The event's of Saturday's RECKONING event at the MJN Center in Poughkeepsie left wrestling fans around the world shocked. We are grateful to have had Ryan Gaydos, Senior Editor at Fox News Sports on-hand to cover all the entirety of the exciting action, inspirational moments, and chaotic ending that transpired that night.
Fox News Sports’ Ryan Gaydos provided coverage and commentary on Fox News of ACW: Reckoning, including the chaotic and violent steel cage match that ended the show!
The event’s of Saturday’s RECKONING event at the MJN Center in Poughkeepsie left wrestling fans around the world shocked. We are grateful to have had Ryan Gaydos, Senior Editor at Fox News Sports on-hand to cover all the entirety of the exciting action, inspirational moments, and chaotic ending that transpired that night.
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The thought of going to an independent pro wrestling show usually brings up images of empty bingo halls and wrestlers who are hoping to make it to the big time.
Awesome Championship Wrestling (ACW) on Saturday night in Poughkeepsie, New York, couldn’t have been further from those preconceived notions. ACW Reckoning took place in front of a packed MJN Center and aired on Triller. There were several matches that featured fireworks, TV quality productions, multiple champions and even a steel cage match to cap the night.
The event came to a controversial and chaotic end.
Vik Dalishus and Hale Collins, the tag team duo known as The Now, defended the ACW Tag Team Championship against Sent 2 Slaughter – Shawn Donovan and Danny Maff. It was supposed to be the end of a long feud that included Donovan and Maff crashing Dalishus’ wedding and Collins’ wrestling school ceremony. The four men were locked in a cage.
Collins and Maff were each on the brink of winning the belts with the cage door open. Whoever escaped first would be declared the winner. However, both Collins and Maff reached the floor simultaneously. The referees argued over which wrestler hit first but the match was seemingly declared a tie. It caused Sent 2 Slaughter to erupt in anger.
The duo took their frustrations out on ACW officials and the referees. Sent 2 Slaughter’s manager then entered the ring with Maff and locked the cage. Collins was beaten down on the outside. Vincent and Dutch, known as The Righteous, came out of the back. But instead of helping, Collins was cuffed to the cage and they stole the tag belts. Collins was forced to watch as Sent 2 Slaughter beat up Dalishus, hitting him with multiple chair shots and hitting a spike piledriver.
Dalishus’ wife emerged and started to bang on the cage as officials rushed to get it open. They finally pried the side of the cage open and she fell on top of Dalishus, trying to prevent further damage. Sent 2 Slaughter was sent off and as they reached the ramp, fans started to throw water bottles at them. Fans were shocked to see how the event came to an end.
Dalishus revealed the extent of his injuries in a post on Instagram.
“Last night’s cage match ended with me being taken from the arena on a stretcher after suffering multiple injuries. Right now, I’m still undergoing evaluation while we gather more information on the extent of the damage,” he captioned the post with photos showing the extent of his injuries.
“I want to thank everyone who has reached out with concern, support, and prayers. It truly means a great deal to me and my family during this time. Please continue to keep me in your thoughts as we move forward and learn more in the days ahead.”
Tune in live to K104’s woodman in the morning this friday to hear Vik Dalishus, one half of ACW tag team champions The NOW, as he will be in an arm wrestling match against Jimmy The Goat, live on the air on May 15th!
ACW Officials have released this official statement regarding the events that transpired at the end of the steel cage match for the tag team titles between The NOW and Sent2Slaughter also involving The Righteous
