Immortal Championship Wrestling presents Immortal Things V
Date: 7/13/2024
From: Utica, NY
Backstage, footage of Mike Skyros and Minoru Suzuki arriving to the arena is shown. They are attempting to make this feel like a big match.
Opening Contest: Keenan Moore vs. Trevor Terry vs. Price Puregold vs. Matt McCoy in the finals of the Rising Star Tournament: McCoy pump kicks Terry into the corner. Moore chops Puregold several times, but McCoy knee lifts Moore. Moore clotheslines McCoy, but Puregold clotheslines Moore. Puregold elbows Terry into the corner, but Terry hits a missile dropkick. McCoy plants Terry with a reverse DDT. Moore tosses McCoy with an exploder suplex. Moore clotheslines McCoy in the corner and hits a tornado DDT out of the corner. Puregold gets in the ring and Moore almost wins with a rollup. Puregold powerslams Moore for a two count. Puregold grabs Terry to deliver a gut buster. Terry avoids a clothesline to kick Puregold followed by a northern lights suplex for a two count as McCoy made the save. McCoy has Terry on his shoulders, but Moore gets involved to drive McCoy to the mat. Puregold superkicks Terry and trades chops with Moore. Puregold chops Moore to keep control. Puregold catches Moore in the corner to deliver a gut buster and decks Moore with a clothesline. Puregold grabs Terry, but Terry counters and hits a springboard cutter for a two count as McCoy makes the save. McCoy tries to steal the match, but can’t get a three count. Terry punches McCoy a few times and rams McCoy into the corner. Terry sits McCoy on the top turnbuckle, but McCoy forearms Terry. Terry headbutts McCoy on the top turnbuckle. Moore forearms Terry from the apron. Terry punches Moore and rams Moore and McCoy into each other. Puregold stops Terry on the middle rope with a strike. Terry hooks Puregold for a suplex, but McCoy comes over and they hit a Tower of London. McCoy covers Terry with his feet on the ropes and pins Terry to win the match. (**. A rather short match, but a decent match to kickoff the show. Moore looked good in there and stood out from the bunch. McCoy may have been the last guy I would have thought to win this one.)
Second Contest: Black & Yellow (Ting & Jackson ) & Adam Stone vs. Edge of Hope (Cerine Rahne, Darren Crow & Mattick): Stone and Mattick kickoff the match with Mattick backing Stone into a corner, but Stone responds with a chop. Stone splashes Mattick followed by a slam. Stone slams Rahne onto Mattick after sending Crow to the floor. Mattick gains control and tags in Crow, but Stone sends the heels into each other and tags in Ting. Ting delivers a top rope double stomp to the arm of Rahne and delivers a sloppy sling blade for a two count. Ting chops Rahne in the corner and hits an arm drag out of the corner followed by a dropkick. Jackson tags in and nails Crow with a double knee strike. Ting delivers a senton splash and Jackson gets a two count after a knee drop on Crow. Jackson holds Crow for a delayed vertical and Stone leaps off the ropes to hit a crossbody for a two count. Stone tries for a suplex, but Crow gets to his corner and Rahne delivers a knee from the apron. Rahne hits a rolling neckbreaker for a two count on Stone. Rahne forearms Stone and delivers a sliding kick to the head before tagging in Mattick, who delivers a running uppercut to the back. Mattick decks Jackson on the apron and taunts the crowd.
