An interesting night for JAPW

So i just got back from the Jersey All Pro show.

It was an interesting card. Milano Connection AT vs. Azrael stole the show, Christian Cage vs. Jimmy Rave was pretty good, LAX did their thing, and the main event between Kenny Omega and Grim Reefer had some sick spots.

Then something funny happened. Omega had said before his match that he was going to bring out a former champion after he beat Reefer. They teased with Low Ki’s music, Teddy Hart’s music, and other former champions, but no one came out.

Then the lights went out.

And out came Dan Maff.

The situation between Maff and Homicide is well documented, if a bit confusing, and I thought his return to JAPW, especially on a night when ‘Cide was there was really interesting. I just wanted to get some of your guys’ thoughts on this development.

A Feud I Want To See

Right from day one AMW was pushed in TNA as a force to compete with.Chris Harris and James storm made this team work and put on some great matches until they were broken off in an attempt to make them singles superstars.Unfortunately that hasn’t panned out the way it should.My solution is to reunite AMW for a short while only and start them off in a feud immediately with the Machine Guns.That’s probably gonna be the best tag team feud in 5 years.Add LAX to this and you’ve got pure awesomeness.

LAX Unprofessional?

Mike Mooneyham of the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier has an interesting column up this week discussing a recent tag team match between LAX and two indy workers in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Apparently Hernandez gave the Border Toss to Kirby Mack and it resulted in a collapsed lung. Here’s a few quotes:

“They think, because they work for TNA, that they’re wrestling stars,” said Simpson. “They thought just because they had wrestled Kirby and T.J. on television, that they weren’t on their level. They didn’t want to make Kirby and T.J. look good and didn’t want to treat them as equals. But that’s just their mentality. That upset T.J. and Kirby more than any stiff (stuff), because they like to work stiff too. It was the lack of respect. Kirby and T.J. are used to dealing with real superstars who treat them as equals.”

“They were jumping and beating up on Kirby and T.J. and wouldn’t sell for them. Homicide was supposed to take the up-and-over backcracker thing, and he just let Kirby hit the mat. Hernandez used the Border Toss thing on Kirby, and he had hit T.J. so hard it left a purple welp on his back. T.J. said that was the hardest he had ever been hit. He said there was no way he could go over and tag Kirby because he was hurting so bad. It was absolutely, positively insane.”

I suggest reading the entire article to get a full feel for what happened at the match. Unfortunately, it sounds like Hernandez especially is a real jackass, which sucks because he’s got amazing talent.