The Rap Sheet - from the Crimefighter
Rampage Championship Wrestling
Carlinville, IL 9/20/2K3

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I originally had no plans to come to this show, but I made my way down there anyway despite what I did all day. And just to give you all an idea of what my day was like that Saturday, here we go. Every year up in Peoria is the big Peoria Superfest Amateur Radio Hamfest and Computer Show that takes up an entire weekend in September and for the past several years I go up there with my step-father who's always gone up there to sell a sizable quantity of acquired stuff in the flea market. Last year I actually spent the night with my own load of stuff, uncomfortably I might add, sleeping inside the car just doesn't work. My stepfather had a rougher night sleep, being that the cooler leaked and the interior of the van was wet and lying on a mat hurt his back. Cause of that experience he skipped this year and I had to do things differently. I am a late to bed, late to rise type of person and getting up at 5:30AM is not something I can do and be able to function the entire day. I managed to get up at 5:30AM, drive up to Peoria, find the rented spot and sit outside all morning and try to get rid of my wares. Made SOME money this year, not a lot but more than I usually do, thanks to the state foolishly throwing away unopened software. What I originally planned to do in the evening, depending on when I finished the sale...was to go to the Next Generation Wrestling show that evening, but when I did leave, I didn't want to wait around four-five hours up there so I went home, got back in time to unload my stuff and drive on to Carlinville surprising many when I showed up.

My new #1 major pet peeve of mine are moderators of message boards deleting posts I write that do not violate any terms of use or rules. MPW has a lengthening track record of doing that, but they're not the only one who's done it to me. The point is, I do not like to be censored for no reason, and anyone who does it will get a big earful from me. I am NOT one of those nasty trolls.

Your hosts and live commentary team are Frank Reed and The Colonel JT, who chatter on the house mikes while the matches are going on. I dunno if I like that all that much, I know a few CERTAIN people that would had packed up and went home because of how they do that here. In attendance but not wrestling are Jason Wells and Real World Jeremy. I sat at one of the many picnic tables on the side making it easier to write notes and in case I fall asleep, I ended up using them to stand on and rebuff guys shouting at me.

Benz ?'?" ???lbs. "Your Momma's House" w/ Scotty Cash vs. "Don't call me the Khaos Kidd no more" Steven Bishop 5'7" 200lbs. Kincaid, IL w/out RON - Bishop is the co-holder of the NMW Tag Team Championship. Surprised to see Scotty Cash with a new guy I've never seen before, they announce him as a NMW guy. James Welden is your referee. Kidd has new music. Welden ejects Cash immediately, eh? Benz was apparently the tag partner of Cash during the MWA days of NMW, of which the team was called the Hotstreet Boys. Cash wanted me to keep this guy's name a secret until the 9/27 NMW show cause it would spoil a surprise. Lockup shove Benz, lockup takedown, roll up Bishop gets two. Armbar Benz, pound away on the arm. Hip toss Benz, suplex, slam, sit cover gets two. Headlock on the mat, into a hammerlock by Bishop, Russian leg sweep Bishop gets two. Suplex Kidd, chop away. Irish whip high knee Benz. Irish whip reverse DDT Benz, back breaker Benz, "RON CAN'T SAVE YOU NOW!" Reed calls Steven Bishop "Steven BISCHOFF" repeatedly, and still can't keep track of time calling the five minute mark at three minutes. Benz goes for a side slam and botches the move where he had trouble getting him up; regardless the fall gets two. Irish whip, clothesline misses, clothesline Bishop. Kidd with a whip, and blows an elbow shot causing an odd collision. Benz hits a form of a DDT, then a form of a neckbreaker dropping his head against the side of his body and wins it.

WINNER: Benz pin -> 5:15 mins. *½

Frank Reed looks for any young men to join the commentary team...and pulls out Brandon Bell.

