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The Lost Rap Sheet - NMW 10/1/2K5
The Rap Sheet - from the Mad Conservative
New Midwest Wrestling's Brawltoberfest II
10/1/2K5 Springfield, IL
Start the show early!
One more long lost NMW rap sheet to wrap up 2005. The reason why this was never finished is because I was waiting for the DVD to come out due to the 60-man rumble being very hard to follow with all the bodies in there. And of course the DVD was never finished or released due to some problem. And geez, BS raged following this show as the webmasters threw a hissy fit because three outside guys who were in the battle royal got voted the wrestlers of the month which led to that disclaimer they wanted pasted on the top of the page saying the yahoo group was completely separate from the organization. Frankly I wanted to boot Doug Turner out completely because he has a nasty habit of changing things without notification, besides having a sour attitude in general. I’d NEVER EVER hire him to administer a website or network. And I can’t post anything on boards where he has moderator access, because he censors everything he doesn’t like and calls it stupid. That’s why the NMW board has very little activity anymore.
Live from the Warehouse, your ring announcer is Jimmy “The Bruiser” Osbourne. Your commentary team is Dane MacLeod and Michael Raines…who’s play by play will never be heard. Attendance was about 250. Looking at the NMW and the GAW rings side by side, I see one's a bit smaller than the other, by a foot or two. I kinda thought they'd have both rings against each other instead of leaving a small gap between them so guys can't get stuck.
AJ "Not Styles" Powers (debut) vs. Donovan Cain (0-0) - Yeah they at the last minute started throwing matches in the ring while people are filing in the door and thus I didn't expect to start recapping that quick. They of course didn't know they were gonna wrestle right then and there either. These guys were at that point the CCW tag champs and they chose the GAW ring to work in. Cain was here last year but got launched out of the ring by MS Madman. Headlock Cain, chops by AJ, side suplex gets two. Whip side elbow AJ, hard chop to the back. Pounding in the corner, whip AJ, Don hops up and rolls for two. AJ clothesline and knee gets two. Don gets a headscissor armbar, turns it into a crossarm breaker. AJ gets out and chops, Cain slugs back, but AJ clotheslines him down. Don with a surprise rollup gets two but gets kneed for it, snap mare, headlock. Don fights up, side spinkick, clothesline, flying headscissors into a Russian legsweep gets two. Don goes up, flying crossbody from the top gets rolled through and AJ pins him! Not bad considering this was improvised on the spot. Both would be invited back for regular bookings.
WINNER: AJ Powers pin -> (1-0) 6:15 mins. **½
Vampyr Kaval (debut) vs. #1 Player Woody McGuire (debut) - Kaval is from 3CW, and becomes the first person originally from there to ever wrestle on an NMW event—little did we know he’d leave and help start fed #3 UVW. McGuire is from Scott County Wrestling, also making his debut here. They use the GAW ring in this one. Shoulderblock Kaval, hip toss Woody, dropkick sends Kaval outside. Woody with a suicide flip that gets little, so he jumps back on the apron to dive on him. Back in the ring, Woody with the 10 punch count but gets dropped on the turnbuckle. Corner dropkick Kaval, flying clothesline, DDT gets two. Legdrop gets two. Neckbreaker gets two. Woody attacks, clothesline, uppercut, suplex rolled into a DDT gets two. Kaval gets the nail in the coffin (backside shoulderbreaker) for two. Woody with a back body drop, locks in a spinning leg neckbreaker and that's it! Rough start but clicked going forward the rest of the way. NMW had been trying to get Kaval to join for the longest time but Kaval wanted to keep his freedom of working all the feds around and hadn’t been back. McGuire hasn’t been back down either, but it’s a long commute.
WINNER: Woody McGuire pin -> (1-0) 4:10 mins. *½
XDT - Joker & Reid Reign (debut) vs. Drive Thru (1-2) - "Red" Jaxson Pride & "Coop" JC Michaels - Joker is a big 300-350 pound guy who was with Rampage, he apparently wrestled elsewhere in St. Louis but I dunno where. Reid Reign was from UWA in St. Louis and the Greater St. Louis champ but ended up defecting to GCW later. Xtreme Dream Team is their tag team name. Pride & Michaels were the tag team once known as Drive Thru but they split up and feuded in CCW and their home fed of GAW. NMW got them to tag together tonight, so it's like old times. Pride and Reign start and they use NMW's ring. Hip toss Reid, armbar takedown, slam. Pride with his own opening trio, dropkick just grazes Reign. Tag JC, tag Joker...the big men! Lockup, no dice, Joker with a poke, chops, KO punch, splash in the corner gets two. Chokehold and the ref is drawn to Pride prompting an illegal switch. Reid tries a whip but gets no velocity, so he tries some clotheslines that have no effect until JC clotheslines HIM down. Tag Pride, chops Reid in the corner, whip splash in the corner, clothesline gets two. Dropkick gets two. LOW BLOW Reid gets two. Pride clothesline in the corner, Reid hits a clothesline out of the corner. Reign goes up, Pride trips him, Joker in to attack but gets thrown headfirst to the balls of a sitting Reid. Joker down and Reid falls for a headbutt to the balls. Oops. Pride with a slam, tag JC, splash legdrop combo gets two. JC with a heart punch, boot ram. Tag Pride, double team clothesline gets two. KO punch by Reid, pulls the ref to him while Joker jumps in to stomp. Reid knocks JC off, Joker suplex Reid crossbody from the top double team on Pride and it's over! The XDT would put in a few more appearances but their ringwork left much to be desired and didn’t come back after January. Drive Thru of course stayed in GAW but did more shows in eastern Illinois.
WINNERS: Joker & Reid Reign pin -> (1-0) 9 mins. **¼
They show a highlight reel from the September show.
EZ Money (2-0) - Tricky Dick Moore & Prime Time Playa w/ Jackie Sazerak, Benz vs. Mississippi Madman & Jason Wells – They use the NMW ring here. Uh oh, Jason Wells ain't here and it’s because he had to have emergency surgery. Jackie breaks the news, and takes credit for it. Madman is mad of course and wants to beat them both up prompting a “who’s house, my house” chant. The brawl begins…PTP gets press slammed out onto Jackie, Tricky gets press slammed onto them as well. Madman goes after PTP, hits a headbutt, spinning side slam. PTP tags Moore, he throws some weak shots before Madman hits a backbreaker and turns it into a faceplant. Jackie up on the apron to distract, Benz up with a chainshot to the back. PTP in, hits the FAMEASSER, Moore covers for two. Tag PTP, he back body drops Tricky onto Madman but Madman grabs PTP in a choke. Benz is up to distract, Tricky with a chainshot and there's an illegal switch. Moore with a DDT gets two, PTP puts a chair in as the crowd mocks PTP's trunks. Moore stomps away, Madman on the ropes and PTP with the gullotine legdrop gets Moore two. Moore tries a whip but can't budge him, Madman relents but Moore's clotheslines have no effect. Tag PTP, and they take him down with a double clothesline. PTP stomps away while posing and getting jeered. Double suplex attempt is blocked, but Madman suplexes THEM over. And Danger Doug Fraze comes out…and tags in, he cleans house, KICK WHAM POWERBOMB on PTP, Madman backbreaker on Tricky, Benz hops on the apron, Danger goes on the apron rope, Demolition Device on Tricky for the pin.
WINNERS: Danger Doug Fraze & Mississippi Madman pin -> (1-0) 9:55 mins. **½
Jackie gets in Jimmy Osbourne’s face and takes the mike, but Madman and Danger sandwich him, STINKFACE! Fraze has the mike, proposal is made to team, Madman agrees to it. Alas it didn’t happen due to Madman leaving NMW following this show for about ten months not happy with the direction NMW had been taking his character—lost in the mid-card shuffle. Madman of course went and won the GAW Heavyweight Title which I thought had been long overdue. EZ Money I never could understand why they never got a tag title shot while The Deans List were just sitting on their titles. The tag division was just in total shambles.
