Phoenix Fury Legdrop

AAW is a fed that Danny Daniels books for, and Dave Prazak announces for...the only reason I know that is because I've heard about Zach Gowen randomly showing up to their afterparties and screwing rats.

Yeah, I don't see some stupid emo dork doing a ceremonial "throwing away of the belt" automatically killing the IWA belt. IWA'll do a tournament or something, and Ian'll probably take the belt to keep it safe, or some jazz like that.

What happened to PWTorrents?

Ladies' Lucha Trios Match: The Minnesota Angels (Constance & Valerie) & Pantera Combatienta vs. El Chica Generico, "Floggin'" Molly Matthews, & OAOAST World Women's Champion Ashley Street

Anyone who bad-mouths Eric Young is soul-less. He is seriously one of the better men of our generation.

Blackout vs. Whiteout is the single best-booked feud that CZW's ever had. The New Alhambra Hall fans are actually tolerable and add to it all...Eddie Kingston's over like nobody's business, for instance. Ruckus hasn't "held the belt for entirely too long", but I have a feeling that either Hero or Super Dragon is getting it come Cage of Death, if they don't do a War Games-style cage match.

Coachman, Vader, & Goldust vs. Batista in a debate would be the BEST THING EVER. Vader and Batista arguing Palestinian affairs = $30.

From the APW board: Mariko Yoshida d. Rain Rebecca Knox d. Morgan Mickie Knuckles d. Tiffany Melissa DDQ Sara Del Ray Semis: Yoshida d. Knox Mickie d. Hailey Hatred in a No-DQ Match Yoshida wrestled Mickie on tonight's APW show in the finals, but the results aren't in yet. One question: does anyone know what the hell the name of this move is: http://www.allprowrestling.com/images/cf/yoshidsa_knoxx.jpg

Eh, I was looking for a more technical term. UPDATE: Mariko Yoshida won Chickfight 3, defeating Mickie Knuckles in the finals. Also, -Rain, Morgan & Hailey Hatred over Rebecca Knox, Melissa & Tiffany in an elimination match. Rain was the sole survivor, finally eliminating Knox.

Eh, I gave her the big MMA background to give her legitimacy, but I'm hoping that anyone who can understand Samoa Joe can be down with "The Shark".

The "Break" Special is actually the Jim Breaks Special, and is an elevated Kimura from a standing position. The Ricola Bomb is another name for the Pyramid/cross-armed powerbomb.

Is there any way that a ridiculously short match could be edited in? Nothing continuity-wise would be ruined in any spot...I just remembered now to check the Booking thread to see who was posting the show.

Who's posting?

I went to Midlo on Saturday and I just saw Matter of Pride on DVD not too long ago, and I'll tell you straight up that this past Saturday was a MUCH better show (though MoP was great too).

Oops, I forgot today was Thursday...damn Degrassi Jr. Hight. Oh well, the new character's second match can wait until next week.

How about the "Jumpin' Jack Man-o-War" Jimmy Jacobs, pogo stick and all? As for his entrance music...his new IWA version is even better. It starts off as "The Touch", then goes into what I believe is "The Imperial March" from Star Wars: Phantom Menace.

He has the Jim Breaks Special, which is basically an elevated reverse hammerlock with Claudio lifting the opponent from the front, but that's not in the game.

True story: that move was once called the "Skull-Fuck" before B-Boy took that name for his short-lived Shining Yakuza kick finisher.

Two unknown female wrestlers will wrestle for an OAOAST contract.

Yeah...Jimmy's said a bunch of times that it's a total John Nord/Berserker tribute, having nothing to do with Brody.

