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The Rap Sheet - from the Crimefighter
New Midwest Wrestling - Rivalry II
3/27/2K4 - Bradfordton, IL

The fan enters the broadcast booth, now if everyone else was able to
hear it...

The views expressed by Crimefighter are of his own and do not in any
way reflect the views of his friends, associates, family, all those
people that are associated with various wrestling companies listed
here, or anyone else on the planet. You know, why do I even have to
include that crap?  The people who were whining about me putting in
this disclaimer cause they think the general public is too stupid to
figure out that I speak for myself and not the feds I'm writing about
are the same kind of people who thought the general public cannot
match up the logos of the World Wildfire Fund and the World Wrestling
Federation correctly.  Yes they're THAT STUPID.

Current members of the Rap Sheet Hall of Shame for censoring my
reports:  MPW's Webprincess and Webmaster D, WCPW's Webmaster James,
currently has no fed Lee Miller, and ICW NC's Webmaster.  All these
guys fear the Rap Sheet!

Leading off we have some roster news.  "The Discount Gigalo" Kenneth
Mills has left NMW again.  He came back in October for the 35-man
Royal Rumble then the six man tag before taking off again, leaving his
partner Tricky Dick Moore in the lurch.  He managed to make a singles
career for himself without Mills however.  Derrik Damon, another
wrestler who made his debut in the 35-man Rumble has left the
wrestling school for an indefinate period of time, return is unknown. 
Three NMW wrestlers, Sage Ramsey, Guy Smith and Mr. Elite went down to
Louisville, KY to take part in workouts at OVW's second annual tryout
camps during the week of March 21st.  Earlier in the month some
talents went up to Scott County Wrestling in the Quad Cities that
included Hardcore KC, Steven Bishop, Jason Wells, Mississippi Madman
Don Jackson, and Drive Thru.  SCW is apparently Mr. Elite's home fed
as he is a regular up there, which is how the NMW guys got bookings.

Your ring announcer is Jimmy "The Bruiser" Osbourne.  Your commentary
team is Rich Wieties, and the Crimefighter.  Yep, you read that right,
the Crimefighter was asked to do commentary during the first hour as
the color man rooting for the good guys while Weities does
play-by-play rooting for the bad guys.  I ended up doing the whole
show and we both did play-by-play at times.  This is a tryout for me,
though I've done commentary before where I was doubling as a cameraman
for the two free admisssion shows.  Usually when I go to a show it's
at 6:30pm when the doors open, but this time I had to come out at
5:30pm.  Surprisingly, there's already a line when I get there. 
Inside I see and listen to things a fan normally would not, but not
wanting to know what will transpire during the show I voluntarily step
outside so it's not spoiled for me.  I got a good look around the
backstage area for the first time ever, which I haven't gotten to see
much of previously.  Weities arrives at like 6:45pm, due to his
regular employement.  I'm filling the spot for whoever it is that was
known as "Carmine" who apparently kept "showing up drunk" at the
commentator's booth according to a source.  Where should all the hate
mail go to for putting me in the commentator's booth?  It's Rip
Mystic!  Anyone who's mad about me being in the booth, gripe at him
for it, POLITELY.  Anyway big thanks to him for this opportunity.

Hardcore Match
Benz (0-0) 6'3" 230lbs. "Yo Mamma's House" vs. Mr. Elite
(1-2) ?'??"
220lbs. Minneapolis, MN - Benz is off the disabled list for a leg
injury after the attack by Elite months ago, who apparently couldn't
get himself booked for a match so he had to steal one from someone
else.  Benz jumps him at the bell, and they slug away, Benz whip
clothesline over the top.  Benz fills the ring with stuff, lids, stop
signs, chairs, crutches.  Elite goes after that leg, drops elbows,
then twists that leg around his until Benz blasts him with the lid,
another lidshot, then a third gets two.  Benz DDT on the sign for two.
 LOW BLOW Elite.  Elite gets the crutch, chokes away with it, then
whacks him.  Turnbuckle smash Elite, whip belly to belly suplex on the
sign and crutch gets two.  Elite kicks away on the leg, makes a wish
on the post.  Benz yanks Elite's head into the post.  Elite charges at
Benz on the floor and hits the post.  Benz flying neckbreaker off the
apron.  Toss in, and someone's music is playing.  LPC, Stan Sallinger,
Danger Doug Fraze, Guy Smith and Cherry Malone all come out here, jump
in the ring and beat the crap out of Benz.  Uh yeah.

