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With the show coming up this weekend, I figured I'd bump it.

Who do you guys think will be some of the last eight?

Well hell, that's what they call making the best out of a bad situation. They can still do Joe/Dragon down the road. Joe versus the OTHER Dragon should be fantastic.

Which IWS guys?

Just so you know the finals is a three way dance. It goes 24 => 12 => 6 => 3.

Am I crazy or was Samoa Joe announced for this earlier? Did he cancel like B-Boy too? Don't count Petey out from winning this thing. The champion Danny Daniels won the tournament last year. I think we'll see a Petey/Hero/Cannon finals, with either Petey or Cannon winning. And not liking Nate Webb? That's a crime!!!

Please credit Alan J. Wojcik of http://alanwojcik.com if posted, thank you. TNA Impact dark matches for July 29, 2004 Match One, refereed by Billy “the Kid” Dalton: former NWA FL Heavyweight champion Bruce Steele vs. Dallas. Dallas returned to the ring as the suspension of Kid Kash ended this past week. Steele showed how good he is with wrestlers his own size. Dallas finished Steele off with a boot to the chest/face. The crowd was receptive to Dallas. Jeremy Borash continued the “feud” between Nashville and Orlando throughout the event. Borash called the Nashville crowd rednecks, but said to the crowd “You’re words, not mine.” Fans were handed comment cards to fill out and their names were drawn at random for prizes after the event. Match Two, refereed by Billy “the Kid” Dalton: Elite Guard members Chad Collyer & Hotstuff Hernandez (w/Onyx) vs. former NWA World Tag Team champions America’s Most Wanted. This is the third week in a row the fans have seen a PPV caliber match. Harris hit the Cataonic but the pin got broken up by Onyx. AMW wins after hitting Hernandez with a double team shoulder tackle. TNA Impact matches to Fox Sports Net on Friday July 30, 2004 Match Three, refereed by Mike Posey: the Elite Guard came to the ringside area as former IPW World Heavyweight champion Lex Lovett took on NWA World Heavyweight champion Jeff Jarrett. Almost a repeat of last week’s match against Shark Boy. Not too sure if Jarrett is sending a message to Jeff Hardy or Monty Brown. Jarrett won by hitting the Stroke. Jarrett mouthed to the camera something to Jeff Hardy. Match Four, refereed by Rudy Charles: Notorious K.I.D. Kid Kash (w/Dallas) vs. NWA FL star “Straight Up” Mikey Batts. At one point Batts went to hit Kash with a plancha but was caught by Dallas. Rudy told Dallas to put Batts down and he dropped him face first on the floor. Dusty Rhodes and Vince Russo did something over by the Spanish announcer’s table. Kash hit that painful looking straight jacket piledriver (??) for the win. Match Five, refereed by Mike Posey: Raven (wearing the Sheik’s clothes) vs. former IPW World champion “the Miami Pound Machine” Rod Steel. This went into the crowd like you would expect from a Raven match. Not a long bout that was ended by the Evenflow DDT. Sabu came to the ring and mixed it up with his opponent on the upcoming TNA PPV. Match Six, refereed by Rudy Charles: Team Canada members Petey Williams and bobby Roode (w/Scott D’amore ) vs. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight champion Mr. 630 Jerrelle Clark and Scotty Hotshot (called Mark Laurnoff by Borash.) The fans despise team Canada who beat on Laurnoff for several minutes until Clark got in and hit the 630 but was hit by Williams and the Canadian Destroyer. After the bell D’amore whipped both men as Russo and Rhodes argued at ringside. Match Seven, refereed by Mike Posey: Jeff Hardy vs. Kid Romeo, sorry Romeo. Several areas of the crowd chanted Hardy sucks during the match but they were drowned out by the screams of ladies in attendance. Hardy wins by hitting the Swanton bomb. Jeff Hammond hosted the Six Points of Impact with the “Alpha Male” Monty Brown. Don West and Mike Tenay did their standup talking about the upcoming matches on the TNA PPV from Nashville. I think my friend Kyle of UF got on TV during this segment. Shane Douglas interviewed Vince Russo about the misunderstanding between himself and Dusty Rhodes. Mr. Russo said he would address several issues on the TNA PPV including the dual X Division champions. Dusty Rhodes got into Russo’s face one more time Match Eight, refereed by Rudy Charles: X Division champions (don’t ask) Frankie “the Future” Kazarian & Michael Shane (w/Traci Brooks) vs. former NWA World tag team champions XXX (“Primetime” Elix Skipper & “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels.) Shane and Kazarian wore matching neon green tights. Daniels hit Kazarian with a huricurana followed by Skipper’s middle of the top rope leg drop. All seemed over for XXX until AJ Styles ran out and interfered causing I am guessing a no-contest. He was followed by Kid Kash, Team Canada and AMW. The theme music and promos for the upcoming PPV played as the action continued so I’m not sure how much of the fight aired. AMW, XXX and AJ Styles held the ring after all was said and done. Michael Shane led a charge back into the ring but they got ran off again as Kazarian was hit by Harris’ Catatonic. AMW, XXX and styles chased the heels all the way up their ramp way. The fans gave a huge ovation to the after show action.

