As some people may know, the "Toughman" competitions which is a form of amateur boxing that are put on all across the country in various venues and Fox Sports Net have been under assault ever since a young woman died from head injuries following such a bout down in Florida. Our Governor, Rod Blagojevich, through the IL Dept. of Professional Regulation shut down Extreme Fight Night Boxing held locally at Club 217 along with every other event in the state of Illinois, targeting a major event that was supposed to take place in northern Illinois. Meanwhile, nothing has been done about allowing 12 year olds to wrestle matches for a pro wrestling company. That's probably why Hot Rod is going to be a one-termer. Well there's a bunch of other reasons too, smirk. The club owner wanted a replacement for the boxing events, so what does he turn to? Pro wrestling! And he wanted them in there RIGHT AWAY, even if there isn't time to properly promote the event and pack the building. So you can figure out how the attendance level for the first event there was, there wasn't much attendance. And that's a shame. Hampering things further is the fact that the old webhost for NMW went out of business without warning and left the webmasters scrambling for a new host and to re-secure possession of the domain name. Because I'm such a NMW fan, I'm keeping up with the activities so I knew about this event and made plans to attend and tape RAW in the meantime. Which there's another problem, it's up against RAW. But they got the club owner to switch the weekly show to Tuesdays starting in March. Another problem is there's an age minimum, you have to be 21 and over. 18, 19, 20 year olds even with parent can't get in cause it's a school night...even though most of them are out of high school and some wrestlers are under 21. Hmmm...yeah. So since I'm here to watch here's what many did not get to see.

At Club 217 the ring is at one side with the video wall behind it on the stage. The ceiling beams prevent any top rope moves however. The wrestling actually started about 8:30pm, and the final match ended about 11:15pm. We have a really nice video to open up the show, which is about what you'd see for an older RAW or Smackdown show. Your ring announcer is Prof. Philip H. Dempsey? Yep, Jimmy Osbourne isn't here so he's announcing tonight, but he's having problems with the sound system as Devall and LPC are working the boards. Devall argues with PHD over that, PHD says HE put all this **** together tonight. LPC tells Devall to turn his mike on. We keep getting squeals with the sound, PHD calls Devall on the carpet for crappy production values, Devall says he had to do this at the last minute. The CD player wasn't working very well tonight though as music skipped for several guys.

"The UNDERachiever" Billy Morgan (6-6) 5'10" 172lbs. Riverton, IL w/ Kev G vs. Tricky Dick Moore (1-1) 5'10" 180lbs. Beaverdale, PA - Unfortunately for Billy, only Kev G will be with him at ringside for a long while, cause JJ Tank broke his foot in a freak accident while training doing the running of the ropes and drop down drills. Ricky is the referee. Morgan is fresh off his title loss. Lockup to the corner, clean break, lock again, headlock takedown Dick, scissor by Morgan. Lockup, Morgan headlock takedown, scissor, headlock Moore. Morgan shoveoff shoulderblock, hip toss Moore. Morgan goes out, Dick chases, fight outside, toss in, backbreaker Morgan gets two. Chops by Morgan, then pulls on Moore's chest hair, Moore flips him around and chops him hard. Whip splash by Moore gets two. Morgan with a rake, then throws Moore out. Kev G gets into a fight with Moore, and LOSES. Bill throws Dick back in, Irish whip superkick Billy gets two. Choke by Bill, then puts him on the top rope, Moore knocks him off, Billy gets a monkey flip into the corner, then rolls him up with his feet on the ropes and pins him. We thought Moore kicked out of it but the ref says it's three. Eh? Crap. These guys face off again at Reconking by the way.

