Upstate Pro Wrestling presents Continuing The Tradition 2010
Date: 6/26/2010
From: Irondequoit, NY
Opening Contest: Cheech vs. Julio Dinero: Dinero arm drags Cheech to start the match and taunts the crowd. Dinero gets a kiss from his wife, Miss Michelle, and Cheech gets a kiss from a fan in the front row. Dinero tries his luck with the same fan, but doesn’t have the same luck. Dinero gains control with a wrist lock, but Cheech counters with a wrist lock. Dinero forearms Cheech, but Cheech gets a Thez Press and chops Dinero a few times on the mat. Cheech misses an elbow drop attempt. Dinero misses a kick attempt and Cheech tries for a back suplex. Dinero avoids that and Michelle distracts Cheech leading to a near fall for Dinero. Dinero strikes Cheech and rakes Cheech eyes over the ropes to maintain control of the contest. Dinero leg drops Cheech for a near fall. Dinero rams Cheech into the corner, and elbows a charging Cheech in the corner. Dinero heads to the top rope, but Cheech stops Dinero with a press slam to the mat. Cheech runs into a boot and Dinero delivers a facebuster and a pump kick for a near fall. Dinero boot scrapes Cheech on the mat and puts a cobra clutch on Cheech for several moments. Cheech reaches the ropes to break the hold. Dinero chokes Cheech over the middle rope and slingshots Cheech to the mat. Dinero knee drops Cheech on the back of the head. Dinero forearms Cheech several times in the corner. Dinero is knocked off the ropes and Cheech misses a superkick attempt. Cheech hits a neckbreaker on Dinero. They trade right hands in the middle of the ring. Dinero dumps Cheech to the apron and Cheech hits a slingshot strike. Cheech heads to the top rope and hits a head scissors. Dinero blocks a spear with a knee strike and a leaping spin kick for a two count. Dinero hits a twisting fisherman suplex and heads to the top rope missing a moonsault attempt. Cheech kicks Dinero and nails Dinero with the Go To Cheech for the clean win. (**. A fairly basic start to the show, but still solid regardless. Cheech getting a clean win over a veteran is always good thing. Dinero and Michelle still being together since the NWA Cyberspace days was a pleasant surprise, too.)
Second Contest: Team Spazz (Dalton Castle, Dicky Harter, Ice, Soundcheck Sully & Spazz) vs. Team Mantha (Ben Golden, Gino Ando, Mo Mantha, Nick Ando & Richard Venice): Alright, so this is well before Dalton Castle developing his peacock character. Also, Dick Justice is one of the competitors known as Richard Venice. Nick Ando is well known in the NY indies, but this before his captain gimmick a few years later. I’m not going to give this a lot of attention. Venice ends up pinning Spazz after a splash.
Third Contest: John McChesney vs. Pepper Parks in a number one contenders match: McChesney wants to shake hands and Parks accepts without any issue. McChesney controls Parks with a waist lock to start the match, but Parks breaks free with a hammerlock. McChesney gains control on the mat, but that doesn’t last too long. Parks shoulder blocks McChesney a few times and keeps control with a headlock. McChesney counters with a head scissors on the canvas. Parks gains control with a headlock on the mat. Parks shoulder blocks McChesney, but walks into a dropkick. McChesney arm drags Parks to the mat and keeps arm control. Parks chops McChesney in the corner several times. McChesney responds with chops in the corner. McChesney dumps Parks to the apron and delivers a kick. McChesney hits a suicide dive to take Parks out on the floor. They both return to the ring before the count of ten. McChesney and Parks trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Parks hits a swinging neckbreaker and covers for a two count. Parks chops McChesney in the corner, but misses a splash and is met with a kick. Parks chops McChesney on the top rope and tries for a superplex. McChesney tosses Parks off the middle rope to the mat. McChesney hits a top rope frog splash for the win. (**1/4. Wow, I was not expecting such a short match whatsoever. I thought they hadn’t even gotten into the second gear of the match. I’m wondering if Parks got hurt on the dive to the floor dive. It was solid for what they had gotten to do before a seemingly abrupt finish.)
