Post by EWAPublicity on Sept 8, 2003 21:57:51 GMT -5
MATCH 8) Dr. Heresy v. Maverick Wild (EWA championship)
RT: Heresy was originally scheduled to face Hurricane John Walters on this card but Wild captured the recent New England Invitational as the best worker in New England, and one of his tournament victories included a win over Walters. So there was a thread of internal logic to this match. Internal logic rules.
The match started off with a very pure storytelling structure, as both guys traded fundamental holds. There were repeated switches coming off long hammerlocks, headlocks, and headscissors spots. It was an attempt to introduce the psychology of a long struggle between two intense competitors, and most of the WWE-educated crowd was willing to give it a chance. This was a nice departure from your standard indierrific spotfests. Wild emphasized his heel persona with a footstomp, smiling at the crowd after the damage done. He missed an elbowdrop, but Heresy connected, and he followed up with multiple elbows in the corner. Heresy hit a big vertical suplex to maintain control, but Wild crossed him up by throwing him to the outside, landing with a big bump to the floor.
Wild took the opportunity to nail Heresy with a huge diving elbow to the outside. Heresy was in deep trouble, and Wild made matters worse by driving several rough kneedrops into the back of Heresy’s head. After a tumbling Irish whip, Wild took a moment to break out an infantile celebration. He then stretched Heresy out with a variety of wacky lucha submission moves, including a couple of neck cranks and something I would label an inverted full nelson vice. Yeah, I’m not sure what that means, either.
Heresy tried to make a comeback by throwing a shoulderblock and knocking Wild to the outside. Heresy was busted open at this point, and he started brawling with Wild on the floor to try and even the score. Heresy scored a rope-assisted powerbomb, but when he tried to repeat it, Wild landed on his feet and snapped off a neckbreaker. Wild continued his strong neck psychology with more knees to the neck, a seated dropkick to the neck, and nice-looking Michinoku Driver II. Heresy pulled out a flash reversal for a 2-count, then they exchanged stiff blows in the corner. Wild missed a charge into the corner, and Heresy caught him with a DDT for a 2-count.
With Wild in the corner, Heresy hit a funky monkey flip-facebuster into his knees. I don’t know, I don’t have a name for that. He threw Wild’s head into the turnbuckle 10 times as the crowd counted along.
Finishing sequence came when Heresy hit a big powerslam for a 2-count. Referee Holyoke Joe then got caught in a big ref bump. Wild went to ringside and picked up his big NEI championship trophy. He clocked Heresy in the back of the head with the trophy, and picked up the 3-count to win the EWA championship. Promos from both guys afterwards set up the re-match in a Dog Collar match. That should be a good one. Hard to go wrong with these two guys.
CT: Wild wore a cape to the ring, along with bringing his NEI Trophy. Everyone should wear capes as much as possible. It’s the Hot New Look for 2003. Wild comes out and acts incredibly mellow (especially for him). Heresy comes out and they do ring intros with both guys in the ring. Nice touch to really get the "Title Match" aspect over.
This promised to be a good one, and certainly delivered. Heresy’s probably best known for his promos , but his work is really, really really good. His ability to structure a match and to time his comebacks is nearly perfect. Wild is a veteran who is finally being allowed to make some waves on the New England scene. He was also Doug Williams’ opponent in Doug’s first North American match. And he hung with Doug. That’ll tell ya about his ability and condition.
They worked it with a slow-building, main event style. Completely different from anything else on the card, and it was great. Lots of headlocks, reversals, armbars, reversals, etc. It’s a hard style to get across, since the modern crowds have been educated to the 100% bell-to-bell style these days. But the crowd "got" what they were trying. Heck, the little kid next to me (not Roel) kept yelling "TAP!" everytime Heresy got an armbar on Wild. With each reversal, Maverick got more and more frustrated, finally "snapping" and nailing Heresy on the outside with a stiff lariat and yelling "Yay for Maverick!" Glad he’s a fan of himself, I guess.
Bryan Alvarez once said that Wild’s style was so distinctive that he’d never need to watch another match with him, and he’d always be able to picture how he works. Wild held up his end of the bargain by Irish Whipping Heresy with such force that it caused himself to do a flip. In celebration, he then hopped around the ring while sitting Indian Style. Okay, this is the Maverick we know & love. Then he busts out a couple of Whacky Lucha Submissions that twisted Heresy into weird positions. Heresy’s charismatic (and over) enough to get the crowd to pull for him in all of these situations. Heresy starts making his comeback, setting up for his Couch Trip (Flatliner) finisher. But the silly ref gets in the way, and is KO’d. As the good Doctor tries some CPR on the ref, Maverick sneaks outside and gets his NEI trophy. One Trophy Shot later, we have a brandy-new EWA Champion.
Good match, with the slow build in not only work, but in Wild’s heel turn. He started out as the sympathetic veteran, finally getting his shot at the EWA Title, and by the end had the crowd hating his cheating ways. It was made even more effective by the fact that no other match even had a non-clean finish. That’s protecting your main event via booking right there.
