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The Rap Sheet - GAW 4/22/2K6
The Rap Sheet from the Mad Conservative
Great American Wrestling
4/22/2K6 Maroa, IL
It's the second annual Freedom Cup tournament!
Well I'm trying to whittle down the backlog of prior shows that I got too busy and undermotivated to finish. Most of this was written up a long time ago but I never finished it up. Credit my job getting so busy I just wanted to crash at home and NOT do any work--including writing, except for the newspaper I write columns for. Be sure to read the verdict at the end, because there's a point to be made about this period of time where the show occurred.
Right before the show even starts, Brian Ealey attacks Dickie Williams who doesn't even have his hardcore belt with him. Williams has him in a choke and gives him a wedgie. They brawl in the front row, Ealey chairshots Williams, jawbreaker on the chair, and he's trying to make him bleed! Ealey misses a chairshot and hits the post. Ealey throws Williams into the stairs, and hits a DDT on the chair off the stairs! And Williams is cut up. Ealey pulls out a cheese grater and tears up Williams face. Okay I don't wanna see anything more, talk about trying to disfigure someone! Williams grabs him by the chest, tries to use a chair but gets it kicked in his face for two. Ealey chairshots Williams repeatedly and the ref stops it. Ealey gets the hardcore title in an unofficial match. Sick.
They introduce the "greatest technical wrestler" ever, George Jr. Ummm...unless he was putting on five star matches on a regular basis that I don't know about, I call that statement BS. Chris Lee thinks he's slimmed down a couple pounds. George was in the area and wanted to check out a show.
Jessie Clark comes out, and calls Petey. He wants him to assist in winning back the tag titles. Petey says he can't do it, he wants a change to persue singles challenges. So Jessie says he's got another partner and it's Sly! He's mocked that he's tiny, but Sly says he can kick everyone's butt in the locker room. Sly says Petey better win the tournament, Sly says they'll win the tag belts back and have fun doing it. The NGW & GAW Tag Champs come out, Morton Von Prose & Black Dragon. MVP says there's a New Era in GAW and you're looking at them. Now JC Michaels & John Scott come out with Miss Black. JC claims they're the power, the first faction and always be the only faction, and who the heck are New Era? The insults are flying, JC says Petey is smart for seperating from Jessie & Sly because they'll make them lose. Andy Roberts and Gavin Alexander come out to "don't worry be happy". Ugh. Andy goes into some touchy-touchy-feely-feely nonsense about getting a title shot in the future. Now Ben Taylor comes out and says he's sick of this crap, all them guys drove Deacon Hobbs out of the sport and resign because of all the BS. Well Hobbs withdrew from everything, so it's not just GAW. Taylor says it's a four team tag match for the titles, and he'll have his eye on everyone. And now the Mississippi Madman comes out. Taylor says he asked for this time so he gets it. Madman complains about KC putting a restraining order on him which is why he's been gone the past two shows. Madman wants KC now, Taylor says he's not here, but if he doesn't get here tonight he'll be stripped.
Live from the Old Grade School in Maroa, IL. Your hosts are Chris Lee and George "The Animal" Jr. Due to so many of the first round winners of 16 last year not being able to show up for the second round, they had to literally start the tournament over with 8. This year, it's just eight men in the tourney.
Freedom Cup Tournament - Round One
Scott Keyes vs. Alex Monroe - Hip toss Monroe, armdrag. Keyes headscissors, dropkick. Monroe suplex, hair yank, dropkick. Keyes knee jawbreaker, ten punch in the corner, sitdown hiptoss, kneedrop, Keyes goes up for a crossbody but gets dropkicked on the way down for two. Monroe with a rope choke but gets heel kicked, Keyes clothesline, back bodydrop, Russian leg sweep, rollup gets two. Monroe gets a dropkick out of a sunset flip, backflip kick, goes up, spinning moonsault MISSED. Sidekick Keyes, powerslam, Miss Black grabs a leg, Keyes pulls away and goes up, frogsplash MISSES, Monroe with a rollup using the ropes gets the pin. Bleh.
