A Live report from NWA PRO’s MAV-TV Taping! Three Weeks of shows! 15 Matches! Joey Ryan! Tape Change Breaks! Strip Clubs! Rock N’ Roll Randy Rocket!
Would NWA Pro’s latest attempt at achieving world domination prove successful? Click below to find out! Planes, Trains and Automobiles Report Vol. 6: NWA Pro 10/7/06
by Paul Newberry and Jay Doring
Hi, everybody! Welcome to the return of the Planes, Trains, and Automobiles report! The 2nd most popular Indy wrestling live report series on the net, named after a John Candy movie (I’ll get you yet “Who’s Harry Crumb?” digest.)
For this report, I will have fellow SCU writer, Jay Doring along to cover the match details, while I try to cover everything else. Now keep in mind, that this was a LONG taping. So please forgive us if this isn’t as detailed as usual.
Let’s begin!
After enjoying, PWG’s “Self Titled” the previous night in Reseda. I forced myself to wake up way too early, so I could head out to the Dojo in NoHo (as the hipsters call it) and make the show’s 11 AM start time. This wasn’t just some loser show either, this was NWA Pro’s TV taping for Mav-TV! Never heard of it? Yeah neither has anyone else. As I understand it’s only available in approximately 27 households in certain parts of lower Alabama and POMONA of all places. But you will be able to watch it on the Internet, if you can find the time to work it in between your daily viewings of violent hentai. To see if you are among the lucky 17 people who get MAV-TV, check out http://MAVTV.com/ for availability in your area.
Of course, the best part of this is admission to the show was free! The only better thing then free is getting paid to attend… of course I don’t own any Warped Tour gear, so that’s not likely to happen anytime soon. So free would just have to due.
We arrived in NoHo (ha, NoHo) at around 10:30. After hearing horror stories about the parking, we were pretty lucky enough to find a decent parking spot. As we had heard, the new Dojo is actually in the same building as a strip club (that wasn’t called the NoHo club, sadly) Some would wonder why a strip club would have a big empty space sitting around doing nothing like that… I smell vampires. Ever seen the movie Vamp? Where vampires use a strip club to lure in their victims? It was good! And it had Chris Makepeace, that Asian guy from Sixteen Candles and Grace Jones! Do the kids today still dig Grace Jones?
Anyway, before the fans were let in. NWA Pro head, David Marquez addresses of the mass of about 75 people, informing us that this will be studio wrestling like we’ve seen on the Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes DVDs. Despite, there not really being much actual studio wrestling on said DVDs!
Once seated, we were addressed by Mr. Marquez set again, who this time went over what we were going to see tonight and pointed out the head of MAV-TV in the crowd. Stating that cursing and verbiage of that nature would not be allowed (the fuck is with that?) He also revealed the reason for the early start was to avoid conflict with the “Pink Diamond” strip club in the same building (So they are vampires! told ya). Then he took questions from the audience! Which amounted to one guy asking if the food was free… which it wasn’t. As Jay found out when he purchased a bag of Microwaved Jiffy Pop.
At around 11:17, as the fans went CRAZY on cue. We had the standard TV show opening introduction with Marquez reading off a visible teleprompter… which was interrupted by Adam Pearce. Who discussed among other things the NWA Heritage title (which NWA Pro will be crowning soon) Pearce then exits, as Marquez read off his next spontaneous line.
NOW show is about to start… oh wait… another delay! After more waiting (which I found more entertaining than the movie “Waiting” actually) the unadvertised FRANKIE KAZARIAN came out for a promo! He talked about his vast history with Adam Pearce (which dates back to Pearce’s first ever match in SoCal) and their match in Las Vegas weeks back, and what led him to NWA Pro.
Ok! after a long wait, at around 11:40, we finally get some wrestling! As ring announcer Jon Ian (who gets around doesn’t he?) announces former AWS Tag Team Champions Chuck Mercury and Johnny Paradise. Who enter the ring to the velvet tones of… nothing. Through out the whole show not a single musical note was heard. It took away a good deal of theatricality. But hey, if I means I don’t have to hear any “System of a down” it was totally worth it.
