Monday, March 20, 2017

Roy's Review: Limitless Wrestling Hysteria

Here is my review of Limitless Wrestling's Hysteria on March 17, 2017

Match 1: Team Limitless Wrestling: Danger Kid, Aidan Aggro, Jeremy Leary and Skylar defeated Team Freelance Wrestling: GPA, Craig Mitchell, Rob Matter and Matt Knicks
Great choice to open the show. Lots of crazy action at ringside and some really cool spots involving everyone. Of the Freelance guys, I enjoyed both GPA and Rob Matter. GPA has a good look and carries himself like someone who matters. Rob Matter plays the little runt with a big mouth very well. The end of this match came when Leary hit a double stomp into a DDT by Skylar on Matter.
7.75/10

Match 2: Ethan Page defeated Tyler Nitro w/Mike Gamble
This was without a doubt the best Tyler Nitro match I have ever seen. It started kinda slow with some comedy but once it got going it was a great match. Nitro took some vicious offense from Page and surprisingly kicked out.
8/10

In Ring: Rude Boy Riley comes out and makes fun of the Maine crowd and tells them that leprechauns aren't real.

Match 3: Swoggle defeated Rude Boy Riley
This was a comedy match but it was the best Swoggle matches I've ever seen. The crowd popped super hard for him. I enjoyed it even though I don't really care for comedy matches.
5.5/10

Match 4: Anthony Henry defeated Jay Freddie
This was an awesome match. Great mat wrestling combined with some great hard hitting action. Both guys are very impressive and I would like to see them both come back.
8.75/10

Match 5: Troy Nelson defeated Kikutaro w/Sidney Bakabella
This was a comedy match with very little wrestling. I surprisingly enjoyed it and I don't care for comedy wrestling. Kikutaro and Bakabella tried double teaming Nelson but it didn't work. Amungst the double teaming all three and even the referee ending up getting kicked in the nuts.
5/10

In Ring: Sidney Bakabella attacks Troy Nelson after the match. Kikutaro saves Nelson and they shake hands.

Match 6: Ace Romero defeated Keith Lee
Good big man match with some comedy thrown in. They did about 5 minutes of trying to knock each other down with shoulder blocks, even charging at each other from across the room. Both guys took tons of big moves and kicked out but in the end Ace got the win with a Boss Man Slam type move.
8/10

In Ring: Ace Romero dogs Anthony Greene for taking another booking because he had unfinished business. Ace says that he too has unfinished business but here in Limitless Wrestling. He says that in May he will battle AR Fox in a Fans Bring the Weapons Match.

In Ring: Sidney Bakabella comes in and he is pissed. He calls out Troy Nelson and says that he is bringing someone from Chicago to battle him in May and its Colt Cabana.

Match 7: Chris Dickinson defeated Rene Dupree
I was looking forward to this match and I was kinda disappointed. It was going very well with both guys hitting some very strong strikes. Dupree even had what appeared to be fake teeth knocked out. Then all of a sudden Dickinson hit a kick and it was over.
7/10

Match 8: Maxwell Jacob Feinstein defeated Mr. Grim, Xavier Bell, Dick Justice, Connor Murphy and Mike Graca in a Fatal 6 Way
Good match with lots of action. Feinstein is a good heel and has the tools to become star on the indy scene. There was a bunch of brawling at ringside and everyone hit some big moves in the ring. Mr. Grim hit is jumping tombstone on Bell but Feinstein threw him out of the ring and got the cheap win.
7.5/10\

In Ring: Mr. Grim attackes Maxwell Jacob Feinstein, giving him a jumping tombstone and put him in a body bag.

Match 9: Veda Scott defeated Taeler Hendrix
What hard hitting women's match. Hendrix chopped the shit out of Scott throughout the match. They did some good brawling at ringside with Hendrix coming up limping. She fought on like a trooper though. She even had part of her weave ripped out. In the end Scott got the win with a surprise small package.
7.75/10

Ringside: Veda Scott was celebrating her win when Taeler Hendrix shot a black mist into her face.

