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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...

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Leading off we have some roster news. "The Discount Gigolo" 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 indefinite 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 Weities, 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 admission 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 employment. 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 lid shot, 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. ž*

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. **ź

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 OOMPH 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. **ž

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. *˝

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, torque's 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. **˝

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. ***

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. ***ź

#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 brilliant. 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. ˝*

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. **˝

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 Travesty. 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. ***˝

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.

Rivalry
March 27 2K4