If you've ever thought of getting into doing match reviews and wondered if the talent sent feedback or complaints to the reviewers for rating a match too low, I can say it happens. I don't mind being blasted for negative reviews cause I'm heavy into political discussions and if I can handle that, I can handle being chewed out by a wrestler...as along as they don't get physical. *smirk* Let's take a look at the pile I've gathered this time:

"Mr. Showtime" Darrien Sanders vs. Iceman vs. Thanatos

Mr. Primetime vs. Sir Byron Rouge

Bill Goldberg vs. "The Cat" Ernest Miller
Bltizkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera
Scott Hall vs. Kevin Nash
15-man Cruiserweight Battle Royal – Title Shot to the Winner

Lita & Trish Stratus vs. Torrie Wilson & Stacy Keiber
The Rock vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Brock Lesnar

New videos from indy feds have been hard to find, but we got a new entry from the site http://www.mrwwrestling.com and this promotion is called Central States Wrestling out of Maryville, MO. This group does not have a connection to the old CSW that was NWA Central States Wrestling based out of Kansas City, MO from the 50s-80s. Yeah I was able to watch their shows on television when it was on.

CSW Midwest Championship - Triple Threat
(c)"Mr. Showtime" Darrien Sanders 6'4" 215lbs. San Diego, CA vs. Thanatos 6'2" 225lbs. Lawrence, KS vs. The Iceman 5'8" 180lbs. Chillicothe, MO - The Iceman has very short hair and wears silver and black, Thanatos has thick brown hair and wears black tights, and Sanders is the heel and wears white and black with an eerie resemblance to the WWE's Maven. Oh they're chanting "Maven" at him! HA HA! The crowd watching this looks to be a bit small, and they have the seats a bit too close to the ring with no safety barriers. The ref checks over everyone but when he gets to Sanders, he checks over the referee instead. Cute. Sanders kneels for Iceman to get him, lockup Sanders and Iceman, headlock and trip Ice. So Ice and Thanatos lockup, waistlock Ice, headlock, hammerlock, reversed, snap mare and kick Thanatos. Sanders and Thanatos lockup, armbar and kick Sanders. Ice misses a charge, superkick Thanatos, superkick Sanders, suplex Sanders on Ice, one finger cover gets one. Thanatos is outside, springboard spinning kick that catches him more with the back than the legs. Thanatos whip flying knee, another whip into a fireman's carry face breaker. Thanatos to the top with a clothesline to the back and Iceman breaks up the pin. Iceman slugs on Thanatos, whip reverse crossbody Iceman gets two and is broken up. Sanders with an ankle lock on the mat. Thanatos applies a sickle hold but Iceman breaks it up. Iceman whip Sanders Japanese arm drag. Double whip, side slam inverted DDT combo, Thanatos covers but Ice breaks it up for him to cover and gets one. Thanatos slams Iceman, elbow gets two. Sanders whip Thanatos into an enzuigiri. Sanders goes for a powerbomb on Iceman but gets rana'ed down. DDT Iceman on Sanders gets two. Thanatos back in and kicks Sanders out, Iceman throws Thanatos out. Thanatos slams Sanders head on a table, chops, Sanders knees him, gets a chair and whacks him with it. He sets the chair down and takes a seat, Iceman does a flying body tackle on him. Is Sanders an idiot or something? Who would sit in a chair and wait for someone to tackle you in the chair like that? Iceman slugs Sanders, jams the chair in the throat. Thanatos with a springboard suicide dive on the two men. Thanatos is celebrating like a madman, gets a cookie sheet and whacks the two with it. Iceman tossed in, Thanatos slingshot legdrop gets two. Small package Iceman gets two. Clothesline Thanatos, grabs him by the legs, lifts him up and drops him down twice with his full weight on top, a crunching type of finisher but it pins him at 8:10 minutes. Wait the match isn't over? So it's elimination rules? Then why were those guys breaking up all the pin covers to this point? It's Thanatos and Sanders left in the ring and Sanders kicks away. Sanders drops the leg low but gets two. Sanders with a running shooting star misses. Thanatos slugs away, whip elbow tackle. Thanatos on the top, inverted headlock, inverted DDT on the knee from the ropes! Thanatos goes for a bow and arrow but can't hold it, so he applies a butterfly armbar. Sanders up, inverted stunner with a one foot cover gets one. Sanders suplex into a powerslam gets two. Sanders whip reverse to the corner, Thanatos kicks away, goes for a move but Sanders kicks him. Sanders with an enzuigiri on the top rope! Sanders with a flying body tackle off the ropes on the outside, somehow missing the front row of people. Toss in Sanders, cradle gets two. Sanders goes for a suplex is blocked, Thanatos kicks away, fisherman's suplex gets two. Thanatos with a gut wrencher, goes to the top, 450 splash misses. Sanders with the Styles Clash, rollover gets three!