Stone punches Mattick, but runs into a discus clothesline for a two count. Crow tags in and Mattick slams Crow onto Stone for a two count. Stone tosses Crow into the corner upside down and hits a spinebuster. Jackson tags into the match and cleans house with clotheslines. Jackson tosses Crow and Rahne overhead with suplexs. Jackson hits a bulldog/clothesline combo. Jackson has Crow on his shoulders and tosses Rahne with a fallaway slam. Ting kicks Rahne from the apron and Jackson delivers a powerslam. Crow drops Ting over the top rope and Mattick delivers a Death Valley Driver over his knee for a two count. Mattick spikes Ting with a brainbuster. Crow hits a springboard moonsault for a two count. Rahne tags back into the match as Crow delivers a front suplex to Ting. Rahne nails Ting with a running knee strike for a near fall. Rahne superkicks Jackson off the apron to the floor. Ting kicks Rahne, but misses a sunset flip and settles for a Falcon Arrow. Crow tags into the match as does Stone. Stone cleans house with shoulder blocks. Stone plants Mattick with a DDT. Stone drives Crow down with a backbreaker for a near fall. Mattick pulls Stone to the floor and sends Stone into the guard railing. Cody from K-Rock tosses a beer at Mattick and is attacked by Mattick on the floor. Rahne dives over the ropes onto everyone on the floor. Rahne avoids Stone in the corner and hits a cutter. Ting nails Rahne with a spin kick. Mattick hits a sit out swinging slam on Ting. Jackson tries for a slam, but Mattick elbows free and is met with a kick by Jackson. Jackson manages to slam Mattick, but Crow uppercuts Jackson and hits a standing Slice Bread. Stone plants Crow with a Rock Bottom for the win. (**. Man, the commentary team for this match were brutal. They didn’t know the names of the guys and it almost felt as if they weren’t paying attention to the action. Ting was a bit sloppy throughout the match, which isn’t normally the case. It kind of was a mess, but it wasn’t horrible. It could have been cleaner and paced better.)
Third Contest: ICW Women’s Champion Christina Marie vs. Ava Everett: Marie controls Everett with a headlock and shoulder blocks Everett to the floor to kickoff the match. Everett yanks Marie down to the mat and delivers a few strikes over the back. Everett delivers a kick to the midsection and sends Marie into the corner, but Marie flips out and dropkicks Everett to the floor. Marie takes Everett out with a suicide dive to the floor. Marie rolls Everett back into the ring and Everett bails to the floor again. Everett runs away on the floor and delivers a boot in the ring. Marie sunset flips Everett for a two count. Marie gets another rollup for a two count. Marie nearly wins with a crucifix and Everett goes to the floor to regroup. Everett walks up the aisle and heads backstage, but Marie brings Everett back to the ring. Marie misses a kick from the apron and is yanked down by Everett. Everett sends Marie into the ring post shoulder first. Everett clubs Marie on the floor with a forearm strike. Everett delivers a blow over the back and stops the count by rolling back into the ring. Everett rams Marie face first onto the apron. Everett stomps Marie on the mat and gets a two count. Everett splashes down onto Marie’s back to keep the advantage. Everett delivers a hip attack to stagger Marie followed by a quick DDT for a two count.
Everett rams Marie into the corner, and delivers several chops. Everett rams Marie into the corner and chokes the champ against the top turnbuckle. Marie sends Everett into the corner a few times, but Everett delivers a throat strike and kicks Marie on the mat. Everett plants Marie with a flatliner for a near fall. Everett clubs Marie over the back, but Marie counters a suplex to hit a vertical suplex and both women are down. Marie clotheslines Everett followed by an elbow and dropkick. Everett dumps Marie to the apron, but Marie delivers a strike. Marie hits a springboard back elbow for a two count. Everett stops Marie with a jawbreaker and elbows before getting a rollup for a two count. Everett superkicks Marie for a near fall. Marie misses a strike and Everett delivers a cutter for a two count. Everett forearms Marie and tries to go to the top rope, but Marie stops Everett with a strike. Marie manages to hit a middle rope German suplex, and stayed in a tree of woe! Marie hits a top rope spear for the win! (***. I enjoyed that quite a bit. I’m not very familiar with either woman, but that was a fun match. Marie showed some fun offense and the closing sequence was very good. Marie could be someone to keep an eye on.) After the match, Ivelisse calls out for a match with Christina Marie.
