NWA Wisconsin (4/20) Recap:Fire in the Ring!
Standing room only, indeed. It was a very nice house
at Liquor Sweets in Milwaukee. Up by me in the
balcony, we had to re-arrange tables and chairs
(sorry, no ladders) to make room for all the kids that
wanted a night of ICW action…and they got it in
spades.
Michael Dakota (accompanied by NWA Midwest’s own Ed
Chuman) hits the ring, and we’re underway for Insane
Championship Wrestling’s 4/20 Classic! (Or, “Night Of
A Thousand Belts.” All kinds of gold displayed
tonight…makes you realize the scope of influence of
an NWA promotion.)
Sure was a little hazy, though.
MATCH 1: “Mr. Canada” JASON RILEY vs. BLAZING BENJAMIN
* Riley had himself a nice Toronto Maple Leafs
jersey…and that motherCanuckin’ maple leaf flag.
* Benjamin wins by setting up Riley for a Death Valley
Driver, but spinning it into a neckbreaker and pinning
Riley.
* Then, Corporal Robinson (with 3 belts: Juggalo
Championsh*t Wrestling heavyweight, NWA Midwest tag,
and another one I don’t know) hits the ring to
congratulate Benjamin and call out his tag team
partner (and fellow NWA Midwest tag champ) Hardcore
Craig. Each wants to know where the other’s been;
Chuman takes the opportunity of having ‘em both in the
same building to book a title defense against a
debuting tag team: Venom and Krush (formerly
SkullCrusher), The SkullCrushers.
MATCH 2: THE SKULLCRUSHERS vs. CORPORAL ROBINSON &
HARDCORE CRAIG (c) (NWA Midwest Tag Team Championship)
* Hardcore Craig turned on his partner and hit him
with an NWA Midwest tag title belt, and Venom gets the
pin.
* NEW NWA Midwest Tag Team champions: The
SkullCrushers.
MATCH 3: TROY WALTERS vs. “The Impact Bully” BRANDON
THOMACELLI (sp?) (C) (Elite Pro Television
Championship)
* The Elite Pro TV title looks a lot like the old NWA
TV title belt…good to see.
* This match featured the first kickout of this year’s
4/20 classic, weirdly enough.
* Thomacelli wins with a PAIR of powerbombs into
inverse backbreakers. Impressive.
MATCH 4: “Pink Cadillac” NICK COLLUCI vs. CORPORAL
ROBINSON (w/ 2 Tuff Tony & Cousin Cletus) (Loser must
dress like the other next show)
* Understandably upset at what happened with his
now-ex-partner earlier on, Robinson brought out Cletus
and Tony to watch both entrances.
* Robinson absolutely PUNISHED Colluci on the outside
for several minutes before the bell even rang to start
the contest.
* Robinson wins with a sleeper-type hold into a leg
sweep. Now Colluci must dress like a juggalo at ICW’s
May event.
MATCH 5: JAYSON CA$H (w/ Val Malone) vs. THOMAS WALTON
III (w/ Derek St. Holmes, Esq.)
* Seeing TW3 come out to Wayne Newton’s “Danke Schoen”
(from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” for you newbies) was
very amusing…but not as much as his “golfer”
schtick. Sweater vest, plaid-print chinos, and teeing
off in the center of the ring, then admiring his drive
and holstering his club a’la the Chicago White Sox
heel hitter from Major League 2. But I digress…
* Some nice outside action, with TW3 whipping out a
top-rope cross-body onto Ca$h on the outside.
* Derek St. Holmes proves his intellect yet again. He
chases Malone acting like he’s gonna slap her; she
runs up onto the apron for safety. Ca$h wants to know
why she’s up there; while the ref gets her down,
Holmes slides TW3 the TOME OF KNOWLEDGE….OF DOOM.
TW3 clocks Ca$h with the book for the pin.
* After the match, an irate Ca$h fires Malone, grabs a
nearby ICW staffer, and delivers 2 double-handed
sitout chokeslams. Uncalled for!
MATCH 6: THE McCOYS (w/ Val Malone) vs. DYSFUNCTION &
BOBBY V. vs. KEEPIN’ IT GANGSTA (Elimination Match for
ICW Tag Team Championship)
* Mickey McCoy, despite not being the legal man,
eliminated KIG by pinning TC Washington, aided by a
fistful of tights.
* Dys and Bobby somehow got Val in the ring, and
invited an unknown (to me) friend of theirs. Both
McCoys and Val were all put in identical figure-4s;
and submitted.
* NEW ICW TAG TEAM CHAMPS: Dysfunction & Bobby V.
MATCH 7: “Tattooed” MARK PRIEBE vs. JASON HADES vs.
