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RCC Spotlight: Peace Report #3
by: Reader's Columnist Corner on: 12/2/2003 11:39 am est The Peace Report #3 By Julio Paz Welcome to the latest installment of The Peace Report. I am, once again, Julio Paz. This past Saturday afternoon, November 29, 2003, I was proud to be in attendance for Revolution Pro’s 4th Anniversary Extravaganza in the City of Industry, CA. I have been attending Revolution Pro for almost a year now. The action was great and the atmosphere was even better, so me and my dad decided to make this a monthly tradition. And we have, only missing two shows in this past year. Revolution Pro’s monthly shows are showcased at the lovely Frank & Sons Collectibles Arena. Frank and & Sons is a collector’s wet dream. It is a giant where house where one can go and buy movie poster, memorabilia from any and everything, and it houses the Alternative Wrestling Shop, a great shop with wrestling tapes and memorabilia from all around the world. Revolution Pro was started about four years ago, obviously, by American Wild Child. From my knowledge and a few other wrestlers came together and wanted to showcase their and other wrestlers Lucha Libre skills. And over the years, RevPro has received much criticism for certain things but at the same time much praise for other things. It’s your typical small time local Indy promotion. They have also have several traditional aspects. Each year they hold the Revolution J, a tournament to showcase the skills of all the Junior Heavyweights that RevPro has to offer. Also, the Pride of the Mask is a great show in which 6 competitors enter and one man remains the winner either claiming another wrestler’s mask or a cash prize. Usually, the winners of each event go on to bigger and better things in Revolution Pro. And now, it’s time for Revolution Pro’s 4th Year Extravaganza to begin. "Viva La Revloucion!" Me and my dad arrived at the Frank & Sons arena at exactly 2:00 PM, the announced bell time. I wasn’t worried that we had missed anything as RevPro is known to start a little bit later than they announce. When we walked in, I was amazed to see that the arena was almost packed to capacity. Usually, RevPro attracts between 100-175 people per show. But not today. That day, there were at least 200 people there when I arrived and people kept packing in until halfway through the show for a grand estimated total of 300. This in itself is very impressive. Obviously the Main Event of TARO vs. Super Dragon, Mask vs. Mask, had done its job and drawn a huge crowd. More on that later. Anyways, so I ventured over to my traditional section where most of my friends are always at. I found some seats in the last row of the 4 row aisles created, but don’t be mistaken, any seat you get at a RevPro show is great as the arena isn’t too big that you will miss action on the other side nor too small that everyone is crammed together. So at about 2:10 PM, the ring announcer Travis, made his way out to the ring and begin to do his best to hype up the crowd for the card. 8 matches were announced for the show, 7 matches too many in my opinion, as the entire crowd was really there for one thing and one thing only; Super Dragon vs. TARO. Stryker, El Mongol, & Jack Durango over Hawaiian Lion, Lee Steel, & Lawrence Tyler [5'29] Only two RevPro regulars were involved in this match in Stryker and El Mongol. Stryker is, I guess, some kind of patriot now days as he was not involved in any gimmick when I first saw him. He comes out in GI clothes and wears some camouflage pants. El Mongol, well Mongol is just some bald guy with a goatee, he really has no gimmick. The other four came from a independent company in Arizona that RevPro has been building a relationship with lately. The only one who has any real gimmick is Jack Durango who is a cowboy. This match was not on the better side of things and had my friend George screaming “Next!” towards the end. Lawrence Tyler is used to getting a reaction out of the crowd I assume, as he was yelling at us to cheer for him and his team and looked pretty serious about it. I cannot, honestly, remember anything about this match that would be any good. Spot(s) of the Match: When the referee counted three and this was over. * Gringo Loco & Nemesis over Xtreme Loco & VEGA [8'22] These four are FMLL regulars, a local Lucha Libre promotion that operates out of Compton, but 3 of the 4 have appeared in RevPro in the past. Gringo Loco isn’t really a gringo, but I guess claims to be white as he comes out where a shiny jacket with the Confederate flag covering it. Xtreme Loco comes out in tattered clothes and a Mankind-type mask but its “iron” not rubber like