The Rap Sheet - from the Crimefighter
New Midwest Wrestling’s November Reign
11/23/2K2, Springfield, IL

This rap sheet is posted in http://www.newmidwest.com/forum and news:rec.sport.pro-wrestling.info a newsgroup that many wrestling organizations could utilize to spread info about their shows but don’t. I’m thinking about setting up a web page for all the rap sheets I’ve written in total after someone sitting next to me said they could not find what I’ve written on these shows. I’ll pick a place to put it later I guess.

Soccer season has started, and New Midwest had to find another venue because the location where they’ve held their previous shows was booked solid and groups were going to be charged more to use it. Small venues in Springfield are apparently hard to come by it seems, but they managed to find a venue at the Shudo-Kan Karate Club which was almost TOO small. There was barely enough room to put chairs four or five rows deep on two sides of the ring. As for attendance, it could be considered close to a sell-out since there weren’t very many empty seats, but the 200-300 people who came were crammed in there. If another hundred or so showed up, they might have had to turn people away. The space between the ring and the barrier was also a bit narrow, and of course the wrestlers knocked down the barrier in front of me leaving me a bit exposed to the fight in the ring and security did not put the barrier back up until the match was over.

I have been searching for a suspect who’s been claiming that they are the leader of one of those do-it-yourself churches that has posted a number of messages that most people would consider to be trolling. I’ve been after this turkey for a stunt he pulled while I went on vacation near where the Washington Sniper Duo were running loose, but I won’t recount what he did here. Now for the soapbox comments. CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND TELL THEM TO PUT U.S. TROOPS ALONG THE MEXICAN AND CANADIAN BORDERS TO KEEP PEOPLE LIKE JOHN LEE MALVO FROM SNEAKING IN THE COUNTRY BEFORE ANOTHER SERIAL-KILLER OR AL-QAIDA TERRORIST CROSSES THE BORDER AND KILLS MORE PEOPLE!!! AND IF THEY TELL YOU THEY CAN’T CAUSE OF POLITICAL AND CULTURAL REASONS, TELL THEM THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES WILL BE 100 TIMES WORSE WHEN THE NEXT ATTACK HAPPENS!!! Ahem. Soapbox comments are complete. When I came in, I saw a familiar face standing at the door who tipped me off that the one I’ve been trying to id will finally appear in the ring.

Now to address some fan mail, one says I have issues. Yes I have issues, they’re all political and conservative. Lower taxes, no deficit spending, school choice, no government control of the media or Internet. Those are some of my issues. Thanks for asking.

Prof. Philip H. Dempsey comes to the ring with his Honor Roll team of Michael Shard and Jason Wells. He starts blabbing about his men, then picks on people coming in late. He states that he has all the confidence in the world for Jason Wells to defeat Ramsey so he doesn’t have to fight Sage for five minutes, and Shard to defeat two men and retain his title, but he doesn’t trust Sage at all so he has hired a special enforcer to back them up. He has hired "The Alpha Male" Guy Smith. An "all female" chant starts up, which is pretty funny. Shard gets all upset about Smith being there, saying he doesn’t need anyone backing him up, that he is unbeatable. PHD tells him he either accepts Smith being there or leave. Shard leaves. PHD shouts at him that he wants him back in here or else he will no longer represent him anymore. Shard ignores him. Wells is less than thrilled with the turn of events. My view, when did PHD’s men start to have problems with their manager? It’s not like these guys haven’t had people run interference for them before.

And now a disclaimer about the win-loss records I put up beside the wrestlers names. A bunch of these guys do wrestle in other promotions on occasion when those tour groups put on a show nearby, sometimes traveling to a neighboring state. Wins and losses count in the standings if the match was held at an NMW show. If the match was held at a competing show, the match counts in the competing company’s standings, but not in NMW. There is no embellishing in my rap sheets, so if I didn’t say it here, it’s not likely that it occurred if it sounds far-fetched.

To lead off, we have two wrestlers from a promotion in Missouri, Midwest Powerhouse Wrestling of which their current heavyweight champion is Dan "The Beast" Severn. We got their Missouri State champion instead for this non-title match. Jimmy "The Bruiser" Osborne does the introductions.

