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PLATINUM CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING IN AVONDALE ESTATES, GA LIVE REPORT: 10 MAN TAG AND MORE

By Larry Goodman on 2011-11-13 07:30:00
Platinum Championship Wrestling’s big 11/11/11 event was a wild night at the Academy Theater. The conclusion of the 10 vs. 10 main event saw the Empire gain control of the company, with Jeff G. Bailey debuting as the ultimate evil mastermind.

I figured it to be the blow off of the feud. My figuring was dead wrong. The thing was taken to a whole other level by the shocking appearance of the multiple time Georgia manager of the year, a turn to the dark side by the company’s beloved babyface, Shane Marx, and the sight of owner Stephen Platinum left laying in a pool of his own blood.

This show had great atmosphere. The standing room only crowd of 80 was electrified all night long. At a PCW show, even when the wrestling is bad, and this show had its share of bad wrestling, the wacky characters, hilarious chants and massively irreverent live commentary provide entertainment in abundance. If nothing else, these shows are fun.

Coming after an undercard dominated by frothy, light-hearted fun, the conclusion of the main event was like a punch to the solar plexus. The PCW fans are never at a loss when it comes to smart remarks, but this was one time when they were rendered speechless.

1) The Supernatural defeated CAMPUS Blue (with CAMPUS Strike Force) in 2 minutes.
  Supernatual is a tiny masked guy billed as being from San Paolo, Brazil, zombie like unless he’s in the midst of decimating an opponent. The finish was a Sliced Bread #2 followed by a top rope double stomp to the gut.

CAMPUS Strike Force attacked Supernatural after the match. There’s not a competent wrestler in the bunch and Supernatural had no problem demolishing all five of them. The crowd loved it.

Rachael Tension entered the ring with a vow to dismantle PCW and retire Stephen Platinum in the 10 on 10 match. Platinum came down from the commentary booth to reply. “Those are some big words public school.” Platinum said it was his last match as the Lethal Litigator but he wasn’t retiring. Platinum said Jake Roberts taught him two things 1) duck when you see flashing blue lights and 2) never promise what you can’t deliver. Platinum said PCW would destroy the Empire.

Segue to performance art by the Surrealists. The Empire theme from Star Wars played. De La Vega came out wearing a Darth Vader mask with words of gloom and doom for PCW. A woman dressed as Princess Leah fired a dart gun at him. Vader was dragged to the back with the fans chanting “PCW”. Only at a PCW show could a segment this profoundly stupid get over.

(2) Brian Blaze (with Nemesis & Aesha Sunshine) defeated “Dynomite Soul” Eric Walker in 7:15
.   Blaze worked submissions on Walker’s arm. Platinum damned Blaze with the faint praise of being the most technically sound amongst the Konkrete Gorilla – “like being the valedictorian of summer school.” Nemesis got some wicked back chop in. Walker’s comeback was bowling shoe ugly. Blaze pinned him with The Burn.

Nemesis said Gorillaz didn't care about PCW vs. Empire because they were on their own schedule.

Sunshine said she had beaten Pandora like the **** she was and had outgrown her. Therefore, she was refusing Pandora’s challenge to a strap match at the Masquerade on December 15. Pandora sneaked into the ring with a belt. She got one good lick in on Sunshine and escaped through the crowd before the other Gorillaz could catch her. Sunshine screamed like a banshee. She was now primed for the strap match.

 Vandal defeated Ken O’Sullivan in 3:15. Vandal is getting awesome heat these days.   Team All You Can Eat lead the “ashy bastard” chant and blew powder at him. In the first spot of the match, O’Sullivan hiptossed Vandal on his head. Platinum said the Irish had plenty of reasons to be angry – Protestant rule, small penises and beer like tar. O’Sullivan also did a dive off the apron. That’s taking your life in your hands at the Academy there is zero margin for error. Vandal reversed O’Sullivan’s TKO into an elbow drop from a reverse DDT. Very smooth. Nothing wrong with this match. O’Sullivan is a tough little SOB and a solid addition to the roster.

