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Statement: Hulk Hogan will be on the card in some way, shape or form at WrestleMania 21. Rebuttal: There is no need for Hogan to be on the WM21 card. If he wasn't on the biggest WM ever, WM 20, why would Vince think it necessary to bring him back for WM21? Statement: Samoa Joe would be able to get over huge in the WWE if Vince ever signed him.

The show is ALREADY available at www.smartmarkvideo.com, so order it now! There will be a chat tonight at 11 eastern, 10 central, at groups.yahoo.com/group/iwamidsouth for anyone who wants to show up.

Any crowd estimates, guys? Man, those two TPI nights are going to be LOOOOOOOOOONG shows. I can't wait!

Here's the full wrapup: IWA Mid-South Wrestling, in association with NWA Midwest, returned to the Lincoln Center on Saturday night, August 21st for "An IWA Fairytale: The Hero vs. The Dragon." Here's what went down... Promoter IAN ROTTEN opened the show by announcing the first round pairings for the 24-man 2004 Ted Petty Invitational single elimination technical wrestling tournament, to take place on September 17th & 18th at the Lincoln Center. Chris Hero vs. "Lightning" Mike Quackenbush Jimmy Jacobs vs. Jimmy Rave (This match is now AJ Style vs. Jimmy Rave) "Spyder" Nate Webb vs. Hallowicked Nigel McGuinness vs. Double C BJ Whitmer vs. Petey Williams Chris Sabin vs. "Soul Assassin" Rainman Ray Gordy vs. Alex Shelley "Anarchist" Arik Cannon vs. Delirious (This match is now Cannon vs. Super Dragon) Todd Sexton vs. Danny Daniels Roderick Strong vs. Samoa Joe Salvatore Rinauro vs. Matt Sydal Austin Aries vs. CM Punk Additionally, Rotten announced that Brad Bradley & Ryan Boz would defend the IWA World Tag Team Titles in a three-way tag match during TPI weekend, against "The Wildcards" (Eddie Kingston & Black Jack Marciano) and the gigantic NWA Wildside duo of Tank and Iceberg. 1. JC BAILEY def. ICARUS (from Chikara Wrestle Factory in Pennsylvania) with the Bardstown Bam top rope legdrop in the opening contest. 2. TRIK DAVIS def. RYAN BOZ (w/ Jim Fannin) in an No Disqualification bout after a low blow followed by a roll up. Davis called Fannin out to the ring, issuing a challenge to any of his men for a No DQ match, and Boz accepted. Davis tried use of powder to the eyes, as well as trying to suffocate Boz with a plastic bag, before resorting to a low blow to score the three count. After the fall, BJ Whitmer and Danny Daniels hit the ring to join Boz and Fannin in issuing a post-match beating. Daniels soon retreated back to the locker room, wanting nothing to do with Fannin's orders. 3. JIMMY JACOBS wrestled DELIRIOUS to a double pin in their bout for Jacobs' IWA Light Heavyweight Title with a roll up and bridge which saw both wrestlers' shoulders counted down. Referee BRYCE REMSBURG was struck with an inadvertent missile dropkick from Jacobs, and was out of commission as Jacobs hit the Contra Code on Delirious, only for no referee to be there to count. TOMMY THOMPSON soon hit the ring to officiate the remainder of the match, and counted the double pin. A revived Remsburg stated moments later that he, as the official assigned to the match, agreed to go with Thompson's call in his place. The title was immediately declared vacant until a decision could be reached by IWA management in the locker room concerning the situation. 4. MATT SYDAL def. "Spyder" NATE WEBB to retain the NWA Midwest X Division Title after Webb was thrown off the top rope into an unintentional backflip, landed chest first on the canvas, and Sydal followed up with a shooting star press. DAVE PRAZAK then called Jacobs and Delirious back out to the ring and announced that the two wrestlers came to an agreement with IWA management moments earlier in the back, to where both men elected to withdraw from first round competition in the TPI tournament on 9/17 in favor of battling over the IWA Light Heavyweight Title, suspended from the Lincoln Center ceiling in a Ladder Match. Prazak stated that promoter IAN ROTTEN was going to make some phone calls and keep the fans posted as to who might take Jacobs' and Delirious' spots in the first round of the tournament. 5. "American Dragon" BRYAN DANIELSON def. CHRIS HERO via submission after divorce courting the arm of Hero off the top rope, followed by the Cattle Mutilation. Danielson picked Hero's arm as his target for the duration of the bout. After the match, "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON approached the ring and told Dragon to leave him and Hero alone. Cannon reminded Hero that he defeated Danielson on 7/31 in Highland, and now Hero couldn't do the same. Cannon left the ring with the mic, refusing to give it to Hero "so the fans wouldn't have to listen to him whine again about losing." 