WINNER: "The Overachiever" Billy Morgan pin -> 6:30 mins. *

The Freshman (0-1) 120lbs. Carbondale, IL vs. "The Crazy Chicken" El Pollo Loco (0-4-0-1) 5'9" 140lbs. Hatchling, AL - The Freshman is Matt Boston, whom I'm to now supposed to just refer to him as The Freshman only cause there's the belief that they'll look for him where he works. That's if we KNEW where he worked in the first place, and it's way too late for anonymity now. Besides, he's got his name printed on the back of his jersey! And he goes and tells me where he works...hmmm hmmm. No Erica, Tabby, Ali, I ain't telling you where he works! *smirk* Okay, I made that part up. Anyway, I've been asking for this match for months, these are the two smallest guys on the roster and they added this tonight. It's the bantamweight versus the welterweight. Devall quips that EPL's music was the last thing they thought they'd hear at Club 217. Headlock Matt, EPL tries to shove him off but almost gets bulldogged down as Matt holds on. Lockup, waistlock Matt, EPL with an armwringer into a hammerlock, takedown Matt, and there's a break. Lockup, whip flying clothesline EPL, stomps away, EPL whip Matt crashes in the corner. EPL with a flying baseball slide drop kick sending Matt outside. EPL brawls with the Freshman on the floor, EPL whips Matt to the post, Matt blasts EPL against the stairs then rams him into the apron. Matt rolls EPL in, EPL with a rake, suplex, DDT gets two. EPL whip reversed clothesline Matt gets one. Shoulderblocks in the corner by Matt, whip EPL flies off the second rope gets two. Matt with a small package gets two. Matt slugs away with the ten-punch count in the corner, EPL collapses and Matt gets two out of it. Whip double clothesline and both guys are down. EPL gets a side suplex, then hits a "mini-Vader" bomb for two. The chicken with a whip, Matt gets the wheelbarrow bulldog and that's enough for the pin.

WINNER: "The Freshman" pin -> (1-1) 7:40 mins. **

This was an okay match, I'd like to see it again where the ceiling isn't in the way. That was El Pollo Loco's best chance for the first victory but it ended up being his fifth straight loss and still ranks dead last in the standings. Devall tells PHD not to walk near the speakers with a live mike. Someone in the room keeps telling me to shut up every time I shout something.

The anonymous cult member has NOW been identified as "The Apostle Jakob" (0-1) 5'11" 252lbs. Kincaid, IL vs. El Diablo Silverado (10-8) 5'8" 173lbs. Beardstown, IL - Hey hey, RON is nowhere to be seen! What a blessing that is, I get a night off from him. Jakob hasn't wrestled a singles bout since the Alexis Homeier Memorial Tourney. Jakob is wearing a white shirt instead of his usual black. Lockup shove by Jakob, does it again. Slam, dropkick out by EDS, dive on Jakob from the apron. EDS slams Jakob's head on the bar table, but Jakob whips EDS into the post. Slam Jakob gets two. Choke by Jakob, rollup EDS gets two. Jakob pounds away in the corner, whip clothesline, choke in the corner. Hard whip to the corner sees EDS crashing down to the mat and Jakob gets two. Another whip Jakob misses the clothesline, EDS with a spring back elbow off the second rope that connects low, Juvy Driver then a legdrop off the second rope finishes it. Those darn ceiling beams...and a bit short.

WINNER: El Diablo Silverado pin -> 5:15 mins. **¼

Don't call me "The Khaos Kidd" no more Steven Bishop (2-7) 5'7" 200lbs. Kincaid, IL vs. "E-Lo" Eric Logan (7-5) 5'10" 173lbs. Palm Springs, FL (8-7) - Hardcore KC came up with the "E-Lo" nickname which is an obvious takeoff on "J-Lo". Tradeoff of hammerlocks, Bishop rollup for two. Waistlock Logan, they trip each other, waistlock takedown E-Lo. Headlock Bishop, running of the ropes, drop toe hold by E-Lo. Whip hip toss Logan, armdrag, slam gets two. Whip clothesline Logan gets two. Kicks away, whip reversed E-Lo flips into the corner and ties himself into the tree of woe. Bishop with a running drop kick in the corner. Logan is freed and slugs away on Bishop, suplex gets two. An armbar submission hold is locked in which I don't know the name of and can't describe it by Bishop, but E-Lo makes the ropes. Hammerlock by Kidd but E-Lo makes the ropes again, Kidd chops away, whip hip toss into a neckbreaker by Bishop gets two. Kidd whip Logan hits a pair of Northern Lights suplexes for two. Whip reversed shortarm clothesline by Bishop, legdrop on the arm, he locks that submission hold again, which has an armbar, then one foot hooked behind Logan's head facing each other. E-Lo won't give up and the foot slips out, so Bishop does the spinning facebreaker on his knee. Suplex E-Lo, whip double clothesline and they're down. Both up at seven, they jockey for position but Logan gets Bishop in a piledriver and wins it!