First or Last Match
Reverend Guy Smith w/ RON vs. Spotlight Spencer Powers w/ Cherry Malone – They use the NMW ring again. SSP is spouting off on the mikes at Guy. Cherry's sporting a cast on one arm to heal a broken wrist, which was from way back in April but had learned only recently that a bone was broken in her hand. Majorie "Witchy" Watson comes out to say she's tired of them fighting so it's a first or last match between them besides getting the leadership post for 4GQ. And she has a special enforcer referee, Toga Steve! Winner enters the rumble LAST, loser enters the rumble FIRST. Guy with a rake, SSP tries for the ab stretch after reversing a whip, Guy gets the ab stretch but gets tossed. SSP crossbody MISSES, Smith slingshots in, stomps SSP down for two…Toga counts SLOW. Smith side suplex gets two. Smith with a clawhold, SSP shoves him down, ab stetch…but Smith gets the claw again, SSP slams him. Guy claws again, but SSP fireman’s carry…but can’t execute and just drops him. SSP clothesline, rams Smith into Cherry’s cast for a slow two. Running knees…and into the ab stretch! Guy hip tosses him off, but gets caught in the hold again, Smith tries to roll out but still can’t escape. Smith gorilla press attempt is blocked, back into the ab stretch…then a stranglehold! Guy with a gut wrench slam, Cherry argues with RON, slugfest in the ring and Smith hits a side powerbomb for another slow two count. SSP with a Juvy driver for two. Jockeying to hit a move…Smith…KICK WHAM STUNNER gets two. SSP with the ROCK BOTTOM for two. Smith goes for the Little Inspiration…BLOCKED…SSP goes for the ab stretch…BLOCKED! Smith…vertibreaker!!! And here come Mr. Elite and Rian Cruz! Rian goes after Cherry, Elite dives on Guy Smith, Rian on the apron, clothesline on Smith, STUNNER by Rian! Elite has a fireman’s carry into a neckbreaker on Powers. Toga Steve tells them they need to go, but Elite asks the crowd who should win the match…they boo Smith, but cheer for SSP, so Elite pulls SSP on top of Smith and Toga counts the pin.
WINNER: Spotlight Spencer Powers pin -> 12:20 mins. ***¼
Central Illinois Championship
Michael Shard vs. Party Boy Ray Hez – Cheer-off to start, Ray shows off the tassles. Lockup, Shard grabs the headlock, roll is blocked, Hez with a punch to the groin, rollup gets two. Ray charges Shard but goes flying over the top. Ray charges again and goes flying out. Shard with an atomic drop and Hez goes outside again. He gets in the GAW ring and wants Shard to follow, Ray kicks the rope but Shard ten punches him in the corner, Hez splashes him however, chop, charges...but eats a BOOT. Shard with an atomic drop, puts him on the ropes and rides him cowboy. Back to the NMW ring, Shard whip toss kick to the groin! Ray wants to shake hands, but Shard hits him with a running dropkick for two. Ray with a springboard kick, suplex gets two. Piledriver attempt is blocked, Shard gets him down for the pin somehow in what looked to be a completely botched finish…but I had turned my head at the wrong moment…no one else around me could say what happened either. Total confusion. More comedy in this one.
WINNER and STILL CHAMP: Michael Shard pin -> 10:40 mins. **½
Justin MacIntyre comes out, slams security for their stupidity in enforcing that “restraining order” when Stan Sallinger broke it himself in kicking him in the groin during his match. J-Mac says a match is booked between him and Sallinger at November Reign. J-Mac rallies the crowd to push him to beat Stan’s arse. Should he be a good boy or beat his butt? Fans want him to beat his butt. He asks Jimmy “The Bruiser” if he should beat Stan’s butt. And the Khaos Kidd comes out dressed as Mohammed Hassan and to his music. The Kidd complains about the fans not caring about him, inciting the crowd to do a USA chant. J-Mac calls his behavior racist and makes fun of his get-up. Kidd attacks J-Mac, but gets thumbed in the eye and tossed out of the ring.
PHD has a retarded “presidential” ad play on the video wall. Barf. What a farce that whole thing was.
NMW Heavyweight Championship
(c)”The Marvel” Shane Matthews vs. Billy Morgan w/ Sage Ramsey & PHD – The Deans List are STILL wrestling singles matches and not defending the tag titles, ever since they won them in April they had only defended the belts ONCE against the random pairup of Madman & Rian Cruz. Meanwhile EZ Money never got a tag title shot and were #1 contenders. NMW just couldn’t figure out what do with the tag titles anymore. Mat wrestling to start, armdrags, Shane gets a crossarm breaker, Morgan tries a pin combo for two. BOOT to break it, Morgan with a slam, armwringer, Shane with an armdrag and Morgan bails. Shane with a crossbody from the top gets two. Shane with a ten punch in the corner, backdrop gets two. German suplex gets two. Shane charges, Billy pulls the rope and Shane hits the floor. Sage attacks rams him into the post, and Shane is bloody. Morgan pounds on the cut, and Shane is bleeding way too much, about Muta scale levels here. Morgan reverse backdrop into a DDT for two. Suplex gets two. Rear headlock by Morgan, shoot off, sunset flip gets two. Morgan clothesline gets two, goes to a headlock and Shane hangs on after two raises by the ref. Morgan death valley driver gets two. Ugh…this is sickening. Shane gets dumped outside, PHD takes a cheapshot, Morgan with an Angle Slam for two. Morgan eats an elbow, Shane with a tornado DDT, powerslam gets two. Asai DDT by Shane gets two. Shane goes up, moonsault gets two. Shane splash in the corner misses, Morgan with a spinebuster, goes to the cloverleaf, Shane pushes out of it, Morgan superkick is caught, Shane angle slam gets two…PHD yanks the ref out. Shane nails Sage Ramsey, Shane takes out PHD, Sage gets a chair, misses the chairshot, Shane chairshots Sage, chairshots Morgan, Ricky the ref runs out to count two. Morgan just grazes Shane with a superkick for two. Shane with the angle slam from the middle rope gets the pin.
WINNER and STILL CHAMP: Shane Matthews pin -> 18:25 mins. ****¼
Several fans complained about the gore and felt the match should had been stopped. Shane was still bleeding some after the show was over and required stitches. I HATE blading. PHD berates his men for losing, but Shane with a sliding dropkick, then slugs PHD OUT.
58-Man Dual-Ring Royal Rumble
Rather than recap the whole thing, which I’m not able to do, I’ll just present the whole list of entries and skip toward the closing moments. Entries are supposedly made every minute or so, or however long it takes for so-in-so to get in the ring, and I at least have the times they entered. There were supposed to be 60 guys in this thing, but they came up two short…but could had used a few that wrestled earlier but chose to stay out of this rumble. And I should note, most everyone fought in the GAW ring cause the NMW canvas was soaked with blood. They should had took a brief intermission and replaced the tarp with the new one. Toga Steve comes out as a special enforcer referee in addition to the other refs. Jimmy Osbourne says its one minute intervals.
1. Guy Smith – First one in after losing the match earlier.
2. The Eagle Scout – And he drew the unlucky #2 which is exactly as bad as #1. Guy pounds away on the Scout, clothesline.
3. James Welden – 0:38 The former referee is now wrestling, though he pretty much stuck to wrestling in Rampage Championship Wrestling only for about a year.
4. Josh Cena – 1:00 Another RCW guy aka Chris Draven, Welden’s tag partner who pretty much stole John Cena’s gimmick. I guess they’re sending them in two at a time??? Guy claws the Scout, but does his finisher on Smith. Cena and Welden fight. Cena suplexes Welden. Smith X-factor on the Scout. Cena with the FU on Welden.