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From the IWA-MS boards, apparently a crowd of around 200... Another awesome show from IWA. Ian Announced that the 8th Anniversary show will be held in Highland on 10/23. He also said that Chris Sabin had a family emergency & that since Zach Gowen ruined the main event last time, it would be Petey Williams defending against Alex Shelley two out of three falls. 1- Jimmy Jacobs who isn't doing the HUSS gimmick anymore but instead the John Cusack from 'Say Anything' bit, holding the boombox & the Peter Gabriel music. I don't know if he used to do this or what, I've only been following IWA for about eight months. Anyway, Jacobs won a three way over Mark Wolf & Nate Webb to earn a shot at the light heavyweight belt at a later date. A good solid opener. 2- Trik Davis beat Steve Stone by DQ win Stone wouldn't pin Trik. Finish was kinda lame. Ian cameout & brawled with Stone, the lockeroom had to seperate them. They will wrestle at the next Highland show on 8-21. 3- Traci Brooks pinned Daizee Haze in a four way that also included Mickie Knuckles & MsChif. 4- Delirious over AJ Styles when Kid Kash interfered & allowed Delirous to get the win. Match was really good. Delirious took a crazy bump where Styles pressed him & dropped him over the turnbuckle but caught mostly steel. 5- Boz & Bradley over Nigel & Collyer to retain the tag belts, even though their aren't any belts. Match was decent. Bradley sported his Inoki Dojo tights. He looks more intimidating with the singlet. 6- CM Punk over Matt Sydal. Match was good. CM Punk is one of my favorites but after the match when he yelled to todd gerth "#### off you mark", he become even better in my book. gerth & his "know it all" cw.cum BUTT buddies were totally over the top in there cheering for Sydal, the must have a crush on him. It seemed so forced. It sounded like parents cheering on there son at a little league game. That's not why Punk said what he said but those guys are nerds & gerth needs to invest in a comb, Christ that is one nappy ass weave. But hey hopefully the website dorks had a good time. That's all that counts, right? 7-Sabu pinned Danny Daniels in a sloppy three way that also included Kid Kash. Sabu was unadvertised & seemed a bit messed up or something. I don't know what his problem was. Whe h went to the back of the Lincon Center to get a table, on the way back he pushed gerth twice. Now I don't really care for the guy but what Sabu did was wrong. I don't think Sabu even knows who this guy is, unlike Punk who pointed him out to call him a mark. Sabu was just out of control tonight & I feel sorry for the guys who had to work with him. 8- In the match of the night Arik Cannon defeated American Dragon in a great match. Great submission wrestling & very hard hitting, just a tremendous match. After the match Ian said it was worth the wait for AmDrag & invited him back on 8-21. Crowd loudly chanted HERO HERO, so Ian made the match. Chris hero vs. American Dragon for 8-21 in Highland. I can't wait. 9- Petey williamsretained the world title over Alex Shelley 2 falls to one. Match was solid, but was hard to live up to after the previous match. 10- Mr. Insanity over Madman Pondo in a barbwire tables match. Pondo & Mr. Insanity will have a strap match on 8-21, where the fans get to use the straps them. An excellent show, do yourself a favor, GET THE TAPE.

