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SMWA Rage Card
November 20, 2008
www.smwawrestling.com
Last week Prime Time disrupted the show and made a challenge that they couldn’t live up to. Petey Williams, AJ Styles, Trent Acid & Johnny Kashmere stepped up and put Prime Time in their place. But that is the past.
Our next show is taped on November 23 in the SMWA Gym in Detroit as always. We have a card lined up with some debuts and some returns and it should be a lively show.
The Wild Cards vs. The Thomaselli Brothers
Vito and Sal Thomaselli take on the debuting Wild Cards, Eddie Kingston and Jack Marciano. The Thomasellis are looking to prove themselves as a tag team here and the Wild Cards want to establish themselves in their debut.
Black Tiger IV vs. Josh Abercrombie
Abercrombie has his second match in the SMWA. He has almost a big a challenge as he did against Nate Mattson. Black Tiger has a reputation to live up to and he has done that well so far. Josh wants to make a name for himself but he’s going to have a tough time when he takes on the tough Black Tiger.
Nate Mattson Challenge
Nate Mattson once again lays out an open challenge to whoever wants to step up to take on the former champ and a man who has been undefeated since his return. Challengers have to remember that when you step into the ring with Mattson the rules don’t apply.
Also see Jack Evans, Prime Time and the Backseat Boys in action. Tickets are just $10.
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Rage Episode #25 (SMWA Gym, Detroit)
November 18, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Segment 1: The Challenge
Elix Skipper comes out from the back with Ricky Reyes, B-Boy and Puma following him. Skipper has the belt around his waist as the group walks cockily to the ring and then enters it. Skipper goes to the announcer and takes the mic from his hands.
Skipper: “Last night I ended Johnny Spade’s career. He wanted a shot at the belt and he put his career on the line and he could not beat me. I know that doesn’t come as a surprise to you fans who know how good I am. However, not everything went as planned. Puma didn’t win the tournament, B-Boy and Reyes didn’t win the tag belts, and worst of all Petey Williams won a match with me in the cage. I’m not worried about that. I’ve been Petey before and I’ll beat him again. Tonight, I’ve got a challenge for Petey Williams. There are four members of Prime Time and there were four members of his group with the Backseat Boys and Johnny Spade. I don’t know if you can get anybody to join your team but I’m giving you a chance to check out your competition before the belt is on the line. But mostly, I’m giving you a chance to get your ass kicked and see that you don’t want to step into the cage with me. I’m going to wait here for your response and give you some time to find a fourth man for your team. Providing that the Backseat Boys aren’t afraid to get into the ring with B-Boy and Reyes.”
Guppie: “What a way to start off our show tonight. I’m Brian Guppie and I’m joined on commentary by Mike Patterson as always.”
Patterson: “We are going to commercial break and we’ll be back with Petey Williams’ response. I’m sure Williams will accept as he’s always ready for a fight.”
Guppie: “That is true. Petey Williams and the Backseat Boys had brutal matches last night but they never back down from a fight. I don’t think they’ll have any trouble finding somebody in the back who will join them in taking on Prime Time.”
As the show comes back from commercial break Petey Williams is standing at the entrance with the Backseat Boys and a mic.
Williams: “Listen up jackass! I am not afraid of you, nor are Trent and Johnny. We will gladly step up to your challenge and we will win this match! The Backseat Boys kept their belts despite your dogs jumping them after one of their title defenses. They went into the crowd and took the match to the floor and put B-Boy and Reyes in their place. I put it all on the line to beat Samoa Joe last night and I can’t wait to step into the cage with you. Last time you won by cheating but that isn’t going to happen this time. Now, tonight we had a slight problem. You did send Johnny Spade packing last night and now our side only has three people. But it wasn’t hard to find a fourth person. It just took us a couple of minutes and we had a bunch of choices. We could have found other people who don’t like you and there are a bunch of them in the back. We thought about bringing Brandon Thomaselli back into the group. But then somebody heard your challenge and stepped up to us and asked to join this match. This isn’t somebody who wants this match because they dislike you, but somebody who wants this chance to prove himself in the SMWA and I am not going to deny him that opportunity. This man has proven his skills in the ring many places but now he’s going to prove it here and that man is AJ Styles!”
Styles walks out from the back to a big pop from the crowd and gets some worried looks on the faces of Prime Time as the four men start walking down to the ring to start the match.
OA: 78
Guppie: “This is going to be an epic match here. These two teams are stacked up against each other. Elix Skipper is the SMWA Champion and Petey Williams is the number one contender. The Backseat Boys are the tag team champions and B-Boy and Reyes are gunning for those belts. AJ Styles and Puma are just two of the most talented wrestlers in the business today. Styles has proven himself in TNA while Puma made his name in NJPW and Mexico.”
Patterson: “You could not be any more right Brian. These two teams are composed of the best talent and they are going to be going all out here.”
Segment 2: Prime Time vs. Petey Williams, The Backseat Boys & AJ Styles (Elimination Match)
Skipper and Williams start the match. The two men circle around and Williams goes for a lockup but Skipper avoids it and then tags Puma into the match to boos from the crowd. Williams calls Puma forward and the two men go into a lockup. Williams drops to his back and takes Puma over with an armdrag. Puma rolls up to his feet and charges at Williams only to get taken over with a Japanese armdrag. Puma gets up to his feet again but Williams hits him with a dropkick that sends him over the second rope and under the top one and to the outside. B-Boy comes into the ring and Williams jumps up and takes him over with a hurrincanranna. B-Boy gets up to his feet and he’s met by a hard forearm by Williams. Williams grabs B-Boy and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Williams charges and crushes B-Boy with a clothesline then tags in Acid. Acid still has bandages on his forehead and he comes into the ring and unloads on B-Boy with a flurry of punches putting him in a seated position before the ref pulls him off. B-Boy gets up to his feet in the corner and Acid charges and nails him with a hard dropkick slamming him into the corner. Acid pulls B-Boy out of the corner and takes him over with a snap suplex. Acid floats over with a cover and gets a short two count before Reyes runs in and breaks up the cover with a stomp to the back of Acid’s head. Acid gets up to his feet and pulls B-Boy up with him. Acid sends B-Boy into the ropes with an Irish whip then drops him with a hard back elbow. Acid tags in Kashmere. Kashmere comes into the ring and rocks B-Boy with a dropkick to the side of the head as he gets to his hands and knees. Kashmere pulls B-Boy up to his feet and goes for a belly to back suplex but B-Boy flips over and lands on his feet. B-Boy nails Kashmere with some hard forearms to the back of the neck then grabs Kashmere and plants him with a backdrop driver. B-Boy gets to his feet and dives tagging in Reyes. Reyes comes in and grabs Kashmere as he gets to his feet and drives some knees into his face. Reyes pulls Kashmere up and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Reyes charges and hits Kashmere with a hard back elbow. Reyes lays into the midsection of Kashmere with a series of hard snap kicks. Reyes snapmares Kashmere out of the corner and then nails him with a sharp kick to the small of the back then tags in Skipper.
Skipper comes in and delivers a dropkick to the back of Kashmere’s head then grabs him with a rear chinlock. Kashmere fights up to his feet then drops down with a jawbreaker on Skipper. Kashmere rolls to the ropes and tags in Styles. Styles springboards into the ring and sends Skipper down with a dropkick. Skipper rolls to the ropes and his corner and tags in Puma. Puma comes in and Styles jumps up and takes him over with a hurrincanranna. Puma gets back up to his feet and Styles grabs him by the head and rocks him with two stiff forearm shots to the side of his head. Styles sends Puma into the ropes and takes him over with a backbody drop. Styles pulls Puma up to his feet and takes him over with an armdrag into an armbar. Puma gets to his knees then rolls forward and kips up to his feet. Puma goes to the ropes and backflips off the top rope and falls backwards taking Styles over with an armdrag of his own breaking the hold. Styles gets up to his feet and Puma rocks him with a European uppercut. Puma scoops Styles up and sends him down to the mat with a powerslam. Puma follows up with an elbow drop to the chest of Styles then hooks a leg for a short two count. Puma pulls Styles up to his feet and hooks him with a rear waistlock. Styles fires off some back elbows to the head of Puma. Puma loses his grip and Styles connects with a Pele kick to the top of Puma’s head laying him out. Styles grabs Puma by his mask and pulls him up. Styles takes Puma over with a german suplex and rolls over Puma. Styles lifts Puma up and goes for a belly to back suplex then slams Puma face first down on the mat. Styles rolls Puma over and holds onto his legs with a cover for a two count before Skipper breaks up the cover with a dropkick to the side of the head. Styles gets to his feet and shakes his head out then pulls Puma up to his feet. Styles grabs Puma and goes for the Styles clash but Puma blocks it then pulls himself up then takes Styles over with a hurrincanranna. Puma tags out to B-Boy and Styles tags in Williams.
B-Boy and Williams meet in the middle of the ring and start trading forearm shots. B-Boy sends Williams into his corner with an Irish whip and the Prime Time guys start nailing him with punches and Williams falls down in the corner. B-Boy charges and hits a dropkick to the face of Williams leaving him halfway out of the ring. B-Boy pulls Williams into the ring and makes a cover but Williams kicks out at the count of two. B-Boy pulls Williams up to his feet and hooks a leg then plants him on the top of his head with a cross leg brainbuster. B-Boy makes a cover and gets to the count of two before Acid dives in and breaks up the cover with an elbow to the back of B-Boy’s head. Acid pulls B-Boy up to his feet and hits him with a forearm shot and then everybody enters the ring and there is a pier six brawl going on in the ring. Williams grabs B-Boy by the front of his pants and sends him through the ropes to the outside. Williams gets up to his feet and launches himself over the ropes and lands on B-Boy then takes him over with a hurrincanranna on the floor. Acid charges and hits Reyes with a clothesline that sends both men over the top rope to the outside. Skipper dropkicks Styles that sends him over the top rope to the floor. Skipper launches himself over the top rope with a tope con hilo that leaves Styles on the floor. Puma and Kashmere are left in the ring and Puma kicks Kashmere in the midsection then plants him with a DDT. Kashmere gets up to his feet and Puma grabs him from behind and drops him on the back of his head with a dragon suplex and bridges it for a quick three count eliminating Kashmere (18:25). Styles climbs onto the apron then comes in with a springboard hurrincanranna that sends Puma sliding out of the ring under the bottom rope. Puma gets up to his feet on the outside and Styles charges and flies through the ropes with a suicide dive slamming Puma into the guardrail as the show goes to commercial break.
The show comes back from commercial break with B-Boy holding Acid in a rear chinlock in the ring. Acid gets up to his feet and drops down with a jawbreaker and B-Boy lets go of the hold. Acid gets up to his feet and bounces off the ropes then flattens B-Boy with a yakuza kick. Styles and Williams come in and knock the members of Prime Time off the apron and send them down to the floor. Acid pulls B-Boy up to his feet and plants him with a reverse brainbuster. Acid hooks a leg for the cover and gets a three count eliminating B-Boy (22:07). Reyes rolls into the ring as Styles and Williams retreat. Reyes catches Acid with a hard kick to the ribs as he gets up to his feet. Reyes grabs Acid and hooks his leg and plants him on his head with a fisherman buster. Reyes makes a cover and scores a two count before Acid manages to lift a shoulder off the mat. Reyes pulls Acid up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Reyes charges in and gets boot to the face. Acid comes out of the corner with a big forearm then staggers to his corner and tags Styles in. Styles comes into the ring and clobbers Reyes with a spinning lariat that drops him on the top of his head. Styles drops down with a cover and gets a two count before Puma comes in and breaks up the cover with a kick to the side of Styles’ head. Styles gets up and nails Puma with a forearm to the back of the head sending him falling into the corner. Reyes gets up to his hands and knees and Styles bounces off the ropes then jumps up and drives a knee down to the back of Reyes’ head laying him out on the mat. Styles pulls Reyes up to his feet then delivers a Styles clash. Styles rolls Reyes over into a cover and gets a long two count before Skipper comes into the ring and nails him with a sharp kick to the small of the back breaking up the cover. Skipper pulls Styles up to his feet and connects with the play of the day. Skipper gets up to his feet and Williams comes into the ring and nails Skipper with a clothesline taking him down to the mat. Skipper rolls out of the ring and Williams slides out after him and the two men start brawling on the outside. Puma comes into the ring and Acid charges and stops him in his tracks with a running dropkick to the face. Acid pulls Reyes up to his feet and lifts him up for a suplex and throws him forward into a powerbomb. Acid grabs Styles and lays him on top of Reyes and the ref makes a three count (27:35). Acid helps Styles up to his feet and Puma rails him with a low blow. Puma grabs Acid with a rear waistlock and takes him over with a german suplex but Acid flips over and lands on his feet. Acid charges at Puma but Puma takes him over with a backbody drop into Styles who just got to his feet. Styles hits the mat and rolls out of the ring. Puma pulls Acid back up and delivers a tiger driver and makes the cover for a three count (28:54)
Puma gets to his feet and Styles climbs onto the apron then springboards in with a forearm shot laying Puma out. Styles pulls Puma up and shoots him into the corner. Styles charges and nails him with a forearm shot to the side of the head. Styles picks Puma up and sets him on the top rope. Styles climbs to the second rope and hits Puma with some punches. Styles jumps up for a clothesline but Puma holds onto the top rope and Styles slams face first into the mat. Styles gets up to his hands and knees and Puma comes off the top rope with a double stomp onto the back of Styles’ head driving him into the mat. Puma rolls Styles over and hooks a leg for a three count (29:18). Williams slides into the ring then kicks Puma in the midsection as he gets up and scores with a Canadian destroyer. Williams makes a cover and gets a three count (29:56). Skipper slides into the ring and faces off with Williams, the last two men left. The two men go into a lockup and Williams backs Skipper into the corner and starts unloading on him with knife edge chops to whoos from the crowd. Williams grabs Skipper and shoots him across the ring and Skipper hits the turnbuckle hard and falls forward to the mat. Williams pulls Skipper up to his feet and plants him with a brainbuster. Williams makes a cover and Skipper kicks out at the count of two. Skipper gets up to his feet and Williams sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Williams goes for a knee to the midsection but Skipper leaps over his leg and rolls him up for a long two count before Williams kicks out. Williams gets up to his feet and Skipper delivers a dropkick to the chest of Williams backing him up. Skipper gets up to his feet and plants Williams with a DDT. Skipper climbs up to the top rope and waits for Williams to get up to his feet then comes off with a flying crossbody block and covers for a two count. Skipper pulls Williams up to his feet and goes for the play of the day but Williams lifts Skipper up and turns it into a brutal powerbomb. Williams folds Skipper up and covers for a two count before Skipper manages to roll his shoulders. Williams pulls Skipper up to his feet and sends Skipper into the corner chest first. Williams charges and hits a dropkick to the back of Skipper’s head then follows up with some forearms to the back of the head. Williams goes out to the apron and climbs up to the top rope. Williams pulls Skipper up to the second rope then hooks him around the waist and calls for the Canadian destroyer. Skipper hits Williams with punches to the midsection of Williams then dumps him off the top rope with a backbody drop.
Skipper climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a moonsault to Williams who gets up to his feet. Skipper holds the legs of Williams in the cover to get a long two count. Skipper pulls Williams up to his feet and starts laying into him with punches backing him into the ropes. Skipper wraps Williams’ arms over the top rope then nails him with some hard knife edge chops to the chest. Skipper then grabs Williams by the legs and lifts his legs up and slams Williams down with a powerbomb. Skipper runs to the ropes and hits a springboard moonsault. Skipper hooks a leg and makes the cover for a long two count. Skipper looks up annoyed and pulls Williams up to his feet. Skipper backs Williams into the corner and blasts him with hard right hands. Skipper sends Williams across the ring with an Irish whip and charges in after him. Williams grabs the top rope and lifts himself up and lands behind Skipper. Williams grabs him with a rearwaistlock and plants him with a german suplex and bridges it for a two count. Skipper kicks out and rolls backwards up to his feet. Williams charges for a clothesline but Skipper ducks it and grabs the arm of Williams and takes him over with a backslide for a near fall. Williams rolls up to his feet and Skipper pulls his legs out from under him tripping Williams down to the mat. Skipper holds onto the legs of Williams for a cover and gets a two count before Williams flips him upside down and into a cover of his own for a two count of his own before Skipper slams his legs together crushing the head of Williams and rolling backwards out of the cover. Both men get up to their feet and they start trading right hands. Skipper gains the advantage when he drives a knee into the midsection of Williams. Skipper goes for the play of the day but Williams avoids it by dropping down to the mat and out of the clutches of Skipper. Skipper moves towards Williams and Williams hits him with a drop toehold sending Skipper throatfirst across the middle rope. Williams bounces off the far ropes then jumps up and drives a leg across the back of Skipper’s head and Skipper rolls out of the ring. Skipper lands on his feet checking his throat and Williams sends himself over the top rope with a crossbody block taking Skipper out and the show goes to commercial.
We come back from commercial break and Williams goes for an Irish whip on the outside but Skipper reverses it sending Williams into the guardrail hard. Williams pushes himself up to his feet and Skipper connects with hard knife edge chops to the chest of Williams reddening his chest. Skipper grabs Williams by the back of his trunks then throws him into the ring and slides in after him. Skipper makes a cover on Williams and only gets a two count. Skipper pulls Williams up to his feet and Williams explodes unloading with forearm shots to the head of Skipper. Williams sends Skipper into the ropes then nails him with a dropkick and both men are down. Williams gets up to his feet first and nails Skipper with a stomp to the back of the head as he starts to get up. Williams pulls Skipper up to his feet and goes for the Canadian destroyer but Skipper blocks it then reverses it with a backbody drop. Williams gets up to his feet holding the small of his back and Skipper hits him with a dropkick to the injured body part. Skipper pulls Williams away from the ropes and plants him with a belly to back suplex then makes a cover for a two count. Skipper pulls Williams up to his feet again then lifts him up and drops him on his head with the air raid crash. Skipper gets up to his feet and taunts the crowd before making the cover and getting a long two count. Skipper pulls Williams up to his feet and sends him into the ropes. Skipper ducks down for a backbody drop and Williams comes off the ropes and grabs Skipper and takes him over with the Canadian destroyer popping the crowd. Williams slowly crawls over to Skipper and drapes an arm over his chest and scores the three count.
Winner: Petey Williams, Trent Acid, Johnny Kashmere & AJ Styles (42:36)
Notes: **
OA: 76 CR: 79 MQ: 72
Guppie: “Petey Williams proves that he is the better man tonight as he eliminated Elix Skipper to be the last man standing in this eight man tag.”
Patterson: “Skipper managed to avoid the Canadian destroyer twice and then set himself up for it and Williams took it to get the win. What a fantastic match.”
Guppie: “Petey Williams pins Skipper tonight and he’s hoping he can do that when he gets his title shot in the cage as well.”
Patterson: “You know he wants that belt around his waist again and this is only going to make him more pumped. Be sure to tune in next week for more action and check out smwawrestling.com for upcoming shows and info on your favorite wrestlers.”
It took a while but it's done. I still don't have internet access in my room so that sucks but I'm still writing for now. We'll see what my class load is like and see if I can keep this going or if I'll have to slow down more than I already am.
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SMWA Rage Card
www.smwawrestling.com
November 15, 2008
We are coming hot on the heels of the fifth annual Midwest Invitational Tournament won by Brandon Thomaselli. Tomorrow at the SMWA Gym in Detroit we have the Rage tapings. Here is the scheduled card.
Jack Evans ©vs. Joey Ryan (SMWA Premier Championship)
Jack Evans defends his belt against Joey Ryan. Ryan put in a good showing in the four corners match and now he’ll get a chance to go one-on-one with the high-flying champ.
Vito & Sal Thomaselli vs. Ricky Marvin & Essa Rios
These two teams clash again. Marvin and Rios took the first victory and now the Thomaselli brothers look to prove that they are tag team experts as they look for some revenge.
Nate Mattson vs. Joel Maximo
Joel looks to strike out on his own and hopefully change his luck as he takes on Nate Mattson in singles matches. Joel is taking on a tough task as Mattson is undefeated since returning with wins over Paul London and former champ, Jimmy Rave to his credit.
You’ll also see your favorite SMWA stars in action like Trent Acid, Johnny Kashmere, AJ Styles and Prime Time. Come down to the SMWA gym Saturday and see a great show for just $10.
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Midwest Invitational V (Ypsilanti)
November 15, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Guppie: “Welcome to the SMWA’s fifth annual Midwest Invitational Tournament! I’m Brian Guppie and I’m joined by Mike Patterson on commentary here in Ypsilanti, Michigan.”
Patterson: “We’ve got an action-packed lineup for you fans here tonight and it is not going to disappoint.”
Guppie: “We start the action off tonight with action from the second round of the tournament as Brandon Thomaselli takes on CM Punk.”
Patterson: “This is a rematch between the two men where Punk won the first match. Punk has been undefeated here in the SMWA since he showed and he’s looking to keep that going and win this tournament.”
Segment 1: Brandon Thomaselli vs. CM Punk (Round 2)
Brandon and Punk circle each other slowly and go into a lockup to start the match. The two men struggle back and forth before Punk manages to circle behind Brandon with a rear waistlock. Punk trips Brandon down to the mat then jumps forward and grabs him with a side headlock. Brandon gets up to his feet and hits Punk with some elbows to the midsection then backs him into the ropes and shoots him across the ring. Punk rebounds and Brandon nails him with a leg lariat. Brandon pulls Punk up to his feet and shoots him into the corner with an Irish whip. Brandon charges but Punk sends him over with a backbody drop. Brandon manages to grab the top rope and land on the apron. Punk turns around and Brandon connects with a forearm shot then follows up with two more. Brandon grabs Punk and tries to suplex him to the outside but Punk blocks it. Punk lifts Brandon up to bring him back into the ring with a suplex but Brandon spins around in the air and lands on his feet. Punk turns around and Brandon delivers a headlock takedown. Punk fights up to his feet and backs Brandon into the ropes and tries to shoot him across but Brandon keeps the hold on and takes Punk back down to the mat. Punk fights up to his feet again and delivers some forearms into the midsection of Brandon. Punk lifts Brandon up for a belly to back suplex but Brandon flips over landing behind Punk then jumps up and connects with a dropkick to the back of Punk’s head. Punk falls forward and drapes himself over the second rope. Brandon charges and slams his leg into the back of Punk’s head choking him on the rope. Brandon gets up and bounces off the ropes and connects with another leg to the back of Punk’s head. Brandon pulls Punk up out of the ropes and sends him down to the mat with a powerslam. Brandon drives an elbow down into the chest of Punk then makes a cover for a one count. Brandon grabs Punk by the back of his head and pulls him up to his feet. Brandon sends him into the ropes and telegraphs a backbody drop. Punk connects with a kick to the chest of Brandon then sends Brandon down to the mat with a clothesline. Brandon gets up to his hands and knees and Punk gets on top of him and grabs him with a camel clutch. Brandon gets up to his feet with Punk holding onto him and Brandon falls back slamming Punk against the mat and breaking the hold.
Brandon gets up to his feet and Punk gets up to his knees and Brandon nails him with a couple of right hands. Brandon pulls Punk up and takes him over with a vertical suplex. Brandon floats over and hooks a leg for a two count. Brandon pulls Punk up and goes for an Irish whip but Punk reverses it sending Brandon into the ropes and Punk flips him over with a knee to the midsection. Punk drives a knee into the back of Brandon and puts him in a rear chinlock. Brandon slowly stands up and hits Punk with some back elbows to the midsection and shoots him into the ropes. Punk rebounds and Brandon sends him over with a backbody drop. Punk gets up to his feet and Brandon grabs him from behind and takes him over with a belly to back suplex but Punk flips over and lands on his feet. Punk grabs Brandon with a rear waistlock then takes him over with a german suplex and bridges it for a two count. Brandon manages to roll backwards escaping the pin and gets up to his feet. Punk grabs Brandon and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip then charges and connects with a clothesline. Punk keeps Brandon in the corner and connects with some brutal knife edge chops lighting Brandon up. Punk lifts Brandon up onto the top rope. Punk climbs up to the second rope and nails Brandon with two hard forearm shots then grabs him for a superplex but Brandon blocks it. Brandon hits Punk with forearm shots of his own breaking Punk’s grasp. Brandon then delivers some kicks to the chest of Punk as he leans backwards holding the top rope and Punk loses his grip and falls down to the mat. Punk gets up to his feet and Brandon comes off the top rope with a crossbody block. Brandon makes a cover and gets a short two count. Brandon gets up and pulls Punk up and drives a knee into his midsection. Brandon grabs Punk and drives him into the mat with a DDT. Brandon rolls Punk over and makes a cover for a two count. Brandon pulls Punk up and goes for another DDT but Punk reverses it with a release northern lights suplex. Punk gets up to his feet rubbing at the back of his neck. Brandon gets up and charges at Punk with a clothesline but Punk ducks under it then grabs Brandon and drops him on his head with a backdrop driver. Punk pulls Brandon up to his feet and throws him into the corner. Punk unleashes with hard forearm shots to the side of Brandon’s head. Punk sends Brandon across the ring and hard into the opposite corner. Punk charges and Brandon sends him over the ropes with a backbody drop but Punk grabs the top rope and lands on the apron.
Punk grabs Brandon and lifts him over the ropes and sends him down to the floor with a vertical suplex drawing gasps from the crowd. Punk gets up to his feet on the apron then jumps off with a legdrop onto Brandon. Punk pulls Brandon up to his feet and Punk slams him into the guardrail and then unloads on Brandon with brutal knife edge chops. Punk grabs Brandon and spins him around slamming him back first into the apron. Punk holds onto Brandon then sends him into the guardrail with an Irish whip and Brandon slams into the guardrail shoulder first. Punk pulls Brandon up and drives his knee into the midsection of Brandon repeatedly. Punk snapmares Brandon over and then nails him with a snap kick to the small of the back. Punk pulls Brandon up and rolls him into the ring then slides in after him. Punk hooks a leg with a cover and gets a long two count before Brandon manages to roll a shoulder. Punk pulls Brandon up to his feet and puts him into an abdominal stretch. Brandon starts to fight the hold but Punk grabs the top rope for added leverage on the hold. The ref comes around and Punk lets go of the rope so the ref doesn’t see him. The ref goes to check on Brandon and Punk grabs the rope for leverage again. The crowd starts to rally behind Brandon to get him going again. The ref comes around to check and Punk lets go of the top rope and Brandon uses his last burst of strength to hiptoss Punk over breaking the hold. Brandon manages to stay up on his feet and grabs Punk with a rear chinlock in order to get his wind back. Punk rises to his feet fairly easily and nails Brandon with some stiff back elbows to the midsection then shoots him into the ropes. Brandon rebounds and Punk wraps him up with a sleeper hold and takes Brandon down to the mat. The ref gets down and checks on Brandon. The ref lifts Brandon’s arm up into the air and drops it down two times. The ref lifts Brandon’s arm up a third time and drops it but Brandon holds it up. The crowd starts cheering for Brandon and he powers up to his feet. Brandon walks to the corner and climbs up the ropes and pushes backwards and rolls over on top of Punk holding him down for a cover and gets a two count before Punk releases the hold.
Brandon gets up to his feet and Punk delivers a knee to the midsection of Brandon flipping him over. Punk grabs Brandon and puts him into a seated abdominal stretch. Brandon spins around on the mat and puts a foot on top of the bottom rope and the ref forces the break and Punk waits until the five count to break it. Punk pulls Brandon up to his feet and hooks his arms and hits a double underhook backbreaker. Punk makes a cover and Brandon grabs the bottom rope breaking the cover at the count of two. Punk pulls Brandon up to his feet and fires two stiff knife edge chops. Punk sends Brandon into the corner with an Irish whip. Punk charges and Brandon connects with a big boot to the face. Brandon jumps onto the second rope then grabs Punk and spikes him with a tornado DDT. The ref starts a ten count and both men get up to their feet at the count of seven. The two men start exchanging forearm shots and Punk slowly starts to get the advantage. Punk then throws a right hand but Brandon blocks it then hits Punk with a right hand of his own and Brandon fires off a string of punches that backs Punk into the corner. Brandon grabs Punk and lifts him up onto the top rope. Brandon climbs up to the second rope and Punk nails him with two forearm shots to the side of the head. Punk stands up on the top rope and hooks Brandon’s arms behind and tries for the Pepsi plunge but Brandon blocks it. Brandon straightens up and sends Punk off the top rope and down to the mat with a big backbody drop. Brandon climbs up to the top rope and lets Punk get up to his feet then comes off with a missile dropkick. Brandon crawls over and makes a cover for a two count. Brandon pulls Punk up to his feet and goes for the air raid crash but Punk flips over and lands on his feet. Punk grabs Brandon from behind and takes him over with a german suplex and bridges the move for a two count before Brandon manages to roll a shoulder. Brandon rolls up to his knees and Punk follows up with a dropkick to his face laying Brandon out. Punk grabs Brandon locking him into the Anaconda Vice. Punk pulls back on the hold but Brandon refuses to tap out. Brandon wiggles on the mat and manages to move enough to get a foot on the bottom rope and force Punk to break the hold. Brandon gets up to his feet holding his midsection and Punk goes for a kick there but Brandon catches it and takes him over with a dragonscrew. Brandon gets up to his feet and grabs Punk as he rises and plants him with an air raid crash. Brandon drops down across Punk to get the three count.
Winner: Brandon Thomaselli (25:21)
Notes: ***3/4
OA: 69 CR: 62 MQ: 93
Guppie: “Brandon Thomaselli manages to upset CM Punk and move on to the finals of the Midwest Invitational Tournament.”
Patterson: “Brandon has always had talent and this tournament could be his breakout moment.”
Guppie: “We’ll find out who Brandon’s opponent will be as Vito Thomaselli takes on Puma.”
Patterson: “We could see some family action if Vito wins this match but it won’t be easy for him as Puma has been very successful lately in singles action.”
Segment 2: Vito Thomaselli vs. Puma (Round 2)
Vito and Puma face off in the middle of the ring and then start trading stiff forearm shots. Vito gains the advantage on Puma then shoots him into the ropes. Puma uses the momentum to send Vito down to the mat with a running forearm shot straight to the face. Vito gets to his feet slowly with blood trickling out of his nose. Puma grabs Vito and shoots him into the corner then charges right into a big boot. Vito wipes the blood away from under his nose then charges and takes Vito down with a hard clothesline. Vito pulls Puma up to his feet and takes him over with a vertical suplex then floats over and hooks a leg for a two count. Vito grabs Puma by his mask and pulls him up to his feet again. Vito backs Puma up with a forearm shot then sends him to the mat with a dropkick to the face. Vito hooks a leg and rolls on top of Puma for a short two count. Vito pulls Puma to his feet again and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Puma rebounds and Vito sends him over with a backbody drop and Puma rolls under the ropes to the outside for a break. Vito doesn’t give him that time though as he charges the ropes and sends himself over with a tope con hilo that barely hits Puma but still sends him down to the floor as Vito goes over the guardrail and into the crowd which catches him as they weren’t prepared for a wrestler to come into their midst. Vito gets to his feet in the crowd only a little dazed as Puma stands up on the other side of the guardrail. Vito grabs Puma and goes to suplex him into the crowd but Puma blocks it then lifts Vito up for a suplex but Vito spins around and lands behind Puma. Vito spins Puma around and nails him with a forearm shot then throws him back into the ring. Vito jumps onto the apron then slingshots in with a senton and makes a cover for a two count. Vito gets up to his knees and looks at the ref annoyed. Vito pulls Puma up to his feet and goes for an Irish whip but Puma reverses it. Vito comes off the ropes and Puma drops him with a big back elbow to the face. Puma drops down to make a quick cover and gets a one count. Puma pulls Vito up to his feet and hooks him for a dragon suplex. Vito breaks Puma’s grip then falls to the mat and takes Puma down with a drop toehold. Vito jumps onto Puma’s back and paintbrushes him then grabs him with a side headlock. Puma gets up to his feet then takes Vito over with a backdrop driver breaking up the hold.
Puma gets up then sees Vito lying on the mat and makes a cover for a short two count. Puma pulls Vito up to his feet and goes for a tiger driver but Vito reverses it with a sloppy hurrincanranna. Puma rolls up to his feet and Vito nails him with a forearm shot that spins him around. Vito grabs Puma with a rear waistlock and goes for a german suplex but Puma manages to flip over and land on his feet. Puma throws a haymaker but Vito ducks under it and takes Puma over with an everest german suplex. Vito bridges holding Puma down to the mat and gets a long two count before Puma manages to roll backwards out of it. Vito pulls Puma up to his feet and goes for a vertical suplex but Puma nails him with a knee to the head and lands on his feet. Puma hits Vito with a snap kick to the midsection then grabs Vito and plants him with a sitout powerbomb and holds him down for a two count before Vito slams his legs against the side of Puma’s head then rolls backwards out of the pinning predicament. Vito gets up to his feet and Puma hooks him and plants him on the top of his head with an exploder suplex. Vito gets up to his feet dazed and Puma hooks him and plants him with another exploder suplex. Puma hooks a leg on Vito and makes a cover for a long two count before Vito manages to roll a shoulder. Puma pulls Vito up and goes for a tiger driver but Vito flips over and lands behind Puma. Vito spins Puma around and kicks him in the midsection then picks him up and spikes him with a piledriver leaving both men down on the mat. The ref starts a standing ten count and both men get up to their feet at the count of eight. They start trading right hands back and forth. Puma blocks a punch from Vito then scoops him up and drops him on his head with a tombstone piledriver. Puma makes a cocky cover and Vito manages to kick out just before the three count. Puma shows no signs of hesitation as he gets to his feet pulling Vito up with him and plants him with a tiger driver. Puma holds him down to the mat and gets the three count.
Winner: Puma (13:36)
Notes: **
OA: 62 CR: 62 MQ: 76
Guppie: “Puma manages to put Vito down in a hard fought, back and forth match.”
Patterson: “Vito managed to hang in there near the end but Puma was dominating him offensively. Vito was hanging in on force of will. It looked like Vito had his nose broken right at the beginning of the match and he was never really in the match after that.”
Guppie: “Vito did take a brutal forearm from Puma right to the face at the beginning of the match. We’ll see Puma take on Brandon Thomaselli later on in the night. Our next match is a four way match with Jack Evans defending the Premier Title against Joey Ryan, Sal Thomaselli and Ricky Marvin.”
Patterson: “Ricky Marvin and Jack Evans are two preeminent high-flyers while Joey Ryan and Sal Thomaselli are both good technical wrestlers with some good striking skills as well. Anybody could walk out of this match with the belt.”
Segment 3: Jack Evans ©vs. Joey Ryan vs. Sal Thomaselli vs. Ricky Marvin (SMWA Premier Title)
Evans and Sal start the match off and they go into a lockup. Sal takes Evans over with a hiptoss but Evans flips over landing on his feet. Evans then gets really cocky and starts talking a lot of shit and Sal has had enough and nails him with a forearm shot then sends him down to the mat with a hiptoss. Sal then gets in Evans face and tells him what’s up. Sal pulls Evans up to his feet then sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Sal goes for a backbody drop but Evans flips backwards over Sal and lands on his feet. Sal turns around and Evans hits him with a dropsault that sends Sal to the mat. Evans pulls Sal up to his feet then sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Evans charges the corner and does a handstand then leaps backwards into Sal with a back elbow and flips over the top rope and lands on the floor. Evans climbs back onto the apron then springboards in with a dropkick to the back of Sal’s head. Sal sprawls forward towards the ropes but manages to tag in Ryan as he falls. Ryan comes into the ring and Evans charges but gets taken over with an armdrag and Ryan holds on turning it into an armbar. Evans gets up to his feet and Ryan turns the hold into an armwringer. Evans rolls forward then cartwheels back then other way then front flips over and drops down taking Ryan over with a complicated armdrag that gets some applause from the crowd. Evans gets to his feet and bows to the crowd who’s applause morphs into boos. Ryan gets up to his feet and nails Evans with a right hand then takes him down to the mat with a headlock takedown. Evans fights up to his feet and hits Ryan with some back elbows to break up the hold. Evans then bounces off the ropes and Ryan drops him with a shoulder tackle. Ryan pulls Evans up to his feet and goes for a suplex but Evans spins around landing behind Ryan then dives and tags in Marvin. Marvin springboards into the ring and catches Ryan with a big hurrincanranna. Ryan gets up to his feet and Marvin hits him with a dropkick that sends him into the corner. Marvin hits Ryan with some hard knife edge chops then lifts him up onto the top rope. Marvin climbs up to the second rope then jumps up and takes Ryan off the top rope with a hurrincanranna. Marvin makes the cover and hooks the leg for a two count before Evans and Sal come in and break up the cover.
