House Show 11 Aug
Aug 11, 2013 8:07:55 GMT -7
Post by howardschilling on Aug 11, 2013 8:07:55 GMT -7
This was the report filed by Jim Pressley who saw the show.
Pressley: Man I was PSYCHED that South Beach had made it's way back to Pensacola. I was at the first show they did back in November and there was NO way I was missing this one. The arena was pretty packed and the merch stands had stuff from ALL the territories: lucha masks from NWA Mexico, "Anti-Christ" shirts for Kyle Matthews and a sweet looking "Honor Lives" Low-Ki shirt among other things.
Overall this show was phenomenal to watch and I enjoyed seeing wrestlers from IU, Hybrid Pro and CPW. I'm DEFINITELY going to have to check out more of their stuff if I can. If I had one complaint it's that it took so long for South Beach to come back to the Emerald Coast. HEY HOWARD SCHILLING: THROW SOME MORE SHOWS OUR WAY! I KNOW YOU COULD HERE THE CROWD REACTION ALL NIGHT! I give it two thumbs up.
Pressley: Man I was PSYCHED that South Beach had made it's way back to Pensacola. I was at the first show they did back in November and there was NO way I was missing this one. The arena was pretty packed and the merch stands had stuff from ALL the territories: lucha masks from NWA Mexico, "Anti-Christ" shirts for Kyle Matthews and a sweet looking "Honor Lives" Low-Ki shirt among other things.
- The show opened with Jimmy Jacobs saying that Howard was too scared to put him in the King of the Ring competition because he knew that Jacobs would win it all and spread a bigger reign of darkness than the world Champ. Low Ki comes out and asks Jacobs if he truly believes what he says. Jacobs says he does and Low Ki says he'll put the South Beach title on the line in the main event.
- Karl Anderson from Hybrid Pro took on Scott Steiner from CPW in the opening contest in a King of the Ring Series match. These guys beat the holy hell out of each other and Anderson managed to pull out a victory in 8:35 with the Stun Gun. Post match Steiner locked Anderson in the Steiner Recliner until Chris Hero chased him off and said that Steiner won't be Reclining in Tallahassee on Tuesday. That match should be SICK!
- Our next match was another KOTR Series match as Hero stayed in to face Justin Gabriel of CPW. Talk about a contrast of styles, but MAN did these guys mesh well together. Hero looked to have a win in sight but SCOTT STEINER came down and distracted Hero long enough for JUSTIN to roll him up for the win! After the match Justin sees Scott backing away and tried to explain to Hero that he knew nothing about Steiner coming down. Hero would contemplate for a minute and then shake Gabriel's hand! Howard Schilling comes down and says that when Scott and Chris meet in Tallahassee that Gabriel is going to be the special guest referee! Oh my god that should be something.....
- The third match was a tag match between The ANX and The NRC for the South Beach Tag Team Titles. Both teams looked really good during the match but TOXIC came out to distract the challengers long enough for the champs to pick up the shady win. Roderick Strong and Jay Lethal came out for the save and an 8 man tag was made for next Sunday in Gainesville.
- Back to the KOTR series we would go for the fourth contest as Uhaa Nation and Damien Sandow was supposed to take place. Nation came out first and Sandow would come out next but get himself purposely counted out because "I am not going to sully my reputation or debonair good looks wrestling the biggest slack-jawed neanderthal in wrestling history. You're Welc-" Howard cuts him off at the ramp saying that it's okay of Damien doesn't want to wrestle Uhaa tonight....because he will just have to face him, along with Chris Hero AND defending King of the Ring KOFI KINGSTON at the final South Beach House show in a four way Elimination Match. Whoever eliminates a person gets a "Win" counted in the standings. (Pressley: Children: NEVER try and out smart the boss....even if you think you're superior to him intellectually. Sandow's in trouble.)
- Tyler Black would come out and face Kofi Kingston in the match of the night in a battle for supremacy in the King of the Ring standings. This was 25 minutes of break-neck paced wrestling art. Tyler Black would win after ducking Trouble in Paradise and connecting with Avada Kedavra! Post match the men would embrace in the ring and Kofi raised Tyler's hand. Excellent display of sportsmanship here. As Black was walking behind the curtain someone would ambush him! It's Alex Riley! Riley would hit "You're Dismissed!" on the concrete and say that on Tuesday....Black was NEXT!
