Two Title Bouts Headline WWA Superstars In Toledo

April 11, and Somerset Hall was the venue for another card of wrestling from the
1980's. If you liked that era of pro wrestling, this was the card for you. If you didn't like that style--not so much. A crowd of about 100, mostly faithful regulars, was on hand for the festivities. Now to the action.

First bout saw crowd favorite Halloween take on Pitt Bull (the fans chanted "Poodle" at him). This match served mainly as a warm-up, but the crowd popped big when halloween nailed his foe with a spear for the win! This in spite of interference by "The Sharped Dressed Man," Jason Harris, who announced that he was taking on Pitt Bull as his protege (ala "NXT?").

In an interview segment, Tag Champs, The CIA (Denzell Titan & Black Velvet)announced that they would be touring Japan, and thanked the fans for their support. No one, I suspect, was caught unawares by the run-in by Pastor Pain, and his cohort, except for the CIA! They delivered a beatdown on both of the champs. The culmination saw Titan slammed through a table. It took two tries to accomplish!

The second match of the night saw Brandon Edward delivered into the hands of Babatunde, the 435 lb clone of Kamala. Edwards proved no match for his much larger foe, and was quickly disposed of! Babatunde then went on a rampage pinning "Jungle Jane," one of his handlers in a corner. Much of the roster came to Jane's aid, only to be disposed of by Babatunde!

Bobo Brazil, Jr. finally made the successful save, and cleared the ring so match number 3 could get under way. Anothe local favorite, Bryan Castle--The New Age Patriot took on The Ripper who, needless to say was from "parts unknown." Highlight of this match was a dropkick by the nearly 300 lb Castle, who went to win with a Russian leg sweep.

Last bout before intermission was CIA defending the tag title against the Kentucky Wrecking Crew. Black Velvet was the only member of his team at the start of the contest. Pastor Pain, and his partner attacked their outnumbered foe with utter ferocity, and seemed headed to certain victory, until a heavily bandaged Denzell made his appearance. The champs made the heroic comeback, much to the partisan crowd's delight, and escaped with the win.

After intermission, Andy Chene took on his former partner, Crimsom. It was a wild match filled with brawling in and out of the ring. At one point Crimsom spewed a red mist into Chene's face and the two continued their brawl. After a couple of minutes the announcer declared that Crimsom had been disqualified? A very strange finish! Don't know if someone's timing was off or what?

Next up was what proved to be the best match of the night! Jason Harris, AKA, the "Sharp Dressed Man," vs D-Ray 3000. This was a classic example of storytelling at its in-ring best! Action went back and forth until D-ray nailed the win with a brain-buster. Pitt Bull then entered the ring and, with his new mentor delivered a beatdown to D-Ray. These two deserve a push, and a good feud is the proper vehicle for that push.

Main Event was another in a series of wierd stipulation title bouts. This time it was a "wave the flag to surrender" match. Match could only be won by one of the combatants seconds waving a white flag (presumably to save his man from further damage). Bobo Brazil,Jr., the Champ, was seconded by Dr. Jerry Graham, Jr. Challenger Sebastian Rose was seconded by the ubiquitous Pastor Pain.

Brazil won when Pain attempted to hit him with the flag, prompting the referee to declare: "you waved the flag!" a furious Pain called for Babatumbe to come to the ring and attack Brazil. The two (Brazil and Babatumbe) then battled all the way back to the dressing room! The two will meet again on May 9, at the next event.

The good: Jason Harris and D-Ray 3000.

The bad: misscues

The ugly: Wierd stipulations, and wierd finish in the main event. Brazil and Rose can put on an entertaining match without this nonsense. Fans who pay to see these shows deserve clean finishes.