Little Jimmy Gaffe Challenges the Butcher on Victory Wrestling Showcase

Two weeks ago the Butcher beat down Little Jimmy Gaffe something fierce.  This week Jimmy came to the VCW ring to challenge the big guy to a match.  And it was hard to watch.

Jimmy took a big boot early and the Butcher stomped on him pretty bad as he spasmed around the ring.

Jimmy eventually got to the ropes where the ref forced Butcher to back away.  Butcher argued with the ref for no other reason than to give his manager, Mysterion, time to pull Jimmy's neck across the bottom rope and choke him with it.

Then the Butcher went back to work and hit Jimmy with a kick ass looking shoulder breaker.

I was surprised to see Gaffe kick out of that.  He showed a lot of heart through out the match.  After blocking a mendable claw he fired off some good kicks to the Butcher's gut and pulled off a big arm drag.  And I mean big!  This thing had impact.

I also dug Jimmy's dropkick in the corner.

But in the end Butcher grabbed Jimmy out of the air in a cross body attempt.  He slammed him hard, put him in a camel clutch, converted it to a rear naked choke and put Jimmy Gaffe to sleep.

Putting Jimmy Gaffe to Sleep should be a Canadian folk song.  That guy has balls.  Gotta hand it him.

After the match, the Butcher refused to let go of his choke.  Ali Fahood ran to the ring to make the save for Gaffe.  This was the first time Fahood entered a VCW ring since the Butcher took him out months ago.  He said that he's actually fallen in love with the City of Toronto after his time spent in the hospital there.

And now he wants to redeem himself against the Butcher.  That old chestnut.  

Mysterion wouldn't give Fahood a match though; unless he put his career on the line.  So next week we get a loser leaves VCW match.

Buck Gunderson, Marty Michaels and the Life of the Party All Disappoint

After breaking his hand, Buck Gunderson made his VCW return this week, teaming with "Rockin'" Marty Michaels.  They took on the Life of the Party, two "Hip-Stars" who are mad that people aren't hugging trees and call everyone "Daddy." 

The match was awful.  Only Michaels's double dropkick stood out.  It was cool because he got both members of the Life of the Party with two different feet.  It looked cool.  

The ref was the father of one of the LOTP guys.  Apparently they don't get along.  Little back story there.  

Buck and Michaels won this by hitting an X-Factor and a Rocker Dropper at the same time.    

Bottom Line?  

This episode needed more Chunk E. Fresh.  They should call this company Chunk E. Fresh Wrestling. GFW.  Or GFEW depending how strict you wanna be.  I wonder what the E stands for?  Entertainment personified?  I'm so high right now.  

Gaffe might be a good wrestler for VCW in the future.  But the Butcher is a big deal RIGHT FRIGGEN NOW.

That's the obvious match right?  Chunk E. Vs. the Butcher.  A former tag champ with a whole new attitude since the demise of Mysterion's Royal Guards, and a win streak to go with it, against out beloved champion.        

Any way ... do you guys see the power of Universal Health Care?  Turns a mean son of a bitch like Fahood into the nicest guy in the world.  

Next week's Loser Leaves VCW match is gonna be good.  

Zero-G Championship the Focus of Wordwide's Second Episode

This episode's all about Mark Coffey's run with the Zero G championship.

It starts off with Mark wrestling an injured Kenny Williams.  Mark gets Kenny in a really cool pump handle slam and wins that way.  After the match Kenny's manager is yelling at him about how he owns his contact, and by proxy, him.  He was pissed off about Kenny taking the match despite being injured.  And it's hinted at that the manager would have liked his other client, Joe Hendry to get the shot instead.

We then get Mark Coffey Vs. Wee M. Punk.  What's he doing in the Insane Asylum?  Punk got kicked in the face and lost.

The next match had Solar trying to win the belt.  Before it started we got a cool astronaut graphic float towards another graphic of the Zero-G belt.  Very cool.  Solar took some serious knees from Coffey, a surfboard stretch, and that God Damn pump handle slam once again.  Coffey won.

The highlight of Joe Coffey Vs. Sebastian Redclaw had to be Redclaw piggybacking the champ and biting his ear.  But ... that damn pump handle slam again ...

