SoCalUNCENSORED.com - Southern California Pro Wrestling - AWS Major Styles Clash Show Review by the Duckman

I arrived at Frank and Sons at 1:25 and wasable to snag a seat in the second row. The show was only 5 minutes late which I found extremely nice.

First out was Funky Billy Kim (yes he was billed as FBK) vs. Eric Matlock. It was a great opener, I thought. Kim gave Matlock one of the meanest, loudest chops I've ever heard on the outside. It looks as thugh Kim had the match won several times, but in the end Matlock got the win with a frog splash.

Next out was Ronin vs. Steve Pain. I'd never seen Pain live but had heard some decent things. It was another great match, the highlights were Pain's moonsault to the outside, a belly to belly on Ronin, and Ronin hit a rather cool looking jumping spinning DDT on Pain, very nice. Match ended in a foul way though when Ronin kicked out, the ref only hit te mat twice, but then called for the 3 count and the bell.

Brawlin' Bo Cooper vs. Tornado was up next. Tornado's always entertaining and I don't get why he isn't bigger in the scene yet, ah well all in due time I suppose. Tornado flipped out of the ring and flew completely over Bo Cooper, landing in the chairs behind him. Talk about a Holy Shit moment. Another surprising part of the match was Bo giving Sylvia, Tornado's manager, a mean looking Bronco Buster, looks like he crippled the girl. In the end Cooper reversed a Tornado DDT into a DVD to pick up the win. Highly entertaining match from two EXTREMELY different wrestlers. Bo and Tornado are both highly entertaining.

Next up Bart did a 10-Bell salute for Bossman, Vanderpyle's mother, and one other person whom I forget.

Next up was a Tale of Two Boshes (Bosh and Ryan both wearing Bosh tights...Love at first grapple? I think so.) vs. Quicksilver and Li'l Cholo. Cholo is someone I've only seen a few times before but I was extremely surprised by his arsenal of moves. He does things in the ring I've never seen before, including the most creative backbreaker I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. Of course the most awkward move in this match was Bosh's extended... All I can think of it a crotch bite. It lasted at least 5 seconds, a bit too long for comedic value. In the end Quicksilver/Cholo picked up the win.

"The Natural" Kenny King vs. "The Natural HEEL" Scott Lost was up next. I love Scott Lost. Completely in a masculine/heterosexual way, I assure you. He's one of the best in-ring workers SoCal has to offer. I had never seen King before but was fully impressed. King was suplexed to the outside, but the spot of the match that got the crowd's reaction was when Scott was whipped into the pole and he booted the camera man, whom many behind me shouted was TrueFan. Funny moment. King took the win with a move I'm assuming is called the All Natural. The match was pretty good.

Jakal/Black Metal vs. Dante/Xtreme Loco... What can I say? I found this to be the worst match on the card. I wasn't impressed at all. Black metal, Jakal, and Dante were good enough in this match, however I did not enjoy watching Xtreme Loco wrestle at all. Dante, however, was a bright spot. He had quite an array of impressive moves. In all this, to me, did not live up to the rest of the card. Jakal and Black Metal got the win with a double chokeslam.

Next up Misterioso and Super Boy challenged Al Katrazz and Skulu for the tag belts. THIS was an entertaining tag match. Watching Skulu and Super Boy partake in the battle of the bellies was extremely fun to watch. The crowd ate it up. Super Boy is surprisingly agile for a man of his size and was able to pull off a Senton Bomb AND a moonsault on Skulu. The Moonsault for the win and the belts.

Next up was an intergender singles match as Disco Machine took on Nikki. I will say this, Heel Disco Machine is highly entertaining. Watching him walk through the crowd telling everyone to move out of his way to he can lay a beating, only to walk away to somewhere else and demand others move is priceless. Nikki held up her end well, even delivering a baseball slide/dropkick to the outside on Disco. In the end Disco won it with a chokeclam.

After intermission we had Scorpio vs. Slymm for the AWS title. Vanderpyle was in effect yesterday and was as funny as ever. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to Baby Slymm. Scorpio was a great contender in his flashy, sparkly new ring attire. He flew quite a big, onto both Vanderpyle AND Slymm, however the move of the match was SLymm simply swinging Scorpio into the chairs in the crowd. DIdn't look to feel so hot. Slymm picked up the win to retain the title.

Next up was Blue Panther vs. Dos Caras. I'll be honest, I did not enjoy this match. I'm not much of a classic Luche Libre guy. It smacks of gymnastics rather than fighting to me. That being said, the balance these men have is simply amazing. Dos Caras took the win.

Main event of Adam Flash/Messiah/Wifebeater (Who look as though he was drinking bourbon backstage before the match) vs. Supreme/Mongol/Kaos with Diablo was an entertaining Hardcore bout. Mongol looking to be legitimately injured in the match and was carried to the back. Next someone "joined" Supreme's team to even up the odds. I don't know who it was but he turned on Supreme and Kaos anyways. Diablo got it with the barbed wire, there were chairs, light tubes for Supreme, a table, and even a computer keyboard. Bart called for a steel cage death match between Supreme and Messiah at the next show to settle it.

Overall a great match, highly entertaining. Worst match was Black Metal/Jakal vs. Xtreme Loco/Dante, and the best match honors, to me, go to Bosh/Ryan vs. Cholo/Quicksilver.

This show makes me definitely want to attend another AWS show,as this was my first, and I cannot wait. The Duckman