AAW presents Cero Miedo
Date: 9/1/2016
From: Berwyn, IL
Chris Hero makes his way out while the announcers are promoting the main event tonight. Hero asks what’s going on for the crowd. Hero found out that Tommy End wasn’t going to make it to the venue. Hero was quite bummed out about it and goes over their history together that includes them tagging together. Hero knows that Tommy would be here if he could be. Hero talks about other guys that he wanted to wrestle, but they’re already booked on the show. Hero saw a lot of talented wrestlers in the back and suggests having an open challenge. Heor stands in the corner waiting to see who has the balls to mess with him. Eventually, Drew Galloway comes out and stares down Hero before entering the ring. Galloway gets the microphone from Hero. Galloway simply says “challenge accepted” before departing the ring.
Backstage, DJ Z cuts a promo about the last time he was there in AAW a year ago. It wasn’t a good time for Z and admits to doing just enough to get by in the gym and in the ring. Z wasn’t pushing himself as hard as he needed to. Z decided to push himself harder in 2016. Z says the hard work has been paying off. Z doesn’t want this return to be a one off. Z wants to make an impact in AAW. Z knows it will not be an easy task to defeat Dave Crist. Z is looking forward to making AAW his new home.
Opening Contest: Dave Crist vs. DJ Z: Crist starts the match with a bicycle kick. Z shoulder rams Crist from the apron and runs the ropes to deliver a clothesline. Z forearms Crist a few times. Z runs the ropes and head scissors Crist, but Crist does a cartwheel to strike Z. Z stops Crist with a dropkick and plays to the crowd. Z arm drags Crist to the floor and runs the ropes to deliver a baseball slide dropkick. Crist returns to the ring from behind and delivers a kick to Z’s face. Crist continues to work over Z with kicks in the corner. Z overhand chops Crist, but Crist fights back with chops in the corner. Z elbows Crist in the corner and tries for a somersault, but Crist hits a wheelbarrow slam for a two count. Crist stomps Z on the mat several times. Z forearms Crist several times and runs the ropes, but Crist nails Z with a dropkick for a two count. Crist sends Z through the ropes to the floor where JT Davidson cheap shots Z while the referee is distracted by Crist. Crist nails Z with a kick on the apron. Crist comes off the ropes to kick Z and hits a standing moonsault for a two count. Crist elbow strikes Z on the mat several times. Z stops Crist with a jawbreaker. Z springboards off the middle rope to elbow strike Dave and tries for a rolling DDT, but Crist delivers a pump kick. Z sends Crist to the floor and plays to the crowd. Z comes off the ropes and Crist disappears on the floor to avoid a dive. Crist comes back in from behind, but Z dumps Crist to the floor and hits a somersault dive to the floor hitting the railing, as well!
Z slingshots into the ring from the apron and hits a springboard moonsault for a two count. Z hits a tornado waist look driver for a near fall. Crist pump kicks Z again, but runs into a superkick. Z tries for a suicide dive, but Crist kicks Z. Z forearms Crist on the apron and crotches Crist on the top rope. Z leaps off the top rope to hit a hurricanrana for a near fall. Crist rolls to the apron where Z misses a shoulder ram and is kicked by Crist. Crist delivers a facebuster on the apron and hits a springboard cutter for the win. (***. I wasn’t expecting a win by Crist here, at all. Z looked good as he typically does. The action was constant and it held my interest which is what you want from the opening contest to any show.)
Backstage, Colt Cabana cuts a promo about his match tonight. Cabana talks about being in AAW in the early days. Cabana says that AAW shows now have international ties. Cabana is honored to represent Chicago and puts over Irie as being a great talent. Cabana is excited about the match.
