BG Says: PWG Rocktoberfest

Posted by Brad Garoon on 01.06.2006

And the verdict is...



June 19, 2004 - Santa Ana, California

Your hosts are Excalibur and Disco Machine. The commentary comes on automatically here for the first two matches, but then you have to press the audio button to have it continue.


VS.

Disco Machine, Topgun Talwar, Charles Mercury & Chris Bosh VS. Human Tornado, Supa Badd, Lil' Cholo & Phoenix Star
This match is Lucha rules. Because of Disco Machine's leadership his team finally has a name. Because of their promo at the end of the last DVD they are called Sexual Aggression. Everyone, and I mean everyone, knuckles up in a big circle. They all rush into each other and then fly out to the ropes. They go for it again but end up doing jumping jacks. Sexual Aggression has enough and they hit clotheslines on their opponents. Disco and Cholo get the match organized. Cholo hits an elbow drop but Disco comes back with an armdrag. Cholo hits an armdrag but Disco hits a hurricanrana. Cholo armdrags Disco into the crowd and Bosh comes in with a clothesline. Supa Badd comes in and gets into a push up contest with Bosh. Bosh uses trickery and kicks Badd's arm out from under him. He hits a backbreaker and a fistdrop. Star comes in and hits a dropkick. Mercury comes in and gets armdragged. He hits an armdrag but Star comes back with a back flip kick. Talwar comes in and hits an atomic drop. Tornado comes in and they trade forearms. Tornado hits a dropkick for 2. Talwar hits a clothesline to the back and puts on a wristlock. Sexual Aggression all run in and bite different body parts of Tornado. Bosh stays in and puts on a half crab. Disco comes in and knocks the opposition off the apron. Disco and Bosh put on leglocks as Talwar chokes Tornado. Mercury puts on a chinlock and tags to Talwar. Talwar hits a basement shoulder block and a Mongolian chop. Disco comes in and puts on a guillotine choke. Mercury comes in and hits a kneedrop for 2. Tornado comes back with a neckbreaker and both men are down. Bosh and Cholo tag in and Cholo dominates. He hits a T-bone suplex into the turnbuckle for 2. The good guys take out Sexual Aggression and Supa Badd hits Mercury with a big boot. Disco hits Cholo with a dropkick but Badd hits him with a clothesline. Mercury hits Badd with a clothesline. Star hits Mercury with a leg lariat. Talwar hits Star with a spinebuster. Tornado hits a superkick on Talwar. Everyone stands together outside and helpfully get in place for Tornado to dive onto them from the top rope. That was cute. Back in the ring Tornado hits a tornado chop. Bosh blocks the tornado DDT and hits a backbreaker. Cholo comes in and hits a lungblower for 2. Mercury puts on a cloverleaf but Supa Badd breaks it up and hits a chokeslam for 2 when Disco saves. He hits a northern lights suplex for 2 when Star saves. Star hits a facebuster for 2. Talwar hits Star with the Dangah Zone and Disco comes off the second rope with a legdrop. Bosh comes off the top with a splash for the win at 15:34. This was a phenomenal way to start the show, as the comedy was actually funny and the action never stopped.
Rating: ***1/4


VS.
Apollo Kahn VS. Tommy Williams
They trade holds to start and Kahn slows things down with an armbar. Williams hits a monkey flip and a dropkick and Kahn bails. Back in the ring Kahn takes Williams to the mat but Williams comes back with a cravat. He puts on a headlock but Kahn fights out. Williams hits a shoulder block for 2. Williams knocks Kahn down but Kahn comes back with a clothesline. He hits a side suplex for 2. He hits a clothesline and a kneedrop. He hits a spinebuster for 2. He puts on a chinlock but Williams hits a jawbreaker to escape. Kahn gets a drop toehold and a legdrop. He puts on a camel clutch but Williams come back with a Koppo kick. He hits a forearm and a northern lights suplex for 2. He hits the Air Raid Crash for 2. Kahn hits a snap suplex but Williams comes back with a cross armbreaker. Kahn makes it to the ropes but Williams holds on. He turns it into a triangle choke but Kahn powerbombs out and gets 2. He hits a northern lights suplex for 2. He hits a snap suplex and rolls through for another. Williams blocks a third and puts on an armbar. Kahn fights out and hits a snap suplex into a guillotine choke for the win at 9:34. Decent little match.
Rating: **1/4