WINNER: TSO Alex Monroe pin -> 8:30 mins. **¼
Brett Gakiya vs. Axis - They start with some mat wrestling, Axis sends Brett to the floor and he hits hard. There's no padding out there! Axis dives at him and gets caught in the ropes, yikes! They chop each other on the floor, Brett grabs an arm as they head back in, holds it on the top rope and stomps a kneeled over Axis. Hip toss is bloocked, Brett with a takedown, butterfly armbar with a bridge. Powerbomb attempt is blocked, Axis with a dropkick, smash in the corner, lungblower gets two. Axis with an Indian deathlock surfboard, goes to a sleeper, but Brett escapes. Brett wheelbarrow, high knee, standing moonsault gets two. He goes up, Axis grabs him for a double underhook piledriver for two. Brett hits a dropkick, goes up, Axis does an inverted F5 off the top for two. They chop away, running body tackle by Brett gets two, neckbreaker, facebreaker, clutch spinning neckbreaker finally puts him away. Good match.
WINNER: Brett Gakiya pin -> 11:30 mins. ***¾
Joe Cain vs. Kaval w/ Apriq & Mephisto - Hmmm...the Prophecy is all here. Kaval throws some shots to the head, flying clothesline, legdrop gets one. Knees to the head get two. Hip toss neckbreaker Joe, side kick, hurraconranna makes Kaval flee, but Joe does a suicide dive on him. Back in, springboard elbow gets two, punt gets two. Kaval with a splash, drop in the corner, lungblower gets two. Falcon arrow Kaval gets two. Joe trips him, side splash, DDT, but misses the swanton bomb. Kaval dumps him out to be mugged, slam gets two. Joe back splash gets two, suplex, slam and kick for two. Kaval with a double underhook piledriver, proceeds to gloat, but Joe hits a diamond cutter for the pin. Kaval, Mephisto and Apriq beat the crap outta Joe Cain, Kaval gives Joe the behind the back piledriver! Richard Biggs runs them off.
WINNER: Joe Cain pin -> 10:05 mins. ***¼
Lucion Venom vs. Petey Clark - Venom with a clothesline in the corner, Petey misses the flip legdrop, BOOT Venom gets two. Sideslam gets two. Rope walk clubbing forearm Venom, goes up again, Petey drops him. Chokeslam is blocked, Petey rolls him up, shoulders are no where close to being down, the ref counts anyway. WTF?? REAL POOR officiating there Ryan Carter.
WINNER: Petey Clark pin -> 2:30 mins. DUD
We go to intermission. Round two will be Petey Clark vs. Joe Cain, and Brett Gakiya vs. Alex Monroe.
Central States Championship
(c)Apriq Laveq w/ Kaval vs. Jewels Vega w/ Dennis Devine - I didn't think Vega was gonna be in the match here. Vega pounds away, Apriq misses an elbow, standing moonsault Vega gets two. Apriq stomps away as Kaval grabs at Vega but Devine pulls him out. Spinning neckbreaker gets two. Suplex, side suplex gets Apriq two. Vega misses a flip cover and Apriq kicks him down, splash in the corner, a second one meets a BOOT. Vega with a shoulder takedown gets two. And Vega botches a suplex for two. Ugh. Apriq with an atomic drop, uppercuts get two. Vega does the cartwheel but gets powerbombed for two. Vega finally throws Apriq down, dropkick gets two. Vega with a DDT gets two. Apriq bails, Vega chases, fight on the floor, Devine hops on the apron, Kaval dropkicks Vega but that only gets two. Kaval on the apron, Devine in to attack Apriq but the referee catches him and it's a DQ. Brawl after the match, Vega takes Apriq out, Kaval and Devine slug away, but Kaval drives the knees and security has to jump in. Vega soon jumps in the brawl and that ref is just getting smothered! Pull apart, Devine wants more but everyone flees. Some botched spots made this not so great.