Marvin pulls Ryan up to his feet and throws him into a corner then tags in Sal. Sal comes in and nails Ryan with a series of hard forearm shots then snapmares him out of the corner. Sal connects with a snap kick to the small of the back then flips over Ryan with a neck snap. Sal makes a cover and gets a two count before Ryan manages to roll a shoulder. Sal pulls Ryan up to his feet and gets him in a rear waistlock and goes for a german suplex but Ryan blocks it by wrapping his leg around Sal’s. Ryan hits Sal with some back elbows to the head then ducks behind him and whips him over with a release german suplex. Ryan crawls to a corner and tags Evans back in. Evans comes into the ring and delivers two stomps to the back of Sal’s head to keep him down on the mat. Evans then bounces off the ropes to get momentum for a standing 450 splash onto the back of Sal. Evans rolls Sal over and makes a cover for a two count before Marvin dives in and breaks up the cover with a forearm to the back of Evans’ head. Marvin pulls Evans up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Marvin charges and hits Evans with a stiff back elbow. Marvin lifts Evans up onto the top rope then climbs to the second rope and hits him with a pair of back elbow shots. Marvin climbs up to the top rope and hooks Evans for a superplex. Ryan comes into the ring and hits Marvin in the back with a forearm then climbs to the second rope and hooks him for a belly to back suplex. Sal gets to his feet and pulls Ryan off the second rope with a powerbomb as Ryan takes Marvin off the top rope with a belly to back suplex who takes Evans off the top with a superplex and all four men are down on the mat. Sal gets up to his feet not having taken any damage from the move. He pulls Evans up to his feet and drops him on the top of his head with a brainbuster then makes a cover for a two count before Ryan grabs him by the feet and pulls him off. Ryan pulls Sal up and sends him down to the mat with a powerslam. Ryan climbs up to the top rope for a splash but Marvin jumps up and hits him with an enziguri and Ryan falls off the ropes and tumbles to the outside and hits with a thud. Sal gets up to his feet and Marvin charges and takes him over with a spinning headscissors. Marvin gets back up to his feet and climbs up to the top rope and lets Sal get to his feet. Marvin jumps off the top rope and lands on Sal and takes him over with a hurrincanranna and holds him down for a two count before Evans dropkicks Marvin in the face breaking up the cover. Evans scoops Marvin up and powerslams him down to the mat next to Sal. Evans climbs up to the top rope then comes off with a 630 splash landing on both men. Evans hooks a leg on Marvin and covers him for the three count.
Winner: Jack Evans (14:12)
Notes: **1/4
OA: 58 CR: 49 MQ: 82
Guppie: “Jack Evans retains the Premier Title in a fast paced match by getting the pin on Marvin.”
Patterson: “All four of those men had chances to win the match but Evans managed to get a pin when everybody else was down and out.”
Guppie: “That’s the trick of winning a four way match. Our next match is going to be heated. The Backseat Boys defend the tag titles against Ricky Reyes and B-Boy of Prime Time. The Backseat Boys managed to successfully defend the belts against CM Punk and Ace Steel last week and Reyes and B-Boy brutally attacked them after the match.”
Patterson: “They put an exclamation mark on the beating the Second City Saints gave them. Acid was a bloody mess after that match and when Reyes suplexed Kashmere onto Acid through the table those two guys were done for.”
Guppie: “I don’t know what condition the champs are going to be in for this match.”
Patterson: “The Backseat Boys don’t know how to quit though Brian and that is going to help them. After the insults they’ve suffered from Prime Time they are going to be going all out in this match. Not just to keep the belts but also to get revenge.”
Segment 4: Backseat Boys ©vs. Ricky Reyes & B-Boy (SMWA Tag Team Championship)
Reyes and B-Boy wait in the ring for their opponents. Acid and Kashmere run out from the entrance and slide into the ring. They both duck under punches from Reyes and B-Boy and start unloading with punches of their own. Kashmere sends Reyes into the ropes with an Irish whip and sends him over with a backbody drop and Reyes rolls under the ropes and out of the ring. Kashmere grabs the top rope and launches himself over with a crossbody block onto Reyes sending both men down to the floor. Acid sends B-Boy into the ropes as well and goes for a backbody drop but B-Boy sees it coming. B-Boy kicks Acid in the chest standing him up then jumps forward and takes Acid down with a neckbreaker. B-Boy pulls Acid up to his feet and shoves him into the corner. B-Boy climbs up to the second rope and then starts raining down punches to the forehead of Acid opening up the cut on his forehead from last week. Blood starts to flow down Acid’s head as B-Boy drops down and stomps Acid down into a seated position in the corner. B-Boy backs up and gets a running start to dropkick Acid in the face and Acid falls out of the ring to the floor. Kashmere pulls Reyes up to his feet on the floor and throws him shoulder first into the guardrail. Reyes slumps against the guardrail and Kashmere nails him with some stiff stomps to the chest sitting him down then dropkicks him in the face slamming his head against the guardrail. Kashmere pulls Reyes up and charges with a clothesline that sends Reyes over the rails and into the crowd. B-Boy slides out of the ring under the bottom rope. B-Boy pulls a bloody Acid up to his feet and sends him over the guardrail and into the crowd with a belly to back suplex. B-Boy starts climbing over the guardrail and Kashmere runs up behind him and shoves him down and into the vacated chairs face first to cheers from the crowd. Acid rises to his feet with blood covering his face and a chair in his hands. B-Boy gets up to his feet and Acid throws it right into his face. Kashmere goes towards where Reyes is and Reyes hurls a chair at him and catches him in the side of the head sending him down to the floor. In the ring the ref just calls for the bell and the DQ as he loses control of the match to boos from a few of the fans.
The rest of the fans don’t care as the bell hasn’t stopped the action. Acid pulls B-Boy up to his feet and nails him with some stiff forearm shots then DDTs him onto the gym floor. Reyes jumps over the guardrail and pulls Kashmere up to his feet. Reyes clubs Kashmere over the back with some forearm shots then lifts him up for a powerbomb and brings him down back first against the apron to gasps from the crowd. Reyes holds onto Kashmere after that and lifts him back up then drops him with a brutal powerbomb to the gym floor that draws even more gasps from the crowd. Acid pulls B-Boy up to his feet in the crowd and sends him through the emptied chairs with an Irish whip. B-Boy gets up to his feet near the bleachers and Acid nails him with a yakuza kick that has him staggered. Acid grabs B-Boy and takes him over with a vertical suplex that drops B-Boy across the bleacher seats to cheers from the crowd. Acid gets up to his feet with blood pouring down his face and moves through the crowd and jumps onto the guardrail then leaps onto Reyes with a clothesline sending him down to the gym floor. Acid grabs a chair from the crowd and slams it down over the head of Reyes as he gets up to his knees. Acid pulls a table out from underneath the ring and slides it in then rolls in after it. Acid sets the table up in the ring as Kashmere pulls Reyes up to his feet and throws him into the ring then slides in after him. Reyes rises to his feet and Acid connects with a bunch of right hands. Kashmere gets up to his feet and the Backseat Boys grab Reyes under the arms then lift him up and drive him through the table with the T-gimmick. B-Boy slowly makes his way into the ring and Kashmere nails him with stomps to the back of the head keeping him on the mat. Kashmere pulls B-Boy up and shoots him into the corner then charges in with a big forearm shot. Acid rolls out of the ring and throws six chairs in then slides in. Acid grabs the chairs and sets them up into a chair coffin. Kashmere pulls B-Boy out of the corner and sends him out with an Irish whip and Acid nails him with a kick to the midsection. Acid turns B-Boy towards the chair coffin then picks him up and drives him down onto the chairs with a powerbomb. The Backseat Boys get to their feet and celebrate as the crowd cheers and refs hit the ring to get the Backseat Boys off and force them back to the ring.
Winner: Double DQ (5:42)
Notes: **1/4
OA: 65 CR: 70 MQ: 77
Guppie: “That wasn’t a match at all but a war and the Backseat Boys got some revenge and walked out of here with the belts but that isn’t going to be the last meeting between these two teams.”
Patterson: “That is for sure. These two teams are getting violent in a hurry. This is just the start and it’s only going to get worse.”
Guppie: “It’s intermission time which gives us sometime to clear the ring of all the debris. When we come back we have the finals of the Midwest Invitational Tournament as Puma takes on Brandon Thomaselli.”
Patterson: “Brandon had a longer match today but he did have more time to rest so I’m not sure how this match is going to go. Both of these men are great wrestlers but it all depends on how well conditioned they are.”
Guppie: “Neither man has had really long matches in the SMWA but I’ve seen Brandon wrestle for over half an hour and I have no idea how Puma can handle a longer match and a little bit of wear from an earlier match.”
Segment 5: Puma vs. Brandon Thomaselli (SMWA Midwest Invitational Tournament Finals)
Puma and Brandon start the match off cautiously as neither man wants to make the first mistake. Puma raises his arms into the air and Brandon tentatively meets him for the test of strength. Puma powers Brandon down into a bridge but Brandon uses a surge of energy to straighten up and then push Puma down into a bridge. Brandon kicks a foot out from Puma leaving him flat on his back. Brandon holds Puma’s shoulders down to the mat for a cover and gets a two count before Puma bridges up off the mat. Brandon goes to lay out on Puma but Puma gets his feet up into the midsection of Brandon then stands him back up. Puma rolls towards him and uses the momentum to jump up and land on the shoulders of Brandon then take him over with a hurrincanranna to polite applause from the crowd. Brandon gets up to his feet and Puma grabs him with an arm wringer and then goes into a hammerlock. Brandon fires some back elbows off connecting with the head of Puma. Brandon jumps up then comes down with a snapmare flipping Puma over and breaking the hold. Puma gets up to his feet and Brandon connects with a dropkick. Brandon grabs Puma by the mask and pulls him up to his feet. Brandon sends Puma into the ropes then catches him and connects with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Brandon hooks a leg on Puma and gets a two count. Brandon pulls Puma up to his feet and nails him with two stiff forearm shots. Brandon hooks Puma around the head and takes him over with a hard snap suplex. Brandon floats over and makes a cover for a two count. Brandon gets to his feet and climbs up to the top rope. Puma gets up to his feet and Brandon comes off with a crossbody block and Brandon covers him for a two count. Brandon pulls Puma up to his feet and hooks him with a rear waistlock. Puma blocks the suplex attempt and then drops down and takes Brandon to the mat with a drop toehold. Puma spins on the back of Brandon and grabs him with a front guillotine. Brandon pushes himself up to his feet and Brandon takes Puma over with a northern lights suplex and bridges for a long two count before Puma manages to roll a shoulder. Brandon gets up to his feet and pulls Puma up. Brandon sends Puma into the corner with an Irish whip then charges right into a big boot. Puma comes out of the corner and crushes Brandon with a clothesline.
Puma pulls Brandon up and drops him on the back of his head with a powerbomb. Puma holds onto Brandon and pulls him up again before dropping him on his head with another powerbomb. Puma holds Brandon down to the mat and scores a two count before Brandon manages to roll a shoulder and escape the pin. Puma pulls Brandon up to his feet and throws him into the corner. Puma unloads with a combination of knife edge chops and forearm shots. Puma lifts Brandon up and puts him on the top rope. Puma climbs onto the second rope and hits Brandon with two forearm shots. Puma then grabs Brandon around the head and takes him off with a superplex. Puma drapes an arm over Brandon and scores with a long two count before Brandon rolls a shoulder up. Puma gets up and pulls Brandon up to his feet. Puma hooks Brandon and dumps him on the top of his head with an exploder suplex. Brandon rolls up to his knees dazed and Puma pulls him up to his feet and drops him with another exploder suplex. Puma makes the cover and Brandon manages to get a foot on the bottom rope to break up the cover at the count of two. Puma pulls Brandon up to his feet and goes for a tiger driver but Brandon reverses it with a backbody drop. Puma gets up to his feet and Brandon charges with a clothesline but Puma ducks under it. Brandon turns around and Puma kicks him in the midsection then plants him with a brainbuster. Puma makes a lateral press for a cover and gets a two count before Brandon rolls a shoulder. Puma gets up to his feet and starts yelling at the ref to count faster next time. Brandon gets up to his hands and knees and Puma delivers a shotgun dropkick to the side of his head. Brandon rolls onto his back and Puma climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a senton but Brandon gets his knees up driving them into the back of Puma as he comes down. Brandon gets up to his feet and drives two forearm shots into the small of Puma’s back. Brandon lifts Puma up from behind and plants him with a belly to back suplex. Brandon slowly rolls over onto Puma and gets a short two count. Both men get up to their feet slowly. Puma is holding the small of his back while Brandon just looks bruised and battered. The two men start trading forearm shots back and forth and Brandon starts to gain the advantage before Puma pokes him in th eyes. Puma knees Brandon in the midsection then spikes him with a DDT.
Puma gets up to his feet to some boos from the crowd but he ignores them. Brandon slowly gets up to his feet and Puma kicks him in the midsection. Puma butterflies his arms behind his back then plants Brandon with a tiger driver. Puma holds Brandon down and Brandon manages to kick out just before the count of three. Puma gets to his feet and gets in the refs face complaining about a slow count. Brandon gets up to his feet and grabs Puma from behind and drops him on his head with a desperation release german suplex. The ref starts a ten count with both men down on the mat and gets to a count of seven before both men manage to get to their feet. Puma rails Brandon with a knife edge chop and Brandon comes back with a jumping enziguri that lays Puma out. Brandon gets to his feet and nails a standing shooting star press. Brandon hooks a leg and Puma rolls his shoulder after the count of two. Brandon pulls Puma up to his feet and rocks him with forearm shots. Brandon grabs Puma from behind with a rear waistlock and takes him over with a german suplex and bridges the hold to score a long two count before Puma manages to roll backwards out of the pin. Puma gets up to his feet dazed and Brandon grabs him and picks him up for the air raid crash. Puma kicks his legs and manages to free himself and flip over onto his feet escaping the move. Puma runs and bounces off the ropes then folds Brandon up with a clothesline. Puma drops down on Brandon with a cover and gets a two count. Puma pulls Brandon up to his feet and hooks him with a full nelson. Puma goes for the dragon suplex but Brandon blocks it by wrapping his leg around Puma’s. Brandon pulls his arms down breaking the hold. Brandon spins around and clocks Puma with a forearm smash to the side of the head and Puma staggers but doesn’t go down. Brandon grabs Puma and lifts him up and drops him on his head with the air raid crash. Brandon drapes an arm over Puma for the cover and gets a two count before Puma puts a foot on the bottom rope. Brandon gets to his feet and pulls Puma up then sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Brandon charges and connects with a back elbow. Brandon then lifts Puma up and sets him on the top rope. Brandon climbs onto the second rope then lifts Puma up and over his shoulder. Brandon jumps off the top rope and connects with an air raid crash dropping Puma on the back of his head. Brandon makes a cover and gets a three count to cheers from a few appreciative fans.
Winner: Brandon Thomaselli (23:39)
Notes: **1/2
OA: 63 CR: 59 MQ: 82
Guppie: “We’ve been talking about how Brandon has all the talent he just needs to get the big win and he has done that here tonight. He beat KENTA, CM Punk and Puma in order to win the SMWA Midwest Invitational Tournament.”
Patterson: “Brandon was an underdog going into this tournament but he really showed all of his talent in these matches and he deserved the win here tonight and he earned it in a brutal match against Puma.”
Guppie: “Our next match is for a shot at the SMWA Championship as Petey Williams takes on Samoa Joe. Williams has even more on the line than a shot at the title. Elix Skipper added the stipulations that if Williams wins they will meet in a steel cage match, if Joe wins Williams won’t get a shot at the belt as long as a member of Prime Time holds the belt.”
Patterson: “Skipper may have thought he was putting one over on Williams but adding those stipulations is just going to make him fight harder. He’s going to have to be fighting as hard as he can against Joe. Joe obviously has the size advantage and he’s going to go straight for Williams who’s going to have to stick and run to win this match.”
Segment 6: Petey Williams vs. Samoa Joe (Number 1 Contender’s Match)
Williams and Joe start the match off and for some reason Williams goes into a lockup and Joe throws him down to the mat hard. Williams rolls backwards up to his feet, charges at Joe and takes him over with a spinning headscissors. Joe gets up to his feet and Williams hits him with a dorpkick which sends him staggering backwards. Williams gets up to his feet and gets a running start with a spinning heel kick but Joe catches Williams then dumps him over the top rope to the floor where he hits with a thud to gasps from the crowd. Williams gets to his feet on the outside and Joe charges and comes through the ropes with a suicide dive that sends Williams into the guardrail hard. Joe pulls Williams up against the guardrail and nails him with hard kicks to the chest. Joe grabs Williams and spins him around before slamming him back first into the apron. Joe then unloads with a series of brutal knife edge chops to the chest of Williams, each one drawing whoos from the crowd. Joe finishes that off with a hard slap across the face of Williams that sends him down to the floor. Joe turns around and gets into a shouting match with some hostile fans. Joe turns around and pulls Williams up to his feet and throws him into the ring then rolls in after him. Williams gets up to his hands and knees and Joe grabs the back of his head and gives him a brutal series of Kawada kicks that leaves him checking his face for blood while Joe plays to the crowd. Williams starts to rise and Joe grabs him and pulls him the rest of the way up. Joe sends Williams into the corner with an Irish whip then charges and runs into a big boot. Williams hops onto the second rope then jumps off for a DDT but Joe holds him up then throws him over with an overhead belly to belly suplex. Joe pulls Williams up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip again. Joe charges and crushes Williams with a clothesline this time. Joe keeps Williams up in the corner and unloads with alternating knife edge chops and right hands to the side of the head. Joe then stomps away at the midsection of Williams sitting him down in the corner. Joe gives Williams a couple of face washes then runs across the ring and bounces off the ropes then comes back with a brutal boot scrape that almost dumps Williams out of the ring. Joe grabs Williams by the foot and pulls him into the middle of the ring and makes a cover for a long two count before Williams manages to lift a shoulder off the mat.
Joe pulls Williams up to his feet and throws him into the corner back first. Joe lifts Willaims onto the top rope then grabs him and goes for the muscle buster but Williams manages to break free and land on his feet behind Joe. Williams fires off a series of forearm shots to the back of Joe’s head then whip him over with a backdrop driver that flips Joe over on the top of his head. Joe rolls up to his knees and Williams delivers a dropkick to the face of Joe with all of his strength and both men are down. Joe starts to stir first and gets up to his feet. Joe pulls Williams up and knees him in the midsection then goes for a powerbomb but Williams reverses it with a hurrincanranna. Joe gets up to his feet and Williams jumps up and hits him with an enziguri sending Joe to the mat face first. Williams seems to get a second wind as the crowd starts cheering his name. Williams grabs Joe by the back of his trunks and pulls him up to his feet. Williams sends Joe into the ropes with an Irish whip and lays him out with a dropkick to the face. Williams quickly makes a cover before Joe makes a strong kickout. Joe gets up to his feet as Williams bounces off the ropes and kicks him in the midsection to stop him. Joe grabs Williams and plants him on the back of his head with a powerbomb. Williams kicks out at the count of two and Joe rolls him over into a boston crab. Williams fights the hold and starts crawling towards the ropes so Joe turns the hold into an STF. Williams keeps fighting towards the rope and Joe lets go of the STF and goes into the crossface.Williams reaches out with his free hand manages to grab the bottom rope. Joe keeps the hold on until the ref reaches the count of five when Joe gets to his feet and backs off. Williams pulls himself up to his feet using the ropes. Joe grabs Williams and sends him down to the mat with a scoop slam. Joe gets a running start then jumps up and hits a senton splash. Joe makes a cover and gets a two count before Williams manages to lift a shoulder. Joe pulls Williams up and grabs him with a rear waistlock. Joe goes for a german suplex but Williams flips over and lands on his feet. Joe gets up and Williams hits him with a dropkick to the back of his head sending him sprawling to the mat. Williams gets up and climbs up to the top rope. Joe gets up to his feet and Williams comes off with a missile dropkick that sends Joe to the mat and he rolls out of the ring under the ropes.
Joe gets up to his feet on the outside and Williams charges and launches himself over the top rope with a tope con hilo that knocks Joe down and Williams manages to land on his feet to cheers from the crowd. Williams jumps onto the apron and waits for Joe to get to his feet. Williams charges and jumps off for a hurrincanranna but Joe holds onto Williams and slams him into the guardrail with a powerbomb which draws a holy shit chant from the crowd which is finally coming alive. Joe pulls Williams up to his feet and throws him into the ring then crawls in after him. Joe makes a cover and Williams kicks out at the count of two. Joe pulls Williams up to his feet and goes for an Irish whip but Williams reverses it sending Joe into the corner. Williams charges but Joe catches him and plants him with a urinage slam. Williams gets up dazed and Joe takes him over with a snapmare. Joe lands Williams with a chop to the back then lays him out with a hard kick to the chest. Joe bounces off the ropes then jumps up and drives a knee down to the face of Williams. Joe makes a cover and scores with a two count before Williams lifts a shoulder. Joe pulls Williams up and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Joe stalks over to him and nails him with hard knife edge chops. Joe lifts Williams up to the top rope. Joe grabs Williams for the muscle buster but Williams fights him off with punches. Joe backs off and Williams hits him with some kicks to the chest and Joe backs off. Williams stands up on the middle rope then jumps off and catches Joe with a tornado DDT. Williams climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a splash onto Joe and makes the cover for a long two count before Joe kicks out. Williams pulls Joe up to his feet then manages to lift him up and spike him with a brainbuster. Williams gets up to his knees then dives forward to make a cover on Joe and gets another two count. Williams gets up then grabs Joe’s legs and tries to put him in a sharpshooter but Williams can’t flip Joe and drops the hold. Joe sits up and Williams nails him with a dropkick to the face. Williams climbs up to the top again and lets Joe get to his feet. Williams jumps off and lands on Joe then takes him over with a hurrincanranna and holds him down on the mat and gets a quick three count and Joe kicks out a little too late.
Winner: Petey Williams (19:26)
Notes: ***3/4
OA: 75 CR: 78 MQ: 90
Guppie: “Petey Williams pulls out a big victory over Samoa Joe after taking a brutal beating.”
Patterson: “Williams went right at Joe in the beginning of the match and Joe showed him the mistake there. Williams was fueled to keep on going because he wanted Skipper in the cage and he wouldn’t go down. He fought back and managed to hit big moves when he could.”
Guppie: “Williams hands Joe his first loss here in the SMWA and earns himself a title shot in one month. Against the winner of our next match. If Skipper does win it will be in a steel cage.”
Patterson: “If Skipper wins it’s going to be a brutal match, if Spade wins it’s going to be a great contest between two men who respect each other. No matter what the outcome of this next match it’s good news for our fans.”
Segment 7: My Belt, Your Career
Johnny Spade is waiting in the ring stretching when Skipper comes out from the back with the belt over his shoulder and a mic in his hands.
Skipper: “I’ve got some good news for you Johnny, I have no backup tonight. B-Boy and Ricky were laid out in the ring against the Backseat Boys and Puma is tired after his two grueling matches tonight. This hasn’t been a good night for Prime Time so far. That’s happened before though. I respect the other members of the group but there is a reason that I’m the leader and the champ and that’s because I’m better than they are and I’m going to prove that tonight. I hope you brought your ‘A’ game, Johnny. Tonight I have my belt on the line, but you have your career on the line. A lot of boys in the back respect you because you’ve been here from the start. I don’t respect you for that same reason.
“You’ve been here since this company started and you really haven’t done a damn thing. You teamed up with Halo to never win the SMWA Tag Titles and then you broke up and Halo showed what he could do while you formed a tag team with Jimmy Jacobs so that he could carry you like Halo did. Then you had some matches against Halo since you guys had that history and every time people would say you put up a good showing but that’s just because you never won a match. You have always been a second rate wrestler Johnny and tonight I’m going to put you out of your misery. This belt isn’t leaving me anytime soon especially not to somebody like you. Tonight you’ll be saying goodbye to the SMWA and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.”
OA: 75
Guppie: “Elix Skipper just read Johnny Spade the riot act. I don’t think that was a good idea though. His stipulations lit a fire under Williams earlier tonight and they could do the same thing with Spade.”
Patterson: “Spade may not have any belts but he has always been a class act which is more than you can say about Skipper. Spade is a top competitor here in the SMWA and Skipper is taking him too lightly.”
Segment 8: Elix Skipper ©vs. Johnny Spade (SMWA Championship)
As Skipper makes his way down to the ring Spade charges and launches himself over the top rope with a crooked tope con hilo that barely connects with Skipper and sets the tone for the rest of the match. Spade pulls Skipper up to his feet and fires off a series of unconvincing punches. Spade pulls Skipper up to his feet and goes for an Irish whip but Skipper reverses it sending Spade into the apron back first. Skipper charges and Spade lifts him up with a backbody drop but Skipper hits the ropes and comes down with a big DDT on Spade on the outside. Skipper pulls Spade up and rolls him into the ring. Skipper climbs onto the apron then slingshots himself into the ring with a legdrop and makes a cover for a short two count. Skipper pulls Spade up to his feet and whips him into the ropes. Spade bounces off the ropes lethargically and Skipper drops him with a dropkick to the face. Skipper goes for a springboard moonsault but Spade gets his knees up and drives them into the midsection of Skipper. Spade gets up to his feet and takes him over with a sloppy vertical suplex. Spade floats over and gets a two count. Spade pulls Skipper up to his feet and shoots him into the corner. Spade charges and hits Skipper with a clothesline then lifts him up onto the top rope. Spade climbs onto the second rope and throws a punch but Skipper blocks it. Skipper hits Spade with some forearm shots then delivers a hard kick to the chest that sends Spade down to the mat. Skipper stands up on the top rope then comes off with a crossbody block. Skipper holds Spade down for a cover for a short two count. Skipper pulls Spade up to his feet and whips him into the ropes. Spade bounces off the ropes and Skipper flips him over with a backbody drop. Skipper grabs Spade from behind with a rear chinlock to slow down the match. Spade fights up to his feet then drops down with a jaw breaker. Spade gets up to his feet and connects with a dropkick that sends Skipper down to the mat.
Spade pulls Skipper up to his feet and connects with two forearm shots. Spade then shoots Skipper into the ropes and trips him with a drop toehold when he rebounds off. Spade jumps forward and grabs a side headlock on Skipper. Skipper fights up to his feet and takes Spade over with a backdrop driver. Spade rolls through it up to his feet then charges forward and takes Skipper down with a clothesline no selling the move and drawing boos from the crowd. Spade forgets he’s the face and goes to the ropes and starts yelling back at the fans. Skipper gets up to his feet looking pissed off. He spins Spade around and connects with two punches for real. Skipper scoops Spade up and sends him down to the mat with a powerslam. Skipper bounces off the ropes and hits an elbow drop then makes a cover for a long one count. Skipper pulls Spade up to his feet and takes him over with a gut wrench suplex. Spade gets back up to his feet and Skipper nails him with a knee to the midsection then delivers a butterfly suplex. Skipper drops a knee to the side of Spade’s head to keep him down and makes a cover for a two count. Skipper pulls Spade up to his feet and goes for the play of the day but Spade slides out of it and grabs Skipper from behind and takes him over with a german suplex and bridges for a two count. Spade gets up to his feet and swings with a punch but Skipper ducks it. Skipper grabs Spade and shoots him into the corner with an Irish whip. Spade runs up the ropes then leaps off with a cockeyed corkscrew plancha hitting Skipper with his legs and sending him down to the mat. Spade delivers a stomp to the midsection of Skipper then runs to the ropes and goes for a springboard moonsault and flies over Skipper, barely making it look like he hit him with his arms. Spade crawls forward and makes the cover for a two count. Spade pulls Skipper up to his feet and Skipper gives him a kick to the pills to change the momentum. Skipper goes for a powerbomb but Spade sandbags him and Skipper just drops him down on the back of his head to teach him a lesson. Skipper makes a cover and gets a two count before Spade remembers where he is and kicks out. Skipper pulls Spade up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Skipper charges with a shoulder but Spade moves out of the way and he slams into the ringpost. Spade pulls Skipper out with a rollup and gets a long two count before Skipper gets out of the cover. Spade pulls Skipper up to his feet and goes for a brainbuster but Skipper nails him with a knee to the head in the air and comes back down on his feet. Skipper gives Spade a kick to the midsection then drives him down to the mat with the play of the day. Skipper hooks a leg for the cover and gets a three count.
Winner: Elix Skipper (14:17)
Notes: *1/4
OA: 59 CR: 67 MQ: 67
Guppie: “Elix Skipper gets the win and eliminated Johnny Spade from the SMWA!”
Patterson: “Considering Spade had his career on the line he didn’t seem to be performing at his best and Skipper put him down for the count.”
Guppie: “That means we’ll see Elix Skipper defend the SMWA Championship against Petey Williams in a cage next month, it should be a brutal fight.”
Patterson: “Thanks for joining us tonight fans for a great night of action. Check out smwawrestling.com for info on future shows and information on your favorite wrestlers.”
OA: 65
I always overestimate how fast I can write a full show. The next show could take a while as I'm enjoying all the stuff I got for Christmas and my latest order of RoH shows.
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Midwest Invitational Tournament V Card
November 12, 2008
www.smwawrestling.com
We are just three days away from the finals of the Midwest Invitational Tournament which should be a huge show. The show will be on November 15, in Ypsilanti with the doors opening at 6 PM and the show starting at 7 PM. We have a huge show lined up with these matches.
Brandon Thomaselli vs. CM Punk (Round 2)
CM Punk got a win over Brandon in his return match to the SMWA and he looks to repeat here as they clash in second round action.
Vito Thomaselli vs. Puma (Round 2)
Vito looks to regain his place as a former SMWA Champion, while Puma hopes to keep his place near the top of the card protecting Elix Skipper’s championship reign.
Jack Evans ©vs. Joey Ryan vs. Sal Thomaselli vs. Ricky Marvin (SMWA Premier Title)
Jack Evans makes his first title defense in a four way match against three great competitors. Evans has a tough task in his first defense and may have a short reign.
Backseat Boys ©vs. B-Boy & Ricky Reyes (SMWA Tag Team Championship)
Reyes and B-Boy get this title shot thanks to some manipulation from Elix Skipper. After a brutal title defense against the Second City Saints, B-Boy and Reyes jumped the champs and left them laying in the ring. Acid was a bloody mess and Kashmere was KO’d. Now they have to get into the ring with the two in less than perfect shape, looking for some revenge.
Midwest Invitational Finals
We crown the fifth tournament champion in this match.
Petey Williams vs. Samoa Joe (#1 Contender’s Match)
Petey Williams faces Samoa Joe in a #1 contender’s match. Not only is a title shot on the line but if Williams loses he never gets another shot at Skipper for the belt. If Williams wins he gets Skipper in a cage in December. Joe has said that he deserves a shot and he gets a chance to prove it and earn a shot at the gold.
Elix Skipper ©vs. Johnny Spade (SMWA Championship)
Skipper offered Spade a shot at the belt and he put his career on the line. Skipper has managed to use dirty tactics to keep his belt around his waist but his Prime Time friends have a lot of work to do earlier in the night and may not be able to give him any help. Plus if they do try to show up Spade has the help of Joel Gertner and the Backseat Boys to even the odds.
Come to Ypsilanti and check out the action Tickets are just $15 or $20 for ringside seats. Come and witness all the great, live action!
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Rage Episode #24 (SMWA Gym, Detroit)
November 11, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Guppie: “Welcome to SMWA Rage on ESPN Two! I’m Brian Guppie and I’m joined on commentary by Mike Patterson as usual.”
Patterson: “That’s right and we have some exciting matches scheduled tonight including more first round action from the Midwest Invitational Tournament.”
Guppie: “Our first match tonight is a first round match with Sal Thomaselli taking on Puma.”
Patterson: “Sal Thomaselli has a tough match for his singles debut here as he takes on Puma who has been one of the key factors in Prime Time dominating the SMWA.”
Segment 1: Sal Thomaselli vs. Puma (Round 1)
Puma and Sal start the match with a lockup. Puma overpowers Sal and pushes him back into the corner and unloads with a series of hard knife edge chops. Puma sends Sal across the ring with an Irish whip and he hits the turnbuckle hard chest first. Sal staggers backwards and Puma grabs him and plants him with a hard belly to back suplex. Puma makes a cover and scores a short two count. Puma pulls Sal up to his feet and swings with a right hand but Sal ducks it then hits Puma with a forearm shot. Sal follows up with a kick to the midsection then takes Puma over with a snapmare. Sal grabs Puma from behind and puts him in a rear chinlock. Puma slowly fights up to his feet and connects with two hard back elbows to the midsection of Sal. Puma breaks the hold then sends Sal into the ropes with an Irish whip. Sal rebounds and Puma drops him with a vicious back elbow to the face. Puma drops down and hooks a leg for a two count. Puma pulls Sal up to his feet and hooks him for a dragon suplex but Sal fights it. Sal breaks Puma’s grip then shoves him backwards and spins around with an enziguri that connects with the side of Puma’s head. Puma goes down to a knee and Sal follows up by running and connecting with a knee to the side of the head that sends Puma down to the mat. Sal makes a cover and gets a two count of his own. Sal pulls Puma up to his feet and takes him over with a snap suplex. Sal gets up to his feet and bounces off the ropes and hits a legdrop. Sal makes a cover and gets another two count. Sal pulls Puma up again and lifts him up for a suplex. Puma blocks it and comes down on his feet and takes Sal over with a vertical suplex of his own. Puma pulls Sal up and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Puma charges and lifts Sal of his feet with a clothesline. Puma pulls Sal up against the turnbuckles and goes to unleash a knife edge chop but Sal ducks under it. Sal spins Puma into the corner and nails him with hard forearm shots. Sal jumps up and takes Puma out of the corner with a monkey flip. Puma gets up to his feet holding the small of his back. Sal grabs Puma from behind and plants him on the back of his head with a german suplex and bridges for a long two count. Puma rolls backwards up to his feet holding the back of his neck. Sal drives a knee into his midsection then lifts him up for a suplex but Puma counters and lands behind Sal. Puma hooks the arms of Sal and takes him over with a tiger suplex and bridges it for a two count. Both men get up to their feet slowly holding the back of their neck. Sal throws a punch but Puma blocks it. Puma holds onto the arm of Sal and spins behind him and plants him on the back of his head with a dragon suplex. Puma bridges the hold and gets a long two count before Sal manages to kick out. Puma pulls Sal up to his feet and hits him with some hard forearm shots. Puma knees Sal in the midsection then plants him with a sitout tiger driver and holds Sal down for a three count.
Winner: Puma (8:33)
Notes: **1/2
OA: 68 CR: 52 MQ: 84
Guppie: “Puma takes a victory over Sal in first round action in an impressive match.”
Patterson: “Sal didn’t get the win but he was impressive here tonight. Puma is going to be a force to reckon with in this tournament.”
Guppie: “After this commercial break we have Sal’s brother, Vito, taking on Black Tiger Four.”
Patterson: “This match is going to be good. Vito has won the Midwest Invitational Tournament before and Tiger has been good in the SMWA and in Japan.”