VS.
Scorpio Sky & Quicksilver w/ Dino Winwood VS. Sal & Vito Thomaselli w/ Sir Samurai
Quicksilver & Vito start the match. Vito hits a fireman's carry and puts on an armbar. He hits a shoulder block but Quicksilver comes back with a hurricanrana. He hits a leg lariat and Vito tags to Sal. Scorpio Sky tags in and gets an armdrag. He hits a hurricanrana and Sal retreats. Sir Samurai and Dino Winwood decide to square off but Samurai is no match for Dino. Sal and Sky get back in the ring and Sal hits a clothesline. Vito tags in and hits a gutbuster. He hits a dropkick to the gut and a kick to the chest for 2. Sal tags in and dropkicks the arm. He hits a senton for 2. Quicksilver gets a roll up for 2. Sal hits a dropkick and a bodyslam. Vito tags in and comes off the top with a legdrop for 2. He hits a capture suplex for 2. Sal tags in and puts on a sleeper hold. Sky breaks it up by putting a chinlock on Sal. Vito puts one on Sky so Dino puts one on Vito. Samurai puts one on Dino so ring announcer John Ian puts one on him. Referee Patrick Hernandez puts one on Ian but then decides it's silly and calls for the break. Sal blocks a leg lariat but Quicksilver hits an enziguiri. Vito and Sky tag in and Sky cleans house. He hits a back bodydrop on Sal and a backbreaker on Vito for 2. Quicksilver tags in and they hit a double-team legdrop for 2. Sal hits Quicksilver with a butterfly DDT for 2. The Iron Saints hit a guillotine legdrop for 2. Sal goes for an Alabama slam but Sky breaks it up and dropkicks him into a Quicksilver piledriver for the win at 10:25. Another fun match with a little comedy and a lot of good action. After the match Scorpio Sky and Quicksilver accept the challenge of their former cronies in Sexual Aggression.
Rating: ***


VS.
Bobby Quance VS. Puma
Quance hits a pair of Polish Hammers and Puma bails. Quance dives out to the floor and hits Puma with another one. Back in the ring Puma gets a single leg takedown and puts on a leglock. Quance reverses to an armbar and puts on a full nelson. Puma comes back with a clothesline for 2. He stomps on the face and then stomps on the butt. They trade chops and kicks and Puma gets a drop toehold. He hits a double stomp to the back for 2. He hits a backbreaker for 2. He puts on a half crab but Quance makes it to the ropes. Puma hits a bodyslam and a legdrop for 2. He puts on a chinlock but Quance comes back with a roll up for 2. Puma hits a back elbow for 2. He hits an atomic drop and a back suplex for 2. They trade strikes and Puma hits a seated dropkick. He hits a kneedrop for 2. He puts on a strangle hold but Quance makes it to the ropes. He hits an Ace Crusher and a clothesline. He hits another and a back elbow. He hits a German suplex for 2. Puma puts on a triangle choke in the ropes and the referee calls for the break. He goes for a springboard DDT but Quance reverses to a northern lights suplex into a cross armbreaker. Puma makes it to the ropes. Puma ducks a kick and hits a back heel kick. Quance comes back with an enziguiri for 2. Puma gets a roll up for 2. He gets a sunset flip for 2. Quance gets a roll up for 2. Puma dodges a blind charge and hits a springboard crossbody for 2. He hits a butterfly suplex for 2. They trade forearms and Quance hits a swinging fireman's carry slam for 2. He climbs to the top but Puma cuts him off. They fight it out on the turnbuckle and Quance hits the shooting star press for the win at 11:10. I believe that was the same finish to the American Dragon/Paul London match at ROH's Night of the Butcher, and it worked here almost as well as it did there. Good stuff here that picked up nicely as it went.
Rating: **½


