International Wrestling Cartel presents Super Indy IV
Date: 4/29/2005
From: McKeesport, PA
Prior to the opening match, Sebastian Dark and Hentai harass the ring announcer before the Gambino Brothers make the save. Dark ends up throwing a fireball into Mickey Gambino’s face taking him out of the match. I wasn’t expecting a fireball five minutes into the show.
Opening Contest: Dean Radford & Marshall Gambino vs. Hentai & Sebastian Dark: Hentai works over Marshall with a flag in the corner. Dark handcuffs Marshall in the corner as Hentai knee lifts Marshall several times. Marshall is pummeled by Dark and Hentai in the corner. Security finally comes out to check on Mickey. Hentai taunts Mickey with the keys for the handcuffs. Mickey continues to be worked over in the corner. Hentai clotheslines a security guy and heads to the top rope to hit a double knee strike. Radford eventually storms the ring and cleans house hitting a big boot to Dark and a spinebuster to Hentai. Radford manages to get the keys from Hentai and Mickey is freed to fight. Marshall side slams Dark out of the corner. Marshall splashes Dark over the middle rope. Radford clotheslines Hentai. Marshall slides to the floor and decks Dark over the middle rope. Radford splashes onto Dark’s back over the ropes. Radford slams Hentai and hits a middle rope leg drop for a two count. Radford punches Hentai a few times and tags in Mickey to keep control of the bout. Marshall decks Hentai with a right hand as Radford holds Hentai. Marshall drives Hentai down with a vertical suplex for a two count as Dark breaks the cover. Marshall knocks Hentai into the ropes with strikes and tags Radford back into the match. Hentai is met with a double elbow strike. Dark breaks the cover as Radford tried for a cover. Radford plants Hentai with a side slam for a two count as Dark made the save. Mickey chops Hentai upon entering the match and knee lifts Hentai to the mat. Mickey elbows Dark off the apron and continues to strike Hentai. Mickey suplexs Hentai and Radford runs the ropes, but Dark pulls the ropes and sends Radford into the post face first. Mickey knee lifts Hentai in the corner. Mickey splashes the corner, but lands on Dark. Hentai manages to roll Mickey up and puts his feet on the ropes to steal the match. (*1/2. Hentai looked good in there for what he was able to do. Hentai and Dark seem like a good heel team. The opening angle was the most entertaining aspect of the match.)
Second Contest: CM Punk vs. John McChesney in a first round match: Punk takes McChesney down to the mat to start the match with a headlock. McChesney counters with a hammerlock and switches to a headlock. Punk controls McChesney with a hammerlock on the mat. McChesney counters with a wrist lock and a headlock. McChesney shoulder blocks Punk and runs the ropes, but Punk arm drags McChesney. McChesney arm drags Punk and gets a rollup for a two count. Punk gains arm control after an arm drag and the crowd appreciates the action. Punk chops McChesney in the corner a few times. Punk continues to chop McChesney several times in the corner. McChesney fires back with strikes. Punk stops McChesney with a snap suplex for a two count. McChesney punches Punk several times and chops Punk against the ropes. Punk delivers a backbreaker to stop McChesney. Punk snapmares McChesney and delivers a kick to the back for a two count. Punk controls McChesney with a chin lock on the mat, but doesn’t get a submission. McChesney gets to his feet and elbows free from Punk. Punk misses an elbow and McChesney head scissors Punk followed by a middle rope missile dropkick for a two count. McChesney kicks Punk over the back and continues to chop Punk. McChesney elbow strikes Punk coming off the ropes for a two count. McChesney snapmares Punk and pulls back on Punk’s arms while his knee is between Punk’s shoulder blades.
