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The Rap Sheet - from the Crimefighter
New Midwest Wrestling - First Blood 2004
4/24/2K4 - Bradfordton, IL

Hot action, hot fans, blowaway show, strange coincidences...

This rap sheet is posted on http://rap-sheet.tripod.com, the Usenet
newsgroup news:rec.sport.pro-wrestling.info and now reports are being
posted under the past events link of http://www.newmidwest.com !

I've been waiting for this show all month, for one thing get a better
tape of myself commentating.  Unfortunately there were problems with
audio and video again this month, at least on the tapes I watched.  I
made use of my own tape recorder this time so all wasn't lost, now if
I can dub THAT back in the video somehow, which the tape actually
plays faster than the videotape (arrgh!).  Also, during the month, we
had to go out and put fliers up in various locations that permit us to
on bulletin boards all around town in an effort to get the word out
and boost our attendance.  I shall be making Adobe Acrobat PDFs of our
fliers for anyone to be able to print one out on the fly and stick
them up.  Ironically, our show in little old Springfield managed to
outdraw a few of the Chicago shows, including the much-touted I-8 with
210 fans or so.

The night before the show, there was an explosion at the Formosa
Plastics Plant in Illiopolis, IL which lies between Springfield and
Decatur.  Residents were evacuated from a one-mile radius and
Interstate 72 was shut down.  Four people perished from the blast.  It
could had been a lot worse though, no chemical releases were detected
in the air and winds were light so anything that was in the air didn't
get too far.  Saturday it rained much of the day.

I should also make note, there was some sort of outbreak of eye
irritation among 15 or more people after the show Saturday night,
including people from WQLZ who were in attendance.  I was watching
WICS TV-20 Sunday night and was surprised to see a news story where
they were showing video of the USA Sports Center and a report that
Public Health was investigating the cause of the irritation (some
press accounts have called them chemical burns).  IL Dept. of Public
Health thus far has not found a cause for the outbreak after checking
the building over.  The EPA came over and checked the heating/cooling
systems and found nothing.  So right now, it's a mystery how they
contracted the irritations, but the theories range from someone
bringing in an outside agent to gas escaping from a wheelchair
battery.  I speaking for myself, was there from 5pm to 11pm and didn't
suffer any symptoms from anything, except from screaming and yelling
for three straight hours of course.  We're not the only ones who use
this building of course, as there are basketball games, volleyball,
gymnastics, martial arts, along with live bands and other things going
on there for teens.  Which leads me to the next issue, there's a
problem with the neighbors of the USA Sports Center.  The owner of the
building gave a speech before the show started stating the chain of
events that the owner of a neighboring building wants to close the USA
Sports Center down cause he doesn't like how the place is being used
and thought when he bought his land that the areas around him would
stay as "wilderness" forever or something.  Yeah, dig that pesky urban
sprawl!  What is more annoying is that he has a relative on the county
board and there's a big fight over a zone variance.  With THAT going
on, the irritant outbreak coming about was not good timing.  The big
worry for us is that NMW might end up homeless again.  And once again,
whenever the kids have a place to go, the adults DO NOT WANT THEM
GOING THERE!  The articles on the zoning fight are now posted on NMW's
message board.  Stay tuned, it seems one of my other interests being
politics is gonna come into play shortly.

UPDATE:  The eye irritation was determined to be caused by a failing
metal halide light that was emitting dangerous shortwave ultraviolet
rays, as some people reported having sunburns as if you were in one
giant tanning bed.

Special guests in the crowd, besides the WQLZ personalities were
Christian Haze and "Shooter" Curtis Payne from Midwest Powerhouse
Wrestling, and Sinnister from Next Generation Wrestling in Peoria.

Your commentary team is myself and Rich Weities, timekeeper is also
me.  Weities refers to me as the stats guy *smirk*.  Your ring
announcer is WQLZ's MIKEY???  Yes it's Mikey, who comes out after
Jimmy "The Bruiser" Osbourne is calling in from out of the country. 
Jimmy thought he was gonna announce from afar but Mikey cuts him off. 
President Jason Devall comes out and tells him he's working for him
tonight.  Devall reviews the set up of the title matches tonight, but
Mikey keeps interrupting him.  A coin toss was held and Sage Ramsey
has to wrestle someone else before getting his title shot and Toga
Steve will go after Arson first.  Devall warns Mikey that he cannot be
Arson's manager tonight, if he gets outta line he's gonna punish him
worse than Ray Lytle.

