The Rap Sheet - by the Crimefighter
Special Streaming Video Edition #9
6/18/2K3

Boy oh boy has a LULL hit me at the start of the week. So as promised, this Rap Sheet covers only one fed this time, Assault Championship Wrestling out of Connecticut. The lineup:

"Sudden Impact" Dylan Kage vs. Jason Knight - Cage Match
Kaguchi vs. Abunai vs. Wiqued vs. "Diehard" Eddie Edwards - Fatal Four Way
Del Tsunami vs. Jim Nastic - ACW Jr. Heavyweight Title
Tony Cianci vs. "The Hitman" Vic Gun'r
Kaguchi vs. Bobby Panther
DC Dillinger vs. Abunai


5/31/2K3 broadcast of Assault TV http://www.assaultwrestling.com/media-tv/highspeed/tv05312003.asf -- Show starts by plugging an upcoming show, then an ad for Jason Knight's wrestling school. Now we see a music video, starting with a visual of a shark swimming around with the JAWS theme playing. We are then shown Knight's Coven - Jason Knight, Rob Zombie, and Avil Graves. Next there's something out of a clay animation horror flick with shots of various wrestlers. Ad for the wrestling school airs again. Finally we get to some wrestling eight minutes in.

Cage Match
"Sudden Impact" Dylan Kage w/ Mike Milano & Talia vs. Jason Knight -- If Knight wins he gets to beat up Milano for five minutes. Milano runs his mouth again, at ringside and the commentator's booth at the same time. This match is taped outdoors. The two men approach and trash talk. Knight kicks him and hurls Kage to the fence but is blocked. Kage gets away. Kage with a kick and hurls Knight into the fence but is blocked and Kage gets scraped by it. Knight has the mike and hurls an insult as Talia. Knight tries an enzuigiri and misses, Kage misses a legdrop, Knight hits a drop kick to the face. Knight yanks Kage out of the corner. Knight tries leaving and is spinkicked in the head. Knight is tossed into the fence and gets cut already. Kage hurls Knight into the fence a couple of times. I can do without the close-ups of the cheesegrater. Kage punches away at the cut. Kage flips him over and kicks him. Ack, bad frame rate. Knight is up, Irish whip to the corner both sides, gets two. They go to a break! The same ad for the wrestling school again, sheesh they put in it in video twice already. Kage punches away still, and does the cheesegrater on Knight. I can do without the close-ups! Knight gets a kick out of nowhere to knock down Kage. Piledriver attempt is blocked, LOW BLOW, Kage does a Blue Thunder Driver--side suplex into a powerbomb, that only gets two. Kage whips, reverse clothesline Knight gets two. Kage with a face rake, and toss into the turnbuckle, Kage with multiple punches, Knight powerbombs Kage down for two. Slam Knight, two elbows, third misses. Kage pushes Knight in the corner, kicks away, punches away, vertical suplex Kage, German suplex, Northern Lights suplex gets two. Sudden ad break again for an upcoming show. Knight with an enzuigiri, Falcon Arrow suplex. Knight with a pickup, Kage with a superkick to the face gets two. German suplex Knight, Bull Dredd enters the cage to break up the count and puts the inverted stunner on the referee! Justin Credible jumps in the cage with a kendo stick and nails Knight to join the crime family. The crooked ref jumps in the ring to do a fast three count and give Kage a very HOLLOW win. The criminals proceed to maul Knight. Ron Zombie jumps in the ring to run everyone off. Zombie has the mike and chews out Milano and his men. This cage match didn't do anything for me either, just like the last one I reviewed, but it was half as long.

WINNER: Dylan Kage pin -> 12 mins. ½*

Moving on to the following week, Assault TV's broadcast on 6/7/2K3, http://www.assaultwrestling.com/media-tv/highspeed/tv06072003.asf. Obituary photo of Classy Freddie Blassie is shown at the start. Ad for an upcoming show, then an ad for the wrestling show again. See this ad is how to do a pro wrestling ad, unlike the one in my town. "The Twisted Freak" Avil Graves cuts a promo on Justin Credible as scenes from the preceeding cage match is shown, boy he's creepy.

