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For a small indy show, the recent Chikara show with the hour and fifteen minute Torneo Cibernetica match had a crowd that was just dead silent the entire time. Eerie.

You're already 1 for 5. The first one died last year before WrestleMania. Really? How did I miss that? Okay, new picks: Roma Shiek Luger Savage Brutus Beefcake

Thanks for the review, you should post it at the IWA boards.

Hercules Paul Roma Iron Sheik Lex Luger Randy Savage

IWA Mid-South, in association with NWA Midwest, returned to the Lincoln Center in Highland, IN on Saturday night, January 15th. Here's what went down... 1. "The Iron Saints" VITO & SAL THOMASELLI def. "Underwear Model" ERIC PRIEST & SILAS YOUNG with a double team maneuver where Young was held in the pendulum and hit with a double stop to the back of the head off the top rope. "The King of Diamonds" EDDIE KINGSTON interrupted some announcements by DAVE PRAZAK, and informed the fans that his partner BLACK JACK MARCIANO is on the shelf with a leg injury for the next several months and would not be able to defend the IWA World Tag Team Titles in the cage later in the night. Kingston asked that he be permitted to substitute a third man into the championship team to defend the titles. Prazak agreed to it, but only if BRAD BRADLEY & RYAN BOZ had the option of substituting a third man into the match on their team if they so choose (for instance, if they wanted to surprise Kingston's team by making the match against Bradley and NEW JACK, they'd have the ability to throw him into the match as a substitute). Kingston then introduced his new manager JIM FANNIN, who brought "Metalhead" STEVE STONE out with him and announced that Stone would be Kingston's partner in the cage. 2. "The Human Rulebook" CHANDLER McCLURE def. DYSFUNCTION & BRAD MARTIN when McClure hit the Touchdown on Dysfunction for the victory. McClure had JIM FANNIN in his corner, as he attempts to prove himself to Fannin and earn a spot in the Family. 3. PETEY WILLIAMS def. CHAD COLLYER via submission with the Sharpshooter. Williams attempted several times to hit the Canadian Destroyer, but was unsuccessful. Collyer was able to lock in the Collyer Cloverleaf but couldn't keep it on Williams. Petey focused on Collyer's leg in the final moments of the match, setting him up for the Sharpshooter. 4. GOLDEN VAMPIRE XIII def. "Sweet & Sour" LARRY SWEENEY in Sweeney's Open Challenge match. Vampire accepted Sweeney's challenge and was unmasked roughly five minutes into the bout as "Wild Eyed Southern Boy" TRACY SMOTHERS! The Lincoln Center fans chanted "thirteen" in support of the Vampire, while a portion also got heavily behind Sweeney. 5. TRIK DAVIS def. CHRIS HERO with an inside cradle rolled out of a delayed vertical suplex attempt by Hero. The two chain wrestled in the early going of the match, until Hero grew frustrated that Davis was able to go hold for hold with him. Hero soon began to throw some hard strikes. The determination of Davis kept him going through the beating until he was able to roll Hero into an inside cradle for the pinfall. 6. BRAD BRADLEY & RYAN BOZ & TRIK DAVIS def. "King of Diamonds" EDDIE KINGSTON & "Metalhead" STEVE STONE in a Steel Cage Match to win the IWA World Tag Team Titles. Bradley and Boz made their way to the ring first, and Bradley was immediately jumped by Kingston and Stone on the floor before entering the cage, going to work on Bradley's arm. Once all four men were inside the cage, Fannin's team focused on the arm of Bradley, repeatedly driving it into the cage. Both Kingston and Boz were busted open from shots into the steel. Jim Fannin at ringside was able to undo the chain on the cage door to open it, and slammed the door on Bradley's arm twice. Several referees and security guards checked on Bradley's condition and rushed him out of the cage and back to the locker room, as the cage door was closed once again, leaving Boz to go it alone against Kingston and Stone. He did his best to fight off both men himself, but wound up on the receiving end of the beating. TRIK DAVIS soon left the commentary table and decided that if Bradley was out of the match due to injury, he would substitute himself as Boz's partner, and climbed to the top of the cage, diving on both Kingston and Stone. Trik fired up on both of his opponents before hitting a double stop off Boz's shoulders on Stone, setting up for Boz to score the pinfall and win the titles. Bradley, with his shoulder and arm bandaged up, made his way back to ringside, and celebrated in the cage with his partners as Fannin, Kingston, and Stone threw a fit on the ringside floor. 