The Rap Sheet - from the Crimefighter
Capitol City Championship Wrestling's Blood Sweat & Tears
7/24/2K4 Springfield, IL
Did 3CW's first major show live up to the hype?
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Capitol City Championship Wrestling was holding it's first PPV-like
show in existence the same day I was at a different show doing
commentary. They filmed the event, and I had full intentions of
getting the video for review. After about two months I finally
got the video, though the official version is not out yet, for getting
this thing watched and reviewed I was all too willing to get the raw
footage from a still camera and thus this rap sheet is based on
that. Unfortunately the copy was distorted a bit and some parts
of the show were out of view with this camera so I'm gonna have to
reserve judgment on some items until the DVD is finished and I can turn
in my copy for an upgrade. Strange sight after the show, two
little girls were hitting each other with the trays used in the rumble.
Live from 1900 N. 19th Street. Your ring announcer is
_____. Your commentary team is _____ and ______. Your 3CW
commissioner is KC Marsh. I'd like to say whoever it is that
writes "The Rundown" exaggerates a lot in describing what happened
during this show, which is what I used as an aid in getting some
details that the camera missed. All the matches tonight have some
sort of stipulation.
KC Marsh at the open talks about the 20-man hardcore royal rumble but
he has one extra and thus schedules a playoff that's supposedly falls
count anywhere between the last two men, and they come out right now.
Billy Reno vs. Kaleiko -- Kaleiko jumps him as Reno got
introduced. Whip to corner, Reno pounds away, chops, he runs to
the other corner and charges for the back splash but missed.
Kaleiko whip hip toss blocked, knee jam Reno. They roll out, Reno
with pan shots, they fight on the floor and soon disappear to the
back. No ref, no bell, thus no match.
NO WINNER: NO MATCH -> 2:30 mins. N/A
Tag Team Tables Match
"Golden Eagle" Chip Conway & Justin Blade vs. Irish Revolution -
Mickey McNelson & Shamus McNelson w/ Pat MuGroin - They flub the
music for Conway. Chip's original partner was Machine Gunn Tommy
but at the last minute he had to leave for emergency medical attention,
so Conway has Justin Blade in his place. They tease the Irish
guys with the jig. Chip & Mick start. Lockup,
hammerlocks traded, they pound away on each other, Chip yanks him down
by the hair. Lockup, Mickey with a takedown and whips Chip on the
rear. Mick slugs away, whip Conway kicks him in the corner.
They go outside to fight, Mick tosses Chip back in, tag Shamus.
Whip dropkick by Chip has no effect, Shamus tries drop kicking the air
and hits the mat. Chip drops elbows, tag Blade but the Irish Revs
bail. Lockup, Blade kicks away, whip reverse splash Shamus.
Whip clothesline Shamus. Slam, splash, tag Mick. Mick
weakly punches away, whip Blade gets a headscissors to send Mick
outside. Shamus in and gets a shot in, Mick rolls in, whip to the
corner, Blade gets the splash. Blade chokes away, LOW BLOW Mick,
tag Shamus. The Irish go to opposite corners and charge for a
sandwich but miss Blade. Tag Conway, he pounds away. Whip
reverse clothesline Mick, they toss him but he doesn't hit the
floor. Shamus gets a table and puts it in the corner. Mick
slugs away, Chip turns him and slugs away weakly, whip toward the table
but Shamus pulls the table away. Chip kicks away, LOW BLOW
Mick. Mickey with a slam, second rope elbow. Mick throws
some more weak punches, Chip has his head rammed into a table, tag
Shamus. Double whip to the corner, table gets moved by Blade and
dumped to the floor. Tag Shamus, they get punch drunk again, whip
dropkick by Chip. Tag Blade, he slugs away some more!
Attempt to slam the 350 pound Shamus fails miserably, Shamus slams
HIM. Shamus throws some more weak punches in the corner, and this
match is just dragging on and on. Blade powerbombs him off the
second rope. Mick in, Chip in, it's another slugfest! Mick
flops down, Blade kicks away, tag Chip. More weak forearms.