Punk breaks free from McChesney but is met with a kick and chop followed by a northern lights suplex for a two count. McChesney heads to the top rope, but Punk gets up and stops McChesney with several strikes. McChesney shoves Punk away, but Punk punches McChesney a few more times. Punk hits a top rope hurricanrana. McChesney misses a clothesline and Punk chops McChesney several times. Punk clotheslines McChesney and hits a leaping forearm smash. Punk mule kicks McChesney, but McChesney connects with a superkick for a near fall. McChesney backs Punk into a corner and delivers a chop. McChesney counters a head scissors and drops Punk over the middle turnbuckle. McChesney clotheslines Punk in the corner, but misses a second attempt and Punk hits a lariat for a near fall. McChesney nearly wins with an inside cradle and a rollup. McChesney plants Punk with a flapjack. McChesney heads to the top rope, but Punk cuts McChesney off with a few strikes. Punk hooks McChesney looking for a suplex, but McChesney tosses Punk off. McChesney hits a top rope splash, but can’t make a cover. McChesney slowly covers, but Punk kicks out at two. McChesney tries for a suplex, but Punk counters looking for a neckbreaker, but McChesney reverses with a backslide to pin Punk for the win. (**1/2. A solid match and a huge victory for McChesney as Punk is wrapping up his indie run at this point. Considering it’s a tournament setting there wasn’t much in terms of intensity or drama here. They kind of kept it simple and they executed it fairly well.) After the match, they shake hands and Punk shows respect to McChesney. Punk grabs a microphone and puts over McChesney and Chris Candido, who recently passed away. The crowd chants for Candido.
Prior to the next match, Christopher Daniels says he’s not wrestling in a Super Indy Tournament because he’s the NWA-TNA X-Division Champion. He’s also not going to wrestle Glenn Spectre being dressed the way he is. Daniels declares that he’s going to leave. Spectre gets on the microphone and says he’s an international superstar, too. Spectre notes he’s DDT Tag Team Champion. Spectre taunts Daniels and that leads us into the match.
Third Contest: NWA-TNA X-Division Champion Christopher Daniels vs. Glenn Spectre in a first round match: Spectre hip tosses and arm drags Daniels followed by a dropkick to send Daniels into a corner. Spectre uppercuts Daniels and hits a back splash in the corner. Spectre hits a running butt splash in the corner. Spectre comes off the ropes with an elbow drop. They trade hammerlocks until Daniels runs into a dropkick by Spectre for a two count. Spectre keeps Daniels on the mat with a sleeper. Daniels elbows free and sunset flips Spectre, but Spectre sits down on Daniels face for a two count. Spectre drives Daniels down with a gut buster. Spectre covers for a two count. Daniels avoids a dropkick by holding the ropes and knee strikes Spectre to the floor. Daniels argues with the referee and comes off the ropes to baseball slide Spectre on the outside. Daniels rams Spectre face first onto the apron a few times. Daniels knee strikes Spectre several times in the ring. Daniels heel kicks Spectre coming off the ropes and taunts the crowd. Daniels chokes Spectre over the middle rope and delivers a snap suplex for a two count. Daniels keeps Spectre on the mat with a chin lock. Spectre elbows Daniels and is met with a knee lift coming off the ropes. Daniels rams Spectre into the corner face first and continues with several chops and strikes in the corner. Daniels works over Spectre in the corner, but Spectre tries to fight back with right hands, but is rammed into the corner several times. Daniels snapmares Spectre and delivers an elbow strike.
Daniels sends Spectre into the corner and delivers a high knee followed by a t-bone suplex for a two count. Spectre fights back with forearm strikes and boots Daniels in the corner. Daniels stops Spectre with a gut buster and puts an abdominal stretch on Spectre. Spectre breaks free with a hip toss. Daniels drives Spectre down with an STO for a two count. Daniels scoop slams Spectre and hits a moonsault for a near fall. Spectre delivers a few strikes, but Daniels cuts Spectre off with an overhand strike. Spectre nails Daniels with a kick to the head. Spectre gets to his feet and and forearms Daniels to the mat several times. Spectre backdrops Daniels coming off the ropes. Spectre kicks Daniels and delivers a knee lift followed by a leaping clothesline for a two count. Spectre drives Daniels down with a gut buster for a near fall. Daniels rams Spectre into the corner and hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for a two count. Daniels headbutts Spectre several times and delivers a clothesline for a two count. Daniels slams Spectre to the mat and signals for the BME. Spectre avoids the move and gets a rollup fora. two count. Daniels tries for a slam, but Spectre gets an inside cradle for a two count. Spectre dropkicks Daniels on the knee. Spectre hits a running hip strike to Daniels face. Daniels plants Spectre with a flatliner for a near fall. Daniels grabs the championship and misses hitting Spectre several times. The referee grabs the belt and rings the bell to disqualify Daniels. (**. Well, the finish is horrible. Daniels isn’t going to win the tournament and TNA isn’t going to allow their champion to do a clean job. Thus, there has to be a DQ finish and we are saddled with this BS finish.)
