Hardcore Holiday Review
By Sweet Daddy Siki
12/20/08

Hard core Holiday is the traditional end of the year blow out for CCW with a Xmas Tree Match ending it all. This year had a great three team tag match with no one escaping without some type of injury or ringing in their heads. -Our opening match had the Patriot and the Russian Mikhail Koloff starting things off. Koloff did the smart thing and sneak attacked The Patriot to get the action going. Most Russian character wrestlers have some sort of definitive finishing move to put away their opponents. Koloff still needs some work as his lower abdomen is getting bigger and bigger on each show and it is slowing him down. He was able to stand toe to toe with The Patriot for several minutes before Koloff tried a clothesline which backfired on him. I did notice that Koloff has some potential if he finds a finishing move which could be named after something he said during the match. "Yankee go Home!" was what Koloff mouthed to The Patriot and if that catch phrase was coupled with a powerful move , like the Russian Sickle of Nikita Koloff, we could have a winning maneuver. The Patriot got the pin and we are now underway with the card. -Several managers came to the ring next including Seth Gregg, SnakeMaster, Dr. Red and Rico. Rico has been a welcome addition to CCW as he is good on the mike which is a talent not everyone has. Isis was introduced and we had a potential bidding war as to who would be managing her in CCW. Isis was in better shape then ever and seemed much slimmer then her last appearance. After some banter by the managers as to why she should choose them, Isis brought out the female contingent from CCW and made her announcement. Isis basically told the men to take a hike that she would be hanging with the girls as none of them could handle her. I liked this approach with Isis but would have been happier if Isis did something like say, pick up Dr. Red and throw him over the top rope to the cold concrete floor for laughs. -Next up was a 6 man tag with Alex G, Anthony Michaels and Alex Chamberlain against Shane McLane, Matt Bateman and Ram Man who all came out with Kellie. Alex G must have received a bailout as he had on some new ring clothes and looked much better then at the student show. Alex Chamberlain must have purchased his ring trunks from South Beach as they were very tight and he had to constantly adjust them. Alex's main job it seemed during this match was to get the stuffing beat out of him. He did a real good job in that role. The poor guy was bounced from corner to corner. Alex did have some pretty good moves and he is getting better and better with each match. Matt Bateman also had a main job of getting the tar beat out of him . I thought that this match had a lot of good moves and the ring psychology was working very well. Alex G. was not able to stop the Ram Man and had to resort to dirty tactics to get an advantage over him. Shane McLane tagged in to do some quick ring work and even Anthony Michaels has his wrestling boots on this night. The match went on for a few minutes with Bateman getting his butt kicked over and over until he made the hot tag to Ram Man who was now hell bent on crushing Alex G. With all of this action going on, Alex G had Ram Man where he wanted him when everything fell apart for the good guys. Kelly jumped to the top rope and was prepared to hit Alex G when Shane McLane entered the ring with all of this confusion leading to of all people, Anthony Michaels pinning Ram Man! That was a shocker, but what happened next was even more shocking. Ram Man must have had something whispered to him by Alex G because the next thing we see is Ram Man giving a big splash to Shane and tossing him and Bateman out of the ring. The Ram Man went up to Alex G and shook his hand, signaling that the old tag team of Cash Money is back in business. -A ladies match was up next with Sybil Pageant defending her title against Jessika Haze. I have seen these two go at it for years with different quality of matches between them. Over the years, Sybil has gotten heavier around the waist while Jessika has slimmed down. This has slowed down Sybil to where she no longer seems to do the high flying moves I used to see her do. The problem with this match was the lack of sound. Neither participant was able to garner any type of impact noise or sounds when they hit each other. Pro Wrestling works on using many stimuli and sound is an important component of the show. Still, both girls put a lot into this and the end came with each doing reverse roll ups and Jessika catching Sybil by her outfit to pin her. The moral of the story for Sybil is that she has to lose a few pounds and get rid of that Goth girdle so she does not get rolled up again for a pin. -Kaotic Romeo has been making a name for himself with his tag team by putting together quite a few wins. This match was somewhat of a deep contrast in size between Romeo and The Warlord. Warlord came to the ring with Kimberly while Romeo had his regular partner TKO with him. Romeo had the brains to know that he could not out muscle Warlord and relied on complaining to the ref about hair and tight pulling which is funny coming from a rule breaker and self proclaimed Miami bad guy. I have no idea how much longer The Warlord was going to put up with this, but Romeo decided to run the ropes with him and quickly ran to TKO for help. TKO decided to chase Kimberly around the ring, hoping to distract Warlord so Romeo could pin him. This plan did not go over too well as Kimberly is not a woman to fool with. She gave TKO a slap that almost took his eye patch off. As TKO was in the ring, Kimberly did a great hurricanrana on him and tossed him out of the ring while The