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Pre Show Meet and Greet was great with all the wrestlers out and were happy to sign autographs and take pictures.
LT Faulk defeated Chrisjen Hayme in what was billed pre show match. LT is son a tony Faulk. Match was decent and good exposure for the young guys.
King Shane Williams defeated the returning Shane Eden with the fist drop/piledriver. Williams put over cleanly here. Williams has a decent look but is solid in the ring.
The Hotshots ( Cassidy Riley & Chase Stevens) def Diamonds in the Rough (David Young and Sigmon) when Riley pinned sigmon. Hotshots got second loudest pop of the night only second to Foley. This was a great tag team match and the only one on the show. Riley is in the best shape I have ever seen him in.In the ring and physically. These two guys could easily carry WWE or TNA's tag team divison. David Young is still agile even though he is at the opposite end of the spectrum from Stevens and Riley physically. Very good fast paced tag match that saw the Diamonds attack Hotshots after the victory , so expect to see this return at the next show.
Maria Kanellis comes out for introduction of the ladies match:
Jessica Havock defeated Allysin Kay. Crowd was really up after the tag match but the divas never got out of the gate. It looked very weak espically after the hard hitting in the previous match. Match went waaaayyyy to long and never got the people involved at all.
Hammerjack rolled up Rhino in a No DQ Match. Really good brawl with lots of ECW chants. Rhino even took a fall from the balcony to the floor. After match sees a gore from Rhino and he tells Hammerjack he wasn't the one sent after him. Really fun match and these guys beat the hell out of each other. Just what needed to happen after a lack luster womens match to bring the crowd back up and back into the show. Rhino looks great! This had an ECW feel to it. We now know it wasn't Raven, 2Tuff Tony or Rhino sent after Hammerjack, interested to see whats next for him...
Wolfie D defeated Brian Christopher after hitting him with brass knuckles with a distraction from J.C. Ice. Wolfie came out an accused Brian of beating his girlfriend after the Steelers defeated the Broncos last year and said he was going to the back to get her to bring her out. He went to the back, but circled around and attacked Brian from another corner of the arena. At the finish, J.C. Ice runs down the aisle, earing a woman's hooding and with a stuffed bra and wig. He climbs the apron, flips some knucks to Wolfie.He eventually KOs Brian (when Rudy bumps and Ice and Brian fight for a chair) and gets the pin. After the match, PG-13 beats Brian down.
Jerry Lynn defeated Kid Kash after interference from some local MMA fighters that accompanied Kash to he ring backfired. Kash had a TON of heat! He makes the security guys earn their money for sure. Probably not the best match these two have ever had, but it was still very good. Jerry Lynn is awesome and always works super hard, and Kash's heat always is entertaining to watch. Fans showered Kid Kash with water and drinks as he leaves the ring back down the isle post match.
Carlito spit apple in Chris Masters face and came away with a victory.Carlito points to his abs, and is leaner than he was when he was on TV, but next to the Masterpeice it was hard to tell. Masters is built like a greek god. Both started out as faces, but Masters eventually grew frustrated and started working more aggressively. Good match and afterwards saw the two stars hug it out.
Mick Foley comes out to the loudest pop of the night to referee the main event. Foley cuts a typical Foley promo and pops the crowd again by mentioning "Good Ole Nashville, Tennessee!"
"Big" Bubba Perry with "Boogie Woogie Boy" Gary Valiant defeated Arrick Andrews . Perry is part of the Make A Wish Foundation is why he was slotted in the spot. He was a former wrestler and wasn't horrible( although he wasn't good either) in the ring, Andrews is a decent local heel and no doubt this was the biggest match of his career. I understand the premise of having this match here with Foley being apart, but it really just wasn't that good. Andrews tried hard but the best thing about it was when it was over. Finish saw Andrews getting rolled up after elbowing Foley accidently and then using a chain on Valient and Shane Douglas who ran down to try to make sure justice was served. After Perry gets the win Arrick Andrews argues with Foley only to get SOCKO! This made the people seem to forget about the poorly booked main event.
Foley cuts a post match promo saying this is his last non WWE apperance, and puts over the talent and promotion for hard work. They bring in some of the Make A Wish children and they dance and Foley Struts with Superstar Bill Dundee to close the show.
Overall a really fun show with the only lull being the womens match and I didn't like the way the finish was done in the Main event, having an older non wrestler, accompanied by a guy who isn't even good enough to get on the main show( he has worked preshow matches last few shows here) defeat a really good young heel. But over all well worth the money spent and I will definitely be back in March to see Fit Finley and Chavo Guerrero.
Loudest Pops:
Mick Foley
HotShots
Carlito
Rhino
Most Heat:
Kid Kash
Wolfie D/ J.C. Ice
Girls match ( not in a good way)
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