2CW
Date: 8/10/2007
From: Binghamton, NY
Colin Olsen comes out to cut a promo after coming out to the Family Matters theme song. Olsen doesn’t appreciate being disrespected by the Binghamton fans. Olsen sits down in the middle of the ring and says he’ll wait all day to speak as the fans hurl insults towards him. Olsen isn’t going to let the people ruin his day. Olsen mentions that his twin brother Jimmy Olsen isn’t there and brought an insurance policy with him. Olsen introduces Brodie Lee as his partner.
MATCH #1: THE WYLD STALLYNS (OMEN & TEZZ) VS. BRODIE LEE & COLIN OLSEN
FINISH: Olsen is finished off with a wheelbarrow/tornado DDT combo by the Stayllns.
Bob’s Take: Stayllns have the early advantage hitting dropkicks on the heels sending them to the floor and Omen hit a nice suicide dive to the floor. They do some comedy with air guitars in the ring. Olsen gets kicked to the mat a couple of times including an accidental kick by Brodie. Brodie does not have his trademark look at this point and is wearing red and black singlet. The match is a basic tag encounter as they cooled things down quite a bit after a quick start. Tezz gets the hot tag and cleans house with Omen. Lee hits a nice running big boot in the corner and Olsen hit a top rope senton for a near fall. Brodie misses a second big boot attempt and crashes to the floor leading to the finish of the match. Lee and Olsen are going to become staples of 2CW, and they were enjoyable here in their role. Stallyns still don’t do much for me, but this wasn’t awful to start the show.
Match Rating: **
Prior to the next match, Antonio Thomas cuts a promo, but the microphone isn’t great and I’m not sure what’s been saying. Thomas is upset with Ephex for rejecting his handshake offer.
MATCH #2: ISYS EPHEX VS. ANTONIO THOMAS
FINISH: Thomas and Ephex mutually decide to shake hands and end the match on good terms.
Bob’s Take: A basic start to the bout with some mat wrestling between the two with Ephex getting the better of the exchange. Ephex dumped Thomas to the floor and hit a dive to the outside to have the action pick up a bit. They brawled on the floor until Ephex suplexed Thomas over the railing into the crowd. Ephex tries to leap off the merch table, but Thomas smashes Ephex with a chair shot instead. Thomas suplexs Ephex onto the floor at ringside to keep the advantage. The crowd is enjoying the brawling aspect of the match. Thomas continued in the ring with a missile dropkick. Ephex missed a shoulder ram in the corner and Thomas put a single leg Boston Crab over the middle rope. Thomas avoids a tornado DDT on the apron by clotheslining Ephex into the ring. Ephex almost wins with a hurricanrana off the ropes. Thomas misses a middle rope moonsault attempt and almost gets pinned with a rollup. Ephex misses a springboard sunset flip attempt as Thomas missed a splash in the corner. Ephex tosses Thomas with a German suplex off the top rope. Ephex gets on the microphone and says he was ready to fight Eddie Edwards, but he’s not there. Ephex suggests they go back and grab milk because they don’t drink beer. Ephex will shake his hand now. Thomas accepts the handshake and they decide to end the match on good terms. A clever finish to the match to keep both men heels, but the action was good before the handshake finish.
Match Rating: ***
MATCH #3: JOHN WALTERS VS. CW ANDERSON
FINISH: Walters counters a spinebuster attempt with a sunset flip for the win.
Bob’s Take: Early on, they are feeling each other out by trading chops in the corner. Walters drops Anderson over the top rope. Walters keeps arm control on Anderson for a few moments. Anderson cuts off Walters strikes with a strike to Walters arm. They are both focusing on arm control in this match. Anderson smashes Walters arm around the post with a chair shot. Walters fights back with a dropkick, but Anderson stops him quickly, but Walters got an arm bar on Anderson for a moment. Anderson survived a few dropkicks before turning Walters inside out with a clothesline. Anderson almost wins with a superkick. The finish was a nice counter by Walters and this is a good win for Walters. Anderson doesn’t have a ton of name value even with the ECW connection, but Anderson looked good here and he’d be a great enforcer type of character if 2CW ever wanted to focus on that.
Match Rating: **1/4
MATCH #4: 2CW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION DIZZIE VS. SLYCK WAGNER BROWN
FINISH: Dizzie counters a sunset flip attempt and uses the ropes for leverage to steal the match and retain the title.
