- CHIKARA ran two shows this weekend, one in Easton, PA Saturday and one in Fairfield, CT Sunday. To no one's surprise and the chagrin of more than a few Chikara fans, including birthday boy and blog-fan Sean Williams, it was a whitewash of BDK dominance, punctuated by the team of $wi$$ Money Holding, Claudio Castagnoli and Ares, winning the Campeonatos de Parejas. It's been three months so far, and the BDK has shown major levels of dominance. What I can say as a rebuttal (in almost a Devil's advocate style, since I'm a bit worried at the heel dominance, although not as worried as most) is that in three months, Chikara has run 5 shows, which is what a company like, say, TNA runs in an entire month, or the WWE in two weeks. Angle progression therefore seems slower, but is really moving along at the same rate if you look at it by the number of shows rather than the amount of time.
- ROH also ran two shows this weekend, Friday in Detroit and Saturday in Mississuaga, ON (Toronto area). The lineups looked good. The Detroit show got middling reviews, with most of the praise coming for the six-man main (Briscoes and Black vs. Wolves and Hero) and Strong/Omega. For the Ontario show, well, in a funny bit of business, neither Roderick Strong nor Mark Briscoe were allowed across the border. Seriously, Jay was allowed but Mark wasn't? And what did Roderick Strong do so bad that Canada doesn't want him? Maybe he smuggles cheap prescription drugs out. I can't find a report on that show, but again, the lineup looked pretty good. With no title defenses until The Big Bang, it really looks like they're putting all their eggs into the same basket for that Charlotte show.
- TNA ran a PPV last night called Destination X, implying that the X-Division would be the spotlight. Yeah, about that... the last X-Division match finished with three matches left to go on the card. If you want to read about it, Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline has a recap. He's accused of being a ZOMG H8R by the TNA mutants, but I found this to be even-handed, well, as even-handed as a guy who clearly didn't enjoy the show could make it. Wade Keller's review of the show also noted that Kurt Angle started off a blood-feud with a 2-minute side headlock. He's reputed to be a great wrestler anymore why?
- RIP Baron Mikel Scicluna. One of the (W)WWF's biggest stars in the '60s passed at age 80 after a prolonged battle with liver cancer. Condolences to his family and friends.
Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein - Please visit his site to view the plentiful amounts of pictures he's taken for DGUSA, ROH and other indie feds: Get Lost Photography
