April 1999

[managermike99]

River City Wrestling #780
April 3, 1999
RCW Rage
Duluth, Minnesota

RCW Rage opened with Vendetta II introducing his new stable "The Prophecy", consisting of himself, Balls Mahoney, Menele, and Kutlu Warrior. VII says that the stars of RCW would pay for the disrespect they have shown each member of the Prophecy, including yet another member, former North American Women's champion Barbie Wired. Wired comes out in her Saturday night best latex catsuit!

Opening Bout
RCW European Title Match
Scarlett Birmingham defeated Lewis O'Day by submission to the sleeperhold at 7:22
[Scarlett Birmingham retained the RCW European Title]
**these two rivals will also be tag partners in the Larkin Cup. Birmingham controlled most of the bout and won with what may have been an illegal choke.

Kurrgan comes to the ring to respond to Vendetta's Prophecy. However, Ben Bassarab then comes ut and challenges Kurrgan for his Toughman belt tonight, because he is pissed about Kurrgan not wanting him as his tag partner for the Larkin Cup. Then Balls Mahoney of the Prophecy came out and suggested making it a 3 way dance. Challenge accepted.


Bout #2
The IBZ: Wiked Klown & Shaggy defeated Tarzan Goto & Devon Storm by pinfall when Shaggy pinned Goto after a top rope  legdrop at 7:10
**not much of a match. After the bout Goto punked his own tag partner Storm.

Split interviews with Nick Mercury and Steve Corino comparing notes on their training with King Kahula. The recollections of course are quite different. Tonight's main event will be a tag match pitting Corino & Mercury against The Alliance.


Bout #3
Round of 16 - Larkin Cup
Vincent Regliatti & Jim Neidhart defeated Boss Strickland & Stan Baker by submission when Regliatti submitted Baker to the sharpshooter at 15:22
**Neidhart barely escaped the loss but kicked out after a Baker superplex. That kickout changed the momentum, and Regliatti worked well with Neidhart; reminiscent of the old Hart Foundation.  

Balls Mahoney takes us on a tour of the streets of Duluth, Minnesota.


Kutlu Warrior came out spouting off about how he was hardcore and challenged anybody from the back to come wrestle him in a Table match. 
After a commercial break he got his challenger.

Bout #4
Table Match
Kutlu Warrior defeated Darren Dalton by putting him through a table at 2:52
**The fans popped when they got Darren Dalton dressed as the alter ego of Kutlu, Johnny Stewart, complete with pink wrestling gear and feather boa. But it seemed to really incense Kutlu. dalton got in some early shots but Kutlu turned it around in a hurry and put Dalton through a table for the victory.

The Second hour begins with an interview from Becky Hennig's trailer home where she reveals to an angry Jesse Hennig that Darkstar is in fact an ex-boyfriend of hers from their days in Barb Wire City.


Bout #5
RCW Toughman Title - Triangle Elimination Match
Kurrgan defeated Ben Bassarab and Balls Mahoney (/w Barb Wire) in a triangle elimination match at 37:54
[Kurrgan retained the RCW Toughman Title]
**As good of a match as you will see on free TV. Mahoney hit Bassarab early with brass knuckles. Mahoney and Kurrgan had a lengthy brawl. 
Vendetta II came down to ringside, standing at a distance.
Bassarab busted open Kurrgan with a frying pan. Barb Wire came into the ring to nail Kurrgan with a chair but he moved and it hit Mahoney instead. Kurrgan then chokeslammed Mahoney who kicked out of the pin attempt. Kurrgan then tossed Mahoney out of the ring where he nailed him with a tombstone piledriver. Kurrgan and Mahoney continued to brawl while Bassarab regained his strength. However, it would soon be Bassarab that was eliminated first when he submitted to the Asiatic spike.
Ben Bassarab was eliminated by submission to the Asiatic Spike at 31:53 by Balls Mahoney.
Mahoney brawled with Kurrgan but was over powered.
Balls Mahoney was eliminated by pinfall after a chokeslam at 37:54 by Kurrgan

After the bout Vendetta II attacked Kurrgan from behind, leaving him beaten.