6. "Scrap Iron" ADAM PEARCE (w/ "The Hustler" Carmine DeSpirito) def. JUSTIN KAGE with a jumping piledriver. DeSpirito unveiled longtime ally Pearce as Kage's mystery opponent in Kage's initial IWA Mid-South appearance, and Pearce had some choice words for Kage as well as the fans of Highland on the mic before the match began. True to form, Pearce used his old school wrestling style, as well as a handful of tights, to gain the victory. IAN ROTTEN welcomed fans back from intermission by announcing that he had arranged by telephone for the replacements to fill the voids left by Jacobs and Delirious pulling out of TPI. He announced that "The Phenomenal" AJ STYLES will take Jacobs' first round position against Jimmy Rave, while SUPER DRAGON would take the place of Delirious in the first round against Arik Cannon. Rotten explained to the crowd that he had cut a deal with Jersey All-Pro Wrestling (which has Super Dragon booked on their 9/18 event), that in the event Super Dragon advances to the second round, IWA will provide Jersey All-Pro Wrestling with his replacement, out of the 12 men eliminated in the first round on 9/17. 7. NIGEL McGUINNESS & CHAD COLLYER def. BJ WHITMER & DANNY DANIELS in tag team action after Whitmer abandoned Daniels during the closing moments of the match, due to the growing tension between the two men. Not only did Whitmer deny Daniels a tag, but struck his now former partner in the head, leading to the victory for the McGuinness/Collyer duo. 8. "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON def. "The Notorious 187" HOMICIDE (w/ B-Boy) with a cradle for a quick pinfall victory in a very hard hitting bout. Homicide delivered numerous vicious headbutts during the match, but despite Homicide's brutal repertoire, Cannon's craftiness made the difference when it came down to the pinfall. After the match, after being denied a handshake by Cannon, Homicide went to give Cannon the Cop Killa, only to be saved from it by CHRIS HERO hitting the ring and talking Homicide into returning to the locker room. Hero reminded Cannon that he was the one responsible for plucking Cannon out of Minnesota wrestling obscurity and bringing him to IWA Mid-South, and that he needs to be more of a man about things if he wants to realize his potential. DAVE PRAZAK then brought out reigning NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Champion LACEY for an in-ring interview. Lacey explained to the fans her injury (a torn MCL and dislocated kneecap) which has sidelined her from competition since early July. Prazak reminded her the IWA and NWA Midwest officials have been lenient with the 30 day title defense rule due to her showing in the title tournament. When Lacey speculated that she may need "another four or five months" of recovery time, Prazak informed her that she has roughly one month to prepare, because she will have to defend the title at the TPI weekend against one of her opponents in the finals of the tournament, MERCEDES MARTINEZ. 9. "Metalhead" STEVE STONE def. IAN ROTTEN when NWA Midwest promoter ED CHUMAN approached ringside and called for referee MICKIE KNUCKLES to end the match due to Ian's blood loss and inability to continue. As a result of the decision, Stone earns his spot back on the IWA Mid-South roster. After the match, Rotten went on a verbal tirade at Chuman, stating that IWA Mid-South is his company, and he knows what's in his own best interests. Rotten then declared that he and Stone would battle at TPI weekend in a match that the NWA will have no jurisdiction over, a non-sanctioned Falls Count Anywhere/Anything Goes match held under traditional IWA rules. 10. CM PUNK def. "The New Age Punisher" B-BOY (w/ Homicide) via submission with the human torture rack. Punk relentlessly focused on B-Boy's back for the duration of the match, softening him up for the finishing hold. Neither B-Boy nor Punk were able to connect with a shining wizard on their opponent during the match, which was a blend of submission wrestling and strikes. 12. MAD MAN PONDO def. "Mr. Insanity" TOBY KLEIN in a Fan Lumberjack Strap Match, following a senton off the ropes onto Klein, trapped under a fort constructed with multiple chairs. Sixteen fans were chosen at random from the ticket stubs to be at ringside armed with leather straps. Besides the fans with the straps, the men also utilized a staple gun and Pondo's stop sign during the match. The event was filmed with two cameras by Smart Mark Video for home video release, with commentary by Dave Prazak, CM Punk, Nate Webb, and Carmine DeSpirito. Mail order ticket information for the TPI weekend shows will be posted on the IWA web site this coming week for those who have not had the opportunity to purchase their tickets at a recent live IWA event. For all the latest IWA info, call the hotlines at 502-569-1701 in Louisville and 630-585-3958 in Chicago.