WINNER: "E-Lo" Eric Logan pin -> (9-7) 7:40 mins. ***

Mississippi Madman Don Jackson (debut) 6'2" 400lbs. Olive Branch, MS vs. "Designated NWF Heavyweight Champ" Sage Ramsey (5-6) 6'4" 268lbs. Peoria, IL - If NWF doesn't get its act together they may have to find someone else to be their champ as they cancelled their show AGAIN. BTW, their website's been replaced with "Coming soon: The new face of sports entertainment". Gee I can hardly wait. They screwed up Madman's music! PHD argues with Devall some more over it, Devall suggests he perform a strip tease for the people while he's fixing it. PHD declines. Madman is looking angry again tonight and chases Ricky the ref around. PHD calls Ramsey a piece of **** and Madman's next meal. Jackson is screaming and growling a lot. I shout "Hey Madman you got what you want you shouldn't be mad!" He shouts back "Shut the hell up punk! This is MY house!" Cute. Faceoff, Sage slugs away but Jackson floors him with ONE punch. Sage tries it again, but Don floors him again. Jackson with a clothesline, big splash misses, someone shouts at me to shut up for warning Sage about the move (someone kept doing that all night, wonder who it was???), Sage slugs away some more, whip side slam Jackson. Madman with the choke, then a nerve hold. Sage elbows out, clothesline is no good, second is no good, third try gets Sage floored again by Jackson. Running elbow, choke by Jackson, BIG SPLASH, but it only gets two! Nerve hold by Jackson, Sage goes out, come back after the arm is raised twice. Sage elbows out, slugs away, kicks at his leg, stomps him in the back, then puts on a front face lock. Jackson with a bearhug, Sage gets out, but gets caught in it again. Spinebuster Jackson gets two. Sage tries slugging and kicking away again, then does the CLIP. Jackson's leg gets twisted around as a result and he's lucky that leg wasn't hurt badly. Cover gets two. Rear chinlock Sage, running elbow gets two. Sage pounds him, roundhouse right, whip BIG BOOT then clothesline gets two. Jackson with a Samoan Drop gets two. Jackson stomps away, turnbuckle smash, chops, choke, whip charge misses in the corner. Sage waits on him, superkick, then foolishly tries to slam him. Jackson slams Sage instead, Madman signals something, Sage with a rake and DDT gets two. He then tries for a chokeslam but Jackson blocks it and hits the double chokeslam Baldo Bomb and score the upset victory! Oh boy, setback for Sage here. Jackson's debut was most impressive.

WINNER: The Mississippi Madman Don Jackson pin -> (1-0) 11:45 mins. **½

PT Starbody comes out to referee the last two bouts. PHD is happy to see Sage Ramsey get beat up. PHD notes that Jimmy Osbourne has arrived then talks about the sponsor and upcoming events at the Club.

Danger Doug Fraze (4-6) 6'6" 275lbs. Chicago, IL vs. Scotty Cash (6-8) 5'9" 170lbs. "Yo Momma's House" - Cash's partner Benz is currently on the DL with a PCL injury, expected back in March. These men used to team as "Dangerous Investment" before Guy Smith decided to break the team up after the team suffered only it's second defeat. Couple months ago they had a wild weapon on a pole hardcore match. Fraze tries to nail Cash with the hockey stick, drop kick Cash, slugs away at Doug's head. Whip reverse clothesline Fraze. Fraze whips Cash to the corner and Fraze crashes shoulder first into the post and to the floor! LPC is cheerleading Fraze. Cash with a suicide dive thru the ropes in that corner into Fraze to the floor! Cash with an apron smash, head slam into the apron, sets him up for something, Fraze rams Cash into the post, count's up to eight! Fraze breaks it, puts Cash in, Fraze climbs in. Cash punch to the gut, Fraze with a punch to the head. Danger Sucks and Overrated chant. Fraze pickup slam. Fraze pickup, whip Cash flips out of a move, Danger full nelson into a chokeslam. Danger stomps away, stands on his throat. Danger chokes some more, whip to the corner clothesline! Cash turns Danger around, shoulderblocks, Danger with a clubbing forearm shot. Danger hurls Cash in the corner and slugs him in the gut. Danger whip Cash tries something, Danger avoids, whip reverse Cash goes sailing over the top rope. Danger with an axe handle outside. Danger rams Cash into the bar table! Ref is up to EIGHT, NINE, TEN!!! ARRGH! Cash has a chair and whacks Fraze! Definitely wasn't as good as the previous hardcore match they had and we have a RARE draw.

