Northeast Wrestling presents Wrestlefest X
Date: 3/25/2006
From: Bistol, CT
Opening Contest: Josh Daniels vs. Ricky Landell: Daniels takes Landell down to the mat, but Landell quickly counters with a hammerlock. Daniels breaks free from a wrist lock and keeps Landell on the mat with a wrist lock. Daniels shoulder blocks Landell coming off the ropes and they have a standoff. Landell gains control with a headlock. Daniels counters with a top wrist lock. Daniels switches to a hammerlock, but Landell delivers an elbow in the corner. Landell works over Daniels with a chop in the corner several times. Landell taunts the fans and Daniels responds with chops. Landell shoulder blocks Daniels, but Daniels hip tosses Landell. Landell chops Daniels, but Daniels drops Landell with a chop. Daniels backdrops Landell coming off the ropes. Daniels elbows Landell coming off the ropes and delivers a forearm strike. Daniels takes Landell over with a snap suplex for a two count. Daniels keeps Landell on the mat with a head scissors on the mat. Landell reaches the ropes to break the hold. Landell yanks Daniels to the mat to counter a backdrop. Landell stomps Daniels on the mat. Landell strikes Daniels in the corner to maintain control of the bout. Daniels misses a twisting crossbody off the middle rope. Landell chokes Daniels over the middle rope. Landell drops Daniels with a right hand. Daniels almost wins with an inside cradle. Landell clotheslines Daniels for a two count.
Landell keeps Daniels on the mat with a sleeper hold. Daniels elbows free from Landell. Landell stops Daniels with a right hand. Landell runs the ropes, but Daniels forearms Landell to the mat. Daniels sends Landell into the corner to deliver a clothesline followed by an overhead suplex. Daniels stomps Landell on the mat followed by chops and a strike to knockout Landell leading to a near fall. Landell avoids a suplex, and strikes Daniels from the apron. Landell leaps off the top, but is met with a strike in midair. Landell comes off the ropes to deliver a knee lift for a two count. Daniels hits a German suplex out of the corner for the win. (**1/2. A decent match to kickoff the show. Daniels tends to be an underrated wrestler and I enjoyed his offense. Landell is absolutely working a more old school style, and he was enjoyable in that role.)
Second Contest: Kurt Adonis vs. Masked Executioner #2: Executioner tosses Adonis into the corner to start the match. Adonis gets a headlock on Executioner followed by a shoulder block and plays to the crowd. Executioner gains control with a slam. Adonis hip tosses and arm drags Executioner. Executioner sends Adonis to the floor where a second Executioner appears from under the ring to attack Adonis. Executioner backdrops Adonis for a two count. Adonis head scissors Executioner to the floor and heads to the top rope leaping off to dive onto Executioner. Executioner strikes Adonis followed by a dropkick and taunts the fans. It’s the other Executioner who switched on the floor. Adonis sunset flips Executioner for a two count and nearly wins with a rollup. Executioner clotheslines Adonis for a near fall. Executioner chokes Adonis over the middle rope and locks in a sleeper hold. Adonis stops Executioner with a jawbreaker. Adonis punches Executioner a few times followed by an elbow strike. Adonis punches Executioner with right hands. Executioner misses a splash in the corner and Adonis nails Executioner with a superkick, but Big Daddy gets on the apron. The other Executioner enters the ring and attacks Adonis causing a double team. Adonis is driven down with a double suplex. Executioner covers Adonis and picks up the win. The referee notices the second Executioner during their celebration and the match continues. Adonis hits a running cutter to win the match. (1/2*. I was about to be surprised if Adonis had actually lost here. I didn’t have much interest in this and it felt like the kind of angle WWF would do with Doink back in the day.)