Christ, people, have patience! He'll get to XPW! Good stuff so far.

I actually like SS 95. The ladder match is great, Hakushi/Kid is fun, HOROWITZ WINS~! and Bret vs. Glen Jacobs Kane Isaac Yankeem is decent. Sure, the show had a horrible main event and meant nothing in the long run, but it wasn't THAT bad.

I thought HHH was going to be the one to go face and split from Evolution.

I don't hate it as much as most people do, but the only bright spot on the show is really the HBK-Vader main event. It's a good HBK vs. big man main event. Then, there's the Boiler Room Brawl between Undertaker and Mankind, which is just roughly 20 minutes of slow brawling in a dark boiler room, and then a decent fight out to the ring where Paul Bearer turns on Taker. Everything else is either horrible or bad for the most part. Yeah, the rest of the show is unremarkable (Savio vs. Owen, Bulldog vs. Sid, Mero vs. Goldust) or horrible (the tag title match).

98 is my favorite. Except for the Oddities BS, the rest of the show is all enjoyable.

The only time Kane pinned Taker, IIRC. Wasn't Foley basically not over at all before this match?

I saw this last night. My girlfriend liked it a lot, but I liked it less. I thought the twist was "eh" and felt kind of ripped off after the movie was over. Like a lot of hype for a match that is drawn out, but nothing really ever happens. It wasn't a pile of shit by any means, though, and there were interesting psychological aspects to it I suppose. But for the most part, a lot of the complaints lodged in above posts are absolutely correct. I'd pass on it in the theaters and wait until it comes out on video. It's probably worth a two dollar rental if go in not expecting to see the scariest movie of the summer. It's just not a scary movie. At all.

Awesome. I'll be getting a lot of those tapes soon too. You should post some reviews here or on the PCN site, I'd love to read them.

I hope the 4-way match is fantastic. That tag rumble doesn't look very good AT ALL. Maybe they'll let the 4-way match go 60+ minutes and try and get some buzz for 3PW? That could help them, at least IMO. I have never heard anyone say something like "oh, you have to see this match from 3PW!" before.

Yeah, gotta go with the Rumble match.

Just thought I'd bump this. I also wanted to mention that I'm going to be receiving a LOT of indy tapes real soon (saved up money over the summer, lol) and I plan to review them here. I also wouldn't mind getting them posted on a website anywhere. I just want to spread the news about all the great indy stuff going on today. So if anyone runs a site or has any connections, I'd love to have my reviews posted elsewhere. In the coming weeks and months (however long it takes me to get through all this stuff I suppose), I will be reviewing (starting in a week or two): ROH Reborn Stages 1 and 2 ROH Generation Next ROH World Title Classic ROH Survival of the Fittest PWG 88 Miles Per Hour PWG "Kee the Ee..." PWG The Musical IWA-MS Simply the Best 5 IWA-MS Shot of Southern Comfort IWA-MS One More Time IWA-MS Butcher Loose in Highland IWA-MS KOTDM 2004 And when I get more money I'll probably review the newest ROH and IWA-MS shows.

