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Schmoedown Spectacular III Spoiler Review: The Future is Bright

After watching nearly 7 hours of fantastic entertainment, it’s time to give my thoughts on this year’s Schmoedown Spectacular III.  What would happen to the KOrruption movement?  Would Thadd’s secrets be revealed?  Would there be new champions or title defenses?  Here we go...

Part 1 Match 1: Commission Bowl (Finstock vs Fyffe vs Williams vs Harloff)

KOrruption had run rampant over the Schmoedown for over half a year, under what seemed to be the careful direction of Mike Kalinowski.  But what many expected was someone was pulling the strings.  Kalinowski was directed to force Thadd Williams (the current Commissioner) to push for a Commissionership Match against Kristian Harloff, the original commissioner of the league.  Thadd was to give up temporary leadership of the Schmoedown at the end of last year’s Spectacular, but chose not too, using a faulty contract as the reason for keeping his power.  Eventually with Brianne Chandler’s suggestion, 2 more competitors were added in Emma Fyffe and Tom Dagnino (aka Finstock), making this a Commissioner Bowl, the winner becoming Commissioner of the Schmoedown for the next season.

Surprisingly Thadd Williams, in this very awkward position, was winning early.  Harloff and Finstock were struggling with Fyffe holding close to Williams.  At the beginning of Round 3 Finstock was eliminated early.  But after the final questions were asked we headed to Sudden Death with a 3-way tie.  Ultimately one question decided it all and Emma Fyffe won, and deservingly so.  But then Thadd trying to preserve his secrets attempts to shred the original KOrruption letter he received from Kalinowski, and was successful.  But then our mystery lawyer who had been working with Kalinowski, giving him orders from his mystery employer, not only helped reveal that Kristian Harloff was responsible for Kalinowski and using him as a puppet. Kristian then revealed that regardless of Thadd’s contract that he was always the “Chairman” of the Schmoedown and would continue to be so and removed Thadd altogether.

The Chairman hinted that the Commissionership that Emma Fyffe won will be one of many, my assumption being that there could be multiple commissioners heading each league of the Schmoedown and all answering to the Chairman, Kristian Harloff.  

Part 1 Match 2: Team Championships - Shirewolves (Cushing/Wolfe) vs Who’s the Boss? (Bateman/Reilly)

This was arguably the most anticipated match of the Spectacular.  You had the Shirewolves, a dream team of Rachel Cushing and Clarke Wolfe who proved all the haters wrong and became the most dominant team in the Schmoedown since The Patriots and their ridiculous run.  Then you had Who’s the Boss, a team created out of the anarchy of KOrruption, but ended up being a force in their own right, with surging Ben Bateman and the veteran and 2-time champ Mark Reilly.  

The match lived up to its hype and then some.  It all came down to 2 5-point questions and the rest is history.  The Shirewolves retained their titles and continued to prove all the haters and those who disprove of the Shirewolves wrong.  They are the rightful team champions.  It was well deserved.  Who’s the Boss however seem to want to stay together which leads to a post-match scene that has stirred up conversation amongst those of the Action Army...

Ben Bateman, saddened by his team loss, is greeted by his longtime teammate, the Dastardly Andrew Ghai, who proposes that if Bateman wants to stick with Reilly that he has found another person to be his teammate and they can form a faction.  All seems to be well when Ghai walks away until Ghai tackles (!!!) Bateman seeming to have injured him saying “Who’s the Boss now, B*%^?!?!”  I guess this is the end of Team Action, and this means Ghai’s future in the league will remain a mystery for now...

Part 2 Match 3: Star Wars Championship - Alex Damon vs Ken Napzok

Alex Damon seems to be undefeatable of late.  He won the 3-way at the live event, he then won the open match for the title.  But it seemed he wanted more of a challenge before really accepting being a Star Wars Champion.  KOrruption gave Ken Napzok an opening to align himself with Kalinowski to make it possible for Kalinowski to push Thadd Williams to put Napzok in a Star Wars Championship match.  