Night One was pretty good, and could maybe beat out Night One from last year by a little, with Shelley/Quack and Sydal/Generico being the stand-out matches across the board. But Night Two...my lord. Started slow, but was blowing everyone's minds by midway through and just kept on rockin' throughout the night. Mickie/Jacobs was an awesome use of a clusterfuck ending on a weekend where there weren't any. Perfect example of really good booking enhancing an admittedly average match. After getting somewhat of a backlash for going so far in his first time in IWA (or anywhere big outside of Georgia), Rainman definately came out with all guns a'blazin'. His match with Chris Hero was probably the best he's had in IWA, and his tag with Tank against the Thomasellis last night was really cool. It was nice to see Blackout's (Murder One & Rainman) old Violator 4.20 broken out one more time, and the double-stacked Samoan drop and the Ole Kick-style Cannonball flip by Tank were insane too. Hero/Cannon was so, so, so, so fuckin' awesome. A lot of people said and thought that the feud was over with the I Quit/Respect match in Midlothian, but last night pumped more life right back into it. The post-match angle was incredibly well-done. Usually, you can see the "I shake your hand, then clothesline you" turn a mile away. Not here. The one thing that hasn't been mentioned is how good the acting by everyone involved was. Hell, I swear I saw Trik Davis actually crying because his mentor did such a thing to him and everyone there. The eight-man elimination tag match had Super Dragon's fingerprints all over it, and that's a good thing. It built a lot like the a lot of SD's SoCal multi-man tags that get a lot of pub here, with a little bit of Chikara-style wackiness at the beginning tied in. The final three guys in the match all being non-regulars was kind of weird, but they made it work. Plus, it wasn't rushed at all like last year's first round losers match (it went about 40-45 minutes). The finals on a technical, "workrate" standpoint might not have been as pleasing as something like Danielson/Joe/AJ, but I enjoyed it a lot more. For one, there was actually a clear-cut face and heel, as everyone in the place knew that the TPI was Matt Sydal's to lose, but Kevin Steen, especially on the second night, built himself gradually as this evil outsider who was there to turn IWA on its ear and take the TPI victory in one fell swoop. It was such a great atmosphere...hell, anything that took place after the first hour was in a great atmosphere. Great weekend, good times. Try and see the shows sometime. That'd be cool.

I'm blessed enough to be going to the tournament this weekend. My thought process: Styles/Black: This should be good. Could be Black's breakout match, if all goes well. Claudio/Danielson: If God were a wrestling match, he'd be this one. No way this won't be one of the best matches IWA's had all year. Puma/Skayde: The sleeper match of the first round. I have a feeling these two are going to mesh well, and the lucha should work well with the Hammond crowd being so close to Chicago, which holds lucha events just about every weekend. Quack/Shelley: The one match that might end up being better than Claudio/Danielson. This will be to crazy-wacky mat wrestling what Ben & Fred Savage were to squeaky-clean pre-teens on ABC throughout the years. Hero/Rainman: If they end up brawling, it should be good. If they stick with the chain wrestling, it might be a little awkward. Cannon/Ryan: Thank God Cannon got booked in another match, because he would have lost first round if he were in with Delirious, who's getting really annoying and just about not worthy of even advancing to Round Two of this tournament, whereas Cannon could go to the finals and I'd really dig it. Ryan'll probably do something with Supa D on Saturday. Sydal/Generico: This should be weird. They're both the same type of babyface, unless IWA wants to go with the IWS heel turn (which would be EXTREMELY dumb to do). If Sydal doesn't win the entire tournament, a lot of people will be sad. Marek/Sabin: If Skayde/Puma doesn't sneak in and blow away the crowd on Night One, this match will. I'm sure the whole place will be down for a crazy, mindless spotfest, and unless Sabin decides to break out his alter-ego ("The Can-Am Maximo"), this'll get the crowd going. Smothers/Bradley: Tracy really, really should go over here. Then, there's an entire world of possibilities for second round matches that'd be completely original. Think about it like this: Tracy vs. Shelley? Tracy vs. Danielson? Tracy vs. Claudio? Tracy vs. SKAYDE? The list goes on and on. Brandon/Delirious: If both bring their working boots, this could be good. But, neither probably will, and it'll be totally retarded. The match I'm least-looking forward to all weekend. Webb/Steen: Nate likes to die. Steen likes to murder. Perfect mesh. I'm not gonna predict an entire bracket and winners for all three other rounds, but I will say that I really, really, really want the finish of the tournament to be Sydal finally getting his win back from AJ Styles. Non-Tournament stuff: Jimmy's gonna go 2-0 this weekend. With all the (unwarranted) backlash against the Mickie title shot, I'm sure Ian's shyed away from putting the belt on her, and Cabana's never around. I could see the Saints defending on Night Two in some sort of scramble tag. I'd RATHER see an eight-man tag with all of the first round eliminated wrestlers, but either way, I'll probably dig it (unless it's rushed like last year's seven-way). Night One's gonna be good, but the real potential lies in Night Two, in my opinion.

You need a BitTorrent program to download. I'm about five songs in so far, and it definately sounds different than any of their previous stuff, for the better (and I really like their older stuff). There's a lot more emphasis on piano than before.

36) Abe Vigoda 37) The new, modernized Abe Vigoda 38) High-definition Abe Vigoda

Punk's not really all that great. For one, he's sloppy as hell. Also, he's good at working smaller buildings, but he doesn't have broad enough mannerisms to get across to a larger arena. It's not a matter of "OH MY GOD! (insert "WWE = resthold city" joke here)! FUCK HHH!". Fact is, Punk (and almost all indy guys) aren't ready right off the bat to be put on TV and even look good.