Second Contest: Colt Cabana vs. Shigehiro Irie: Cabana wants to shake hands, but Irie accepts. Irie backs Cabana against the ropes, but Cabana plays with Irie mohawk. Cabana takes Irie down to the mat and messes with the mohawk some more. Irie controls Cabana with a wrist lock, but Cabana counters and controls Irie on the mat continuing to play with the mohawk. Cabana shoulder blocks Irie, but Irie doesn’t budge. Cabana tries for another shoulder block, but Irie doesn’t go down. Cabana runs the ropes, but struts. Cabana slaps Irie, but Irie doesn’t budge and Cabana bails to the floor to regroup. Cabana returns to the ring and offers to allow a slap, but Irie decides for a rollup managing a two count. Cabana gets out of a headlock with a head scissors on the mat. Irie breaks free, but Cabana puts Irie back. Cabana switches to a hammerlock on the mat. Cabana runs into a swinging side slam by Irie. Irie overhand strikes Cabana on the chest and snapmares Cabana to the mat. Irie delivers a headbutt off the ropes. Irie chokes Cabana over the middle rope. Irie stomps Cabana in the corner and sends Cabana across the ring into another corner. Cabana fights back with a chop, but Irie isn’t bothered by it. Cabana fakes a chop and tries for a suplex, but Irie counters with a suplex. Irie splashes Cabana in the corner and has Cabana on his shoulders. Irie backs Cabana into a corner, but misses a splash. Cabana avoids Irie in the corner and Cabana chops Irie a few times. Cabana decks Irie with a clothesline and both men are down.
Irie forearms Cabana, but misses a clothesline. Cabana jabs Irie several times followed by an elbow strike. Cabana hits a running back splash in the corner. Cabana heads to the top rope and delivers a big slash for a tow count Cabana chops Irie followed by a forearm. Irie ducks an elbow, and headbutts Cabana a few times. Irie clotheslines Cabana in the corner. Irie cannonballs Cabana in the corner. Irie decks Cabana with a lariat for a two count. Irie sits Cabana on the top turnbuckle, but Cabana holds onto the ropes. Irie is shoved off the middle rope, but Irie climbs back to the middle rope only to be shoved off again. Cabana gets a rollup for a two count. Cabana and Irie collide on clothesline attempts. Irie no sells a DDT, but is met with a biotic elbow. Cabana leaps onto Irie and picks up the win. (*1/2. Not much for a match, but the action came across far more as a comedy match, which has to be expected for Cabana. Considering the remainder of the card, this was fine for a filler match.)
Backstage, Cedric Alexander cuts a promo about having one more match with Michael Elgin. Alexander notes that Elgin helped build the venue they are in. Alexander isn’t the same guy because he’s leaner. Alexander says that Elgin’s championship in Japan means nothing in the States. Alexander says Elgin is going to be counting the lights as he counts victories.
Third Contest: Cedric Alexander vs. Michael Elgin: They shake hands to show respect for each other. Elgin backs Alexander against the ropes, but backs off. Elgin drops down and does pushups as Alexander sat on his back and taunts Alexander. Alexander puts a headlock on Elgin and tries for a shoulder block, but Elgin doesn’t go down. Elgin catches Alexander on his shoulders, but Alexander breaks free to head scissors Elgin followed by a dropkick. Alexander charges the corner, but is dumped to the apron. Alexander hits a springboard clothesline for a two count. Alexander elbow strikes Elgin followed by a forearm strike. Alexander sends Elgin to the floor and goes to the apron. Elgin kicks Alexander on the apron to knock Alexander to the floor. Elgin slingshots Alexander into the ring to hit a powerslam for a two count. Elgin chops Alexander in the corner a few times to keep the advantage. Alexander elbow strikes Elgin, but Elgin forearms Alexander over the back. Elgin drives Alexander down to the mat with a delayed vertical suplex for a two count. Alexander chops Elgin a few times. Elgin forearms Alexander to drop Alexander to the mat. Elgin pulls Alexander up onto his shoulders, but Alexander breaks free with an eye rake and kicks Elgin from the apron. Alexander dropkicks Elgin to the floor. Alexander runs the ropes and takes Elgin out with a suicide dive. Alexander spikes Elgin with a springboard tornado DDT for a two count. Alexander hooks Elgin for a suplex, but Elgin rams Alexander into the corner. Elgin kicka Alexander away in the corner. They trade go-behinds until Alexander gets a two count with a rollup. Elgin nails Alexander with a kick and a German suplex. Elgin holds onto Alexander and hits a tiger suplex for a near fall.
