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What a hectic few days! I lost my power at 12.30am on Friday, after being at work all day until 7pm and then having to stay over until 10.30. My power was finally restored late Sunday evening.

Thankfully, Mr & Mrs Ethan Cage were gracious enough to let me and my feline familiar share their home.

Friday night, met ER in Columbus and we were off to uncharted territories – the SWA – in Forest City. This was my first SWA show and I had a great time. Very good. Got to see some new guys and some familiar faces. Good crowd too.

The only problem was that I had forgot to totally recharge my second battery, so I had to start picking my moments more selectively as the show progressed. They didn’t start giving me a problem until the last two matches. Some of the CWA guys from Statesville: Jake Manning, Bobby Houston, Chris Guerrero, and Bobby Ramone(?)…..

Got to see Ricky Landel, D-Money, Truitt Fields of “Muscle Madness”, Myric Moore, Tattoo for the first time.

SWA has security posted at each corner, which I think is a neat idea. And plus they actually act like security – they’re paying attention to the fans and whats going on outside the ring.

Enjoyed seeing the Shannon Moore/Krazy-K feud continue….

Best intro music: Law with the Spice Girls

The Southern Degenerates – Wicked & Torment have a great looking (and matching!) coats…..

I have to apologize to the Armory for the tire tracks on their front yard – that was me! I thought it was an entrance…

Supper was at Chili’s

Saturday night APW I have to say first: The line of the night delivered by Chief Jay Eagle. “I’m going shove a bucket of chicken right up your A-hole!”….and no, I didn’t leave out the two “s’s” – this was directed to Boomer Payne for their upcoming Christmas night match…..Good show, had fun…crowd seemed a little down…..

- Glad to see Ken wrestle Jimmy Kindrid. That was the first time they have ever worked each other. It was something different for the crowd….and good for Ken…I think a champion needs to be facing a wide array of folks – it makes a champion a champion…

- I’m still going through my pictures, very tiring……

- I will not be attending any shows this week! Gasp! I know……I worked today…..working on Friday, and really just feel like coming home that night…..APW is running on Sunday, and that is the evening that my family is getting together…..so I should be recharged for next week!

Went to HVW last night in Hendersonville….again sadly, a dismal turn out…12 or 13 at the beginning of the show…..but I worried more about just having a good time instead of the crowd number……Saw a couple of familiar faces from All-Pro Wrestling in Kingsport, TN in the Bounty Hunter and the Ghost Riders…..

In my opinion, Neil Nitro and Ethan Case had the match of the night….really enjoyed it….and plus it was good to just sit and talk to a few guys too……Ethan Cage, since he is extremely hard to contact during the week…..

I like Ryan C, I think he was a bit mis-matched last night though….he deserved someone different……

Ethan Cage unleashed his piledriver last night, and it was simply: spectacular! I have to say it now rivals the Cronic Crunch as one of the better piledrivers around…..the bad news – I don’t believe I got a picture of it! I haven’t downloaded the pics from last night, so I’m not sure….

Ryan and I were sitting in the back row during the EOD tag match, and it sort of just degraded into a comedy match, so we starting yelling for Ethan to unleash the “Warrior” – and did he, the raised arms, fist pumping, manic energy, running in place, rope bouncing, tackling – it was all there….we were going apeshit! What did it matter, the rest of those people weren’t making a peep…..

I have heard that Honest Doug had a packed house at the Chester YMCA, and that it was a hot crowd, very good to hear…..I am eagerly awaiting a report…….

I will be heading to APW tonight instead of the Queen City Clash, some things have come up so I will be staying closer to home…..

I am looking forward to my next trip to Cherokee Dawgs….

I was originally going to meet a couple of friends of mine in Belmont,NC on the way to Charlotte tonight, but now instead, they will be meeting me in Spartanburg before the show….get something to eat and then they want to see APW…..

My Christmas shopping is done, I finished it the other day….

I am still reading “Philip and Elizabeth” by Gyles Brandreth…..

At work today, until 1pm…….