NO WINNER: Double Countout -> 6:15 mins. *½

PHD shills the next show, which he says it's March 28th and forgets what month it is. He doesn't care, he's drunk anyway. A new ref is out here, PHD starts chatting with him to kill time while they fix the sound system. Guy Smith comes out with Cherry Malone and wants the ring to himself and asks PHD to go. Smith says he's gone through a couple valets. Devall says a couple? Smith tells LPC to give him a stunner if he mouths off again. Smith turns to Cherry Malone and says what a fine girl she is with him instead of that trash Billy Morgan. He asks for an opponent so he can defeat him like everyone else. Devall calls for the short guy to come out, and it's Hardcore KC. This is his scheduled opponent.

"MPW Heavy Hitter, NMW Alpha Male" Guy Smith (16-7) 6'0" 255lbs. Rapid City, SD w/ Cherry Malone vs. Hardcore KC (0-2) 5'7" 170lbs. Kansas City, MO - Armdrag Smith. Lockup, hip toss Guy. Lockup, slam Smith. Smith stands on the second rope to showboat, KC waits on him, armdrag, hip toss, slam by KC. KC whiffs on a drop kick, Smith with a whip, KC catches a foot, KC whiffs on the enzuigiri. Another whip, KC catches the foot again but throws Smith down face first with it. KC whip dropkick gets two. KC slugs away, whip reversed armdrag KC. KC works the arm, Guy stands up with it, whip small package KC gets two. Clothesline Guy, choke, rear chinlock, then sits on him. Smith with a stomp then gets a cover for two. Smith tries something but KC gets an inverted DDT for two. Armdrag KC, crossarm breaker. Guy picks him up with that hold on and powerbombs him. Elbow gets two. Guy chokes away, whip boot from KC, bulldog gets two. KC slugs away, puts Guy on top but gets shoved away, we shout "watch your head!" but Guy leaps off and smacks his head against the ceiling beam!!! Dunno if that was accidental or planned, ya never can tell. Rip Mystic walks by me saying something about that but I didn't hear it clearly. KC gets up laughing at him, then drops an axe then an elbow for two. KC slugs away, whip twisting belly to belly suplex gets two. Sunset flip KC, monkey flip, crossbody KC, but Smith floats over for two. Enzuigiri KC, Cherry Malone hops on the apron, Smith nails KC in the back then hits Little Inspiration and wins it. Darn you Cherry quit interfering! Smith's music plays but it skips like a broken record. Drive Thru and PMS are heckling KC like crazy as he leaves.

WINNER: "The Alpha Male" Guy Smith pin -> (17-7) 9 mins. ***½

Smith passes Brad Stephens for the #2 contender. Main event time, and Tom Arson comes out with his belt and has the mike. Arson says it's great to be back in..."SPRINGFIELD"...Arson says he thought he was somewhere in Europe cause the sign said Normandy. Cute. He drove here from St. Louis, boring chant, Arson says he drove here for a Springfield Street Fight with Toga Steve who's not back there. He comes out here and sees only eight people. Since he's champ, he's gonna take the night off, ladies that want his phone number, he's going to the bar to get a cocktail. PHD argues with Devall about the champ taking the night off. Arson heads to the bar, and Toga Steve is at the bar!

