Castaways by Brian Keene

Castaways by Brian Keene

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was the third book from Mr Keene that I have read. And the first two had really bad endings. The setting is a Survivor like reality game show. A group of people are on a tropical island and are being videotaped. But a massive storm is on the way. When the storm hits the group is attacked by some beasts,that very much resemble the beasts from Richard Laymon's Beast house series. Fun fast paced book that is perfect for when you want a quick entertaining read. And this time Keene has a great ending.



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Mississippi Championship Wrestling TV show 03/19/2011

Mississippi Championship Wrestling 03/19/2011

MCW is back with a new episode this week. And it is an hour long. We start off with letterboxed footage set to "It's my life" by Bon Jovi. Weird choice of music but whatever.

Match 1 Tatt2 vs Rondale Roosevelt Clipped
Seems the footage is of Tatt2 vs Rondale Roosevelt. IIRC Roosevelt is part of Bruise Brothers 2k.  Tatt2 seems to be a high flyer. Roosevelt hits a nice split legged moonsault,but only gets a 2 count. The match seems to be clipped. And keeps jumping ahead. Tatt2 catches Roosevelt with a stiff kick to the head. And goes for the pin. Roosevelt kicks out at 2. Roosevelt goes up to the top rope. Looks like he was trying to hit a senton. Tatt2 rolls outta the way. And with both guys flat on the mat the ref starts the 10 count. Tatt2 gets up and throws Roosevelt to the ropes and hits some crisp moves.  Tatt2 then hits a rolling thunder then a Asai moonsault. But Roosevelt kicks out at 2. Tatt2 hits a 619,or since this is Mississippi it might be a 601. And again Roosevelt kicks out at 2. Roosevelt hits a modified samon drop. The crowd seems to be behind Tatt2. Tatt2 goes for a second 601/619 but this time Roosevelt moves outta the way. Then he rolls up Tatt2. 1,2,3 Roosevelt gets the pin.

We then cut to a promo from The VIP Cassidy Riley. Riley is the Mid South Heavyweight Champion. Then we cut to Jerry Clower in the ring with JYD and Hacksaw Duggan. This is old footage from Mid South. Clower is wearing a bright red wide lapel jacket.

Match 2

Malek Avalon w/Travion vs Tiger MAsk???

We start off with who I assume is Malek and Travion in the ring. And Malek is parading around with a belt. It looks like the belt says XPW on the front. Weird. Ok I have no idea who this Tiger MAsk is. Malek takes Tiger down with a shoulder tackle. But Tiger gets right back up. Tiger throws Malek to the ropes and does a nice armdrag. Crap this match is clipped. They go outside the ring and Malek gets thrown into the crowd. Tiger throws Malek into the guardrail and I see a shopping cart full of stuff. Wonder if this is a hardcore match?  Cut again and now they are back in the ring. Tiger throws Malek to the corner and hits him with a stiff clothesline. He repeats this again . And then tries it a third time,but Malek ducks. Cut and now Malek has Tiger in the corner and is hitting him with kicks and boots. Tiger rolls outta the ring,and Malek's manager comes over and puts the boots to him. Malek rolls out and throws Tiger into the guardrail. The crowd is kinda small but very very vocal. Malek rolls Tiger back into the ring and goes for a pin. Cut and Tiger is running off the ropes when Malek catches him with a nice dropkick. Malek goes for the pin. Cut and now they are both in the corner.Tiger charges into the corner but Malek smacks him with a big elbow. Tiger recovers and does a great looking double underhook suplex. He pins Malek. But Malek kicks out. Cut and Malek hits a jawbreaker. Cut and Tiger knocks Malek off his feet with a clothesline then hits a belly to belly suplex. Tiger goes for the pin but only gets a 2 count. Cut and Malek is in the corner. Tiger runs the ropes,and Malek catches him with a superkick. Malek climbs to the top rope. He seems to be going for a crossbody block,but Tiger dodges it. Tiger hits a crisp german suplex,rolls and hits another. He rolls again and is trying for a third but Malek gets outta the hold. Tiger gets thrown into the ropes,and Malek's manager rips Tiger MAsk's mask off.  Malek then rolls Tiger MAsk up for the pin.