So the 2004 TPI is shaping up like this: -A two night, 24 man tournament for the IWA-MS world title, featuring: Chris Hero vs. Mike Quackenbush Samoa Joe vs. Roderick Strong CM Punk vs. Austin Aries Alex Shelley vs. Ray Gordy AJ Styles vs. Jimmy Rave Super Dragon vs. Arik Cannon Nigel McGuinness vs. Double C Hallowicked vs. Nate Webb Rainman vs. Chris Sabin Petey Williams vs. BJ Whitmer Plus Danny Daniels, Todd Sexton, and 2 other guys in the tournament in two more first round matches. (Hopefully we'll get those pairings after reading other live reports.) -Boz and Bradley vs. Tank and Iceberg vs. Wildcards for the IWA-MS tag titles -Delirious vs. Jimmy Jacobs in a ladder match for the IWA-MS LHW title -Ian Rotten vs. Steve Stone in an unsanctioned brawl that will be brutal and bloody as hell I'm sure This show is going to be AMAZING! I mean, are you kidding me? Samoa Joe vs. Roderick Strong? Talk about STIFF! People have been talking about that match for a a while. Super Dragon vs. Arik Cannon? That'll be fantastic! CM Punk vs. Austin Aries? They'll be facing each other for ROH on 9/11, so they'll be used to working together - this match should be great. And I REALLY want to see Chris Hero vs. Mike Quackenbush - I'm sure they've wrestled each other before, but their styles seem to go together well and I'm sure the match will be great. Plus Tank and Iceberg! Awesome! A ladder match and a brawl between Stone and Ian on the undercard? Terrific! Oh, and Lacey vs. Mercedes Martinez too...damn this show is going to be good.

Thanks for the results!!! Did Pondo vs. Klein take place?

From the DOI board: (Slyk and April as tag champs???) From the ECW Arena. Attendance 250-300 approx. (Not an official count) Ruckus defeats Slyk Wagner Brown Tag Team Battle Royal for the newly created 3PW Tag Team Titles Slyk Wagner Brown & April Hunter Double Trouble (Rockin' Rebel & Jack Victory) Blue Meanie & Roadkill Pitbulls 2004 (Gary Wolfe & Mike Kruel) w/ Jasmin St. Claire Rob Eckos & Striker Slyk Wagner Brown & April Hunter win a tag team battle royal to become the 1st ever 3PW Tag Team Champions. CJ O'Doyle & Monsta Mack wrestled to a no-contest. April Hunter challenges CJ O'Doyle after the match and defeats O'Doyle in 2 minutes. Roadkill defeats Monsta Mack MAIN EVENT ELIMINATION MATCH for the 3PW Heavyweight Title © Joey Matthews vs. Chris Sabin vs. A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels Joey Matthews pins Chris Sabin Joey Matthews pins A.J. Styles Christopher Daniels pins Joey Matthews to win the 3PW Heavyweight Title

Apparently Christopher Daniels is the new 3PW champ. According to the CZWfans board, Matthews pinned Styles and Sabin, and then Daniels beat Matthews to win the title.

Ian Knoxx vs. Adam Flash - Cage Match Amazing Red & Sonjay Dutt vs. Jimmy Rave & M-Dogg20 Ruckus & Sabian vs. The Maximo Brothers (SATs) Just an update that these three matches will be on the evening show.

Great stuff, I might have to pick this show up! I heard that the Musical only has one camera and is REALLY hard to watch. The matches were supposed to be great, but I'm interested to see your take on it. Looking forward to your next review!

Angle/Taker at WM21? I just don't see what that accomplishes for the future...neither guy is going to be wrestling full time in a few years anyway. Agreed about Guerrero. Smackdown needs to treat him carefully so he stays over as much as he was when champ. Losing a feud to friggin' Bradshaw really hurt him.

