TAG TEAM TOP 25
1. Blitzkrieg Funk (Bastian Von Bismarck/Hans Wilhelm)- LoC, FWO  40 pts.
2. The Superfans (Mark/Marc)- WCF 35 pts.
3. Hawk Henshaw/Latrisha- PWR 34 pts.
4.  The Hollywood Wrecking Crew- NFW 33 pts.
5. Mike Polowy/Jak Nemesis- DWF 32 pts.

No change in the standings.  Blitzkrieg Funk’s loss to The Truth over the weekend brings them closer to second place The Superfans,

6. The Anthology(Jared Wells/Larry Tact)- NFW 29 pts.
7. Vox Nihili(Alias/Karina Wolfenden)- FWO 26 pts.
8. ‘No Frills’ Chris Escondido/Starz N. Stripes- PCW 25 pts.
8. War Machine(Chris Champion/The Machine)- Simcoe Co. 25 pts.
10. Legion of Dairy(cHEESE/eggNOG)- FWO 24 pts.
11. The Truth(Spike Saunders/Callie Urban)- FWO 22 pts.
12. Eaton Gore/Crazyman- TFWF 21 pts.
12. Team Danger(Stephen Greer/Tyrone Walker)- WfWA 21 pts.
14. Desade/Lance Marshall- SCCW 20 pts.
15. The Industry(Chris Bond/Dave Milenko)- Hostility 19 pts.

War Machine slips past the Legion of Dairy to tie Escondido/Starz for 8th.  Spike Saunders and Callie Urban aka The Truth move up from 17th to 11th this week.  Team Danger debuts at 12th.  Desade and Lance Marshall also rise 6 spots from 20th to 14th.

16. Wolves of Slaughter(Elise Ares/Kazys Jankauskas)- PRIME 18 pts.
17. Dream Warriors- nbW 16 pts.
18. Angels of Death(Angel Casey/Angel Scott)- MVW 14 pts.
18. Doug E. Fresh/Wolf- SCW 14 pts.
18. Scott DiBiase/Jason Lee- VWF 14 pts.
21. The Sex Symbols- WfWA 13 pts.
22. Valora/Mr. Videogame- WMW 12 pts.
23. The Coven(Ellisa Torreto/Angel Andrews)- UWF 11 pts.
23. Homeless Insanity(Brian Zane/Mystic)- GDW 11 pts.
25. John Cross/Lance Diamond- PWR 10 pts.
25.  King of Popsicles(Baron Von Blackberry/King Blueberry)- SCCW 10 pts.
25. Daddy Daughter Day(August Monday/April Monday)- SCCW 10 pts.

Five debuts highlight the bottom of the top 25 including top 10 women’s wrestler Valora and Mr. Videogame, The King of Popsicles, Homeless Insanity, and John Cross and Lance Diamond.

WOMEN’S TOP 25
1. Kirsta Lewis- HOW, Simcoe Co., TFWF 54 pts.
2. ‘The Goddess’ Alexia- VWF 39 pts.
3. Katherine Stryfe- HIW 33 pts.
4. Latrisha- PWR 32 pts.
5. Miss USA- MVW 31 pts.

Latrisha pulls off huge three way dance win over partner Hawk Henshaw and Scott Rage to propel herself back into the top 5.  Kirsta Lewis holds commanding lead over VWF’s Alexia.  Valora didn’t wrestle this week and slips out of top 5.

6. Valora Salinas- WMW 30 pts.
7. Michelle Masters- FWO 29 pts.
8. Aimz-Amy Campbell- SCCW 28 pts.
9. Karina Wolfenden- FWO 27 pts.
10. Cecile Lecrux- Siberian Wrestling 26 pts.
11. Scarlett Willis- Simcoe Co. 24 pts.
12. Shade- VWF 23 pts.
13. Mad Maddie- cWo 22 pts.
14. Serena- UWF 21 pts.
15. Georgie Nickels- TFWF, Experts 20 pts.

Serena jumps into the top 15, leapfrogging Georgie Nickels into the #14 spot.  Willis and Shade exchange spots.

16. Glory Braddock- GDW 19 pts.
17. Bobbinette Carey- HOW 17 pts.
17. Sydney Laroux- Simcoe Co. 17 pts.
19. Lora KirK- DWF 16 pts.
20. Zoey Swan- UWF 15 pts.
21. Black Rose- UWF 14 pts.
22. Ashleigh McDaniel- SCCW 13 pts.
23. Stevie Swing- TFWF 12 pts.
24. Druscilla- WMW 11 pts.
24. Callie Urban- FWO 11 pts.

DWF’s Lora KirK debuts at #19 after winning the women’s title.  Black Rose replaces Larks Marks.

MEN’S TOP 30
1. Level-One- APW, DWF 64 pts.
2. Joe the Plumber- NFW 63 pts.
3. Shawn Jessica Hart- LoC, EPW, WFW:NE 54 pts.
4. Alias-ACW, FWO 43 pts.
5. High Flyer- FWO, NFW 42 pts.

Level-One back on top after defeating Nunez at APW’s Shockwave PPV.  Alias and High Flyer switch places this week.

6. Mr. Fantastic- VWF 39 pts.
7. Johnny Styles- HIW 38 pts.
8. Jason Snow- PRIME 36 pts.
9. ‘Triple X’ Sean Stevens- EPW, FWO 35 pts.
10. Max Danger- ACW, FWO, Memphis Pro  34 pts.
11. Myke Adams- Simcoe Co. 33 pts.
12. Aceldama- HOW 32 pts.
13. Sandy Makel- TFWF 31 pts.
14. Johnny Serious- cWo 30 pts.
14. Keith Scott Zimmerman- FWO 30 pts.
14. Ali Amore- nbW 30 pts.
14. William- PWR 30 pts.

KSZ jumps up 7 places , PWR’s William up five this week to crack the top 15.  MDK and Shane Reynolds’s loss drops both out.  Max Danger back in the top 10.  Simcoe Champion Myke Adams up four to #11.

18. Trevor Wilson- ACW 29 pts.
18. David Black- HOW 29 pts.
20. Shane Reynolds- HOW 28 pts.
21. Nick Stevenson- PWR 27 pts.
21. MDK- SCW 27 pts.
23. Sean Tyler- Genesis Pro 26 pts.
23. Ryan Ruckus- SCW 26 pts.
23. Jack Amethyst- WfWA 26 pts.
26. Havoc- WCF 25 pts.
27. Xander Daniels- Hostility 24 pts.
28. Zeleos- XWW 23 pts.
29. ‘Superstar’ Vince Jacobs- FWO, LoC 22 pts.
30. Sebastian Cross- TFWF 21 pts.

Newcomers this week: Ryan Ruckus, Jack Amethyst, Havoc, and Zeleos.  XWW’s Nightmare falls out after peaking at #6 a few weeks back.  HOW’s David Black moves up 3 this week.

WWR 50 for the week of August 24th through August 30th

TAG TEAM TOP 25
1. Blitzkrieg Funk(Bastian Von Bismarck/Hans Wilhelm) – LoC, FWO 43 pts.
2. The Superfans(Marc/Mark) – WCF 35 pts.
3. Hawk Henshaw/Latrisha – PWR 34 pts.
4. Hollywood Wrecking Crew – NFW 33 pts.
5. Mike Polowy/Jak Nemesis – DWF 32 pts.