Bob’s Take: I’m a bit surprised that this isn’t the main event, but also I can understand putting Spike in the main event spot. Slyck sends Dizzie reeling to the floor with a backdrop in the early stages of the match. They brawl around ringside for a bit, which the crowd enjoys. Dizzie gets some momentum following a low blow out of the corner. Dizzie delivers a few slams, but can’t keep Slyck down. Slyck battled back with a hip toss turned into a neckbreaker. Brown continued with a nice leg lariat for a two count. Dizzie avoided a boot to hit a sit out over the shoulder slam. Dizzie can’t put Slyck away with a sit out fireman carry slam. Dizzie gets another near fall after a modified Muscle Buster. Brown almost wins after the Appreciation Bomb. Slyck avoids a missile dropkick and locked in the Texas Cloverleaf. The fans are wanting to explode for a title change, but Dizzie reached the ropes. I think the finish is good booking as the crowd was wanting to explode for a title change, but Dizzie stealing the match again works for me. A fine title match, but when the title switch happens it’s going to be a big moment for Slyck.
Match Rating: **1/2
MATCH #5: AJAX 820 VS. ZACHARY SPRINGATE III
FINISH: Springate gets a little cocky and Ajax takes advantage to surprise Springate with an inside cradle for the win. After the match, Springate attacks Ajax on the floor hitting a brainbuster before walking off.
Bob’s Take: Ajax accidentally whacked Springate with a chair shot last month prompting this match. Ajax could have probably stopped himself from whacking Springate with the chair. Springate accidentally crotched himself into the post when trying to avoid Ajax after a flurry of offense. Springate cheap shots Ajax and hit a twisting suplex. Springate continued his offense with a snap powerslam as Ajax came off the ropes. Ajax makes a comeback with a head scissors sending Springate to the floor. Ajax followed up with a suicide dive to send Springate into the crowd. Ajax backdrops Springate on the floor to keep the momentum. Ajax hits a big top rope blockbuster. Springate responds with a press slam and a piledriver. This is a bit of an upset for Ajax and the fans responded well to the victory. This was a bit better than I expected it to be.
Match Rating: **
MATCH #6: LOCA VIDA VS. JD LOVE — FLAG MATCH
FINISH: Love retrieves his flag to win the match. After the match, Love wipes his bare ass with Loca’s flag.
Bob’s Take: Coming off a rather embarrassing pooh on a pole match, we’re back with another pole match in the form of a flag match. For some reason, the volume for the match doesn’t exist and it cuts off at this point. Early on, they know each other fairly well so there’s a bit of countering each other. Love delivers a spinning heel kick as a big offensive move to gain control. Vida responds with a nice springboard elbow strike. Vida continued with a missile dropkick. Vida delivered an awkward looking head scissors while on Love’s shoulders at one point. There’s a ref bump when Vida spikes Love with a tornado DDT. Vida retrieved the flag, but there’s no referee allowing Love to attack hitting a sit out slam. Love tapes the flag back to the pole and planted Vida with a Dominator before grabbing his flag and winning the match due to the referee seeing it. this was better than the match last month, I will give them that. However, i didn’t need a closeup on JD’s bare ass at one point. The booking is classic heel heat booking, and JD’s Dominator looked nasty on Vida.
Match Rating: *1/2
Prior to the main event, Spike Dudley cuts a promo, but the volume is gone for the show at this point and I have no idea what he’s talking about.
MAIN EVENT: SPIKE DUDLEY & JASON AXE VS. ALL MONEY IS LEGAL (PUSHA & MURDA)
NOTE: For what it’s worth, Spike is sporting a mohawk haircut at this point. Also, the volume is still gone for this match, too.
FINISH: Pusha pins Spike after a middle rope powerbomb through a table. After the match, Spike tries to attack AMIL, but is powerbombed onto the broken table for his troubles. Spike is put in the tree of woe with a chair in front of his face and gets whacked with another chair. Jason Axe finally returned to the ringside area to pull Spike out, but quite a bit of damage is done.
Bob’s Take: AMIL storm the ring and go right after Dudley and Axe. Dudley and Axe are sent reeling to the floor to regroup in the early moments of the bout. Spike has a confrontation with a fan in the front row while Axe was double teamed by AMIL. Unlike last month, there are tag team rules being followed. Spike is busted open early in the match, but I’m not sure what caused the wound. Spike stalls quite a bit to build heat on the team. Spike gets in a fans face and it looks like the fan either does or gets very close to kissing Spike to taunt him, which is something I’ve never seen before. Pusha flips a table onto Axe on the floor. The tag rules seems to be thrown out the window, as it should be. Murda whacks Spike with a chair shot in the corner. Murda sets up a table and Pusha helps him get it into the ring. Spike is caught trying to do the Acid Drop, and is powerbombed, but the table doesn’t break. Spike is put through the table following a middle rope powerbomb. Now, Jason Axe could have attempted to break the count but he instead decided to bail backstage leaving Spike alone. I’d imagine there’s cracks in the relationship between Axe and Spike. I mean, they had a heated rivalry just months ago and I can’t imagine they’d be on the same page. Their battle last month was much more intense and more enjoyable. But, this was fine match with a good finish to give AMIL a big time win.
Match Rating: **1/4
Final Thoughts:
There’s some decent action, but there lacks a standout match or moment to recommend the show. I’d consider this an average show overall and a skippable one as not much is going to be missed here.
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