Hey everybody! Welcome to Call It With Conroy, where I call the action in the ring! I’m Mickey Conroy and I’m the city that never sleeps, New York City, for some Metropolitan Mat Wrestling! I saw some great sights on my way to MMW, but the in ring action I saw was even better!

MMW is definitely a wrestling focused company. It doesn’t mean there’s no storylines, but these guys prefer to tell their story in the ring. The show kicked off with HAW Alumni “Baby” Luke Barnson, who was involved in some premiere storylines during Season 2 of HAW, but was never brought back. Baby Luke comes out and thanks the fans for making their way out to see MMW, but he’s interrupted by Ian Saurez! Uh oh!

Suarez does a quick promo about Barnson trying to cling to his 15 minutes of fame by being in his mid 30’s and still using the nickname “Baby” and that’s enough for Luke to challenge him to a match! A conveniently nearby ref rang the bell and we had our first match!

Barnson has been a solid vet on the indies the past few years and can definitely go, but the young Ian Suarez showed he has potential too! A great technical match, with the story being Baby Luke slowing down and not matching Ian’s youthful energy, and Ian Suarez picked up the victory in a great 19 minute match!

The next match was for the tag team championship! Zak Fitspatrick and Vinay Khan, two casino…poker dealer…wrestlers I guess, came out, and they go by the name House Money. They were challenging the Industry Standard, Tyrone Hammerstone and Axel Gearsmith. Hammerstone and Gearsmith were definitely taller and more muscular, but don’t let their size fool you, they can back it up in the ring. Industry Standard do a lot of screaming and big slams to get the crowd behind them, while House Money heeled it up with cheating. Ultimately, the crowd was pleased when Tyrone Hammerstone got the hot tag, and cleaned house with House Money for a successful title defense!

One thing I wish I did at that show was get Hammerstone and Gearsmith to autograph my toolbox. That’s right, my toolbox from our sponsor, Rainbow Tools. I’m sure with names like Hammerstone and Gearsmith, those two guys know all about Rainbow Tools, but if they didn’t, they can borrow my set! Rainbow tools, a full spectrum of tools for the job!

As excited as I am about Rainbow Tools, I was just as excited about the main event, as a surprise wrestler was billed for the triple threat main event. Twigs McClean, a mobster type fella, and the mysterious Phantom came down to the ring, ready to see who the third opponent was. We all totally marked out when Oleg Azarov came down! He had a pretty good run in MOW, or I guess RFW now? And he didn’t waste a second showing he still has it in him. Azarov was definitely pumped to be there, and absolutely destroyed Phantom and Twigs McClean. The most technical match ever? No. But the wrestling was sound and the Azarov victory sent us home happy!

I really enjoyed my time in New York, and seeing MMW, but next week will be fun too, as I cross the border to Maple Leaf Wrestling Club!