The lineups look good...though the one thing I haven't liked when watching CZW matches in the past is how many end with stupid run in or Russo-like finishes. I hope these shows are well booked, because the talent involved looks great so far.

I think TNA did some good things on this show, and other things that weren't so great: -Jarrett beating Kenney in a minute was kind of stupid, especially with Tenay talking about Kenney's "Never say die attitude" when he attacks Jarrett a minute later. Of course Jarrett lays him out with the guitar, REALLY making Kenney look dumb. -Good job of building to Jarrett vs. Hardy. I guess they might as well push it as the "biggest match in TNA history" huh? -The "charismatic enigma" Jeff Hardy? That's SO stupid. I'm not into Hardy as a legitimate title contender. -TNA is doing a really good job of making Monte Brown look like a real star. I understand he's not very good in the ring, but they should probably be pushing him like Goldberg, letting him wrestle short matches and get over as a monster. Have they been protecting him much lately? And did they really put Hardy over him a few weeks back? I don't remember what happened in that match. -Being a big IWA-Mid South fan, I love Petey Williams (who is the IWA-MS champ). He makes a great X-Division champ, and the Canadian Destroyer rules all. -Predictable but okay stuff with Abyss and Goldylocks, as Abyy has the "big man who gets pushed around by his manager so he'll snap and turn face soon enough" thing going on. I really wish Alex Shelley got more of a chance to show off his skills, though. Has he gotten much match time on PPV? -The Dusty/Russo/D'Amore stuff was pretty boring. I like Shane Douglas as a backstage interview guy, as he's always been great on the mic. I think he'd make a great manager as well. -Good six man main event. Any other thoughts or opinions?

I will flip out if PWG books Hero vs. Super Dragon.

Also, has anyone here seen any Chikara shows? What did you think of them?

#19 for the TPI is... Nigel McGuinness.

Stole the results so far from the czwfans board: The TNA Spanish announce team do the cable theft thing this week. Recap video of last week airs. Raven enters and claims Sabu is faking the injury. Raven calls out Sonjay Dutt and he answers. It plays the story of the agile Sonjay against the brutal Raven. Done really well, Sonjay executing everything perfectly and Raven doing his part to make both of them look good. The crowd is completely dead, they neither boo or cheer the entire match. 2 cloaked figures are seen in the rafters and one points at the ring, and his hand/fingers were taped in black tape. 2 more cloaked figures are seen near the entrance. They said they were the same ones, but the cloaks looked different to me. The first ones were in slight green cloaks and these were in black ones. Sonjay ties Raven up in one of the dog collars and beats him with a trash can. Raven throws Sonjay off the top through a table on the outside. Raven goes to pick up Sonjay and Sonjay throws fire in Raven’s face, and then throws him over the top rope and the ref calls for the bell. Sonjay wins the match. Interview with Jarrett. Backstage promo with Team Canada. Petey Williams enters to face Chris Sabin for the X Division Championship. Pretty much a slow X Division match, with D’More running in as did Bobby Rude, and Dusty came out and chased D’More around. Williams gets the win with a Canadian destroyer. Promo with Tracy Brooks, Shane and Kazarian Triple X and AMW enter to face one another. Triple X gets the predictable win because it’s a best of 3 series. Interview with Monty Brown

I agree. I also agree that he needs to stop using the spear as a finisher. It works for Goldberg, it works for Rhyno...but not for Edge. He's definitely on the way to turning heel...whether he'll be with Evolution/Christian/both remains to be seen.

Might as well add here that there's going to be an IWA-MS chat tonight at 10 eastern 9 central at groups.yahoo.com/group/iwamidsouth. They're going to announce the 19th guy in the TPI tournament.

Thanks for reading! And yeah, I agree with everything you said here. Danger was really good on commentary, and I loved her telling kids to sit down and shut up or ripping on other people in the crowd. I still have not seen Reyes/Romero work a match together, though when I catch up on my Ring of Honor completely, then I will.