WINNER and STILL CHAMP: "Mr. Showtime" Darrien Sanders pin -> 13:45 mins. **¼

Last one from my indy pile for now, this one is from http://pcw.mavjac.com and requires the Quicktime 6 Player.

PCW Heavyweight Championship
Mr. Primetime 5'11" 215lbs. Philadelphia, PA vs. Lord Byron Rouge 6'2" 240lbs. United Kingdom - This video is a bit bright. Rouge is the one who's wearing a purple cape as if he's royalty or something. MPT is in the red and green. Lockup, headlock MPT, shoveoff and shoulderblock has no effect. Headlock takedown Rouge, MPT with an armbar but we're in the ropes. Lockup, headlock shove shoulderblock Rouge. Lockup, armbar takedown MPT, Rouge reverses it, takedown, Code Red, MPT rolls him up for two. Lockup, to the corner, shoulder in the corner, chop, whip forearm shot gets two. Rouge with a headlock, MPT shoveoff, drop kick, armdrags, hip toss and Lord Rouge bails. MPT follows but Rouge kicks him on the way back in. Suplex Rouge gets two. Rouge with a slam, to the second rope, flying elbow gets two. Headlock on the mat, MPT chant, MPT fights out, runs the ropes but gets caught in a rib breaker for two. Rouge has a headlock on the mat, MPT punches out, whip back body drop MPT. Clothesline, stomp, MPT does a headstand on the top rope, then slingshots off to the side and splashes Rogue, which alas was a bit hard to see. MPT whip flying headscissors. Rouge up first, slugfest, MPT chops in the corner, whip reverse Rouge eats a boot then a superkick. MPT goes up, frogsplash gets three. Match wasn't anything special.

WINNER and STILL CHAMP: Mr. Primetime pin -> 8:20 mins. *½

Moving on to the classic matches from World Championship Wrestling, here's a quickie from http://www.goldberg.ru on an episode of WCW Thunder in 1999. There are some other matches there but I’ve reviewed those before.

Goldberg vs. "The Cat" Ernest Miller - Cat with a superkick that spins him around, but Miller stupidly celebrates like an idiot allowing Goldberg to spear him down, jackhammer follows and it's over. Total squash.

WINNER: Goldberg pin -> 35 seconds. DUD

The next couple matches come from http://www.wrestlingzone.ru which is a Russian site that rotates out matches for download. Now that I have gotten so many of them by the time I do my review the match will have been taken down and replaced with something else.

Bltizkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera - This was from Spring Stampede 1999. Lockup hammer Blitz, reversed, Blitz flips over. Juvi trips him, side sunset gets one. Ankle lock Blitz, Juvi rollup two. Blitz headlock shove shoulderblock, moves blocked, tilt-a-whirl backbreaker Blitz gets two. Trading of chops, flying headscissors Juvi. Whip reverse handspring elbow Blitz. Blitz ten punches in the corner, whip reversed, toss over the top, Juvi lands on the apron and rams Blitz into the turnbuckle ten times. Springboard dropkick Juvi, Blitz out, suicide dive Juvi to the floor. Suplex Juvi gets two. Juvi with an inverted surfboard, Blitz pops out and gets two. Blitz blocks a suplex and hits a jumping back kick. Whip to the corner, drop kick Blitz, Juvi is out, Blitz goes up, Juvi walks away, Blitz goes up again at another corner but eats a drop kick off the dive. Juvi whip, armdrag Blitz. Juvi out, Blitz suicide springboard moonsault to the floor. Moves are tried, blocked, Juvi hits a neckbreaker and gets two. Juvi sits Blitz on top, Juvi a side suplex off the top but gets tripped down, Blitz with a twisting 450 and misses. Juvi goes for the finish, gets rolled up for two. Blitz puts Juvi on top, gets on the shoulders, spins and flips him off for two. Blitz puts Juvi on top, Juvi hits his Super Driver off the top rope and wins it.

