Powerslam Productions presents Wrestlefestivus 2 Nov 1st 2014 McComb Mississippi

This is the first PSP show I have been too since Spring Bash early this year. I think the annual Heritage Days show in Liberty was the last Powerslam show. This was a comeback show for Powerslam. This year they have run into some issues. Which has caused them to not run as many shows as normal. Then they had some roster changes. With one former Powerslam Productions guy,Bu Ku Dao aka Ling Pham,getting signed by the WWE a few months back. Congrats Bu Ku Dao. Can't wait to see you on Monday Night Raw one day.

Now I have been to 5 or 6 Powerslam shows at the Pike County Little Theater,but each time I rode with someone. My Aunt Midget was up visiting. So I borrowed her GPS. I had a few things to do in town before the show. 2 hours before the doors were suppose to open I started on my trip to McComb. Stopped at the truck stop to grab drinks. Go to plug the GPS into the cigarette lighter outlet. I head off on the interstate and see that every time I hit a bump the GPS shuts off. The way the molding is around the outlet was too small for the plug. So I said screw this and figured I would find my way. Worst case I get lost and call someone to come find me.

I get to McComb early. And find the place. I park about a block over and walk up. See Christina and her 2 kids parked right in front of the theater. They get out and we talk for awhile.I really enjoy how we have a group of fans that are at every show.

The doors open and we all head in. I had reserved my seat weeks earlier. I go to get my seat and I am at the end of the front row. Real near where everyone walks in. I notice Koby,Philip and Stephen and his boys coming in. So I walked over to talk to them.

Koby and I had asked permission to film matches.Reggie was nice and told us to film as much as we wanted too. I was talking to Koby and this other guy I see at every show,when Koby whips out a tripod. Which isn't going to work cause he is sitting third row. Plus it would have ended up blocking the view of the kids sitting behind him. So Philip and I talk Koby into just going handheld.  I also noticed that the last seat in that row was empty. So I decided to sit there.

It is 15 minutes to bell time. And they are testing out the speakers. Which sound bad. Then I get settled in my seat. Get out my trusty notebook.And made sure my camera had fresh batteries in it. Then Eddie Money hit the speakers.I of course mark out cause this means Shane Champagne is on his way to the ring. Shane comes out and is great. Seems Shane has a new wrestler in his stable.

Yep Mr Sockittoome is now managed by Shane. The announcer tells us that Princess Kristen isn't at the show. So I am wondering who Sock will face. As you can see if you watch the video Kristen comes out as Ultimate Warrior and we get a recreation of the Warrior vs Honky Tonk Man IC title match.Not sure if the pre-match stuff was an official Champagne Lounge. But is was very entertaining. With the crowd really letting Shane have it. What is funny is while recording the Sock vs Kristen match I didn't realize they were parodying the Warrior/HTM match. Later on that night as I was watching the footage while uploading it I realized what they were doing. This was the second best Kristen vs Sock match I have seen. With the one from the Picayune show being slightly better.

Match 02-Nate Moss vs James Veal.

I forgot to mention earlier that Powerslam has a new ref. Who looks like a young Bob Ross. Wait am I showing my age by mentioning Bob Ross? Anyway,I had never seen either guy wrestle before. I knew both of them are being trained in the Powerslam Powershack training school. Moss is the heel and plays it up. During intermission I learned that this was James 3rd or so match. And Moss has maybe 5 matches so far. I enjoyed this match.Moss is good at verbally interacting with the crowd. Where as Veal does more with his body language. The crowd was quickly behind Veal and got into giving Moss lots of hell. Moss works a more mat based style,and Veal is more high energy and high impact. We were getting a nice back and forth match when Lukas Frost ran in. He attacked Veal. Which causes Reggie Matthews to come out to help. The match is ruled a no contest. And Reggie,who is part of the Powerslam tag team titles asks James to be his new partner. And they challenge Frost and Moss to a title match later on in the show. Overall it was a good showing from two younger talent.