NO WINNER:  NO CONTEST -> 5 mins. ¾*

Guy Smith has the mike, he has something to explain.  He says he
didn't quit for real, he went to Ohio Valley Wrestling this week,
Friday night he had an OVW contract and a resignation letter.  He gets
a call from LPC and Stan who ask him why are you gonna give up on your
two year war with the fans?  Nothing kept him down, he can't really go
out in the crowd and beat up everyone.  He asks them to hold Benz up
so Smith can slug him.  Scotty Cash finally comes out here with a
chair.  Jason Devall screams at Guy.  Guy has the new group GQ, he's
not gonna stand for being held down anymore.  Devall says he never
held him down from anything.  LPC takes the mike and rambles, Cash
calls him fat Tom Cruise.  Devall says he couldn't fight by doctor's
orders a couple months ago, but he got his title shot tonight.  Stan
Sallinger has the mike, he's mad at Devall for costing him the
presidency.  Devall says he's still got a career as a wrestler despite
the actions of Witchy.  Doug has the mike, he asks what has he done
for him.  Devall says he made Danger Doug Fraze and not doing Jimmy
Osbourne's job.  Devall says for ruining the match, he goes through
the already announced matches, LPC's title match is now a case of beer
on a pole match, Stan Sallinger will now fight Mississippi Madman,
Cherry Malone will have to fight the Freshman, and Smith better get
ready for Scotty Cash.

Red (0-2) 5'9" 197lbs. Decatur, IL w/ Coop & Peter McDonald Sanders
vs. "New World" Quinten Tyler (4-5) 5'11" 230lbs. Denver, CO - This is
a rematch from Club 217 where Quinten pinned Red, then got punked out
by the Drive Thru.  Lockup, rake Red.  Lockup, armbar NWQ, Red
armwringer, takedown, kip up Quinten legdrop on the arm.  NWQ with a
slam, three chained suplexes gets two.  LOW BLOW Red.  Irish whip Red
clothesline.  Crossarm breaker Red for two.  Red sits on the arm and
pulls up with it.  Red scissors the arm and pulls up, Quinten gets the
rope.  Red slam, legdrop twice gets two.  Red chokes on the ropes,
Coop joins in.  Red takedown legdrop gets two.  Red whip shoulderblock
Quinten, DDT gets two.  NWQ pounds away, whip reverse crash.  Red
scissors the arm and pulls up again but Quinten's foot is on the rope.
 Red toss out, Coop chokes him on the floor.  Ricky the ref is tied up
by PMS and Red.  Toss in, Red chops away, whip reverse spinebuster
gets Quinten two.  Red bails, NWQ pounds away, Red whip reverse Coop
whacks his partner with a pan by mistake, Coop in, NWQ whips Coop with
the spatula.  Red charges, KICK WHAM PEDIGREE NWQ gets three.

WINNER:  New World Quinten pin -> (5-5) 9 mins. **

Coop back in and beats up NWQ, splash legdrop combo, Red goes back to
the crossarm breaker, splash by Coop on the arm.  PMS comes to the
table and says something.  Everyone clears out and they set up the
pole.  Jimmy Osbourne gives out a certificate to Jacob Martin for his
dedication to NMW.

