-AWA Power Pro returned Friday night at Union Pines High School – alma mater of the Hardy Boys, Shannon Moore and Cham Pain.
-Left Spartanburg at 1.30pm, got to the show at 5.40pm after stopping at Charlotte Douglas airport to pick up Chasyn Rance.
-Good to see some folks I have not seen in awhile – The Foxes, Tim & Chuck from www.carolinaindependentwrestling.com , Tre Smith, Ashley Walker, Rob McBride, Jaime Tucker etc.
- Long show! It was over a little after midnight. And hot! Slamfest Bob told me that the H.S. was built in 1965 – so no air conditioning.
- Jeff Hardy and Shannon Moore appeared at the end of the show for autographs and pictures.
- CIW presented their 2006 awards for Announcer, promotion and female wrestler of the year to ER, PPW and Amber O’Neal respectively.
- We saw an accident on I85 on the way back home at 4.30am. A first for me.
- The battle royal was a lot to keep up with, I don’t think I take good pics of battle royals. There is always so much going on. The one at PPW came down to Jake Manning, Christian York, Cham Pain, and KC McKnight. Very good match between the four. At one point Cham Pain and Jake went towards the Highspots table while York and McKnight headed in the other direction. I hope Slamfest got some good pics of what York and KC were doing as I was following Manning and Pain. The battle royal started with Otto Schwanz and Derek Ryze. Ryze just had the crap beat out of him. He was gorilla pressed twice. Good job.
- Saturday night was CWA in York,SC. Good time. York is just a jump down from Spartanburg. Rode with ER, TJ, Kirby and for the first time “The” Josh. I can see why Josh is teaming with Michael Frehley – they both talk incessantly. Match of the night was Team Macktion vs. Jake Manning and KC McKnight. Main event was also very good with CWA Champ Bobby Houston v. Chris Desales. Bobby is a great champion for CWA-he connects the title with the fans. Short haired, evil Christopher Desales is better in my book than long haired hand slapping Chris Guerrero.
-After the show on Friday, I was incredibly hot, tired, and a little irritable – I know I wasn’t the only one in my group. We had been on the road a long time, and on our feet for a long time. I’m afraid this may have affected the quality of some of my photos.
-I got my first look at the UWF DVD’s from Gainesville and Chattanooga. Look great – they even have my name on the back of them! I was giddy!
Was that not a miserable trip or what? At least Saturday night was a lot of fun. Thanks for the pic with me and York. Now that Mercury has been released, I’m looking to do Team Macktion vs. Joey Matthews & Christian York before too long.