NMW Heavyweight Championship - Hardcore Match
(c)"Trendsetter" Tom Arson (8-8) 6'5" 260lbs. St. Louis, MO vs. "Toga" Steve Fisher (3-4) 5'10" 240lbs. Carbondale, IL - The fight begins in the bar area! They slug away on the floor, Steve hurls Arson over the bar table! Toga was in disguise all along. Toga slugs away, rams him into the bar table, the apron, toss in the ring. Toga looks for weapons, tosses in a pool cue, trash can lid, jumps in, lidshot on Arson. Toga chops Arson, pounds away in the corner, whip Arson crashes in the corner, Toga measures him, Toga charges head first and MISSES. Arson breaks the pool cue on Toga's back! Arson does kung fu with the pieces, SPEAR Toga! He's got the sticks and pounds away. Arson has the lid, BAM. Arson pounds away in the corner, jams the pool stick in the throat. Arson's under the ring looking for stuff, it's his BUMP sign! Arson gets a bowling ball! Heh, I saw someone bring that in the building and thought there was a bowling alley inside the place before going in. Arson gets a trash can! Arson stomps away, CAN-SHOT on Toga! Forward Russian Leg Sweep into the BUMP gets two. That sign is pretty bent up from previous wars. Arson throws Toga out. Arson tosses the can outside. Arson with a chairshot, jams it. Arson puts Toga against the post, charges KNEE FIRST into the post! He's gonna have trouble walking now. Toga trash can shot, pool stick shot, Toga's just tearing him up. Toga works the knee, bashes the can on it. Arson can't stand, Toga yanks the leg, one foot cover gets two. Toga keeps working on the leg, toss in the ring, Toga with a weapon shot to the head, drops an elbow and torques it. Arson makes the ropes, and has to punch his way out. Arson has the pool stick but can't get up, it may be broke. Toga Steve whip to the corner, Arson crashes down, Toga Steve has the bowling ball and rolls it for the LOW BLOW STRIKE! Toga has Arson's leg, but pulls him into the corner, LID SHOT! Arson walks the hurt leg a bit and gets a chair, and looks for more weapons, it's a serving tray! Tray shot to the back. Arson makes a table with the chair, the BUMP, and a rope, but the sign's bent so much it ain't holding. 11 minutes passed. Arson with a spinebuster thru the sign! Arson makes a cover, referee counts two DESPITE a foot being on the bottom rope the whole time that Toga has to kick out. Arson chairshots to the back, Arson slowly gets Toga up, small package Toga gets two! Both men slowly get up, Toga trips Arson, puts on the spinning toe hold, Arson's next to the ropes but doesn't grab it. Arson shoves the ref, then small packages Toga for the pin, looked like they were tied up in the ropes.

WINNER and STILL CHAMP: "Trendsetter" Tom Arson pin -> (9-8) 13:10 mins. **¾

With that victory, Arson FINALLY has a winning record now. Arson says we're lucky to see him in action at Club 217, and we're lucky that the piece of **** Toga didn't beat him. Arson's going to the limo to hang with some hotties and none of the girls here are invited. Arson's music won't play, PHD argues with somebody then says the show's over but Devall's shouting something at him. Devall says the show is NOT over yet. PHD is confused, then says we have a surprise match. It's a ROYAL RUMBLE!!! Whoa.

18-Man Royal Rumble
Ricky the ref comes back out to referee this thing, ALL BY HIMSELF. And they didn't announce the number of entries, my count was how many actually did enter. The two minute interval between entries is in effect, they are eliminated when they are tossed over the top and both feet hit the floor. This is for a heavyweight title shot in March.

Starting off, #1 is Jakob and #2 is Steven Bishop! PHD wonder if these two are gonna fight each other, this could be fun. Well they just stand there in their corners, Devall thinks they're being funny, so if they aren't gonna go at it, he'll just call #3 out now.

#3 is Mississippi Madman Don Jackson! Oh this will be interesting, it's the tag champs against Madman! The cult clobbers Jackson, he slugs Jakob in the corner, Bishop hits him from behind, double team, Don fights them off, choke, Kidd tries a whip, flying clothesline takes him down! Bishop stomps away on Madman, it only makes him mad, drop kick to the ankle by Bishop. Double teaming continues, Madman fights them off, clothesline on Jakob, Bishop tries to sneak out, but he's caught and being choked. Jakob with a flying splash takes Madman and Bishop down. Bishop pounds away, and I shout "Hey, it's been more than two minutes!" Bishop shouts back, "shut up you can't count anyway!" "Oh I can't count?" Yeah, right. Now the music hits.

#4 is Danger Doug Fraze! We got four heels to start off the rumble. Danger nails Madman and tries to get rid of him already but his back gives out. The cult tries to help but Madman knocks them down and kicks Danger. Danger being choked in the corner, Bishop splashes him in the back. Madman crushes Danger in the corner. Danger with a lucky punch to get out, Jakob with a shot to the gut. Bishop running drop kick to the gut. Doug and Bishop pound away on Madman, Jakob hits Danger. Enzuigiri to the back of the head.

#5 is Sage Ramsey at 5 minutes. Jakob whips Doug with a big shoulderblock. Oh it's gonna be four against one. Madman goes after Ramsey, clubbing forearms. Madman charges and misses the cult. Danger shoulderblocks Jakob in the corner. Cult double teams Danger, Sage kicks Madman in the corner, tries to lift him. Madman punches Sage, Sage with a rake, Bishop kicks Danger. Sage headbutts Madman, which does not work. Madman headbutts Sage! 7 minutes. Jakob and Danger beat each other. Madman throws Bishop into Sage.