Segment 2: Vito Thomaselli vs. Black Tiger IV (Round 1)
Vito and Tiger lockup to start the match and Vito goes behind Tiger with a rear waistlock. Tiger breaks Vito’s hold and grabs an arm spinning into an arm wringer. Tiger forces Vito down to his knees and Vito rolls forward and up to his feet and reverses it into an arm wringer of his own. Tiger goes to the ropes and grabs the top rope then leaps up and sits out on the ropes and backflips over to his feet and drops down taking Vito over with an armdrag drawing polite applause from the crowd. Vito gets up to his feet and Tiger delivers a headlock takedown and wrenches back on the hold. Vito gets up to his feet and hits Tiger with a back elbow to the midsection then shoots him off into the ropes. Tiger rebounds and Vito nails him with a dropkick that sends him down to the mat hard. Vito makes a cover and gets a short two count. Vito pulls Tiger up to his feet and throws a punch but Tiger blocks it then connects with a forearm shot. Tiger then takes Vito over with a hiptoss and then delivers a dropkick to the back of the head. Tiger pulls Vito down to the mat and covers for a two count. Tiger grabs Vito by the hair and pulls him up to his feet. Tiger sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip and Vito holds on to the top rope to stop himself. Tiger charges and Vito sends him over the ropes and to the floor with a backbody drop. Tiger gets up to his feet on the outside and Vito launches himself over the ropes with a crossbody block that sends both men down to the floor. Vito pulls Tiger up and rocks him with a forearm shot. Vito grabs Tiger and rolls him into the ring. Vito climbs onto the apron then slingshots into the ring with an elbow drop and makes a cover for a short two count. Vito pulls Tiger up to his feet and goes for a belly to back suplex but Tiger flips over and lands on his feet. Tiger grabs Vito and delivers a backbreaker. Tiger pulls Vito up to his feet and nails him with a series of sharp forearms then sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Vito bounces off the ropes and Tiger hits him with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Tiger drops on top of him and hooks a leg for a long two count. Tiger pulls Vito up and hooks him for the tiger suplex. Vito blocks the move then manages to step forward and step over the bottom rope to block the move again. Vito fires some back elbows to the side of Tiger’s head breaking the hold. Vito turns around and grabs Tiger and picks him up for a suplex then drops him forward with a gourd buster. Vito rolls Tiger over and makes a cover for a two count.
Vito pulls Tiger up to his feet and swings with a right hand but Tiger ducks it and takes Vito over with a backslide for a two count. Vito rolls up to his feet and Tiger hits him with a dropkick to the knee sending him down to the mat face first. Tiger gets up and grabs Vito’s leg then lifts it up and slams it down to the mat. Tiger follows up with a knee drop to the back of Vito’s leg then gets up and hits a legdrop and goes into a kneebar. Vito pulls himself forward fighting the pain and grabs the bottom rope to force a break. Tiger gets up to his feet and starts clapping for himself but gets booed by the crowd. Vito pulls himself up to his feet using the ropes and Tiger chop blocks him in the back of the knee sending him back down to the mat. Tiger pulls him into the middle of the ring and puts him in a figure four. Tiger keeps the hold on putting pressure onto the injured leg of Vito. Vito refuses to tap out and slowly rolls Tiger onto his side and flips him over onto his midsection reversing the hold. Vito reverses the pressure on the hold but Tiger is quick to break it up and untangle the two men. Both men get up to their feet with Tiger rising a little faster. The two men face off and start trading forearm shots until Tiger nails Vito with a snap kick to the knee and Vito goes down to a knee. Tiger follows up with a dropkick to the face that lays Vito out. Tiger bounces off the ropes and jumps up with a knee drop to the face of Vito. Tiger hooks a leg and covers for a two count. Tiger pulls Vito up to his feet and hits him with two forearm shots to the back of the neck. Tiger hooks Vito for the Tiger suplex and whips him over dropping him on the back of his head. Tiger bridges the hold and gets a two count before Vito manages to kick out. Tiger pulls Vito up to his feet and goes for a tiger bomb on Vito but Vito manages to reverse it with a hurrincanranna. Tiger gets to his feet dazed and Vito rocks him with a European uppercut. Vito then kicks him in the midsection and plants him with a powerbomb. Vito climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a double stomp and falls down to his knees and grabs his left leg in pain. Vito drops backwards on top of Tiger and gets a long two count before Tiger manages to roll a shoulder. Vito pulls Tiger up to his feet and hits him with a series of quick forearm shots. Vito lifts Tiger up on his shoulders then plants him on the back of his head with a brutal electric chair driver. Vito holds Tiger down to the mat and scores a three count.
Winner: Vito Thomaselli (12:42)
Notes: **
OA: 66 CR: 55 MQ: 77
Guppie: “What a match between those two men. Black Tiger had Vito down but Vito fought back and hit some big moves to finish him off.”
Patterson: “Tiger had a good plan but he just couldn’t finish him off. Vito has continuously won matches in the SMWA and proven himself to be championship material.”
Guppie: “If he’s lucky he can keep on winning in this tournament. We have our main event next as the Backseat Boys defend the Tag Team Titles against Ace Steel and CM Punk.”
Patterson: “We’ll see if Punk and Steel can bring back their experience as a team after not teaming for a while.”
Segment 3: Second City Rises
CM Punk and Ace Steel come out from the back to boos from the crowd. Both men take their time to get in the fans faces as they walk to the ring. Both men slide in and Punk takes the mic from the announcer.
Punk: “Why don’t you fans sit down and shut up while I’ve got the mic! Ace Steel and I are teaming up to become the Tag Team Champions. We’ll be honest, both of us would rather have singles gold but a belt is a belt and the two of us never turn down an opportunity. The Backseat Boys may be the best tag team in the SMWA but that’s only because Ace and I aren’t a permanent team here. Ace has proven how tough he is here in the SMWA and has always been at the top of the card. Since I’ve returned to the SMWA I haven’t lost a match. The two of us are a force to be reckoned with. Tonight Ace and I are going to win the tag belts. Then on Saturday, I’m going to win the rest of the Midwest Invitational Tournament and after that I’m coming after the SMWA Championship, no matter who has it!
“Ace and I are best friends and he trained me and brought me up in this business. He helped me become the wrestler I am today and now I’m helping him to become the wrestler I know he can be. Tonight, the Backseat Boys are going to be in for an ass-whoopin’! Not only can the two of us wrestle we can fight dirty and we will. We will out-wrestle those two, and we will brawl all over the building with them. You fans are lucky to be here tonight and witness this massacre! Tonight, I’m going to show the boys in the back that I haven’t lost any of my ruthlessness while I was in the WWE. Some of the boys have been talking s*** about me and they are going to find out that they were wrong! I would prefer to give each and every one of them a personal beating but I’ve got more important things to do than deal with some jealous boys in the back who aren’t worth my time. They can just look at the Backseat Boys after this match and find out why they don’t want to mess with me! So those two punks can come out here right now and get their beating!”
OA: 66
Segment 4: Backseat Boys ©vs. Second City Saints (SMWA Tag Team Titles)
Punk and Acid start the match for their teams. The two men face off and slowly circle each other. The two men go into a lockup and Punk grabs a side headlock. Acid hits Punk with some punches to the midsection then shoots him off the ropes. Acid swings for a clothesline but Punk ducks underneath it then takes Acid down to the mat with a headlock takedown. Punk points to his head talking about how smart he is and Kashmere comes in and stomps him in the back of the head breaking up the hold. Punk gets up to his feet and gets in Kashmere’s face as he goes back to his corner. Acid gets up behind Punk and rocks him with right hands when he turns around. Acid takes Punk over with an armdrag and goes into an armbar. Punk gets up to his knees and rolls forward up to his feet. Punk then reverses the hold into an arm wringer of his own. Punk flips Acid over sending him down to the mat then follows up with an elbow drop and makes a cover for a one count. Punk pulls Acid up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Punk charges for a clothesline but Acid moves out of the way and hits the turnbuckles hard and Steel tags himself in. Steel comes in and Acid hits him with a dropkick that sends him down to the mat and Acid makes a tag to Kashmere. Kashmere comes in and drops Steel with a forearm shot. Steel gets up to his hands and knees and Kashmere dropkicks him in the side of the head sending him down to the mat. Kashmere pulls Steel up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Kashmere charges and Steel comes out of the corner with a clothesline that sends Kashmere down to the mat hard. Kashmere gets up dazed and Steel grabs him from behind and dumps him over the top rope and to the outside with a belly to back suplex that draws gasps from the crowd as Kashmere hits the floor hard. Steel tries to go to the outside but the ref holds him back. Punk uses the distraction and drops down to the floor. Punk grabs Kashmere and sends him into the guardrail shoulder first with an Irish whip. Punk pulls Kashmere up and leans him against the guardrail and connects with some blistering knife edge chops. Acid drops down and comes over and Punk backs off. The ref comes over to tell Punk and Acid to return to their corner. Steel uses the distraction to charge and connect with a suicide dive on Kashmere that crushes him against the guardrail. Steel grabs Kashmere and rolls him into the ring then slides in after him. Steel rolls Kashmere onto his back and makes a cover for a quick two count. Steel pulls Kashmere up and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip then charges and hits a big forearm shot then tags Punk in. Punk comes in and lights Kashmere up with some brutal knife edge chops.
Punk pulls Kashmere out of the corner and seems to go for an Irish whip but immediately takes him down with a drop toe hold. Punk gets on top of Kashmere and puts him into a camel clutch. Acid comes into the ring and hits Punk with a dropkick to the face to break up the hold. The ref forces Acid back to his corner and Kashmere starts crawling towards him. Punk gets to his feet and grabs him by the leg and pulls him back to a corner and tags Steel in. Steel comes in and drops an elbow to the back of Kashmere’s head. Steel pulls Kashmere up and sends him down to the mat with a hard powerslam. Steel follows up with a legdrop and makes a cover for a two count. Kashmere gets up to his hands and knees and Steel pulls him up to his feet then goes for a tombstone piledriver. Kashmere starts kicking his feet and he lands behind Steel and runs him into the ropes and takes him over with an Oklahoma roll for a two count. Steel kicks out sending Kashmere into the ropes. Kashmere grabs the top rope and Steel charges at him and Kashmere grabs the top rope and drops down and Steel flies over the top rope and crashes down to the floor. Punk walks along the apron and throws a punch but Kashmere blocks it then hits Punk with a forearm shot that staggers him. Kashmere launches himself over the top rope and grabs Punk with a sunset flip and slams him down to the floor with a brutal powerbomb. Kashmere receives the applause of the crowd on the floor until Steel drops him with a big clothesline. Steel looks proud of himself until Acid comes flying over the top rope with a tope con hilo that sends him down to the floor. Acid grabs Steel and rocks him with a series of forearm shots. Acid grabs Steel and sends him into the guardrail with a hard forearm shot. Acid starts to charge at Steel as he starts to get up but Punk cuts him off by throwing a chair into his face. The chair connects with a clank and Acid drops to a holy shit chant from the crowd. Punk pulls Acid up to his feet and sends him face first into the ring post. Punk starts to pull Acid up again but Kashmere charges and hits him with a hard forearm shot to the back of the head. Kashmere grabs Punk and plants him with a belly to back suplex on the gym floor. Steel grabs Kashmere as he gets up and powerslams him onto the gym floor. Ace drops an elbow onto Kashmere and then gets up talking shit to the fans. Acid slowly pulls himself up to his feet wearing a nice crimson mask. Acid grabs a chair and folds it up then walks over and nails Steel in the back of the head sending him down to the floor.
Acid slides the chair into the ring then pulls Steel up to his feet and sends him into the ring after it. Acid rolls into the ring and sets the chair up. Acid picks Steel up and hits a reverse brainbuster on the chair and Steel’s head bends the seat down deforming the chair. Acid makes a cocky cover but the ref refuses to count since Acid isn’t the legal man. Kashmere slowly crawls into the ring and Acid urges him to make a cover. Kashmere drapes an arm over Steel and gets a long two count before he manages to roll a shoulder. Kashmere and Acid pull Steel up to his feet and get ready for the T-gimmick but Punk comes into the ring and hits Kashmere with a forearm to the small of the back. Acid drops Steel and sends Punk into the ropes with an Irish whip. Punk rebounds and Acid sends him over with a big backbody drop. Punk sits up grabbing the small of his back and Acid nails him with a dropkick to the back of his head and Punk rolls to the outside. In the ring Steel grabs Kashmere with a schoolboy to get a long two count. Kashmere kicks out strongly and Acid charges at Steel as he gets up and goes for a yakuza kick but Steel ducks it. Acid turns around after missing and Steel connects with a headbutt to the bloody forehead of Acid sending him down to the mat. Steel turns around and Kashmere catches him with a hard forearm shot then sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Kashmere charges after Steel and nails him with a running forearm shot. Kashmere picks Steel up and sets him on the top rope. Kashmere climbs up to the second rope and connects with some right hands to the head of Steel. Kashmere steps up to the second rope and grabs Steel for a superplex but Punk jumps up and hits him with a clubbing arm to the back. Punk gets Kashmere on his shoulders and backs away from the ropes. Steel stands up on the top rope and comes off with a clothesline flipping Kashmere off Punk’s shoulders and sending him down to the mat face first. Steel rolls Kashmere over and makes a cover for a two count before Acid dives and breaks the cover up with an elbow to the back of the head. Punk pulls Acid up to his feet and goes for a powerbomb but Acid reverses it with a hurrincanranna that sends Punk sliding under the bottom rope and out of the ring. Steel grabs Acid and plants him headfirst with the steel spike (implant DDT). Steel rolls him over and goes for a cover but the ref doesn’t count and tells Steel, Acid isn’t the legal man. Steel gets up to his feet and Kashmere takes him over with a schoolboy. Kashmere has Steel folded in half and he barely manages to get the three count and the win.
Winner: Backseat Boys (18:29)
Notes: **3/4
OA: 79 CR: 77 MQ: 81
Guppie: “The Backseat Boys manage to pull victory from the jaws of defeat against the Second City Saints in a brutal match.”
Patterson: “Punk said he was going to prove he hadn’t lost any of his brutality and he did by opening a massive cut on Acid’s forehead brawling on the outside but it wasn’t enough to get the win.”
Guppie: “The Backseat Boys aren’t amateurs at brawls and they took a beating and kept fighting in that impressive title defense.”
Segment 5: Jumping the Champs
As Acid and Kashmere get to their feet and accept the belts from the ref B-Boy and Reyes run down the entrance and slide into the ring. B-Boy connects with a kick to the side of Acid’s leg sending him down to a knee then charges and hits him with a shining wizard. Reyes nails Kashmere with a series of snap kicks then knocks him out with a roundhouse kick. Punk and Steel retreat to the back letting Reyes and B-Boy have their way with the champs. Reyes slides out of the ring and pulls a table out from under it then slides it in under the ropes. B-Boy grabs the table and sets it up near a corner. Reyes slides in and lifts Kashmere and sets him up in the corner while B-Boy puts Acid on top of the table and nails him with some punches. Reyes climbs up to the second rope and takes Kashmere off the top rope with a fisherman suplex onto Acid and through the table. B-Boy helps Reyes out of the pile of table pieces and bodies then takes the mic from the announcer.
B-Boy: “Last week Johnny Spade accepted our challenge for you guys. After the beating you took tonight at the hands of the Second City Saints and then our finishing touches there is no way you sons of bitches are walking out with the belts. All the gold is going home with Prime Time and there isn’t going to be anything you can do about it!”
B-Boy throws the mic down then takes one of the tag belts from Reyes and the two men pose with the belts in the ring.
OA: 72
Patterson: “There goes Prime Time showing their true colors with a sneak attack on the Backseat Boys after they just had a brutal match.”
Guppie: “That was despicable! Acid was already a mess and that shining wizard reopened his cut, not to mention putting both of them through the table.”
Patterson: “Those are the tactics that Prime Time has always used in order to gain an advantage and with title belts on the line they aren’t going to ease up.”
Guppie: “That’s all we have for you fans tonight. Come check out the finals of the Midwest Invitational Tournament Five in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The Backseat Boys will defend their tag belts against B-Boy and Reyes and look to gain a measure of revenge.”
Patterson: “We also have Johnny Spade putting his career against Elix Skipper’s title in the main event plus other great action. Check out smwawrestling.com for a full card for the show and details on the venue.”
I'll have the preview up for the next show Saturday.
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Big Matches Announced for Midwest Invitational Tournament & Rage Card
November 6, 2008
www.smwawrestling.com
At the end of the latest Rage show had Prime Time Elix Skipper lay out several challenges for the match. Those being:
Elix Skipper ©vs. Johnny Spade (SMWA Championship, Belt vs. Career)
Petey Williams vs. Samoa Joe
Backseat Boys ©vs. B-Boy & Ricky Reyes (SMWA Tag Team Championship)
We also have the card for the Rage taping on November 9th at the SMWA Gym.
Sal Thomaselli vs. Puma (Round 1)
Sal Thomaselli makes his debut as a singles wrestler and takes on Puma who has been putting together a string of impressive victories.
Vito Thomaselli vs. Black Tiger IV (Round 1)
Vito looks to win the tournament again and he has a tough first round match as he takes on Black Tiger IV in what should be a hard hitting encounter.
Backseat Boys vs. CM Punk & Ace Steel (SMWA Tag Team Championship)
The Backseat Boys have a tough challenge as they defend the belts against the Second City Saints. Punk and Steel have proven to be tough singles wrestlers but will they be able to reunite successfully and beat the Backseat Boys to become the champions?
Also in action will be Ricky Reyes, B-Boy, Jack Evans, Brandon Thomaselli, Paul London and others. Tickets are just $10. Come out and support the SMWA.
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Rage Episode #23 (SMWA Gym, Detroit)
November 4, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Guppie: “Welcome to SMWA Rage on ESPN Two. I’m Brian Guppie and my partner on commentary is Mike Patterson.”
Patterson: “This is going to be a good show as we have two first round matches in the Midwest Invitational Tournament. The first tournament we have pits Brandon Thomaselli against NOAH star KENTA.”
Guppie: “KENTA has made his name as a tag wrestler primarily although he has been establishing himself as a singles wrestler recently. He has plenty of tools to use in the ring too.”
Patterson: “That’s very true, KENTA is a brutal striker especially his kicks and knees. Don’t overlook Brandon Thomaselli though. He doesn’t have the most impressive win-loss record but he’s got plenty of pure talent and he has just as many tools as KENTA.”
Segment 1: Brandon Thomaselli vs. KENTA (Round 1)
KENTA and Brandon circle each other and go into a lockup. KENTA goes behind Brandon and picks him up with a rear waistlock then slams him down to the mat face first. KENTA spins on the back of Brandon to grab a front facelock but Brandon rolls out sideways and gets up to his knees putting KENTA in an armbar. KENTA rolls forward and kips up to his feet then drops back down and takes Brandon over with an armdrag. Brandon rolls quickly up to his feet and KENTA takes him down with a dropkick. KENTA makes a cover and gets a two count. KENTA pulls Brandon up to his feet and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Brandon rebounds and KENTA goes for a backbody drop but Brandon flips over his back landing on his feet. KENTA stands up and Brandon grabs him and goes for a belly to back suplex but KENTA flips over and lands on his feet. Brandon turns around and KENTA rocks him with a big forearm shot. Brandon is staggered and KENTA follows up with two more forearm shots that send Brandon staggering backwards into the ropes. Brandon comes out of the ropes with a burst of energy and takes KENTA down with a big clothesline. KENTA gets up to his feet showing no effects from the clothesline and gets right in Brandon’s face and the two men glare at each other. KENTA connects with an open hand slap to Brandon. Brandon comes back with a slap of his own. KENTA throws a forearm but Brandon ducks underneath it and hooks KENTA’s arm then takes him over with a backslide for a two count before KENTA rolls over backwards to his feet. Brandon gets up and hits KENTA with a dropkick to the knee sending him down to the mat face first. Brandon grabs KENTA’s right leg then lifts it up and slams his knee down into the mat. He follows up by dropping a knee into the back of KENTA’s leg then puts him into a reverse Indian deathlock. KENTA drags himself forward and grabs the bottom rope to force a break. Brandon breaks the hold and gets up to his feet and KENTA pulls himself up using the ropes. Brandon moves in to shoot the leg but KENTA stops him with a brutal knee to the face. Brandon falls down to the mat and KENTA jumps onto him with a mount and starts raining down punches before the ref stops him and tells him to use open hands. KENTA shrugs then starts nailing Brandon with slaps across the side of the face. Brandon bridges up on his neck and dumps KENTA off him and Brandon rolls out of the ring to collect his thoughts. Brandon strays too close to the ring and KENTA hits him with a baseball slide. KENTA stays on the inside of the ring then launches himself over the top rope with a crossbody block taking out Brandon.
KENTA pulls Brandon up and rolls him into the ring. KENTA jumps onto the apron then slingshots in with a senton and hooks a leg for a two count. KENTA pulls Brandon up and shoots him into the corner with an Irish whip. KENTA charges and runs into a big boot from Brandon. KENTA staggers backwards and Brandon comes out of the corner and takes him down with a hart attack. Brandon makes a cover and gets a short two count. Brandon pulls KENTA up to his feet and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip but KENTA grabs the top rope halting his momentum. Brandon charges and KENTA sends him over with a backbody drop but Brandon grabs the top rope and lands on the apron. KENTA drives a shoulder into the midsection of Brandon then leaps over the top rope and goes for a sunset flip powerbomb but Brandon holds onto the top rope. Brandon hits KENTA with a hard kick that breaks his grip. Brandon jumps onto the second rope then hits KENTA with an asai moonsault and lands on his feet to cheers from the crowd. Brandon pulls KENTA up to his feet and puts him against the guardrail and connects with two hard knife edge chops. That proves to be a mistake as KENTA appears fired up by the shots and fires off a barrage of forearm shots and knife edge chops that backs Brandon into the ring apron. KENTA nails Brandon with a knee to the midsection then pulls him back and lays him out with a powerbomb on the gym floor to gasps from the crowd. KENTA pulls Brandon up to his feet and throws him into the ring then slides in after him. KENTA makes a cocky cover and Brandon some how manages to roll a shoulder at the count of two. KENTA pulls Brandon up to his feet and goes for a powerbomb but Brandon flips over him and takes him over with a sunset flip for a two count. KENTA rolls backwards to his feet and nails Brandon with a shotgun dropkick to the face that lays him out. KENTA hooks a leg and gets a long two count. KENTA pulls Brandon up to his feet and hooks him for a fisherman suplex. Brandon fights free with right hands to the midsection of KENTA. Brandon stuns KENTA with a forearm shot then bounces off the ropes and comes back to catch a huge roundhouse kick to the side of the head that sends him down to the mat like a sack of potatoes. KENTA pulls Brandon up to his feet and takes him over with a fisherman suplex and bridges it for a long two count before Brandon rolls a shoulder. Brandon summons all of his strength to get to his feet. KENTA meets him with a flurry of kicks up and down his body. KENTA bounces off the ropes and connects with a big baisaku knee that folds Brandon up on the back of his head. KENTA holds Brandon down to the mat folded over and gets a two count and KENTA can’t believe Brandon kicked out.
KENTA pulls Brandon up and sends him into the corner with a hard Irish whip. KENTA charges and connects with a big yakuza kick. Brandon starts to slump down but KENTA lifts him up and sets him on the top rope. KENTA climbs up to the second rope and Brandon nails him with a series of hard forearm shots. KENTA silences Brandon’s comeback with a big open hand slap, drawing an ooh from the crowd. KENTA stands up on the top rope and hooks Brandon for a superplex. Brandon blocks it then hits KENTA with some punches to the midsection then Brandon lifts KENTA up and throws him down to the mat face first with a gourdbuster. KKENTA gets up to his feet and comes back to the corner and Brandon hits him with a kick to the chest. Brandon grabs KENTA by the head and comes off the ropes with a tornado DDT that leaves both men down on the mat. Brandon and KENTA both push themselves up to their feet slowly. KENTA swings with a forearm but Brandon ducks it and grabs KENTA and whips him over with an exploder suplex. Brandon crawls over and makes a cover for a two count. Brandon pulls KENTA up to his feet and goes for the air raid crash but KENTA flips over landing on his feet then brings Brandon down with a neckbreaker. KENTA makes a cover and gets a two count. KENTA pulls him up and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip and goes for a high kick but Brandon ducks under it. Brandon rebounds off the ropes and crushes KENTA with a yakuza kick. Brandon follows up with a standing shooting star press. Brandon hooks a leg and scores a long two count. Brandon pulls KENTA up and goes for a vertical suplex but KENTA counters and lands behind Brandon. KENTA grabs him with a rear waistlock and plants him on the back of his head with a german suplex and bridges for a long two count. KENTA pulls Brandon up and backs him into the corner with a flurry of brutal forearms and chops. KENTA unloads on Brandon in the corner with brutal knife edge chops. KENTA lifts Brandon up onto the top rope then climbs to the second rope and hits Brandon with a couple of stiff forearm shots. KENTA pulls Brandon up and goes for a superplex but Brandon fights him off. Brandon then stands up on the second rope and lifts KENTA up over his shoulder and jumps off the ropes nailing an air raid crash. Brandon crawls over and drapes an arm over KENTA for the three count.
Winner: Brandon Thomaselli (15:22)
Notes: **1/2
OA: 67 CR: 50 MQ: 85
Guppie: “What a display of endurance from those two men. They were going all out the entire match and just laying into each other.”
Patterson: “KENTA unleashed his best strikes and Brandon soaked them up and fought back hard. The air raid crash off the top rope was brutal and there was no way KENTA was going to kick out of that.”
Guppie: “That was a great way to start this year’s Midwest Invitational Tournament. After the commercial break we come back with the second match of the tournament as Joey Ryan takes on CM Punk.”
Patterson: “CM Punk is undefeated in the SMWA right now and Joey Ryan is a guy who has struggled to win here despite his great talent. If he can get a win against Punk though that would vindicate him.”
Segment 2: The Straight and Narrow
CM Punk comes out from the back and walks down to the ring showered with boos from the crowd. Punk ignores them and rolls into the ring under the bottom rope then gets up to his feet and takes the mic from the announcer.
Punk: “A lot of you fans keep asking me why I’m here instead of still in the WWE. I don’t think it’s any of your business but I’m going to let you guys know because I’m not ashamed of the reasons. I’m not in the WWE because some people were too afraid of me. They were afraid of how well I work and how much I can take. I’m sure you people have seen my matches. You’ve seen me go to one hour draws and ninety-minute matches. Not just anybody can do that as easily and as often as I do and that scares people. If it wasn’t for politics I would have shown everybody in the WWE what I can do and they would have no choice but to keep on giving me bigger and bigger chances until I became the champ and dominated the WWE until I was ready to give it up.
“But somebody was afraid of me and I was thrown out the door. Now I’m back here in the gym and I’m still the best in the business and I’m going to win the belt here in the SMWA and dominate this promotion. On the way to winning hte belt I’m going to win the Midwest Invitational Tournament as so many past champions have. Maybe I’ll even take the Premier Title as well. Holding all the belts is what every wrestler wants to do and it gives me the power that I rightly deserve in this promotion. Earlier Brandon Thomaselli won his match which means I face him in the second round after I beat Joey Ryan. I don’t know if you fans know this but one month ago when I debuted here I beat Brandon down and got the submission with the Anaconda Vice. Tonight Joey Ryan will suffer that same fate and in two weeks Brandon is going to feel the vice again.”
OA: 78
Segment 3: Joey Ryan vs. CM Punk (Round 1)
Ryan and Punk start the match with a lockup and Punk goes behind Ryan with a rear waistlock. Ryan breaks Punk’s grip and goes behind with a rear waistlock of his own and then grabs a hammerlock. Punk ducks behind and spins out into an armwringer. Punk points to his head showing his intelligence. Unfortunately for him Ryan takes that time to roll forward and up to his feet and into an armwringer of his own and forces Punk down his knees. Ryan holds onto the arm of Punk and puts him into a cobra clutch. Punk starts to panic and kicks out with his legs but can’t get the ropes. Punk calms down and manages to push himself up to his feet. Punk slowly backs himself and Ryan into the ropes and the ref forces Ryan to break the hold. The two men face off in the ring and Ryan goes for a lockup but Punk nails him with a right hand. Punk follows up with two more right hands then sends Ryan into the ropes with an Irish whip. Ryan rebounds and Punk nails him with a knee to the midsection flipping him over. Punk grabs Ryan with a rear chinlock and takes him down to the mat. Ryan rolls over onto his midsection and leverages himself up to his feet. Ryan backs Punk into the ropes and tries to shoot him across the ring but Punk holds on and takes Ryan back down to the mat. Ryan gets up to his feet again then lifts Punk up and delivers a backbody drop but Punk still keeps the side headlock on. Ryan slowly gets up to his feet again and hits another backbody drop and Punk finally releases the hold. Ryan gets up to his feet and grabs the leg of Punk and puts him in a legbar. Punk pulls himself forward along the mat and grabs the bottom rope and Ryan breaks the hold. Punk gets to his feet using the ropes and shakes out his leg. Punk and Ryan face off in the middle of the ring again and they go into a lockup. Punk scoops Ryan up and sends him down with a powerslam. Punk follows up with an elbow drop then makes a cover for a short two count. Punk pulls Ryan up and goes for a suplex but Ryan blocks it and then delivers a vertical suplex of his own. Ryan goes to the legs of Punk and goes for a sharpshooter but Punk fights out of it with right hands.
Punk rolls backwards up to his feet and drives a shoulder into the midsection of Ryan as he moves in. Punk stands up and drives a knee into the midsection of Ryan and then puts him into an abdominal stretch. Ryan fights the hold and moves towards the ropes but can’t grab them. Punk can though and he does adding extra leverage to the hold. The ref comes around in time to discover Punk’s cheating and tells him to break the hold. Punk starts arguing with the ref keeping the hold on but it backfires as Ryan flips him over with a hiptoss. Ryan feels his midsection but ignores the pain to deliver a kick to leg of Punk as he gets up. Ryan grabs the right leg of Punk and takes him down with a dragonscrew. Ryan holds onto the leg of Punk and puts him into a figure four leglock. Punk fights the hold and tries to pull Ryan’s legs apart but Ryan sends him back down to the mat with a knife edge chop to the chest. Punk sits up again and gets another knife edge chop to the chest for his trouble. Punk lays back and then rolls to the side reversing the hold and Ryan quickly grabs the bottom rope and the ref untangles the two mens legs. Both men get up to their feet. Ryan is favoring his midsection while Punk gingerly walks on his right leg. Ryan shoots in and takes Punk down with a single leg takedown. Ryan goes for a figure four again but Punk grabs him and rolls him up for a two count. Both men get up to their feet and Punk kicks Ryan in the midsection and lifts him up and hits a double underhook backbreaker. Punk hooks a leg and scores a two count. Punk pulls Ryan up to his feet and sends him into the corner with a hard Irish whip. Punk charges a little slower than usual but still connects with a big back elbow. Punk keeps Ryan in the corner and unloads on him with stiff knife edge chops. Ryan fights against the pain and hits Punk with some hard forearm shots then spins him around into the corner. Ryan connects with some more forearm shots then lifts Punk up onto the top rope. Ryan climbs onto the top rope and goes for a suplex but Punk blocks it and then hits Ryan with some hard forearm shots. Punk grabs Ryan and goes for the Pepsi Plunge but Ryan blocks it. Punk just nails Ryan with some hard forearms across the back of Ryan. Punk hooks Ryan’s legs again then lifts him up and comes off the top rope with a Pepsi Plunge. Punk rolls Ryan over and makes a cover for a three count.
Winner: CM Punk (12:11)
Notes: **1/2
OA: 71 CR: 61 MQ: 82
Guppie: “CM Punk gets the win over Joey Ryan and moves on to the second round of the tournament to face Brandon Thomaselli.”
Patterson: “Punk has managed to prove he deserves all the recognition he gets in the ring.”
Guppie: “After the commercial break we have our main event as Petey Williams takes on Prime Time member Ricky Reyes.”
Patterson: “This should be a good match. Williams has a grudge against Prime Time and Reyes is a brutal fighter. This is going to be a hard fought match.”
Segment 4: Petey Williams vs. Ricky Reyes
Williams comes out from the back to cheers from the crowd but it’s cut short as Reyes runs out from the back and sends Williams down to the floor with a big forearm shot. Reyes pulls Williams up to his feet and shoves him back first into the guardrail then grabs him and sends him across the walkway with an Irish whip and Williams hits the guardrail shoulder first. Reyes pulls Williams up to his feet and runs him down to the ring and throws him in. Reyes slides into the ring and Skipper, Puma and B-Boy walk out from backstage down to the ringside area to boos. In the ring Reyes pulls Williams up to his feet and pummels him with kicks from both legs and hitting the midsection and legs before sending Williams down with a sharp kick to the side of the head. Reyes hooks a leg for a cover and gets a two count. Reyes pulls Williams up to his feet and takes him down with a fisherman buster. Reyes makes a cocky cover and gets a two count before Williams manages to roll a shoulder. Reyes pulls Williams up to his feet and shoots him into the ropes. Reyes telegraphs a backbody drop and Williams nails him with a hard kick to the chest. Williams grabs Reyes and takes him down with a swinging neckbreaker. Williams gets up to his feet pumped up by the crowd’s cheers. Williams goes to bounce off the ropes but Skipper grabs a foot and trips him down to the mat. Williams gets up to his hands and knees and Reyes dropkicks him in the face. Reyes pulls Williams up to his feet and connects with some hard forearm shots. Reyes shoots Williams across the ring and into the corner. Reyes charges and connects with hard running forearm shot. Reyes nails Williams with some thunderous knife edge chops then lifts him up onto the top rope. Reyes climbs onto the second rope and Williams starts rocking him with right hands. Williams then grabs Reyes and calls for the Canadian destroyer but Reyes sends him off the top rope with a backbody drop reversing the move. Williams gets up to his feet and Reyes jumps off the ropes then clobbers Williams with a clothesline to the back of the head draping him over the bottom rope. Reyes backs away and starts arguing with the ref and Skipper grabs Williams by the head and chokes him over the rope as the crowd boos him.
Skipper lets go of the head of Williams and Reyes charges and nails Williams with a knee to the back of the head slamming him down on the rope. Reyes pulls Williams up and goes for another fisherman suplex but Williams counters it by bringing a hard knee strike down onto the head of Reyes. Reyes lifts Williams up again and takes another hard knee to the head and drops Williams down to the mat. Williams hits Reyes with a stiff European uppercut that connects with a crack. Williams then bounces off the ropes and hits Reyes with a leg lariat that sends him down to the mat. Williams grabs Reyes by the head and pulls him up to his feet. Williams lifts Reyes up then drops him down to the mat with a fast brainbuster. Williams rolls over and makes a cover for a two count. Williams pulls Reyes up and goes for an Irish whip but Reyes reverses it sending him into the ropes. Skipper grabs Williams foot stopping him but not tripping him down to the mat. Williams turns around and starts yelling at Skipper and Reyes hits him in the back with a clothesline that sends him over the ropes and to the floor. The Prime Time members want to capitalize but the ref watches them to prevent any shenanigans. Reyes rolls out of the ring and slides Williams back in and follows after him. Reyes picks Williams up and goes for a fisherman suplex but Williams blocks it. Williams nails Reyes with a kick to the midsection then signals for the Canadian destroyer but Skipper slides into the ring and breaks it up with a clothesline. At that moment the Backseat Boys and Johnny Spade coming running down from the ramp and slide into the ring and everybody is fighting as the ref calls for the bell.
Winner: No Winner (10:45)
Notes: **3/4
OA: 75 CR: 69 MQ: 82
Guppie: “All hell is breaking loose in the ring right now. I don’t know why Joel Gertner’s clients are out here but they were ready for a fight.”
Patterson: “They have their hands full with the members of Prime Time that’s for sure.”
Segment 5: Pier Six Brawl
All eight men brawl in the ring until Williams and the Gertner Associates start to gain the advantage when the Prime Time members bail out of the ring to regroup. Williams calls for the mic and gets it.
Williams: “I knew you assholes were going to try something tonight so I got an insurance policy. I talked to Joel Gertner and I got his guys on my side. It was pretty easy considering you have pissed them off almost as much as you have me. Tonight you guys took some lumps in this ring that you deserved. You did a good job of cheating though and gave me some sore spots too. Skipper I’m coming for that belt around your waist and I am going to have it. Last time we met you cheated to keep that belt around your waist. I’m going to get another title shot and I want to have the match in the cage.”
Skipper manages to procure a mic on the outside.
Skipper: “I bet you would like a cage match with me but that’s too damn bad for you! Actually, I’ve got a deal for you. Since I’m the champ, SMWA management keeps in close contact with me, it’s not something I enjoy but there it is. They are telling me that you are one of the top contenders for the belt. I don’t know where they come up with that but that’s what they tell me. They also say Samoa Joe is gunning for a shot at this belt and he deserves a shot. So if you want to have a steel cage match with me you are going to have to earn it by beating Samoa Joe at the Midwest Invitation Tournament show. But in order to get that stipulation you have to add something of your own. If you lose the match you never get a shot at this belt as long as a member of Prime Time holds the belt.”
