POWER X- May 30, 2012

Once again, its time for wrestling manager and analyst Daniel Pollaski to go over the news, reviews, and previews of Femme Fatale Wrestling! All content is the sole opinion of the author and does not reflect the views of Femme Fatale Wrestling, its wrestlers, or administration. Or Wendy Briese, for that matter, so don’t go jumping her in the hallway if you get butthurt about this. Bitch.

The Power X’s Inspirational Thought of the Week:

God we look good going down in flames
a perfect design for shifting the blame
and I am the one, the one who's in trouble
this is the pill, the pill that we swallow.
The death of us all
the cash, the kill.
They're selling us off
to make the deal.
Are you ready to go?
Are you ready to know?
Then brace yourself, I'll tell you.
Love, it's ready for the taking
and the guns, I love the noise they're making
and the words, scare the god-fearing
but the drugs, the drugs,
they keep us all selling out
The bullets will fly, I'm caught in the game
I'm packaged, repackaged so what's in a name?
It's more than I thought but worse than I feared
to go first in anger and then with tears.
- “God We Look Good (Going Down in Flames)” The Exies

Hey kids!

As you could well expect, we’ve got a lot to cover coming out of one of the most anticipated and controversial wrestling PPV’s ever.  So let’s get right to it with the Four Corner’s, shall we?

1. WE WENT OVER THE LINE, AND WILL BE DAMNED LUCKY IF THERE’S NOT CONSEQUENCES
Two months ago, in my very first bit for the Four Corners, I said that the Main Event of Conviction was going to end up being detrimental to the company.  It was a controversial thing to say, but if you looked at the combination of personalities involved in that Hardcore War, it wasn’t hard to see that someone’s whims was going to take over, and leave our image with a black eye.

Well, I was right.  But I didn’t expect that person would end up being Samantha Star.  Although knowing all we know about her... I shouldn’t have been.

This isn’t a knock on the match itself.  It was a phenomenal contest fought by two great competitors who absolutely hated each other.  You have to give it up to Kaitlynn and Jennifer- they sure came up with inventive ways to cause each other excruciating pain. It was the ending that is going to remembered the most then- for all the wrong reasons.

In case you missed it, here’s what happened.  Jennifer Stryfe apparently started to realize that something was very wrong, and decided that she’d better get out of dodge before the shit hit the fan.  Unfortunately, she was too late, and was headed off at the top of the ramp by Tara Thunder, Caroline Dallins, and Shane Sanders.  She then climbed the video board to escape the inevitable beatdown- and was pushed off by Starla McCloud and Isabella Pazzini.  Samantha and her personal assistant Eden Chevalier came out, and voila, the Power Trip was reborn.

Well, it certainly got people talking.  Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE around the wrestling world has been talking about the ending to that.  Blogs, Twitter, Websites, everything has been abuzz about the ending to Conviction.  And that’s good right?  All the publicity we can get?

Not quite, because when you have a woman fall fifty feet and nearly die, combined with a man being shot in the chest earlier in the show, it tends to make people that we’d rather not be scrutinizing us start to scrutinize us.

The fact is, unlike similar combat sports like  boxing and MMA, we’ve been very lucky to avoid the brunt of government oversight, especially given that our sport tends to get even more violent.  Only a couple of states have athletic commissions for wrestling, where the rest, it’s basically up to us to police ourselves.  It’s a freedom we’re pretty damn lucky to have.

You think if every show starts ending up with two people in critical condition at the hospital, and the president of the company appears on Twitter immediately after to joke about it, that this freedom from oversight is going to continue?  You don’t think that even right now, in the Colorado legislature, there’s people who are sickened by what happened, and looking into ways to make sure it never happens in their state again?  You don’t think other states aren’t looking at it as well?

How much you think Samantha Star (and the rest of us) is gonna like it when every state soon has a wrestling commission telling her what kind of matches she can and can’t do in the ring?  How much money is she going to make when moralistic, busybody city council members who don’t like wrestling suddenly have all the ammo they need to convince their colleagues to block events from taking place in their city?  

You don’t think it can happen? Just wait.  This business has enough negative publicity as it is, and felonly investigations and near-fatal “accidents”, and jokes about them on Twitter are hardly the kind of logs that need to be added to the bonfire.  

We’re in trouble, folks, whether you want to admit it or not.  And all because, yet again, our short sighted owner put her personal whims ahead of common sense, and ahead of what’s good for our company.  It’s becoming too frequent an occasion.  