The Alliance came out for a recruitment update. They say they were very impressed last week with Boss Strickland, but not so much this week. Nick Mercury then came out to try and suck up to the Alliance, who called him a worm. Steve Corino came out to confront Mercury who was supposed to be his tag partner tonight against this same Alliance. The Alliance pounced on and punked Corino who Mercury just watched. The ref and officials sorted things out and after a commercial break we had the main event.


Main Event
Round of 16 - Larkin Cup
Steve Corino & Nick Mercury defeated Jody Christmas & Joe E. Legend (/w Mistress Gloom) by pinfall when Mercury pinned Legend after a crucifix at 10:12
**Corino really took it to Christmas in their longest in ring encounter of the bout. Legend went for a clothesline, only to have Mercury counter it with a crucifix for the victory.

The show ends with Mercury and Corino in a pushing match, and then slugging it out in the ring, while the Alliance looked on from outside the ring having a good laugh, as we

FADE TO BLACK

Notes;
Excellent second hour of rage. Barb Wire actually got a loud cheer and Vendetta II received a very mixed reaction.

Yoshi Kwan no-showed and his status (albeit as a guest) with the company is now in limbo.

Darren Dalton continues to get good crowd pops with his gimmick of all gimmicks.

The Alliance recruitment drive is starting to heat up.

The non-Larkin Cup tournament main event for the next PPV will be announced next week.

[managermike99]

River City Wrestling #781
April 10, 1999
RCW Rage
Grand Rapids, Michigan

RCW RAGE opened with...ohhhhhh, what a russshhhhh.....

Opening Bout
Larkin Cup - Round of 16
Lewis O'Day & Scarlett Birmingham (/w Lady Victoria) defeated The Road Warriors (/w Paul Ellering) by disqualification for outside interference (Ellering) at 18:20
**O'Day and Animal generated quite a bit of heat early on in this bout. Animal was in trouble and was worked over by both his opponents. Then it was Hawk in trouble as Lewis had him in the figure-four. Paul Ellering came into the ring with a chair and nailed Lewis to get the intentional DQ.

After the bout as Lewis lay knocked out from the chair shot, at the insistence of Lady Victoria, Birmingham laid the boots to Lewis before leaving the ring.


The Alliance came to the ring (Christmas, Legend, Gloom), talking more about new member possibilities. Nick Mercury came to the ring saying he wanted to prove himself to the Alliance. So Christmas suggested that since Boss Strickland had beat Vincent Regliatti then Mercury should also try and beat Regliatti to keep pace. Christmas called Regs out to the ring who agreed to the match, even with Christmas as a special guest referee.

Bout #2
Special Guest Referee: Jody Christmas
Vincent Regliatti defeated Nick Mercury (/w Big Albert) by submission to the sharpshooter at 8:18
**Mercury had the early advantage including a piledriver and a Northern lights suplex. Regs though made the comeback and got Mercury to submit to his finisher. Christmas was a non-factor other then to let them go at it and not interfere.

After the bout Mercury was pissed at Christmas and grabbed the mic saying he never submitted. Christmas took off instead of answering the charges, and Regliatti and Mercury began to argue about the submission.


Bobby Duncum Jr was shown in the back being held back by officials as he tried to get into the dressing room of The Prophecy. He demanded a match tonight against those S.O.B.'s, and Kutlu Warrior agreed to a Hardcore match.

RCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel took to the ring to announce that tonight's main event would be Joe E. Legend's chance at Steve Corino's Heavyweight title that he won in the ladder match at RiverWars.


Bout #3
RCW Tag Team Title Match
Spyder & Rising Son defeated The Prophecy: Menele & Balls Mahoney (/w Barbie Wired) by pinfall when Spyder pinned Mahoney after a frog splash at 5:04
[Spyder & Rising Son retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**the champs were giving away a lot of size and strength in this battle. The champs worked over Mahoney pretty good in this one. Surprisingly fairly easy and clean win.

After the bout Mahoney lay motionless for a while, until a stretcher came out to take him away. There was some concern over Mahoney's previous head injury.
Vendetta II suddenly showed up sending the medics scurrying. VII tossed Mahoney over his shoulders and carried his fellow Prophecy member, fireman's carry to the back.

The 2nd hour begins with a tribute on tape to Michigan wrestling greats including The Sheik, Bobo Brazil, Mighty Igor, and The Steiner Brothers.