- Bray Wyatt squashed a local jobber with Sister Abigail (Author's note: I swear that was an unintentional pun.....at least I'm pretty sure it is.) in 2 minutes. He would grab a mic after the 3 count and tell everyone that the words spoken by Mr. Gargano in New Jersey are true...to an extent. Time is on HIS side....and to tell your children to follow the buzzards to where the carcasses of the pigeons of this world lie. (Pressley: OOOOKAY.........THAT was creepy and will give me nightmares for a few days. Who in heaven's name is that fruitcake topped with nuts?)
- We FINALLY got a 30 minute intermission, and I gotta say that whoever booked the show this way is a genius for sending us on a break after that. Wyatt's words were all anyone in my section could talk about. I went to the merch stand after getting some nachos and there was already a Bray Wyatt "Follow the Buzzards" shirt, complete with a skeletal buzzard flying, on the table that wasn't there before. I couldn't help myself and picked one up along with a replica RVD singlet (I love the designs) and a World Heavyweight Title replica. I got back to my seat in time for the announcer to plug CPW's "Glory Bound" iPPV, and the next South Beach TV show.
- The Undertaker came out next and by god is his entrance awesome to see in person. Wes Brisco of CPW was his opponent and the people in my section thought we wouldn't see much of a match. Boy were we wrong. Brisco wasn't going to be denied this amazing opportunity and gave the deadman everything he had. Unfortunately for him it just wasn't enough as Taker would fight back and win with a tombstone after a nice 10 minute match. I like this Brisco kid, and with a little more seasoning he could be ready for a nice run with CPW's top belt and maybe even get a shot at the big prize one day.
- Our EIGHTH match of the evening was an all CPW Triple threat with Caprice Coleman, Colt Cabana, and Matt Hardy waging a war. This was different from most triple threats as no one really took a rest during it. They did a pretty sweet Tower of Doom spot with Coleman getting power bombed by Cabana while superplexing Hardy that had the crowd chanting "Holy Shit!" for a few seconds. Hardy would end up hitting a Side Effect on Cabana but would take too long posing for the crowd and end up getting caught with the Thermal Shock from Coleman! Coleman pinned Hardy for the upset win! I'm shocked that Caprice Coleman actually won this as I figured the more experienced Cabana or Hardy would take this one. I was impressed by all three men and I'm going to have to check out CPW's stuff a little more closely now.
- Our co-main event was also the final King of the Ring series match of the evening as Austin Aries of the Independent Union would face "The FN Machine" and holder of the Hybrid Pro Challenge Belt, Brian Cage who came out with a mic saying that normal people would be bugged with working six shows in two weeks but not someone who is the embodiment of a machine. He then asked for a moment of silence because we would witness the death of the "supposed" (no kidding, he actually did the air quotes when he said supposed) Greatest Man Who Ever Lived via Pistol. Aries looked furious and these men put on a clinic for 20 minutes as Cage seemed to relish the thought of facing Aries. Cage would set for Weapon X but spent too much time trash talking the fans as Aries got out and locked in Last Chancery! Cage would struggle but eventually tapped to it. We all got up and gave both men a standing ovation. This was a great match and Cage has nothing to be ashamed of. He worked his butt off and should go far in this tournament.
- South Beach Champ Low Ki and South Beach TV Champ Jimmy Jacobs then tore what was left of the house down in the main event. These guys must've been in the back watching the matches and thought "We got our work cut out for us tonight". The counters and reversals that these guys threw were phenomenal. Low Ki would have Jacobs set up for Warrior's Wrath when Kazarian would come out of nowhere and push him to the floor causing the DQ and Low Ki to retain. The Dudleys would then join in only for TOXIC to come out and swarm everyone! There was absolute mayhem and it only got more crazy when the Straight Edge Nation came out to join the fun! Eventually the faces cleared the ring of the heels and celebrated with the fans to send everyone home happy.
Overall this show was phenomenal to watch and I enjoyed seeing wrestlers from IU, Hybrid Pro and CPW. I'm DEFINITELY going to have to check out more of their stuff if I can. If I had one complaint it's that it took so long for South Beach to come back to the Emerald Coast. HEY HOWARD SCHILLING: THROW SOME MORE SHOWS OUR WAY! I KNOW YOU COULD HERE THE CROWD REACTION ALL NIGHT! I give it two thumbs up.