7. MsCHIF def. MICKIE KNUCKLES in a Submission Match with a modified version of the pendulum, with a chinlock applied rather than grabbing hold of the arms. Mickie tried to get a submission several times with the Muta Lock, while MsChif used a variety of holds all focusing on Mickie's back. Eventually her back took such a beating that she couldn't hold the bridge necessary to keep MsChif in the Muta Lock. MsChif soon hit the Desecrator, before locking Mickie in the modified pendulum for the win. 8. BRANDON THOMASELLI def. JOSH ABERCROMBIE with an Air Raid Crash off the second rope. This was a hard fought match by both men, which saw Brandon hit a corkscrew plancha to the floor, as well as his 450 splash during the course of the match. Abercrombie caught Thomaselli in the cobra clutch on several occasions, wearing him down while also mixing in some of his own high flying maneuvers. As Abercrombie was going up top to attempt the Phoenix Splash, Thomaselli stopped him on the turnbuckles and maneuvered him into position for the Air Raid Crash and the victory. Brandon's brothers VITO & SAL THOMASELLI came out to help him celebrate the victory, only to attack him, giving Brandon the double team pendulum/double stomp to the head off the top rope. Vito grabbed the mic and told Brandon that he made the wrong decision in choosing IWA Mid-South over NWA Wildside, and challenged him to find a partner for 2/12 in Highland and face them in a tag match. A groggy Brandon accepted the challenge. 9. JIMMY JACOBS def. "Double C" CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI with the Contra Code. Jacobs gave Claudio a nasty looking rana off the ring apron to the floor, driving Castagnoli to the floor head-first. Claudio got Jacobs in Swiss Sleeper Holding during the match, but was unable to put him away with the maneuver. He also delivered a devastating European uppercut after launching Jacobs into the air and connecting with the uppercut on Jacobs' way down. 10. CHRIS CANDIDO def. DANNY DANIELS via disqualification to retain the NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship. Candido was accompanied to the ring by his manager JIM FANNIN. Daniels and Candido went back and forth for the first ten minutes of a mainly technical wrestling based match. During the closing moments, "Metalhead" STEVE STONE made his way to ringside, attempting to assist Candido in getting the victory, and taking turns with Fannin distracting referee TOMMY THOMPSON while tossing Candido a chain as well as the title belt. Ulimately Daniels gained possession of the chain and swung at Candido, inadvertenly striking Thompson and laying him out. Daniels was eventually able to hit the piledriver on Candido, and made the cover as second referee BRYCE REMSBURG hit the ring to count the fall and raise Daniels' hand as new champion. Thomson made his way back to his feet and reversed the decision, disqualifying Daniels for hitting him with the chain. 11. CORPORAL ROBINSON & NEW JACK def. JC BAILEY & 2 TUFF TONY in an Anything Goes impromptu tag team match after Jack came off the top rope with a chair on Tony. The match was originally scheduled to be Robinson vs. New Jack, but during Corp's pre-match mic work, Bailey and Tony hit the ring area and attacked Robinson, double teaming him with a chair. New Jack's music then kicked in and he came to Corp's aid. The four agreed to turn the bout into a Texas Tornado style tag team match. Several weapons, including a chained sickle and staple gun were used during the bout, which went all over the Lincoln Center and saw all four men busted open. Robinson hit the Boot Camp on Bailey before Jack came crashing down off the top with a chair to earn his team the victory. NOTES: The event was filmed by Smart Mark Video for home video release, with commentary by Dave Prazak, Danny Daniels, Chris Hero, Eddie Kingston, Trik Davis, and Tracy Smothers... The live crowd was given updates about the IWA-MS wrestlers competing elsewhere during the show. IAN ROTTEN won the SCCW death match tournament out in California, while ARIEL won the NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Title on a NECW show in Framingham, MA, defeating MERCEDES MARTINEZ and HAYLEY SKYE in a three-way match. It was announced that IWA-MS management will bring ARIEL out as soon as possible to defend her newly won title... It was announced that SARA DEL RAY and "Cheerleader" MELISSA ANDERSON will make their IWA-MS debuts on the 2/11 & 2/12 double shot weekend... This was the largest live attendance at the Lincoln Center since the 2004 TPI tournament weekend. Thanks to all the fans who came out to see the event in person! We greatly appreciate your support. IWA-MS returns to action next weekend with a double shot of events. Friday, 1/21 we're back in Bloomington, IN at the National Guard Armory, while Saturday, 1/22 we're back at the Valparaiso, IN National Guard Armory. The Valpo event will feature Delirious defending the IWA Light Heavyweight Title against Jimmy Jacobs in a Steel Cage Match, in addition to the eight man NWA Indiana State Title Tournament. Card information for Bloomington will be posted on the IWA-MS web site during the coming days. We're back in Noblesville, IN on 1/28, and Rensselaer, IN on 1/29. IWA-MS co-promotes Muscatine, IA with NWA No Limits Wrestling on 2/5. The Vincennes, IN event which had to be postponded due to the floods in southern Indiana has been rescheduled for 2/11. We're back in Highland on 2/12. Mark your calendars! Call the IWA-MS hotlines at 502-569-1701 in Louisville, 630-585-3958 in Chicago, and 317-579-3230 in Indianapolis.