Elgin clubs Alexander a few times and misses a clothesline. Alexander plants Elgin with a sit out slam for a two count. Alexander waits in the corner, but Elgin delivers a cutter and a clothesline in the corner. Alexander dropkicks Elgin, but Elgin responds with a rolling suplexs. Elgin sits Alexander on the top turnbuckle, but Alexander knocks Elgin off the middle rope. Elgin powerbombs Alexander in midair. Elgin clotheslines Alexander for a one count. Elgin comes off the ropes with a lariat for a two count. Elgin tosses Alexander into the corner with a buckle comb and chops Alexander. Alexander nails Elgin with a handspring kick and their both down. Elgin strikes Alexander, but Alexander delivers a kick and a dropkick in the corner. Alexander spikes Elgin with a brainbuster and a double knee backbreaker for a two count. Elgin holds the ropes to avoid a suplex and elbows Alexander. Alexander dropkicks Elgin in the corner. Alexander sits Elgin on the top rope, but Elgin hits a middle rope powerbomb! Elgin buckle bombs Alexander and hits another sit down powerbomb for a two count. Elgin sits Alexander on the top turnbuckle and hits a Burning Hammer to win the match. After the match, Elgin puts over Alexander. (****. That was a great match. Non-stop action and plenty of near falls that were believable. This is Alexander’s last AAW appearance before joining WWE, so they don’t get a chance to do it again in AAW. But, this was a fantastic match.)
Backstage, JT Davidson says that whether they are together or singles they will get it done. DJ Z fell to Dave Crist tonight. Crist promotes September 17th and a match with the Besties. Crist believes they are the best tag team in professional wrestling. Crist says the Besties are the tag champs only because his brother took a hiatus from wrestling.
Before the next match, Silas Young cuts a promo insulting the crowd.
Fourth Contest: Silas Young vs. Zack Sabre Jr.: They lockup and struggle to get the advantage until Sabre baks Young against the ropes and delivers an uppercut before backing off. Young responds with a strike and they trade a few blows. Sabre uppercuts Young again, but Young back rakes Sabre. Sabre flips Young and Young holds his knee allowing Sabre to deliver a leg sweep. Sabre twists Young’s left leg, which has a knee brace on it. Sabre stomps the knee to keep control of Young in the corner. Sabre puts a leg lock on Young and twists the left leg until Young kicks free. Sabre drop toe holds Young and continues to focus his attack on the knee. Sabre uppercuts Young into the corner, but Young fights back with a chop until Sabre tackles Young to the mat and keeps leg control. Young tries to fight back, but Sabre stands up and bridges backward. Sabre rolls over and Young reaches the ropes to break the hold. Young fights back with strikes to stagger Sabre into a corner. Young elbows Sabre, but Sabre counters and sends Young across the ring, but Young’s leg gives out. Sabre stomps Young on the mat several times. Young fights out of an ankle lock, but Sabre controls Young between the ropes until Young drops Sabre over the ropes. Young hits a slingshot double stomp from the apron. Young boots a charging Sabre and kicks Sabre away before hitting a DDT into the corner. Young kicks Sabre away and continues with strikes and a chop. Sabre locks in an octopus, but lets go quickly and switches to an ankle lock. Young manages to kick free and delivers a backbreaker and a clothesline for a two count.
Young kicks Sabre on the mat, but Sabre almost wins with a bridging rollup. Sabre blocks a kick and takes Young down with a dragon screw leg whip. Sabre uppercuts Young in the corner and dropkicks Young on the injured knee a few times. Sabre nails Young with a running uppercut to drop Young to the mat. Sabre puts a bow and arrow on Young, but doesn’t get a submission and lets go. Sabre uppercuts Young, and Young responds with a strike. Sabre uppercuts Young, but Young comes back with body shots. Young gets out of a backslide to kick Sabre in the face. Young drops Sabre with a clothesline. Young covers, but Sabre kicks out at one. Young forearms Sabre in the corner and Sabre delivers a few uppercuts and a kick to the thigh. Sabre punt kicks Young for a two count. Sabre stomps Young on the mat a few times to keep the advantage. Sabre tries for an uppercut, but Young counters with a knee strike and a cutter for a two count. Sabre misses a kick and leg sweeps Young to the mat. Sabre leaps off the ropes, but Young hits a rolling fireman’s carry. Young misses a split legged moonsault. Sabre tries for an arm bar, but Young counters. Sabre counters and drives Young’s injured knee on the mat. Sabre locks in a half Boston Crab and forces Young to submit for the win. (***1/2. Admittedly, I haven’t seen a lot of Silas wrestling in ROH, but it sure as hell feels like Silas works great matches in AAW. It’s almost as if he’s a different guy in AAW. This was a good match and Sabre is obviously fantastic. The story involving the knee played into the match and being the finish made complete sense to me.)
