The Rap Sheet - from the Crimefighter
New Midwest Wrestling - Rivalry II
3/27/2K4 - Bradfordton, IL
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broadcast booth, now if everyone else was able to hear it...
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figure out that I speak for myself and not the feds I'm writing about
are the same kind of people who thought the general public cannot match
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Leading off we have some roster news. "The Discount Gigolo"
Kenneth Mills has left NMW again. He came back in October for the
35-man Royal Rumble then the six man tag before taking off again,
leaving his partner Tricky Dick Moore in the lurch. He managed to
make a singles career for himself without Mills however. Derrik
Damon, another wrestler who made his debut in the 35-man Rumble has
left the wrestling school for an indefinite period of time, return is
unknown. Three NMW wrestlers, Sage Ramsey, Guy Smith and Mr.
Elite went down to Louisville, KY to take part in workouts at OVW's
second annual tryout camps during the week of March 21st. Earlier
in the month some talents went up to Scott County Wrestling in the Quad
Cities that included Hardcore KC, Steven Bishop, Jason Wells,
Mississippi Madman Don Jackson, and Drive Thru. SCW is apparently
Mr. Elite's home fed as he is a regular up there, which is how the NMW
guys got bookings.
Your ring announcer is Jimmy "The Bruiser" Osbourne. Your
commentary team is Rich Weities, and the Crimefighter. Yep, you
read that right, the Crimefighter was asked to do commentary during the
first hour as the color man rooting for the good guys while Weities
does play-by-play rooting for the bad guys. I ended up doing the
whole show and we both did play-by-play at times. This is a
tryout for me, though I've done commentary before where I was doubling
as a cameraman for the two free admission shows. Usually when I
go to a show it's at 6:30pm when the doors open, but this time I had to
come out at 5:30pm. Surprisingly, there's already a line when I
get there. Inside I see and listen to things a fan normally would
not, but not wanting to know what will transpire during the show I
voluntarily step outside so it's not spoiled for me. I got a good
look around the backstage area for the first time ever, which I haven't
gotten to see much of previously. Weities arrives at like 6:45pm,
due to his regular employment. I'm filling the spot for whoever
it is that was known as "Carmine" who apparently kept "showing up
drunk" at the commentator's booth according to a source. Where
should all the hate mail go to for putting me in the commentator's
booth? It's Rip Mystic! Anyone who's mad about me being in
the booth, gripe at him for it, POLITELY. Anyway big thanks to
him for this opportunity.
Hardcore Match
Benz (0-0) 6'3" 230lbs. "Yo Mamma's House" vs. Mr. Elite (1-2) ?'??"
220lbs. Minneapolis, MN - Benz is off the disabled list for a leg
injury after the attack by Elite months ago, who apparently couldn't
get himself booked for a match so he had to steal one from someone
else. Benz jumps him at the bell, and they slug away, Benz whip
clothesline over the top. Benz fills the ring with stuff, lids,
stop signs, chairs, crutches. Elite goes after that leg, drops
elbows, then twists that leg around his until Benz blasts him with the
lid, another lid shot, then a third gets two. Benz DDT on the
sign for two. LOW BLOW Elite. Elite gets the crutch, chokes
away with it, then whacks him. Turnbuckle smash Elite, whip belly
to belly suplex on the sign and crutch gets two. Elite kicks away
on the leg, makes a wish on the post. Benz yanks Elite's head
into the post. Elite charges at Benz on the floor and hits the
post. Benz flying neckbreaker off the apron. Toss in, and
someone's music is playing. LPC, Stan Sallinger, Danger Doug
Fraze, Guy Smith and Cherry Malone all come out here, jump in the ring
and beat the crap out of Benz. Uh yeah.
NO WINNER: NO CONTEST -> 5 mins. ¾*
Guy Smith has the mike, he has something to explain. He says he
didn't quit for real, he went to Ohio Valley Wrestling this week,
Friday night he had an OVW contract and a resignation letter. He
gets a call from LPC and Stan who ask him why are you gonna give up on
your two year war with the fans? Nothing kept him down, he can't
really go out in the crowd and beat up everyone. He asks them to
hold Benz up so Smith can slug him. Scotty Cash finally comes out
here with a chair. Jason Devall screams at Guy. Guy has the
new group GQ, he's not gonna stand for being held down anymore.