Match 3-The Punisher vs Blade Beaudreux

Blade I knew his name from various PWI 500s. The Punisher I saw at Powerslam'sWinter Warfare show earlier this year.Blade has a good look,with how popular shows like Duck Dynasty and all the cajun based reality shows,it helped the crowd connect with Blade. The Punisher reminds me of all the masked guys from my childhood. People like The Medics,The Galaxians and from the great Gulf Coast Championship Wrestlng The Wrestling Pro. The lady who was sitting behind me had me laughing so much with her various comments. That is one of the major reasons why when I record matches I don't do commentary. I want to capture the crowd noise. And the local crowds are great. Blade gets the win and we got intermission.

By this time my throat is sore from all the yelling. So after grabbing my bookbag I head to get a soda. After taking a sip of my cool refreshing beverage I go to see what they got for sale at the gimmick table. Reggie had told me there might be a new Powerslam dvd ready. There wasn't but I did see lots of kids grabbing Powerslam and WWE dvds.That is another thing I enjoy about Powerslam,they always have lots of stuff for sale at the gimmick table. And their prices are decent. I ended up getting two issues of Sports Review Wrestling from 1980 and one issue of The Wrestler from 1982.

Notice how both issues of Sports Review Wrestling have apartment wrestling plugs on the cover. I have flipped through each issue and both Sports Review Wrestling issues have multi-page articles on Apartment wrestling. As  a kid the non-Apter mags aways had huge ads for apartment wrestling. And I would never buy them because they seemed so sleazy. I have had a blast just flipping through these old issues. Once again Reggie forgot to pack a sharpie. But he knows I am always prepared. No I was never a boy scout. So I loaned out the 3 sharpies I had in my bag.

Match 04-Powerslam Heavyweight Champion Wes Adams with Princess Kristen vs Calvin Rose

This is a feud that has been going on all year. Back in January Wes won a battle royal which gave him a match against Calvin for the title. The next show,Spring Bash 2014,Wes won the title. Their feud has a nice teacher vs student feel. I am not sure but I think Calvin is one of the many deep south wrestlers that helped train Wes, Back in July Powerslam was suppose to have a show that was gonna be Wes;'s retirement show. So going into this match I had a feeling Wes might lose.Which he did. Turns out Koby and I both recorded this match,

That is my version. It isn't the best looking. First off I have hand tremors. So that causes it to be shaky sometimes. Secondly to have enough room to record more than one match I film in SD. Thirdly while the Pike County Little theater is a great place to watch wrestling,because of how dark it is it isn't the best place to film.



That is Koby's version. If you enjoy southern wrestling check out his youtube channel. Most Mondays he is uploading a new match.
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After Calvin won both of us shut off our cameras. Which was a huge mistake. Calvin is celebrating in the ring,when a guy wearing jeans,boots a Hank III wifebeater and with a cheap Halloween mask taped to his head crawled out from under the ring. Gets in the ring takes his boot off and attacks all the heels. I was standing there wondering who it was. The Hank III shirt should have been a big clue. The masked man takes off the mask and it is THE PRINCE OF PAIN JOE KANE!! As far as I know the last time Joe worked for Powerslam was the 2013 Heritage Days show.From what all us fans had heard we thought that Joe would never be back in Powerslam. So him appearing was a total surprise to everyone. The crowd went nuts. With lots of Welcome back and Thank you Joe chants going on.After chasing all the heels out of the ring Joe turned to Wes and since people say a picture is worth 1000 words here is a picture.

This is the first time I ever saw Joe work as a good guy. And I hope this means we are going to get a nice long feud between Joe and Calvin Rose over the title.

Match 06-Powerslam Productions Tag Team Champions Reggie Krimsynn Matthews/James Veal vs Lukas Frost/Nate Moss

I love the story behind this match. You get two long time Mississippi independent wrestling vets,Reggie and Lukas,teaming up with some rookies.Reggie is part of Big Ramp Enterprises.Big Ramp is a New Orleans DJ. Who also works for lots of wrestling feds in MS and LA as a manager. As you can see in the above video Ramp is awesome. The part where he is conducting the crowd in their chants is in my top 10 favorite things I have seen at a wrestling show.Reggie and James win. It was obvious to me that the crowd,who I doubt most of them had ever seen James Veal before,really like him.As you can hear on the videos of both his matches the crowd was solidly behind him. Reggie as always brings it. Reggie has this natural charisma about him. And it isn't just something he turns on for the shows. Reggie is just a naturally nice and great guy. I do wonder if Moss is Luka's new tag team partner or if by the next show Frostie will be back teaming with his long time companion Kool Jay Steele. Also I want to quickly congratulate Jay on his,as of this writing,upcoming marriage.

