From Rob Brodhecker: JDP is your ring announcer, filling in for the vacation Michael McKinney. 139 in attendance at Heirway Chris...
JDP is your ring announcer, filling in for the vacation Michael McKinney. 139 in attendance at Heirway Christian Academy in Douglasville.
JDP brings out the new APCW champion, Eric Adamz. Adamz thanks himself for everything he has accomplished and brings out the APCW Tag Champions Recon and Zach Mosley. Recon comes out hobbling. Adamz says that despite previous differences with Recon, he is chummy with Zach and wants to be friends with Recon and comes bearing gifts, platinum dog tags. Adamz allows Zach to star in his next film. Zach accepts and Adamz announces the newest faction in APCW: House of Gold, or HOG. This brings out APCW GM Teddy Long.
Long says that he had to leave the last show due to an emergency at home, but it turned out to be a false alarm. He's not blaming Adamz, but he tells HOG that they need to leave the ring to get ready to defend the various titles.
Tom Coffey vs. Oliver Steele
APCW Academy's Reality Check (Rude Boy and Branden Atkins) vs. Jacobs-Pritchard Wrestling Academy's Hard Knox (Jake Tucker and Tim the Prince)
The crowd gave the hometown boys of Reality Check a pretty good pop. RC controls the first few minutes until HK bail out of the ring. Back in the ring, RC continues to control HK with double teams. Jake suckers RB in, and HK start their offense. RC comeback and pins HK at 10:25. The crowd was up for RC the entire match, but the match itself wasn't the best, C
JR Reynolds vs. Landon Hale
Reynolds attacks Hale as Hale enters the ring and knocks Hale silly. The ref asks Hale if he wants to continue, he says yes, and the match officially starts. Hale and Reynolds are in the cruiserweight range, and the action is all uptempo. Reynolds had a neat spot where he caught Hale as he was flying off the middle rope and locked in a submission. Both of these guys can go. They exchange body shots, then chops, and then knock each other out with a kick to each other's head. Hale lands a wicked combo but only gets a two count. Reynolds catches Hale in an RKO outta nowhere for a two count. Hale's neck really twisted on that. Hale keeps asking Reynolds, "Is that all you got?" Hales goes for the three amigos, but Reynolds grabs the ref, and mule kicks a low blow. Reynolds gets Hale in a small package piledriver, but Hales kicks out. Hales comes back and plants Reynolds with a springboard stunner for the win at 12:34. The crowd popped huge for that. The best match of the night thus far, B+. I know Reynolds is from Florida, but not much else. A friend of mine said that Reynolds and Damien Bennett had a series of darn good matches.
-- Intermission --
Casket Match for the APCW Tag Team Titles: Zach Mosley and Recon (c) vs. The Brothers Crowe (Alister and Dorian with Angel)
Dorian Crowe is rocking some death metal looks, inspired by the Misfits. Tornado rules are in effect for the match, and both members of the team must be placed into the casket. Alister must be one of the few people in wrestling who is skinnier than Ace Haven. The action has spilled into the ringside area. Everyone pays a visit to the casket, but they soon escape. Mosley and Recon hit stereo splashes but can't get both Crowes into the casket. Alister was in the casket, but when Recon opened it, Alister spits mist into Recon's eyes. Alister puts Recon into the casket, but Recon comes out of it with a chain wrapped around his fist. Recon hits Alister with the chain, and he goes into the casket. Recon then hits Damien, and they are able to get both Crowes into the casket for the win at 7:36. Still your APCW Tag Champions, Recon and Zach Mosley. They stand on top of the casket, and the lights go out. When the lights come on a few seconds later. The Brothers Crowe are in the ring, and Recon and Zach freak out and run to the back.
I Quit Match: Sean "Tank" Sims vs. Damien Bennett
Sims sends Angel to the back, it seems there's some stuff going on between them. Bennett is the aggressor in the early minutes of the match, really working over the left arm of Sims. Bennett locks in an armbar, but Sims makes the ropes. Sims is able to toss Bennett over the ropes and onto the floor. They fight out on the floor and around to the concession area before making their way back to ringside.
Bennett hits a curb stomp from the ring apron onto the floor. Bennett grabs a chair but misses the shot, and they both go into the ring where Sims takes over for a brief moment. Bennett is back on the attack, this time he is targeting the left leg of Sims. Bennett goes for the Fig 4, but Sims kicks Bennett away. Sims hits Bennett in the head a couple of times with the microphone. Bennett misses from the top rope and rolls out of the ring, Sims follows. They run into the ringside photographer, knocking her down. Bennett brings out a strap and hangs Sims with it over the top rope. After a couple of seconds, the ref stops the match at 13:42. B.
Bennett won't let go of the strap, and it takes both refs to pull him off. Bennett wants to keep attacking Sims. Jordan Kingsley comes out to try to talk Bennett down, and Bennett shoves him away. Sims is getting some sympathy from the crowd. It looks like the beginning of a double turn to me.
-- Second Intermission --
APCW Championship match: Eric Adamz(c) vs. Jordan Kingsley
Kinglsey trips on the ring entrance, sorry man, had to chuckle. Adamz is having issues with the crowd while taking off his ring jacket. Good stuff when he tries taking off the jacket and the different crowd reactions, which causes him to put the jacket back on. He sneaks attacks Jordan while Jordan was talking to the crowd, and the match begins. Jordan soon sends Eric out of the ring and dives on him. Eric catches Jordan and sends him upside down into the turnbuckle. Jordan fights back and ties up Eric's legs with a deathlock, but Eric makes the ropes. Jordan misses a corner splash and Eric with a high backdrop. Jordan fights back again, but Eric cuts him off with a punch to the face. Jordan comes back with a superkick into a Canadian Destroyer for a two count. Jordan hits a cannonball in the corner. He tries for a Swanton, but Eric gets his knees up. Eric goes to a corner to set up a move, but Jordan catches him and hits a hurricanrana.
Jordan tries for and gets the Swanton but can only get a two count. Both men are spent, Jordan tries for a cover and Eric barely gets the shoulder up. The ref gets knocked down, and Jordan gets tied up in the ropes. Jordan gets loose and hits a bad looking reverse Destroyer and gets the visual three count on Eric. Recon and Zach come out and attack Jordan. Bennett comes out rather casually and grabs a ringside chair. Recon and Zach beat a hasty retreat. Bennet checks on Jordan and encourages him to go up top. Jordan does so and leaps towards the prone body or Adamz, and Bennett superkicks Jordan on the way down. Bennett casually leaves the ring, grabbing his gear bag as he walks out the door. Eric crawls over and covers for the pinfall at Time 14:01. B-The crowd is stunned by the longtime fan favorite's actions.
This was a decent show, Reynolds and Hale had the best match of the night, IMO. I could be getting some fatigue from attending so many shows, so my view may be slightly askew. In the previous show, Adamz had beaten Kingsley after Kingley's had defended the title in the advertised match.
The next APCW show at Hierway Academy in Douglasville is Pandemonium on November 9 with a 7pm bell time.