5. Blake Shelton – 2:30 The first of NMW’s 2006 rookie class. Had more exhibition wins than wins that actually counted. Left NMW a year later due to “behavior problems” that didn’t occur elsewhere. Smith goes after Blake, Cena continues the assault on Welden.
6. Pizza Guy Frank – 3:15 Tall and very thin, in fact he needed to consume some pizzas so he’s gain some needed weight. GAW guy, but hasn’t wrestled much since. Fans laugh at his silly gimmick. Guy Smith dumps Blake out…he’s gone after one minute. Smith takes a break. Scout slams the others. Cena does his can’t see me fistdrop.
7. Dave Parker – 4:00 The second of NMW’s 2006 rookie class. Accomplished little during his first year. Smith goes after him and pulls his shirt up to be chopped. Parker clotheslines him.
8. Eric Ruffington – 5:10 Now into full blown heel mode. Parker suplexes Smith. Ruff goes after Frank. Smith dumps Dave Parker out. Scout does a running shooting star on Frank.
9. Mr. Elite – 6:20 His run with NMW about over now that he’s moved to the Carolinas as an employee of Highspots.com and began training under George South Sr. Goes right after Guy Smith. Frank splashes Ruff in the corner, Elite clotheslines Smith. Frank gets dropped on the top rope. Elite with a side suplex into a rock bottom on Smith!
10. Mark Pobanz – 7:40 Another Scott County guy I’d not seen live before and didn’t recognize. Frank gets stuck between the rings as Ruff stuffs him down…which eliminates him.
11. PHD – 10:00 You’re kidding me right? Ruff elbows Cena & Welden. PHD doesn’t wanna get in. Lots of action all over I can’t follow.
12. Sage Ramsey – 10:20 Elite belly to belly slam on Smith. Now PHD gets in with Sage, but Elite has PHD and slugs him down. Pobanz almost dumps Scout. Sage and Welden work as a team on Cena.
13. Rian Cruz – 11:20 Smith goes after Rian right away, PHD is dumped out. Elite goes after Smith, they double clothesline Smith. Pobanz dropkicks Welden, Sage has the Scout. Rian with a stepover DDT on Smith.
14. Tank Roberts – 12:50 Tank chants as he becomes a full-time figure on the NMW roster. Most everyone is fighting in the GAW ring. Ruff & Scout try to dump Cena, Tank beats on Pobanz. Smith rakes Rian, Elite gets thrown into Rian, Smith tries to toss Rian. Tank dumps Pobanz out.
15. RON – 14:00 Another manager thrown in the ring. Smith and RON try to dump Elite. Cena gets an FU on Sage. RON gets dumped out by Elite.
16. Jesse Clark – 15:20 One of the GAW guys. Rian pounds on Smith, Tank dumps Welden out. Elite & Rian try to dump Smith. RON wants to stay but Toga wants him gone. Cena with the five-knuckle shuffle on Sage.
17. Benz – 17:00 One of the Hot Boyz. Toga shoves Benz in the ring who tried to camp outside. Cena got dumped by someone, so did the Scout.
18. AJ Powers – 17:50 The CCW guy comes in, Rian almost dumps Smith but gets raked. Tank beats on AJ. Elite and Rian still try to get rid of Guy Smith.
19. El Diablo Silverado – 19:40 And Spencer Powers comes in early wearing a mask, illegal. He’s supposed to be last, but why he is entering twice? SSP…errr EDS goes after Elite. Tank crashes into Clark. Smith goes after EDS. Ruff crashes into Clark. Rian is hung on the apron, about to go! Tank with a side slam on Jesse. EDS pounds on Elite.
20. Vampire Kaval – 21:00 And the 3CW representation is here. Smith LOW BLOWS EDS. Ruffingon dumps AJ Powers out! Smith dumps EDS out! Rian dumps Smith out! EDS and Smith fight to the back. Elite gets eliminated too.
21. Dredd Walker – 22:00 And Dredd comes back for his once a year NMW appearance in a rumble, this ended up being his last appearance in NMW as he started wrestling for 3CW for a brief time. Dredd goes after Benz. EDS and Smith fight on the stage.
22. Apriq Laveq – 23:30 Another GAW guy in his rookie year. Tank spinebusters someone. Rian pounds on Benz. Brawl gets too much to follow.
23. Hardcore KC – 24:45 Another from NMW enters. KC goes after Rian. Tank & Ruff eliminate Jesse Clark.
24. JC Michaels – 26:00 A former NMW guy now a GAW guy. Apriq goes after Kaval. KC after Dredd. Chop block on JC. Rian gives Benz a wedgie.
25. Chris Hazard - 27:55 The NGW Heavyweight Champ enters the match. JC splashes Apriq and Tank in the corner. Dredd tries to get rid of Hazard.
26. New World Quinten – 29:10 I didn't think I'd ever see him in NMW again after what happened with Real World Jeremy, well I didn’t see him in NMW again after this. NWQ decides to go after Sage. Hazard kneedrop on Ruffington. Kaval with a legdrop on Ruff. Hazard tries to dump KC out. NWQ PEDIGREE on Sage!
27. Bing Westlake – 30:50 Well Jason Devall comes outta retirement from wrestling and enters the match. KC trips Hazard. Bing goes after Rian Cruz. Apriq tries to dump Tank. KC tries to dump Hazard. Bing attacks the leg of Rian.
28. Woody McGuire – 32:30 An SCW guy, coming in with Spotlight’s music. Russian leg sweep by Tank on Kaval. Dredd nails NWQ. Westlake sits on Rian Cruz, Rian slugs back. Woody tries to dump Kaval, dropkicks him over, but he hangs on. Bing has a full nelson on Rian.
29. Eric Logan – 33:40 E-Lo goes after his former boss, Bing Westlake. E-Lo misses the splash, Rian stepover DDT on Westlake. Apriq is singing soprano on the ropes, Ruff rocks it. Hazard goes after E-Lo.
30. Rip Mystic – 35:05 Bing clotheslines Rian out of the ring, darn it! Westlake jumps over the top after her, Toga Steve interjects and sends them away. Rip goes after Sage.
31. Michael Shard – 37:00 Hazard spears E-Lo! E-Lo tries to dump Hazard. Woody dropkicks Mystic. Benz is choked in the corner by Rip.
32. Mississippi Madman – 38:15 Well some bodies should clear out now. He goes right after Sage Ramsey! They slug it out, Ruffington goes after NWQ.
33. Stephani King – 39:50 Well, she trained to wrestle with Justin MacIntyre but never went beyond managing/video photography to be a wrestler due to fear of falling headfirst. Thus she’s only appeared in the rumbles, and this is the final time. Steph isn’t crazy about getting in there. Mystic dumps Benz out.
34. LPC – 40:30 KC clotheslines Shard. Woody with a legdrop. Steph gets trapped by Madman and scoots between the rings, bringing out Stan Sallinger. Ruff slaps Steph in the rear as she climbs over the top rope to eliminate herself.
35. Reid Reign – 41:10 It’s a UWA guy, highly touted by many but it took me a couple years to see what was so special about his wrestling ability. Dredd tries to dump E-Lo. The crowd is going crazy over SOMETHING…Logan being in peril apparently. JC Michaels gives Madman a stinkface! E-Lo clotheslines Rip. Madman jumps up enraged!
36. Billy Reno – 42:30 Shocking they let another 3CW guy in the ring here, only cause they needing to fill spots. Reno used to wrestle under a mask here. Can’t hardly see him in this sea of bodies. JC Michaels gets headbutted out of the ring by Madman. Shard and Mystic pound on Dredd Walker. Reno gets in.
37. Stan Sallinger – 43:40 Shard toss neckbreaker on Logan! Steph is back with a camera. Gullotine legdrop on Sage Ramsey. Reno got a crew-cut it looks like.
38. Joe Cain – 44:30 The other Cain brother that stuck with GAW after Donovan went to CCW is here, no longer wrestling in 2007. Joe goes after Apriq, and Stan Sallinger is leaving as it appears he got eliminated. NWQ tries to get Hazard out.