Scotty Cash 5'9" 170lbs. "Yo Mammas House" w/ Benz vs. Sage Ramsey 6'4" 268lbs. Peoria, IL - Now the last time these two faced off it was over a year ago and Cash was the Central IL champ and won the match hooking the middle rope with both arms. Cash has new music, Sage is using the Psycho theme again. The ring entrance has a cute little fog machine for the entrants and I can tell it's dry ice cause it gets colder. James Welden is the referee again, Cash checks over James and ejects Benz immediately. They hug before Benz leaves, cute. Lockup, Cash armdrag, lockup hip toss Cash. Cash is jabbering with the crowd with some wise cracks. Lockup, knee to the gut, Cash tries in vain to slam him but can't lift him up, Sage with a slam. Cash stalls on the outside, Sage goes after him, Cash back in and kicks away. Irish whip Cash reversed side slam Sage, bodyslam, leg drop gets two. Pair of elbows by Sage, third misses. Cash slugs away, Cash on top, crossbody gets two. Cash works on the arm by wrapping it through the ropes and yanking on it. Cash with a whip but sends Sage back into the same corner shoulder first. He does these two moves a few times, then slugs away. Cash whip reversed kick DDT Sage gets two. Slugfest, Cash yanks the arm on the ropes again, sends him into the corner shoulder first, knee to the head gets two. The Colonel makes a buck wager with the kid as to who will win, and Brandon picks Cash to win. Cash with an armbar, Sage with a double chokeslam. Clothesline, back breaker, chokeslam with the bad arm by Sage. Sage goes to the top, frog splash misses, Cash charges with a knee to the back, roll with the legs, Cash hooks the middle rope, Welden doesn't see it and counts three. Hey Sage, why do you keep going to the top rope instead of doing the "Final Fall" ?

WINNER: Scotty Cash pin -> 10:40 mins. **¾

Frank Reed asks Ramsey about his answer to the offer he made last month and will bring him out a bit later. Matt Taylor comes out with "Spoiled" Steven Kennedy and the "Russian Sports Agent" who proceed to trash the crowd. Reed wants to know why he's out here. Taylor bashes Ramsey for getting a pop, he says Shawn Dustry isn't here tonight due to a car wreck so there's no title match tonight. Uh, I saw him here a short while ago. Reed points out he's weaseled out of a bunch of title matches lately, and I note here the last time he defended the belt, it was against a WOMAN. BTW, Taylor got his title via a phantom title change in Rio De Janeiro, remember that. Someone's music hits, and out comes Shawn Dustry. Reed demands Taylor sign the contract and the title match will happen. The sports agent runs his mouth saying Taylor isn't being paid enough to compete here tonight. Shawn calls him fart dirt. Taylor wants a thousand bucks to wrestle tonight, Reed asks the crowd if they want the match. The agent hands Shawn a contract to sign, everyone shouts read it first, Shawn signs it without reading much of it. Taylor signs it, the match is made, Reed reads the thing and doesn't like what he sees--I smell a rat.

"Irish Bomb" Douglas O'Shea 6'4" 200lbs. Belfast, Northern Ireland w/ Clover O'Shea vs. Dangerous Derek Davis 6'2" 250lbs. Detroit, MI - Your special referee is Sgt. Cyclone or is it Psycho? Two guys come out rolling a green carpet for the O'Shea's including a green chair in the ring. Doug runs his mouth and I fire a USA chant to piss him off, and this guy gets in the face of NMW's Jason Wells! Bad idea dude, he'll clock ya. With Davis in the ring, Doug screams do not do that chant, he starts to chew me out and Davis kicks him in the back. Doug whip clothesline. O'Shea chops Davis, DDD with a clothesline and elbow gets two. DDD with a knee bounce, Davis goes out and wants to slug these flag men. Davis back in rollup gets two. Camel clutch Davis, the Russian Sports Agent is commentating, fakes out O'Shea showing leg drop and hits a knee instead. Suplex DDD gets one, sleeper Davis. Doug with a rake, armbar, neckbreaker, suplex, frog splash off the top gets two. Boot to the back Doug, Clover slaps Davis, Doug dares Davis to make a move, punches from Davis send O'Shea out into the rail. Davis drops an elbow outside, posts him, clothesline. Clover gets into DDD's face. Doug slugs away, headlock on the mat by Doug punching away. Clover distracts the ref, Doug gets in the ref's face and he shoves him down. DDD goes for a clothesline, misses Doug but hits Cyclone. Death Valley Driver DDD but Cyclone's out. The chair is tossed in the ring, chairshot Doug, DDT into the chair and the ref wakes up to count three. BLEH!

