Second row, wishing for a noseplug
Oct. 29th, 2005 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebitterguyLast night, Dave Creighton and I once again voyaged to the desolate backwoods of Mississauga for a night of UWA Hardcore Wrestling .
The highlight of the evening was the UWA Grand Prix tournament, a three round, eight person event. Ring of Honour wrestler Alex Shelly was participating. He was scheduled to wrestle Montreal wrestler Kevin "Mr. Wrestling" Steen, but injured his shoulder in his first match; when he attempted to forfeit the match, Mr Wrestling turned on him, working his injured shoulder until Shelly tapped out.
Overall, it was an event well spent, for company if nothing else. Dave & I got fourth row seats for $10, which sounds impressive until you realize the church hall it was held in had only 4 rows, and a balcony. Balcony seats were $15, and considering how hard it was to see anything once the action left the ring (you had to literally stand on your chair to see anything happening out of the ring, f you were lucky enough to be on the side of the ring near the out of ring action).
The crowd was typical Mississauga teens, full of misplaced testosterone and homophobia.
Dave & I were stuck behind some high school kids who were just ready to get dragged into the shower by the football team and brushed with scrub brushes and, brother, I woulda brought the soap. To anyone who says gamers smell, I challenge you to spend two hours in the audience for a small town wrestling fed.
The highlight of the evening was the UWA Grand Prix tournament, a three round, eight person event. Ring of Honour wrestler Alex Shelly was participating. He was scheduled to wrestle Montreal wrestler Kevin "Mr. Wrestling" Steen, but injured his shoulder in his first match; when he attempted to forfeit the match, Mr Wrestling turned on him, working his injured shoulder until Shelly tapped out.
Overall, it was an event well spent, for company if nothing else. Dave & I got fourth row seats for $10, which sounds impressive until you realize the church hall it was held in had only 4 rows, and a balcony. Balcony seats were $15, and considering how hard it was to see anything once the action left the ring (you had to literally stand on your chair to see anything happening out of the ring, f you were lucky enough to be on the side of the ring near the out of ring action).
The crowd was typical Mississauga teens, full of misplaced testosterone and homophobia.
Dave & I were stuck behind some high school kids who were just ready to get dragged into the shower by the football team and brushed with scrub brushes and, brother, I woulda brought the soap. To anyone who says gamers smell, I challenge you to spend two hours in the audience for a small town wrestling fed.
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Date: 2005-10-30 12:48 am (UTC)I love me some small-venue wrestling. Used to catch ECW when they would come to Florida (this was before they ever got on The Redneck Network, much less PPVs... though I did go to their 2nd PPV, here in FL, back in 1997, but that's a story for another day...), and it'd be in the local armoury. Was in the 2nd row for a match between The Nightmare Combination of Sabu and Taz (managed by Paul E Dangerously, natch) against the tag team champs, The Public Enemy, and got whapped in the head by a mop handle swung by Taz.
Short little bastard.