Match One:
Midnight Dynamite (Charles Mercury and Johnny Paradise) vs. Thunderwolf and Sexy Sonny Samson
Jay: I honestly couldn’t have picked an odder way to open a TV taping. Midnight Dynamite have been staples of NWA Pro/AWS and have turned into an excellent cohesive team, but I had serious doubts they could showcase themselves against near-unknown Thunderwolf and Sonny Samson, fresh off his um, interesting performance at AWS. While this match wasn’t anything to write home about (or even a distant cousin) Samson fared much better than he did last week, showing fire and crispness in his offense now that he was more serious, and the former AWS tag champion did their usual solid job of isolating the ring, combined with their usual doubleteams. The only thing I could honestly remember about Thunderwolf, was that he was the first Native American I’d ever seen with Juggalo tattoos.
Paul: Come on, Jay plenty of Native Americans are down with the clowns (Lord help us) Anyway, decent enough opener. But I’m not sure if it was the ideal match to kick off a TV series with. After their usual heelish tactics, Midnight Dynamite take the match after a Spike Tombstone. Go CHUCK!
Winners: Midnight Dynamite
Match Two
Tito Aquino vs. Scotty Aboot
Paul: Both men are regulars on the Northern California Indies. Scotty Aboot (who looks like a bigger Jack Evans) comes to the ring draped in a Canadian flag. Which reminded me of how much I hate the Olympics. Now let me get the obvious joke out of the way and say “What’s that aboot?”
Jay: Aboot claimed to be the best Canadian wrestler going today. Well, he IS better than Petey Williams, though that isn’t saying much these days. This was one of the shortest matches of the taping, but it had some good stuff in it. Aquino used a lot of amateur-inspired matwork and pinning sequences, which as a former amateur wrestler himself I always appreciate seeing. Aquino took it home after a Jacknife O’Connor roll.
Paul: I liked this one. Though it was too short to really get a full scope of what both are capable of. I thought they both showed off some very nice technical wrestling in this one, especially Scotty Aboot. Who I’d be interested in seeing more of.
Winner: Tito Aquino
Match Three
TJ Perkins vs. JJ Perez
Paul: The battle of the initials! These two have quite the history, having met in the 2005 ECWA Super 8, WPW Best Of The West 2004, as well as several highly acclaimed matches in APW where they traded the APW Internet title. More recently they had a match at the old Dojo this past August. It’s become reliable stand by match up for promotions who want a high quality match up on their shows. It’s like AJ Styles Vs. Christopher Daniels on a smaller scale (and no one is sick of THAT match yet, are they?).
Jay: Perez is one of those guys who is constantly put over as a top-flight wrestler and this best of his home promotion (APW in this case), but never seems to catch a significant break anywhere. TJ Perkins, who has had the chance to wrestle in ROH, New Japan, Mexico and TNA, seems to be identical to Perez ability-wise…maybe Perez has just been geographically handicapped. In any case, Perez and Perkins’ similar wrestling styles made this a very enjoyable matchup, as they traded a lot of beautiful looking counter-wrestling, and smooth highflying. TJ seemed to show a lot more fire here than he does in most of his PWG matches, but then again, this IS TV babay. TJ reversed Perez’s Texas Cloverleaf, and after a series of reversals ended up on top for the 3 count.
Paul: Excellent match, we can see why many consider them to be the others signature opponent..Both men complement each other real well, very crisp chain wrestling throughout. The small package finish was kind of abrupt. But I suppose that’s the nature of TV rasslin’ and championship poker.
Winner: TJ Perkins
– Then we experienced the first of many… TAPE CHANGE BREAKS! Where I’m assuming they possibly changed the tapes.