Fourth Contest: Steve Maclin vs. Jora Johl: Maclin backs Johl into a corner, but backs off. Maclin retreats to a corner to avoid Johl. Johl backs Maclin into a corner, but Maclin goes under the ropes to stop the momentum. Johl takes Maclin down with a headlock and keeps the hold on for a few moments. Maclin nails Johl with an elbow strike to gain the advantage and chops Johl against the ropes. Johl fights back with a series of chops and forearm strikes. Maclin boots Johl and comes off the ropes, but is met with a dropkick. Johl chops Maclin into the ropes. Johl shoulder blocks Maclin and catches Maclin on his shoulders, but Maclin breaks free and Johl hits a powerslam for a two count. Johl forearms Maclin in the corner and rams Maclin into the corner face first. Johl kicks Maclin, but Maclin drops Johl throat first over the top rope. Maclin stomps Johl on the mat. Maclin drives Johl down with a backbreaker for a near fall. Maclin taunts the crowd while keeping control of the bout. Maclin chops Johl in the corner and continues to taunt the crowd. Johl fights back with strikes to stagger Maclin. Johl forearms Maclin in the corner, but Maclin hits a Rock Bottom out of the corner for a near fall. Maclin knee drops Johl on the lower back. Maclin kicks Johl to the floor and delivers chops around ringside. Maclin slams Johl onto the apron. Maclin stomps Johl back in the ring for a near fall. Maclin keeps Johl on the mat with a chin lock, but doesn’t get a submission. Johl fights free with elbow strikes and ducks a clothesline. Johl comes off the ropes and collides with Maclin on a clothesline. Johl boots Maclin in the corner and delivers an elbow strike. Johl delivers a few elbow strikes and knee strikes Maclin followed by a suplex. Johl delivers a double under hook backbreaker for a two count.
Johl forearms Maclin, but Maclin responds with an Angle Slam for a two count. Maclin locks in a Crossface, but Johl doesn’t submit and instead reaches the ropes. Maclin tries for a back suplex, but strikes Johl into the corner. Johl avoids a back suplex and gets a two count on a rollup. Johl superkicks Maclin and heads to the middle rope to hit a Codebreaker. Johl covers Maclin for a near fall. They begin to trade forearm strikes in the middle of the ring. Maclin ducks a clothesline to deliver a knee strike and hits a middle rope diving headbutt for a two count. Johl avoids a slam and hits a sit out Death Valley Driver. Johl is caught in the corner and Maclin drops Johl in the corner out of a tree of woe. Maclin spikes Johl with a DDT to win the match. (**1/4. If I didn’t know that Maclin was the TNA wrestler out of the two, I would have thought Johl would be the bigger star. Johl looked good in there and his offense kept me interested. Maclin is mostly boring when he’s in control and his offense was rather boring for the most part. Considering Maclin has a PPV showing shortly after this show, it shouldn’t be a surprise that he went over. That’s the one negative about TNA guys is they tend to go over.)
Prior to the match, Chip Stetson says that none of the women are getting lucky tonight because there’s been a herpes outbreak. He didn’t specify if the women had it or they did, though.
Fifth Contest: Shayne & Chip Stetson vs. Garrett Holiday & Father Derek: Holiday and Shayne brawl to the floor while Derek chases Chip at ringside. Derek begs off from Sebastian Braun, who has the chair. The referee sees Sebastian with the chair and ejects Braun. Holiday and Derek mount the Stetsons with right hands on the mat. Holiday hip tosses and arm drags Shayne followed by a spinebuster. Holiday forearms Shayne, but Chip knee strikes Holiday from the apron allowing Shayne to get the advantage with strikes and stomps in the corner. Shayne knocks Derek off the apron to the floor. Shayne uppercuts Holiday in the corner and Chip delivers a clothesline. Stetsons deliver a yakuza kick/side Russian leg sweep on Holiday for a two count. Shayne nails Holiday with a sliding clothesline for a two count. Shayne scoop slams Holiday and delivers an elbow drop for two count. Chip enters the match and stomps Holiday on the mat. Holiday gets his legs yanked by the Stetsons. Chip misses an elbow drop off the ropes. Shayne decks Derek off the apron to help his father keep control. Shayne elbow drops Holiday over the lower back for a two count. Shayne stomps Holiday on the mat, but Holiday fights back with a jawbreaker. Shayne kicks Holiday, but Holiday responds with a lariat and both men are down.