The last match was Coffey/Williams II.  Kenny finally got the belt here with an incredible tornado DDT.  All of a sudden his manager loved him, telling Kenny that he was like a son to him.

Kenny told him to fuck right off and the entire ICW locker room came out to congratulate him on his accomplishment.

Bottom Line?   

Another good sampling of the ICW product.  If ICW seems like something that might interest you, check out the first season of Worldwide on youtube, where you get full shows in their entirety.  And if you're looking for something more recent, check out the Twinsanity DVDs they sell on their official site.

Ring of Honor Sucks (10/23/14)

Ring of Honor sucked this week.  That's unfortunate.

At the end of the day this is a hit and miss company.  There have been more hits than misses lately.  So there's that.

But here's what happened this week.

Briscoe's promo might have been the best part of the episode.  

It wasn't very long.  He just let us know that Mike Bennett was getting a title match next week.  Oh yeah, and Jay's coming for Mike's ass.  He wanted us to know that he's coming for Mike's ass.

Gonna be awesome!

TaDarius Thomas Vs. Adam Cole Page 

I have to remember that Adam Page is the one with the better hair.

This goes down as best match of the night.  And it wasn't very good.

Apart from a spot where Thomas was dangling out of the ring by his leg and Page smacked him the knee with a steel chair; everything else sucked.

Except for the ending where Thomas grabbed that chair back and starts beating the shit out of Page, right?

And BJ Whitmore, Roderick Strong and Jimmy Jacobs are outside yelling at him to keep at it!

And Caprice Coleman (Who did a great job on color commentary this week.) is shouting at Thomas about how he's better than that.  It's the preacher in him.  

So finally Thomas says, fuck it!  And he smacks Jimmy Jacobs off the ring apron with the chair and walks out.

The decade is like, "What the fuck!?"  And Adam Page is sitting there like, "I have no idea what just happened but thank God he stopped hitting me!"

And Caprice was like, "He says you're welcome."

Adam Cole went all Marsha Brady on us.  

Mike Bennett cut a promo in the ring about how he's gonna win the belt next week.

Adam Cole got really whiney about how it's him who should have gotten the shot.  What a baby.  I don't even know where he was going with that.  Did he think Bennett was gonna give him the title shot instead?

Who knows.  In the end Maria Kanellis talked him out of whatever he was gonna say and now he's super pumped for his buddy, Mike.  I wonder what that's all about?

The Romantic Touch took on Hanson

Separately, the Romantic Touch and Hanson kill my wrestling boner.  Combine the two?  And they annihilate it.

This wasn't very diligent of me, but I spent the entire match fantasizing about Hell in a Cell this Sunday and whether or not Brock Lesnar would show up at Survivor Series.  

I couldn't even watch the main event.  

Cedric Alexander took on Adam Cole here.  The one who's hair is also good.

This was so boring.  I must have watched a few minutes but it felt like hours.  I skipped to the end but I don't remember who won.

Cedric has matches like this every now and again.  Cole seems to have them all the time.  No idea why this guys is as popular as he is.

Bottom Line?  

Jay Vs. Bennett is gonna be killer next week.

The decade can't break up soon enough.  I'm hoping both Thomas and Page come out better for it.    

Neville Defends Against Titus and Banks Gets Rematch Against Bayley On the 10/23/14 NXT

It's time Titus O'Neil finally gets his Cum Muffins for the shit he's pulled in NXT lately!  

Is it Cum Muffins?  Is that expression?

Yeah!  Fuck Brock Lesnar, who needs him!  In NXT we got Adrian Neville!  A freight train from hell going straight up the ass of the competition!

O'Neil messed up.  He came down to NXT with an unnecessary chip on his shoulder.  All mad because NXT wrestlers took up one measly segment on RAW?  Assaulting our champ at ringside during one of his successful title defenses?  Newsflash, big guy, one segment devoted to NXT isn't the reason you're not on RAW.  You're now on RAW because you suck!

Although even I would have to admit that Titus didn't suck in this match.  He actually dominated.

The match started with Neville playing keep away, showing off his athleticism.  O'Neil eventually caught him though and when he did the champ tried a front side headlock that backfired.  Titus lifted him over the ring ropes and dropped him to the arena floor.