After the show was over as always at Powerslam shows at the Little Theater,the faces came out and interacted with the crowd. Saw lots of kids getting their pictures with the various guys. And again Reggie borrowed my sharpie. A few of us were invited to go eat after the show with the guys. So Koby,Philip,Big Ramp and I sat out in the lobby talking. And being very entertained by this one young man. I can't remember his name,but his mother was working the concession stand.Lots of jokes were told,and since there was a kid present they were all clean. And once again,like what seems to happen anytime a group of us is around,the cockupine story got told. If you want to know the full story catch one of us at a show.

Once the ring was torn down and the theater had been cleaned we all headed off to Waffle House.Got to sit and bullshit with Reggie and the guys for awhile.Had an encounter with a very drunk guy while I was waiting in line to pay my ticket.Then I got back in the Newt-mobile and made the short drive back home.

Honestly when the show started and I saw that the speakers were not working right. The mic wasn't working and we had a new announcer and ref I was thinking this might end up being the first bad Powerslam show I have been too. But thankfully I was wrong. Shane Champagne was ultra entertaining. The first match was a cute comedy match and the crowd seemed to love it.The second match I really enjoyed. It was neat to see two guys who are so early in their careers. Getting to see how they react to a crowd was enlightening. Calvin vs Wes was great and the main event tag team match was a great way to end the show and send the people home happy. But the return of Joe Kane was the highlight of the show for me.As you can see between Koby and I all the matches were recorded.Hell the entire show,besides Joe returning was recorded.But once Powerslam releases a dvd of this show I am buying one. First off to help support a great company. Secondly because I like to own copies of every wrestling show I have been too. Speaking of that,and I know this is a longshot,but if anyone reading this has or knows where to get vhs or dvd of any of Tiny Fraizer's short lived revival of GCCW or the Last Rites Championship Wrestling show from Brookhaven in August of 2012 let me know. Once again I want to thank all the wrestlers,ref and other talent from Powerslam for a fun show. Thank you to the Pike County Little Theater for letting Powerslam bring us another fun evening of deep south wrestling. And  final huge thank you to Christina and her two kids,Stephen and his two sons,Koby,Philip and Tony for being the best group of fans I have met.

Powerslam Productions Spring Bash 2014 March 1st 2014

Powerslam Productions Spring Bash March 1st 2014
Amite County Elementary School


Collin and I hit the road about 2 hours before the show was suppose to start. Mostly so we could find the school it was being held at. And then grab a quick bite to eat. I didn't think that because Liberty is a small town finding a meal that a vegetarian can eat might be an issue.

We pull into the school parking lot and see the normal group,Philip,Koby,Stephen and his 2 kids plus Christina and her kids. We all hang around until the doors open just bullshitting. Once the doors are open every grabs their tickets. Collin and I opted to sit in the bleachers. After buying tickets we head out to eat. Our two choices are some roadside dinner that we ate at after last years Powerslam Productions Slamfest show and Wards.Now I haven't been inside a Wards in at least 20 years. I wasn't really hungry so just grabbed an order of chili cheese fries. Collin got a baked potato. We get back to the school and head over to the gimmick table. Which as always was ran by Casey. I got the Powerslam Spring Bash 2013 and Slamfest 2013 shows. Gotta say David Nguyen did great work on the covers.We head up to the very top of the bleachers and take a seat.

Brett comes out to get the show started. And quickly introduces out first match. Princess Kristen gets a rematch with Mr Sockitoome.The crowd seemed to really love Kristen. And hell I love Mr Sockitoome. Reminds me of all the masked wrestlers that I use to see in Memphis and Mid South back in the early 80s. Like their last match back in January there was a bunch of matwork which I loved.

After a fun back and forth match Kristen gets the win.

