Phoenix Fury Legdrop 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2004 (edited) I usually don't out-and-out pimp shows, but this card has the potential to be the blow-away "Show of the Year"... ***One More Time: Part One/No Time Limit*** CHRIS HERO vs. CM PUNK ***One More Time: Part Two/Steel Cage Match*** ALEX SHELLEY vs. "Barbaric Berzerker" JIMMY JACOBS ***IWA Light Heavyweight Title Match*** [Champion] MATT SYDAL vs. AUSTIN ARIES ***IWA/NWA Midwest Women's Title/Knockout or Submission*** [Champion] LACEY vs. DAIZEE HAZE ***IWA World Tag Team Title Match*** [Champions] BRAD BRADLEY & RYAN BOZ vs. "Ring Crew Express" DUNN & MARCOS "The Notorious 187" HOMICIDE vs. SAMOA JOE "Wild Eyed Southern Boy" TRACY SMOTHERS vs. "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON DANNY DANIELS vs. "Spyder" NATE WEBB Plus DELIRIOUS in action, and more! Edited June 5, 2004 by Phoenix Fury Legdrop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garth 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2004 One word: DAMN. The top two matchs make this a must buy. I love Punk vs Hero from WHMP this should be no different. I'm excited to see just how long this one goes as I'm sure I read somewhere that the pair of them want to go even longer than 93 minutes. Whatever they do I'm sure it'll be interesting. There dosen't appear to be anything really bad on the card, and I think your right PFL when you say this has the potential to be a blow away card of the year. Jacobs vs Shelley I've never seen a match between the two, but I enjoy the work of both men against others, and have heard good things about the two against each other. I'd probably buy the tape just for the main so this is an added bonus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Evolution Report post Posted June 6, 2004 Oh sweet baby jesus. We're riding five hours to see this baby, and I don't think we'll be disappointed, especially since we're bringing the Jimmy Jacobs mark of our bunch from Simply The Best 5...and he'll be VERY pleased. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChick 0 Report post Posted June 6, 2004 Will there be a tape of this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted June 6, 2004 Will there be a tape of this? Of course. All the IWA-MS tapes (and other promotions shows) are at www.smartmarkvideo.com - I suggest you check out Simply the Best 5. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tpww7 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2004 Cide is a no go since he hurt his hand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phoenix Fury Legdrop 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2004 I had heard he didn't work the 2nd night of the Peterson Cup due to not wanting to hurt it anymore than it already is. As far as I've heard, he's going to work with the hand heavily taped up. I'm hoping I'm not proven to be wrong; that would suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Markingout Report post Posted June 7, 2004 He was going to work the second night of the JPC, but explained the NWA commission said no. His injury is a really deep cut, and he will be working IWA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r4g 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2004 God this owns so bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Open the Muggy Gate 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2004 this show looks great. And I've seen Smothers here in Memphis for a while now. He's still in great shape, and still very good in that ring for his age. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Deviant Report post Posted June 7, 2004 *plans to order tape* Brilliant card, although something tells me that Punk and Hero won't try to beat the 93 minutes, because I'm not worthy of seeing such a thing twice... Still sounds awesome, that's a guaranteed buy from me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJoe2k5 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2004 They went 60-minutes over in Germany a few months ago, so it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to surpass 93-minutes in this match. Alex Shelley vs. Jimmy Jacobs in a steel cage could be great and IF Homicide vs. Samoa Joe happens I would expect a really stiff battle. Should be a great show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted June 7, 2004 WOW, IWA-MS is really starting to gain some steam with this card. They have been doing well lately, and this is just further proof that they are coming up/surpassing ROH as the best indy. I guess only time will tell if they can keep these great shows coming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Corino 