2. OTHER THAN THAT, MRS. LINCOLN...
… was that an awesome show or what?

I’ve already said, the Main Event of the evening was an absolute barnburner, marred by an unfortunate ending brough on by Samantha.  But the rest of the show.. dear God.  I don’t even know how the Denver fans managed to go so long screaming at the top of their lungs through all fourteen matches.

The show started off with a bang, with an all-time new record for quickest match in FFW history when Allison Wright kicked out the dismal Traci Loveheart in short order.  The Scarborough Fair made a memorable (albeit scandalous) in ring debut.  Caroline Dallins continued her meteoric rise up the ladder with a huge win over Jennifer Williams.  And by beating a very game Eileen Amaro, Tara Thunder may have cemented herself as the greatest Evolution Champion FFW has seen.

Two titles changed hands, and both times I thought the roof was going to be blown off the arena.  Wendy of course deserved a huge ovation after weathering another round of Starla’s bullshit (with a bit of help from yours truly), to win back a belt she never should have lost in the first place.  But the lasting memory of the show (positive-wise) will be Cara Stone stumbling to her feet before the ten count, the crowd screaming at her to get up, while Camilla laid on the ground nearby.  The Mile High Miracle, it’s being dubbed, and that’s as fitting a name as you could get.

Of course, there were other fan friendly results as well.  Scarlett finally getting her hands on Alyssa ended about as predictably as could imagine.  Less predictable was Summer, who handed Kelly McGuffin her first defeat in retaining the Television Championship.

Seriously, folks.  Don’t let the negative publicity overriding the ending of this show override what was an awesome evening, with so many great matches.  Which makes the aforementioned ending all the more tragic- Samantha damn near ruined a great night.

But she’ll really ruin it only if we let her.  And as the coming weeks will obviously show, there’s a lot of people who aren’t about to let Samantha ruin things.  No matter how hard she tries.

3. SOMEBODY’S GOT A KATBONER
So here’s some fun FFW trivia, gang.  When is the last time Katherine Stryfe has been victorious in a singles match?

If you guessed the October 20 Velocity, when she beat Kaitlynn Stryfe to retain the FFW Championship, give yourself a prize!

To be fair, in the meantime, Kat, with her now estranged partner Rebbecca Valentine, did manage two wins in tag competition, first over OMGWTF at New Years Retribution, and again at Byte This 3, when they and Tabitha Belmont beat Bounce & Pounce and Kara Harrington in a match most remembered for B&P being stripped of the titles immediately after thanks to Ignis’ drug charge.  

But here’s the kicker.  This woman, who again, hasn’t won a singles match in seven-plus months, suddenly once again finds herself one match from heading to the main event of the biggest show of the year to compete for the FFW Championship.

Anyone else wanna wonder why I laugh hysterically every time Stryfe whines that Scarlett Kincaid gets all the breaks because she’s married to our vice president?

I’ll say it straight out: there are probably about ten women in this company who deserve that chance more than Katherine Stryfe does.  And that’s taking out the women who are already in the Scramble, and anyone who holds another singles championship, since it’s vary rare other-division champions are allowed to pursue a second belt here.  

But the chance is Stryfe’s, thanks to someone in that front office who is somehow willing to look past all the evidence that she’s got no right to be here, and give her one more shot.  Chances are, its the same person who gave her a chance before Unstoppable last year.  And who was that again?

Oh yeah, Cody Kincaid.  You know, the guy who only unfairly promotes his wife over everyone else.  Anyone else see the irony here?

Of course, Kat has to beat that exact same woman to get there, and we all know that Scarlett’s been wanting Kat all to herself in a match for almost a full year now.  It’s going to be hilarious if Kat claims this match was just another setup by Cody to get his wife into the main event.  Because it’s far more than Kat even deserves.

At least once Scarlett wipes the floor with Stryfe, we’ll at least have THIS matter settled.


4. JENNIFER WILLIAMS HAS POTENTIAL
Well, this is one post Id never thought I’d see myself making.

Jennifer Williams’ tenure in FFW has been hit and miss thus far, and I don’t think there’s anyone who is going to deny that.  She was vastly overshadowed in Season 5 by Mel Avilo, Jodie Gray, and Cara Stone, and her first full months on the roster haven’t exactly been glowing as well. To be fair, she did win the Pick Your Poision Ladder Match back at Cold Blooded, but then turned around and picked someone so far over her head in Tara Thunder, which probably set her back more than the PYPLM pushed her forward.  After all, it’s never good when you lose to an opponent you hand picked yourself.

