Big Wrestling Weekend Report - Part 3

ACW at the Venue Sunday

American Championship Wrestling presented their second San Antonio Show in less than 4 days Sunday as they returned to the Venue at 800 Lexington with an action packed show featuring the wrestlers of both ACW and their rival promotion TWE. Jeff Houston called the action and the referee duties were split between TWE head official Rick Porter and ACW official Alex Marrozos.

The action started quickly as the first match was a tag team qualifying tournament match to determine the top contenders to face the current ACW & TWE Tag Champions The Children of Pain - Darin Childs & Jacob Ladder. The winners of this match will go on to face the winners of a second qualifying match to name the Number One Contenders to the TWE Tag Team Championship at TWE's big Star Warz event on December 3rd. The participants in this afternoon's match were the team of Cowboy James Claxton & Windwalker and the team of Skitzo and Brett Thunder who have appeared to put their differences behind them. The team of Claxton and Windwalker have been together for enough time that their chemistry has really started to click. In fact they briefly held the ACW Tag Champions before being forced to defend them to the CoP immediately after winning them in a very tough match against the former champions "Ultimate Chemistry" Johnny Rage and Rudy Russo. Skitzo and Thunder had teamed together earlier in their careers, but had a falling out when Skitzo and Hector Navarro won the TWE Tag Championship earlier this year. Clearly these are two young but well qualified teams. The action was crisp and nonstop, with both teams taking advantage of the fast pace. All four men tagged in and out of the action rapidly as each team tried to gain the upper hand. The ending came when Skitzo set up Windwalker for a top rope splash. While Skitzo climbed the turnbuckle, Thunder made a blind tag. Skitzo hit the splash and Thunder rushed in to make the cover, scoring the pin for his team and advancing in the tournament. For a moment there seemed that there might be some disagreement between the two victors, but TWE CEO Rudy Boy Gonzalez came to the ring and refocused the pair on their goals. All four men in the battle then shook hands to the appreciation of the crowd.

The second match was a continuation of the cruiserweight rivalry between Berry and Dragon X. These two high-flyers have faced each other numerous times throughout South Texas. This afternoon's match was indicative of the skills possessed by these two as each strived to gain a decisive victory. This match might well have been the best in their series until Dragon X went for a high cross body off the top rope just as Berry went for a drop kick. The two hit the mat in a sickening thud and lay there as referee Alex Marrozos started the ten count on both men. Before Alex could reach ten, however a young man with pink hair jumped into the ring from his position near the bar. Long time fans recognized the man as former AAA and ACW star Enigma. Enigma hit both combatants with Shining Wizards and left the ring in a hurry. The bout was declared a "no contest" but the cruiserweight division of ACW took notice that things just got a whole lot more interesting.

The third match was supposed to have been a loser leave ACW match between former partners Johnny Rage and The Texas Renegade. Johnny Rage, however, came to the ring with a pronounced limp and claimed to be injured and unable to fight. This infuriated the Texas Renegade who came out demanding a match. In response to Renegade's demands, Mr. Beautiful Rudy Russo came to the ring to attack Renegade, taking Rage's place in the match. Rage remained ringside to watch his current partner battle his former partner. Although Renegade towered over Russo, the beautiful one showed his skills and craftiness in not only keeping the match close, but in taking control of the action. Renegade never seemed to be able to focus on Russo as long as Rage was nearby. It turns out that Renegade was right to worry about Rage as he clearly played a big part in the outcome, pulling Renegades feet out from under him, allowing Russo to gain the pin.

At this point there was a Diva Costume contest featuring the three young ladies from Thursday's lingerie match: Cat, Star and Rachel Putski along with a stunning newcomer Justice Dunn. The Children of Pain, Jacob Ladder and Darin Childs were the judges and clearly appeared to favor Rachel and the crowd seemed to appreciate Rachel's charms as well, but Justice Dunn took the victory and stepped out of the ring. At this point, The CoP declared there to be "consolation prizes" for Cat and Star. The "prizes" turned out to be vicious slams by Darin and Jacob who left the ring with Rachel, all three laughing at the devastation they had inflicted.