Sage Ramsey (10-8)  6'4" 268lbs. Peoria, IL vs. "The Overachiever"
Billy Morgan (8-7) 5'10" 173lbs. Riverton, IL w/ PHD - Morgan was the
one who interrupted the playoff match last month for no apparent
reason.  Morgan's in a shouting match with the crowd, kick, elbow, he
pounds away, chops.  Sage turns it around and chops him harder.  Whip
corner back body drop Ramsey, slam, headbutt, backbreaker gets two. 
Morgan with a poke, elbow, toss outside.  Morgan goes up, almost
slips, crossbody on the floor.  Whip to the post, reverse, Morgan eats
it.  Sage tries to hang Morgan on the ropes but just catches the chin,
toss in.  Whip Sage, LOW BLOW Morgan gets two!  Weities calls it the
"inner thigh".  Drop kick Morgan gets two.  Whip reverse Sage side
slam gets two.  Rear chinlock Sage, jawbreaker Morgan.  Morgan chokes
on the rope, runs off the ropes and sits on him.  Inverted Bronco
Buster gets two.  PWO guys are harassing various members of the crowd.
 Morgan on a charge and they bump heads.  Slugfest, headlock Morgan,
shoveoff, hard elbow Sage.  Sage suplex gets two.  Sage slam, legdrop
gets two.  Superkick Morgan gets two, sloppy cover.  Morgan whip
reverse chokeslam Sage!  PHD on the apron, Morgan charges, James
Welden gets pancaked between PHD and Sage.  Morgan Sliced Bread #2 off
the ropes on Sage but ref is out.  PHD slowly gets up from the floor,
Sage small package gets two.  Chop Morgan, whip reverse Sage charges
but eats a boot.  Sage hits the Final Fall, PHD puts Morgan's foot on
the ropes, ref ignores it and counts three!

WINNER:  Sage Ramsey pin -> (11-8) 10:35 mins. ***¼

Morgan's pissed off, PHD puts a chair in the ring, Morgan bashes
Sage's leg repeatedly with it, then wraps it around the post and
bashes the chair against it.  Last year it was Jason Wells getting his
leg banged up when he went after the tag titles with Sage.  Deja vu.

Central Illinois Championship
(c)"The Cruiserweight Redneck" Earl Grissom (9-8-0-1) 5'10" 170lbs.
Rushville, IL vs. "Rather Charming" Bradley Stephens (7-4) 6'0"
225lbs. Las Vegas, NV - Someone's holding a "rather crappy" sign in
the crowd, heh, I admit it, I gave it to them.  Weities is rambling on
about various nonsense about dating.  Brad teases test of strength and
Earl slugs him down for one.  Earl side suplex gets two.  Brad bails,
Earl dances in the ring, Brad tries to nail him, Earl back body drop
gets two.  Brad with a rake, shoulderblocks, Earl shoves him in the
corner, slugs away, ten punch count but Brad spinebusters gets two. 
Suplex Brad, choke, whip clothesline, elbow gets ONE.  Whip
clothesline missed, kick to the gut, another whiff, atomic drop Earl,
inverted atomic drop Earl, split legged legdrop, version of the
spinning toe hold.  Earl yanks on the leg, Brad with a KO punch. 
Elbow to the head by Brad, slam, ONE FOOT cover gets two.  Whip drop
kick Stephens!  Brad goes out, Earl slingshots him in and Brad lands
HEADFIRST!  Earl elbow, whip kick spinning neckbreaker gets TWO!  Whip
reverse hip toss attempt and doesn't get him over.  Brad goes up, runs
to the other corner and drops the elbow and manages to hit it.  Cover
gets two and he PULLS HIM UP!  Toss out, Brad fetches the title belt,
Earl back in and Brad whacks him with it.  YOU IDIOT!  YOU BLEW IT!