Mick’s. He does not get extreme, however. Vega and Nemesis don’t have gimmicks but are to known Luchadors around SoCal. Once again, however, the crowd was dead as they all sat waiting and counting the minutes until it was time for the main event. All four men worked a Lucha style that wasn’t all too exciting. Traditional Lucha spots with arm drags pulled out various maneuvers to start it off. Spot(s) of the Match: Like the first match, nothing happened that caught the attention of myself or of the crowd. * Rudos Dojo Battle Royal: Big E. Biggz, Johnny Paradise, King Fuji, the Rev Pro debuts of Charles Mercury, KRS Kaz, Cyanide, Ronin, Armageddon, Big Tony, and The Human Tornado. Johnny Paradise won the Rudos Dojo Battle Royal [14'33] -Last four were Johnny Paradise, Human Tornado, Ronin, & Charles Mercury and all advances in the fight for the Revolution This match is the start to another one of Revolution Pro’s annual traditions. For the last 2 years, RevPro hold what they call The Fight for the Revolution. It is a showcase of their newer talent that is coming out of their wrestling school, the Rudos Dojo. 10 wrestlers are chosen to enter into this Battle Royal; elimination can be accomplished by either throwing someone over the top rope, pinfall, or submission. The final four will compete in a tag match the following month. The winning team will then go at it in a one-on-one match the following month after that. And the winner of that match will be declared the Fight for Revolution winner and receives a contract with Revolution Pro. Last year, the winner was Chris Bosh, and the preceding year the winner(s) were Scorpio Sky and Quicksilver. It is something that I look forward to all the time. As the wrestlers were being introduced, the crowd kind of groaned as nobody who seemed to be any good walked through the curtains. That is until “El Negro” the Human Tornado walked through and got the biggest pop of the night so far. I had not recognized him but soon found out his was a fan favorite and had been training with RevPro for a while and had worked ring crew. He had obviously made a lot of friends as many people were rooting for him through out the match. Well the match got started and the action ensued. This match woke up the crowd as RevPro is known to produce comical and yet action filled Battle Royals; this one did not disappoint. Spot(s) of the Match: At about the 5 minute mark, Charles Mercury was caught in a corner and was rammed into the corner with clothesline, dropkicks, heel kicks, splashes by all 9 competitors. He countered the final competitors attack and sent him into the opposite corner in which the other 9 attacked him this time. The crowd was getting into this one and with reason. Later, one wrestler had another in a leg grapevine. A second wrestler came behind the wrestlers executing the move and locked in a rear chin lock, another came behind him and did the same. Someone else locked the wrestler trapped in the grapevine in a reverse arm bar; another went to the opposite end and did the same to the other arm. Well, this continued as a wrestler got each of them in a submission maneuver and then one more wrestler joined in on the submission action. 9 wrestlers were locked up in some submission maneuver leaving the biggest guy in the match all by himself. That man was Big E. Biggz. He bounced off the ropes and splashed the original wrestler locked in the grapevine and that caused everybody to release all their holds. Later in the match when the final four who were advancing into the Fight for Revolution were left in the ring, Charles Mercury was sitting on the shoulders of Johnny Paradise, the Human Tornado was standing on the apron outside of the ring and leaped up onto to the top roped and delivered the sickest springboard missile dropkick any of us there had ever seen. The crowd was standing and cheering as Charles Mercury was on the mat holding his chest and gasping for air. The thud heard was sicker than any chairshot. I do no remember the maneuver Johnny Paradise used to win the Battle Royal but after the match most of the crowd cheered the efforts of all 10 wrestlers. *** American Wild Child, Topgun Talwar, & Babi Slymm over Chris Bosh, Quicksilver, & Phoenix Star [19'27] This match was scheduled to be AWC, Disco Machine and Mr. Excitement, but Mr. Excitement had injured his ACL a few weeks ago and Disco apparently injured his arm recently as he came out in a sling. AWC took the mic and went on to talk about how Mr. E and Disco were two of his best friends and that without them RevPro would not be where it is today. He went on to say that this would be the last time that Disco or Excitement would be in the ring, ever. The