<6/28/05 @ 3:51 AM PST>
- We didn't do either of the planned shows this past week. The show scheduled
for Wednesday just turned into a training session, which was fine. Saturday we
were all set for a show, but when we got to the Wrestleplex, there was no ring,
so there ya go (the ring's there now, don't worry). So it looks like the next
show is potentially our biggest show of the year, the 6th Annual Canada Day
Massacre.
<6/21/05 @ 4:24 AM PST>
- Media update: after recording the commentary and promos WELL OVER A YEAR AGO,
the full show from 3/7/04 ("175 Fists Per Stomach") is finally up in the media
section, with some tremendous, poorly-slapped-together editing. Also, we have
Kingpin's VCW music video debut with Shaken Baby Syndrome from March 26.
Additionally, we have both of Yakuza J's matches from IRW's New York Redemption
in March, against Anarchy Andy and Soyboy. This is hopefully only the first part
of a wave of new media, as we're expecting another 3, possibly 4, music videos.
- Two more shows until the Canada Day Massacre (possibly our most stacked card
ever), this Wednesday and Saturday.
<6/18/05 @ 4:47 AM PST>
- As promised, we got some matches under our belts this past Wednesday.
Considering it was a midweek show, some pretty major happenings... happened.
First we had the surprise return of Drew Sarian (as Drew Jack), against Mercury,
who came out to mock what he thought was an absent Sarian by wearing his gear.
Mercury actually ended up getting the win after going crazy on Drew Jack with
the staple gun. The other major event was the VCW debut of motherfucking
Kingpin. That's right, Kingpin wrestled his first match in well over 2 years
this past Wednesday, at VCW. He took on Zeus McFly in the main event, and McFly
managed to pull out the win, despite the 280-pound(~!) weight disadvantage
(believe me, it was weirder for me to write it than you to read it). Kingpin
wanted to shake off the ring rust before Backyard Fest (which is getting
frighteningly close), and with another show or two before the fest, he'll do so.
Also on the card we had Nick Price defeat Mercury with a Superfly Splash. A
rematch has been signed between the two for the Canada Day Massacre. The two
other matches on the card (Big Al vs. Daniel Makabe, and Ruckus vs. Johnny
Testarossa) featured two definite Spot of the Year candidates: Big Al reversing
Daniel Makabe's Tope with a powerslam, and a Springboard Dropkick to the FLOOR
by Ruckus on Johnny Testarossa.
<6/14/05 @ 12:03 AM PST>
- No show this past weekend due to injuries and unavailabilities. Hopefully this
will give everyone a chance to heal up for the big upcoming events. There is
also no show this weekend due to the ring being in transit on Saturday, and
apparently people celebrate Father's Day (who knew?), so no show on Sunday.
We'll get some matches in at training this Wednesday, then a show the weekend of
the 25th, then the 6th Annual Canada Day Massacre on the July 1, and the 3-day
Backyard Fest extravaganza the following week.
- Expect some new music videos in the next few days.
<6/8/05 @ 4:27 AM PST>
- The updates just keep on comin'. After last week's show title, Lenny D's A
Series of Unfortunate Events, actually LED to a series of unforunate events, we
figured we'd play it safe with a less foreboding title this week: "The Event
Wherein Everybody Has Fun and Nobody Gets Hurt." And it pretty well paid off. No
major injuries, and no yelling and/or screaming and/or bitching and/or walking
out on matches. First up was Zeus McFly taking on Johnny Testarossa, still
looking for that elusive first win. And this was probably the closest he's come
yet. Johnny was busting out Saturday Night Lives into walls, Spinning Rock
Bottoms onto the apron, and all sorts of shit. He even busted out a
Spit-in-the-mouth Steiner Recliner, but this merely served to anger McFly, who
snowballed the spit back into Testarossa's mouth as he applied the Camel Clutch
for the win. Second on the menu was Big Al, in his rad new pink tights, taking
on the other half of the YOH Tag Team Champions, Tiger J, after defeating Ryan
Rage to earn a future Tag Title shot for himself and Ruckus at a later date.