Match Four
Rocky Romero vs. Jason King
Jay: Jason King is another guy in the vein of JJ Perez. The longtime star of the Empire Wrestling Federation has been called “the next big SoCal star” for YEARS with no forward movement. Here, he was mainly fodder for Rocky Romero, who took it to King in dominant fashion. King put up a valiant effort, but Romero locked on the Ankle Lock and sat down with it, forcing King to tap out.
Paul: Match was ok, and did exactly what it was meant to do. Which was to introduce Rocky Romero as a bad motherdude to the MAV-TV audience (yes, that 1 guy in Alabama)
Winner: Rocky Romero
– Post Match: Romero explained to the on-site interviewer that if this was the best competition NWA Pro had, he’d be on top in no time.
Match Five
Joey Ryan and Karl “Machine Gun” Anderson vs. The Young Bucks (Slick Nick and Mr. Instant Replay)
Paul: Hey, it’s Joey Ryan! Fresh off making a five year girl cry! And he’s got himself a partner! Namely, Karl Anderson fresh off sitting in the PWG crowd drinking a beer! Joey Ryan should need no introduction, currently the infamous PWG World Champion and one sleazy bastard. The loudmouthed, Karl “The Machine Gun” Anderson has also been making his mark lately, with appearances in LSW, AWS and a meaty role in NWA Pro where he had a reign as NWA British Commonwealth champion for a time. As tag team, they reached the finals of the Copa De Lucha tournament in Las Vegas, where they fell to Los Luchas.
Their opposition… OMG IT’S THE HARDY BOYS! Matt and Jeff are in NWA PRO! They apparently jumped ship just to be apart of NWA Pro’s MAV TV debut and somehow traveled back in time to their 1999 personas! Awesome.
Jay: Umm, actually that is the Young Bucks.
Paul: Oh ok… so apparently it’s not the Hardy Boys but in fact HRW’s The Young Bucks. Who have been making a name for themselves lately (even if that name is Hardy)
Jay: This was actually my personal favorite match of the afternoon. The two times I had seen the Young Bucks, they hadn’t had the chance to show too much, but they were pretty cool here, showing off a neat array of doubleteams (my favorite being the Finlay Roll, the Senton Bomb, followed by a moonsault). Ryan and Anderson for their part were effective heels, with Anderson being more aggressive and focused than I had seen them in the past. The Machine Gun caught one of the Bucks in a Boston Crab, which led to the tapout.
Paul: Yes, it was a highly entertaining match up. Ryan/Anderson seem to be very complementary as a tag team. While Joey often gets a lot of crap, he’s really one of the best SoCal has to offer. His work in matches like this and his match with rookie Evan Jelic from UPW earlier this year really hammer that point home. The guy has real talent. This was only my 2nd time seeing the Young Bucks. The jury is still out on them as far as I’m concerned… but they were perfectly acceptable in this match.
Winners: Joey Ryan and Karl “The Machine Gun” Anderson
– Post match: Ryan and Anderson (two men with ROCK STAR CHARISMA according to the Machine Gun) cut a promo. Where they demanded a rematch with Los Luchas! Anderson had some strong words for Los Luchas. Then Joey Ryan (picking up a thing or two from Dynasty mate Chris Bosh) said that after the rematch Los Luchas would be back selling Oranges on the freeway! Ouch, but better than those guys who point roses in my face when I stop at an intersection. Yes, I’m going to hold up traffic to buy a stinking rose off you.
Match Six
Bo Cooper vs. “Rock N’ Roll” Randy Rocket
Paul: Speaking of ROCK STAR CHARISMA! I had no idea who Randy Rocket was when he entered the ring… but let me tell you, HE FREAKING RULES! Yes, not since Joey Harder burst on the scene at Revolution J 2004 has a newcomer so fully captured the collective hearts of a viewing audience. Looking something like a mix of 80’s Macho Man, a member of the Rockers. You just knew we was going to be good. Needless to say, he indeed rocked. His oppostion here was Bo Cooper. Who is a seasoned veteran of the SoCal scene. He is the current BiG Pro Heavyweight champion and holds one half of the AWS Tag Team title with Sexy Chino.
