Official IWS Freedom To Fight Results

[Guest The Internet]

Freedom to Fight kicked off with an open challenge issued by 2.0, the self-proclaimed “most professional tag team in all of Quebec.” 2.0 also promised to the crowd to teach them the real professional rules of professional wrestling beginning with the count-out. To the delight of the crowd, 2.0’s challenge was answered by Big Larry and Dolla-Bill, T-Unit, possibly the least professional tag team in all of Canada. 2.0 was able to isolate Big Larry in their corner and work him over and despite a brief flurry by Dolla-Bill, 2.0 were able to force T-Unit to the outside of the ring and keep them there for the count-out victory after 9.26. The IWS fans have now seen their first ever count-out and they were unanimous: they do not like them.

 

Back in July, during IWS Hardcore Heat, the Evil Ninja mutilated Kurt Lauderdale’s arm slicing it to ribbons with a samurai sword. Ever since, the Career Killer has been searching for revenge. Before Freedom to Fight, Kurt’s tag team partner Kid Kamikaze, promised Kurt that at the show he would get to fight the Ninja in a steel cage. Naturally, when Kurt arrived to find no cage and no Ninja, he went a little berserk. Dragging the Ninja’s manager, the skeletal Motivator of Madness to the ring with the Ninja’s own sword to Motie’s throat, Kurt demanded a match against the Evil Ninja. Fortunately for the Motivator of Madness, IWS President Seska signed the match on the spot and ordered the Evil Ninja to wrestle. In addition, she offered Kurt barbed wire boards to make up for the lack of a cage big enough to fit the big man. What ensued was one of the most violent matches ever seen in an IWS ring. Despite an initial and inevitable ambush by the Evil Ninja, Kurt Lauderdale somehow absorbed all of the Ninja’s innovative offence to crush the Ninja like a bug, splattering the Fabertown, Japan native through a table with a top rope Dragon Driver for the win after 11:14. Many people are calling it Kurt’s best match ever.

 

Before calling out Crazy Crusher for a match, the IWS Language Police, Fred la Merveille, announced that it was time that the IWS had a real Quebecker, a true Francophone as its champion to represent Quebec with pride in the United States. The highlight of the match between Crusher and Fred was an emotional Bossman slam hit by Fred who pointed to the sky right after - to the roar of the IWS faithful. Crusher was difficult to put away however and Fred had to recruit the help of Mark le Grizzly to wear Crusher down and a chair to put Crusher away when Fred hit his “101” pedigree from the top rope onto an open chair at 15:35 for the win.

 

For months, Dan Paysan has been trying to find a way to get the better of the IWS’ Master of Mirth, Beef Wellington. It appeared that Dan had finally found the formula to victory when he challenged Beef to an Italian Street Fight. But Beef adapted quickly to the unfamiliar environment wailing on Dan with huge Salamis and Sausage Nun-chucks. Dan had an ace up his sleeve however blinding Beef with a mist of Brio, the Italian Cola. Disorientated, Beef was forced to pull out a Gucci hand-bag filled with fine hand-crafted Italian thumb tacks. This proved to be a fatal mistake however as Dan Paysan survived several brutal moves on to the thumb tacks and knocked Beef down for the count with a top rope Last Kiss neck-breaker on to the thumb tacks for the win after 11:54.

 

Pierre Carl Ouellet announced to the IWS fans recently that he was dedicated to hunting down the members of the infamous “Clique” and bringing them to justice for driving him out of the WWE years ago. Unfortunately for Kid Kamikaze, he bears a sneaking resemblance to Sean Waltman, enough at least for PCO to decide that the Westmount Weasel was Waltman. Kid Kamikaze used his technical skill to try and separate PCO’s shoulder and give him a chance to win, but PCO’s strength and experience proved too much for Kid Kamikaze who tapped to a Sharpshooter after 8:27.