WINNER: Juventud Guerrera pin -> 11:15 mins. ***¾

"Last Call" Scott Hall vs. "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash - This one was held at Halloween Havoc 1998 and right in the middle of Hall's drinking problems which they turned into a big angle that made his personal problems worse and not better. At least Stone Cold Steve Austin had a more effective method of treating Hall's alcohol problems, every time he held a beer, Austin gave him a stunner. Hall throws his drink in Nash's face and kicks him outside, rams him in the rail, the post, the mike, and the camera cords. Hall gets back in as the ref checks on Nash, Hall has the mike and mocks Nash. Nash refuses a match stop and gets back in, Hall slugs Nash repeatedly, whip to the corner clothesline Hall. Another whip reversed, Nash side slam. They are slow to get up so they slug it out on their knees. Nash with a knee to the gut, then slugs him down, goes for the powerbomb but Hall flees. Lockup, shove Nash. Lockup, armbar shoulder ram, then slapping of the head. Short-arm clothesline Nash, stomp. Nash shove to the ropes to punch in the back, whip head slam Nash. Hall on the ropes, Nash charge sit down splash twice. Nash with knees in the corner, Nash mocks him as he throws more knees to the gut. Nash with an elbow to the head. Nash whip big boot. Nash with a powerbomb, then a second one, Nash does the crotch chop over the fallen Hall then casually walks away and throws away the victory by countout. Errrrr....

WINNER: Scott Hall countout -> 14:20 mins. *

Cruiserweight Battle Royal
All right, this WCW match from Slamboree 1988 was curiously broken up into two pieces and the commentary is in Russian. This was the only match worth watching from that PPV as well. The winner of the battle royal gets an immediate title shot. Doing the ring introductions is current cruiserweight champ at the time Chris Jericho. Unfortunately it's hard to hear Jerchio talk over the Russians talking. Taking part in the battle royal: Super Calo, Chavo Guerrero, Ciciope, Damien, El Dandy, El Gerro, Juventud Guerrera, Marty Jenetty, Billy Kidman, Evan Courageous, Lenny Lane, Psicosis, Silver King, Johnny Swinger, and Villiano 4. The fight begins and Evan hits a springboard clothesline on the guy on Psicosis. Super Calo drops an elbow from the top on someone. Evan Courageous is thrown out by Kidman. Super Calo slams Lane. Johnny Swinger is backdropped out by Juvy. Jerchio is watching the match in the back, Chavo hits a tornado DDT on someone. Super Calo almost gets eliminated. Juvy drop kicks Super Calo off the top shortly after. Silver King is drop kicked off the top by Lenny Lane. Damien misses a moonsault on someone. Lane hip tosses El Dandy, clothesline. El Gerro is backdropped out by El Dandy. Lane misses a moonsault on someone. Marty Jennetty is backdropped out by El Dandy. Damien scissors Villiano 4 out. Lane slams Juvy, gets on the second rope, Kidman throws Juvy into Lane knocking him out. Juvy flying headscissors on Kidman. Damien gets crotched on the top rope, Juvy drop kicks him off. Chavo drop kicks El Dandy out. Chavo whip back body drop on Kidman. Chavo charges, Kidman pulls down the top rope and Chavo sails over. It’s down to Juvy, Psicosis, Ciciope and Kidman. Psicosis and Juvy slug it out, Kidman and Ciciope slug it out in separate corners. Whip Kidman and Psicosis, Juvy tosses Ciciope into Kidman. Psicosis kicks Ciciope, then charges to the corner, Ciciope dodges and Psicosis flies over the top. Juvy slugs Kidman, then headscissors him out. It’s Juvy and Ciciope left, staredown, then finally shake hands and Juvy jumps over the top rope. Ciciope pulls off the mask and reveals himself to be Dean Malenko as Chris Jericho has come in the ring out of nowhere but stands there in shock.

WINNER: "Ciciope" Dean Malenko -> 8:25 mins.

(c)Chris Jericho vs. Dean Malenko – Dean goes to the attack right away and kicks Jericho in the corner. Dean whip back body drop, drop kick. Suplex is blocked, Dean gets behind and slugs him repeatedly then drop kicks him out. As Juvy watches the action, Dean goes out and slugs away on Jericho on the floor. A whip to the rail by Dean, toss in, Jericho kicks him on the way in. Jerchio chops, whip move blocked, Dean kicks and punches away. Dean whip clothesline misses, Jericho stun guns him on the top rope. Jericho with a drop kick on the mat, suplex, one foot cover gets two. Jericho scoop slam, lionsault gets two. Jericho pumphandle slam attempt but Malenko gets out of it, Jericho butterfly suplex into a powerbomb but he drops him on his knee! Liontamer attempt is blocked, Jericho makes the ropes, to the top, flying back elbow gets two. Jericho slaps Malenko, whip reverse boot Jericho, slugfest, Malenko charges the corner and misses, superplex attempt by Jericho is blocked, Malenko with a gut wrencher off the top rope! Ouch. Dean can’t cover though, he puts on the Texas Cloverleaf, Jericho can’t make the ropes and taps out.

