I will start this review by saying that I never had the privilege of meeting Jason Speed, nor have I attended a PWR show before this one. I can tell by the talent that participated in the show that Jason Speed was truly loved by these people, and that he is missed greatly. Larry Goodman did a review of this show already on GWH news. http://www.gwhnews.com/2013/01/january-20-pwr-speed-memorial-report.html
The show started with an introduction to Jason Speed. Chuck Porterfield came up and introduced John "The Body" Johnson who made a really nice speech about how Jason's spirit would live on in PWR.
Match 1 Priceless Attraction and Marko vs. Zee Williams, Kevin Blue, and Mystic Storm.
Priceless Attraction and Marko were accompanied by Quasi Mandisco who made the referee put on hand santizer before he started. The match starts out with all six men in the ring. Marko and Kevin Blue finally are the first to tangle. Blue nearly gets a pin but Silva breaks up the count. Williams gets tagged in, and Blane breaks up the count when he nearly gets a pin. Blane slams Williams. Silva does some pretty good chops. Blane has a good neckbreaker. There was a point during this match where everyone flew into the audience, and I would recommend not sitting under the basketball goal on the right side of the ring if PWR does future shows at this venue. The entire audience that was seated there had to move because they literally flew over four rows of chairs. Quasi Mandisco knocked out Kevin Blue outside the ring. Team Priceless got the win by pinning Zee Williams.
Match 2: Team Luchadors (De La Vega, Supernatural, Zombie Mascaras) vs. The Red Carpet Society.
The Red Carpet Society came out and said that tonight was a special show where we were supposed to pay our loyalties and respect to the reunion of the Red Carpet Society. De La Vega did a lot of good stuff at the beginning of this match but the ref was distracted for most of it. The bad guys cheated as they tend to do when referees are concerned with other things. Flyin' Ryan tags in Goth who slams De La Vega and then screams "Yes." He then tags in C.B. who pins Vega, but only gets a 2 count. C.B. puts Vega into his version of Austin Aries' "Last Chancery" but Vega gets out. C.B kicks Vega again for another near fall. Vega is isolated for a long time during this match. There were a lot of good back and forth sequences during this match, but it finally ended in a disqualification. The Red Carpet Society was disqualified and the Luchadors went to the next round.
Match 3: Team Reckoning vs. Team Franchise.
Haha! Matt "Sex" Sells is a good guy here. This is hilarious to me not only because I've put his name on a t-shirt but because he is a member of PCW's main bad guy factory "The Priority Males." Jagged Edge was funny during this match. He said stuff like "Shut up. I know what you're thinking" and "I'm your champion." Audience members would encourage this by yelling "Who are you?" just to get him to say "I'm your champion." Jagged Edge did a piledriver on Johnny Danger to pick up the win. I was busy watching this match, and neglected to take down more detail. Team Reckoning moves on to the second round.
Match 4: Exotic Ones vs. Team All Stars.
My first thought when I see Stryknin come out is that I haven't seen him wrestle often enough. I realize he and Dany Only are a tag team. I don't think I realized they wore matching shorts. I associate those yellow camo shorts with Dany Only. Sugar Dunkerton does a good job trying to psych up the crowd. Simon Sermon and Sugar Dunkerton do the tango during this match. I'd have to say Sugar Dunkerton really stole the show during this one. He's hilarious. If you haven't done so already go and vote for him in Bracket 15 of the TNA Gutcheck Challenge. He's listed there under the name Carl Wilson. Team All Stars win with a triple pin. They move onto round 2.
All American Chris Damien comes out to speak about Jason Speed. He says that Jason Speed represented hope. His belief was that if you have the passion, the love, and were willing to go through the pain and torture, he was willing to give you a shot. 6 man tag matches were Jason Speed's favorite kind of matches, and that's why this tournament exists.
Women's Tag Match
Brandy Scotch Baker and Nina Monet took on Pandora and Dementia De Rose. I love the way Dementia De Rose screams. I love everything about Pandora. Dementia de Rose was so into charging Nina at one point she threw herself out of the ring. She plays crazy to the hilt. Nina Monet pinned Pandora for the win.
Second Round of Tournament Match 1: Team Reckoning vs. Team All Stars.
Rick Michaels slipped something into his wrist tape and hit Stryknin. He picks up the pin and they move on to the finals.
Match 2: Team Luchadors vs. Team Priceless.
Luchadors put on Priceless's jackets to mock them. Priceless argues a lot with the audience. The best spot of the match was where Luchadors set up for what looked like a rope assisted DDT but was actually Supernatural doing a double stomp on his opponent while he was suspended. De La Vega won it with a crucifix roll up. Quasi spent most of the match transfixed by Brandy Scotch Baker and didn't have time to cheat.
20 man Battle Royal which I agree with Larry Goodman looked more like a 30 man Battle Royal. The final two competitors were Jon Williams and Ethan Case. Ethan Case wins it. I thought it was interesting to note that the two final guys are both part of major tag teams across the state. Case now has a shot at Kevin Blue's title.
Jen Holbrook Sells comes out and says a few words about Jason Speed, and then she presents his mother and grandmother with a plaque in his honor. That part made me tear up.
Team Reckoning and Team Luchadors go to the finals of the tournament. The match doesn't even start before Team Reckoning is beating up the Luchadors outside the ring. Pandora comes to beat up Brandy Scotch Baker. De La Vega was not part of the match as he'd been beaten up too badly to continue. As a result the Luchadors were joined by Chris Damien. He managed to score them the win with a backslide pin. The bad guys were going to run away with the trophies but had a change of heart. They hand the Luchadors their prize and hugs are exchanged by all.