Central Illinois Championship - Case of Beer on a Pole Match
(c)"The Cruiserweight Redneck" Earl Grissom (8-8-0-1) 5'10" 170lbs.
Rushville, IL vs. Lucious P. Cotrain (9-5) 5'10" 230lbs. Land of
Lucious - All right, LPC won this title shot all the way back in
November, but knee problems made the board bar him from getting in the
ring until he decided to turn heel and lash out against everyone.  LPC
jumps him before the bell and takes the belt.  Earl whacks him from
behind though, LPC beats him down again, whip clothesline.  Suplex
LPC.  LPC whip knee to the gut, bodyslam, LPC goes for the beer, Earl
powerbombs him off.  Earl split-legged legdrop, Earl goes for the beer
but gets crotched and put in the tree of woe for LPC to baseball slide
into his face.  Spinebuster LPC, liontamer but can't hold it. 
Shoulderblocks Earl, ten punch count and bite.  Earl makes a wish and
headbutts him in the rear.  LPC with an uppercut, whip side slam gets
two.  Thought you have to get the beer first???  LPC goes for the
beer, Earl LOW BLOW, headbutt, LPC bails.  Earl goes out, LPC whip
reverse LPC gets posted.  Toss in, Earl slam, Earl runs by him and LPC
slugs him in the gut.  LPC whip splash, chop, suplex gets two.  LPC
gets the beer, a 12-pack of Natural Light, the beer falls on the
floor, Earl whip reverse splash LPC.  LPC goes after the beer, takes a
drink and spits it out.  Earl goes out and drinks a beer, goes in and
whacks LPC with a beer for two.  LPC whip flying headscissors Earl,
bulldog, spinning neckbreaker gets two.  Danger Doug is out here and
yanked James Welden out.  Arrgh, LPC whip KICK WHAM STUNNER!  Doug
throws the ref back in and it's a two count.  Where's the DQ???  Earl
with a neck snap, gets in Doug's face, Doug throws powder and hits
LPC, Earl rollup and gets three!  Earl shares beers with the fans.

WINNER and STILL CHAMP:  Earl Grissom -> (9-8-0-1) 11:10 mins. **¼

Billy Morgan and Kev G come out for an interview segment.  Morgan says
he's got a problem and superkicks Kev G and kicks him repeatedly. 
Morgan hates being with losers and wants to be taken seriously.  PHD
comes out, he says he deserves so much better so he needs to make an
impact.  PHD has a new man in his stable, and Kev G slowly gets out of
the ring.

Tricky Dick Moore (2-3) 5'10" 180lbs. Beaverdale, PA vs. "Rather
Charming" Bradley Stephens (7-3) 6'0" 225lbs. Las Vegas, NV - I have
Stephens ranked as number one contender, yet the highest ranking guy
he's beaten is Eric Logan.  He needs a bracket buster match of some
sort cause the higher ups aren't eager to give him any title shot
consideration.  Moore managed to pull an upset on Billy Morgan, but I
don't like his chances here.  Stephens obviously needs to keep winning
to make the drum beat louder.  Lockup, waistlock THROWDOWN Stephens. 
He does it again.  Weities wants the UMPH in the rap sheet, then calls
me "crapfighter" for saying Stephens is either rather charming or
rather crappy.  Okay, Rich Weities will now be known as "Shredded
Wheat".  Tricky Dick with a takedown, suplex cover gets zero.  Brad
bails out, walks away, Tricky follows, apron slam, toss in.  Dick whip
side slam gets two.  Tricky whip reverse, Brad walks into a boot,
tornado DDT gets two.  Stephens with a knee to the head, delayed
suplex, chokes away.  Stephens whip clothesline, elbowdrop gets two. 
Stephens pounds away, whip reverse drop kick gets two.  Tricky Dick
with a slam, legdrop gets two.  Stephens knee to the gut, knockout
punch, fist drop.  Stephens jaws with the fans, Tricky Dick is up and
hits a clothesline.  Back body drop Stephens, turnbuckle smash, choke
on the ropes.  Stephens whip clothesline in the corner, boot choke in
the corner.  Stephens whip reverse, Tricky gets a flying headscissors
off the side slam attempt.  Tricky whip back body drop gets two. 
Tricky goes for the neckbreaker, wiggles his hips for too long and
gets LOW BLOWED!  Stephens whip hip toss into a facebuster, Stephens
goes on the second rope, hops off runs to the other corner and wastes
time, on top, back elbow misses, RUDE AWAKENING Tricky Dick and he
gets the pin!

