ACW Show News and Results

American Championship Wrestling returned to the Venue at 800 Lexington Sunday May 21st with another solid show. Ring Announcer Jeff Houston started the show by reviewing the events from last show including the injury to Prince Fontenot at the hands of Jacob Ladder during the title match. As Jeff explained about the 2nd degree burns Rachel Putski interrupted. Rachel announced that since the Children of Pain owned both singles titles and had sidelined Prince, they were now in charge of ACW and running the show. She then introduced Texas Heavyweight Champion Darin Childs. As Darin was endearing himself to the crowd, there was yet another interruption. This time it was One Man Mike Dell who came to the ring. Darin & Rachel announced that they had arranged a special opponent for Dell, a man who had in his time had teamed with both Childs and with Dell - Showtime Summers. Jeff Houston was joined by new announcing partner Chris Jordan, the bell rang and the match began. Summers and Dell exchanged moves and blows in an exciting match. Eventually however, Dell seized control and the victory.

The second match announced was a handicap match featuring the team of Dragon X and Cobra against one half of the AWE Tag Champions Texas Renegade. The match had the stipulation that if Cobra & Dragon X managed a victory they would earn a shot at the Ragin' Renegades' Tag Titles. The two men could not however take advantage of the opportunity as the Renegade's power proved too much for them.

After the match Heavyweight Champion Jacob Ladder came out dressed in a Referee's shirt. Ladder relieved ACW ref Mike Sheen for the next match as he explained to Cobra and Dragon X, who were still recovering from their beating, that they were not set to fight each other and the winner would get a shot at Ladder's title at the next ACW show. The men agreed and commenced their match, but Ladder seemed uninterested in counting any pin attempt as Cobra and Dragon X each executed moves on the other. Finally Ladder seemed to tire of this amusement and slammed each of the two. He placed Dragon X atop the prone Cobra and counted the 1-2-3.

For the next match, El Latino came out, expecting to face his former teacher/partner Tito Sanchez in a rematch from last month, but instead was surprised to find out his opponent would be none other than his own brother Lemus II who claimed that El Latino had sold out his Lucha Libre roots, forsaking them for American style wrestling. El Latino was reluctant to engage his brother in a match but was forced to react when he was attacked from behind by Lemus II. The action was furious as the two engaged in a demonstration of chain wrestling. In the end, El Latino's mix of American Style and Lucha Libre proved to be the winning combination.

Following an intermission, the action began again as "Mr. Beautiful" Rudy Russo was set to face the other half of the Tag Champions, Johnny Rage who was accompanied to the ring by his partner Texas Renegade. The raucous crowd really got into the match between the two rulebreakers, cheering the action whomever was the aggressor at the moment. Despite facing a much larger opponent, Russo put up a game fight, but the interference of Renegade combined with the rulebreaking tactics of Rage soon placed Russo at the disadvantage. Just when Rage seemed on the verge of putting Russo away, the Beautiful one reversed a move and put Rage in an armbar gaining the surprise submission victory.

The Main Event featured two of the best tag teams in Texas. The Children of Pain, Darin Childs & Jacob Ladder accompanied by Rachel Putski faced the team of Hallowmass - Joseph & Logan. Both teams demonstrated an array of moves that thrilled the crowd. Ladder & Childs used every trick and double team tactic in the book but Hallowmass is no stranger to the ways of rulebreaking and were able to reverse the momentum in their own favor. That is until the lovely Rachel climbed onto the ring apron and turning her back, revealed her previously hidden beauty to Joseph and Logan as well as those members of the crowd sitting on one side of the ring. (Saying she mooned them just wouldn't do justice to the act.) Distracted by the sight, Joseph and Logan momentarily lost track of their objective. The Children of Pain seized the opportunity and the victory.

For the second month in a row, ACW presented a top-rate show before an enthusiastic crowd. The relationship with The Venue is clearly paying off for the promotion. The agreement has been extended through the end of the year with monthly shows scheduled. If ACW continues to bring in top talent and the crowd continues to respond enthusiastically, American Championship Wrestling will cement their status as another premier promotion in San Antonio.

In other ACW news, congratulations go out to Prince Fontenot who recently finalized the purchase of Red's Gym 12066 Starcrest. Prince is a world-class body builder and fitness trainer and the ownership of his own facilities is tremendous accomplishment. Check out www.princefontenot.com for information on Red's Gym.

American Championship Wrestling
The Venue
May 21

Match # 1 - Mike Dell (win) vs. Showtime Summers
Match #2 - Handicap Match
Dragon X & Cobra vs. The Texas Renegade (win)
Match # 3 - For #1 Contender to Heavyweight Championship
Dragon X (win) vs. Cobra
Match # 4 - El Latino vs. Lemus II
Match #5 - Rudy Russo (win) vs. Johnny Rage
Match # 6 - Main Event Tag Match
Hallowmass - Joseph & Logan vs. The Children of Pain - Jacob Ladder & Darin Childs