The Superfans won at the latest WCF pay per view to vault into 2nd place.  Blitzkrieg Funk still holds a sizable lead.

6. The Anthology(Jared Wells/Larry Tact) – EPW 29 pts.
7. Vox Nihili(Alias/Karina Wolfenden) – FWO 26 pts.
8. ‘No Frills’ Chris Escondido/Starz N. Stripes – PCW 25 pts.
9. Legion of Dairy(cHEESE/egg NOG) – FWO 24 pts.
10. The Sex Symbols – WfWA 23 pts.
11. War Machine(Chris Champion/The Machine) – Simcoe Co. 22 pts.
12. Team ELITE – II 21 pts.
12. Eaton Gore/Crazyman – TFWF 21 pts.
14. Project Nova(Jayden Knight/Manny Rodriguez) – TFWF 20 pts.
15. The Industry(Dave Milenko/Chris Bond) – Hostility 19 pts.

Legion of Dairy moves up 6 big spots to crack the top 10 and making it 3 FWO tag teams in the first 10 places. Vox Nihili rebounds to #7.  The Industry falls to #15 after losing the Tag Team titles.

16. Wolves of Slaughter(Elise Ares/Kazys Jankauskas) – PRIME 18 pts.
17. Spike Saunders/Callie Urban – FWO 17 pts.
18. Dream Warriors – nbW 16 pts.
19. Scott DiBiase/Jason Lee – VWF 15 pts.
20. Desade/Lance Marshall – SCCW 14 pts.
21. Angels of Death(Angel Scott/Angel Casey) – MVW 13 pts.
22. The Coven(Ellisa Torretto/Angel Andrews) – UWF 12 pts.
23. Daddy Daughter Day(August Monday/April Monday) – SCCW 11 pts.
24. The Harlequins(Glory Braddock/Angela Jameson) – GDW 10 pts.
24. Heroes of Violence(Brock/Hooligan) – Hostility 10 pts.

Rage and Mr. Larson out; Heroes of Violence in.  Not a lot of change from last week otherwise.

WOMEN’S TOP 25
1. ‘The Hellcat’ Kirsta Lewis – HOW, Simcoe, TFWF 49 pts.
2. ‘The Goddess’ Alexia – VWF 39 pts.
3. Katherine Stryfe – HIW 33 pts.
4. Miss USA – MVW 32 pts.
5. Valora Salinas – WMW 31 pts.

Lewis picks up Simcoe County’s All-Barrie title last Monday and extends her lead out over Alexia.  Valora Salinas, Wrestling Midwest’s Hardcore Queen, pops intot the top five for the first time.  FWO’s Michelle Masters falls out.

6. Latrisha – PWR 30 pts.
7. Michelle Masters – FWO 29 pts.
8. Aimz (Amy Campbell) – SCCW 28 pts.
9. Karina Wolfenden – FWO 27 pts.
10. Cecile Lecrux – Siberian Wrestling 26 pts.
11. Shade – VWF 24 pts.
12. Scarlett Willis – Simcoe Co. 23 pts.
13. Mad Maddie – cWo 22 pts.
14. Georgie Nickels – TFWF, Experts 21 pts.
15. Glory Braddock – GDW 20 pts.

Not much change.  Georgie Nickels enters the top 15 this week, replacing Sydney Laroux.

16. Sydney Laroux – Simcoe Co. 19 pts.
17. Serena – UWF 18 pts.
18. Bobbinette Carey – HOW 16 pts.
19. Druscilla – WMW 15 pts.
19. Ashleigh McDaniel – SCCW 15 pts.
21. Larks Marks – SCW 14 pts.
22. Stevie Swing – TFWF 13 pts.
23. Zoey Swan – UWF 12 pts.
24. Callie Urban – FWO 11 pts.
25. Abbey Spears – Siberian Wrestling 10 pts.

Zoey Swan joins the top 25 for the first time at #23.  Not a lot of movement otherwise.

MEN’S TOP 30
1. Joe the Plumber – NFW 63 pts.
2. Level-One – APW, DWF 57 pts.
3. Shawn Jessica Hart – LoC, EPW, WFW:NE 55 pts.
4. High Flyer – FWO, NFW 43 pts.
5. Alias – ACW, FWO 42 pts.

We made one last adjustment to the ratings to accomodate the fact that Joe the Plumber has been the NFW champion for over three years.  This is it.  No other changes in the top five except for Mr. Fantastic getting pushed down to #6.

6. Mr. Fantastic – VWF 40 pts.
7. Jason Snow – PRIME 37 pts.
8. MDK – SCW 36 pts.
9. Johnny Styles – HIW 35 pts.
9. ‘Triple X’ Sean Stevens – EPW, FWO  35 pts.
11. Shane Reynolds – HOW 34 pts.
12. Max Danger – ACW, FWO 33 pts.
13. Sandy Makel – TFWF 32 pts.
14. Johnny Serious – cWo 31 pts.
15. Myke Adams – Simcoe Co. 30 pts.
15. Edward White – WfWA, HRW 30 pts.
15. Ali Amore – nbW 30 pts.
15. Aceldama – HOW 30 pts.

White, Amore, and Aceldama jump into the top 15.  Everything else remains pretty much the same as last week.

19. William – PWR 29 pts.
20. Trevor Wilson – ACW 28 pts.
21. Keith Scott Zimmerman – FWO 27 pts.
22. David Black – HOW 26 pts.
23. Nick Stevenson – PWR 25 pts.
24. Xander Daniels – Hostility 24 pts.
24. Sean Tyler – Genesis Pro 24 pts.
24. Zeleos – XWW 24 pts.
27. ‘Superstar’ Vince Jacobs – 23 pts.
28. Nightmare – XWW 22 pts.
29. Johnny Reb- WCF 21 pts.
29. Sebastian Cross – TFWF 21 pts.

Johnny Reb cracks the top 30 after winning a big PPV match at WCF.  Nightmare continues his slide downwards after peaking as high as #6.  Keith Scott Zimmerman debuts at #21 after defeating High Flyer for the FWO title.

by A. Kuluha Bacardi

WWR 50 for the week of August 17th through August 23rd

TAG TEAM TOP 25
1. Blitzkrieg Funk(Bastian Von Bismarck/Hans Wilhelm) -LoC, ACW 43 pts.
2. Hollywood Wrecking Crew- NFW 33 pts.
3. Mike Polowy/Jak Nemesis – DWF 32 pts.
4. Hawk Henshaw/Latrisha – PWR 31 pts.
5. The Superfans(Mark/Marc) – WCF 30 pts.

The Hollywood Wrecking Crew blast their way into the second spot this week.  Polowy/Nemesis continue to inch up the rankings.  Vox Nihili falls from the top 5.  Blitzkrieg Funk with a stranglehold on the top spot right now.

6. The Anthology(Jared Wells/Larry Tact) – EPW 29 pts.
7. Project Nova(Jayden Knight/Manny Rodriguez) 26 pts.
8.  The Industry(Chris Bond/Dave Milenko) – Hostility 25 pts.
9. Vox Nihili(Alias/Karina Wolfenden) – FWO 24 pts.
10. ‘No Frills’ Chris Escondido/Starz N. Stripes – PCW 23 pts.
11. The Sex Symbols – WfWA 22 pts.
12. War Machine(Chris Champion/The Machine) – Simcoe Co. 21 pts.
13. Team Elite – II 20 pts.
13. Eaton Gore/Crazyman – TFWF 20 pts.
15. Legion of Dairy(cHEESE/egg NOG) – FWO 19 pts.