Match 10: Oleg the Usurper defeated Rex Lawless
Solid match but they botched a suplex multiple times. Lawless got frustrated and brought in a chair so Oleg when backstage and got a sword. Lawless did some impressive dives. He is a good wrestler but very boring.
6.5/10

Match 11: Matt Sydal defeated Ricochet
Awesome match. Must be seen. Tons of fast paced action with both guys hitting many of their signature moves. Check this one out. You won't be disappointed.
9.5/10

In Ring: Ricochet talks about how he looked up to Sydal and talks about the first time they wrestled back in 2005 for IWA Mid-South. I was surprised that he didn't cry. Sydal then puts over Ricochet saying that he is the best wrestler in the world.
 
Overall this show scored a 72.5 out of 110 for an overall score of 65.90%. Another great show from Limitless Wrestling. There were tons of great matches with an unbelievable main event. Check this show out when it comes out on DVD. You won't regret it.

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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Limitless Wrestling "Hysteria" Report 3/17/2017


Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, 2017, Limitless Wrestling presented Hysteria featuring Ricochet vs. Matt Sydal in the main event of the evening at the Armory in Westbrook, Maine.  Nearly 400 people packed in for another great night of Limitless Wrestling.

I met Mikey, Roy, Jesse, Josh, Bradford and the rest at the venue before the doors opened.  VIP was to be let in at 6:30, they opened at 6:45 and we headed in with Mikey and I grabbing essentially the same seats as last time.


It was a great night for me getting a bunch of cards signed, to be posted in another blog, and my photo with Kikutaro, Ricochet, Ethan Page,and Taeler Hendrix.  Mikey and I were talking to Kikutaro who was selling us a DVD and he was pointing at one guy telling us how much he sucked.  It was hilarious!


The show was four hours long and featured 11 big matches!


The opening contest with the Turf War pitting Team Limitless against Team Freelance Wrestling out of Chicago.  The crowd was super hot for this match and they delivered.  One fall to a finish and fought under lucha rules, no tag needed as soon as one member leaves the ring another can enter.  Action was furious and all over the place in and out of the ring.



I was really impressed with the guys from Freelance and I realize that Chicago is a haul but I would love to see them come back.




Finished was botched a bit with the Limitless crew getting the win when Skylar pinned Matter.

"All Ego" Ethan Page pinned Tyler Nitro with Mike Gamble
My first time seeing Page live and it was a great showing!


Nitro gets better each time I see him and watching him wrestle someone the caliber of Page really shows what he can do.



I want to see both of these guys come back, but would absolutely love a Monster Mafia reunion with Page and Josh Alexander.

The Rude Boy Riley open challenge was answered by surprise unadvertised Swoggle, formerly Hornswoggle in the WWE.  The crowd popped big time for him!


The look on Mikey's face was he jumped from his seat was hilarious.  This was actually the best match I've seen from Swoggle and Riley was great too.  The Leprechaun got the win on Saint Paddy's day.

XWA Champion: Anthony Henry submitted Jay Freddie in pretty fantastic match.




My first time seeing Henry live and I've seen Freddie before.


These guys put on a great match and I'd like a rematch down the line.

"Top Shelf" Troy Nelson pinned Kikutaro with Sydney Bakabella
This was pure comedy from beginning to end concluding with about a dozen nut shots passed around between Nelson, Kikutaro, Bakabella, and the ref.



In the end Nelson got the quick pin and then felt the wrath of Bakabella who was stopped by Kikutaro.  Match ended with both wrestlers apologizing for the nuts shots.

Ace Romero pinned Keith Lee is a pretty awesome big man match.  They did a series of should blocks in and out of the ring that was pretty damn awesome.


Everything was high impact and big bumps that had the fans chanting "don't break the ring".  Also the chops they laid in were vicious.

This lead to a much needed intermission.  I just happened to have my Hornswoggle cards in the van so I went out and got them.

First match back was "Dirty Daddy" Chris Dickinson battling Rene Dupree.  Roy and I were really looking forward to this match we thought for sure that these guys would beat the shit out of each other.  This match started out as expected and at one point I can't tell if Dupree had a couple teeth knocked out or he removed a partial plate, but either way the match just seemed to end abruptly before it got going.