Warlord pinned Kaotic Romeo with ease. After the match we had some friction as Romeo and TKO were slapping each other silly as to who was to blame for this defeat. -It was now time for a fatal 3 way match between Tommy Vandal, Scott Passion and JT Flash. Passion was introduced as "Cowboy" Scott Passion which was funny as this was a cowboy with nothing even remotely connected to being a cowboy in his ring attire. Not even a Cowboy hat or a mark on his trunks. Passion's main job was to be bounced around the ring by Tommy and JT like a beach ball at a concert. Passion took one of the highest back drops we have ever seen in Coral Springs. For most of the match JT and Tommy viewed Passion as an afterthought as they went at with a lot of vigor. Passion was also a great prop as his white chest was the recipient of many chops which brought a loud "Whoo" from the crowd. The end came as Tommy Vandal showed JT what experience can do for you. JT gave his finishing neck drop move to Passion and was prepared to pin him. Tommy then drop kicked JT and rolled him up for the pin. Pretty good match with all three. -A team we ave not seen in a long time, The Heavenly Bodies were up next against Pablo Marquez and Chasyn Rance. Chasyn has not been seen for a while as I believe he was recuperating from an ankle injury suffered months ago. In his return I see that Chasyn has ditched his wide legged pants which he used to wear. Maybe this allowed him to be more mobile as he did not look at all like someone who had a serious ankle injury. The Bodies were one of the few teams to start the match off by talking trash to the crowd. This really helped in making them look like a serious tag team as Pablo and Rance are long time veterans of CCW and have earned the respect of the fans. The Bodies were able to keep Pablo at bay for a long time as he was not able to pull of some of the great flying moves he is known for. Pablo was in fact being beaten silly by the Bodies who tagged in and out to keep fresh while Pablo was getting more tired and beaten down. In a real shocker, Pablo was able to make the hot tag to Rance, but was kicked out of the ring to the floor. The Bodies did a quick super kick to Chasyn and won the match in an upset. -Our main attraction was up next, a hard core match with wrapped weapons and three teams! This was also the return of The Syrian Slasher who even though he is a bad guy, did acknowledge the fans who welcomed him back. After the intros with Xmas music and a stare down, we were under way! Phi Delta Slam, The Syrian Slasher and American Taliban were in the same ring with Dok Rivers and Kahagas. Kahagas was in for Dustin Rhodes who was not able to be there due to a WWE commitment. In addition to the wrestlers, we also had Seth Gregg, Snakemaster and Rico at ring side which meant that there were now 9 total participants, each one with anger issues. PDS wasted no time and went straight to the tree for the Xmas presents and in just a few minutes we had the sound of heads being wacked with metal, flying trash cans and canes flying. It took mere minutes to have just about everyone cut , battered and bleeding from all of this debris. Only Rico escaped without a scratch as he seemed to be able to keep Snakemaster and Seth Gregg going at it. Seth Gregg ended up looking like a bleeding Cousin It form the Adams Family TV show as his hair was covering his face completely. In one of the funnier moments, a dazed and confused Seth Gregg stumbled to the Xmas Tree are and found a wrapped frying pan. Seth took the pan and went straight to the Snakemaster who himself was dazed and confused. In a split second the sound of frontal lobes meeting Teflon was heard as the pan bounced off of Snakemaster. Kahagas threw the tree into the ring and everything from bats, to plates, to a pizza cutter was in play. The crowd was on their feet the whole time and it was impossible to see everything that was going on. Snakemaster just about made Dr. Red evacuate his rectum when he chased him to cane him. Dr. Red raised a chair and had a look on his face of "OMG, no one told me about this happening!" After several minutes of endless action, a table was brought in and we had visions of Big Till replicating last years feat of jumping off a ladder onto someone for the win. Big Till was on the ladder with The Syrian Slasher, prone on the table awaiting his destiny. Big Till was ejected from the ladder and went flying through the table and nearly broke his leg . Bruno was able to get some of his wind back by checking on Big Till as the others were beating themselves senseless. This paid off for Bruno as he got the pin and PDS was now the new CCW champs. There was so much going on that I really can not recall who was pinned that evening! The Snakemaster must have been very upset by his team losing the belts as he caned the ref and a CCW security guy as he was leaving the ring area. Dr. Red was busy verbally fighting with the underage fans at the ring barricades. This was one hell of a match and we really can only see this happening once a year as it must take a few weeks for everyone to recover. This was among the best matches of the year for CCW and gave the crowd a real high standard for indy wrestling in Florida. Over all, this was a great card and I only wished that there were more fans there to see and enjoy the show. No one wasted their talents and everyone pulled out their best. I hope everyone recovers from the beatings they took and we see more great cards in Coral Springs next year. In the meantime, please try to see the student matches at Body Slam University as the more crowd exposure the wrestlers get, the better they become and learn this crazy craft we call Professional Wrestling. Sweet Daddy Siki