15 Y.C. Part 7 No Joking People

We’re back on the indy scene for this review and we’re back to IWA Mid-South. For those who don’t know IWA MS it’s famous for getting pretty low crowds, in fact they once held and filmed a show with about 10 people in the audience. However this so was the complete opposite and the place was full to the brim with fans and it ended up being one of their best shows ever. The show took place in April 1^st 2006 (I believe) and we have Jim Fannin & Ben Jordan on commentary all night long.

Vulgar Display of Power (Brain Damage & Deranged) vs. Team Underground (Eric Priest & Chandler McClure): VDOP are more Deathmatch workers and this is a straight up match so we’ll have to see how they do. Team Underground have Playboy bunnies on their tights, only girls should wear Playboy bunnies. Deranged and Priest to start, Deranged is extremely loud in everything he does. VDOP are hitting some sick shots to get the advantage, they really don’t hold back. Deranged tries a Fall Away slam to the corner but it doesn’t work. A lot of messed up spots by everyone here. Deranged goes for a second rope moonsault but misses, he’s a big boy so that’s a big deal. Team Underground go for a Spike piledriver which results in Priest hitting a piledriver and McClure looking like an idiot and hitting nothing, but that ends the match. I would say this match was bad but the fans were into it and that’s half of what makes a match, if they jumped on the botches it would have been worse.

Daizee Haze(c) & Vanessa Craven vs. MsChif & Mickie Knuckles(c)-Elimination Match to Unify IWA MS & NWA Mid-West Women’s title: Craven is 6’3 dwarfing everyone in the ring. Mickie is the companies Women’s champion and it’s a rip off of the WWF European title, really? You couldn’t rip off the Women’s title you had to rip off the European title. By the way did Russo get to book this show? Why are you unifying two titles in a tag match, which has eliminations? Haze and Mickie start and Haze hits a low blow to start. MsChif is quickly tagged in, screams and Haze runs away and tags. We get our first “Wrestling! YAY!” chant, it would be the first of many. The heels spend a good few minutes working on MsChif, MsChif finally tags Mickie catches Haze’s crossbody attempt and tags straight back out, why? Haze and MsChif work into a weird double pin and are both eliminated, leading to boos and I don’t blame them as that was a weak finish. Mickie and Craven trade sick shots which include headbutts and loud chops. MsChif mists Craven, she was out of position for that and had to run over, and Mickie hits the Redneck Hangover to win. First off, look wrestling world someone who isn’t Japanese or pretends to be is using the mist. Second this match was pretty bad at places if you were putting Mickie over why not have her overcome the two heels?

9 Way TLC match for a shot at the World title: Ok so the rules are 2 men start and then another enters after a few minutes, the ladder cannot come into play until all 9 are out. You can get eliminated by pinfall, submission or going through a table. We get Marek brave and Tyler Black to start, they were teaming at the time. Trik Davis is out next, he looks like a geek really doesn’t look like a wrestler. Billy Roc is no.4. Trik hits a tope and Roc comes in and hits a plancha on everyone straight away. Dave Crist is no.5. Trik is held in a boston crab but his head is between two chairs which are then dropkicked into him, that looked insane. Dave hits a Triple Jump Lionsault on Roc. Chuck Taylor is no.6. Chuck hits a beautiful dropkick on Roc. Jake Crist is no.7. Ricochet is no.8. Black hits God’s Last Gift on Roc to eliminate him. Darin Corbin is the final guy. Darin does a stupid dance while everyone watches him, they crowd round he asks for a time out to remove his LED belt and they all jump on him after. Dave is running up a slated ladder that’s on the ring and Brave jumps over the top rope and crossbodies him. We get the Tower of Doom spot. We get a series of dives ending with Ricochet hitting a Double Moonsault of the ladder to the outside. Trik lands on Darin’s shoulders and actually has his hands on the contract but Black ups in for the Doomsday Device. Brave attempts a Shooting Star but goes nowhere and lands on the turnbuckle and falls through a table so he’s eliminated. Ricochet is then eliminated after the Crist’s hit an insane double team. Darin hit’s Shin City on Chuck to eliminate him. The Crist’s are eliminated when Black splashes both of them through a table at the same time. Trik knocks Corbin of the ladder but Chris Hero pulls him off before he could win and this leads to Corbin winning the match. Overall this was an insane stunt show that helped showcase some of the younger talent at the time, and Corbin (the only heel) got major heat for winning like that.

Eddie Kingston, Larry Sweeney & Spike Dudley vs. The Iron Saints (Sal, Vito & Brandon Thomaselli): This starts with King calling out the Saints and them beating him down, this leads to Sweeney trying to make the save and then Spike joins them making a six man. Basic back and forth action until the Saints pull out King and deliver a Knee breaker on a chair. In the short time Spike has been in the ring he’s taken shots at WWE and ROH, explains why he doesn’t work much anymore. Spike hits the Acid Drop but is pulled out and is hit by a chair and he’s now bleeding. We get Memphis style from the Saints who trade of using Brass Knucks on Spike. King has been selling his leg all match and even during his comeback he’s constantly grabbing the leg, the little things matter. Spike attempts the Acid Drop but lands into Brandon who hits the Deal (a Powerbomb on the knees) for the win. Nothing great here but wasn’t bad, Sweeney did very little but everything he did was great. This match was mainly to continue the King/Saints feud.