Bout #4
Hardcore Rules
Kutlu Warrior (/w Barbie Wired) defeated Bobby Duncum Jr by pinfall after an inverted DDT at 7:52
**Tully Blanchard and Ben Bassarab came down to ringside to watch this bout. Kutlu back suplexed Duncum onto a table twice to get an early advantage. Outside the ring, Gary Goodridge suddenly appeared and ambushed Kutlu Warrior. While the ref was distracted however, Bassarab attacked Duncum Jr. The brawl made its way up the ramp. Kutlu was juicing badly. Duncum hit the running bulldog but Kutlu managed to kick out after a slow cover by Duncum. Blanchard ended up hitting Duncum in the back with a chair to knock him out. Kutlu then hit an inverted DDT as a formality and made the pin (still holding onto a handful of tights just to make sure).


Bout #5
Larkin Cup - Round of 16
Derek Graves & Gary Goodridge (/w Sharon Montgomery) defeated Tarzan Goto & Yoshi Kwan by pinfall when Goodridge pinned Kwan after a victory roll at 9:37
**Graves and Goodridge showed some surprisingly good teamwork in this bout. Goodridge caught Kwan charging into the corner with a knee to the head, and then rolled him up for the win.

Lewis O'Day and Scarlett Birmingham are caught backstage having a brawl. Officials break it up and announce that these two will have a chance to settle their differences in the ring next week.


Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel took to the ring again and called out The Alliance. He announced that at the Larkin Cup PPV, Joe E. Legend would wrestle against Jody Christmas. Of course depending on the outcome of tonight's main event it may be a title shot. Legend and Christmas were obviously displeased at Bock for forcing them into this match.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Steve Corino defeated Joe E. Legend (/w Mistress Gloom) by disqualification for outside interference (Gloom) at 9:34
[Steve Corino retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**Corino took control early with a piledriver, bulldog, and a figure-four. Gloom threw Legend a steel chair but Corino blocked the swing and nailed the challenger instead. A cloverleaf might have ended the bout but Corino put it on too close to the ropes and Legend was able to get the break. It was pretty much all Steve Corino. Finally, Legend showed some offence with a short comeback. But Corino ended up nailing the challenger with an enzuigiri, and had Legend ready to be pinned. Gloom entered the ring and nailed Corino from behind with a steel chair, laying him out cold.

With Corino out cold, Jody Christmas came out and along with Legend and Gloom laid the boots to Corino. Vincent Regliatti came out to help with the save but was thwarted from behind by Boss Strickland, who suddenly appeared to join the Alliance. Jim Neidhart came out in street clothes and swinging a chair to make the rescue. 

The show ended with The Alliance celebrating back in the ring, and perhaps Boss Strickland is the newest member? as we

FADE TO BLACK


notes;
Nick Mercury injured approximately 8 weeks
Lots of strange interference happening from the TNM simulator.

 

[managermike99]

River City Wrestling #782
April 17, 1999
Youngstown, OH

Eight days until the inaugural Larkin Cup PPV...there will be no Rage next week

RCW Rage opens with "The Alliance" hitting the ring (Jody Christmas, Joe E. Legend, Mistress Gloom, and Boss Strickland).
Christmas tells Strickland that he's not sure about his entry into the Alliance being official yet. He tells Strickland to prove himself by taking it to Legend tonight!

Opening Bout
Jody Christmas (/w Mistress Gloom) defeated Jim Neidhart by pinfall after a superkick at 7:32
**DUD of a match, even Christmas couldn't spice this one up. Gloom pulled down the top rope to gain the advantage for Christmas, rolled The Anvil back inside the ring, superkick, end of bout.

Interview with Lewis O'Day about growing up in Northern Ireland and his hatred toward the English, and Scarlett Birmingham in particular. We find out that their match tonight will be for the European title, but will also be a strap match!

Joe Aiello corners Kurrgan backstage and asks him who his partner will be for tonight's Larkin Cup qualifier agains the Prophecy. Kurrgan refuses to tell Aiello, but says it is someone who is dying to wrap his hands around Vendetta II's or Kutlu Warrior's neck.

Bout #2
Larkin Cup - Round of 16
Ace Darling & Devon Storm defeated IBZ: Wiked Klown & Shaggy by pinfall when Darling pinned Shaggy after an Asai moonsault at 5:59
**the announcers noted that the Extremists were the only one of the three newly signed tag teams to win their first round match in the Larkin Cup. Klown had Darling in trouble early on but the Extremists made a nice comeback. 