Fourth Contest: Danny Doring vs. Colin Delaney: Doring goes to the floor to take out Delaney’s students. Delaney goes to the floor and is met with a right hand. Doring ends up being overwhelmed with strikes. Delaney stomps Doring on the mat to gain the advantage. Delaney knee drops Doring and yells at the referee before delivering a knee strike. Delaney elbow strikes Doring in the corner a few times. Delaney sends Doring into the corner and taunts the crowd. Delaney leg drops Doring leading to a near fall and dumps Doring to the floor. Doring is worked over by the students. Delaney chops Doring around ringside, but Doring responds with chops, as well. Doring tries for a suplex on the floor, but Delaney counters with a suplex of his own. Delaney forearms Doring in the corner followed by more chops. Delaney runs into a boot in the corner by Doring. Doring climbs to the top rope missing a leg drop attempt. A table is setup on the floor as Delaney stomps on Doring in the ring. Delaney kicks Doring on the apron and tries for a piledriver, but Doring counters with a backdrop into the ring. Delaney punches Doring a few times and delivers a shoulder ram. Delaney tries for a sunset flip powerbomb to the floor, but Doring holds the ropes to block the move. Doring nails Delaney with clotheslines and hits a jawbreaker for a near fall as the referee is pulled out of the ring. Doring fights off the students in the ring and rams one of them groin first into another one in a tree of woe. Doring sets the table up on the floor. Doring hits a splash off the apron to put a student through the table. Delaney tries for a cover on Doring, but only gets a two count. Delaney knee strikes Doring to the mat and waits for Doring to get up. Delaney taunts Doring, but Tommy Dreamer’s music hits, but nobody comes out. Doring hits a swinging neckbreaker and wins the match. (**. Not a bad match, but the finish is a little weak to me. A distraction finish for Doring to win doesn’t seem like the best option. It sure seems as if they are doing a Delaney/Dreamer feud to play off their ECW run together, but still. I’d probably save any connection for Dreamer’s match later on. It doesn’t seem necessary here.)
Fifth Contest: Balls Mahoney & Dewey vs. Little Guido & Rob Sweet in an extreme rules match: They all shake hands to show respect for each other. Guido and Mahoney kickoff the tag match, which is not a tornado tag. Guido takes Mahoney over with a fireman’s carry and tries for a drop toe hold, but Mahoney blocks and misses an elbow drop. Guido eye rakes Mahoney out of the corner, but Mahoney gains wrist control on the mat. Mahoney focuses his offense on the left arm, but Guido doesn’t submit. Dewey tags into the match and Sweet is nailed by a double elbow strike. Guido decks Dewey from behind to help his partner. Mahoney tries to get involved, but Guido eye pokes Mahoney and knocks Balls to the apron. Dewey is worked over against the ropes, but delivers a double clothesline. Dewey grabs a board with mouse traps on them. Sweet fights back with right hands on Dewey. Dewey is met with a drop toe hold onto the mouse traps. Mahoney jabs both men to gain advantage. Mahoney takes the action to the floor as does Dewey. Mahoney sends Guido over the railing into the crowd. All four men are in the crowd brawling at this point. Mahoney rams a chair into Guido’s throat and follows up with a trash an shot to Guido. Dewey tries for a cover in the crowd, but Guido kicks out. Guido whacks Dewey over the back with a chair shot. Dewey sends Guido into several chairs. Sweet beats on Mahoney with a broom at ringside. Dewey sprays silly string on Sweet. Mahoney slides a table into the ring. Guido hits Dewey with a kendo stick. Guido rolls into the ring and Mahoney tries to send Guido into the table, but Mahoney hits a clothesline. Sweet whacks Mahoney with a chair shot, but Mahoney isn’t bothered by it. Dewey hits a backbreaker on Sweet. Mahoney whacks Sweet with a chair on the table. Mahoney hits a leg drop off the top to put Sweet through the table. Mahoney covers and wins the match. (**. This was just harmless hardcore fun.)