Neville couldn't grab the rope to break his fall.  I thought he was dead.

At another point Titus simply threw Neville across the ring as if the champ was a child.  I couldn't believe how in control the Gator was.

Especially when he locked on a viscous bear hug.  Watching Neville squirm in that vice was sickening but you had to respect the technique.  How often is a bear hug boring?  All the time!  But not this time!  

Eventually O'Neill let go out of boredom.  That was a mistake.  He could have won the match with it.  Even Neville has to breath eventually.  Gravity forgot him, not biology.

Neville chopped away at the larger man with a shit load of kicks and hit his Red Arrow or whatever he calls it from the top rope.  Neville got so much height on this thing that I'm surprised Titus didn't shit himself upon impact.

Even so I thought Titus should have kicked out of it.  I guess he's a lot better at giving punishment than receiving it.

The Banks/Bayley rematch wasn't as great as last time.

This bout started out great with Bayley kneeing Banks in the back and coming off the ropes with a reverse elbow.

Then it slowed down and didn't really pick up until the end.  Banks hit a backstabber and segued it into that brutal submission she does.  Is it a cross face?  I don't know ...

Banks gets the win.  And that's good for her because going into her upcoming title match against Charlotte Flair with a loss would have sucked.

Not good at all for my girl Bayley though.  As talented as she is she has to go to back of the line now and if that wasn't bad enough, that bitch Becky Lynch came out and assaulted her after the match.

I think this goes back to what Sasha said to Becky last week.  Something about good girls finishing last.

Bayley has that Hulk Hogan disease where all your best friends will eventually betray.

Jobbers Galore ...

I don't know if it's cool to call anyone in NXT jobbers.  But it certainly felt that way last night.

Sure these guys are scouted by the WWE and put into the best wrestling school on the planet.

But that doesn't mean they're ready for the NXT stage.

The Vaudvillians and the Ascension picked up easy wins over easy opponents this week.  And while the two jobbers who lost to the Vaudvillians impressed a little bit, that doesn't make for good TV.

Bottom Line?  

Our Champion, the greatest man who ever lived, Adrian Neville, showed that son of a bitch Titus O'Neil what NXT is all about!

However, Titus impressed so you gotta give him props.  Maybe he could be like Tyson Kidd.  Resurrect his career in NXT, not win anything, but then go up to RAW and play around up there.  I think it's cute that the WWE gives those RAW guys something to shoot for.

Decent episode not as good as usual.  But still had moments.  Still the best hour of wrestling on TV.

Shit!  It's comeuppance!  Where the hell did I get Cum Muffins from?

Insane Championship Wrestling Debuts Season 3 of Worldwide. Highlights Tag Division.

It's that time of the year again.  ICW is releasing a series of highlight videos to promote their product, which stands as one of the best in professional wrestling today.

The first episode is all about recent happenings in the tag division.  It features the Bucky Boys, the New Age Kliq, Brian Kendrick, Paul London, Colt Cabana and of course, GRRRRRAAAAAAAADOOOOOOOOOOO!

Bucky Boys VS. NAK

The show opened up with Davey Boy breaking the news that his leg is fucked and he cannot defend his half of the championship against the Kliq.  But Kaylee Rae, stand out star of ICW's women's division joined up with Bucky Boy Stevie and we had ourselves a match!

Kaylee hit a hurricanranna, Stevie hit a suicide dive.  Together they even hit a Double Van Terminator and Kaylee kicked out of an F5.  Don't know how she did it.

In the end though Chris Renfrew's stunner and BT Gunn's superkick got the job done.  The Kliq won the belts.

NAK VS. IRN JEW

At the end of a half hour contest Cabana caught Grado going "Old School," scooped him up and hit him with a GTS.  That allowed him to avenge his previous loss to Grado but the NAK rushed the ring and started beating both men down.  Dicks!

ICW owner Mark Dallas awarded Colt and Grado a championship opportunity the very next week.

It was then the newly formed team of IRN JEW took the belts from the NAK.  Cabana hit Chris Renfrew with a GTS and Grado followed up with his wee boot.