crowd stood in a stunned silence as they heard this because it came as a total shock. So he announced their replacements in this match, Top Gun Tawler and Babi Slymm. Both are very popular in Revolution Pro and have the entire crowd behind them. They represented the Old School Revolution Pro while the other three competitors, Quicksilver, Chris Bosh, and Phoenix Star represented the New School. It was billed as a Legacy Match and it did showcase the Old and the New. The match had a good pace to it as at the beginning of the match, each wrestler paired off with another for about 2 minutes each. When Chris Bosh paired off with AWC, Bosh took the heel part as he disrespected AWC at every chance he got. AWC even got busted open by a drop toe hold onto the bottom rope turnbuckle. Phoenix Star did he best to bring his Lucha style to this match but was overpowered by the likes of Babi Slymm several times. Spot(s) of the Match: Babi Slymm delivered a vicious looking wrap around sidewalk slam onto Phoenix Star in the early going to showcase his dominating power in this match. He also delivered several vicious clotheslines to all three of the opposing team members. At about the 11 minute mark, Rising Son ran in and delivered a chairshot to AWC causing Disco Machine to corner and basically punk Rising Son. But things got worse as Disco turned around, picked up the chair and delivered another chairshot to AWC turning on Revolution Pro and joining Rising Son in his quest to destroy Revolution Pro. More on that later. This is where the match should have ended, but apparently AWC is superman and kicked out of the cover made by Bosh. The match then went on for another 8 minutes, in my opinion making Disco and Rising’s attack look very weak. The Old School won the match after all three men hit big moves on Bosh for the pin. **½ AWC then went on to give a speech that I have already heard him say several times throughout the year about how he’s lost everything for this company. How he’s lost his family, money, and friends but kept fighting to keep RevPro alive. He becomes really emotional during these speeches. All the other competitors and ring crew and the ref had taken a knee in the ring to listen to AWC babble on and on about the same thing, trying to get himself over. Babi Slymm was the only one in the ring who showed slight annoyance in the ring. Apparently, I was the only one who was tired of AWC’s quest to put himself over. I mean I appreciate everything he’s done to bring myself and all the RevPro fans great action, but let us thank you don’t make us. Anyways, several wrestlers took the mic and thanks AWC for the chance he has given them and they also tired to make us chant his name but failed as well. Intermission followed this segment. Shamu Jr. over Piloto Suicida to retain the Mexican Lucha Libre Heavyweight title [5'33] Shamu Jr. has been the holder of this title for a few months now and has produced okay matches for a man of his size. His opponent Piloto Suicida is also a regular SoCal Lucha star and has had some good matches throughout the year. However, tonight was the not the night for another good match. Most of us tease Shamu on how after 2-3 minutes of wrestling you can already see him breathing very heavily, but to his credit doesn’t really slow down. Piloto, even though much slimmer than Shamu, breathes just as heavy. Spot(s) of the Match: Shamu’s sit-down Powerbomb to Piloto for the win. Another funny tidbit about Shamu is that he comes out to Michael Jackson’s theme from “Free Willy”. Upon hearing the great one start to sing, mother’s everywhere grabbed their children in fear of Jacko himself being there. See it’s funny because he likes kids…*crickets’ chirp*. Anyways, this was too short to get any real big spots going, but their Lucha was good enough to keep the crowd awake. ** Damian 666 & Halloween over Angel & Zokre to retain the Rev Pro Tag-Team titles [13'15] Damien 666 and Halloween have wrestled for RevPro on several occasion in the past, even winning the Tag Team Tournament earlier this year to be crowned the first Revolution Pro Tag Team Champions. This was actually their first defense since they won the titles in July. Angel, came out of XPW and is considered to be one of their only good wrestlers. He plays the gimmick of a homosexual, and the thing is he plays it way too good. He is even announced as being from Way, Way, WAY West Hollywood. And for those of you who do not know, it is a community that is known for their gay and lesbian population. Zokre is another young luchador that I can see become one of the next big stars in Revolution Pro. This match had good Lucha action and comedy. Damien was psyched out