Devall says he never held him down from anything. LPC takes the
mike and rambles, Cash calls him fat Tom Cruise. Devall says he
couldn't fight by doctor's orders a couple months ago, but he got his
title shot tonight. Stan Sallinger has the mike, he's mad at
Devall for costing him the presidency. Devall says he's still got
a career as a wrestler despite the actions of Witchy. Doug has
the mike, he asks what has he done for him. Devall says he made
Danger Doug Fraze and not doing Jimmy Osbourne's job. Devall says
for ruining the match, he goes through the already announced matches,
LPC's title match is now a case of beer on a pole match, Stan Sallinger
will now fight Mississippi Madman, Cherry Malone will have to fight the
Freshman, and Smith better get ready for Scotty Cash.
Red (0-2) 5'9" 197lbs. Decatur, IL w/ Coop & Peter McDonald Sanders
vs. "New World" Quinten Tyler (4-5) 5'11" 230lbs. Denver, CO - This is
a rematch from Club 217 where Quinten pinned Red, then got punked out
by the Drive Thru. Lockup, rake Red. Lockup, armbar NWQ,
Red armwringer, takedown, kip up Quinten legdrop on the arm. NWQ
with a slam, three chained suplexes gets two. LOW BLOW Red.
Irish whip Red clothesline. Crossarm breaker Red for two.
Red sits on the arm and pulls up with it. Red scissors the arm
and pulls up, Quinten gets the rope. Red slam, legdrop twice gets
two. Red chokes on the ropes, Coop joins in. Red takedown
legdrop gets two. Red whip shoulderblock Quinten, DDT gets
two. NWQ pounds away, whip reverse crash. Red scissors the
arm and pulls up again but Quinten's foot is on the rope. Red
toss out, Coop chokes him on the floor. Ricky the ref is tied up
by PMS and Red. Toss in, Red chops away, whip reverse spinebuster
gets Quinten two. Red bails, NWQ pounds away, Red whip reverse
Coop whacks his partner with a pan by mistake, Coop in, NWQ whips Coop
with the spatula. Red charges, KICK WHAM PEDIGREE NWQ gets three.
WINNER: New World Quinten pin -> (5-5) 9 mins. **
Coop back in and beats up NWQ, splash legdrop combo, Red goes back to
the crossarm breaker, splash by Coop on the arm. PMS comes to the
table and says something. Everyone clears out and they set up the
pole. Jimmy Osbourne gives out a certificate to Jacob Martin for
his dedication to NMW.
Central Illinois Championship - Case of Beer on a Pole Match
(c)"The Cruiserweight Redneck" Earl Grissom (8-8-0-1) 5'10" 170lbs.
Rushville, IL vs. Lucious P. Cotrain (9-5) 5'10" 230lbs. Land of
Lucious - All right, LPC won this title shot all the way back in
November, but knee problems made the board bar him from getting in the
ring until he decided to turn heel and lash out against everyone.
LPC jumps him before the bell and takes the belt. Earl whacks him
from behind though, LPC beats him down again, whip clothesline.
Suplex LPC. LPC whip knee to the gut, bodyslam, LPC goes for the
beer, Earl powerbombs him off. Earl split-legged legdrop, Earl
goes for the beer but gets crotched and put in the tree of woe for LPC
to baseball slide into his face. Spinebuster LPC, liontamer but
can't hold it. Shoulderblocks Earl, ten punch count and
bite. Earl makes a wish and headbutts him in the rear. LPC
with an uppercut, whip side slam gets two. Thought you have to
get the beer first??? LPC goes for the beer, Earl LOW BLOW,
headbutt, LPC bails. Earl goes out, LPC whip reverse LPC gets
posted. Toss in, Earl slam, Earl runs by him and LPC slugs him in
the gut. LPC whip splash, chop, suplex gets two. LPC gets
the beer, a 12-pack of Natural Light, the beer falls on the floor, Earl
whip reverse splash LPC. LPC goes after the beer, takes a drink
and spits it out. Earl goes out and drinks a beer, goes in and
whacks LPC with a beer for two. LPC whip flying headscissors
Earl, bulldog, spinning neckbreaker gets two. Danger Doug is out
here and yanked James Welden out. Arrgh, LPC whip KICK WHAM
STUNNER! Doug throws the ref back in and it's a two count.