J-Will lost again at Conviction, this time to Caroline Dallins.  Which is hardly anything to be ashamed about- I expected Caroline to be considered in the running for the Evolution Championship, at least until she and Tara suddenly became bosom buddies in the Power Trip.  But you watch that match, and it’s obvioius  that Jennifer had a much better showing this time around than she did with Tara Thunder.

But where Jennifer is really starting to raise heads is over in Future Shock, where she managed to become the first person in Future Shock history to win the guantlet by defeating every single other woman in the competition.  And with Elizabeth Blackwell automatically eliminated this week thanks to not showing up, Williams suddenly finds herself the only Season 5 contestant left, and has emerged as a possible spoiler candidate in what has been a definitive two-woman contest all along.

What Jennifer lacks at the moment is focus.  Some of these distractions are self-inflicted (video games, an obsession with the most unhealthy soft drink on the planet).  Some aren’t (having a complete dick for a brother).  It doesn’t really matter.  She’s got to learn to get by them if she hopes to end up with a long and prosperous wrestling career.

But if she can, the potential here is very, very high.  And yes, I’m talking about moreso than her neurotic sister in law.  The only question is, can Jennifer get that focus, and maintain it?

If she does, hang on to your popcorn.  Shits about to get scary.


RANKINGS!
Heading into the Pay-Per-View, there were forty-eight eligible wrestlers on the list.  Coming out, theres forty-one, thanks to a whopping NINE dropoffs, and only two new arrivals.  This isn’t really a bad thing, most of the dropoffs were seldom used, and I’d much rather have forty women who compete on a consistent basis, compared to sixty women, many of which only are called upon once every couple of months, but that’s just me.

For the sake of posterity, those dropping off are: Arabella De Rossi (last ranked 26th); Elizabeth Blackwell (28th), Sarah Richardson (35th), Tabatha Belmont (36th), Kara Harrington (37th); Hanna Elliot (39th); Kendall Burke (43rd); Stephanie Sullivan (45th); and Whitley Mercer (46th).

Yeah, there’s like two names on there I’m gonna miss.   Anyways.. TO RANKINGS!

#41- TRACI LOVEHEART [+6]
Since she’s been released, it’s her final ranking.  But at least she’ll now always have a place in the FFW record books.

#40- SARAH PEEK [+8]
Moving up eight spots by sitting out a PPV might just be the greatest accomplishment Sarah’s ever had.

#39- ELIZABETH SHOWTIME [+5]
Now that Cheers and Jeers have been thoroughly dismembered thanks to Lightning...

#38- ALLISON DEAS [+3]
… they can try to pick up the pieces when they tangle with Spitfire on the next Breaking Point.

#37- ALYSSA FOXWORTH [+5]
Final ranking- has elected to retire in lieu of her marriage to Seth Star.  Presumably to make babies.  Cause that’s just what the world needs- more Stars.

#36- TRINITY [+4]
Enjoyed a nice couple weeks off, I hope.  Things suddenly get tough with Serafina standing before her.

#35- REBBECCA VALENTINE [-1]
Ever wanted to see Rebbecca punched in the face?  You’re in luck in two weeks on Velocity!

#34- JODIE GRAY [-3]
Mel left her by the wayside again, but all’s not lost.  She’s back in TV title contention!

#33- LIGHTNING [+5]
Now that she’s done with the cheerleaders, it’s time to start taking on the real athletes.

#32- RAQUEL FAIR [NEW]
Mark it down now- Scarborough Fair will have won the tag team titles by this time next year.

#31- MICKEY SCARBOROUGH [NEW]
...No matter how many damned broken guitars its going to take!

#30- ALLISON WRIGHT [+2]
Good News: Etched her name into FFW history.  Bad News: Will forever be linked with Traci Loveheart.

#29- LUMINA FERRARI [+1]
After sitting out Conviction, has a golden chance to get things back on track against Mel Avilo.

#28- JENNIFER WILLIAMS [+1]
If Jennifer wants to start living up to that potential, getting a win over Hate is a must.

#27- SABRA NICOLYEV [-4]
Somethings not clicking about Spitfire.  She and Jo better figure out what before Cheers & Jeers shows up.