Wow, nice work so far Cawthon.

Jets get ball.

Wow, not even close on the kick.

www.thehistoryofwwe.com Then go to "ring results".

WWF @ Binghampton, NY - Broome County Arena - November 2, 1997 Brian Christopher defeated Scott Taylor The Truth Commission defeated the New Blackjacks Jesse Jammes defeated Salvatore Sincere Brakkus defeated the Jackyl The Interrogator defeated Flash Funk Kane defeated Vader Crush, Chainz, Sull, & 8-Ball defeated Savio Vega, Miguel Perez, Jesus Castillo, & Jose Estrada Now THAT is a shitty card.

I was watching Austin/Rock from WMX7 tonight and the near fall where Rock kicks out of the stunner (which he turns into after beating up Vince) has to be one of the best near falls of all time. What are some others?

It is an odd match. Vince had Bruno fill in for a coked-out Jake Roberts several times during the summer of 87. Who knows exactly what Jake was up to but I'm sure it was no good. Bruno even went over Honky via pinfall in a 6-man elimination match at the Boston Garden. Cawthon, for you to accuse Jake Roberts of ever doing cocaine is sickening! *Shakes fist*

How about Austin's borefest at Backlash with Undertaker? That has to be one of Austin's worst.

Here are some bad ones: WWF @ Koblenz, Germany - October 7, 1995 Man Mountain Rock defeated Rad Radford Waylon Mercy defeated Bob Holly Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Psycho Sid Jean Pierre Laffiette defeated Aldo Montoya Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Henry Godwinn Owen Hart defeated Fatu Razor Ramon defeated Dean Douglas via disqualification WWF World Champion Diesel defeated Yokozuna Wow, there is NOTHING good on that card. WWF @ Memphis, TN - Pyramid - March 5, 1993 Crush defeated Papa Shango via submission with the head vice Virgil defeated Terry Taylor Kamala defeated Kimchee Jerry Lawler defeated Jeff Gaylord Typhoon defeated Skinner Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Beverly Brothers The Undertaker defeated Yokozuna via disqualification When Virgil/Terry Taylor was probably the MOTN, you know you're in trouble. WWF @ Rochester, NY - War Memorial - August 3, 1990 (3,000) Jim Brunzell pinned Buddy Rose Koko B. Ware defeated the Genius Paul Roma defeated Barry O Greg Valentine & the Honkytonk Man defeated the Bushwhackers Jimmy Snuka defeated the Barbarian via disqualification after the Barbarian shoved the referee Tugboat defeated Earthquake after Jim Duggan interfered with the 2x4 Battle of the Natural Disasters in the main event!

Looking at listings for old SNME episodes, I noticed Kamala beat Jake Roberts on one in 1987. What happened to Kamala that caused him to leave the WWF in 1987 of that year, and what did he do until his return in 1992?

So if Hogan was main eventing in 1980, what did he do until his return (was it 84?)? I am really uneducated on my old school wrestling.

The Shane Twins, Mike and Todd from Florida have signed a developmental deal with the WWE, according to Mike Johnson. They were infamously "The Johnsons" in the early TNA days.

How often did matches like this happen back then? Double count-outs happen all the time. I guess I set myself up for that one...

I would have loved to see Jake in his prime vs. Raven in his prime. Jake these days is just sad.

How often did matches like this happen back then?

The 1/14 Vincennes show was cancelled due to flooding in the area. Punk won the title at the anniversary show, which I believe was 10/23/04.

"OH MY EYES! THEY'RE BURNING! TOO...MUCH...CITRUS!"

OMG IT'S JOY! THANK GOD! I WAS SO WORRIED!

Maybe he can challenge Lance Storm for the Saskatchewan Hardcore Invititational Title.

Nice to see Torrie and Jackie are still earning their paychecks.