Post by Pike on Jun 30, 2004 22:51:29 GMT -5
Ehhh I'm doing a joint review with Mike of Quebrada.net but I wrote this days ago and he still hasn't done his end... So here's what I wrote:
The JCW J Cup was held in a little gymnasium which I thought was a great venue for wrestling. There were a few rows of folding chairs around the ring, most seats were full, maybe 150 in attendance? The 2 tri-state indy superfans were in attendance: The Green Lantern Fan is a freaking heat machine, he starts tons of chants and really contributed to the atmosphere. The GEEVE IT TO HEEM guy’s catchphrase seems to be catching on, he is just plain awesome. The crowd was attentive and pretty loud throughout, despite a show that seemed a bit long in spots and a few underwhelming finishes.
J Cup Round One matches:
Dave Greco vs Damien Adams
Greco set the tone with tights that were uncomfortably snug in the groinal region. Damien seemed to be the more polished worker of the two, and Greco’s soft kicks didn’t endear him to the inhabitants of the Garfield Boy’s club. Many in attendance begged him to tap out at one point, but Greco ended up winning with his feet on the ropes. Boring match.
Winner: Dave Greco
Jigsaw vs Mike Quackenbush
Battle of the CHIKARA guys, Quackenbush wowed everyone with his speed and expansive array of submission holds. Quackenbush at one point does these stiff sumo chops that pretty much blew my mind. Quack then sealed the deal with his awesome piledriver variation, where he bends the victim’s legs down and then drives them skull-first to the mat. Jigsaw was OK, he didn’t really do much good or bad. Scorpio Sky was scheduled to be in this match, there was no official announcement as to what happened. This was a very good match that showcased the awesomeness of Mike Quackenbush.
Winner: Mike Quackenbush
M-Dogg 20 vs. Rob Eckos
Eckos’ heel mannerisms worked well, but he was clearly not on the level of the Dogg and his punches and kicks were really limp. Eckos did bust out a nice top rope uranage variation. Eckos had a manager with him who looked a lot like Scott Hudson. The finish came when the manager tried to interfere and M Dogg “punched” him off the apron (looked really bad) and then hit a great SSP for the win.
Winner: M-Dogg 20
Dan Berry vs Matt Striker
Berry was a young, skinny guy, while Striker is your googly-faced seller extraordinaire. Striker used his veteran skillz to continuously cinch in a headlock as Berry tried to escape which caused the crowd to retreat into slumber. Even when Barry finally hit some sweet-looking offense, including a couple dives, a freaking handspring swiniging DDT and a rolling series of DDTs, the crowd just didn’t buy into him at all. It’s too bad because I thought Berry had a great, well-executed offense. Striker ends up winning by countering into an armlock for the submission.
Winner: Matt Striker
Sabian vs Shawn Sheridan
Sabian is from CZW and brought the stiffness and the crisp offense, while Sheridan brought some great moves and his Nintendo-garbed manager who had a head that was too big for his body. Early on, Sheridan does this sick flip off the apron which sees him end up landing back first on the gym floor evoking the “holy sh*t” chants. The Green Lantern fan gets on the manager’s case about his get-up, to which the manager deadpans: “I heard the Green Lantern has AIDs.” And that was unanimously decided to be the JEER OF THE NIGHT! Sabian busted out a great charging dropkick on Sheridan, who was slumped in the corner. A “one more time” chant broke out, and Sabian responded with the TEASE and the F U! Sabian was awesome all around. Sheridan’s finisher somehow involved yelling “Who ya gonna call?” Ghostbusters!
Winner: Shawn Sheridan
Altar Boy Luke vs Super Dragon:
Luke did a little flying, looked pretty good. Dragon busted out some of his stiff offense. The finish went slightly awry (which happened in quite a few matches this show) as Dragon did a double stomp off the top, was meant to land on Luke’s head, but Dragon barely grazed him. After the match, Super Dragon stole the GEEVE IT TO HEEM guy’s airhorn.
Winner: Super Dragon
Josh Daniels vs Tyler Payne
Payne also has tights that are WAY too snug around the groin area. Daniels was kind of fired up in the beginning, but then Payne took over and numbed minds the county over with his boring as hell offense. The crowd got on Payne in a most cruel fashion, and Tyler actually put his hands out at his sides in response to the heckling and a fan advised him: “There’s nothing you can do at this point”. Poor guy. Tyler then went for a vertical suplex and released Daniels on the way down too early, looked very dangerous. Daniels put us out of our misery.
Winner: Josh Daniels
B Boy vs Chris Idol
Idol is a skinny guy in vibrant yellow tights. The crowd was giving him “you suck” heat, but Idol was good enough to at least not get jeered out of the building. The hot crowd chanted: “B Boy’s gonna kill you” at the start. Idol didn’t help himself early on when he went amateur on B Boy and slapped the back of his head a bunch of times. Idol took a beating but hung in there, and had one cool spot where he did three enziguri kicks in a row. B has this awesome spot where he has his victim slumped in the corner, and goes off the ropes and delivers a nasty dropkick to the head. Every time he hit that move it looked great and got a good reaction. B Boy pulled it out in the end. OK match.