#26- JO MCFARLANE [-4]
One of four redheads booked for the Puerto Rico show.  We could have FFW’s first ever “tapout due to sunburn slap”

#25- HAYLEY DARK [-4]
Cracks are starting to show in B&P’s foundation.  Hayley needs to get over herself, and fast.

#24- CRYSTAL HATE [=]
After a brief sabbatical, time for Hate to get back into the swing of things.

#23- IGNIS [-5]
No one else is gonna say it, so I might as well.  She looks cute knocked out.

#22- ARIANNA MILLAR [+11] *UNITY TAG TEAM CHAMPION*
Submitting Ignis going a long way of securing Millar’s legitimacy beyond riding Desi’s coattails.  Now to just keep from getting her ass kicked in bra & panties matches in SVW.

#21- KATHERINE STRYFE [-1]
Emma so thoroughly put her through the ringer, I’m shocked all the dye in her hair hasn’t squeezed out.

#20- CASEY ATHERTON [-1]
Strategic idea for Casey: Actually not try screwing with everyone for a Future Shock episode. They’d be so freaked out, they’d be completely off their game.

#19- JENNIFER STRYFE [-4]
Final ranking, due to obvious reasons.  We hope her recovery is swift and complete.

#18- CRYSTAL HILTON [-6]
“Dear Crystal: THIS is how you become an insufferable bitch.  Love, Shane Sanders.”

#17- SHANE SANDERS [+10]
Anyone who says you can’t polish bullshit needs rewatch Shane’s win over Crystal.

#16- EILEEN AMARO [-3]
Tough loss on a close call to Tara Thunder.  She’ll probably need a couple of wins to get back there, but another crack at the belt isn’t farfetched.

#15- MELANIE AVILO [+10]
Jodie likely won’t be making any claims about how it should have been her in the finals of Season 5 after that performance by Mel.

#14- KELLY MCGUFFIN [-3]
Couldn’t quite get it done against Summer, but is hardly out of the TV title picture.  She’ll bounce back.

#13- ISABELLA PAZZINI [-4]
Now that she’s back to suckling Samantha’s teat, Isabella’s back in the main event, next Velocity.

#12- STARLA MCCLOUD [-4]
Finally succeeded in “rallying her fans”, considering how loud it got when she tapped that mat.

#11-CARA STONE [+6] *ULTRAVIOLENCE CHAMPION*
Good thing she took a couple of warmup swings on Caroline, no?

#10- CAROLINE DALLINS [+6]
Then again, is Cara really prepared to face the music- or a pissed off Killer C?

#9- EMMA MACNAMARA [+5]
Has returned to main event form.  A good thing too, considering she’s in the Championship scramble.

#8- CAMILLA PAZZINI [-4]
Even with the loss to Stone, no question on her abilities.  Just the question of which division she’d like to destroy next.

#7- DESIRAE KAIN [+3] *UNITY TAG TEAM CHAMPION*
Is there a hotter competitor in all of FFW at the moment?

#6- SUMMER [+1] *TELEVISION CHAMPION*
Can’t spend too long admiring her big win over McGuffin.  A fatal-four way for the TV title looms at Unstoppable.

#5- KAITLYNN STRYFE [+1]
Also punched her ticket to the Championship scramble, with a lot of help.  But then again, she did make Jennifer Stryfe run in the first place...

#4- WENDY BRIESE [+1] *NO SURRENDER CHAMPION*
Right back where she should have been all along.

#3- TARA THUNDER [=] *EVOLUTION CHAMPION*
Is it just me or did she look a little more... happy at the PPV?

#2- SCARLETT KINCAID [=]
Beat up a hated rival in a cage without going overboard and nearly killing herself.  Scarlett’s growing experience is starting to pay off.

#1- STACEY MACKENZIE [=] *FFW CHAMPION*
With four challengers at Unstoppable, Stacey might just be in danger of losing for the first time.


And there you have it.  The post Conviction rankings!


INCOMING!
June’s finally here, so you know what that means.  FFW enjoys its third birthday, by kicking off a massive worldwide tour.  And for starters... we’re heading south!