Where's the DQ??? Earl with a neck snap, gets in Doug's face,
Doug throws powder and hits LPC, Earl rollup and gets three! Earl
shares beers with the fans.
WINNER and STILL CHAMP: Earl Grissom -> (9-8-0-1) 11:10 mins.
**¼
Billy Morgan and Kev G come out for an interview segment. Morgan
says he's got a problem and superkicks Kev G and kicks him
repeatedly. Morgan hates being with losers and wants to be taken
seriously. PHD comes out, he says he deserves so much better so
he needs to make an impact. PHD has a new man in his stable, and
Kev G slowly gets out of the ring.
Tricky Dick Moore (2-3) 5'10" 180lbs. Beaverdale, PA vs. "Rather
Charming" Bradley Stephens (7-3) 6'0" 225lbs. Las Vegas, NV - I have
Stephens ranked as number one contender, yet the highest ranking guy
he's beaten is Eric Logan. He needs a bracket buster match of
some sort cause the higher ups aren't eager to give him any title shot
consideration. Moore managed to pull an upset on Billy Morgan,
but I don't like his chances here. Stephens obviously needs to
keep winning to make the drum beat louder. Lockup, waistlock
THROWDOWN Stephens. He does it again. Weities wants the
OOMPH in the rap sheet, then calls me "crapfighter" for saying Stephens
is either rather charming or rather crappy. Okay, Rich Weities
will now be known as "Shredded Wheat". Tricky Dick with a
takedown, suplex cover gets zero. Brad bails out, walks away,
Tricky follows, apron slam, toss in. Dick whip side slam gets
two. Tricky whip reverse, Brad walks into a boot, tornado DDT
gets two. Stephens with a knee to the head, delayed suplex,
chokes away. Stephens whip clothesline, elbowdrop gets two.
Stephens pounds away, whip reverse drop kick gets two. Tricky
Dick with a slam, legdrop gets two. Stephens knee to the gut,
knockout punch, fist drop. Stephens jaws with the fans, Tricky
Dick is up and hits a clothesline. Back body drop Stephens,
turnbuckle smash, choke on the ropes. Stephens whip clothesline
in the corner, boot choke in the corner. Stephens whip reverse,
Tricky gets a flying headscissors off the side slam attempt.
Tricky whip back body drop gets two. Tricky goes for the
neckbreaker, wiggles his hips for too long and gets LOW BLOWED!
Stephens whip hip toss into a facebuster, Stephens goes on the second
rope, hops off runs to the other corner and wastes time, on top, back
elbow misses, RUDE AWAKENING Tricky Dick and he gets the pin!
WINNER: Tricky Dick Moore pin -> (3-3) 9:50 mins. **¾
Man vs. Woman
Cherry Malone (0-0) 5'6" 140lbs. Springfield, IL w/ "Alpha Male" Guy
Smith vs. "The Freshman" Matt Boston (1-3) 5'8" 135lbs. Carbondale, IL
- Cherry's hometown has shifted over to New York City and now wants to
be billed as weight unknown, aka "none of your business." Weities
gets mad at me for saying her weight that was listed in her bio,
claiming you're not supposed to report a woman's weight. WHY
NOT? I don't get why the wrestling feds suddenly quit announcing
weights for the women wrestlers. Anyway, it's a lightweight
versus a welterweight. Cherry slaps Boston, Matt ab stretch then
whips her, small package gets two. Cherry whip Boston hops over,
bridge cover gets one for the Freshman and she bails. Smith on
the apron, Freshman goes over and gets neck snapped. Smith yanks
Boston outside and slugs him. Toss in, Cherry chokes away, cover
gets one. Cherry chokes again and gets a zero count. Cherry
slaps Boston on the head, inverted atomic drop is messed up,
neckbreaker Cherry gets two. Cherry slam gets two. Cherry
chokes away, pickup, whip full nelson. Boston gets out, whip
flying headscissors Cherry gets one. Cherry whip Boston kick
DDT. Boston clothesline, drags her around by the hair, rams her
into the turnbuckle. Stan Sallinger is out on the apron, Boston
on top, bulldog, Guy Smith in and gives the Freshman the LITTLE
INSPIRATION, ref sees nothing and Cherry gets a very cheap three count.