Fatal Four-Way Elimination #1 Contenders Match
Kaguchi vs. Abunai vs. Wiqued vs. "Diehard" Eddie Edwards -- Kaguchi is a masked man from Osauka, Japan wearing a shirt with The Punisher logo. Abunai is another masked wrestler, dressed in bright yellow, orange and red. Wiqued is pronounced wicked, and doesn't wear a mask. Eddie is just Eddie. Wiqued and Abunai start, Wiqued with an armbar, reversed, reversed again, Abunai flips out of it, hip toss, arm drag, Irish whip reversed, flying headscissors. Wiqued tags in Edwards, Abunai nails him in the head, tags Kaguchi. Edwards reverses the armbar, go under suplex, Edwards tags in Wiqued. Wiqued chokes Kaguchi on the ropes, whip reverse back body drop Kaguchi. Ugh, so hard to type this. Whip kick Wiqued and hurls him into a corner. Whip to the corner Kaguchi meets an elbow from Wiqued, to the top, whisper in the wind takes Kaguchi out!

Kaguchi, YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK...GOODBYE! Wiqued gets the pin at 3:20 mins.

Abunai jumps in the ring and chops away, whip reverse backbreaker by Wiqued gets a two count. Wiqued with a whip, toss and face first to the mat. Irish whip, Wiqued tries another toss but gets caught in a Frankensteiner by Abunai. Another whip, Wiqued with a grab, Abuani twists his way around the body and gets a tornado DDT. To the corner, Abunai charges, is tossed onto the top rope, hits an INVERTED Frankensteiner on Wiqued! Never seen that! And he scores the elimination there.

Wiqued, YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK...GOODBYE! Abunai gets the pin at 4:45 mins.

Eddie Edwards gets in and goes after Abunai right away. Chop Edwards, whip, clothesline misses, drop kick Abunai. Sunset flip gets one. Edwards gets a clothesline for two. Edwards with a falcon arrow slam gets two. So THAT'S what it's called. Abunia with a Russian leg sweep, flip leg drop gets two. Abunai goes for a whip but Edwards powerslams him for two. Slam in the corner, standing moonsault, followed by a top rope moonsault misses. Abunai to the top with a split-legged moonsault gets two. Abunai goes for the tornado DDT off the top but is blocked, Edwards ties up Abunai and hits the running piggyback stunner for three!

WINNER: "Diehard" Eddie Edwards pin -> 7:45 mins. ***½

Ad is shown of various feds across the country for tctapes.net then the ad for the wrestling school again. Ugh not Milano again. He runs his mouth again and intros Del Tsumai.

ACW JR. Heavyweight Championship
(c) Del Tsunami w/ Mike Milano & Talia vs. Jim Nastic - Nastic has undergone a wardrobe change. Trash talk, shoving, big elbow by Nastic, slam gets two. Nastic slugs away, whip charge big clothesline Nastic. Snap suplex Nastic gets two. Nastic holds Tsunami for what looks to be a snap mare, but goes for what looks like a bulldog but slams the back of his head against the mat. Inverted bulldog? It gets two. Rake Tsunami, rear chinlock, pickup, butterfly suplex gets two. Kick away in the corner, chops Tsunami, Nastic reverses and chops away himself, flying hip toss out of the corner, to the middle rope, flying leg drop gets two. LOW BLOW Tsunami, side suplex gets two. Whip powerslam Tsunami gets two. Irish whip, sunset flip Nastic gets two. Tsunami with a flying clothesline gets two. Tsunami, whip spinebuster gets two. Talia gets a slap in. Tsunami punches away in the corner, whip, Nastic hops over Tsunami, top rope neckbreaker Nastic, but he can't cover. Slugfest, whip Nastic clothesline gets two. Backslide Nastic gets two. Tsunami tries a clothesline but gets backslid again for two. Tsunami whip, another backslide Nastic for two. Whip reverse Nastic powerslam gets two. Nastic to the corner, whip, charge to the corner hits. Another whip, fireman's carry sit-down slam gets three! Milano throws a hissy fit in the commentator's booth. Nastic poses with the belt in the crowd.

WINNER and NEW CHAMP: Jim Nastic pin -> 8:05 mins. **½

On to the next edition dated 6/14/2K3 http://www.assaultwrestling.com/media-tv/highspeed/tv06142003.asf

Bull Dredd is in the ring complaining to Mike Milano about doing everything he was told to and getting nothing for it so he quits the crime family. Mike Milano is giving a speech against Johnny Promo who beat him up days ago and now wants him in a match for 100% ownership of the company.

