Monday, August 30, 2010

Weekend Wrap-Up: Aaweoruaehlkjhasdfasd FRIGHTMARE!

Your NEW Young Lions Cup Champion!- Big indie weekend, with arguably the biggest event coming in the form of Chikara's annual Young Lions Cup. Blog-fan, indie savant and possible Chikara booker KoppoKick absolutely nailed the tournament, save a couple of prelim matches, as he correctly called the Frightmare over Lince Dorado final. My predictions didn't fare as well, but hey, at least I got both finalists in my favorites list! Anyway, my prohibitive favorite to win, Johnny Gargano, didn't leave the weekend totally empty-handed; he won the Chikara Rumble Countdown Showdown, which is a neat consolation prize. Also, while QuackSaw didn't gain their third point, thanks to Derek Sabato's shenanigans, 3.0 did, beating the Smash Bros. on Saturday and the House of Truth Sunday. My wish to see more of them shall come true! I don't give them much of a chance to beat the $wi$$ Money Holding team of Ares and Claudio Castagnoli (I still think they're gonna swerve the hell out of us and have the team of Quack and STIGMA do it), but at least the match will be super-entertaining.

- ROH ran a couple of shows this weekend too in Richmond and Charlotte. The big news out of there was the finish of Tag Wars 2010, which saw the Kings of Wrestling retain their titles. The other big news was that they heeled Tyler Black in preparation for him bolting to the WWE. He ducked two title matches, needed to use the ropes to defeat Eddie Edwards in Richmond Friday and then lost to Davey Richards in Charlotte Saturday. He says he wants to keep the title with him when he goes to the WWE. Yeah, that's not going to happen.

- Craig "Human Tornado" Williams was released from the hospital Saturday... only to be readmitted after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism. When it rains, it pours. Holy shit. Keep the prayers and good vibes coming, because he's gonna need 'em.

- Also, apparently, Masked Warriors has been put on hiatus by MTV2. BOO! Hopefully, we do get a second season out of this, because the show was junk-food fun and had some good talents, like El Oriental, RJ Brewer, Lujo Esquire, Mentallo and Mascarita Dorada. Sometimes, life just isn't fair.

- Take this with a grain of salt, but apparently, FCW camera crews have been following a bunch of guys around more intently than some of their other roster members, and the list includes Bo Rotundo (brother of Husky Harris), Xavier Woods (aka Consequences Creed) and Richie Steamboat. There were a bunch of other names listed though, so I doubt you'll see all three for NXT Season 3, especially since it's four men and four women for the next season. Finale is tomorrow night. Pray to whatever god it is you pray to that Kaval is named the winner.

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