#6 is Guy Smith...no wait, Cherry Malone gets in there instead! You're kidding me? Madman knocks Jakob down, Cherry slaps Sage. Don't hurt her Sage! Smith teases Sage, Cherry and Smith pester Sage. Danger with a LOW BLOW on Madman? Where'd Steven Bishop go? Is he out? Danger stands on Madman. Bishop is confirmed as the first one out. Danger must have tossed him and I missed it. Jakob gets rid of Danger Doug. Cherry keeps pestering Sage, who's pounding on Madman. Sage kicks Cherry in the gut. Come on. Smith is pulled in but he escapes.

#7 is The Freshman! Last time he was thrown out as soon as he entered the match. Sage backs Cherry in the corner, she shouldn't have tried riding his back. Madman shoves Boston down. Jakob got pulled out of the ring by Danger on the outside. Uh, that shouldn't count. Madman beats on the Freshman. Danger clotheslines Jakob on the floor. Sage beats on Cherry then turns to Madman. Cherry goes after the Freshman. Danger slams Jakob's head into the stairs. Sage took down Madman. Jakob and Danger fight on the stage. Boston puts Cherry in the corner, and chops her. Smith with a neck snap on Freshman. He's not in the match! Madman double chokeslam on Boston! This is bad. Madman throws Boston over the top rope and he hits hard on the floor. Hope he's not hurt. Crud, that lasted under two minutes. A super heavyweight beats a bantamweight, real impressive there Jackson. PHD's music starts playing, says it's not funny. Madman stalks Cherry Malone, Sage puts on the Million Dollar Dream on Madman, Cherry kicks Madman in the gut.

#8 is Eric Logan! Malone and Sage are double teaming Madman, Logan slugs Madman and hurts his hand. Cherry kicks Sage in the rear. Madman spinebusters Logan. Smith takes a shot at Ramsey from the outside. Sage tries to get Madman out again. Logan shoves Cherry down. Superkick Sage on Madman. Malone kicks Logan, Sage chokes Madman, Logan on the second rope, splash. LPC takes the mike and says Devall you've been giving me crap all night, didn't book me on the card and stuck me in the booth with you all night so he says he's entering the Rumble at #9, play his music.

#9 is LPC. Madman goes crazy and scares everyone. Logan throws LPC out right away! Well that lasted about two seconds. Sage works on Madman, LPC is pissed off, Logan and Sage work over Madman, spinebuster by Madman on someone. Madman off the ropes and splashes Logan! Cherry kicks on Logan. Madman chokeslams Logan. Sage gets in Madman's face then slug each other. Cherry tries to put Logan out. Sage tries the chokeslam on Madman. Smith is up here again, Devall tells Smith since you keep interfering to get in the ring you jack*** you're #10!

#10 is NOW Guy Smith. Cherry almost got Logan out. Smith kicks Logan in the corner, Sage pounds on him and gets the Million Dollar Dream. Logan gets Cherry by the hair, she screams for Guy, Sage tries to get Smith out. Madman stomps on Logan. Someone walks by me in tears, there appears to have been an incident with another patron in the club. This distracts me for a while. Smith and Malone stomp on Sage. Smith goes after Madman. Smith headbutts Madman but it doesn't work. Madman slugs Smith, Logan shoves Cherry down.

#11 is Drive Thru's Coop! Smith got a sleeper on Madman but gets backed into a corner. Coop goes after Sage. Logan with a splash on Madman. Logan charges at Smith in the corner, gets backdropped over the top, Logan tries to land on the apron but slips off and hits the floor. Logan's out. Madman and Coop try to get Sage out. Smith sits in the corner watching. Sage misses a splash on Guy. Coop and Madman go at it. Madman shot to the throat, kicks Coop. Cherry gets shoved down by Sage. Coop has Sage in a choke. Fight in the corner, pulls Sage's neck against the rope. Sage fights out, Coop chokes Madman, Sage whips Smith, clothesline but Smith hangs on.

#12 is Hardcore KC. Sage with a chokeslam on Smith. Cherry punches KC, KC kicks her in the corner, KC threw Cherry down. KC goes after Coop, flying forearm shot. 22 minutes have passed. Coop has Sage in the corner, Cherry drops an elbow on Madman, KC pounds on his head, Smith sits watching. Coop choke on Sage. Cherry whips KC clothesline! Don't believe that one! Guy stomps KC, Madman's not doing anything at the moment.