Interview with Steve Corino who is without a tag partner since the injury to Nick Mercury. Steve calls out Ben Bassarab and asks if he would step up and be his tag partner in the tourney. However, Vincent Regliatti comes out and says that since Neidhart just got injured tonight that he is also without a tag partner for the tourney, and asks Bassarab to join him instead. Bassarab seems kind of leery of the situation, and just walks out of the ring shaking his head. Corino and Regs then begin to argue a little and seem to settle on the idea of fighting one on one in the tourney (they are scheduled to face each other) instead of getting partners.

Bout#3
Gary Goodridge defeated Jesse Hennig (/w Becky Hennig) by submission to the ankle lock at 11:27
This was a good match. Hennig attacked Goodridge before the opening bell and Goodridge fought an uphill battle after that. Goodridge got busted open outside the ring. Hennig countered a frankensteiner attempt with a tiger driver to gain an advantage late in the bout. Goodridge had Hennig in the guillotine choke but was bleeding pretty badly by now. Goodridge shrugged off a swinging neckbreaker, and Hennig just couldn't seem to finish off Goodridge, even after a top rope frankensteiner. Goodridge battled back and locked on his finisher to pick up a hard win.

Post-Match: Goodridge ws punked by Darkstar and Michael Modest, the other members of Hennig's Posse. Derek Graves of all people came out to make the save.

An Interview with Vendetta II and Barbie Wired from some secluded woods, where they talk about VII's mission to bring humility to the RCW Superstars.


Hour #2

Bout #4
If Strickland wins he is in the Alliance
Joe E. Legend defeated Boss Strickland by pinfall after the Legend Cutter at 10:44
**Mistress Gloom was at ringside but remained a neutral observer throughout the bout. Strickland had the upper hand for most of the bout, but Legend grabbed an advantage and hit his finisher out of the blue to pick up the win.

Post-Match: Christmas came out to join Legend and Gloom in laying the boots to Strickland and left him laying in the ring.

Interview with Scarlett Birmingham who talks about growing up in England and why he dislikes the Irish and in particular Lewis O'Day so much.

Bout #5
European Title Match - Strap Match
Lewis O'Day defeated Scarlett Birmingham in a strap match by touching all 4 buckles at 1:42
[Lewis O'Day won the RCW European Title]
**very, very short match as O'Day came in with an intensity that Birmingham could not match.

Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel comes out and announces that both Corino and Regliatti will have to come up with suitable tag partners for the PPV or be disqualified.
Then Bock calls out The Alliance and interviews the combatants for the only non-tournament match at the PPV; Jody Christmas vs Joe E. Legend.
The two Alliance members end up getting into a pushing match, and then the arena lights go out and turn into a green hue, which means The Prophecy hits the ring. Vendetta II and Kutlu Warrior send the Alliance scurrying from the ring. They are here for the main event, their Larkin Cup bout against Kurrgan and his mystery partner. Then the arena goes black once again and Kurrgan walks out. But before he can make it to the ring we hear cowbells and Bobby Duncum Jr. reveals himself as Kurrgan's mystery partner.

VII protests pointing out that Duncum was already eliminated from the tourney with Tully Blanchard as his partner. But Bock allows the match to start anyway.

Main Event
Larkin Cup - Round of 16
Kurrgan & Bobby Duncum Jr. defeated The Prophecy: Vendetta II & Kutlu Warrior by pinfall when Kurrgan defeated Warrior by pinfall after a chokeslam at 13:19
**Kurrgan and VII start it off and VII wins the early exchanges before tagging out to Warrior. Duncum and Warrior go at it until Warrior tags out. VII takes it to Duncum before Duncum makes a strong comeback. Both teams trade opportunities for double teams. VII and Kurrgan go at it again until Warrior tags in. Kurrgan manages to hit the Warrior with a piledriver and a chokeslam but only gets a 2 count. Kurrgan counters a DDT attempt with a suplex. The bout breaks down to a four man brawl. While the ref is distracted Warrior brings in his Kendo stick but Kurrgan kicks him in the gut, takes away the stick, whacks him over the head, and then chokeslams him for the win. 

