park, and he delivered some nice chops. They fought on the side of the apron, and Park delivered a beautiful enziugiri. Butcher bit Park, proving he'd do anything to win. Park tried his submission, but Butcher dumped him off. Park's strength showed in his suplex. He knocked Butcher's ringside companion, The Carpenter, off the ring, and hit Butcher with a knee to the face, and he won the match by pinfall.
Park didn't get to celebrate his victory for long as he was attacked by Trevor Aeon, and the Carpenter. The Danger City Demons came out to assist Park, and just as it looked bleak for our heroes, Quasi Mandisco's music hit, and he came in to make the save. Mandisco, Valek, Danger and Park stood triumpant in the ring. Mandisco entered the War Games and he cut an inspiring promo about how he's going to kick the cornerstone's asses.
PCW returns to Porterdale on June 18th, and Johnny Danger will announce who will compete for him in July 2nd's haircut match.