Please post your thoughts, comments, opinions, feedback, etc. Thanks! ========== IWA-MS You Gotta See This: May 7, 2004 The lineup: 1. Trik Davis vs "The Turkish Delight" Murat Bosporous 2. "Spyder" Nate Webb vs Petey Williams 3. Chris Hero vs Eddie Kingston 4. European Rounds System: "Anarchist" Arik Cannon vs Chad Collyer 5. Ian Rotten vs Danny Daniels 6. Ryan Boz vs Eddie Venom 7. Samoa Joe vs Steve Stone 8. Lacey & Rain vs Mickie Knuckles & Daizee Haze 9. The Amazing Red vs Austin Aries 10. Homicide & B-Boy vs Matt Sydal & Delirious 11. BJ Whitmer vs Nigel McGuinness Match one: Trik Davis vs. Murat Bosporous: I skipped this match, but it was only five minutes long anyways, and I doubt I missed THAT much. Match two: Petey Williams vs. "Spyder" Nate Webb: Webb gets a big pop from the small crowd - but that's because he's "Spyder" Nate Webb and everyone loves him. Webb starts out by giving Petey a hug. Awww. They tie up and Petey hugs him back. Prazak mentions Petey wrestling in NWA TNA. Williams rolls through on a second rope sunset flip attempt at 3:30 and tries a Sharpshooter, but Webb blocks it and gets to the ropes. Webb gets stuck in a tree of woe at 4:30 and dropkicked in the chest. Tornado DDT countered to a northern lights by Webb for 2 at 7:00. An Arachnid kick gets 2, as does a floatover suplex. They battle up top and Williams hits a funky neckbreaker and both guys are down at 8:30. Williams gets two more neckbreakers for 2 at 9:15. Good reveresal sequence and Webb hits a German for 2 at 10:45. Williams counters a move and rolls Webb up...into the Sharpshooter...and Webb counters to a figure four! Petey gets the ropes. Good sequence. Tilt-a-whirl into a leg sweep by Petey for 2 at 12:30. Webb misses a moonsault and Petey hits the Canadian Destroyer for the pin at 13:30 to a huge pop. The match was low on psychology, but the crowd got really into it and it was fun. *** Match three: Chris Hero vs. Eddie Kingston: Kingston is one half of the heel tag team the Wild Cards. Hero is one of the biggest stars in IWA-MS ever. Guess who wins? Kingston is kinda chunky, so seeing some lucha style stuff to start is kind of funny. Hero goes to the CRAVAT~! Prazak calls Kingston the "King of Donuts" (his nickname is the "King of Diamonds") which is pretty funny. They exchange slaps at 3:45. Kingston hits a Bossman slam-styled backbreaker at 5:30. He works Hero's back over for a while, but Hero fights back with a head dropping suplex and lariat at 9:45. Nice front flip neckbreaker by Hero at 10:45. He hits a double stomp and gets 2. Kingston hits a uranage for 2 at 11:15. Hero comes back with a cool twisting neckbreaker and a senton. Hero hooks the Hangman's Clutch and Kingston taps at 12:45. Chris Hero is one of my favorite wrestlers, but going 13:00 with Eddie Kingston is tough to do. Really slow match, and Kingston has very little offense - he's much better as a tag team wrestler. Hero tried his hardest, though. *1/2 Match four: "Anarchist" Arik Cannon vs. Chad Collyer - European rules: There are 12 3-minute rounds in this match, and it's two out of three falls. Refs can hand out yellow and red cards for rules violations. Three yellow = a red card, and a red card = DQ. Got it? Round one: They trade mat wrestling and a few submission holds. About what you'd expect. Round two: Cannon works over Collyer with the cravat~! They trade waistlocks. Not much happening. Round three: Faster wrestling now. Collyer comes off the ropes with a funky rollup for the first pin of the match! Round four: Cannon comes out with intensity. Slingshot spinning neckbreaker on Collyer, but he's in the ropes. Good commentary by Chris Hero during the match, by the way. Cannon hits some uppercuts and then hits an Exploder suplex for 2. Cannon shoves the ref and gets a yellow card. Round five: Collyer gets a dropkick and gets a yellow card for some reason that I miss. Cannon hits a cobra clutch leg sweep ("BOOT CAMP, BITCH!") and stretches Collyer, who gets the ropes. Round six: Collyer comes after Cannon, but Cannon sweeps out his legs