Winner: B Boy
The JCW J Cup was held in a little gymnasium which I thought was a great venue for wrestling. There were a few rows of folding chairs around the ring, most seats were full, maybe 150 in attendance? The 2 tri-state indy superfans were in attendance: The Green Lantern Fan is a freaking heat machine, he starts tons of chants and really contributed to the atmosphere. The GEEVE IT TO HEEM guy’s catchphrase seems to be catching on, he is just plain awesome. The crowd was attentive and pretty loud throughout, despite a show that seemed a bit long in spots and a few underwhelming finishes.
J Cup Round One matches:
Dave Greco vs Damien Adams
Greco set the tone with tights that were uncomfortably snug in the groinal region. Damien seemed to be the more polished worker of the two, and Greco’s soft kicks didn’t endear him to the inhabitants of the Garfield Boy’s club. Many in attendance begged him to tap out at one point, but Greco ended up winning with his feet on the ropes. Boring match.
Winner: Dave Greco
Jigsaw vs Mike Quackenbush
Battle of the CHIKARA guys, Quackenbush wowed everyone with his speed and expansive array of submission holds. Quackenbush at one point does these stiff sumo chops that pretty much blew my mind. Quack then sealed the deal with his awesome piledriver variation, where he bends the victim’s legs down and then drives them skull-first to the mat. Jigsaw was OK, he didn’t really do much good or bad. Scorpio Sky was scheduled to be in this match, there was no official announcement as to what happened. This was a very good match that showcased the awesomeness of Mike Quackenbush.
Winner: Mike Quackenbush
M-Dogg 20 vs. Rob Eckos
Eckos’ heel mannerisms worked well, but he was clearly not on the level of the Dogg and his punches and kicks were really limp. Eckos did bust out a nice top rope uranage variation. Eckos had a manager with him who looked a lot like Scott Hudson. The finish came when the manager tried to interfere and M Dogg “punched” him off the apron (looked really bad) and then hit a great SSP for the win.
Winner: M-Dogg 20
Dan Berry vs Matt Striker
Berry was a young, skinny guy, while Striker is your googly-faced seller extraordinaire. Striker used his veteran skillz to continuously cinch in a headlock as Berry tried to escape which caused the crowd to retreat into slumber. Even when Barry finally hit some sweet-looking offense, including a couple dives, a freaking handspring swiniging DDT and a rolling series of DDTs, the crowd just didn’t buy into him at all. It’s too bad because I thought Berry had a great, well-executed offense. Striker ends up winning by countering into an armlock for the submission.
Winner: Matt Striker
Sabian vs Shawn Sheridan
Sabian is from CZW and brought the stiffness and the crisp offense, while Sheridan brought some great moves and his Nintendo-garbed manager who had a head that was too big for his body. Early on, Sheridan does this sick flip off the apron which sees him end up landing back first on the gym floor evoking the “holy sh*t” chants. The Green Lantern fan gets on the manager’s case about his get-up, to which the manager deadpans: “I heard the Green Lantern has AIDs.” And that was unanimously decided to be the JEER OF THE NIGHT! Sabian busted out a great charging dropkick on Sheridan, who was slumped in the corner. A “one more time” chant broke out, and Sabian responded with the TEASE and the F U! Sabian was awesome all around. Sheridan’s finisher somehow involved yelling “Who ya gonna call?” Ghostbusters!
Winner: Shawn Sheridan
Altar Boy Luke vs Super Dragon:
Luke did a little flying, looked pretty good. Dragon busted out some of his stiff offense. The finish went slightly awry (which happened in quite a few matches this show) as Dragon did a double stomp off the top, was meant to land on Luke’s head, but Dragon barely grazed him. After the match, Super Dragon stole the GEEVE IT TO HEEM guy’s airhorn.
Winner: Super Dragon
Josh Daniels vs Tyler Payne
Payne also has tights that are WAY too snug around the groin area. Daniels was kind of fired up in the beginning, but then Payne took over and numbed minds the county over with his boring as hell offense. The crowd got on Payne in a most cruel fashion, and Tyler actually put his hands out at his sides in response to the heckling and a fan advised him: “There’s nothing you can do at this point”. Poor guy. Tyler then went for a vertical suplex and released Daniels on the way down too early, looked very dangerous. Daniels put us out of our misery.
Winner: Josh Daniels
B Boy vs Chris Idol
Idol is a skinny guy in vibrant yellow tights. The crowd was giving him “you suck” heat, but Idol was good enough to at least not get jeered out of the building. The hot crowd chanted: “B Boy’s gonna kill you” at the start. Idol didn’t help himself early on when he went amateur on B Boy and slapped the back of his head a bunch of times. Idol took a beating but hung in there, and had one cool spot where he did three enziguri kicks in a row. B has this awesome spot where he has his victim slumped in the corner, and goes off the ropes and delivers a nasty dropkick to the head. Every time he hit that move it looked great and got a good reaction. B Boy pulled it out in the end. OK match.
Winner: B Boy
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