Unlike almost every other wrestling show, this one wasn't video taped. The announcer led the crowd in cheer ‘n' boo practice.
1.) Kenny "The Sodbuster"
Jay (face) defeated the Executioner (heel) by DQ. Not
much positive to say about this one. The pair looked unable to come up
with an ending, so the Executioner hit referee Jeremy Halberg, who then
called for the bell.
2.) "TNT" Tesdale
(w/Divine, faces) pinned Hellraiser Blood (heel).
The announcer said that Tesdale had a win over Kurt Angle. He didn't
say when or how. Blood worked the crowd without the benefit of a
microphone. It was nice for a change to have an event not focused
toward a TV camera. Blood's offense featured a good drop kick and a
flying body block which got a two count. In the ending sequence Tesdale
did a corner to corner Xena flip, caught Blood's head with his ankles
and flipped him over. He followed that up with some sort of a sit-out
slam and got the pin. Tesdale would make a much better heel. Too bad he
can't change his name because it's tattooed onto his belly.
3.) Horace the Psychopath
(face) pinned Doink the Clown (heel).
Before the match, Doink went to great pains to hide his can of evil
Silly String. Horace got in his senton move early. Soon after that,
Doink sprayed him with the string. Right now HTP is perhaps the most
underutilized wrestler in town. Back in January he was main eventing
with Adam Pearce, but in this match he was reduced to selling to Silly
String. Later Horace took a steel chair that a kid was sitting in and
hit Doink in the head, hard enough to make a "clunk" noise. The match
had a lot of comedy bits including a crotch bite by Horace, a push-up
contest, a cart wheel contest. Horace at one point took a swig of
Pepsi, took the clown to the end of the gym, rammed his head into the
wall, brought him back into the ring, and only then delivered the spit
take. Later when the pair were once again out of the ring, a kid in the
audience offered his chair to Doink. The clown was hesitant but the kid
insisted and said with an earnest expression "No, it's OK!" So Doink
took the chair and sat on it. Horace won after a flying body press.
4.) Toni DeNucci (face)
pinned Primetime (heel) to win a belt of some sort.
What's the point of these meaningless belts anyway? Primetime wore a
stupid looking yellow cap. At one point PT shouted to the crowd "Who
sucks now?" The crowd responded "You do!" Primetime used a foreign
object which got a big reaction from the kids in the audience. DeNucci
won after a Xena flip, a jackhammer, a DDT, and a big splash.
5.) Nick Mondo (face)
pinned Hellraiser Gutts (w/Adnan, heels) to win some sort of belt.
Adnan, coming off of surgery, came out with crutches and did nothing.
This was my first look at Mondo, who uses a Martial Arts/Karate Kid
gimmick. At the start Gutts invited attacks from Mondo which he no-sold
until Mondo surprised him with a roll up for a two count. Then Mondo
hit an over the top rope senton. Next the pair fought out of the ring
and moved onto the gym stage. Mondo climbed a large wooden box and hit
a moonsault which missed and he landed with a thump. Gutts took over on
offense, and threw Mondo into an empty section of chairs. Back in the
ring Gutts got a two count after a sit out power bomb. Gutts dominated
for a time until Mondo made a Superman comeback out of a choke hold and
got in an Enziguri. Gutts responded with a neck breaker. Mondo then hit
a drop kick and a top rope sunset flip. The pair next went into a two
count exchange which climaxed with a double clothesline and a double
count. Mondo recovered first and performed in quick succession: a
spinning heel kick, a missile drop kick, a senton bomb, a slam, and a
second rope springboard moonsault which missed. Gutts countered with a
series of unreleased powerbombs, but Mondo slipped out of the last one
and got a pin. Good match. I would like to see more of Mondo. --doc d'X