Williams: “That’s fine with me. I can beat Joe and when I get you in the cage I’ll beat your ass and take the belt!”
Skipper: “We’ll see about that. Now I have some deals for the other chumps in your group there. It seems that I don’t have an opponent for the Midwest Invitational Tournament show and the belt has to be on the line but there isn’t a challenger ready to step forward yet. I know Johnny Spade back there wants a shot at my belt don’t you? There are only two things you have to do. First your buddies the Backseat Boys have to give Ricky Reyes and B-Boy a shot at the tag belts. Puma would team up with Reyes but he’s going to be busy winning the tournament. Secondly, this is a bit of a bigger deal, you have to put your career on the line. You haven’t earned this shot so if you want it you need to put something at stake and your career is just the thing.”
Spade takes the mic from Williams in the ring.
Spade: “You’ve got a deal! I may not have earned the shot at the title but I deserve it. I’ve been with this company from the start and I’ve been somebody to pay attention to that whole time. Gertner promised me a shot but I don’t see any point in waiting. If I can win the belt I don’t want to be here anymore. The Backseat Boys take on all challengers and they’ve beaten Prime Time teams before and one more match against your boys isn’t going to scare them.”
Skipper: “Good, it looks like I made booking the show a lot easier for the boys in the back. You chumps better bring you’re a-game because you are going against Prime Time and are going to be on the big stage and I don’t think you guys can hack it.”
Skipper drops the mic and Prime Time backs out of the arena as the crowd cheers for the four men in the ring.
OA: 60
Guppie: “Wow! What an end to the show. We have just had three big matches announced for the Midwest Invitational Tournament on November fifteenth.”
Patterson: “That is if those matches stand. They aren’t official yet but if any one of those matches are approved it will make the show even bigger than it already is.”
Guppie: “Fans that is all we have for you tonight but be sure to tune in next week to see the last two first round matches in the Midwest Invitational Tournament.”
Patterson: “For Brian Guppie, I’m Mike Patterson thanks for watching. Check out smwawrestling.com for info on the Midwest Invitational Tournament and your favorite wrestlers.”
There is good news and bad news. I'm pretty much done with all of my school work and the semester ends sometime next week. However the internet server is down in my dorm so I won't be on often to update stuff unless they fix it. However I should be able to write shows faster now that I don't have schoolwork and when I go home I won't have any work either. Plus when I get home I'll have regular internet access. I'll post the next update Thursday or Friday.
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The Midwest Invitational Tournament Begins!
www.smwawrestling.com
October 30, 2008
It’s November and that means it’s time for the Midwest Invitational Tournament. This is the fifth time the tournament has been held and for the first time it will not take place on a doubleshot weekend. Instead the first round will take place on the November 4th and 11th editions of SMWA Rage. Here are the first round matchups.
Brandon Thomaselli vs. KENTA
Joey Ryan vs. CM Punk
Puma vs. Sal Thomaselli
Vito Thomaselli vs. Black Tiger IV
The winner of the tournament will join the former tournament winners; 2007, Rocky Romero; 2006, Chance Beckett; 2005, Vito Thomaselli; 2004, Nate Mattson. Three of these four men have gone on to win the SWMA Championship and all have had stellar careers in the SMWA. This tournament has made stars and it could make a star once again.
Sunday, November 2 we have the tapings for Rage in the SMWA Gym in Detroit. Here is the scheduled card.
Petey Williams vs. Ricky Reyes
Williams goes up against Ricky Reyes, a member of Prime Time, in his quest to get another shot at the champion, Elix Skipper. Williams was cheated out of his last shot by Puma and Reyes and is looking to get some revenge in this match.
Brandon Thomaselli vs. KENTA
Joey Ryan vs. CM Punk
We have these two first round matches for the Midwest Invitational Tournament taking place as well.
You can also see the Wild Cards, The Thomaselli Brothers, Puma and other SMWA stars in action for just $5 on Sunday.
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Rage Episode #22 (SMWA Gym, Detroit)
October 28, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Guppie: “Welcome fans to another edition of SMWA Rage on ESPN two! We have a great show for you fans tonight.”
Patterson: “That’s true. I’m Mike Patterson and that was Brian Guppie and we will be providing commentary for you tonight.”
Guppie: “We are starting the show off with Chad Collyer taking on Joey Ryan in what should be a technical showcase.”
Patterson: “Collyer was trained by the great Dean Malenko. Joey Ryan doesn’t have asmpressive of a trainer but he has proven himself to be a great wrestler and earned the nickname of ‘technical wizard.’”
Segment 1: Chad Collyer vs. Joey Ryan
Collyer and Ryan lock up in the middle of the ring and Ryan goes behind Collyer with a hammerlock. Collyer fires a kick backwards nailing Ryan right in the crotch. Ryan falls down to the mat grabbing his nuts and the ref pushes Collyer into a corner and gives him a warning. Collyer just talks trash back to him and acts like he’s about to throw a punch but doesn’t. The ref then checks on Ryan who is slowly getting up to his feet. The two men lockup in the ring and Collyer goes behind Ryan with a hammerlock. Collyer trips the legs out from under Ryan sending him down to the mat face first. Collyer lets go of the hammerlock and then drives a series of hard forearm shots to the back of Ryan’s head and just unloads on him until the ref pulls him off. Collyer gets up to his feet and backs up claiming innocence. Ryan gets to his feet this time feeling the pain in the back of his head. Ryan shakes his head and seems to loosen himself up. The two men start to go for a lockup but Collyer drives a knee into Ryan’s midsection before they lockup. Collyer drives Ryan down to his knees with a big forearm across his back. Collyer then slams a knee into the side of Ryan’s head sending him down to the mat and starts taunting the crowd. Collyer grabs Ryan as he starts to get up to his feet and puts him in a front facelock. Ryan reverses it with a release northern lights suplex and Collyer rolls under the ropes to the outside. Collyer tries to take a break but Ryan is having noen of it and hits him with a suicide dive that leaves both men sprawled out on the floor. Ryan is up to his feet first and he looks re-energized as the crowd cheers him on. Ryan pulls Collyer up to his feet and nails him with two hard forearm shots. Collyer absorbs them and then drives a knee into the midsection of Ryan. Collyer grabs Ryan and sends him into the guardrail hard. Ryan gets up dazed and Collyer blasts him with a knife edge chop. Collyer laughs as Ryan shows the pain he’s in. Collyer follows up with a European uppercut and then another knife edge chop and Ryan grabs his chest. Collyer rocks Ryan with a forearm shot then grabs him and takes him over with a vertical suplex on the gym floor. Collyer pulls Ryan up to his feet and rolls him into the ring then slides in after him. Collyer hooks a leg for the cover and gets a two count.
Collyer pulls Ryan up and goes for the tiger driver but Ryan blocks it. Collyer rains down forearms across Ryan’s back then pulls him up and goes for the tiger driver but Ryan blocks it again then reverses with a backbody drop. Collyer gets up to his feet and Ryan hits him with a dropkick. Collyer gets up and Ryan hits him with another dropkick. Ryan is fired up and he climbs to the top rope. Collyer gets to his feet and Ryan nails him with a missile dropkick and the crowd is rooting him on. Ryan rolls Collyer onto his back and makes a cover for a two count. Ryan pulls Collyer up to his feet and rocks him with a forearm shot. Ryan slips behind Collyer with a rear waistlock and takes him over with a german suplex and bridges it for a two count. Collyer rolls backwards and up to his feet. Ryan is up quickly after him and hits him with a forearm shot then sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Ryan telegraphs the backbody drop and Collyer takes him down with a swinging neckbreaker. Collyer and Ryan both slowly push themselves up to their feet. Ryan throws a punch but Collyer blocks it and connects with a hard knife edge chop. Ryan throws another blocked Punch and Collyer rocks him with a big European uppercut that sends Ryan staggering into the ropes. Ryan bounces off and goes for a desperation clothesline but Collyer ducks it. Collyer grabs Ryan from behind and takes him over with a release tiger suplex. Collyer gets up to his feet and kicks Ryan in the midsection as he stands up. Collyer butterflies his arms then drives him down almost on the top of his head with a brutal tiger driver. Collyer holds Ryan down and gets a three count.
Winner: Chad Collyer (12:55)
Notes: **1/4
OA: 68 CR: 57 MQ: 80
Guppie: “Chad Collyer picks up another win. He’s been a man on a mission since he lost to Alex Shelley two weeks ago. As you saw in the beginning of the match he has a new attitude and so far it’s working for him.”
Patterson: “Collyer is a trained technical wrestler and it’s sad to see him resort to cheap tactics like low blows in the ring.”
Guppie: “It’s cheap but it works so I don’t think Collyer will stop doing it. After this commercial break we will be back with Scott Lost defending the Premier Title against Jack Evans.”
Patterson: “This is Evans’ second shot at the belt and he’s going to be determined not to let it slip away again. However Lost has been a dominant champion and Evans is going to bring it all to get a win here.”
Segment 2: Shooting for Gold
Jack Evans walks out from the back accompanied by Alicia. The two walk down to the ring to boos from the crowd which they ignore. Evans climbs onto the apron and holds the ropes open so Alicia can get into the ring. Alicia takes the mic from the announcer as Evans leaps over the top rope and into the ring.
Alicia: “The Hart Foundation is no more. Teddy Hart, the former leader of this group left us and the SMWA with no warning. That didn’t bother me though. Jack Evans and Azrieal were both here. Two of the best wrestlers on the scene. Then just two weeks ago Azrieal suffered an injury. Azrieal was supposed to be receiving this title shot but Evans is just as worthy. Tonight Jack Evans steps into the spotlight of the SMWA again. Evans is going to give birth to a new era. The Hart Foundation may be dead but this group isn’t. Now I am leading it and after tonight I will be leading the Premier Champion. Tonight Scott Lost is going to experience what made Jack Evans a champion in this company. Lost is going down when Evans nails him with the 630!”
OA: 84
Segment 3: Scott Lost ©vs. Jack Evans (SMWA Premier Title)
Evans and Lost circle each other in the ring to start. Lost shoots in to try and pick a leg but Evans spins out of the way. Evans looks pleased with himself and then does a standing backflip to celebrate. Lost uses that to clobber Evans with a clothesline as he lands on his feet to cheers from the crowd. Lost pulls Evans up to his feet then sends him back down to the mat with a powerslam. Lost grabs Evans’ right leg and plants it into the mat with a DDT variation. Lost holds onto the leg and goes into a kneebar but Evans reaches over his head and manages to grab the bottom rope and force a break. Lost breaks the hold and gets up to his feet letting Evans get up as well. Evans charges forward and Lost nails him with a dropkick to the knee that sends him down to the mat face first. Lost grabs Evans’ left leg and lands some hard kicks to the knee. Lost pulls Evans up to his feet still holding the left leg and takes him down with a dragonscrew. Lost gets up and hits Evans with some more kicks to the knee. Lost then wraps his leg around Evans’ and puts him into a kneebar. Evans rolls over to the side and grabs the bottom rope and the ref forces Lost to break the hold. Evans pulls himself up to his feet using the ropes. Lost grabs his left leg and gets ready for another dragonscrew but Evans jumps up and connects with an enziguri that drops Lost. Evans gets up a little hobbled by his injured leg. Lost gets up to his knees and Evans bounces off the ropes and nails Lost with a spinning front kick as Lost stands up. Evans drops down on Lost makes a cover for a short two count. Evans pulls Lost up and goes for a german suplex but Lost blocks it then does a standing switch. Lost takes Evans over for a german suplex but Evans flips over and lands on his feet although he favors his left leg. Evans grabs Lost from behind and drops him on the top of his head with a backdrop driver. Evans stands up and connects with a standing shooting star press. Evans hooks a leg and gets a two count. Evans gets to his feet and delivers a hard stomp to the face of Lost then climbs up to the top rope. Lost gets up to his feet and Evans jumps off with a shooting star press and catches Lost and spikes him with a DDT to a pop from the crowd. Evans makes a cover and only gets a two count. Evans pulls Lost up to his feet and hits him with a forearm shot. Evans then lifts Lost up for a vertical suplex but Lost spins and lands behind Evans and takes him over with a german suplex dropping him on the back of his head and leaving both men down on the mat. The ref starts a standing ten count and both men get up to their feet at the count of six. Evans throws a punch but Lost blocks it and lands one of his own. Evans throws another punch and Lost blocks that one and connects with another punch of his own. Evans throws a kick with his left leg but Lost catches it then takes him down with a dragonscrew. Lost pulls Evans up to his feet again and takes him over with a northern lights suplex and back flips over. Lost pulls Evans up again and takes him over with a second northern lights suplex and bridges for a long two count. Lost pulls Evans up to his feet and whips him into the ropes. Evans rebounds off the ropes and jumps onto Lost’s shoulders and takes him over with a reverse hurrincanranna. Evans hits Lost with a standing somersault legdrop then climbs up to the top rope. Evans comes off with a corkscrew 630 splash. Evans drapes himself over Lost and gets a three count.
Winner: Jack Evans (9:27)
Notes: **1/4
OA: 68 CR: 56 MQ: 81
Guppie: “Jack Evans wins the match to become the new SMWA Premier Champion!”
Patterson: “Jack was a former SMWA Champion so it’s not a huge surprise. Lost did some nice work on his leg but Jack is used to taking a lot of damage in the ring and he keeps on coming.”
Segment 4: Gertner Associates
The screen cuts back to the locker room showing Brandon Thomaselli and Joel Gertner. The camera zooms out showing Johnny Spade and the Backseat Boys behind Gertner and the Iron Saints behind Brandon.
Brandon: “Joel, I appreciate what you have done for my career but now my brothers are here in the SMWA. I want to stick around but I have to be with my family. It’s how we do things.”
Joel: “I understand, Brandon, and I’m sorry to see you go. I promised to make you a star and you’ve started down the path and I’m sorry I won’t be with you to finish it.”
Gertner extends his hand and Brandon shakes it then the Thomaselli’s leave the locker room.
Joel: “Listen up, Brandon may have left the Gertner Associates but we are still as strong as ever. In this group you have the Backseat Boys who have been dominant Tag Team Champions. They have beaten KENTA and Marafuji who dominated the NOAH tag scene, they beat the Pitbulls who were the former champions and who use to dominate the tag team scene. Nobody is going to be taking the belts from these guys and that’s a guarantee. And then there is Johnny Spade. Perhaps the most underrated and underappreciated wrestler on the SMWA roster. This man tore up the ring as a tag team with Halo and he and Halo had wars in the ring against each other. Spade then formed a great tag team with Jimmy Jacobs. But constantly he is put on the back burner here in the SMWA and that must end. Next month you fans are going to get a showing from Johnny Spade that you will never forget and he is going to cement himself as a top face in the SMWA. The Gertner Associates are going to make an impact here in the SMWA that will not be forgotten.”
OA: 78
Guppie: “Folks, you just heard it, Brandon Thomaselli has left the Gertner Associates to team up with his brothers, Vito and Sal.”
Patterson: “You can’t blame him, the Thomaselli’s have been very strong as a unit and there is no reason to break it up here in the SMWA.”
Guppie: “We are going to see Vito, a former SMWA Champion, in action after the commercial break when he takes on Homicide in our main event.”
Patterson: “This is going to be a battle between these two men. Homicide is an established star around the world and is showcasing his skills here in the SMWA and he has to take on a former champion in Vito. This is going to be hard-hitting and fast paced.”
Segment 5: Homicide vs. Vito Thomaselli
Homicide and Vito circle each other in the ring before going into a lockup. Homicide backs Vito up into the corner almost effortlessly. The ref calls for the break and Homicide appears to give a clean break then pokes Vito in the eye and slams home two hard knife edge chops to his chest before the ref steps between the two men and Homicide backs off claiming his innocence. Vito gets out of the corner and gets right in Homicide’s face then nails him with a right hand. Homicide just takes it and fires off a forearm shot of his own and Vito is staggered. Vito backs up and bounces off the ropes and goes for a yakuza kick but Homicide sidesteps to avoid it. Homicide grabs Vito from behind and plants him on the back of his head with a brutal backdrop driver. Homicide makes a cocky cover and gets a two count. Homicide pulls Vito up to his feet and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Vito hits the ropes and grabs the top one to stop from bouncing back. Homicide charges and Vito sends him over the ropes with a backbody drop but Homicide grabs the top rope and lands on the apron. Vito turns around and connects with a forearm shot. Vito looks to follow up with a shoulder to the midsection but Homicide sidesteps it and drives a knee into the chest of Vito. Homicide grabs Vito by the hair and pulls him out of the ring and onto the apron. Homicide goes for a piledriver and tries to pick Vito up but Vito brings his feet down on the apron. Vito then counters with a backbody drop sending Homicide off the apron and down to the floor to cheers from the crowd. Homicide gets up to his feet and Vito leaps off the apron and hits him with a double axe handle smash sending him back down to the floor. Vito pulls Homicide up to his feet and sends him into the guardrails with an Irish whip. Homicide gets up to his feet and Vito charges and goes for a dropkick but Homicide moves out of the way. Vito lands on the top of the guardrail with his legs and then falls down to the floor with a sickening thud. Homicide grabs Vito and pulls him up. Homicide rolls Vito into the ring and then slides in after him and makes a cover for a two count.
Homicide pulls Vito up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Vito charges in after him and rocks him with a big clothesline. Homicide lifts Vito up and sets him on the top rope. Homicide climbs up to the second rope and Vito hits him with some desperation headbutts. Homicide is dazed and then Vito nails him with some hard kicks sending Homicide down to the mat. Vito stands up on the top rope looking woozy but aware. Homicide gets to his feet and Vito comes off with a big missile dropkick. Vito slowly pulls himself to his feet but Homicide gets up just before him and nails him with a kick to the midsection. Homicide follows up with a series of clubbing forearms across Vito’s back sending him down to his knees. Homicide bounces off the ropes and goes for a knee to the side of the head but Vito sidesteps and hooks the leg of Homicide then whips him over with a cradle backdrop driver. Vito gets to his feet with the cheers of the crowd boosting him. Homicide gets up to his knees and Vito nails him with hard stomps to the face. Vito lets Homicide get up to his feet then bounces off the ropes and nails him with a brutal yakuza kick. Vito quickly hooks a leg for the cover and gets a two count. Vito looks disappointed but he stays focused and pulls Homicide up to his feet. Vito hits Homicide with two forearm shots then shoots him into the ropes. Homicide rebounds and Vito goes for a backbody drop but Homicide stops short and drops him to his hands and knees with a forearm across the back. Homicide bounces off the ropes as Vito gets to his feet and Homicide connects with a yakuza kick of his own. Vito is on dream street and Homicide pulls off his elbow pad and throws it into the crowd. Homicide charges for the lariat but Vito pulls out a dropkick that stops Homicide and leaves both men down on the mat. The ref starts a standing ten count and gets to the count of five before both men make their way to their feet. Vito throws a forearm shot and Homicide responds by poking him in the eye then following up with a knee to the midsection. Homicide sends Vito into the ropes with an Irish whip and delivers an overhead belly to belly suplex on Vito. Homicide gets up to his feet and signals for the finish. Vito gets up to his feet and Homicide kicks him in the midsection and goes for the cop killer but Vito flips over to his feet behind Homicide. Vito grabs him with a rear waistlock and goes for a german suplex but Homicide blocks it. Homicide does a standing switch and gets behind Vito. Homicide lifts Vito up for a belly to back suplex and flips him over the top rope and down to the outside. Vito gets to his feet completely out of it and Homicide bounces off the ropes then comes through with a tope con hilo slamming into Vito and sending both men into the guardrail hard.
Homicide gets up to his feet and starts cursing and yelling at the crowd. Homicide watches as Vito gets up to his hands and knees then hits him in the side of the head with a big kick. Homicide pulls Vito up to his feet and slams him back first into the apron. Homicide spins Vito around and slams him back first into the guardrail. Homicide spins him around and sends him into the apron back first again. Homicide picks Vito up and rolls him into the ring then slides in after him. Homicide makes the cover for a two count. Homicide pulls Vito up and nails him with two hard forearm shots. Homicide sends Vito into the corner and charges into a big boot. Homicide staggers backwards and Vito charges out of the corner and delivers a bulldog. Vito gets to his feet and he looks fired up. Homicide gets up to his feet and Vito grabs him with a rear waistlock and takes him over with a german suplex and bridges it for a long two count. Homicide rolls backwards and gets up to his feet. Vito nails him with a kick to the midsection then picks him up with an electric chair. Homicide fires off punches to the head of Vito and Vito hits him with an ocean cyclone suplex and bridges for a two count before Homicide manages to roll a shoulder up. Homicide gets up to his feet and Vito grabs him from behind with a rear naked choke and jumps onto his back. Homicide stays on his feet and runs back slamming Vito into the corner but Vito won’t let go. Homicide turns around and climbs up to the second rope then jumps off crushing Vito beneath him. Both men are slow to their feet and they start exchanging stiff forearm shots. Vito sends Homicide into the ropes with a hard forearm shot but Homicide comes off the ropes and drops Vito on the back of his head with a massive lariat. Homicide is slow to make the cover and only gets a two count. Homicide gets up to his feet and pulls Vito up and signals for the finish. Homicide kicks Vito in the midsection then picks him up and drops him on his head with the cop killer. Homicide makes the cover and gets the three count.
Winner: Homicide (18:41)
Notes: **1/4
OA: 68 CR: 57 MQ: 80
Guppie: “What a war between those two men. We’ve been having more and more of these high impact matches here in the SMWA and it’s amazing.”
Patterson: “We have the top talent showing up and they want to make an impact. Those two men were avoiding each others strikes early in the match and turning them into high impact moves that were knocking each other for a loop.”
Guppie: “This is the kind of action the SMWA brings you fans here on ESPN two. Thanks for watching fans.”
Patterson: “For Brian Guppie, I’m Mike Patterson, be sure to check out smwawrestling.com for infomation on upcoming shows.”
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Rage 22 Card and Injury Updates
www.smwawrestling.com
October 24, 2008
In some sad news Alex Shelley suffered an injury to his arm during his match against Low Ki. Shelley suffered damage to the arm from a Ki kick. Luckily the injury was not too serious and Shelley will return to action in December and he has told officials that he can’t wait to return and get a rematch against Low Ki.
Halo has been recovering well from his leg injury. He still has lots of rehab to go but he will be showing up on the December show and join Mike Patterson and Brian Guppie on commentary.
We have the tapings for Rage on Sunday October 26 at the SMWA Gym in Detroit, Michigan. Here are the matches we have signed for the show.
Homicide vs. Vito Thomaselli
Vito is looking to reclaim his spot at the top of the SMWA while Homicide is looking to show the skills that have made him an international name and claim a spot of his own at the top of the SMWA.
Scott Lost ©vs. Jack Evans (SMWA Premier Title)
Lost defends the Premier Title against Jack Evans on Rage. Lost has held onto the belt since June and has fought off some fierce competition. Evans is a former SMWA Champion and could be able to get the belt in his second shot at the gold.
Chad Collyer vs. Joey Ryan
Collyer is coming off a big win in a four way match at Birthday Bash V and he looks to keep his winning streak alive against the ‘Technical Wizard’ Joey Ryan. Both of these guys are solid technical wrestlers and this is going to be a battle
Tickets are just $10. You’ll see those three matches plus B-Boy, Puma, Trent Acid, Johnny Kashmere, Johnny Spade and Petey Williams in action. Come down to the SMWA Gym and check it out.
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Rage Episode #21 (SMWA Gym, Detroit)
October 21, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Guppie: “Welcome to SMWA Rage. We are coming off a huge show in Birthday Bash Five and we are going to have a great show tonight for you fans.”
Patterson: “You speak the truth. I’m Mike Patterson and I’m joined by Brian Guppie on commentary for the night.”
Guppie: “We’ve seen these guys face off in tag team action but neither man has their tag team partner with them tonight as they go one on one.”
Patterson: “Rios is a former WWE star and Vito is a former SMWA Champion. Both of these guys know how to go in the ring and this is going to be a good way to start the show.”
Segment 1: Vito Thomaselli vs. Essa Rios
Vito and Rios lockup in the middle of the ring and Rios whips Vito over with an armdrag. Vito gets up to his feet and Rios takes him over with another one. Vito gets to his feet and Rios goes for another armdrag but Vito blocks it. Vito grabs Rios from behind and goes for a german suplex but Rios flips over and lands on his feet. Vito gets up to his feet celebrating and Rios spins him around and takes him over with an armdrag and goes right into an armbar. Vito fights up to his feet then rolls forward and gets up to his feet and turns the hold into an armwringer on Rios. Vito drives a knee into the midsection of Rios then flips him onto his back and turns the armwringer into a keylock. Rios rolls backwards to his feet and gets to his feet then spins out of the keylock and goes into a hammerlock on Vito. Rios kicks out the back of Vito’s leg sending him down to his knees. Rios drops the hold and nails Vito in the back of the head with a dropkick then makes a cover for a quick two count. Rios pulls Vito up to his feet and shoots him into the ropes. Rios goes for a clothesline but Vito ducks under it. Rios turns around and Vito nails him with a hard spinning heel kick. Rios slowly gets up to his feet and Vito grabs him and takes him over with a vertical suplex. Vito floats over into a cover and gets a short two count. Vito pulls Rios up and rocks him with a stiff forearm shot then plants him with a powerslam. Vito bounces off the ropes and drops an elbow to the chest of Rios and makes a cover for a two count. Vito pulls Rios up and plants him with another powerslam. Vito delivers a hard stomp to the head of Rios then climbs up to the top rope. Vito comes off with a moonsault and comes down across the knees of Rios. Rios gets up to his feet and grabs Vito and pulls him down with a neckbreaker. Rios follows up by hitting a standing moonsault and covering for a two count. Rios pulls Vito up and takes him over with a snap suplex. Rios gets up to his feet and climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a moonsault of his own but Vito rolls out of the way letting Rios slam into the mat. Rios gets up to his hands and knees and Vito nails him with a dropkick right to the face. Vito pulls Rios up and sends him into the ropes and charges after him and nails him with a knee to the midsection that flips him over. Vito grabs Rios from behind and pulls him up to his feet and takes him over with a german suplex and bridges it for a two count. Rios gets to his feet dazed but aware enough to duck a clothesline attempt from Vito. Vito turns around and Rios staggers him back with a dropkick. Vito backs into the ropes and Rios grabs him and goes for a vertical suplex but Vito spins around landing behind Rios. Vito grabs Rios with a rear waistlock and flips him over dropping him on the top of his head with a german suplex. Rios rolls up to his feet completely dazed. Vito picks Rios up into an electric chair then plants him with an electric chair driver. Vito holds Rios down to the mat and scores the three count.
Winner: Vito Thomaselli (9:11)
Notes: *1/4
OA: 62 CR: 53 MQ: 72
Guppie: “Vito Thomaselli gets a victory over Essa Rios in a good match.”
Patterson: “Vito is showing a resurgence in his singles career here in the SMWA and he wants to become a title contender again.”
Guppie: “Before we go to commercial break we have Elix Skipper in the back with some words for the fans.”
Patterson: “I can’t wait to here what he has to say about his cheap win against Nate Mattson last night.”
Segment 2: Skipping Along
Elix Skipper is standing in the locker room flanked by Ricky Reyes and Puma.
Skipper: “Once again I kept this belt around my waist. I’ve been told that some of you punks are talking smack about me on the internet. I hear, some of you don’t think I deserve to hold this belt. Some of you are saying I got disqualified intentionally to keep the belt against Nate Mattson at the Birthday Bash! That’s not the way it went down. Nate Mattson came back to the SMWA with a vengeance. In all of his matches he’s wrestled a garbage style. He’s fought in hardcore matches and sent people to the hospital and eliminated them from competition. At Birthday Bash Mattson just got a taste of his own medicine when I, and the rest of Prime Time, laid him out in the middle of the ring. This belt is around my waist now and it’s going to stay there for a good long time and there is nobody in the SMWA that can change that!”
OA: 71
Guppie: “I guess Skipper had his excuses planned out way before he took the action. After the commercial break we’ll be back with Paul London taking on Homicide.”
Patterson: “This is going to be a great match. These two guys are great wrestlers and this is going to be a great match for you fans to get for free.”
Segment 3: Paul London vs. Homicide
London and Homicide face off in the middle of the ring and go into a lockup to start the match. The two men push each other back and forth with neither man able to gain an advantage. Homicide rolls backwards flipping London over. Homicide gets up and double underhooks London’s arms then wraps his legs around London’s midsection cranking down on the neck and back of London. London manages to scoot forward enough to get a foot on the bottom rope and the ref forces the break. London gets up to his feet massaging his neck. The two men face off and go into a lockup again. London slips behind Homicide with a rear waistlock then trips him down to the mat. London spins out grabbing Homicide with a front facelock. Homicide gets up to his feet and drives a knee into the midsection of London. Homicide grabs an arm of London and flips him over with a northern lights suplex and holds onto London’s arm and puts him into an armbar. London rolls forward and up to his feet and Homicide holds onto him with an armwringer. London grabs the top rope and flips backwards then takes Homicide over with an armdrag that sends him through the ropes to the outside. Homicide gets to his feet and London sends himself flying over the top rope and takes Homicide down with a crossbody block. London pulls Homicide up to his feet and hits him with a hard forearm shot. Homicide gets a wild look in his eyes and then fires off a forearm of his own that staggers London. Homicide grabs him and sends him into the guardrails with a hard Irish whip. London crashes into the guardrails hard and Homicide stalks over to him and pulls him up to his feet. Homicide lifts London up and drops him down across the guardrail with a snake eyes. London ends up on his feet dazed and Homicide plants him on the gym floor with a belly to back suplex. Homicide slides into the ring under the bottom rope and starts pounding his foot on the mat. London gets to his feet and Homicide charges and hits him with a tope con hilo. Homicide hits his back across the top of the guardrail and falls into the crowd after crushing London against the guardrail. Homicide gets up to his feet in the crowd to a mix of boos and cheers. Homicide jumps over the guardrail and grabs London and rolls him into the ring. Homicide slides in right after him and makes a cover for a two count. Homicide pulls London up to his feet and goes for the cop killer but London flips over to his feet behind Homicide. Homicide turns around and London takes him off his feet with the dropsault.
Homicide gets up to his feet and London nails him with a hard knife edge chop and Homicide fires off a chop of his own. The two men start exchanging chops back and forth drawing woos from the crowd as they continue to connect with each other. Homicide takes the advantage when he nails London with a thumb to the eyes. Homicide drives a knee into the midsection of London then bounces off the ropes and folds him up on the back of his head with a lariat. Homicide hooks a leg for the cover and gets a long two count. Homicide pulls London up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Homicide charges and hits London with a hard forearm shot. Homicide picks London up and sets him on the top rope. Homicide climbs up to the second rope and London hits him with a forearm shot then a couple of headbutts. Homicide stays on the ropes then hits London with two headbutts of his own. Homicide then hits London with three brutal forearm shots. Homicide grabs London and takes him off the top rope with an ace crusher. Homicide rolls London over and makes a cover for a two count before London drapes his foot over the bottom rope. Homicide gets up to his feet and peels the elbow pad off his right arm and throws it into the crowd. London gets up to his feet and Homicide charges for a big lariat but London ducks under it. Homicide turns around and London kicks him in the midsection then grabs him with a hammerlock and trips him down into a DDT leaving both men down on the mat. London gets up first and he pulls Homicide up. London takes Homicide over with a northern lights suplex. London flips over backwards and gets to his feet then hits Homicide with a fall away slam. London gets up to his feet and climbs to the top rope. London comes off with a shooting star press and hits the mat as Homicide rolls out of the way. London gets up to his feet and Homicide wrecks him with a brutal lariat. Homicide makes the cover and gets the three count.
Winner: Homicide (14:52)
Notes: **3/4
OA: 72 CR: 58 MQ: 86
Guppie: “Homicide massacred London with that lariat at the end of the match. That was a hard-hitting, back and forth match between those two men.”
Patterson: “Those are two top indy talents and they both showed why right there. London put up a good fight but he couldn’t pull out the win.”
Guppie: “When we come back from commercial break we have our main event as Trent Acid takes on Samoa Joe.”
Patterson: “Samoa Joe has a big size advantage but Acid is a hard hitter and he knows how to use everything to his advantage in the ringside area. If Joe can keep this match in the ring though he should be able to dominate Acid but you never know what’s going to happen.”
Segment 4: Still Samoan
Joe comes out from the back to some cheers but more boos. Joe walks down to the ring and threatens to backhand a fan at ringside then walks away from him and climbs into the ring. Joe goes up to the announcer and yanks the mic away from him.
Joe: “In my last match I beat a bonafide star, a former IWGP Champion and now I face Trent Acid. What’s his claim to fame? He held the very prestigious BJPW Junior Heavyweight Championship. This match is an insult to my talent! I’m better than facing a garbage wrestler who is half my size! I don’t need to work my way through a list of chumps so I can get a goddamn title shot! I had one of the longest title reigns in recent history in RoH! I have had huge winning streaks in every promotion I’ve shown up in! I’ve beaten Jushin Lyger! Trent is getting in over his head tonight and he’s going to get his ass beaten all around this ring and all you f***ing fans are going to get an up close and personal view of his beating. Tonight I’m making a statement tonight! This is for all of you assholes in the offices! I want a shot at the belt and I’m going to show you f***s why I am going to be the champion here!”
OA: 83
Segment 5: Samoa Joe vs. Trent Acid
Acid seems incensed by Joe’s words as he runs down the entrance way and slides into the ring. Acid pops up to his feet and unloads a flurry of forearms and punches on Joe. Joe brushes Acid off and then tees off on him with a series of brutal palm strikes. Joe then nails Acid with some stiff knife edge chops leaving Acid leaning against the ropes. Joe backs up then gets a running start and sends Acid over the top rope and falling to the outside with a big clothesline. Acid gets to his feet on the outside and Joe charges and hits him with a suicide dive forearm through the ropes that lays Acid out on the gym floor. Joe gets up to his feet pumped and gets booed by the crowd. Acid gets up to his feet and Joe grabs him by his hair and the back of his pants and sends him into the guardrail hard, shoulder first. Acid ends up leaning against the guardrail and he takes a set of stiff kicks to the chest from Joe. Joe pulls Acid up to his feet and rocks him with a stiff forearm shot. Joe leans Acid against the guardrail and lights him up with brutal knife edge chops then sends him over the guardrails with a big palm strike. Joe taunts the crowd before he steps over the guardrail and among them. Acid is on his knees and he grabs a chair and folds it up before throwing it right into the face of Joe drawing big cheers from the crowd. Acid grabs another folded up chair and slams it down across the head of Joe sending him down to his hands and knees. Acid follows up with a chairshot across the back of Joe, then a second and a third chairshot. Acid pulls Joe up to his feet and sends him through the crowd sending fans and chairs scattering with an Irish whip. Joe gets up to a knee and Acid chucks a chair catching him in the side of the head. Acid pulls Joe up to his feet again and sends him into the guardrail with an Irish whip. Acid lets Joe get up and charges at him. Unfortunately Joe sees him coming and sends him over, and back to the ringside area, with a backbody drop and Acid crashes down to the gym floor hard. Joe grabs four chairs and throws them into the ringside area before he steps over the guardrail. Acid is starting to get to his feet and Joe sends him down to the floor with a series of hard forearm shots.