WINNER: Cherry Malone pin -> (1-0) 7 mins. *½
We go to the back, Devall asks why Arson is off the card tonight.
Arson ignores Devall so he rips the magazine out of his hands.
Devall says he's still got a match tonight. Weities after telling
me not to talk over stuff earlier in the evening is talking during this
segment. Stan Sallinger is still in the ring. Madman goes
after Stan but RON gives him the mike to speak. Stan begs off and
says he's followed RON-tology and there's not many followers for them
to fight each other. RON asks when he's tithed last, Stan pulls
out a wad of cash, RON gets mad at a small bill, Stan gives him a
bigger bill, then RON takes the whole wad and tells Jackson to lay down.
Mississippi Madman Don Jackson (2-0-1) 6'2" 400lbs. Olive Branch, MS w/
RON, Steven Bishop, Jakob vs. Overthrown President "Mr. Hollywood" Stan
Sallinger (1-4) 6'3" 260lbs. Hollywood Hills, CA - Stan just covers and
it's a record breaking pinfall snapping the mark made by Real World
Jeremy over Scotty Cash, without the drama.
WINNER: Stan Sallinger pin -> (2-5) 4 seconds. DUD
Here comes Eric Logan and El Diablo Silverado, EDS screams that those
titles are ours and wants another title match tonight. RON says
Tuff N Stuff have to defeat the Madman in a handicap match to get
another title shot, next month. EDS asks the crowd if they should
take him on, the crowd says yes.
Mississippi Madman Don Jackson (2-0-1) 6'2" 400lbs. Olive Branch, MS w/
RON, Steven Bishop, Jakob vs. Tuff-N-Stuff (3-1) - Eric Logan (10-7)
5'10" 173lbs. Palm Springs, FL & El Diablo Silverado (11-8) 5'8"
173lbs. Beardstown, IL - For the record, I'm not counting handicap
matches of various configurations in the standings, cause it's loaded
with too many pitfalls. EDS gets on E-Lo's shoulders, crossbody
EDS gets two. The cult members trip Tuff N Stuff, they baseball
slide them, the cult gets in the ring and James Welden EJECTS them from
ringside. Double clothesline has no effect, clothesline takes
down TNS, Madman throws E-Lo out, EDS slugs away, RON threw a bottle as
me as he leaves, Madman shoves him down. Jackson splash in the
corner, Madman pickup, whip clotheslines miss, EDS drop kick in the
knee. Armbar EDS, he walks the rope with it, sunset flip blocked,
Madman misses the sitdown, neck snap EDS. Tag E-Lo,
shoulderblocks don't do much, E-Lo charges and hits the post.
Madman throws E-Lo out with a hammerlock over the top. Madman
works the arm, torque's it pulling straight up. Madman jerks the
arm over the shoulder. Madman whip splash in the corner.
Madman whip E-Lo kicks the leg, SPEAR Madman, EDS got the tag though,
he clips the knee, crossbody E-Lo. E-Lo with a splash off the
top, EDS legdrop off the top, E-Lo swanton bomb, EDS frog splash gets
two. RON on the apron, he's brought in, Madman's up, TNS gets a
double chokeslam, Jason Wells is out here, chairshot on Madman, TNS
gets the pin.
WINNERS: Tuff N Stuff pin -> 8:20 mins. **½
Jason Wells (5-7) 6'0" 230lbs. Kansas City, MO vs. Danger Doug Fraze
(5-8-1) 6'6" 270lbs. Chicago, IL - Here's another old feud, Fraze and
various partners fought against Ramsey and Wells over the tag titles
last year. Now they're fighting to get out of the middle of the
pack. Lockup shove Doug. Lockup again, shove Doug.