Match 2 Danny Flamingo vs WildCard J Spade

Both guys I saw for the first time at Winter Warfare and was majorly impressed by them. Flamingo was great on his walk from the locker room to the ring he managed to get the entire crowd booing him.

Wildcard was super over.

 I love how I had no clue at all who was going to win. Many WILD CARD chants were started by the crowd. It was a neat match because Wildcard works a fast paced high impact style,and Flamingo is slowed paced more methodical style. After a great match Hardbody Harper and the House of Harper came out and caused Wildcard to lose the match. They were beating down Spade when Reggie Matthews hit the ring cleared it out and challenged The Future Foundation to a tag team title match tonight. With Wildcard being his partner. Reggie mentions that Future Foundation member Kool J Steele isn't there so Flamingo will be his substitute.

Brett grabs the mic and lets us know it is now time for the Champagne Lounge. Which as always is hosted by Shane Champagne. Shane comes out to lots of boos.

Gets in the ring and talks about how Mississippi is the fattest state in the nation. I yell out that we are now #2.Last year I think it was Texas beat us in being the fattest. Shane talks about how he got in great shape thanks to his trainer. So out comes Tarryn the traveling trainer.

They end up arguing and we get an impromptu match. With the highlight being when Tarryn yanks the wig off Shane's head. Tarryn gets the pin and the crowds goes nuts.

Match 4 Retro Tibadoe vs Bu Ku Dao

I have never seen Retro before. But since he was wearing things with the Slayer logo on him Collin had to cheer him.

I am not a huge Slayer fan,and once Bu Ku Dao's music hit I went nuts.

Retro worked a slower mat based style. Where as Bu Ku was his normal fast high flying major impressive self.

No idea how many people in the crowd had seen Bu Ku Do before but he was super over. As I have said before he is just like Rey Mysterio Jr,well Rey Jr before his knees went to powder. After what was one of the fastest paced matches I have seen in a long time Bu Ku Dao got the win.

It was intermission time. So I grabbed my two DVDs and a pen. Figuring I would get some of the wrestlers to sign it. Wes Adams and Princess Kristen had a huge crowd around them,so I walked over and talked to Wildcard for a few minutes. Who was a super nice guy. Once the group cleared around Wes and Kristen I got them to sign my Slamfest DVD cover. Then saw Big Ramp,who as always is a blast to talk too. Got him to sign it. Saw Reggie was at ringside got him to sign it and was heading back to the bleachers when I saw Bu Ku Dao. We bullshitted for a few and he signed my DVD.As I am heading up into the bleachers I see Kool J Steele enter the gym.

Intermission ended and it was time for our next match.

Match 5 Reggie Matthews/Wildcard J Spade vs Lukas Frost/Kool J Steele with manager Hardbody Harper and Danny Flamingo

Frost and Steele are the  current PSP Tag champs.

Having won the belts at the Winter Warfare show. It is always hard for me to boo Frost. I know I should,but he just brings so much to the ring. The crowd was solidly behind Reggie and J. J started the match and Frost and Steele kept him cut off from the corner with Reggie. So when J finally made the tag Reggie hit the ring and went wild taking out everyone. The crowd went apeshit. I so loved this match it had a great pace to it.

Finally thanks to interference from the House of Harper Frost and Steele got DQed. So Reggie and J won the match. But of course belts can't change hands on a DQ,so the Future Foundation is still the PSP Tag team champs.


Match 6 Wes Adams vs Calvin Rose for the Powerslam Productions Heavyweight title

This match was set up at Winter Warfare,Wes won a battle royale to get a shot at this title. After that battle royale the House of Harper cut Wes's hair. Now I have never seen a bad match from either guy. They always bring it all to the ring.

Wes was the fast quick guy,Calvin was doing more of a classic 80s southern style heel thing. When the match started I figured Wes would win. But after a few minutes I wasn't so sure. Then Skippy,the best ref on the indy scene,got crushed in the corner and knocked out. Wes goes for a pin on Calvin but since Skippy is out he can't count it. So Kristen grabs Skippy's hand and uses it to make the three count. And we get a new PSP Heavyweight champion. The House of Harper hit the ring and start beating down Wes and Kristen. So out comes Reggie and Wildcard to even the odds. Reggie grabs the mic and challenges Rose,Frost,Steele and Flamingo to a 8 man tag team match.

