IWA-MS results 7/2 Valparaiso

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IWA Mid-South Wrestling, in association with NWA Midwest, presented "No Blood, No Guts, No Glory 2005" at the National Guard Armory in Valparaiso, IN on Saturday night, 7/2. Here's what went down...

 

The FANNIN FAMILY pulled up to the building in a limousine just as the line of fans was about to file in. BRANDON THOMASELLI was out talking to some of the fans in line and was jumped by Fannin's men, which put him on the sidelines for War Games later in the night.

 

IAN ROTTEN opened the show by announcing that he had already made plans for a backup member of his team, due to MARK WOLF turning on him Friday night in Salem, injuring Ian's wrist. He said he'd wrestle injured, and his backup plan, 2004 King of the Death Matches CORPORAL ROBINSON, would take Brandon's place in the match.

 

1. "Double C" CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI def. TJ DALTON in the opening contest.

 

2. MICKIE KNUCKLES def. RAIN & DAIZEE HAZE in a three-way match to retain the IWA Women's Title after hitting the Shining Kawada Kick on Rain.

 

3. DANNY DANIELS def. "CK3" CONRAD KENNEDY III with a piledriver.

 

4. TANK def. EDDIE KINGSTON & CHRIS HERO in a three-way match to earn the advantage for Team NWA in the War Games later in the night.

 

5. JOSH ABERCROMBIE def. TYLER BLACK & MAREK BRAVE in a three-way match following the Phoenix Splash to retain the IWA Light Heavyweight Title.

 

6. DELIRIOUS wrestled CM PUNK to a sixty minute time limit draw. The match saw more craziness, tomfoolery, and shenanigans than any of their previous bouts, including a female Delirious emerging from under the ring, as well as one of the Golden Vampires. Post-match, several members of IWA-MS said farewell to Punk on the mic, and Punk gave his parting words to the IWA-MS fans.

 

7. TRIK DAVIS & BRAD BRADLEY def. "Pomp & Circumstance" ACE ROCKWELL & SHAUN TEMPERS in a tag team match.

 

8. JIMMY JACOBS def. MATT SYDAL to retain the IWA World Heavyweight Title after clocking Sydal in the head with the heel of one of his dress shoes (Jacobs wrestled the match in a suit) and then hitting the Contra Code.

 

9. "Team Ian" IAN ROTTEN & AXL ROTTEN & CHRIS HERO & CORPORAL ROBINSON & BULL PAIN def. "Team Fannin" BJ WHITMER & EDDIE KINGSTON & MARK WOLF & JC BAILEY & STEVE STONE and "Team NWA" ERIC PRIEST & CHANDLER McCLURE & VITO THOMASELLI & SAL THOMASELLI & TANK in a double ring, double cage, three team War Games match. The NWA team was eliminated first when Tank tapped out to a double leg submission applied by both Hero and Ian. Fannin's team was eliminated when several team members were all caught in submission holds on different sides of the cage by opposing team members, and Kingston tapped out to Hero's Hangman's Clutch. Moments earlier, JC Bailey turned on Fannin's team and chairshotted Eddie Kingston. Post-match, Ian thanked JC Bailey for making the right decision for his career path, and also thanked the fans for making IWA-MS what it is today. Ian then extended the invitation for Jim Fannin to stay on in IWA-MS from the business end of things. Fannin agreed, and said his managerial career has come to a conclusion, and he will do everything possible to help Ian make IWA-MS successful.

 

The event was filmed by Smart Mark Video for home video release, with commentary by Dave Prazak, Trik Davis, Danny Daniels, and Mickie Knuckles. A special four camera setup was used to shoot the War Games match. Look for extensive image galleries from both the Valpo and Salem shows to be posted late Sunday on the IWA-MS message board.

 

IWA-MS returns to action next weekend, with an event on Friday, 7/8 in Muscatine, IA, and Saturday, 7/9 in Hammond, IN.

 

 

 

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Sounds awesome. I ended up not being able to go to Salem the night before because my radiator needs replacing. I hope they gets this out on dvd as quickly as the Philly show came out.

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^Agreed. Just not too soon. I only just order the CZW/IWA double shot and CHIKARA triple shots. I'm not made of money.

 

I had Hero down to turn on Ian, so obviously I was wrong on that count. Probably for the best, seeing as Hero doesn't need to turn heel so drastically now Highland is off the schedule. Won't be the same without Fannin at ringside though.

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Yeah I dig Fannin as a manager. Jade replacing him will be good but a completely different dyanmic.

 

I am soooo far behind on IWA. My last new stuff is the Feb shows. I need one big SMV order to get near caught up. Hopefully this month or early next month.

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A few notes:

 

Hero/Kingston/Tank was good, but not nearly as good as it could have been. They didn't get a lot of time, and the ring broke after Tank was Irish whipped and knocked the ropes loose.

 

Brave/Black/Abercrombie is amongst the most insane seven minutes you'll ever see in your life. This match has to look up "lull" in the dictionary just to know what one is, because it sure didn't have any in it.

 

What the live report didn't mention about Punk/Delirious was that there was a fourth Delirious: Brylirious (referee Bryce Remsberg, whose soul was seemingly possessed by the second Delirious mask after Punk forced it on him, causing him to not be able to pull it off the skin on his face, ala the film "The Mask". Also, the match somehow morphed into GV & Punk vs. the Deliriouses (Deliri? Deliriousi?), and after GV & Shelirious got eliminated, they held hands and skipped with one another to the locker room. They also spent upwards of a half-hour building up Delirious's Slobber Claw (the Iron Claw...after Delirious sticks his fist in his mouth). It was absolutely insane.

 

I couldn't see too much in the ring closest to SMV's hard cam set-up during War Games since I was on the other side of the building, but there was lots of chaos and carnage, of course. I don't think it'll even be noticed on the tape/DVD, but Chandler McClure's about a zillion times better outside the ring as a coach/motivator than as a wrestler. Hell, I liked the fact that everyone outside the ring actually talked over strategy and cheered on their teammates, and didn't just stand there like in other indy War Games matches. Like someone on the IWA board mentioned, War Games was more something to take in the experience for than to sit there and try to jot down every mental note you possibly could. And it was quite the experience.

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Just as a side note, it is true that Tank broke the second ring during the three-way with Hero and Kingston, forcing Vince Jones to fix the ring throughout the night, but during the first intermission, I was one of the people taken aside out of the crowd to help with the ring. This was actually meant as a distraction, as Matt Sydal and Daizee Haze joined us under the ring to "help out", but didn't come out as they soon changed into the Golden Vampire and Shelirious.

 

Punk/Delirious is absolutely hilarious and awesome at the same time, and combined with Wargames and the insane Brave/Black/Abercrombie match it makes it a surefire buy.