 

Since debuting in the IWS, Franky the Mobster has wreaked havoc: concussing PCO, cheating El Generico out of the IWS title, helping Kevin Steen fracture the Green Phantom’s arm, spitting blood on the fans… So, the hardcore fans of the IWS were ready for El Generico to give Franky a little payback. It was no walk in the park for El Generico fighting a bigger, more experienced and frankly unstable opponent, but the Latin Luchador fought Franky toe-to-toe and eventually stunned Franky (and delighted the crowd) with a roll-up for the victory after 9:51. After, the match a distraught Franky nearly started a riot attacking Juan, one of the “broom boys” – the IWS ring crew.

 

As Kevin Steen mentioned in his interview, he successfully defended his IWS title in a three-way dance with EXesS and Sexxxy Eddy, but it was by no means as easy as he made it sound. In fact, Steen was driven to desperate measures to save his gold at one point dragging Senior IWS official P-Nut from the ring just as his hand was about to count three on a pin-fall by Sexxxy Eddy on EXesS. Commissioner Joseph FitzMorris ended up saving Kevin Steen’s title when he attacked EXesS with a chair while EXesS had Sexxxy Eddy twisted in a pretzel with EXesS’ variation of the stretch muffler submission. This left Eddy easy prey for Kevin Steen to get the win at 12:54.

 

Commissioner Joseph FitzMorris did not attack EXesS to help Kevin Steen, he did it to exact revenge on the “Baby-Oil Phenom” for attacking him with a chair the previous month and tearing up his ten-year contract with the Commissioner. After the match, the Commissioner trash talked his former protégé until EXesS snapped and began stretching his former boss. Kid Kamikaze ended up running to the ring to save the IWS Commissioner, yet another of Kid Kamikaze’s attempts to get into the Commissioner’s good graces.

 

The Main event of Freedom to Fight was a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the IWS tag-team title. The reigning champions, Damian and Viking, le Syndicat de Lutte Internet, won their titles in January and have been on a roll ever since pinning every tag team in the IWS… except the Flying Hurricanes. The ‘Canes are one of the great hard luck teams in all of wrestling, putting their bodies on the line every single time they wrestle and yet never quite capable of winning the right match at the right time. Like the SLI, the Hurricanes hadn’t been pinned since January, but knowing the ‘Canes history even their most devoted fans couldn’t dream of victory. Well, the IWS fans were rewarded with perhaps the greatest main event in IWS history as the Hurricanes absorbed all the damage the notoriously stiff SLI could dish out, as both teams found innovative ways to use tables, ladders and chairs to destroy each other (and two ladders). In the end, the Flying Hurricanes stunned the SLI with their patented Unpredictable Motion off a table propped on the top of the ropes. (For those who have never seen it, the Unpredictable Motion is Takao power-bombing his own partner Kenny the Bastard onto their opponents.) With his opponents (and his partner) down for the count, Takao climbed a third ladder stolen from a nearby construction crew to win the tag team titles after 24:15 seconds of furious action. For many fans, it was the greatest feel good moment in IWS history and the crowd roared in approval as the IWS locker room emptied to salute the new champions.

 

The Internet Wrestling Syndicate presents Blood, Sweat and Beers October 23rd at Unison Bar et Billiard, 3500 Boulevard Cote Vertu, Montreal, Québec. Doors open at 8:00 PM, IWS Bloodstream begins at 8:30 PM, show starts at 9:00 PM. Tickets are fifteen dollars. For information about the show e-mail [email protected] or visit the Internet Wresting Syndicate at their web-site: www.syndicatewrestling.com For information about IWS merchandise & DVDs, our wholesale prices or our customer referral program e-mail [email protected] or order from www.xrv.com/its & Freedom To Fight is now availible from Smart Mark Video: www.smartmarkvideo.com

 

(To reach Unison on foot, go to metro Cote Vertu and take either the 121 or 177 bus and get off on the corner of Cote Vertu and Beaulac. For those coming to Montreal from outside of town, take Autoroute 13, turn off on the 40 service road to Cote Vertu and take Cote Vertu to Beaulac.)

[Guest DeputyHawk]

Great write-up! You know where write-ups of past IWS shows are available? - the official site only seems to have photo summaries of the shows.

