Post by scar on May 24, 2009 12:22:45 GMT -6
Ian addressed the reasons that TPI was moved to Sept, one of which was Hero being in Japan that weekend (6/5 &6/6). all that are announced will be at the tournament barring a Japanese tour (unlikely). Quack was invited and declined stating that he will be involved with DGUSA (it has already been announced that Chikara and DGUSA have a working relationship). Ian stated that no Japanese wrestlers will be in the TPI just because DGUSA will be in town that week, "Gabe and i aren't friends" said Ian, so it looks like there will be no working relationship between IWA-MS and DGUSA (or any other company that Gabe works for).
here are the 14 announced names for TPI:
Delirious
Davey Richards
Roderick Strong
Tyler Black
Human Tornado
B-Boy (who now lives in Philly)
Jason Hades
Chris Hero
Jimmy Jacobs
Carter Grey
The Necro Butcher
Shane Hollister
Drake Younger
Dingo
Kenny Omega has been sent an invitation, as has Claudio Castagnoli, there answers have not yet been received.
I had to clarify this with Ian after the show, the IWA-MS World Heavyweight Championship will be defended thought the TPI, whether Dingo still holds the belt or not. Dingo has the spot in the TPI, not the Championship.
Ian announced that Atsushi Sawada is a top student of the Inoki group in Japan and is a submission and judo specialist, it will be interesting to watch him compete against Josh Raymond (who is an accomplished amateur wrestler), and Michael Elgin (who is also an accomplished amateur wrestler) on the 5th and 6th respectively.
Shortly after this Jim Fannin got on the mic and proceeded to tell Ian that he will pay for stealing "his" belt last night in Bellevue. Jim Fannin also made an announcement that there is a $1000 bounty on the mask of The Yellow Dog.
Juice Robinson pinned Jeff "the Hook" Brooks with a roll up. Jeff broke his right forearm in this match and was back at the building before the show was over. He may have to have surgery on his arm to repair the broken bone. heres to hoping for a speedy recovery.
Jason Hades & Team Slash (Sal Thomaselli & Ash) beat The Hooligans (Mason, Devin, & Neil Diamond Cutter)
Mason and Devin seemed to throw Neil to the wolves whenever they could in this match, tagging him in when he did not expect it. Like Sharks that smell blood in the water, The Hooligans went to work on Sal's heavily bandaged arm again for the second night in a row, but it didn't take long for this match to break down into an all out brawl with wrestlers fighting all over the arena. Neil hit a Diamond Cutter on Hades for a 2 count, Ash was thrown out of the ring, Sal was put into a cross arm breaker and was about to tap until Hades made the save, Hades was then tossed from the ring and Sal was put into a Fugiwara arm bar, Ash was in time to save Sal from tapping out, but was not able to avoid getting hit with a Diamond Cutter. This gave Hades an opportunity that he jumped on and was able to give Neil the Killswitch for the pinfall victory. The Hooligans were not done with Sal yet, the proceeded to attack Sal's arm after the match was over, Hades and Ash had to run the Hooligans off with the help from a few chairs. this was a good match and set a fun tone for the rest of the show.
The Yellow Dog came to the ring with his amputated tail, a bandaged rear end, and the pair of scissors that Jim Fannin used to remove his tail last night. Donny Peppercricket came to the ring and attempted to collect the bounty on the Yellow Dogs mask, after shoving his amputated tail in Donny's mouth, Dog his a top rope DDT for the pinfall win.
The American Nightmare then made his way to the ring to take his turn at collecting on the $1000 bounty. TAN went for a splash into the corner, but the Dog was able to move out of the way and roll TAN up for the pinfall victory.
Kid Hybrid then made his way to the ring to take his shot. while jawing with Foxtrot (who called him Kid Inbred) Dog quickly schoolboy'd him for the 1,2,3.
Yellow Dog then went after Fannin, scissors in hand, stalking him all about the venue, Fannin lead Dog near the stage when Ethan Page was waiting for Dog, Ethan was relentless striking Dog with a chair. these 2 make their way to the ring and Page is very interested in the mask, not the win. this was his undoing as a slip up by page allowed the Dog to hit the top rope DDT for the victory. Jim Fannin told The Yellow Dog that "this isn't over".
Prince Mustafa Ali pinned xOMGx after hitting the WMD. on his way out of the arena, Ali decided that xOMGx, (a US Marine) had not suffered enough, and returned to the ring and placed the Luchadork in the dreaded Camel Clutch. Drake Younger comes to aid his friend. Drake stayed in the ring as xOMGx was carried off to the locker room (xOMGx may have injured his ankle in this match)which was fine because the next match was.....
Drake Younger vs. Mike Elgin
Heavy hitting and back and fourth strong style action in this one, Elgin punished Drake's back throughout most of the match. When Drake had the chance to get Elgin in the Drake's Landing, his back gave and he ended up just dropping the big Canadian. Knowing he could not use his finisher on Elgin, Drake decided to go a different rout, he used a rear naked choke to force Elgin to tap out. As soon as the bell rings, Ali is in the ring attacking Drake. Ali hits Drake with the WMD. one has to wonder here...why would Ali only attack Drake? Ali helped Walker defeat Elgin last night, why leave him be tonight? Drake Wants Ali next time. Drake and Elgin shake hands
Int.
