Results – HWA at The Sorg Opera House – 1/13/10

This past Wednesday January 13th, the HWA returned to The Sorg Opera House for its weekly show, the second of 2010.

Chris The Brain welcomed everyone to the show and then brought out his special guest, Dustin Rayz. Chris asked Rayz why did he turn his back on his now former friends, The Irish Airborne. Dustin replied by saying his friendship with the Crist Brothers transcends wrestling. Dustin said he grew up with Dave and Jake. They were inseparable, that he was practically the third brother. They broke into wrestling together and envisioned themselves on top of the wrestling world together. Dustin said that when he left HWA last year he had no plans to come back. That chapter was closed until Dave called him needing his help. Dustin returned to the HWA not because he wanted to but because his friends needed him to. Upon returning he realized things had changed, that it was more about green hair and goofing off than wrestling. Dustin said he would no longer stand in the shadow of the brothers Crist – its now Dustin Rayz time to shine.

After delivering his heated and emotional interview, Dustin Rayz stepped in the ring for one on one action against HWA rookie Kyle Haven. Haven has yet to earn a victory in HWA but continues to improve each week and fans are taking notice. Dustin insulted “The Southern Angel”, calling him “Cowboy” and asking where his lasso was. The bell rang and they tied up, with Dustin taking an upper hand. The match would last nine minutes and most fans seemed impressed that Haven lasted that long with the veteran. Haven got in his share of offense, which seemed to only anger Rayz more. Dustin would get the win after hitting Kyle with “The Catalyst”. Haven landed right on his neck and laid in the ring motionless for several moments after the match. Medical reports later that night indicated that Haven was ok, just a slight stinger.

The second match of the night featured Ron Mathis against lightweight sensation, Aaron Xtreme. After Aaron entered the ring, Mathis grabbed the microphone and after telling a fan to “educate his ugly children”, he reminded Aaron that it was him, Ron Mathis that ended the career of Brian Beech just a few weeks ago. Mathis told Aaron he had two choices: leave the ring now or wind up like Brian Beech. Aaron Xtreme seemed to be on his way to the back when he thought better of it and attacked Mathis as the bell rang. Aaron started the match off fast and furious with lightening quick offense, including a series of kicks and a spinning headscissors. Mathis would rebound with a stiff elbow to Aaron’s face. Mathis controlled most of the next seven minutes with his trademark offense but Aaron Xtreme was not going down without a fight. He pulled off several nice counters and managed to keep Mathis on his toes. Mathis would not be denied victory and wound up winning the match by submission. After the match Mathis was ready to inflict more damage to his fallen opponent but out of nowhere came Damien Daniels for the save, chasing Mathis out of the ring and saving Aaron.

Danny O’Brien, a paramount orator if there ever was one, came out to address the crowd. Danny mentioned that his team, The Hybrids, aren’t part of the upcoming American Luchacore Title Tournament and that Tim Donst will be. Danny called this an injustice and then pulled out a list of 201 reasons why Donst shouldn’t be a part of the tournament but The Hybrids should be. As Danny began to read his list, Tim Donst came through the crowd in street clothes and snuck up behind Danny. Danny turned around and Donst lifted Danny straight in the air and hit “From Dusk Til Donst”, one of the most breath taking finishers in all of wrestling. Danny was knocked out cold in the middle of the ring. Donst left the ring and headed towards the locker room, where The Irish Airborne and Jesse Emerson stood, blocking him. They told Donst that he needs to prove himself before he’s welcome back.