Joe unfolds the four chairs and sets them up facing each other. Joe reaches into the crowd for two more chairs and sets them across the chairs he has already set up. Joe gets up on the apron then pulls Acid up by the hair onto the apron with him. Joe goes for an exploder suplex but Acid blocks it and hits Joe with forearms to the midsection then some knife edge chops. Joe shakes them off and lights Acid up with some hard knife edge chops then two wicked forearm shots. Joe grabs Acid and delivers an exploder suplex off the apron and through the chair coffin on the outside to a big holy shit chant from the crowd. Joe pulls Acid’s limp body up and rolls it into the ring then slides in after him. Joe drops down on top of Acid and gets a two count before Acid manages to roll a shoulder to Joe’s surprise. Joe rolls Acid over and grabs him with a front facelock and slams down a series of brutal knee strikes to the top of his head. Joe then spins onto Acid’s back and grabs him with a rear naked choke and flips over onto his back. Acid panics in the hold then stretches back with an arm and manages to grab the middle rope and the ref forces the break. Joe gets up to his feet looking pisses and Acid struggles to his feet. Joe grabs him and sends him across the ring with an Irish whip. Acid ducks a clothesline attempt from Joe then bounces off the opposite ropes and nails Joe with a yakuza kick that staggers him. Acid bounces off the ropes and hits Joe with another yakuza kick and this one sends Joe down to his knees. Acid follows up with a dropkick that lays Joe out. Acid makes a cover and gets a two count before Joe kicks out. Acid slides out of the ring and grabs a chair then slides back in. Acid sets the chair up in the middle of the ring then pulls Joe up to his feet. Acid goes for the reverse brainbuster but Joe blocks it then hits Acid with punches to the face breaking his grip. Joe sends Acid into the ropes with an Irish whip then whips him over with a powerslam on the chair. Joe makes a cocky cover on Acid and only gets a two count. Acid sits up and Joe nails him with a knife edge chop to the back and then a hard kick to the chest that lays him out. Joe bounces off the ropes and jumps up with a big knee drop to the face of Acid. Joe makes a cover and Acid once again manages to kick out at the count of two. Joe pulls Acid up to his feet and goes for the Island driver but Acid slides down behind Joe and drops him on the back of his head with a backdrop driver. Joe rolls through it backwards and right up to his feet. Acid stands up and turns around just in time to get massacred by a clothesline from Joe. Joe flips Acid over and grabs him with a rear naked choke in the middle of the ring. Acid almost immediately taps out.
Winner: Samoa Joe (14:12)
Notes: **3/4
OA: 77 CR: 74 MQ: 80
Guppie: “Samoa Joe dominated that match but Trent Acid kept fighting and refused to stay down.”
Patterson: “Considering the size advantage Joe had Acid didn’t want to give up even after taking a brutal beating, like I said, Acid used chairs and everything he could get his hands on although it ended up working against him.”
Guppie: “That’s all we have for you fans tonight. Be sure to tune in next week at the same time on the same channel.”
Patterson: “For Brian Guppie, I’m Mike Patterson thanks for supporting the SMWA. Be sure to check smwawrestling.com for info on upcoming shows and your favorite wrestlers.”
Oh, My God! I posted a show earlier than I said I would, it's amazing!
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Rage Card
www.smwawrestling.com
October 18, 2008
We are coming off a huge show in Birthday Bash V where Prime Time Elix Skipper managed to walk away with the belt after losing to Nate Mattson by DQ. CM Punk took a big victory over AJ Styles and Petey Williams bested Ace Steel plus more great action. Now it’s time for another episode of Rage. Tapings will be Sunday, October 19 at the SMWA Gym in Detroit and it will air Tuesday, October 21 on ESPN 2. Here is the scheduled card.
Vito Thomaselli vs. Essa Rios
When these two men met in tag team action Essa Rios and Ricky Marvin got the upperhand but Vito Thomaselli is a former SMWA Champion and a great singles wrestler.
Paul London vs. Homicide
These two men were involved in a four way match at Birthday Bash V and they will battle one on one at Rage. These two world class athletes will collide in what should be a great match.
Samoa Joe vs. Trent Acid
In our main event the Samoan Submission Machine Samoa Joe will face Trent Acid. Acid will have a big challenge when he faces Joe but Acid has won tough fights before and he will be coming at Joe with everything he has.
Come down to the SMWA Gym and see these three matches and more of your favorite SMWA stars including Jack Evans, Scott Lost, Joey Ryan and Puma in action plus many more. Tickets are just $10 at the door.
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Birthday Bash V (Kalkaska)
October 17, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Guppie: “It’s Birthday Bash Five here in Kalkaska and we have a huge show lined up for you fans and we are going to start off hot.”
Patterson: “That excited man is Brian Guppie and I’m Mike Patterson and we are going to be starting tonight with a four way elimination match between Vito Thomaselli, Chad Collyer, Homicide and Paul London.”
Guppie: “This is going to be a great match to start the show off with. All four of these guys are explosive and have some big moves.”
Patterson: “Any one of these four guys could take home the victory in this match. This is going to be good.”
Segment 1: Vito Thomaselli vs. Chad Collyer vs. Homicide vs. Paul London
Vito and Homicide start the match and go into a lockup. Homicide ducks behind Vito with a rear waistlock then picks him up and slams him down to the mat face first. Vito spins out into a seated position but Homicide keeps him in the rear waistlock. Both men get up and Homicide goes for a german suplex but Vito flips over landing on his feet. Homicide turns around and Vito nails him with a spinning heel kick. Homicide gets up to his feet and Vito nails him with a forearm. Homicide shakes it off and fires off a series of brutal forearm shots that stagger Vito. Homicide sends Vito into the corner then charges and nails him with a hard clothesline. Homicide snapmares Vito out of the corner and nails him with two hard fast kicks to the small of the back. Homicide pulls Vito down to the mat and makes a cover for a quick two count. Homicide pulls Vito up to his feet and grabs him with a side headlock and tags in Collyer. Homicide holds Vito up and Collyer delivers a kick to his midsection. Collyer grabs Vito and takes him over with a snap suplex. Collyer floats over and hooks a leg for a two count. Collyer sits Vito up and grabs him with a rear chinlock. Vito slowly fights up to his feet and hits Collyer with some back elbows then bounces him off the ropes and shoots him across the ring. Collyer rebounds off the ropes and Vito takes him down with a dropkick. Vito rolls forward to his feet and tags London in. London comes in and takes Collyer down witha clothesline. Collyer gets up to his feet and London takes him down with a dropsault. London makes a cover on Collyer and gets a two count before he rolls a shoulder. London pulls Collyer up to his feet and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. London charges and Collyer sends him over the top rope with a backbody drop but London grabs the top rope and lands on the apron. Collyer turns around and London stuns him with a forearm shot then drives a shoulder into his midsection. London slingshots over the top rope and takes Collyer over with a sunset flip and scores a two count. Collyer rolls backwards up to his feet and London hits him with another forearm shot. London bounces off the ropes and charges at Collyer and takes a big leg lariat to the face. Collyer goes to the corner and tags Homicide.
Homicide comes into the ring and nails London with a kick to the side of the head as he gets up to his hands and knees. Homicide pulls London up to his feet and goes for the cop killer but London flips over backwards and lands on his feet. London bounces off the ropes and Homicide charges and sends him over the top rope with a clothesline. Homicide bounces off the far ropes and goes through the ropes with a tope con hilo that slams London into the guardrail and Homicide barely stays inside the guardrail. Homicide pulls London up to his feet and Collyer runs across the apron and jumps onto the two men sending them down to the floor. The three men get up to their feet on the outside and Vito climbs up to the top rope and jumps off with a moonsault that London barely manages to avoid. London rolls into the ring and gets up to his feet. The crowd starts to cheer as the three men stand up on the floor. London springs up to the top rope and goes to the outside with a shooting star press taking everybody out to a big pop. London pulls Collyer up to his feet and rolls him into the ring. London grabs Collyer with a hammerlock and takes him down with a DDT. London climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a 450 splash and slams down across the knees of Collyer. Collyer gets up to his feet and grabs London and plants him with a tiger driver and holds him down for a three count. Collyer gets up to his feet and raises his arms in victory and Homicide sends him down to the mat face first with a hard clothesline. Homicide pulls Collyer up and spikes him with a vertabreaker. Homicide gets up to his feet and Vito springboards in and hits Homicide with a dropkick. Vito covers Collyer and gets a two count before Homicide grabs him by the leg and pulls him off. Vito gets up to his feet and Homicide nails him with a stiff forearm shot. Vito fires back a forearm shots of his own and then sends Homicide into a corner. Vito charges and hits Homicide with a stiff forearm shot. Vito pulls Homicide out of the corner and lifts him up on his shoulders then plants him with an electric chair driver. Vito holds Homicide down and gets the three count. Vito pulls Collyer up and goes for an electric chair driver on him but Collyer fires off a series of punches to Vito’s head and Vito drops him down to mat. Collyer gets up to his feet and takes Vito down with a leg lariat and both men are down on the mat. Both men slowly struggle up to their feet and start trading right hands. Vito gets the advantage and backs Collyer into the corner by nailing him with some knife edge chops. Vito lifts Collyer up onto the top rope then climbs up onto the second rope. Vito goes for a superplex but Collyer blocks it. Collyer hits Vito with some punches to the midsection then lifts him up and throws him down to the mat stomach first. Vito gets to his feet hunched over and Collyer comes off the top rope with a knee to the back of the head. Vito drops down to the mat and starts to stand up when Collyer butterflies his wings and plants him with the tiger driver and holds him down for the three count.
Winner: Chad Collyer (16:32)
Notes: *1/2
OA: 65 CR: 58 MQ: 73
Guppie: “Chad Collyer gets a big victory pinning Paul London and Vito Thomaselli with the tiger driver.”
Patterson: “All four of those men were giving it their all and Collyer used his anger to fuel his fight.”
Guppie: “Our next match is going to be a battle of the titans as Satoshi Kojima takes on Samoa Joe.”
Patterson: “Stiff, is the word that best describes what this match is going to be. Both of these guys like to use strikes to weaken their opponent before setting up for their trademark moves.”
Segment 2: Samoan Beatdown
Joe walks out from the back to a mixed reaction from the crowd. Joe just stops in front of the ring and looks back and forth at the crowd then shakes his head in disgust. Joe climbs onto the apron and enters the ring then takes the mic from the announcer.
Joe: “I don’t need the support of you fans. I can hear some of you booing and some of you cheering. Tonight I’m stepping into the ring with a bonafide star. Satoshi Kojima, you’re a huge star in All-Japan Pro-Wrestling, held the title and everything. I’m a guaranteed star too. I’ve held belts in all the feds I go to and I dominate those places. Tonight, you are on my territory Kojima and when you step into the ring you are entering my house. You fans are going to witness Kojima get the tar beaten out of him tonight because you don’t fuck with Samoa Joe!”
OA: 83
Segment 3: Satoshi Kojima vs. Samoa Joe
Kojima and Joe face off in the middle of the ring and they stare at each other and Joe starts talking shit and Kojima shuts him up with a stiff slap across the face. Joe glares at Kojima and fires off a big slap of his own. Kojima fires right back with a hard knife edge chop to the chest and Joe returns the favor with a chop of his own. Kojima goes crazy with chops to the chest of Joe backing him into the corner. Joe yells loudly then unleashes with a flurry of open palm strikes that backs Kojima up. Joe then jumps up and delivers an enziguri that sends Kojima down to the mat. Kojima gets up to his feet and Joe nails him with two stiff forearm shots then shoots him into the ropes. Kojima rebounds and Joe rolls forward taking out the legs of Kojima sending him down to the mat face first. Joe grabs the leg of Kojima and puts him into an STF. Kojima pulls himself forward and grabs the bottom rope to force the break. Joe breaks the hold and gives Kojima a forearm to the back of his head to remember him. Joe gets up to his feet and backs up as Kojima pulls himself to his feet using the ropes. Kojima turns around and tells Joe to bring it. Joe obliges and delivers a stiff chop to Kojima. Kojima absorbs it and lets out a primal scream and unloads a brutal series of knife edge chops that stagger Joe. Kojima follows up with a rolling forearm to the side of Joe’s head sending him down to the mat. Joe gets up to his feet and Kojima nails him with a forearm shot then takes him over with a vertical suplex. Kojima makes a cover on Joe and only gets a one count. Kojima pulls Joe up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Kojima charges and Joe takes him down with a big STO. Joe comes out of the corner and he’s pumped up. Kojima gets up to his feet and Joe hits him with a big kick to the chest that staggers Kojima back into the corner. Joe unleashes a series of knife edge chops to Kojima then delivers some kicks to the chest sending Kojima down in the corner. Joe follows up with some face washes then charges and bounces off the opposite ropes and nails a brutal boot scrape. Joe pulls Kojima out of the corner and makes a cover for a two count.
Joe pulls Kojima up to his feet and goes for the Island driver but Kojima slides behind Joe then drops him on the top of his head with a brutal backdrop driver. Joe rolls right up to his feet and flexes his muscles as Kojima sends a knife edge chop into his chest. Kojima follows up with a kick to the midsection then plants Joe with an ace crusher. Kojima rolls over on Joe and gets a two count before Joe rolls a shoulder. Kojima backs up and lets Joe get to his feet then charges with a lariat. Joe ducks under it and grabs Kojima from behind and whips him over with a release german suplex. Joe gets up to his feet and he grabs Kojima and shoots him into the ropes. Kojima rebounds and Joe hits him with a knife edge chop and Kojima no-sells it. Kojima hits Joe with two hard forearm shots and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Kojima charges and hits Joe with a clothesline. Kojima lifts Joe up onto the top rope and climbs up to the second rope. Kojima goes for an ace crusher off the ropes but Joe blocks it then hits Kojima with some hard headbutts. Joe then sends Kojima down to the mat with a forearm shot. Joe drops off the ropes and charges nailing Kojima with a big lariat that drops him on the back of his head. Joe folds Kojima over with a cover and Kojima powers out at the count of one. Joe pulls Kojima up and goes for a powerbomb but Kojima reverses it with a backbody drop. Joe gets up to his feet and ducks a clothesline from Kojima. Joe grabs him with a rear waistlock and folds him up on the back of his head with a release german suplex again. Joe gets up to his feet but Kojima rolls through the impact and charges with a brutal lariat on Joe and both men are down on the mat. The ref starts a standing ten count and both men get up to their feet at the count of five. Kojima and Joe face off and start exchanging a series of hard knife edge chops and both men’s chests are turning red. Kojima stuns Joe with a forearm shot then sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Joe rebounds and Kojima delivers an overhead belly to belly suplex. Joe gets up to his feet and Kojima goes for an ace crusher but Joe blocks it then grabs Kojima and pulls him down to the mat with a rear naked choke. Kojima tries to get to the ropes and Joe rolls him onto his midsection and pulls back on the hold and Kojima taps out.
Winner: Samoa Joe (14:28)
Notes: ***
OA: 74 CR: 63 MQ: 85
Guppie: “What a battle between those two men. They were lighting each other up with hard strikes.”
Patterson: “Both guys kept kicking out after moves that would have finished off other wrestlers. Samoa Joe wins a great match there.”
Guppie: “Up next we have a match that could be equally as hard hitting, although with smaller competitors, as Low Ki takes on Alex Shelley.”
Patterson: “Low Ki may try to wrestle as stiff, but Shelley is going to try and take Ki down to the ground and work him over with submissions.”
Segment 4: Low Ki vs. Alex Shelley
Shelley and Ki circle each other in the ring then go into a lockup. Ki goes behind Shelley and grabs him with a hammerlock. Shelley ducks behind Ki and reverses into a hammerlock of his own. Ki hits Shelley with some back elbows and Shelley releases the hammerlock but grabs Ki with a rear waistlock then picks him up and slams Ki down to the mat face first. Shelley spins out and grabs Ki with a front facelock. Ki pushes himself up to his feet then hits Shelley with some hard Muy Thai kicks to the midsection and breaks the hold. Ki shoves Shelley backwards then connects with a big round house kick that stuns Shelley. Ki grabs Shelley and shoots him into the corner with an Irish whip. Ki charges and hits Shelley with a Koppo kick. Ki pulls Shelley out of the corner and takes him over with a snap suplex and floats over with a cover for a two count. Ki pulls Shelley up to his feet and hits him with a forearm shot then shoots him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Shelley rebounds and Ki sends him over with a big backbody drop. Shelley sits up and Ki nails him with a stiff kick to the small of the back. Shelly’s back bows in pain and Ki sends another kick home into the small of his back. Ki pulls Shelley down to the mat and makes a cover for a two count. Ki pulls Shelley up to his feet and goes for a vertical suplex but Shelley blocks it and takes Ki over with a small package and gets a quick two count. Ki kicks out and rolls up to his feet and lets Shelley get up to his hands and knees and rocks him with a series of brutal Kawada kicks to the face. Ki pulls Shelley up to his feet and goes for a belly to back suplex but Shelley flips over and lands on his feet behind Ki and hits him with a dropkick that sends Ki through the ropes to the outside. Shelley gets up to his feet and launches himself over the top rope and onto Ki with a crossbody block. Ki gets up to his hands and knees and Shelley starts nailing Ki with some Kawada kicks of his own although not quite as impressive as the ones Ki hit. Shelley grabs Ki and sends him face first into the guardrail. Shelley pulls Ki up to his feet and goes for an Irish whip but Ki reverses it and pulls Shelley back towards him and delivers a drop toehold that sends Shelley face first into the guardrail. Shelley gets up to his feet with a cut starting to bleed on his forehead and the crowd starts cheering for Low Ki.
Ki grabs Shelley and pulls him up and rains down some punches to the forehead of Shelley opening up the cut. Ki grabs Shelley and throws him into the ringpost face first. Ki grabs Shelley before he falls down and throws him into the ring and Ki slides in after him. Shelley gets up to his hands and knees and Ki nails him with another series of Kawada kicks. Ki flips Shelley onto his back and makes a cover for a long two count. Shelley gets up to his feet with a full crimson mask even after the big bloodstain he left on Ki’s boot. Ki grabs Shelley from behind and takes him down with a reverse DDT and holds on. Ki rolls Shelley over and cranks back on the dragon clutch. Blood streams down Shelley’s face as he slowly pulls himself forward and grabs the bottom rope to force a break. Ki backs off and sticks his arms out drawing cheers from the crowd. Shelley pulls himself up to his feet using the ropes and looks exhausted as blood runs down his face. Shelley turns around and Ki nails him with a knife edge chop to the chest. Ki grabs Shelley and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Ki swings with a clothesline but Shelley ducks behind him and grabs Ki with a rear waistlock. Shelley trips Ki down to the mat and locks in the border city stretch. Ki pulls himself forward and grabs the bottom rope to force a break of the hold. Ki gets up to his feet as fast as the bloody Shelley does. Ki swings with a punch but Shelley ducks under it. Shelley grabs Ki and hits a big shellshock leaving both men down on the mat. Shelley drags himself over and drapes an am over Ki for a two count. Shelley pulls Ki up to his feet and hits him with some forearm shots then shoots him across the ring into the corner. Shelley charges and hits Ki with a big back elbow. Shelley lifts Ki up and sets him on the top rope. Shelley climbs up to the second rope and hits some right hands on Ki then climbs up to the top rope. Shelley pulls Ki up to his feet and takes him off the top rope with a big superplex. Shelley drags himself over for a cover and gets a long two count before Ki manages to roll a shoulder.
Shelley rolls Ki onto his midsection and puts him in the border city stretch again. Shelley has Ki trapped in the middle of the ring and just pulls back on the hold relentlessly. Ki slowly pulls himself forwrd along the mat and manages to grab the bottom rope and force the break. Shelley gets up to his feet obviously pissed and he delivers a hard stomp to the back of Ki’s head. Shelley pulls Ki up to his feet and goes for a shellshock but Ki blocks it and picks Shelley up and spikes him with a brainbuster. Both men slowly get up to their feet and Ki goes for a kick to the midsection but Shelley catches the foot. Ki counters by jumping up an hitting an enziguri. Shelley staggers backwards and Ki gets to his feet. Ki runs to the ropes and springs off the second rope and spins around with a hard kick to the side of Shelley’s head that drops him hard. Ki makes a cover and Shelley barely manages to roll a shoulder at the count of two. Ki pulls Shelley up to his feet and clobbers him with three Mongolian chops that send him down to his knees. Ki follows up with two stiff kicks to the chest of Shelley then slaps the mat and sends a third kick to the side of Shelley’s head laying him out on the mat. Ki climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a phoenix splash to cheers from the crowd. Unfortunately for him Shelley gets his knees up driving them into the midsection of Ki. Shelley grabs Ki with a headscissors then rolls Ki over onto his midsection and repeatedly slams him face first into the mat with the skullfuck.Shelley grabs Ki and puts him into the border city stretch for the third time in the match. Ki fights against it and gets up to his feet. Shelley holds onto Ki with no pressure. Ki grabs Shelley’s leg and lifts him up and hits a backdrop driver and Shelley lets go of him. Shelley gets up to his feet and Ki nails him with a kick to the midsection then grabs him and picks him up in the air with a fisherman suplex. Ki charges and slams Shelley into the corner headfirst. Ki holds Shelley up then drops him with a Ki krusher. Ki holds Shelley down to the mat and scores the three count.
Winner: Low Ki (17:12)
Notes: **3/4
OA: 76 CR: 69 MQ: 83
Guppie: “Low Ki beats Alex Shelley in a hard fought match. Shelley looked like he was going to win but the blood loss caught up to him.”
Patterson: “It had to. He was bleeding big time and Ki kept landing hard strikes to keep the blood flowing. Shelley did some nice work but Ki just beat him down.”
Guppie: “After that match it’s time for the Backseat Boys to defend the SMWA Tag Team Titles against KENTA and Marafuji.”
Patterson: “These two teams have met before in good matches and this one is going to be a great match. Both of these teams have great chemistry and it’s going to be a battle.”
Segment 5: Backseat Boys ©vs. KENTA & Marafuji (SMWA Tag Team Titles)
Kashmere and KENTA start the match for their team and they go into a lockup. Kashmere goes behind KENTA and grabs him with a rear waistlock. KENTA hits Kashmere with a back elbow then spins around with a standing switch. KENTA picks Kashmere up and slams him down to the mat face first and puts Kashmere in a hammerlock. Kashmere sits out and pushes himself up to his feet. Kashmere jumps up and comes down reversing the hold with a snapmare. KENTA gets up to his feet and Kashmere takes him over with an armdrag. KENTA gets back up to his feet and takes Kashmere over with a Japanese armdrag. Kashmere gets up to his feet and KENTA hits him with a dropkick then tags in Marafuji.Marafuji leaps over the top rope and charges and connects with a leg lariat as Kashmere gets up to his feet. Marafuji pulls Kashmere up and goes for a vertical suplex but Kashmere blocks it and hits a vertical suplex of his own. Kashmere gets up to his feet and tags in Acid. Acid comes in and sends Kashmere back down to the mat with a forearm shot. KENTA comes into the ring and Acid sends him over with a backbody drop and KENTA rolls out of the ring. Acid pulls Marafuji up to his feet and lifts him up for a belly to back suplex then spins him forward into a blue thunder bomb. Acid holds Marafuji down and gets a two count before he rolls a shoulder. Acid pulls Marafuji up off the mat and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Acid charges and hits Marafuji with a clothesline. Acid pulls Marafuji out of the corner and takes him over with a snap suplex. Acid floats over into a cover and gets a two count before KENTA comes into the ring and drops an elbow to the back of his head breaking the cover. KENTA pulls Acid up to his feet and hits him with two hard kicks to the midsection and finishes a roundhouse to the side of the head before Kashmere comes in and tackles KENTA and the two men roll out of the ring brawling. Marafuji pulls Acid up to his feet and plants him with a powerslam and follows up with an elbow drop and makes a cover for two. On the outside KENTA plants Kashmere to the gym floor with a belly to back suplex then jumps onto the apron to get a tag from Acid. Acid slowly crawls to his corner and tries to tag in Kashmere who isn’t there.
Acid pulls himself up to his feet and KENTA grabs him from behind and takes him over with a german suplex and bridges it for two. KENTA gets up to his feet and lets Acid get up and pegs him with two hard forearm shots. KENTA sends Acid into the corner with an Irish whip then charges and jumps up with a knee to the chest of Acid. KENTA lifts Acid up to the top rope then climbs up with him. Kashmere jumps up onto the apron and hits KENTA with a punch to the back. Acid shoves KENTA off the top rope and down to the mat. KENTA gets up to his feet and Acid comes off the top with a missile dropkick that sends KENTA down to the mat. Acid drags himself over on top of KENTA and gets a two count. Acid pulls KENTA up to his feet and shoots him into the ropes with an Irish whip. KENTA bounces off the ropes and ducks a clothesline from Acid. KENTA bounces off the opposite ropes and kills Acid with a big boot to the face. KENTA pulls Acid up and grabs him with a side headlock and drags him to his corner and tags in Marafuji. KENTA holds Acid’s arm exposing his midsection to a hard kick from Marafuji. Marafuji snapmares KENTA over and grabs him with a rear chinlock. Acid fights up to his feet and hits Marafuji with some back elbows to the midsection to create some space. Acid backs Marafuji into the ropes and tries to shoot him off but Marafuji holds on and takes Acid down to the mat with the side headlock. Acid slowly gets up to his feet and lifts Marfuji up for a belly to back suplex but Marafuji flips over and lands behind him. Marafuji jumps up and delivers a dropkick to the back of Acid sending him into the ropes. Marafuji tags in KENTA who walks around the apron to the other side of the ring. Marafuji picks Acid up and puts him into the corner with a tree of woe. Marafuji hits Acid with some stomps to the chest then KENTA springboards into the ring and hits Acid with a van terminator. Acid falls out of the corner and KENTA pulls him away from the ropes and makes the cover for a two count. Kashmere runs into the ring and dropkicks KENTA in the side of the head breaking up the cover.
KENTA gets up to his feet and clocks Kashmere with a roundhouse to the side of the head dropping him to the mat. Acid gets up to his feet and KENTA kicks him in the midsection and spikes him with a brutal DDT. KENTA makes a cover and gets a two count before Acid rolls a shoulder. KENTA tags Marafuji back in and Marafuji grabs Acid as he gets up to his feet and hits him with a hard forearm shot. Marafuji grabs Acid and runs up the ropes for the sliced bread number two but Acid holds Marafuji and plants him with a blue thunder bomb. Acid starts crawling and makes a final dive to tag in Kashmere. Kashmere comes in on fire and lays KENTA out with a clothesline as he comes into the ring. Marafuji gets to his feet and Kashmere grabs him and plants him with a DDT. Kashmere gets to his feet and KENTA nails him with a running knee to the face. KENTA covers Kashmere but the ref doesn’t count it and tells KENTA he’s not the legal man. KENTA grabs Marafuji by the arm and drags him over Kashmere for a two count. Marafuji gets up to his feet and pulls Kashmere up after him. Marafuji sends Kashmere into the corner and charges at him and nails a big back elbow to the chest. Marafuji grabs Kashmere and goes for the sliced bread number two but Acid grabs his feet on the top rope stopping the move and Kashmere plants him with a belly to back suplex. Kashmere makes a cover and KENTA breaks up the cover with a stomp to the back of his head. The ref pushes KENTA backs to his corner and Kashmere pulls Marafuji up and nails him with some hard forearm shots and tags in Acid. Acid comes in and fires off some hard forearm shots of his own then picks Marafuji up and sends him down to the mat with a powerslam. Acid pulls Marafuji up to his feet and plants him on the top of his head with a reverse brainbuster. Acid makes a cover and gets a two count before KENTA breaks up the cover. KENTA pulls Acid up and Acid breaks his grip and kicks him in the midsection. Kashmere comes into the ring and the two men shoot KENTA into the ropes. They catch him off the rebound and plant him with the T-Gimmick. Marafuji gets up behind Kashmere and nails him with an uppercut to the junk then shoves him through the ropes to the outside. Acid hits Marafuji with a yakuza kick as he gets up. Acid makes a cover and gets a long two count. Acid pulls Marafuji up to his feet and lifts him up for a suplex and throws him forward into a powerbomb and Acid holds him down to the mat for the three count.
Winner: Backseat Boys (17:49)
Notes: ***
OA: 75 CR: 65 MQ: 85
Guppie: “The Backseat Boys win a hard fought back and forth match against KENTA and Marafuji to hold onto the belts.”
Patterson: “The Backseat Boys have managed to hold onto the belts for quite some time but they haven’t had an easy time of it with their title defenses. They’ve barely managed to squeak by with their belts and they are continuing to do so.”
Guppie: “We’ve seen some brutal matches so far tonight and up next we have two huge stars colliding as CM Punk faces off against AJ Styles!”
Patterson: “These are two of the best athletes in the wrestling business today. This match is going to be an awesome match, I guarantee it.”
Segment 6: Straight Edge
CM Punk walks out from the back to a mixed reaction from the crowd. Punk refuses to give any fives to the fans and he rolls into the ring under the bottom rope. He gets up to his feet and takes the mic from the announcer.
Punk: “AJ Styles, the so called ‘phenomenal one.’ Styles is your golden boy, isn’t he? Unfortunately for him he’s going up against CM Punk! AJ Styles is going to be another stone on the road to gold for the Revolution. Brandon Thomaselli and Zokre have already fallen under my heel. They were not just beaten but destroyed. AJ may think he’s better than those two and better than me but I’m going to disabuse him of that thought. AJ may be phenomenal but I’m just plain better than he is. I’m going to prove to all of you loser fans that I am as good as I have always been. But most importantly I’m going to beat that redneck hick AJ Styles in this very ring.”
OA: 72
Segment 7: CM Punk vs. AJ Styles
Styles runs down and slides into the ring and pops up to his feet and wails away at Punk with right hands to the delight of the crowd. Styles grabs Punk and sends him across the ring with an Irish whip. Punk grabs the top rope to stop his momentum and leaves the ring for a break. Punk starts jawing with the fans telling them how smart he is. Punk turns around and Styles hits him with a baseball slide. Styles gets up to his feet and launches himself over the top rope with a crossbody block that takes Punk down. Styles pulls Punk up and throws him into the ring. Styles slides into his ring but Punk gets to his feet and stomps away at the back of his head. Punk pulls Styles up to his feet and snapmares him over and grabs him with a rear chinlock. Punk bears down on the hold flattening Styles to the mat. Styles gets his legs underneath himself and powers up to his feet. Styles hits Punk with some back elbows then shoots him across the ring with an Irish whip. Punk rebounds and Styles takes him over with an armdrag and goes right into an armbar. Punk gets up to his knees and rolls forward and up to his feet with an arm wringer. Styles performs a standing backflip to reverse the hold into an arm wringer of his own. Styles flips Punk over and drops a knee onto the shoulder of Punk and wrenches the arm of Punk. Punk rolls backwards to his feet and then trips Styles down and puts him in a keylock. Styles rolls backwards up to his feet but Punk trips him back down and puts him into the keylock again. Styles rolls backwards again and gets his feet into the ropes and the ref forces the break and the two men get up to their feet. The two men lockup in the middle of the ring and Styles backs Punk into the corner. The ref calls for a clean break and Styles gives it. Punk takes advantage and pokes Styles in the eyes then spins him around and shoves him into the corner. Punk unloads on Styles with some hard knife edge chops then shoots Styles across the ring into the corner. Styles bounces out of the corner and Punk takes him down with a wicked clothesline. Punk drops down on Styles and gets a two count. Punk pulls Styles up to his feet and hits him with a forearm shot then sends him across the ring and into the corner with an Irish whip. Punk charges and runs into double big boots from Styles. Punk staggers backwards and Styles bursts out of the corner and flatlines Punk with a clothesline. Styles hooks a leg for a cover and gets a two count before Punk rolls a shoulder.
Styles pulls Punk up to his feet and grabs him with a front facelock then takes him over with a vertical suplex. Styles floats over on Punk and gets another two count. Styles pulls Punk up to his feet and snapmares him over. Styles nails Punk with a hard kick to the small of the back and follows up with a second before grabbing a rear chinlock. Punk slowly fights up to his feet and calls the ref to check on him being choked and then kicks back hitting Styles in the nuts breaking the hold. Punk turns around and hits Punk with a series of hard forearm shots then lifts Styles up and sends him down with a powerslam. Punk delivers some stomps to the face of Styles then drops an elbow to the chest and makes a cover for a two count. Punk pulls Styles up and drives a knee into his midsection. Punk follows up with another knee to the midsection then rains down forearm shots across the back of Styles sending him down to the mat. Punk bounces off the ropes and nails Styles with a knee to the side of the head as he gets to his hands and knees. Punk pulls Styles up and double underhooks him. Punk lifts Styles up and hits him with the welcome to Chicago. Punk makes a quick cover and only gets a two count. Punk pulls Styles up and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Punk charges and drives a knee into the midsection of Styles then follows up with some hard knife edge chops. Punk then stomps Styles down in the corner with kicks to the midsection. Punk delivers some face washes then runs and bounces off the ropes and nails Styles with a boot scrape that sends him through the ropes to the floor outside. Styles gets up to his feet on the outside and checks his face and Punk jumps off the apron onto Styles and takes him over with a hurrincanranna. Punk pulls Styles up to his feet on the outside and sends him into the guardrails with a hard Irish whip. Punk pulls Styles up to his feet and sends him towards the guardrails with an Irish whip but Styles leaps over the guardrail landing in the crowd. Punk walks towards the guardrail and Styles catches him with a superkick to the jaw that lays Punk out on the floor. Styles climbs over the guardrail to the ringside area and grabs Punk and pulls him up to his feet. Styles then sends Punk into the guardrails face first. Styles then jumps up onto the apron and lets Punk get to his feet. Styles jumps off for a hurrincanranna but Punk catches him and powerbombs him into the guardrails back first drawing a holy shit chant from the crowd.
Punk gets up a little woozy and pulls Styles up and rolls him into the ring. Punk slides in after him and hooks a leg for a long two count before Styles manages to roll a shoulder. Punk gets up on his knees with a frustrated look on his face. Punk sits Styles up and puts him into a seated abdominal stretch. Styles fights against the hold and manages to move his legs enough to get a foot on the bottom rope and the ref breaks up the hold. Styles gets up to his feet and Punk drives a few forearm shots into the small of his back then picks Styles up and delivers a backbreaker and makes a cover for a two count. Punk pulls Styles up and hits him with a forearm shot then fires away with some knife edge chops. Punk goes for an Irish whip but Styles reverses it sending Punk into the ropes. Styles jumps up and takes Punk over with a hurrincanranna. Styles holds the legs of Punk pinning him and getting a two count before kicking him off. Styles is vaulted up to his feet and he puts a hand on the small of his back as Punk gets to his feet. Styles connects with a kick to the midsection then takes Punk down with a swinging neckbreaker. Styles rolls over draping an arm over Punk for a short two count. Styles gets up to his feet pulling Punk up with him. Styles scoops Punk up and sends him down to the mat with a powerslam, he bounces off the ropes then jumps up and comes down with a knee to the head of Punk and makes a cover for another two count. Styles pulls Punk up to his feet and sets Punk up for the Styles clash. Punk hits Styles with some hard kick to the face of Styles and gets dropped down to the mat. Punk grabs a leg of Styles and trips him down to the mat. Punk grabs both of Styles’ legs then picks him up and goes for a Styles clash of his own. Styles manages to keep his arms free then lifts himself up and drops back down taking Punk over with a hurrincanranna. Punk gets up to his feet using the ropes and Styles grabs him and nails him with a European uppercut. Styles wraps the arms of Punk over the top rope and tattoos him with hard knife edge chops reddening the chest of Punk. Styles pulls Punk out of the corner and takes him over with a vertical suplex and floats over into a long two count.
Styles pulls Punk up to his feet and shoots him into the corner with an Irish whip. Styles charges and hits Punk with a big forearm shot. Styles lifts Punk up onto the top rope then starts climbing up after him. Styles hits Punk with some forearm shots then stands up on the top rope and pulls Punk up to the top. Styles lifts Punk up and takes him off with a superplex. Styles crawls on top of Punk and gets a two count before Punk rolls a shoulder. Styles pulls Punk up to his feet and looks around exasperated. Styles nails Punk with a series of forearm shots then picks him up for the Styles clash. Punk fights against it keeping his arms from being tied up by Styles then fights him off with some kicks to the head of Styles like the last time. Punk trips Styles down to the mat and grabs both legs and pulls him up and plants him with a Styles clash. Punk rolls Styles over into a cover and gets a long two count before Styles kicks out to cheers from the crowd. Punk pulls Styles up to his feet and snapmares him over and nails him with a couple of hard kicks to the small of his back. Punk pulls Styles up and wraps him up with an abdominal stretch. Styles fights the hold but Punk grabs the top rope for added leverage on the hold. The ref checks on Punk just as he lets go of the ropes. The ref goes back to check on Styles and Punk grabs the top rope again hauling back on the hold. The ref checks on Punk and sees him holding the ropes and forces him to break the hold. Punk argues with the ref and that allows Styles to hit him with a bicycle kick that leaves both men down on the mat. The ref starts a standing ten count and both men get up to their feet at the count of six with Styles showing pain in his midsection and back. Punk swings with a forearm shot but Styles ducks underneath it. Styles grabs Punk around the waist and takes him over with a german suplex. Styles holds onto Punk and rolls through it, up to his feet and pulls Punk up with him. Styles picks Punk up for a belly to back suplex then slams him forward into a sitout face smash. Styles rolls Punk over and pulls back on a leg for the cover and gets a long two count. Styles slowly gets up to his feet as Punk slowly clambers up as well. Styles bounces off the ropes and swings with a discus lariat but Punk ducks underneath it. Styles turns around and Punk hits him with a kick to the knee then follows up with a shining wizard that lays Styles out. Punk goes over to Styles and locks in the anaconda vice. Styles fights the hold and slowly manages to move along the mat and get a foot on the bottom rope. Punk pulls Styles up to his feet and sends him into the corner chest first with an Irish whip. Punk charges and hits Styles with a hard clothesline to the back of the head. Punk goes out onto the apron and climbs up to the top rope and pulls Styles up onto the second rope. Punk hooks Styles’ arms for the Pepsi plunge but Styles fights them off. Punk releases Styles’ arms and just unloads with brutal forearm shots across the back of Styles beating him down. Punk hooks the arms of Styles again then picks him up and takes him off the top rope with the Pepsi plunge. Punk rolls Styles over and drops across him for a three count.