Match 3 Ron Horn vs Wade Garrett
We goto some black and white footage.  Quickly it goes back to color and Garrett is beating the crap outta Horn. Cut and we see Horn throwing Garrett into some lockers. Ok this seems to be a hardcore match. We get lots of quick clips of both guys using tables,ladders and chairs. It seems that Garrett wins. I wish they had shown this entire match. Mainly cause Horn always is entertaining to watch. The guy has natural charisma and knows how to work the crowd.

We goto another promo from Cassidey Riley and they are advertising a show in Yazoo City.

Match 4 Monty Warbucks Vs Joe Kane

They tie up and Warbucks gets a side headlock. I am assuming that Kane is a face. The two guys tie up again and Warbucks gets another side headlock. He throws Kane into the ropes and takes him down with a shoulder tackle. Weird the crowd seems to be behind Warbucks,so I guess he is a face. IIRC last time Warbucks was on MCW he was a heel. Warbucks and Kane circle the ring. And Kane throws Monty into the ropes. But Monty knocks Joe to the mat and drops an elbow on him. Joe exits the ring,and Warbucks jawjacks with the crowd for awhile.Kane comes back into the ring,and Warbucks nails him with some quick punches. Kane hits Monty with a huge punch and Monty goes down. He gets up and throws Kane into the corner. Monty goes for a big splash but Kane gets outta the way. Monty ends up an a halfass tree of woe. So Kane does a running dropkick and Monty falls to the floor. Kane follows him to the floor and works on Monty's arm. Kane and Monty get back into the ring. And Kane twist Monty's right arm. Strange I was told that wrestlers always work on the left side. Maybe Joe Kane was trained in the Lucha Libre style,in which they work on the right side.  Now Kane is working on Monty's left arm. But Warbucks catches Kane off guard with a hard punch. Warbucks is thrown to the ropes and Kane hits a flying clothesline. Warbucks hits a nice spinebuster. Then a suplex. Monty goes for an elbow drop,but Joe Kane rolls outta the way. Kane catches Monty with a modified side Russian legsweep and gets the pin.


Match 5 Iceman King Parsens vs Brickhouse Brown
Now we cut to Ron Tronguard??? Wait this is AWA footage from ESPN Classic. Strange. Ok now we have graphics at the bottom of the screen telling us this is "Classic Wrestling from AWA/MCW" Ice Man King Parsens Vs Brickhouse Brown.  Seems this match is from Superclash III. Parsens is the Texas Heavyweight Champion. Iceman is wearing a sweet reflective blue top hat. Crap Vern Gagne is on the mic,and as usual he sucks. Brown shoves Iceman to the mat. And they lock up. Brown gets thrown to the ropes but hits Iceman with a very very sweet dropkick. It is almost as good as Bob Holly's dropkicks. Brickhouse gets Parsens in a side headlock.  Brickhouse runs the ropes and hits Parsens with two solid shoulder tackles. Brown goes for a backslide but Iceman gets out. Iceman throws Brown to the ropes and catches him with a good kneelift. Then Parsens takes Brown down with a short clothesline. And then hits a snap suplex. Parsens goes for the pin,But Brown kicks out at 2. Parsens then hits Brown with 3 punches and Brown hits the mat. Parsens goes for a piledriver. Brown reverses it into a back body drop.  Iceman rolls to the corner and begs for mercy. But Brown ignores this and throws Iceman to the ropes. Brown hits a flying bodypress. Iceman pulls some brass knucks outta his tights and hits Brown with them. 1,2,3 Iceman King Parsens wins.

We cut to Jimmy Hart in some studio talking about the new Fabulous ones. It seems one of them is Porkchop Cash. We get various footage of them posing and walking around in red velvet tuxes. While "You dropped a bomb" is playing. A graphic at the bottom of the screen informs me that this is "The Bruise Brothers .... The Beginning part 1". Neat stuff to see,but I would have rather they didn't show this and instead we had gotten the entire Ron Horn match. Now we cut to some tall guy wearing a shirt with the Punisher skull on it. Some rap song is playing in the background. I have no idea what the song is,but then I also haven't kept up with rap since about 1994. Ok this seems to be clips from various matches. And the guy in the Punisher shirt is Kevin Northcutt I think. Kevin seems to be a decent wrestler and very agile for being such a tall guy. Neat he is attacking some people with a flaming chair. We also see Kevin hit a few superkicks. Strangely some of the footage is full screen and some of it is letterboxed. I wonder if any wrestler out there has ever used "the Ramones-The Crusher" for their entrance music?  We now goto some fat guy in the ring ,and who I think is Kevin Northcutt. This seems to be more clips from a match,but this time we get the actual audio. Again this is fun,but I rather they had cut this out and given us the complete Tiger Mask and Ron Horn matches. And the show is over. Pretty good show. I just wish they would show entire matches instead of clipped matches.