“Psycho Shooter” DRAKE YOUNGER vs. KRUSH vs. CHRIS
HERO (5-way elimination match) * Hades had some sort
of IWA championshp; I couldn’t identify the belt Drake
Younger wore.
* Hades eliminated Priebe with a running back bodydrop
(the Vaporizer?)
* Krush eliminated Hades with a spinning variant of a
DVD.
* Younger eliminated Krush…but I forget how.
* Down to Hero vs. Younger…Hero gets him with a
spinning arm into an inside cradle for the pin; they
hugged afterwards. Younger grabbed the mic to tell the
crowd what a good guy Hero is, and to buy his
merch…and that took us to intermission.
MATCH 8: MACE MORGAN & THE JACKAL vs. “K-Train” KODY
RICE & “The Featherweight of the Future” JASON DUKES
* The Jackal brought his ICW Cruiserweight title;
Dukes trumped that with his NWA Midwest X-Division
belt.
* Kody spinebustered Mace, followed up by a top-rope
moonsault by Dukes for the pin.
MATCH 9: SILAS YOUNG vs. EGO FANTASTICO (Special guest
referee: AUSTIN ARIES)
* Pre-match, Silas grabbed the mic and cut on Aries
for being here as a ref, and on the music guy…c’mon,
now!
* VERY energetic match…Ego wins with what I’ll call
a muscle-buster. (If I’m wrong, lemme know!)
MATCH 10: THE NINJA VS. RYAN ROGUE (w/ Gina
Mattalata?) (sp?)
* The Liquor Sweets crowd went GAGA for Ryan Rogue.
* The Ninja went for a top-rope move, but Gina shoved
him down to the canvas. Ninja grabbed her and put her
on the apron, and she slapped him good. Rogue used the
opening to hit a sitout powerslam and win.
MATCH 11: MASON QUINN VS. “Simply Amazing” JUSTIN
DREDD (ICW Midwest & Heavyweight Championships)
* Best 2-outta-3 falls: 1st fall is First Blood, 2nd
fall is submission, 3rd (if necessary) fall is KO.
* Dredd brought both belts, but Quinn didn’t have his
NWA Wisconsin heavyweight title belt with him.
* 1st fall: Quinn jumping DDT’s Dredd onto a steel
chair; Dredd busted open.
* 2nd fall: After a lot of energetic attacks, Dredd
catches Quinn with a crossface; Quinn taps.
* 3rd fall: Dredd went for a top-rope springboard
move, but Quinn intercepted him with a vicious
clothesline. Both men struggling, but Dredd failed to
answer the 10-count.
* NEW ICW MIDWEST AND HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP: Mason Quinn.
* Post-match, Quinn grabbed the mic and said how much
getting back the ICW title meant to him…but that the
Midwest belt was nothing, and THREW IT DOWN. I can
only assume the ICW Midwest championship is now
vacant.
MATCH 12 (MAIN EVENT): HARDCORE CRAIG vs. 2 TUFF TONY
(w/ Cousin Cletus) (Special Enforcer: ADRIAN SERRANO!)
* Serrano was a nice surprise for the main event. He
came out to his old “shoot World order” music. How ya
like that?)
* This fight went outside the ring quickly, with one
moment where a dazed Craig was seated up against the
wall, and Tony threw his body at him like a battering
ram!
* Craig responded by DVD’ing Tony through a pair of
steel chairs.
* At least 3 chairs and somebody’s belt were used in
this match; both men were bloody messes halfway
through.
* It looked like Tony had the match won with another
muscle-buster when “Pink Cadillac” NICK COLLUCI ran in
to attack. Serrano grabbed Colluci’s arm and twisted
the hell out of it, culminating in a top-rope
armdrag/legdrop combo! Incredible move from the NWA
and MMA legend!
* Tony brought out THUMBTACKS, and top-rope
superplexed Craig into the silvery pile of doom.
* Both men ended up in the tacks numerous times.
* At one point, Craig and the referee got into it. The
ref got uranage’d into the tacks and hit with a
chair…at which point Serrano took over as referee.
* Cousin Cletus poured high-proof booze onto Tony’s
right hand…and he lit it! FIRE PUNCH! That did Craig
in.
* After the match, Colluci, The Ninja, and Jason Riley
attacked Tony…only to be driven off by Corporal
Robinson and “The Weedman!” The Ninja paid heavily for
the sneak attack, ending up in the thumbtacks at least
twice.
* Tony, who hadn’t been to Milwaukee in 6 years,
closed the show by thanking the ICW fans for coming,
and everybody drank.
3 title changes and a long list of action in an
intimate venue that saw several brawls spill right out
into the crowd? Now THAT’S entertainment. Helluva show
by Insane Championship Wrestling.
– The NWA Wisconsin HQ Staff
(4/21/08)
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