The big surprise, Vox falling all the way down to #9.  Escondido/Starz shoot up 9 places to crack the top 10.  War Machine up 3 to #12.

16. Spike Saunders/Callie Urban – FWO 18 pts.
17. Wolves of Slaughter(Elise Ares/Kazys Jankauskas) – PRIME 17 pts.
18. Dream Warriors – nbW 16 pts.
19. Desade/Lance Marshall – SCCW 15 pts.
20. Daddy Daughter Day(August & April Monday) – SCCW 14 pts.
21.  The Harlequins(Glory Braddock/Angela Jameson) – GDW 13 pts.
21. Angels of Death(Angel Scott/Angel Casey) – MVW 13 pts.
23. Scott DiBiase/Jason Lee – VWF 12 pts.
24. The Coven(Angel Andrews/Ellisa Torretto) – UWF 11 pts.
25. Rage/Mr. Larson – VWF 10 pts.

Interesting that there are three all female tag teams that inhabit the bottom five, Angels of Death, The Coven, and The Harlequins.  Rage and Mr. Larson fall all the way to #25 after losing their title to Scott DiBiase and Jason Lee.

WOMEN’S TOP 25
1. Kirsta Lewis – HOW/Simcoe Co/TFWF 42 pts.
2. Alexia – VWF 36 pts.
3. Katherine Stryfe – HIW 33 pts.
4. Michelle Masters – FWO 32 pts.
5. Miss USA – MVW 31 pts.

Miss USA makes the big move this week after her huge win Sunday night at the WWR Supershow.  Alexia also ventures into striking distance of the Hellcat Kirsta Lewis.  Michelle Masters falls to #4.  Amy Campbell falls out of the top 5.

6. Latrisha – PWR 30 pts.
7. Valora Salinas – WMW 29 pts.
8. Aimz (Amy Campbell) SCCW 28 pts.
9. Cecile Lecrux – Siberian Wrestling 27 pts.
10. Karina Wolfenden – FWO 26 pts.
11. Sydney Laroux – Simcoe Co. 25 pts.
12. Shade – VWF 24 pts.
13. Scarlett Willis – Simcoe Co. 23 pts.
14. Mad Maddie – cWo 22 pts.
15. Glory Braddock – GDW 21 pts.

Lecrux falls back 2 after her loss Sunday night.  Mad Maddie and Glory Braddock crack the top 15.  Sydney Laroux and Scarlett Willis both move up 1 spot.

16. Georgie Nickles – TFWF/Experts 20 pts.
17. Serena -UWF 19 pts.
18. Bobbinette Carey – HOW 18 pts.
19. Druscilla – WMW 17 pts.
20. Larks Marks – SCW 16 pts.
21. Stevie Swing – TFWF 15 pts.
22. Ashleigh McDaniel – SCW 14 pts.
23. Callie Urban – FWO 13 pts.
23. April Monday – ACW/SCCW 13 pts.
25. Abbey Spears – Siberian Wrestling 12 pts.

Say hello to the new ‘True Expert’ Georgie Nickles who debuts on the rankings at #16 as well as Stevie Swing at #21, Ashleigh McDaniel at #22, April Monday at #23, and Abbey Spears at #25. Wrestling Midwest’s Druscilla moves 3 spots up this week.

MEN’S TOP 30
1. Level-One – APW/DWF 57 pts.
2. High Flyer – FWO/NFW 52 pts.
3. Shawn Jessica Hart – LoC/EPW 45 pts.
4. Alias – ACW/FWO 41 pts.
5. Mr. Fantastic – VWF 40 pts.

Hart up 2 to #3 this week.  Mr. Fantastic jumps 3 into the #5 slot.  High Flyer gaining ground on Level-One this week.  Hart also beginning to enter into the picture.

6. MDK – SCW 38 pts.
7. Johnny Styles – HIW 37 pts.
8. Jason Snow – PRIME 36 pts.
9. ‘Triple X’ Sean Stevens – EPW/FWO 35 pts.
9. Joe the Plumber – NFW 35 pts.
11. Shane Reynolds – HOW 34 pts.
12. Sandy Makel – TFWF 33 pts.
13. Max Danger – ACW/FWO 32 pts.
14. Johnny Serious – cWo 31 pts.
15. Myke Adams – Simcoe Co. 30 pts.

Johnny Styles makes the big move to #7.  Max Danger climbs 12 spots back up to #13 after gaining the FWO Internet title last week.  Myke Adams up 4 to crack the top 15 for the first time.

16. Ali Amore – nbW 29 pts.
16. Edward White – WfWA/HRW 29 pts.
18. William – PWR 28 pts.
18. Aceldama – HOW 28 pts.
20. Trevor Wilson – ACW 27 pts.
21. Nick Stevenson – PWR 26 pts.
22. ‘Superstar’ Vince Jacobs – FWO/LoC 25 pts.
23. Nightmare – XWW/G-2 24 pts.
24. Xander Daniels – Hostility 23 pts.
24. Sean Tyler – Genesis Pro 23 pts.
24. Michael Thunder – G-2 23 pts.
27. David Black – HOW 22 pts.
28. Sebastian Cross – TFWF 21 pts.
28. Zeleos – XWW 21 pts.
30. Chester Addison – HIW/TFWF 20 pts.

Obviously, as we stretch out to 30 there’s plenty of new names at the bottom.  Ali Amore picked up a big PPV win and rejoined the rankings at #16. ]]> http://ewtorch.com/index.php/e-wrestling/2009/08/26/new-frontier-wrestling/wwr-50-e-wrestling-rankings/feed/ 0 http://ewtorch.com/index.php/e-wrestling/2009/08/20/new-frontier-wrestling/ew-torchcenter-extra-wwr-50-rankings/ http://ewtorch.com/index.php/e-wrestling/2009/08/20/new-frontier-wrestling/ew-torchcenter-extra-wwr-50-rankings/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:00:53 +0000 EW Torch Staff http://ewtorch.com/?p=1392 by A. Kuluha Bacardi

WWR 50 for the week of August 10th to August 16th

This week, we are tracking 47 different federations.  We hope to bump that number up to an even 50 eventually.

No changes on top this week.

WWR TAG TEAM TOP 20
1. Blitzkrieg Funk (Bastian Von Bismarck/Hans Wilhelm) – LoC, FWO 36 pts.
2. Hawk Henshaw/Latrisha – PWR 31 pts.
3. The Anthology (Jared Wells/Larry Tact)- EPW 29 pts.
4. Mike Polowy/Jak Nemesis- DWF 28 pts.
5. Vox Nihili (Alias/Karina Wolfenden) – FWO 27 pts.
6. Hollywood Wrecking Crew- NFW 26 pts.
7. Project Nova (Jayden Knight/Manny Rodriguez)- TFWF 25 pts.
7. The Superfans (Mark/Marc) – WCF 25 pts,
9. The Industry (Chris Bond/Dave Milenko) -Hostility 24 pts.
10. The Sex Symbols -WfWA 23 pts

No big changes in the top 10.  Vox Nihili and Polowy/Nemesis switch places.  The Sex Symbols jump into the top 10.  Spike/Callie from FWO drop out.

