These are shows on the CW and the POP network. We will start off with the Minnesota promotion AWF.
Even though Minnesota is home to numerous outstanding wrestlers, our independent scene is lacking. We have a few promotions, only one with TV. They didn’t even get a TV time slot, it’s paid programming and then AWF gets local businesses to advertise.
Arya Daivari
starts with a promo, he says he is in
Elk River
, he hears he is wrestling Antonio Marquez. He says they are not in the same league, Daivari says he is the Elite Champion.
Marquez shows up just so he can shake his hand cause it is an honor and a privilege to wrestle Daivari tonight.
Daivari cuts a promo about Elk River. He points to every fan and says “Loser, Loser, Loser” he says one of the guys in the crowd is cool cause he bought a Daivari shirt.
Antonio flips into the ring and Daivari shows him up by doing a cartwheel! In the commentary booth is Dj Draper and AWF Champion Ricky Love. Ricky is talking about how much he is digging the match and it cuts to commercial mid-sentence.
This is some sort of Spanish lawyer commercial where the wrestler beats up the sound guy? Lol and this one where wrestler Udo works on cars.
We come back and the sound is still bad, like the announcers sound like pilot. Arya is known as the Elite Champion but I have not seen an Elite belt.
Antonio does a springboard cross body into a hurricanrana into a Lucha arm drag. The crowd pops huge like its the early 90’s or something.
It’s obvious Arya is miles ahead of all the other talents in this company. Marquez is 20 and not old enough to drink a Dos Equis or Corona says Dj Draper. That is kinda racist right? Antonio hits a top rope leg drop. He ends up getting a roll up on Arya for the win, as the camera focused on the rope.
And I’m Like… That match was alright. They cut to commercial at a weird time. I definitely like Ricky Love more than Bo Knowles on commentary. The show cuts to this for like 2 seconds.
No idea who these guys are, we can’t find out though. Cause it just cuts to some match in the middle.
Luke X vs. Ivan Drokovsky
Bo Knowles asks for duct tape to shut up Dj Draper. Bo is the shoot worst. Here is a little banter on this so you know where I’m coming from.
Draper: the crowd might have boo’d him when he came out cause of his country of origin, but they respect his power.
Bo: That took civil rights back to the Stone Age if you ask me.
Draper: On whose part?
Bo: Whiever just not mine.
We then hear “folks hold tight for commercial” only problem is they don’t go to commercial they wait maybe three seconds and say welcome back. The two commercial breaks we had did not get a bumper and the one time they set it up they don’t even go to commercial!! This has to be on purpose lol. Ivan wins with that suplex looking thing you saw pictured.
And I’m Like… What a weird f’n show. It started off fine, promo about match and match, commentary was good too. Then it just fell apart. I blame Bo!!!
Onto Las Vegas and back to back PPW tapings.
Jeff and Todd bring us to the show. They shoot over to Pat Kelly and the tag team champions Murder By Muscle.
The other team is about to be introduced, and Murder By Muscle attack the other team. They do a long beat down to build to a hot tag. The tag takes off but the crowd stays grounded, they are not making any noise. MBM wins when they both hit their finisher.
Who ever the guy in the middle is, he says wrestlers are tools and used q-tips. He says go eat at Voodoo Donuts.
Suede Thompson vs. Espiritu
Suede comes out to Turn Down For What and I’m Turnt up for Suede. During Suedes entrance he does this sweet dance that I had to try. You lean back and dangle your arms then shimmy! His shirt says “your favorite wrestlers favorite wrestler” now he can be known as “that blogger you reads favorite wrestler on PPW”
The match is alright, Suede yells “turn down” the crowd responds with “for what?” Suede hits a 619 which the announcers call a 702. Suede hits a 450 for a win.
And I’m Like… Turnt up cause I don’t wanna be turned down for what? This was just fun. Lots of fun.
Crash Test Cody vs. The Challenger
Before the match starts there is a video package recapping the title events of last week, they end up showing the whole title match where Sorenson retained.
What is up with CTC’s eye? Is it like dead?
The match was very boring, Chalenger ended up winning with a back to belly suplex.
And I’m Like… Challenger did not even get an entrance and he won. That is strange. I don’t have much else to say because not much were represented.
This match seems like it should be a big deal. It was actually just used to start a feud between Tyshaun Prince and Gangrel. Tyshauns team wins and Gangrel decided to jump Prince from behind and try and put him in a “pine box” coffin.
This ends the first episode
And I’m Like… Thank God Suede is in the show. Some of these guys aren’t my tea. They have characters and good entrances, the wrestling is just so sub-par.
Tyshaun Prince vs. Eric Wright
Eric could not take Tyshaun off his feet, Wright went for his grandmas tonic, he couldn’t get it though and got caught in this.
And I’m Like… There is no reason Eric should continually lose. He is practically the most complete guy on the show.
Fruit Loop vs. Hammerstone
It’s a comedy match. Hammerstone plays games for a smidgen of time then wrecks the loop
And I’m Like… The only good part of this was that there was a wrestler named Fruit Loop that tries to give their opponents fruit loop cereal necklaces.
This match is just so Gangrel can win and say the words “Fangin and Bangin” like four times. I like to write about positive stuff, sometimes it is very hard.
I also forgot to take pictures of Caleb Konely vs. Mike O’Shea, my wife says O’Shea is an amateur that don’t know how to get into a ring lol. Caleb got distrated by his own manager Lisa Marie (Tara, Victoria)
Jesse Sorensen (c) vs Joey Ryan
And I’m Like… Super upset this went like 8 minutes, it seems like they only give their main event 10 minute no matter what the Main is. Quality over quantity PPW. You have an hour like NXT no reason the show should not be compelling.
That took a bit longer than expected but bad wrestling does that to you. It’s fun to watch just cause it’s like, how do people think this is good? There are moments don’t get me wrong. Overall though? Product needs work. Production and music is spot on though.
-Yall have a good one
Jake