Kurrgan and Bobby Duncum Jr stand tall in the ring as we

FADE TO BLACK

Jim Neidhart suffered an arm injury and will be out 6 weeks

Not a bad Rage but some of the matches were too short to allow development. 
A decision as the RCW futures of Road Warriors, Kwan, Goto, and Tully Blanchard needs to be made soon.

[managermike99]

River City Wrestling #783
April 25, 1999
Larkin Cup I on PPV
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Opening Bout
Larkin Cup Quarterfinal
Jesse Hennig & Darkstar (/w Becky Hennig) vs Spyder & Menele (/w Barbie Wired)
Spyder and Menele had Darkstar in trouble early. Hennig and Darkstar fought an uphill battle the whole match despite the interference of Becky. Jesse missed a tope on the outside, giving a big advantage to his opponents. Menele though couldn't put Hennig away, so Becky entered the ring and laid out Menele with a chair shot. Jesse Hennig managed to survive, and then Gary Goodridge came down to ringside. Spyder worked over Darkstar but couldn't close the deal even after a frog splash, and then Darkstar couldn't put Spyder away even after a death valley driver. There was some good heat between Spyder and Darkstar. Darkstar hit Spyder with a pair of brass knuckles handed to him by Becky, but Goodridge tripped up Jesse Hennig after he insisted on the tag in from Darkstar. Goodridge pulled Hennig out of the ring, nailed him with a suplex, rolled him back in the ring and Spyder nailed a frog splash, this time getting the victory.
[Spyder & Menele defeated Jesse Hennig & Darkstar by pinfall when Spyder pinned Hennig after a frog splash at 32:17]
**after the bout Menele and Barbie Wired were quite unhappy with Spyder for not tagging out to Menele at the end of the match.

Steve Corino and Vincent Regliatti come to the ring, and try to announce again that they will wrestle each other with the winner advancing in the tourney as a handicap entry. 
Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel though comes to the ring and says no, and announces their new tag partners. Regliatti gets Ben Bassarab and Steve Corino gets Darren Dalton.


Bout #2
Larkin Cup Quarterfinal
Steve Corino & Darren Dalton vs Vincent Regliatti & Ben Bassarab
Corino and Bassarab opened it up with Corino gaining the advantage. Bobby Duncum Jr. came down to ringside to do commentary, noting that he had run-ins with all 4 of these guys, and hated them all. Regs has Dalton in trouble, but then Corino gets tagged in and has Regs in trouble. Regs though hits Corino with an enzuigiri outside the ring, with Corino falling on the ring steps and busting his head wide open (the only wrestler to juice on the card). Dalton amazed the crowd by fighting his way out of a Regliatti sharpshooter. Bassarab came in fresh, a house on fire, but Duncum left his position at the announce table to trip up Bassarab. Shortly after that Corino ended the gruelling affair by getting Bassarab to submit to the figure-four.
[Steve Corino & Darren Dalton defeated Vincent Regliatti & Ben Bassarab by submission when Corino submitted Bassarab to the figure-four at 35:27]


Bout #3
Larkin Cup Quarterfinal
Scarlett Birmingham & Lewis O'Day (/w Lady Victoria) vs Gary Goodridge & Derek Graves (/w Sharon Montgomery)
This match pitted one team whose rivalry has heated up because of the tournament against a team which seems to have actually found common ground (Goodridge/Graves). Birmingham is in trouble early. Goodridge and Graves operate as a solid team. Birmingham submits to Goodridge's knee lock.
[Gary Goodridge & Derek Graves defeated Scarlett Birmingham & Lewis O'Day by submission when Goodridge submitted Birmingham to the knee lock at 7:02]


Bout #4
Larkin Cup Quarterfinal
Kurrgan & Bobby Duncum Jr.  vs  The Extremists: Ace Darling & Devon Storm
Duncum gets Storm in trouble early, and Kurrgan continues to dismantle Storm. Darling gets tagged in and has a lot more success. He is quite game, bringing a chair into the ring to launch off. Kurrgan has to break up a pin attempt on Duncum to stay alive. Duncum drags Darling out of the ring where he regains the advantage. Darling enters the ring right behind Duncum, but eats a back elbow and a flying bulldog to end the bout.
[Kurrgan & Bobby Duncum Jr. defeated Ace Darling & Devon Storm by pinfall when Duncum pinned Darling after a flying bulldog at 11:40]