I just want to mention that I ordered this show Sunday night and got it Wednesday afternoon. Smart Mark Video is AWESOME! Match one: Danny Daniels vs. Eddie Edwards: Edwards is making his IWA-MS debut. Perfectly acceptable wrestling, nothing really memorable. Edwards hits a nice sunset flip powerbomb but Daniels rallies, rakes the eyes, and hits a piledriver to beat Edwards at 6:00. *1/2 Match two: Sumie Sukai vs. Rain: Dave Prazak announces the pairings for the women's title tournament that would take place the next night at "Volcano Girls". Sukai is making her IWA-MS debut. Pretty good women's match with Rain dumping Sukai to the floor and tossing her into the chairs at ringside at one point. They trade fisherman's busters for 2 in the ring. Sukai comes back and hits an AWESOME moonsault (Muta style) for the pin at 6:20. ** Match three - tag title tournament first round match: Southern Comfort (Tracey Smothers and Chris Hamrick) vs. The Wild Cards (Eddie Kingston and Blackjack Marciano): The Wild Cards have shaved heads from a recent match in Chikara. Fun stuff to start. Hamrick hits a GREAT high missile dropkick. They then hook an indian deathlock/dragon sleeper/camel clutch combo submission. Kingston spits on Smothers and trash talks. Hamrick comes in and hits a sweet superkick that gets a short "HOLY SHIT!" chant. Hamrick has a sweet mullet, I might add. Hamrick takes a hot shot and Yakuza kick, and the Wild Cards take over. They work Hamrick over, but he finally hot tags Smothers. Fantastic spot to end it as Kingston gets crotched up top. Hamrick climbs up and leaps OFF OF KINGSTON'S SHOULDERS ON THE TOP ROPE with a guillotine leg drop to Marciano for the pin at about 9:00. Bland match with some fun stuff in there, and a good final spot. **1/4 Match four - first round match: CM Punk and Colt Cabana w/Tracy Brooks vs. Nigel McGuinness and Chad Collyer: Dave Prazak talks about how fans have wanted the return of Punk and Cabana for more than a year, and they get a nice pop from the fans. Collyer and Punk have a nice sequence to start. Cabana gets in with Nigel and does a hilarious "European wrestler" imitation. They have a really nice sequence too. More great comedy from Cabana it would take too long to explain. Punk and McGuinness then go one on one, and that's a match I wouldn't mind seeing someday. The match continues, and Collyer comes back and hot tags in. He floats out of a Colt 45 and hooks the Cloverleaf on Cabana. Punk sneaks in and hits a shining wizard on Collyer, and Cabana gets the pin at about 8:00. Okayish match with some fun comedy and stuff, but obviously Punk and Cabana were saving plenty for later. At least I hope they were! **1/2 Match five - first round match: Brad Bradley and Ryan Boz w/Carmine Despirito vs. Havana Pitbulls: Rocky Romero isn't here, so the makeshift Pitbulls for the night are Ricky Reyes and Puma. Reyes knocks Boz down a few times, pissing off the Barry Windham-lookalike. Boz and Bradley finally take over and destroy poor Puma. Puma gets worked over and then comes back and tags Reyes. Tornado DDT and a top rope splash to Boz by Puma gets 2. Boz and Bradley take over again but Reyes rolls up Boz for the surprise win at 9:00. Really bland match. * Boz and Bradley argue with their manager after the match. Match six - first round match: B-Boy and Homicide vs. M-Dogg 20 and Josh Prohibition: Big brawl to start. They trade lots of quick moves to start. Cide hooks the STF on M-Dogg. Homicide and B-Boy hit their powerbomb onto the knee double team move, which the crowd always loves. B-Boy just kicks the hell out of M-Dogg before he and Homicide hit their big series of moves and kicks in the corner, just _DESTROYING_ poor M-Dogg. B-Boy stretches him out with a nice submission. Homicide comes in and double stomps him. B-Boy and Homicide are great heels as a tag team because the heat segment on the face is NEVER boring. Homicide tries a suplex, but M-Dogg shoves him off and hits a flying cross body for 2. J-Pro finally gets the hot tag. M-Dogg takes out Homicide with an Asai moonsault. Missile dropkick into a t-bone for 2 on B-Boy. J-Pro gets taken out with a leaping shining wizard by B-Boy, a top rope ace crusher by Homicide, and another shining wizard by B-Boy. M-Dogg breaks it up at 2! Doomsday bulldog on M-Dogg gets 2. M-Dogg tries a shooting star move, but B-Boy hooks him with a cutter on the way down! Whoa! J-Pro hits a double underhook piledriver, but Homicide hits the Cop Killa on Prohibition for the pin at 13:30. Easily the best of the first round tag matches. ***1/2 Match seven: Seven way elimination match, winner gets immediate shot at IWA-MS title: Alex Shelley vs. Petey Williams vs. Roderick Strong vs. Jimmy Jacobs vs. Delirious vs. Nate Webb vs. Austin Aries: Strong and Shelley come out together, making the "Generation Next" sign with their hands. Aries comes out separately from them for some reason. Delrious and Jacobs start with a comedy sequence. Delrious is weird as usual. Webb and Strong go at it and Webb gets a nice springboard rana. Shelley and Aries go at it next. Nice sequence, and Aries is just explosive as usual. He's so damn good in the ring, everything he does looks like it really hurts. Delirious hits a dive onto Williams, Shelley, and Aries. Strong gorilla presses Jacobs and tosses him over the top onto everyone. Cool spot as Webb tries to kick Strong, who blocks it and flips Webb over the top onto everyone. Delirious