Sixth Contest: NWA NY Heavyweight Champion Gabe Saint vs. Tommy Dreamer in an extreme rules match: Dreamer gains control with a wrist lock, but Saint shoves free and taunts the challenger. Dreamer shoulder blocks Saint into a corner and stares down the champion. Saint knee lifts Dreamer and delivers a few strikes. Saint headbutts Dreamer followed by strikes against the ropes. Dreamer hip tosses Saint followed by an arm drag. Dreamer rams Saint into the corner and hits a fallaway slam to send the champ to the floor. Saint decides he’s had enough and walks up the aisle, but there are no rules. Dreamer punches Saint and sends Saint into the railing. Dreamer goes backstage and Saint staggers around looking for Dreamer. Dreamer tosses Saint back through and hits Saint with a trash can over the back. Dreamer hits Saint the a cooking sheet and looks under the ring for something. Dreamer chokes Saint with a chain and tosses Saint across the ring. Dreamer punches Saint several times in the corner and bites Saint’s forehead. Dreamer misses a spear in the corner and hits the post. Saint elbow strikes Dreamer and stomps on Dreamer several times. Saint wraps the metal chain around his knee and knee drops Dreamer on the arm. Saint wraps Dreamer’s arm around the ring post. Saint tries to get a submission with an arm bar, but Dreamer refuses even as Saint uses the ropes for leverage. Dreamer punches free and sunset flips Saint for a two count. Saint chokes Dreamer with the chain, but Dreamer refuses to stay down. Dreamer fights free with overhand chops to stagger Saint into a corner. Saint eye rakes Dreamer and delivers a strike over the back a few times. Saint bites Dreamer’s forehead and delivers a scoop slam. Saint climbs to the top rope and misses a splash attempt.
Saint charges the corner, but is met with a boot and a clothesline. Dreamer clotheslines Saint again and plays to the crowd. Dreamer runs into an elbow in the corner and hits a sit out spinebuster for a near fall. Dreamer tosses a chair into the ring. Saint blocks being sent into the chair and elbows Dreamer. Saint drop toe holds Dreamer face first into the chair and covers for a near fall. Saint brings the chair to the middle rope, but gets a boot to the face. Dreamer puts Saint in the tree of woe. Dreamer places the chair in front of Saint’s face and hits running dropkick. Dreamer plants Saint with a Death Valley Driver, but the referee is knocked down. Colin Delaney tried to get involved, but is knocked off the apron. Saint kicks Dreamer, but Dreamer gets a rollup and nearly wins the match. Delaney whacks Dreamer with a kendo stick. Saint drives Dreamer down with a reverse Un-Prettier and wins the match. (*1/2. Yeah, that’s the interference that should have been on the show. For a hardcore match it’s rather underwhelming. Dreamer losing in this matter doesn’t do anything for Saint, which kind of sucks.) After the match, Dreamer is beaten down by Saint and Delaney.
Main Event: NWA NY Tag Team Champions Trip To Hell (Hellcat & Triple X) vs. CloudLee (Brodie Lee & Cloudy) vs. The McClouds (Evan & Kyle) vs. The Caribbean Connection (Coconut Jones & Maximo Suave) in a steel cage, elimination match: Cloudy, Lee, Jones and Suave kickoff the match brawling. Jones and Suave fight back with strikes, but they get cutoff quickly. Lee strikes Jones in the corner and taunts the crowd. Suave forearms Jones while Suave forearms Cloudy several times. Cloudy forearms Jones, but Jones boots Cloudy and Lee before hitting a missile dropkick to both men. Cloudy is sent into the corner and Lee is double teamed. Lee is sent into Cloudy in the corner and they are splashed by Jones and Suave.
The McClouds are the next entrants for the cage match. Lee nails Jones with a clothesline. McClouds enter the ring and hammer away on Lee and Cloudy. Lee is sent into Cloudy in the corner. Lee misses a double clothesline and is driven down to the mat. Cloudy is double teamed with a drop toe hold and double knee strike to the lower back. McClouds brawl with Jones and Suave for a few moments. Suave and Evan brawl to the floor, defeating the purpose of the cage. Lee has left the cage as well to deck them with right hands on the floor. Lee hip tosses Suave on the aisle.