Overall I thought this show was really great. I may not be able to attend as much PWR in the future as it looks they are moving to Friday nights. But I will definitely try to make it to another show when I can.
The show started with an introduction to Jason Speed. Chuck Porterfield came up and introduced John "The Body" Johnson who made a really nice speech about how Jason's spirit would live on in PWR.
Match 1 Priceless Attraction and Marko vs. Zee Williams, Kevin Blue, and Mystic Storm.
Priceless Attraction and Marko were accompanied by Quasi Mandisco who made the referee put on hand santizer before he started. The match starts out with all six men in the ring. Marko and Kevin Blue finally are the first to tangle. Blue nearly gets a pin but Silva breaks up the count. Williams gets tagged in, and Blane breaks up the count when he nearly gets a pin. Blane slams Williams. Silva does some pretty good chops. Blane has a good neckbreaker. There was a point during this match where everyone flew into the audience, and I would recommend not sitting under the basketball goal on the right side of the ring if PWR does future shows at this venue. The entire audience that was seated there had to move because they literally flew over four rows of chairs. Quasi Mandisco knocked out Kevin Blue outside the ring. Team Priceless got the win by pinning Zee Williams.
Match 2: Team Luchadors (De La Vega, Supernatural, Zombie Mascaras) vs. The Red Carpet Society.
The Red Carpet Society came out and said that tonight was a special show where we were supposed to pay our loyalties and respect to the reunion of the Red Carpet Society. De La Vega did a lot of good stuff at the beginning of this match but the ref was distracted for most of it. The bad guys cheated as they tend to do when referees are concerned with other things. Flyin' Ryan tags in Goth who slams De La Vega and then screams "Yes." He then tags in C.B. who pins Vega, but only gets a 2 count. C.B. puts Vega into his version of Austin Aries' "Last Chancery" but Vega gets out. C.B kicks Vega again for another near fall. Vega is isolated for a long time during this match. There were a lot of good back and forth sequences during this match, but it finally ended in a disqualification. The Red Carpet Society was disqualified and the Luchadors went to the next round.
Match 3: Team Reckoning vs. Team Franchise.
Haha! Matt "Sex" Sells is a good guy here. This is hilarious to me not only because I've put his name on a t-shirt but because he is a member of PCW's main bad guy factory "The Priority Males." Jagged Edge was funny during this match. He said stuff like "Shut up. I know what you're thinking" and "I'm your champion." Audience members would encourage this by yelling "Who are you?" just to get him to say "I'm your champion." Jagged Edge did a piledriver on Johnny Danger to pick up the win. I was busy watching this match, and neglected to take down more detail. Team Reckoning moves on to the second round.
Match 4: Exotic Ones vs. Team All Stars.
My first thought when I see Stryknin come out is that I haven't seen him wrestle often enough. I realize he and Dany Only are a tag team. I don't think I realized they wore matching shorts. I associate those yellow camo shorts with Dany Only. Sugar Dunkerton does a good job trying to psych up the crowd. Simon Sermon and Sugar Dunkerton do the tango during this match. I'd have to say Sugar Dunkerton really stole the show during this one. He's hilarious. If you haven't done so already go and vote for him in Bracket 15 of the TNA Gutcheck Challenge. He's listed there under the name Carl Wilson. Team All Stars win with a triple pin. They move onto round 2.
All American Chris Damien comes out to speak about Jason Speed. He says that Jason Speed represented hope. His belief was that if you have the passion, the love, and were willing to go through the pain and torture, he was willing to give you a shot. 6 man tag matches were Jason Speed's favorite kind of matches, and that's why this tournament exists.
Women's Tag Match
Brandy Scotch Baker and Nina Monet took on Pandora and Dementia De Rose. I love the way Dementia De Rose screams. I love everything about Pandora. Dementia de Rose was so into charging Nina at one point she threw herself out of the ring. She plays crazy to the hilt. Nina Monet pinned Pandora for the win.
Second Round of Tournament Match 1: Team Reckoning vs. Team All Stars.
Rick Michaels slipped something into his wrist tape and hit Stryknin. He picks up the pin and they move on to the finals.
Match 2: Team Luchadors vs. Team Priceless.
Luchadors put on Priceless's jackets to mock them. Priceless argues a lot with the audience. The best spot of the match was where Luchadors set up for what looked like a rope assisted DDT but was actually Supernatural doing a double stomp on his opponent while he was suspended. De La Vega won it with a crucifix roll up. Quasi spent most of the match transfixed by Brandy Scotch Baker and didn't have time to cheat.
20 man Battle Royal which I agree with Larry Goodman looked more like a 30 man Battle Royal. The final two competitors were Jon Williams and Ethan Case. Ethan Case wins it. I thought it was interesting to note that the two final guys are both part of major tag teams across the state. Case now has a shot at Kevin Blue's title.
Jen Holbrook Sells comes out and says a few words about Jason Speed, and then she presents his mother and grandmother with a plaque in his honor. That part made me tear up.
Team Reckoning and Team Luchadors go to the finals of the tournament. The match doesn't even start before Team Reckoning is beating up the Luchadors outside the ring. Pandora comes to beat up Brandy Scotch Baker. De La Vega was not part of the match as he'd been beaten up too badly to continue. As a result the Luchadors were joined by Chris Damien. He managed to score them the win with a backslide pin. The bad guys were going to run away with the trophies but had a change of heart. They hand the Luchadors their prize and hugs are exchanged by all.
Overall I thought this show was really great. I may not be able to attend as much PWR in the future as it looks they are moving to Friday nights. But I will definitely try to make it to another show when I can.
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