[c]Christian Haze (debut) 6'1", 250lbs. Phoenix, AZ vs. Chico Es Loco (debut) 5'10" 150lbs., Mexico, MO - A middleweight verses a heavyweight. Loco wants to get some sort of a reaction from the crowd, but the music is playing so loud in that small gymnasium that it drowns out any noise. Match starts and they trade slaps. Haze with a clothesline. To the corners where Loco gets in a eye poke, irish whip and a clothesline. Loco chokes Haze with his foot. Haze gives Loco a belly-to-belly suplex on a whip to the ropes. Haze picks him up but Loco plants his head under his jaw and does a jawbreaker. Snap suplex from Loco. Loco does a legdrop, another one, appeals to the crowd on a third but misses. Haze comes up punching and elbowing Loco. Suplex from Haze gets two. Spinebuster from Haze gets two. Whip to the corner and a charge from Haze misses. Loco charges the corner with a knee. Loco sets Haze on the top rope setting him up for a hurracanrana but Haze bonazi drops Loco instead for a two count. Haze picks him up but Loco punches him in the groin. Loco delivers a tornado DDT on Haze but just gets two. Loco to the top to fly and hooks a flying leg scissors. Haze stops Loco’s next move and hooks him up for a pump handle into a slam on Loco’s head, which he calls the bombshell, and gets three. Match was a bit slow at times, maybe fueled from waiting for crowd responses.

WINNER: Christian Haze pin -> (1-0) 8 mins. **

One Weapon Tag Match
Sigma Omega Beta (0-0) vs. The Grissom Bros. (0-0) - Representing the fraternity, from Carbondale, IL "Big Man on Campus" Garret Ryan (1-0) 6'2" 232lbs. & "Toga" Steve Fisher (1-2) 5'10" 240lbs. Carbondale, IL. The Grissoms are Billy "The Kid" (1-1) 5'10" 170lbs. Riverton, IL & "The Cruiserweight Redneck" Earl (1-4) 5'10" 170lbs. Rushville, IL. The ring announcer says that each team can bring one weapon into the ring to use freely. So the frat boys bring in a large beer keg. The Grissoms bring in a large wrench. This match was pretty much a street fight, no countouts, no DQ’s, all four men can be in the ring at once, no tagging, hardcore. Unfortunately, this match made me need a tape recorder cause it was impossible to track on paper. Match began with a slugfest and spinning neckbreakers for the frat boys. The brawl going on for a while until the frats were tossed outside, Billy does a plunger on the two of them. Ryan pairs off with Billy outside and sends him into the chair rack, while Toga Steve works on Earl. More than one weapon comes into play as Ryan whacks Billy with a chair and throws him around the crowd on the opposite side of the gym. Earl and Steve continue to pound each other in the ring as Ryan puts a trashcan over Billy’s head. Eventually Ryan throws Billy over the rail toward the ring. Ryan plants Billy on the rail right in front of me, then drops the barrier on top of him and the stairs too. Hey security! I’m a little exposed here! Please put the rail back up! They don’t, but they should have kept the people sitting in the front row out of possible danger by putting that rail back up. The frat boys double-team Earl for the next few minutes until Billy squirms out of that pile of wood and gets back in the ring. Toga Steve later locks in a camel clutch with Earl’s feet hooked on the bottom rope for extra torque. They brawl some more, which toward the end they all end up outside again, where Ryan gives Earl a piledriver on the floor then handcuff him to the ring post. The keg is put in the ring, and the frats press Billy up and drop him face first into the keg. Ryan picks him back up for the Alabama Slam for three.

