Blood & Honey 9 -- Atlanta on June 27

Photos by Matt Watkins From Larry Goodman: The madness continued at Blood & Honey 9.  The cops got called again. My rough head count bef...

Photos by Matt Watkins

From Larry Goodman:

The madness continued at Blood & Honey 9. The cops got called again. My rough head count before the main event totaled over 150 sickened minds, blood freaks, curiousity seekers and assorted weirdos in attendance at Monk's Meadery.

The main event (Nathan Mowery vs. Lil Sicko) blew away everything on B & H 8 and is my favorite so far on this deathmatch journey.  There was an abundance and demented, semi-psychotic moments during the night. 

Overall, I did not find this show as compelling as  the last one. Some of the matches ran too long. I like my deathmatch shows like Hobbes described life in a state of nature -- nasty, brutish and short. I also was not quite in the right frame of mind for a night of deathmatches so there's that.  

The appearance of Coven of the Goat (Nathan Mowery, Tank and the Rev) got a big pop to open the show. They were joined (at a distance) by Neji Ichiban, Stella Randy and Carson Rodgers. Ichiban said Coven kidnapped Stella last time so they kidnapped Bombshell. 

(1) Tank (with Reverend Dan) defeated Neji Ichiban (with Stella Randy) in 7:57. Rev did his usual great intro, always a hit with the crowd. Tank got creative with his sickle, running it between Ichiban's fingers and in his arm pit. Ichiban had a king-sized meat axe Tank bled. Tank chokeslammed Neji and sliced his groin with the cleaver well enough to get a "you sick fuck" chant. Coolest spot of the match was Ichiban's springboard crossbody into a tube bundle Tank was cradling in his arms. Tank pinned Ichiban with a Uraken into a DDT. 

Post-match, Rodgers nutted Tank and the heels started to lay a beating on him. Mowery scattered them with a weedwhacker. Mowery said he knew "Ramen Noodle" Terry Yaki was the asshole behind this. 

A match was made for July 19 - Tank & Mowery vs. Ichiban & Yaki in Coven of the Goat Rules: Tables from Hell -- Rev said they got their hands on a shipment of ECW style tables that would covered with various implements of destruction.

Don Miguel was back in the saddle as master of ceremonies. John Ellington refereed every match.

(2) The Goons (Lizzy & Payton Blair) defeated Thirst (Kelsey Raegan & Ravenna Vein) in 10:14. The Goons were in their element. They are primitive beings that don't mind gusset plates being inserted into their foreheads. Nothing if foreign to Vein. Raegan was taking a walk on her wilder side. Her body of work in Georgia this year is unparelleled.

Goons blasted Thirst in the back with light tube to jump start the match. A broken  tube went flying and clunked off the light post in front of me. Goons tied Raegan to the ring frame worked over Vein. Raegan made a one-against-two comeback. Thirst had a light tube party on Lizzy's back. HIIGHLIGHT: Blair sisters gave Raegan a double choke slam through a pane of glass. Thirst got their signals crossed. Raegan nailed Vein by accident and was pinned by Lizzy.

(3) Hardcore Hillbilly & Luke Hateful defeated Satu Jinn & GG Jacobs in 16:16. Great pop for Hardcore Hillbilly. He is a man of these people. GG beckoned HCHB to stick something in from behind. A thumb up his ass is not what GG had in mind. I could have lived just fine with less of this match. People getting knocked silly without a lot a skill. HCHB bladed while standing on the apron. Hateful was being seriously mistreated. GG spit a lit cigarette in his face and Luke got his arm sliced up by a garden tool. His back was an ugly mess. Age 20 and looks 50 somebody said. And he got "fuck you man bun" chant on top of it. HCHB got his titty twisted by Jacobs. GG kissing HCHB got a "Happy Pride Month" chant.  Highlight: HCHB shotgun dropkicking Jinn through a pane of glass.  Jinn and JJ won with  a double team maneuver that looked like the bong hits and booze had taken their toll.

The teams kissed and made up after the match. Jinn and Jacobs turned sour and left HCHB laying.

Give me Jinn, a master of the art form in a singles match against a worthy opponent. Please.

For the second show in a row, I looked to my right to find a cop standing next to me. He seemed like a nice enough guy, not nearly as good looking as the female office at the last shw. The cop surveyed the situation, saw nothing problematic and was on his way.

(4) Keelin Cole defeated Neil Diamond Cutter and Grayson Pierce (with Corinne Joy) in 19 minutes. "Sweet Caroline" played. Crowd was psyched for Cutter. The music suddlenly switched to "Fame" as Pierce came through the curtain. That pissed people off. Pierce fanned the flames by calling them dim, stupid and uneducated. Cole got a star reaction. He has really gotten over here. Cutter was treated like a revered legend. He looked too old and small to be doing this shit. Wrong. 