Jay: One of the other abrupt matches of the evening, and the only true squash. Bo hit his Randy with some big splashes (including a bronco buster in the corner), and fit in his “rude, crude and tattooed” catchphrase before planting Rocket with a Death Valley Driver for the 1-2-3.
Paul: This was a lot of fun. Cooper is very good against smaller wrestlers (as shown in the past against Human Tornado, Marcus Riot and others) and this was no different, as he manhandled poor Randy with ease. Totally dominate through out. Now you may be asking… “DUDE! how could a rock legend like Randy Rocket be defeated so easily?” Ya know, I’d like totally bet you that he probably thought he’d be wrestling Alice Cooper, so he went out the night before, living his debauchous life of rock n’ roll excess with 45 eager groupies, copious booze and an amp cranked up to 11. Because that’s just how Rock N’ Roll Randy Rocket gets it done! Which is kinda sad, as it did used to be about the music after all. So yeah… more Randy please. The public demands it.
Winner: Bo Cooper
Match Seven
Los Luchas (Zokre/Phoenix Star) vs. Shawn Riddick and Peter Goodman (w/Andrew Hellman)
Paul: Los Luchas (when they bother to show up) are one of the more popular tag teams on the SoCal scene today, having made their mark in PWG, RevPro, AWS, LXW in Florida, Mexico, as well as NWA Pro where they recently won the Copa De Lucha trophy in front of thousands of screaming fans in Las Vegas. Shawn Riddick was the 2002 SoCal Rookie of the Year (beating out Scorpio Sky for that honor), Peter Goodman is relative newcomer out of UPW (his outlandish persona strikes me as a non-perverted Top Gun Talwar of sort). They are being managed by Andrew Hellman, who is sporting fashions from the generic heel manager fall 1998 catalog.
Jay: I was dreading this match, after both teams’ messy performance at AWS, but this one had a much more logical flow to it, and nothing was blown. Andrew Hellman being out there really helped the crowd heat of the match – male indy managers give the audience someone to rag on and give the appearance of the audience being more into the show. The finish ended up being exactly the same as the AWS one though – Los Luchas hit their doubleteam dive finish and brought honor to the “Copa de Lucha.”
Paul: Yes, the match these two teams had in AWS last week was really off. However, I am happy to say that they improved on it greatly here. Match had a nice pace, and it didn’t drag like their previous match up. Los Luchas were on their game here. But I’m still not sold on the tag team of Riddick/Goodman. Not saying they are bad wrestlers, but they can’t seem to shake that “eh, they are just there” appeal they have working.
Winners: Los Luchas
– Post Match: Los Luchas accept the challenge of Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson, the match is made for NEXT WEEK! We have to wait a whole week?
Match Eight
Frankie Kazarian vs. Bino Gambino
Paul: Frankie Kazarian of course is an institution on the Southern California scene, perhaps the most decorated Indy wrestler in the region today. He can currently be seen on SPIKE TV for TNA wrestling (usually losing… but you can still see him losing on SPIKE TV I suppose) Bino Gambino is a rising young star in the region. Currently holds the EWF Heavyweight Championship, and has appeared in PWG.
Jay: This was also one of the better matches of the taping, which isn’t a surprise given the skill and experience of both guys. This is only the second time I’ve seen Bino as a heel, and he actually seems more comfortable in that role than as the happy-go-lucky babyface he’s been in PWG. Good work by both guys, with Bino showing some good heel mannerisms, and he was actually one of the only wrestlers who actively played to the crowd (or should I say, THE STUDIO AUDIENCE). This was also one of the only matches which had a decent false finish (Bino rolled through on an O’Connor roll into the Tazzmission, but made the ropes). The match lost a bit of steam at the end, but Frankie took it home with a Wave of the Future before things got too slow.
