Joey O’Riley vs. Ax Allwardt from AAPW TV 2012

  By TJ Hawke | October 23, 2011 - 9:46 pm |

 

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Recap from TJ Hawke:

Joey O’Riley is one of my favorite underexposed wrestlers. This was his Collision TV debut.  Allwardt was the number one contender for the AAPW Heavyweight Championship at the time. Gaylord Stevens was Allwardt’s manager as usual. Allwardt is a fun heel mid-carder.  O’Riley went for a dive off the apron, but Allwardt avoided it.  Allwardt then cut O’Riley off with a lariat. They ended up back in the ring with Allwardt in complete control.  O’Riley came back with a hurricanrana and a standing moonsault. Allwardt managed to cut him off again, and he then hit a piledriver: 1…2…3!

 

The Heavyweight Champion, Edmund McGuire, came out after the match. He gave Stevens two big superkicks. Allwardt would lose his title shot if he attacked McGuire before the match. McGuire then attacked Stevens with his own umbrella, before delivering another superkick.

 

This was much shorter than I expected, but it makes sense for Allwardt to be booked strong going into Heavyweight Championship match.  This felt like a cliche WCW segment where a big guy mostly crushed a far more interesting performer. I actually like Allwardt for what he is, but O’Riley is so much better.

Match Rating: **1/4

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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