The Noble Bloods with Shawn Bond, came out for the next match to take on Utterly Fabulous. Utterly Fabulous has made an effort recently to be more serious and its showed. It was just one week ago that Sid Fabulous won the first annual HWA Mega Bowl. This tag team match was very evenly contested the whole way through. The Noble Bloods took every short cut in the book – lots of double and even triple team maneuvers. Shawn Bond’s presence was definitely felt throughout the match. Sid and Kid Fabulous employed lots of unique, fast paced offense and also displayed a genuine toughness that their critics often felt was missing before. The match would last a little more than fifteen minutes and both teams felt victory in their reach at different points. The closing moments of the match saw Kid Fabulous in trouble, in desperate need of making a tag. Matt Taylor had him in the middle of the ring and was positioning Kid for a likely match ending move when Sid tagged Kid without Taylor seeing the tag. Matt hesitated, taunting the crowd and Sid surprised him with a roll up from behind to get the winning pinfall! The Noble Bloods stood in the ring in disbelief as Utterly Fabulous celebrated this huge victory.

Kadan Assad took on Jesse Emerson in the evening’s fourth match. Lots of taunting before the bell by both men. The crowd was fired up, solidly behind Jesse and showering Kadan with chants of “USA!”. Kadan tried to get under Jesse’s skin early, but provoking him and then leaving the ring. When they finally locked up in the ring, they engaged in a test of strength, which Jesse won easily. Kadan stomped on Jesse’s foot and launched into a vicious assault, with lots of kicks to the midsection, eye rakes and uppercuts. Jesse countered with a drop toe hold and whipped Kadan from one corner across the ring to another, connecting with a running clothesline and followed it up with a bulldog. The match would continue to go back and forth, with Jesse controlling and Kadan resorting to underhanded tactics to stay in the match. Ten minutes into the match, Kadan kicked Jesse, who landed on the ref. Kadan went to the outside and grabbed a chair, bringing it into the ring. Instead of using the chair, Kadan laid the chair in the middle of the ring, laid down next to the chair and pretended to be knocked out. Not wanting to get DQ’d for something he didn’t do, Jesse laid down as well! The ref awoke and seemed quite confused. Both men stood up and Kadan grabbed the chair, swung at Jesse and missed. Jesse hooked him with a backslide and got the win! Its worth noting that during this match, a crazed “fan” showed up in dirty, tattered clothing covered in stains. He stared at fans and the wrestlers alike but never got involved. He would stay at ringside through the next match.

The main event of the evening saw The Irish Airborne challenging HWA Tag Team Champions, Royal Violence for the gold. One half of Royal Violence, Jon Moxly, won the HWA Heavyweight Title the week before from Aaron Williams – the man that beat Mox’s partner King Vu for the Heavyweight Title at World War 3. Mox and King Vu seemed somewhat tense with each other the whole match, often yelling at each other during the match for little to no reason at all. That’s not to say that Royal Violence wasn’t playing to win though. As HWA fans know, anytime you get The Irish Airborne, King Vu and Jon Moxly in the same ring, you’re going to get a great match and this was no exception. Both teams were hell-bent on leaving with the gold and it resulted in twenty hard fought minutes. Throughout the match, Royal Violence seemed to get more and more upset with each other and their tags in and out often seemed very hostile. Both men wanted to win the match themselves and gave Dave and Jake all they could handle. Mox had a very submission heavy game plan, whereas Vu used his usual punishing power based offense. The Airborne were very quick with the tags and were on their game tonight in terms of teamwork and keeping their opponents on their toes. The end of the match saw Jake superkick Vu out of the ring. As Vu went to get back in the ring, Mox accidentally hit him. Mox then got knocked out of the ring himself. Jake lifted Vu on his shoulders – an impressive feat to say the least – and Dave double stomped Vu’s back from the top rope as Jake held him. Dave then laid on the mat with his knees in the air and Jake dropped Vu across Dave’s knees, enabling Dave to pin Vu. The Irish Airborne are the new Tag Team Champions! As the Airborne celebrated, a shoving match broke out between King Vu and Mox. Matt Taylor and Chad Cruise hit the ring, attacking Mox. They held his arms and legs as King Vu delivered not one, but two huge splashes to Mox. The beat down resumed until the locker room cleared, chasing off The King’s Court. The damage was done though – Jon Moxly was hurt badly. Will he ever be the same again?