Not this way!!
Another weekend of wrestling antics and here's the inside scoop on it.
Saturday, August 13th - Darin, Lindsey, Molly and I head out to "Cowboy" Gator MaGraw's wedding. Due to some heavy traffic cause by an accident we ended up being about 10 minutes late for the ceremony which sucked but we made it so I guess that's all that matters. The wedding was really nice and it was cool to be there for Gator's big day because I know he's been looking forward to it so much. After the ceremony it was to the local Days Inn for dinner and party antics. Dinner was good but the dance was tremendous. From Dolan being pretty wasted to Krazy and Nova belting out some their sweet jam, it was pretty awesome. We took off around 10'ish cause we still had a little driving time ahead of us. We arrive to our destination around midnight and sleep was had.
Sunday, August 14th - Up and at'em around 10:30. The crew was ready to go around 11:30 so we took off for lunch at Romano's Macaroni Grill which is just awesome and I highly recommend it. After lunch we made our way to the Mall of America for some shopping. I got a couple of shirts at Old Navy but my awesome purchase of the day was a Batman Begins belt buckle...for anyone that has seen Batman Begins it is designed like the throwing stars that he designs. It rules I tell ya and it's cool to have because Batman is my favorite super hero of all time. But I think the buy of the day overall goes to Darin and the belt that he bought...its a digital belt that you can have a moving message move across it...it resembles the stock exchange board that you'd see in Times Square in New York City. It's just awesome. Anyways, after the shopping we made our way to the Cottage Grove Armory for NIW's Strive to Survie. On this night it was an invitational 8 team tag tournament that included the current champs, The INvasion who would be defending the belts throughout the tournament. Darin's and my first match was against our longtime rivals, The New Generation. The match was pretty intense with each team doing what they do best. Back and forth and back and forth the match went until things got a little mixed up for the NG boys. The hit the Generation Gap on Darin and then Cody came to keep me from breaking up the pin. We hit eachother with simultaneous forearms and both fell back but Cody landed on Aaron who was making the cover. Aaron stood up, not knowing what was going on so I shook away the stars, threw him out of the ring and then Darin and I hit Cody with a double berkilator to get the win and advance. So Darin and I advanced to the second round where we were scheduled to face Joey Envy and The Prophet. Things got a little crazier though as Frosty made a decision that since two teams from the first round were both eliminated from the same match via a double countout and therefor giving The INvasion no second round opponent he threw them into the match making it a three-way tag match for the NIW Tag Team titles. So that made things a bit more interesting and certainly more difficult to win. So the match gets underway and right away things aren't looking good for Darin and I as a beatdown ensues on Darin. Things get heated between The INvasion and Prophet/Envy though as they battle over whose going to beat on Darin the most. Then they turn on eachother and Darin's able to make the tag to me...and I come in with a dive on everyone from the top rope and proceed to clean house. I hit Al B.C. with BoomShakaLaka but the pin is broken up by Prophet and Joey. Things get out of hand and just a couple minutes later its just Bobby Mafia of The INvasion, Darin and myself in the ring. Bobby runs at me in the corner but I get both boots up and he stumbles backwards. Darin and I then hit him with a spinkick/sweep combo known as Total Elimination of Eliminators' fame and then hit our slingshot splah now called Cruz Control and get the 1-2-3!! New NIW Tag Team Champs baby!! Post match celebration ensues! Good times for sure!! After the show it was a 4 hour trip home. We arrived back at the homestead around 2:30 and I had to work at 8...so that sucked. But it was all in good fun. Special thanks to the NIW crew at it's always a good time with you guys. Definitely a promotion that's fun to be a part of and is operated really well. So thank you for the chance to be a part of it!
Well I think that's all the details...well that I can remember anyways. This weekend is IWA-MS in Midlothian on Friday and Lafayette on Saturday. Then back for the 1029 show on Sunday so three shows in three days. Good times ahead for sure.
Quote of the Week
"Oh, not this way..." - Rob Page after nearly knocking over a locker in the lockerroom at NIW's Strive to Survive show.