11. Rage and Mr. Larson -VWF 22 pts.
12. Legion of Dairy (cHEESE/egg NOG) 21 pts.
13. Spike Saunders/Callie Urban (FWO) 20 pts.
14. Team Elite- II 19 pts.
15. War Machine (Chris Champion/The Machine)- Simcoe Co. 18 pts.
16. Eaton Gore/Crazyman- TFWF 17 pts.
17. Wolves of Slaughter (Elise Ares/Kazys Jankauskas)- PRIME 16 pts.
18. Los Luchadors – SCCW 15 pts.
19. ‘No Frills’ Chris Escondido/Starz N. Stripes -PCW 14 pts.
19. Dream Warriors = nbW 14 pts.

Only one addition to the top 20 this week- PRIME’s Wolves of Slaughter who replaced Wicked Ways when they defeated them for PRIME’s tag team title.

There you go Legion of Dairy fans.  Huge win last week over top five Vox Nihili and look what happened, the LoD jumps 8 spots to #12.

WOMEN’S TOP 25
1. Kirsta Lewis -HOW, Simcoe Co, TFWF 44 pts.
2. Michelle Masters- FWO 34 pts.
3. Alexia-VWF 31 pts.
4. Katherine Stryfe 30 pts.
5. Aimz (Amy Campbell)- SCCW 29 pts.

Status quo this week in the top 5.  The Hellcat remains the Queen of E-Wrestling and with Michelle Masters on the shelf due to injuries has no challengers right now to her throne.

6. Latrisha – PWR 28 pts.
7. Cecile Lecrux – Siberian Wrestling 27 pts.
8. Valora Salinas- WMW 26 pts.
9. Karina Wolfenden- FWO 25 pts.
10. Kathryn Randall Collins – PCW 24 pts.
11. Miss USA – PCW, MVW 23 pts.
12. Sydney Laroux- Simcoe Co. 22 pts.
13. Shade- VWF 21 pts.
14. Scarlett Willis- Simcoe Co. 20 pts.
15. Bobbinette Carey- HOW 19 pts.

Siberian Wrestling’s Cecile Lecrux crashes the top 10 this week landing at #7 pushing Valora, K-Wolf, and KRC down and Miss USA out of the top 10. Simcoe Co’s Scarlett Willis moves up 3 to #14.  Her fed-mate Sydney Laroux bumps up 1 to #12.

16. Mad Maddie- cWo 18 pts.
16. Serena- UWF 18 pts.
18. Glory Braddock- GDW 17 pts.
19. Callie Urban- FWO 16 pts.
20. Larks Marks- SCW 15 pts.
21. Abbey Spears- Siberian Wrestling 14 pts.
22. Druscilla- WMW 13 pts.
23. Olivia Quinn- Siberian Wrestling 12 pts.
24. Jen Diamond- cWo 12 pts.
24. Angelica Jones- GDW 12 pts.

Not a lot of turnover this week.  GDW’s Meagan Jones out; Siberian Wrestling’s Abbey Spears in at #21.

MEN’S TOP 25
1. Level One- APW, DWF 58 pts.
2. High Flyer- FWO, NFW 53 pts.
3. MDK- SCW 42 pts.
4. Alias- ACW, FWO 41 pts.
5. Shawn Jessica Hart- LoC, EPW 39 pts.

No change at the top.  High Flyer inches slightly closer to Level One but still trails by 5 points.  Alias on the doorstep of jumping to 3.

6. Nightmare – XWW 37 pts.
7. Jason Snow- PRIME 36 pts.
8. Mr. Fantastic- VWF 35 pts.
9. Shane Reynolds- HOW 34 pts
10. ‘Triple X’ Sean Stevens- EPW, FWO 33 pts.
11. Johnny Styles- HIW 32 pts.
12. Sandy Makel- TFWF 31 pts.
13. Johnny Serious- cWo 30 pts.
14. ‘The All-Star’ Shawn Anderson- WTF 29  pts.
15. Edward White- WfWA, HRW 28 pts.
15. O’Beck Bahama- PCW 28 pts.

#6 Nightmare faces a stiff challenge this weekend against Steve Studnuts. Jason Snow shoots up the top 25 by becoming a dual PRIME Champion.  Shane Reynolds crashes the top 10.  Sandy Makel is slowly clawing his way back up.

17. Cameron Cruise- EPW, NFW 27 pts.
18. Nick Stevenson- PWR 26 pts.
19. Myke Adams- Simcoe Co. 25 pts.
19. Trevor Wilson- ACW 25 pts.
19. William- PWR 25 pts.
22. Aceldama- HOW 24 pts.
23. Bruce ‘Violence Jack’ Shanahan- Just Wrestling 23 pts.
24. Joe the Plumber- NFW 22 pts.
25. Max Danger- ACW, FWO 21 pts.
25. Xander Daniels- Hostility 21 pts.
25. Hawk Henshaw- PWR 21 pts.

It’s hard to believe that when we started doing this that Max Danger was in the top 10 and knocking on the door of the top 5.  High Octane Wrestling’s Aceldama rejoins the top 25 after regaining HOW’s World Title and with the addition of Just Wrestling to the WWR 50, their champion Bruce “Violence Jack” Shanahan debuts at #23.

The “Not” Keith SCHMUCKS Rant for IEA’s Mortal Sins

The IEA’s (International E-Wrestling Alliance) follow-up to it’s inaugural “Genesis” PPV was the “Mortal Sins” PPV in August of 2001. And, after a frustrating time trying to work on a computer with a rapidly-disintergrating mouse, I’m in no mood for a long-winded intro this time. So, let’s just go to the tape!

-We are live from Los Angeles, California. Your hosts are Hank Jerome and Chris Franchescho.

-In the pre-game show, The One pinned Jimmy Rooster with a bridged German suplex, and The Scaggs squashed the C & S Express with a spiked piledriver.

Jeff Stenson vs Jimmy G Gorgeous

Before the intros even begin, we get footage of Archilles suffering a beat-down at the hands, feet and chair of Johnny Seven. Gorgeous goes ballistic right off the bat, but gets speared after a telegraphed bodydrop. Belly-to-belly and northern lights suplexes from Stenson. Bodyslam, Stenson gets 2 from a small package. Superplex and Boston Crab, Gorgeous reaches the ropes. Sharpshooter, ditto. Tilt-a-whirl suplex and powerslam. Gorgeous is getting zero offense here. Spear and cloverleaf and it’s all she wrote as Gorgeous taps. DUD. Gorgeous even does a stretcher job after his exhausting 4-minute battle.

-Backstage, another beat-down is JIP. This time, Chaos Inc. is getting their butts handed to them by two Mysterious Masked Men(TM) and a Mystery Woman.(Pat. Pending) They drape the luckless tag-team with Deth Squad T-shirts and depart.