Winner: CM Punk (28:12)
Notes: ***1/2
OA: 82 CR: 79 MQ: 86
Guppie: “What a match! Those two guys were giving it their all for almost half an hour to win that match.”
Patterson: “Those guys are both phenomenal athletes and they left it all in the ring. CM Punk did a great job of working over the back and midsection of Styles just wearing him down for the end.”
Guppie: “Punk is old school that way and managed to survive Styles’ high impact moves. Our next match as Punk’s trainer, Ace Steel, taking on Petey Williams.”
Patterson: “Steel is just coming off a tour of Japan and he’s going to use that experience to take on the ever dangerous Petey Williams, a former champion. This is going to be another exciting match, folks.”
Segment 8: Ace Steel vs. Petey Williams
Steel and Williams start the match with a lockup and they struggle back and forth. Steel uses his slight size advantage to back Williams into the corner. The ref calls for a clean break and Steel gives it then throws a forearm but Williams ducks under it and goes behind Steel. Steel turns around and Williams connects with a hard forearm shot of his own. Williams snapmares Steel over and grabs him with a rear chinlock. Steel powers up to his feet and hits Williams with a couple of hard back elbows then shoots him off across the ring. Williams rebounds and Steel drops him with a hard back elbow. Steel drops down and makes a cover for a long one count. Steel pulls Williams up to his feet and nails him with a stiff knife edge chop. Williams comes back with an open hand slap to the chest of Steel. The two men start an exchange of vicious chops drawing oohs from the crowd almost matching the explosion of the chops. Steel gains the advantage with his stiffer shots and stuns Williams with a sudden headbutt and Williams goes down to a knee. Steel follows that up with a dropkick to the head of Williams laying him out on the mat. Williams pulls himself up to his knees and blood is trickling down his forehead from the headbutt. Steel pulls Williams up to his feet and rains down some punches to the forehead of Williams trying to open the cut further. Steel sends Williams across the ring with an Irish whip and charges into him with a forearm shot. Steel follows up with a knife edge chop to the head of Williams and the crowd gasps. Steel looks at the blood on his hand then wipes it off on the chest of Williams then blisters him with a knife edge chop. Williams pulls Steel out of the corner and lifts him up and puts him into a tree of woe. Steel delivers some kicks to the face of Williams then backs up and charges with a baseball slide to the face of Williams knocking him out of the tree of woe. Steel pulls Williams away from the ropes and makes a cover for a two count. Steel pulls the bloody Williams up to his feet and nails him with two quick forearm shots then shoots him across the ring into the corner. Steel charges and Williams stops him with a big boot to the face. Steel staggers backwards then charges forward again. Williams lifts himself up and wraps his legs around Steel’s head then takes him over with a hurrincanranna that sends Steel face first into the turnbuckle pad.
Williams gets up to his feet and wipes some blood off his forehead. Steel starts to get up and Williams hits him with a dropkick that sends him face first into the turnbuckle pad. Williams pulls Steel up and takes him over with a german suplex and bridges for a two count. Steel rolls backwards to his feet looking stunned after Williams’ burst of offense. Williams get up and connects with a right hand on Steel. Williams sends Steel into the ropes with an Irish whip and flips him over with a backbody drop. Williams grabs Steel and pulls him up and takes him over with a vertical suplex then floats over into a cover for a two count. Williams pulls Steel up to his feet again and drives a knee into his midsection then snapmares him over. Williams nails Steel with a hard kick to the small of the back then grabs him with a rear chinlock. Steel fights up to his feet and goes for a jawbreaker but Williams lets go and Steel slams down to the mat. Williams nails Steel with a dropkick to the back of the head then makes a cover for a two count. Williams pulls Steel up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Williams charges and flies into Steel with a splash. Williams lifts Steel up onto the top rope and climbs up to the second rope. Williams hits Steel with some forearm shots but Steel fires back with some hard forearms to the midsection of Williams creating some space and then rocks him with a headbutt to the bloody forehead then follows up with some forearm shots to the head of Williams. Steel shoves Williams off the ropes and down to the mat hard. Williams gets up to his feet and Steel jumps off and catches Williams into a DDT. Steel rolls Williams over and covers him for a two count. Steel pulls Williams up to his feet and rocks him with a series of forearm shots. Steel sends Williams into the ropes and takes him down with a hard double forearm shot. Steel follows up by driving an elbow into the chest of Williams and covers for a two count. Steel pulls Williams up by his hair and plants him with a hard belly to back suplex. Steel hooks a leg for a cover and gets another two count. Steel pulls Williams up again and hits him with some hard forearm shots to the head. Steel shoots Williams into the rope and swings with a clothesline but Williams ducks under it. Steel turns around and Williams rebounds and takes him over with a swinging headscissors.
Steel gets up to his feet and Williams takes him down with an explosive clothesline. Williams is fired up and so is the crowd. Steel sits up and Williams sends him back down with a stomp to the chest. Steel sits up again and gets another stomp to the chest. Williams pulls Steel up to his feet and Williams plants him with a brainbuster. Williams makes a cover and gets to the count of two before Steel kicks out. Williams pulls Steel up and gives him a hard forearm shot. Williams sends Steel into the corner with an Irish whip and charges with a leg lariat and rebounds off Steel to land on his hands and knees. Williams hits Steel with a flurry of forearm shots then lifts him up onto the top rope. Williams climbs onto the second rope and hits Steel with some more forearm shots then jumps up and takes Steel off the top with a hurrincanranna. Williams covers Steel and gets a long two count before he manages to roll a shoulder. Williams gets up to his feet and starts pulling in the rope. Steel gets up to his feet and Williams nails him with a kick to the midsection then goes for a Canadian destroyer but Steel reverses it with a backbody drop. Williams gets to his feet as Steel shakes his head trying to clear out the cobwebs. Steel sees Williams and folds him up on the back of his head with a big running clothesline. Steel drops down with a cover and gets a two count before Williams gets a foot on the bottom rope. Steel grabs Williams and drags him into the middle of the ring and makes another cover for a two count before Williams kicks out. Steel pulls Williams up to his feet and goes for a tombstone piledriver but Williams fights against it and reverses it bending Steel over backwards. Williams stands up and lifts Steel up and then drops him with a tombstone piledriver of his own. Williams makes a cover and Steel somehow manages to roll a shoulder at the count of two. Williams gets up to his feet slowly and waits for Steel. Williams kicks him in the midsection then grabs him and flips him over into a Canadian destroyer to a huge pop from the crowd. Williams hooks a leg for the cover and gets the three count.
Winner: Petey Williams (21:37)
Notes: ****3/4
OA: 90 CR: 80 MQ: 100
Guppie: “Those two men were putting it all on the line because they wanted to show they deserve a shot at the gold.”
Patterson: “Neither of those guys were pulling their shots and Steel busted Williams open with a headbutt. Williams managed to capitalize near the end when he reversed Steel’s tombstone into one of his own.”
Guppie: “That win could push Williams closer to getting a title shot and our main event is next as Elix Skipper defends the SMWA Championship against Nate Mattson.”
Patterson: “Mattson has been on a roll since returning to the SMWA with wins in brutal matches. However there are rules in this match tonight and Skipper, and Prime Time, are experts at bending those rules to their advantage.”
Segment 9: Elix Skipper ©vs. “The Exile” Nate Mattson (SMWA Championship)
As Mattson walks down the entrance ramp to boos from the crowd Skipper comes barreling down behind him and wallops him with a belt shot to the back of the head that lays him out on the ground. Skipper pulls Mattson up and throws him into the ring. Skipper slides in and hooks a leg for the cover and gets a long two count before Mattson manages to roll a shoulder to some cheers from the crowd. Skipper pulls Mattson up to his feet and goes for the play of the day but Mattson slips out of it and grabs Skipper from behind and plants him with a belly to back suplex. Skipper gets up first and he nails Mattson with a kick to the face as he gets up to his knees. Skipper pulls Mattson up and sends him back down to his knees with a hard forearm shot. Skipper pulls Mattson up again and sends him across the ring with an Irish whip. Mattson rebounds and Skipper takes him down with a spinning heel kick. Skipper makes a cover on Mattson and gets a two count. Skipper pulls Mattson up and goes for a powerbomb but Mattson reverses it with a hurrincanranna that sends Skipper to the outside under the bottom rope. Skipper gets to his feet on the outside and Mattson launches himself over the top rope with a crossbody block that Skipper sidesteps letting Mattson slam into the floor. Skipper points to his hard demonstrating how smart he is then nails Mattson with a kick to the midsection as he gets up to his hands and knees. Skipper pulls Mattson up and rolls him into the ring. Skipper climbs onto the apron then slingshots into the ring with a senton and makes a cover for a two count. Skipper pulls Mattson up to his feet and shoots him into the corner with an Irish whip. Skipper charges and flies into Mattson with a big splash. Skipper picks Mattson up and sets him on the top rope. Skipper climbs up and hits Mattson with a few forearms then jumps up and goes for a hurrincannrana. Mattson holds onto Skipper then picks him up and jumps off the top rope with a sitout powerbomb and both men are down on the mat. The ref starts a standing ten count and both men get up to their feet at the count of six looking the worse for wear.
The two men trade punches back and forth and Mattson gets the advantage when he pokes the eye of Skipper. Mattson takes Skipper over with a snapmare then floats over and makes a cover for a two count. Mattson pulls Skipper up and goes for a TKO but Skipper slips down landing behind Mattson. Skipper grabs Mattson with a rear waistlock and takes him over with a german suplex dropping him on the back of his head and bridges for a two count. Mattson rolls out of the hold and back to his feet. Skipper gets up just as quickly and nails Mattson with two hard snapkicks to the midsection then jumps up and drops him with an enziguri that leaves Mattson down on the mat. Skipper gets up to his feet and climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a 450 splash. Skipper hooks a leg on Mattson and gets a long two count. Skipper pulls Mattson up and goes for the play of the day but Mattson spins out of it again. Mattson grabs Skipper from behind with a rear waistlock and folds him up on the top of his head with a rear waistlock of his own. Mattson gets up and gets ready to make a cover but then he sees Reyes coming down the ramp. Mattson tells the ref and the ref goes to the ropes and tells Reyes to stay back. Unfortunately for Mattson that allows Puma to come in from the crowd and slide into the ring. Puma drops Mattson with a clothesline then pulls him up to the feet and plants him with a tombstone piledriver and rolls out of the ring. Skipper rolls over onto Mattson and the ref turns around to watch the cover and Mattson manages to roll a shoulder at the count of two. Skipper pulls Mattson up to his feet and hits him with a kick to the midsection and plants him with the play of the day. Skipper makes a cover and Mattson manages to get a foot on the bottom rope at the count of two to break up the cover. Skipper just looks pissed in the ring. He goes to the ropes and yells at Puma to get him a chair and Puma complies. Skipper grabs the chair as Puma slides it in and sets up for a shot but the ref grabs the chair. Skipper shoves the ref down to the mat then drives the chair down across the back of Mattson as he tries to get to his feet and the ref calls for the bell on his back. Skipper ignores the ref and puts the chair down on the mat then pulls Mattson up to his feet and hits a play of the day on the chair and Mattson is out of it. Puma and Reyes slide into the ring and Reyes puts the SMWA Championship belt around the waist of Skipper and raise his arms in the air.
Winner: Nate Mattson (12:25)
Notes:1/2*
OA: 55 CR: 46 MQ: 65
Guppie: “Elix Skipper loses the match by getting disqualified but he gets to keep the belt around his waist.”
Patterson: “Skipper was really scared of Mattson. He planned a sneak attack to start the match and he planned on Reyes and Puma interfering. He wasn’t confident in himself or his first plan.”
Guppie: “Skipper likes to cover himself and if he keeps doing that he won’t lose the belt. Fans, thanks for joining us for a great night of action here in the SMWA.”
Patterson: “For Brain Guppie, I’m Mike Patterson thanks for supporting the SMWA. Be sure to check out smwawrestling.com for info on future shows and your favorite wrestlers.”
OA: 73
So it was about two and a half weeks late, not too shabby, huh? Sorry about the delay but I wrote quite a bit so I hope that makes up for it. Unfortunately I'm pretty busy with school and work right now so delays will slow down but hopefully not this much all the time.
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Birthday Bash V Card
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October 14, 2008
Birthday Bash V will be taking place in Kalkaska, Michigan in just three days and we have lined up a huge show. I know we say this all the time but this show is stacked. Every match match could be the main event but only one will be.
Elix Skipper ©vs. ‘The Exile’ Nate Mattson (SMWA Championship)
That one main event is Skipper defending the SMWA Championship against Nate Mattson. Mattson has the longest title reign in SMWA history and you know he is going to want to try and break his record again. However Skipper has managed to keep the belt around his waist by hook or crook and looks to keep that going.
Ace Steel vs. Petey Williams
Williams makes his return after suffering injured ribs at the hand of Elix Skipper and the rest of Prime Time. He has a tough challenge as he faces Ace Steel who beat AJ Styles on Rage. Both of these men are in title contention and a win could secure them a shot at the belt.
CM Punk vs. AJ Styles
These two men have just shown up in the SMWA but they are already making an impact. Punk has made his with words having two fairly easy matches. Styles on the other hand beat Alex Shelley in a competitive match and lost a brutal war against Ace Steel. Punk needs to get a win over a big name to prove himself here and Styles wants to get back to his winning ways by putting Punk down for the count.
Backseat Boys ©vs. KENTA & Marafuji (SMWA Tag Team Championship)
The Backseat Boys face KENTA and Marafuji for the first time in a couple of months. The Backseat Boys won the last match but the belts weren’t on the line then and that changes everything.
Low Ki vs. Alex Shelley
The hard hitting Low Ki takes on the amazing technical wrestler Alex Shelley. This match is going to test both men’s skills and push them to the edge of what they can do.
Samoa Joe vs. Satoshi Kojima
Two big men face off in this match. Kojima represents AJPW as he takes on Samoa Joe who represents NOAH. These two men have more than just personal pride on the line here. This is going to be a hard hitting slugfest between these two behemoths.
Homicide vs. Paul London vs. Chad Collyer vs. Vito Thomaselli
We start the show off with a four way elimination match featuring some great talent. Homicide, the strong style thug; Paul London, trained my Shawn Michaels; Chad Collyer, trained by the Dean Malenko; and Vito Thomaselli, who helped make the SMWA what it is today. These four men want to get a win and get out of the opening match and into the main event.
This is going to be a fantastic show that you don’t want to miss. Tickets are just $15 or $20 for ringside seats. Come to Kalkaska and see what could be the best show of the year!
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Rage Episode #20 (SMWA Gym, Detroit)
October 14, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Guppie: “Welcome to SMWA Rage Episode Twenty. I’m Brian Guppie and I’m joined by Mike Patterson on commentary.”
Patterson: “That’s right and we have a big show here tonight. We are just three days away from Birthday Bash Five in Kalkaska and it’s shaping up to be a big show.”
Guppie: “Indeed it is. But we have this show right now and we have Alex Shelley taking on Chad Collyer to start us off.”
Patterson: “Both of these guys are technical wrestlers. They like to go down tot he mat and just work their way around trying to get a hold on to wear down their opponent.”
Segment 1: Alex Shelley vs. Chad Collyer
Shelley and Collyer slowly circle each other and go into a lockup. Shelley goes behind Collyer with a rear waistlock and Collyer quickly reverses spinning into a rear waistlock of his own. Collyer lifts Shelley up but Shelley blocks it and stays on his feet. Shelley breaks Collyer’s grip and spins out with a wristlock. Collyer rolls forward and pops up to his feet and reverses the hold into a wristlock of his own. Collyer sweeps Shelley’s legs out and puts him into a keylock. Shelley rolls backwards up to his feet and hits Collyer with a hard forearm shot taking him down to the mat and puts him into a keylock hold of his own. Collyer bridges up and rolls onto his stomach and gets up to his feet releasing the pressure. Shelley still has a hold of his arm though. Collyer steps over Shelley’s arm and breaks the grip with his leg then Collyer grabs Shelley with a cravate. Shelley starts to struggle against the hold and Collyer snapmares him over and grabs a rear chinlock. Shelley fights up to his feet and hits Collyer with some back elbows to the midsection then shoots him across the ring. Collyer bounces off the ropes and Shelley takes him down with a knee to the midsection. Shelley grabs Collyer from behind and puts him into the Japanese stranglehold. Collyer gets up to his feet and lifts his arms over his head and spins behind Shelley and puts him into the Japanese stranglehold. Shelley sits out and manages to get a foot on the bottom rope and the ref breaks up the hold. Both men slowly get up to their feet to applause from the crowd. The two men go into a lockup and Shelley goes behind Collyer with a hammerlock. Collyer ducks under and reverses into a hammerlock of his own. Shelley throws a back elbow that Collyer dodges and Shelley then grabs Collyer around the head then jumps up and comes down taking Collyer over with a snapmare to break the hold. Collyer gets up to his feet and Shelley hits him with a dropkick that sends him out of the ring. Shelley goes to the ropes and leaps over with a body press on Collyer that sends the two of them down in a heap.
Shelley pulls Collyer up to his feet and throws him back into the ring. Shelley climbs up onto the apron and slingshots into the ring with an elbow drop and makes a cover for a two count. Shelley pulls Collyer up to his feet and takes him over with a snap suplex. Shelley gets up to his feet and climbs up to the top rope. Collyer gets up as he’s climbing and jumps up and hits Shelley with a forearm on the top rope stunning him. Collyer grabs Shelley and throws him off the top rope with a press slam. Shelley gets up to his feet holding the small of his back and Collyer grabs him and delivers a hard backbreaker. Collyer makes a cover and gets a long two count. Collyer pulls Shelley up to his feet and drives some stiff forearm shots into the small of his back. Collyer grabs Shelley and delivers a belly to back suplex. Collyer grabs Shelley by the legs and puts him into a Texas cloverleaf. Shelley slowly drags himself forward on the mat and grabs the bottom rope to force a break. Shelley pulls himself up using the ropes and Collyer grabs him with a rear waistlock. Collyer goes for a german suplex but Shelley blocks it then takes Collyer down with a drop toe hold choking him over the middle rope. Shelley drapes his leg over the back of Collyer’s head and chokes him for five seconds before the ref forces him to break it up. Shelley gets off Collyer and nurses his back. Collyer gets off the ropes and Shelley gets right up to him and connects with a hard knife edge chop. Shelley goes for an Irish whip but Collyer reverses it sending Shelley across the ring. Shelley bounces off the ropes and Collyer hits him with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Collyer grabs the legs of Shelley and goes for the Texas cloverleaf but Shelley sits up and grabs the head of Collyer and takes him over into a small package for the three count.
Winner: Alex Shelley (11:03)
Notes: **1/2
OA: 74 CR: 69 MQ: 79
Guppie: “Alex Shelley surprises Collyer with a rollup off the cloverleaf to get the three count.”
Patterson: “Collyer was sticking to his game but Shelley managed to play the game and take the win from him.”
Segment 2: Collyer Crazy
Collyer gets up to his feet in the ring and grabs the ref’s shirt and starts yelling at him. Collyer kicks the ref in the midsection then plants him with a tiger driver. Collyer walks over to the ropes and demands the mic from the announcer.
Collyer: “That’s it! I’ve tried to play by the rules but that hasn’t gotten me anywhere! The ref received the brunt of my anger. It was bad enough I’m not getting a title shot. I can deal with that. Nate Mattson beat me in a clean match, which was something I didn’t think he could do. But now I lose to Alex Shelley and then I’m booked in a four way match on Birthday Bash Five! The only good thing about that is it means there are three people I get to beat up. I’m faced with Paul London, Homicide and Vito Thomaselli. A lot of people would look at those names and be intimidated, but not me. Those are three good competitors but I’m coming to get on the right track again. I’m coming to Birthday Bash Five to rack up some wins and that’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to get the title shot I deserve and Joey Ryan is going to be the first step on my path to the gold!”
OA: 76
Guppie: “Chad Collyer just flipped out after his loss to Alex Shelley.”
Patterson: “He’s pissed off right now. Collyer is competing in that four way against Homicide, Vito Thomaselli and Paul London at Birthday Bash Five and he’s going to be bringing his all.”
Guppie: “After a commercial break we are going to come back with CM Punk taking on Zokre.”
Patterson: “Zokre is from Southern California and has a lot of lucha influence in his style. He’s going to be pitting his speed against Punk who is no slowpoke. Punk is known for his ability to work any style and we’ll see how he faces off against Zokre.”
Segment 3: CM Punk vs. Zokre
Punk goes for a lockup to start the match but Zokre grabs him and takes him over with an armdrag. Punk rolls up to his feet and Zokre follows up with a Japanese armdrag. Punk gets up to his feet again and Zokre takes him over with another armdrag and holds on turning it into an armbar. Punk gets up to his feet and hits Zokre with a series of stiff forearm shots to break the hold. Punk sends Zokre into the ropes with an Irish whip. Zokre bounces off the ropes and goes for a body scissors on Punk. Punk blocks it and lifts Zokre up and Zokre grabs Punk’s head and takes him down with a bulldog. Zokre gets up to his feet and bounces off the ropes and delivers a legdrop to the back of Punk’s head. Zokre rolls him over and covers for a short two count. Zokre sends Punk into the corner with an Irish whip then charges right into a big boot and staggers back. Punk charges out of the corner and flattens Zokre with a clothesline. Punk pulls Zokre up to his feet and takes him over with a vertical suplex and floats over into a cover for a two count. Punk pulls Zokre up to his feet and nails him with two stiff knife edge chops. Punk shoots Zokre into the corner and charges at him but Zokre stops him with a big boot to the face. Zokre comes out of the corner and takes Punk over with a spinning headscissors and Punk rolls under the ropes out of the ring. Punk gets to his feet and Zokre leaps over the top rope and lands on Punk taking him over with a hurrincanranna. Zokre pulls Punk up to his feet and rolls him into the ring then slides in after him. Zokre makes a cover and gets a long two count. Zokre pulls Punk up to his feet and goes for a vertical suplex but Punk blocks it then lifts Zokre up and plants him with a brainbuster leaving both men down on the mat. The ref starts the standing ten count and both men push themselves up to their feet at the count of five. Zokre throws a forearm shot and Punk fires back with a forearm of his own that staggers Zokre backwards. Zokre throws another forearm shot and Punk fires back with another forearm of his own and Zokre hits the mat. Zokre starts to get up and Punk knees him in the midsection then butterflies his arms and hits the welcome to Chicago. Punk hooks a leg and covers for a two count. Punk pulls Zokre up to his feet and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Zokre rebounds and Punk flips him over with a clothesline. Zokre gets up on one knee and Punk charges and nails him with a shining wizard. Punk grabs Zokre and puts him into an Anaconda Vice. Punk cranks back on the hold and Zokre taps out.
Winner: CM Punk (9:22)
Notes: **
OA: 68 CR: 58 MQ: 78
Guppie: “CM Punk forces Zokre to tap out to the Anaconda Vice. At Birthday Bash in three days we’ll see CM Punk take on AJ Styles who’s competing in our main event.”
Patterson: “Punk has put together two wins in a row here since his debut in the SMWA and has some momentum going with him.”
Segment 4: Phenomenal
AJ Styles comes down to the ring to cheers from the crowd. He jumps onto the apron then climbs through the ropes. AJ Walks over to the announcer and takes the mic.
AJ: “Last week I beat Alex Shelley in a hard fought contest. We went to the limit and when all was said and done I came out on top. Tonight I take on Ace Steel. Steel has been involved in some brutal matches here in the SMWA. But, I’m creating my own legacy here in the SMWA. It started last week and it’s going to continue tonight when I put Ace Steel down with the Styles Clash.”
OA: 81
Guppie: “After this commercial break we have our main event as Ace Steel takes on AJ Styles and it’s going to be uninterrupted by commercials.”
Patterson: “This could be better than our main event last week. Steel is more in your face than Styles and is a stiff brawler. Styles can brawl but prefers to use a more high-flying style. This should be an exciting match.”
Segment 5: Ace Steel vs. AJ Styles
Steel and Styles start the match with a lockup and Styles slowly backs Steel towards the corner. Steel stops Styles momentum and backs him into the center of the ring and the two men break the lockup. The two men face off and circle each other in the ring. Styles goes for a lockup but Steel grabs his arm and goes behind him with a hammerlock. Styles nails Steel with a back elbow breaking the hold then flips over and hits the pele kick sending Steel down to the mat. Steel gets back up to his feet and Styles hits him with two stiff forearm shots and sends him into the ropes. Steel rebounds and Styles sends him over with a backbody drop. Steel gets up to his feet and Styles kicks him in the midsection and lifts Steel up for the Styles clash. Steel comes back down to his feet then reverses the move with a backbody drop of his own. Styles gets up to his feet quickly and Steel crushes him with a big clothesline. Steel pulls Styles up to his feet and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Styles rebounds and Steel plants him with a stiff spinebuster. Steel drops down on top of Styles and makes a cover for a two count. Steel pulls Styles back up to his feet and goes for a vertical suplex but Steel spins around and lands behind Steel. Styles spins Steel around and hits him with a stiff forearm. Steel is stunned but not for long and fires back with a forearm shot of his own. The two men go back and forth trading forearm shots for a while. Styles hits a forearm shot that staggers Steel back. Steel bounces off the ropes and comes back with a rolling forearm that sends Styles down to the mat. Steel grabs Styles and pulls him up to his feet and sends him into the corner. Steel charges and nails Styles with a hard clothesline. Steel puts Styles up on the top rope and climbs up to the second rope but Styles hits him with some hard forearm shots then knocks him off the ropes with a kick to the chest. Styles stands up on the top rope and hits a missile dropkick. Styles makes a cover on Steel and gets a two count.
Styles pulls Steel up to his feet and shoots him into the ropes. Steel ducks a clothesline from Styles and takes him over with a backdrop driver folding up on the back of his head. Styles rolls out of the ring and falls to the floor hard. He gets up to his feet and Steel charges and leaps through the ropes with a suicide forearm dive. Steel pulls Styles up and sends him into the guardrails with a hard Irish whip. Styles slowly pushes himself up to his feet and Steel charges and drives a hard knee into his midsection. Steel grabs Styles and takes him over with a vertical suplex on the hard gym floor. Steel gets up and starts talking shit to the fans. Steel turns around and Styles is up and nails him with a kick to the midsection then sends him headfirst into the guardrail to cheers from the crowd. Styles gets up on the apron and lets Steel get to his feet. Styles jumps off the apron and takes Steel over with a hurrincanranna. Styles pulls Steel up to his feet and rolls him into the ring. Styles climbs onto the apron again and this time slingshots in with a senton and makes a cover for a quick two count. Styles pulls Steel up to his feet and takes him over with a vertical suplex. Steel flips over and lands on his feet but Styles holds on and pulls him down with a hangman’s neckbreaker. Styles gets up to his feet and bounces off the ropes and jumps up and hits a big knee on Steel and hooks a leg for a two count. Styles pulls Steel up and appears to go for the Styles clash but Steel trips Styles down to the mat by pulling his legs out from underneath him. Steel follows up with a stomp to the midsection of Styles between the legs then flips over Styles into a cover for a long two count before Styles rolls a shoulder. Styles gets up to his feet and Steel delivers a series of hard knife edge chops then follows up with a headbutt that staggers Styles to the ropes. Steel charges and hits a clothesline that sends both men tumbling over the top rope to the floor.
Steel gets up to his feet first and he goes to the corner of the rails and throws a security dude down to the floor and takes his chair. Steel walks up behind Styles and prepares for a chairshot but Styles hits a Pele kick driving the chair into the face of Steel, but Styles hits the floor hard and both men are down. The ref goes to the ropes and applies the standing ten count. Styles pulls himself up to his feet at the count of five and rolls into the ring. Steel barely manages to get up as the ref makes it to the count of nine. As he stands up he reveals a crimson mask covering almost all of his face. Styles bounces off the far ropes in the ring then charges and leaps over the top rope with a hilo and Steel catches him and plants him with a brutal powerbomb to the wood floor. Steel pulls Styles up to his feet and displays him to the crowd and leans him against the apron. Steel fires off some hard knife edge chops reddening the chest of Styles then hits him with two vicious headbutts leaving blood on Styles’ forehead. Steel grabs Styles and throws him into the ring then flips off some fans before he rolls in after him. Styles pushes himself up to his hands and knees and Steel sends him down with a boot to the side of the head. Steel pulls Styles up to his feet and plants him with an implant DDT. Steel rolls him over and makes a cover for a long two count. Steel gets up to his feet with blood pouring down his face and he pulls Styles up after him. Steel sends Styles into the corner then charges after him and runs into a big boot. Steel staggers backwards and Styles picks Steel up for a powerbomb then pulls Steel down into a brutal DDT. Styles makes a cover and gets a long two count. Styles gets up to his feet and delivers some stomps to Steel then climbs up to the top rope. Styles comes off the top rope with the spiral tap and lands across the knees of Steel. Steel gets up to his feet and scoops Styles up and plants him on the top of his head with the tombstone piledriver. Steel falls down on top of Styles and gets the three count.
Winner: Ace Steel (18:42)
Notes: ***1/4
OA: 82 CR: 81 MQ: 84
Guppie: “Ace Steel beats AJ Styles in a brutal war between those two men. Those two were brawling on the floor and throwing out all their big moves and neither man wanted to give up.”
Patterson: “They were blasting each other. Both men wanted to get some momentum going because they both have big matches in three days at Birthday Bash Five. Ace Steel takes on Petey Williams and AJ Styles will face off against CM Punk.”
Guppie: “Thanks for watching fans and come to Kalkaska to see Birthday Bash Five.”
Patterson: “For Brian Guppie, I’m Mike Patterson, thanks for watching the SMWA. Check out smwawrestling.com for info on Birthday Bash Five.”
It's late but it's here. I don't know when Birthday Bash V is going to be done but it could be a while because the show is stacked. I'll have the preview up in two days so you can see just how good it is and hopefully the writeup will live up to the booking.
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Rage Episode 20 & Azrael Injrued
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October 10, 2008
In some unhappy news Azrael strained his arm during a match against Josh Abercrombie before the tapings. Azrael will be out of action until December. Luckily it wasn’t a serious injury and Azrael will be fully healed.
Sunday, October 12 is the taping date for Rage #20 and as always it takes place in the SMWA Gym in Detroit. This will be our second show on ESPN2 and we have lined up a good card.
Ace Steel vs. AJ Styles
Steel makes his return from NOAH in Japan and he is going to face off against ‘The Phenomenal’ AJ Styles in the main event. Steel has been a huge player in the SMWA when he’s around and been involved in some hard hitting matches. Styles has a huge reputation and it will be tested in this match.
CM Punk vs. Zokre
CM Punk tries to create a winning streak as he faces Zokre. This is Zokre’s first one on one match in the SMWA and he’s going to pit his lucha style against Punk’s hybrid style.
Alex Shelley vs. Chad Collyer
Both men are coming off big loses and need to get a win in the first match on this show. Shelley lost to Styles in a brutal battle while Collyer lost the number one contenders match against Nate Mattson. Both men are going to be looking to get back on track.
In untaped action will be Paul London, Nate Mattson, The Backseat Boyz, Puma and Joey Ryan.
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Rage Episode #19 (SMWA Gym, Detroit)
October 7, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Guppie: “Welcome to SWMA Rage on ESPN Two! I’m Brian Guppie and my partner on commentary is Mike Patterson.”
Patterson: “We’ve got some huge matches lined up for this show and you fans aren’t going to be disappointed.”
Guppie: “No sir. We start the show off with Scott Lost defending the SMWA Premier Championship against Ricky Reyes.”
Patterson: “Reyes is a hard hitter but Lost has held onto that belt for quite some time and faced off against some tough challenges and not lost the belt yet.”
Segment 1: Scott Lost ©vs. Ricky Reyes (SMWA Premier Championship)
Reyes starts the match off by charging and tackling Lost to the mat. Reyes mounts him and starts raining punches and the ref counts to five then forces Reyes off Lost. Lost gets up to his feet looking dazed and Reyes nails him with a snap kick to the leg then fires off two stiff forearm shots. Reyes shoots Lost into the ropes and takes him over with a backbody drop. Lost gets up to his feet and Reyes snapmares him over and nails him with a hard chop to the back. Reyes pulls Lost up and sends him down to the mat with a hard powerslam. Reyes drops an elbow to the chest of Lost and makes a cover for a two count. Reyes pulls Lost up and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Reyes charges and runs into a big boot from Lost. Lost comes out of the corner and goes for a tornado DDT but Reyes holds him up and takes him over with a northern lights suplex and bridges for a two count. Reyes pulls Lost up and delivers two hard headbutts to the forehead of Lost. Lost looks dazed and Reyes grabs him and drops him on his head with a T-bone suplex. Reyes is quick to make a cover and Lost rolls a shoulder at the two count. Reyes lifts Lost’s head off the mat then knocks it back down with a brutal forearm shot. Reyes gets up to his feet and drops a knee to the forehead of Lost and makes a cover for another two count. Reyes pulls Lost up and hooks him for a fisherman suplex but Lost blocks it and fires off some desperation punches to the midsection of Reyes and manages to break his grip. Lost hits a forearm shot of his own then takes Reyes down with a dropkick. Reyes makes it up to his feet first and charges for a clothesline but Lost ducks under it and pulls Reyes down with a neckbreaker. Lost slowly rises to his feet and catches his breath while Reyes gets up a little slower. Lost connects with a kick to the midsection of Reyes then spikes him with a DDT. Lost rolls on top of Reyes and covers for a short two count. Lost pulls Reyes up to his feet and goes for a northern lights suplex but Reyes blocks it then hammers away at Lost’s back with hard forearm shots and Lost drops down to his hands and knees. Reyes delivers a brutal stomp to the side of Lost’s head laying him out on the mat. Reyes pulls Lost up with a rear waistlock and flips him for a german suplex but Lost manages to land on his feet. Reyes gets up and turns around and Lost jumps up and takes him over with a hurrincanranna. Lost holds Reyes down by the legs and gets a two count. Reyes gets up to his feet after the kickout and Lost kicks him in the midsection then takes him over with a vertical suplex. Lost floats over into a cover and gets a two count. Lost gets to his feet and delivers a couple of hard stomps to the chest of Reyes then grabs him by the legs and puts him into a sharpshooter. Reyes tries to get away but Lost sits down on the hold stopping him from going anywhere and getting the tap out.
Winner: Scott Lost (9:32)
Notes: **
OA: 66 CR: 55 MQ: 77
Guppie: “Reyes came out firing right for Lost, but Lost managed to weather the storm and pick up the win to retain the title.”
Patterson: “Reyes started out playing his game but Lost managed to throw him off that to give himself the advantage.”
Guppie: “Up next we have CM Punk making his return to the SMWA. He was in the WWE for a while but then got released and now he’s back in the Midwest.”
Patterson: “The Midwest is his home area and he’s going to try and reclaim this area as his own. And he’s going to have to prove himself against Brandon Thomaselli tonight.”
Segment 2: Punk’s Revelation
CM Punk walks out from the back as “Cult of Personality” by Living Color plays and gets a mixed reaction. Punk strides down to the ring looking back and forth at the fans and steps onto the apron then enters the ring through the ropes. Punk walks over to the announcer and rips the mic out of his hands.