39. Gavin Alexander – 46:15 I’m shocked to see this 3CW guy here also, but PHD was not at all happy about him being in an NMW ring, holding some real bitterness toward him. Sage Ramsey bodyslams Madman! I can’t see around those fans hanging on the rail…they’re blocking my view! Stan apparently wasn’t eliminated…he’s back in after Woody.
40. Khaos Kidd – 47:00 The Kidd didn’t think he’d be in the rumble, but here he is. Dredd knees Gavin. Hazard pounds McGuire. This has gotten impossible to follow.
41. Billy Morgan – 48:05 Hazard almost gets rid of Shard. Gavin tries to ditch KC but hangs on. E-Lo is trapped between the rings. McGuire gets thrown into Sage. Mystic steals Stephani’s camera!
42. Richard Biggs – 49:00 The last of the Hot Commodity trio, and a GAW guy. Khoas throws Joe Cain into Madman. Madman press slams Joe out! Morgan is in trouble already, Tank Roberts clotheslines Reid Reign out!
43. Marcus St. Christopher – 50:30 Another GAW guy, who’s ring career only lasted a year. Cherry Malone isn’t happy MSC stole her purple hair look.
44. Joker – 51:15 A Rampage guy, and not all that great. Logan and Ruffington almost get dumped. Reno gets pounded by the Kidd. Joker chops Biggs. Sallinger eliminates Ruffington.
45. Maul – 52:30 Apparently a Scott County guy but I haven’t heard of him since or what name he’s using now. Shard is being double-teamed by Madman and Joker. Joker slams Apriq. Morgan rams Maul in the corner.
46. Tricky Dick Moore – 53:30 MSC is out of the rumble. Maul splashes Morgan. E-Lo attacks Biggs. Shard pulls Tricky into the corner.
47. Jackie Sazerak – 54:45 Jackie comes out but he’s hurting from earlier in the evening with a concussion as I see Cherry Malone is at the commentary booth unable to enter the rumble this year with a broken hand. Shard gets rid of Biggs. Logan leaps from ring to ring onto LPC, headbutting Sage!
48. Prime Time Playa – 55:45 E-Lo and LPC eliminate each other thanks to Sage Ramsey! They fight to the back. Jason Wells is announced but he’s not here at all. Kaval gets whipped into Madman. Jackie tries to pound on someone but gets eliminated. Joker is kicked to the mat.
49. Twist – 57:40 The bodyguard of Matt Boston and he’s a big guy. He chokes KC. Tank splashes McGuire. Tank splashes Sallinger. Joker whips Sage into Sallinger. Joker splashes Sallinger.
50. Petey Clark – 58:45 Another GAW guy, odd seeing him here. Apriq goes after Petey. Madman goes after Twist. Khaos goes after Stan. Morgan goes after Mystic.
51. Donovan Cain – 59:50 A CCW guy, the other Cain brother. Madman splashes Joker in the corner. Sage Ramsey dumps Joker out. One hour has passed. PTP gets on Madman’s back.
52. Matt Boston – 61:00 I had always wanted to see Boston take on the Cains, but we never got it and he’s no longer wrestling. Moore DDTs Cain. Apriq fights with Petey. Toga forces Sallinger back in the ring who was camping outside. Apriq eliminates Clark. Maul eats a boot from Hazard. Boston shoulderblocks KC.
53. Tru Talent John Scott – 62:00 Another GAW guy. Mystic chokes Stan. Scott attacks Moore. PTP headbutts John Scott. Madman gets rid of Khoas Kidd.
54. Justin MacIntyre – 63:00 J-Mac HATES battle royals. Twist gets dumped out by KC. J-Mac goes after Sallinger, and pulls him out. They brawl up the aisle, apparently they’re both out. Tank and Moore try to dump Maul.
55. Danger Doug Fraze – 64:00 J-Mac was wearing those goofy multi-colored tights. Danger side slams Cain. Boston eliminates KC.
56. Jaxson Pride – 65:00 The former Red who went to form GAW is here. Shard gets rid of Boston! Apriq gets spinebustered.
57. Brandon Lyons – 66:30 An infrequent visitor from SCW. Pride with a superpiledriver on someone! Lyons spinebuster on Woody. Lyons legdrop, Hazard goes after Pride! Danger tries to dump someone.
58. "Party Boy" Ray Hez – 67:30 An NGW guy. Morgan superkicks Shard. Mystic superkicks Morgan! Moore elbows Pride. Shard gets rid of Ray Hez.
59. Spotlight Spencer Powers – 68:30 He’s already entered once! And that’s everyone. Moore eliminates Prime Time Playa! Jackie Sazerak comes back out to break up any problems. Elite just tried to ambush SSP, Guy Smith is after Elite! Elite and Smith slug it out. Danger tries to get Moore out but they eliminate each other at 69:40. Three way brawl outside the ring. Hazard pounds on Lyons. Elite throws SSP in the ring. Hazard has Lyons. Shard eliminates Pride!
Okay, recap who’s left at 70 minutes in. Donovan, Madman, Apriq, Lyons & Hazard in one ring. Maul, Mystic, Sage, Morgan, Tank, Shard in the other ring. Shard chops Maul. SSP is outside the ring again…he’s been eliminated! Guy Smith comes back out and slaps a nerve or chokehold. Cherry comes over to argue. SSP has a chair and nails Smith! Shard eliminates Lyons at 71:30! The brawl between SSP and Smith goes to the back. Apriq had Madman in the corner to be splashed by Maul. Morgan dumps Maul out. Everyone gets in a single ring. McGuire seems to be gone. Everyone gangs up on Madman and dumps him out at 73 mins. The Deans List celebrate. Drat, Madman’s been denied AGAIN. Pairoffs--Morgan/Shard, Sage/Cain, Mystic/Tank, Hazard/Apriq. Shard clotheslines Don Cain out at 74 mins. Morgan dropkicks Hazard out at 74:10. Mystic uppercuts Morgan. Tank eliminates Apriq at 74:30! Mystic whips Morgan, handspring backsplash, superkick! Mystic choke enzuigiri! Shard has Mystic in a toss neckbreaker! Five left. Shard goes after Morgan, Scotty Cash comes out here! He pulls Rip Mystic out and Toga Steve is mad! That shouldn’t count. The Deans List vs. Tank & Shard left. Shard with a low shot on Sage. Tank rams Morgan in the corner. Shard tries to get rid of Morgan, Tank goes after Sage. PHD is out here again! Shard pulls PHD in! He holds him for Tank but we have an another illegal elimination. Toga Steve ejects PHD. So the Deans List have Shard for a double suplex. Wheelbarrow superkick/facebuster double team. The Deans almost toss Shard, they come over, Morgan gets pulled to the floor at 80:10. So it’s #31 Shard vs. #12 Sage at the end. Sage gets a chokeslam! Sage tries to press slam Shard out but Shard headscissors Sage out and wins it!
WINNER: Michael Shard -> 81:05 mins. N/A
Sage was in there like 70 minutes, and he can’t believe he lost. Sage gets back in the ring, and shakes hands. Since it was hard to follow I couldn’t tell you who scored the most eliminations. J-Mac I believe stayed in there the least amount of time, about 30 seconds.
I think it’s impossible to put a rating on a match like this. The spectacle of 58 guys in two rings was something that’s never going to be duplicated for some time to come, for one very few places have the room for two rings and second gathering such a crowd is difficult due to availability issues and some unwillingness to work with people from certain feds. In fact, there was much whining and complaining from certain people over the 3CW contingent, which got so incredibly retarded that I completely ex-communicated with them.
The Verdict: Apart from the rumble, the matches were decent, the bloodbath being the standout, easily earning the show a thumbs up. The best was yet to come out of November Reign and what signaled the high point of 2005.