and pins him using the ropes for leverage to tie it up and one fall apiece. Round seven: Collyer gets a Texas cloverleaf but Cannon gets to the ropes. It sounds like a few fans chant "boring". Cannon kicks Collyer in the nuts and gets DQ-ed. Slow match and a bad finish. Not very good at all. They went about 15:00 or so, but the match never built to anything special and the DQ finish brings it down. * Match five: Danny Daniels w/ Jim Fannin vs. Ian Rotten: I really like Daniels as the cocky, cowardly heel. Fannin talks about how if Ian wins, he gets 5 minutes with Fannin. Fannin's a great heel manager. I love Ian Rotten, but his scarred forehead is just nasty. Ian hits a back body drop, jabs, and a headbutt to start. He hits an earclapper and runs his face across the ropes! Old school, baby! Ian bites his ear! Ha! Daniels comes back with a lowish-blow and charges at Ian in the ropes...who applies a variation of the Tarantula...I kid you not! They trade forearms and Ian rakes the eyes...and then rakes the back! Fannin begs for the ref to DQ Rotten. Ian goes to a spinning toe hold at 5:00. Any more old school moves he can bust out? Daniels gets free and puts Ian in a surfboard. They trade pinfalls for 2 counts. Daniels hooks a cool armbar with a bridge at 6:30. Daniels hooks an armbar and Ian does a headstand reversal (kind of) and pins him for 2! Ian picks up Daniels and gets an airplane spin! This shit is awesome! Daniels comes back with a Fujiwara on Ian. Ian gets the ropes, but Fannin chokes him out on the ropes. Daniels stretches him out. Daniels charges Ian, but Ian spears him! He's down, selling the arm - nice. Daniels hits a double arm DDT for 2 at 11:00. Ian hits a piledriver on Daniels (Daniels' finisher) and covers, but Danny gets his foot on the ropes at 2. Ian school boys Daniels for the pin at 12:15, and now gets 5 minutes with Fannin. Eddie Kingston, who is with Nate Webb on commentary, is hilarious. "Jim Fannin either has powder or cocaine - and it's powder!" Fannin powders Ian and beats him down, hooking an armbar, yelling "do you remember when this shoulder was dislocated in that car accident?" Fannin is just an awesome asshole heel manager. Ian comes back and hits a big forearm shot that Fannin sells like death. Fannin begs forgiveness as Ian beats him up and low blows him. Ian DDT's him on a chair as the 5 minutes ends. This was just a really fun match and segment. I don't really know how to rate it because work wise it wasn't a five-star classic by any means, but I enjoyed all of Ian's old school shit and all of the heelishness by Daniels and Fannin. It was entertaining. *** Match six: Ryan Boz vs. Eddie Venom: I've never seen Venom before. He's kind of a skinny version of the Wall or Malice. (RIP) Boz looks like Barry Windham. They trade shots and Boz bails. Venom suplexes him and chops him at 2:30. Venom hits a leaping knee to the face but misses a second one and Boz works the knee. Slow match. Boz hooks a stretch muffler on Venom at 5:30 and then hits a shinbreaker. Boz hooks a figure four. Venom reverses it. Back up, and Venom hits a facejam on Boz at 7:00. Venom hits a _HUGE_ boot to the face at 7:45 that gets a small "holy shit" chant. Venom tries something but his leg gives out. Boz hits an emerald fusion piledriver for the pin at 8:30. Bland match, but nothing horrible. *1/2 Postmatch, Eddie Kingston is hilarious on commentary, going over the current storylines of the soap opera "Passions". Match seven: Samoa Joe vs. "Metalhead" Steve Stone: Joe, of course, is the ROH champion. Joe puts out an open challenge, answered by Stone, who looks kind of like a wannabe biker rock star. Or something like that. They work the match to start. They trade some good solid wrestling for the first few minutes. Stone gets in his shots, but Joe hits his corner uranage to rally. Joe hits two _stiff_ kicks and a knee drop. Chops, a running forearm, and a bulldog for 2 on Stone at 5:00. Backbreaker by Joe, and then he hooks a Boston Crab. They trade some stiff forearms and shots at 7:00. Joe slaps him