VS.
CM Punk VS. Steve Corino
I've heard rumors about this match that make me very scared right now. Punk was supposed to face Spanky here, but he couldn't make it so we get this match. They lock up and Corino forces Punk to the corner. Punk grabs a hammerlock but Corino reverses to a front facelock. Punk reverses that to an armbar but Corino goes to a leglock. Punk kicks his back to escape. Punk does a little Low Ki impression and then knuckles up. Punk snaps Corino's arm so Corino puts on a headlock. Punk rolls him over for 2 but Corino comes back with a shoulder block. Punk gets a headlock and hits a shoulder block. He hits another and they trade slaps. Corino goes to the eyes and Punk bails. Back in the ring they shake hands and Punk takes a cheap shot. Corino beats Punk down in the corner and puts on a figure 4 leglock. Punk turns it over but Corino gets the leverage back. Punk turns it over again and Corino gets to the ropes. Punk puts on a leglock but Corino reverses to a cross armbreaker attempt. Punk gets to the ropes before Corino can synch in the hold. Punk goes back to the leglock and goes for a cloverleaf but Corino goes to the eyes to block. He hits a back elbow and hits some mounted punches in the corner. Punk comes back with an inverted atomic drop and a clothesline for 2. Punk hits a vertical suplex but his back appears to be done for. He hits a seated dropkick for 2. He puts non a sleeper hold but Corino hits a jawbreaker to escape. They trade slaps and Corino hits a DDT. He calls for an STO but Punk reverses to a roll up for 2. Corino hits a clothesline and calls for a brainbuster but Punk rolls him up for 2. He hits a brainbuster for 2. Corino goes low and calls for the STO again but Punk catches him with a backslide for the win at 18:16. Not at all the nightmare that I'd heard it was, but I can see people expecting more from this match than they received.
Rating: **3/4


VS.
Super Dragon & Excalibur ©) VS. Joey Ryan & Scott Lost [PWG Tag Team Championship Match]
Can the S.B.S. maintain their two match winning streak and fend off the curse of the PWG tag team titles?! Lost and Ryan hit stereo dives before Dragon and Excalibur can get in the ring. In the ring Lost gets 2. Ryan tags in and the X-Foundation hit a double legsweep for 2. Lost tags in and hits a moonsault for 2. Excalibur dodges Lost's spear in the corner and chokes him in the ropes. Lost hits a faceplant and Ryan mounts Excalibur and punches him. Dragon catches him and hits the Psycho Driver but he's not legal. Excalibur hits Lost with a high knee and an Ace Crusher. S.B.S. hit a series of kneedrops for 2. Excalibur hits a vertical suplex for 2. Dragon tags in and hits a snap suplex for 2. He hits a senton for 2. He puts on the Mark Nulty Special as Excalibur beats on Ryan on the floor. Lost gets to the ropes. Dragon baseball slides Ryan and then goes for the Curb Stomp but Lost reverses to a roll up for 2. Lost goes for the tag but Ryan is out and Dragon hits a clothesline. Excalibur tags in and hits a DDT for 2. He puts on a surfboard stretch as Dragon keeps Ryan out on the floor. Dragon tags in and puts on a full nelson leglock. Excalibur rams Ryan into the post as Lost rolls back and gets 2. He gets to the ropes and the referee calls for the break. Lost reverses the Curb Stomp to a drop toehold but Dragon comes back with a leg lariat. He dives out on to Ryan and Excalibur hits Lost with a dragon screw. Dragon comes back in the ring and gets 2. He climbs to the top but Lost crotches him. Excalibur tries to save but gets sent into the turnbuckle. Lost goes for the spear but Dragon comes off the top with a double stomp. Awesome. It gets 2. Excalibur tags in and puts on an abdominal stretch. He switches it to a camel clutch but Lost fights back. He finally hits the spear and then tags Dragon with a superkick. Ryan finally gets to his corner and Lost makes the tag. Ryan hits a clothesline and a bodyslam on Excalibur. He hits a dropkick and Excalibur bails. Dragon goes for a spear in the corner and hits the post. Excalibur goes for the tiger driver but Ryan reverses to a northern lights suplex for 2. He hits a pumphandle suplex for 2. Lost tags in and they hit a spinebuster slash neckbreaker combo for 2. Ryan sends Dragon into the post and Lost hits an inverted suplex on Excalibur. He puts on a sharpshooter but Dragon makes the save. Dragon tags in and gets hit with an enziguiri for 2. Lost puts on the sharpshooter but Excalibur saves. Dragon blocks a dropkick and hits the Curb Stomp for 2 when Ryan makes the save. He hits a hanging butterfly DDT for 2. Excalibur tags in and hits a brainbuster for 2. Lost comes back with an Ace Crusher and makes the tag. Ryan gets a roll up for 2. He hits a dropkick and tells Lost to go to the top. Excalibur tosses Ryan into Lost, knocking him to the floor. S.B.S. hit a guillotine double stomp for 2. Dragon tags in but Ryan sets him on the top turnbuckle and hits a superkick. He hits a neckbreaker from the top rope and rams Excalibur into the corner. Ryan goes for the tag but Lost won't allow it. Excalibur and Dragon hit clotheslines and Lost walks to the back. Ryan gets a roll up for 2. The S.B.S. go for a double-team move but Ryan rolls up Excalibur while Dragon is distracted to win the belts at 19:46. Ryan offers Lost his half of the tag titles but gets laid out for his generosity. Good heel turn to end a really good match.
Rating: ***½