WINNERS: Sigma Omega Beta pin -> (1-0) 9 mins. **½

Losers Leaves Town Match
President Stan Sallinger (debut) 6'3", ???lbs. Springfield, IL & Eric Logan (1-2) 5'10" 173lbs. Palm Springs, FL vs. Bing Francis Alexia Westlake III (2-2) 5'10" 165lbs. London, England & Dangerous Doug Frazier (0-0) 6'6" 275lbs. Chicago, IL - Oh boy, this is where either Sallinger goes or Westlake goes if their team loses. I refuse to believe anyone will honor the stipulation. A super secret source told me Bing had contracted a stomach bug prior to the match, maybe the flu. What bad timing. They can’t decide who will start as they tag in and out, but eventually Bing and Eric start. Headlock takedown by Logan, an arm twist, another takedown. Backslide by Logan gets two, repeated tradeoffs of pin reversals. Bing slugs away, misses a charge, Logan climbs on Bing to give him repeated punches in the corner and stops at five before pointing to Stan for a tag. Stan pulls Bing’s shirt over his head so he can hard slap his chest repeatedly. Bing can’t see and stumbles into the wrong corner to tag. Logan takes the tag then tags Bing in the head. Bing recovers to block a move from Stan to tag Doug in. Doug slams Stan to the mat followed by a leg drop that only gets a one count. Irish whip and a big boot from Doug gets two but Doug pulls him up cause he doesn’t want the match to end yet. Oh that is one of the stupidest things to do in a loser leaves town match. Tag Bing, double arm toss, Bing chokes Stan with his leg while holding an arm in front. Bing goes for the cover but gets two, tries again gets two, tries a third time and gets two. Bing applies a headlock but is shoved off and Stan clotheslines him. Bing gets back up quickly to hit back and knock Logan off the apron. A double knee to Stan, Doug comes in for the illegal switch, an elbow from Doug only gets a two count. Tag Bing. A boot choke from Doug as Bing takes over. Bing picks up Stan for the fall-away slam. Doug and Bing dominate Stan until Stan knocks down Bing long enough to tag Logan in. Logan and Doug brawl as Doug sends Logan into the corner and misses a charge. Logan hits a 619. All four get into the action as it now gets too hard to track. Bing gets a leg drop with Stan’s head draped on the bottom rope. Doug and Stan end up outside as Bing does a lionsault from the middle rope on top of them. Logan does a plunger on all three men when they stand up. The men managed to back in the ring where Doug spears Logan, and Bing low blows Stan. Doug and Bing do the double team side cradle slam-chip shot leg drop. DDT from Eric on Doug. Fameasser from Bing on Eric. Stan hooks Bing in the full nelson, then swings him around in that position into a slam on his back. The ref is knocked out in a collision to the corner. Doug fetches a golf club and knocks Stan out with it. Logan breaks up a pin attempt and sends Doug out while he bulldogs Bing and pulls Stan on top. Doug and Logan fight outside as the referee slowly counts three for the big upset.

WINNERS: President Stan Sallinger & Eric Logan pin -> (1-0) 18 mins. ***½

Doug powerbombs Logan on the floor outside! Oh boy, Bing now has to leave town but he’s not leaving quietly. A chair is brought into the ring and Bing repeatedly smashes that chair into Stan’s body. Security takes their time to break it up, but not until the damage has been done. They drag Bing out of the arena and have to carry Sallinger out on a stretcher. Who wants to make bets that Bing Westlake will honor that loser leaves town stipulation? I’m guessing Bing worms his way back in on the next show and won’t go away for many shows to come. But anyway, Bing "finishes" his NMW run with a 2-2 record and has two losses with two different partners in tag matches. Stan Sallinger demonstrated that he can wrestle much to the shock of everyone, and that he will continue his role as president of NMW. The importance of this outcome plays out a couple days later.

