CCW's first card of
the year took place in February, appropriately called, Valentine's
Vengeance. Before I went to see this card, I have been reading
some pro wrestling books I received for Xmas. One of those
books is by Ole Anderson and is called ' "Inside Out"..
Besides being a member of the 4 Horsemen group, Ole had a
great career as a tag team wrestler in the AWA and later as
a booker for Georgia Championship Wrestling. Ole is a very
angry man at times in this book. What this shows you is that
the best wrestler characters will have some of their real
personalities incorporated into their wrestling personas.
After reading his book and his thoughts on booking pro
wrestling, I can see why he is often an angry guy at times.
Our first match of the evening features crowd favorite
JB Cool and the Russian day dream, Mikhail Koloff, along
with his manager Dr. Red. Right off the bat I felt like
Ole Anderson and was ready to fire Koloff and Dr. Red for
their endless parade to the ring area. IN his book , Ole
would have used Koloff as an example of not knowing his
role on the program. Koloff is a prelim wrestler in the
first match which has to start a card in a certain fashion.
This is to all lead to a build up for the main event wrestlers
which is what draws the house. Koloff is drawing flies now
and Dr. Red is drawing straws at times.
We have a TNA star in Shane Sewell along with CCW star
JB Cool who are the attractions in this match. Koloff and
Dr. Red begin a very tedious walk to the ring area which
does not generate any heat except anger for waiting for
these two to get into the ring. Once the match began we
finally had some action which led to a below the belt slam
on JB by Koloff. Koloff attempted to take advantage of a
stunned JB while Dr. Red climbed onto the ring apron. JB
is a smart veteran of the ring and popped Dr. Red and ducked
a Koloff swing which led to the pin and win by JB. There
is good heat and bad heat Koloff, learn the difference.
Up next was, in my opinion, a good idea which came off
too chintzy. The 6'10" Isis came to the ring while
CCW Ladies Champ Jessika Haze was in her street clothes
and accompanied by Rico Cassanova and Mayor Venis. The back
and forth banter was basically to state that Jessika would
not face Isis, but a new designated # 1` challenger. This
new # 1 contender was the very small Annie Moore who the
crowd did not accept as a contender for the gold. In a spilt
second, the bell rang and Jessika gave Annie the silliest
belt shot and pinned Annie Moore in seconds. I know what
the intent was with this match, however, it came of very
cheap and cartoonish where Jessika needs to be built into
a real villain and the crowd demands revenge for Annie via
Isis. I would have had Jessika play with Annie like a cat
with a dead mouse with multiple pin attempts where she pulls
Annie up until Isis can not take this terrible injustice
and cleans house. I do not think that this segment went
over too well with the crowd this evening.
Up next was a tag team encounter between The Sons of Liberty
and Dade County Collision. I was looking forward to this
as the SOL team is a great team to watch in the future as
it has a powerful Mohawked leader and his sidekick who looks
like Bud Bundy of the old "Married with Children"
TV show. DCC has been growing on me each time I see them
as they are capturing the fine details of being a heel tag
team with an ever growing dissension within to add to their
depth. We started off with one of my favorite tag team moves
where DCC jumps our heroes who are on the ring ropes acknowledging
the cheers of the fans instead of paying attention to their
opponents. Marvel, of the Sons team was beaten and battered
so bad I am surprised that no one called the Coral Springs
PD for help. After an endless series of tags with both members
of DCC taking turns pummeling Marvel, the hot tag was made
and the Mohawk haired Son began to whip both members back
and forth to the delight of the crowd. After a powerful
body slam and TKO being out of position, Kaotic Romeo was
pinned. After the match we had more fireworks between TKO
and Romeo with Romeo being thrown very violently out of
the ring. Romeo almost tore up his ankle as it hit the ring
barriers. Both members of DCC battled each other back to
the dressing room.