WINNER:  Tricky Dick Moore pin -> (3-3) 9:50 mins. ***

Man vs. Woman
Cherry Malone (0-0) 5'6" 140lbs. Springfield, IL w/ "Alpha Male" Guy
Smith vs. "The Freshman" Matt Boston (1-3) 5'8" 135lbs. Carbondale, IL
- Cherry's hometown has shifted over to New York City and now wants to
be billed as weight unknown, aka "none of your business."  Weities
gets mad at me for saying her weight that was listed in her bio,
claiming you're not supposed to report a woman's weight.  WHY NOT?  I
don't get why the wrestling feds suddenly quit announcing weights for
the women wrestlers.  Anyway, it's a lightweight versus a
welterweight.  Cherry slaps Boston, Matt ab stretch then whips her,
small package gets two.  Cherry whip Boston hops over, bridge cover
gets one for the Freshman and she bails.  Smith on the apron, Freshman
goes over and gets neck snapped.  Smith yanks Boston outside and slugs
him.  Toss in, Cherry chokes away, cover gets one.  Cherry chokes
again and gets a zero count.  Cherry slaps Boston on the head,
inverted atomic drop is messed up, neckbreaker Cherry gets two. 
Cherry slam gets two.  Cherry chokes away, pickup, whip full nelson. 
Boston gets out, whip flying headscissors Cherry gets one.  Cherry
whip Boston kick DDT.  Boston clothesline, drags her around by the
hair, rams her into the turnbuckle.  Stan Sallinger is out on the
apron, Boston on top, bulldog, Guy Smith in and gives the Freshman the
LITTLE INSPIRATION, ref sees nothing and Cherry gets a very cheap
three count.

WINNER:  Cherry Malone pin -> (1-0) 7 mins. **½

We go to the back, Devall asks why Arson is off the card tonight. 
Arson ignores Devall so he rips the magazine out of his hands.  Devall
says he's still got a match tonight.  Weities after telling me not to
talk over stuff earlier in the evening is talking during this segment.
 Stan Sallinger is still in the ring.  Madman goes after Stan but RON
gives him the mike to speak.  Stan begs off and says he's followed
RON-tology and there's not many followers for them to fight each
other.  RON asks when he's tithed last, Stan pulls out a wad of cash,
RON gets mad at a small bill, Stan gives him a bigger bill, then RON
takes the whole wad and tells Jackson to lay down.

Mississippi Madman Don Jackson (2-0-1) 6'2" 400lbs. Olive Branch, MS
w/ RON, Steven Bishop, Jakob vs. Overthrown President "Mr. Hollywood"
Stan Sallinger (1-4) 6'3" 260lbs. Hollywood Hills, CA - Stan just
covers and it's a record breaking pinfall snapping the mark made by
Real World Jeremy over Scotty Cash, without the drama.

WINNER:  Stan Sallinger pin -> (2-5) 4 seconds. DUD

Here comes Eric Logan and El Diablo Silverado, EDS screams that those
titles are ours and wants another title match tonight.  RON says Tuff
N Stuff have to defeat the Madman in a handicap match to get another
title shot, next month.  EDS asks the crowd if they should take him
on, the crowd says yes.

Mississippi Madman Don Jackson (2-0-1) 6'2" 400lbs. Olive Branch, MS
w/ RON, Steven Bishop, Jakob 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 - For the record, I'm not counting
handicap matches of various configurations in the standings, cause
it's loaded with too many pitfalls.  EDS gets on E-Lo's shoulders,
crossbody EDS gets two.  The cult members trip Tuff N Stuff, they
baseball slide them, the cult gets in the ring and James Welden EJECTS
them from ringside.  Double clothesline has no effect, clothesline
takes down TNS, Madman throws E-Lo out, EDS slugs away, RON threw a
bottle as me as he leaves, Madman shoves him down.  Jackson splash in
the corner, Madman pickup, whip clotheslines miss, EDS drop kick in
the knee.  Armbar EDS, he walks the rope with it, sunset flip blocked,
Madman misses the sitdown, neck snap EDS.  Tag E-Lo, shoulderblocks
don't do much, E-Lo charges and hits the post.  Madman throws E-Lo out
with a hammerlock over the top.  Madman works the arm, torques it
pulling straight up.  Madman jerks the arm over the shoulder.  Madman
whip splash in the corner.  Madman whip E-Lo kicks the leg, SPEAR
Madman, EDS got the tag though, he clips the knee, crossbody E-Lo. 
E-Lo with a splash off the top, EDS legdrop off the top, E-Lo swanton
bomb, EDS frog splash gets two.  RON on the apron, he's brought in,
Madman's up, TNS gets a double chokeslam, Jason Wells is out here,
chairshot on Madman, TNS gets the pin.