Jimmy does his thanking of the sponsors as he does between every match when an unknown tune starts playing and he looks dumbfounded. I hop out of my chair KNOWING that must be the guy I’ve been after and shout "THAT’S RON!!!" This guy wearing a tacky shirt walks to the ring with a briefcase, and then I figure out, "IT’S MIKE THE REF!!! ARRRGH!!!" But then he opens the briefcase and pulls out a shoddy black robe and a bed sheet strip and a book with the words Book of Ron taped on it. He states that he all along was RON. I’m up on my feet shouting at him at the top of my lungs as he runs his mouth about his history of stupid posts on the forum board and his term as a referee. The shouting match continues, as I don’t care to recount much of his idiotic mindless dribble where I’m pretty peeved at him for endless dumb posts. If by some miracle he were to become a "face", I’ll still not like him. He complains about people calling him a cult leader. Scattered shouts of WHAT are prevalent. My super-secret source told me they thought I was going to hop the rail during this speech. Yeah if I did that I’d be thrown out of the building. I wonder how many other people thought I would do it? A different source was concerned about my mental state in the aftermath of this, and messages posted on the forum. I could have done worse things, but thought about what I could have done way, way after the fact. But to settle the worries of a few people, I’m a far, far cry from the two thugs featured on America’s Most Wanted that chopped off a finger on a wrestler known as "The Messiah" who does a similar gimmick. The nonsense goes on and on that I sit down and put my coat over my head and cover my ears when he gets to "saving people" and showing them "the way", which gets a reaction from the crowd. He talks about churches having bibles, and while the bible has Adam and Eve, he has Adam and Steve. But out come "The Iron Chef" Leo Lagossi as "Adam Deacon" and The Khaos Kidd as "Steven Bishop" wearing dress shirts as they do their impression of "Right to Censor". I shout how can you join that guy! Thankfully, Luscious P. Coltrane interrupts this bogus church service and tells RON to shut up; he’s wasted five minutes of everyone’s time with his dimwitted diatribe. He scolds the Khaos Kidd for turning on him, and wants a match with the duo right now. RON/Mike tells LPC that if he wants a handicap match that’s fine, but LPC says he’s got a partner. Given that LPC is painted up blue and black, his partner is Dredd Walker.

"The Cult of RON" (1-0) as "The Iron Chef" Leo Lagossi (2-3) 6'0" 240lbs. formerly from Bracke, Sweden now from Springfield, IL & The Khaos Kidd (0-4) 5'7" 200lbs. Springfield, IL w/ MIKE THE EX-REF...errr...RON vs. Dredd Walker (3-3-1) 5'11" 210lbs. Purgatory & Luscious P. Coltrane (debut) 5'10" 230lbs. Land of Luscious - I’m not ready to call these guys by their new names just yet, the expected shock of the whole brew-ha-ha has not set in despite the early warnings. MIKE admits he fibbed about his identity when applying for the refereeing job, because of what he claims was a blockade against him. Course he’s already changed his story on what he did and didn’t do on getting the job in the first place.

The faces hit the ring to brawl as LPC clotheslines both of Ron’s men. Dredd starts with the Chef as he arm drags him across the ring, Chef back with a hiptoss, headlock on Dredd by the Chef. Dredd elbows out of it, slams him, tags LPC. Beatdown, tag Dredd, double arm suplex on the Chef, then a dropkick from Dredd. Tag LPC. Double team suplex on the Chef gets a two count. Chef gets back to his corner and tags the Kidd. Kidd goes after LPC’s knee, Chef tags back in. Chef puts LPC in a half-crab, no submission. Locks in a standing version of the figure four, no submission. LPC tries for a tag but RON jumps up on the apron to prevent it, and have an illegal switch. Kidd with a leg takedown. Kidd locks in a leg and neck vice on LPC. Neckbreaker from LPC buys him a little time, but Chef jumps in so the ref would miss the tag. Dredd gets a few shots in before being put out. The chef strips the knee brace from LPC’s leg. A chop from the Chef followed by a snap suplex gets a near fall. A whip to the ropes and LPC does the Thesz Press. Both men crawl to their corners for tags. Dredd and Kidd slug it out before Dredd spinebusters Kidd for a two count. Four way brawl as the new church men are outside as Dredd does a plunger on them. Dredd chases RON around the ring before being ambushed by Kidd. LPC tries dealing with the Chef as Ron puts his book into the ring so his men can whack LPC with it, and out comes a small brick from the pages. Well well, what a surprise, his book is hollow just like Ron’s head. The referee didn’t see any of this, ignored the book in the ring as he counted LPC out in a cheapo win for the wacko cult.