WINNER and STILL CHAMP: Apriq Laveq DQ -> 10:30 mins. *½
GAW Tag Team Championship - Four-Team Tag
GAW & NGW Tag Champs New Era - Morton Von Prose & Black Dragon vs. Truly Everything - JC Michaels & John Scott vs. Sly & Jesse Clark vs. Anger Management - Andy Roberts & Gavin Alexander - Apparently anyone can be a Clark relative these days. Gavin and MVP start. Gavin hits a clothesline, suplex, and belly to belly slam. Tag Andy, MVP clobbers him quick and hangs him in the tree of woe, then stands on his groin! Yeek! Tag Dragon, but Roberts tackles him, flapjack, goes up but misses the flying legdrop. Dragon with a strangle takedown for two. Sly breaks up the submission hold, JC and Sly are tagged. Sly kicks away and JC tags MVP. Hanging and double legdrop by MVP. Sly with a headscissors into a Russian legsweep, legdrop gets two. MVP with a shoulderblock on Sly, Sly tags Jesse. He chops him down, Gavin in, he kicks the leg, tag John Scott, he puts on the crab, but MVP kicks him. Scott with a slap on Dragon, tags JC, dropkicks MVP in the leg for two. MVP suplex, elbow from the second gets two. Andy and Sly in, flapjack and suplex on Sly, Sly reverses another and tags Dragon. Sly clothesline, suplex gets two. MVP hits a elbow on Sly, JC jumps in and clotheslines MVP, elbow gets two. JC and Scott are tagged, and they try to win it by covering each other but it's quickly broken up at two. Everyone is hitting each other, Scott & Alexander, Scott tags Jessie, suplexes Gavin for two. Sammy & Benjamin circle the ring. MVP tagged in, kick to the head, Andy tries to tag in but misses, Scott tags in, pounds Gavin and gives him a big spinebuster! Andy tags himself in, JC jumps in, TE and AM brawl, New Era watches, Dragon gets his sword, Sly jawbreaker on MVP, Dragon LOW BLOW on Sly with the sword! MVP with a brainbuster and gets the pin. Arrgh.
WINNERS and STILL CHAMPS: New Era pin -> 12:30 mins. ***
Freedom Cup Tournament - Round Two
Petey Clark vs. Joe Cain - Joe's a little banged up with his damaged neck. They trade armdrags, Pete stomps him down, suplex, camel clutch. Joe gets out though and hits a hurraconranna, spinning neckbreaker into the ropes gets two. Joe tries the crossed legs full nelson, turns it into a stranglehold, but Petey with an atomic drop. Petey with a powerbomb, goes for the moonsault but missed it! Joe with the springboard senton, springboard moonsault, reverse DDT gets two. Petey with the RUDE AWAKENING. Joe with a jawbreaker, shooting star press(!) gets two! Joe goes up again, Petey German suplexes him off for two. Petey with a springboard moonsault on Joe's legs for two. Joe slugs and kicks back, death valley driver across the knee gets two. Petey however finishes with a double hook fold up powerbomb for the pin. Joe Cain was last year's Freedom Cup winner, my dreams of a Joe Cain vs. Brett Gakiya final are dashed. Oh well.
WINNER: Petey Clark pin -> 10:05 mins. ***½
Brett Gakiya vs. Alex Monroe - Some mat wrestling to start, they body throw each other, Monroe with a grazing punt kick to the head, Brett with a springboard that Monroe avoids. Monroe with a snap suplex and applies an Indian death lock with side headlock. He turns it loose, but gets dropsaulted, springboard dropkick gets two. Monroe ties his legs and powerbombs him, standing figure four, and powerbombs in with the hold. Brett gets out, but gets kneed. Alex with a rake, suplex on the apron, but Gakiya dropkicks Monroe to the floor. Brett with a suicide tackle, toss in, slingshot kneedrop gets two. Flip shoulderblock by Alex gets two. Messy piledriver gets two. Brett with an enzuigiri, tornado DDT for two. Black hold backbreaker by Monroe. Yow. Brett however gets the C-4 for two. Brett with a splash in the corner, takes him up, DRAGONFLY! But both men can't get up or make a cover and the ref counts them out! WHAT?
NO WINNER: Double KO -> 14:55 mins. ****
Petey Clark is the winner of the 2006 Freedom Cup Tournament! The crowd cusses out the result, and Ben Taylor decides it's gonna be a triple threat instead of Petey getting the BYE to the trophy. Grrrrr...changing the rules in the middle of the game. George Jr. has to split, so Eric Ruffington takes over. A fan asks me why am I not a commentator at GAW. Ask the GAW owners about it, not me. I know there's been someone opposing the idea.