The week after IRN JEW successfully defended the belt against Jackie Polo Promotions.

The Three Way Dance

When Stevie Boy beat Colt Cabana in singles competition, the Bucky's manager Wee Man argued that Stevie and Kaylee were "Jew" a chance.  Colt and Grado agreed but the NAK joined the fray and won another championship when Renfrew rolled up Colt with a fistful of tights.

NAK Vs. Kendrick & London

Despite taking a beating, Kendrick was able to roll Renfrew up in a small package and add the ICW tag team championship to his and Paul London's long list of accolades.  Those guys win belts wherever they go.

Bottom Line

This series is a cool way to keep people in touch with all that went on recently in ICW.  It also serves as good promotion for what I feel is one of the best companies in the world.

I recommend you check out their seventeen episode first season of Worldwide, where they give you FULL SHOWS so you can judge wether or not you like their product.   Check out episode one here ...

And if you do like their product you can support ICW through their official website.  I recommend the Twin-sanity DVDs where you get two shows in one package.

The Honor Rumble Didn't Suck

I was pleased to find that this week's ROH episode was NTS.  Not Too Shabby.

This week the Honor Rumble decided a number one contender for Jay Lethal's Briscoe's World Championship ...

(I can see now how easy it was for JR to make that mistake on is podcast ...)

And we also got a shitty tag team match.

They opened the show with Kevin Kelly introducing Jay Briscoe as the new World Champion.  

Seeing Jay with the title again was wicked awesome.  As was what champ had to say.

Apparently his first order of business is gonna be getting that custom belt from his first reign off of Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis.  He doesn't like that they have it or what they've done to it.  Making it, "All Pink and Shit."

I'm not big on Bennett but I think Jay's reign is gonna be cool because that failed "SCUM" faction isn't around to make ROH unwatchable anymore.

The Decade isn't getting along anymore.  Haha.    

In a backstage green screen promo, we found out that another failed faction "The Decade" might be breaking up too.  They agreed about teaming up in the Honor Rumble.  But they couldn't agree on who would benefit from the partnership.  BJ Whitmore thought he should win.  Rodrick Strong thought he should.  Jimmy Jacobs just wanted to keep the peace.  Adam Page and Tadarius Thomas wondered why they were stuck with all those assholes.  Presumably.

Moose and RD Evans w/ Vida Scott Vs. Red Scorpion and Grey Wolf w/ Prince Nana

By now RD Evans's unofficial and probably made up winning streak has passed the 150 mark.  His partner Moose wanted to help him keep it in tag action.  The two took on the new team of Red Scorpion and Grey Wolf.

I wondered if  I died and went to the 80's in this bout.  Two jacked dudes in face paint with a flashy manager?  You'd think the redder one was Red Scorpion but I guess that's not the case.

All in all thought this match was pretty shitty.  The only entertaining thing was when Grey Wolf decked Prince Nana by accident.  Should we be worried that he was trying to hit Veda Scott?  Probably, but at the same time, she's kind of a bitch and it's interesting seeing a crazy son of a bitch like that in a usually dull place like Ring of Honor.

The Twenty Man Honor Rumble

So we all know how Rumble's work by now right?  Two men enter to start.  Every two minutes another guy enters the match.  Contestants are only eliminated by being thrown over the top rope and having two feet hit the arena floor.  Last man standing wins.

This one started off with #1 Jay Lethal and Rooster fave, #2 ACH.  (Attitude, Charisma, Heart.)

Nothing really happened in the first two minutes.  Lethal and ACH just felt each other out.  But then ...

Tadarius Thomas of the Decade entered at #3.  It took Lethal a bit of convincing to convince Thomas that they should double team ACH.  Lethal turned on Thomas two seconds after the agreement and the two struggled until Jay Diesel entered at #4.

Diesel eliminated a weakened ACH and Tadarius Thomas.  Since Diesel and Lethal are both managed by Truth Martini, they decided to work together and eliminated #5, the Romantic Touch shorty after he entered the Rumble.

To avoid the same fate #6 Mark Briscoe didn't get in the ring at all.  He started chasing Truth Martini around ringside until Jay Lethal came out to save his manager.  Briscoe dropped Lethal and entered the ring, where he put the hurtin' on Diesel.  Lethal eventually got back in the ring to help his boy but Briscoe had bought enough time so that #7 Adam Page could make his entrance and take one of Martini's men off his back.