Trip To Hell make their way out to join the match. X and Hellcat enter the cage hammering away on Jones. Cloudy and Evan brawl on the floor. Lee has a kendo stick and whacks Johnny Kayfabe against the cage with the kendo stick. Lee returns to the cage as Suave is sent into the ring post by Evan. Hellcat works over Lee in the corner with chops. Suave sends Evan over the railing into the crowd. Lee gets a two count on Hellcat and nails X with a big boot. Suave continues to get hit with a kendo stick. Most of the guys are brawling outside of the cage at this point. Lee sends X into the cage face first and decks Jones in the corner. Lee sends Jones into the cage head first again and chokes Jones on the mat. Jones has gotten up and climbs to the top of the cage. Jones dives off the cage onto everyone on the floor with a crossbody! Suave nails Hellcat with a discus forearm strike. Hellcat backdrops Kyle into the cage. Evan puts a Sharpshooter on Hellcat, but doesn’t get a submission. Lee breaks the submission with a kick.
Lee superkicks Suave and steps on Kyle’s neck. Cloudy forearms Kyle a few times in the corner and Suave decks Lee off the apron to the floor. Cloudy sends Suave into the cage. Cloudy hits a running knee strike into the corner on Kyle for a two count. Kyle hits a German suplex on Cloudy for a near fall. Suave superkicks Evan for a two count as Cloudy breaks the cover. Evan uses a chair on the floor and Kyle almost pins Jones with a slam. Cloudy and Suave trade strikes in the ring. Cloudy nails Suave with a forearm, but Suave responds with a forearm for a two count. Kyle hits a suplex on Lee for a near fall. X hits a DDT on the floor ton Kyle. Hellcat chops Jones on the floor. Jones has been busted wide open at this point. Cloudy clotheslines Suave in the corner and Lee delivers a big boot. Cloudy follows up with a knee strike and sends Lee into the corner.
Kyle is fired up and knee strikes Lee in the corner a few times. Hellcat delivers a chair shot on the floor. Kyle cannonball splashes Lee in the corner and does the same to Cloudy for a two count. Kyle misses a splash in the corner and is met with a big boot. Lee covers Kyle and seemingly gets a three count, but the referee says it’s a near fall. Cloudy hits a snap suplex on the floor. Lee nails Kyle with a big boot against the cage. Lee nails Kyle with another big boot against the cage. Evan fights back with strikes to Lee in the corner. Lee powerbombs Evan into the cage and Cloudy hits a top rope Codebreaker to pin Evan. The McClouds have been eliminated from the cage match.
Lee and Hellcat trade chops in the corner with Hellcat gaining control for a moment. Suave climbs the cage, and enters the ring. Jones is stopped on the top rope. Lee hits a Tower of Doom to take Hellcat, X and Jones out of the corner to the mat with a powerbomb. Lee powerbombs Jones into the steel cage back first. Lee powerbombs Suave into the cage, as well. Cloudy goes for a cover, but can’t get a three count. Lee powerbombs X into the cage. Hellcat powerbombs Lee out of the corner for a two count. Suave hits a jawbreaker, and Cloudy is slammed to the mat. Jones and Suave go to opposite corners and kick Lee. They hit a swanton/splash combo to pin Lee to eliminate CloudLee.
X and Hellcat hit a Hart Attack on Suave. Jones is driven into the cage face first. X plants Suave with a powerbomb. Hellcat chops Jones in the corner a few times to maintain control of the bout. Jones fires back with strikes to Hellcat. Suave crotches X on the top rope. Jones and Hellcat are climbing the cage, but Jones elbows Hellcat. Suave kicks the cage into X’s face and escapes the cage. Apparently, that means Suave and Jones have won the match. (***1/2. It’s a wild match with so much action going on with eight guys that it’s likely impossible to keep track of everything that was going on. I mean, the camera guy couldn’t even keep up with the action. The brawling outside of the cage is a little bit annoying just because it defeats the purpose of the cage match to me. However, with there being four teams involved in one ring, I understand the need to depart from the cage. It’s an enjoyable match.)
Final Thoughts:
Originally, I was leaning towards a thumbs down, but the main event far exceeded my expectations. Thus, I’m more of a slight thumbs up for this show. There’s nothing on the show that’s horrible and the undercard has mostly decent action before the standout main event. I was suckered into this show to see how the ECW guys would holdup in 2010, and left impressed by the Upstate guys in the main event.
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