Wrestling returned to the American Indian Center Sunday afternoon. Before the show opened the crowd was instructed on how to boo and cheer. Have I said lately that I'm tired of putting over TV? Mick Karch opened the show by interviewing the Masked Jungle Fighter. MJF established himself as a heel.
(1) K-Train (face) pinned Scott Free (heel). Apparently the coalition
between these two is off again. Free did his booger picking routine,
but neglected to wear his John Rocker Atlanta Braves baseball shirt at
the American Indian Center. Perhaps it was in the laundry. This match
wasn't too bad. K-Train hit a nice tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and Free
did a good second rope Russian leg sweep. At the end K-Train connected
with a sit-out powerbomb, and after surviving a Free suplex, got in a
Stone Cold Stunner and a three-count.
(2) Sheriff Johnny Emerald (face) defeated Primetime (heel) by DQ.
Primetime showed ass by saying to the referee, Lacey, "Women don't
belong in the ring, they belong in the kitchen." The two wrestlers
traded arm holds at the outset. Emerald pounded Primetime's head into
the turnbuckle 10 times, and in a cute move, Primetime staggered and
fell face first onto the mat. Later on he recovered enough to steal a
kiss from Lacey, who slapped him. This got a big pop from the crowd.
The Sheriff then took over on offense by performing in quick
succession, a monkey flip, a bulldog, and a top-rope, cross body block.
Primetime shook that off, and managed to find Emerald's handcuffs. He
hit the Sheriff with them and gained the pinfall win, only to have that
overturned by Lacey when she found the illegal object.
Ashley Xavier then came out and got into Lacey's face. What was said
was not clear, due to the bad PA. But the upshot was that the two will
fight later on in Fridley. Then came a long break between matches. The
crowd grew restless during this time.
(3) Mike Stormwolf (face) pinned Helmut von Strauss (heel). This match
also began with the two trading arm holds, later moving to Beall throws
and a flying mare by Strauss. Stormwolf responded with a drop kick. His
flying drop kick is the best in local wrestling today. Stormwolf
followed this up with a flurry of moves: a good flying cross body
block, a Hogan leg drop, and a corner splash, only to miss with a
second drop kick try. Helmut then rebounded with his kick routine.
Stormwolf countered with a classic "Frankensteiner" style standing
huracanrana, came off the ropes to deliver an elbow that sounded stiff,
and another big drop kick. Strauss battled back with an axe kick, but
it wasn't enough as Stormwolf closed the show with a standing bulldog
and a pin. This was a good smooth match. These two should work together
again.
(4) Charlie Norris & Mitch Paradise & Dan Jesser
(faces) pinned Cruel and Unusual (Ian Xavier & Big Daddy
Hoofer) & Hellraiser Gutts (heels). The heels came out to big
time heat, with debris being thrown into the ring by the crowd. The
guys wearing shirts that said "security" were somnambulant, and did
nothing. First to lock up were Gutts and Norris. Gutts bailed out when
things got hot. Dan Jesser did most of the work and all of the selling
for the faces, being constantly double and tripleteamed, until he
managed a double clothesline on Xavier and Hoofer and made the hot tag.
Then pandemonium broke out, with all six men going at it. As Gutts and
Paradise, and Xavier and Jesser fought outside the ring, Norris pinned
Big Daddy. This was another good match, sometimes going to the edge of
anarchy.
(5) The Black Stallion (face) defeated The Masked Jungle Fighter (heel)
by submission. This was my first look at the Black Stallion. He was the
security guy who helped Mitch Paradise clean house in Waverly the night
before. The pair worked in a traditional manner, including headlocks
and hammerlocks. Stallion got the big MJF up and over for a body slam.
Later, Stallion got the heel in what looked like an inverted DDT but he
held it as a chokehold. Referee Lacey called MJF out and Stallion
unmasked him to reveal Terry Fox. Few in this audience cared.
Many in the crowd started to leave and the announcers had to say that
there was one more match.
(6) Robbie Thunder (face) pinned Shifty (heel). Thunder came out
wearing Shifty's cruiserweight belt, and was announced as some sort of
Native American champion. Thunder started out dominating, flipping
Shifty over the top rope, later delivering a leg drop on his arm. Next
it was Thunder's turn to go flying out of the ring, and Shifty nailed
him with a Shiftyvault cross body block. After a double clothesline
Shifty climbed to the top rope, only to be caught and thrown to the
canvas by Thunder. At the end Thunder hit an X-factor to seal the win.
Best match was the 6-man tag. It had heat and excitement. –doc d'X