Paul: This was good, and actually felt like a competitive match up. While the ending was still never in doubt, it was a nice change of pace from the extended squash feel that many of the other matches had. Bino hasn’t wrestling for many feds other than EWF and NWA Pro lately, but he’s clearly a talented performer.
Winner: Frankie Kazarian
– Post Match: Frankie Kazarian cuts a promo, and does something unheard of in wrestling…. he challenged someone to a match! (I know! I was just as shocked as you) The someone in this case just happened to long time rival, Adam Pearce!! So the match is set for some unannounced time in the future.
– TAPE CHANGE BREAK! Giving us time to reflect…
Match Nine
Adam Pearce vs. Babi Slymm
Paul: Another reliable match up. These two have had a famously heated rivalry, which dates back years. This match frequently headlined shows for companies such as WCCW, PWG and AWS for a time. But here in NWA Pro, it’s ONLY the 9th match of the show! How about that?
Jay: Honestly, by this point I was totally zoned out, so here’s a 1-sentence description. Pearce does stuff, Slymm does stuff, Pearce wins with his feet on the ropes. Afterwards, Pearce claims to have never cheated in his life. Okay, so that was two sentences.
Paul: Great insight there Jay. I was slightly less zoned out, but I’m still blanking on a few things. Good match though, which isn’t surprising as these two are outstanding against each other. Slymm fell behind but then rallied the crowd behind him by clapping the beat to “We will rock you” to mixed results. Hit a big belly to belly suplex off the buckle. Then went for the kill with a spear in the corner, but Pearce moves. Slymm hits the corner hard, Pearce rolls him up using the ropes for assistance and steals one. I’ll also note that it was amusing to see Pearce clearly struggling not to curse at us worthless fans. He’ll crack soon enough….
Winner: Adam Pearce
– END WEEK TWO! And to fool all us rubes. Marquez cleverly CHANGES HIS JACKET AND TIE! So when he returns, it’s clearly a totally different week! Prompting audience members to ask “Should we change our clothes too?” They then shoot another show opening here. Running down the events of the last show.
Match Ten
KAFU vs. Tommy Wilson
Paul: KAFU! Just say it… KAFU! Rolls off the tongue. Anyway, the very John Nord-ish KAFU is a big star and headliner with APW in NorCal. He is facing Tommy Wilson. Who hails from the fighting city of San Diego, and has appeared for UPW and AWS.
Jay: Well, the NWA Pro studio audience has picked KAFU as their cult favorite. Why? He HUSSES (sorta) and he makes Ultimate Warrior faces and goes into the crowd to celebrate victories. If there was ever a match that SHOULD have been a squash, it was this one. I’ve learned two things from watching Tommy Wilson. 1. Tommy Wilson taking a beating = good. 2. Tommy Wilson doing ANYTHING ELSE…not so good. After a match that went entirely too long, Kafu won with a neat-looking Iron Claw into a chokebreaker move.
Paul: Yeah, another mistake was having KAFU in there with a wrestler who was the same height as him (if not taller) It would have been much better to have him appear to be a monster by making short work of a smaller wrestler. Match went way too long, but had a few fun moments. Such as KAFU’s vicious series of strikes to a prone Wilson in the corner. After the match, KAFU climbs over the railing and celebrates in the fan with his fans. He has potential to be a fun cult figure in NWA Pro.
Winner: KAFU
Match Eleven
E.G.O (Nathan Rulez and AJ Kirsch) vs. The Pacific Express (Tommy Williams and Dana Lee)
Paul: E.G.O. are the current APW tag team champions. Nathan Rulez wins the wackiest hair of the show award. They were against the (new?) team of the Pacific Express. Who consist of Dana Lee (the current APW Heavyweight champion) and the former Funky Billy Kim, who is now the less Funky Tommy Williams. Who seems to have disappeared from regular competition, aside from scattered appearances in UPW and AWS.