Bout #5
Larkin Cup Semifinal
Spyder & Menele (/w Barbie Wired) vs Steve Corino & Darren Dalton
Spyder works well in the ring with Corino. Dalton actually has Spyder in trouble and applies his armbar finisher to get the submission.
[Steve Corino & Darren Dalton defeated Spyder & Menele by submission when Dalton submitted Spyder with an armbar at 13:36]
**After the bout, at the insistence of Wired, Menele punked his teammate Spyder, until Corino returned to make the save.


Bout #6
Larkin Cup Semifinal
Gary Goodridge & Derek Graves (/w Sharon Montgomery) vs Kurrgan & Bobby Duncum Jr.
Graves attacked Kurrgan before the bell had even sounded. Goodridge got Duncum in trouble early, but Duncum pulled a reverse elbow and bulldog out of nowhere, but couldn't recover quick enough to get the pin. A fresh Graves gets in against a tired Duncum to try and finish the bout. On Graves' second figure four attempt, Duncum passes out, and Kurrgan did not try and make the save.
[Gary Goodridge & Derek Graves defeated Kurrgan & Bobby Duncum Jr by submission when Graves submitted Duncum to the figure-four at 7:02]


Bout #7
Larkin Cup Final
Gary Goodridge & Derek Graves (/w Sharon Montgomery  vs  Steve Corino & Darren Dalton
The Jody Christmas v Joe E. Legend match was supposed to be next, but before Goodridge and Graves could leave the ring Darren Dalton rushed the ring attacking Graves, and when Corino scrambled to the ring from the dressing room the bout was started.
Graves was in trouble early and Corino turned up the heat. Goodridge kept interfering against Corino to try and help out Graves. Graves eventually tags in Goodridge who cleans house agains Dalton, locking on the knee lock and getting the submission.
[Gary Goodridge & Derek Graves defeated Steve Corino & Darren Dalton by submission when Goodridge submitted Dalton to the kneelock at 10:50]
[Gary Goodridge & Derek Graves win the Larkin Cup I]

 
Main Event
Jody Christmas  v  Joe E. Legend 
Mistress Gloom came down to do commentary instead of picking sides in this bout between Alliance teammates. Legend shocked the crowd by attacking Christmas before the opening bell could even sound. But Christmas gained the early advantage anyway. Legend finally turned things around with a superplex, followed by a sleeperhold. Christmas though rallied and nailed Legend with a flying cross-body block to get the pin.
[Jody Christmas defeated Joe E. Legend by pinfall after a flying cross-body block at 10:35]

Legend grabbed a mic and called Christmas' win a fluke and challenged him to make it 2 out of 3 falls. At first Christmas just tried to get Legend to calm down, but then Gloom told him it would be a good idea to extend the match so both men could get this out of their systems. So we have another fall.

Criss cross, Christmas missed a dropkick and landed on his knee pretty heavy. Legend seized the advantage nailing his Legend cutter and getting a real quick pin.
[Joe E. Legend defeated Jody Christmas by pinfall after a Legend cutter at 11:53]

Now it was Christmas' turn to insist on another fall, making this an impromptu best 2 out of 3 falls. But Christmas was hobbling immediately obviously favouring his injured left leg. Legend dominated the short fall and finished Christmas off with an rather anti-climatic high knee lift.
[Joe E. Legend defeated Jody Christmas by pinfall after a high knee lift at 14:11]
[Joe E. Legend wins the bout 2 falls to 1]

Things are tense and not good between the Alliance members, Jody Christmas, Joe E. Legend and Mistress Gloom as the show went off the air.


Breaking kayfabe;
Well to be honest it was a below average PPV offering. It was all

right if you like tournaments, but didn't really build to a nice

climatic finish. In fact the longest matches were the opening

2 bouts. The TNM booker was not a good friend tonight with so many weak 
finishers, submission finishers, and blah matches.

[managermike99]

River City Wrestling #784
April 29, 1999
Cincinnati, Ohio

House show, all proceeds going to the family of the late Brian Pillman.