Cutter pounded gusset plates into his own like it was walk in the park. Cutter and Cole both leaking blood before long. Cole monkey flipped Pierce into what I think was a flat screen TV. lt did not break so Cole just tossed Pierce through it. Pierce and Cole teamed up for a long distance double superplex. It was the most spectacular wrestling move of the night and earned them a "holy shit" chant. Cutter gave Joy a DVD onto a tube bundle. Joy sustained a cut on her back but Cutter took really good care of her. Cole gave Cutter a blockbuster onto light tubes. Cole and Pierce went flying over the top rope onto a bridged barbed wire board. Pierce hit a 450 for a near fall on Cutter. Pierce took a sick brainbuster on a chair from Cutter. Cole kicked out of Cutter DVD onto a ladder at one and pinned him with the Keelin Cutter. 

Best match so far. They blended pro wrestling and deathmatch about as well as any B & H match I've seen..

Cutter said he would be retiring in October. He had to do it for his son. Crowd chanted "Thank you, Neil". Cutter said this was not Pierce's environment but he hung in with them and did a beautiful 450. Cutter put Cole over huge. 

Pierce and Joy got into argument. Pierce blamed Joy for the loss and she walked out on him. 

(5) The Initiation: Matt Griffin (with Young Boy Cooper) defeated Sam in 2:10. Griffin said he was undefeated in B & H this year and issued a challenge for any death match God to come to Georgia and get slain. This was the test for Sam to see if had what it took to join their group.

The horror. Best explosions of the night. Best blood by a female.  I think she passed.

(6) Lane Bloodie defeated JB Anderson in 9 minutes. Bloodie is a warrror. Insane Lane he was known as when I saw him compete 20 years ago in an IWA Deep South Deathmatch tournament in Cullman, A The Rev  was on commentary. Tank was in attendance. At least that's the way I remember it.  Anderson "the 61,000 nail baddie" was the babyface.

They battered each other with taped fist. Anderson used tack strips on Bloodie until his back was a sea of crimson. Bloodie had one of my favorite deatmatch weapons- the water jug on a pole a meat carver which drew copious blood from JB's forehead. Anderson took an ass beating. He got Irish whipped into a light tube star. They had a hiccup on the finish. Bloodie tried to huracana Anderson  onto a flat screen TV laced with barbed wire and tack strips. The move collapsed so Bloodie slammed Anderson on it.

Bloodie said he wanted his appointment with Dr. Redacted at B & H 10.

(7) Lil Sicko defeated Nathan Mowery in 13:13. Crowd was super psyched for this. The ring apron was loaded up with implements of destruction. Sicko's entrance was tremendous. Not to be outdone, Mowery blew a fireball on his way to the ring and started the match with a flaming torch in his hand. Mowery blew a fireball at Sicko who blocked it with a shield (see thumbnail photo).

Sicko went coast-to-coast, skateboard in hand, driving Mowery into a net of barbed wire. Sicko tried to moonsault onto Mowery, who was laid out under a barbed wirel ladder with a light tube tower on top. Sick came up short so he exploded the tubes with his shield. Mowery chewed on some tube glass, then planted Sicko with a J Driller into a light tube bundle. Sicko had a river of blood flowing down his back. Mowery took a hacksaw to Sicko's forehead. The fans on the side away from the hard camera chanted "over here". The blood was beginning to soak Sicko's pants. Mowery's superplex onto a tube star was good for a one count only. Sicko punced Mowery with a boxing glove loaded with firecrackers. Mowery's gordbuster through a sheet of glass got a two count. Sicko did a 619 into Mowery's gusset-plated forehead. Sicko flew through the air with the greatest of ease to deliver a springboard swanton with skateboard.

Rev threw the ringsteps into the ring. Mowery dropped an elbow into light tubes on Sicko as a transition. Mowery scaled the ropes. Sicko met him at the top. Rev covered a bridged shower door with light fluid and lit that sucker up. Sicko put Mowery through the fire with a Spanish fly. 

The crowd was stunned to see their hero left laying in the ring at the end of the night. Sicko took so much horrendous stuff it made sense for him to win.

This was awesome for the opening spot and the finish alone. These guys got the highest marks for creativity. Sicko is an athletic, death defying flier. Mowery loves to play with fire and he's skilled at it, thank heavens.

NOTES: The July 19 show promises to be huge. It will be the final night of the Scenic City Invitational weekend...Dante Darko was helping out backstage and with the set ups...Nathan Hamilton and came over after the DSW show on the beltline wrapped up.