"What Price Victory? "Questions Linger after Wild Night of Wrestling in Toledo

Somerset Hall in Toledo, was once again the venue for Powerbomb Championship Wrestling on November 21. A crowd of 200 or so fans witnessed a wild night of old school wrestling action.

The opener saw Tim Horner, Jr. take on "Whip Dog" ("what's my name?"). These were both new performers to this writer, and they put on a good basic match, won by good guy Horner, with a missile dropkick and a pin.

Next up Tag Champions, Jason "The Sharp Dressed Man" Harris, and his partner Rodney Van Dorn III, took on Denzell Titan and his partner Phil Atlas. This was just an excellent match. Incorporating lots of back and forth action by all four men. The end came when Crimson, making his first appearance of the night, sprayed the "red mist" into Atlas's eyes.

The referee disqualified Harris and Van Dorn, but they retained the titles. At this point, as the stricken Atlas was led away to the dressing room, and Titan seemed in danger of receiving a beatdown from the heels, Titan's original partner in the "CIA," Black Velvet came runnung to make the save.

Now recovered from an injury that sidelined him for eight months, velvet cleared the ring of bad guys, and to the delight of fans chanting "CIA, CIA," issued a challenge to the Tag Champions for title match. A request that was granted for the January 2, 2011 card.

Third match was a grudge match between D-Ray 3000, and his frequent tormentor, Sebastian Rose. This was won by the very popular D-Ray with a roll-up, that came almost out of nowhere. It was now time for intermission.

After the break, Sin-D took on Amanda Ruffin in a women's match. The crowd was really into this one, as" bratty heel" Ruffin cheated at every opportunity, eventually gaining a pin while holding onto the ropes with both hands. The very vocal crowd, which was solidly behind Sin-D, began a "rematch!" chant.

Next up was another grudge match as local hero, Brian "New Age Patriot" Castle sought revenge against Benjamin Boone. As you may recall at the last PCW show, a jealous Boone flattened Castle with the trophy that Castle received as "Dick The Bruiser" Rookie Of The Year.

This time the two battled to a double countout (not a popular decision with the crowd!). Castle then demanded, and was granted, a "falls count anywhere" rematch on the next card.

Now it was time for the main event. A six man tag pitting the team of 420 lb "Voodoo Murderer," Pastor Pain, and Crimson against the teal of Andy Chene, Bobo Brazil, Jr, and (thanks to a special 24 hour pass from the asylum for the criminally insane) Dr. jerry Graham's brother, Fabian Aloysius Graham. F. A. Graham was wheeled to ringside on a hand cart in cuffs and looking much like Hannibal Lecter!

The melee that ensued saw Percival Friend at ringside once again flattened (he suffered a similar fate last month at the hands of Benjamin Boone). Pastor Pain was pinned for the official verdict won by Graham-Brazil-Chene. But the night was not over, as Voodoo Murderer, and Brazil continued to battle. VM issued a challenge, quickly accepted, for a title match against Champion Brazil on the next card.

While all this was going on, Fabian made a successful run for the exit with brother Jerry, and several deputies, in hot pursuit! Returning without the escapee, Dr Graham ended the night's action by ruefully observing: "we won, but victory at what price? I've allowed my dangerous brother to be loosed upon the city."

Wonder if they will catch the dangerous escapee in time for the next card?

Price of Glory's Coldwater show features "A Fist Full of Dollar," and a Stray cat

November,7th saw Price Of Glory wrestling present both an exciting, if flawed, card and a search for a new home for a stray cat who had been dropped off at POG's home, the Michigan Sports Camp, the site for tonight's card.

Let's get to the action:

1) Parker James took on Joseph "The Hebrew Hammer" Schwartz,(accompanied by VIP promoter, Jamie P.) Schwartz used a piledriver to pick up the victory.

2) Osyris squared off against his last month tag partner, "The SI." SI is rapidly becoming the Santino Marella of the midwest, his comic persona gets better with each outing. In Osyris he faced a foe about twice his size. Both men played their roles well with Osyris literally tieing SI into a knot, before winning with a figure four leglock. In many ways the best, certainly the most entertaining match of the night.

3) A six man tag pitting Main Street Youth (Adam Bueller, Scott Young, and Ryan Epic)defeat Uncle Funky, and his Special Team (Ninja Joe, and "Dynamite" McFeters). After Main Street Youth almost self-destructed due to internal dissension, they pulled it together long enough to polish off Uncle Funky and company.

4)A "Four Corners" match saw Noah Lott put the Chaotic title on the line against against Jamie Eternal, Jack Verville, and Louis Lynden. Eternal pinned Verville to win the title.

After an intermission:

5) A "Battle Royal" featuring everyone who had already wrestled, plus a few more. The prize? an immediate Tag Title match for the last two men in the ring. This was truly chaotic. Keith Creme, and Mr. Nifty, both representing VIP Wrestling, were the survivors.

6) They immediately faced Tag Champs, "The Believers" (Mike Musso and Russ Jones) accompanied by the always annoying Max Morrison. Jamie P. joined his "Team VIP," at ringside. Team VIP picked up the win and the tag titles.

7) Main event time! POG champion Dollar putting the belt on the line against Glory Cup winner Sean Tyler. How can your reporter put this politely? Dollar needs to work on those abs! Enough said.

This was a fan favorite vs fan favorite bout, and was at times plodding. Tyler scored the upset win. Jimmie Shalwin (with the ubiquitous Max Morrison) came to ringside and challenged Tyler to an immediate match. Tyler accepted, and was quickly choked out by Shalwin. As Shalwin held court midring, disgruntled fans filed out.

In my opinion, someone got to cute with booking this one. Instead of ending with the "feel good" moment of Tyler's hard earned victory, the booker chose to close the night with a "buzz-killer" moment. The fans walking out on Shalwin's win seemed more disgusted, than angry. disgust doesn't fill seats!

POG will have to win them back in time for the December 5th show. Featuring a triple threat title match pitting Shalwin against Dollar, against Sean Tyler (who may have set a record for the shortest title reign!).