Thumbs up.
The Rap Sheet - from the Mad Conservative
New Midwest Wrestling's Brawltoberfest II
10/1/2K5 Springfield, IL
Start the show early!
One more long lost NMW rap sheet to wrap up 2005. The reason why this was never finished is because I was waiting for the DVD to come out due to the 60-man rumble being very hard to follow with all the bodies in there. And of course the DVD was never finished or released due to some problem. And geez, BS raged following this show as the webmasters threw a hissy fit because three outside guys who were in the battle royal got voted the wrestlers of the month which led to that disclaimer they wanted pasted on the top of the page saying the yahoo group was completely separate from the organization. Frankly I wanted to boot Doug Turner out completely because he has a nasty habit of changing things without notification, besides having a sour attitude in general. I’d NEVER EVER hire him to administer a website or network. And I can’t post anything on boards where he has moderator access, because he censors everything he doesn’t like and calls it stupid. That’s why the NMW board has very little activity anymore.
Live from the Warehouse, your ring announcer is Jimmy “The Bruiser” Osbourne. Your commentary team is Dane MacLeod and Michael Raines…who’s play by play will never be heard. Attendance was about 250. Looking at the NMW and the GAW rings side by side, I see one's a bit smaller than the other, by a foot or two. I kinda thought they'd have both rings against each other instead of leaving a small gap between them so guys can't get stuck.
AJ "Not Styles" Powers (debut) vs. Donovan Cain (0-0) - Yeah they at the last minute started throwing matches in the ring while people are filing in the door and thus I didn't expect to start recapping that quick. They of course didn't know they were gonna wrestle right then and there either. These guys were at that point the CCW tag champs and they chose the GAW ring to work in. Cain was here last year but got launched out of the ring by MS Madman. Headlock Cain, chops by AJ, side suplex gets two. Whip side elbow AJ, hard chop to the back. Pounding in the corner, whip AJ, Don hops up and rolls for two. AJ clothesline and knee gets two. Don gets a headscissor armbar, turns it into a crossarm breaker. AJ gets out and chops, Cain slugs back, but AJ clotheslines him down. Don with a surprise rollup gets two but gets kneed for it, snap mare, headlock. Don fights up, side spinkick, clothesline, flying headscissors into a Russian legsweep gets two. Don goes up, flying crossbody from the top gets rolled through and AJ pins him! Not bad considering this was improvised on the spot. Both would be invited back for regular bookings.
WINNER: AJ Powers pin -> (1-0) 6:15 mins. **½
Vampyr Kaval (debut) vs. #1 Player Woody McGuire (debut) - Kaval is from 3CW, and becomes the first person originally from there to ever wrestle on an NMW event—little did we know he’d leave and help start fed #3 UVW. McGuire is from Scott County Wrestling, also making his debut here. They use the GAW ring in this one. Shoulderblock Kaval, hip toss Woody, dropkick sends Kaval outside. Woody with a suicide flip that gets little, so he jumps back on the apron to dive on him. Back in the ring, Woody with the 10 punch count but gets dropped on the turnbuckle. Corner dropkick Kaval, flying clothesline, DDT gets two. Legdrop gets two. Neckbreaker gets two. Woody attacks, clothesline, uppercut, suplex rolled into a DDT gets two. Kaval gets the nail in the coffin (backside shoulderbreaker) for two. Woody with a back body drop, locks in a spinning leg neckbreaker and that's it! Rough start but clicked going forward the rest of the way. NMW had been trying to get Kaval to join for the longest time but Kaval wanted to keep his freedom of working all the feds around and hadn’t been back. McGuire hasn’t been back down either, but it’s a long commute.
WINNER: Woody McGuire pin -> (1-0) 4:10 mins. *½
XDT - Joker & Reid Reign (debut) vs. Drive Thru (1-2) - "Red" Jaxson Pride & "Coop" JC Michaels - Joker is a big 300-350 pound guy who was with Rampage, he apparently wrestled elsewhere in St. Louis but I dunno where. Reid Reign was from UWA in St. Louis and the Greater St. Louis champ but ended up defecting to GCW later. Xtreme Dream Team is their tag team name. Pride & Michaels were the tag team once known as Drive Thru but they split up and feuded in CCW and their home fed of GAW. NMW got them to tag together tonight, so it's like old times. Pride and Reign start and they use NMW's ring. Hip toss Reid, armbar takedown, slam. Pride with his own opening trio, dropkick just grazes Reign. Tag JC, tag Joker...the big men! Lockup, no dice, Joker with a poke, chops, KO punch, splash in the corner gets two. Chokehold and the ref is drawn to Pride prompting an illegal switch. Reid tries a whip but gets no velocity, so he tries some clotheslines that have no effect until JC clotheslines HIM down. Tag Pride, chops Reid in the corner, whip splash in the corner, clothesline gets two. Dropkick gets two. LOW BLOW Reid gets two. Pride clothesline in the corner, Reid hits a clothesline out of the corner. Reign goes up, Pride trips him, Joker in to attack but gets thrown headfirst to the balls of a sitting Reid. Joker down and Reid falls for a headbutt to the balls. Oops. Pride with a slam, tag JC, splash legdrop combo gets two. JC with a heart punch, boot ram. Tag Pride, double team clothesline gets two. KO punch by Reid, pulls the ref to him while Joker jumps in to stomp. Reid knocks JC off, Joker suplex Reid crossbody from the top double team on Pride and it's over! The XDT would put in a few more appearances but their ringwork left much to be desired and didn’t come back after January. Drive Thru of course stayed in GAW but did more shows in eastern Illinois.
WINNERS: Joker & Reid Reign pin -> (1-0) 9 mins. **¼
They show a highlight reel from the September show.
EZ Money (2-0) - Tricky Dick Moore & Prime Time Playa w/ Jackie Sazerak, Benz vs. Mississippi Madman & Jason Wells – They use the NMW ring here. Uh oh, Jason Wells ain't here and it’s because he had to have emergency surgery. Jackie breaks the news, and takes credit for it. Madman is mad of course and wants to beat them both up prompting a “who’s house, my house” chant. The brawl begins…PTP gets press slammed out onto Jackie, Tricky gets press slammed onto them as well. Madman goes after PTP, hits a headbutt, spinning side slam. PTP tags Moore, he throws some weak shots before Madman hits a backbreaker and turns it into a faceplant. Jackie up on the apron to distract, Benz up with a chainshot to the back. PTP in, hits the FAMEASSER, Moore covers for two. Tag PTP, he back body drops Tricky onto Madman but Madman grabs PTP in a choke. Benz is up to distract, Tricky with a chainshot and there's an illegal switch. Moore with a DDT gets two, PTP puts a chair in as the crowd mocks PTP's trunks. Moore stomps away, Madman on the ropes and PTP with the gullotine legdrop gets Moore two. Moore tries a whip but can't budge him, Madman relents but Moore's clotheslines have no effect. Tag PTP, and they take him down with a double clothesline. PTP stomps away while posing and getting jeered. Double suplex attempt is blocked, but Madman suplexes THEM over. And Danger Doug Fraze comes out…and tags in, he cleans house, KICK WHAM POWERBOMB on PTP, Madman backbreaker on Tricky, Benz hops on the apron, Danger goes on the apron rope, Demolition Device on Tricky for the pin.
WINNERS: Danger Doug Fraze & Mississippi Madman pin -> (1-0) 9:55 mins. **½
Jackie gets in Jimmy Osbourne’s face and takes the mike, but Madman and Danger sandwich him, STINKFACE! Fraze has the mike, proposal is made to team, Madman agrees to it. Alas it didn’t happen due to Madman leaving NMW following this show for about ten months not happy with the direction NMW had been taking his character—lost in the mid-card shuffle. Madman of course went and won the GAW Heavyweight Title which I thought had been long overdue. EZ Money I never could understand why they never got a tag title shot while The Deans List were just sitting on their titles. The tag division was just in total shambles.
