Five Starr DUD?

Here we go… allow me to explain.  I… well… umm… lemme just show you the teaser that Brian Tramel posted over on RRONews.com about NBW’s Summer Jam:

“Who had a match that some were saying should be [-**]??…Did Dustin Starr really have a [DUD] match??…How many “superstars” has Knight pinned this year??…Did the old guys live up to the hype of a “Street Fight”??…All this will be answered in the Arena Report!!!“

Very cute.  Very funny.  Brian Tramel using Dustin Starr’s “[DUD] match” as a teaser for his next post.  How funny is that?  I love it.  No, really.  I do.  Allow me to explain…

I walked into the building Saturday night in Newbern, TN with a clear understanding of what was expected.  There was going to be a beat down, lots of heat and I probably would be taking a little time off after wards.  Simple match, right?  It’s been pretty obvious as to what the build-up was.  Two bad guys steal the tag team titles (Jason Reed & I) and run away with them!  Then, the good guys get us back, beat us clean and get their revenge.  Pretty simple, right?  Almost like David versus Goliath.  Or plain ole good versus evil.  So, how did everything go so wrong?

PWA Entertainment – 7/23/09

Dustin Starr in Wynne, AR

So, I wrestled my very first PWA Entertainment show, last Thursday night.  I made the short trip to Wynne, Arkansas – a place I’m very familiar with but haven’t been to in many years.  This was my first time wrestling in Wynne since my Beale Street Posse days.  So, I was looking forward to seeing how the crowd would respond to me… and I was looking forward to getting in the ring with someone I had never wrestled before.

Once upon arrival, I made my way to the dressing room to see many familiar faces.  Some of whom I had met and some of whom I hadn’t met.  But check this locker room out:  RRO Wrestler of the Year (3 times) Derrick King, Kiss FM’s Brandon Baxter, RRO Winner Austin Lane, former Junior Heavyweight Champion Johnny Dotson, one of the most talented wrestlers in the Mid-South T@2, VH-1’s Matt Riviera, wrestling legend Bobby Eaton… I’m not kidding.  This was a pretty good crew of guys.  I was impressed when I walked in.  Throw me into the mix and you’ve got yourself a STARR-STUDDED crew (pun-intended).

For probably the first time ever, I actually saw and heard first-hand about the rumors of the Dustin Starr “stigma”.  You know, the rumor that I’m a bit of a trouble-maker.  That I’m a bit of a diva.  You’ve heard that rumors that no one really likes me, right?  Well, after being called upon to wrestle Austin Lane, I heard an interesting story.  Since when do bookers call ahead and ask if it’s all right to book you against someone?  I thought that was rather funny.  Another interesting tidbit was when I was asked what I would post about the company.  What would I say about the show?  For some reason, they knew I’d have something bad to say about it.  They seemed a bit worried.  But ya know what?

They were right.

Okay, okay, I’m kidding.  I don’t have too many bad things to say about the company other than the fact that the show went far too long.  The matches went far too long.  They had opening matches going as long as main events are supposed to go.  They had matches unorganized on the card.  I couldn’t figure out why the tag match went on last when you have guys like Derrick King and Brandon Baxter fighting all over the building.  Or when you have two of the top wrestlers in the area meeting for the first time ever.  If I was booking, I’d put DK and Brandon on last any day of the week.  Especially, on this day.