AAW 6/22 QUICK RESULTS

First timer here and all I can say is WOW!!! Wasn't really sure what to expect but the AAW brings you hard-hitting action. Never a dull moment. No Hollywood BS here. Just good ol' fashion wrestling.

Matches that totally stood out were:
Davey Richards d. Sami Callihan
Michael Elgin d. Kyle O'Reily
Both matches were back and forth constantly. AMAZING!!

Jimmy Jacobs/Arik Cannon/BJ Whitmer d. Silas Young/Irish Airborne
Not sure if I ever seen anything like it. 1/2 the match was scattered thru out the stands. High intensity leading to an interesting end on who should face Silas for the belt.

These guys, as well as the others (can't leave out the rest of the roster), worked their asses off to totally entertain the fans. I've been to several WWE / WWF / WCW shows in my lifetime and I'm still amazed on the quality vs. the "big boys". GREAT GREAT job!!!!

Jake, doors were announced at 7:00 and 7:45 belltime. Your attendance count is wrong, yet again.

well the doors were opened past 7 honestly. the guy writes a great full review, better than some of the official write ups and you chastise him for saying the audience number is off?

I don't like to take any focus away from the boys and staff who put on a great show, but need to say this for my own mental health. So I will state my peace here and be done with it.

For the record, I have removed the attendance number from the review. That is a retraction. I cannot flat out say I was totally wrong, but I did not do what I usually do and try to make a solid head count before bell time. It was an estimate. I should have stated it as such. I apologize to AAW.

In the interest of fairness, I ask Mr. Colvin to acknowledge this edit the next time he's on Twitter. He got a kick out of it there. I have made my change. I would ask him to do the same, in the interest of fair play.



That's funny, Mike. I didn't realize it was a running joke. Maybe I missed the social cue again, but I don't find it funny. Not at all. Glad you got a rise out of it, but I don't.

I don't find it funny if/when I get anything wrong. Like it or not, this board chronicles the scene. Nobody else really does. Going back to my legit journalism days, it peeves me when something is reported wrong. Not only does it make me look like a sloppy idiot, but it makes me look like I have an agenda against the fed, which is usually not the case. The only agenda I have when doing this is to state what I personally like/dislike about a show. I try to label that as opinion and don't stand in the way of any true facts. This applies to AAW, PCW, TTW, IUWA, WhateverCW.

Truth is, only the promoter knows the real draw of a show. There is no outside party or athletic commission in Illinois to count the tickets sold, comped, and take the percentage of the gate. So we're left to do the head count, because we have no way of knowing what the fed drew and no idea if the guy up front is 100% honest. I could ask AAW for the draw, but asking a rep of a business that was built by carnies that puts on play fights to marks to tell the truth is a waste of breath. You never know who is lying or not.

Unfortunately, not everybody does this head count gimmick well. I am only human. I make mistakes. I try to do better. Usually, I try to count every non-staff head I can find at a show in making an estimate. I have given up places in line to get a correct count on the number of total people standing in a line trying to get in. But people move around. It's not an exact science.

This is the third (I hope I got that count right) time I've had a problem with AAW over the show attendance. I don't find it funny. I clearly have to either do a better job with the count or just stop it altogether. My pops told me do to the job right or don't do it at all. Same rule applies here.

So if I have to show up three hours early on July 21 and count every head that walks into the Big Room at Bourbon Street to get a close-to-accurate number, then that is what I'm going to do. Or else wait until everybody is seated five minutes before the bell. Or just stop giving numbers, period. I will not continue to bear false witness on anyone, even if it is an indy fed, but people make mistakes and sin. This is not the worst thing in the world, but as a fan, it is important to me. I ask for your continued understanding. Or better yet fans, help me out and count yourselves.

If it gets to the point where I can't/won't do these reports accurately, then I would consider not coming to shows anymore, whether it be AAW or anybody else. I don't like making myself the butt of the joke. I'm tired of it. Somebody my age taking this as seriously as I do is pretty sad, anyway.

Back to the show...AAW did announce the Young/Jacobs/Cannon ladder match today for Bourbon St. Why they did not bother to shoot an angle and pop the fans and get them riled up at Berwyn and move some tickets for the show instead of waiting till today to pull the trigger is beyond me.

Thank you.

Jim:

I was speaking (or meant to speak) in general terms about carnies & the wrestling biz, not about your or AAW. No personal insult was intended. You may be truthful, but not everybody is.

Pro wrestling is like "The X Files." Trust no one.

Independent wrestlers are independent. They work for whomever they want. No individual promotion owns them.

Gimmick accounts are lame.