Warpath (w/Aurora & Terry Bodacious) vs. Skarth (w/Heranin)

Skarth cuts a brief promo before heading out to ringside. Neither man can gain an early advantage from the lock-up, so it becomes a slugfest. Warpath whips Skarth to the ropes, Bodacious snags his ankle. He gets a boot in the face from Skarth, Warpath clotheslins Skarth out of his boots. Bodacious and Warpath play Heels-By-Default, distracting the ref and choking out Skarth respectivly. They brawl to the floor, Warpath tries for the ringbell. The ref snags it, Skarth dropkicks the distracted Warpath. A second dropkick dings Warpaths head into the steps. Skath posts him repeatedly and pins him inside the ring for 2. DDT for 2. Powerslam for 2, Warpath backdrops Skarth to counter a piledriver. Warpath goes Clothesline Crazy, until Skarth ducks one. Belly-to-belly gets a long 2 for Skarth. Double KO, both men are up quickly. Warpath hits a bulldog, Heranin tries to make the save and is knocked off the apron. Warpath walks into a superkick and gets tied in the ropes. Skarth dropkicks the defenceless Warpath in the face. Ouch! Heranin now gets in on the dirty tricks, choking Warpath. The ref slides out to reprimand him, allowing Bodacious to hit the “Fish In A Barrel” on Skarth. Warpath gets 2 and 9/10s on the resulting cover. Skarth tries to bail, Warpath brings him back in and hits the “Cuban Missile Crisis” for 2. Northern Lights and big splash for 2.999! Heranin gets in a sneaky chairshot from the floor, Skarth nails the Mile High Meltdown for 3 as Bodacious in too late to make the save. *** Nice, tightly paced match, with excellent work from both men. (And some nice assists from the “Faces-resorting-to-cheating” partners as well…) Postmatch, the obligatory bench-clearing brawl forces the REF’s OF JUSTICE to intervene.

-Backstage, Chaos Inc. continue the theme of the night, delivering a retaliatory beatdown to the Deth Squad. Violence just begets violence, I suppose.

Archilles vs. Johnny Seven (TV Title #1 Contendership Match)

Seven makes his entrance from the crowd, clocking Archilles with a chair from behind. Dirty pool, old man! A cobra clutch as the match is officially started, followed by a dropkick for 1. Archillies legsweeps and applies a half-crab. Seven is too close to the ropes, so Archilles drags him to the middle and tries a camel clutch. Seven squirms out, Archilles gets 2 off a double-leg takedown. Lowblow and inziguri from Seven turns the tide, knocking Archilles to the floor. Seven hits an Asai moonsault. Back inside, flying clothesline gets 2. Archilles trips Seven up as he stomps a mudhole, spear and Superplex for 2. Seven ducks a clothesline and nails the “Seven And Out” 3/4 neckbreaker. He goes up instead of covering, Archilles pops up and dropkicks him. “Burning Arrow” reverse DVD, Archilles locks the (You guessed it) “Archilles Heel” on Seven, who submits. *1/2

Aneurysm vs Lil-Saint (Extreme Title #1 Contendership)

L-Saint demonstrates some arm-draggery, Aneurysm hip-tosses him and we go to move #178, (arM-BAr) wildly oversold by Saint. The initial chairshot of the match gets 2 for Aneurysm. Chair-assisted senton from Aneurysm, he tosses Saint out to the floor. He sets a table up between the ring and the rail, no-selling Saints punches the whole time. Massivly contrived bump as Aneurysm actually carries Saint all the way to the top rope to deliver a powerslam through the table. A second table is used, with Lil Saint taking a “Brain Damage” through it in the ring. A one-finger cover gets the pin for Aneurysm. -* for wasting PPV time on a moronic squash like that.

The Strong Island Boyz vs. Bad Intentions (#1 Contendership to the Tag Titles)

Prior to the match, The SIB reveal themselves (NOT like that, you sick puppies!) to be the Masked men who attacked Chaos Inc, thus setting up the Deth Squad for a beatdown. They also bring out their returning valet, Leia. They call out Bad Intentions as we get shots of Deth Squad and Chaos Inc watching monitors. Is that the scent of a huge impromptu brawl I smell? Medium-sized brawl breaks out as Bad Intentions hit the ring, ending with Fletcher and Pain alone in the ring. Quick wrestling sequence, Pain getting the best of it with a DDT. Short-arm clothesline, Knightmare is tagged in. Fletcher reverses a suplex, warm-ish tag to Allen, House a’smouldering. Guillotine legdrop on Knightmare gets 2. He argues the count and gets superkicked. Fletcher pulls Knightmare off at 2. Pier-sixer breaks out, Fletcher takes the “Blackout” and is thrown out of the ring. The OVERLY PREDICTABLE RUN-IN OF DOOM happens, as Deth Squad and Chaos Inc. charge the ring. Pier-Twelver breaks out and the ref DQ’s everybody in the arena. * Generic schmozz, stuck in fast-forward.

Matt “Yawner” Rison vs. Steel (#1 Contendership for the IEA World Title)

Rsion is already the #1 contender, making this match somewhat surplus to requirements… He plays the pysch game with a slap from the bell. Steel responds with a clothesline. Nice comeback. Snake Eyes and fists o’ fire from Steel. The ref drags him off, allowing Rison to take over, dropkicking Steel and crotching him on the ringpost. Springboard fameasser from Rison, he misses the Heartstopper. Steel belly-to-bellies Rison off the top rope and applies a Boston Crab. Rison manages to power out and turns a possible bearhug into a roll-up for 2. Crossbody gets 2. Rison splashes Steel in the corner, but is clotheslined attempting a second. Steel applies a torture rack, then powerbombs Rison and locks in a sharpshooter for the submission. *1/2 Neither man really seemed to be into that one. The post-match run-in (As Hades attacked Steel) seemed tacked-on as well.

Jason Black vs Sanguis (TV Title Match)

Seven matches in, we get our first title on the line. Building the momentum is good, but there’s a few squashes on the mid-card that could have been dispensed with… Sanguis’ “Video Wall Of Dictators” entrance is in slightly poor taste. He controls the early going, working Blacks’ leg with an ankle lock. Black makes the ropes to break and bulldogs Sanguis on the subsequent lockup. He hits what Hank calls a “Hugh Conor” splash… I’m not familiar with Mr Conor… although with Jeromes delivery, it’s possible that was a “Huge corner splash”. Anyway, Black gets sucker punched attempting a superplex, Sanguis drops a 360 guillotine legdrop on him. Half-nelson suplex and dragon sleeper, Black barely gets a toe on the ropes to break. Black fights back with a football tackle into the corner. He tries another superplex, Sanguis lands on his feet and delivers the Bloodhound for the pinfall. 1/4* Another brief squash with no place on a PPV. Followed by ANOTHER post-match run-in, with Archilles locking Black in the Archillies Heel until an army of refs drag him off. Stretcher time for Black. Is there some rule that everyone who jobs has to suffer a beatdown tonight?