Third Contest: Mikey Batts vs. Romeo Roselli: Romeo runs through Batts with a shoulder block and taunts the crowd. Batts wheelbarrow arm drags Roselli followed another arm drag and keeps arm control on the mat. Batts head scissors Roselli to the floor. Romeo puts Talia in front of him to avoid Batts. Roselli cheap shots Batts and rams Batts into the apron back first. Roselli rolls Batts into the ring and tries for a cover managing a two count. Roselli drives Batts down with a backbreaker. Batts fights back with right hands, but Roselli sends Batts into the corner. Talia chokes Batts over the bottom rope. Roselli sends Batts into the corner again. Roselli chokes Batts over the ropes and Talia gets a cheap shot while the referee is distracted. Roselli keeps control with a chin lock. Batts fights back and gets on Roselli’s shoulders managing to get a sunset flip for a two count. Roselli decks Batts with a lariat to stop Batts momentum. Roselli lifts Batts up and delivers a vertical suplex. Roselli keeps a chin lock on Batts, but doesn’t get a submission. Roselli knee lifts Batts and tries for a powerbomb, but counters a hurricanrana with a Boston Crab. Batts is stuck in the middle of the ring, but doesn’t submit. Talia pulls the ropes away and Roselli sits down, but Batts fights to reach the ropes to force a rope break. Batts and Roselli trade strikes while on their knees. Roselli slams Batts and misses an elbow drop. Batts collides with Roselli on stereo clotheslines attempts.
They trade strikes until Batts blocks a kick and hits a leaping forearm smash and a dropkick. Batts hits a wheelbarrow bulldog leading to a near fall. Roselli tries for a pump handle slam, but Batts counters with a tornado DDT for a near fall. Batts heads to the top rope hitting a flying crossbody, but Roselli rolls through for a two count. Roselli counters a rollup and tries to use the ropes for leverage, but Batts kicks out. Roselli avoids a clothesline to deliver a backstabber for a near fall. Batts blocks a slap by Talia and kisses Talia. Roselli collides with Talia leading to a Code Red by Batts for the win! (**1/2. A solid match with Batts looking good in the underdog. Batts had some good fire and the crowd responded well. Roselli did well, as well. Roselli’s power moves looked better considering Batts is much smaller than him. This exceeded my expectations.)
Fourth Contest: Sex & Violence (Dave Danger & Jeff Starr) vs. Chuck Deep & Nick Neighborhood: Starr and Danger attack before the bell, but Starr is dropkicked. Neighborhood hits a top rope crossbody onto Danger. Starr is slingshot into the ring to take out his partner. Neighborhood and Starr legally start the tag match. Starr strikes Neighborhood and delivers a scoop slam, but is kicked away. Neighborhood gains control with a headlock. Neighborhood tags in Deep, who comes off the top to deliver an axe handle. Deep rams Starr into the corner face first. Starr atomic drops Deep and tags in Danger. Danger misses a splash in the corner and Deep hits a missile dropkick. Starr knee strikes Deep from the apron and Danger nails Deep with a clothesline. Danger scoop slams Deep and heads to the middle rope hitting an elbow drop. Danger tries for a cover, but only manages a two count. Starr tags back in and strikes Deep in the corner followed by a suplex for a two count. Starr strikes Deep to keep control in the corner. Starr rams Deep into the corner and tags in Danger. Danger strikes Deep in the corner followed an overhand chop. Danger plants Deep with a side slam for a two count. Starr tags into the match and sends Danger into Deep to deliver a splash. Neighborhood tries to get involved, but is distracting the referee. Danger tosses Deep over the top to the floor.
Starr rams Deep into the apron and legally tags into the match to deliver a swinging neckbreaker for a two count. Deep gets a two count with a sunset flip, but Starr nails Deep with a superkick and tags in Danger. Danger splashes Deep for a near fall. Starr tags into the match and chops Deep. Starr sits Deep on the top turnbuckle, but is shoved off the ropes. Deep leaps off the middle rope to nail Starr with a hurricanrana. Deep kicks Danger and tags in Neighborhood. Neighborhood hits a top rope moonsault on Danger followed by a spinning heel kick to Starr. Neighborhood strikes Danger in the corner and sends Danger into Starr. Starr drops down onto Danger’s groin. Neighborhood dropkicks a seated Danger. Starr pulls Deep to the floor and delivers another superkick. Neighborhood leaps off the top, but is met with a clothesline in midair. Danger holds Neighborhood for Starr to hit a leaping bulldog and they pin Neighborhood to win the match. (***. That was a solid tag match between two local teams, I thought. Neighborhood especially looked good with some fun offense and high flying attacks. I’m kind of surprised that Neighborhood didn’t get a shot with any other promotions that I’m aware of. Whenever local guys deliver quality matches that I’ve never seen before it makes these shows worth checking out.)