VS.
Samoa Joe VS. B-Boy
They knuckle up and Joe hits a kick to the thigh. He takes B-Boy to the mat and puts on an armbar. B-Boy makes it to the ropes. Joe hits a series of crossface forearms and B-Boy bails. Back in the ring Joe wins a test of strength. He beats on B-Boy in the corner and puts on the Mark Nulty Special. B-Boy makes it to the ropes. Joe hits a delayed vertical suplex and puts on a Boston crab. B-Boy makes it to the ropes. Joe hits the Big Joe Combo for 2. B-Boy blocks a blind charge and hits a blockbuster. He hits a stiff kick to the back and puts on a chinlock. Joe powers him to the corner for the break. They trade strikes and B-Boy chokes Joe in the ropes. Joe hits the Thousand Hand Slap but B-Boy goes to the eyes to cut off his comeback. He hits a forearm in the corner but goes for it again and walks into the STJoe. B-Boy bails and Joe follows him out with a suicide dive. Joe rolls him back into the ring and gets 2. He hits a forearm in the corner but B-Boy dodges a blind charge and hits a dropkick to the face for 2. He hits an inverted DDT for 2. He hits a running forearm and they trade strikes. Joe hits a powerslam for 2 and goes right into the cross armbreaker. B-Boy makes it to the ropes. Joe goes for a powerbomb but has to settle for an enziguiri. He hits the powerbomb for 2 and goes right into the STF. B-Boy makes it to the ropes. B-Boy hits a pair of palm strikes for 2. Joe hits a DVD for 2. He goes for a suplex but B-Boy blocks and hits a side suplex. He hits the Shining Wizard for 2 when Joe gets his hand on the bottom rope. He goes for it again but Joe shoves him back and hits a clothesline for the win at 16:43. In April of 2004 Joe had to wrestle a mystery opponent in ROH. I thought it'd be B-Boy but it ended up being Ricky Reyes. This match was about as good as that one.
Rating: **3/4


VS. VS. VS.
Adam Pearce ©) VS. Frankie Kazarian VS. Jardi Frantz VS. Babi Slymm [PWG Championship Match]
This is elimination rules. Frankie and Jardi start. They lock up and Frankie powers Jardi to the corner. They fight it out on the mat and Jardi puts on a legvice. Kazarian puts on a headlock and hits a shoulder block. Jardi blocks a blind charge and hits a somersault head scissor takedown. Frankie bails and comes back into the ring with a slingshot DDT. Slymm tags in for Kazarian and tosses Jardi into the air. He hits a pair of forearms to the back and a back suplex for 2. Jardi comes back with a springboard bulldog for 2. Jardi tags Pearce in with a shove. Pearce pokes Slymm in the eyes and bites his forehead. Slymm hits a shoulder block and a back elbow. He hits a vertical suplex for 2. Pearce puts on the claw but Slymm powers out and puts it on Pearce. Pearce fights away and tags to Kazarian. They slug it out but Jardi stops them and puts their attention on Pearce, who had been loading up a fistful of powder. Everyone, the referee included, gets in Pearce's face and when the powder flies they all, Pearce included, are blinded. Slymm hits a sidewalk slam on the referee. Kazarian, feeling the bald head of the referee, gives him the Wave of the Future. Pearce gives the referee a piledriver and Jardi hits him with a 450 splash. Special ring enforcer C. Edward Vander Pyle declares the referee unable to continue and takes his place. Slymm holds Pearce for Kazarian but gets hit with an ax kick and Pearce rolls him up for 3. Jardi hits Pearce with a hurricanrana and dropkicks his knee. He hits a 720 DDT for 2. Kazarian slaps Pearce to make the tag. Jardi hits him with a slingshot hurricanrana. He hits a bodyslam and climbs to the top. Pearce crotches him and Frankie hits him with the Wave of the Future for 3. Kazarian chases Pearce around the ring and hangs him up on the top rope. He hits a springboard dropkick for 2. Pearce blocks the Wave of the Future and goes for the piledriver. Frankie blocks and slingshots him into the corner for 2. He hits a series of bodyslams for 2. He puts on a choke hold but Pearce fights out. He hits an atomic drop and a kneelift. He drops the strap on stomps on Frankie's face. Pearce puts on an illegal hold and spits on Vander Pyle before releasing the hold. They trade strikes and Pearce goes to the eyes. He hits a bodyslam and goes to the second rope. He hits a fistdrop for 2. He hits a bodyslam and climbs to the top turnbuckle. He hits a flying elbow for 2. Pearce dumps Kazarian and bangs his head against the podium. He goes for a clothesline but hits the post. Pearce goes for a chair but Frankie hits him with a bicycle kick. Frankie gets on the podium and comes off with a double ax handle. Pearce goes low and rolls Kazarian into the ring. He grabs a chair but Vander Pyle stops him. He jabs Vander Pyle in the gut with it and tags Kazarian on the face. Vander Pyle calls for the bell at 20:58 so Pearce lays him out with the chair. He piledrives Kazarian on the chair and then throws a fireball in his face. Match was kind of a mess from the first elimination on, but at least Frankie has an argument to get a one-on-one rematch.
Rating: **1/4