WINNER and STILL CHAMP:  Earl Grissom DQ -> (10-8-0-1) 9:10 mins. **¾

Going to the "titantron", Hardcore KC comes in and runs into 4GQ.  You
can guess what happens next, and they throw KC headfirst into the
wall.

Man vs. Woman - Weapon On a Pole Match
Cherry Malone (1-0) 5'6" 140lbs. Springfield, IL w/ "Alpha Male" Guy
Smith vs. "The Freshman" Matt Boston (1-4) 5'8" 135lbs. Carbondale, IL
- Cherry moved back to Springfield, that commute was too much.  Guy
Smith is out here AGAIN and Toga Steve is NOT.  Cherry also has a
pillow taped to the seat of her pants.  Match starts and Smith is on
the apron already!  Cherry with a slap, Boston slugs her, whip hip
toss.  Boston goes for the paddle, Smith throws him off, Ricky the ref
EJECTS him!  GOOD!  Cherry with a LOW BLOW, ram to the corner.  PWO
harasses me, Freshman turnbuckle smash, suplex, he goes for the
paddle, Cherry grabs the leg.  Boston slam, goes for the paddle,
Cherry hurls him off the top.  Choke on the mat, Cherry goes for the
paddle, Boston pulls her off.  He pounds away, whip clothesline. 
Boston goes for the paddle, trip by Cherry, he's in the tree of woe,
she stands on the "inner thigh".  Boston whip flying headscissors
Cherry.  She goes up, Boston powerbombs her off.  Boston climbs up,
Cherry hooks him up into the Widow's Peak!  She goes up again, got the
paddle, Boston drop toe hold, kick DDT.  Matt gets the paddle and
whips her for the win.  I thought you had to go for the pin after
using the paddle.  *shrug*

WINNER:  "The Freshman" Matt Boston KO -> (2-4) 7:15 mins. **

I think the first match between them was a little better than this
one.  Boston leaves the paddle in the middle of the ring, cause of
who's coming out next.  We go to a video montage about the events from
last month, leading up to the title match next.  Weities says Devall
has some serious ego issues he needs to attend to.  He ignores my
question of what those would be.

NMW Heavyweight Championship
(c)"Trendsetter" Tom Arson (11-9) 6'5" 260lbs. St. Louis, MO vs.
"Toga" Steve Fisher (4-6-1) 5'10" 240lbs. Carbondale, IL - Mikey
unbuttons his shirt and reveals he's wearing the "I'm with Tom Arson"
shirt.  Arson with a cheap shot to the back and slugs away, whip
reverse, Toga powerslam, clothesline, Saluki Hammer and Arson runs
away.  Toga keeps Arson from getting in the ring, Toga chases, Mikey
interferes by grabbing Toga.  Slam Arson, whip clothesline, choke on
the middle rope.  Shoulderblocks to the corner, chokes, Mikey wanders
about.  Arson whip corner, crashes into Toga.  Arson hip toss, crowd
chants Arson sucks.  Rollup by Toga gets two.  Drop kick to the knee
by Arson, spinning toe hold, stomps away at the knee, ankle lock gets
two.  Devall visits the table and asks if Rich is behaving himself. 
Suplex by Toga, slugs away, whip big elbow.  Arson works on the leg,
yanking back on it.  Mikey is working on Toga's leg!  Mikey is just
begging to be thrown out, Arson with a clip!  Elbow Arson, knee across
the neck by Arson, dragon screw legwhip.  Arson wraps the leg around
the rope, suplex gets two.  Arson on the second rope, axe is blocked,
belly to belly suplex Toga gets one.  Toga whip reverse BIG boot to
the face Arson.  Arson pickup, Toga back body drop, Arson holds his
back, Toga with a BRAINBUSTER gets two.  German suplex Toga gets two. 
Mikey's on the apron again!  Toga gets in his face, Arson with a
CHAINSHOT and that gets the pin!  ARRGH!!!  I thought the ref saw
that!

WINNER and STILL CHAMP:  Tom Arson pin -> (12-9) 11:40 mins. ***¼

Toga asks for the microphone, Toga asks if he likes chains?  He
challenges Arson for a Springfield street fight.  He doesn't care if
he still has a title next month, he wants to beat the crap out of him.
 Ah, a replay of that match from Club 217 without the ceiling!