Mississippi Championship Wrestling TV show 03/05/2011

Mississippi Championship Wrestling 03/05/2011

After a week off MCW is back. Again the show is only 30 minutes. We start off with new opening credits that has the words "Mississippi Championship Wrestling scrolling across the screen while various pictures of wrestlers are in the background.

1st match

Barry "MR 500" Wolf  VS Rick Morgan

Morgan starts off by working Wolf's arm,but Wolf reverses it. Morgan hits a sweet dropkick,which is almost as good as Bob Holly's dropkick. The announcer keeps referring to Morgan as a redneck. Wolf hits a sweet clothesline that causes Morgan to do a complete flip. Wolf catches Morgan with a leg submission. But Morgan kicks Wolf in the head to escape. Wolf drops Morgan to the mat and goes for another leg submission.  Wolf keeps working the leg.Morgan gets up and hits Wolf with a leg lariat. Wolf takes out Morgan's leg and goes back to working the leg. Wolf puts on a reverse Indian deathlock. Morgan breaks it,and Barry whips Morgan into the corner. Then hits a clothesline. Morgan runs the ropes and hits Wolf with a crossbody block. 1 2 3 Morgan gets the pin.

Now we have a interview with Monty Warbucks and the Wild Childs of the city. Warbucks talks about how all the audience has no teeth. Jason Rose gets on the mic and talks about how they have a problem with one man Calvin Rose. Now we cut to an interview with Mike Carter. Carter cuts an interview very much in the style of his "father" JYD.

2nd match

The Bull God Minator VS Neil Goldbrick

Minator comes out and we get his name,height and weight on the screen. The announcer talks about how Minator has won many regional titles all over the south.  Goldbrick seems scared to lock up with Minator. Neil goes for an armbar but Minator seems to not feel it. Minator hits a big boot to the face of Neil. Minator hits Goldbrick with a big bodyslam. Then hits a huge legdrop.Minator catches Goldbrick with suplex. Minator picks up Goldbrick and hits a sweet looking short arm clothesline. Minator throws Neil into the ropes and hits a huge sidewalk slam. He goes for a pin,but picks Goldbrick up at the 2 count. Goldbrick hits a jawbreaker. Minator hits a slam and drags Neil to the corner and hits a second rope bodypress. 1 2 3 Minator wins.

We cut to the Bruise Brothers 2k  in the back with Porkchop Cash. Brother Love talks about how Mike Carter has a yellow streak down his back. Porkchop gets on the mic and talks about how the whole state of Mississippi is his house. Then mentions how Carter refused to shake Cash's hand. Sadly it is kinda hard to hear what all is said cause we have "Soul Man" playing and the volume on the song is higher than the volume on the mic.

3rd match joined in progress

Jason Rose vs Calvin Rose

Rose has Calvin on the mat. Rose drops a big knee to the head of Calvin. Jason gets Calvin in a rear chinlock and Calvin gets the crowd to start clapping. Calvin gets to his feet hits a few elbows and throws Rose into the corner. Rose climbs up to the second rope and hits Calvin with swinging neckbreaker. Rose goes for the pin. But Calvin Rose kicks out. Jason complains to the ref about it being a slow count. Then Jason goes to the second rope. He goes for a legdrop but Calvin rolls outta the way. Calvin gets up and throws Rose to the ropes. Hits a big boot and a clothesline. Then Calvin slams Jason hard to the mat. Jason reaches into his tights and gets out some powder. He throws it but it hits the ref in the eyes. Jason Rose climbs to the top rope and connects with a top rope sunset flip. Calvin reverses it and gets the 3 count.

We goto the back and Mike Carter is talking about how Mccullar Enterprise has the best deals on WWE,TNA,NWA and MCW merchandise. Sadly again the music playing in the background is louder than the mic volume so it is hard to make out what people are saying.

4th match

Ron Horn vs Ben Smith

Oh it seems Ben Smith is one of the guys from Capitol City Muscle.  The guys lock up. And we cut to a video package of Wild Childs of the City matches with "Do you think I'm Sexy" playing.  WTF Why bother showing less than 2 minutes of a match?  Then we cut to footage of the Bruise Brothers 2k while "Soul Man" plays. I much would have rather seen the Horn vs Smith match.  And the show ends.