Tony Cianci vs. "The Hitman" Vic Gun'r - Does Bret Hart know someone stole his nickname? Gun'r pounds Cianci down, whip, high side slam, backbreaker, another whip powerslam, legdrop. Cianci crawls to the ropes as Gun'r pounds away, vertical suplex. To the corner, choke with the boot, Gun'r still pitching a shutout. Irish whip, Cianci finally gets an Ace Crusher off a failed powerslam attempt. Cianci jumps on the second rope to brag and pose like an idiot, but Gun'r is up on his feet glaring at him, pumphandle into a swinging side slam gets three. That's your own dumb fault Cianci! Total squash.

WINNER: "The Hitman" Vic Gun'r pin -> 2:55 mins. *

Ad for the wrestling school again.

Kaguchi vs. Bobby Panther - Lockup, Panther works on the arm, reverses, Panther takes him down, Kaguchi gets out, Panther takes him down again, now they split away. Panther decides to slug away now, whip, forearm shot gets two. Panther chokes away, snap mares him over, then ties up Kaguchi with his legs and arms, then lets go. Panther whips, reverse, hip toss blocked, arm drag Kuguchi, arm drag Panther, trading of covers get nowhere. Panther slugs away, Irish whip, one leg drop kick sends Panther out. Kaguchi tries to moonsault off the ropes and slips off, Panther face slams him on the apron. Irish whip reverse drop kick Kaguchi gets two. Kaguchi whips to the corner, charge misses, Panther does two German suplexes, Kaguchi reverses it and hits two of them, Panther reverses it and hits a nasty German suplex but gets two. Panther forearm shots, Irish whip, reversed, dragon-arm(?) suplex Panther gets two. Kaguchi kicks a low blow, clothesline, to the middle rope, caught in a Northern Lights suplex for two. Panther to the top, Senton bomb! Cover only gets two. Kaguchi is put on the top rope, Kaguchi slugs Panther then hits the Diamond Dust for the win!

WINNER: Kaguchi pin -> 7:20 mins. ***

Ad for tctapes.net. Ad for the wrestling school once again.

DC Dillinger w/ Nikki Roxx vs. Abunai w/ Princess Ariel - Lockup, shove DC. Lockup, another shove. DC tries a shove again but flops to the mat. Three drop kicks from Abunai knock him down, kick to the head gets two. Abunai whip reverse flying headscissors, clothesline over the top rope. Abunai teases a dive, Roxx grabs his legs, Ariel chases her off, sunset flip Abunai gets two. Whip reverse, DC with a sloppy samoan drop sending him head first, leg drop gets two. Slam DC, choke, rear chinlock, Abunai fights out, powerslam DC gets two. Chop DC, whip clothesline in the corner, choke. Irish whip, Abunai gets out of it, Roxx grabs the leg again, DC nails him, Nikki Roxx chokes some more, Ariel runs over to break it up. Abunai tries to punch his way out, side slam DC gets two. Roll over gets Abunai two. Clothesline DC gets two. Powerbomb attempt blocked, sunset flip gets two, rollup two for Abunai. DC blocks a backslide, DDT Abunai and DC bails. Abunai with a suicide dive to the outside on DC. Roxx picks up Abunai and Ariel nails Roxx, in the ring clothesline Ariel on Roxx, catfight, the ref throws both women out of the ring. Abunai gets back in, grabs DC but gets yanked on the ropes, DC flies in with a knee and misses, Abunai with a split legged moonsault. Nikki Roxx jumped in to break it up, ref misses it, low blow DC, puts Abunai on his shoulders, Abunai punches away and sunset flips off and pins him out of nowhere!

WINNER: Abunai pin -> 8:35 mins. ***¼

DC is mad and attacks Abunai as Nikki Roxx blocks Ariel from assisting so she fetches Bulldog Blanski from the back. In the ring Samoan Drop by Bulldog on DC. Nikki Roxx jumps on his back and Bulldog goes to drop her but DC distracts allowing her to escape. Bulldog has the mike, says this is the only fed started by the workers for the workers, and he's tired of sitting on the sidelines and is announcing his comeback today. Show over.

Well I got some good matches in this time around, but now I'm completely out of streaming videos to review. What's a Crimefighter to do but ask, WHERE'S THE VIDEOS??? Send me the links! Until next time this is the Crimefighter saying "Bustin' ain't easy" and support your local indy fed!