Canis vs. Charcoal (W/ Trash Can of hardcore weapons) vs. Sean Juan (Extreme Title Triple Threat Texas Death Match)

Canis’ comes in as champ… and his entrance is almost longer than the entire previous match! He’s so intent on posing, he never spots the 2×4 Charcoal brought with him until he’s floored with it. Charcoal beats on him, but gets lowblowed by Juan. He no-sells, giving Juan a swinging neckbreaker instead. Canis side suplexes Charcoal and smashes the SHINY TRASHCAN OF DOOM over his head. Juan and Canis double suplex Charcoal, then duke it out. Full nelson slam drops Juan, Charcoal canes Canis. Charcoal and Juan trade pinfall attempts on Canis, then get into a shoving match. Juan is DDT’ed onto the trash can, Charcoal produces the STAINLESS STEEL FORK OF DOOM and gouges Canis with it. This would be the perfect time to blade, if Canis hadn’t already done so after the kendo stick shot. Juan also blades off some cutlery-related violence. They hit a nice double-team backdrop-to-powerbomb combo on Charcoal, who negates it completely by refusing to sell. So Canis drags the match down a few notches by smashing a fluorescent light bulb over Charcoals head. They brawl to the floor, goofy move as Juan and Charcoal catch Canis’s flying body press and flapjack him on the floor. Canis is pinned, but makes it to his feet at 8 as Charcoal chairshots Juan. Juan responds by suplexing him onto it. Into the crowd, walk-and-brawl, enter the staple gun. E-C-Dub is dead, boys… The worst part is that Franchesco is strating to sound like he’s on the verge of an orgasm after that spot… literaly! They make it backstage, where Juan is pinned after a helicopter bomb from Canis. He gets up at 4. Into the concession stand, where Juan goes for the STINGING SATIRE of a spinning toehold, complete with sarcastic commentary from Franchesco. Hardcore Comedy Hour continues as Charcoal breaks a bottle on Juan, then slips and KO’s himself in the spilt liquid. Canis pins him. He brawls with Juan as Charcoal is counted out. The ladies bathroom is next on our tour of HORRIBLY CLICHED HARDCORE ENVIRONMENTS. Canis gets a swirly from Juan. No, stop you’re killing me with this subtle humour. *sigh* Abrubtly, they hit the right button to make me laugh… as Canis ineffectually attacks Juan with a spork. We’re in the carpark by now. Both men go down after a cradle suplex, prompting Hank to ask “Could you imagine if these two had to go at agin next week if this went to a draw?” Trust me, Hank… I’d rather not… Juan pins Canis, then stupidly distracts the ref by snatching the title as the count reaches 9. The ref breaks the count, of course, allowing Canis to steal someines’ hubcaps. I think that was bad News Browns’ gimmick, actually. He nails Juan with it and piledrives him on a cars’ roof. More walk-and-brawl, Juan lands the “White-Out” fishermans’ suplex. Charcoal runs-in and breaks the count at 2. And so, we’re back to the three-way brawl despite Charcoals elimination. Fuck. Ugly blown DDT from Charcoal, Canis takes both men down and hits an inverted chicken wing ace crusher. (Try saying THAT three times fast…) He lays out Charcoal with a rocker dropper and pins Juan. He spikes the ball by gut-wrenching Charcoal onto Juan, ensuring he stays down for the 10-count. Thank God. 3/4* for the spork. The rest had been done to death a dozen times over in a dozen federations I could name. Almost a “Greatest Hits of Hardcore” package…

-Postmatch, they compound the stupidity by having ambulances pull up. Did the EMT’s had a premonition that the match would end out there, or what?

Deth squad vs. Chaos Inc. (Tag Titles Match)

This is, of course, the blow-off for all the backstage shenanagins earlier. We hope. Deth and Apocolypse (Which kind of sounds like it should be a Slipknot song title) start things off. A little Irresistable Force/Immovable Object sequence before Deth runs into a big boot. Chaos tags in, Deth goes for a ride on a double suplex. Deth reverse a whip and hits a powerslam. Lukewarm tag to Razor, he clotheslines Chaos, but gets one right back as he tries an Irish whip. Chaos meets the boot on a blind charge, Razor scores wit a mssile dropkick. Legdrop, Apocolypse blindsides razor as he springboards to the top. Chaos jawjacks him and we get a crawl race for the tags… after about three minutes. Overselling reeks of awesomeness! Double tag leads to a slugfest, Apocolypse rakes the eyes and avalanches Deth. Another blind charge, another raised boot, another clothesline, this time from Deth. Razor tags in and splashes Apocolypse for a Darius Smooth-style loooooong 2-count. Razor misses an inziguri, Apocolypse applies a Boston Crab. (The third tonight, for those keeping score at home…) Deth makes the save, leading to a double-team as the ref ushers him out. Chaos misses an elbowdrop, then runs into a drop toehold on a blind charge. Hot tag Deth, a’house cleaning we go, Deth gets twooooooooooooooooooooooooo from a dropkick on Chaos. Chaos goes to the eyes and hits a spinebuster for 2. Chaos complains about a slow count… I’m in full agreement with ya, buddy! Roll-up from Deth gets another interminable 2-count. They reverse whips until Apocolypse gets a cheapshot in from the outside, allowing a DDT by Chaos for 2. Hank is shilling this relativly mediocre match like the second coming of Hogan by now. Deth blocks a superplex and hits a flying clothesline. Yet another crawl race and double tag, now Apocolpyse is the House Of Fire. Gorilla press, bearhug and belly-to-belly on Razor. Razor ducks a clothesline and hits one of his own, springboard elbow and shooting star press gets 2. Eventually, as Chaos saves. Four-way brawl breaks out, Apocolpyse nails the Trepidation superkick on Razor. One protracted 3-count later, Chaos Inc. win the titles. *3/4 Nothing world-shattering.

Hades vs. Beyond (IEA Title Match)

Beyond tries a few punches from thelockup, but Hades no-sells like only a 300-pounder can. Beyond quickly switches to the knee, with some lightning-quick dropkicks. He works on the knee, then makes the mistake of alunching a bodyblock. Hades catches him and hits a fallaway slam. Beyond falls to the floor, Hades persues him and just tosses him over the announce table like a sack of laundry. He posts Beyond and bounces him off the steps. Beyond reverses another whip, sending Hades into the steps knees first. Good pyschology as Hades sells the injury like a pro. Asai moonsault off the apron knocks Hades into the crowd. Beyond springboards off the railing, right into a powerslam. Hades drags him back to the ring and stunguns him. He charges, only to be caught by Beyond, who goes straight back to the leg. The classic figure-four is utilised, Hades uses his power to turn it over. Beyond manages to make the ropes and DDT’s Hades. He goes up and gets crotched, Hades sets him up for the “Heaven To hell” top-rope brainbuster. Beyond slips out, but gets tombstone in an badly-worked sequence. Hades locks a cloverleaf on Beyond as Steel walks down the aisle. He’s met by Vernon Kissenger, who was hiding under the ring. (W/ BLINDING POWDER OF IRRITATION!) Beyond hits the “To The End And Back” rana on Hades for 2. (Some very unwieldy finisher names in the IEA…) Superkick and rolling splash get 2. Beyond applies the sleeper, Hades arm falls twice and no more. Belly-to-back, Beyond lands lithely on his feet and puts Hades into the buckle. He takes Hades up top, but is caught and chokeslammed by Hades. Hades manages to roll over and pin for 2. They slug it out and tease their finishers, Beyond scores with a dropkick. hades removes a turnbuckle pad in super-quick time and stunguns Beyond on it. Beyond does a mild bladejob. (About 0.00004 of a Muta) Hades hits the Demon Crusher for 2. He calls for the “Watering Disease” (still a stupidsounding move in anyones’ book), Beyond reverses into a hurricanrana. Hades drags the ref in the way to block a springboard moonsault, nighty-night to Kyle Mackal… Beyond immediatly hits his “Around the town” and pins for a crowd-counted 3. No ref, natch… Kissenger sends in the barb-wire chair, Barbed-Van Hades-Wirenator scores. The ref counts three (Or at leasy, everyone else in the place did…) but it’s only two, it seems. Hades goes up for a chair-splash, the ref grabs it, allowing Beyond to dropkick Hades to the floor. Ouch. Beyond has upped his bladejob to a more manly 0.5 Muta in the process. They head to the announce table, (Starting a premature “Holy Shit” chant) Beyond nails a Phoenix Suplex through the woodwork. EMT’s arrive and cart both men up the aisle… Beyond rolls off his and overturns Hades before the PPV can end on a REALLY anticlimatic note, luckily. They fight back to the ring, Beyond lands the 450 splash for 2 before Hades gets a foot on the ropes. He sets Hades up on top and launches a rana, only to be caught in the “Heavan To Hell” brainbuster. Hades hits two rolling Germans, Beyond blocks a third and reverses for a bridged German of his own for 3. The bell rings and the belt is handed.. to Hades! Say what? The replay is shown, and yes, Hades has gotten a shoulder up and Beyond did not. I usually despise that finish, but the match was good enough to forgive it… just this once! ***2/3 Great effort put forth, but too little too late, sadly. A good climax to an otherwise forgettable card. And that’s the show…

-The Bottom L- Oh, wait… postmatch the Warriors arrive to say “Hey, we’re back!” And THAT’s the show.