Glad to see the show is back and we got 3 good matches. But they need to turn the music volume down during the backstage interviews. Plus I am still perplexed by why they showed us at most 2 minutes of the Horn VS Smith match then had close to 5 minutes of video packages. But the show has been improving each episode.

Mississippi Championship Wrestling TV show 02/19/2011

This episode of MCW for some reason is only 30 minutes long.But the promoter has told me starting next week they will go back to the normal hour long show. I assume this is the episode that was supposed to air over 2 weeks ago.

We start off with a nice video package to "Land of Confusion". Then We see a match in which the Wild Childs of the city attack Calvin Rose. I am betting this is pay back for Calvin beating Monty Warbucks on the last episode. Warbucks beats Calvin with a belt then starts choking him in the corner with said belt. OK they are using some weird video effect on it that causes the picture to kinda warp back and forth from the left to the right. The beat down continues Hard to tell if the crowd is into it,cause again we are hearing "Land of Confusion".

We cut to a commercial advertising an upcoming card. And another telling us who to call to get MCW merch.  We come back and it is Whiskey Hangover vs Capitol City Muscle. In what we are told is a best of 7 series. The winners of the series will get $7000. Match starts off with CCM double teaming Whiskey Hangover. But Ron Horn gets the upper hand and proceeds to beat down on the smaller member of CCM. Ron tags in Barry Wolf. Wolf hits a stiff clothesline and starts to choke the CCM guy while he is on the mat. Wolf tags in Horn. Horn takes his opponent to the corner and chops the shit outta him. Horn catches him with a DDT and goes for the pin. But CCM guy kicks out. Horn knocks him to the mat again and stomps on him. Then picks him up and throws him to the ropes. CCM guy hits what I think is a Thez press and makes it to the corner for the hot tag. But Horn also manages to tag in Wolf. Wolf gets slammed by the bigger member of CCM. While the smaller guy and Horn fight outside the ring. Wolf ends up getting the pin by holding onto to the tights of the bigger member of CCM.

We come back from commercial and Jason Rose vs Raging Rick Morgan. Rose looks a lot like Doug Sommers. Rose gets on the mic and says he will give Morgan one chance to get outta the ring and save him the embarrassment of getting beat. Playboy Rose taunts Morgan by jiggling his bitch tits. Morgan knocks Rose down and goes for a pin. But Jason Rose kicks out at 2,and then rolls outta the ring. Morgan gets tired of waiting and goes outside the ring to bring the fight to Rose. Rose gets back in the ring and hits Morgan with a  cheap shot as he is coming back in. Jason sends Rick to the ropes,but Rick hits a shoulder tackle and knocks Rose to the mat. Rick then gets a nice looking suplex on Rose. Rose makes a comeback and knocks Rick to the mat. Morgan tried for a roll up after Rose misses with a shoulder tackle to the corner. Morgan runs to the ropes but is tripped by Monty Warbucks. This allows Jason Rose to hit a rolling Samoan drop. Then the 21st Century Playboy goes to the top rope. And hits a great leg drop. 1,2,3, Jason Rose gets the win. Rose and Warbucks celebrate at ringside while "Do you think I'm Sexy" plays.