A newcomer to CCW named The Future Donovan Ruddick, complete
with a manager came to battle CCW favorite JT Flash. I really
think that the crowd was going to see a squash of Ruddick
by JT, but boy were they surprised. Ruddick was very impressive
in his CCW debut and ended the match with a very unique
slam of JT to the mat for the pin. Both JT and the crowd
was stunned by Ruddick.
A battle royal was next on the card with the surprise win
by newcomer Ernie Alexander who took advantage of the wrestlers
who were paying more attention to Vyper outside the ring
then to Ernie inside the ring. So far, CCW has had a Battle
Royal every few cards which is just enough to make them
special. Congratulations to Ernie Alexander for the win.
Earlier in the evening we had Shane Sewell set up to be
Bruno Sassi's tag partner against the Heavenly Bodies. Big
Till was unable to get to Coral Springs for some strange
reasons and the Bodies were doing a great floor show with
the fans about how they now deserve the tag belts. The Heavenly
Bodies may not have the best physiques in CCW, but they
have among the best mouths to rile up a crowd. Bruno looked
different as his hair was now a darker color instead of
the normal South Florida Blonde we see down here. The Bodies
put on a great show and went toe to toe with Shane and Bruno
when they were in the ring together. Usually though, one
of the bodies was outside the ring whipping the other team
or distracting the ref. The action went back and forth with
Shane making a great comeback and outsmarting the Bodies.
The Bodies, sensing that there was no way they could beat
Shane and Bruno who almost double pinned them, ignored the
ref so much that a DQ was finally called. I hope to see
the Heavenly Bodies appear again as they are a good dirty
tag team who can rile up a crowd real fast.
Our next match was the popular Pablo Marquez against Kahagas
who came with Rico Cassanova to the ring. This was a great
match and the fans ate it up. Kahagas gets better and better
when he is fed better opponents and Pablo is a fantastic
wrestler. There is an intensity when you get two great wrestlers
with a title at stake as neither one can afford to lose.
If you want to see a match with great bumps and intensity,
this one is near the top of the list. Kahagas in one great
spot flew through the ropes via Pablo and landed on Rico
. Pablo later was able to make a fantastic leap over the
top rope to land on and stunned Kahagas. Rico did what he
had to do to save Kahagas and punched Pablo who was trying
to get back into the ring to finish off Kahagas. In a split
second, Rico held Pablo's feet and Kahagas was able to get
the pin. Great match.
Isis was up next to face Kimberly. Isis has lost weight
and looked better and more in shape then ever. She is still
raw talent and needs a lot more ring time to have her skills
match her aura. To be honest. Kimberly was the wrong opponent
for her. Isis needs opponents whom the crowd wants to be
choke slammed and tossed around like trash. Kimberly is
way too nice, good looking and fun to watch to meet that
criteria. A better opponent would have been Betsy Ruth or
a Sybil Pageant managed mare. Isis still was able to show
off her strength in lifting the ref off of his feet for
the crowd. After a slow exchange of basic holds and escapes,
Isis lifted up Kimberly and choke slammed her for the pin.
Isis is still raw and green and needs a slow build up for
the eventual showdown with Jessika Haze.
Our final event of the evening was between CCW champ Dok
Rivers and former WWE star Chaz of the Tag Team The Headbangers.
I have met Chaz in a professional environment and he is
a real gentleman. Chaz got the crowd roaring when he lifted
his skirt to show off his Skooby Do underwear and put Dok
Rivers to shame. Chaz and Dok area about the same size and
Dok was not able to manhandle Chaz as he tries to do with
other opponents. Dok began to look real flustered as Chaz
was not backing down and countered every move by Dok. As
it looked like Dok was losing control of the match, Kahagas
came in and the ref had no choice but to DQ Dok. Chaz won
the match, but you do not win the gold with a DQ win. As
Kahagas and Dok were putting the boots to Chaz, JB Cool
rushed to the ring to make the save. This was a good match,
which unfortunately did not have the build up benefit from
a past show. Chaz is a good worker and a crowd favorite
and should be brought back as an added attraction when possible.