Backstage, AAW Heavyweight Champion Pentagon Jr. cuts a promo on Tommaso Ciampa. Pentagon says that Ciampa wants to take his championship. Pentagon isn’t going to let Ciampa ruin his moment. He’s going to show Ciampa why he’s the champion. Pentagon will do whatever it takes to destroy Ciampa tonight.
Fifth Contest: Sami Callihan vs. Rey Fenix: Callihan backs Fenix into a corner and tries to get the mask, but Fenix prevents it. Sami chokes Fenix, but Fenix kicks free and hits a handspring back elbow. Fenix kicks Sami and runs the ropes to hit a springboard arm drag. Fenix slides to the floor and Sami hits a suicide dive sending Fenix into the railing. Fenix nails Callihan with a baseball slide dropkick to send Callihan into the railing. Fenix springboards off the ropes to take Callihan out with a somersault dive to the floor! Fenix rolls Callihan into the ring and tries for a springboard, but Callihan hits a sit down powerbomb. Sami backs Fenix into a corner to deliver a chop. Callihan sends Fenix upside down into the corner and covers for a two count. Fenix overhand chops Sami, but Sami headbutts Fenix. Callihan slams Fenix and delivers a knee drop. Sami keeps Fenix on the mat with a sleeper, but Fenix doesn’t give in. Callihan decks Fenix with a clothesline and taunts the crowd. Sami snapmares Fenix to the mat and tries to remove the mask, but Fenix kicks Sami off. Fenix kicks Sami away several times to prevent his mask from being removed. Fenix goes to the corner and sends Sami into the corner to deliver a forearm strike. Fenix hits a standing frog splash and a moonsault for a two count. Fenix runs into a kick and hits the corner. Sami connects with a bicycle kick in the corner. Sami taunts the crowd and runs into a superkick. Sami catches Fenix to hit a Death Valley Driver into the corner for a two count.
Sami monkey flips Fenix out of the corner and taunts the crowd. Fenix sits Sami on the top turnbuckle and delivers a strike. Fenix hits a springboard hurricanrana for a two count. Fenix kicks Sami on the chest a few times. Fenix kicks Sami and tries for a handspring, but Sami drops Fenix on his head for a two count. Fenix slaps Sami, but Sami delivers a kick over the middle rope. Fenix lays over the middle rope and Sami leaps off the top to deliver a leg drop leading to a near fall. Fenix rolls to the apron to regroup, but Sami follows. Sami pump kicks Fenix and they trade kicks on the apron. Fenix somersaults to hit a cutter on the apron. Fenix rolls Sami into the ring and hits a springboard frog splash for a near fall. Fenix misses a 450 splash and is kicked by Sami. Sami spikes Fenix with a package tombstone, but Fenix kicks out at two. Fenix spikes Sami with a reverse hurricanrana and heads to the top rope hitting a 450 splash, but Sami removes Fenix’s mask on the cover. Fenix is covering his face. Sami taunts the fans with the mask. Fenix did get the three count on the 450 splash. (****. Another great match and I’ve never seen a guy lose the match and while being pinned still maintain his heat by stealing the mask. I thought that was a great touch to the match. Sami and Fenix have great chemistry and Sami is a fantastic main event heel for AAW.)
AAW Heavyweight Champion Pentagon Jr. comes out to ringside and stares down Sami Callihan. Fenix remains covered up as Pentagon gets in the ring to chase Sami off.
Backstage, Michael Elgin cuts a promo saying when he’s in Japan he misses his family. When he’s anywhere else other than AAW, he misses AAW. Elgin says that AAW believed in AAW when no other promotion wanted to give him his due. Elgin considers AAW home and it’s always nice to come home. Elgin is going to miss Ciampa and Alexander going onto bigger things. Elgin promises he’ll be back in AAW and puts out a warning to whomever the AAW Heavyweight Champion will be.
Backstage, Silas Young cuts a promo about not being the AAW Heavyweight Champion for a few years now. Young has been wrestling talent all over the country for the top companies. Young promotes the Jim Lyman Tournament taking place in October. Young says he’s going to win the tournament not for himself, but rather for Jim.