We come back from a break and it is The Bruise Brothers 2k vs Mike Carter and Anton Leveigh. Carter isn't wearing the dog chain this week. The Bruise brothers go outside the ring and heckle the crowd for awhile. Sweet Porkchop Cash is at ringside. Porkchop Cash has to be the best name in wrestling ever. Brother Love starts the match in the ring with Anton. Leveigh works the arm then tags in Mike Carter. Carter keeps working the arm,but Brother Love rolls outta the ring. Brother Love tags in his partner,Roosevelt. Then Mike Carter tags in Leveigh. Leveigh hits a few high impact spots and Roosevelt rolls out. Brother Love hits the ring and gets double teamed by Leveigh and Carter. Porkchop Cash gives his guys some advice. And Roosevelt  gets back in the ring. Seems he wants to shake hands with Anton. The crowd keeps on telling Leveigh not to do it. But instead of shaking hands Leveigh hits Roosevelt with a big slap. Roosevelt hits Anton in the back with a loud ass kick. Then he throws Anton out the ring and goes over and taunts Mike Carter. While outside the ring Brother Love slams Anton onto the hard concrete floor.Roosevelt rolls out the ring beats on Anton for awhile. But Anton gets up jumps to the ring apron and hits a hurricanrana on Roosevelt.Leveigh hits 3 stiff punches,before Roosevelt throws him back into the ring. Roosevelt goes for the pin ,but the ref sees that his feet are on the ropes. So Roosevelt tags in Brother Love he hits Anton with a series of elbows,then a running knee lift.Love lays Anton across the bottom rope. And while the ref is distracted Porkchop Cash chokes Leveigh with the bottom rope. Love hits Anton with 3 leg drops. Then hits the ropes does a little dance and hits a elbow drop on Anton. Roosevelt is tagged in and he does a great looking hanging vertical suplex. And we cut to commercial. We come back and Roosevelt has dragged Leveigh to his teams corner. Roosevelt hits a nice looking split legged moonsault. He goes for a pin but Leveigh reverses it. Leveigh comes off the ropes and hits a huge clothesline on Roosevelt. Leveigh hits a Pele kick. And now Leveigh and Roosevelt are flat on the mat. The ref starts a 10 count. Leveigh gets up and tags in Carter. Carter cleans house and  hits Brother Love with 2 huge headbutts. Leveigh rolls Love outta the ring . While Carter stays int he ring . Carter hits Roosevelt with a powerbomb into the turnbuckle. Carter then picks up Roosevelt and hits a running powerslam. But he only gets a 2 count. Brother Love grabs the briefcase and hits Carter with it for a DQ. And the show ends with a bunch of pictures while "Land of Confusion" plays.

This show while only being 30 minutes is a major improvement over the first episode. None of the matches seemed to be clipped. And the sound was a lot better. Can't wait to see more of the Whiskey Hangover/Capitol City Muscle best of 7 series. And what seems to be a big feud between The Bruise Brothers 2k and Anton Leveigh and Mike Carter. Plus it is always great to see Porkchop Cash.

Why there wasn't a review of MCW this past weekend.

The second episode of the weekly MCW show did not air this Saturday. Instead Fox 40 aired an hour of infomericials. I contacted teh MCW promoter and was told that something was wrong with the dvd they sent to Fox 40. And that the dvd wouldn't play. A new episode should be airing this Saturday morning at 6am central on Fox 40.

Mississippi Championship Wrestling TV show 02/05/2011

MCW tv show 02/05/2011



This is the premiere episode of the MCW TV show. Airing at 6am till 7am on FOX 40 outta Jackson MS. Show starts off Kenny Marcell in the ring welcoming us to MCW. Show is held at the Jackson arena,and they run the address across the screen. Seems we are gonna get a interview with the Bruise Brothers. But first we are gonna get an interview with the Wild Childs of the City. Kenny ask them to come to the ring. "Do you think I'm Sexy" hits the speakers and 3 guys head to the ring. One of them is Monty Warbucks. Monty gets on the mic and complains that the music wasn't cut off when they hit the ring. It seems that Monty is the mouthpiece/manager and the team is made up of the 21st century Playboy Jason Rose and The Golden Boy Brian Rival. Rose looks a little like AWA era Doug Sommers. Monty cuts a good promo Calvin Rose. And how on his ride up from Louisiana ,that once he hit Mississippi he noticed all the bad smells. Jason Rose gets the mic. He talks about how all the people in TV land should be happy that 3 of the best professional athletes are standing right before you. Then Brian Rival gets the mic and ask the audience to clap for Monty. Then calls the audience idiots for clapping on command. Monty gets the mic back and keeps cutting down Calvin Rose. And mentions that a few weeks back he piledrove Calvin on the floor. And mentions how he knows that Calvin's neck is hurt. "I wanna hear it loud" is on the speakers. And Calvin Rose comes to the ring with a chair. Kenny stops Calvin from attacking the Wild Childs. And Kenny says we are gonna get a match between Calvin Rose and Monty Warbucks later on in the show. And it will be the main event. We go to a commercial break and a James Brown song leads us outta the show.