Colt Cabana pinned Marshe Rockett w/ C-Red & Dymond
This match was filled with all the things we have missed about watching Colt Cabana wrestle. For starters Colt kept interrupting the Soul Touchaz prematch ritual, because he wanted to feel welcome and "in" with Red and Marshe. It didn't go that way, Red and Marshe looked very annoyed that Colt kept interrupting. Match is underway and next thing i know a dance off breaks out, Red decides to get in the ring to help Marshe. At that point both Red and Marshe give Colt the "YOU" point and shout, Colt says "me?" "YOU", "ref?" "YOU" "camera man?" "YOU", "ok i get it". As Marshe attends to Red leaving the ring Colt attacks him, giving him the upper hand, for the moment. Lots of back and fourth action in this one, including Colt giving his "Flying not a very nice person" splash to Marshe. when Marshe had control, he went up for that pretty swanton, Colt brought his knees up, allowing him to easily give Marshe the Colt45 for the pinfall victory. Handshakes after the match. Colt gets the Mic ans tells Ian that, even though he hasn't been around for 2 years, now hes back, and there is some new talent in IWA-MS, "this guys got talent" toward Marshe. Ian gets the mic and mirrors what Colt said. and Gives Marshe an invitation to The 2009 TPI! Marshe accepts.
Jimmy Jacobs makes Egotistico Fantastico tap to the End Time, retaining the IWA-MS World Light Heavyweight Championship
Jimmy was very disrespectful toward Ego during this match, at one point putting on Ego's cape to hit a top rope splash. Ego went for the top rope moonsault and missed, Jimmy pounced at the opportunity to lock on the End Time, Ego had no choice but to tap.
Shane Hollister pinned Al Snow
Dingo w/ Jim Fannin pinned Ian Rotten to retain the IWA-MS world Heavyweight Championship
Ian tells Dingo 'you have 2 choices here, we can wrestle or we can fight' Dingo laughs at both options. Lots of wrestling and brawling all over the building in this one. As Ian gives Dingo the Rotten Rush, Jim Fannin is up on the apron, ready to interfere. Jimmy Jacobs rushes to the ring to help but his help goes wrong and Dingo rolls up Ian with a hand full of gear. Jimmy is sorry for the blunder, Ian questions Jimmy, 'whats going on? cus if it is, what it looks like is going on, then there is a problem'. Jimmy apologizes again and that gives Ian more doubt. "look me in the eye and say your sorry". Jimmy's response is, "you aren't my daddy, you cant tell me what to do". Finally after prodding Jimmy exclaims "I'M SORRY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"
"Accidents don't happen twice Jimmy"
this show had a really fun feel to it
here are the 14 announced names for TPI:
Delirious
Davey Richards
Roderick Strong
Tyler Black
Human Tornado
B-Boy (who now lives in Philly)
Jason Hades
Chris Hero
Jimmy Jacobs
Carter Grey
The Necro Butcher
Shane Hollister
Drake Younger
Dingo
Kenny Omega has been sent an invitation, as has Claudio Castagnoli, there answers have not yet been received.
I had to clarify this with Ian after the show, the IWA-MS World Heavyweight Championship will be defended thought the TPI, whether Dingo still holds the belt or not. Dingo has the spot in the TPI, not the Championship.
Ian announced that Atsushi Sawada is a top student of the Inoki group in Japan and is a submission and judo specialist, it will be interesting to watch him compete against Josh Raymond (who is an accomplished amateur wrestler), and Michael Elgin (who is also an accomplished amateur wrestler) on the 5th and 6th respectively.
Shortly after this Jim Fannin got on the mic and proceeded to tell Ian that he will pay for stealing "his" belt last night in Bellevue. Jim Fannin also made an announcement that there is a $1000 bounty on the mask of The Yellow Dog.
Juice Robinson pinned Jeff "the Hook" Brooks with a roll up. Jeff broke his right forearm in this match and was back at the building before the show was over. He may have to have surgery on his arm to repair the broken bone. heres to hoping for a speedy recovery.
Jason Hades & Team Slash (Sal Thomaselli & Ash) beat The Hooligans (Mason, Devin, & Neil Diamond Cutter)
Mason and Devin seemed to throw Neil to the wolves whenever they could in this match, tagging him in when he did not expect it. Like Sharks that smell blood in the water, The Hooligans went to work on Sal's heavily bandaged arm again for the second night in a row, but it didn't take long for this match to break down into an all out brawl with wrestlers fighting all over the arena. Neil hit a Diamond Cutter on Hades for a 2 count, Ash was thrown out of the ring, Sal was put into a cross arm breaker and was about to tap until Hades made the save, Hades was then tossed from the ring and Sal was put into a Fugiwara arm bar, Ash was in time to save Sal from tapping out, but was not able to avoid getting hit with a Diamond Cutter. This gave Hades an opportunity that he jumped on and was able to give Neil the Killswitch for the pinfall victory. The Hooligans were not done with Sal yet, the proceeded to attack Sal's arm after the match was over, Hades and Ash had to run the Hooligans off with the help from a few chairs. this was a good match and set a fun tone for the rest of the show.