First or Last Match
Reverend Guy Smith w/ RON vs. Spotlight Spencer Powers w/ Cherry Malone – They use the NMW ring again. SSP is spouting off on the mikes at Guy. Cherry's sporting a cast on one arm to heal a broken wrist, which was from way back in April but had learned only recently that a bone was broken in her hand. Majorie "Witchy" Watson comes out to say she's tired of them fighting so it's a first or last match between them besides getting the leadership post for 4GQ. And she has a special enforcer referee, Toga Steve! Winner enters the rumble LAST, loser enters the rumble FIRST. Guy with a rake, SSP tries for the ab stretch after reversing a whip, Guy gets the ab stretch but gets tossed. SSP crossbody MISSES, Smith slingshots in, stomps SSP down for two…Toga counts SLOW. Smith side suplex gets two. Smith with a clawhold, SSP shoves him down, ab stetch…but Smith gets the claw again, SSP slams him. Guy claws again, but SSP fireman’s carry…but can’t execute and just drops him. SSP clothesline, rams Smith into Cherry’s cast for a slow two. Running knees…and into the ab stretch! Guy hip tosses him off, but gets caught in the hold again, Smith tries to roll out but still can’t escape. Smith gorilla press attempt is blocked, back into the ab stretch…then a stranglehold! Guy with a gut wrench slam, Cherry argues with RON, slugfest in the ring and Smith hits a side powerbomb for another slow two count. SSP with a Juvy driver for two. Jockeying to hit a move…Smith…KICK WHAM STUNNER gets two. SSP with the ROCK BOTTOM for two. Smith goes for the Little Inspiration…BLOCKED…SSP goes for the ab stretch…BLOCKED! Smith…vertibreaker!!! And here come Mr. Elite and Rian Cruz! Rian goes after Cherry, Elite dives on Guy Smith, Rian on the apron, clothesline on Smith, STUNNER by Rian! Elite has a fireman’s carry into a neckbreaker on Powers. Toga Steve tells them they need to go, but Elite asks the crowd who should win the match…they boo Smith, but cheer for SSP, so Elite pulls SSP on top of Smith and Toga counts the pin.
WINNER: Spotlight Spencer Powers pin -> 12:20 mins. ***¼
Central Illinois Championship
Michael Shard vs. Party Boy Ray Hez – Cheer-off to start, Ray shows off the tassles. Lockup, Shard grabs the headlock, roll is blocked, Hez with a punch to the groin, rollup gets two. Ray charges Shard but goes flying over the top. Ray charges again and goes flying out. Shard with an atomic drop and Hez goes outside again. He gets in the GAW ring and wants Shard to follow, Ray kicks the rope but Shard ten punches him in the corner, Hez splashes him however, chop, charges...but eats a BOOT. Shard with an atomic drop, puts him on the ropes and rides him cowboy. Back to the NMW ring, Shard whip toss kick to the groin! Ray wants to shake hands, but Shard hits him with a running dropkick for two. Ray with a springboard kick, suplex gets two. Piledriver attempt is blocked, Shard gets him down for the pin somehow in what looked to be a completely botched finish…but I had turned my head at the wrong moment…no one else around me could say what happened either. Total confusion. More comedy in this one.
WINNER and STILL CHAMP: Michael Shard pin -> 10:40 mins. **½
Justin MacIntyre comes out, slams security for their stupidity in enforcing that “restraining order” when Stan Sallinger broke it himself in kicking him in the groin during his match. J-Mac says a match is booked between him and Sallinger at November Reign. J-Mac rallies the crowd to push him to beat Stan’s arse. Should he be a good boy or beat his butt? Fans want him to beat his butt. He asks Jimmy “The Bruiser” if he should beat Stan’s butt. And the Khaos Kidd comes out dressed as Mohammed Hassan and to his music. The Kidd complains about the fans not caring about him, inciting the crowd to do a USA chant. J-Mac calls his behavior racist and makes fun of his get-up. Kidd attacks J-Mac, but gets thumbed in the eye and tossed out of the ring.
PHD has a retarded “presidential” ad play on the video wall. Barf. What a farce that whole thing was.
NMW Heavyweight Championship
(c)”The Marvel” Shane Matthews vs. Billy Morgan w/ Sage Ramsey & PHD – The Deans List are STILL wrestling singles matches and not defending the tag titles, ever since they won them in April they had only defended the belts ONCE against the random pairup of Madman & Rian Cruz. Meanwhile EZ Money never got a tag title shot and were #1 contenders. NMW just couldn’t figure out what do with the tag titles anymore. Mat wrestling to start, armdrags, Shane gets a crossarm breaker, Morgan tries a pin combo for two. BOOT to break it, Morgan with a slam, armwringer, Shane with an armdrag and Morgan bails. Shane with a crossbody from the top gets two. Shane with a ten punch in the corner, backdrop gets two. German suplex gets two. Shane charges, Billy pulls the rope and Shane hits the floor. Sage attacks rams him into the post, and Shane is bloody. Morgan pounds on the cut, and Shane is bleeding way too much, about Muta scale levels here. Morgan reverse backdrop into a DDT for two. Suplex gets two. Rear headlock by Morgan, shoot off, sunset flip gets two. Morgan clothesline gets two, goes to a headlock and Shane hangs on after two raises by the ref. Morgan death valley driver gets two. Ugh…this is sickening. Shane gets dumped outside, PHD takes a cheapshot, Morgan with an Angle Slam for two. Morgan eats an elbow, Shane with a tornado DDT, powerslam gets two. Asai DDT by Shane gets two. Shane goes up, moonsault gets two. Shane splash in the corner misses, Morgan with a spinebuster, goes to the cloverleaf, Shane pushes out of it, Morgan superkick is caught, Shane angle slam gets two…PHD yanks the ref out. Shane nails Sage Ramsey, Shane takes out PHD, Sage gets a chair, misses the chairshot, Shane chairshots Sage, chairshots Morgan, Ricky the ref runs out to count two. Morgan just grazes Shane with a superkick for two. Shane with the angle slam from the middle rope gets the pin.
WINNER and STILL CHAMP: Shane Matthews pin -> 18:25 mins. ****¼
Several fans complained about the gore and felt the match should had been stopped. Shane was still bleeding some after the show was over and required stitches. I HATE blading. PHD berates his men for losing, but Shane with a sliding dropkick, then slugs PHD OUT.
58-Man Dual-Ring Royal Rumble
Rather than recap the whole thing, which I’m not able to do, I’ll just present the whole list of entries and skip toward the closing moments. Entries are supposedly made every minute or so, or however long it takes for so-in-so to get in the ring, and I at least have the times they entered. There were supposed to be 60 guys in this thing, but they came up two short…but could had used a few that wrestled earlier but chose to stay out of this rumble. And I should note, most everyone fought in the GAW ring cause the NMW canvas was soaked with blood. They should had took a brief intermission and replaced the tarp with the new one. Toga Steve comes out as a special enforcer referee in addition to the other refs. Jimmy Osbourne says its one minute intervals.
1. Guy Smith – First one in after losing the match earlier.
2. The Eagle Scout – And he drew the unlucky #2 which is exactly as bad as #1. Guy pounds away on the Scout, clothesline.
3. James Welden – 0:38 The former referee is now wrestling, though he pretty much stuck to wrestling in Rampage Championship Wrestling only for about a year.
4. Josh Cena – 1:00 Another RCW guy aka Chris Draven, Welden’s tag partner who pretty much stole John Cena’s gimmick. I guess they’re sending them in two at a time??? Guy claws the Scout, but does his finisher on Smith. Cena and Welden fight. Cena suplexes Welden. Smith X-factor on the Scout. Cena with the FU on Welden.
