The Rap Sheet - by the Crimefighter
Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW)
Springfield, IL 4/1/2K

Scott Buckley, former WCPW Webmaster, first inductee of the Rap Sheet HALL OF SHAME!

Here's another dug out from far below the archives of Google Groups, and this one ruffled some feathers at WCPW. The moderator of its message board did not like what I wrote about the show, and was very deceitful about the reasons why he kept deleting the thing off. He made this claim:

"The reason for the deletion is there were some false information reported by you whether it be a mistake or not it would of led to other WCPW fans and followers who could not make the show have wrong information."

One I was not attempting to post false information, read: lies. The problem with the recap is that it was written by someone who had not attended any prior WCPW show and did not know very many of the wrestlers. Though there may have been mistakes in the observing, I made all efforts to get the names spelled right. So they change their position and complain about my ignornance. BULL! But for some reason they didn't like me telling them that it's a problem they will have to deal with whenever they visit a new town. Now, what I believe was REALLY going on there, was that the moderator was running a full kayfabe message board. Thankfully the idiot moderator cannot control rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated. WCPW has not been back to Springfield either, and I quit posting to their message board.

The wrestling company's name wasn't advertised locally for some reason...and gosh, everyone had to watch the show in the dark where the ring was not well lighted. Formerly known as the FIRST WCW, before Ted Turner stole the initials so they had to add a "P". The show was about 21/2 hours long and a lot of the wrestlers were of course off their rockers. This show was held in the Expo Building at the IL State Fairgrounds and attendance didn't look like it was over a couple hundred. So lets get on with the recap...I'm a bit too kind with ratings, certainly Scott Keith "Netcop" would have rating everything here much differently.

Interview segment--show opens with "Bad Boy" Brett Sanders cussing out the audience cause he has something against Springfield, didn't want to be here or something...well you gotta start somewhere don't ya? Eventually he then trashes the "washed-up" ex-WWF/WCW wrestlers Typhoon, Brutus Beefcake, and especially Greg Valentine. "The Outfit" comes down to the ring, which consists of Jayson Reigns, Mike Anthony and two other guys and a girl. The guy in the suit Sam DeCero (a Vince McMahon wannabe) chews out Sanders then starts chewing out the crowd, and Valentine. The Hammer comes out and wants Sanders, but the guy in the suit says Hammer is not in the middleweight class, but gives him a League Title Shot against Reigns. Julian comes to the ring to jaw with the Outfit and the man in the suit makes the Middleweight Title match a triple threat with Julian vs. Sanders vs. Stone Manson (champ) They all take off, and Sanders spews water at people at random, and I get splashed...jerk. He'll get his later....

Tag Team Match
Nick "The Sportsman" Brunswick & "Big Time" vs. Mike Masters & "New Thing" Robby Dawber. Brunswick is the Lightweight Champion and says he's putting up his belt of either of this opponents pins him...yeah right. "Big Time" takes most of the beating until Brunswick gets sucked into the match...and eventually gets pinned though he was in the ropes by I think Masters who is handed the belt by the ref. The heels give a speech, then Big Time steals the belt from Dawber and run to the back with it. YOU CANNOT DEFEND A SINGLES TITLE IN A TAG MATCH!!! Brunswick, helps take down the ring after the show is over *smirk*.

WINNERS: Mike Masters & "New Thing" Robby Dawber pin -> *½

Willie "Da Bomb" Richardson w/ "The Diva" Crystal Carmichael vs. Typhoon. Typhoon appears to be the "heel" here, as "Da Bomb" pumps up the crowd. Well a typical big man match with a lot of stalling at the start drawing a boring chant, but they eventually start banging into each other. At the end, Typhoon is stuck in the corner with Carmichael getting up on the apron, splash by Richardson then she stupidly gets in the ring right next to Typhoon to perhaps interfere, but ends up getting pancaked between Typhoon & Richardson. Typhoon rolls up Richardson for the win. Moral of the story, don't jump in the ring when your guy is ahead and next to the opponent--unless you want to get hurt.

WINNER: Typhoon pin -> ½*

WCPW Midget Championship
Match Three--PG-13 1/3 vs. Lone Eagle (c). Rare as they are, yes there are midget titles. PG-13 1/3 is indeed mimicing JC Ice of the tag team known as PG-13. Lone Eagle is a little indian. The midgets wrestle either other for a while, but soon start beating on the referee, where Lone Eagle does a sunset flip from the middle rope on the ref while PG-13 1/3 counts the fall. They're lucky they didn't both get DQ'ed. After this, the midgets fight each other again, and PG-13 1/3 drops an elbow off the top rope (midgets jumping off the top rope is quite a rarity it seems...). 2-count later, he tries again, misses, then get suplex-slammed by Eagle and pinned.

WINNER and STILL champ: Lone Eagle pin -> *

WCPW League Championship
Match Four--Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. "State of the Art" Jayson Reigns (c) w/ The Outfit. Hammer has to fight the champ who has three other guys and a gal in his corner. Ugh. Reigns appears to be unable to compete with a WWF vet (thus not state of the art) cause he was dominated for much of the match. Though Reigns hits Hammer in the legs a lot, the highspot in the match comes when Reigns positions himself for a moonsault but Hammer shoves him off the top rope, down to the floor face first into the timekeepers table! The other guys attack Hammer, holding him for a plancha by Reigns, but he gets away and the hired thugs take the damage. Hammer gets the Figure Four which they all jump in the ring causing the lame DQ, and beating on Hammer which draws Brutus Beefcake to the ring to chase them off. And the former WWF tag champs "Dream Team" stand in victory. Reigns if he entered the WWF or WCW right now probably would be nothing more than a jobber.

