Shiima Xion vs. Shane Hollister vs. Christian Faith (Rickey Shane Page) vs. Johnny Wave from AAW’s EPIC 2011

  By TJ Hawke | May 13, 2011 - 8:03 am |

 

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Recap from TJ Hawke:

Faith was Rickey Shane Page under a mask.  Page still worked as Faith in AAW even after he was unamasked in AIW.  I wish AAW booked Page/Faith more often.  He and Gregory Iron made for a really good team at War is Coming 2011.  This is my first time seeing Johnny Wave.  Xion hadn’t been signed by TNA yet.  Shane Hollister had just lost the AAW Heritage Title last month, so he was looking for a bounce back win.  Research~!

 

Hollister and Xion did a nice sequence to start the match.  Hollister hit a spinning heel kick that caused Xion to roll to the outside.  Wave came in and ate a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.  Wave sent Hollister to the floor with a headscissors.  Faith tagged in.  Faith hit Wave with a World’s Strongest Slam and Xion with a powerbomb…simultaneously.  Faith then overpowered Hollister.  Xion tried to crucifix bomb Faith, but it didn’t work until Wave hit a missile dropkick.  Wave hit Xion with Paydirt.  All four men traded some big moves and kicks until all four men were down.  The crowd popped huge.  Hollister and Faith ended up on the top rope.  Faith sent Hollister to the mat and hit a senton atomico.  Faith then wiped out Xion with a somersault plancha.  Faith then hit Wave with a Samoan Drop variation on Wave: 1…2…Xion makes the save!  Hollister hit Faith with a DDT and Xion with a Mic Check simultaneously.  Xion hit Wave with a flipping facebuster on his knee.  Weird move. Wave hit Faith with a tornado DDT and then a Phoenix Splash (he kind of connected on it).  Hollister gave Wave a buzzsaw kick and a brainbuster: 1…2…3

 

The ending was anti-climatic, but everything before that was a lot of fun.  Hollister getting the win made sense, since he was the most regular roster member. Faith should be a regular in AAW.  Since Xion is in TNA now, I understand why AAW hasn’t made the effort to bring him back.  I couldn’t find a record of Wave returning to AAW, but he seemed fine here.

 

Sidenote: Shane Douglas was on commentary and he really seemed to be trying his hardest to put everyone over.  I’ve read about a lot ECW and Billy Corgan bullshit on this show, but Douglas reportedly tried very hard.

About TJ Hawke

TJ was a fan of wrestling as a kid (starting around 1999), and his first concrete wrestling memory is some kid bringing Hulk Hogan his old yellow and red gear backstage during an episode of Nitro. Hogan needed the gear to defeat Kevin Nash in a title vs. career match at the next WCW PPV. Nash lost the match and his career, which sadly resulted in the world losing out on seeing Kevin Nash matches for the last 13 years. Like almost all young kids, TJ’s interest in wrestling fluctuated over the years until an episode of Raw on July 3, 2006. TJ was curious and excited to see his beloved RVD show up with the WWE Title belt and what he thought was the revitalized European title. TJ decided he must turn to the the internet to figure out what was going on. Almost 6 years later, TJ is still searching the internet every day to find out what is going on in wrestling. Now though, he writes for the pop culture site (411mania.com), has his own blog (The Best of Chikara), and is the creator of the very site you are reading now.
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