5. Blake Shelton – 2:30 The first of NMW’s 2006 rookie class. Had more exhibition wins than wins that actually counted. Left NMW a year later due to “behavior problems” that didn’t occur elsewhere. Smith goes after Blake, Cena continues the assault on Welden.
6. Pizza Guy Frank – 3:15 Tall and very thin, in fact he needed to consume some pizzas so he’s gain some needed weight. GAW guy, but hasn’t wrestled much since. Fans laugh at his silly gimmick. Guy Smith dumps Blake out…he’s gone after one minute. Smith takes a break. Scout slams the others. Cena does his can’t see me fistdrop.
7. Dave Parker – 4:00 The second of NMW’s 2006 rookie class. Accomplished little during his first year. Smith goes after him and pulls his shirt up to be chopped. Parker clotheslines him.
8. Eric Ruffington – 5:10 Now into full blown heel mode. Parker suplexes Smith. Ruff goes after Frank. Smith dumps Dave Parker out. Scout does a running shooting star on Frank.
9. Mr. Elite – 6:20 His run with NMW about over now that he’s moved to the Carolinas as an employee of Highspots.com and began training under George South Sr. Goes right after Guy Smith. Frank splashes Ruff in the corner, Elite clotheslines Smith. Frank gets dropped on the top rope. Elite with a side suplex into a rock bottom on Smith!
10. Mark Pobanz – 7:40 Another Scott County guy I’d not seen live before and didn’t recognize. Frank gets stuck between the rings as Ruff stuffs him down…which eliminates him.
11. PHD – 10:00 You’re kidding me right? Ruff elbows Cena & Welden. PHD doesn’t wanna get in. Lots of action all over I can’t follow.
12. Sage Ramsey – 10:20 Elite belly to belly slam on Smith. Now PHD gets in with Sage, but Elite has PHD and slugs him down. Pobanz almost dumps Scout. Sage and Welden work as a team on Cena.
13. Rian Cruz – 11:20 Smith goes after Rian right away, PHD is dumped out. Elite goes after Smith, they double clothesline Smith. Pobanz dropkicks Welden, Sage has the Scout. Rian with a stepover DDT on Smith.
14. Tank Roberts – 12:50 Tank chants as he becomes a full-time figure on the NMW roster. Most everyone is fighting in the GAW ring. Ruff & Scout try to dump Cena, Tank beats on Pobanz. Smith rakes Rian, Elite gets thrown into Rian, Smith tries to toss Rian. Tank dumps Pobanz out.
15. RON – 14:00 Another manager thrown in the ring. Smith and RON try to dump Elite. Cena gets an FU on Sage. RON gets dumped out by Elite.
16. Jesse Clark – 15:20 One of the GAW guys. Rian pounds on Smith, Tank dumps Welden out. Elite & Rian try to dump Smith. RON wants to stay but Toga wants him gone. Cena with the five-knuckle shuffle on Sage.
17. Benz – 17:00 One of the Hot Boyz. Toga shoves Benz in the ring who tried to camp outside. Cena got dumped by someone, so did the Scout.
18. AJ Powers – 17:50 The CCW guy comes in, Rian almost dumps Smith but gets raked. Tank beats on AJ. Elite and Rian still try to get rid of Guy Smith.
19. El Diablo Silverado – 19:40 And Spencer Powers comes in early wearing a mask, illegal. He’s supposed to be last, but why he is entering twice? SSP…errr EDS goes after Elite. Tank crashes into Clark. Smith goes after EDS. Ruff crashes into Clark. Rian is hung on the apron, about to go! Tank with a side slam on Jesse. EDS pounds on Elite.
20. Vampire Kaval – 21:00 And the 3CW representation is here. Smith LOW BLOWS EDS. Ruffingon dumps AJ Powers out! Smith dumps EDS out! Rian dumps Smith out! EDS and Smith fight to the back. Elite gets eliminated too.
21. Dredd Walker – 22:00 And Dredd comes back for his once a year NMW appearance in a rumble, this ended up being his last appearance in NMW as he started wrestling for 3CW for a brief time. Dredd goes after Benz. EDS and Smith fight on the stage.
22. Apriq Laveq – 23:30 Another GAW guy in his rookie year. Tank spinebusters someone. Rian pounds on Benz. Brawl gets too much to follow.
23. Hardcore KC – 24:45 Another from NMW enters. KC goes after Rian. Tank & Ruff eliminate Jesse Clark.
24. JC Michaels – 26:00 A former NMW guy now a GAW guy. Apriq goes after Kaval. KC after Dredd. Chop block on JC. Rian gives Benz a wedgie.
25. Chris Hazard - 27:55 The NGW Heavyweight Champ enters the match. JC splashes Apriq and Tank in the corner. Dredd tries to get rid of Hazard.
26. New World Quinten – 29:10 I didn't think I'd ever see him in NMW again after what happened with Real World Jeremy, well I didn’t see him in NMW again after this. NWQ decides to go after Sage. Hazard kneedrop on Ruffington. Kaval with a legdrop on Ruff. Hazard tries to dump KC out. NWQ PEDIGREE on Sage!
27. Bing Westlake – 30:50 Well Jason Devall comes outta retirement from wrestling and enters the match. KC trips Hazard. Bing goes after Rian Cruz. Apriq tries to dump Tank. KC tries to dump Hazard. Bing attacks the leg of Rian.
28. Woody McGuire – 32:30 An SCW guy, coming in with Spotlight’s music. Russian leg sweep by Tank on Kaval. Dredd nails NWQ. Westlake sits on Rian Cruz, Rian slugs back. Woody tries to dump Kaval, dropkicks him over, but he hangs on. Bing has a full nelson on Rian.
29. Eric Logan – 33:40 E-Lo goes after his former boss, Bing Westlake. E-Lo misses the splash, Rian stepover DDT on Westlake. Apriq is singing soprano on the ropes, Ruff rocks it. Hazard goes after E-Lo.
30. Rip Mystic – 35:05 Bing clotheslines Rian out of the ring, darn it! Westlake jumps over the top after her, Toga Steve interjects and sends them away. Rip goes after Sage.
31. Michael Shard – 37:00 Hazard spears E-Lo! E-Lo tries to dump Hazard. Woody dropkicks Mystic. Benz is choked in the corner by Rip.
32. Mississippi Madman – 38:15 Well some bodies should clear out now. He goes right after Sage Ramsey! They slug it out, Ruffington goes after NWQ.
33. Stephani King – 39:50 Well, she trained to wrestle with Justin MacIntyre but never went beyond managing/video photography to be a wrestler due to fear of falling headfirst. Thus she’s only appeared in the rumbles, and this is the final time. Steph isn’t crazy about getting in there. Mystic dumps Benz out.
34. LPC – 40:30 KC clotheslines Shard. Woody with a legdrop. Steph gets trapped by Madman and scoots between the rings, bringing out Stan Sallinger. Ruff slaps Steph in the rear as she climbs over the top rope to eliminate herself.
35. Reid Reign – 41:10 It’s a UWA guy, highly touted by many but it took me a couple years to see what was so special about his wrestling ability. Dredd tries to dump E-Lo. The crowd is going crazy over SOMETHING…Logan being in peril apparently. JC Michaels gives Madman a stinkface! E-Lo clotheslines Rip. Madman jumps up enraged!
36. Billy Reno – 42:30 Shocking they let another 3CW guy in the ring here, only cause they needing to fill spots. Reno used to wrestle under a mask here. Can’t hardly see him in this sea of bodies. JC Michaels gets headbutted out of the ring by Madman. Shard and Mystic pound on Dredd Walker. Reno gets in.
37. Stan Sallinger – 43:40 Shard toss neckbreaker on Logan! Steph is back with a camera. Gullotine legdrop on Sage Ramsey. Reno got a crew-cut it looks like.
38. Joe Cain – 44:30 The other Cain brother that stuck with GAW after Donovan went to CCW is here, no longer wrestling in 2007. Joe goes after Apriq, and Stan Sallinger is leaving as it appears he got eliminated. NWQ tries to get Hazard out.