Fifth Contest: Tommy Dreamer vs. Ron Zombie in a hardcore match: Zombie attacks Dreamer with strikes and a headbutt. Dreamer hip tosses and slams Zombie. Dreamer clotheslines Zombie over the top to the floor. Dreamer baseball slides Zombie and Big Daddy into the railing. Dreamer spits water into Zombie’s face. Dreamer rolls Zombi back into the ring and grabs a cooking sheet to drop Zombie to the mat. Dreamer plays to the crowd. Dreamer gets stopped by Big Daddy and Zombie strikes Dreamer. Dreamer misses a spear and hits the ring post shoulder first. Zombie yanks Dreamer to the mat by his arm and continues with a leg drop over the arm. Zombie wraps Dreamer’s arm around the ring post. Zombie hits Dreamer over the back with a cooking sheet. Big Daddy wraps Dreamer’s arm around the bottom rope. Zombie wrenches on Dreamer’s arm. Zombie keeps Dreamer on the mat with an arm bar. Dreamer tries to fight free, but is yanked down by Zombie. Zombie slams Dreamer’s arm onto the mat. Zombie is given a chair by Big Daddy and whacks Dreamer over the back. Zombie leaps off the middle rope missing a headbutt attempt. Zombie drop toe holds Dreamer onto the chair face first. Zombie taunts the fans with the chair as Dreamer is laid out. Zombie leaps off the middle rope with a chair, but Dreamer kicks the chair into Zombie’s chest. Dreamer fires back with right hands and a neckbreaker. Dreamer rams Zombie into the corner face first and continues with right hands. Dreamer bites Zombie’s forehead in the corner. Dreamer runs into a big boot. Dreamer hits a sit out spinebuster for a near fall. Dreamer spikes Zombie with a piledriver onto the chair. Dreamer grabs a trash can and heads to the middle rope missing an elbow drop and hits the chair. Zombie whacks Dreamer with a trash can a few times. Zombie slides a table into the ring. Zombie sets the table up in the corner. Zombie avoids being sent into the table, but Dreamer ends up hitting a Death Valley Driver through the table. Dreamer whacks Zombie with a kendo stick to the midsection and plants Zombie with a DDT for the win. (*1/2. Harmless hardcore action that got cheap pops from the crowd throughout.) After the match, Dreamer whacks Big Daddy with the kendo stick.
Sixth Contest: Chris Sabin vs. Xavier: Xavier backs Sabin into a corner and they battle for advantage, but Xavier shoves Sabin away. Xavier controls Sabin with a wrist lock, but Sabin rolls through and keeps a wrist lock on Xavier. Xavier snapmares Sabin, but Sabin counters with a hammerlock. Sabin keeps a hammerlock on Xavier and keeps a top wrist lock on Xavier. Xavier controls Sabin with a front face lock. Sabin counters with a rollup for a two count. Xavier offers a handshake, but Sabin doesn’t seem to buy it. Xavier cheap shots Sabin with right hands and keeps wrist control. Sabin arm drags Xavier and comes off the ropes hitting a springboard arm drag. Xavier elbows Sabin in the corner and leaps off the middle rope being met with a kick. Sabin head scissors Xavier to the floor. Sabin strikes Xavier on the apron several times. Sabin suicide dives Xavier into the railing! Xavier backs off and offers another handshake, but Sabin kicks Xavier followed by strikes in the corner. Sabin chops Xavier in the corner a few times. Xavier responds with chops of his own, but Sabin counters with more chops. Sabin snapmares Xavier and delivers a running dropkick to the back for a near fall. Sabin headbutts Xavier into the corner and runs into a boot. Xavier nails Sabin with a leaping forearm smash. Xavier continues with a series of strikes in the corner. Xavier connects with a running dropkick in the corner for a near fall. Xavier strikes Sabin to the mat and continues with right hands. Xavier stomps Sabin on the mat followed by an overhand strike to the neck. Xavier forearms Sabin some more. Xavier runs into a boot in the corner. Sabin head scissors Xavier into the corner. Sabin strikes Xavier against the ropes. Xavier elbows Sabin and delivers a gut buster followed by a kick to the head leading to a near fall.