#13 is KEV G! He gets the wrestle! Kev goes after Madman and the lights go out. Coop sits on Sage in the corner, Madman splash Kev in the corner. Enzuguri on Smith sends him out but he slips back in safely. Cherry stomps on KC. Cherry misses a move on KC, Sage rolls outside. Coop and Madman double whip double clothesline on Kev G! Still problems with the patrons. Double elbow on Kev G, Smith rams KC into the corner. Smith tries to get rid of KC, Madman whips Coop into Kev G in the corner, he splashes him to! KC drop kicks Smith.

#14 is El Pollo Loco, and he looks mad. He goes after Cherry Malone! Loco pounds away on Cherry, Smith makes the save. Madman pounds on Kev G. Smith hits Little Inspiration on Loco! Coop chokes Cherry in the corner, Kev G finally gets up but Madman chokes him. Smith goes for a piledriver on Loco, but lets him go. Madman stands on KC. Coop takedown on Kev G, elbow drop. Sage tries to get rid of Cherry, Smith gives EPL a piledriver! Coop chokes Kev G. Madman misses the splash on KC. Sage and Coop sandwich Cherry Malone. Kev G misses a splash on Coop.

#15 is Drive Thru's Red! Cherry Malone ELIMINATES El Pollo Loco! Oh boy, EPL loses to a man smaller than he is and ends up losing again TO A GIRL. Who wants to wager that El Pollo Loco will be the hapless one who has to wrestle Cherry in her first match? Sage splashes Smith in the corner. Sage tries to get rid of him, but fails. Red whips Coop into KC in the corner. Kev G chokes Cherry in the corner. PMS stomps Ricky the ref! Madman gets rid of Kev G, he's out! Red and Guy stomp Ramsey. Drive Thru and Cherry try to get KC out. Madman breaks it up. PMS is shouting BS. Cherry pounds on KC in the corner. Smith takes a break.

#16 is Scotty Cash! Cherry whip KC gets an elbow! Smith charges Sage and almost gets eliminated! Cherry with a splash on Coop which doesn't work. Sage pounds on Madman. Cash throws Smith down. KC back in, they try to get rid of Madman and Sage succeeds. Drive Thru goes after KC, Cash goes after Guy, Cherry goes after Sage, foolishly. Ricky gets shoved down by Madman. Leave him alone! Cherry stomps on Red, chokes him. Sage chokes Smith, KC almost gets tossed, Cash eliminates Red! Cherry's still in there. Cash pounds on Smith, drops an elbow, Cash slaps Cherry in the rear then goes after Coop.

#17 is Toga Steve at 31 minutes. Everyone goes after Coop, they call for Toga to help. But they get him out anyway without his help. Coop is out. KC goes after Sage, Toga ignores Cherry. Smith is still in who snuck under the ropes. Toga Steve gets rid of Cherry Malone and she's gone. Devall notes Smith hasn't been eliminated as Cash, Toga, Sage, and KC wait for him. Smith stalls on the outside, Tom Arson has come out. The four men huddle, two of them sneak out on the sides, Smith runs back in the ring.