By this point I realized I had plenty of space left on my camera's memory card. So I stood up and videoed the 8 man tag. I apologize in advance for how it gets a bit shaky. My hand tremors acted up. And it isn't the best picture quality. I had no idea how long the match would run. So I did it in SD. I should have done HD. But enjoy the match everyone.

After the show we hung out for a bit talking to Casey and others. Then Reggie invited us to meet them all at the Waffle House to have dinner. Collin,Philip,Nathan,Koby and I hung out in the parking lot for almost an hour. Just bullshitting. I so wish I had recorded the conversation. But it was a great show and a great night.This was my 6th Powerslam show and each one has been more than worth what I had to pay to get in. Plus all the talent is so nice. Thank you to all the wrestlers and other Powerslam workers for bringing good indy wrestling to the state of Mississippi.

Powerslam Productions Winter Warfare 01/18/2014

Powerslam Productions Winter Warfare 01/18/2014

Friday night Reggie had asked if Dragon and I could be at the show around 6pm. Around 4pm Dragon arrived at my home.



I jokingly asked him where he got the BJ and the Bear hat from. But since he is young he had no idea what I was talking about. We left 30 minutes later. And made it to the Pike County Little Theater around 5:30pm. The doors were not open so we ran to a general store to grab snacks and a drink.

By the time we got back doors were open. We head in grab out tickets and see Reggie has 3 front row seats waiting on us. There was already a big crowd.About 10 minutes before the show started Damien showed up.



Brent came out to get the show started. He is now the commissioner of Powerslam.


Match 1-Princess Kristen Morel vs Mr. Sakitume



Kristen was out first and cut a nice promo.



Mr Sakitume came out. And we started heckling him. I asked him why he stole Blue Panther's mask.


What I loved is there was so much matwork in this match. I know Kristen hasn't been wrestling very long. But she was great. She made her way to the top rope.

Then came off it and locked Mr Sakitume in a sleeperhold.

Finally after a hard fought match Princess Kristen won.

Match 2-Outlaw Matt Lancie with Big Ramp vs Wildcard J.Spade


This was Wildcard's first match in Powerslam.

I love that Perry,Luke Hawx's son,is a ref now. Wildcard put up a great fight. But he couldn't overcome the team of Big Ramp and Lancie. I was damn impressed with Wildcard. And he had the crowd behind him the entire match. As always Lancie was great. He has this intense stiff style that so reminds me of old southern style heels.

Lancie got the win.

Match 3-Socorro vs Danny Flamingo

Socorro is the former Sgt Socorro. He is now out of the army. And has changed his look. He now has a mowhawk like Juice from Sons of Anarchy. Danny is new. But looked so much like Danny Doring of ECW fame. He came out first. And was handing Brett his sunglasses.I yelled out "Hey did you get those gas station glasses at Citco?" And he quickly replied with "Nope Exxon!" Which got a good laugh out of me.

Socorro was his normal great self. Lots of matwork and chain wrestling. And Flamingo impressed me.
Socorro got dumped out of the ring and landed right at our feet.

After a fun back and forth match Socorro won.

Match 4-PSP Tag champs Reggie Matthews/Wes Adams AKA the Alumni with manager Princess Kristen vs Lukas Frost/Kool Jay Steele AKA The Future Foundation with manager Hardbody Harper.


I was happy to see Lukas back in the ring. He had to take a bunch of time off last year because of an injury. Plus it is always fun to heckle Hardbody.

For the first half of the match Frost and Steele keep Reggie cut off from his corner. And beat him down again and again. Then finally Reggie made it to his corner. Made the hot tag and Wes hit the ring and cleaned it out.

The rest of the match was back and forth. Full of some great action. Then current PSP Heavyweight Champion Calvin Rose hit the ring and his interference caused The Alumni to lose their titles. Rose,Frost,Steele and Harper then laid out Wes,Reggie and Kristen.


After the match intermission started. After a quick trip to the bathroom we stood around talking to various people we see at every show.