WINNERS:  Tuff N Stuff pin -> 8:20 mins. **½

Jason Wells (5-7) 6'0" 230lbs. Kansas City, MO vs. Danger Doug Fraze
(5-8-1) 6'6" 270lbs. Chicago, IL - Here's another old feud, Fraze and
various partners fought against Ramsey and Wells over the tag titles
last year.  Now they're fighting to get out of the middle of the pack.
 Lockup shove Doug.  Lockup again, shove Doug.  Wells with a trip,
whip powerslam, legdrop gets two.  Snap mare Wells, drop kick gets
two.  Full-nelson slam Fraze.  Fraze chokes away, suplex gets two. 
Fraze with a slam, legdrop gets two.  Doug whip clothesline, choke on
the ropes, Fraze charges and Wells pulls down the top rope.  Fraze
goes sailing over, crossbody off the top to the floor by Wells.  Toss
in, Wells pickup, slugaway in the corner, whip Wells splash.  SPEAR
Fraze gets two.  Wells slugs away, Fraze full nelson, LOW BLOW Wells,
clothesline.  Wells with the firearm's carry slam, the whiplash gets
two.  And all of GQ is out here again.  Wells locks in a
"Wells-mission" choke hold and he submits!

WINNER:  Jason Wells submission -> (6-7) 8:05 mins. **¾

Guy Smith says he's gonna correct a few things, to have GQ to be taken
seriously, he says Fraze who used to work for Devall makes them look
silly so Mr. Elite is taking his place.  Everyone delivers chairshots,
Smith with the Little Inspiration, then everyone punks him out. 
Doug's busted open, Smith DDT on the chair.  Smith says they're 4-GQ
and anyone who rallies to Devall's cause will end up like Doug. 
Devall wants the music shut off, he makes a match for next month, it's
4-GQ vs. Hot Boyz, Matthews & KC in an eight-man tag.  The GQ's think
it's laughable.  Danger Doug is carried out on a stretcher.  They
borrow my camera to snap pictures of the damage.

NMW Tag Team Championship
(c)The NEW Cult of RON (7-4) 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. "The Marvel" Shane Matthews
(1-2) 6'0"
195lbs. Atlantic City, GA & Hardcore KC (2-4) 5'7" 170lbs. Kansas
City, MO (0-1) - I dunno how they decided on KC & Matthews getting the
tag title shot, tag picture is still kinda sparse, but anyone's better
than the cult as tag champs.  KC is going for a title in Scott County
Wrestling the next day.  KC and Bishop start, Bishop wants Shane
instead.  Bishop armwringer, hammerlock Marvel, shoveoff, full nelson
Bishop, neckbreaker Bishop gets two.  Matthews tries a clothesline but
RON grabs his leg, Bishop suplex.  Bishop whip spin kick, he slugs
away, Shane slugs back, muscles him for the side suplex.  Tag KC, whip
clothesline, slam, KC whip, tag Shane, KC misses the crossbody, Shane
hits the crossbody for two.  Armbar Shane, whip reverse, Jakob gets a
kick.  Jakob tagged in, he pounds away, suplex gets two.  Jakob whip
side slam gets two.  Jakob with the choke, KC in ref puts him out, RON
on the apron, illegal switch.  Bishop works over Shane, Bishop whip
flying forearm Shane.  Tag KC, rake Bishop, whip reverse shoulderblock
Bishop.  Bishop whip reverse leapfrog KC LOW BLOW BISHOP, German
suplex gets two.  KC enzuigiri, tag Shane.  Shane slam, he goes up,
Bishop crotches him and he flips off the rope on his head.  Tag Jakob,
uppercut Jakob, elbow gets two.  Powerslam Jakob gets two.  Tag
Bishop, DDT gets two.  Bishop whip powerslam gets two.  Tag Jakob,
double suplex, Jakob pounds away cover gets two.  Jakob whip flying
headscissors Shane, drop kick.  Tag KC, tag Bishop, hip tosses, drop
kick on Bishop, Jakob pulls Shane in the way of a drop kick.  Jakob
has KC in the fireman's carry, tosses him to Bishop for a double-team
F5 and that's it.  Bishop throws a bottle at me on his way out.  Come
to think of it, if I'm commentating every month now I'll have to put
up with RON more than I'd like.