The Bottom Line: After the potential shown in their debut outing, this qualifies as a major disappointment. Two good matches and EIGHT that were either dull, pointless or overblown to the stars. Like watching an extended RAW… with an above-average main event.

Mild recommendation to avoid.

The “Not” Keith SCHMUCKS Rant for IEA’s “Genesis”

Pull up a chair with me, Schmucksters and let’s check out another fledgling federation… this time, the overly-endowed-with-vowels IEA. Their “Genesis” PPV screened on the 29th of July, 2001… which shows how up-to-date I am at the moment…

-We are live from Brussels, in Belguim! Hank Jerome and Chris Franchesco are in the booth.

-In the pre-game show, Rage beats Orion, Johhny Seven went over Achilles and Sean Juan and Mystic had a double count-out to mercifully kill a dull, dull match.

IEA World Title Tournament Semi-Final Match: Steel vs Hades

Hades is from New Jersey.. get it? He’s a New Jersey Devil! Bwa-ha-haaa… Any thoughts of further comedy are killed by the barb-wire wrapped chair he’s carrying. Staredown, Steel blocks the first punch, but runs into a clothesline. Scoop slam and elbow drop get 2 for Hades. Steel bails after a mudhole stomping from Hades. Hades waits on him, before locking in an ABDOMINAL STRETCH OF MILD DISCOMFORT. He eventually lets him go, Steel hits a spear and works the leg. Standing dropkick, Hades bails as Steel sells a rib injury. They brawl briefly on the floor. Hades hits the buckle on a blind charge, allowing a roll-up for 2. Hades works the ribs, including three reverse backbreakers for 2. (Rib-breakers?) Steel reverses, and applies the ankle lock. Hades makes the ropes, back outside for a longer brawl. Hades uses a chair on the ribs of Steel, then sets him up on the commentators table. Steel reverses and applies a Boston Crab instead. Inside, a DDT get 2 for Steel. He misses an elbowdrop, allowing Hades to hit the “Watering Disease” Suplex-to-powerbomb for 2. (Say what? I’m sure that’s what Hank called it, anyway…) Hades misses another blind charge and takes his own “Heavan To Hell” top-rope brainbuster for a long 2. Steel hits the Steel Driver and applies a Katihajime submission hold on the (Much-worked over) leg of Hades. Hades eventually taps out. **1/4 Not a bad opener, with bonus points for maintaing the pyschology all the way to the end.

2nd Semi Final: Beyond vs. Matt “Yawner” Rison

Beyond gets a very cool entrance, wheras Rison seems far too energetic for someone nicknamed “Yawner”. Where did that nickname come from, anyway? I know I’ve seen him do a long-winded interview before, but surely being called “Yawner” can’t be a compliment? Rison tries for an early pin off a cross-body block, gaining 1. Beyond retaliates with a belly-to-back and uses the ankle lock. Bulldog, he goes to the figure-four. Rison reverses, Beyond breaks the hold. Flying forearm from Rison, Beyond bails and pulls Rison legs out from under him. He works the leg on the ringpost, then goes up for a moonsault. Northern Lights gets 2. Risons escapes an attempted armbar and spinbusts Beyond. The “Grace Period” kick-in-the-nuts follows, and a bronco buster. Springboard moonsault off the top rope gets 2. Beyond reverses Risons’ ‘Shattered Dreams” DDT into his “Round The Town” finisher for the pin. *1/3 Didn’t have the flow of the first match, but nothing too horrible, either…

Freak Show (Skarth & Harinan) vs Perfect Destruction (Jason “Nailz” Rhodes & John Riner)

“Nailz” Rhodes. Good Lord, two horrible wrestlers inhabiting the same body! Exorcism required in the IEA, stat! Third consecutive match in which pyrotechnics in the turnbuckles are used, incidently… Riner gets the early advantage with an interesting tilt-a-whirl piledriver for 1. Slugfest, karth gives Riner 10 in the corner. Legdrop, tag to Haranin, doible-team axehandle and a powerslam gets 2. They take it to the floor, Skarth takes a bump into the steps. Back in, a double KO and Nailz gets the luke-warm tag. He cleans house and gets 2 off a super armbreaker on Harinan. Suplex-to-stunner-ish move, Riner is tagged back in. They hits the Back Out for 2. Riner demonstrates some submission holds, Heranin makes the ropes. Nailz tags in and hits a uranage suplex on your Face-By-Default In Peril. Riner and Skarth both come in as Hernanin gets a foot on the ropes at 2. The ref gets tied up with Riner, allowing the Freaks to double-team to their hearts content. Skarth hits the Mile High Meltdown for 2 before a foot on the ropes saves Nailz. Skarth makes the tag, preventing the ref from seeing Nailz’s reciprocal tag in the process. Okay, maybe Perfect Destruction are the faces. The crowd is half-way between “Divided” and “Dead”, so it’s anyones guess. Heranin chokeslams Nailz and gets 2. Double-team as Riner comes in again, They set up the Lightz Out. Nailz reverses into a victory roll on Hearanin for 1 as Skarth is knocked from the top to the floor. (Which looks terrible, as he tries to protect himself on the way down, rather than taking it like a man.)He still sells it like he’s bben knocked out, though, allowing the “Wrath of Destruction”(??) by Perfect Destruction. The PDQ Slam gets the pinfall. *1/4

Ken “Motley” Krew vs. Warpath (w/Aurora) (Steel Cage Match)

“Motley” Krew? (I’ll give you one guess as to which band he uses for his intro… and it aint Limp Bizkit!) Huge brawl right out of the gate, Krew hits a big boot and powerslam. Warpath blocks and reverses a suplex. He tries to escape, but is dragged down by Krew, who applies a full nelson. Warpath prevents Krew from boring the crowd by immediately jawjacking him. Fusion Bomb, Warpath climbs to the top. He decides against winning, instead hitting the “Cuban Missle Crisis”. (AGAIN? Duck and cover! Reds under the bed! *Ahem* Sorry…) Krew basically no-sells it, clotheslining Warpath as they get up and using a Boston Crab. (In Brussels?) Hank tries to convince us it’s a wear-down move. No, it’s a boring rest-hold, Hank… Warpath waits until he lets go, then repeatedly sends Krew into the steel. Two powerbombs and a spear, Warpath heads for the door. Ken tries to drag him back, fails, and launches a desperation spear. Warpath steps out of his way, Krew hits the buckle and Flair Flips out the door for the upset win. * Nothing much to see here.

