CZW returned last night to the ECW Arena for its tenth anniversary show before a larger than expected crowd.
Dark matches
The crowd really scratched their heads, but then Sami Callahan jumped EMO and took his spot in the match. Suddenly things got a lot more interesting. It got even more interesting when John Moxley came out through the crowd which distracted Dahmer and let Callalhan take the pinfall. All this made sense later.
Tenth anniversary show
1) SAT defeated Izzy Kensington/LJ Cruz
2) 2.0 defeated SAT
3) Adam Cole/Tyler Veritas defeated 2.0 in seconds with a roll-up
4) Adam Cole/Tyler Veritas defeated All Money is Legal
5) Adam Cole/Tyler Veritas defeated Joe Gacy/Alex Colon
A chunk of the crowd had a fun time giving Robbie Mireno heat all night…they happily returned the favor this match with some funny, but VERY non-PG mike work that probably doesn’t make the DVD
Pretty terrible match. Frazier didn’t show up for his retirement match, and B-Boy was sick so he couldn’t compete, leaving a one-on-one match between Devon and Ruckus. They start off intentionally boring the fans with headlocks and stuff for several minutes. They pick up the pace, but never manage to bring the fans back in. Eventually B-Boy runs out in street clothes, attacks Ruckus, and Devon rolls him up. Since he was originally booked for the match, the pinfall counts.
After all this… post match, the dark match early in the show suddenly made sense…as Sami Callahan defeated Brain Damage in seconds to win the Ironman title when he cashes in his money in the bank.
After an intermission while we waited for the barbed wire to go up, we went to the main event.
Post-match, with cameras off, Kingston thanked Zandig for bring him back and Drake Younger for the match.
NOTES: Crowd had to be way more than the building or CZW expected given it being Valentine’s Day. Food was entirely sold out…except for one woeful bag of Cheetos, a few cans of Diet Coke, and of course, beer.
Gail Shister from the Philadelphia Inquirer was there with her family to write a story, as were three other papers following up on interest from “The Wrestler”.
CZW returns for its March ECW Arena event on March 14 with “Total Havoc” featuring Danny Havoc vs Thumbtack Jack.