WINNERS: Leo Lagossi & Khaos Kidd pin -> (2-0) 14 mins. ***

If there is a tag title tournament coming, these guys would probably get the bye since they now lead the pack with two wins. Only problem is, Lagossi, errr...Deacon was reportedly injured in the match and on the DL. So another piece of fan mail asks me I know it’s just a show right? Yes I know it is a show. Yes I know all these people have real jobs and I’ve run into various men on the roster at a couple places. Despite that, one guy has left a sour taste in my mouth, and that the fact that he has not owned up to anything and continues to tell fibs is not helping matters.

Central IL Title Ladder Match
[c]Scotty Cash (5-0) 5'9" 170lbs. 'Yo Mommas House' vs. El Diablo Silverado (2-3) 5'8" 173lbs. Beardstown, IL – Your referee is "Chris the Ref". As Cash walks slowly to the ring, the music playing is "Lose Yourself" by Eminem, and listening to the lyrics it heavily forebodes what was to come. Cash has a section of the crowd consisting of little kids heavily rooting for him. As the music plays Cash stands toe to toe with Silverado looking straight up at the belt. Cash starts a slugfest. Silverado with a couple of Japanese arm drags. Cash outside, baseball slide misses. Back body drop from Cash. The ladder is inserted in the ring. Silverado baseball slides into the ladder popping Cash. Ladder is set up in the corner. Cash Irish whips Silverado into the ladder. Cash dropkicks the ladder into Silverado and bashes him with it. Another Irish whip is reversed with Cash crashing into it. Cash slams Silverado on the ladder. Cash climbs on the ladder, Silverado Japanese arm drags him off. Irish whip Cash into the ladder. Suplex by Silverado. Cash slams Silverado on the ladder and does a leg drop on top. Cash with a variation of the rolling thunder on Silverado and the ladder. A few moments later Silver falls out on a charge. Cash clotheslines Silver outside. Cash with a flying elbowdrop. Cash climbs the ladder, but Silverado catches him and does the Unprettier off the ladder. Silver climbs for the belt, but Cash shoves the ladder sending Silverado into the ropes. Cash flips on the ladder to damage Silverado some more. Cash with a flying kneedrop. Silverado flat on the ladder as Cash does a double legdrop. Cash fetches a yellow chair and uses it. Suplex from Cash. Silverado on the chair, Cash with another leg drop. Attempt at a suplex is blocked, reversed into a slam by Silverado. Silver climbs for the belt, Cash puts him on his shoulders for a big fall. Suplex from Cash, then does his own version of the Unprettier. Silverado stops Cash from climbing and does his own Unprettier and makes it up the ladder for the belt, Cash struggles greatly to pull him off but it’s too late, Silverado pulled it down. Yep the song fit perfectly.

WINNER and NEW CHAMPION: El Diablo Silverado -> (3-3) 17:30mins. ****½

2/3 Falls Multiple Stips
"Alpha Male" Guy Smith (4-3) 6'0" 255lbs. Rapid City, SD vs. Tom Arson (1-3) 6'5" 260lbs. St. Louis, MO - This is the grand finale of their long running feud, Smith has had his way with Arson pretty much from day one. The "all female" chant starts back up, wonder why no one thought of this chant months ago? I quip at an active wrestler who’s supposedly a heel that’s rooting for the faces, hey I thought you were supposed to be a heel rooting for the heels. He denies being in the arena. Smirk.

First fall, regular match - Guy beats Tom on the outside, backbreaker from Smith. Arson with a rollup just gets two. Splash from Guy gets two. Side drop from Arson. Guy with a sunset flip. Tom caught Guy in a spinebuster followed by a big boot for two. But out of nowhere Guy Smith hits Little Inspiration, where finally I have a good angle in seeing the move. A double underhook then a side flip onto his back, that’s what it is! It gets a three count and it’s only 5:20 into the match.

Second fall, submission match - Guy beats on Tom who gets back up and does a pair of backbreakers before hooking in the Texas Cloverleaf and Smith taps out at 7:20 to tie it up at one. That was quick.