 

DH

[JoeDirt 0]

I got the show from SMV. I've seen the first four matches. The only one that was any good was Lauderdale/Ninja, which was a fun spotfest/deathmatch type thing with some nice spots with the barbed wire boards, chairs, etc. The rest hasn't been very good, though Beef Wellington using Sausage link nunchucks was funny.

[Guest macheteofodin]

Have you seen any IWS previous to this show, JoeDirt? I ask because I think you might need to understand the characters of the IWS to fully appreciate their matches.

 

3/4 of the first 4 matches were essentially comedy matches. The one that wasn't being Lauderdale vs. Evil Ninja. I found 2.0 vs. T-Unit and Beef vs. Paysan to be very entertaining. I don't really remember Fred vs. Crusher though...I'll have to wait until I get the DVD to see it again. I like most of Fred's matches (i'm a comedy mark) and Crusher is always entertaining.

 

If you didn't like those matches, you probably won't like PCO vs. Kamikaze. Once again...comedy. Kamikaze is an awesome wrestler when he's in the ring with people on his level. PCO is different, but I like him none-the-less.

 

Franky vs. Generico, if I remember correctly, was a good match. Crowd was heavily into it.

 

Steen vs. XS vs. Eddy was VERY good. I don't need to explain more.

 

Hurricanes vs. SLI was NUTS. If you like crazy, hardcore matches, you'll like that.

[JoeDirt 0]

Have you seen any IWS previous to this show, JoeDirt? I ask because I think you might need to understand the characters of the IWS to fully appreciate their matches.

 

3/4 of the first 4 matches were essentially comedy matches. The one that wasn't being Lauderdale vs. Evil Ninja. I found 2.0 vs. T-Unit and Beef vs. Paysan to be very entertaining. I don't really remember Fred vs. Crusher though...I'll have to wait until I get the DVD to see it again. I like most of Fred's matches (i'm a comedy mark) and Crusher is always entertaining.

 

If you didn't like those matches, you probably won't like PCO vs. Kamikaze. Once again...comedy. Kamikaze is an awesome wrestler when he's in the ring with people on his level. PCO is different, but I like him none-the-less.

 

Franky vs. Generico, if I remember correctly, was a good match. Crowd was heavily into it.

 

Steen vs. XS vs. Eddy was VERY good. I don't need to explain more.

 

Hurricanes vs. SLI was NUTS. If you like crazy, hardcore matches, you'll like that.

Nope, this is my first IWS show. The only other IWS stuff I had seen was clips from TOD3 and I just saw the IWS 4-way from CZW's 9/11 show the other night. (Oh, and I watched the August and September Bloodstreams.) It definitely wasn't as good as the west coast 4-way on the day show (not as polished or smooth, some awkward moments), but they made up for it with lots of head dropping craziness.

 

Anyways, the first match was decent and after I read the results that 2.0 wanted to win via countout I understood the finish. I just couldn't hear the mic work on the tape, which kinda sucks.

 

Crusher/Frank was decent. It had some really nice spots and some really sloppy spots. They went pretty long (15-16 minutes) and it was a mixed bag.

 

Beef/Paysan was comedy mixed with some thumbtacks at the end. But yeah, I'm going to watch the end of the show here pretty soon, and I'll post a full review sometime later. I'm interested in seeing IWS's next show, but with money going to ROH, IWA-MS, CZW, and occasionally Chikara, I'm glad they're only doing one show a month.

[Jebus 0]

HUGE IWS fan here but I don't understand the great reviews the event has gotten. I was there and it was simply just good. I've been going to every IWS event since January and this one wasn't as good as most of the others. The MOTN was the TLC match...Amazing stuff. But the rest was average (fun but nothing incredible) and sound problems did piss me off (now I get 2.0's countout win!)

 

Don't worry JoeDirt, I'm with ya on Freedom To Fight but IWS is not all hype.

 

Here's are my fave IWS events of this year:

 

- Know Your Enemies (March)

 

"The Summer Trilogy"

- V (June)

- Hardcore Heat (July)

- Body Count (Aug)

 

Do NOT hesitate picking these up when they arrive @ SMV.