Jay: This is where the pacing of the tapings seemed really “off” to me. You follow up a long and sorta dull singles match with…a tag match, which requires at least 10 minutes to be of any substance. I was totally drained by this point, and I knew there were a few more matches to go. Anyway, this wasn’t actively bad, just your standard formula tag match that E.G.O won when Tommy Williams went for a flying crossbody block and that got rolled through on for the pin. Poor Tommy Williams can never catch a break.
Paul: ^ What he said. One of the bad things about doing a live show report with Jay, is that we generally have the same opinion on each match. So there is no “tastes great! Less filling!” debate to be had. We are much like the Buddy Bears of “Garfield and friends” fame in that respect.
Winners: EGO
– Then Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson returned to ring side. Again, taunting Los Luchas, saying that they couldn’t beat them again on their best Mexican Week! Which lead Los Luchas to come out and have a pull apart brawl with Ryan and Machine Gun in the ring, as Marquez declared that we were out of time for this week…
– As the million referees assigned to this show pulled the four apart. We went into another TAPE CHANGE BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the start of Week 3 I believe. I used this time to use the NoHo Dojo’s facilities, when I returned a TJ Perkins and JJ Perez match was starting! Had the Dojo replaced their old location’s magic toilet with a new magic bathroom/time machine that causes you to be sent upwards of two hours into the past? Or was this just simply the same match twice? Well, I guess if I had to pick a match from the show to see again, it would have been Bo Cooper Vs. Randy Rocket… but this would have been 2nd choice..
Match Twelve
TJ Perkins Vs. JJ Perez
Paul: OK! A rematch from earlier in the night.. err two weeks ago :wink wink: JJ Perez enters and gives the fans a loud “OK!” which I guess is his catch phrase. Since I covered their history earlier, I’ll just add that JJ Perez looks like Adam Sandler (am I the only one who sees this?) and also appears to have stolen Roderick Strong’s 2004 tights.
Jay: OK! Second verse, same as the first. Perkins and Perez met for a second time, obviously to build to a rubber match and a possible feud, so it made the outcome pretty obvious. The match didn’t vary too much from the first one either, except TJ brought a bit more aggression with his kicks, and Perez was able to hang on to the cloverleaf this time and get the tapout. Afterwards, E.G.O challenged them to a match, and the men with initials accepted in the most hilariously lame way possible
Paul: Now I would say something clever like the match was OK!, but it was much better than OK!. Much like their meeting earlier in the day, it was a very well worked, technically sound match up. Good show once again from both. I’d say either this or their earlier match up, gets match of the taping honors.
Winner: JJ Perez
– Post Match promo with TJ and JJ (or TJJ as I like to call them) where JJ said that TJ was “OK!” This love fest was interrupted by E.G.O. who challenged the guys with the letters in their names to a match NEXT WEEK (aka next month) TJ/JJ accepted, and declared it was time they stopped working against each other and started working for each other. Which totally wasn’t gay sounding at all.
Match Thirteen
Chasyn Rance vs. Crayz
Paul: Chasyn Rance is a wrestler out of Florida, who you may have seen in TNA, MLW, FIP, IPW-UK or in PWG on the night prior. Oh, and to clear up a nasty rumor going around… Rance is not cocky (don’t know how that rumor got spread in the first place). He will be competing in his 339th career match here! That’s a milestone folks! His opposition was CRAYZ, a long time SoCal vet who has been working for AWS recently.
Jay: Now here is where the filler got ridiculous, as in this match we got Chasyn Rance, who will likely never appear again due to living in Florida, vs. Crayz, a guy I still struggle to recognize despite seeing him on multiple AWS shows. It DID seem like they were going to advance an angle at least, with Vander Pyle walking around the ring holding a clipboard during the match. Rance did some decent submission stuff and a couple nice kicks, but the match ended rather abruptly when Crayz pulled out a spike and well, spiked Rance with it, leading to the DQ…
Paul: Now I’ve always been a pretty big wrestling fan since I was a wee lad, but after 13 straight matches, even I was considering doing my Roberto Duran impression and screaming “No mas, No mas” at the top of my lungs. At this point my memory blurred so badly, that I wouldn’t be able to tell Scotty Aboot from an actual boot. Let’s say some stuff happened, then it happened some more, then it stopped happening.