First match Brother love vs Anton Leveigh

Brother Love comes out to "Soul Man" and he has PorkChop Cash with him. Brother Love is dressed like one of the Blues Brothers and is carrying a briefcase. Porkchop has this huge white beard. Anton Leveigh comes out looking about the same as when I saw him last year. The camera cuts to the start of the match. The two guys circle each other then lock up. Anton sends Brother Love to the ropes,and on his way back Love hits a good shoulder tackle. Love gets Anton in a side headlock. But Leveigh breaks it and sends Love to the ropes again. Love hits another big shoulder tackle. They lock up again,and for a third time Leveigh sends Love to the ropes. Then Anton leapfrogs Love,then does a drop down. And finally hits a jumping spin kick. Which drops Love to the mat. Anton hits 2 arm drags and a nice looking dropkick. And Brother Love rolls outta the ring. The crowd taunts Love and he yells for them to shut there mouth. Love rocks Anton with punches then throws him to the ropes. And Porkchop trips Leveigh. Love takes advantage of this and rakes Anton's eyes across the ropes. Then hits a stiff clothesline. Love goes for the pin but Leveigh kicks out a two. Love scoop slams Anton. Criss crosses the ring then hits a legdrop and a kneedrop. Again Anton kicks out a two. So Love starts to choke Anton. The ref makes him break on the 5 count. Love starts to argue with the ref. Love then hits a good suplex on Anton. And again he goes for the pin. But Anton kicks out at two again. Love body slams Anton and goes to the corner. He climbs up to the second rope. And goes for a leg drop. But Leveigh rolls outta the way. Both men are laying on the mat and the ref starts a 10 count. They get up and trade punches. Love throws Anton into the corner and lifts him up to the second rope. Loves goes for a second rope superplex. But Anton shoves him off. Anton then does a second rope frog splash. The ref and Anton are distracted by Porkchop. And Porkchop slides the briefcase into Love. Who hits Anton with it. And finally Love gets the three count. We go to commerical while Love dances around the ring to "Soul Man". Fun match.

Match 2

Whiskey Hangover vs Capitol City Muscle

On the screen they inform us this will be video highlights. Whiskey Hangover are Ron Horn and Barry "Mr 500" Wolf. Damn I wish this was the entire match. I have seen Horn and Wolf face each other 5 times now,but have never seen them as a tag team. For some reason there is no sound . One of the CCM guys slams Wolf. Then it cuts to Horn and Wolf double teaming one of the CCM guys. And "Let the bodies hit the floor" starts playing. We get to see Whiskey Hangover beating the crap outta one of the guys from CCM. The CCM guy hits a shoulder tackle and manages to tag in his partner. Who comes in the ring and beats up both members of Whiskey Hangover. One of the CCM guys picks up Barry Wolf. While the other jumps off the top rope and hit a solid looking clothesline. And CCM gets the win. I really wish they had shown the entire match. And we get another commerical break.

We come back and Porkchop Cash and Brother Love are headed to the ring. Brother Love gets the mic. Brother Love talks about how they are the 2000 version of the Bruise Brothers. He starts cutting a promo on the son of Junkyard Dog,Mike Carter. Which causes the crowd to start booing. I didn't know that JYD had a son. Love talks about how they offered Mike a handshake and the Carter spit on Porkchop Cash's hand. Cash talks about how if Mike Carter had shook his hand he wouldn't have too beat him up. Then Cash talks about how the Bruise Brothers will take over Mississippi. Not a bad promo

Match 3

Wild Childs of the City VS Rick Morgan & Jason Mathews

Wild Childs are out first. But it seems they don't have Monty with them this time. Jason Rose grabs the mic. He ask if Jackson MS is ready for him to take his robe off and show them what the sexiest man alive looks like. Well I guess bitch tits are sexy. Morgan and Mathews come out. The crowd seems to be behind Morgan and Mathews. Morgan starts the match with Rival.Nice back and forth. Morgan tags out to Mathews. Jason hits a clothesline on Rival. But Rival gets the upper hand and tags in Rose. Mathews and Morgan do a double hip toss on Rose. But when Morgan runs at Rose,Rose pulls down the rope. Morgan goes flying to the outside. Rival goes and starts beating up Morgan. Then he finally throws Rick back into the ring. Rose tags out to Brian and the Wild Childs do a double Garvin stomp. Then Brian Rival hits 2 snap suplexs in a row. Rival then tags in Rose who does a double foot stomp on Morgan. Rose goes for the pin but Rick kicks out. Jason Rose applies a headlock. Rick throws some elbows to break the hold. Rose hits a Atomic drop followed by a swinging neck breaker. Then he tags Rival back in. Rick hits a flying elbow and tries to tag in his partner. But Rival cuts the ring off on Rick. Time for a commerical break. Well maybe not. Rose tags in and hits a rolling Samoan drop on Rick.Then Rose climbs to the top rope. goes for a leg drop but Rick rolls outta the way.Rick makes the hot tag at the same time as Rose tags in Rival. Jason Mathews hits a series of clotheslines. Both Mathews and Morgan take their guys to the corners and do the standard 10 punches. We end up with Mathews rolling up Rival . But the ref is distracted. Rose comes in and hits Mathews . Rival rolls up Mathews for the win.