Sinister Six-Way - Lucha Libre Rules
Richard Biggs vs. Chris Hazard vs. Dennis Devine vs. Cory Pillman vs. Mephisto vs. Jaxson Pride - Lucha Libre rules apply. J-Mac does a psyche job to Pillman for wearing the same tights as him. Hazard and Devine start, Hazard elbows away, Devine with a headscissors. Pride jumps in, armdrag. Devine and Hazard fight on the floor, Pride dives on them, then Pillman dives on him but takes a bad spill, Mephisto dives on the pile from the top, and Biggs tries it but Hazard cuts him off. Pillman gets DDT'ed on the floor. Biggs hits a spinebuster on Pride. Meph in, gets spinebustered, Pillman in, pounds on Biggs legs, crossbody caught, powerslam Biggs for two. Splash Biggs for two. Pride in, enzuigiri! Meph in, spin neckbreaker. Hazard in, elbow for two. Meph dropkick on Hazard and ties a leg on the ropes. Meph with a DDT gets two. Hip toss, but misses the elbow, rib breaker, spinning backbreaker by Meph gets two. Devine in to pound, clothesline, elbows for two. Pride and Meph fight, Meph leaves and Pride pulls Pillman in. Pride chops him HARD! Running chop and Pillman is in real pain! Pride whip dropkick, Hazard says Pillman has no business in the ring with him. Pride misses the springboard, Pillman hits Hazard and goes up, Pride catches him, chained superplex and schoolboy! Devine dropkicks Pride in the corner, bronco buster! Pride with a clothesline. Hazard in, Devine and Ms. Black get into an arguement. Hazard with a SPEAR on Biggs! Pillman goes after Hazard and hits a shining wizard for two. Pride with the SHATTERED PRIDE on Pillman! Devine proceeds to clear the ring dumping Pride, slingshots Meph in, Hazard has Devine and hits a form of an F5 for two. They call it an F4. Side suplex by Meph. Turnbuckle pad came off a corner, Meph does a springboard moonsault but misses. Pillman in with a DDT, goes up, 450 splash gets two! Pride with a slam. Pride attempts a move and misses...nearly landing headfirst! Biggs goes after Pillman, toss into the corner, suplex, Meph goes up and dives to break it up. Northern Lights on Pillman gets two. Devine goes up, brainbuster on Meph! Devine elbow for two, Hazard tosses him. Hazard slams Meph, dumps Pillman, goes up, flying elbow. Pride tosses Hazard, Biggs in, clothesline Pride, Pride slingshots on Hazard! Hazard has a bloody nose. Meph hits Devine, Meph and Biggs double whip, Devine ducks, dive on Pride, Biggs powerbombs Meph and gets the pin! For some reason I put this on the match of the year candidate list but doubt it holds up now.
WINNER: Richard Biggs pin -> 16 mins. ***½
GAW Heavyweight Championship
(c)Hardcore KC vs. Mississippi Madman - Madman attacks and sends KC sprawling with a headbutt! He chokes him with his jacket, GORILLA PRESS SLAM! Madman throws KC out and they're fighting in the seats! After crashing around into the bleachers and such, they make their way back in the ring, and KC dropkicks the leg. KC works the hip and leg over, fistdrop from the second rope gets two. KC with a chopblock, kneedrop gets one. KC gets the ANKLE LOCK! But he can't hold the big man down, and gets BOOTED! Madman tries to splash KC in the corner but the ref gets pulled in the way! Madman with the FIFTH FLOOR...but there's no ref. BLEH! KC with a LOW BLOW, he gets the belt and BLASTS Madman for two. Madman is up, clothesline, SPEAR!!! But KC bails out, and RUNS OUT OF THE ARENA! Ref counts him out...arrgh! Crazy brawl it was, and we're done for the night.
WINNER: Mississippi Madman countout -> 19:05 mins. ***
The Verdict: This turned out to be one of the better shows, where the good talent stood out, and the bad talent had their roles minimalized. The influx of NGW talent really helped fill the void that NMW left during that ill-advised embargo imposed by WQLZ during this period, which demonstrated how much of a joke it was that only hurt NMW with booking opportunities reduced for its roster. And looking back, I certainly endured a LOT OF HEAT for arguing against it. In the long run, guess what...I WAS RIGHT! Lesson be learned, taking a stand is hazardous but firm principles usually prevail. This being no exception.