Xavier chokes Sabin on the mat for a few moments. Xavier slams Sabin and tries for a springboard moonsault, but Sabin got his knees up to block it. Sabin atomic drops Xavier followed by a jawbreaker and a clothesline. Xavier is met with a running boot in the corner. Sabin puts Xavier in a tree of woe and delivers a baseball slide. Sabin covers, but Xavier kicks out at two. Sabin knee lifts Xavier and spikes Xavier with a tornado DDT for a near fall. Sabin misses a slingshot crossbody to the floor and crashes to the wooden floor. Xavier drives Sabin back first into the timekeepers table. Xavier forearms Sabin and they head back into the ring. Xavier tries for a cover using the ropes for leverage, but Sabin kicks out at two. Sabin gets a second wind and strikes Xavier several times. Xavier powerbombs Sabin and locks in a leg lock. Xavier switches to an STF, but Sabin doesn’t submit and manages to reach the ropes. Xavier drives Sabin back first into the corner and delivers a knee strike. Xavier knee strikes Sabin in the corner leading to a near fall. Xavier knee drops Sabin on the forehead. Xavier heads to the top rope missing a 450 splash. Sabin kicks Xavier on the side of the head. Sabin powerbombs Xavier for a near fall. Sabin tries for a Cradle Shock, but Xavier counters with a superkick and hits a sit out slam for a near fall. Xavier locks in a cobra clutch, but Sabin kicks off the corner for a near fall. Xavier hits a cobra clutch suplex followed by a neckbreaker for the win. (***1/2. I thought this was a really good match. The action was constant throughout and there wasn’t really much of a lull. This is a huge victory for Xavier, who tended to get flack for being ROH World Champion years earlier. He’s clearly talented and this ended up being a ton of fun.)
Prior to the next match, Simon Dean cuts a promo insulting the fans and wrestlers that competed earlier. Jerry Lawler comes out and also cuts a promo on Dean. Lawler says Dean looks like Barney since his attire is all purple.
Seventh Contest: Jerry Lawler vs. Simon Dean: This is interesting since Dean is still actively competing in WWE. Dean avoids a lockup and taunts Lawler. Lawler backs Dean into a corner and backs off cleanly. Dean scoop slams Lawler and taunts Lawler in the corner. Dean rams his head onto the turnbuckle and acts like he hurt himself for a second. Dean backs Lawler into a corner and delivers a shoulder ram followed by a hip toss. Dean does a few jumping jacks. Dean backs Lawler against the ropes, but Lawler responds with right hands. Lawler hip tosses Dean followed by a scoop slam. Dean bails to the floor to regroup. Lawler sends Dean into the ring to keep the match going. Lawler jabs Dean several times and decks Dean to the mat. Lawler jabs Dean in the corner several times. Lawler drops Dean to the mat. Lawler delivers a stunner and the crowd erupts. Lawler tries for a cover, but Dean gets his boot on the bottom rope. Dean strikes Lawler in the corner and stomps Lawler over the middle rope. Dean chokes Lawler over the middle rope. Dean stomps Lawler in the corner and strikes Lawler to the mat. Dean controls Lawler with a chin lock, but doesn’t get a submission. Lawler elbows free, but Dean yanks Lawler to the mat for a two count. Dean backdrops Lawler to the mat for a near fall. Dean chokes Lawler on the mat some more. Dean gets slapped by Lawler’s lady friend at ringside. Lawler punches Dean at ringside several times. Lawler rams Dean into the railing before returning to the ring. Lawler jabs Dean several times to the mat. Lawler slams Dean to the mat and leaps off the middle rope missing a fist drop. Lawler counters a backdrop attempt with a piledriver for the win. (*. They probably could have ended this once Lawler delivered the stunner since that got a huge reaction. There wasn’t much to this action wise, though.)