Winner: Chasyn Rance by DQ
Match Fourteen
The Plague w/ The Iceman vs. Derek Sanders
Paul: The Plague is a massive competitor that can be seen in AWS, EWF and the nightmares of children the world over (he’s like Michael Jackson in that sense). Derek Sanders comes to us via APW in NorCal.
Jay: HELL YEAH! THE PLAGUE! He’s one baaad dude and he’s gonna mess Derek Sanders’ world up. BOOM! Bigtime clean-and-jerk press slam. BAM! Rolling body splash into huge overhead belly-to-belly. KIP UP! RACK! TAPOUT! Fuck yeah, Plague rules.
Paul: Yeah, I agree. Plague is a really impressive wrestler. Great in the monster role, amazing power, surprising agility. No complaints here, fine match up.
Winner: The Plague
– Then Marquez announces that this will be our final match of the afternoon. Hey, wait a minute… where was the clearly advertised LIL’ CHOLO? I call bullshit. I’d ask for my money back and cite the lack of Cholo for a reason. Then I recalled that the show was free… still, it needed more Cholo.
Match Fifteen
Los Luchas Vs. Joey Ryan and Karl “The Machine Gun” Anderson
Paul: Wow, after the fastest week ever, it was time for the main event for the afternoon. For those following at home, Los Luchas defeated Ryan/Anderson in Las Vegas back in September, last week Ryan/Anderson challenged Los Luchas to a rematch, which they accepted. Which brings us to Week Three’s featured contest.
Jay: This had been built the whole show (along with Frankie Kazarian vs. Adam Pearce, which sadly never happened) and apparently it was for the trophy which Los Luchas won in Las Vegas, though it was never explicitly stated. This was a nicely done main event tag, and had the only other decent false finish (Luchas hit a big finish, and Joey pulls the ref out of the ring.) However, Los Luchas made a big mistake of not covering the ring effectively, as after Zokre hit a big dive to the outside on Joey, Anderson used the distraction to clock Phoenix Star with the trophy for the pin, and to (presumably) win the “Copa de Lucha.” Not a bad way to cap off the tapings, by any means.
Paul: This match was built up very well through out the taping (guessing it will air after the Las Vegas match, so it’ll come off even better to those at home) It was a really good match to send us home. Putting the emphasis on the classic dichotomy between good and evil, white guys and mexicans, the masked and the mask less. Ryan/Anderson make a pretty darn good team, you really hated them for stealing one away from the plucky Los Luchas. But really how could you hate Joey? Trust me, I’ve tried and you just can’t.
Winners: Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson
Then at around 2:23 PM (or was it AM? It felt like AM) the show had finally ended.
Final Thoughts: Wow, that 3 weeks flew by like it was only 21 days. I now know exactly how people in the 80s/90s must have felt having to sit through matches like Dino Bravo Vs. Reno Riggins 32 flipping times at WWF TV tapings. 15 matches, ranging from very good to what the hell was that? Overall, a decent if not remarkably spectacular afternoon of pro wrestling and tape change breaks. With that said, I would have no problem attending another one of these tapings. Especially after being told the next taping would take place later in the day.
So if YOU are interested in attending the next NWA Pro TV taping, it has been announced for November 4th back in NoHo (I like saying NoHo, sue me) with Adam Pearce Vs. Frankie Kazarian, and E.G.O. Vs. TJ Perkins and JJ Perez being likely match ups.
For more information check out: www.myspace.com/nwapro, NJPW.com, or do what everyone else does and keep it locked right here on SoCalUncensored.com for all the news and infomation you need to live a fullfilling life.
Until next time…