BREAKING POINT- JUNE 9 from BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO
#24 Crystal Hate vs. #28 Jennifer Williams
TAG TEAM MATCH: Spitfire (#26 Jo McFarlane & #27 Sabra Nicolyev) vs. Cheers & Jeers (#38 Allison Deas & #39 Elizabeth Showtime)
#33 Lightning vs. #34 Jodie Gray
#16 Eileen Amaro vs. #17 Shane Sanders
TAG TEAM MATCH: Team Adonis (#12 Starla McCloud & #19 Casey Atherton) vs. Bounce & Pounce (#23 Ignis & #25 Hayley Dark)
WINNER GOES TO CHAMPIONSHIP SCRAMBLE: #2 Scarlett Kincaid vs. #21 Katherine Stryfe

Viva La Carribean!  FFW’s first stop is the sandy beaches and blue waters of the island of Puerto Rico, where we’ll be heading to Bayamon.  And while that sounds like a convention that Nick and Eileen might go hit up, its really a city of 200k on the northern coast, known as La Ciudad de Chicharron. Which literally translates to “The Porkrind City”

You know, I’m starting to like this place already.

All three singles matches on this show look to be extremely competitive.  While Puertoricana Crystal Hilton unfortunately won’t be competing at the show, her sister in-law will be, looking to bounce back from a Conviction letdown by taking on the always dangerous Crystal Hate.  Lightning takes on Jodie Gray in a match a slumping Jodie really needs to win.  Then Eileen finally gets her hands on Shane Sanders in a match that could bonafide steal the show.

Tag team matches are in the works here too, with the focus being on recently failed challengers Bounce & Pounce going up against Team Adonis.  B&P have shown cracks,culminating spectacularily in that blowup fight they had during their pre-PPV promo.  Hayley and Iggy better get it together, though.  Team Adonis bonafide hate each other, but that seems to actually ADD to their ability to work together.  And things really heat up as Spitfire tries to get on the same page, and get things to mesh against the Evil Cheerleaders of Doom.

The Main Event is one that most of us have been waiting for a while- as Scarlett Kincaid and Katherine Stryfe finally get to go at it! (Well, without that annoying Stacey around, at least).   Its a good prize on the line- a trip to Safeco and the main event.  Like I said before, Katherine far from deserves to be in this, but I suppose it’s worth it to finally see these two rip into each other.


VELOCITY- JUNE 14 from BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL
#35 Rebbecca Valentine vs. Claire Black
#36 Trinity vs. Serafina Reynolds
#15 Melanie Avilo vs. #29 Lumina Ferrari
#4 Wendy Briese vs. #7 Desirae Kain
#10 Caroline Dallins vs. #11 Cara Stone
#9 Emma MacNamara vs. #13 Isabella Pazzini

Second stop on the tour is the beautiful nation of Brazil.  But leave your beach gear at home for this kids- we’re heading inland to the city of Belo Horizonte, which means Beautiful Horizon.  Considering the city is completely surrounded by mountains, I’m going to probably bet they weren’t kidding with the nomenclature.  Just be sure to dress warmly- its winter in Brazil, which means temperatures could get as low as 50 degrees here

Fun Fact: One of Belo Horizonte’s sister cities is Newark.  So if you get bored, apparently you can play a rousing game of “Count the Snookis”

Claire Black makes her FFW return, after a long hiatus.  The SVW Pride Champion goes against Becca Valentine, who certainly wouldn’t mind taking out a champion from a rival company.  Then Serafina goes up against Trinity, in a grudge match stemming over from Future Shock.  Trinity better be careful, the Catholic Brazillian crowd might be having nun of her sister act.  Either way, Cupcake is more than happy to rip Trinity to shreds.  Mel and Lumina collide, in a match that’s between two people heading in opposite directions on the totem pole.

The other three matches are bonafide PPV quality.  From a technical standpoint, Wendy and Desi might be the best on the card, but considering both women actually like each other, all we’ll get out of this is a technical wrestling classic.  Fur will fly in the other two.  Caroline took some liberties with Cara after their first match, but Cara pounded Caroline with a chair at Conviction, so you know this has to be settled.  And the last time Isabella and Emma met, it was a Hardcore War for the FFW Championship.  After the Mackenzie Mafia’s mockery of Samantha, you can bet her pet will be looking to make Emma pay!

AWARDS!
So a few weeks ago, building up to the PPV, I asked for volunteers to help my write my pre-Conviction preview column.  And while I was grateful for the fourteen women who stepped up, I had to unfortunately turn down a couple guys who wanted their take put in as well.  I appreciated their willingness to volunteer, so I felt it only fair that I hand over awards duties to one.  That one being none other than Adam Grant, our hardworking webmaster (and Lightning’s boyfriend)

Take it away, Adam!