Sixth Contest: Chris Hero vs. Drew Galloway: They shake hands at the star to show respect for each other. Galloway tries to back Hero into a corner, but Hero breaks free. Galloway gains control with a hammerlock, and switches to a headlock. Hero counters with a wrist lock. Galloway counters and strikes Young before getting wrist control. Hero counters a wrist lock and chops Galloway. Galloway chops Hero, but Hero responds with a chop of his own. Hero fakes a chop and hits a senton splash after taking Galloway down. Hero stomps Galloway and rams Galloway into the corner to deliver a chop. Galloway counters to deliver several chops of his own. Hero pump kicks Galloway, but Galloway delivers a pump kick too. Hero forearms Galloway a few times. Hero chops Galloway followed by a pump kicks. Galloway kicks Hero off the apron to the floor. Galloway chops Hero against the railing. Galloway catapults Hero face first under the ring! Galloway chops Hero on the floor to keep control of the contest. Hero rolls into the ring and Galloway stomps Hero. Galloway kicks Hero on the mat and gets a two count. Hero forearms Galloway, but is met with a back fist and Hero crashes to the mat. Galloway tries for a cover, but Hero kicks out at two. Galloway chops Hero in the corner and hits an overhead belly to belly suplex. Galloway covers Hero, but Hero kicks out at two.
Galloway stomps Hero on the mat followed by a chop as Hero rolls to the ropes to regroup. Galloway continues to chop Hero in the corner. Hero backdrops Galloway to the apron and kicks Galloway to the floor where Galloway hit the railing. Hero forearms Galloway on the floor followed by another pump kick. Hero strikes Galloway on the aisle. Galloway kicks Hero on the floor. Galloway overhand strikes Hero and continues with a chop on the floor. Hero kicks Galloway on the floor to send Galloway into the railing. Hero rolls Galloway into the ring where Galloway struggles to gain footing. Hero splashes Galloway in the corner, but Galloway hits a sit out spinebuster for a near fall. Galloway waits in the corner and forearms Hero in the corner. Galloway heads to the top, but Hero strikes Galloway. Hero pump kicks Galloway on the top and hits a slam off the ropes for a two count. Hero climbs to the top rope, but Galloway strikes Hero before delivering a chop. Galloway hooks Hero for a superplex, but Hero crotches Galloway and puts Galloway in a tree of woe. Galloway tosses Hero by his hair while in the tree of woe! Galloway headbutts Hero, but Hero responds with a forearm. They trade forearms from their knees in the middle of the ring.
Hero forearms Galloway, but Galloway responds with a leaping forearm. Hero decks Galloway with a strike. Galloway and Hero have a standoff in the middle of the ring. Hero chops Galloway several times. Hero runs into a yakuza kick by Galloway. Hero nails Galloway with an roaring elbow, but Galloway responds with a quick kick and both men are down. Galloway rolls over for a cover, but Hero kicks out. Galloway hits a sit down powerbomb for a two count. Galloway tries for a powerbomb, but Hero blocks it and tries for a piledriver, but Galloway drops to his knees. Hero tries for a cradle piledriver, but Galloway counters with a DDT for a two count. Galloway waits in the corner, but Hero forearms Galloway in the corner. Galloway spikes Hero with a piledriver for a near fall. Galloway argues with the referee. Galloway grabs Hero and chops Hero in the corner several times. Galloway shoves the referee away. Galloway forearms Hero in the corner and climbs to the top, but Hero delivers a knee strike and a roaring elbow. Hero nails Galloway with a discus elbow followed by an elbow to the back of the head. Hero delivers another elbow to the back of the head to pick up the win. (****. Hard hitting action and one of the better Hero matches I can remember watching. Galloway is on a mission to make people forget the 3MB gimmick and he’s thriving with performances such as this on the indies.)
Backstage, Sami Callihan cuts a promo with Rey Fenix’s mask. Sami tells us to look at him with the ripped mask. Sami says in the inside he’s a monster and we don’t know what goes on in his head. Sami knows what goes on in his head and it’s not pretty. Sami says he took the mask and a little bit of Fenix’s soul. Sami says there’s another monster behind the mask and that monster is Sami Callihan. Sami promotes September 16th where he’s wrestling Abyss for the first time ever. Sami believes he’s what a real monster looks like. Callihan might start a mask collection and Abyss is up next. Sami promises that Fenix isn’t getting the mask back.