gets back in and Shelley eliminates him with the Shellshock at 5:45. Strong blocks the Contra Code and hits a cool backbreaker to pin Jacobs at 7:00. Generation Next then beats the crap out of Petey Williams. They hit a triple slam on him and Strong gets a 2 count. The fans rally behind Petey. More triple team moves on Petey for 2. Cool stuff. Webb gets a hot tag and beats Strong with a chickenwing into a facebuster at 10:15. We're down to four. Shelley beats down Webb for several nearfalls. It becomes like a tag match now for a bit as the heels work over Webb. Williams gets the tag but Shelley and Aries hit a double team Shellshock! Webb gets the tag, though, and eliminates Shelley with Soylent Green at 14:00.Williams hits the CANADIAN DESTROYER~! for the pin at 15:00 on Webb! Williams and Aries now. Aries misses a 450 splash and Williams rolls him up for the pin at 14:15! Fun match. It was obviously rushed, as the show was long enough anyways. Hell, these seven guys could go for an hour easily. But it was still a pretty fun scramble type match. ***1/4 Match eight: BJ Whitmer vs. Petey Williams for the IWA-MS title Whitmer immediately cleans Williams' clock. Whitmer hits an exploder as Fannin tries to convince Petey to just give up, saying he'll give him a title shot down the road. Ha! They brawl outside shortly, Whitmer still beating the hell out of Williams. Williams catches Whitmer with a boot on a charge and hits the Canadian Destroyer out of the corner for the pinfall at 3:15! Williams is the new champion! Prazak and Allison Danger do a great job of selling this as a huge shock. Not much of a match, but the story was fun with Petey fighting against all odds to win the title. * for the Canadian Destroyer, though this was really just an extension of the elimination match. Fannin freaks out, saying it was a fluke. Whitmer beats down the new champ and hits an exploder on him. The crowd gives Petey a standing ovation. Match nine: Tag title tournament semifinals: Punk and Cabana vs. Havana Pitbulls: Cabana and Puma start and trade some arm drags and the like. Punk comes in and everyone is dumped to the floor except Cabana, who hits an Asai moonsault. Back in, and Cabana hooks Reyes in a bow and arrow stretch. Cabana hits a Russian leg sweep and rolls into a nice double arm submission hold. Punk hits a delayed suplex on Reyes. Double leglock/bridging neck clutch submissions by Punk and Cabana. Punk works over Reyes' back. Reyes tags out, and Puma suplexes Punk for 2. The Pitbulls isolate Punk and work him over. He tags out to Cabana after a pit, and Colt cleans house. Backbreaker/slingshot leg drop for 2. Reyes gets rolling Germans on Punk for 2. Punk hits a shining wizard on Puma and Cabana hits a cradle DDT for the pinfall at 16:15. This was a really slow match, and I was REALLY not impressed by the Pitbulls (especially Puma) here. Punk and Cabana tried to carry this the best they could, but Puma and Reyes did VERY little interesting on this show, which is disappointing. ** Match ten: Semifinal match: Southern Comfort vs. B-Boy and Homicide: Smothers bounces of B-Boy and Homicide's rap entrance, which is funny. Hamrick and Homicide start. Prazak mentions Hamrick having attitude problems in the locker room in the past. What's that all about? They trade chops and eye gouges. Smothers gets tagged in and does some old white guy dancing. Smothers and Homicide actually work really well together and have a nice sequence, even though they're about 180's personality wise. A slow first seven minutes or so. Hamrick gets locked in Cide's STF but gets the ropes. Homicide and Hamrick do the "trade a bunch of two counts" thing before Hamrick stretches out Cide. B-Boy breaks it up. Homicide ranas Hamrick off the top and B-Boy hits a guillotine leg drop for 2. They continue to work over Hamrick. Hamrick tries to get a hot tag but crawls to the wrong corner and B-Boy DDT's him. Hamrick finally comes back with a neckbreaker/DDT combo and tags in Smothers. Shining Wizard by B-Boy sends Smothers out, and B-Boy takes him out with a pescado. Hamrick hits a dive, and Homicide then hits his tope con hilo! He just _drilled_ Smothers with that. The near falls start coming back in the ring as the match picks up. Hamrick floats out of a Cop Killa and hits a back drop lift into a sitdown tombstone! CRAZY! Homicide is out, and Hamrick and Smothers hit a Doomsday Blockbuster on B-Boy for the pin at 16:15! Pretty damn good tag match, after a slow start. Homicide and B-Boy always bring the awesomeness. ***1/4 The announcers mention how the crowd is in shock about Homicide and B-Boy losing. Match eleven: Samoa Joe vs. Chris Hero: I'm pretty psyched to see this one. The crowd is pretty loud for intros, and mixed in support for each guy. Allison calls some fans "douches". Ha. Pretty normal counter stuff to start, and then the crowd REALLY starts to get into it. They hit some hard forearms to get the fans in it more. They just start beating the hell out of each other. Hero clocks Joe with a forearm shiver. Hero brings the intensity with chops and forearms, but Joe comes back with stiff shots of his own. Joe slaps Hero, who tackles him and goes nuts. The fans are going crazy. They trade slaps and more forearms and Joe hits a _HUGE_ forearm shot! Hero comes back and goes to the cravat~! Cool spot as Hero counters Joe's corner uranage thing into a rolling arm drag, but he comes back and THEN Joe hits a