With everything that I have going on nowadays, I am really
starting to enjoy the idea of wrestling on Friday nights as opposed to the
Saturday deals I’ve been doing for the last decade. When the chance to perform is close to home,
it’s even better. Such was the case for
me last weekend. I wrestled my very
first show for the local upstart Southern Violence and Wrestling in Eatonton,
GA.
I arrive to the VFW Building a little after 6 PM. Doors are scheduled to open at 7 PM with an 8
PM bell time. I’m alerted that the ring
has yet to make it to the building. When
the ring finally does arrive, it’s 7:35 PM.
Nonetheless, gotta give the guys who brought the ring credit for putting
it up so fast. Before long, we were off
and running. My match was just before
intermission. On this night, I would be taking
on Zaky Blane. One look at Zach and
you can see that he has an interesting bad boy kinda look. He’s a young, tall, and athletic guy.
Zach and I get right into the mix. Most matches probably started with the
traditional collar-and-elbow tie-up. Me
and Zach went right after each other with punches by the bunches. I got the best of him early on but the tide
of the match soon turned when he posted me on the outside. He threw me back inside of the ring and
stayed putting the hurt to me. I fought back
to the point where I introduced a chair into the mix. This wasn’t a folding chair, but one of the
more dinner table type of chairs that are usually stacked on top of one another
after a show is over. What you can do and how you do it very limited in the VFW building. High flying moves are limited to the second rope at best considering the exteremely low ceiling this place has. The potential to step out of the ring an unintentionally kis a ceiling fan in dangerously high. Next, I used a
folding chair to drop-toehold Mr. Blane onto the chair. After a pair of Rock Bottoms, I pinned Zach
for the victory. How did I
celebrate? I chased him to the back with
a chair. Hey, it is called Southern
Violence and Wrestling!
The night’s action was called former WCW and Global
Wrestling Federation commentator Scott Hudson.
It was awesome for everyone in that locker room to have their matches
called by Scott and C-Double that night.
After my match with Zackary, Scott complimented me and told me I had a
great match. Huge pat on the back for me
from I guy I’ve watched call matches featuring guys from Conan Chris Walker to
Hard Work Bobby Walker and everyone in-between.
The main event was actually a lot better than I thought it would
be. The triple-threat match saw Skrilla
win his first pro wrestling championship by pinning Ryan Michaels for the
pinfall. The match also included
incumbent champion Chris Nelms. There
was a heel turn and a title change.
Ultimately, it set the table for a lot of good matches. This fed is very young, having less than five
shows under its belt. With everything
that happened on Friday, the booking of the show will really be tested for
future shows.
Well, my new week is just getting started. As a wrestler and wrestling fan, it’s gonna
be a big one for me. The WWE Draft
between two shows in happening. Title vs
title match on IMPACT Wrestling – which moves to Thursday. The uncontrolled chaos of Lucha Underground
on Wednesday. GIWA Wrestling in
Milledgeville, GA on Friday night. And
then, on Saturday, yours truly has TWO BIG MATCHES during the HUGE pro
wrestling expo and show presented by Masters of Ring Entertainment in
Wilmington, NC. Man, what a time to be
alive and be in this business!! Everyone
enjoy the week in wrestling. It may be a
while before we see one quite like this again!!!
Fin.
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