(4) Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno & Player Dos) beat Punisher Van Slyke & Kevin Graham to retain the 2CW Tag Titles. The prices are decent, but the service is very slow, still the food gets a 10/10 as far as snackstands go. The lobby was well air-conditioned and the food was good as always. There were nine matches and a long DDP segment, so a half-hour intermission would have drained the crowd further alongside the heat. There was no intermission and I think it was a good idea. 4/10 because it was billed as a Street Fight and didn't deliver. It couldn't have hurt adding a few weapon shorts or something, as there weren't any weapons on the show so it wouldn't have taken away from anything.
The crowd lost steam for this match, but it was still a solid performance by both guys, especially for Milan as a relative greenhorn. Milan and Bin Hamin picked up the win after Hamin hit Springate from the outside with a flag. A half-dozen people in the crowd were very anti-Milan. ZS3 laid out Milan with a few belt-assisted punches and they traded some hard-hitting moves. This was billed as a Street Fight, but it was a total letdown. He's terrible in the ring and hardly did anything during this match, which was probably for the better. But, I guess cheap heat is better than no heat. I know the foreigner thing is a good way to get cheap heat, and it worked when he wrestled Hacksaw, but he's just terrible. Firstly, it's not the '70s anymore, so people are going to notice that he's just a white guy with a beard. Then, there's Bin Hamin, who is terrible. Milan is a young guy trained by Brodie Lee, I understand. ZS3 is another 2CW staple, wearing his street clothes for a Street Fight that stayed in the ring mostly. (3) Matt Milan & Bin Hamin beat Zachary Springate the Third in a two-on-one Street Fight. Isys defeated Cheech with a version of the vertebreaker - a sick spot that gave the match a nice exclamation point and ending, but a little risky for Match #2, though. The crowd was heating up a little for this match and I believe both wrestlers traded suicide dives or topes to the floor. Cheech tried to start a fight with several toddlers during his way to the ring. This was a solid match with a lot of playing the crowd. Isys was wearing his ridiculous hat - he's a 2CW fixture and he's constantly over, but I'm not sure that he's ever played the bad guy, which he would probably be good at it. I've seen him do a lot of risky stuff with Cloudy back in the day, and I would like to see him on the upper-card in some competitive singles matches, but he's such a good heel that he's good anywhere on the card.
I've only ever seen him live in mid-card or opener type matches with about one-fourth comedy and three-fourths wrestling matches.
Every one of his moves and mannerisms are deliberate and he's also a fantastic technical and pro wrestler. His in-ring persona and personality are better than most of the guys on TV. Decent match, but the opener style wrestling coupled with the muggy arena made for a sluggish crowd, which kind of set the tone for the night. They hit a flurry of Tatanka chops that were pretty ridiculous/entertaining. Loca Vida always brings the energy and the Steves are solid. Dick Justice is hilarious inside the ring, but he always wrestles a little soft, as in cautiously. This was a pretty standard opening match with everyone hitting their basic spots without anyone getting too risky. (1) The Killer Steves & Loca Vida (electric dream machine) beat Supercop Dick Justice & Pete D. The building was very hot it may have been as low as 85 degrees but plenty humid. They had bleacher seating alongside one side of the ring/rink, as opposed to two sides as they've done in the past.
Second row seats were still available at the front door, which I usually don't see. There were eight at the first show, and about twelve at the last. There were seven rows of chairs around the ring.
It seemed that two-thirds of the crowd went for the meet and greet, so DDP had a pretty good pay day tonight. They didn't start the show until the line was gone, which was about 7:30. Diamond Dallas Page was doing a meet and greet for ten dollars and had a huge line. I think they opened around 6:15, which is pretty good for a 2CW show. and the show at 7:00, but doors were pushed back to 6:00. Report by Tyler Kennedy, PWTorch correspondentÄoors were scheduled to open at 5:30 p.m.