in the early going by Angel’s gay antics. He would go on to insult Angel with his broken English, which would make the insults that much funnier. Spot(s) of the Match: Zokre hit a springboard double dropkick from the outside of the ring onto both of Mexico’s Most Wanted. Angel was on the receiving end of 3D from Mexico’s Most Wanted. Then, MMW went for their finisher, Montezuma’s Revenge; Damien picks up one of the opponents and delivers a Big Swing, as he does so Halloween runs at the swinging opponent and delivers a dropkick to the head. Zokre was about to be on the receiving end but Zokre and Angel’s valet, I didn’t catch her name, ran in and distracted MMW. Halloween proceeded to deliver a kiss to her and then throw her into a corner. She sat on ring mat in the corner, Angel ran towards MMW, but was tripped and landed right between her legs; to top it off she was wearing a skirt. Halloween then goes on to ram Angel’s head into that special area several times. Angel then goes on to deliver one of the best lines of the night as he says “Is it supposed to smell like that?” Halloween then went on to deliver a sit-down Powerbomb of his own onto Zokre to get the win. ***½ MMW called Zokre and Angel back into the ring and went on to raise their hands along with them. They also complimented Zokre on his skills and said he was one of the best Luchadors they had seen. All four men shook hands and raised their arms once again before moving on. Scorpio Sky over Rising Son to retain the Rev Pro Junior title [5'04] This match has WAY too much history for me to explain, so I am going to use Scorpio’s words here: “Moving onto Revolution Pro news. RISING SON VERSUS SCORPIO SKY has FINALLY been signed. We've had World War 1, World War 2 is done. But World War 3 officially begins at The Revolution Pro 4 Year Anniversary Extravaganza show. Let me tell you a little about the history between us. I first met Rising Son on December 9th, 2000. From that day I knew I wanted to wrestle him, and I wasn't even a wrestler yet. There was just something about him that totally made me mark out. Part of the reason I went to the Rudos Dojo was because of Rising Son. I remember taking a superkick from him in practice and being all amazed. How ironic is it that my FIRST day of training in the Dojo and my FIRST ever Rev Pro show was the day Rising Son wrestled Super Boy. Sometimes real life is more dramatic than any story you can tell. Super Boy being the very same guy to bring him back this year. Rising Son was really helpful in the beginning and I really appreciated it. At the time he was one of the very TOP guys in SoCal. And I was just a kid with a dream. I remember sitting after practice having a conversation with Scrub from SoCal Uncensored. He said something that day that I won’t ever forget. He told me that he had spoken with someone about me and they were saying in like 2 years I would be main eventing Rev Pro. That thought just BLEW me AWAY. But it sure came true didn't it. Scrub probably doesn’t even remember that day, but I sure do. Something happen between the time when I started training and the time when I started wrestling. Rising Son had changed. He was no longer helpful to me the way he was. To put it frankly he was a total asshole. I just brushed it off at first but I'm the type of guy that can only be pushed so far before I explode and eventually that's what I did. I basically thought, screw him, and I stopped wanting to be the next Rising Son. By the time Scorpio Sky debuted, Rising Son had become very upset with not only wrestling itself but also all the politics around it. Flash forward to February 8th 2003. Rising Son and Angel vs. Kaos and Disco Machine. Disco didn't make it to the show so Kaos simply called ANYONE out. Me being the opportunistic person I am, JUMPED at the chance. I had just signed my Revolution Pro contract that day and there I was walking in on the main event. Not for Kaos, But for MY company that I love. That night I made the first notch in wrestling when my team won the match how? By ME pinning RISING SON 1-2-3. By the time I got back to the dressing room Rising Son was on the microphone apparently ranting at AWC, Revolution Pro and wrestling itself. He then quit the business. Came to the dressing room, didn’t change, grabbed his bag and went home. I took that pretty personal not only because he had trouble and in a since, "dropped the ball", but lashing out and shooting on the very company that made us all. I brushed it off. A few months later he interfered in one of my matches attacking me at ringside. When we heard he was there we were all on alert in the dressing room. We all knew if something went down then we had to