Big Wrestling Weekend Report - Part 3

TWE Presents "When Worlds Collide"

Saturday June 11th Texas Wrestling Entertainment presented an Incredible Show for a crowd of nearly 200 fans at the Bellaire Baptist Church Gym. While the phrase "Card subject to change without notice" usually does not bode well, but fans were treated to a surprise appearance by none other than Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels who replaced Milano Collection AT who was unable to attend following minor surgery.

The show began with TWE CEO Rudy Boy Gonzalez coming to the ring carrying a plaque. Rudy explained the concept of the "Match of the Year" and that traditionally, the winner of the Match of the Year Award would return to TWE the following year and face the wrestler voted on by visitors to the TWE website (www.texaswrestlingentertainment.com) And that tonight that meant that American Dragon Bryan Danielson was here to accept his award and face Milano Collection AT. Danielson came to the ring at this time and accepted the award. Also introduced at this time was special ring announcer Stan Callahan of www.indywarzradio.com who in turn introduced the referee for the evening, Rick Porter.

The first match featured two wrestlers who had impressed fans the day before at the Splashtown show; TJ Cannon & Jason Havoc. These two newcomers to San Antonio continued their battle in a match so hard hitting that fans rose to their feet in appreciation at the end when Cannon pinned Havoc.

The show didn't let up with the second match either. Stan Callahan introduced two more fighters who were new to local fans, but will surely be welcome to return. Cervantes the Vampire faced Xtreme Bulldawg Rexx Reed. These two wrestlers kept the action going with some very impressive wrestling. In the end, the larger Rexx Reed gained the victory over the Latin Vampire.

At this point, the news that Milano was unable to attend was announced and refunds were offered to anyone who wished. Not one fan responded. When Danielson came out, he stated he had come to defend the Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Title and that he felt he should defend it. Knowing that there were some excellent wrestlers in the locker room, he challenged anyone from the back to come out. When Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels appeared through the entrance the crowd went wild. The two agreed to face off for the ROH title in the main event later in the evening.

Still stunned by this development, the fans settled in to a women's match between probably the two best female wrestlers in Texas not named Jazz. Vicki and Simply Luscious squared off in an exciting, highly competitive match which was won eventually by Vicki.

Next on the card were two other newcomers to TWE. Nikko faced Brett Anthony who last appeared in San Antonio nearly 10 months ago. These two provided fans with yet another hard hitting match. Despite getting in his share of offense, Brett was eventually worn down by the more aggressive Nikko.

The fifth match was a tag match featuring the team of Bigg Dogg and Mr. Beautiful Rudy Russo against Russo's former partner El Latino and a "Mystery Partner." Russo and Bigg Dogg were clearly surprised when Latino introduced his partner... the CEO Rudy Boy Gonzalez. This rivalry between Latino and both Russo and Bigg Dogg has been going on for most of the year, and it appeared that this time Latino had found a partner who could match up against the rulebreakers and help El Latino gain some measure of revenge. While all for men spent time in the ring, it was Gonzalez who seemed to impress the fans the most. RGB and El Latino gave no quarter in this battle, matching rulebreaking tactics step for step against the team of Russo & Bigg Dogg. Things looked bad for RGB near the end when Bigg Dogg held him and Russo revealed some shears meant to cut Gonzalez's hair, but El Latino made the save and RGB made the pin on Bigg Dogg.

The next match was for the # 1 contender to the TV title. Brett Thunder faced Martin Styles. These two men clearly do not like one another and although Thunder has recently been booed by fans, tonight the fans supported him fully against the cocky Styles. The fan's support was not undeserved as Thunder proved to be the better wrestler on this night.