Fourth Contest: Homicide vs. Shiima Xion in a first round match: Homicide takes Xion down to the mat and Xion counters with a hammerlock. Homicide backs Xion into the corner, but doesn’t followup. Homicide wrenches on Xion’s arm over his shoulder. Homicide breaks out of a cover and they have a standoff. Xion works over Homicide with a few strikes against the ropes. Xion ducks a clothesline and head scissors Homicide followed by a dropkick to send Homicide to the floor. Homicide pulls Xion to the floor and delivers a scoop slam! Homicide scoop slams Xion a second time. Homicide grabs Maverick, but lets go. Homicide scoop slams Xion on the floor and there’s a noticeable thud, which the crowd loves. Homicide slams Xion a third time onto the floor. Homicide rolls Xion back into the ring, but Xion clubs Homicide. Homicide sends Xion into the ropes and hits a tilt a whirl sit out facebuster. Homicide kicks Xion over the back and delivers a knee drop. Xion is bleeding from his mouth as Homicide chokes Xion over the ropes and taunts Xion’s manager, Maverick. Homicide locks Xion into a submission, where Xion is tied up, but doesn’t get a submission. Homicide works over Xion with strikes in the corner and chops. Homicide elbow strikes Xion and covers for a two count. Homicide chops Xion against the ropes, but Xion hits an inverted DDT. Xion stomps Homicide in the corner several times. Xion boots Homicide and sends Homicide into the ring post. Xion locks in a standing submission, but Homicide breaks free. Xion clotheslines Homicide for a two count.
Xion forearm strikes Homicide in the corner. Xion takes Homicide down to the mat and sprays his hair while kneeling on Homicide’s back. Xion keeps control with an Indian death lock. Xion clubs Homicide on the mat, but Homicide kicks Xion only for Xion to hit a snap suplex. Xion heads to the top rope missing a frog splash attempt. Homicide hammers away on Xion with right hands and delivers a back elbow. Homicide tosses Xion with a t-bone suplex for a two count. Homicide takes Xion over with a double under hook suplex, but Xion kicks out at two. Homicide works over Xion with a chop in the corner, but Xion elbow strikes Homicide in the corner. Maverick cheap shots Homicide in the corner as the referee is distracted. Homicide blocks a running knee strike and tosses Xion away. Homicide nails Xion with a knee strike and a running boot in the corner. Homicide drags Xion out of the corner leading to a near fall. Xion dropkicks Homicide through the ropes to the floor. Xion heads to the top rope and hits a corkscrew dive, but Homicide moves out of the way and Xion hits Maverick instead, I think. Homicide decks Xion with a lariat and wins the match. (**1/2. I’m thinking the match was cut a little short because Xion crashed hard on the dive to the floor. I was expecting a bit more from these two, but I’m also aware that Xion is fairly new at this point in his career. Homicide’s slams to Xion sounded like they hurt with the thud and the crowd got more invested in the match once that happened.)
Fifth Contest: Jason Gory vs. Low Ki in a first round match: The fans are chanting that Gory is going to kill Ki, which likely isn’t the case. Ki backs Gory into a corner, but cleanly backs off. Ki takes Gory down to the mat and slaps the back of Gory’s head. Ki taunts Gory after a pin attempt. Gory takes Ki down to the mat and tries for a submission, but switches to a rollup attempt for a two count. Gory gets a modified arm bar on Ki, but doesn’t get a submission. Gory lets go of the hold and backs off into the corner. Ki controls Gory on the mat with a waist lock and switches to a chin lock. Ki keeps Gory on the mat with a chin lock. Gory counters with a headlock on the mat. Gory arm drags Ki and keeps arm control on the mat. Gory dropkicks Ki into the corner a couple of times. Gory avoids Ki in the corner, but Ki delivers a vicious chop and dropkicks Gory into the corner. Ki covers for a two count. Ki continues with a scoop slam and manages a two count. Ki continues with a chop to stagger Gory. Ki snapmares Gory and delivers a kick to the back. Gory tries to fight back, but Ki delivers a knee strike. Ki headbutts Gory into the corner and continues with chops. Gory powers out of a pin attempt, but Ki continues work over Gory and delivers a gut buster for a near fall. Gory hammers away on Ki with forearms and comes off the ropes for a sunset flip. Ki counters with a double stomp.