Thumbs up.
The Rap Sheet from the Mad Conservative
Great American Wrestling
4/22/2K6 Maroa, IL
It's the second annual Freedom Cup tournament!
Well I'm trying to whittle down the backlog of prior shows that I got too busy and undermotivated to finish. Most of this was written up a long time ago but I never finished it up. Credit my job getting so busy I just wanted to crash at home and NOT do any work--including writing, except for the newspaper I write columns for. Be sure to read the verdict at the end, because there's a point to be made about this period of time where the show occurred.
Right before the show even starts, Brian Ealey attacks Dickie Williams who doesn't even have his hardcore belt with him. Williams has him in a choke and gives him a wedgie. They brawl in the front row, Ealey chairshots Williams, jawbreaker on the chair, and he's trying to make him bleed! Ealey misses a chairshot and hits the post. Ealey throws Williams into the stairs, and hits a DDT on the chair off the stairs! And Williams is cut up. Ealey pulls out a cheese grater and tears up Williams face. Okay I don't wanna see anything more, talk about trying to disfigure someone! Williams grabs him by the chest, tries to use a chair but gets it kicked in his face for two. Ealey chairshots Williams repeatedly and the ref stops it. Ealey gets the hardcore title in an unofficial match. Sick.
They introduce the "greatest technical wrestler" ever, George Jr. Ummm...unless he was putting on five star matches on a regular basis that I don't know about, I call that statement BS. Chris Lee thinks he's slimmed down a couple pounds. George was in the area and wanted to check out a show.
Jessie Clark comes out, and calls Petey. He wants him to assist in winning back the tag titles. Petey says he can't do it, he wants a change to persue singles challenges. So Jessie says he's got another partner and it's Sly! He's mocked that he's tiny, but Sly says he can kick everyone's butt in the locker room. Sly says Petey better win the tournament, Sly says they'll win the tag belts back and have fun doing it. The NGW & GAW Tag Champs come out, Morton Von Prose & Black Dragon. MVP says there's a New Era in GAW and you're looking at them. Now JC Michaels & John Scott come out with Miss Black. JC claims they're the power, the first faction and always be the only faction, and who the heck are New Era? The insults are flying, JC says Petey is smart for seperating from Jessie & Sly because they'll make them lose. Andy Roberts and Gavin Alexander come out to "don't worry be happy". Ugh. Andy goes into some touchy-touchy-feely-feely nonsense about getting a title shot in the future. Now Ben Taylor comes out and says he's sick of this crap, all them guys drove Deacon Hobbs out of the sport and resign because of all the BS. Well Hobbs withdrew from everything, so it's not just GAW. Taylor says it's a four team tag match for the titles, and he'll have his eye on everyone. And now the Mississippi Madman comes out. Taylor says he asked for this time so he gets it. Madman complains about KC putting a restraining order on him which is why he's been gone the past two shows. Madman wants KC now, Taylor says he's not here, but if he doesn't get here tonight he'll be stripped.
Live from the Old Grade School in Maroa, IL. Your hosts are Chris Lee and George "The Animal" Jr. Due to so many of the first round winners of 16 last year not being able to show up for the second round, they had to literally start the tournament over with 8. This year, it's just eight men in the tourney.
Freedom Cup Tournament - Round One
Scott Keyes vs. Alex Monroe - Hip toss Monroe, armdrag. Keyes headscissors, dropkick. Monroe suplex, hair yank, dropkick. Keyes knee jawbreaker, ten punch in the corner, sitdown hiptoss, kneedrop, Keyes goes up for a crossbody but gets dropkicked on the way down for two. Monroe with a rope choke but gets heel kicked, Keyes clothesline, back bodydrop, Russian leg sweep, rollup gets two. Monroe gets a dropkick out of a sunset flip, backflip kick, goes up, spinning moonsault MISSED. Sidekick Keyes, powerslam, Miss Black grabs a leg, Keyes pulls away and goes up, frogsplash MISSES, Monroe with a rollup using the ropes gets the pin. Bleh.