Prior to the next match, Billy Kidman cuts a promo about being disappointed that he left his hot wife in Florida for a non-title match with Christian Cage. Kidman threatens he’ll not wrestle if it’s non-title. Cage agrees to make it a title match.
Main Event: NWA World Champion Christian Cage vs. Billy Kidman: Kidman grabs the championship and taunts the crowd. Cage backs Kidman into the corner and backs off as the referee gets between them. Cage gets control with a waist lock, but Kidman counters. Cage counters with a hammerlock, but Kidman quickly counters until Cage takes Kidman to the mat and Kidman reaches the ropes. Cage shoulder blocks Kidman leading to a near fall. Kidman goes to the apron to regroup. Cage keeps wrist control on Kidman, but Kidman counters. Kidman knee lifts Cage, but Cage responds with a clothesline. Cage tries for the Un-Prettier, but Kidman breaks free. Kidman slaps Cage across the face a couple of times. Cage pummels Kidman on the mat and rams the back of Kidman’s head onto the mat. Cage chops Kidman, but Kidman bails to the floor to regroup. Cage chases Kidman until Kidman gets back in the ring and forearms Cage several times. Cage tosses Kidman through the ropes to the floor. Cage baseball slides Kidman up the aisle way. Cage rolls Kidman back into the ring and Kidman asks for a timeout. Kidman offers a handshake, but nobody is buying into that. Cage eye rakes Kidman and rams Kidman’s face into the corner twenty times. Cage tries for a rollup managing a two count. Kidman drops Cage gut first over the top rope and knee lifts Cage off the apron to the floor. Kidman drives Cage into the apron ribs first before returning to the ring. Kidman kicks Cage in the ribs and taunts the fans that he’s going to win the title. Kidman covers for a near fall. Kidman keeps Cage on the mat with an abdominal stretch. Kidman strikes Cage on the ribs with strikes. Cage punches Kidman and misses a clothesline. Kidman knee lifts Cage for a two count. Kidman stands on Cage’s back over the middle rope. Kidman forearms Cage and is kicked by Cage. Kidman dropkicks Cage coming off the ropes for a two count.
Kidman slaps Cage in the corner a few times. Cage is kicked into the corner and falls onto Kidman’s groin. Cage strikes Kidman, but is met with a knee lift. Cage forearms Kidman and a clothesline. Cage backdrops Kidman followed by a reverse DDT for a two count. Kidman tries to use the ropes for leverage on a cover, but Cage kicks out. Kidman punches Cage a few times, but Cage plants Kidman with a powerbomb for a two count. Cage tries for the Un-Prettier, but Kidman nails Cage with a kick to the head. Kidman punches Cage on the mat. They trade strikes on their knees. Cage elbows Kidman, but runs into a spinebuster. Kidman heads to the top rope looking for the shooting star press. Cage avoids it and avoids a bulldog attempt. Cage plants Kidman with the Un-Prettier to pickup the win. (**. A little bit a disappointment for the main event, but I’m not sure what I expected from these two. It felt like what you’d see on a WWE house show, which isn’t necessarily bad, but it’s a forgettable bout.)
Final Thoughts:
For a less than two hour show, I thought there was enough good action to make this a worthwhile show. Xavier/Sabin was a standout match and the local tag match stood out to me, as well. NEW Wrestlefest X is a fun show and gets a recommendation from me.
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