Ki covers Gory, but only manages a two count. Ki chops Gory and locks in a body scissors in the middle of the ring, but Gory doesn’t submit. Ki uppercuts Gory, but Gory fights back with forearm strikes. Gory hits a handspring elbow, but Ki doesn’t budge. Ki misses a springboard kick and Gory nails Ki with a kick to the head. Gory strikes Ki several times and tries to send Ki into the ropes, but Ki delivers an uppercut. Gory atomic drops Ki and delivers a side slam for a near fall. Gory handspring forearms Ki in the corner. Gory spikes Ki with a tornado DDT for a two count. Gory forearms Ki to maintain control of the bout. Gory forearms Ki against the ropes. Ki lifts Gory into the air and delivers a double knee strike for a two count. Ki backs Gory into a corner and sends Gory across the ring. Gory hits a Code Red and heads to the top rope trying for a 450 splash, but Ki got his knees up. Ki splashes Gory in the corner and heads to the top hitting the Ghetto Stomp. Ki covers and wins the match. (***. As expected Low Ki was quite stiff with a worker who is shockingly smaller than Low Ki. I enjoyed the action and I enjoyed Ki beating the crap out of Gory. Gory is a solid worker, don’t get it wrong. The crowd responded well to Ki demolishing Gory.)
Sixth Contest: IWC Tag Team Champions Midnight Express (Eaton & Condrey ) vs. Southern Comfort (Hamrick & Smothers): Eaton and Smothers kickoff the tag match. Smothers backs Eaton into a corner, but cleanly backs off. Smothers controls Eaton with a wrist lock, but Eaton counters quickly and tags in Condrey, but Smothers breaks free. Smothers takes Condrey down to the mat and they end up having a standoff. Smothers gets control in a test of strength. Condrey counters and tags in Eaton. Eaton keeps arm control, but Smothers takes Eaton down to the mat where Eaton gains control with a hammerlock causing Smothers to bail to the floor. Smothers kicks Eaton and delivers a few strikes in the corner. Eaton stops Smothers with a strike to the midsection and hits a swinging neckbreaker for a two count. Condrey tags back into the match, but Smothers tags out to Hamrick. Hamrick takes Condrey down with a side headlock to keep control of the bout. Eaton tags into the match and works over Hamrick in the corner. Condrey returns to the match and takes Hamrick down with an arm bar. Condrey switches to a Crossface and Hamrick struggles to get out of the hold, but manages to break free and elbow drops Condrey on the knee and switches to a modified surfboard. Condrey doesn’t give up and takes down Hamrick, but tags out to Eaton. Eaton nails Hamrick with a back elbow strike for a two count. Eaton continues to focus on Hamrick’s arm.