Third fall, last man standing - The first person to score a knockout, that is one man can’t get up before the count of ten is the winner. Tom is quick to do a piledriver on Smith, but Smith is back up at seven. Tom attacks, then fetches a table. Spinebuster from Guy. Charge misses as Tom is back body dropped over the top rope. Guy boomerangs Tom into the post, and he starts bleeding all of a sudden. You know I can’t figure out why Tom is the one that bleeds every time he has a match and no one else bleeds. Guy fetches a kendo stick as Arson crawls back into the ring. Smith whacks him on the head repeatedly with it. Death Valley Driver from Guy puts Tom down for a seven count. Tom is back up but does an F5 to Smith. Arson puts Smith on the table then climbs up to the top rope for a moonsault, but Smith spreads his legs for Arson to crotch himself on the turnbuckle. Smith picks him up and hits a back suplex through the table with Arson! The ref counts, the crowd counts with him, gets up to nine, Guy stumbles onto his feet, ten! Smith gets the KO at 13:10 and flops back down. Look at those nasty welts on the backs of Guy’s shoulders, dark red, ouch. Tom Arson didn’t move after going through the table, and ended up being carried out on a board. Back to the drawing board for Arson.

WINNER: "Alpha Male" Guy Smith 2 falls to 1 - pin, KO -> (5-3) 13:10 mins. *½

Jason Wells (2-3) 6'0" 230lbs. Kansas City, MO w/ Prof. Philip H. Dempsey vs. Sage Ramsey (4-2) 6'4" 270lbs. Peoria, IL - If Sage wins this one he gets to beat on PHD for five minutes. Guy Smith the hired henchmen isn’t out here at the moment, for good reason. Slugfest, back body drop by Sage on the outside, but Sage is thrown into the post. Wells with a DDT on the floor, then a chairshot. Wells tries to post Sage again but hits it himself. Back inside the ring, Sage with a powerslam followed by a clothesline gets a two count. Low blow from Wells that the referee missed again. Referees missed every low blow this evening, blind I guess. Sage is clotheslined over the top rope, Wells gets on the apron, does a moonsault on Sage. Another dive is caught into a Sage powerslam on the outside. Back in, Sage with a snap suplex getting two out of it. Wells gets a fisherman’s suplex for two. Wells tries a powerslam next but it’s still a near fall. A cradle slam from Wells, followed up by a rope splash only gets two. Wells misses a splash, slam from Sage followed by a big boot gets two. Wells dumps Sage outside, rams him in the stairs, posts him, then slams him. Wells tries a flying tackle but is caught and spinebustered on the floor. Back in, Sage pounds away then spinebusters Wells for two. Wells prepares to Irish whip Sage for PHD to whack him, but we have a reversal, caneshot to Wells back! Sage hooks his arms around Wells’ neck and does a variation of the chokeslam for three!

WINNER: Sage Ramsey pin -> (5-2) 13 mins. ***½

PHD is mad and he’s jamming his cane repeatedly into his own man, apparently severing ties with him. Sage glares at PHD and attempts to begin the five-minute beat down, but 15 seconds in as expected, Guy Smith rescues PHD despite how banged up he was.

