I have been very fortunate since the golden age of technology began because the intraweb has allowed me to get a look at many wrestling promotions that normally I would have only heard about through word of mouth.., I've already proffesed my like for those mad buggers from W.A EXPLOSIVE PRO WRESTLING and ive done a blogaroo or three about my local company NEWY PRO...Now its time to give a look at then blokes south of the border, NO not CMLL, the other south of the border, VICTORIA, and the promotion therein known to all and assundrie as MELBOURNE CITY WRESTLING.
Just like EPW Id heard about the company over the past couple of years but only recently got to see (and purchase) some shows ...and cracking shows they are...MCW also appears to be a fertile ground for the talent acquisition department for NXT cause a couple of MCW regulars now work full time for Triple H , and that can only be a good thing
MCW also had a couple of all time aussie classics in their time, the trainer of champions CARLO CANNON and the original mad bugger himself KRACKERJACK....Carlo has produced more talent than humanly possible, I think he filled up Lance Storms world of hurt the first season..and for all the talent Cannon has trained, Krackers has probably punched most of 'em, the original mad Bastard is a Aussie original and if there is a Australian Wrestling Hall of Fame, both blokes would be first ballot entries...
Lets dig into the current state of play and the workers that have grabbed my attention
DOWIE JAMES - THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON
Dowie James, was the first MCW champ I ever saw courtesy of vimeoalong with Coynes intro, after which I thought he better be a bit good after that and he was, He fought off many MCW regulars after he won the Intercommonwealth title but has since lost it to his ex partner in The Loose and The Wreckless Adam Brooks...Dowie is also the proud recipient of Lord Andy Coynes OUTSTANDING ring intros...
ELLIOT SEXTON
The current reigning MCW champ AND the one regular Ive seen outside of Melbourne, yep, Elliot cam and worked for Newy Pro one night in Gosford, just around the corner from Casa Del Recking Ball...and what a worker , and his over, almost a s over as Concrete Davidson at a Gosford show...and thats OVER ...the crowd reckon Sexton Rocks and I have to agree.
MR JUICY
Time to speak about the only bloke probably more over than Dowie and Sexton, the one and only Mr Juicy, now to be fair the first time i saw him at a PWA show in Campbelltown , I didnt like him, probably cause he dropped his daks and scared my mates daughter out of liking wrestling, she has since got back into it , but I reckon if his gonna do it, the promotion might fkn warn people not to bring 8 year old girls to the show...just saying...BUT....since ive seen him on MCW shows teaming up with JXT his got back into my good graces , his is about as over as you can get in a promotion and to be fair he can work his arse off , pardon the pun, his recently got the tag gold after chasing the Estate about so good on him ...give em hell J
SYD PARKER
The Jurassic Punk...what a gimmick, hell of a wrestler, even if he does look like Sheamus after a diet, a proud owner of quite the impressive brainbuster and a match winning Anarkick, recently had a tete -a - tete with Lochy Hendricks which is sure to proiduce some cracking matches.
TRAVIS EUSDEN AND LORD ANDY COYNE
If Juicy is the heart of MCW and Sexton is the face then Travis and Andy are the frikkin tonsils...I find it odd that some wrestling promotions in aussie dont have announce teams for their shows, live or otherwise ...I know , for me that a great announce team is half the event , they add the colour , and thees two color in just fine ...Travis is the Joey Styles / Jim Ross of the duo and Lord Andy Coyne is the color man, who isnt a heel, figure that one out, Andy is also the charter president of the Dowie James Appreciation Society, must be, with those intros he gives him, Lord Andy Coynes gonna be shattered if Dowie ever turns heel....like I said the tonsils of the promotion ...brilliant beyond words.
THE WOMEN OF MELBOURNE CITY ( well the ones ive seen anyway)
KELLY ANNE - "The Beautiful Monster" first time i ve ever seen her was on a MCW video, won over straight away , KA dont muck around, gets straight and commences to kicking all kinds of arse, and the beating up of Merch Girl was heel brilliance....NXT in her future methinks
SHAZZA MCKENZIE - The sheila that drives them into a frenzy , the sheila called ...well, you know the rest, been one of my favourite aussie wrestlers since the first time I saw her, which was on a PWA show (I think, could of been AWF) Shaz has worked in Shimmer and NXT and more importantly, she has been visiting with Newy Pro to my town of late so you can imagine how stoked I was ...the argument coud be made that she is the queen of aussie wrestling , an argument I wont argue with.