Table is put in, the Irish Revs try to sandwich Chip but get the
referee instead! Mick puts Chip on the table, Mick with a second
rope splash but Chip moves away and he crashes through it. The
ref is down, the Irish Revs still go after Chip, do the Demolition
decapitation elbow double team move they renamed the Clover Crusher,
dump Conway on the broken table, revive the ref and win the
match. Really long, dull and boring, and ugh those weak punches.
WINNERS: The Irish Revolution KO -> 17:10 mins. ¼*
Nemesis and the Iron Chef Leo Lagossi come out to gripe at people.
Triple Threat Casket Match
Gavin Alexander vs. Vampire Kaval vs. Chuck Diamond - Well the rules of
this match weren't explained. Do you win by dumping the other two
guys in the box or is one enough? Kaval does a very Undertaker
like entrance, raising his arms to make the lights go up. Gavin
attacks him before Diamond even comes out. Gavin whip flying
clothesline Kaval, fight in the corner, drop kick Kaval, whip
splash. Chuck comes in and whacks Gavin with a chair, chop block,
drop kick double team. Chuck knee to the face of Kaval, whip
baseball slide drop kick on Gavin. Chuck suicide dive on Kaval
& Gavin. Apron slams by Chuck, Gavin throws Kaval into the
post. Chuck with a running enzuigiri on Gavin. Gavin is put
against the post, Chuck charges and well eats the post. Kaval
with chairshots, Gavin slugs the chair into Kaval. Gavin with an
apron slam, Chuck put in, whip sideslam Gavin. Fistdrop, elbow,
fistdrop, elbow Gavin, Chuck whip rolling splash but gets thrown down
on the bulldog attempt. Kaval with a chop block, Gavin cusses up
a storm, leg is put on the rope for Kaval to sit on it. Kaval
works the leg, Chuck in, Kaval with a neckbreaker, then a flipping
legdrop. Kaval gets tossed into the casket, but blocks the
lid. Kaval escapes, gets a chairshot on Gavin. Chuck and
Kaval do the Hardy's back jump side kick. Gavin catches Kaval for
a powerbomb, Chuck yanks him down from behind. Chuck drop toe
holds Kaval into a chair on the mat. Chuck puts him in the tree
of woe and kicks away. Chuck puts a chair on his face, does a
rolling drop kick. Gavin tosses him out, hits Kaval with a half
suplex into a facebuster (dang I need to find the name for that move)
into the chair. Chuck in, gets in Gavin's face, Gavin whip sitout
spinebuster. Kaval runs in and hits Sliced Bread #2 on
Gavin. Kaval and Chuck decide to unite, they kick away, Kaval
takedown on the ropes, Kaval holds a chair in front of Gavin's face for
the 619 by Chuck! Kaval goes up, crossbody, Gavin is still
cussing a lot, CONCHAIRTO by Chuck and Kaval. They dump Gavin
into the box and the ref declares co-winners.
WINNERS: Vampire Kaval & Chuck Diamond KO -> 12:40 mins. ***
The next day, WQLZ's Morning Disaster posts pictures of Rage being
soaked in ice cream as a result of getting a concussion from the
conchairto. Bunch of people run outside for some particular
reason, dunno why.
Taped Fist Match
"The Iron Chef" Leo Lagossi vs. Ace Dorrity - These were the two guys
who had that horrible first ever 3CW match. The chef charges
Dorrity but he dodges him and chokes away in the corner. Suplex
Ace, he slugs him down for one. Chef slugs away, slam Chef gets
one. Chef slugs away, suplex gets one. Choke by Lagossi,
turnbuckle smash, chops. Ace turns him, he slugs and kicks
away. Whip clothesline Ace, he slugs away and gets two. Axe
slugs and kicks away. Whip reverse splash by the chef.
Lagossi dumps him out, works him on the floor, Ace gets a DDT on the
floor. Ace back in, suicide senton over the top rope to the
floor. Toss in gets two. Slugfest, Ace whip reverse bulldog
Ace gets two. Chef gets him in a fireman's carry, teases a
different move, but spins him off the shoulders to the mat and locks in
the crippler crossface for the submission. Glad Ace didn't try
any wheelbarrows.
