We are outdoors, and the look is
not dissimilar between this show and the ones from the pawn shop in Port Richey,
Florida – pines and maples instead of palm trees, people wearing hoodies
instead of tank tops, less women that attract the eye in the crowd
perhaps. But the energy is similar,
people there hunkering down for the first of three ICW shows over two days, and
other Deathmatch shows besides. It is
the Deathmatch Circus weekend, and this show is drawing first blood, as it
were. We’re in the chains. Larry Legend, introduced by owner Danny
Demato as “the best fucking ring announcer in the world” (accurate) looks like
the proverbial Deathmatch Ringmaster.
The Struggles and Ron Niemi are on commentary. I am watching on IWTV, which was glitch free
all night save for Sadika’s introduction (I did flip my shit…after all,
Sadika/Mickie Knuckles was why I was watching in real time) but other than
that, the production was crisp, and all the big moments were caught on camera
as it should be.
Brandon and Kasey Kirk come out
first to Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy.”
Brandon is smoking a cig. And
Kasey is smoking as usual, sans tobacco.
Brandon isn’t scheduled but is in his gear. Brandon (who is taking on Detroit Red Wings
enforcer Darren McCarty in the very next show in The Pit) wants a match, and he
gets one in the form of AKIRA, the Deathmatch Samurai and we are off to the
races (with Orin Veidt not available this weekend, ICW did a little bit of
shuffling. I must say they did a
resplendent job. Not only were matches
replaced, not only were there “make goods,” it felt like in many ways things
were actually improved – not easy to do when you are absent the fantastic Orin,
the guy who did a legendary Iron Man Deathmatch with John Wayne Murdoch)
AKIRA pinned Brandon Kirk (with
Kasey Kirk) with a piledriver off of a chair
After an open where Kasey Kirk invokes the time when AKIRA knocked
her out when she was going into her “my husband…” promo, AKIRA tosses a
flatscreen TV into Kasey’s head. After
AKIRA bashes Brandon about, Kasey wails away in revenge for Pit Fighter 6 when
AKIRA ka-bonged Kasey. There’s a board
with 45 RPM records stuck inside like a vintage porcupine. Kirk with a release suplex bomb onto the 45
records = ouch. The story is AKIRA’s quickness and attempted submissions and
ground and pound versus Kirk throwing AKIRA around. These two always are good in the ring
together, in this match is no exception.
AKIRA eventually finishes Brandon for a great first match. Tough start for Kirk, who will be in a fight
with Darren McCarty later tonight and have another big match the next day,
teaming with his wife against owner Demato and a mystery partner.
On IWTV, a Reverend Dan promo about
Justin Kyle plays. It is amazing and brilliant, and the Southeast wrestling
fans who know beam with pride. Tank is tough and they show it. Kyle will be in
for a fight and he knows it.
Justin Kyle wins via referee
stoppage using a guillotine choke over Tank (with Reverend Dan Wilson) Ron Niemi puts over Jeff G. Bailey
and Wildside/Anarchy. Rev. introduces
Tank and the Tank chants start again. A
poor, unfortunate door gets splintered.
Tank gets clever with the door pieces to take control and bloody
Kyle. Chop fight! Tank spears Justin Kyle through a door, but Kyle
uses that to catch Tank with a guillotine choke and the referee stops it
because Tank couldn’t respond. Tank is tough as hell, and the crowd loves
him. Kyle is a machine, and seemingly
tireless and that’s the difference.
Atticus Cogar defeats Jimmy Jacobs
after putting skewers into the head of Jacobs and driving his head into the mat
Atticus
attacks the hometown boy Jimmy Jacobs, whose wrestling resume is fantastic –
look it up if you don’t know. Another
example of how ICW just makes the best decisions about people to bring in for
these one-offs. Ron really putting Jimmy
over. Blood flowing from both. Skewers teased by both. Jacobs hits his Senton Bomb off of the top
platform onto Cogar putting him through a door, but Cogar kicks out. Skewer shots traded in a wild exchange even
by Deathmatch standards, then all the skewers into Jimmy Jacobs’ head, then Cogar
drives his head down. 44.OH! even with
the loss of Rickey Shane Page to AEW will be just fine.
Neil Diamond Cutter pinned Mad Man
Pondo after a dive off of the corner platform onto a door on the prone body of
Pondo Both are bleeding in no time
flat. Neil is the right opponent for
Pondo – Cutter is very mobile, very creative, and can and will take a ton of
punishment. Lighttube Terry Bolea
(seriously, find the pics) gets Neil dropped onto it stomach first. Pondo with scissors to Neil’s head. Staple gun to the mouth of Cutter, then a
gusset plate to his back. Pondo kicks a
light tube into Neil Cutter’s nethers, and is rolling. Neil kicks the match into high gear on his
comeback, and scores the win.
Neil talks, best line is the retort
from Pondo. When Cutter says, “I loved
how this turned out.” Pondo, “Yeah,
because you fucking won.” Pondo took the
mic after being put over and asked for the crowd to chant for Daffney as they
left. The crowd happily obliges, and it
is lovely.