Danger Doug Fraze comes out for an interview, he says last month his
world has changed.  Four guys beat the crap out of him, and he wasn't
booked tonight.  He sees that Team Cash is one wrestler short, so he's
volunteering to substitute for Hardcore KC.  4GQ with a Cherry on top
messed with the wrong man.  Scotty Cash comes out, and suddenly the
sound dies.  The guys behind us are scrambling to get the sound
working again in a panic.  After a long while, Stan Sallinger comes
out for Doug Fraze and Scotty Cash to destroy, whip to the corner,
splash by Doug, Cash has a chair and whacks Stan with it.  Doug
screams to play some footage on the wall, Doug points out the beating
that he took last month.  But then we are also shown the footage of
when Fraze turned on Cash several months before to break up Dangerous
Investment.  Cash moons Fraze on the way out.  You know I have to
recall the WWE house show a couple months ago, the sound cut out on
them early on so they had to just bring people out from the back
without ring introductions.  The next match is sent to the ring, Tuff
N Stuff come out then bring the ladder!

NMW Tag Team Championship - First Blood
(c)The NEW Cult of RON (8-4) Kincaid, IL - "Don't call me the Khaos
Kidd no more" Steven Bishop (2-9) 5'7" 200lbs. & The Apostle Jakob
(0-2) 5'11" 252lbs. w/ RON vs. Tuff-N-Stuff (3-1) - Eric Logan (10-7)
5'10" 173lbs. Palm Springs, FL & El Diablo Silverado (11-8) 5'8"
173lbs. Beardstown, IL - TNS beat MS Madman last month, but because it
was a handicap match I'm not counting it in either set of standings. 
The cult doesn't want to do the match.  Everyone's out and searching
for stuff under the ring, EDS baseball slide drop kick the ladder into
the cult.  Ricky the ref is calling for the bell, but hey I already
rang it.  EDS whip reverse flying headscissors on Bishop.  Jakob gets
posted by E-Lo.  Bulldog EDS, E-Lo gets posted.  Chairshot Bishop on
EDS.  Bishop misses a chairshot and hits the rope.  E-Lo suplex,
northern lights suplex, gut wrench blocked.  7th day Bishop on E-Lo. 
Bishop whacks someone with a trashcan.  Logan in the tree of woe in a
trashcan.  EDS gets caught and put in the tree of woe, baseball slide
by Bishop missed.  EDS with a legdrop off the ropes on someone, E-Lo
and Jakob are in the aisle fighting, panshot, toss into the wall. 
Legdrop EDS on the can, E-Lo rammed into the door, chairshot EDS on
Bishop.  Stop sign shot EDS.  E-Lo comes back this way, jumps and
swings off the basketball hoop to kick Jakob!  Bishop gets the ladder,
EDS sign shot to Bishop.  EDS rides the ladder down on Bishop.  E-Lo
headfirst dive on Bishop.  Jakob gets a chain!  He whacks EDS with it!
 Logan stop sign on Bishop.  Splash EDS.  Rock bottom Jakob on EDS! 
Canshot to the shoulder and Jakob nearly hurls the can into the crowd.
 Ladder to the back, Jakob throws someone headfirst into the bricked
book!  Bishop on top, he's knocked off, Bishop is monkeyflipped into
the ladder.  EDS chairshot on Jakob.  Powerslam Bishop on E-Lo, Devall
stops by the table.  EDS armbar on Bishop, tries the rope walk but is
pulled off.  Devall writes a note to Weities.  E-Lo 217 attempt is
blocked and he gets dumped.  RON gets a cheap shot on someone.  EDS
goes for the rope walk again and does the hurraconranna.  EDS slugs
away on Jakob, goes for the unprettier, it's blocked.  Bishop 7th day
into a bulldog.  E-Lo canshot on Bishop, dumps the can on Jakob.  RON
gets in the way, E-Lo pulls a table out.  Chairshot on Bishop.  Bishop
whip clothesline on EDS.  Double whip cult, double backdrop on E-Lo,
he almost crashes to the floor but catches himself, Logan tries
something but the cult throws him CRASHING THRU THE TABLE!  Fans do
the cursing chant, I protest that this is supposed to be a family
show, Devall points out it ain't no more!  The cult does a double team
F5 on EDS!  Bishop facebuster on a chair.  Bishop fireman's carry into
a flapjack.  Another table is fetched, Bishop is frogsplashed through
a table by EDS!  Jakob hits the Razors Edge on Logan!  The cult set up
a double team move, Jakob holds a chair up for Bishop but someone drop
kicks the chair and knocks him off!  Someone is slingshotted in,
double whip double spinebuster by Tuff N Stuff on Jakob.  Logan whip
flapjack bulldog combo.  EDS goes up frogsplash on Jakob.  Logan
chairshots Bishop, punches the head.  Spinning axehandle on the mat by
EDS, he stomps away.  Logan has a chain!  EDS beats on RON.  EDS rips
the book up!  Logan tries to open up Bishop with the chain!  Logan
DDTs Jakob!  EDS shows the ref that Bishop has a cut on his head and
the ref stops it!  I couldn't see the cut from my seat earlier, but it
was there on video.