The Yellow Dog came to the ring with his amputated tail, a bandaged rear end, and the pair of scissors that Jim Fannin used to remove his tail last night. Donny Peppercricket came to the ring and attempted to collect the bounty on the Yellow Dogs mask, after shoving his amputated tail in Donny's mouth, Dog his a top rope DDT for the pinfall win.
The American Nightmare then made his way to the ring to take his turn at collecting on the $1000 bounty. TAN went for a splash into the corner, but the Dog was able to move out of the way and roll TAN up for the pinfall victory.
Kid Hybrid then made his way to the ring to take his shot. while jawing with Foxtrot (who called him Kid Inbred) Dog quickly schoolboy'd him for the 1,2,3.
Yellow Dog then went after Fannin, scissors in hand, stalking him all about the venue, Fannin lead Dog near the stage when Ethan Page was waiting for Dog, Ethan was relentless striking Dog with a chair. these 2 make their way to the ring and Page is very interested in the mask, not the win. this was his undoing as a slip up by page allowed the Dog to hit the top rope DDT for the victory. Jim Fannin told The Yellow Dog that "this isn't over".
Prince Mustafa Ali pinned xOMGx after hitting the WMD. on his way out of the arena, Ali decided that xOMGx, (a US Marine) had not suffered enough, and returned to the ring and placed the Luchadork in the dreaded Camel Clutch. Drake Younger comes to aid his friend. Drake stayed in the ring as xOMGx was carried off to the locker room (xOMGx may have injured his ankle in this match)which was fine because the next match was.....
Drake Younger vs. Mike Elgin
Heavy hitting and back and fourth strong style action in this one, Elgin punished Drake's back throughout most of the match. When Drake had the chance to get Elgin in the Drake's Landing, his back gave and he ended up just dropping the big Canadian. Knowing he could not use his finisher on Elgin, Drake decided to go a different rout, he used a rear naked choke to force Elgin to tap out. As soon as the bell rings, Ali is in the ring attacking Drake. Ali hits Drake with the WMD. one has to wonder here...why would Ali only attack Drake? Ali helped Walker defeat Elgin last night, why leave him be tonight? Drake Wants Ali next time. Drake and Elgin shake hands
Int.
Colt Cabana pinned Marshe Rockett w/ C-Red & Dymond
This match was filled with all the things we have missed about watching Colt Cabana wrestle. For starters Colt kept interrupting the Soul Touchaz prematch ritual, because he wanted to feel welcome and "in" with Red and Marshe. It didn't go that way, Red and Marshe looked very annoyed that Colt kept interrupting. Match is underway and next thing i know a dance off breaks out, Red decides to get in the ring to help Marshe. At that point both Red and Marshe give Colt the "YOU" point and shout, Colt says "me?" "YOU", "ref?" "YOU" "camera man?" "YOU", "ok i get it". As Marshe attends to Red leaving the ring Colt attacks him, giving him the upper hand, for the moment. Lots of back and fourth action in this one, including Colt giving his "Flying not a very nice person" splash to Marshe. when Marshe had control, he went up for that pretty swanton, Colt brought his knees up, allowing him to easily give Marshe the Colt45 for the pinfall victory. Handshakes after the match. Colt gets the Mic ans tells Ian that, even though he hasn't been around for 2 years, now hes back, and there is some new talent in IWA-MS, "this guys got talent" toward Marshe. Ian gets the mic and mirrors what Colt said. and Gives Marshe an invitation to The 2009 TPI! Marshe accepts.
Jimmy Jacobs makes Egotistico Fantastico tap to the End Time, retaining the IWA-MS World Light Heavyweight Championship
Jimmy was very disrespectful toward Ego during this match, at one point putting on Ego's cape to hit a top rope splash. Ego went for the top rope moonsault and missed, Jimmy pounced at the opportunity to lock on the End Time, Ego had no choice but to tap.
Shane Hollister pinned Al Snow
Dingo w/ Jim Fannin pinned Ian Rotten to retain the IWA-MS world Heavyweight Championship
Ian tells Dingo 'you have 2 choices here, we can wrestle or we can fight' Dingo laughs at both options. Lots of wrestling and brawling all over the building in this one. As Ian gives Dingo the Rotten Rush, Jim Fannin is up on the apron, ready to interfere. Jimmy Jacobs rushes to the ring to help but his help goes wrong and Dingo rolls up Ian with a hand full of gear. Jimmy is sorry for the blunder, Ian questions Jimmy, 'whats going on? cus if it is, what it looks like is going on, then there is a problem'. Jimmy apologizes again and that gives Ian more doubt. "look me in the eye and say your sorry". Jimmy's response is, "you aren't my daddy, you cant tell me what to do". Finally after prodding Jimmy exclaims "I'M SORRY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"
"Accidents don't happen twice Jimmy"
this show had a really fun feel to it