39. Gavin Alexander – 46:15 I’m shocked to see this 3CW guy here also, but PHD was not at all happy about him being in an NMW ring, holding some real bitterness toward him. Sage Ramsey bodyslams Madman! I can’t see around those fans hanging on the rail…they’re blocking my view! Stan apparently wasn’t eliminated…he’s back in after Woody.
40. Khaos Kidd – 47:00 The Kidd didn’t think he’d be in the rumble, but here he is. Dredd knees Gavin. Hazard pounds McGuire. This has gotten impossible to follow.
41. Billy Morgan – 48:05 Hazard almost gets rid of Shard. Gavin tries to ditch KC but hangs on. E-Lo is trapped between the rings. McGuire gets thrown into Sage. Mystic steals Stephani’s camera!
42. Richard Biggs – 49:00 The last of the Hot Commodity trio, and a GAW guy. Khoas throws Joe Cain into Madman. Madman press slams Joe out! Morgan is in trouble already, Tank Roberts clotheslines Reid Reign out!
43. Marcus St. Christopher – 50:30 Another GAW guy, who’s ring career only lasted a year. Cherry Malone isn’t happy MSC stole her purple hair look.
44. Joker – 51:15 A Rampage guy, and not all that great. Logan and Ruffington almost get dumped. Reno gets pounded by the Kidd. Joker chops Biggs. Sallinger eliminates Ruffington.
45. Maul – 52:30 Apparently a Scott County guy but I haven’t heard of him since or what name he’s using now. Shard is being double-teamed by Madman and Joker. Joker slams Apriq. Morgan rams Maul in the corner.
46. Tricky Dick Moore – 53:30 MSC is out of the rumble. Maul splashes Morgan. E-Lo attacks Biggs. Shard pulls Tricky into the corner.
47. Jackie Sazerak – 54:45 Jackie comes out but he’s hurting from earlier in the evening with a concussion as I see Cherry Malone is at the commentary booth unable to enter the rumble this year with a broken hand. Shard gets rid of Biggs. Logan leaps from ring to ring onto LPC, headbutting Sage!
48. Prime Time Playa – 55:45 E-Lo and LPC eliminate each other thanks to Sage Ramsey! They fight to the back. Jason Wells is announced but he’s not here at all. Kaval gets whipped into Madman. Jackie tries to pound on someone but gets eliminated. Joker is kicked to the mat.
49. Twist – 57:40 The bodyguard of Matt Boston and he’s a big guy. He chokes KC. Tank splashes McGuire. Tank splashes Sallinger. Joker whips Sage into Sallinger. Joker splashes Sallinger.
50. Petey Clark – 58:45 Another GAW guy, odd seeing him here. Apriq goes after Petey. Madman goes after Twist. Khaos goes after Stan. Morgan goes after Mystic.
51. Donovan Cain – 59:50 A CCW guy, the other Cain brother. Madman splashes Joker in the corner. Sage Ramsey dumps Joker out. One hour has passed. PTP gets on Madman’s back.
52. Matt Boston – 61:00 I had always wanted to see Boston take on the Cains, but we never got it and he’s no longer wrestling. Moore DDTs Cain. Apriq fights with Petey. Toga forces Sallinger back in the ring who was camping outside. Apriq eliminates Clark. Maul eats a boot from Hazard. Boston shoulderblocks KC.
53. Tru Talent John Scott – 62:00 Another GAW guy. Mystic chokes Stan. Scott attacks Moore. PTP headbutts John Scott. Madman gets rid of Khoas Kidd.
54. Justin MacIntyre – 63:00 J-Mac HATES battle royals. Twist gets dumped out by KC. J-Mac goes after Sallinger, and pulls him out. They brawl up the aisle, apparently they’re both out. Tank and Moore try to dump Maul.
55. Danger Doug Fraze – 64:00 J-Mac was wearing those goofy multi-colored tights. Danger side slams Cain. Boston eliminates KC.
56. Jaxson Pride – 65:00 The former Red who went to form GAW is here. Shard gets rid of Boston! Apriq gets spinebustered.
57. Brandon Lyons – 66:30 An infrequent visitor from SCW. Pride with a superpiledriver on someone! Lyons spinebuster on Woody. Lyons legdrop, Hazard goes after Pride! Danger tries to dump someone.
58. "Party Boy" Ray Hez – 67:30 An NGW guy. Morgan superkicks Shard. Mystic superkicks Morgan! Moore elbows Pride. Shard gets rid of Ray Hez.
59. Spotlight Spencer Powers – 68:30 He’s already entered once! And that’s everyone. Moore eliminates Prime Time Playa! Jackie Sazerak comes back out to break up any problems. Elite just tried to ambush SSP, Guy Smith is after Elite! Elite and Smith slug it out. Danger tries to get Moore out but they eliminate each other at 69:40. Three way brawl outside the ring. Hazard pounds on Lyons. Elite throws SSP in the ring. Hazard has Lyons. Shard eliminates Pride!
Okay, recap who’s left at 70 minutes in. Donovan, Madman, Apriq, Lyons & Hazard in one ring. Maul, Mystic, Sage, Morgan, Tank, Shard in the other ring. Shard chops Maul. SSP is outside the ring again…he’s been eliminated! Guy Smith comes back out and slaps a nerve or chokehold. Cherry comes over to argue. SSP has a chair and nails Smith! Shard eliminates Lyons at 71:30! The brawl between SSP and Smith goes to the back. Apriq had Madman in the corner to be splashed by Maul. Morgan dumps Maul out. Everyone gets in a single ring. McGuire seems to be gone. Everyone gangs up on Madman and dumps him out at 73 mins. The Deans List celebrate. Drat, Madman’s been denied AGAIN. Pairoffs--Morgan/Shard, Sage/Cain, Mystic/Tank, Hazard/Apriq. Shard clotheslines Don Cain out at 74 mins. Morgan dropkicks Hazard out at 74:10. Mystic uppercuts Morgan. Tank eliminates Apriq at 74:30! Mystic whips Morgan, handspring backsplash, superkick! Mystic choke enzuigiri! Shard has Mystic in a toss neckbreaker! Five left. Shard goes after Morgan, Scotty Cash comes out here! He pulls Rip Mystic out and Toga Steve is mad! That shouldn’t count. The Deans List vs. Tank & Shard left. Shard with a low shot on Sage. Tank rams Morgan in the corner. Shard tries to get rid of Morgan, Tank goes after Sage. PHD is out here again! Shard pulls PHD in! He holds him for Tank but we have an another illegal elimination. Toga Steve ejects PHD. So the Deans List have Shard for a double suplex. Wheelbarrow superkick/facebuster double team. The Deans almost toss Shard, they come over, Morgan gets pulled to the floor at 80:10. So it’s #31 Shard vs. #12 Sage at the end. Sage gets a chokeslam! Sage tries to press slam Shard out but Shard headscissors Sage out and wins it!
WINNER: Michael Shard -> 81:05 mins. N/A
Sage was in there like 70 minutes, and he can’t believe he lost. Sage gets back in the ring, and shakes hands. Since it was hard to follow I couldn’t tell you who scored the most eliminations. J-Mac I believe stayed in there the least amount of time, about 30 seconds.
I think it’s impossible to put a rating on a match like this. The spectacle of 58 guys in two rings was something that’s never going to be duplicated for some time to come, for one very few places have the room for two rings and second gathering such a crowd is difficult due to availability issues and some unwillingness to work with people from certain feds. In fact, there was much whining and complaining from certain people over the 3CW contingent, which got so incredibly retarded that I completely ex-communicated with them.
The Verdict: Apart from the rumble, the matches were decent, the bloodbath being the standout, easily earning the show a thumbs up. The best was yet to come out of November Reign and what signaled the high point of 2005.
Thumbs up.