1000 Report post Posted June 8, 2004 IWA-MS. What can I say? SOTB 5 was awesome. The show with Hero and Cannon is mad underrated. The two shows in May? Simply phenomenal. I love it man, IWA > ROH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2004 Some more updates from IWA-MS... Looking ahead, past this Friday's IWA Mid-South Wrestling "One More Time" event in Lafayette, IN, there are three big shows on the horizon during the second half of June. Saturday, June 19th, NWA Midwest & IWA-MS present "A Butcher Loose In Highland" at the Lincoln Center (2450 Lincoln Street) in Highland, IN. Bell time is 7:30pm. Tickets are $20, $15, and just $10 general admission, and will be available at the door. Advance ringside seats are also currently available at the Lincoln Center box office. ***Non-Sanctioned Match/Anything Goes*** [2003 KOTDM] MAD MAN PONDO vs. ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER ***IWA World Heavyweight Title Match*** [Champion] PETEY WILLIAMS vs. "The Next" ALEX SHELLEY ***IWA Light Heavyweight Title Match*** [Champion] MATT SYDAL vs. "Barbaric Berzerker" JIMMY JACOBS ***IWA World Tag Team Title Match*** [Champions] BRAD BRADLEY & RYAN BOZ vs. DANNY DANIELS & BJ WHITMER "Spyder" NATE WEBB vs. Big Japan's RYUJI ITO TRIK DAVIS vs. CASH FLO Plus MsCHIF will get a Women's Title shot in Highland against the winner of LACEY vs. DAIZEE HAZE (to take place this Friday in Lafayette). Also, matches featuring CHRIS HERO, "The Future" CHRIS SABIN, "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON, DELIRIOUS, and more of your IWA favorites! Then, the very next weekend, Friday & Saturday, June 25th & 26th, is "King of the Death Matches 2004" at the Community Center Gym (235 Hoosier Avenue) in Oolitic, IN. Tickets are currently available at all upcoming events, and will be available at the door on the night of each show. Just added for KOTDM Night One, in non-tournament action, former IWA World Heavyweight Champion CM PUNK will take on NWA Wildside star RAY GORDY, making his IWA debut. Don't forget... IWA-MS is back at the Armory (5220 East 200 South) in Lafayette, IN this Friday night, June 11th for "One More Time." Bell time is 8pm. Tickets are $20, $15, and just $10 general admission, and will be available at the door. Ringside seats can be reserved by leaving a message on the IWA Louisville hotline voicemail at 502-569-1701. ***One More Time: Part One/No Time Limit*** CHRIS HERO vs. CM PUNK ***One More Time: Part Two/Steel Cage Match*** (As many falls as is necessary to end the Best of Seven) [3 wins] "The Next" ALEX SHELLEY vs. [2 wins] "Barbaric Berzerker" JIMMY JACOBS ***IWA Light Heavyweight Title Match*** [Champion] MATT SYDAL vs. AUSTIN ARIES ***IWA World Tag Team Title Match*** [Champions] BRAD BRADLEY & RYAN BOZ vs. "Ring Crew Express" DUNN & MARCOS ***IWA/NWA Midwest Women's Title/Knockout or Submission*** [Champion] LACEY vs. DAIZEE HAZE SAMOA JOE vs. "The Notorious 187" HOMICIDE "Wild-Eyed Southern Boy" TRACY SMOTHERS vs. "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON DANNY DANIELS vs. "Spyder" NATE WEBB Plus DELIRIOUS in action, and more! Driving directions to all IWA venues are currently available at http://www.freewebs.com/iwamidsouth/directions.html For the latest updates, call the IWA hotlines at 502-569-1701 in Louisille or 630-585-3958 in Chicago. ===================================================== More wrestlers have been confirmed for participation in the King of the Death Matches 2004 tournament, to be held on Friday & Saturday, June 25th & 26th, at the Community Center Gym (235 Hoosier Avenue) in Oolitic, Indiana. Just added to the already announced list of competitors are the following participants: * KOTDM 2002 winner THE NECRO BUTCHER * Former MAW World Heavyweight Champion, as well as KOTDM & Hardcore Cup veteran DYSFUNCTION * From ICP's JCW tour, "Hollywood" CHUCK HOGAN * Returning to IWA-MS, the giant MANSLAUGHTER With these four added, the KOTDM 2004 lineup looks like this so far... 1. Mad Man Pondo (2003 winner) 2. JC Bailey 3. "The Notorious 187" Homicide 4. Ryan Boz 5. Wifebeater 6. "Low Life" Louie Ramos 7. Corporal Robinson 8. 