Vandal said he was a trailblazer. That got a chant of “cocoa butter” from Team Eat to Win. Vandal brought a stool into the ring and sat down. The chant shifted to “occupy ash”. Supernatural came to the ring. Vandal was highly perturbed by the interruption. Supernatural sent Vandal packing with a spectacular necktie headscissors. Platinum said this segment was not brought to you by Direct Auto Insurance.

(4) Marko Polo (with Nina Monet) defeated Warhorse 47 B.C. in 5:30.   Monet told ring announcer Robert Drake to reintroduce 47BC as “the real Exotic One”, so we got to hear Polo’s “Magic Mangina” theme music for a second time. Platinum said that not since Gorgeous George has there been a wrestler who took so long to get the ring or whose sexuality was as suspect. Polo now applies hand sanitizer and chapstick before the match. BC47 gingerly walked to the ring using a cane and holding his back. BC47 was moving OK once the match started, but he would sell his aching back after every offensive maneuver. Polo worked on his back. Fans chanted “elderly abuse” and “let’s go grandpa”. 47BC came back with a Mr. Wrestling #2 kneelift. After Polo hit a devastating kick to the face, 47BC was hamming it up huge with his selling and got a “rigor mortis” chant. Polo got the pin with a leg drop. A ridiculous match but incredibly entertaining.

(5) Vordell Walker beat “The Tokyo Monster” Kahagas (with Ron Niemi) in 9:15.   Niemi took one look at the place as he came through the curtain and started mumbling “WTF?, WTF?” under his breath. "The Hardcore Giant" Niemi introduced Kahagas as the most vicious man in pro wrestling and apologized in advance for what he was about to do to Walker. It was interesting to see real pros like Niemi and Bailey control the crowd. There are times at PCW when it’s the other way around. This was a nice mix of brawling and wrestling. Kahagas jumped the bell. Walker tried for a heel hook but Kahagas made the ropes. Not being accustomed to the low clearance at the Academy, they knocked an electrical box down on a vertical suplex. Duke Korey shrugged his shoulders, and they just worked around it. Kahagas used a dragon suplex. Walker won it with the Brainbustah! Best wrestling of the night with room to spare.

Polo returned to the ring wearing a suit. He called “Exotic One” Simon Sermon out. “The monster of Midtown” is beloved by the PCW fans. Polo said there was nothing exotic about a gay white man in Atlanta. “You buy clothes to look good. I make clothes look good.” That comment earned Polo a “TJ Maxx” chant. Polo said the beating he was going to give Sermon wouldn’t be the first time he was manhandled, but it would be the first time he didn’t like it. Polo slapped Sermon. Sermon slapped a sleeper hold on Polo, sending him straight to la la land. Sermon then ripped Polo’s suit clean off him. Good stuff. There’s nothing quite like seeing an obnoxious heel stripped down to his lace underwear.

(6) The Empire (Rachael Tension & Dany Only & Joey Kidman & Mr. Eric & Master Jae & Union Jack & Leroy & Michael Hirsch & Sylar Cross & Zackary Blane & Zach Daniels with Marty Freeman) defeated Team PCW (Jay Fury & Shane Marx & Chip Day & Jon Williams & Trey Williams & Tommy Daniels & Mason & De La Vega & The Phantom & The Lethal Litigator with Miss Stiletto) in an elimination match at 40 minutes.  Team PCW received individualized intros saving the retiring Litigator for last. His act with Miss Stiletto was a comic book come to life. I won’t attempt to describe it. Litigator yelled “KILL THEM!” and it was on. On paper, Team PCW had a major edge in talent over Empire, who are a motley looking crew. The working conditions were positively claustrophobic. Only and Day dominated the early action with a highlight being Day’s barrel roll tope into a bunch of Empire guys. A long string of back and forth eliminations ensued…

Only pinned Day with a shadow lariat.

Only went after Litigator and got blinded by Phantom’s mist and pinned by Marx.

Fury was minding his own business on the apron when Leroy potatoed him squarely in the eye. Fury was, umm, furious, and jumped in the ring to give him a receipt. De La Vega rolled up Master Jae.

