MPW
April 14, 2001
Bloomington Armory
Bloomington, MNDJ Nick opened the last performance of the Bloomington series. One thing's for sure, this guy has a wardrobe made for radio.
1.) Shawn Daivari (face) pinned Sheriff Johnny Emerald (heel). She's baaaaaak. The referee for this one was Sandy. Emerald came out first and worked the crowd. Daivari followed wearing a Sheriff's hat and shirt and mocked SJE. Shawn is a natural countertenor. The match began with a pair of hip tosses by Shawn. Emerald bailed out and Daivari dove out after him. Later, back in the ring, Daivari connected with a stiff sitting drop kick, and went on with a russian leg sweep. Emerald came back and called for the pedigree, but Shawn countered and hit a springboard leg drop. He hit that but missed on a moonsault try. The Sheriff got in his bulldog but the youngster battled back and eventually did some kind of a face drop which sealed the win
2.) Austin Aries (heel) pinned Helmut von Strauss (face). Aries, while holding his foe in a headlock, slapped the bald German's head. After a leg scissors, von Strauss connected with a guillotine leg drop, only to miss twice with the fallaway elbow and moonsault. He recovered with his kick routine, but Aries came back with a spine buster for a two count, then a "people's" elbow. He went on with a belly to back suplex and tried for another but Helmut blocked that try and rebounded with a missile drop kick. He followed that up with a savate kick that hit Aries stiff and square on the face. AA came back with a Tajiri elbow, and a knee drop, and then in a funny move that drew applause, repeated the leg drop in "slow motion." Von Strauss came back with an "uberdriver" but got only a two count. At the end Helmut hit a stiff rabbit clothesline, but AA hit a half-nelson suplex which sealed the win. The two continued to fight as they moved back to the locker room. This match was stiff and physical throughout. It was a pleasure to watch the impressive effort.
3.) Thor (face?) pinned "City Slicker" Jake Ricker (heel). At the start Ricker stalled, displaying his eleven inch pythons. Thor threw Jake about a foot in the air kicking out of his initial pin try. A slap press pin try did no better. Ricker put on a surfboard which got a big "Thor-Thor!" chant out of the audience. Jake paused to talk to his Mom on his cell phone, and after that Thor went on offense hitting a powerslam and a side salto. Ricker tried a swinging neckbreaker, but missed that spot, so he did it again, blaming Thor's long hair. A second surfboard produced a second "Thor!" chant. The pin came after a rock bottom. Action in this one was slow at times, but Ricker was funny, and the audience responded to Thor beating him up.
4.) Black Stallion (face) pinned Ian Xavier to defeat Cruel & Unusual (heels). This was a handicap match. The heels attacked Stallion before the bell. BS replied with a double clothesline, then a salto on Hoofer. That one came back with a flying shoulder block and threw Stallion out of the ring. BS got onto the ring apron and connected with an over the top rope shoulder block of his own. Ian Xavier got into it with the audience saying to one kid, "Shut your hole!" The kid retorted, "I don't have a hole!" For once, Ian was speechless. Later, when a gray-haired woman got up out of her chair to address "Mr. Unusual," Ian said, "Sit down Grandma Moses." Black Stallion got applause when he body slammed the "Lethbridge Leviathan." C & U got in a good over and under clothesline. The end came when Xavier swung his chair at the Stallion, who was leaning groggy against the ropes. He moved, the chair bounced off the top rope, and clocked Xavier on the noggin. He fell to the mat and BS followed, draping an arm onto Ian and lucking into the win. After the match Xavier said, "That Black Stallion's ass is grass and I'm the lawnmower."
After intermission Mike Mercury, Kevin Krueger, and Lacy came out to continue the skit they began last show. Mercury got onto one knee to propose only to have Lacy slap him in the face. Shifty and Mitch Paradise then came in to clean house.
5.) Adrian Lynch (w/Sheriff Johnny Emerald, heels) pinned "Straight Edge" Eric Hammers (face.) Lynch tried to overpower Hammers early. Eric started a "kill the pig" chant. After taking an inverted DDT, Lynch bailed out. Eric Hammers then climbed to the top corner turnbuckle and delivered a somersault senton on Adrian and Sheriff Johnny. He landed hard and appeared stunned. Emerald broke character and checked on him. After a short time the action resumed, but Hammers was favoring his right ankle noticeably. Lynch threw Eric out of the ring where he was attacked by SJE. Though hampered, Hammers got in an offensive series of a DDT, spinning heel kick, sitting snap mare, and a top rope huracanrana. Lynch hit a pile driver and got the clean pin. Hammers was still limping after.
6.) Mitch Paradise and Shifty (w/Lacy, faces) defeated Mike Mercury and "God's Gift" Kevin Krueger (heels). There was a very large contingent of "Team Paradise" in the crowd. Maybe they put something in the water in New Prague, but these people are as fecund as the shad. Early on Shifty hit a standing huracanrana on Mike Mercury. Later Mitch threw Kevin Krueger over the top rope, showing good height. In a good double team move, Paradise held Mercury in a full nelson while Shifty dropkicked him. Mitch later put a pumphandle fallaway slam on Krueger, then tagged to Shifty. Soon after Krueger dropped Shifty's neck onto the top rope and the heels took over. What followed was a long sequence of selling by Shifty, with intermittent tags to Mitch that the referee didn't see and thus, didn't allow. During this sequence the heels put Shifty onto the top turnbuckle, Mike Mercury climbed Kevin Krueger's shoulders and executed a top rope, totem pole suplex. This had to be the move of the night. Finally, Shifty made the hot tag and Paradise took over and, while holding Mercury for a fallaway slam, delivered a big boot to Krueger. Next he put the chokeslam on Krueger to seal the win.
7.) Ian Xavier won the 19-man "Bloomington Brawl." This was done in a Royal Rumble format. The wrestlers entered in this order: 1. Austin Aries, 2. Helmut von Strauss, 3. Big Daddy Hoofer, 4. Eric Hammers, 5. Radical (formerly T-Bone Roads and Road Rage), 6. Black Stallion, 7. Playboy Pete Huge, 8. Doctor Darin Davis, 9. Mason Diggs, 10. Shawn Daivari, 11. Thor, 12. Mitch Paradise, 13. Adrian Lynch, 14. Mike Mercury, 15. Shifty, 16. Kevin Krueger, 17. Ian Xavier, 18. Sheriff Johnny Emerald, 19. Jake Ricker.
The wrestlers exited in this order: 1. Helmut von Strauss 2. Austin Aries, (these two continued to fight outside the ring and back to the locker room) 3. Sarge. 4. Hoofer, 5. Black Stallion, 6. Eric Hammers, 7. Playboy Pete, 8. Mason Diggs, 9. Doctor Darin Davis, 10. Thor, 11. Mike Mercury, 12. Kevin Krueger, 13. Adrian Lynch. At this point Mitch Paradise body slammed Ian Xavier. The impact of the broad-beamed Canadian hitting the mat was so great that 14-17. Shifty, Jake Ricker, Shawn Daivari, and Sheriff Johnny Emerald simultaneously flew out of the ring. While Paradise was distracted by the Cheeseheads, Xavier eliminated him to win the Bloomington Brawl, and was awarded a trophy for his effort. -doc d'X