2 Tuff Tony 9. The Necro Butcher (2002 winner) 10. Dysfunction 11. "Hollywood" Chuck Hogan 12. Manslaughter A total of sixteen death match wrestlers will participate in the 2004 tournament. Plus, just signed for non-tournament action on Friday, June 25th at KOTDM Night One is former IWA World Heavyweight Champion CM PUNK. Mail orders for tickets to the KOTDM shows are now being accepted. Ringside seating is currently available at a cost of $50 for a weekend pass to both events. Fans sending ticket orders by mail will be given the best seating available at the time your order arrives. You may send check or money order (made payable to Jim Fannin) to: IWA Mid-South Wrestling, PO Box 21476, Louisville, KY 40221. Tickets in the lower priced seating areas for KOTDM have yet to go on sale. The last two rows of the bleachers in the Oolitic Gym will be sold for just $20 for a weekend pass ($10 per night). KOTDM tickets are available for purchase in person at all IWA Mid-South live events. Tickets will also be available at the door on the nights of the tournament if you are unable to purchase your desired seating in advance. Mark your calendars! June 25th & 26th! ================================================== Also, there's a nice interview with Chris Hero at: http://chicagowrestling.com/AL/Herointerview.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2004 Just a side note here - has anyone ordered any DVDs of IWA-MS? I'm wondering how good the quality is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2004 Since it's officially now June 11th, I figured I'd bump this... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phoenix Fury Legdrop 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2004 A couple of announcements about tonight's show from the IWA-MS Message Board: The final four King of the Deathmatch competitors will be announced tonight. Two are debuting, two are not. One of the debuts is sent from NWA Wildside ("Ice-BERG! Ice-BERG!"...) "Classic" Colt Cabana has been added to the show. Neither him nor Delirious have opponents for tonight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Evolution Report post Posted June 11, 2004 Only an hour or so until we take off to take the five hour trip to Lafayette for this show. It'll be good to finally see an IWA-MS show again, after missing several opportunities at one since Simply The Best 5. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJoe2k5 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2004 The Alex Shelley vs. Jimmy Jacobs match will go as long as it takes to finish their Best of Sevens series that was at 3-2 in Shelley's favor before his injury, so if Alex Shelley gets the first fall the match is over, but if Jimmy Jacobs gets the first fall the match continues. Did the NWA Indiana title tournament ever end, or is it still going on? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phoenix Fury Legdrop 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2004 I believe so, with Nate Webb, Ian Rotten, and Petey Williams all in the semi-finals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ArchoanJB Report post Posted June 12, 2004 Such an awesome awesome show, everybody has got it to get it on tape! Here are the quick results not sure if the right order, I'll try to post more indepth tommorow Blah match between an guy with Ox on his tights vs. a Fat hibilly, they tried but just eh overall. Samoa Joe d. Homicide (OMG stiff as hell) Delerious d. Colt Cabana and HC Loc (making his IWA debut) in a fun match, some stuff blown though Spyder Nate Webb d. Danny Daniels via DQ (NWA rules said Daniels coudl be DQed). Same as last match, fun but some stuff blown First Intermission Lacey d. Daisy Haze. Really fun match, good action all the way through Arik Cannon d. Tracy Smothers, really fun match, not sure how well it will come across on video though, Tracy busts out some highflying stuff. Boz and Bradley d. Ring Crew Express, Don't really like either team but it was ok, if you like these guys you'd love the match. Then it gets ubergood Matt Sydal d. Austin Aries. Awesome match, hopefully it comes across as well on video as it was live. Then.... CM Punk d. Chris Hero in 61 minutes. Such an awesome match that told an amazing story. They wrestle their hearts out and Punk ends up putting Hero away with a sleeper. Samoa Joe is doing commentary during hte match and comes congrats Punk and Hero. Hero is reluctant to shake Joe's hand, he does and they embrace then out of nowhere Joe STO's the hell out of Hero. He then lays in several stiff knees (this is after Hero is pretty much dead physicall). He then puts handcuffs and hero and grabs a rear naked choke. After 4 1/2 hours everybody is exhausted, they set up the cage. Best of 7 Finale Jimmy Jacobs d. Alex Shelly Jimmy Jacobs drew Alex Shelly Jimmy Jacobs d. Alex Shelly Really fun match, with the last fall just being breathtaking at times. Overall REALLY REALLY good show. I definately wanna go to IWA more often. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phoenix Fury Legdrop 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2004 Before the show, NWA Wildside's Tank, Toby Klein, Smoky C., and someone inaudible were announced as the final four KOTDM particpants. The microphone was a bit on the fritz in the early part of the show. Hillbilly Jed defeats Jason Dukes (All I'm going to say about this is that I have no clue why this was booked on an IWA show, let alone one this huge. Outside of the 400-pound Jed landing on his feet on a monkey flip, it was probably the worst match I've seen in person at IWA Mid-South since I started going in November 2003.) Samoa Joe defeats Homicide (This went on early, I had heard, because there was a huge traffic jam in Chicago and a lot of the guys were slow in making it to the show. The match itself was pretty good. It wasn't as "epic" as their ROH stuff, but technically, I thought it was better than their No DQ match in New York and at least on par with their Do or Die match, minus the zillion headbump 2-counts. Homicide worked over Joe's neck, continuing the injured neck saga of Joe in ROH. The match was extremely stiff, and had some great matwork. The finish was Joe bringing Homicide over after a 2-count pinfall into the choke for the win. I apologize for the shady ending details; it was a long night.) Nate Webb defeats Danny Daniels (w/out Jim Fannin) via DQ when he piledrove Nate onto a chair after Nate missed the Chairsault (Nate's entrance included him challenging Danny to a game of Horse on the armory's basketball hoop, Danny turning it into a game of dodgeball, and Nate catching Danny's ball to render him "out". Nate then had referee Tommy Thompson shoot from the ring...and airball it. Nate seemed to have an off-night in-ring, but Danny was firing on all cylinders, continuing to bust out new stuff I've never seen him do before, including some wacky-ass lucha cradle submission that I literally cannot explain due to its complexocity. But trust me, you'll know it when you see it on the tape. Post-match, Tommy Thompson got both piledriven by Danny Daniels and Soylent Green-ed by Nate Webb, as both exclaimed their disliking for the DQ rules. Tommy was then replaced for every match until the main event by the much cuter Mickie Knuckles (and I did NOT say Tommy was cute...just exclaiming how cute I think Mickie is...Tommy, if you read this, I'm not like that....man, my attempts at humor at 3:30 AM suck.)) Delirious defeated "Classic" Colt Cabana and the debuting HC Loc (Cabana got in some routine retard jokes at Delirious before teaming up on him with Loc to take him out of the equation. This teaming-up thing seemed to last until near the end, when communication between the two ROH tag team wrestlers failed, and it became every man for himself. I would have morphed it into a tag match somehow, since it didn't come off as great as the three guys involved are, but it wasn't bad.) Here's the part in the report where the match order gets a bit wacky, since the night was long, and my memory isn't... Lacey defeats Daizee Haze in a knockout/submission match to retain the IWA Women's Title (Details aren't much from me (sorry again), but I do remember some really cool submissions busted out by both ladies and that I think Lacey's strategy was trying to make Daizee pass out with wear-down holds.) Arik Cannon defeats Tracy Smothers via a roll-up while holding the middle rope (Cannon came out waving an NWA flag for heel heat. It was the classic "young guy gets outclassed by the older, rugged veteran, but ends up pulling some trick out of his sleeve to out-do the vet in the end" stuff. Cannon was so awesome at being the cocky, young prick heel, and Tracy's Tracy...too awesome for words. I'd recommend this just for Tracy pulling his tweener act after the match, tricking Arik into a false sense of security, and then jumping him before Cannon low blows him and does the Tracy Shuffle before bailing. I wouldn't mind a rematch, myself.) IWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions Ryan Boz and Brad Bradley defeated The RING CREW EXPRESS~! in a title match (Awesome moment before the match, as the RCE get Mickie to do the jumping double high-five with both of them, and then they mark out for that and start giving each other the jumping double high-five. B'n'B whined about having to defend their belts against two guys who they destroyed in Highland over a month ago, but Dave Prazak brought up how they lost to the Havana Pitbulls in round one of the Tag tournament, and should be lucky fighting champions. I personally loved the match, and thought it was the sleeper hit of the night. There was a funny spot at the beginning where the RCE got Boz up for a double suplex after three unsuccesful attempts and two duo foot shuffles, but then got double-suplexed by Bradley seconds