Tommy Daniels eliminated Leroy with a cradle brainbuster. Did I mention that Leroy blows goats as a wrestler?

Zackary Blane pinned Daniels with a full nelson bomb.

The Bullets sprung into action. Trey superkicked Blane who was then pinned by Jon.

Kidman spiked Jon with what appeared to be stunner variation. Bullets then hit the Marion Berry on Kidman and he was pinned by Trey.

Hirsch pinned Trey with a neckbreaker.

Mason pinned Hirsch with Tales of Justice (TKO).

Zach Daniels pinned the PCW Champion Mason with the Air Raid Crash. PCW is doing everything under the sun to get Zach and his finisher over.

Eric pinned Phantom with a Samoan Drop.

Team PCW beat the ever living crap out of Eric and Litigator pinned him with a legdrop, in the process yelling “it’s one of the three moves I know, motherfer!”

Tension and Litigator had their long-awaited physical confrontation. This was way better than it had any right to be. Tension locked Litigator in a series of submission. Litigator buckle bombed his way out of a triangle choke and lit her up with ridiculously stiff chops. Tension had Litigator pinned but pulled him to dish out more punishment, but before she could do so, Union Jack grabbed her leg. Litigator then hit a Black Hole Slam on Tension for the pin.

Union Jack let Litigator pin him. Jack unmasked. The revelation that it was Simon Sermon under the hood got a great pop.

Litigator was DQed for a blatant low blow on Cross.

It was down to Cross & Zach Daniels vs. Fury & Marx. Empire beat on Fury and when he got that last gasp chance to tag, Marx had other ideas. Like running his head into the support beam and the ring post. The crowd absolutely did not want to believe this was happening. Marx was their first champion, locked in as the top babyface. His facial expressions in doing the turn were tremendous. The things that separate Marx from achieving a higher level are all cosmetic. Fury was bleeding and nothing but dead meat. Marx rolled him into the ring, and the front slam by Cross was a mere formality.

Marx slugged referee Frank Earl for an intentional DQ, and it was over. Empire busted out the cheap champagne but the fun was just beginning…

Attorney Jeff G. Bailey sauntered down to the ring with a shiny new belt on his shoulder. Some fans recognized him but most had no idea who he was. Bailey said PCW was nothing but frauds, posers and pretenders, but he had been planting his sleeper cells. Bailey said Platinum couldn’t run a bath much less a wrestling promotion, and now PCW was dead and ECW stood in its place. Bailey said Marx almost became the NWA World Heavyweight Champion and yet PCW deprived him of a rematch. Bailey presented Marx with the ECW belt.

Pandora hit the ring with a steel chair. What was she thinking? Only mowed her down with a vicious lariat. There is no ban on man-on-woman violence in PCW. Hell, it’s encouraged.

The crowd reaction, which started as anguished disbelief, had worked through the stunned silence phase, and now these people were getting PISSED. The PCW fans will play along with just about anything, but this was getting legit heat. Bailey had some choice words for them.

Platinum came to the ring to plead his case, telling Marx they could find a way to fix it. Marx teased a change of heart, and started to the belt over, but he wouldn't quite let go. I don't need to tell you what happened next. Platinum was a bloody mess. The scene was utter carnage. Platinum was busted open. Fury was still laid out. Empire added insult to injury by pouring champagne on Pandora’s privates. The disgusted fans let Empire have it bigtime on their way out.

Bailey called it the dawning of new era. The PCW theme music played for the final time.


NOTES: Color commentary was provided by Shane Mackey. Kurt Kilgore subbed for Platinum on commentary during the main event…The other referee was “The Undefeated” Duke Korey…The first Academy show under the ECW banner takes place on November 18. Jeff G. Bailey will continue to make his presence known at ECW events. The tentative plan is present dream match ups starting with Washington Bullets vs. former Rampage Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champions Hot Like Lava (Cru Jones & Shaun Banks) on November 18…PCW returns to the Masquerade in Atlanta on December 15 with Pandora vs. Sunshine in a strap match and more TBA…Look for an announcement from PCW regarding a new venue being added to the schedule for 2012.

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