WINNERS and STILL CHAMPS:  The NEW Church of RON pin -> (8-4) 10:40
mins. ***¼

#1 Contenders Match Playoff
"Toga" Steve Fisher (4-5-1) 5'10" 240lbs. Carbondale, IL vs. Sage
Ramsey (9-8) 6'4" 249lbs. Peoria, IL - Let's review here.  We had an
18-man Royal Rumble where the winner got a title shot at Tom Arson at
the first Club 217 show, then at Final Reconking II we get another
match where the winner gets a title shot at Tom Arson.  So now they
gave away two title shots and instead of having one go first in March
then the other go in April,  the NMW board cops out and orders a
playoff.  Yeah, that's brillant.  Looking at history, it was Ramsey &
Jason Wells versus the Sigma Omega Betas when Garret Ryan was still
with NMW feuding over the tag team titles.  Lockup, waistlock Toga,
reversed takedown Sage.  Wrestling on the mat, headlock Toga, Sage
shoveoff, shoulderblock gets nothing.  Lockup, headlock Sage, Toga
elbows out, clothesline Toga.  Sage suplex, slam, snap mare, rear
chinlock.  Billy Morgan suddenly comes out and whacks Sage with a
chair and we the fans get cheated out of a match.  LAME!

WINNER:  Sage Ramsey DQ -> (10-8) 1:50 mins. ½*

Toga with a SPEAR on Billy, and Sage and Toga bounce him around like a
pinball with Sage delivering the big boot.  Tom Arson comes out here
and says he doesn't care who gets the title shot and can beat the both
of them with one arm tied behind his back.  Devall is out here and
isn't happy, so he make a tag match between Arson & Morgan vs. Sage &
Toga later.  Weities calls it a bunch of crap, so Devall comes over
and reads him the riot act.

"Alpha Male" Guy Smith (17-8) 6'0" 255lbs. Rapid City, SD w/ Cherry
Malone vs. Scotty Cash (7-9-1) 5'9" 170lbs. "Yo Momma's House" - This
is a rematch from last June where they fought over the NMW title in a
ladder match which Scotty really won but Danger Doug interfered in and
put the belt back up on the rope.  And yet Guy Smith forgot that
little favor when he punked him out.  Cash comes out with a chair,
then sits in it.  Cash stalls the start of the match by taking forever
to ditch the chair.  He slides the chair at Cherry.  Cash wants to
shake hands but Smith just slaps the hand.  Lockup shove Smith. 
Waistlock Cash, headlock, shoveoff, headlock Cash, shoveoff
shoulderblock by Smith.  Cash off the ropes, LOW BLOW, rake,
clothesline over the top.  Cash splash off the apron missed.  Smith
clothesline on the floor.  Smith toss in, whip elbow gets two.  Smith
chokes away, drops a leg across his knee, scissors the leg and drops
down like Mr. Perfect used to, twists the leg.  Smith with what looks
to be the Texas Cloverleaf but doesn't turn it over.  Smith grabs the
knee and lifts straight up, Cash flips him over, clothesline gets two.
 Armdrag Cash gets two.  Knee Smith, gut wrench suplex, Smith twists
the leg, rollup Cash gets two.  BIG clothesline by Smith, he charges,
Cash back body drop on the apron, Cash with a sunset flip off the
apron!  Cash puts him in, Cash just drops on Smith for two.  Smith
suplex, whip reverse powerslam Cash gets two.  Cash slugs away, ties
Smith up in the ropes, Cash side kick to the face gets two.  Cash ROCK
BOTTOM gets two.  Cash with the LITTLE INSPIRATION gets two!  Cash
puts Smith on top, Cash rocks the ropes, superplex and the GQ crew run
in for the cheap DQ.  Can't say this was as good as their ladder
match.

WINNER:  Scotty Cash DQ -> (8-9-1) 12:05 mins. **½

Benz, Shane Matthews, Hardcore KC jump in the ring and clear out the
heels, except for Stan Sallinger.  They all beat on Stan, KC with the
neckbreaker, Shane with a version of the DVD, Benz with the Travasty. 
Benz with a slam, Cash with a legdrop off the top rope.  Now they beat
Stan up with chairs, GQ can't do anything, KC and Shane hold Stan up
for a chairshot to the head.