later. The monstrous duo got heat on Dunn before Dunn barely sneaks out and tags in Marcos, who quickly becomes face-in-peril himself. Then, things broke down into a free-for-all, with D&M getting killed by B'n'B, but would use their speed to get little glimpses of hope and victory before being shut out due to the power and monstrocity that is Bradley and Boz.) IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Champion Matt Sydal defeats Austin Aries in a title match (Aries is now a full-blown heel in IWA. The story of the match is that Sydal had to watch from using the cast on his left arm as a weapon, and Aries would take advantage by working over Sydal's injured wrist. I loved Aries as a heel here, as he's really great at the role and I'm glad that ROH is elevating him in a heel role. The match overall was really great, and my second favorite of the night. I'm not wanting to come off like a huge spot mark here, but there's one spot I HAVE to note, where Sydal stood on Aries's shoulders, jumped up, twisted, and landed an awesome DDT.) CM Punk defeated Chris Hero in 61 minutes (I thought it was 57, but the live report that came before me says my thought was wrong) with a rear chinlock with his feet on the ropes that made Hero pass out (It wasn't as good as either the TLC match or the 93 minute match, in my opinion, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't hunt this out like a motherf-cker. Hero worked over Punk's arm, and Punk over Hero's neck (Hero trying to stop any possible Pepsi Plunge attempts, and Punk trying to soften Hero up for both of his finishers). My only complaint about the match was that Hero's armbar offense came off just a tad repetitive, but I didn't think it was too bad. I've seen two of the Punk/Styles ROH matches, but not the 2nd Ann. Show nor the Briscoes/SCS tag from Chicago, but this is the best Punk match I've seen in forever. After the match, Samoa Joe comes from the commentary table, congratulates Punk, and attacks Hero by handcuffing him and choking him out with the rear naked choke. It looks like the feud ain't over...) In the main event, Jimmy Jacobs scored two pinfalls on Alex Shelley inside of a steel cage in order to win their Best of Seven series (Alex Shelley is so damn awesome. It wasn't a one-man effort by any means, but you could almost tell that Shelley was the glue that held this match together and made it so awesome. He busted out such little things, as picking up Jimmy's railroad spike, normally around for comedic purposes as part of the Brody impression, after Jimmy picked up a quick win with a small package and worked over his face with it sadistically, silently telling everyone that he thought he should have had this one in the bag and that it was on right then and there. Shelley's reaction to IWA Commissioner Mark Wolf restarting the match after a double-countdown when neither man could respond to the referee's ten-count was great. I loved the acknoledgement to their Lafayette series at Winter Wars with the Shellshock into the cage fencing (ala the Shellshock into the wall during their Texas Death match), into the regular Shellshock. Jacobs ended up kicking out and winning with the Contra Code from the top rope, using the cage to push off of. The post-match was great, as Shelley didn't even bother acknoledging Jacobs and just sat in the corner and stared at the turnpost in anger and disappointment, as he had lost the final battle against his one mortal enemy in IWA Mid-South. I totally apologize for being shit-grin nerdy here, but Shelley's overall performance was amazing on this night.) In conclusion, if you don't buy the tape somehow, you deserve to be smacked really hard in the face repeatedly until you go out and buy it. 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Guest midnight_burn Report post Posted June 12, 2004 Outside of the opening match the show looks to have been every bit as good as i expected, particularly the last three matches. On a quick count this makes 25 IWA:MS shows i want/need to get dating back to early 2003, at this rate i might as well just hand my bank account over to Ian Rotten and be done with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted June 13, 2004 *Drools over show* Thanks for the reports, everybody. I can't wait to get the tape of this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted June 14, 2004 Anyone know how long it takes for these to come out on tape??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phoenix Fury Legdrop 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2004 Smart Mark Video's already released this show on tape. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