WINNERS and NEW CHAMPS:  Tuff-N-Stuff KO -> (4-1) 17:50 mins. ****½

The crowd erupts loudly!  Tuff-N-Stuff celebrates in the ring for a
while, taking parting shots at the cult.  RON slowly gets up and finds
his book in shreds, then suddenly turns on Bishop!  Jakob and RON
start beating on Bishop, Jakob with the falcon arrow on Bishop! 
Huh???  There goes another established tag team.  Why was it necessary
to break this team up?  The tag division is quite thin as it is now
and there aren't many established challengers to the tag titles. 
Looking at the list, if Sage Ramsey wins the heavyweight title he
won't be tagging with Jason Wells for a tag title match, Toga Steve is
tied up in a match with Arson thus two possible teams aren't
available, Drive Thru is on hiatus, that leaves the Hot Boyz.  If they
just throw two guys together and give them a title shot that renders
the contender list meaningless.

Don Jackson comes out to his old and better music (but they still need
to dub in that sound bite), looks in rage at the shedded book then
delivers a spinebuster on Bishop through ANOTHER table!  Jakob with a
powerslam, RON with a headbutt!  Tricky Dick Moore comes out for his
match against Drive Thru Red before the ring could be cleared.  Madman
gets in his face, then starts pounding on him.  Madman gorilla press
on Moore!  Madman BIG splash on Moore!  Double chokeslam on Moore! 
More music hits and Jason Wells runs out!

Jason Wells (6-7) 6'0" 230lbs. Kansas City, MO vs. Mississippi Madman
Don Jackson (2-1-1) 6'2" 350lbs. Olive Branch, MS w/ RON - Last month
Madman took a dive for Stan Sallinger and gave him a four second win. 
Body tackle by Wells, BODYSLAM!  Madman out, the paper shedds go all
over, Wells goes up, SUICIDE DIVE to the floor!  RON is still kicking
away on Bishop!  Wells drop kick to the back.  Jackson clothesline,
whip side slam.  Jackson stomps away, RON takes more cheap shots on
Bishop, Wells fires back.  Jackson chokes away, whip sunset flip
Wells, Jackson pulls him up, short-arm clothesline.  Jackson goes up
and DOES A VADERSAULT!!!  But he misses by a mile as Wells rolled away
long ago, Wells goes up and his a moonsault for two!  Wells does the
Vader Bomb for two!  Whip reverse Madman gets kicked on a body drop
attempt, drop kick Wells!  Wells whip reverse crossbody caught,
powerslam Jackson gets two!  Madman whip shot to the head, Wells rakes
him, Madman bear hug, Wells with the clapper, Madman bear hug, Wells
clapper again.  Wells clotheslines Madman out and knocks RON off. 
Wells on the top, crossbody suicide dive to the floor!  The ref is
counting and gets to ten, ARRGH!  We've had more draws this year than
2002 and 2003 combined!  Wells and Jackson fight all the way to the
back.