Following the intermission, Stan Callahan announced the next match was a tables match for the Texas Tag Team Titles. To win this match a team has to put both of their opponents through a table. First out of the back were the challengers The Children of Pain - Jacob Ladder & Darin Childs accompanied by the lovely Rachel Putski. The COP immediately went to work setting up tables around and in the ring. Next out came the champions, Skitzo and Hector Navarro. Two months ago, when these two teams met for the first time to name a champion, it was called a "Match of the Year" candidate. This meeting took the battle to an entirely new level. The challengers, no strangers to violent matches, having recently competed in the King of the Death Match show may not have been prepared to see the young students of the Texas Wrestling Academy raise their own level of violence. Early in the match, Darin Childs put Navarro through the first table. Shortly thereafter a crazed fan had to be removed from the gym after attacking Rachel. It is unclear if this is the same fan who attacked Rachel during an earlier match between these two teams. When Jacob Ladder pulled a steel ladder from under the ring, the match took a turn that shocked and amazed fans. When Skitzo missed Ladder and landed through a table the match appeared over but Referee Rick Porter clarified that in order to win you have to "physically put the man through a table" so the match continued. As the champions recovered from their hard hits, they mounted a comeback. First Skitzo put Childs through a table, then Navarro put Ladder through a table. As the champions celebrated their victory, the bloody Children of Pain gathered themselves, retreating to the back to plan their next run at the titles.

The next match was for the TWE Heavyweight Title. Challenger Jared Steele was the clear fan favorite as the crowd seemed to not remember Champion Mike Foxx's last great match in San Antonio against then AWA World Champion Steve Corino last December. Foxx didn't seem to care what the fans felt or wanted. These two big men battled hard in and out of the ring with each taking the advantage for periods of the match. In the end however Mike Foxx was able to steal the win when he got the three count on Jared Steele while using the ropes for leverage. By the time the referee worked out what had happened, Foxx was long gone.

Finally it was time for the Main Event. In typical ROH fashion the two combatants respectfully shook hands in a show of good sportsmanship. A quick series of holds and reversals was met by applause from the appreciative fans. When one fan yelled out derisively "another hip toss" Christopher Daniels turned to him "Sir that was an arm drag not a hip toss. If you're gonna heckle, at least get it right." That out of the way Daniels and Danielson proceeded to present a clinic of mat wrestling which words cannot adequately describe. Submission holds, moves and counter moves thrilled the crowd for over 30 minutes in what will go down as a classic for San Antonio fans. When American Dragon finally gained the pinfall, the ovation began and did not let up for almost ten minutes as first Danielson and then Daniels thanked the crowd. Rudy Boy Gonzalez was called into the ring and thanked both competitors for taking part in this great event. Rudy explained that it was their presence here this evening that helped to inspire the other wrestlers in the back to raise there own level of performance. Rudy then restated his pledge to the fans to present the "best wrestling in San Antonio"

In all, from top to bottom, this was an incredible show. Rudy Boy Gonzalez should be thanked by every fan or wrestler in attendance tonight for presenting "When Worlds Collide." With the last minute changes and deals Rudy had to pull off, this may have been the most challenging event in his career, but the end results were clearly worth it.

"When World's Collide"
Texas Wrestling Entertainment
Bellaire Baptist Church Gym
June 11, 2006

Match #1 - TJ Cannon (win) vs. Jason Havoc
Match #2 - Cervantes the Vampire vs. Xtreme Bulldawg Rexx Reed (win)
Match #3 - Vicki (win) vs. Simply Luscious
Match #4 - Nikko (win) vs. Brett Anthony
Match #5 - Tag Match
Bigg Dogg & Rudy Russo vs. El Latino & "Mystery Partner" Rudy Boy Gonzalez (win)
Match #6 - # 1 Contender to TV Title Match
Brett Thunder (win) vs. Martin Styles
Match #7 - Tables Match for Texas Tag Team Titles
Challengers The Children of Pain - Darin Childs & Jacob Ladder w/ Rachel Putski vs. Champions Hector Navarro & Skitzo (win & retain titles)
Match # 8 - TWE Heavyweight Championship
Challenger Jared Steele vs. Champion Mike Foxx (win & retains title)
Match # 9 - Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship
Challenger Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels vs. Champion American Dragon Bryan Danielson (win & retains title)