down and gets a small "IWA!" chant. Joe continues to pummel him, but Stone rallies with a neckbreaker/DDT/whatever and a lariat to the back. Joe hits a sweet sweep kick at 8:30. Joe rolls Stone to the floor and sets up the Olay kick with slaps to the face. He boots him in the face. Ouch. Back in, Stone actually powerslams Joe for 2 at 10:30. Stone lariats him for 2 at 11:00. Stone hits his finisher, the "White Out" (a novacaine/flatliner/downward spiral). Stone goes up and botches a moonsault, and both guys are down. Joe comes back with slaps and a HUGE leaping enzuigiri for 2, but Joe pulls him up and hits kicks and a nasty lariat. Chris Hero comes out and yells "just pin him!" to continue their feud. Joe hits the Island Driver and chokes Stone out for the win at 13:00. This was a stiff beating and a fun match. *** Hero stares down Joe after the match. Match eight: Austin Aries vs. Amazing Red: Red comes out to "Informer" by Snow. Ha. This is a first time ever match. Aries shoulder blocks Red and shows a little heelishness. Red grabs a headlock and they start off slow instead of just busting out spots, which is good. They start to speed it up, but Aries goes right back to the headlock. They trade arm drags, and Red hits a nice dropkick. Aries snapmares Red and kicks him in the back, then hits a seated dropkick at 4:15. Red comes back with some STIFF kicks of his own for 2 at 4:45. Flying headscissors and swinging neckbreaker by Red for 2 at 5:15. Aries does his cool slingshot elbow in the corner and then suplexes Red for 2 at 6:30. Austin drops Red and hits a "frog elbow" for 2 for 7:45. Aries powerslams Red for 2 at 8:30. He continues to beat him down with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for 2 and then another cool backbreaker into a submission. Nice knee drop to the back, and then another submission. Aries keeps working the back...and then goes to a chinlock? Hmm. Red hits his fantastic tornado DDT at 10:30 and both guys are down. Red hits a clothesline, a running forearm, and his leaping enzuigiri for 2 at 12:00. Code Red countered to a facebuster by Aries for 2 at 13:00. Red tries the Code Red again, but they botch it. They do it again and this time Red hits it for 2 at 14:00. Aries hits a variation muscle buster for 2. Red hits a lariat and the Red Star Press for 2 at 15:30. Red heads up top but misses an elbow drop. Aries hits a brainbuster for 2 at 16:15. Red crotches Aries up top and hits a superduperplex, but Aries cradles him for the pin at 18:00. Red gets a "Please come back!" chant from the fans. Good match. The lack of psychology or selling by Red was bothersome at times, but it's what you expect from him I suppose. It was still fun. **3/4 Match nine: Matt Sydal and Delirious vs. B-Boy and Homicide: This is a qualifying match in the tag title tournament and I love all four guys in the match. Delirious chews on the ropes before the match. Great opening sequence by Sydal and Cide. Delirious uses his saliva to reverse a hammerlock by B-Boy. Ha. B-Boy drills Delirious with a forearm at 4:00. Delirious with a rana and a head scissors. Sydal gets a twisting lionsault senton for 2 at 5:00. Sydal hits a leg lariat at 5:30 and tags Delirious back in. B-Boy hits a nice backbreaker and tags in Homicide, who kicks the shit out of Sydal. Sydal ranas Homicide off the top at 7:30. B-Boy and Cide hit a powerbomb onto Cide's knee on Sydal! OUCH! B-Boy hooks a single leg crab at 8:30, but he gets the ropes. Homicide and B-Boy heel it up, faking that they're going to dive to the outside. B-Boy kicks the HELL out of Sydal. Homicide stretches Sydal out like crazy. B-Boy then applies one of the sickest submissions I've seen at 11:00. Sydal comes back with a rana and could tag out, but doesn't, and they play up the inexperience of Sydal and Delirious as a tag team. Homicide hits a butterfly superplex for 2 at 12:30. Bridging t-bone suplex for 2 at 13:00. Sydal comes back with a flying body press for 2 at 14:15. Hot tag to Delirious. Delirious hits a CRAZY tope to the floor on Homicide. OUCH! Homicide