NO WINNER:  Double countout draw -> 9:45 mins. **½

They show the video montage on the setup for this next match, which is
a highlight reel of last month's show.  Team 4GQ is introduced first
and LPC has the mike.  He says just when you thought all of this
couldn't get better, he claims Devall didn't let him pursue a personal
agenda and doesn't like all the fat women around and brings out who he
calls the perfect specimen..  It's a girl that I do not recognize,
though I find later she is gonna use the name "The Perfect Specimen".
I find out who it was later, it was someone I have met before but her
appearance was different so it fooled me.  The next team is out, and
we only have three Cash members.  Scotty has the mike, says Doug
wanted to be on Team Cash.  Cash intros his teammates, then says he
forgot about one member.  He asks a kid who he was forgetting, he says
Danger Doug, Cash says no, it's Hardcore KC!  Yes he's okay now and
ready to go.

Survivor Series Match
Team 4GQ with a Cherry on top - "Alpha Male" Guy Smith (17-9) 6'0"
255lbs. Rapid City, SD, Lucious P. Cotrain (9-6) 5'10" 230lbs. Land of
Lucious, "Mr. Hollywood" Stan Sallinger (2-5) 6'3" 260lbs. Hollywood
Hills, CA, Mr. Elite (1-2) ?'??" 220lbs. Minneapolis, MN w/ Cherry
Malone & "The Perfect Specimen" vs. Team Cash - Scotty Cash (8-9-1)
5'9" 170lbs. "Yo Momma's House", Benz (0-0-0-1) 6'3"
230lbs. "Yo
Mamma's House", "The Marvel" Shane Matthews (1-2) 6'0" 195lbs.
Atlantic City, GA, Hardcore KC (2-4) 5'7" 170lbs. Kansas City, MO -
All right, this is an eight-man tag elimination, also known as a
survivor series match.  Team Cash charge the ring and they pound away
on everyone, then whip them all into each other. James Welden didn't
hear me ring the bell either, smirk.  Benz and Mr. Elite start the
match.  Elite armbar behind Benz's shoulder.  Hammerlock Benz,
clothesline, suplex, tag Cash.  Shoulderblock Cash, and walks on
Elite.  Side headlock Cash, shoveoff, leapfrog, Cash clothesline, tag
Shane, choke in the corner, whip elbow Shane.  Smith is tagged in. 
Lockup, headlock Smith, takedown, Shane elbows out, stun gun Smith,
tag LPC.  LPC KO punch, suplex gets two.  LPC whip reverse,
clothesline Shane, armbar, tag KC.  KC on top, axe on the shoulder. 
KC whip clothesline.  LPC pokes, stomp, tag Stan.  Stan pounds on KC,
choke on the ropes, whip rollup KC gets two.  KC clothesline, tag
Benz.  Knee to the gut, Cash whips him with the shirt, Benz slams
Stan, Stan pounds Benz, tag LPC.  LPC with slam gets two.  LPC whip
splash missed, Benz Russian leg sweep, tag Cash.  Cash running stomp,
suplex gets two.  Cash whip LPC clothesline, tag Stan.  Stan stomps
away, slam, legdrop gets two.  He knocks KC off, atomic drop,
clothesline gets two.  Smith tagged in, double whip, Cash double
clothesline gets two.  Smith whip clothesline, choke, Smith slams him,
elbows get one.  Smith on the second rope, hops off but gets back body
dropped.  Tag KC, 4GQ try to swarm him, drop kick, enzuigiri missed on
Smith, LITTLE INSPIRATION takes KC OUT!

Hardcore KC,  you ARE the weakest link...goodbye!

Benz in next, Smith pounds away choke in the corner, whip reverse
splash Benz.  Brawl outside, Stan in, he wants to box.  Clothesline
Benz, he stomps away but gets shoved into 4GQ's corner.  Benz fights
them off, clothesline on Stan.  Stan sneaks up on Benz and hits the
swinging full-nelson slam for three!

Benz, you ARE the weakest link...goodbye!

Shane is too late to break it up, Mr. Elite in to beat on Shane. 
Elite whip backbreaker, torques the back by holding the move.  Elite
suplex, Shane gets outta of it, running face slam Shane.  Marvel is
tripped, fisherman's suplex by Elite and gets the pin

Shane Matthews, you ARE the weakest link...goodbye!

Now it's four on one, Cash is all that's left.  LPC in, Cash nails him
with the STUNNER and gets a pin.