WINNER: "Irish Bomb" Douglas O'Shea pin -> 9:20 mins. **½

Wait up, a woman comes out from the back. There's some sort of conference, Miss Behavin is having Cyclone review the camcorder tape...we got instant replay? He calls it a DQ, Davis says he doesn't win like that, he wants both Doug and his Irish hoochie sister in the ring or they are both hung like a hamster.

WINNER: Dangerous Derek Davis DQ -> 9:20 mins. **½

Dexter Poindexter 5'10" 168lbs. Silicon Valley, CA & Brett Dustry 6'2" 240lbs. Macoupin County, IL vs. The New Odd Couple - Boris Volkoff ?'??" ???lbs. Russia & Sensational Sean Chadwick ?'??" ???lbs. San Diego, CA - There was an odd couple in this fed before, so I tag this team the new odd couple. Boris Volkoff matches up with a name of a wrestler back in the 60s and 70s and apparently doesn't know that the hammer and sickle is not a part of the Russian flag anymore. The other team is an odd couple as well. Poindexter still doesn't have real wrestling attire, and his gimmick is awful. Dexter and Boris start. Boris slugs him down, whip clothesline leg drop gets two. That Russian Sports Agent is back out here to tout his men. Punch in the corner, Boris with a knee, elbow, turnbuckle smash, chop, punch, tag Chadwick. Slugaway Sean, slam, legdrop gets two. Lockup, headlock, Dexter with a hammerlock, reverse and shove. Misses a chance to tag. Lockup to Boris's corner, punch suplex Sean. Dexter with a neckbreaker, tag Brett. Knockdown punch, suplex Brett, tosses Chadwick out. Boris is in without a tag, a drain pipe gets tossed in the ring with the ref not looking and whacks Brett with it. That only gets two for Sean. Boris is tagged in, suplex, legdrop gets two. I fire off the USA chant and that gets his attention. Brett fires back at him, chop Brett, tag Dexter. Dexter can't lift Boris, suplex Volkoff, choke with the foot, chop Boris, double teaming in the corner. Choke by Chadwick, Dexter escapes the corner and tags Brett. Sean is tagged in. Suplex, slam, legdrop gets two for Brett. Ten minutes are announced at the 7:30 mark. Sigh. Bret slugs away, Sean pokes him in the eye, he slugs away, whip clothesline Sean. He slaps Dexter drawing him in, illegal switch, Boris punches away, elbow, more slugging, Brett hits back. Tag Dexter, DDT gets two. Headlock Dexter, whip clothesline Boris, to the second rope, leg misses. Tag Brett, he slams Chadwick, Sean is whipped to the corner, a trash can lid is tossed in the ring, Sean misses the lidshot, Brett steals it, whacks him down and pins him. The sports agent is not happy with this result.

WINNERS: Brett Dustry & Dexter Poindexter pin -> 11:50 mins. ***

In between matches Real World Jeremy is introduced as NMW champ. Reed talks about RWJ's win last month and touts the show for the following weekend. Reed gives RWJ an open invite to kick anyone's butt in RCW.

Black Death ?'??" ???lbs. Parts Unknown w/ The Mat Maniac vs. Steve Montana ?'?" ???lbs. Quebec, Canada - Black Death comes out in a scary mask, Maniac is screaming at the top of his lungs, Black Death actually wants me to get in the ring with him. That black see-through mask wasn't the best thing to wear in this dim lighting. James Welden is your referee. Lockup, clean break. Lockup armbar Montana. Black Death with a headlock, shove elbow Montana. Forearm shot knocks down Montana. Armbar Montana, arm wringer, snap mare, legdrop, Irish whip drop kick, leg drop gets two Maniac puts the foot on the ropes. He won't SHUT UP!!! ARRGH! Chop Montana, Matt Taylor and Steven Kennedy are out at the commentator table. Hammerlock Black Death, armbar, whip drop toehold, ankle lock on the mat, headlock. Mat Maniac keeps screaming. Shove off Montana, back body drop attempt is botched as Black Death just crashes into him as if he was ducking something. Ugh. Irish whip elbow Montana. Whip reversed, Black Death misses a splash in the corner, Montana with a small package for three!