beats down Delirious, but Sydal comes over the top with a twisting body press. Sydal tries a dragon rana on B-Boy but they mess it up...though he still rolls him up for 2 at 15:45. Delirious hits a _GREAT_ back splash on B-Boy for 2 at 16:00. B-Boy and Homicide hit a Steiner-like elevated bulldog for 2 at 17:30. Delirious gets the crap beat out of him in the corner, and Homicide gets his running knee to the face and a SICK seated dropkick by B-Boy. Crazy swinging DDT by Sydal for 2. Homicide low blows Sydal and hits the COP KILLA~! DELIRIOUS BREAKS UP THE PINFALL! B-Boy hits the shining wizard on Delirious for the pin at about 18:30. The last few minutes of that match were all kinds of crazy. This was a ton of fun. **** Ian comes out after the match and puts everyone over. Match ten: BJ Whitmer vs. Nigel McGuinness (IWA title match): Whitmer is the heel champion, Nigel the babyface challenger. I've never been a big fan of Whitmer, but we'll see how he does here. McGuinness does a headstand spot in the corner at 2:00. He rolls Whitmer up for 2. Nigel does all sorts of funky wrestling, and BJ yells at the ref. Nigel works the arm and posts Whitmer's shoulder. Danny Daniels comes out and helps out Whitmer. Nigel hooks a crossface and rolls through with it to pull Whitmer away from the ropes. Daniels helps Whitmer to the ropes at 6:30. Nigel keeps working the shoulder. Whitmer finally comes back with a reverse neckbreaker and a spinning neckbreaker at 9:30. Whitmer tries a powerbomb, but his shoulder gives out and Nigel rolls him up for 2. Chris Hero, on commentary, points on that Whitmer keeps going for holds that use his bad shoulder, which is stupid. Amen, Chris. Nigel comes back with a chickenwing DDT at 13:00 and then applies another submission, but BJ gets the ropes. Whitmer grabs a chair, but Nigel kicks it into his arm! Nigel drives the chair into Whitmer's shoulder. Nigel hits a single arm/wristlock DDT and then hooks another submission. Whitmer taps, but Daniels distracts the ref and tosses Whitmer a chain. He punches...and Nigel takes him down into a crossface! Whitmer rolls through and punches Nigel with the chain and gets the pinfall at 15:30. This match was almost all Nigel, and since he has a lot of cool offense it was a lot of fun. The work on the shoulder was great, and the story with Whitmer only able to win using the chain seemed to fit. I'm still not a fan of Whitmer, but this match was good because it didn't follow the typical formula and Whitmer sold a lot for Nigel. ***1/4 Final thoughts: You can't really go wrong with this show. Sure, the European Rounds match was a disappointment, but you have one four-star match and four three star matches, not to mention the good Aries/Red match that was near three-stars as well. Plus, my DVD didn't have the women's tag team match on it for some reason, and I heard that was great. Wonder why it wasn't on here. The show still ran 3 hours and 15 minutes without it, though. Lots of great wrestling here. Very little in terms of brawling and the only weapons used all night were a chair and a chain. So if you're into good solid wrestling, this is a show you might want to check out. The great commentary is an added bonus.

This is going to be a great fall for IWA-MS. We've got the great looking 8/21 show coming up, then the TPI, and then the Anniversary show. Awesome.

I'm always interested in learning about good indy feds. I know nothing of IWC right now, so I'd read it.

The Styles/Kash feud continued in IWA Mid South this weekend, where Kash cost Styles a match against Delirious, and Styles took out Kash in his match against Sabu and Danny Daniels. Not that TNA will show that or anything, but I thought I'd just mention it. Anyways, this show looks eh. Raven/Sabu has been a nice build, but the match just isn't going to deliver. The two tag team matches look really solid and I'm hoping Kash/Styles will be good, but I doubt anything will have enough time to break ***. Jarrett/Hardy does NOT excite me. Although, I'm not a 12 year old girl either...