I'll take this time to say that Briscoe's outfit is amazing!  Camaflouge has been done before but never so well!  And I bet it helps him sneak up on those roosters at that chicken farm.

Sometimes rumbles can become uneventful for long stretches.  That happened here as a graduate from Ring of Honor's wrestling school, Will Ferrara came in at #8.  Caprice Coleman entered at #9.  Brutal Bob at 10.  And Adam Cole entered at 11.

I thought the Karate Kid Crane Kick that Mark Briscoe hit Cole with was awesome.  That happened as Hanson came in at #12.  He's a big son of a bitch and he knocked Brutal Bob Evans out of the ring and spin kicked Caprice Coleman off the apron, eliminating them both.

Kevin Kelly informed us then that color commentator Steve Corino, home on maternity leave, tweeted him before the show.  Corino wished for a competitive Honor Rumble for everyone, except for #13 BJ Whitmore who he hoped had a stroke.

Kyle O'Reilly drew #14 as Whitmore and Page worked together to throw Hanson over the top rope.

Jimmy Jacobs entered at #15 and got into a tango with Jay Lethal.  Young Will Ferrara deftly elimated the distracted Lethal and also Lethal's partner Jay Diesel who charged him overzealously shortly after.

Being total shit heads, Lethal and Diesel dragged Ferrara under the ropes and beat him down something awful on the outside.  He wasn't eliminated then but was shorty thereafter when he got back in the ring in a weakened condition.  Adam Cole picked up the easy Will Ferrara elimination on a silver platter.

Such a shame considering how young Ferrara is and how well he was doing.

At this point I realized that Ring of Honor fixed their mat issue.  For while they hadn't laid out nearly enough mats to cover the arena floor.  No idea what the deal was there.  Maybe they were getting them cleaned.  But I'm happy to see they fixed it.

Roderick Strong entered at #16 and may have taken out fellow Decade member Adam Page on purpose.  It could be that he was trying to clothesline O'Reilly and got Page instead but you never know with the current state the Decade is in.

Cedric Alexander was supposed to come in at #17 but for some reason the suspended Tomasso Ciampa came out instead.  Tomasso immediantly started terrorizing ROH officals at ringside.  Everyone got out of their seats except for play by play man Kevin Kelly.  That was odd because Tomasso beat the shit out of Kelly last week, didn't he?  You'd think Kelly would be the first guy out of there.

Eventually head matchmaker Nigel McGuiness was able to convince Ciampa to leave.  No idea why Ciampa listened to him and I don't care.  Ciampa sucks.

Roderick Strong then eliminated Kyle O'Reilly with a big knee.  That's exactly when O'Reilly's tag team partner, #18 Bobby Fish entered the rumble.  Too late to benefit from having a partner in there with him.

The real number #17, Cedric Alexander came out shortly after holding his head because Tomasso Ciampa's a sucker punching bitch.

The last two entrants were Chesseburger at #19 and Mike Bennett at #20.

Remember that Mike Bennett is on Jay Briscoe's shit list.  He came out with Briscoe's custom belt decked out in pink fur.

Number twenty is the best number you can get in a twenty man rumble.  You gotta figure Bennett and Jay Briscoe were equally psyched.      

At this point I wanna bring up how boring Bennett's manager Maria Kanellis is.  Yeah, she's hot but variety is the spice of life and she wears the same out fit every week.

Believe me, I don't wanna be sexist, but Maria is there for sex appeal.  If she has any other talent ROH is not letting her showcase it.

So do one or the other, ROH.  Give that girl something interesting to do or hire her a new stylist.

Cedrick Alexander came up from behind and eliminated both BJ Whitmore and Jimmy Jacobs as they were trying to push Cheeseburger over the top rope.

Bobby Fish and Roderick Strong eliminated each other after trading blows on the ring apron.  Knocked each other the fuck out.

So the final four was Adam Cole and Mike Bennet Vs. the impromptu team of Chicken & Cheese.  (Kevin Kelly's moniker, not mine.)  I'm talking about Mark Briscoe and Cheeseburger.

