Deep in the heart of Peoria, AZ, a storm is brewing, a beautiful, multicolored storm of headlocks, takedowns, submissions and chair shots. The only thing raining down in this storm, are wrestlers as they go SPLAT into the seats.
This past September (Saturday, 9/20) the AWF (www.arizonawrestlingfederation.com) put on AWF RETRIBUTION, and if you live in the Valley of the Sun, are a professional wrestling fan and didn’t attend, feel shame. You should be embarrassed. The action the AWF put on for surpassed what the WWE has done lately, and yes RETRIBUTION was better than that following Sunday’s WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS. Far Better.
Before I get into the actual review, I want to tell you what I did the second I got into the venue. I purchased my ticket to their next event: THE ELIMINATION, which takes place on Saturday, October 18.
RETRIBUTION, was, without a doubt, a great show. Not only did we get the AWF stalwarts, we also saw some new talent, R-Three, Evan Daniels, Joey Law, Clutch and Hudson Envy. At least they are talent not at the past few events I have attended.
The AWF once again did what any wrestling promotion should do (hey WWE), put on a WRESTLING show with action, spills, thrills and limited promos. If you want Pro Wrestling action, the AWF has it. Get your fix at their events.
RETRIBUTION MATCHES
The Deans of Chaos d. R-Three & “Exciting” Evan Daniels
This was a good tag team opener with the Deans of Chaos against the debuting R-Three and Evan Daniels. It was a good back and forth match that saw The Deans of Chaos win after R-Three was attacked and misted by an unknown wrestler. The attacker was not identified at the show, but he had a great look, awesome mask and a Freddy Krueger tattoo on his left shoulder.
R-Three is a big guy, and for his size, he moved great.
Super Chaos of The Deans of Chaos looked great. He looked like he has slimmed down over the last few shows and lost some weight, and it shows. He looked great and pulled off some really nice athletic moves. He is one of my favorites.
The Pali Prince d. Joey Law
The Pali Prince, The Eliminator of Entertainment, is my favorite AWF guy. He really took it to Joey Law, and knocked him out to win the match. Magod Ali was in Pali Prince’s corner, and the little heel dissed me even though I was cheering for Pali!
Alex Sinister d. Chris Evans
This match . . . This match was phenomenal. Dave Parrish and Chris Rose were in attendance with me and we all agreed this was the match of the night. Hell it is a contender for Match of the Year from ANY promotion or event I have seen or attended this year. Chris agreed with that.
I cannot praise this match enough.
Magod Ali d. Danny Gee
Magod Ali is the little #$%^ that dissed me earlier in the show, so I was pulling for the Gee. However, Ali can actually go and eked out a victory over Danny Gee in a good mid card match.
Alexander Hammerstone d. Jay Garland
Wow, this match was a hard-hitting affair that saw the He-man like Hammerstone come out on top. Literally, if you see Hammerstone, he looks like He-man.
The most notable part of this match was Hammerstone diving over the top rope and almost landing head first on the floor! The AWF have no padding or guard rail! This is proof of how these guys go all out.
Los Fox Stars d. Gregory “Go” Sharpe & Clutch
What a crazy and entertaining match this was. Los Fox Stars got in all there lucha moves, but the real story was Sharpe and Clutch. “Go” and the debuting (to me) Clutch just couldn’t get along. The face (“Go”) and Heel (Clutch) duo were never on the same page. This was never more evident then when Clutch introduced a chair into the ring and demanded “Go” use it, he refused. Lox Fox stars won the match.
I loved Clutch.
Awesome Andy d. Aydan Colt
Last Month Awesome Andy challenged Adrian Hawkins in an Awesome match. This match wasn’t quite as Awesome but was still a good match. Awesome Andy is good and almost lives up to the Awesome moniker.
Kahmora d. Hudson Envy
As far as I know, this was Hudson Envy’s AWF debut. It obviously wasn’t her wrestling debut though as she went toe-to-toe, hold-for-hold, move-for-move and actually out matched Kahmora at times. This was an actual wrestling match between two female grapplers. This was not a couple of models that won some stupid contest. That said, this two can easily match any WWE Diva in the looks department.
Kahmora won the match with a roll up and may have pulled Envy’s tights. She didn’t have long to celebrate as Envy chased her to the back.
MAIN EVENT TIME!
AWF CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Adrian Hawkins (C) d. The Prophet
Last month’s Wrestler of the Night Adrian Hawkins defended his title for the second time against the undefeated #1 contender The Prophet. The match was a back and forth affair that for a while saw neither guy gain control. Hawkins seemed like he could never quite get a handle on the Prophet and resorted to cheating. It didn’t work, and we crowned a new AWF Champion when the Prophet pinned Hawkins!
Dammit, I wanted Hawkins to win. Oh, wait, he did win!
Seconds after the pin fall, the ref discovered a foreign object on The Prophet, a pair of knucks. He reversed the decision and gave the win to Hawkins!
SECRET TIME: Keep this quiet, but the ref was down and never saw Hawkins plant the knucks on Prophet. Prophet did win the match fair and square.
This was a good match and I loved the screw job finished. This was an old school, Jerry Lawler type finish. It was great in that it can create more heat on the heel and get more people emotionally invested in the feud then any stupid promo or backstage segment.
FINAL THOUGHT: Awesome Wrestling Federation did it again. Another Great show. All I can really do is repeat what I wrote in the intro, 10 fold.
RATING: 8.5
MATCH OF THE NIGHT: Alex Sinister versus Chris Evans
WRESTLER OF THE NIGHT: Alex sinister and Chris Evans (tie)
IMPACT OF THE NIGHT: Adrian Hawkins screwing Prophet out of his victory.
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