Match 5-Luke Hawx vs Purple Haze

I was wondering if this would be face vs face. Because Luke is a face in PSP and Purple Haze usually is.

Purple Haze was out first and the crowd seemed to like him.

Luke was out next and the crowd went nuts. Both guys shook hands and the match started. Now normally Purple Haze is a high flying guy. But this match was loaded with lots of matwork.

With Luke doing a ankle lock. Which Purple Haze broke out of.

Then Haze got Luke in a modified surfboard.The crowd started dueling chants for both guys. And Luke got the win. After the match they shook hands again. Always great to see displays of sportsmanship like that.

Match 6-Bu Ku Dao vs PSP Heavyweight Champ Calvin Rose


Rose was out first with his manager Harper.So of course I start heckling Harper. I think I caught him laughing two times at things I yelled at him.

Bu Ku Dao was out next and the crowd was so solidly behind him. It was nice to see him getting a title shot. He is a great wrestler and I have never seen a bad match from him.I also noticed that him and I have the same haircut.Just he wears his hair up and I keep mine down.

The bell rings and quickly Bu Ku Dao was on the attack. Lots of kicks to Rose's knee. Then he backed Rose into the ropes and hit him with a flurry of punches. But it wasn't enough to take Rose off his feet. Rose grabbed Dao and started beating the crap out of him.

Dao tried his best. But he couldn't manage to overcome the size and power advantage Rose has.

After the match it looked like Dao had been knocked silly. I was very impressed with how close he came to winning. I wouldn't be surprised if Dao ends up as the PSP Champ one day soon.

Match 7-Battle Royale

Brett explained the rules. 2 people will start in the ring. Then after 2 minutes the next person enters.After that every 90 seconds someone comes in until there is only one person left.The winner gets a shot at the PSP title at the next show. Now it is hard as hell to review a battle royale. And between me taking pictures and writing down who had entered and who got eliminated I am sure I missed parts.So I will just list who entered in what order and after their name what number they got eliminated at.
1.Lukas Frost-18

2.Buku Dao-1

3.Wes Adams
4.Aeon Flexx-5
5.Danny Flamingo-2
6.Reggie Matthews-13
7.Outlaw Matt Lancie-4
8.Luke Hawx-3
9.The Punisher-8
10.Kool Jay Steele-17
11.Mr Sakitumie-6
12.Benjamin Todd-9
13.Senior ref Skippy-7
14.Socorro-12
15.Shane Champagne-10

16.Purple Haze-11
17.Hardbody Harper-15
18.Wildcard J.Spade-14
19.Princess Kristen-16




The highlights were

Skippy being announced as being in the Battle Royale. He was the ref on our side of the ring. And Dragon Is Barely Around got footage of Skippy's impressive wrestling debut.

Also Luke and Lancie got thrown over the top at the same time and ended up brawling right in front of us.


Reggie getting thrown out and landing right on top of my feet. The last two in the ring were Wes and Lukas. With both of them fighting on the apron. Wes eliminated Lukas. Then Calvin Rose hit the ring and Rose,Harper and the Future Foundation started beating down Wes. Reggie ran out to save Wes and got beat down. Kristen came out to help and got beat down. Calvin grabbed some scissors and cut so of Wes' hair. I yelled at Harper "Hey take the hair and make a toupee with it!" Harper then grabbed some of the hair and put it on his head.

The locker room emptied and chased the heels out. Wes grabbed the mic and cut a great promo.

"ROSE YOU CUT MY HAIR TONIGHT BUT COME MARCH IN LIBERTY MISSISSIPPI I AM GOING TO CUT THAT BELT FROM AROUND YOUR WAIST!"

The crowd seemed really hyped for the next show.

After the show Dragon and I hung out talking to Reggie and other people. Then headed out to Waffle house to eat. Where we had so much fun just bullshitting with Reggie and others.

Now I have been to 5 Powerslam shows so far and this one was the best I have seen.As always the wrestlers and other talent was super nice. And you can tell each of them did their best. So if you live anywhere Liberty MS on March 1st is Powerslam Productions Spring Bash show. Come check it out. Trust me on this it will be more than worth the 10 bucks the ticket cost.