Match 4

Joey Ables vs JYD's son Mike Carter. Ables is out first and is wearing a CMPunkish hoodie. Carter comes out barking to "Another one bites the dust". The crowd goes wild. Nice Carter is wearing a dog chain around his neck. They lock up and Able gets a headlock. Carter powers out but eats a shoulder tackle. Then Carter nails Able with a arm drag and a great looking dropkick. Ables rolls to the outside to recover. Mike gets a headlock. But Joey throws him to the ropes. Mike comes back and hits a hard looking shoulder tackle. Then we cut to later in the match. Able hits a belly to back suplex. And both guys are on the mat. The ref starts the 10 count and we get another cut. Carter hits a bulldog. But while both guys are on the mat,Porkchop and the Bruise Brothers come out. They hit Carter with the briefcase. And the ref ends the match. The Bruise brothers keep beating up Mike. But Anton Leveigh comes out and does his best to stop them. But he gets hit with the briefcase. And we go to commerical as Porkchop and the Bruise Brothers are beating up Mike Carter.

Match 5

Monty Warbucks vs Calvin Rose. Monty comes out to "Do you think I'm sexy" and on his way out he jaw jacks with the fans. Who boo the crap outta him. Cut and Calvin Rose is on his way out. He hits the ring and Warbucks rolls out. Rose chases Warbucks around the ring. And Warbucks caught Rose as he comes back into the ring. But Rose gets the upper hand and Warbucks rolls out again. Warbucks gets back in and gets a headlock on Calvin. Calvin throws Monty to the ropes. And Calvin hits a shoulder block,but Monty no sells it. We go to commerical as Calvin has Monty on the mat and is hitting him with punches. We come back to Calvin hitting a elbow on Monty. This gets a two count. Monty pokes Calvin in the eyes. Then he throws Calvin into the ropes. Monty hits a clothesline and starts to unwrap his wrist tape. He uses the tape to choke Calvin. But the ref catches him. Cut and Calvin throws Monty to the ropes and hits another good elbow. Monty throws a few punches but Calvin blocks them and hits a few right hands. Then the Wild Childs try to interfere. But Calvin stops them. Calvin catches Monty with a big boot to the face and gets the pin. The show ends with the Wild childs of the city in the ring all upset cause Monty Warbucks lost. And we get a nice collection of pics of the various wrestlers while Genesis's "Land of Confusion" plays.

Overall not a bad show for the first show. There was a few sound problems and sometimes the video showed some breakup. But it was a fun introduction to the MCW product.

Deathsport

Deathsport

This was supposed to be a sequel to the surprise hit "Death Race". But somewhere along the way the script got changed and it become it's own standalone film. Starring David Carradine and Claudia Jennings this film is set in the near future. And fits into the whole Post apocalypse genre of film. Seems in the future people are placed into the Deathsport game. Which from what I can figure out is 2 people armed with laser swords vs about 10 people on motorcycles that also have lasers. Kinda a cheesy film but worth a watch. But a few warnings about the dvd release from Shout Factory. It seems the only print they could find in good shape was an editied for tv print. So everytime the film gets to a scene with violence or nudity,they had to use a print that is in pretty bad shape. Most of these scenes have green lines running down either the left or the right side of the screen. Also the sound on these scenes is pretty bad. Thankfully this is out on a dvd with another film and can normally be found for around $15. The dvd also includes a commentary with Alan Arkish. Overall it is a fun way to waste and hour and a half. Deathsport gets a C+.

Porkys, Porkys II,and Porkys Revenge

I picked up this collection back in 2008,and it was only $9 bucks. It includes all three films. The first one is a new edition which includes a director's commentary,two short behind the scenes/looking back style featurettes,and a promo reel for the "Porky's" Atari 2600 game.