Opening Bout
The IBZ: Shaggy & Wiked Klown defeated Ace Darling & Devon Storm by pinfall when Wiked Klown defeated Ace Darling by pinfall after a spinebuster slam at 13:08
**Devon Storm missed a running somersault plancha, which turned the tide in favour of the IBZ. Shaggy was busted open. Ace Darling bodyslammed Shaggy onto a golding steel chair. Finally Darling tagged in a fresh Klown who went to work on the Extremists with low blows. Klown nailed the spinebuster and picked up the win.

Bout #2
Devon Storm defeated Tajiri by pinfall after a top rope frankensteiner at 7:03
**Tajiri came to the ring and challenged any of the four to a match, and Storm accepted first. This match was a series of hi-spots. Tajiri hit some devastating moves, but Storm battled back and won in spectacular fashion.

Bout #3
Non-Title Match
Jody Christmas & Joe E. Legend (/w Mistress Gloom) defeated Rising Son & Spyder by pinfall when Legend pinned Rising Son after a Legend cutter at 13:38
**Spyder and Christmas had some good exchanges with plenty of heat. Christmas hit Spyder with a superkick, then grabbed a fist full of tights when going for the pin, and Rising Son had to come in to make the save. Rising Son got in trouble and had to fight out of a sleeperhold being applied by Legend, only to get nailed by the Legend cutter.


Bout #4
Hardcore Bout
Bobby Duncum Jr. defeated Balls Mahoney (/w Barbie Wired) by submission to the abdominal stretch at 12:46
**Mahoney started strong against Duncum. The brawl went into the crowd where Duncum got busted wide open. Duncum hit Mahoney with a chair to change the momentum. The brawl went up the entry ramp where Duncum applied an abdominal stretch and to everyone's surprise got the submisison.

After the bout Duncum grabbed the mic and berated the official for ending the match, refusing to believe that Mahoney had truly submitted. Duncum called Mahoney back to the ring but Mahoney just waved him off. Duncum grabbed the ref and gave him a flying bulldog and then continued to berate Mahoney who he now accused of having a head injury.


Bout #5
Vincent Regliatti defeated Vendetta II (/w Barbie Wired) by submission to the sharpshooter at 10:34
**Regliatti was relentless in his early attacks on VII. An early sharpshooter left VII badly hurt for the rest of the bout. Regs got a second sharpshooter on VII, who was submitting but there was no referee to count as he had been inadvertently knocked out in a collision just prior to that. VII was passed a baseball bat by Wired and hit Regs with it. However, Regs would recover, battle back, and once gain lock on his finisher and get the submisison.


Main Event
Non-Title IronMan Match (30 minutes)
Steve Corino vs Ben Bassarab

Corino had an early advantage. Outside the ring Bassarab hit a tope suicida on Corino, and threw him into the ring post. But Corino would come back and win the first fall after a flying shoulderblock which knocked the wind out of Bassarab.
[Steve Corino 1-0 Ben Bassarab; 11:09]

Bassarab hit a powerbomb on Corino to even the match in short order.
[Steve Corino 1-1 Ben Bassarab; 11:32]

Corino applied the figure-four and Bassarab's shoulders were pinned to the mat.
[Steve Corino 2-1 Ben Bassarab; 12:28]

Corino moved out of the way of a flying headbutt attempt. Bassarab fought out of a sharpshooter. Bassarab goes for a back suplex, but Corino turns it midair to crash on Bassarab and get the pin.
[Steve Corino 3-1 Ben Bassarab; 18:45]

Corino hits a Russian legsweep and a 2nd turnbuckle elbow drop to get the pin. Bassarab is obviously hurting quite bad at this point.
[Steve Corino 4-1 Ben Bassarab; 22:50]

Bassarab weakened Corino with a crossface chickenwing, and finished him with a flying cross bodyblock.
[Steve Corino 4-2 Ben Bassarab; 27:01]

Corino applied the figure-four around the ringpost, which drew jeers from the crowd, who were now soundly cheering on the underdog Bassarab.

Time limit expires.

Winner of the 30 minute IronMan 4 falls to 2; Steve Corino

After the bout Bassarab surprised everyone when he attacked Corino with a chair as he was walking up the aisle to go back to the dressing rooms. The vicious attack continued, nailing Corino in the head and the back with chair shots. The carnage continued until Vincent Regliatti came out to make the save.