WINNER: Steve Montana pin -> 6:45 mins. *¾

Frank Reed says after Montana left in 1996 he's wanting his answer about guiding him to a title again. Montana says he'll sign the contract with him but he's gonna read the fine print cause there better be a title match in there. Reed says he'll get it but Ramsey might be first. Montana doesn't care who gets it first as along as he gets it. Montana needs some improvement like getting rid of that ring rust before he'd be title match ready as far as I'm concerned.

We go to intermission but Matt Taylor, Steven Kennedy get in the ring and start yaking. Taylor says the world champ has arrived. He says he'll make more money in one night than some old man's entire lifetime. The old Undertakers music from the mid-90s is playing as people are going outside, which I try to do but since I'm writing this recap I have to record all this...oh heck I'll just leave the tape running at the table. He insults someone in the crowd about buying his clothes from Goodwill and will loan him $200 to buy a decent outfit instead of that crap he's wearing. Taylor runs his mouth about getting the best of everything. Taylor says he's from Dallas, TX and can't trust any Americans and says he ran to the Soviet Union to get the greatest mind in sports entertainment to represent him. Must had been fifteen years ago, there's NO Soviet Union now. The Russian Sports Agent talks, he loves America but hates those freakin' Americans. He says Matt Taylor and Steven Kennedy are the only two guys worth anything in this country. Right. Taylor shouts at Dustry and calls him a punk, he's looking forward to tonight and he's gonna end it once and for all and leave him laying and two broads he picked out earlier. He then introduces Steven Kennedy, and says he's not gonna be responsible for all the people who are gonna get a divorce over him. Ummmm...yeah. Kennedy says he's sorry I ever stepped foot in this town and we are a bunch of toothless wonders. He wants to bulldoze all our houses and build a mini-mall. Taylor says that's why his family's in politics and Uncle Ted is great and will be partying with him on Cape Cod. DON'T GET ME STARTED ABOUT TED KENNEDY THAT LEFT-WING WHACK-JOB LIBERAL!!! Taylor runs his mouth about being so great and everyone wants to be with him, I don't. Thankfully this crapfest is over, but intermission is also over.

"Homicidal" Steve Davis ?'?" ???lbs. Parts Unknown vs. "Serial Thriller" Tim Rich ?'?" ???lbs. Sacramento, CA - Davis is wearing camaflouge pants, Rich is wearing blue, black, white with the word shift on the side. Man I WISH they would announce the weights, for some reason they don't do that here, and half the time don't announce the hometown and I have to dig around for it if it's to be found. Armbar Davis, elbows, arm wringer. Rich elbows out, headlock takedown into a hammerlock. Davis with a rake, chops away, elbow in the back of the head. Whip reversed back body drop Rich, arm drag, slam gets two. Whip sitdown arm drag, Rich springboard moonsault gets two. Kick Davis, chop, punch, elbow, choke, boot, suplex gets two. Headlock on the mat by Davis. Rich charges and gets kneed in the gut, Davis with a knock down. Tornado DDT by Rich gets two. Knee to the gut by Rich, grazing drop kick in the corner, butterfly suplex gets two. Chop by Rich, puts Davis on the top, hurraconranna gets two. Irish whip reverse clothesline Davis, fisherman's suplex, slam, he goes to the top, he barely misses banging his head on one of the wooden ceiling beams as he does a flying elbow but THAT misses, and Tim Rich small packages him for three.