Ruckus vs. Josh Abercrombie (c) for the IWA MS Light Heavyweight Title: They get to the outside and Ruckus goes for a dive, Josh moves but he lands on his feet and they brawl on the outside for a while. Ruckus does a running up the wall moonsault. They get back in the ring and he hits a moonsault legdrop. Josh gets the advantage by throwing Ruckus back first into the corner and he begins to attack the back. Ruckus hits a springshot twisting kick and then a rolling Fame Asser to come back but he’s soon cut off with a Sidewalk Driver, these days everything is a Driver. Ruckus locks in the Gory Special and manages to pull Josh’s head behind his arm and then lands a flatliner out of it, never really seen that before or since. Ruckus does his Chaos Theory Fisherman for a near fall. Josh hits the Taliban Backpack Lungblower and follows that with the Phoenix Splash for the win. Pretty solid match, they messed up a bit but they recovered quickly instead of freaking out. Ruckus offence is a crowd pleaser and Josh was just great in his role at the time.

Kevin Steen vs. Ian Rotten: Steen starts by talking about Shawn Michaels vs. Vince McMahon and how this match is like that. A woman in the crowd yells out and he replies “Shhh, women shouldn’t speak”. He then copies Shawn Michaels. That promo was great and a prime example of why I love Steen. Ian’s return promo was a bit hit and miss and he randomly insults Shawn Michaels. Very nice chain wrestling for a while, very impressive on both ends. Steen eventually gets the advantage after using the post. We get “You Screwed Bret” chants and Steen replies “He deserved it”. Steen’s advantage didn’t last long at all. Steen hits the forearm and kip up, this leads to him doing all of HBK’s stuff. We get the elbow and does the stomp in the corner but misses the kick. Steen does hit the kick but Ian gets his foot on the rope. Steen tries for a senton but Ian gets hit knees up and gets a cradle for the win. It was an OK comedy match but nothing else. I do think Ian is an underrated wrestler and Steen is great but this was just OK.

Delirious vs. El Generico: Bell rings and Delirious goes crazy, and Generico runs off. Delirious locks in a head lock and takes Generico down, Generico sneaks out but Delirious stays in the same position. Delirious is hilarious one of the best comedy wrestlers when he wants to be. Delirious refuses to jump over Generico’s lay down because he will trip him, this leads to the Ref holding him. Delirious tries throwing Generico into the post but he blocks and runs off with Delirious behind leading to him running into another post. I’m starting to think it’s because the arena is small and the camera’s are close that all these chops sounds sick, it’s been like this in every match. Delirious kills Generico with the Panic Attack knee. Generico hits a somersault plancha. Delirious hits the Cobra Clutch backbreaker. Delirious hits Shadow over Hell for a near fall. Generico hits the Yakuza kick and the half & half for a near fall. Delirious blocks being put on the top by pushing off and then hits the Chemical Imbalance for the win. Not only a great comedy match but a great match in general.

Tank vs. Toby Klein: Lots of strikes here. Tank gets the advantage by out striking Toby. Toby barely hits a plancha onto Tank. Toby kills Tank with a chair shot and then hits a Van Terminator which busts Tank open and gets a near fall. Toby tries for a DVD but gets a Samoan drop and a twisting top rope splash for the win. If you like 2 guys hitting each other a lot then this is for you. Tank bleed for no reason and all this did was put Toby over on route to him winning the World title later in the year.

Necro Butcher vs. Low Ki: This was the match everyone wanted to see. The match started with Ki running through the crowd and jumping Necro, the fans then fill the ring with streamers in a great visual. Ki looks really careless when delivering some of his strikes. They fight in the crowd and it looks like Necro is bleeding from the mouth. Necro has said that Ki hit him harder than anyone ever has, that says a lot. Everything these two are doing is getting a reaction and those are the types of matches you have to love. Every time Necro blocks or tries to counter he’s met with a kick. Ki hits some sick Kawada kicks and then brings in a table. Ki reverses a powerbomb into a Double stomp. Ki springboards and runs into a clothesline. Necro does his chair bodyslam on Ki. Necro’s body is stupidly red that’s how harsh this match has been. Ki counters a powerbomb attempt by stamping on Necro’s bare foot. Ki hits a double stomp while Necro’s bent over in the rope for a near fall. Necro hits the Tiger Driver for a near fall. The two fight on the top which leads to Necro laying on the table and Ki hitting his Tree of Woe Double Stomp through a table for a near fall. Ki locks in his Dragon Clutch and Necro passes out leading to Ki winning. Just a fantastic match, it may have been a lot of striking but they did so much more and told a story. The crowd made this match that little bit better.

Milano Collection AT vs. Chris Hero: AT has an invisible dog for some reason. AT is really outwrestling Hero to start. AT tries Hero up in the rope with himself and then delivers a funny looking dropkick. Hero does a rolling plancha were he lands on his feet but he goes down straight away leading to the long “shoot” injury spot and Hero getting the advantage, my one problem is that the spot has become truly predictable and just eats up so much time. AT hangs Hero on the second rope and while on the outside does a running dropkick in a great looking spot. Hero hits his gorgeous rolling handstand senton. In a very nice looking move Hero picks AT over his shoulder and drops down into a gutbuster. AT comes back with a Matrix and an enzuigri. AT locks in the AT Lock but the ref is down while Hero gives up. Hero nails a low blow for a near fall. AT hits the Armani Shoe Exchange and locks in another version of the AT lock. Hero hits a powerbomb and a version of the Lionsault for the win, the second he does the fans start leaving which looked funny. A really good main event match.

Overall: The fans really made this show special, without them it would of still be a good show but with them it was a great show. Main problem is the same with every IWA MS show which is too many guys on one show and it runs too long, this was about a 4 hour show I can’t imagine being there live. I think the match order was a problem as well and the main event, while very good was an afterthought after that Necro/Ki match.