WINNER: "The Iron Chef" Leo Lagossi submission -> 6:30 mins. **
Billy Reno and Kaleiko come out of nowhere brawling up the side of the
audience and out another side door. Ummm yeah. They go to
intermission.
19-Man Hardcore Royal Rumble
Rules for this rumble, numbers one to four start the match for three
minutes, then a new person enters every minute thereafter.
Wrestlers can use whatever weapons they wish on others. This was
supposed to be 20 men, but we appear to be one short by the end.
So why did KC Marsh bother with a playoff earlier? #1 is Vampire
Kaval, #2 is Chip Conway, #3 is El Burreto Aerial, #4 is The
Disciple. Everyone takes turns pounding on each other, Chip chops
the other masked guy, Kaval and Disciple fight, Disciple chokeslams
Kaval. Chip shoulderblocks EBA, he rolls out and Chip
follows. Disciple whip Kaval splash missed, facebreaker
Kaval. Disciple goes after Chip, whip splash. Suplex Kaval
on Chip. Kaval whip on Chip he eats a boot. Disciple chokes
EBA. Kaval rolls out, Chip follows. Disciple whip EBA
clothesline corner, Disciple goes outside.
#5 is “The Iron Chef” Leo Lagossi and he whacks Disciple with a
stick. Kaval gets a chair in there, Chef rolls out.
Disciple tries to get rid of Kaval but he kicks him in the head.
Disciple gets the stick.
#6 is Jokez, panshot on Kaval. Chef dumps EBA and he's
gone. Kaval panshots Chip. Disciple almost dumps Jokez but
he flips back in. Now everyone's on the floor beating each other
with stuff.
#7 is Shamus McNelson. Kaval works Jokaz with the stick, Disciple
gets after him, Jokaz whacks Kaval with the stick. Shamus and
Chef back in and beat on Disciple.
#8 is Justin Blade with a ladder. Shamus & Chef dump Disciple
out. Ladder is set up, someone gets whipped into the ladder, oh
that was Blade. Kaval is put in, chairshots by Chef. Chip
whacks Jokaz with a stick.
#9 is Gavin Alexander. Trashcan shots, weak ones by Gavin.
Chef throws Kaval out. Chip fights Shamus, ladder is put up
again. Jokaz is whacking someone with a stick. Chef takes
it and nails Jokaz. Chip's in the ring.
#10 is Sanity. Shamus works Jokaz on the floor, everyone else is
out of view. Sanity chokeslams Jokaz on a trashcan, Gavin
chairshots Sanity.
#11 is Ace Dorrity. Gavin goes after Sanity. Chef runs from Justin Blade. Chip beats on Shamus.
#12 is Brian Violence. Everything is out of view at this point, I
need the DVD or something. Someone nails Shamus with a pan.
#13 is Billy Reno and #14 is Kaleiko. Well they brought them out
together and they're fighting again. Chip is walking around with
a trashcan and hits Shamus with it. Everyone piles back in the
ring. Reno is driven face first.
#15 is Chuck Diamond. Sanity tries to hit Gavin with a
chair. Sanity chokes Reno. Too much going to tell what’s
going on.
#16 is Hachet Warrior. Gavin gets dumped by the Chef, he's
out. Chef gets Brian Violence out. Jokaz almost gets
eliminated.
#17 is Machine Gunn Tommy! Well after getting checked out at the
hospital and treated, he was able to get back to the show in time for
the rumble. Fight continues, I can't tell much, Dudley Dog by Ace
on somebody.
#18 is Dickie Williams. Tommy gets rid of whoever it is with the
red shirt and white facepaint, apparently Hachet Warrior. Dickie
has a whiffle ball bat, sheesh. Jokaz throws Sanity out.
Tommy whacks Jokez with a weapon.