Bad Intentions (W/Allysin) & Chaos Inc. vs Strong Island Boyz & Deth Squad

To save space in the intro line, I’ll give you the wrestlers names here. BI are “Suicidal Tendacies” Brian Fletcher and “Journeyman” Louis Allen, continuing the trend of wrestlers named after medicore rock and pop bands. CI are Chaos and Apocolypse. The SIB’s are Pain and Knightmare, DS are Deth and Razor. (Deth, Boyz, Allysin and Knightmare… and who says wrestling is contributing to the decline of SAT scores?) More ringpost pyro… the IEA must be buying those in bulk. Also continuing a trend, Chaos tries for a pinfall from the opening bell, fishermans suplexing Razor for 1. He works the leg with dragon screws, Razor powers out of a powerbomb and tags Deth in. Spiked powerbomb, the ref prevents Apocolypse from entering, leading to a qudruple team on the hapless Chaos. Chaos avoids a leg lariat and GORE GORE GORES Deth. Double tag renders the previous beatdown kind of pointless. Apocolypse and Knightmare trade punches, with Knightmare scoring with an exziguri. Asai moonsault for 2. Apcolypse tags in Fletcher who side kicks Knightmare and facejams him. Allen tags in, spiked piledriver gets 2. Knightmare tags out easily, bringing Pain into the match. He cleans house, dropping all four of his opponents. Pier-eighter breaks out as everyone hits the ring. Chaos is frog-splashed through the announce table by Razor as Allen takes the “Tonsillectomy” from The Strong Island Boyz. They dogpile him for the pinfall. ** Your standard 8-man Monday Night level match.

“Extreme Public Enemy” Charcoal(??) vs. Canis (Extreme Title Match)

Public Enemy? Now we’re into the gangsta rap groups, I see… The stips are a Coal Miners Match. Canis is the first man tonight to get a bona fide heel reaction from the crowd. Franchesco says that a Coal Miners match is “right up Charcoals alley”, which is either a pun on his name, or a wierd sexual euphamism. A chair comes in after one clothesline, with Canis drop toe-holding Charcoal onto it. He misses an elbowdrop and gets bulldogged onto the chair. Charcoal tries for the loaded glove, Canis electric chair drops him. Brawling, Canis gets a crucifix slam as he tries for the glove. Hank decides Charcoals nickname is too long and starts calling him “EPE”. Eeepee? The KENDO STICK OF BAMBOO DEATH comes into play as Charcoal beats down Canis. He tries for the glove, Canis takes him down with a back suplex off the top. He backdrops Cahrcoal out and they brawl on the floor. Canis takes a drop toehold onto the rail, allowing Charcoal to retrieve the glove. Canis recovers enough to hit a reverse neckbreaker and swipe the glove. Top-rope fistdrop from Canis. He covers as the ref begins to count so slowly I originally thought I’d accidently pressed “super slow-mo” on my remote. Beyond runs-in to break the count. (Thus explaining the slow count… I think he missed his cue.) He chairshots Canis and switches the glove to Charcoals hand. Fistdrop scores, another extended 3-count and Charcoal wins the title. Franchesco calls it a “fast count”. In who’s universe, Chris? *1/3 Mediocre at best.

Hades vs Matt “Yawner” Rison

Wow, deja vu! This is the #1 contendership to the world title. Not to tell the IEA their business, but if both these guys lost their semi-final matches, shouldn’t whoever loses the Main Event final be the #1 contender? Anyway, more ringpost pyro for Hades, who cheapshots Rison before the bell. Twin snap suplexes for Rison, before Hades ties him in the ropes. Goofy spot as Hades blind charges him, Rison slips out an arm and kind-of ducks, sending Hades to the floor. He spikes the ball with a tope suicida onto Hades. (Insert “He fell all the way to Hades” joke here…) He gets posted trying to dive on Hades from the apron, who sends him into the steps. Hades sends Rison back in and dropkicks OVER the top ropes, which is novel. He gets crotched on the top turnbuckle, Rison sets up a Frankensteiner. Hades holds on and simply catapults him over the ringpost and down to the floor. This would be the pont I say “Ouch”. Ouch. Hades adds an exclamation point by delivering the “Demon Crusher” DVD onto the ringsteps. I’ll see that “ouch” and raise you a “Holy Shit”. He returns to the ring, where Rison reverses a suplex into a small package for 2. A tifecta of dropkicks from Rison, then a top rope version as a kicker. Risonsault for 2. Rison brings in a chair and gives Hades the “Grace Period” dropkick-in-the-crotch. Rison goes up, Hades crotches him. He heads up for the Heaven To Hell, stright onto the CHAIR OF IRONIC DOOM. The 3-count is a formality. *** Solid, brutal and a clean finish. No complaints, sire!

Main Event Ladder Match for the IEA Title: Beyond vs Steel

Steel tries a headlock to control early, leading to a criss-cross sequence to a hiptoss from Beyond. Beyond goes to the headlock, another criss-cross, Beyond scores with a spinning heel kick. He sends Steel into the corner, Steel bounces straight back out and clotheslines him. He slams Beyond and heads out for the COOKIE SHEET OF CULINARY DOOM! He walks into a spear and gargoyle suplex on his return. Beyond hits the FLYING BAKEWARE SHOT and brings in the ladder. Steel regains his feet and spinebusts Beyond. He drops the ladder on him, then makes the first attempt at the belts. Beyond upends the ladder, Steel meets the turnbuckles. Front face slam and moonsault from Beyond, he heads up. Steel belly-to-backs him off the ladder. He’s the first man up, legdropping Beyond. Underhook powerbomb, Steel goes to the high-rent district. Impressive DDT delivered from the top rope for Beyond. Steel goes up, Beyond powerbombs him off. Steel gets drop-kicked into the corner, where he catches Beyond’s blind charge and flapjacks him. Dragon backbreaker into a dragon sleeper from Steel. Have I ever mentioned the pointlessness of submission holds in ladder matches? (Only about a dozen times, I think…) He eventually lets go and dumps the ladder on Beyond. The 20-foot tall ladder is brought in by Steel, Beyond makes the Superman recovery and sunsets flips him off the apron to the floor. Long selling ensues. Beyond tries a hurricanrana, Steel powerbombs him through the Spanish annouce table. He returns to the ladder, Beyond spears the ladder(!), Steel takes the bump to the floor. Beyond is selling a rib injury, calling attention to the fact that Steel isn’t, despite doing so in the opening match. Sloppy. Springboard senton from Beyond, mucho resting results. They brawl into the crowd, returning to make simultaneous attempts at the belt. And simultaneous swandives to the canvas, naturally. Beyond beats on Steel and sets up a table on the outside. Beyond is now selling a knee injury. He slams Steel onto the table and hits an insane 810 (2 1/2 somersault) spalsh off the big-ass ladder. More lying around, before both men rise to brawl some more. They trade moves in the ring, with Beyond reversing the Steel Driver into the Around the Town invert tornado DDT. They fight atop the ladder, Beyond tosses Steel down to the mat and retrieves the belt for the win. ** Not bad, but overly formulaic, and the impact of the huge bump was completely negated by having the match go on for another five minutes to a somewhat anti-climatic finish. Very stop-start, too.

The Bottom Line: Fairly middle of the road stuff, but nothing that even came close to negative ratings. Plenty of potential here… given time, and with a little more polish, they can only improve.

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