LPC, you ARE the weakest link...goodbye!

Smith in, nails Cash from behind, whip splash Guy.  DVD Guy gets two. 
Smith whip, Cash gets him on the shoulders and drops him face first. 
Smith charges Cash, Cash trips him and pins him with the feet on the
ropes.

Guy Smith, you ARE the weakest link...goodbye!

Double spear by Cash on Elite and Stan.  Slam by Cash on Stan.  Cash
goes up, splash on Stan gets two.  Stan back suplex.  Tag Elite. 
Elite suplex blocked, fisherman's suplex Cash gets two.  Elite whip
reverse Cash powerslam gets two, Stan saves, does the spinning full
nelson slam, Elite covers and gets two.  Elite pounds away, chokes
away, whip crossbody off the ropes by Cash, Elite turns it over and
Stan helps cover and gets the pin.  4GQ wins 4-2.

WINNER and SOLE SURVIVORS:  Mr. Elite & Stan Sallinger pin -> 26:30
mins. ***½

They beat on Cash some more, Danger Doug in, LAST RIDE on Guy Smith! 
Cash gives Doug a Team Cash t-shirt.  Mikey comes in to announce the
main event, but President Devall comes out.  He takes Mikey's cards
and throws him out of the building.  Devall actually calls me over and
wants me to slap Weities.  Ah, I was hoping to ring announce the main
event.  I actually whiff and hit the fence, oops.

NMW Heavyweight Championship
(c)"Trendsetter" Tom Arson (12-9) 6'5" 260lbs. St. Louis, MO vs. Sage
Ramsey (11-8)  6'4" 268lbs. Peoria, IL -  Arson LOW BLOWS Sage and
kicks him in the corner, working the damage knee.  Arson kicks the leg
and snaps it over.  Arson whip and Sage drops.  Arson ankle lock, Sage
gets the rope.  Arson drops the bad leg across his leg.  Knee drop
Arson.  Ramsey chokeslam blocked.  Figure four Arson and pulls the
ropes for extra torque.  Sage turns it but Arson has the rope.  Arson
rear chinlock.  Arson chops away, Sage turns him and chops away. 
Arson whip reverse back body drop Sage.  Arson goes back to work on
the leg, slam, legdrop gets two.  Arson goes outside, climbs up,
splash missed.  Thumb by Arson, elbow to the head, Arson goes up,
moonsault missed.  Sage covers for two.  Sage inverted atomic drop,
Arson yanks him down by the hair.  Arson gets a KNIFE!  He cuts the
turnbuckle off, exposing a number of screws.  Arson tries to ram Sage
into it, he reverses.  Sage monkeyflip into the post!  Arson is
bleeding, Sage pounds away, chokeslam Sage.  Sage whip to the corner,
tree of woe, rams him in the gut.  Sage goes for the final fall but
can't pick him up, Arson pounds away.  Russian leg sweep Arson gets
two.  Arson KO punch, suplex is blocked, Sage suplex.  Sage goes up,
Arson crotches him, he goes up, Sage shoves him off, he waits on it,
Arson kicks him in the groin, Arson goes for the superplex, Sage
blocks it, does the FINAL FALL OFF THE TOP ROPE!!!  IT'S OVER NEW
CHAMPION!!!

WINNER and NEW CHAMP:  Sage Ramsey pin -> (12-8) 15:30 mins. ***

Devall comes out and says this is your new title belt!  And they got a
bigger title belt for Sage, Arson takes home the old belt, bloodstains
and all.  The locker empties out for Ramsey and we're outta here.  I
walk over to the camel-toe obsessed PWO guys who hold one of their
stupid signs slamming me and I rip it up, much to the delight of
several girls who had the displeasure of sitting in front of them.

The Verdict:  Technical and environmental glitches aside, several
matches hit three stars and one at 4½ so this was pretty much a
blowaway show and an easy thumbs up.  This show is said to be the
first one they are gonna market on home video so we'll see how the
finished product turns out.

So far for next month, it will be Tom Arson vs. Toga Steve in a
hardcore match, dubbed the Springfield Street Fight, and is actually a
rematch from Club 217.  Other matches have yet to be announced.


--- Internet Rex 2.29