Gone Hollywood #2

 

Aired October 8^th 2010

Dave Marquez welcomes us to the show and runs down what we will see. Willie Mack, The debut of "Very European" Claudio Castagnoli and NWA World Champion
"Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce puts the title on the line against Scorpio Sky

Out to ringside with Todd Keneley and James Morgan. Claudio Castagnoli comes out and joins them on commentary. Gets off a few lines about how he dislikes the pollution and how it is so pathetic how all the people in Hollywood fancy themselves as actors and actresses, considering how ugly they are. Rico Dynamite is in the ring and out comes Willie Mack. Mack is deceptively quick for someone as large as he is. The match wasn't much but Mack's finisher was pretty nice. He caught Rico Dynamite off a crossbody and transitioned it into a powerbomb for the pin. Post match Claudio Castagnoli came into the ring. Mack offered him a handshake and he refused.

After a break and a non NWA Hollywood lucha match (which I skipped), Jeff Resnick is backstage at NWA Hollywood with the NWA Heritage Tag Team Champions
The RockNES Monsters which are Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma. Johnny Goodtime did most of the talking here but he seemed nervous.

Back out to the ring. Nick Madrid comes out and he will face Claudio Castagnoli. Before the bell rang, Claudio slapped Nick Madrid with his scarf. The match was so one sided in Castagnoli's favor it was uncomfortable. Madrid did have a brief comeback but it got cut off by missing a dropkick. Castagnoli wrapped him up in a Stretch Muffler and Madrid quickly tapped

Zokre and Phoenix Star are backstage with Jeff Resnick. They comprise the team Los Luchas. I have no idea what they said but they did mention The RockNES Monsters so I assume it was a challenge for the NWA Heritage Tag Team Belts

Main Event time

Scorpio Sky vs. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Adam Pearce

Early in the match Adam Pearce indicated to the referee that Scorpio Sky pulled his hair. The humor in this, you see, is Adam Pearce is bald, thus there is no hair for Sky to pull. Adam Pearce is a liar. Soon after this, Pearce bites Scorpio Sky's head in the corner. Sky returns the favor soon after and bites Pearce's head. Scorpio Sky controlled the middle of the match by focusing on Pearce's arm. At one point Sky had Pearce down on the mat and went to the top rope. Pearce neutralized Sky by kicking the ref into the ropes and this caused Sky to fall. Why the ref did not DQ Adam Pearce for this, I do not know. The previous week, The Sheik challenged Adam Pearce, so this week Adam Pearce decides to send a message to Sheik by putting Scorpio Sky in The Sheik's trademark hold The Camel Clutch (which also happens to be the signature move of many other Arabic wrestlers. Scorpio Sky got a near fall after a frog splash, Pearce almost got one of his own with his feet on the ropes. A few more near falls followed including one after a Scorpio Sky top rope dropkick. Pearce stopped all Sky momentum with a mule kick to the balls and a piledriver. Pearce retains the title. Scorpio Sky looked like he had the match won at several points. Pearce tried after the match to attack Scorpio Sky. Sky fought him off but out comes Rocky Romero who attacks Scorpio Sky. Joey Ryan is out now to even the sides. Claudio Castagnoli and Willie Mack out next. Willie Mack, Joey Ryan and Scorpio Sky are left in the ring as Castagnoli, Romero and Pearce bail to end the show.

Overall: The World Title match was very very good. It is the only thing that saved the show from being a waste of time. I preferred the first episode much more. I do have to say however, Todd Keneley and James Morgan were better on this show than on the October 1^st episode