"Porkys"

Growing up in the early 80's,"Porkys" was a film that was talked about all the time on the playground at elementary school. Since we lived in an area that didn't have access to cable I didn't get a chance to see it. Then sometime in 1988 my parents rented it for our Betamax VCR. Well later that week the went to their bowling league. And while they were gone I called up all my friends and told them to come over. We all sat down and watched the film that we had heard so much about. While I found the movie extremely funny back then,it has become even funnier as I got older and understood more of the plot. This was the start of the trend of raunchy teen comedies. And you can see were this film influenced the creator's of "American Pie". I re watched this the other day while I wasn't feel good. And once it got to the scene in the Principal's office,in which Ms. Balbricker is asking for a police lineup of naked high schoolers I was laughing so hard my ribs were hurting. "Porkys" is still one of my favorite comedies and gets a A.

"Porkys II the next day"

This came out the year after the first one was released. It was rushed into production when it became obvious how big a hit the original was. This one I had seen for many many years in edited for TV cuts on cable. But until I got the DVD I had never seen it uncut. Well it has been said that this is a horrible sequel. And I think it is cause this one is less a raunchy teen comedy and more of a teen comedy mixed with a social message drama. And again it has a scene that had me laughing so hard my sides hurt and I had trouble breathing. It is the scene right after the guys leave Pee Wee in the graveyard. And the drunk guy who is done up like a zombie,He comes walking out into the road and is almost hit by the police car. He keeps going "BOOGIE BOOGIE" and for some reason this always makes me laugh. "Porkys II the next day" gets a B.

"Porky's Revenge"

Released 2 years after "Porky's II" this is the only film in the series to not have been written or directed by the late great Bob Clark. I thought I had seen this before. But after viewing it the other day I realized I had never seen it before. It does go back to the level of raunchiness that the original had. And it has the best looking female cast of all three of the films. Plus you get the return of Porky,who was strangely absent for the second film. But all of that still doesn't keep this from being the worst of the series. Plus by this time the main cast looked to be in their late 30s and it is kinda hard to accept them as high school seniors. And a few of the guys from the previous two don't return and no reason is given in the film as to why. "Porky's Revenge" gets a solid B-.

Darkness Falls

Darkness Falls

Picked this DVD up last year at a yard sale. I had never heard much about it,but it was only 50 cents so I took a chance. Big mistake. Set in the town of Darkness Falls,it seems there is a local legend about the Tooth Fairy. She comes and collects kid's teeth,but if you happen to see her she will kill you. Movie starts off with a kid who has just lost his last baby tooth,and before he goes to sleep he gets a visit from a the girl next door. Kid goes to sleep,and wakes up hearing some strange noise in his room. He looks up and sees the Tooth fairy,which causes him to scream. His mother runs in and also sees the Tooth Fairy. The Fairy proceeds to kill the mom as the kid runs off and hides in the bathroom. It turns out the Tooth Fairy can't get you if you are in light. The movie cuts to the next morning and the boy is being lead away by cops. And the girl that came to visit him the night before has a very sad look on her face.

Now we jump ahead about 12 years. We see a lady in a hospital and it turns out her younger brother is having problems. He hasn't slept more than 10 minutes in almost a year.The brother has also seen the Tooth Fairy and now refuses to be in the dark. At her wits end the older sister calls the kid from the beginning of the film. Who lives in a room that has multiple lights. He comes to help and tries his best to keep the Tooth Fairy from getting the brother. Well the movie just goes downhill from here. Horrible acting plus a bad script equals one big shit pile of a film. The effects are the only decent part of the film. One thing I did notice is without the credits this film is about 68 minutes long. That has to be one of the shortest big release theatrical films in a long time. Darkness Falls easily earns a D-.

KInda late list of my x-mas haul

Nintendo DS Lite+Ultimate Mortal Kombat+Some cloths-from my parents

Waxwork/Waxwork II dvd+The Thing Special Edition dvd+Shawn Micheals Boyhood Dream DVD-From ym Aunt Kat and Uncle Milton

Heroes of World Class DVD+Deperadoes Del Ring Volume 1 DVD-From Aunt Nett and Uncle Pat

Desperadoes Del ring Volumes 2 and 3-Uncle Louis and Aunt Amy

Cash-Grandpa

Box of assorted candy-Aunt Dean and Uncle Alton


So far I have watched the Heroes of world class dvd. Which was great. And all three Volumes of the Desperadoes Del Ring. Which were also great. Desperadoes seems to be footage of the fed in TJ that Konnan ran for a short while. Lots of early Rey Jr,Pychosis,La Parka,Juventuta Guerrrea and Pierotth matches.