Dupree had made many appearances in Maine for IWE but I never was able to go to a show with him on it, it just never worked out.  To me Dupree is more than just a former two time WWE tag team champion, he's THE direct link to the historic Canadian Maritime territory Grand Prix Wrestling.  His father Emile Dupree ran the territory from 1977 - 1986 and now Rene is continuing the tradition.

Six way scramble with "Celtic" Connor Murphy, Maxwell Jacob Feinstein, Mr. Grimm, Xavier Bell, Mike Graca, and surprise entrant Dick Justice.


This match was one fall to a finish all the competitors in the ring at once.  This lead to all out chaos at times and the traditional train wreck dives to the floor, it was great!  The finish was a sequence of piledrivers with none of them being a traditional one.



Mr. Grimm hit Bell with a spinning jump tombstone piledriver, Feinstein threw Grimm to the floor and stole the pin and the win.  Grimm them his is finish on Feinstein and put him in a body bag, legit.

Veda Scott pinned Taeler Hendrix.  These two ladies beat the tar out of each other and Hendrix was just laying in some wicked chops on Scott.



They wrestled in and out of the ring spilling to the floor in front of us.  Hendrix went for a baseball slide into the corner kicking Scott below the belt and she appeared to have injured her ankle.



In-fact during the next match she was seen in severe pain being carried out of the building still in her gear.  I hope it's nothing serious. UPDATE: According to Taeler Hendrix instagram she fractured her ankle.

Oleg the Usurper pinned Rex Lawless after hitting Off With His Head.



Decent that saw Lawless attempt to bring a chair in the ring only to have Oleg bring out his broad sword, an actual sword.  Very hard hitting match.

Matt Sydal pinned Ricochet with a shooting star press.  DAMN, just damn.  I mean words simply do not suffice.  These two men and just amazing in the ring putting on a flawless acrobatic display that they make look easy.  I mean so impressive!  They had the crowd popping time after time, myself included.  I'm a bigger fan of Ricochet, but ultimately by the end I just didn't care who won.



After the match Ricochet cut an impassioned promo about how he looks up to Sydal as a hero back when they first faced each other in 2005 and now as a hero.  I thought he was going to cry he was so emotional.

All in all another fantastic show from Limitless Wrestling.  I really can't believe we have such high caliber indy promotion in Maine that is drawing people from as far as New Jersey to the shows.

The next show is May 13th featuring Sydney Bakabella bringing in Colt Cabana to face Troy Nelson, Ace Romero vs. AR Fox III in a fans bring the weapons match, also appearing Anthony Greene, The Maine State Posse and more.

It's going to be a little tricky for me, it's my daughters birthday that day, but it's Colt Cabana in Maine finally.  Jonny wants to go.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

History has been made!: The Title Changes I've Seen

After every title change in the WWE if the late great Gorilla Monsoon was calling the action he would annotate the change by declaring "History has just been made!"  Back then it really was because title changes were few and far between.  Now, not so much.


Here you find those times that I was there live for history in the making:


June 9, 1997 The FleetCenter, Boston, MA
WCW Monday Nitro

Jeff Jarrett defeated WCW United States Champion: Dean Malenko by submission with the figure four leg lock ending Malenko's 85 day reign. Eddie Guerrero made his return from injury hitting a frog splash on Malenko while his back was turned.  Malenko has defeated Guerrero for the title and had been the one that injured him.


I was torn, excited because this was my first time seeing a title change in person in one of the big companies, pissed because I wasn't a Jarrett fan and I'm a big Dean Malenko fan, so to see Dean drop the belt wasn't fun, especially to Jarrett.  On the other hand my buddy Jay, who I went with, was a HUGE Jarrett fan and was so excited!


March 29, 1998 The FleetCenter, Boston, MA
WWF WrestleMania XIV

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated WWF World Heavyweight Champion: "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michael to win the Championship.  "Iron" Mike Tyson was the special guest enforcer and made the three count awarding Austin the championship.