MONSTROUS one. Joe gets just a _massive_ pop from the fans. Hero's fans then chant for him and we're back to dueling chants. Chops and a knee drop get two on Hero. Joe gets a rolling sweep kick for 2. Joe hits knees but Hero hits an enzuigiri. Twisting neckbreaker by Hero and a senton to boot. Lariat by Hero gets 2. Big powerslam by Joe for 2, and he then goes into a cross armbreaker, but Hero gets the ropes. Roaring elbow by Hero, but Joe comes back and hits a DVD for 2. Hero counters a dragon suplex into a CRAVAT SUPLEX~! He hits a double stomp and goes to the hangman's clutch! Joe gets to the ropes. Joe counters the Hero's Welcome into the choke but Hero counters to the Hero's Welcome! He picks up Joe and tries another, but Joe counters to a huge backdrop driver! Joe chokes out Hero for the win at 14:30. This match simply has to be seen. They had to change the style of match they worked based on the crowd reaction at the start, as the fans just wanted a big fight between these two big stars. The crowd made this a spectacle, and the match itself was _SUPER_ hard hitting and a ton of fun. Star wise it probably wasn't _THAT_ great, (this would have been way different in front of a dead crowd) but fuck that, this was _fun_. **** After the match, Ian checks on Hero. Hero says he's ashamed and an embarrassment to IWA-MS. Hero talks about his past losses and how he didn't have enough to beat Joe tonight. Hero says he'll make Joe tap out on 5/30 or he'll leave for good. The crowd chants "JOE WILL TAP!" Great stuff. Match twelve: Jerry Lynn vs. Sabu: They trade headlockery to start and some pretty good matwork, actually. They do the indy applause sequence, which isn't really a surprise. Springboard leg lariat for 2 for Sabu. Lynn floats over on a suplex and hits a reverse DDT for 2. Lynn gets his leg drop in the ropes on Sabu, taking him to the floor. Sabu drills Lynn with a chair. Sabu uses the chair to do a dive to the floor. Usual stuff for Sabu, so you'll either like it or hate it I guess. They brawl into the crowd as the fans scatter. Lynn hits a dive off the bleachers onto Sabu. Back in, and Sabu springboards into the corner using a chair. He tries again, but Lynn kicks the chair into Sabu's knee! Cool. Lynn goes to a half crab. Tornado DDT blocked by Sabu into a northern lights for 2. So many spots I've seen so many times! Lynn trips Sabu into the chair. Lynn tries his own springboard move, but Sabu catches him with a clothesline. Sabu goes to the camel clutch, but Lynn gets the ropes. Prazak points out that there's no-DQ, so really the rope break shouldn't matter. Lynn DDT's Sabu onto a set up chair, which looked pretty cool. Lynn backdrops Sabu onto the chair. Lynn hits an Air Raid Crash (Kryptonite Krunch) onto the chair for another 2 count. Sabu hits an arabian press onto Lynn and then chair and hooks the camel clutch, and Lynn taps at 10:30. Well, this is something you'll either love or hate, depending on how you like Sabu and Lynn. It was slow and sloppy at times, but some of the spots were nice. I guess I'll go **1/4. Match thirteen: Southern Comfort vs. CM Punk and Colt Cabana (tag team title match) Hamrick and Punk trade stuff to start and Hamrick gets the best of him. Smothers gets in and dances, and Punk forearms him. Smothers with a cross body for 2. Flying forearm for 2. Cabana tags in and Smothers goes to work on him. Smothers dumps Punk and Cabana and does a Misterio-like fake dive thingy. He dropkicks them both. Punk and Cabana finally turn the tides and go to work on Smothers. Cabana hits a leg sweep and rolls into his double arm thing, and this time Punk flips into the ring and across Smothers' chest. Tracy Brooks chokes out Smothers behind the ref's back. Punk takes Smothers down with a sleeper and uses the ropes for leverage. Punk hits a few kicks for 2 as Hamrick breaks it up. Punk heads up top but Smothers launches him crotch first onto the ropes and tags Hamrick in. Floatover neckbreaker on Punk for 2. Cabana hits a gutbuster on Hamrick for 2. Smothers slams Cabana for 2. Punk hits a shining wizard on Smothers for 2. The end comes as Smothers sunset flips Cabana and Hamrick superkicks Punk. Smothers gets the 3 at 15:00. This was a slow paced southern style tag match, so if you like that kind of match you'll probably like this. Not a lot of hot moves or anything though. Punk and Cabana beat down Southern Comfort after the match. **1/4 Final thoughts: An up and down show, though I still really enjoyed it. The Homicide and B-Boy tag matches were both terrific, and Joe vs. Hero has to be seen. I was disappointed by the Pitbulls, especially Puma, in their matches though. The first two matches could have been cut, as they were more filler than anything. Sabu/Lynn is something you probably know ahead of time if you'll like or not, as there are no surprises in it. Petey Williams winning the IWA-MS world title was really well done, and the elimination match is very fun, though rushed. Definitely a thumbs up for this, though the tag matches not involving B-Boy and Homicide weren't that great. Check it out! Go to www.smartmarkvideo.com and order your copy. Next up: Well, I got Stylin' in the Summertime in the mail today, though I haven't seen anything from Volcano Girls up to that point. So I'll either do that next or wait until I get Volcano Girls and One More Time so I can continue in order. Also, a ROH World Title Classic review should be up sometime soon too.