#19 is Mickey McNelson. Dickie taps Mickey with the plastic
bat. Okay that's PATHETIC. Ace whips someone with the
racket. Blade goes after Shamus. Chip with a canshot on
someone. Shamus throws Billy Reno out. Chef and
Shamus work on Blade, Dickie Williams fights Mickey. Chef dumps
Chip Conway out. Chef nails someone on the floor. Mickey
with a panshot on Williams. Chef throws Kaleiko back in, Mickey
throws him over the top. Shamus comes in with a barbed wire
bat! He’s so mad from being hit with a whiffle ball bat that he
cuts up Dickie Williams head with it! Chef and Mickey throw
Justin Blade out, Ace is put on the ladder, Shamus splashes him.
Dickie Williams back in Chef and Williams try to get Shamus out.
Mickey almost dumps Ace out. Chef directs traffic, Shamus whip
and Williams goes sailing out. Chef then dumps Shamus out, which
was a surprise. Mickey McNelson works on Ace. Chef whips
Ace into Mickey and he tries to back body drop him out, but he lands on
the apron, rolls in, then out to the floor, Chef and Mickey think they
won, Ace runs up and drop kicks them both out for the win.
WINNER: Ace Dorrity -> 21:10 mins. N/A
Uh oh, there's a dispute, KC Marsh doesn't quite think Ace's win was
legit, but Chef is arguing furiously with him and the refs. Chef
screams that he and Mickey won this rumble so now they want a triple
threat match between him, Mickey McNelson and Ace Dorrity. Okay
whatever, but it was CLEAR who won this thing. Not the best
rumble I've seen but there was a bunch I didn't get to see with this
tape. I rarely rate battle royals or rumbles.
3CW Heavyweight Championship - Last Man Standing
Nemesis vs. Kandi Deluxe w/ Peppermint Paddie - Lockup, drop toe hold
Kandi, shoveoff, crossbody caught, Kandi slips out, Kandi gets caught
again, powerbomb attempt reversed into a bulldog by Kandi. Kandi
with the BOOT, flying clothesline, Nemesis bails out. Kandi
suicide dive attempt gets a trash can into the face. He almost
didn't clear the top rope and lands hard. Apron slam, toss in
Nemesis. He gets a ladder, Kandi face slams him into it.
Nemesis gets up and steps over the ladder, Kandi bounces it up into his
crotch in a rather contrived spot. Baseball slide dropkick into
the ladder by Kandi, fight outside, Kandi gets POSTED, trayshot and
toss in by Nemesis. Side tilt-a-whirl slam by Nemesis, torture
rack into a neckbreaker. Pickup, Kandi outta nowhere KICK WHAM
STUNNER! Nemesis shrugs it off, hits a chokeslam, Kandi up at
5. Jumping double-arm DDT Nemesis. Paddie jumps in the ring
and begs for mercy but Nemesis whacks her in the back with a
chair. Paddie rolls out, Nemesis dumps a bag of TACKS in the
ring! Nemesis tries to shove Kandi's face into the tacks, but
gets bulldogged into them instead! This video doesn't allow me to
see it, oh well. Russian leg sweep by Kandi into the tacks again,
then some chairshots. Nemesis rolls out, fight outside, the
ladder is fetched again and used. Ref gets to eight, something
happens outta view. Leo Lagossi runs out and nails Kandi with
something. KC Marsh removes the Chef from ringside. The two
men get back in, Nemesis blocks the stunner, TOMBSTONE
PILEDRIVER! Nemesis positions the chair, low-impact tombstone on
the chair. Kandi is up at nine. Nemesis stands the chair
up, a sick-looking THIRD TOMBSTONE on the chair and that gets the
KO. Some sloppiness in there and contrived stuff just hurt the
match.
WINNER and NEW CHAMP: Nemesis KO -> 16:40 mins. **½
The Verdict: Did the show live up to the hype as I read in the
Rundown report? Surprisingly the answer is no. Though I've
seen a lot worse shows this year, I'll grant that 3CW has made some
progress in improving the product in the ring. But they still
have some ways to go. And someone will tell me I’ve overrated
stuff again.
Thumbs leaning down.