This episode aired on October 1st 2010
Colt Cabana welcomes us to the show and after the opening credits, Dave Marquez welcomes us and gives us a preview for the night by telling us who will appear. Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana, NWA North American Champion The Sheik, The team of Navajo Warrior and Hawaiian Lion known as The Tribe and the Main Event of "Hollywood's Own" Joey Ryan vs. TJ Perkins.
Now we go ringside to Todd Keneley and James Morgan
Peter Avalon is in the ring. What they did next was good, they showed a video of Peter Avalon explaining who he was. He proclaimed himself as the future. Interview wasn't great but I liked it the fact it was included. They did something similar during Dave Marquez' show rundown where when he mentioned who would be appearing they showed a brief clip of them as he spoke. Avalon's opponent was Colt Cabana. Cabana came out to the ring with a lot of energy. Jumping, swinging his towel, dancing. He even snapped the towel at Avalon. When the bell rang, Cabana toyed with Avalon, frequently pulling him down to the mat. The impression I got from his interview is Avalon is supposed to be the heel in this, the bad guy, but Cabana's actions in this really made him out to be a dick. He was toying with Avalon the whole time. He got in his signature moves, The Flying Asshole (Flying Apple according to the announcers, however I understand the change) and The Billy Goat's Curse. Easy win for Cabana. After the match, he grabbed the microphone. He said he liked having a good time as evidenced to the previous few minutes but the best time will be when he beats Adam Pearce for the NWA Heavyweight Championship.
Andrew Hellman comes to the ring, for what apparently is an NWA North American Title match. He will be challenging The Sheik. The Sheik brings his prayer rug out to the ring with him. Which does not make him very popular to the crowd. He does his prayer and as he does this Hellman makes the mistake of turning his back. The Sheik attacks him and the match begins. Hellman's wrestling shorts are designed like an American flag. So the basic story of this match would be "Evil Foreigner" vs. "American Patriot". The Sheik seems to be a typical Arabic gimmick, the curled boots, etc. He won with the camel clutch. Afterwards Jeff Resnick got in the ring and got a word from The Sheik. The Sheik said that he also had his sights set on the NWA Heavyweight Championship.
Jeff Resnick is backstage with "Milk Chocolate" Willie Mack (complete with a shirt that says "Willie Mack Milk Chocolate", stylized like a Hershey Bar). Nothing much was said. In the ring are Todd Chandler and Brandon Parker, their opponents are Navajo Warrior and Hawaiian Lion aka The Tribe. The Tribe were guided to the ring by Olivia. The size difference between the two teams is quite big. The Tribe are much bigger. Todd Keneley has gotten Brandon Parker's name wrong several times, calling him Bryan. The Tribe tossed Todd Chandler over the top rope and apparently hit their finisher on Brandon Parker. I couldn't tell what it was because the camera was focused on Todd Chandler outside the ring. The ref rang for the bell and disqualified The Tribe. I guess tossing someone over the top rope is a disqualification. They never explained it, if that was the case and tossing someone over the top is a dq, it would have been nice of them to explain it.
We go to "Earlier Today" where Claudio Castagnoli is outside. He talks about being European. Not just European, very European. Back into the arena and the NWA Heavyweight Champion Adam Pearce is on his way to the ring to speak. Jeff Resnick is out there to ask him about his feelings on NWA being back on TV, he said it felt good, he then was asked about Colt Cabana and The Sheik's challenges from earlier in the night. After kicking Jeff Resnick out of the ring (a decision I approve of), he said that he was the champion and it was gonna stay that way. I don't know if he was accepting the challenges or not.
Now it is Main Event Time.
TJ Perkins vs. "Hollywood's Own" Joey Ryan. Ryan even has Hollywood on his trunks. Joey Ryan looks far less sleazy than I am used to him being. The two men were moving very fast and doing a game of "can you top this?" After a break, the match slows down and they start doing holds. At one point Joey Ryan hit a pumphandle T-bone suplex but it only got a two count for him. After a suplex that went over the top rope the announcers finally explained that an over the top rope toss was a DQ in the NWA. This was not a DQ in this match because the referee decreed that momentum took them over and it was not intentional. Late in the match, it looked as if TJ Perkins was close to victory, but Joey Ryan cut him off with two superkicks and got the victory.
At the end of the show, Dave Marquez announced what is gonna happen at the next show. Willie Mack and Claudio Castagnoli will be in action and the main event will be Scorpio Sky vs. NWA Heavyweight Champion Adam Pearce.
Overall: The tag match was bad. Even before the finish, I was not to happy with the match. I expected The Tribe to dominate but instead Todd Chandler and Brandon Parker got in a lot of offense. Other than that, it was a good show. Everything was simple but made sense. Thumbs up for tonight.
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