CHARLI EVANS -
The Queen of The Central Coast , a Blue Floozie and co holder of the PWWA title, once a again a Newy Pro regular who visits ReckingBallia to get cheered, super over, well, from what Ive seen, havent seen her heeling it up yet, but zI have no doubt she would be super at it....the collector of donuts will be around for a while I reckon and over the whole time
JESSICA TROY - The other Blue Floozie, and Newy pro regular, a decidely evil person, powered by jealousity, well, in Gosford anyway, also saw Jess at a PWA show and she done good there as well.
TENILLE TAYLOR, MATT SILVA and KC CASSIDY
Yes Yes, I realise they have worked elsewhere, but you have to be impressed with the strike rate that MCW has getting roster members onto the WWE Network...Now, the first time I saw Tennille she was on Lance Storms World of Hurt, but the other two I'd only seen on MCW vids that I discovered...BUT... all three have outstanding talent and thoroughly deserve the success they are achieving
HARDWAY INC - Seen the boys whoop all kinds of arse a couple of times , seem to be the work horses of the promotion and a damn good job their doing
THE ARMSTRONGS - similar to Hardway, seen the brothers only a time or two but impressed on every occasion
THE ESTATE - EMMANUELLS, COUSIN ALI AND SEBASTIAN WALKER - NOW, for these clods...I have to admit that niether guy does nothing for me, but cudos for the having the work ethic required for making into the ring, dont mean I have to like 'em...nuff said
ADAM BROOKS - first time I ever saw Brooksy he was turning on Dowie, mongrel, but Ive seen him a time or two since then, absolutley brilliant worker with a totally detestable gimmick....cudo's young man cudo's
JOSH THE AXE SHOOTER - Jimmy Havocs young boy, but besides that , Axe is a helluva worker, seen him on a few MCW vimeos and he impressed every time...keep on shooting young fella
JXT - One half of the MCW tag champs, and simply brilliant, has a hint of Jeff Hardy about him with a dash of Alex Shelley added in ...balances the team with Juicy wonderfully...excellent stuff.
TOMMY HELLFIRE - Once again, a non starter in the Recking Ball favourites list, seen him in one cage match with Sexton, that was enough for me, he done alright but does nothing for me .
AUSSIE VISITORS
SLEX...MCMASSIVE....MADISON EAGLES....JAG.... MATT DIAMOND...ROBBIE EAGLES...DAMIAN SLATER - If your looking for a list of top flight aussie workers then here it is and they have all worked a MCW show a time or two, recently saw Jag and Slex get stuck in on a MCW show, i can only hope you saw it, as for The Eagles and Matt Diamond , they have visited Reckingballia with Newy pro and Slater and McMassive have a place in my collection courtesy of EPW shows on vimeo...look the lot of 'em up, you wont be disappointed
POMS IN MCW
JIMMY HAVOC ...TYLER BATE - if you've ever seen my twitter, you will realise that im a fan of Havoc, Ive got him working many a Progress show and the occasional RevPro gig and hs bonz in all of 'em, recently saw Havoc and Nicholls bounce each other around the MCW arena, a 5 ***** match if their ever was one, as for the Englands toughest moustache, first saw him on a PCW show(Preston City Wrestling) then he showed up in Thornbury which was pretty cool, Bate is old school in style, very reminiscent of Doug Williams in my mind, if he ended up in a blue with fellow pommy Gentleman Jack Gallgaher and I saw it , I would be most happy...both of 'em can come back to the colony anytime they want IMHO
MCW also recently showed up in a copy of FSM magazine, a rare occureence for a aussie promotion but highly welcome.....Anyway, do yourselves a favour , shit I sound like the Molly Meldrum of Wrestling, and grab some of the stuff off vimeo, you wont be sorry.