Derek and Chip are tagged in with Derek cleaning house. Derek dropkicks Chip and rams Chip into the corner. Derek pummels Chip with several right hands in the corner until Shayne gets involved and slaps Derek. Derek clubs Shayne over the back a few times. Derek dumps Shayne through the ropes to the floor. Derek decks Shayne off the apron to the floor. Chip begs off, but eye rakes Derek. Chip heads to the top rope, but Derek crotches Chip. Derek hooks Chip for a superplex and hits it. Holiday takes Shayne out with a suicide dive to the floor. Derek plants Chip with a stunner and wins the match. (**. While Derek is being presented as a non-wrestler, he’s a seasoned wrestler so don’t be fooled by it. Using the stunner tends to be for non-wrestlers or managers, so I guess it fits for what they tried to present. The crowd seemed to enjoy the action. It wasn’t bad by any means and was a solid match to have after intermission. It’s a little weird to see Father Derek presented as a babyface.) After the match, Holiday says that Shayne has potential and the fans respect him. Holiday wants to put their issues under the bridge and shake hands. Shayne low blows Holiday and Chip decks Derek. Shayne spikes Holiday with a piledriver. Shayne challenges Holiday to a loser leaves Immortal in August. Holiday accepts.
Sixth Contest: ICW Northeast Champion Pat Sawyer vs. Jeremiah Richter: They lockup and back each other into the corner. They end up falling through the ropes to the floor. Richter misses a chop and hits the post. Sawyer chops Richter before returning to the ring. Richter boots Sawyer followed by an uppercut. Sawyer forearms Richter and they begin to trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Sawyer clotheslines Richter in the corner a couple of times followed by a big boot and superkicks Richter to the floor. Richter strikes Sawyer against the ropes and delivers an uppercut in the corner. Richter sends Sawyer into the corner and chokes Sawyer. Sawyer responds with a few chops and is met with a knee lift. Richter headbutts Sawyer and continues with chops, but Sawyer counters quickly. Richter Richter delivers a few short arm clotheslines in the corner and chokes Sawyer over the middle rope. Crow chokes Sawyer over the middle rope. Richter elbow strikes Sawyer in the corner. Richter splashes Sawyer in the corner a couple of times. They trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Sawyer boots Richter in the corner and delivers a kick to the side of the head. Sawyer comes off the ropes to deliver a yakuza kick and both men are down. Sawyer nails Richter with a clothesline after a few attempts. Richter blocks a superkick, but a second attempt is successful for a two count. Sawyer signals for a chokebomb, but Richter breaks free. Richter plants Sawyer with a swinging side slam for a near fall. Richter blocks Broken Treaties. Richter plants Sawyer with a side slam for a near fall. Richter tries for a chokebomb, but Sawyer counters and locks in a modified figure four. Sawyer locks in a death lock, but Crow gets on the apron to distract the referee. Sawyer gets distracted and Richter tries to lift Sawyer, but Sawyer breaks free to deliver a yakuza kick. Sawyer delivers a running boot for the win. (*. Big man vs. big man matches can be difficult to pull off and this one was a bit lackluster. It didn’t connect with me. Sawyer works a lot better with smaller opponents. Richter didn’t do anything overly impressive to standout at all.)
There is a confrontation between Pat Sawyer and Sebastian Braun on the aisle.
Seventh Contest: Sebastian Braun vs. Vince Valor vs. Bobby Ocean for the vacant ICW Heavyweight Championship: Ocean works over Braun in the corner as Valor went to the floor. Braun shoves Ocean away and delivers a boot for a two count as Valor breaks the count. Braun works over Ocean in the corner with an overhand strike. Braun taunts the fans and knocks Valor off the apron. Chip Stetson distracts Valor on the floor. Valor sends Braun into the ring steps to avoid a sneak attack. Ocean chops Valor followed by a snap suplex and an elbow drop for a two count. Valor eye rakes Ocean and delivers a flatliner for a near fall. Braun backs Valor into a corner and chokes Valor. Braun and Valor decide to double team Ocean. Braun chops Ocean in the corner and Valor sends Ocean hard into the corner. Valor and Braun argue as Ocean recovers and punches both men. Braun stops Ocean with an overhand strike. Ocean hits a leg lariat on Braun, but only gets a two count as Valor makes the save. Ocean ducks a clothesline by Valor and delivers a few clotheslines of his own. Ocean boots Valor in the corner and delivers a DDT. Ocean decks Valor with a sliding clothesline for a two count. Ocean heads to the top rope hitting a diving headbutt on Valor, but Braun prevents the cover. Braun plants Ocean with a chokeslam. Braun signals for a lariat and nails Ocean with a discus lariat. Valor dumps Braun to the floor and covers Ocean for the win. (*. This is a bad triple threat match. Ocean looked like a fool for being laid out for a decent amount of time before they got to the pin fall. Valor isn’t a bad worker, so I’ll give the title reign a chance. But, this felt a bit disorganized and sloppy overall.)
