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The World Wrestling Council (WWC) celebrated its 40th anniversary with their annual “WWC Aniversario” event in Bayamon, PR. The following are the results of the matches:
Jay Velez, Sr. C, Zion RT1 & Xix Xavant defeated AJ Castillo, Diabolico, Steve Joel & Syler Andrews. This was a very slow paced match, filled with botched spots and miscues all over. The end came when Xavant pinned AJ. Not a good opener.
Andy Leavine defeated Samson Walker. This was billed as a grudge match, but it only lasted about 6 minutes and it finished with Levine applying a sidewalk slam to get the pin.
Rikochet retained his WWC Jr. Heavyweight title after defeating Tommy Diablo. This was, without a shadow of a doubt, the match of the night. These two gentlemen put together a very well executed match that had the fans into it from bell to bell. Really good back and forth throughout the match, with both, Rikochet and Tommy having opportunities to showcase their talents. There were some really good high-spots and very close false finishes.
“Zona 101 – Chicano & Abbad” became the new WWC World Tag Team champions when they defeated Sons of Samoa and Thunder & Lightning in a Triple Threat Match. The match was a bit confusing as it looked more like a “tornado style” match with everyone fighting everywhere and, honestly, I can’t one tag being made during the entire match, which lasted a little over 12 minutes. The finish came about when one of the SOS went to apply the “samoan drop” on Lightning and at the same time took out the referee, who in turn knocked Afa Jr. down from the top rope as he was getting ready for the splash. The other SOS started to argue with the ref and at this point Abbad grabbed him for a roll-up and got the 3 count.
Chris Angel (w/ Jose Chaparro) retained the WWC Universal Heavyweight title by defeating “El Leon” Apolo. From the beginning, Apolo was immensely over with the crowd. He also had his working boots on tonight and showed that he can still entertain and have a good match with anyone whenever he wants. He had the fans eating and reacting to every move he made. Good back and forth match that saw Apolo having the upper hand the first couple of minutes and then Chris Angel took over the offense and dominated for a while. Apolo mounted a comeback and was able to hit his “filomena kick” (super sidekick) and then his finisher “fondo del abismo” (rock bottom). When he went for the count, Chaparro got on the apron and started arguing with the ref. Apolo went over to get the referee back in the match but he received a slap from Chaparro, who followed up by spitting on him too. Apolo grabbed Chaparro and brought him in the ring and put him in the “fondo del abismo”. After the move, Apolo turned only to be recipient of a spear at the hands of Chris Angel, who then pins him for the win.
Carlos Colon & Stacy Colon defeated Invader #1 & La Tigresa. In terms of a wrestling match, not much to write home about. But with regards to bringing the crowd to their feet and creating the “special moment”, this four individuals did what they had to do. At one point in the match, Carlos gave the “hot tag” to Stacy, who went after Tigresa like a firefighter putting out a fire. The crowd reacted and got louder as the Colon’s got the better of the heels. There was a spot where Invader and Tigresa were down on the mat, Carlos and Stacy looked at each other and at the same time went for the trademarked Colon cartwheel and the crowd went nuts. Carlos then stood in the middle of the ring and took of the sweat-shirt he was wearing, revealing that he was wearing a singlet, for which he was notorious for using throughout his career. And let me tell you, the crown went into frenzy. It is amazing what small little details like that can create such a reaction from a crowd. The end came when Stacy and Carlos applied the figure 4 on Invader and Tigresa. They both reach the ropes, causing the break. When they came back up Stacy gave Tigresa a “backstabber” and went for the pin. Invader went to break the count with an elbow but Stacy moved and he hit Tigresa. Stacy hit a low-blow on Invader and went for the pin for the win.
After intermission, a tribute video was presented to the crowd, displaying the greatest moments in Pedro Morales career in WWWF, WWF and WWC. They then announced that unfortunately Morales could not be present due to the advanced state of his Parkinson's Disease..
Savio Vega defeated Bronco via DQ after Bronco hit him with a foreign object. This match lasted all but 5 minutes. Very disappointing that this happened. These two veterans could have given us the best match of the night and instead it didn’t mean anything.