WINNER: "Serial Thriller" Tim Rich pin -> 7:35 mins. ***½

Mixed Tag Match
"Irish Bomb" Douglas O'Shea 6'4" 200lbs. & Clover O'Shea ?'??" ???lbs. Belfast, Northern Ireland w/ The Leprechauns Lucky & Charm vs. Dangerous Derek Davis 6'2" 250lbs. Detroit, MI & Miss Behavin - Those two guys got announced with these goofy names off the breakfast cereal. They're out again with the green rug and chair, and act scared to death of Doug. I would be to if I had to hang out with that nutcase. Doug O'Shea screams at me which gets me up to stand on the table to scream back waving a small flag. Seriously, Doug needs either anger management courses or a tranquilizer, but he would had been the perfect tag partner for NMW's Bing Westlake had he not got injured or turned face. DDD yanks the rug under O'Shea's feet sending him to the mat. This match is under regular tag rules--the men can beat on the girls. Clover O'Shea actually wrestled against RCW champ Matt Taylor a week or two ago leaving me to wonder...WHY? She claims she almost beat him. The Russian Sports Agent is at the commentary table again. Clover is gonna start with DDD? She checks the ref over. That green rug is still in the ring, get that outta there. Reed notes Lucky and Charm were confused in life, as Derek rubs his rear with the rug. Doug shouts we are the greatest you are nothing. Clover has the mike now, she says you Americans have an old fart as your champion instead of a nice Irish young lad--that was a shot at Matt Taylor I'm sure. Clover chokes Davis from behind, quick rollup by Davis gets two. BIG slugfest that gets broken up on the ropes. Doug O'Shea then ATTACKS the referee and clobbers him to the mat. A replacement referee Doug Michaels comes out to take over. Uhhh...where's the DQ? Slugfest continues in the ring, whip clotheslines by Doug miss, double clothesline take each other out. Miss Behavin is tagged in, Doug scoffs at Missy tries to slap her and gets kicked. DDD punches Doug out of the ring. Doug finds Clover's shirt in his corner and gags. Clover is in, arm drag on Missy, tag? Missy with an armdrag, but she's caught in the corner and Doug punches her in the face. Missy shrugs it off, Lucky and Charm are waving that flag, arm drag by Missy, Clover is blocked from leaving by Davis, Missy yanks Clover off the ropes, drops an elbow. Missy has Clover by the head and SLOWLY crosses the ring to the corner, whip to the corner, Missy hits a SOFT knee, snap mare, tag DDD. DDD picks up Clover by the hair, slugs her down, drops an elbow getting two. Reed makes a wise crack saying this is the first time she's gotten a man off of her in her life. DDD has her by the hair again, Clover trips him, gets kicked away for her to tag Doug. Davis with a punch, superkick, legdrop gets two. Another cover and the ref is tied up with Clover. Douglas with a small package gets two. Another slugaway, Doug acts like a boxer, punches, kicks by Davis just stares at him. "Neck toss" by DDD, whip elbow. Miss Behavin runs around the ring and yanks Clover off, death valley driver by DDD on Doug gets three and puts an merciful end to this awful match that Davis himself admitted to me was a bad idea.

WINNERS: Dangerous Derek Davis & Miss Behavin pin -> 9:05 mins. ½*

But wait this isn't over! The Russian Sports Agent is back out here. Davis tells him off, I'm confused. Miss Behavin goes back in the ring and stares at Clover, shoving, they grab each other by the hair and they're rolling around on the mat and slugging away, the referee tries to pull them apart and gets tangled up. Dexter Poindexter is ordered to jump in there wearing street clothes and break it up. They're pulled apart, Missy goes after Clover with a kick again, more guys jump in to pull them apart. Derek has the mike, you Irish idiots I beat you twice tonight you done? He's got their flag; he waves a US flag and challenges him to a flag match on the spot. Douglas O'Shea screams at him. Reed says we'll make it more interesting, the loser of the match the valet will have their fate decided by the fans. Clover says she's confident her man will win and accept, but if she beats them Missy must come over to the Ireland side and be the little leprechaun we think she is. So they are gonna do this mixed tag AGAIN in a few weeks.

Sage Ramsey is back out with Frank Reed, Reed pitches to Sage to sign the contract where Reed will be his advisor. He doesn't need a manager I say. Reed says he will get him up in the second half of the card. Errr...he was in the second half of the card LAST time we were here! And Sage has main evented up north. Fans want him to chokeslam him, haha. Reed speaks some nonsense, he says he can do something with Montana and him. Sage says Montana, someone says make a #1 contenders match between them, Sage says not a bad idea. He notes he said Ramsey who he wants him anytime. Reed doesn't want these two to wrestle each other, WHY NOT? Reed wants to make Montana and Ramsey a tag team, Sage says he's got a partner already. Reed asks him to sit at the table for the next match, notes Jason Wells is now the MPW Hardcore champ and he offers Ramsey a shot at the hardcore title next November. BTW, who's all the title holders in this fed anyway? Sage will take that shot and takes a seat at the table. And now we go to our main event, which was set up last month when Shawn Dustry beat Douglas O'Shea in a cage match to become the #1 contender and Matt Taylor added the stip that the fans would be picking the type of match he'd defend the belt under, but thoughout the night, no mention of the fans pick the match stip was made.