WINNER: TSO Alex Monroe pin -> 8:30 mins. **¼
Brett Gakiya vs. Axis - They start with some mat wrestling, Axis sends Brett to the floor and he hits hard. There's no padding out there! Axis dives at him and gets caught in the ropes, yikes! They chop each other on the floor, Brett grabs an arm as they head back in, holds it on the top rope and stomps a kneeled over Axis. Hip toss is bloocked, Brett with a takedown, butterfly armbar with a bridge. Powerbomb attempt is blocked, Axis with a dropkick, smash in the corner, lungblower gets two. Axis with an Indian deathlock surfboard, goes to a sleeper, but Brett escapes. Brett wheelbarrow, high knee, standing moonsault gets two. He goes up, Axis grabs him for a double underhook piledriver for two. Brett hits a dropkick, goes up, Axis does an inverted F5 off the top for two. They chop away, running body tackle by Brett gets two, neckbreaker, facebreaker, clutch spinning neckbreaker finally puts him away. Good match.
WINNER: Brett Gakiya pin -> 11:30 mins. ***¾
Joe Cain vs. Kaval w/ Apriq & Mephisto - Hmmm...the Prophecy is all here. Kaval throws some shots to the head, flying clothesline, legdrop gets one. Knees to the head get two. Hip toss neckbreaker Joe, side kick, hurraconranna makes Kaval flee, but Joe does a suicide dive on him. Back in, springboard elbow gets two, punt gets two. Kaval with a splash, drop in the corner, lungblower gets two. Falcon arrow Kaval gets two. Joe trips him, side splash, DDT, but misses the swanton bomb. Kaval dumps him out to be mugged, slam gets two. Joe back splash gets two, suplex, slam and kick for two. Kaval with a double underhook piledriver, proceeds to gloat, but Joe hits a diamond cutter for the pin. Kaval, Mephisto and Apriq beat the crap outta Joe Cain, Kaval gives Joe the behind the back piledriver! Richard Biggs runs them off.
WINNER: Joe Cain pin -> 10:05 mins. ***¼
Lucion Venom vs. Petey Clark - Venom with a clothesline in the corner, Petey misses the flip legdrop, BOOT Venom gets two. Sideslam gets two. Rope walk clubbing forearm Venom, goes up again, Petey drops him. Chokeslam is blocked, Petey rolls him up, shoulders are no where close to being down, the ref counts anyway. WTF?? REAL POOR officiating there Ryan Carter.
WINNER: Petey Clark pin -> 2:30 mins. DUD
We go to intermission. Round two will be Petey Clark vs. Joe Cain, and Brett Gakiya vs. Alex Monroe.
Central States Championship
(c)Apriq Laveq w/ Kaval vs. Jewels Vega w/ Dennis Devine - I didn't think Vega was gonna be in the match here. Vega pounds away, Apriq misses an elbow, standing moonsault Vega gets two. Apriq stomps away as Kaval grabs at Vega but Devine pulls him out. Spinning neckbreaker gets two. Suplex, side suplex gets Apriq two. Vega misses a flip cover and Apriq kicks him down, splash in the corner, a second one meets a BOOT. Vega with a shoulder takedown gets two. And Vega botches a suplex for two. Ugh. Apriq with an atomic drop, uppercuts get two. Vega does the cartwheel but gets powerbombed for two. Vega finally throws Apriq down, dropkick gets two. Vega with a DDT gets two. Apriq bails, Vega chases, fight on the floor, Devine hops on the apron, Kaval dropkicks Vega but that only gets two. Kaval on the apron, Devine in to attack Apriq but the referee catches him and it's a DQ. Brawl after the match, Vega takes Apriq out, Kaval and Devine slug away, but Kaval drives the knees and security has to jump in. Vega soon jumps in the brawl and that ref is just getting smothered! Pull apart, Devine wants more but everyone flees. Some botched spots made this not so great.