This was special for many reasons.  It was my first WrestleMania, my first PPV event, I was witnessing one of my favorites from back in his WCW days win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. and I got to hear Howard Finkel say, in person, "and NEEEEEEEEEEWWW World Wrestling Federation Champion..." I truly felt like I was witnessing wrestling history in person this day because it was the dawn of the Austin Era.


May 1, 2005 Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH
WWF Backlash

Tag Team Turmoil: The Hurrican & Rosey defeated Tag Team Champions: William Regal & Tajiri, The Heart Throbs: Romeo & Antonio, La Resistance: Rob Conway & Sylvain Grenier, and Maven & Simon Dean to win the titles.


My second PPV and the only PPV to date in New Hampshire.  Rood and I had sixth row on the floor next to the entrance ramp.  I'm a Regal fan so I would have like to see him retain.


March 30, 2008 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
WWE WrestleMania XXIV

Kane pinned ECW Champion: Chavo Guerrero Jr. with a chokeslam to win the title in 11 seconds

The Undertaker defeated World Heavyweight Champion: Edge via submission to win the championship.


Two title changes in one event!  This event was amazing, this weekend was amazing!  Even though I missed the Kane vs. Chavo match, I was dealing with a Coke vendor buying my least favorite soda, because I was that thirsty.  I thought I'd have time during Kane's entrance, but he was hiding under the ring and the next this I know the friggin match was over!


Seeing an Undertaker WrestleMania entrance live was amazing!  As this was an outside venue the presentation of the event was unbelievable and the size of the flames that shot up was intense!  I could feel the heat from my seat.  This was a great match and witnessing the Undertaker not only continue the streak but win the championship was cool.


November 23, 2008 TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
WWE Survivor Series

NO DQ Triple Threat: Edge defeated WWE Champion: Triple H & Vladimir Kozlov pinning Triple H

John Cena pinned World Heavyweight Champion: Chris Jericho to win the championship

My second PPV in the same year that also featured two championship title changes.  Incidentally 2008 was a great year in wrestling for me.


Edge replaced Jeff Hardy who was storyline injured and unable to compete, even though he did a run in at the end.  Triple H & Kozlov wrestled a singles match for 12 minutes before Vickie Guerrero came out and announced it would be a triple threat then Edge made his return from an injury he suffered in July.  The match ended about two minutes after Edge joined the action.


This was Cena's big homecoming, all the previous times I had seen Cena in Boston he was booed out of the building.  This time though he was cheered feverishly by those in attendance.  This was Cena's first time winning this version of the World Heavyweight Championship, he would go on to hold it three times before it was unified with the WWE Championship.


January 30, 2011 TD Garden, Boston, MA
WWE Royal Rumble

Fatal Four-Way: Eve defeated Michelle McCool, Layla, & Diva's Champion: Natalya pinning Layla after a moonsault to win the championship.


This biggest Royal Rumble of them all with 40 participants.  I met Jim Duggan at a free signing before the show. I was surprised to see Eve get the win in this match.  Also glad I got to see a Royal Rumble match live!


September 30, 2016 Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA
Ring of Honor: All Star Extravaganza VIII

Ladder Wars VI: IWGP Junior Tag Team Champions: The Young Bucks: Nick & Matt Jackson defeated ROH Tag Team Champions: The Addiction: Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian and The Motor City Machine Guns: Alex Shelly & Chris Sabin to win the championships

DAMN! This is the greatest match that I have ever seen live, hands down! We had front row, there was six of us that went down and it was amazing!


I've never seen a title change in Maine, in fact in the history of the WWE the only time a title has changed hands in Maine was at the last Monday Night Raw in Maine on December 8, 1997 when "Stone Cold" Steve Austin forfeited the Intercontinental Championship to The Rock.  So it wasn't even an actual match.

I only included what I considered the major promotions on this list, I may do one later on independent promotion title changes I have seen live.

Also the FleetCenter, TD Banknorth Garden, and TD Garden are all the same venue.

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