handle it. A few weeks earlier, someone asked me my thoughts on Rising Son in an interview, and I told them. Apparently Rising Son took issue with it. As soon as he touched me I was all over it, but we were broken up before I could get any real shots in. Now on a professional level, I brushed it off. Personally if I ever saw him again I was gonna beat his brains in, but that's personal. The next stage came on August 9th 2003 ironically 2 years TO THE WEEK after I entered Revolution Pro. In this situation I had just defeated Super Dragon for the Revolution Pro Junior title. Dragon had given TARO the psycho driver on the arena floor and my attention was towards the help on TARO. Rising Son took this as another chance to run in and blindside me with a steel chair, this time with a new mask and a new look. The people popped when they saw it was him but he ran out before security could get to him. It was right then when I decided like Popeye, "I can't stands no more". Right then I decided that one way or another I was gonna get Rising Son. Set the stage, the 2003 REVOLUTION J. The RETURN of Super Boy...............so we thought. He comes out and much like Rising Son, shoots on Revolution Pro and decides not to compete. He had put in his contract that due to injury at any point he could have another wrestler fill in on his bookings. This was the point of Rising Son's return. At that point Rising Son defeated Chilango, Joey Ryan, recieved a bye, and then defeated Super Dragon all in one night to become the 2003 Revolution J Winner. Then he had the nerve to call out anyone to take on him and Super boy. AWC was the first to enter, they tried to punk but AWC didn’t back down. I saw this as an opportunity to gain revenge. I ran to the ring, shattered a chair on Super Boy's head and went to work on Rising Son. Which was broken up fast. The final part came at the Pride of the Mask 3. I sat at the announcing booth and did color commentary during the main event, which Rising Son was in. As soon as I had a chance, I took it. Got his attention long enough for my partner Quick Silver to deliver his piledriver off the turnbuckles. BOOM and Rising Son was done. Finally we have reached our boiling point and the match is signed. Let me put this all in order for you. Rising Son and I DONT LIKE EACH OTHER. It's not about wrestling or competition or who's better. Nor the Junior title. Some people just DON'T get along. We are 2 of those people. On paper Rising Son vs. Scorpio Sky looks to be a classic. But that's on paper. It's not gonna be a wrestling match. You aren't going to see too many pretty moves. Just two guys beating the living hell out of each other. In my life I've lost wrestling matches, but I've NEVER lost a fight. So bring your camera, bring some popcorn along with some soda pop cause like Ali and Foremen, or Tyson and Holyfield, your gonna SEE A FIGHT!” I told you it was very long. Scorpio Sky delivered his promise, as even though this match was short it was a fight the whole way. Rising Son came out to his usual chorus of boos, with as usual, only his family in attendance cheering him on. I don’t know about the rest of the fans, but I feel weird cussing this guy out with his mother and father there to watch. Oh well. This match was billed as a grudge match and not a Junior Heavyweight Title Match, as Scorpio holds that title. Judges were even introduced as “There will be a winner, no matter what.” Yeah, no matter what was right. Spot(s) of the Match: This was short but what went on was great, until the finish. From the start they both brawled to the outside where Scorpio Sky threw Rising through 5 rows of chairs. They made their way to the other side of the ring where this time Rising Son hip tossed Scorpio threw another set of chairs. When they finally made their way into the ring, Scorpio locked in a great triangle arm bar. And then it went bad. I do not know how, but during a spot where both wrestlers and the ref were standing and close together, the ref spun really quickly to see what was going but his arms went everywhere and one of his fists caught Rising right on the temple knocking him out. Scorpio thinking that his punches were just being sold by Rising went for the cover. The ref counted two and expecting Rising to kick out actually slowed down but saw Rising was getting up counted the three. Confusion broke out as Scorpio was announced the winner. He was visibly upset about what happened and made his way to the make as Rising, still dazed and confused was carried to the back. What should have been a great match, ended in confusion. ** And now it was time for what everyone had come to see  Four years in the making, Super Dragon vs. TARO