Bonus backstage shenanigans and tomfoolery
The opening match babyfaces complain that the referee is to blame for their loss tonight, and Supa Badd makes him do push ups. Hernandez bitches, but continues doing the push ups after the wrestlers leave.

Sexual Aggression is in good spirits tonight. Disco Machine says that they'll take on any four men in PWG. Adam Pearce comes out of nowhere and molests Disco, forcing Disco to declare that he'll go to war if he has a bald baby.

The Thomasellis say that even though they lost, they're proud that their last match in PWG was a good one against the Aerial Express. They're moving out to the East Coast, but they'll probably be back some day.

Chris Bosh is passed out at 9:34.

Scorpio Sky and Quicksilver congratulate the Iron Saints for being competitive, but tonight was the Arial Express's night. Quicksilver is confident that if he could hold the tag team titles with Chris Bosh it'd be no sweat for him to hold them with Scorpio Sky. They're also going to get revenge on Sexual Aggression.

Bosh is still passed out at 9:45.

Steve Corino calls PWG the next big thing in indy wrestling. He was happy to take Spanky's place tonight, and there's no shame in losing to CM Punk. He wants to take on the West Coast wrestlers, so he's coming back strong. I wouldn't hold my breath.

Chris Bosh hasn't moved and it's now 10:03.

Punk and Corino chew the fat about Low Ki. Dino Winwood comes in and does a pretty dead on Low Ki impression, talking low and stealing Punk's banana. Apparently he has heat with Super Dragon for not booking him in PWG, so he cries in Corino's arms.

10:20 and Bosh is still out.

Joey Ryan approaches Scott Lost about turning on him after winning the titles. Lost was mad that Ryan wasn't there during the match, so he wasn't there for him after the match. Even though Ryan was the one who got pinned against the Iron Saints, Lost took all the heat, and he wants Joey to sit on that for a while.

BOSH, wake the crap up, it's 10:37!

Excalibur is with Super Dragon and he likes to say the F-word. Ryan f'd up his knee really bad by landing on it after an f'n dropkick. He's f'n fat you know. Man, chill out Ex.

Bosh sort of wakes up at 10:55 and mumbles some nonsense. I had a Roommate named Bob last year who was addicted to Xanax. He used to eat Xanibars, which is something like 20 times the recommended dose, and he'd look like Bosh does here and say random things. One time he passed out with a bite of pizza in his mouth. He woke up 45 minutes later, finished chewing and swallowed it. That was a weird semester.

Lost says that he had reasons for doing what he did in the ring. He shows us a bruise he got from getting kicked full blast in the face when Ryan wasn't there to save him. He's going to use that bruise as a reminder. He quotes a Dark Helmet line from Space Balls, saying he was dumb for being a good guy. He's disgusted that he'll have to defend the tag team titles with Ryan because he wants some attention from the fans.

The Reference
Rocktoberfest is a play on the German festival Octoberfest. It has been used for many rock/metal/etc concerts, and since this show takes place in June I'm going to guess that's what they were referencing. Know better than I do? Let me know.

The 411: 

While the main event left much to be desired, the rest of the show was good-really good all the way through. I also like the way that PWG lets you choose how much you want to see and hear. If you don't care about angles then you don't have to watch the bonus section. If you don't like, or are offended by the commentary you can choose not to turn it on. So with that being said I'm going to recommend you buy this DVD from PWG's Website and I'm going to continue to review PWG DVDs. So join me as Kazarian and Pearce settle their feud once and for all in The Reason for the Season.

Final Score:  7.0   [ Good ]