Dale Patricks demolishes Jeff King,
chokeslamming him onto a lighttube bundle Jeff King is “The Old
Timer”. He is a local guy, and was in
really streamlined good shape. He looked
to be fodder for Patricks. I have never
seen a Dale Patricks match that was anything less than the best match on the
card, or at least amongst them. His
stuff in the ICW Jersey shows was mind blowing.
Gusset plates and blood abounds. An
ugly, desperate spear by King puts Dale through a door in the corner. Dale Patricks powerbombs Jeff King through a
pane of glass setting up the finish immediately.
Dale Patricks calls out John Wayne
Murdoch, noting that he has a shot at Murdoch’s American Deathmatch Title
tomorrow night! The note that there is a
Pit Fighter show after this, and another No Holds Barred show tomorrow
night. MADNESS.
44.OH! (Eric Ryan and Bobby
Beverly) defeat The Rejects (John Wayne Murdoch and Satu Jinn) in the third
fall of an impromptu 2 of 3 falls match when Eric Ryan delivers headbutts to
the back of Murdoch’s head until the referee stops the match Barbed Wire
covered doors in the corners. Eric Ryan
gets pinned quickly by Murdoch. So they
simply restart the match. Ryan hits a
dragon suplex on Murdoch and Beverly. Murdoch
and Eric Ryan brawl out past the concession stands next to the
commentators. They sit in chairs and
barfight it (barfighting in Deathmatch is when you sit in a chair along with
your opponent and you punch away at each other). Finally back in the ring and Jinn matters to
gain a near fall on Beverly through a barbed wire covered door. Beverly puts the mammoth Satu Jinn through a
pane of glass with a Saito suplex.
Murdoch breaks up the pin, but gets brutalized by an extended double
team mugging by Ryan and Beverly. Eric
Ryan goes into a Mahistrol, but uses the technique not to pin, but to render
his opponent trapped. He then delivers a
series of headbutts to the back of Murdoch’s head until the referee stops
it! Shocking! This is the beginning of a
an arduous weekend for Murdoch. His
Trials of Job (pronounced “Jobe,” heathen) if you will.
Mickie Knuckles promo. Mickie’s blood covered face. “Pure violence for the sake of fucking
violence.” Sadika translated from
Spanish “I am going to fuck you up.”
This is your main. And what are
the two jobs of a main event according to Stephen Platinum? Create hype and live up to the hype. This match does both.
Sadika Mickie Knuckles Doors, light tube bundles, and
other assorted fuckery in the ring. Mickie
to the ring first with two battle axes and downing a quick shot of booze. Sadika does a front handspring(!) with a
middle finger for the crowd. It has that
big Big BIG fight feel to start. The
crowd is clearly getting it’s second wind for this one. Mickie, “Welcome to America, baby!” then
headbutts a light tube bundle into the head of Sadika, and the glass
EXPLODES. Mickie does a hammerfist onto
another tube bundle into the neck and chest of Sadika. Mickie grinds the axe into the head. Mickie Knuckles ruled in the ring…but Sadika
ruled out of it, suplexing Mickie off of a chair through a bundle of tubes on
the dirt floor. Mickie gets the juice
back, and hits a senton onto a tube bundle onto a prone Sadika. Then they are on their knees in a shot
trading blows, and Sadika gets the better of it. Sadika slides a glass pane into the
ring. The two brawl more as they go back
into the ring. Mickie tried to use a
gusset plate, but Sadika gets it, puts it on the chest of Mickie and chops
away. Mickie fights through it and gets
a Northern Lights suplex on Sadika through the glass pane. Mickie sent into the carpet strip covered
door. Light tube bundle on the chest of
a prone Mickie Knuckles…Sadika with a twisting splash…but Mickie kicks
out! Sadika goes bonkers, and starts
carving up Mickie’s head with broken glass so frantically that the referee
stops it. Sadika shoves the referee and
keeps going after Mickie. Danny Demato
and others rush out, but Sadika can’t be stopped and keeps pulling out light
tubes and wailing away on the fallen Mickie.
It’s crazy. Just chaos. Sadika steps on Mickie’s head. And just keeps grinding her heel. Sadika starts smothering Mickie with the flag of Mexico. Justin Kyle and a host of other wrestlers
come out to try and separate them. They
are screaming at Sadika. A rare match
that absolutely exceeds the loftly expectations.
Danny Demato takes the mic and says
“You just witnessed history.” And he’s
right. Sadika speaks saying that Mickie
needed help. Demato takes the mic and
declares that they are going to do this match again. Demato shakes hands with Mickie. Mickie speaks. She points to Demato, “We’re cool.” She points at the crowd, “We’re cool.” And she says that she will fight Sadika
again, but after she takes care of that, she wants John Wayne Murdoch. Demato acknowledges that Mickie put female
American deathmatch on her back for two decades.
Wow. The supposed “women’s revolution” finally
gets their bloody coup thanks to Mickie Knuckles and Sadika.
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