Haha! I always mock that whenever my friends and I get together to watch wrestling. "ONE! TWO! HE GOT HIM! HE GOT---no, only 2." My favorite is Wrestlemania 13, when Vince gets SO ahead of himself in the four corners tag team match. It's down to the Godwins and Headbangers, and one of the Godwins puts a Headbanger in position for his Slop Drop reverse DDT and before he even HITS the move Vince says: "It's over folks! This will be it and the Godwins will move on to challenge the tag team champions tomorrow night on RAW - oh no, wait a minute!"

I was actually just going to post about this. I HAAAAAAAAAAAAATE it because all the GOOD near falls are ruined by it. They did it at Summerslam. As soon as Rey hits the 619, Cole says something like "they're going to do it! They're going to beat the Dudleys!" Then I immediately knew the Dudleys were winning. He also said it's over after Angle hit his second Angle Slam and after Eddie hit the frog splash, and both were then kicked out of, no surprise. Cole is the worst offender, but JR does it a lot too. I think they REALLY need to say "it's all over, this is history" once in a while when it really IS the end.

PCN's website is fantastic. You get reviews for IWA-MS, ROH, IWS, CZW...awesome stuff. Shot of Southern Comfort review is almost done!

I posted a review of IWA-MS You Gotta See this from 5/7/04 on here. And I just got my copy of A Shot of Southern Comfort today and I'm writing a review of that as we speak as well.