Match of the Pay Per View: Hardcore War
I have never in my life witnessed anything like what I saw at the end of Conviction. I have never seen the level of hatred two people could have, that neither of them even attempted a pinfall. I felt like one of those people who slow down as they drive by a car wreck. It was brutal, and while I may not be the biggest fans of either, I just hope that they both will be alright. Especially Jennifer, because I saw her as they brought her back after the show. And what I saw, I have never seen outside of a horror movie. People made a stink about there not being a FFW Championship match, nothing could have followed that. Not in my opinion.

Absolutely right on that front.  I mean, who would have even wanted to watch more wrestling after watching Jenny fall like that?  It sure cast a pall on the evening, that’s for sure.  Anyways- Runners Up!
- Cara Stone vs. Camilla Pazzini (Its not often that a match is so memorable it gets is own nickname, but after Cara’s huge upset to win the UV title, the Mile High Miracle sounds fitting)
- Tara Thunder vs. Eileen Amaro (This was by far the toughest defense Tara’s yet had, and she managed to hold off a very hard charging Eileen to nip out a win.  Hopefully we’ll get a rematch sooner rather than later)

Winner of the Week: Cara Stone
I can’t give Cara enough credit, because going into the match, it seemed like not many others did. I was beginning to wonder if anyone could stop Camilla’s massive reign. And it didn’t take a monster to do it. It just took one girl with all the heart in the world! I couldn’t have been prouder of her for doing it! Take that title, and take it to the next level, Cara.

Pretty much a no brainer here, IMO.
- Shane Sanders (Told you all the attitude change was going to pay off.)
- Wendy Briese (After gnashing her teeth for two months over the bullshit at Chaos Theory, it feels good to see her with the titanium back around her waist)


Loser of the Week: Alyssa Foxworth
She signed a contract to compete in this match. She asked for the original match. She ran like she had Montezuma’s Revenge before the cage match. I always thought Alyssa had a lot of potential, because well...beating Eileen isn’t exactly easy. But her cowardice and lack of heart made me realize she really was right when she called her FFW career a failed experiment. Time to go back to just being another rich girl. Also not a Lady Gaga fan.

A rich girl who’s still going to be married to the owner’s brother.  Even without competing, I have this feeling we haven’t seen the last of her.
- Jennifer Stryfe (I’m pretty sure this one doesn’t need explaining)
- Bounce & Pounce (This was supposed to be their moment, gaining back the titles they should have never lost.  Instead, Pink, Inc played spoiler.  That’s gotta hurt)


Douchebag of the Week: Life (substituting for Kelly McGuffin)
I’ve never been a huge Kelly fan, but watching what she had to say before her Television Championship match this week showed me a new side of her. Given everything that we know her boyfriend has gone through this week, I can’t think that things might have been different if the events in her personal life hadn’t happened. I love Summer, but it was obvious to me (at least) that Kelly’s mind was on Christian, whom lost his dad this past week. Sometimes life bites you in the ass at the worst time, and this was one of those times. I hope she gets another opportunity sometime at the title, because her personal life definitely was the douchebag in the leadup to the biggest match of her career thus far.

R.I.P. Eric Kincaid (1967-2012)

Considering all that went down at Conviction, it’s easy to forget that the Kincaids did lose their family patriarch in the days leading up to the show, and our thoughts and prayers go out to them.

But (and I feel like an asshole for saying this), it only cheapens things when it’s used as an excuse.  Part of this business is, as hard at it is, is you gotta go out and be focused, regardless of how life is going.  Kelly was hardly the first woman in FFW to walk down that ramp with a heavy heart.  Scarlett was in the same boat, and she wiped the floor with Foxworth.   But Adam’s dead right in that Kelly deserves another shot.  Remember, she’s eighteen.  She’s still new at this, and she’s still young.  She’s got some growing up to do, but everyone did at that age.

- The Power Trip (Again, not much else needs to be said here)
- The Scarborough Fair (I’m not sure if Lyn Dallins was watching his former students proudly, or banging his head against the wall after that trainwreck of illegalities)

ONce again, a big thanks to Adam Grant for his take on the awards this week!  

And once again folks, its time to say goodbye from another column.  Be sure to tune into the upcoming FFW broadcasts, and I’ll see you all in mid-June, ready to wrap up another round of shows!

Until that time... POLLA OUT!

Daniel Pollaski is an independent wrestling columnist, SVW wrestler, and the manager of FFW star Wendy Briese.  He has just discovered that punching Alex Adonis burns 600 calories an hour, and encourages everyone to participate in this fun, and extremely healthy activity!