#18 is Tom Arson, unannounced. Smith bails again. KC on the middle rope, Smith pounds on Toga, KC hits Arson, Cash waits. Smith slams Toga. Arson pounds on Sage. Cash hits Arson's back. Smith chokes Toga. KC punches Guy. KC whip reverse and Smith pitches KC out. Hardcore KC is gone. Sage pounds on Arson in the corner. Toga whips Smith and hits the SALUKI HAMMER! Toga covers Smith and everyone counts him down. Cash and Toga make a wish on Guy. Arson pounds on Sage. Ramsey headbutt on Arson, and puts on the sharpshooter! Arson screams! Submissions don't count in a battle royal. Sage stomps on Smith. Toga twists Arson's leg, Sage chokes him. Smith almost gets Cash out, hits him in the back of the head. Sage with a piledriver on Arson! Toga elbow on Smith. Arson is tossed by Sage and he's gone! Cash with a LOW BLOW upside down on Smith. Everyone covers him and counts a pin. Pins don't count, they just take turns pinning him, Sage with the sharpshooter on Smith, Cash gets the camera for a closeup shot. Toga pulls on Smith's head. It's just a triple team at this point. LPC is cheerleadering, Devall LOW BLOWS LPC...maybe. Cash, Sage, Toga wait on Smith to stand. They have their way with them, and it's 39 minutes passed. Double whip double clothesline and do another pincover. Toga pickup, and gives him a HAZING inverted swinging neckbreaker! Another cover, another pin, that doesn't count. Sage pickup, FINAL FALL on Smith! Cash off the ropes with a legdrop and it's only a TWO count this time. LPC shouts instructions. Cash and Toga NOW try to get Smith out, Sage tries to eliminate all three but Smith hangs on, Cash and Toga hit the floor! Okay it's just Smith and Sage left! Smith and Sage fight it out, Smith with a LOW BLOW. Someone shouts Toga and Cash are both PIMPS! Smith Death Valley Driver on Sage! Some is chanting Guy Smith, I counter with All Female, Cherry walks by me and says ALPHA MALE. She wants to know how long she was in there, well lets see. In at #6, out between #17 & #18, so it's about 25 minutes. Good job. Sage and Ramsey slug away at each other. Smith side slam on Sage. Ricky the ref jumps in and counts two. Hey pinfalls don't count in a battle royal! Smith whip reverse Sage eats a boot! Guy drops an elbow. PMS argues with me about pinfalls counting instead of over the top. Smith tries to lift Sage out, he fails. Devall calls to Guy, Sage slugs on Smith, double chokeslam blocked. Devall says it's now a one-on-one anything goes match. Like it wasn't already? Belly to belly slam by Smith. Devall says he's not gay, he says it's fun to see Smith get beat up. Smith with a LOW BLOW KICK. Smith with a choke on the mat. Come on! Sage stands up, double chokeslam Baldo Bomb on Smith! Sage covers and gets two. What happened to the over the top rope rule? Sage and Smith slug away, 46:30 passed. Smith with a rake. Smith whip clothesline missed, leapfrog, BOOT to the head of SMITH! Sage turns him over and gets two! Can't believe this. Sage pickup, Guy gets a sleeper, jawbreaker by Sage! Sage tries to get up, Smith in the ropes, Smith kick, whip reversed powerslam Sage gets another two count! Ramsey with a cradle gets two. 48:30 passed. Sage goes outside, Smith with him, whip into the post goes Sage and he's down in a heap! Guy rams Sage into the bar table, then the apron. Ramsey's tossed in, Smith climbs in the ring, pickup Sage small package gets two! Close! Smith, whip to the corner, lookout Ricky! Smith whip reverse Smith hops over Sage, Smith schoolboy rollup gets ONLY TWO! 50:30 passed. Smith with a choke, Smith blocks a whip, Sage clothesline, gutwrench suplex, Smith I think got a low blow, DDT! Ricky is talking to a security guy for some reason. Smith on the second rope, axe to the chest gets two. Someone shouts "Guy's a queer!" Smith misses the elbow, he tries slugging Sage in the head, Sage hulks up, Smith kick to the gut, whip reverse boot to the face by Sage! Sage with FINAL FALL and pins Guy Smith! It's OVER!

WINNER: Sage Ramsey pin -> (7-7) 53 mins. ****

I don't want to rate battle royals, but I'll give this four stars for the whole thing including the singles bout that emerged at the end. For the record, Sage Ramsey stayed in the longest at 48 minutes. The crowd won't make noise for the winner is quiet for some reason, fatigue I guess, I'm certainly tired myself after that marathon of a battle, PHD says he's the winner using the word unfortunately. Nice. I have to shout for them to hit his music. Tom Arson asks who's he gonna be facing in March, I say SOMEBODY, the winner of the four way! Arson says it will be against him. Sage looks and points at Arson that the title is his. Guy Smith apparently suffered a neck injury as PHD is calling for EMTs to the back. Dredd Walker who wasn't at the show informs me that he may not make the Final Reconking II event. PHD wishes us good night and plugs the upcoming shows, and I'm outta here, I gotta go to work tomorrow! Lucky me, I get up at 7:30pm to go to work, a bunch of wrestlers have to get up at FIVE A.M. tomorrow! And it's 11:30pm! Yeek!

Monday Warfare will go on again next week, with Final Reconking II to follow on Saturday, then another Monday Warfare just two days later before it switches over to Tuesdays. Easy thumbs up for the show overall, just wish more people would have been able to see it. If they get this thing on videotape and sell it the next show...BUY IT. I don't know if I will write up a rap sheet for the next Monday show, since this takes two days to write at a time, kind of a toss up right now. I will be writing a sheet for Final Reconking II when it goes down. Until next time, this is the Crimefighter saying Bustin' Ain't Easy!