Post-match, Heresy gets on the stick (and acknowledges that "It’s not an EWA Show if you don’t hear from Dr. Heresy.") and expresses his outrage at Wild having to cheat to win. He even ties in the NEI Tournament, his (shoot) respect for Wild as a mentor, and how disappointed he was at how Wild has changed. He then challenges Wild to a Dog Collar match for the next show. Even with the face losing the match, the crowd went home pretty happy because Heresy knows exactly which buttons to push in his promos.
Post-show stuff:
CT: I wind up missing my train by literally 90 seconds. I blame the 20 minute Larry Huntley promo. All was not lost, however. I spent the night in the wonderful, loving comfort of Roel’s family’s living room. I’ve never felt so loved in my life. Heck, his mom even gave me a toothbrush to use. How do I get adopted to this family??
Conclusion
RT: This had to be the best card from top to bottom that the EWA has produced in Southbridge. It’s always exciting to see talent like Chi Chi Cruz, Antonio Thomas, and Maverick Wild on the card. And I think everyone agrees that Chris Hamrick is one of the best workers on the indy scene today. Everyone gave a fantastic effort, the crowd was hot for all the action, and there were no bad matches to speak of. Congratulations to the EWA on a fantastic effort.
CT: Wonderful, great show, with the usual 100% effort from the workers and the well-planned booking for the show. Add to that the really hot crowd, and you have the best show since the EWA started running Southbridge. All the promotion they did to advertise the show led to a large crowd, and the quality of the show itself basically guarantees that those people come back. They did nothing to piss me off (and I get pissed off easily), everything that should have delivered did so, and everything that was sketchy even came through better than expected.
So, already set up for their 10/17 return are: Heresy vs. Wild in a Dog Collar match, Krazy & Kryptonite vs. Booker & Armadillo in a Texas Death match, as well as kick-ass workers like Antonio Thomas, Chi Chi Cruz, John Walters, etc. to round out cards. I’m glad that the New England promotions have put aside their differences in order to a) get guys more work and b) make the cards that much better. Top to bottom, this was almost an all-star show and that quality seems like it’ll continue. I mean, they had the 3 best announcers in the area, the best refs, and all of the best workers all in the same building. You put that in with the smart booking, and it’s all good, man. If you’re anywhere in New England, you should check out one of their shows in the future. It’s about the best $10 you can spend. Well now that the streetwalkers have raised their prices…
Email me if you wanna talk about any of this: lvrboytarn@yahoo.com
RT: Heresy was originally scheduled to face Hurricane John Walters on this card but Wild captured the recent New England Invitational as the best worker in New England, and one of his tournament victories included a win over Walters. So there was a thread of internal logic to this match. Internal logic rules.
The match started off with a very pure storytelling structure, as both guys traded fundamental holds. There were repeated switches coming off long hammerlocks, headlocks, and headscissors spots. It was an attempt to introduce the psychology of a long struggle between two intense competitors, and most of the WWE-educated crowd was willing to give it a chance. This was a nice departure from your standard indierrific spotfests. Wild emphasized his heel persona with a footstomp, smiling at the crowd after the damage done. He missed an elbowdrop, but Heresy connected, and he followed up with multiple elbows in the corner. Heresy hit a big vertical suplex to maintain control, but Wild crossed him up by throwing him to the outside, landing with a big bump to the floor.
Wild took the opportunity to nail Heresy with a huge diving elbow to the outside. Heresy was in deep trouble, and Wild made matters worse by driving several rough kneedrops into the back of Heresy’s head. After a tumbling Irish whip, Wild took a moment to break out an infantile celebration. He then stretched Heresy out with a variety of wacky lucha submission moves, including a couple of neck cranks and something I would label an inverted full nelson vice. Yeah, I’m not sure what that means, either.
Heresy tried to make a comeback by throwing a shoulderblock and knocking Wild to the outside. Heresy was busted open at this point, and he started brawling with Wild on the floor to try and even the score. Heresy scored a rope-assisted powerbomb, but when he tried to repeat it, Wild landed on his feet and snapped off a neckbreaker. Wild continued his strong neck psychology with more knees to the neck, a seated dropkick to the neck, and nice-looking Michinoku Driver II. Heresy pulled out a flash reversal for a 2-count, then they exchanged stiff blows in the corner. Wild missed a charge into the corner, and Heresy caught him with a DDT for a 2-count.
With Wild in the corner, Heresy hit a funky monkey flip-facebuster into his knees. I don’t know, I don’t have a name for that. He threw Wild’s head into the turnbuckle 10 times as the crowd counted along.
Finishing sequence came when Heresy hit a big powerslam for a 2-count. Referee Holyoke Joe then got caught in a big ref bump. Wild went to ringside and picked up his big NEI championship trophy. He clocked Heresy in the back of the head with the trophy, and picked up the 3-count to win the EWA championship. Promos from both guys afterwards set up the re-match in a Dog Collar match. That should be a good one. Hard to go wrong with these two guys.