the final battle. Here is the match preview from Revolution Pro: This is the one, without a doubt, the biggest and most important match in Revolution Pro’s history. Two of the most beloved wrestlers not only in Rev Pro, but also in Southern California, put their identities on the line in a mask versus mask match. These guys are definitely no strangers as they have battled up and down California and New York for the last four years and finally the chapter to this epic feud will be settled on Saturday. Both of these guys will be bringing everything in their arsenal and some, as neither man will be going down easily with their identities at stake. Will we finally get to see the identity of the man under the dark and mysterious mask of Super Dragon? Or will the “horns of love” of TARO be worn for the final time? One thing for sure, there WILL BE a winner. Super Dragon over TARO by TKO to win TARO's mask [27'17] -Post match TARO unmasks and announces he is Kevin Lyon from New York. In a match that seemed to have lasted longer than stated, everything was brought into the ring and everything was left in it. This match truly had it all, stiffness, technical action, Lucha Libre, emotion, and drama. The 300+ plus crowd was on their feet the majority of the time, chanting and screaming for their favorite wrestler to win. The majority of the crowd was rooting for TARO as he was the one who had suffered the most and have truly earned the sympathy baby face role. Dragon was the asshole heel who would do anything and everything to humiliate and defeat all comers. I love that guy. TARO was welcomed so well it was amazing. And the heat against Super Dragon was incredible. Me and my friends chanting Dragon’s name were usually overshadowed by TARO’s fans chanting his name. And this match started off the right way, with Mr. Excitement introducing each man in Japanese. That was truly amazing, all we needed was streamers and I could have sworn we were somewhere in Tokyo. Super Dragon wore one of his older masks to bust out the old school for this match. Spot(s) of the Match: God, where do I begin. I mean, really the whole match was amazing. TARO and Super Dragon were brawling on the outside and Dragon called for the section of fans I was in to clear so he could throw TARO threw. As soon as we cleared he reversed the Irish Whip and threw TARO back into the ring flipping us all off. But TARO leaped threw the ropes back to the outside with a Suicide Dive, however, Dragon caught him and threw TARO threw the chairs with a Northern Lights Suplex. Later on in the match, TARO tried again with the Suicide Dive but connected this time and turned the move into a swinging DDT onto the concrete. Back inside the ring, TARO actually got a lot of offense in on Super Dragon but made the mistake of trying to use Dragon’s own signature moves on him. TARO used a vicious move of Dragon’s in which Dragon has his opponent stomach first on the mat, wraps his legs as if going for a STF, but picks up the guy by pulling his arms back and then driving his free leg through the opponents back or neck or head, however much of an asshole he feels at the moment. Well, TARO did this to Dragon and Dragon leapt right back up and threw TARO down and delivered it back to twice pushing his leg threw TARO’s neck driving him face first into the mat. TARO delivered various hurricarana pinning attempts onto Dragon that caused several near and dramatic falls. Dragon had his masked ripped open at the eyes by TARO and had also been busted open. It was a sight to see as to my knowledge nobody has ever done anything like this to Dragon. At one point, TARO reversed a Psycho Driver attempt into a pinning hurricarana, the same maneuver he used to defeat Dragon for the Junior Heavyweight Title one year ago, but Dragon managed to kick out at the last possibly second. The crowd was unbelievably hot, falling for each and every near fall. TARO delivered another hurricarana this time into the corner/turnbuckle. This pissed Dragon off as he got up and set up TARO for a vicious turnbuckle Powerbomb that had TARO’s back bounce off the top rope turnbuckle and his head hit the post. Dragon did his asshole best to stiff TARO as much as possible, hitting him with lariats at certain points. But this TARO wouldn’t just sit back and take; he hit several stiff shots himself, including a lariat that had Mr. Excitement mark out. It became obvious at this point that everybody was rooting against Dragon except for me and about 10 other people who made a point of being as loud as possible to chant Dragon’s name. Well the last few minutes of the match was all Dragon. Dragon hit his Psycho Driver and went for the cover, but at