Wells with a trip, whip powerslam, legdrop gets two. Snap mare
Wells, drop kick gets two. Full-nelson slam Fraze. Fraze
chokes away, suplex gets two. Fraze with a slam, legdrop gets
two. Doug whip clothesline, choke on the ropes, Fraze charges and
Wells pulls down the top rope. Fraze goes sailing over, crossbody
off the top to the floor by Wells. Toss in, Wells pickup,
slugaway in the corner, whip Wells splash. SPEAR Fraze gets
two. Wells slugs away, Fraze full nelson, LOW BLOW Wells,
clothesline. Wells with the firearm's carry slam, the whiplash
gets two. And all of GQ is out here again. Wells locks in a
"Wells-mission" choke hold and he submits!
WINNER: Jason Wells submission -> (6-7) 8:05 mins. ***
Guy Smith says he's gonna correct a few things, to have GQ to be taken
seriously, he says Fraze who used to work for Devall makes them look
silly so Mr. Elite is taking his place. Everyone delivers
chairshots, Smith with the Little Inspiration, then everyone punks him
out. Doug's busted open, Smith DDT on the chair. Smith says
they're 4-GQ and anyone who rallies to Devall's cause will end up like
Doug. Devall wants the music shut off, he makes a match for next
month, it's 4-GQ vs. Hot Boyz, Matthews & KC in an eight-man
tag. The GQ's think it's laughable. Danger Doug is carried
out on a stretcher. They borrow my camera to snap pictures of the
damage.
NMW Tag Team Championship
(c)The NEW Cult of RON (7-4) Kincaid, IL - "Don't call me the Khaos
Kidd no more" Steven Bishop (2-9) 5'7" 200lbs. & The Apostle Jakob
(0-2) 5'11" 252lbs. w/ RON vs. "The Marvel" Shane Matthews (1-2) 6'0"
195lbs. Atlantic City, GA & Hardcore KC (2-4) 5'7" 170lbs. Kansas
City, MO (0-1) - I dunno how they decided on KC & Matthews getting
the tag title shot, tag picture is still kinda sparse, but anyone's
better than the cult as tag champs. KC is going for a title in
Scott County Wrestling the next day. KC and Bishop start, Bishop
wants Shane instead. Bishop armwringer, hammerlock Marvel,
shoveoff, full nelson Bishop, neckbreaker Bishop gets two.
Matthews tries a clothesline but RON grabs his leg, Bishop
suplex. Bishop whip spin kick, he slugs away, Shane slugs back,
muscles him for the side suplex. Tag KC, whip clothesline, slam,
KC whip, tag Shane, KC misses the crossbody, Shane hits the crossbody
for two. Armbar Shane, whip reverse, Jakob gets a kick.
Jakob tagged in, he pounds away, suplex gets two. Jakob whip side
slam gets two. Jakob with the choke, KC in ref puts him out, RON
on the apron, illegal switch. Bishop works over Shane, Bishop
whip flying forearm Shane. Tag KC, rake Bishop, whip reverse
shoulderblock Bishop. Bishop whip reverse leapfrog KC LOW BLOW
BISHOP, German suplex gets two. KC enzuigiri, tag Shane.
Shane slam, he goes up, Bishop crotches him and he flips off the rope
on his head. Tag Jakob, uppercut Jakob, elbow gets two.
Powerslam Jakob gets two. Tag Bishop, DDT gets two. Bishop
whip powerslam gets two. Tag Jakob, double suplex, Jakob pounds
away cover gets two. Jakob whip flying headscissors Shane, drop
kick. Tag KC, tag Bishop, hip tosses, drop kick on Bishop, Jakob
pulls Shane in the way of a drop kick. Jakob has KC in the
fireman's carry, tosses him to Bishop for a double-team F5 and that's
it. Bishop throws a bottle at me on his way out. Come to
think of it, if I'm commentating every month now I'll have to put up
with RON more than I'd like.