WINNER: Greg "The Hammer" Valentine DQ -> **

WCPW Ladies Championship
Drusala w/ Julian vs. "The Diva" Crystal Carmichael (Ladies Champion). I should point out that Drusala & Julian are part of a group known as "The Warlocks" which resembles "the Brood" as Julian is dressed like Gangrel. Carmichael appears to be fine after being squashed earlier. Julian for some reason can't stay out of this match and stands on the apron so Drusala can hold into his arms to block a sunset flip. Richardson runs out and yanks Julian off the apron allowing Carmichael the pin.

WINNER and STILL champ: Crystal Carmichael pin -> *

Intermission here, I talk to one of the ring attendants to get the names of the people in the ring cause I could not get them worth a hoot off the loudspeaker. Luckily I could read them off the cards at the timekeepers table.

Mike Anthony w/ Outfit vs. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake w/ hedgeclippers. Beefcake despite reports from scoopswrestling.com is NOT retired as they say. Beefcake is back to his last WWF gimmick...and he's now got blonde/gray hair. Anthony cannot compete with a WWF vet either, and eventually got hooked into the sleeper hold. Alas I was distracted much of this match by someone with a flashlight looking for something they lost. Anyway, the Sam DeCero jumps in the ring, Brutus lets go of the hold ready to fight him. Ref calls for the bell. Beefcake beats the crap out of this guy and sticks him in the sleeper hold. Then he goes for the hedgeclippers but fails to cut any hair as the Outfit hauls their boss away. Beefcake threatens to cut the ref's hair, but the ref points out he has hardly any. This Vince McMahon wannabe is well on his way to being a punching bag.

WINNER: Brutus Beefcake DQ -> *½

WCPW Middleweight Championship
Triple Threat Match, Julian w/ Drusula vs. "Bad Boy" Brett Sanders vs. Stone Manson w/ Brotherhood (c). The Brotherhood is a motorcycle gang consisting of about five men and a lady. After the match starts there is one person in each corner of each wrestler. Julian and Sanders generally beat on Manson together but occasionally beat on each other. Stone Mansion takes out the opposition every so often, and the action eventually spills outside. Sanders gets bodyslammed through the middle of the table. At the end though, something very horrible occurs. Two guys armed with baseball bats and chairs storm the ring and smash a chair into Sanders' head leaving him bleeding very badly on the floor, smash their bats into Julian, and then beat Stone Mansion with the bats. The other Brotherhood members rush to the ring to make a save, but they are too late. LAAAAMMMMMEEEEE.

NO CONTEST -> **

The criminals that committed this act are the Furies, Jeffro King and Mitch Blake. As a result of their actions, the EMTs brought the stretcher to the ring and carted off Stone Manson to the back first, then carted Sanders who was in bad shape. The guy behind me claimed this guy wasn't really hurt...backyard wrestler he says he is also and charges admission for shows in their homemade wrestling ring. Bah, I saw the chairshot and all the blood on the floor...this guy for all his badmouthing of Springfield earlier paid a heavy price for it. Show was delayed for about 10-15 minutes and the ring announcer asked how you can follow that.

WCPW Tag Team Championship
The BrotherHood vs. The Furies (c)--Only justice here would be the Furies losing their belts and going to JAIL...no such luck. Brotherhood scream at the Furies to get in the ring with them, (one brotherhood member was in the ring) when the Furies come, sneak attack by the other guys, and they proceed to beat them heavily until the Furies manage to regain the upper hand for a while. Unfortunately the ref stupidly stands in the middle of a double-corner-irish-whip-them-together and gets squashed. Then one Fury member hits someone with a baseball bat off the top rope, and the Furies pin him. Moral of the story, when you have a cover, keep the opposition in your sights in case they are wielding a baseball bat. Five title matches, no title changes whatsoever.

WINNER: The Furies pin -> **

Battle Royal 20 men--Some of the guys who fought earlier plus several others that didn't have a match come to the ring, unfortunately I am unable to discern the names, but Brett Sanders is unable to compete. This doesn't last long, the ring empties out in about two-three minutes with the WWF vets exiting way early. Sanders was entered into this one, but obviously could not make it back. Julian made it out despite his beating. Stone Manson is helped to the ring toward the end taped up when it gets down to just the Furies and Willie Richardson. Richardson is thrown out, and the Furies proceed to beat on Stone Manson. The other Brotherhood members debate with "fans" in the aisle on whether to run interferance or not, and I overheard them saying they already had gotten fined $10K in the past couple of days. Fortunately, Willie Richardson did not leave the ring area and yanked down on the top rope when the Furies were bouncing off the ropes to do a move and fall out. This battle royal ran very quick not allowing me to tell who took out who during this thing...and of course not be able to see what anyone could do. Willie Richardson & the Brotherhood did a victory party for the crowd to send them home.

WINNER: Stone Manson

Verdict--well, this show wasn't great...part of the problem was the fact that everyone except three people were virtually unknown. Though during the show, executed were a blockbuster, stone cold stunner, and scorpion death drop. The opening angle was quite similar to what the WWF does, despite there not being cameras. It was quite unnecessary at a house show for someone to be injured like Brett Sanders was, and gosh...there were pools of blood around the ring left after the battle royal. As for the wrestling...well, WCPW is one of the triple-AAA clubs of wrestling...and many guys have been in there for a couple years but not reached the point of joining the higher level wrestling feds as evidenced by their losses to the ex-WWF/WCW people.