Punk: “I don’t care if you fans boo me or cheer me. You payed to see me and that’s enough for me. Just a couple of months ago I was wrestling in sold out arenas. I was wrestling in front of thousands of fans, but now I’m back wrestling in shit hole buildings like this. Wrestling in gyms, bars and whatever piece of shit building a promoter can find. I’m back to wrestling in front of hundreds of fans. I’m not here because I want to be though. I’m here because I need the money and this is how I get my money, by leaving bodies broken and battered in the ring. Now I’m wrestling for the SMWA and I am going to win matches here. I’m here because I am in the business of fighting people. I’m here, I’m straight-edge and I’m better than all of you.
“Tonight I get into this ring with Brandon Thomaselli. Brandon, you are being called a rising superstar. I’ve seen lots of rising superstars in this business and they all have one thing in common. They lose, a lot of matches. Tonight, when you step into the ring with me you are going to get another lose. Tonight, I’m going to leave you lying in this ring. Tonight, is the beginning of my dominance here in the SMWA and nobody is going to get in my way!”
OA: 72
Segment 3: Brandon Thomaselli vs. CM Punk
Brandon slides into the ring as the crowd cheers him and he gets right up into Punk’s face and the two men go nose to nose. Punk shoves Brandon but Brandon gets right back in Punk’s face and shoves him back. Punk looks back and forth at the fans in disbelief then slaps Brandon across the face. Brandon fires off a big right hand in return that staggers Punk. Brandon stays on him backing him into the ropes with right hands. Brandon grabs Punk and sends him across the ring with an Irish whip. Punk rebounds off the ropes and Brandon nails him with a dropkick. Punk gets up to his feet and Brandon grabs him with a side headlock. Brandon flips Punk over to the mat and cranks back on the hold. Punk makes his way to his feet and hits Brandon with some stiff forearm shots to the midsection. Punk backs Brandon into the ropes and shoots him across the ring. Punk goes for a clothesline but Brandon ducks underneath it and grabs Punk with a rear waistlock. Brandon lifts Punk up and slams him down to the mat face first and jumps forward grabbing him with a front facelock. Punk fights up to his feet and spins out of the hold and grabs Brandon with a wristlock. Brandon rolls forward then kips up to his feet and reverses into a wristlock of his own. Brandon manages to force Punk down to his knees. Punk rolls backwards up to his feet and puts Brandon into an overhead wristlock. Punk delivers a kick to the leg of Brandon sending him down to the knee then follows up with a knee to the face of Brandon sending him down to the mat and releasing the hold. Brandon gets up to his hands and knees and Punk drops down driving an elbow to the back of his neck. Punk pulls Brandon up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Punk charges and drives a knee into Brandon’s midsection. Punk stomps away at the chest of Brandon sitting him down in the corner. Punk gives Brandon a couple of face washes then bounces off the far ropes and charges with a brutal boot scrape that leaves Brandon dangling halfway out of the ring. Punk goes out to the apron and drops an elbow to the back of Brandon’s head sending him falling down to the outside. Brandon gets up to his feet grabbing the back of his neck and Punk rocks him with two forearm shots then grabs him by the back of his head and trunks and sends him straight into the guardrail. Punk raises his arms in the air and the crowd boos him loudly. Punk flicks off the crowd then nails Brandon with a boot to the face as he starts to get up. Punk pulls Brandon up to his feet and nails him with a series of brutal forearm shots. Punk grabs Brandon and throws him into the ring. Punk jumps onto the apron then climbs through the ropes.
Brandon gets up to his feet and Punk charges and wipes him out with a brutal clothesline. Punk drops down with a cover and gets a two count. Punk pulls Brandon up to his feet and butterflies both arms and hits the welcome to Chicago. Punk makes another cover and gets another two count. Punk pulls Brandon up to his feet again and this time hits him with a Pepsi Twist. Punk gets up to his feet and climbs up to the top rope. Punk starts arguing with a fan then comes off the top with a guillotine legdrop but Brandon rolls out of the way and Punk crashes down to the mat. Punk gets up to his feet and Brandon sends him down to the mat with a running forearm shot. Brandon drops down on top of Punk and gets a two count. Brandon pulls Punk up to his feet and stiffs him with some forearm shots. Brandon shoots Punk across the ring and into the corner. Brandon charges but Punk sends him over with a backbody drop. Brandon grabs the top rope and lands on the apron. Punk turns around and Brandon hits him with a shoulder to the midsection. Brandon slingshots over the top rope and rolls Punk up with a sunset flip for a long two count. Punk breaks the cover and rolls up to his feet and kicks Brandon in the midsection. Punk picks Brandon up for a suplex but Brandon spins and lands behind Punk and takes him over with a german suplex and bridges for another two count. Punk rolls backwards to his feet holding the back of his neck. Brandon gets up and hits Punk with a forearm shot. Brandon lifts Punk up and sends him down with a powerslam. Punk follows up with a standing shooting star press and hooks a leg for a long two count. Brandon grabs Punk and pulls him up to the feet and rocks him some forearm shots. Brandon sends Punk into the corner and charges to connect with a clothesline. Brandon lifts Punk up and sets him up on the top rope. Brandon climbs up and Punk meets him with some forearm shots and shoves him off the ropes. Brandon gets up to his feet and Punk comes off the top rope with a crossbody block and holds Brandon down for a two count. Brandon kicks out and Punk rolls off him. Brandon gets up on one knee and Punk charges and connects with a shining wizard. Punk covers Brandon and gets a two count before Brandon grabs the bottom rope. Punk pulls Brandon away from the ropes then locks in the anaconda vice. Brandon slams his feet against the mat and tries to break free but Punk just pulls back on the hold farther and Brandon taps out.
Winner: CM Punk (13:52)
Notes: ***1/2
OA: 75 CR: 58 MQ: 92
Guppie: “CM Punk just cranked away on the neck of Brandon with the anaconda vice to get the submission.”
Patterson: “Punk is great at applying that hold and he showed it tonight. Brandon put on another good show but he has still fallen short from getting the big win to put him on the top.”
Guppie: “We have one more commercial break then we have our main event pitting Alex Shelley against the debuting AJ Styles.”
Patterson: “Shelley is a former SMWA Champion and Styles is a former NWATNA Champion. This is going to be a great match and there are going to be no commercial interruptions once it starts.”
Segment 4: Back to the Top
Alex Shelley saunters down to the ring accompanied by the boos from the crowd. Shelley slides into the ring under the ropes then pops up and takes the mic from the announcer.
Shelley: “Last week I had a nice warmup match. I went out in the ring and I laid Brandon out and I made him tapout to the Border City Stretch. Right now, I’m feeling good. I’m ready and it’s a good thing I am. I face AJ Styles in the ring, the phenomenal one. Styles has been a champion all over the place. NWATNA Heavyweight Champion, RoH Pure Wrestling Champion, PWG Champion and NWATNA X-Division Champion. Styles has an impressive resume, that’s for sure. But he doesn’t intimidate me and that’s his biggest asset. People resign themselves to losing when they step into the ring with Styles. Not me, I’m going into this match looking at a huge opportunity. I’m going to face off with one of the best wrestlers in the World and I’m going to use that opportunity to prove that I am the best wrestler in the World. Styles is going to tap out to the Border City Stretch!”
OA: 70
Segment 5: AJ Styles vs. Alex Shelley
Shelley and Styles slowly circle each other in the ring and warily go into a lockup. Styles backs Shelley up a step but Shelley stops the momentum and the two men struggle back and forth then break the hold. The two men stare at each other then go into another lockup. This time Shelley forces Styles back a step but no further. Styles throws Shelley’s arms off, breaking the lockup. Shelley raises his arms up calling for a test of strength and Styles goes to meet him and gets a knee to the midsection for his trouble. Shelley grabs Styles with a side headlock and flips him down to the mat but Styles quickly grabs Shelley with a headscissors to break the hold. Shelley kips up to his feet escaping the hold and Styles rolls backwards and gets up to his feet. The two men face off and go into another lockup. Shelley gets the advantage and backs Styles into the corner. The ref comes over and breaks up the men and Shelley gives a clean break. The two men lockup again and this time Styles backs Shelley into the corner. Styles gives a clean break but Shelley hits him with a poke to the eyes. Shelley grabs Styles and throws him into the corner and connects with two vicious knife edge chops. Shelley goes to whip Styles across the ring but Styles reverses it sending Shelley hard into the corner. Styles charges and runs into a boot to the face from Shelley. Shelley comes out of the corner and takes Styles down with a clothesline bringing Styles down across his knee. Shelley makes a cover on Styles and gets a short two count. Shelley pulls Styles up to his feet and goes for a powerslam but Styles slips down behind him. Shelley turns around and Styles catches him with a hard forearm shot. Styles follows up with a Pele kick to the top of Shelley’s head that lays him out on the mat. Styles grabs Shelley and picks him up for a Styles clash to cheers from the crowd. Shelley hits Styles with some kicks to the head and Styles drops Shelley down to the mat. Shelley grabs a leg of Styles and trips him down to the mat. Shelley rolls Styles over then jumps forward and locks in the Border City Stretch. Styles crawls forward quickly and grabs the bottom rope before any damage can be done as the ref forces Shelley to break the hold. The two men get up to their feet and face off to applause from the crowd. Despite getting booed when he comes out the crowd starts a dueling Styles, Shelley chant. The two men go into another lockup as the crowd continues the dueling chant. The two men struggle back and forth in the lockup and Shelley manages to grab Styles with a side headlock. Styles delivers some hard elbows to the midsection of Shelley then spins out into a wristlock. Shelley rolls forward to his feet reversing the hold then wraps Styles’s arm around his throat and grabs Styles’ other arm putting him into a Japanese stranglehold. Shelley kicks the back of Styles’ legs sending him down to his knees. Shelley sticks his knee into the back of Styles and pulls back on his arms. The ref checks if Styles wants to submit but he doesn’t. Styles powers his way up to his feet and goes for a Pele kick but Shelley lets go of his arms and steps to the side letting Styles land face first on the mat. Shelley drops an elbow into the small of Styles’ back then grabs him with the Border City Stretch. Shelley cranks back on the hold but Styles fights against it and crawls to the ropes and grabs them forcing a break.
Styles pulls himself up on the ropes and Shelley drives a knee into the small of his back. Shelley follows up with a dropkick to the side of Styles’ head sending him through the ropes and tumbling to the outside. Shelley slides out under the ropes and hits Styles with a knee to the face as he starts to get up. Shelley pulls Styles up and Irish whips him towards the guardrail. Styles manages to leap up and clear the guardrail landing in the crowd. Shelley charges and Styles goes for a superkick. Shelley catches Styles’ leg and slams it down racking Styles up on the guardrail. Shelley nails Styles with two forearm shots then jumps up and hits an enziguri that sends Styles down to the gym floor near the ring. Shelley pulls Styles up to his feet and slams him into the ring apron back first. Shelley grabs Styles by the back of his head and sends him into the guardrail headfirst. Shelley taunts the crowd and draws boos. Shelley stomps away at Styles while he talks shit with the crowd. Shelley pulls Styles up and rolls him into the ring. Shelley climbs onto the apron and slingshots himself in with a senton and makes a cover for a two count. Shelley pulls Styles up to his feet and takes him over with a vertical suplex. Shelley pulls Styles up to his feet and rocks him with stiff forearm shots. Shelley sends Styles into the corner with an Irish whip then charges and runs into a boot from Styles. Styles lifts himself up and wraps his legs around Shelley’s head then pulls him face first into the corner with a hurrincanranna. Shelley gets up behind Shelley and takes him over with a german suplex. Styles rolls through and gets up to his feet behind Shelley. Styles lifts Shelley up for a belly to back suplex then slams Shelley down to the mat face first. Styles rolls Shelley over and holds his legs with a cover and scores a long two count. Styles pulls Shelley up to his feet and plants him with a brainbuster. Styles bounces off the ropes and jumps up then comes down with a hard knee to the forehead of Shelley. Styles makes a cover and gets another long two count. Styles pulls Shelley up and goes for the Styles clash but Shelley reverses it with a backbody drop. Styles gets up to his feet and Shelley charges and takes him down with a leg lariat.
Both men slowly struggle up to their feet and start trading forearm shots back and forth. Shelley lands a brutal shot that sends Styles back into the ropes. Styles rebounds and floors Shelley with a rolling forearm shot. Styles drops down on Shelley and gets a two count before Shelley rolls a shoulder. Styles lifts Shelley up and goes for a suplex but Shelley spins around and lands behind Styles. Styles turns around and Shelley spikes him with the shellshock. Shelley makes a cover and gets a two count before Styles puts his foot on the bottom rope. Shelley slowly pushes himself up to his feet. He grabs Styles who’s using the ropes to get to his feet and goes for another shellshock. Styles blocks it then takes Shelley down with an STO across his knee. Styles then picks Shelley up and brings him down across his knee with a gut buster. Styles climbs up to the top rope and comes off with the spiral tap but Shelley rolls out of the way letting Styles crash and burn. Shelley grabs Styles arm and flips him onto his stomach and locks in the Border City Stretch. Shelley pulls back on the hold and Styles seems on the verge of tapping. The crowd starts chanting his name and Styles pulls himself forward painfully and finally manages to grab the bottom rope. Shelley pulls Styles up to his feet and goes for the cross leg brainbuster but Styles blocks it and turns it into a swinging neckbreaker. Styles gets up to his feet and pulls Shelley up after him. Styles lifts Shelley up and over for a suplex then pulls him down into a hangman’s neckbreaker. Styles gets up to his feet and pulls Shelley up and sticks his arms out. Styles picks Shelley up then plants him with the Styles clash. Styles rolls Shelley over and covers him for the three count.
Winner: AJ Styles (17:22)
Notes: ***3/4
OA: 81 CR: 71 MQ: 91
Guppie: “AJ Styles wins a brutal match against Alex Shelley. Those two men were throwing it all at each other there.”
Patterson: “Shelley wanted to make an impact by beating Styles but he just couldn’t do it. Styles stuck around and put him down for the three count.”
Guppie: “That’s all we have for you fans tonight and we have put on an amazing show here on ESPN Two. For Mike Patterson, I’m Brian Guppie.”
Patterson: “Be sure to check out smwawrestling.com for all our upcoming shows including Birthday Bash Five!”
Woohoo! It's on time and it's a damn good show. Hope you all enjoy it.
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Rage Episode 19 Card
www.smwawrestling.com
October 3, 2008
Remember Rage is moving from F/X on Wednesday to ESPN2 on Tuesdays. Rage will now air at 9 PM on ESPN2 and will be presented with no commercial breaks during matches. All commercials will take place between matches so you can get all the great action without any disturbances. We are making a huge deal out of this move and bringing in two huge debuts for the show. The show will be taped Saturday, October 5 at the SMWA Gym in Detroit. Here is the card for the show.
Alex Shelley vs. AJ Styles
Former NWA World Champion, AJ Styles, makes his SMWA debut against Alex Shelley in the main event of Rage. This is going to be an exciting match between these two great wrestlers and who knows who will win.
CM Punk vs. Brandon Thomaselli
CM Punk was released by the WWE for undisclosed reasons and now he’s returning to the SMWA and he’s going to take on Brandon Thomaselli. Brandon once again gets a big chance to prove himself but he has a huge task in front of him.
Scott Lost ©vs. Ricky Reyes (SMWA Premier Championship)
Scott Lost makes a title defense against Ricky Reyes in the opening match of the show. Lost is going to have his hands full with the hard hitting Reyes.
Also in action at the taping will be Jack Evans, Azreal, Josh Abercrombie, The Thomaselli Brothers, The SAT and more. Tickets are just $10 for a great night of action.
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Rage Episode #18 (SMWA Gym, Detroit)
October 1, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Segment 1: Shell Shocked
The show starts out with Alex Shelley in the locker room.
Shelley: “I’m back here in the SMWA and I’m here for one reason. I’m here to win the SMWA Championship again. I started this company and I’m going to grab the ball and run with it once again. I have experience all over the world. I’ve wrestled for TNA and I’ve wrestled in RoH but I’m coming back here. I come here for a challenge and the best they could find for me to wrestle is Brandon Thomaselli. Now Brandon has had some success in the region, I’m not going to deny that, but that’s nothing compared to what I’ve done. In that ring tonight I’m going to show Brandon what chain wrestling is. I’m going to tie him up and leave him in a ball in the middle of the ring. People have told me Brandon is looking for the one big win to make a name for himself. Unfortunately for him, I’m not that win. I’m one more person who’s going to mark up a victory against him. Brandon you should know that you don’t want to mess with somebody who has talent on loan from God.”
OA: 74
Guppie: “Welcome to SMWA Rage! I’m Brian Guppie and I’m joined on commentary by Mike Patterson.”
Patterson: “You just saw Alex Shelley in the locker room and he’s got some strong words for Brandon Thomaselli.”
Guppie: “Those two men should face off well tonight. Shelley was very dismissive of Brandon but Brandon has really proven himself here.”
Patterson: “Brandon is the fastest rising star in the SMWA and he may be using Alex Shelley as a stepping stone to the top here tonight.”
Segment 2: Alex Shelley vs. Brandon Thomaselli
Shelley and Brandon slowly circle each other and go into a lockup. Shelley goes behind Brandon with a rear waistlock. Brandon breaks the grip of Shelley and does a standing switch into a rear waistlock. Brandon lifts Shelley up and slams him down to the mat face first. Brandon spins on the back of Shelley and grabs him with a front facelock. Shelley rolls onto his back and escapes the hold and grabs Brandon with a wristlock. Brandon slowly gets up to his feet then rolls forward up to his feet and reverses the hold into his own wristlock. Shelley spins around and counters into a hammerlock. Brandon throws two back elbows but Shelley manages to avoid both of them. Shelley then sweeps the legs out from under Brandon sending him down to the mat face first. Shelley holds onto the arm of Brandon and flips over him bridging the hold. Brandon manages to wriggle free enough to break Shelley’s bridge and force him to drop the hold. Both men get up to their feet and Brandon shakes out his left arm. The two men go into a lockup again and Shelley takes Brandon over with an armdrag and goes into an armbar. Brandon rolls forward and kips up to his feet then takes Shelley over with an armdrag. Shelley rolls up to his feet and Brandon hits him with a dropkick and Shelley falls through the ropes and hits the floor. Shelley gets up to his feet on the outside and Brandon launches himself over the top rope with a crossbody block taking Shelley down to the floor. Brandon pulls Shelley up to his feet and goes for an Irish whip but Shelley reverses it sending Brandon into the guardrail. Brandon leans up against the rail and Shelley charges and drives a knee into his midsection. Shelley grabs Brandon and takes him over with a vertical suplex on the floor. Brandon hits hard and grabs the small of his back in pain. Shelley pulls Brandon up and rolls him into the ring. Shelley slides in and grabs Brandon as he starts to get up and snapmares him over. Shelley follows up with a hard kick to the small of Brandon’s back then slams him down on the mat and makes a cover for a two count. Shelley sits Brandon up and grabs him with a Japanese stranglehold. Brandon pushes himself up to his feet and drives some elbows into the midsection of Shelley to loosen the hold. Shelley counters his escape attempt by pulling Brandon down across his knee with a backbreaker. Shelley makes a cover and gets a two count. Shelley pulls Brandon up and goes for a cross leg brainbuster but Brandon blocks it and hits Shelley with a couple of punches to the face to breakup the attempt. Brandon breaks free then grabs Shelley and plants him with a DDT.
Brandon gets up and pulls Shelley up and shoots him into the ropes. Shelley rebounds and Brandon takes him over with a backbody drop. Shelley gets up to his feet and Brandon goes for a superkick but Shelley catches Brandon’s leg and trips him down to the mat in a step over toe hold. Brandon crawls forward and grabs the bottom rope and forces a break. Brandon gets up to his feet and Shelley grabs him and goes for a belly to back suplex but Brandon flips over and lands on his feet. Shelley turns around and Brandon hits him with a spinning heel kick. Shelley gets up to his feet and Brandon charges and takes him down with a swinging neckbreaker. Brandon pulls Shelley up to his feet and rocks him with two stiff forearm shots. Brandon takes Shelley over with a vertical suplex then follows up with a standing shooting star press. Brandon hooks a leg for a long two count. Brandon pulls Shelley up and goes for the air raid crash but Shelley fights his way free and flips over onto his feet. Shelley runs to the ropes and bounces off and takes Brandon down with a shoulder tackle. Shelley pulls Brandon up to his feet and fires off a series of hard knife edge chops. Shelley backs Brandon into the corner and rocks him with two forearm shots then lifts him up to the top rope. Shelley climbs up with him and hits Brandon with some more punches. Shelley pulls Brandon up and takes him off the top rope with a superplex. Shelley crawls over and drapes an arm over Brandon for a two count. Shelley pulls Brandon up to his feet and plants him on the top of his head with the cross leg brainbuster. Shelley climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a frog splash. Shelley makes the cover and gets a long two count. Shelley pulls Brandon up to his feet and goes for the shellshock but Brandon doesn’t move and lets Shelley spin. Brandon grabs Shelley from behind and flips him over with a german suplex dropping him on the top of his head. Both men are down on the mat and Brandon gets up first. Shelley gets up to his kenes and Brandon nails a dropkick to the side of the head that sends Shelley down to the mat. Brandon picks Shelley up and goes for a suplex but Shelley blocks it then takes Brandon down with a shellshock. Shelley grabs Brandon and puts him into the border city stretch. Brandon fights the hold but Shelley pulls back hard on Brandon’s neck and forces him to tap out.
Winner: Alex Shelley (12:38)
Notes: ***1/4
OA: 72 CR: 54 MQ: 90
Guppie: “Alex Shelley picks up a victory over Brandon, he worked over the neck of Brandon and weakened him for the border city stretch.”
Patterson: “Shelly has a lot of experience and he used it against Brandon. Brandon put on a good show but Shelley was just better.”
Guppie: “Up next we’ll see if Brandon’s brothers, Sal and Vito, will have better luck than he did as they take on KENTA and Marafuji.”
Patterson: “These are two great tag teams facing off here Brian. This is going to be a hell of a matchup.”
Segment 3: Thomaselli Brothers vs. KENTA & Marafuji
Vito and KENTA start the match for their respective teams. Vito goes for a lockup but KENTA rocks him with a forearm shot then follows up with a jumping enziguri that levels Vito. KENTA pulls Vito up to his feet and rocks him with a forearm shot then shoots him into the ropes. Vito rebounds and KENTA flips him over with a hard knee to the midsection. KENTA follows up by nailing Vito with two hard kicks to the small of the back. KENTA pulls Vito up and takes him over with a snap suplex then tags in Marafuji. Marafuji comes in and grabs Vito with a side headlock as he gets to his feet. Marafuji flips him over to his back and cranks down on the hold. Vito slowly pushes himself up to his feet and backs Marafuji into the ropes and shoots him across the ring. Marafuji rebounds and Vito drops him with a shoulder tackle then tags in Sal. Sal comes in and knocks Marafuji back down to the mat with a clothesline. Sal pulls Marafuji up and sends him into the corner with a hard Irish whip. Sal charges and runs right into a big boot. Sal staggers backwards and Marafuji charges out of the corner and Sal flips him over with a backbody drop. Marafuji gets up to his feet holding the small of his back and Sal grabs him and delivers a backbreaker and makes a cover for a two count before KENTA comes in and breaks up the cover with a stomp to the back of Sal’s head. Sal gets up and pulls Marafuji up with him and drags him to his corner and tags Vito back in. Vito connects with two forearm shots to Marafuji then sends him across the ring with an Irish whip. Marafuji handstands on the top rope and comes down behind a charging Vito. Marafuji grabs him and plants him with a belly to back suplex then gets to his feet and tags KENTA in. KENTA comes into the ring and nails Vito with a hard kick to the midsection as he gets to his feet. KENTA follows up with a kick to the leg that sends Vito to his knees and then floors him with a roundhouse kick to the side of the head. KENTA makes a cocky cover and gets a two count before Vito rolls a shoulder. KENTA pulls Vito up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. KENTA charges and jumps up hitting Vito with a knee to the chest. KENTA snapmares Vito out of the corner and nails him with a hard kick to the back then grabs him with a rear chinlock. Vito struggles up to his feet and drops down for a jawbreaker but KENTA lets go and Vito slams to the mat and KENTA rocks him with a kick to the small of the back. KENTA pulls Vito up and grabs him with a side headlock then tags in Marafuji. Marafuji comes in and takes the side headlock from KENTA.
Marafuji flips Vito over to the mat and Vito escapes by grabbing Marafuji with a headscissors. Marafuji rolls onto his stomach then headstands and comes down to his knees escaping the headscissors and follows up with a dropkick to the face of Vito. Marafuji pulls Vito up and shoots him into the corner. Marafuji charges in and hits a big clothesline. Marafuji lifts Vito up to the top rope and nails him with a few forearm shots. Marafuji climbs up to the top rope then jumps up and takes Vito off the top with a hurrincanranna. Marafuji makes a cover on Vito and gets a two count before Sal comes in and breaks up the cover with an elbow drop to Marafuji’s back. Marafuji gets up and yells at the ref in Japanese and points at Sal and the ref forces Sal back to his corner. KENTA comes in and hits Vito with a yakuza kick as Marafuji holds him up. KENTA pulls Vito up to his feet and goes for a suplex but Vito lands behind him and delivers a dropkick to the back that sends KENTA into the ropes. Vito rolls forward and pops up tagging in Sal. Sal climbs up to the top rope and hits KENTA with a missile dropkick as he gets to his feet. Marafuji comes into the ring and Sal kicks him in the midsection then fires off two stiff forearm shots before spiking him with a DDT. Sal pulls Marafuji up to his feet and goes for a powerslam but KENTA drives a hard forearm into the small of his back preventing the move. Marafuji and KENTA grab Sal and send him into the ropes with an Irish whip. They go for a double clothesline but Sal ducks under their arms. Sal bounces off the opposite ropes and send both men down to the mat with clotheslines. Sal pulls KENTA up to his feet and whips him down to the mat with a powerslam. Sal follows up with an elbow drop and makes a cover for a long two count. Sal pulls KENTA up and rocks him with two forearm shots that spin him around then grabs him with a rear waistlock and whips him over with a german suplex dropping him on his head. KENTA rolls through and up to his feet and screams. Sal gets up to his feet and KENTA charges and jumps up driving a brutal knee into the face of Sal. KENTA makes a cover and gets a two count before Vito pulls him off. Vito lifts KENTA up on his shoulders and spikes him on the top of his head with an electric chair driver. Vito holds KENTA down but the ref won’t make the count. Marafuji comes into the ring and grabs Vito as he argues with the ref and hits the sliced bread number 2. Sal starts to get to his feet and Marafuji rocks him with stiff forearm shots. KENTA gets to his feet dazed and kicks Sal in the midsection and picks him up for a powerbomb then walks towards the corner. Marafuji climbs up to the top rope and grabs the head of Sal and hits the top rope sliced bread number 2 as KENTA slams him down to the mat with a powerbomb. KENTA folds Sal up on his shoulders and gets the three count.
Winner: KENTA & Marafuji (14:22)
Notes: ***1/4
OA: 74 CR: 57 MQ: 91
Guppie: “KENTA and Marafuji win a match against the Thomasellis and this win is giving them a shot at the Tag Team Titles at Birthday Bash Five.”
Patterson: “KENTA and Marafuji brought a bunch of high impact offense to this match and may have surprised the Thomasellis with how quick they got this match going.”
Guppie: “After this commercial break we have our main event to determine a number one contender to the SMWA Championship as Nate Mattson takes on Chad Collyer.”
Patterson: “Collyer has been on a roll but Mattson has been injuring people consistently. These guys are both going to be going all out and they are going to be rocking each other hard.”
Segment 4: Collyer for Champ
Collyer comes out from the back. He ignores the fans and walks right to the ring and slides in. He takes the mic from the announcer and gets to business.
Collyer: “Those assholes in the back must have misheard me. I said I deserved a shot at the belt and instead they are giving me a number one contender match. But that’s okay, because I like a challenge. Tonight, in this ring, I’m going to take on Nate Mattson. Mattson has put some people on the shelf recently but tonight this match means something so there will be rules. He won’t be running around hitting me with chairs and all that garbage wrestling shit! Tonight, is about wrestling and I’m going to show you what Dean Malenko taught me. Tonight, I’m going to earn my shot at the belt and then I’m going on to beat Elix Skipper. Nate, get your sorry ass out to this ring and get your sorry ass kicked, son!”
OA: 77
Segment 5: Chad Collyer vs. “The Exile” Nate Mattson (#1 Contender Match)
Collyer and Mattson go into a lockup to start the match and Collyer grabs a side headlock. Mattson hits Collyer with a couple of punches to the midsection and Collyer spins around into a hammerlock on Mattson. Mattson ducks down and goes behind Collyer into a hammerlock of his own. Mattson drops the hold and blasts Collyer in the back of the head with a forearm shot. Mattson grabs Collyer by the head and throws him down to the mat on his back. Collyer sits up and Mattson puts him back down with a stomp to the chest. Mattson drives a knee down across the forehead of Collyer then makes a cover for a short two count. Mattson pulls Collyer up to his feet and goes for a suplex but Collyer blocks it then spins out and grabs a wristlock. Mattson rolls forward up to his feet and reverses the hold. Collyer rolls forward to his feet then cartwheels back the other way regaining control of the wristlock and forces Mattson down to his knees. Collyer turns towards Mattson and goes into a front guillotine. Mattson lifts Collyer up and manages to move forward enough to drop Collyer down to the mat and grab the ropes to force a break. Collyer lets go of the hold and pulls Mattson up and rocks him with a European uppercut then nails Mattson’s chest with a blistering knife edge chop. Collyer grabs Mattson and whips him across the ring into the ropes. Mattson rebounds and Collyer takes him down with a leg lariat. Collyer pulls Mattson up to his feet and grabs him from behind with a rear waistlock. Collyer goes for a german suplex but Mattson blocks it. Mattson slips behind Collyer and whips him over with a german suplex folding him up on the back of his head. Collyer slowly gets up to his feet and Mattson runs over him with a brutal clothesline. Mattson makes a cover on Collyer and gets a two count. Mattson pulls Collyer up and rocks him with two stiff forearm shots. Mattson shoots Collyer into the corner with an Irish whip then charges and connects with a running forearm shot. Mattson lifts Collyer up and sets him on the top rope. Mattson climbs up after Collyer. Collyer hits Mattson with some hard punches to the midsection then shoves him and Mattson is racked up on the top rope. Collyer stands up on the top rope and jumps off and hits Mattson with a dropkick that sends him off the top rope and falling down to the outside floor to a big pop from the crowd.
Collyer slides out of the ring and pulls a dazed Mattson up and sends him head first into the guardrail. Mattson pulls himself up using the guardrail and shows a huge cut on his forehead already covered in blood. Collyer hauls off with a series of closed fists to the forehead. Collyer grabs Mattson by the arm and sends him into the ringpost face first with an Irish whip. Mattson rebounds off the post and stands dazed. Collyer grabs him from behind and sends him down to the gym floor with a belly to back suplex. Collyer pulls Mattson up to his feet and rolls him into the ring then slides in after him. Mattson sits up and Collyer stomps him in the side of the head sending him down to the mat. Mattson lifts his head up dripping blood down to the mat and Collyer drops an elbow onto him sending his head into the mat and creating a stain. Collyer grabs the legs of Mattson and tries to put him into the Texas cloverleaf but Mattson drags himself along and grabs the bottom rope preventing the hold. Collyer grabs Mattson and pulls him up to his feet. Collyer stands him up with a hard European uppercut then drives a forearm into his face sending Mattson staggering backwards. Collyer drives a knee into his midsection then plants him with a DDT. Collyer makes a cocky cover and gets a two count. Collyer pulls Mattson up to his feet and grabs him with a rear waistlock. Collyer takes him over for a german suplex but Mattson manages to flip over and land on his feet. Collyer gets up and turns around and Mattson jumps up and takes him over with a hurrincanranna. Collyer gets up to his feet and Mattson slowly follows him up. Collyer throws a punch but Mattson blocks it then rocks Collyer with a forearm. Collyer throws another blocked punch and Mattson rocks him with three forearm shots then sends him down to the mat with a rolling forearm. Collyer gets up to his knees and then stands up and Mattson kicks him in the midsection then lifts him up and spikes him with a brainbuster and both men are down on the mat. The ref starts a ten count and both men get to their feet at the count of eight. Collyer connects with a headbutt to the forehead of Mattson then grabs him and shoots him into the ropes. Collyer goes for a spinebuster but Mattson reverses it with a monkey flip. Collyer gets up dazed and Mattson grabs Collyer and hits him with a TKO. Mattson gets up and climbs up to the top rope then comes off with a guillotine legdrop and makes a cover for the three count.
Winner: Nate Mattson (14:19)
Notes: *1/2
OA: 69 CR: 68 MQ: 70
Guppie: “A bloody Nate Mattson beats Chad Collyer to get a shot at the SMWA Championship against Elix Skipper at Birthday Bash Five.”
Patterson: “Two men nobody likes will be facing off in the main event. What a brutal beating Mattson took before he took over.”
Guppie: “Thanks for watching SMWA Rage, for Mike Patterson, I’m Brian Guppie.”
Patterson: “Be sure to check out smwawrestling.com for more on future episodes of Rage and all of our other shows.”
It's a tad late. I didn't feel like writing the main event for a while, sorry about the delay.
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Card for Rage
September 28, 2008
www.smwawrestling.com
This Saturday is the last taping for Rage that will air on F/X. After that the shows will be televised on ESPN2, Tuesdays at 9 P.M. We already have three matches signed for the show including a main event to determine the number one contender.
Chad Collyer vs. Nate Mattson (#1 Contender Match)
Collyer demanded a shot at the belt but instead he has this match against Mattson. These two men have been making an impact recently and whoever wins the match will be able to get a shot at the SMWA Champion, Elix Skipper at Birthday Bash V. There is a lot on this match and both men are going to be gunning for win.
Thomaselli Brothers vs. KENTA & Marafuji
The winner of this match will get a shot at the SMWA Tag Team Champions at the next show, Birthday Bash V. KENTA and Marafuji are returning from a tour in NOAH and they are going to have a tough match against the Thomaselli Brothers.
Alex Shelley vs. Brandon Thomaselli
These two men face off in the opening match and it should be a good one. Shelley is an amazing technical wrestler and he is going to be trying to stretch Thomaselli into a pretzel. Thomaselli has been showing a lot of determination recently, although he has yet to get a big win.
In untaped action the following wrestlers will be appearing; Azrael, Jack Evans, Josh Abercrombie, Trent Acid, Johnny Kashmere, Puma and Elix Skipper plus others.
Come down to the SMWA Gym in Detroit and watch the tapings for just $10.
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Rage Episode #17 (SMWA Gym, Detroit)
September 24, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Guppie: “Welcome to SMWA Rage. I’m Brian Guppie and I’m joined on commentary by Mike Patterson.”
Patterson: “And we have a good show lined up here tonight. As you folks at home can see Nate Mattson is in the ring to start the show.”
Segment 1: Exile Challenge
Mattson is standing in the ring wearing cutoff jean shorts and a black shirt that says “The Exile” on the front and “None More Dangerous” on the back. He’s got the mic in his hand and has one leg up on a chair.
Mattson: “In case you don’t know, I am the Exile Nate Mattson. Last week I put Paul London down and then the next day I sent Jimmy Rave to the hospital. I powerbombed Jimmy off the top rope and onto a bunch of steel chairs. I knocked Paul out with a brainbuster off the apron and through a table. That same night I hit Jimmy with a piledriver on a chair. I am back in the SMWA and nobody is going to hold me back. Now I know a lot of you boys in the back are going to be afraid to face me one on one. I don’t blame you. I’m obviously crazy and I will sacrifice my body to get the win in the ring. But right now I’m sending out an open challenge. Anybody in the back can come out here and face me in a street fight. You new guys in the back may want to take me up on this offer. Maybe tonight you can make your name against a former two time SMWA Champion and the longest reigning champion of all time. Hell, even you veterans back in the locker room should come out and take this opportunity.”
“Our Lady of Sorrows” by My Chemical Romance starts playing and a few scattered fans start cheering. Josh Abercrombie comes out from the back and the cheers increase although not by a huge number. Abercrombie stops then goes into the back and comes out with a barbed wire board which draws a good sized pop from the crowd. Abercrombie drags it with him and drops it on the outside of the ring and slides in then takes the mic from Mattson.
