fazzle 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2008 I have no idea what PWG even stands for [search online reveals Premier Wrestling Showcase] Show was held in a middle school gym, place appeared pretty packed, 400-500 maybe? Match 1 was between two guys I never heard of, and I couldn't get their names because the speaker system was really shitty. First guy had "Asian Sensation" on his tights, and the second guy looked like a fat Miz, who was wearing HBK attire circa mid-90s. Asian Sensation beat Fat Gay Miz with a rollup after a pretty dull match. Match 2: Caleb Konley vs. ARE$. I've seen Konley in action before, doing a narcissist gimmick, but never actually seen him wrestle. The last match he was in was a complete squash for Scott Steiner, so I had no idea if he was any good or not. The only thing I knew about him going in was that he's Daffney's boyfriend, so that makes him an automatic heel in my book. Unfortunately he was wrestling as a face tonight against ARE$, who appears to be a generic "rich heel" character. With the exception being that ARE$ is also a giant dork, or at least he seemed like it with his excessive celebrations with every little heel move he did. Decent match, mostly thanks to Konley and the little kids in the front row giving ARE$ shit. ARE$ wins with a double leg takedown into a rollup, with his feet on the ropes. 2 on 2 on rollup finishes so far. Match 3: "The Man Scout" Jake Manning vs. Charlie Dreamer. Inexplicably, Dreamer comes out to the second biggest pop of the night(1st was Flair, obviously.) This was a nice technical match, although based on the people involved, it could have been better. The Man Scout is awesome, probably my favorite NC indy wrestler. I mean, how can you NOT love an evil boy scout? Manning picks up the clean victory with a double underhook superplex. Flair comes out next to a HUGE pop. Unfortunately his speech was nowhere near his standards. Flair seemed like he just wanted to get out of there as soon as he could. Although he did throw in a nice line at the end of the interview, asking how many women were in the house between the ages of 18 and 28. From what I could tell.....not too many Ric. Tons of teenagers and old women, but nothing "prime." Next up was the intermission, where they were charging $10 a pop to get a picture with either Daffney or Moore, and $30 for a Flair autograph. I ended up buying the PWG Sells Out DVD. Match 4: Daffney vs. Lexie Fyfe, but without the "special guest ref" that was advertised beforehand. I didn't notice this last time I saw her live, but, man, Daffney has a REALLY large implant scar. Fyfe beat up on Daffney for the majority of the match, but Daffney ended up winning with a Codebreaker. Main Event (yes, already): Shannon Moore vs. Joey Silvia. The best way I can describe Silvia is "mini-AJ Styles." Moore came out with a microphone and proceeded to turn heel on the crowd, doing an "I'm too big-time to be wrestling in a little city like this" promo, and also bringing out some toothpaste and a toothbrush, saying that the crowd desperately needed to be introduced to them. This was probably the match of the night, once it got past the massive stalling at the beginning. Silvia hit a sweet looking second-rope Lungblower and Moore, and that probably should have been the end, but instead Moore kicked out. He then went outside to get a chair and as the ref was fighting with him to get the chair back, Silvia rolled him up for the pin. 5 matches, 3 rollup finishes. Igh. First underwhelming wrestling show I've been to in a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Wolverton 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 The opening contest was The Asian Sensation Mike Lee taking on The All-Star Jay Clinton. PWS returns to Statesville, North Carolina (it's homebase) on Friday September 26th with a 30 man Statesville Rumble battle royal. It is PWS' biggest event of the year and wrestlers from the CHIKARA promotion will be a part of the rumble, and in action as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted October 5, 2008 Wow, I know "The Man Scout". He came up in Springfield's New Midwest Wrestling as "Mr. Elite" Jake Manning before moving to NC to work for Highspots. Good guy to drink with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fazzle 0 Report post Posted October 5, 2008 You know the man scout? You are awesome by proxy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted October 5, 2008 Yeah, you mentioned him on Xbox Live but you didn't say "Jake Manning". I know a lot of the guys from NMW since I trained there briefly and attended all their shows, although Jake started working for them after my training was done. He wrestled as Mr. Elite and was part of the stable, 4GQ. There are no videos I could find online of Jake in NMW, but here is one of him in another local promotion facing off against my friend Danny, also from NMW: http://www.vidilife.com/video_play_945481_...nning_Great.htm I haven't talked to him in a long time. I don't think I ever re-added him after my old MySpace was deleted. *goes to find him* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2008 Fazzle- Apparently, Jake has a YouTube channel: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fazzle 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2008 Why are you looking up September 360 releases when it's already October? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2008 Why are you looking up September 360 releases when it's already October? Because I want to pick up games I missed. Next week is the Toys R Us buy2 get 1 free sale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