"Toga" Steve Fisher (4-6-1) 5'10" 240lbs. Carbondale, IL
& Sage Ramsey
(10-8) 6'4" 249lbs. Peoria, IL (debut) vs. NMW Heavyweight Champion
Tom Arson (11-9) 6'5" 260lbs. St. Louis, MO & "The UNDERachiever"
Billy Morgan (8-7) 5'10" 172lbs. Riverton, IL w/ Philip H. Dempsey
(1-0) - Arson and Morgan jump Sage and Toga, double whip crash Morgan
and Arson.  Press slam Sage onto PHD.  Toga chops Arson.  Arson ducks
between Toga & Sage.  Arson gets caught by Toga & Sage getting slugged
down.  Arson wants to strength test Sage, Sage whip elbow.  Sage
headbutt, bodyslam, tag Toga.  Toga chops, whip splash Toga.  Devall
stops by the table again and blasts Weities for writing stupid notes
about the prez.  Toga suplex, Sage tags himself in.  Sage whip, Arson
yanks Sage down by the hair.  Toga tagged, Morgan in, belly to belly
suplex, triple rib breaker Toga.  Toga slugs away in the corner, whip
corner, big suplex.  Arson in to break up a count, Toga slugs away,
charges, Arson pulls down the rope and Toga sails over.  Arson jams
the knee with a cane, toss in, Morgan covers for two.  Morgan ties up
a knee and drops back with it.  Tag Arson, small package Toga gets
two.  Arson hangs the leg over the second rope and kicks away at it. 
Arson drops the leg across his knee, Morgan in and kicks away, figure
four Morgan, PHD pulls the arms.  Morgan puts Toga's leg on the bottom
rope and sits on it.  Russian leg sweep Arson gets two.  Choke, clap
of hands, Morgan's in for the illegal switch and more choking.  DDT
Morgan, tag Arson, big legdrop, flying elbows.  Arson twists the leg,
step over toe hold, Toga in the rope.  Tag Morgan, double whip double
clothesline.  Arson flips Morgan over his shoulder onto Toga for two. 
Toga with a big clothesline.  Tag Arson, Arson with a leg scissors
ankle lock, grabs for PHD to add torque.  Morgan chokes with a shirt,
PHD jams Toga with the cane.  Tag Morgan, whip missed the drop kick,
Toga drops a fist, forearm by Morgan.  Choke on the bottom rope by
Morgan.  Tag Arson, stomps the back, knocks Sage, Arson yanks on the
leg, PHD with ANOTHER cane shot.  Welden's on his way to the "50
mistakes award".  Arson full-nelson slam, tag Morgan, he goes up,
flying elbow misses by a mile.  Double tags, clotheslines Sage, slams
Sage, back body drop on Arson.  Morgan misses the superkick, Sage
misses his, double superkick take them both out.  Toga goes after
Arson, Morgan up, gives Sage the Sliced Bread #2, Morgan nails Toga,
Arson covers Sage and gets the pin!!!  Oh I can't believe this!

WINNERS:  Tom Arson & Billy Morgan pin -> (2-0) 19:20 mins. ***½

Devall is out here with the mike again, he says there's two men owed a
title shot so next month it's gonna be a coin toss to decide who
fights Arson first, the other will wrestle a mystery opponent.  Devall
says go home and sleep on his title belt and pray he'll still have the
belt after First Blood.  Weities goes writing a note that says "Devall
should be fired".  He better hope nobody sees that, well he did see it
cause I showed it to him. *smirk*

The Verdict:  I enjoyed the show, mainly cause I was calling the
action for NMW itself in the booth this time, but for some reason even
with videotape handy I had a heck of a time deciding what to rate the
matches.  May have to rewatch this again but I had to get this out the
door.  I didn't like getting cheated out of two of the announced
matches, though Benz had been fighting illness quite recently.  They
did go through a whopping twelve matches for the whole show, which may
have been a bit of overkill.  The setup for new big feuds for the rest
of the year have been set in place following the formation of a new
big heel faction.  No big standout match so it's thumbs leaning up.


--- Internet Rex 2.29