At first the match was close, with each player going blow for blow.  But after round 2 and some misses and steals, Damon took hold and never let go, once again confirming his dominance in the field of Star Wars trivia.  Possibly hinting at a possible future match, Damon wants to battle Witwer for the title, which would be something if the scheduling worked out, could happen at Star Wars Celebration in April.

Part 2 Match 4: #1 Contender Match - Clarke Wolfe vs Dan Murrell

This was a long-awaited match between two legends of the Schmoedown.  Clarke Wolfe, who has forged a singular path in the Schmoedown and lost her first ever title shot against a then undefeated Dan Murrell.  Then there is Dan Murrell himself, the GOAT as many call him and 2-time champion, who has had a rough year but had a great Ultimate Schmoedown Tournament run until running into Ethan Erwin, the potential Rookie and Player of the Year.  

This match was going to be tough by many prognosticators for Clarke Wolfe, knowing she would be defending her Team Title just two matches earlier against Who’s the Boss, and in the end that ended up being accurate with Dan Murrell taking the match and securing a spot for himself at the Season Opener in NY to go up against the winner of the main event of Spectacular between John Rocha, his current stablemate/rival and Ethan Erwin.  Clarke however once again fought admirably and you can tell she did all she could but came up short.  

Part 3 Match 5: Innergeekdom Championship - Mara Knopic vs Mike Kalinowski

This was probably my 2nd most anticipated match of the Spectacular, especially after what occurred in the 1st match between between these two competitors.  Mara Knopic came out of nowhere and took the Innergeekdom League by store.  Watching her live and taking the belt from Jason Inman was extremely impressive.  But then a wind of KOrruption blew through the room and Kalinowski showed up to demand (and then arrange) a rematch at Spectacular for the belt that Knopic just won, to which she shrugged it off saying she would do it.

At this point in Spectacular, Kalinowski is down as well as KOrruption.  Finding out Kristian Harloff has been using you, Napzok your partner loses his match, how does it end?  The match was as close as expected going all the way to Sudden Death.  And somehow, someway, Kalinowski won.  I feel like this match could have been won by Knopic, but that’s just how it goes.  More shocking was Knopic essentially stating she wants to take a step back from the Schmoedown and having an extremely brief interview.  I hope Knopic returns to the league because she definitely put her stamp on it.  Kalinowski however finally achieved his dream of holding the Innergeekdom belt.

Part 3 Match 6: Singles Championship - John Rocha vs Ethan Erwin

Since the beginning of Season 3 of the Schmoedown I fell in love with the Outlaw, John Rocha.  The personification of pure determination and will power, with a dose of good, old (and new) fashioned justice and smack talk, I couldn’t help but be a supporter of John Rocha then and now.  I’ve been on the train of Top Ten, the Four Horsemen, and now the Five Horsemen.  I was however concerned that this match might not go his way with the heavy favorite for Rookie and Player of the Year in Ethan Erwin challenging for his title.

As expected Ethan Erwin played as well as always, with Rocha stumbling a bit in the 2nd round.  Rocha kept it close but eventually lost in a TKO to Ethan Erwin, who is now a Singles Champion will have a rematch with Dan Murrell in NY, which potentially Murrell becoming the 1st 3-time champion.  That will make for a compelling season opener.  Then in the post-game interviews, Matt Knost, longtime partner of John Rocha, decides to retire from the Schmoedown, leaving an opening in Rocha’s stable.  That will be an interesting development going forward.

And running throughout the entirety of the event was a storyline involving Finstock/Dagnino looking for his infamous mask to no avail.  Well we found out that it was in fact Robert Meyer Burnett, the man burned and evicted from the Lion’s Den one year ago, getting some immediate revenge on Dagnino by burning his mask.  Not sure what this means going forward but RMB could be ready for a comeback...

We also got some major announcements regarding the Schmoedown for Season Six.  I recommend you watch for yourself towards the end of the Part 3 video yourself to learn more, but their Patreon comes into play which will help grow the league further.

And that was it for the Spectacular!  It was easily the best event put on by the Schmoes themselves Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis.  Not to mention the countless others who put so much time and effort into this.  Please check out the Schmoedown thus far on Collider Video.  And please support them on Patreon!