Sunday night while waiting to go to Dayton to pick up the soon-2-be ex from the airport, I attended a local Middletown promotion wrestling event. The promotion was called Slaughterhouse Wrestling Alliance and the show was held in an old school, which they renamed "The Slaughterhouse". Nice. They claim to promote "family-friendly" entertainment. With a name like "Slaughterhouse", doubt many families would go to it.
As for the show itself, the Main Event match was the best of the night with the only other decent one was a Triple-Threat match. Otherwise, the rest of the show was pretty much a waste. The Main event was a 3-team, 12-man match. Well, 11-man, 1-woman match. I will try to remember the names. One team consisted of The Shamrock Saints (Ryan O'Bryan & Miley O'Riley), "Hard Body" Rogers and Panther, who was accompanied by Lady Diamond. More on her later. The second team included Dave & Jake Crist, "Madness" (Sorry, didn't get his name) and TKO. The last team had 2 guys whose names I didn't catch along with Aaron Xtreme and Lil' Naughty. The match was fast paced, but still focused on the basics of wrestling. The Crist Bros. lived up to their hype as excellent wrestlers and as I have said before, Xtreme is one of the most exciting wrestlers in SW Ohio to watch. Madness was very powerful, often tossing the much-smaller O'Riley around like a rag doll. Now I have worked with O'Bryan, Naughty and Xtreme before and I knAll the competitors in this match were talented, with the exception of Rogers. He spent most of the match stumbling around the outside and was more of a distraction than anything.
This was Panther's second match of the night as he was in the afore-mentioned 3-way. Panther is talented and it is wasted in a federation such as this. He needs to find a more reputable fed and grow there if he wishes to move forward with his career.
Other than that, the rest of the show came nowhere near as good as those 2 matches. Too many large, slow guys stumbling over themselves. And most seemed as if they had no business inside the squared circle. There were a couple others who had some talent on the card though, but for the most part the rest of the show was bad. Rarely working the crowd, no real match work, no basics. Real sloppy work. Don't like my assessment, prove me wrong next time then.
There were a multitude of valets as well. Not that it was a bad thing, but too many cooks spoil the stew. Lady Diamond has evolved from the first time I saw her. She supported her man and did it without looking like a jezebel. Same as Wicked Angel. Very glamourous (tiara included), though quiet. Raven looked cute though maybe not evil as the name of her team would imply. There was another girl valeting with her but mostly walked around carrying one of the Tag Team belts. The last girl looked totally out of place there. Could use a makeover on "What Not To Wear" and valeted for one of the faces. Dressed as though she should have been with a heel though and looked very sloppy. The last was an old adversary of mine in DWA, Natasha Rivers. An apparent neck injury had her in neck brace and not moving much. Was not attired as usual either.
My suggestion to the promoter. If you want to be taken seriously, change the name of the federation to start with. The name Slaughterhouse is more likely to turn people off, especially if they have families. Both shows I have attended had appox. 75 fans each time. Don't be generic, but don't be gruesome either. Then, take the 10 guys from the Main Event (lose Rogers, he did nothing for the match) and add 2 or 3 of the best of the rest. Better to have 5-6 great matches than 9-10 matches with a couple good ones and the rest fillers with any guy who showed up with a pair of knee pads.
Follow that and and see where it takes you. That is all the free advice I can give. Until then I am at the top of the food chain and you are all what my food eats. I am The Colonel and if you're not down with that, I got 3 words for you...... LIVE WITH IT!!!!!!
As for the show itself, the Main Event match was the best of the night with the only other decent one was a Triple-Threat match. Otherwise, the rest of the show was pretty much a waste. The Main event was a 3-team, 12-man match. Well, 11-man, 1-woman match. I will try to remember the names. One team consisted of The Shamrock Saints (Ryan O'Bryan & Miley O'Riley), "Hard Body" Rogers and Panther, who was accompanied by Lady Diamond. More on her later. The second team included Dave & Jake Crist, "Madness" (Sorry, didn't get his name) and TKO. The last team had 2 guys whose names I didn't catch along with Aaron Xtreme and Lil' Naughty. The match was fast paced, but still focused on the basics of wrestling. The Crist Bros. lived up to their hype as excellent wrestlers and as I have said before, Xtreme is one of the most exciting wrestlers in SW Ohio to watch. Madness was very powerful, often tossing the much-smaller O'Riley around like a rag doll. Now I have worked with O'Bryan, Naughty and Xtreme before and I knAll the competitors in this match were talented, with the exception of Rogers. He spent most of the match stumbling around the outside and was more of a distraction than anything.
This was Panther's second match of the night as he was in the afore-mentioned 3-way. Panther is talented and it is wasted in a federation such as this. He needs to find a more reputable fed and grow there if he wishes to move forward with his career.
Other than that, the rest of the show came nowhere near as good as those 2 matches. Too many large, slow guys stumbling over themselves. And most seemed as if they had no business inside the squared circle. There were a couple others who had some talent on the card though, but for the most part the rest of the show was bad. Rarely working the crowd, no real match work, no basics. Real sloppy work. Don't like my assessment, prove me wrong next time then.
There were a multitude of valets as well. Not that it was a bad thing, but too many cooks spoil the stew. Lady Diamond has evolved from the first time I saw her. She supported her man and did it without looking like a jezebel. Same as Wicked Angel. Very glamourous (tiara included), though quiet. Raven looked cute though maybe not evil as the name of her team would imply. There was another girl valeting with her but mostly walked around carrying one of the Tag Team belts. The last girl looked totally out of place there. Could use a makeover on "What Not To Wear" and valeted for one of the faces. Dressed as though she should have been with a heel though and looked very sloppy. The last was an old adversary of mine in DWA, Natasha Rivers. An apparent neck injury had her in neck brace and not moving much. Was not attired as usual either.
My suggestion to the promoter. If you want to be taken seriously, change the name of the federation to start with. The name Slaughterhouse is more likely to turn people off, especially if they have families. Both shows I have attended had appox. 75 fans each time. Don't be generic, but don't be gruesome either. Then, take the 10 guys from the Main Event (lose Rogers, he did nothing for the match) and add 2 or 3 of the best of the rest. Better to have 5-6 great matches than 9-10 matches with a couple good ones and the rest fillers with any guy who showed up with a pair of knee pads.
Follow that and and see where it takes you. That is all the free advice I can give. Until then I am at the top of the food chain and you are all what my food eats. I am The Colonel and if you're not down with that, I got 3 words for you...... LIVE WITH IT!!!!!!