two picked him up. Most of us thought this was a bad move, but how wrong we were. He climbed to the top rope and delivered a Top Rope Psycho Driver, but TARO KICKED OUT! The crowd was going nuts, we couldn’t believe it. Dragon was pissed, he threw TARO into the corner and went on to invite all of us to the Violence Party, a flurry of kicks, elbows, chops, and punches. TARO fell to the ground, but Dragon didn’t want to cover him he made the ref raise TARO’s arm three times to see if he was KO’d. TARO raised his arm on the last time. Dragon picked up and delivered a sick Lariat. Once again, TARO raised his arm. Dragon picked up again and delivered another lariat. But he wasn’t done, he delivered a third for good measure. This TARO didn’t raise his arm. He was out and this incredible match was over. ***** Everybody stood on their feet and applauded this match. Dragon picked up TARO and both men embraced in the middle of the ring in what was truly a great sign of respect. And them TARO asked Dragon to do the honor of unmasking him. Dragon complied and did so as the crowd started chanting “Thank You TARO!” TARO was unmasked and both men raised their arms in the air as the crowd continued to go crazy. The wrestlers emptied from backstage and surrounded the ring with various fans and begin to pound the mat in appreciation. TARO took the mic and stated his real name and where he was from. He then went on to thank Dragon for bringing out the best in him. We then begin to chant “Dragon-TARO!” as he continued on. He went on to say that he wanted to make an announcement about his career. At this point the crowd became quiet in dread of what he was about to say. He said that he vowed to himself when he started wrestling 6 years ago that if he ever lost his mask, he would retire and that’s what he was doing. I was standing on my chair as TARO turned towards my section and looked right at me and looked at him with a tear in my eye as I was truly saddened to hear this. I then began to yell out “Please Don’t Go” and was joined in by the rest of the crowd as he was visibly becoming emotional. He went on to thank us once again, but he said he had to do this. However, he did have one more match obligated to RevPro so next month he would wrestle his last match. We once again started the “Thank You” chant, and it went on for about 5 minutes with TARO standing in the ring, and the wrestlers slamming the mat. He then exited the ring and started to talk to the fans and take pictures and sign autographs. The crowd started to clear out, but I had to, as most of the fans did, walk up to TARO, shake his hand and say Thank You. Last Night, was truly an emotional night for me. TARO is a great wrestler and he will be missed. But what got to me was the crowd. We were amazing during that match and after it. I was part of something special and incredible. I can honestly say last night was the first time I had butterflies in my stomach during that whole match, the first time tears were coming to my eyes, and the moment I learned what it meant to be a wrestling fan. I will never forget that night as long as I live. "Hey you, Support Indy Wrestling!" I am glad to call myself an Indy wrestling fan. I urge all of you to check out any Indy wrestling promotion in your area. Hopefully you can have the same experiences I have had in the last year. Revolution Pro is no where near the talent of Pro Wrestling Guerilla, but I do think it has more of a family feeling towards it. Most of the crowd are regulars to these shows so you can bond easier with one another and the wrestlers. Last night’s show was good at best, but the Main Event was unbelievable. Hopefully, word will spread about this Main Event as it is capable of bringing nationwide attention to Southern California. I hope you enjoyed my review, and I hope to see you back here next month. Until next month. Spots of the Night 5. Scorpio’s hip toss to Rising Son through 5 rows of chairs. 4. Suicide Dive attempt reversed into Northern Lights Suplex by Super Dragon 3. Top Rope Psycho Driver 2. Hurricarana into Turnbuckle by TARO 1. 3 Straight Vicious Lariats for the win by Super Dragon Match of the Night Super Dragon vs. TARO Peace Out, Julio Paz AOL IM: cali4nialover40 E-mail: cali4nialover40@aol.com Links: SoCalUncensored Revolution Pro Shane’s Wrestling Photos Honourable Mentions: Weekend Heroes by Enrique Molinero, Pablo Molinero and Matty Seagull Leaving behind their grey weekly lives, these RCCers get together to fight evil, wear skintight costumes and… review Velocity and Heat. Always entertaining, never boring, never tiring in their fight for justice. Check them out. 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