WINNER and STILL CHAMP: Apriq Laveq DQ -> 10:30 mins. *½
GAW Tag Team Championship - Four-Team Tag
GAW & NGW Tag Champs New Era - Morton Von Prose & Black Dragon vs. Truly Everything - JC Michaels & John Scott vs. Sly & Jesse Clark vs. Anger Management - Andy Roberts & Gavin Alexander - Apparently anyone can be a Clark relative these days. Gavin and MVP start. Gavin hits a clothesline, suplex, and belly to belly slam. Tag Andy, MVP clobbers him quick and hangs him in the tree of woe, then stands on his groin! Yeek! Tag Dragon, but Roberts tackles him, flapjack, goes up but misses the flying legdrop. Dragon with a strangle takedown for two. Sly breaks up the submission hold, JC and Sly are tagged. Sly kicks away and JC tags MVP. Hanging and double legdrop by MVP. Sly with a headscissors into a Russian legsweep, legdrop gets two. MVP with a shoulderblock on Sly, Sly tags Jesse. He chops him down, Gavin in, he kicks the leg, tag John Scott, he puts on the crab, but MVP kicks him. Scott with a slap on Dragon, tags JC, dropkicks MVP in the leg for two. MVP suplex, elbow from the second gets two. Andy and Sly in, flapjack and suplex on Sly, Sly reverses another and tags Dragon. Sly clothesline, suplex gets two. MVP hits a elbow on Sly, JC jumps in and clotheslines MVP, elbow gets two. JC and Scott are tagged, and they try to win it by covering each other but it's quickly broken up at two. Everyone is hitting each other, Scott & Alexander, Scott tags Jessie, suplexes Gavin for two. Sammy & Benjamin circle the ring. MVP tagged in, kick to the head, Andy tries to tag in but misses, Scott tags in, pounds Gavin and gives him a big spinebuster! Andy tags himself in, JC jumps in, TE and AM brawl, New Era watches, Dragon gets his sword, Sly jawbreaker on MVP, Dragon LOW BLOW on Sly with the sword! MVP with a brainbuster and gets the pin. Arrgh.
WINNERS and STILL CHAMPS: New Era pin -> 12:30 mins. ***
Freedom Cup Tournament - Round Two
Petey Clark vs. Joe Cain - Joe's a little banged up with his damaged neck. They trade armdrags, Pete stomps him down, suplex, camel clutch. Joe gets out though and hits a hurraconranna, spinning neckbreaker into the ropes gets two. Joe tries the crossed legs full nelson, turns it into a stranglehold, but Petey with an atomic drop. Petey with a powerbomb, goes for the moonsault but missed it! Joe with the springboard senton, springboard moonsault, reverse DDT gets two. Petey with the RUDE AWAKENING. Joe with a jawbreaker, shooting star press(!) gets two! Joe goes up again, Petey German suplexes him off for two. Petey with a springboard moonsault on Joe's legs for two. Joe slugs and kicks back, death valley driver across the knee gets two. Petey however finishes with a double hook fold up powerbomb for the pin. Joe Cain was last year's Freedom Cup winner, my dreams of a Joe Cain vs. Brett Gakiya final are dashed. Oh well.
WINNER: Petey Clark pin -> 10:05 mins. ***½
Brett Gakiya vs. Alex Monroe - Some mat wrestling to start, they body throw each other, Monroe with a grazing punt kick to the head, Brett with a springboard that Monroe avoids. Monroe with a snap suplex and applies an Indian death lock with side headlock. He turns it loose, but gets dropsaulted, springboard dropkick gets two. Monroe ties his legs and powerbombs him, standing figure four, and powerbombs in with the hold. Brett gets out, but gets kneed. Alex with a rake, suplex on the apron, but Gakiya dropkicks Monroe to the floor. Brett with a suicide tackle, toss in, slingshot kneedrop gets two. Flip shoulderblock by Alex gets two. Messy piledriver gets two. Brett with an enzuigiri, tornado DDT for two. Black hold backbreaker by Monroe. Yow. Brett however gets the C-4 for two. Brett with a splash in the corner, takes him up, DRAGONFLY! But both men can't get up or make a cover and the ref counts them out! WHAT?
NO WINNER: Double KO -> 14:55 mins. ****
Petey Clark is the winner of the 2006 Freedom Cup Tournament! The crowd cusses out the result, and Ben Taylor decides it's gonna be a triple threat instead of Petey getting the BYE to the trophy. Grrrrr...changing the rules in the middle of the game. George Jr. has to split, so Eric Ruffington takes over. A fan asks me why am I not a commentator at GAW. Ask the GAW owners about it, not me. I know there's been someone opposing the idea.