Rey Fénix defeated Súper Fénix. This was another good match that saw both men work hard to maintain the crowd into it throughout the bout. The end came when Super Fenix brought a table into the ring, but could not put Rey Fenix through it. The brawled and both ended lying on the canvas in opposite corners. While recuperating, Rey Fénix started to take out a small bad with powder from his pocket, but Toledo noticed and grabbed it from him. He then proceeded to give it Super Fenix. Toledo then went back to argue with Rey while Super Fenix was opening the bag. As they were arguing, Rey started to move Toledo closer to Super Fenix. When he got close enough, he kicked the hand of Super Fenix, thus getting a face full of powder. Rey pushed Toledo against Super Fenix, who proceeds to grab him and put him through the table. When he stands up he walks into a “fenix landing”. Rey covers him and another ref comes in for the count. After the match, Super Fenix left the ring as he did not want to take his mask off. He was met by Andy Levine in the middle of the aisle and had to turn his back to the ring. Rey Fenix took advantage of this opportunity and reach out, grabbed the mask and pulled it off revealing that it was none other than “The Precious One” Gilbert who had been under the mask all this time.
This was the last match on the iPPV. Right after it we went on to the main event.
Appearing for the first time ever in Puerto Rico, Sting defeated Carlito via pinfall. This was a very good back and forth match. The end came when Sting was getting ready to hit the “Stinger Splash” in the corner and Carlito pulled the referee in to take the bump. Carlito then took the upper hand and was setting Sting up to finish him, when out of nowhere comes Rey Fenix and hits a “backstabber” on Carlito. He leaves and Sting then hits a “Stinger Splash”, followed by the “Scorpion Death Drop” and covers him for the count.
NOTES: There was a decent size crowd in attendance of a little over 4,500 fans. The crowd was into the matches, and especially hot at the top of the card....The sound system was giving problems at the beginning of the show. It even interrupted the rendition of the National Anthem, which had to be restarted a couple minutes later when they were able to fix the problems. After the initial problems, it worked out for the rest of the evening....The first match of the night, with all the highflyers and young talent involved in this match, with the exception of Diabolico who has had a long career, the expectations were that this would have been a fast paced bout with a lot of spots to try and get the younger talent over and get the crowd ready for the rest of the evening. Unfortunately, as I stated earlier in the report, this was a very slow paced match, filled with botched spots and miscues all over.....The Levine/Walker match was not good at all. The progress that both men had shown in past months was not in display in this bout. There is no reason, other than one of them being legitimately injured, for them to have the kind of match they had at the biggest show of the year....It was also very disappointing to see that they gave about 5 minutes to Bronco/Savio. I considered this to be very disrespectful to the workers and to the fans that came to see that match. This is Aniversario after all. You should have your top stars having the best matches of the night. They really missed the boat with this one....It was great to see Apolo coming in to work. He is a very good worker that can have a good match every night, but he needs to be motivated. This was one of those nights where everything he did clicked with the crowd and he looked comfortable and even excited to be there. I sincerely hope that he continues to perform in this way everywhere he goes and that more people can get to see the Apolo that the fans here in Puerto Rico have been used to seeing from his time with IWA and earlier years in WWC.....The match of the night was the WWC Jr Heavyweight title match. Tommy and Rikochet had great chemistry in the ring and hit every big spot they tried. They need to continue to let these talents develop and continue growing....Intermission… 38 minutes. An improvement to what they normally do, but when it goes past 11:20PM it’s just never going to be acceptable....Overall, I would give the show a thumbs-in-the-middle rating. It had 3 good matches, but the rest of the card was too inconsistent. I definitely would have expected a bit more since they were celebrating their 40th Anniversary....With all that being said, 40 years in this business is not an easy task to accomplish, especially in the economic times that we are living through at the moment. WWC has overcome a lot of challenges over the years and are considered to be the sole survivor promotion from the old-school territory days....Congratulations to everyone involved in one way or another with the company, more so to Carlos Colon Sr and Victor Jovica, who have been in front of the company for all these years.
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