Main Event: Minoru Suzuki vs. Mike Skyros: Suzuki controls Skyros on the mat with a headlock. Skyros reaches the ropes to break a front face lock. Suzuki forearms Skyros against the ropes before backing off. Suzuki controls Skyros with a wrist lock on the mat, but Skyros breaks free quickly. Skyros gets ankle control, but Suzuki taunts Skyros and pulls Skyros hair until Skyros delivers a forearm strike. They begin to trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Suzuki gains the advantage a flurry from both men. Skyros pummels Suzuki with several forearms to stagger Suzuki against the ropes. Suzuki forearms Skyros to a knee. They continue to trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Skyros shoulder blocks Suzuki to the mat and Suzuki goes to the apron to regroup. Skyros forearms Suzuki, but Suzuki gets an arm bar on Skyros in the ropes. Suzuki chokes Skyros with a flag. Suzuki eye rakes Skyros and chokes Skyros some more with the flag. Skyros fights back with a chop on the floor, but Suzuki didn’t even budge. They trade chops on the floor where Suzuki gets the better of the exchange. Suzuki laughs at Skyros chops and deliver a forearm on the floor. Suzuki rolls Skyros into the ring and beats up a ringside cameraman. Suzuki returns to the ring and kicks Skyros over the back. Skyros forearms Suzuki, but Suzuki responds with forearms of his own. Suzuki doesn’t sell Skyros offense and works over the left leg of Skyros locking in a heel hook, Skyros doesn’t give in.
Skyros reaches the ropes to break the hold. Suzuki works over Skyros with kicks in the corner and presses Skyros face with his boot in the corner. Skyros tries to fight back with chops, but Suzuki doesn’t budge. Skyros splashes Suzuki in the corner, but Suzuki breaks free. Skyros pump kicks Suzuki. Skyros plants Suzuki with a back suplex for a near fall. Suzuki fights back with strikes into the corner and delivers a big boot in the corner. Suzuki nails Skyros with a kick to the chest for a near fall. Suzuki stomps Skyros several times on the mat. Suzuki continues to casually stomp Skyros on the mat. Skyros gains the advantage with a series of forearm strikes and decides to allow Suzuki to strike him with his arms behind his back. Suzuki knocks Skyros down with a stiff forearm strike. Skyros gets a second wind, but Suzuki delivers another forearm strike. Suzuki delivers another forearm. Skyros stops Suzuki with an F5 for a two count. Skyros locks in a Sharpshooter, but Suzuki doesn’t give in and reaches the ropes. Skyros leaps off the middle rope, but Suzuki avoids it. Suzuki puts a choke sleeper on Skyros. Suzuki switches looking for a cradle piledriver and pins Skyros. (*1/2. I’m not entirely sure how any of this helps Skyros. Suzuki sold very little and it made Skyros look like a chump a little bit. Skyros barely had any moments of shine and there was never a time when Skyros had any hope of winning the match. I guess they can brag about Skyros being in the ring with a legend, but the outing wasn’t good. Skyros keeps on being promoted as the future of Upstate NY wrestling and it doesn’t translate with performances such as this. He was put in a tough situation and not getting shine with Suzuki is a bit disappointing.)
Final Thoughts:
A disappointing show overall by Immortal this time around. Marie/Everett was match of the night, and a surprising one at that. Aside from that, there’s not much here. Suzuki/Skyros kind of went as I expected it to, but I was hopeful for a better showing from Skyros than what they went with here. Jora was fun in his match and Moore stood out even in a losing effort. Charlie Goldberg, one of the commentators, is one of the worst commentators and talks over his partners way too much. Recommended to avoid.
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