RCW Heavyweight Championship
(c)Matt Taylor ?'??" ???lbs. Beverly Hills, CA w/ Russian Sports Agent & "Spoiled" Steven Kennedy vs. Shawn Dustry 6'0" 300lbs. Macoupin County, IL - Taylor comes out and is not even dressed to wrestle! Unless he's fighting in jeans. BTW, it's a little known fact that Taylor was one of the WWF Doinks back in 1993 besides Matt Bourne, Steve Lombardi and Ray Odyssey. Taylor has the mike, he boasts about being in the WWF and has 14 years experience and the contract that was signed was pretty stupid. The match is non-title, he's a grand richer and you're fighting Steven Kennedy. Gee I should have known we weren't gonna get what were supposed to cause Taylor is a wuss. Taylor thanks Reed for the grand. No title match tonight.

"Spoiled" Steven Kennedy 5'10" 180lbs. Cape Cod, MA w/ Matt Taylor & The Russian Sports Agent vs. Shawn Dustry 6'0" 300lbs. Macoupin County, IL - Lockup, headlock Kennedy, Dustry tosses him. Sage calls Taylor a coward, Reed calls Kennedy a stooge. Doug Michaels is the referee. Lockup headlock another toss off out of the ring. Poke by Kennedy, kicks away, snap mare, hair pull, running neck snap, rake with the boots. Irish whip to the corner clothesline Kennedy, knee to the gut, DDT gets two before he's tossed off. Elbow, whip high knee by Kennedy. Irish whip Dustry with the full-nelson bomb. Taylor up, rake by Kennedy, clothesline over the top. Taylor kicks Shawn Dustry and posts him. He jumps in the ring and celebrates like a total moron with Kennedy. Guillotine legdrop by Kennedy, Dustry is bleeding a little, Kennedy digs the knuckle into the cut. Turnbuckle smash, rope burn, sling off Kennedy, arm wringer. Kennedy shouts say you quit! Samoan Drop by Dustry, Taylor's on the apron to stop any count. Dustry whip powerslam gets two. Dustry punches away, suplex, clubbing forearm, whip splash in the corner. Shawn off the ropes, Taylor trips him and the ref DQ's him for the anticlimactic finish.

WINNER: Shawn Dustry DQ -> 8:40 mins. **½

It's not over though, Dustry picks Kennedy up back to belly and hits a swinging DDT, Taylor in, clothesline misses spinebuster by Dustry. Dustry fetches a table, Sage has a trash can lid, passes it over. Dustry blasts Taylor with it, the crummy looking table is set up in the ring. The sports agent is trying to get Kennedy to save Taylor, Dustry puts him on the table, the thing bows down with Taylor on him--thing has no supports on it. Dustry on top, splash onto Taylor thru the table. Sage and Dustry have a handshake, Taylor isn't even moving. Reed calls on the champ, the belt is on the line no ifs ands or buts. Sports Agent says this isn't the end of it, Taylor has the mike and says everyone came to see him lose the belt to Dustry but that didn't happen and he's a grand richer. Reed FINES him two grand for the stunt he pulled. Taylor argues with the sports agent over the contract and cusses him out, Reed adds another fine on top. Reed touts the next show's lineup, Sage Ramsey clothesline Reed down from behind. What was that? Reed gets up and says he's got his hardcore title match and he'll be in his corner. Show over.

The Verdict: A much better outing overall than the first one I viewed for RCW but there are a number of things to improve. For one, a gripe I got is that ring is too stiff and that leather/vinyl canvas is harder to move around on. The ring needs more flex and the tarp needs to be replaced with burlap textured canvas. As for the wrestling, the women were just plain awful in the ring and if they're gonna do another mixed tag with flag match stips these gals need lots of improvement. The NMW guys at the start blew some simple spots, which was quite embarrassing. I'm miffed at the fact the only beforehand announced match for this show DID NOT HAPPEN at all! What's the explanation for that? I wonder if that mixed tag flag match will happen for that next show and the fans will get to pick the penalty for the losers? I have my doubts.