After the ladies were helped to the back, the action continued with a rematch from Thursday Night's Metalfest show as the Xtreme Bulldawg Rexx Reed faced Prince. Reed was representing TWE in this match and Prince represented ACW, so even though The CoP and Prince have never gotten along, Jacob Ladder and Darin Childs remained ringside shouting what might be considered encouragement for Prince. This was a hard-hitting power match between these two incredibly strong competitors. Fans ringside showed their support for both men and were amazed by the action, especially near the end when Reed actually kicked out of a pin following Prince's finisher the Spear. Prince seemed shocked by this, but did not let up, chasing after Reed who was forced to resort to using his chain on Prince, causing a DQ. Immediately afterwards, Ladder and Childs rushed into the ring, pounding on Reed until Bigg Dogg appeared from the back to save the Xtreme Bull-Dawg. The two shook hands and declared themselves entered in the tournament for the TWE Tag Titles. Announcer Jeff Houston proclaimed the team "The Dog Pound" but would not clarify whether it was Dogg or Dawg. Only time will tell which is top dog on this team. In response to this, The Children of Pain announced that the match at Star Warz on December 3rd would be a "Child's Play Death Match."

The next match was a Triple Threat Match featuring Don Juan, Bio-Hazard and Showtime Summers. While this was supposed to be an every man for himself match, Bio-Hazard seemed to have other plans. Bio-Hazard quickly convinced Summers to join forces to lay a beat down on Don Juan, and although Summers and Bio-Hazard did exchange some blows in the match, the focus often returned to Don Juan who clearly had gotten under the massive Bio-Hazard's skin. This was a very exciting match, and might even been considered the best match of the night up until the amazing ending. As Bio-Hazard applied an Indian Death Lock on Don Juan, Summers went to attack Bio-Hazard who reversed the momentum and hit a German Suplex on Summers. Both Summers and Bio-Hazard's shoulders were on the mat as Referee Rick Porter counted three. Simultaneously, Don Juan tapped out to the pain from the submission hold. Porter was forced to declare the match a "no decision," shocking some fans ringside who clearly wanted a victor in the match.

For the Main Event, ACW Heavyweight Champion, One Man Mike Dell issued an open challenge to everyone in the back. The man who came out, however, to accept the challenge was probably the last man Dell expected to see. TWE CEO Rudy Boy Gonzalez marched to the ring. At first, Dell refused to believe RGB was serious, but Rudy can be pretty convincing when he gets serious, so the two squared off. The background between these two men could pages as it was clear that this match was more than just a title match. As the two men exchanged moves and holds, the crowd watched in awe, not knowing what would come next. Both TWE fans and ACW fans shared their concern and their approval over what was happening in the ring and as the excitement began to rise, RGB struck with a superkick to the face of ACW Referee Alex Marrozos. Almost before Alex hit the mat, TWE ref Rick Porter rushed to the ring, but Dell was not going to be caught in a match with the odds stacked against him and slammed Porter violently to the mat, leaving the match with no referees. The lockerroom spilled out to the ring with TWE represented by Skitzo, Windwalker and Brett Thunder, while ACW was represented by Darin Childs, Jacob Ladder and Showtime Summers. As the commotion began to settle, the crowd, along with the TWE crew cried for a continuation of the match, but with no more refs available, it just wasn't possible. However, a special interpromotional tag match was set up for the next ACW show as Mike Dell and a partner of his choice will face RGB and one of his men.

ACW returns to the Venue on Sunday November 19th in what promises to be an exciting afternoon of wrestling. Check out the web sites of both ACW and TWE as well as their myspace pages for official announcements concerning this show, TWE's Star Warz and other upcoming events.

American Championship Wrestling
The Venue
Sunday, October 22, 2006

Match # 1 - TWE Tag Team Championship Contenders Tournament Qualifying Match
Cowboy James Claxton & Windwalker vs. Skitzo & Brett Thunder (win)
Match # 2 - Berry vs. Dragon X (no decision-outside interference)
Match # 3 - Texas Renegade vs. Rudy Russo with Johnny Rage (win)
*** Special Diva's Halloween Costume Contest***
Cat vs. Star vs. Justice Dunn (win) vs. Rachel Putski
Match # 4 - Rexx Reed vs. Prince (win - dq)
Match # 5 - Triple Threat Match
Don Juan vs. Bio-Hazard vs. Showtime Summers (no decision)
Match # 6 - Main Event - ACW Heavyweight Championship Match
Champion One Man Mike Dell vs. Rudy Boy Gonzalez (no decision)