Smothers enters to cheap shot Eaton as the referee wasn’t paying attention. Smothers strikes Eaton several times against the ropes and stomps Eaton. Eaton avoids a backdrop with a strike and Condrey tags back into the match to elbow smash Smothers into his corner. Smothers asks for a timeout in the corner. Smothers elbows Condrey and delivers an uppercut. Condrey drop toe holds Smothers and Eaton returns to the match to deliver a knee drop. Eaton sends Smothers into a corner and delivers a right hand strike followed by a flurry of strikes. Smothers decks Eaton in the corner and Condrey enters the match wanting to shake hands, but Smothers isn’t confident to do it. They simply shake hands. Condrey is worked over by Hamrick in the corner and Hamrick gains the advantage with a chin lock on the mat. Smothers punches Condrey on the mat and Eaton enters the match to elbow drop Smothers after a drop toe hold by Condrey. Eaton tries for a cover and manages a two count. Condrey misses a clothesline and Hamrick superkicks Condrey. Hamrick leaps off the top to hit a leg drop for a near fall as Eaton breaks the cover. Eaton backdrops Hamrick coming off the ropes and Condrey flapjacks Hamrick. A female gets on the apron to distract Condrey and kisses her. Smothers accidentally decks her off the apron and Condrey rolls Smothers up to win the match and retain the titles. (*. I mean it would be a little silly to expect this to be a classic match. It’s cool to see the Midnight Express compete in 2005, but it’s just a nostaliga match for them. Southern Comfort didn’t get much of a shine here, and it’s a shame. They are one of the more underrated tag teams during this time on the indies.) After the match, the woman slaps Smothers and she celebrates with Midnight Express. Hentai and Sebastian Dark end up coming out and attacking the Midnight Express. Smothers and Hamrick return to make the save. Hamrick spikes Hentai with a sit out piledriver. Southern Comfort and Midnight Express embrace and it keeps Southern Comfort babyfaces.
Seventh Contest: John McChesney vs. Glenn Spectre in a semifinal match: Spectre takes the time to get the crowd behind him for the match. Spectre takes McChesney down to the mat, but they doesn’t last long and they counter each other several times. McChesney takes Spectre down to the mat and gains control with a front face lock, but Spectre counters the advantage. Spectre backs off and taunts McChesney by dancing for a moment. Spectre gets out of a headlock, but McChesney delivers a shoulder block and runs the ropes. Spectre tells McChesney to stop and proceeds to dance. McChesney shoves Spectre onto the referee and Spectre kisses the referee on the mat. McChesney jabs Spectre several times and hits a standing dropkick. McChesney nails Spectre with a spinning heel kick for a two count. Spectre forearms McChesney a few times followed by a body shot. Spectre throat thrusts McChesney several times. Spectre elbows McChesney in the corner a couple of times. Spectre head scissors McChesney to the floor. Spectre misses a baseball slide and McChesney gets back into the ring to knee strike Spectre to the floor. McChesney takes Spectre out with a somersault dive to the floor. McChesney rolls Spectre back into the ring and gets the crowd behind him. McChesney tries for a suplex to the floor from the apron, but Spectre drops McChesney over the top rope and hits a springboard elbow to knock McChesney to the floor.
Spectre takes McChesney out with a suicide dive to the floor. Spectre forearms McChesney s few times around ringside. Spectre rams McChesney face first onto the apron. Spectre rolls McChesney into the ring and delivers an elbow strike. Spectre forearms McChesney in the corner, but McChesney hits a springboard sunset flip for a two count. McChesney nearly wins with an inside cradle. Spectre almost pins McChesney with a rollup of his own. They bridge out of a pin attempt, but they lose their footing. Spectre clotheslines McChesney and spikes McChesney with a brainbuster for a two count. Spectre sends McChesney into the corner and delivers a running forearm smash followed by a running butt splash. Spectre puts McChesney’s hands down his pants to hit a Rock Bottom for a near fall. McChesney hits a middle rope blockbuster for a near fall. McChesney waits in the corner looking for a superkick. Spectre blocks a kick and yanks McChesney down by his groin. Spectre nails McChesney with a running knee strike for a two count. They begin to trade strikes until McChesney nails Spectre with a superkick. Spectre gets to his feet, but McChesney plants Spectre with a TKO leading to a near fall. McChesney kicks Spectre and hits another TKO and this time gets the three count. (**1/2. I’ll say that Spectre is an interesting wrestler. Spectre provides some comedy, but he’s clearly got some talent in there as well. McChesney is the right decision to win since I feel like Super Indy is an in-ring based tournament and McChesney is a stronger worker and would likely have a better match with Homicide or Low Ki. However, Spectre performing his offense with Low Ki would provide unintentional comedy, I’m sure.)