No friggen idea how Cedric Alexander got eliminated.  I am not a good reporter.

Cheeseburger got pushed to the ring apron where he tried to suplex Cole out of the ring.  Cole simply pushed him out instead.  Mark got up from behind Cole and just as easily eliminated him.

Then Bennett got up from behind Briscoe and won the Goddamn Honor Rumble.  Ain't that a bitch?

A very weak ending to a decent rumble, I thought.

Was really rooting for Mark Briscoe so we could get a brother Vs. brother title match.  I also really dig both Briscoe Brothers.

I guess Jay gets what he wants, a match with Bennett, so that's great.

But Goddammit I hate that guy.

Bottom Line?

Sometime Rumbles aren't very good.  They tend to take away from in ring performances and create a lot of situations where two guys are just pushing each other along the ring ropes.

But they also create cool spots dramatic scenarios.

The Honor Rumble had the good and the bad of rumble matches.

But it held my interest and I thought the show was decent for it.  Bottom line is the Honor Rumble didn't suck.
  

Chunk E. Fights His Own Flesh and Blood

The wrestling Gods must really have it in for Openweight Champion Chunk E. Fresh.

Last week he lost his tag team championship because of VCW's Money in the Bank equivalent.

This week, his own nephew whacked him in the nuts and pushed him into an impromptu openweight title defense.

The opening segment of this week's Victory Wrestling Showcase was supposed to be all about Chunk and Cousin Eddie making up in the same ring they once held the VCW Tag Team Championship in.

They had a falling out a while back where Cousin Eddie got mad at Chunk for not helping him when a former VCW faction assaulted him in the ring.

I don't know the history of this incident but I can only assume that Chunk would have helped if he could.  Perhaps he didn't know about it?

Since then Cousin Eddie has been gone from VCW.  The opening segment was the first time Eddie's been back.

Before introducing Eddie, Chunk talked about his journey to the top of the VCW mountain.  How he used to raise piggies in Ding Dong, Tennessee and how he found himself because the people of Toronto excepted him for who he was.

He also talked about remembering where he came from and how you should never forget your family.
So he called out Cousin Eddie and the two shook hands in the middle of the ring.

But within thirty seconds Eddie went from saying, "Let's win those tag titles," to nailing Chunk in the Gonads from behind.

Eddie still held a grudge.  He further assaulted his own uncle and suggested Chunk give him an Openweight title shot.  He also said Chunk could keep the people of Toronto and shove 'em.

Later on backstage, Chunk demanded a match with Cousin Eddie.  VCW commissioner Lenny Lilac gave it to him on the spot.

Chunk E. Fresh Vs. Cousin Eddie Duke

And so right then and there we had ourselves a VCW title match.  From Ding Dong, Tennessee, Cousin Eddie Duke took on his Uncle Chunk E. Fresh, fighting out of Funky Town, Ontario.  (Probably a suburb of Toronto.)

This wasn't much of a match to be honest.  Both competitors slugged away at each other and missed with stinger splashes and sentons.  Cousin Eddie let us know early on what a tough bastard he is.  He absorbed a big elbow to the face.  Had no effect.

What made it interesting was the story behind it.  People can get behind Chunk.  He pulled off a sunset flip at one point, albeit the worst sunset flip I've ever seen.  He couldn't gather the momentum necessary to pull Eddie into a seated pinning position and Eddie tried another senton.  Didn't hit that one either.

Eventually Chunk was able to hit a move he calls "Dropping the Needle."  Turntable reference?

The beauty of this move is in it's simplicity.  When you weigh has much as Chunk, why not just follow through a body slam with a cross body if you get the chance?  That's just what he did and that's how this match ended.

Play by play man Hutch Henries made a good point about the adversity Chunk has had to overcome thus far in his title reign as the credits rolled.

Not sure what this means for Chunk's relationship with his nephew but I do know that Chunk is the man to beat in Victory Commonwealth Wrestling.

In other VCW news, there's some kind of evil Russian guy coming.  That old chestnut.

Don't forget to check out VCW's weekly show, Victory Wrestling Showcase every week on their official Youtube channel.  Peace!