CT: Wild wore a cape to the ring, along with bringing his NEI Trophy. Everyone should wear capes as much as possible. It’s the Hot New Look for 2003. Wild comes out and acts incredibly mellow (especially for him). Heresy comes out and they do ring intros with both guys in the ring. Nice touch to really get the "Title Match" aspect over.
This promised to be a good one, and certainly delivered. Heresy’s probably best known for his promos , but his work is really, really really good. His ability to structure a match and to time his comebacks is nearly perfect. Wild is a veteran who is finally being allowed to make some waves on the New England scene. He was also Doug Williams’ opponent in Doug’s first North American match. And he hung with Doug. That’ll tell ya about his ability and condition.
They worked it with a slow-building, main event style. Completely different from anything else on the card, and it was great. Lots of headlocks, reversals, armbars, reversals, etc. It’s a hard style to get across, since the modern crowds have been educated to the 100% bell-to-bell style these days. But the crowd "got" what they were trying. Heck, the little kid next to me (not Roel) kept yelling "TAP!" everytime Heresy got an armbar on Wild. With each reversal, Maverick got more and more frustrated, finally "snapping" and nailing Heresy on the outside with a stiff lariat and yelling "Yay for Maverick!" Glad he’s a fan of himself, I guess.
Bryan Alvarez once said that Wild’s style was so distinctive that he’d never need to watch another match with him, and he’d always be able to picture how he works. Wild held up his end of the bargain by Irish Whipping Heresy with such force that it caused himself to do a flip. In celebration, he then hopped around the ring while sitting Indian Style. Okay, this is the Maverick we know & love. Then he busts out a couple of Whacky Lucha Submissions that twisted Heresy into weird positions. Heresy’s charismatic (and over) enough to get the crowd to pull for him in all of these situations. Heresy starts making his comeback, setting up for his Couch Trip (Flatliner) finisher. But the silly ref gets in the way, and is KO’d. As the good Doctor tries some CPR on the ref, Maverick sneaks outside and gets his NEI trophy. One Trophy Shot later, we have a brandy-new EWA Champion.
Good match, with the slow build in not only work, but in Wild’s heel turn. He started out as the sympathetic veteran, finally getting his shot at the EWA Title, and by the end had the crowd hating his cheating ways. It was made even more effective by the fact that no other match even had a non-clean finish. That’s protecting your main event via booking right there.
Post-match, Heresy gets on the stick (and acknowledges that "It’s not an EWA Show if you don’t hear from Dr. Heresy.") and expresses his outrage at Wild having to cheat to win. He even ties in the NEI Tournament, his (shoot) respect for Wild as a mentor, and how disappointed he was at how Wild has changed. He then challenges Wild to a Dog Collar match for the next show. Even with the face losing the match, the crowd went home pretty happy because Heresy knows exactly which buttons to push in his promos.
Post-show stuff:
CT: I wind up missing my train by literally 90 seconds. I blame the 20 minute Larry Huntley promo. All was not lost, however. I spent the night in the wonderful, loving comfort of Roel’s family’s living room. I’ve never felt so loved in my life. Heck, his mom even gave me a toothbrush to use. How do I get adopted to this family??
Conclusion
RT: This had to be the best card from top to bottom that the EWA has produced in Southbridge. It’s always exciting to see talent like Chi Chi Cruz, Antonio Thomas, and Maverick Wild on the card. And I think everyone agrees that Chris Hamrick is one of the best workers on the indy scene today. Everyone gave a fantastic effort, the crowd was hot for all the action, and there were no bad matches to speak of. Congratulations to the EWA on a fantastic effort.
CT: Wonderful, great show, with the usual 100% effort from the workers and the well-planned booking for the show. Add to that the really hot crowd, and you have the best show since the EWA started running Southbridge. All the promotion they did to advertise the show led to a large crowd, and the quality of the show itself basically guarantees that those people come back. They did nothing to piss me off (and I get pissed off easily), everything that should have delivered did so, and everything that was sketchy even came through better than expected.
So, already set up for their 10/17 return are: Heresy vs. Wild in a Dog Collar match, Krazy & Kryptonite vs. Booker & Armadillo in a Texas Death match, as well as kick-ass workers like Antonio Thomas, Chi Chi Cruz, John Walters, etc. to round out cards. I’m glad that the New England promotions have put aside their differences in order to a) get guys more work and b) make the cards that much better. Top to bottom, this was almost an all-star show and that quality seems like it’ll continue. I mean, they had the 3 best announcers in the area, the best refs, and all of the best workers all in the same building. You put that in with the smart booking, and it’s all good, man. If you’re anywhere in New England, you should check out one of their shows in the future. It’s about the best $10 you can spend. Well now that the streetwalkers have raised their prices…
Email me if you wanna talk about any of this: lvrboytarn@yahoo.com