WINNERS and STILL CHAMPS: The NEW Church of RON pin -> (8-4)
10:40 mins. ***¼
#1 Contenders Match Playoff
"Toga" Steve Fisher (4-5-1) 5'10" 240lbs. Carbondale, IL vs. Sage
Ramsey (9-8) 6'4" 249lbs. Peoria, IL - Let's review here. We had
an 18-man Royal Rumble where the winner got a title shot at Tom Arson
at the first Club 217 show, then at Final Reconking II we get another
match where the winner gets a title shot at Tom Arson. So now
they gave away two title shots and instead of having one go first in
March then the other go in April, the NMW board cops out and
orders a playoff. Yeah, that's brilliant. Looking at
history, it was Ramsey & Jason Wells versus the Sigma Omega Betas
when Garret Ryan was still with NMW feuding over the tag team
titles. Lockup, waistlock Toga, reversed takedown Sage.
Wrestling on the mat, headlock Toga, Sage shoveoff, shoulderblock gets
nothing. Lockup, headlock Sage, Toga elbows out, clothesline
Toga. Sage suplex, slam, snap mare, rear chinlock. Billy
Morgan suddenly comes out and whacks Sage with a chair and we the fans
get cheated out of a match. LAME!
WINNER: Sage Ramsey DQ -> (10-8) 1:50 mins. ½*
Toga with a SPEAR on Billy, and Sage and Toga bounce him around like a
pinball with Sage delivering the big boot. Tom Arson comes out
here and says he doesn't care who gets the title shot and can beat the
both of them with one arm tied behind his back. Devall is out
here and isn't happy, so he make a tag match between Arson & Morgan
vs. Sage & Toga later. Weities calls it a bunch of crap, so
Devall comes over and reads him the riot act.
"Alpha Male" Guy Smith (17-8) 6'0" 255lbs. Rapid City, SD w/ Cherry
Malone vs. Scotty Cash (8-9-1) 5'9" 170lbs. "Yo Momma's House" - This
is a rematch from last June where they fought over the NMW title in a
ladder match which Scotty really won but Danger Doug interfered in and
put the belt back up on the rope. And yet Guy Smith forgot that
little favor when he punked him out. Cash comes out with a chair,
then sits in it. Cash stalls the start of the match by taking
forever to ditch the chair. He slides the chair at Cherry.
Cash wants to shake hands but Smith just slaps the hand. Lockup
shove Smith. Waistlock Cash, headlock, shoveoff, headlock Cash,
shoveoff shoulderblock by Smith. Cash off the ropes, LOW BLOW,
rake, clothesline over the top. Cash splash off the apron
missed. Smith clothesline on the floor. Smith toss in, whip
elbow gets two. Smith chokes away, drops a leg across his knee,
scissors the leg and drops down like Mr. Perfect used to, twists the
leg. Smith with what looks to be the Texas Cloverleaf but doesn't
turn it over. Smith grabs the knee and lifts straight up, Cash
flips him over, clothesline gets two. Armdrag Cash gets
two. Knee Smith, gut wrench suplex, Smith twists the leg, rollup
Cash gets two. BIG clothesline by Smith, he charges, Cash back
body drop on the apron, Cash with a sunset flip off the apron!
Cash puts him in, Cash just drops on Smith for two. Smith suplex,
whip reverse powerslam Cash gets two. Cash slugs away, ties Smith
up in the ropes, Cash side kick to the face gets two. Cash ROCK
BOTTOM gets two. Cash with the LITTLE INSPIRATION gets two!
Cash puts Smith on top, Cash rocks the ropes, superplex and the GQ crew
run in for the cheap DQ. Can't say this was as good as their
ladder match.
WINNER: Scotty Cash DQ -> (9-9-1) 12:05 mins. **½
Benz, Shane Matthews, Hardcore KC jump in the ring and clear out the
heels, except for Stan Sallinger. They all beat on Stan, KC with
the neckbreaker, Shane with a version of the DVD, Benz with the
Travesty. Benz with a slam, Cash with a legdrop off the top
rope. Now they beat Stan up with chairs, GQ can't do anything, KC
and Shane hold Stan up for a chairshot to the head.