Saturday, August 13th - Darin, Lindsey, Molly and I head out to "Cowboy" Gator MaGraw's wedding. Due to some heavy traffic cause by an accident we ended up being about 10 minutes late for the ceremony which sucked but we made it so I guess that's all that matters. The wedding was really nice and it was cool to be there for Gator's big day because I know he's been looking forward to it so much. After the ceremony it was to the local Days Inn for dinner and party antics. Dinner was good but the dance was tremendous. From Dolan being pretty wasted to Krazy and Nova belting out some their sweet jam, it was pretty awesome. We took off around 10'ish cause we still had a little driving time ahead of us. We arrive to our destination around midnight and sleep was had.
Sunday, August 14th - Up and at'em around 10:30. The crew was ready to go around 11:30 so we took off for lunch at Romano's Macaroni Grill which is just awesome and I highly recommend it. After lunch we made our way to the Mall of America for some shopping. I got a couple of shirts at Old Navy but my awesome purchase of the day was a Batman Begins belt buckle...for anyone that has seen Batman Begins it is designed like the throwing stars that he designs. It rules I tell ya and it's cool to have because Batman is my favorite super hero of all time. But I think the buy of the day overall goes to Darin and the belt that he bought...its a digital belt that you can have a moving message move across it...it resembles the stock exchange board that you'd see in Times Square in New York City. It's just awesome. Anyways, after the shopping we made our way to the Cottage Grove Armory for NIW's Strive to Survie. On this night it was an invitational 8 team tag tournament that included the current champs, The INvasion who would be defending the belts throughout the tournament. Darin's and my first match was against our longtime rivals, The New Generation. The match was pretty intense with each team doing what they do best. Back and forth and back and forth the match went until things got a little mixed up for the NG boys. The hit the Generation Gap on Darin and then Cody came to keep me from breaking up the pin. We hit eachother with simultaneous forearms and both fell back but Cody landed on Aaron who was making the cover. Aaron stood up, not knowing what was going on so I shook away the stars, threw him out of the ring and then Darin and I hit Cody with a double berkilator to get the win and advance. So Darin and I advanced to the second round where we were scheduled to face Joey Envy and The Prophet. Things got a little crazier though as Frosty made a decision that since two teams from the first round were both eliminated from the same match via a double countout and therefor giving The INvasion no second round opponent he threw them into the match making it a three-way tag match for the NIW Tag Team titles. So that made things a bit more interesting and certainly more difficult to win. So the match gets underway and right away things aren't looking good for Darin and I as a beatdown ensues on Darin. Things get heated between The INvasion and Prophet/Envy though as they battle over whose going to beat on Darin the most. Then they turn on eachother and Darin's able to make the tag to me...and I come in with a dive on everyone from the top rope and proceed to clean house. I hit Al B.C. with BoomShakaLaka but the pin is broken up by Prophet and Joey. Things get out of hand and just a couple minutes later its just Bobby Mafia of The INvasion, Darin and myself in the ring. Bobby runs at me in the corner but I get both boots up and he stumbles backwards. Darin and I then hit him with a spinkick/sweep combo known as Total Elimination of Eliminators' fame and then hit our slingshot splah now called Cruz Control and get the 1-2-3!! New NIW Tag Team Champs baby!! Post match celebration ensues! Good times for sure!! After the show it was a 4 hour trip home. We arrived back at the homestead around 2:30 and I had to work at 8...so that sucked. But it was all in good fun. Special thanks to the NIW crew at it's always a good time with you guys. Definitely a promotion that's fun to be a part of and is operated really well. So thank you for the chance to be a part of it!
Well I think that's all the details...well that I can remember anyways. This weekend is IWA-MS in Midlothian on Friday and Lafayette on Saturday. Then back for the 1029 show on Sunday so three shows in three days. Good times ahead for sure.
Quote of the Week
"Oh, not this way..." - Rob Page after nearly knocking over a locker in the lockerroom at NIW's Strive to Survive show.