WINNER and NEW CHAMP: Dean Malenko submission -> 7 mins. ***½

These last few matches are on rotation from http://www.wrestling-media.ru that is another Russian site that I have downloaded from them but they have rotated most of this stuff out.

Bra & Panties Tag Match
Lita & Trish Stratus vs. Torrie Wilson & Stacy Keiber - This was from Invasion 2001. The team that removes the shirts and pants of the opposition first wins the match. Mankind Mick Foley is the referee. Lita & Trish attack the WCW gals and beats the stuffing out of them. Trish and Torrie start, drop kick Torrie, kicks Trish in the corner, slap. Trish turns her around, whip reverse clothesline Trish. Suplex Trish, tries to pull the shirt off but is stopped by Stacy, double team whip clothesline Trish. Lita is tagged in, Stacy doesn't want in but is forced in and Lita gets the shirt off. Lita whip, Stacy bails, foot chase, Torrie kicks Lita, Stacy bounces her face on the mat and pulls her shirt off. Lita snap mare, to the corner, toss by the hair, Lita goes up, crossbody misses, Torrie is tagged in. Trish is tagged in, clotheslines Trish, whip splash misses. Torrie takes her down and stands on her hair while pulling up with the arms. Trish pulls Torrie's pants off, Lita with a flying clothesline off Trish's back, Torrie has the shirt pulled off. Bulldog Trish on Stacy, moonsault Lita, the pants are pulled off Stacy and it's over.

WINNERS: Lita & Trish Stratus KO -> 5:00 mins. *

WWF Heavyweight Championship - Triple Threat
(c)The Rock vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsey vs. Brock Lesnar w/ Paul Heyman - I don't care what the World Wildlife Fund says, I KNOW the difference between a wrestling company's logo and the animal rights wacko group logo with a panda on it. This bout took place in Australia in October 2002 at a non-US PPV Global Warming, and the match was grabbed from http://www.wrestling-media.ru All three guys stare at each other and jaw, the Rock calls Brock and HHH and Rock beat on Brock, double whip double elbow, double clothesline out. HHH clotheslines Rock, slugs him down, smash in the corner, whip Rock clotheslines HHH, back drops Brock, HHH nails Rock, Brock clotheslines Rock. Brock shoulders Rock, HHH pounds on Rock, so does Brock, Rock fires back face buster HHH, Brock clothesline, HHH gets two. Double-teaming continues, Rock slugs back but double whip clothesline misses double forearms Rock. Rock whips Brock into HHH, Rock whip clothesline by Brock. Brock whip but gets back dropped over the top by Rock. Rock outside rams Brock in the rail, Heyman harasses Rock, Rock chases but HHH clotheslines him outside and drops him on the rail. Neck snap HHH on Brock, kickaway in the corner, whip reverse big shoulder Brock into the gut. More shouder thrusts by Brock, Brock pounds away, Rock back in, high knee HHH, whip HHH Brock sent into the corner. Neckbreaker HHH on Rock gets two. Main Event Spinebuster HHH on Brock gets two. Rock spinning neckbreaker on HHH gets two. F5 attempt is blocked by HHH, pedigree is backdropped out, Brock sends HHH out. Brock belly to belly suplex. Brock posts HHH. Short arm clothesline Brock on Rock, another one blocked, charge Rock into a bear hug by Brock. When's the last time Brock used that hold? Rock fights out of the hold, Rock gets caught, escapes, clothesline Rock, DDT Rock gets two. Rock goes for the sharpshooter, HHH breaks it up. HHH is bloody. HHH hits a pedigree on Rock but gets two. Brock hits an F5 on HHH but only gets two. Brock and Rock fight, whip reverse spinebuster Rock, here comes the People's Elbow but that gets two. Heyman is on the apron, Rock goes over and slugs him down. Brock up, F5 on Rock gets two. HHH goes for a pedigree on Brock, hits it for two. HHH argues the count, but Rock hits a Rock Bottom on HHH and wins it!

WINNER and STILL CHAMP: The Rock pin -> 14:35 mins. ***

Big variety of stuff this go around, next time it will be all WWF and WCW matches found across the web, until next time, this is the Crimefighter saying bustin’ ain’t easy!