Eighth Contest: Homicide vs. Low Ki in a semifinal match: Early on, Homicide gets control on the mat working over Ki’s left leg. Ki manages to reach the ropes to stop the momentum and bails to the floor to regroup. Ki returns to the ring and they lockup in the middle of the ring. Homicide takes Ki down, but they remain locked up. Ki also takes Homicide down, but neither man has let go of the lockup. They eventually let go and have a standoff. Homicide takes Ki down to the mat and keeps leg control for a moment. Homicide strikes Ki on the mat while keeping a leg lock on Ki. Ki chops Homicide over the back a few times, but Homicide keeps control on the mat. Ki tries to chop himself free, but Homicide refuses to let go. Ki finally breaks free with several chops to the back. They stand up and Ki continues to chop Homicide several times. Ki nails Homicide with a chop, but Homicide eye rakes Ki. Homicide continues to work over Ki with chops in the corner. Homicide controls Ki on the mat with a headlock. Homicide controls Ki with a headlock on the mat. Ki chops Homicide several times, but Homicide doesn’t budge. Ki delivers a second windmill chop and that staggers Homicide. Homicide responds with a chop of his own and tells Ki to chop him some more. Ki chops Homicide several times to stagger Homicide and snapmares Homicide to keep control with a sleeper. Ki shoulder blocks Homicide, but Homicide responds with arm drags. Homicide keeps Ki on the mat with an arm bar.
Homicide controls Ki with a wrist lock, but Ki forearms Homicide away. Homicide arm drags Ki to the mat and keeps control for a few moments. Homicide pulls back on Ki’s arm. Homicide yanks on Ki’s arm, but Ki responds with a forearm to break free and knocks Homicide to the floor. Ki leaps off the apron to clothesline Homicide on the floor. Ki continues by chopping Homicide on the floor. Homicide tries for a slam, but Ki sends Homicide shoulder first into the ring post. Ki rams Homicide face first onto the apron and rams Homicide into the post. Ki knee lifts Homicide, but Homicide responds with a chop. They continue to trade chops on the floor. Ki rolls Homicide into the ring where Homicide hits an overhead suplex and controls Ki with a sleeper on the mat. Homicide hits a fisherman suplex for a near fall. Homicide delivers a running forearm smash in the corner, but Ki kicks Homicide twice to stop the momentum. Ki stomps Homicide several times. Ki chokes Homicide on the mat and delivers a hammerlock scoop slam. Ki keeps Homicide on the mat with an arm bar. Homicide kicks free from Ki. Ki uppercuts Homicide in the corner, but Homicide responds with a chop. Homicide sits on the middle rope and tries for a tornado DDT, but Ki avoids it and dropkicks Homicide into the corner. Ki tries for a cover, but Homicide kicks out at two.
Ki scoop slams Homicide and goes for another cover managing a two count. Ki uppercuts Homicide and continues with a chop. Homicide backdrops Ki to the apron and delivers a strike. Homicide gets a running start to hit a somersault suicide dive on the floor! Homicide rolls Ki back into the ring and goes for a cover managing a two count. Homicide atomic drops Ki followed by a running big boot for a two count. Homicide chops Ki against the ropes, but Ki kicks free and misses a clothesline allowing Homicide to hit a cutter and a Tiger Bomb for a near fall! Homicide signals for the Cop Killa. Homicide headbutts Ki on the lower back and tries for the move, but Ki blocks the attempt. Ki drives Homicide down to the mat face first and nearly wins the match. Ki clubs Homicide in the corner and delivers an elbow strike. Ki heads to the top rope, but Homicide avoids the Ghetto Stomp. Homicide tries for the Cop Killa, but Ki counters with a rollup and uses the ropes for leverage to steal the match. (***1/2. Easily the best match of the tournament thus far. These two have wrestled each other several times and with each other in JAPW and other promotions. The hard hitting action continues to get a crowd reaction and they worked a good match. The finish may be seen a little cheap, but it’s a good match full of hard hitting action.)
Prior to the next match, Sterling James Keenan cuts a promo saying that he’s going to leave the arena with the IWC Super Indy Championship. Norm Conners, the promoter, enters the ring and says that last time he was there he suffered cracked ribs. Conners has learned to not trust people and promises that Sebastian Dark and Hentai will be taken care of. Conners says that Keenan would be standing face to face with Vince McMahon if he didn’t have a huge chip on his shoulder. Conners brings out the challenger, Justin Idol.