Sinister Six-Way - Lucha Libre Rules
Richard Biggs vs. Chris Hazard vs. Dennis Devine vs. Cory Pillman vs. Mephisto vs. Jaxson Pride - Lucha Libre rules apply. J-Mac does a psyche job to Pillman for wearing the same tights as him. Hazard and Devine start, Hazard elbows away, Devine with a headscissors. Pride jumps in, armdrag. Devine and Hazard fight on the floor, Pride dives on them, then Pillman dives on him but takes a bad spill, Mephisto dives on the pile from the top, and Biggs tries it but Hazard cuts him off. Pillman gets DDT'ed on the floor. Biggs hits a spinebuster on Pride. Meph in, gets spinebustered, Pillman in, pounds on Biggs legs, crossbody caught, powerslam Biggs for two. Splash Biggs for two. Pride in, enzuigiri! Meph in, spin neckbreaker. Hazard in, elbow for two. Meph dropkick on Hazard and ties a leg on the ropes. Meph with a DDT gets two. Hip toss, but misses the elbow, rib breaker, spinning backbreaker by Meph gets two. Devine in to pound, clothesline, elbows for two. Pride and Meph fight, Meph leaves and Pride pulls Pillman in. Pride chops him HARD! Running chop and Pillman is in real pain! Pride whip dropkick, Hazard says Pillman has no business in the ring with him. Pride misses the springboard, Pillman hits Hazard and goes up, Pride catches him, chained superplex and schoolboy! Devine dropkicks Pride in the corner, bronco buster! Pride with a clothesline. Hazard in, Devine and Ms. Black get into an arguement. Hazard with a SPEAR on Biggs! Pillman goes after Hazard and hits a shining wizard for two. Pride with the SHATTERED PRIDE on Pillman! Devine proceeds to clear the ring dumping Pride, slingshots Meph in, Hazard has Devine and hits a form of an F5 for two. They call it an F4. Side suplex by Meph. Turnbuckle pad came off a corner, Meph does a springboard moonsault but misses. Pillman in with a DDT, goes up, 450 splash gets two! Pride with a slam. Pride attempts a move and misses...nearly landing headfirst! Biggs goes after Pillman, toss into the corner, suplex, Meph goes up and dives to break it up. Northern Lights on Pillman gets two. Devine goes up, brainbuster on Meph! Devine elbow for two, Hazard tosses him. Hazard slams Meph, dumps Pillman, goes up, flying elbow. Pride tosses Hazard, Biggs in, clothesline Pride, Pride slingshots on Hazard! Hazard has a bloody nose. Meph hits Devine, Meph and Biggs double whip, Devine ducks, dive on Pride, Biggs powerbombs Meph and gets the pin! For some reason I put this on the match of the year candidate list but doubt it holds up now.
WINNER: Richard Biggs pin -> 16 mins. ***½
GAW Heavyweight Championship
(c)Hardcore KC vs. Mississippi Madman - Madman attacks and sends KC sprawling with a headbutt! He chokes him with his jacket, GORILLA PRESS SLAM! Madman throws KC out and they're fighting in the seats! After crashing around into the bleachers and such, they make their way back in the ring, and KC dropkicks the leg. KC works the hip and leg over, fistdrop from the second rope gets two. KC with a chopblock, kneedrop gets one. KC gets the ANKLE LOCK! But he can't hold the big man down, and gets BOOTED! Madman tries to splash KC in the corner but the ref gets pulled in the way! Madman with the FIFTH FLOOR...but there's no ref. BLEH! KC with a LOW BLOW, he gets the belt and BLASTS Madman for two. Madman is up, clothesline, SPEAR!!! But KC bails out, and RUNS OUT OF THE ARENA! Ref counts him out...arrgh! Crazy brawl it was, and we're done for the night.
WINNER: Mississippi Madman countout -> 19:05 mins. ***
The Verdict: This turned out to be one of the better shows, where the good talent stood out, and the bad talent had their roles minimalized. The influx of NGW talent really helped fill the void that NMW left during that ill-advised embargo imposed by WQLZ during this period, which demonstrated how much of a joke it was that only hurt NMW with booking opportunities reduced for its roster. And looking back, I certainly endured a LOT OF HEAT for arguing against it. In the long run, guess what...I WAS RIGHT! Lesson be learned, taking a stand is hazardous but firm principles usually prevail. This being no exception.
Thumbs up.