Main Event: AAW Heavyweight Champion Pentagon Jr. vs. Tommaso Ciampa: Ciampa offers a handshake, but Pentagon focuses on playing to the crowd. Ciampa flips Pentagon off and Pentagon does his usual taunt. Ciampa bites Pentagon’s hand and stomps on Pentagon. Ciampa runs the ropes and arm drags Pentagon. Pentagon arm drags Ciampa followed by a kick to the midsection and a chop. Ciampa gets in Pentagon’s face and they pie face each other. Pentagon kicks Ciampa on the leg, but Ciampa runs the ropes to kick Pentagon in the midsection. Ciampa mounts Pentagon with right hands. Ciampa chokes Pentagon over the ropes and ties Pentagon’s mask on the middle rope to deliver a few stomps. Ciampa nails Pentagon with a knee strike. Ciampa delivers another knee strike against the ropes. The referee unties the mask from the middle rope. Pentagon kicks Ciampa and hits a sling blade. Pentagon sling blades Ciampa again. Pentagon dropkicks Ciampa to the floor. Pentagon fakes a dive to the floor, but Ciampa yanks Pentagon to the floor. Ciampa sends Pentagon into the railing and leaps off the apron to knee strike Pentagon over the railing into the crowd. Ciampa grabs Pentagon with a front face lock and lays Pentagon over the railing to deliver another running knee strike to send Pentagon into the crowd again.
Ciampa sends Pentagon into the ring post. Ciampa pummels Pentagon with a flurry of punches on the floor. Ciampa rolls Pentagon into the ring, but Pentagon stops Ciampa with a kick and runs the ropes to deliver a double stomp for a two count. Pentagon kicks Ciampa in the midsection and attempts the Package Piledriver, but Ciampa breaks free and puts an arm bar on the champ. Pentagon struggles in the middle of the ring, but reaches the ropes to break the hold. Ciampa misses a clothesline and Pentagon sends Ciampa into the corner chest first for a near fall. Ciampa dumps Pentagon to the apron, but Ciampa chops Pentagon on the top rope. Ciampa grabs Pentagon and hits the Emerald Fusion off the middle rope for a near fall. Ciampa chops Pentagon against the ropes. Pentagon kicks Ciampa and delivers a backstabber out of the corner for a near fall. Ciampa sits Pentagon on the top turnbuckle, but Pentagon messes up a Destroyer. Ciampa runs the ropes to hit a Destroyer for a near fall. Ciampa removes his knee pad and nails Pentagon with a running knee for a two count. Ciampa tries for a Package Piledriver, but Pentagon grabs Ciampa’s knee. Pentagon kicks Ciampa on the side of the head. Pentagon double stomps Ciampa from the top rope for a two count. Pentagon spikes Ciampa with a Package Piledriver for a two count. Ciampa fights back with strikes and a knee lift. Pentagon superkicks Ciampa and hits a powerbomb turned into a backbreaker for the win. (***1/2. A good main event, but the crowd was disappointed with that finish. It certainly felt like there was going to be more to the match and there’d be more drama. The crowd wanted Ciampa to win the title on his way out and the lack of drama probably hurt the match. However, again, it’s a good match but there could have been more here.) After the match, Ciampa gets an extended moment as it’s his farewell.
Matt Riddle cuts a promo about his AAW debut on September 16th and he’s wrestling Jeff Cobb. Riddle is showing up in AAW because he’s getting paid and he’s gonna hurt Cobb.
Chris Hero cut a promo about climbing up the AAW ladder. Hero lists the guys he’s beaten in AAW and says that Rey Fenix is next. Hero is climbing to the top of AAW and the top of that ladder is the AAW Heavyweight Championship.
Zack Sabre Jr. cuts a promo about his winning streak in AAW. Sabre talks about BOLA in PWG, which he won. He also won the 16 karat tournament in Germany. Sabre declares he’s going to win the Jim Lyman Tournament and get a title shot at the Windy City Classic.
Rey Fenix cuts a promo about Sami Callihan touching his mask. Fenix is pissed about it. Fenix wants a match with Sami one more time. Fenix is wrestling Chris Hero on September 16th.
Tommaso Ciampa cuts a promo wearing a WWE shirt. Ciampa says tonight was extremely special to him after being in the business for 12-years. Ciampa says moments is what keeps him interested in wrestling and says tonight was a night full of really cool moments. Ciampa talks about feeding off the crowd and they tried to give their all tonight. Ciampa tried to stay to say goodbye to all the fans. Ciampa didn’t tell a lie when in the ring talking to the fans. Ciampa hopes to be back in an AAW ring at some point. Ciampa says nobody retires forever in wrestling and AAW is a piece of his wrestling home forever.
Final Thoughts:
Recommended. It’s a night full of great wrestling with a hot crowd. Can’t ask for much more than that.
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