Ninth Contest: IWC Super Indy Champion Sterling James Keenan vs. Justin Idol: They lockup and go down to the mat similar to the start of the previous match. Keenan chops Idol in the corner, but Idol responds with a chop of his own. Keenan forearms Idol and they begin to trade strikes. idol head scissors Keenan followed by a dropkick and an arm drag. Idol keeps Keenan on the mat with an arm bar. Keenan punches Idol against the ropes, but misses a clothesline. Keenan avoids a hurricanrana and delivers a reverse DDT for a two count. Keenan chokes Idol over the middle rope. Keenan takes Idol over with a snap suplex and taunts the crowd. Keenan comes off the ropes to deliver a fist drop for a near fall. Keenan works over Idol with right hands in the corner. Keenan hits a belly to belly suplex. Idol is eye raked by Keenan. Idol manages to hit a reverse DDT out of the corner for a near fall. Keenan sends Idol into a corner, but idol elbows Keenan. Keenan drives Idol down with a backbreaker for a near fall. Keenan keeps idol on the mat with a camel clutch, but doesn’t get a submission. Keenan stomps Idol on the mat. Keenan kicks Idol and comes off the ropes to deliver a knee strike. Idol nails Keenan with a kick and both men are down. Keenan is met with a crossbody in the corner and Idol goes to the top hitting a knee strike to the back of Keenan’s head for a two count. Keenan misses a clothesline, but hits an STO for a near fall. Keenan is met with a couple of kicks by Idol and a rolling neckbreaker for a near fall. Idol runs into a boot by Keenan in the corner. Keenan decks Idol with a clothesline and tries for a dragon suplex, but Idol rolls through. Keenan keeps the hold on and tosses Idol with the dragon suplex! Keenan slowly goes for the cover, but Idol kicks out at two. Keenan punches Idol into the corner and delivers a knee strike. Idol tries for a sunset flip, but Idol hits a sunset flip powerbomb for a near fall. Idol signals for the top rope and climbs to the top rope, but Keenan bails to the floor. Keenan walks into the crowd and grabs the championship to bail on the match. Keenan loses the match by count-out. (**1/4. The finish is a bummer, but Idol had a good showing in his debut for IWC. Idol has worked the area for quite a bit for NWA PWX. Idol would eventually become a regular in IWC.)
Tenth Contest: IWC World Champion Shirley Doe vs. Troy Lords: Lords slaps Doe and they tug on the belt until Doe clotheslines Lords a few times. Doe continues to knock Lords to the mat with strikes. Lords shoves the referee in the way, but Doe decks Lords again to the mat. Lords stops Doe with a heel kick and punches Doe against the ropes. Doe ducks a clothesline and hit a hurricanrana to send Lords to the floor. Doe tries to dive to the floor, but is stopped by the referee. Doe sits the referee on the top turnbuckle and tries for a dive, but is met with a chair shot by J-Rocc. Lords punches Doe on the apron and yanks Doe off the apron to the floor. Lords baseball slides Doe on the floor and heads to the top rope hitting a tornado DDT on the floor. J-Rocc chokes Dark on the floor with a t-shirt. Rocc hits a snap suplex on the floor to help Lords some more. Lords tries for a cover, but Doe kicks out at two. Lords elbows Doe to maintain the advantage. Lords headbutts Doe and hits a front suplex. Lords leg drops Doe a few times and delivers a rolling neck snap leading to a two count. Doe punches Lords a few times, but Lords forearms Doe followed by a headbutt. Lords boot scrapes Doe on the mat and locks in a dragon sleeper. Doe fights out of a neck vice and avoids a few clotheslines. Lords fails on a head scissors and settles for a jawbreaker. Lords spikes Doe with a tombstone piledriver for a near fall. Lords kicks Doe a few times, but Doe gets to his feet and takes Lords down with a dragon screw leg whip. Lords dropkicks Doe to avoid a shining wizard. Lords connects with a shining wizard for a near fall. Doe headbutts Lords and connects with a running clothesline. Doe tries for a cover, but Lords kicks out. Doe nails Lords with a spinning back elbow in the corner and yanks Lords out of the corner to hit a sit out powerbomb for a two count. Lords knee lifts Doe and hits a brainbuster for a two count. Lords tries for a powerbomb, but Doe counters and hits the Silly Head 2 for a near fall. Lords leaps off the ropes and drives Doe down on a botched move. Lords hits a springboard leg drop for a two count. Lords rams Doe into the corner and sits Doe on the top turnbuckle. Lords punches Doe on the top turnbuckle. Doe shoves Lords off the middle rope. J-Rocc grabs Doe’s boot on the middle rope to cause a distraction. Doe decks Rocc off the apron. Doe drives Lords down with a messy looking move where Doe tries for a backslide but floats Lords down to the mat head first. Doe covers and pins Lords. (*. That was one of the sloppiest matches I can remember seeing. The World Championship match on indie shows should be involving seasoned in-ring workers and that was not the case here, at all. They look like fools compared to the guys involved in the Super Indy Tournament. Doe and Lords are IWC guys and this kind of showing hurts the image of IWC’s title scene.)