Triple Threat NMW Championship Match
[c]Michael Shard (3-4) 5'8" 170lbs. Santa Monica, CA vs. Real World Jeremy (3-0-1) 6'2" 240lbs. Denver, CO vs. Rip Mystic (6-2) 5'8" 180lbs. Hannibal, MO - Shard has no manager representing him anymore. This is going to be hard to follow. RWJ clobbers Rip out, Shard clotheslines Rip. RWJ rolls up Rip for two, Shard rolls up someone for two. Powerslam from RWJ gets two. Rip and Mike double-team RWJ. They make a wish with the legs of RWJ. Suplex from Mike gets two. Kick to the corner, RWJ double clotheslines both men. Rip and Shard seem to be working as a team. Slam gets two for RWJ. Inverted atomic drop on Shard by RWJ. Mike hits back with a dropkick. Mike shoves Rip off a cover. Rip sets up RWJ for Mike ala a Hardy Boys springboard kick, but Mike kick Rip in the head instead. Mike hooks Rip’s knee and rolls through into a flip with it twice. Shard does an F5 on Mystic. RWJ gets Mike on his shoulders as Rip does a crossbody from the top rope. At this point Michael Shard suffers the shoulder injury, and neither Rip or RWJ try covering him but instead fight each other ignoring the injured Shard. After a while Mike comes back on the attack fighting with one arm, but big mistake as Rip and RWJ get him on the top rope and do a double superplex! Even more damage to that bad shoulder as it looks to be dislocated. No cover, Rip sends RWJ into the corner where the referee was standing. Oops, bad sign this is gonna end badly. Rip picks up the ref and slaps him around in the corner angry that he got himself hurt and to pay attention. Shard manages to pull off a neck breaker as a second referee tries to count it. Rip attacks the second referee and DDT’s him. Oh that’s gonna get you a big fine. Shard tosses Rip into a neck breaker for two. RWJ with a spine buster on Mike gets a two count. Mike with a spinkick connecting on Rip’s head who plows into RWJ. Mike covers each man but gets two each time. Sidearm slam gets another two count, backslide gets two. Mike and Rip clothesline RWJ. The chaos spills out, RWJ hooks Rip for a pedigree on the apron and sends him to the floor. Rip is pitched back in as Shard connects with a missile dropkick from the top rope to the floor on RWJ. The referee counts, and neither man outside make it back in. It’s a double count out for the anti-climatic finish.

WINNER: Rip Mystic count out -> (7-2) 18:45 mins. ****

Rip is announced as the winner of the match, but does not win the title. Out comes PHD to dispute things, Jimmy tells him to talk to the referee. Ramsey chant starts as Jimmy says he has an appointment to keep. PHD says he ain’t coming out and pulls out this little purple book, which looks to me like an address book with pictures in it! He claims a title can change hands on a count out in a triple-threat, fatal four-way, freaky five-way, sinister six unless Stan Sallinger says otherwise. Great, Stan is nowhere to be found to dispute the claims and PHD is SPEAKING for him. The referee is intimidated into handing the belt over just to escape the two loud and angry men. PHD holds up the arm of Rip. Real World and Shard jump back in the ring to attack, Guy Smith runs out to assist, Sage Ramsey runs out, Jason Wells runs out. Rip Mystic, Real World, Smith, and Shard in a foot chase to the back as PHD cowers behind Wells with Sage plotting his next move. Wells remembers PHD beat him with a cane earlier, so he slugs PHD himself and the now former enemies double-team PHD as the five minutes begin. A metal trashcan is fetched and put over PHD’s body, and is repeatedly whacked with a chair until he’s knocked out. A box of Twinkies is fetched from under the ring and several are smeared over his face. Sage and Jason pose for the crowd as they stop the beat down after three minutes. PHD becomes the third man stretchered out this evening, but security can’t carry the weight and drop him on the floor.

Bottom line: Hmmm…hmmm…we have our first "Dusty Finish" as the alleged title switch will not be recognized as legit, mainly for the fact that PHD told his own version of the rules to the referee and spoke for Sallinger. This title switch on a count out is thrown out and the title is vacant. Some people have viewed the outcome as a "no-contest" but I will not, because the outcome of the match was clear-cut. The title switch was not. Michael Shard doesn’t retain the title on a count out, dunno why, other than a lot of people are not happy with the turn of events to close out the show. Are they going to put all three of these guys back in the ring next month? Well maybe, but complicating matters is that Michael Shard appeared to have wrecked his shoulder midway through the match and fought with one arm the rest of the way, likewise at the end he does a missile dropkick from the top rope to the floor and reportedly dislocated Real World’s shoulder as well. At this time, the next show is scheduled to be 1/25/2K3 called New Years Resolution, a full eight weeks between shows giving time for RWJ and Shard to heal those serious injuries and allow another triple-threat bout between the men. At this time however, no matches have been announced, and probably won’t be until after the New Year.

The Big Pops went to El Diablo Silverado, Sage Ramsey, Stan Sallinger.
The Big Heat went to RON, PHD, Guy Smith and Bing Westlake.