"Toga" Steve Fisher (4-6-1) 5'10" 240lbs. Carbondale, IL & Sage
Ramsey (10-8) 6'4" 249lbs. Peoria, IL (debut) vs. NMW Heavyweight
Champion Tom Arson (11-9) 6'5" 260lbs. St. Louis, MO & "The
UNDERachiever" Billy Morgan (8-7) 5'10" 172lbs. Riverton, IL w/ Philip
H. Dempsey (1-0) - Arson and Morgan jump Sage and Toga, double whip
crash Morgan and Arson. Press slam Sage onto PHD. Toga
chops Arson. Arson ducks between Toga & Sage. Arson
gets caught by Toga & Sage getting slugged down. Arson wants
to strength test Sage, Sage whip elbow. Sage headbutt, bodyslam,
tag Toga. Toga chops, whip splash Toga. Devall stops by the
table again and blasts Weities for writing stupid notes about the
prez. Toga suplex, Sage tags himself in. Sage whip, Arson
yanks Sage down by the hair. Toga tagged, Morgan in, belly to
belly suplex, triple rib breaker Toga. Toga slugs away in the
corner, whip corner, big suplex. Arson in to break up a count,
Toga slugs away, charges, Arson pulls down the rope and Toga sails
over. Arson jams the knee with a cane, toss in, Morgan covers for
two. Morgan ties up a knee and drops back with it. Tag
Arson, small package Toga gets two. Arson hangs the leg over the
second rope and kicks away at it. Arson drops the leg across his
knee, Morgan in and kicks away, figure four Morgan, PHD pulls the
arms. Morgan puts Toga's leg on the bottom rope and sits on
it. Russian leg sweep Arson gets two. Choke, clap of hands,
Morgan's in for the illegal switch and more choking. DDT Morgan,
tag Arson, big legdrop, flying elbows. Arson twists the leg, step
over toe hold, Toga in the rope. Tag Morgan, double whip double
clothesline. Arson flips Morgan over his shoulder onto Toga for
two. Toga with a big clothesline. Tag Arson, Arson with a
leg scissors ankle lock, grabs for PHD to add torque. Morgan
chokes with a shirt, PHD jams Toga with the cane. Tag Morgan,
whip missed the drop kick, Toga drops a fist, forearm by Morgan.
Choke on the bottom rope by Morgan. Tag Arson, stomps the back,
knocks Sage, Arson yanks on the leg, PHD with ANOTHER cane shot.
Welden's on his way to the "50 mistakes award". Arson full-nelson
slam, tag Morgan, he goes up, flying elbow misses by a mile.
Double tags, clotheslines Sage, slams Sage, back body drop on
Arson. Morgan misses the superkick, Sage misses his, double
superkick take them both out. Toga goes after Arson, Morgan up,
gives Sage the Sliced Bread #2, Morgan nails Toga, Arson covers Sage
and gets the pin!!! Oh I can't believe this!
WINNERS: Tom Arson & Billy Morgan pin -> (2-0) 19:20 mins.
***½
Devall is out here with the mike again, he says there's two men owed a
title shot so next month it's gonna be a coin toss to decide who fights
Arson first, the other will wrestle a mystery opponent. Devall
says go home and sleep on his title belt and pray he'll still have the
belt after First Blood. Weities goes writing a note that says
"Devall should be fired". He better hope nobody sees that, well
he did see it cause I showed it to him. *smirk*
The Verdict: I enjoyed the show, mainly cause I was calling the
action for NMW itself in the booth this time, but for some reason even
with videotape handy I had a heck of a time deciding what to rate the
matches. May have to rewatch this again but I had to get this out
the door. I didn't like getting cheated out of two of the
announced matches, though Benz had been fighting illness quite
recently. They did go through a whopping twelve matches for the
whole show, which may have been a bit of overkill. The setup for
new big feuds for the rest of the year have been set in place following
the formation of a new big heel faction. No big standout match so
it's thumbs leaning up.