Main Event: Low Ki vs. John McChesney in the finals of the Super Indy Tournament: Ki viciously dropkicks McChesney chest first into the corner. Ki slams McChesney leading to a near fall. Ki slams McChesney a second time and delivers a kick to the back. Ki chops McChesney to the mat for a near fall. Ki chops McChesney followed by an uppercut and keeps control on the mat with a sleeper. Ki stomps McChesney on the mat and continues with a chop in the corner. Ki overhand strikes McChesney, but McChesney responds with a series of chops and strikes. Ki knee lifts McChesney to stop the momentum and gets a two count. Ki chops McChesney through the ropes to the floor. Ki continues to chop McChesney on the floor several times. Ki sits McChesney on some chairs and delivers another chop. Ki rolls McChesney into the ring and gets a two count. Ki drives McChesney down with a gut buster. Ki backs McChesney into a corner and delivers a few shoulder rams. Ki continues with a chop in the corner and sends McChesney into the corner. McChesney almost wins with a rollup. McChesney ducks a kick and almost wins with a rollup. McChesney gets another two count and avoids a double stomp, but not a second one. Ki tries for a cover, but McChesney kicks out at two. Ki snapmares McChesney to the mat and keeps control with a body scissors.
Ki continues to press on the body scissors, but McChesney refuses to give in and reaches the ropes to break the hold. Ki shoulder rams McChesney in the corner a few times. Ki snapmares McChesney to the mat and delivers an overhand strike to the chest. Ki covers for a two count. Ki puts McChesney in the tree of woe and delivers a few stomps. Ki goes to the top rope and double stomps McChesney in the tree of woe! Ki drags McChesney to the middle of the ring, but only gets a near fall. Ki chops McChesney in the corner, but McChesney fights back with a few chops of his own. McChesney fires back with strikes and they trade stiff shots in the middle of the ring. McChesney dropkicks Ki coming off the ropes. McChesney elbows Ki and delivers a clothesline. McChesney hits a TKO and heads to the top rope. McChesney leaps off and hits a big splash on Ki. McChesney covers Ki leading to a near fall. Ki elbows free, but McChesney strikes Ki into the corner. Ki chops McChesney and delivers another vicious dropkick into the corner two times! Ki heads to the top rope looking for the Ghetto Stomp. Ki decides against going to the top and instead puts a choke on McChesney. McChesney fades in the middle of the ring, but his arm doesn’t drop three times. Ki continues to choke McChesney. McChesney uses the ropes and pushes off to land on top of Ki to pickup the win! (***1/2. The finish is obviously inspired by Hart/Piper at Mania 8, but not executed as cleanly. Despite that, it’s a good match and perhaps a breakout moment for McChesney in IWC. Low Ki sold himself as a hard hitting badass and McChesney overcoming that should cement him as a top guy for IWC moving forward. For having competed in two matches prior to this, they did a great job providing entertainment in the finals.)
Final Thoughts:
Super Indy IV is a decent overall show with a rather impressive showcase by Low Ki throughout the show. There’s some worthwhile action between Ki/Homicide and Ki/McChesney. I’ll give the show a mild thumbs up.
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