This match had no such stipulation, but Tiger J wanted to avenge his team's
honor. And avenge it he did. After a nasty Tiger Suplex that may have injured
Al's arm, Tiger J focussed his attack on it. And after Al made the crucial
mistake of going for, and missing, the Big Al-bow off the top, Tiger J hit a
tricked-out Canadian Destroyer on Al's arm for the victory. The main event was
Lenny D taking on Ruckus, who was receiving his first ever VCW Triple Crown
shot. After a messed up apron-to-floor belly-to-belly, both men were knocked a
little loopy, but still carried on and hit each other with everything they had.
After a flurry of offence from Ruckus, he went to finish things off with a
Top-rope Rana, but Lenny caught him and reversed it into a Top-rope Darkness
Dust for the win. Still a great showing for Ruckus, who has certified himself as
a main event player (as well as a top-level tag worker, along with partner Big
Al).
- Hard to believe it's only a month until Backyard Fest. Doesn't seem like that
long ago when people were talking about it being 6 or 7 months away, which
seemed like an awfully long time. Well, it's creeping up.
<6/1/05 @ 4:46 AM PST>
- We best be making with the updates, as we're already three shows behind. The
last few reports had ENTIRELY too much writing, so for this one, we're going
back to the uber-lazy "I tell you a bit of what happened, and then you look in
the Results section" deal. We did a double-shot the weekend of the 21st and
22nd, with each show having a huge match. In addition to the main, the Saturday
show had a big match between Jacob Myles and Sean Sylum for the Canadian Title.
The first two falls had some downright surreal spots, including Jacob Myles
making Sean Sylum fall asleep, and Sean Sylum ripping out Myles's heart. The
third fall was surprisingly announced as a Loser Leaves Town match. After giving
it his all, Sean Sylum fell to some sneaky tactics by Myles. This may be the
last time we see Sean Sylum for a while. The main event of "The Epicker
Encounter" was Scott Henson taking on Daniel Makabe in a match that hopefully,
for Henson's sake, lasts more than 22 seconds, unlike his flash loss to Makabe
at the Anniversary show. Henson had another three weeks to heal his shoulder
since the Anniversary, and now felt he was at 100%. Henson and Makabe pulled out
all the stops in this match, to put it mildly. After 27+ minutes of craziness,
Makabe reversed out of a You Sunk My Battleship attempt and hit the 20 Years
Old, capped off with a Top-rope Senton for the win. The second day of the
double-shot, appropriately titled "In Your House: Beware of Dog(fight)" was
indeed all about the first ever 3 Way Tag Dogfight in the history of wrestling,
featuring the Bubble Tea Mafia, the Fabulous Newton Boys, and Chris Mason &
Jacob Myles representing the In Crowd. This match had some spots that can only
be described as... scrumtrilescent. Way too much to name. In the end, after
Ruckus got a surprise small package on Yakuza J for the pin, the In Crowd,
instead of coming back into the match, simply walked out for the countout loss,
claiming "this match is jokes" (obviously some sort of cool kid slang), giving
the win to Ruckus & Big Al. This past Sunday the 29th, we had... fuck it, it's
nearly 5 in the morning. Read the results.
- The injury bug has struck hard in VCW. In addition to the chronic, nagging
injuries that almost everyone has, we have a few more serious injuries. In the
Dogfight on 5/22/05, Jacob Myles incurred the same injury that Scott Henson just
came back from (separated AC Joint), taking the 21 Years Old from Daniel Makabe.
And two more major injuries this past Sunday, as Yakuza J injured his right leg
(either ACL, MCL, hamstring, or a combination of the three) slingshotting into
the ring (which subsequently resulted in the postponement of the scheduled
Yakuza J vs. Daniel Makabe vs. PSYCH 3 Way Dance), and Chris Mason broke his
collarbone somewhere in his match with Lenny D. Mason didn't even realise he had
broken it until he went to the doctor's to check on what he thought was a broken
bone in his foot. The good news: his foot is fine.
Old News:
2005:
January, February,
March, April,
May
2004:
January, February,
March, April,
May, June,
July, August,
September, October,
November, December
2003: January,
February, March,
April,
May, June,
July, August,
September, October,
November, December
2002: November, December