Well, since I don’t have anything to do on Wednesday nights, and the CZW Academy is only 20 minutes from my house, every other week I’ll be attending Dojo Wars, their bi-weekly “House Show”. It’s 5 matches for 5 bucks, how can you go wrong with that? Because the only way to see the show is to be there, and only a very limited number of people can fit in the place, I’ll let you in on all the details with a full results list, pictures and match breakdown.



So I’m a little wrestled out this week, this being the 4th wrestling event I’ve attended in person in 5 days, including a Ring of Honor TV taping, a Chikara show, and the Royal Rumble. As such, I’ll be keeping this kind of light. So what if the Rock wasn’t there, and there were no Young Bucks, it was still a fun night of wrestling to be had, including a Lucha de Apuesta, which is certainly not anything I ever thought I’d see at a Dojo Wars.

Frankie Pikard defeated Mr. Grim

defeated Mr. Grim Joe Gacy defeated George Gatton

defeated George Gatton Rex Lawless and “Tiger” Tom Tucker defeated Dan O’Hare and Conor Claxton

defeated Dan O’Hare and Conor Claxton Penelope Ford and Sozio defeated Joey Janela and Amber Rodriguez

defeated Joey Janela and Amber Rodriguez Andrew Wolf defeated Trooper Audubon in a Lucha de Apuesta, Staff vs. Trenchcoat.

Frankie Pikard vs. Mr. Grim

I don’t know who this Mr. Grim is, he’s new. I just found it funny that he came to the ring with a metal briefcase containing only his gloves. This was a pretty short evenly matched bout. Pikard started early with several attempts at the kneelock that failed to go anywhere. He eventually busted out a forward somersault cutter, and was able to apply the kneelock for the submission.

Winner: Frankie Pikard

Bell Time: 8:41



George Gatton vs. Joe Gacy



This matched started with the crowd chanting “Gacy’s gonna kill you!”, because of the vast size and experience difference between the two combatants. Despite the difference, Gatton managed to hold his own for most of the match, which consisted mostly in the early goings of a series of knife edge chops traded back and forth. Gacy put Gatton through two shoulderbreakers back to back, but somehow Gatton managed to come back, and superplexed Gacy from the top turnbuckle. Gacy though was too much for Gatton to handle, and forced him to submit to the Rings of Saturn.

Winner: Joe Gacy

Bell Time: 11:25



Rex Lawless and “Tiger” Tom Tucker vs. Dan O’Hare and Conor Claxton

For a team that hadn’t worked together before, O’Hare and Claxton had amazing chemistry. They effectively cut the ring in half, keeping their opponents away from their own corner, frequently tagging in and out, and using a lot of double team maneuvers. O’Hare hit Tucker so hard while he was in the corner he flew off the apron and into the heavy industrial fan behind the ring. Lawless hit O’Hare with a swinging neckbreaker that somehow managed to knock his elbow pad clear off his arm. Even with their chemistry, it was O’Hare’s inexperience that cost them the match, as he submitted to Tucker after he caught him in a rollup and then lay across his legs in a weird half boston crab/half bridge type hold that I do not know the name for. After the match, in a display of sportsmanship, Claxton showed O’Hare how he should have countered the submission hold.

Winner: Rex Lawless and Tiger Tom Tucker

Bell Time: 15:02



Penelope Ford and Sozio vs. Joey Janela and Amber Rodriguez



The best part of this match may well have been that for no apparent reason, Sozio ditched his standard Guido gear, and wore a taco cat shirt. He and Janela started the match, but after a few minutes of action Janela tagged, and told Sozio to as well so we could all “see what [we] came to see, whistle, and blow our loads.” This week Ford slowed her pace down a bit, and was able to hit the cartwheel into Rodriguez without issue. She also hit a massive hurricanrana on Janela. Janela cowardly hid behind the giant fan to attempt to prevent the tag. Rodriguez was able to reach him though, and as soon as he got onto the apron, Sozio dropkicked him back into the wall. Ford and Rodriguez traded chops, with Rodriguez licking her palm and then slapping Ford in the face. Ford slapped her back, and took her to the ground, at which point Rodriguez bit her arm. After the ref broke it up, Ford scored the pinfall with her Rainbow Bridge.

Winner: Penelope Ford and Sozio

Bell Time: 19:03



Trooper Audubon vs. Andrew Wolf



The night actually started off with a promo from Trooper calling out Wolf. Trooper said after his loss a month ago, and after watching Wolf’s fight two weeks ago, he finally figured out the source of Wolf’s power: his staff. He challenged Wolf to a match for it, and after a shout from the crowd that he should totally put his trenchcoat on the line as well, he accepted the terms, and we had a main event.



This match didn’t have as much of a big fight feel as last week, if only because Trooper and Wolf are far more evenly matched. The match started with an exchange of shoulder blocks, which Wolf won with a diving shoulder block, which he then followed up with a 5 Knuckle Shuffle. Trooper tried for the axehandle smash from the top turnbuckle, but Wolf blocked it and countered it into a Rock Bottom. He then went for the People’s Elbow, but Trooper countered it into a pretty sloppy RKO. Trooper then took the action outside the ring, whipping Wolf into the wall, and then suplexing him to the concrete. After getting back in the ring, Wolf hit a standing double foot stomp right on a prone Trooper. Trooper then managed to get Wolf into a Cripper Crossface, but Wolf manged to Hulk up just before his arm dropped for the third time. Trooper grabbed a wrench off the timekeeper’s table and tried to clock Wolf with it, but the referee prevented it. Wolf then put Trooper through a Three Amigos, and then capped that with a Stone Cold Stunner. Even that wasn’t enough for Wolf, who then followed that up with a People’s Elbow for the pinfall and Trooper’s trenchcoat.



Andrew Wolf is like the create-a-wrestler you made yourself in Wrestlemania 2000 for the N64, in that he has all the best, strongest moves from all over the attitude era. His style is eclectic, but it totally works for him. Even if his matches sometimes tend to be live action versions of finisher heavy video game matches, they are still a hell of fun to watch.

Winner: Andrew Wolf

Bell Time: 22:07