Abercrombie: “Nate, you don’t scare me. You may be hardcore and you may be crazy but I’ve been in some ringwars. I fought Ian Rotten in a barbed wire match. He broke his fist on my head. I’ve fought Tyler Black in scaffolding matches and ladder matches. You may be crazy but I’m hardcore and I’m going to show you what hardcore wrestling is all about. When you issued that challenge I was going to accept it and I brought along that barbed wire board just for you.”
Mattson takes the mic back and just looks at Josh.
Mattson: “I’m not impressed with your list of accomplishments. Ian Rotten is an out-of-shape has been. Tyler Black is a nobody. Did you hear what I said? I am a former two time SWMA Champion. You may have fought some tough matches with a bunch of losers but tonight you are going to fight a war with a champion and you are going to see that is something else entirely.”
Mattson looks to hand the mic off to the ref but instead slams it down on the forehead of Josh sending him down to the mat.
OA: 64
Guppie: “Nate Mattson is going to start this match out with a cheap shot.”
Patterson: “From what we’ve seen of Mattson since he’s returned that shouldn’t be a surprise. However he could be in for a surprise. Abercrombie knows how to handle himself in a hardcore environment and he is a great wrestler.”
Guppie: “He does have a lot of experience and has held the IWA:MS Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Championship. He is going to surprise Mattson in this match.”
Segment 2: N8 Mattson vs. Josh Abercrombie (No Holds Barred)
Mattson grabs Josh by the hair and pulls him up to his feet and spins him around with a stiff slap. Josh fires back with a forearm shot that sends Mattson back a step. Josh follows up with another hard forearm that sends Mattson down to a knee. Josh then delivers a boot to the side of the face and Mattson is laid out on the mat. Josh pulls Mattson up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Josh charges and runs right into a big boot. Mattson grabs Josh by the head and jumps over the top rope to the outside guillotining Josh over the top rope. Mattson climbs up onto the apron then slingshots in with a legdrop and makes a cover for two. Mattson pulls Josh up and shoots him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Mattson telegraphs the backbody drop and Josh flips backwards over him. Mattson turns around and Josh nails him with a headbutt that staggers Mattson backwards. Josh follows up running forward and hitting a spinning heel kick that sends Mattson rolling out of the ring for a break. Josh goes to the ropes and springs over them and lands on the apron and goes for a move but Mattson grabs his leg. Josh kicks him in the chest with his free leg sending him staggering into the guardrail. Josh springboards off the second rope and hits a corkscrew crossbody block sending both men down and drawing cheers from the crowd. Josh pulls Mattson up to his feet and slams him face first on top of the guardrail then sends him back first into the apron. Josh picks Mattson up and sends him down to the floor with a powerslam. Josh goes to the guardrail and asks for a chair and gets one quickly. Josh smacks it against the ground a couple of times as Mattson gets to his feet then goes for a crushing overhead blow but Mattson stops him with a kick to the nuts. Mattson follows up by grabbing a side headlock then running forward and taking Josh down with a bulldog. Mattson gets up to his feet and stomps away at the back of Josh’s head. Mattson drags Josh around the ring towards the barbed wire board and goes for a powerbomb but Josh blocks then sends Mattson over with a backbody drop. Mattson slowly picks his way free of the barbed wire and gets greeted by a stiff stomp from Josh. Josh pulls Mattson up to his feet and rolls him into the ring then lifts the barbed wire board up and throws it over the ropes and into the ring. Josh slides in and hits Mattson with a dropkick to the face as he gets up to his hands and knees.
Josh grabs the barbed wire board and sets it up in the corner against the ropes. Josh turns around and Mattson drives a shoulder into his midsection. Mattson grabs Josh and takes him over with a gut wrench suplex. Mattson follows up by driving a knee into the midsection of Josh then he rolls out of the ring. Mattson grabs two chairs and throws them into the ring. Mattson slides into the ring and sets up one of the chairs. Mattson goes for a suplex on the chair but Mattson blocks the move then delivers a swinging neckbreaker to Mattson on the chair. Josh pulls Mattson up and spikes him with a brainbuster. Josh makes a cover and gets a two count. Josh delivers a stomp to Mattson then climbs up to the top rope. Mattson slowly gathers himself and grabs a chair. Mattson gets to his feet and spins around then throws the chair catching Josh in the face and racking him up on the top rope. Mattson climbs up to the second rope and hits Josh with some stiff punches. Mattson steps up to the top rope then takes Josh off with a big superplex. Mattson crawls over on top of Josh and makes a cover for a two count. Mattson pulls Josh up to his feet and plants him with a sitout powerslam. Mattson rolls out of the ring and grabs a table and slides it into the ring. Mattson sets the table up by the corner then slides the barbed wire board on top of it. Josh gets up to his feet and clubs Mattson in the back with a forearm shot then takes him over with a belly to back suplex. Josh climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a phoenix splash but Mattson gets his knees up driving them into the midsection of Josh. Mattson gets to his feet and grabs a chair. Josh gets up to his feet holding his midsection and Mattson blasts him over the head with a chairshot. Mattson drags Josh with him around the table and shoves him into the corner. Mattson fires off a European uppercut then follows up with two stiff forearm shots. Mattson spins Josh around then goes out to the apron and climbs up to the top rope. Mattson pulls Josh up to the second rope. Mattson pulls Josh up and sends him through the barbed wire table with a powerbomb from the top. Mattson stays up on the top rope then comes off with a guillotine legdrop. Mattson rolls on top of Josh and makes a cover for a three count.
Winner: N8 Mattson (13:37)
Notes: **1/4
OA: 60 CR: 52 MQ: 82
Guppie: “Nate Mattson put Josh Abercrombie through a table and barbed wire board with a top rope powerbomb. He has become a sick man now that he has returned.”
Patterson: “Mattson continues to get more violent in every match he has. Josh put up a good fight at the beginning of the match but Mattson took control late and put him down.”
Guppie: “After the ring is cleared out Sal and Vito Thomaselli will take on Essa Rios and Ricky Marvin.”
Patterson: “Sal and Vito have more experience as a tag team but Marvin and Rios have more experience as wrestlers in general.”
Segment 3: Sal & Vito Thomaselli vs. Essa Rios & Ricky Marvin
Sal and Marvin start the match for their teams and they slowly circle each other before they go into a lockup. Sal slips behind Marvin and grabs him with a rear waistlock. Sal lifts Marvin up and goes to slam him down but Marvin rolls forward and takes Sal over with a rollup and scores quick two count before he kicks out. Both men get up to their feet and Sal charges into an armdrag from Marvin. Sal rolls up to his feet and Marvin hits him with a dropkick. Marvin grabs Sal and pulls him up to his feet and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip. Marvin telegraphs the backbody drop and Sal counters it with a knee to the face. Marvin stands up straight and Sal sends him down to the mat with a wicked clothesline. Sal pulls Marvin up to his feet and sends him into the ropes with an Irish whip of his own. Sal boosts Marvin up into the air and Marvin comes down and nails Sal with a dropkick. Both men retreat to their corners and make tags. Essa comes in and charges at Vito. Vito sidesteps and Essa bounces off the ropes then catches him with a spinning heel kick. Vito gets to his feet and Essa takes him over with an armdrag. Vito rolls through to his feet and Essa jumps up and takes him over with a hurrincanranna. Vito slides out of the ring and Essa goes to the rope and jumps over with a crossbody block but Vito moves and Essa lands on the apron. Vito grabs Essa’s leg and pulls him off the apron and he slams down on it face first. Vito grabs Essa on the floor and rocks him with a hard European uppercut then connects with a stiff forearm shot. Vito slams him face first into the apron then rolls him into the ring and slides in after him. Vito pulls Essa up and takes him over with a vertical suplex. Vito floats over and makes a cover for a two count. Vito pulls Essa up and throws him into the corner. Vito lays in two knife edge chops then tags in Sal. Sal leaps over the top rope and smashes Essa with some forearm shots to the side of the head. Sal takes Essa out of the corner with a monkey flip. Essa gets to his feet looking confused and Sal crashes into him with a big clothesline to the back of the head. Sal pulls Essa up to his feet and plants him with a hard belly to back suplex. Sal gets up to his feet and tags Vito in then picks Essa up and sends him down to the mat with a powerslam. Vito climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a guillotine legdrop for a long two count. Vito pulls Essa up to his feet and goes for a german suplex but Essa flips over and lands on his feet. Essa staggers backwards and falls down tagging in Marvin as he goes. Marvin springboards into the ring and takes Vito over with a hurrincanranna that sends him out of the ring. Sal starts to come into the ring but Marvin hits him with a dropkick sending off the apron and down to the floor. Sal and Vito meet on the floor and Marvin throws himself over the top rope and takes down both men with a spinning crossbody block as the show goes to commercial.
Marvin grabs Vito off the floor and throws him into the ring as we come back from commercial. Marvin picks Vito up slams him down to the mat with a powerslam. Marvin follows up by dropping an elbow and making a cover for a quick two count. Marvin pulls Vito up and drops him to his knees with a right hand then lays him out with a dropkick to the face. Marvin pulls Vito up by his hair and pulls him over to the corner and tags in Essa. Essa handstands over the ropes and comes down on Vito and takes him over with a headscissors. Vito gets up to his hands and knees and Essa gets on top of him and rains down forearm shots across his back sending him to the mat. Essa then drives some hard stomps onto the back of his head then pulls him onto his stomach and makes a cover for two. Essa pulls Vito up and backs him into the ropes with a couple of open hand slaps to the chest. Essa sends Vito across the ring with an Irish whip and sends him down to the mat with a hard back elbow shot then tags Marvin in. Marvin climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a splash and hooks a leg for a two count. Marvin pulls Vito up and goes for a german suplex but Vito blocks it. Vito fires off some back elbows breaking Marvin’s grip. Vito runs and bounces off the ropes and catches Marvin with a big forearm shot that sends him down to the mat. Vito pulls Marvin up and Marvin takes him over with a small package and gets a two count. Vito rolls up to his feet and Marvin connects with a dropkick to the knee that sends Vito down. Marvin follows up by stomping Vito in the face sending him down to the mat then tags in Essa. Vito gets up and goes towards Sal to make the tag but Essa comes in and takes him down with a spinning heel kick to the back of the head. Essa gets up to his feet and nails Sal with a forearm shot. Sal tries to get into the ring but the ref holds him back. Essa pulls Vito up and sends him into a corner with an Irish whip. Essa charges and hits Vito with a forearm shot. Essa grabs Vito with a front faclock then climbs up to the top rope and spikes him with a tornado DDT. Essa makes the cover and gets a two count before Sal comes into the ring and breaks up the cover by stomping Essa on the back of the head. Essa gets up to his feet and gives Vito a stomp to the back of the head then tags Marvin back in. Vito gets up to his feet and Marvin charges at him with a dropkick but Vito sidesteps it. Vito rolls forward and dives to make the tag to Sal.
Sal comes into the ring and hits Marvin with a dropkick. Essa comes into the ring and Sal sends him over with a backbody drop. Essa gets up to his feet and Sal hits him with a clothesline that sends him over the top rope and to the floor. Marvin gets up to his feet and Sal rocks him with a forearm then takes him down with a swinging neckbreaker. Sal follows up with a legdrop and covers for a two count. Sal pulls Marvin up to his feet and nails him with two stiff forearm shots then plants him on the top of his head with a brainbuster. Sal makes another cover and gets another two count. Sal pulls Marvin up again and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Sal charges and connects with a running clothesline. Sal pulls Marvin out of the corner and lifts him up on his shoulders. Vito springboards into the ring to hit the doomsday device. Marvin ducks under Vito’s clothesline and takes Sal forward with a victory roll for a two count. Sal gets up to his feet and Marvin jumps up and takes him over with a hurrincanranna that sends him out of the ring. Vito gets up to his feet and Marvin catches him with a dropkick to send him to the mat. Marvin pulls Vito up to his feet and plants him with a snap suplex. Marvin climbs up to the top rope and lets Vito get up to his feet. Marvin flips off and lands on Vito and takes him over with a dragonranna. Marvin holds Vito down to the mat and gets the three count.
Winner: Essa Rios & Ricky Marvin (17:12)
Notes: **1/2
OA: 61 CR: 52 MQ: 84
Guppie: “Essa Rios and Ricky Marvin pick up a victory over the Thomaselli brothers in a competitive match. The Thomasellis were controlling the match but Marvin made a big move at the end to take the win.”
Patterson: “The experience of Rios and Marvin managed to overcome the teamwork of the Thomaselli brothers here to give them the win.”
Guppie: “After the commercial break we are coming up with our main event of Chad Collyer taking on Ricky Reyes.”
Patterson: “This should be a good match. Both of these guys like to go to the ground but they can both stay on their feet and trade shots. Collyer has the advantage on the ground and Reyes has the advantage standing up but neither man has a huge advantage over the other.”
Segment 4: Collyer-Mania
Chad Collyer comes out to ringside to a mixed reaction from the crowd although there are more cheers than boos. Collyer climbs up onto the apron then goes through the ropes and takes the mic.
Collyer: “Tonight, Collyer-mania is going to run wild on you fans here. Tonight, Chad Collyer is going to make Ricky Reyes tap out to the Texas cloverleaf. Tonight, Chad Collyer is going to show everybody why he is a top competitor in the SMWA. Tonight, Chad Collyer is going to put another mark in his win category, a mark in a long series of marks. Tonight, Chad Collyer is going to make it so he can’t be ignored. I’ve beaten lots of people here in the SMWA and I’ve beaten Elix Skipper too. I deserve a shot at the SMWA Championship and in fact I demand it! Tonight, after I make Ricky tap out I’m going to march into the offices in the back and demand a title shot. I’m not just demanding it for me though. I’m demanding it for all of my loyal fans. This is going to be a reward for you fans as you will have a respectable champion holding the belt and I will make it happen!”
Collyer drops the mic and gets cheered by the crowd.
OA: 77
Segment 5: Chad Collyer vs. Ricky Reyes
Collyer and Reyes start the match with a lockup and they struggle back and forth. Collyer finally manages to duck behind Reyes and grab him with a rear waistlock. Collyer lifts Reyes up and slams him down to the mat face first. Collyer spins around on the back of Reyes and grabs a front facelock. Reyes pushes himself up to his feet and fires off punches to the midsection of Collyer and breaks the hold. Reyes follows up by nailing a jumping enziguri to the side of Collyer’s head sending him down to the mat. Reyes grabs Collyer by the head and pulls him up to his feet. Reyes fires off a series of knife edge chops that back Collyer into the corner. Reyes throws a forearm but Collyer blocks it. Collyer then nails Reyes with some stiff knife edge chops of his own. Collyer then grabs Reyes and spins him around into the corner. Collyer connects with a stiff European uppercut that straightens Reyes in the corner. Collyer follows up with two forearm shots. Collyer pulls Reyes out of the corner with an Irish whip and takes him right down with a drop toehold. Collyer grabs the feet of Reyes and goes into an STF. Reyes fights the hold and slowly crawls forward and grabs the bottom rope. Collyer grabs Reyes by the back of his trunks and pulls him up to his feet and drives a forearm into the small of his back. Collyer grabs Reyes and plants him with a belly to back suplex. Collyer rolls on top of him and makes a cover for a two count. Collyer pulls Reyes up to his feet and drives two shoulders into his back then picks him up and brings him down on his knee with a backbreaker. Collyer holds Reyes there and stretches him across his knee wrenching the back of Reyes. Reyes refuses to tap out and Collyer releases the hold. Collyer makes a cover on Reyes and gets a long two count. Collyer pulls Reyes up to his feet and whips him into the ropes. Reyes comes off the ropes and crashes into Collyer with a big shoulder tackle that sends him down to the mat hard. Reyes stays on his feet and bounces off the ropes and steps jumps over Collyer’s body. Collyer gets up to his feet and leap frogs over Reyes. Collyer rebounds and Reyes hits him with a dropkick to the face. Reyes pulls Collyer up to his feet and goes for a fisherman buster but Collyer blocks it. Collyer hits Reyes with some forearm shots to the midsection then takes Reyes down to the mat with a single leg takedown. Collyer grabs the leg of Reyes and flips him over into a single leg crab. Collyer sits back deep on the hold bending the back of Reyes. Pain twists the face of Reyes but he drags himself forward doggedly and grabs the bottom rope to force a break.
Collyer pulls Reyes up to his feet and sends him into the corner hard with an Irish back first and Reyes falls forward out of the corner. Collyer follows up and drops an elbow into the back of Reyes then flips him over and grabs both legs for a cover and gets a two count. Collyer pulls Reyes up to his feet and hits him with a forearm shot. Collyer goes for an Irish whip but Reyes reverses it sending Collyer into the ropes. Collyer rebounds and Reyes stuns him with a big forearm shot then drops him with a roundhouse kick to the side of the head. Collyer gets to his feet dazed and Reyes spikes him on his head with a fisherman buster that leaves both men down on the mat. The ref starts a standing ten count and gets to the count of six before both men make it up to their feet. The two men start trading forearm shots back and forth. Reyes gains the advantage backing Collyer up before Collyer pokes him in the eyes to some boos from the crowd. Collyer charges and nails Reyes with a clothesline to the back of the head sending him down to the mat. Collyer pulls Reyes back up and takes him over with a german suplex and bridges the hold for a long two count. Reyes manages to roll backwards breaking the cover and gets up to his feet. Collyer grabs him and shoots him across the ring with an Irish whip. Reyes bounces off the ropes and Collyer picks him up and plants him with a spinebuster. Collyer grabs the legs of Reyes and puts him into the Texas cloverleaf. Reyes fights the hold and starts crawling towards the ropes. Collyer drags Reyes back to the middle of the ring and sits down on the hold. Reyes tries to get away but Collyer holds him in place and Reyes taps out.
Winner: Chad Collyer (11:02)
Notes: *3/4
OA: 61 CR: 65 MQ: 72
Guppie: “Chad Collyer beats Reyes although he used some cheap tactics throughout the match.”
Patterson: “Collyer is starting to get desperate to win some gold in the SMWA and he is using whatever tactics he needs to win matches.”
Guppie: “Thanks for watching fans this has been another great episode of Rage. For Mike Patterson, I’m Brian Guppie.”
Patterson: “Remember to check out smwawrestling.com for info on upcoming shows.”
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I thought the matches were well written especially considering it's your first diary.
I think you need to work on the flow of the hardcore matches though. In the No-DQ match you seemed to stick with just a few different weapons. With Pogo and Funk I think you could have had more hardcore stuff. Like lighttubes and shit like that. Funk may not take a fall into the lighttubes but I'm sure Pogo would. Barbed-wire would have been cool.
The main event has a similar problem but not to the same extent. I've never seen Rhino do a top rope piledriver but he could have done the piledriver off the apron through a table. Small stuff like that.
I think you have a really good start to this diary. I hope Rob Black doesn't show up as often in the future shows. I can see why he would have so many promos on the first show talking to the wrestlers but I hope you cut back on him later.
I never watched XPW so I don't know what it was like that much. Black may have put himself over that much but I don't think it works so well in the diary.
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Status of Jimmy Rave & Petey Williams, Rage 17 Card
September 19, 2008
www.smwawrestling.com
After this brutal weekend we have seen quite a few wrestlers put out of work due to injury. Halo broke his leg during training and will be out for seven months. Petey Williams suffered injuries to his ribs during his match with Elix Skipper and will be out until the middle of October, we are unsure of when exactly he will be able to return. Jimmy Rave has suffered back injuries after taking a powerbomb off the top rope onto the chairs. He is being checked out by doctors and we are not sure when he will be able to return. However Rave is on fire to get back in the ring and get some revenge on Nate Mattson.
We do have a card for the taping of Rage taking place Sunday, September 21 at the SMWA Gym in Detroit.
The Exile Challenge
Nate Mattson has told SMWA officials he will be sitting in the ring until somebody comes out to accept his challenge in a street fight. Nate Mattson has been tearing a path of destruction through the SMWA in just two matches. It will take a brave man to get into the ring with him.
Sal & Vito Thomaselli vs. Essa Rios & Ricky Marvin
The Luchadores take on the Thomasellis. The Thomasellis are making their debut as a tag team and want to make an impact. However the luchadores have a lot of experience around the world in their favor. Rios and Marvin don’t have the tag experience that the Thomasellis do. Both teams have their advantages and this should be an intense encounter.
Chad Collyer vs. Ricky Reyes
In our main event Chad Collyer takes on Ricky Reyes. Reyes is going to be looking to throw his stiff kicks and strikes but Collyer is going to want to take him to the mat and wear him out enough to get a submission. However both men can play the other mans game and neither man has a clear advantage.
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Rage Episode #26 (SMWA Gym, Detroit)
November 25, 2008
Announcer: Brian Guppie
Color Commentator: Mike Patterson
Guppie: “Welcome to SMWA Rage. We’ve got an exciting show lined up for you fans here tonight.”
Patterson: “We sure do. I’m Mike Patterson and I’m joined on commentary by Brian Guppie.”
Guppie: “We are starting the show off tonight with tag team action as the Wild Cards debut against the Thomaselli Brothers.”
Patterson: “These are two talented teams but both teams have a more distinguished singles wrestler. Eddie Kingston for the Wild Cards and Vito for the Thomaselli Brothers. That’s going to be an interesting factor in this match.”
Segment 1: The Wild Cards
Eddie Kingston and Jack Marciano walk out from the back and enter the ring to a muted response from the crowd. Kingston grabs the mic from the announcer and goes to it.
Kingston: “Listen up you pieces of trash! I wouldn’t expect people like you to know who we are! I’m Eddie Kingston and this is my partner Jack Marciano. We are a tag team the likes of which you guys haven’t seen before. We dominated the tag division in Chikara and we are going to dominate the division here too. Tonight we are going to take the Thomaselli Brothers down and that is just going to be the start. Our path to the title starts tonight and there is going to be no stopping us!”
OA: 58
Segment 2: The Wild Cards vs. The Thomaselli Brothers
Eddie and Vito start the match for their teams and Vito goes behind Eddie with a hammerlock. Kingston hits Vito with two hard back elbows then ducks behind into a hammerlock of his own. Vito spins out of the hold and falls to the mat tripping Eddie with a drop toehold. Vito jumps forward and grabs Eddie with a side headlock down on the mat. Eddie fights up to his feet and hits Vito with hard back elbows to the midsection then shoots him across the ring. Vito rebounds and Eddie sends him over with a backbody drop. Vito gets up to his feet and Eddie tattoos him with a brutal knife edge chop to the chest and Vito grabs his chest and turns away. Eddie spins Vito over and then nails him with another knife edge chop to the chest. Eddie grabs Vito by the arm and sends him into the ropes then drops him with a hard back elbow to the face. Eddie drops an elbow to Vito’s chest then makes a cover for a two count. Eddie pulls Vito up with a front facelock then backs into his corner and tags in Jack. Jack comes in and nails Vito with a series of hard right hands. Jack sends Vito into the ropes but Vito grabs the top rope to stop himself. Jack charges at him and Vito grabs the top rope and drops down sending Jack flying out of the ring and to the floor. Vito gets up and tags in Sal. Jack gets to his feet on the outside and Sal runs along the apron then jumps onto him with a plancha and lands on his feet as Jack hits the floor. Sal pulls Jack up and rolls him into the ring. Sal jumps onto the apron then slingshots in with a senton then makes a cover for a short two count. Sal pulls Jack up to his feet and takes him over with a vertical suplex and floats over into a cover and gets a two count before Jack rolls a shoulder. Sal pulls Jack to his corner and tags Vito in. Jack gets up to his feet and Vito nails him with a forearm to the side of the head. Vito scoops Jack up and sends him down to the mat with a powerslam. Vito climbs up to the second rope then comes off with a forearm to the head of Jack and makes a cover for a two count before Eddie comes in and breaks up the cover with a kick to the back of Vito’s head. Vito gets up to his feet and yells at Eddie as the ref forces him back to his corner. Vito turns around and Jack hits him with a kick to the junk. Jack reaches up and pulls Vito down into a small package and the ref dives down to make a two count before Vito manages to kick out.
Jack gets up to his feet and makes the tag to Eddie. Eddie comes in and drops Vito with a clothesline as he gets up to his feet. Eddie pulls Vito up and lifts him up and drops him with a brutal brainbuster. Eddie hooks a leg for the cover and gets a two count before Sal dives in breaking up the cover with a double axe handle across the back of Eddie. Eddie gets up to his feet and complains to the ref about Sal interfering. Jack uses the distraction to come into the ring and pulls Vito up to his feet. Eddie and Jack send Vito into the ropes then nail him with a double back elbow. Jack retreats to the corner and Eddie pulls Vito up and shoots him into the corner with an Irish whip. Eddie charges and nails Vito with a clothesline. Eddie lifts Vito up and sets him on the top rope. Eddie climbs up to the second rope and Vito nails him with kicks to the chest sending him down to the mat. Vito stands up on the second rope and jumps off and takes Eddie down with a crossbody block. Vito holds him down for a cover and gets a two count. Vito gets up to his feet and dives tagging in Sal. Sal climbs up to the top rope and comes off with a missile dropkick that knocks Eddie off his feet. Sal pulls Eddie up and rocks him with forearm shots. Unfortunately he doesn’t hit him hard enough as Eddie shakes off the strikes and then fires back with forearm shots of his own backing Sal up. Eddie grabs Sal and plants him with a stiff belly to belly suplex. Eddie gets up and tags in Jack. Jack comes in and grabs Sal as he gets up and plants him with a powerslam. Jack bounces off the ropes then jumps up and lands on Sal with a splash. Jack makes a cover and gets a two count. Jack pulls Sal up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Jack charges and runs into a big boot from Sal. Sal jumps up to the second rope and flips over Jack and springs up to his feet tagging in to Vito. Vito comes into the ring and ducks a clothesline from Jack and takes him over with a german suplex. Eddie comes into the ring and goes for a clothesline of his own but Vito ducks that one as well and plants him on the back of his head with a backdrop driver. Jack gets up to his feet and Vito goes for a german suplex but Jack blocks it this time. Jack hits Vito with some back elbows then goes behind him and takes him over with a german suplex and Vito slams into the corner hard. Sal comes into the ring and Eddie cuts him off with a hard clothesline. Eddie grabs Sal and throws him over the top rope to the outside. Vito gets up to his feet and Eddie charges and lays him out with a yakuza kick. Jack pulls Vito up by his hair then plants him with a powerbomb. Jack folds Vito over and holds him down for a three count.
Winner: The Wild Cards (16:23)
Notes: **1/4
OA: 60 CR: 53 MQ: 81
Guppie: “The Wild Cards pull out a victory over the Thomaselli Brothers in a back and forth tag team match.”
Patterson: “The Wild Cards really worked well as a team in that match and they just managed to overcome the Thomaselli’s with their size.”
Guppie: “After a commercial break we come back with Black Tiger IV taking on Josh Abercrombie.”
Patterson: “Black Tiger IV is a wrestler who can go in any style and Josh has a lot of heart but he may be outclassed here.”
Segment 3: Black Tiger IV vs. Josh Abercrombie
Tiger and Abercrombie lockup in the middle of the ring and Tiger takes Josh over with an armdrag. Josh rolls up to his feet and Tiger takes him down with another armdrag and goes into an armbar this time. Josh gets up to his knees and rolls forward then gets up to his feet and reverses the hold into an armwringer of his own. Tiger moves towards the ropes then jumps up to the top rope and jumps down back into the ring and takes Josh over with an armdrag breaking the hold. Tiger grabs Josh as he gets up to his feet and throws him to the mat with a headlock takedown and holds on to him with a side headlock. Josh pushes himself up to his feet slowly and hits Tiger with back elbows to the midsection creating space, then shoots Tiger into the ropes. Tiger rebounds and Josh connects with a leg lariat. Josh pulls Tiger up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Josh charges and goes for a shoulder to the midsection but Tiger spins out of the way and Josh slams into the ringpost. Tiger pulls Josh back into the ring with a rollup and gets a quick two count before Josh kicks out. Tiger pulls Josh up to his feet and hooks him for a tiger suplex but Josh blocks. Josh drops down to his knees and flips Tiger over with a hiptoss variation. Tiger rolls up to his feet and Josh takes him over with a snapmare and delivers a hard dropkick to the back of Tiger’s head and he rolls out of the ring for a breather. Josh goes to the ropes and launches himself over the ropes but Tiger moves. Luckily for Josh he keeps hold of the ropes and lands on the apron. Tiger comes back and Josh delivers a back kick to the face of Tiger sending him backwards. Josh jumps up to the second rope and springs off to the floor with a cockeyed spinning crossbody block taking Tiger down and getting some applause from the crowd. Josh pulls Tiger up slowly and Tiger explodes to his feet and nails Josh with hard kicks to the midsection from the left and right. Tiger drives a knee into the midsection of Josh then grabs him by the back of his trunks and sends him head first into the guardrail. Tiger pulls Josh up to his feet and rolls him into the ring then slides in after him. Tiger pulls Josh up to his feet and spins him around with an open hand slap then plants him with a belly to back suplex. Tiger hooks a leg for the cover and gets a long two count before Josh thrusts an arm into the air to escape the pin.
Tiger pulls Josh up to his feet and rocks him with a forearm shot then sends him into the corner with a hard Irish whip. Josh staggers out of the corner and Tiger crushes him with a running lariat. Tiger climbs up to the top rope letting Josh get to his feet then comes off with a missile dropkick. Tiger crawls over to Josh and drapes an arm over his chest to score a two count. Tiger pulls Josh up to his feet and drives a knee into his midsection then goes for a tiger driver but Josh blocks it and takes him over with a backbody drop. Tiger gets up to his feet and Josh connects with a forearm shot then grabs Tiger from behind and hits him with a leg cradle backdrop driver. Josh climbs up to the second rope and lets Tiger get up to his feet. Josh jumps off the second rope and catches Tiger pulling him down into a lungblower (Taliban Backpack). Josh makes a cover on Tiger and hooks the leg for a long two count. Josh hits Tiger with some hard stomps to the head then climbs back up the ropes to the top. Josh comes off with a back senton but Tiger rolls out of the way letting Josh crash down to the mat. Tiger gets up to his feet and nails Josh with a hard kick to the side of his head as Josh gets up to his knees. Tiger pulls Josh up and takes him over with a tiger suplex. Tiger bridges the move and Josh manages to roll backwards out of the cover for a long two count. Tiger pulls Josh up to his feet and sends him into the corner with an Irish whip. Josh jumps up onto the second rope then springs backwards and spins around connecting with an enziguri to the shoulder of Tiger sending both men down to the mat. The ref starts a standing ten count but both men make their way to their feet at the count of five. They face off and start trading forearms back and forth. Tiger ducks a forearm shot from Josh then pokes him in the eyes. Josh spins away grabbing his face. Tiger hooks his legs from behind and plants him on the back of his head with a tiger suplex then bridges the hold for the three count.
Winner: Black Tiger IV (11:02)
Notes: *1/4
OA: 53 CR: 46 MQ: 72
Guppie: “Abercrombie put up a good fight but Black Tiger was just too much for him and came out with the win.”
Patterson: “Abercrombie managed to control a lot of the match but Tiger came in and hit the big moves in order to get the win.”
Guppie: “It’s time for our main event after one last commercial break and Nate Mattson makes his open challenge.”
Patterson: “Mattson is undefeated since he returned to the SMWA and has fought in some brutal matches.”
Segment 4: The Hardcore Challenge
As the show comes back from commercial Mattson is standing in the ring with the mic in hand.
Mattson: “Lately I haven’t been on television or appearing at SMWA’s big shows. I know, it’s been hard on you fans and it’s been hard on me too. I want to be out here proving how much better I am than everybody in the back. I come in here and dominate people in the ring and then the management puts me on the backburner. They had the Midwest Invitational Tournament and they didn’t invite me! I won the first one and I made that tournament what it was and they have the gall to leave me out of this one! Everywhere I look I see the SMWA slighting me. Petey Williams got screwed in his shot at the belt and they have him a chance to win another shot but I don’t get that same opportunity. Elix got disqualified in his match against me and I haven’t gotten another shot at the belt. I’m going to show the guys in the back that I deserve a shot at the belt and I’m going to prove that tonight. I want anybody in the back to come out here and take me on in a no-dq match! Anything goes and I want somebody to step up to this challenge now!”
Mattson doesn’t have to wait long before familiar strains hit the speaker and the crowd pops as Low Ki walks out from backstage and comes down to the ring.
OA: 75
Guppie: “Mattson has had good luck with these challenges but he may have more than he can handle as he goes up against Low Ki.”
Patterson: “Mattson does have more experience with hardcore matches which may help him but Low Ki is a tough fighter and can take a lot of punishment and dish it out.”
Segment 5: Low-Ki vs. Nate Mattson
Mattson and Ki face off in the middle of the ring. The two men try to stare each other down before Mattson nails Ki with an open hand slap. Ki looks back and forth at the crowd and then unloads on Mattson with a brutal slap. Mattson comes back for more and Ki delivers with forearm shots to the side of the head. Ki grabs Mattson and shoots him into the corner with and Irish whip. Ki charges and nails Mattson with a high knee to the chest. Ki wraps the arms of Mattson over the top rope and then fires off stiff knife edge chops to the chest of Mattson. Ki backs up then nails Mattson with a hard kick to the side of the head that drops him down to the mat. Ki slides out of the ring then goes to the guardrail and takes a chair from a fan. Ki slides into the ring and scoops Mattson up and then puts him in the corner in the tree of woe. Ki climbs up to the top rope with the ladder in hand. Mattson starts to pull himself up and Ki jumps off the top and puts the chair under his feet as he comes off with a double stomp onto Mattson. Ki crushes Mattson down to the mat and the chair and Ki land on the head of Mattson and he’s out of it. Ki rolls away and the ref moves in and checks on Mattson who is starting to bleed from his chin. Mattson falls out of the corner then rolls out of the ring and the ref slides out with him. The ref goes to the time table and grabs a towel and holds it to the chin of Mattson. Ki plays to the crowd in the ring but doesn’t get much of a reaction from the worried crowd. Mattson gets up to his feet on the outside and slides back into the ring with blood still flowing down his chin. Ki grabs Mattson as he gets up to his hands and knees and nails him with a forearm shot. Mattson no sells it and comes back with a sloppy forearm of his own. Mattson follows up with a dropkick that sort of hits Ki in the shoulder and Ki drops down to the mat. Mattson grabs the chair from the mat and lets Ki get up to his feet then drives it into his midsection then slams the chair down across the back of Ki sending him down to the mat. Mattson puts the chair over the back of Ki’s head then stomps down on the chair getting some oohs from the crowd. Mattson rolls Ki over and makes a cover for a short two count count. Mattson pulls Ki up to his feet and shoots him into the ropes but Ki jumps up and springs off the middle rope and hits a spinning enziguri to the side of Mattson’s head dropping him straight to the mat. Ki slides out of the ring and pulls a table out from under the ring then slides it in. Ki rolls into the ring then sets the table up near the corner. Ki comes over to Mattson and gets an uppercut to the nuts. Mattson gets up to his feet and hooks Ki into a sloppy northern lights bomb. Mattson makes a cover and gets a short two count before Ki rolls a shoulder. Mattson pulls Ki up to his feet and backs him up along the table and into the corner Mattson goes for a punch but Ki blocks it then nails Mattson with a stiff forearm shot. Ki follows up with two more forearm shots then jumps up onto the top rope. Ki pulls Mattson up to the second rope and hooks him for a fisherman buster. Mattson fights out of it hitting Ki with punches to the midsection. Mattson frees himself and stands up on the second rope and lays into Ki with punches to the head. Mattson grabs Ki and lifts him up into a fireman’s carry. Mattson then jumps off the second rope and drives Ki through the table with a DVD. Mattson lays out over Ki and the ref makes the three count.
Winner: Nate Mattson (10:41)
Notes: *
OA: 59 CR: 67 MQ: 66
Guppie: “Mattson manages to get a win over Low Ki in that match with a brutal death valley driver through a table off the top rope.”
Patterson: “Ki ko’ed Mattson early in the match but Mattson came back and wouldn’t back down.”
Guppie: “That’s all for us tonight folks, be sure to tune in next week for more great action.”
Patterson: “Check out smwawrestling.com for info on upcoming shows and learn about your favorite wrestlers. For Brian Guppie, I’m Mike Patterson, thanks for watching.”