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IWA Mid-South News for 06.25.04
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by Stacy McMackin, Moderator

HEADLINES:
--KOTDM 2004 BEGINS TONIGHT IN OOLITIC!!
--HERO/CANNON, PUNK/GORDY IN NON-TOURNEY ACTION!!
--DON'T MISS THE FINAL KOTDM TOURNAMENT!!

IWA Mid-South Wrestling, in association with NWA Midwest, presents "King of
the Death Matches 2004: The Last Bloody Stand" beginning TONIGHT, Friday, June
25th, and continuing tomorrow, Saturday, June 26th, at the Community Center
Gym (235 Hoosier Avenue) in Oolitic, Indiana. Bell time is 8pm on Friday, 7:30pm
on Saturday. Take note that Oolitic is currently on Central time (one hour beh
ind Louisville).

The weekend's events will feature a two night single elimination tournament
between sixteen of the most sadistic men in professional wrestling today,
competing to become the King of the Death Matches for 2004. This will be the
final
edition of KOTDM!

Previous IWA-MS KOTDM tournaments saw the the following men walk away with
KOTDM honors:

1997 Ian Rotten
2000 Rollin Hard
2001 Ian Rotten
2002 Necro Butcher
2003 Mad Man Pondo

First round pairings have been announced. These matches will take place on
Friday evening, with the remainder of the tournament to take place on Saturday
evening...

[2003 KOTDM] MAD MAN PONDO vs. JC BAILEY

[2002 KOTDM] THE NECRO BUTCHER vs. "Mr. Insanity" TOBY KLEIN

"The Notorious 187" HOMICIDE vs. "Low Life" LOUIE RAMOS

DYSFUNCTION vs. WIFEBEATER

RYAN BOZ vs. SMOKEY C

CORPORAL ROBINSON vs. 2 TUFF TONY

"Hollywood" CHUCK HOGAN vs. MANSLAUGHTER

TANK vs. DERANGED

Several non-tournament matches will be featured during the weekend's events
as well. Scheduled to take place on Friday evening's card...

RAY GORDY vs. CM PUNK

CHRIS HERO vs. "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON

MATT SYDAL & DELIRIOUS vs. BJ WHITMER & DANNY DANIELS

Stipulations for the first round matches will be announced at bell time
Friday.

Two night ticket packages for the entire weekend are available at a cost of
$50 (for the first two rows of ringside), $40 (for third and fourth row
ringside), $30 (for general admission bleacher seating), and $20 (for the last
two
rows of the bleachers). Ringside two night passes will be available at the door
until 7pm on Friday. General admission/bleacher seating passes will be sold up
until belltime on Friday.

Single night tickets will also be available at the door on each night, at a
cost of $30 (for the first two rows of ringside), $25 (for third and fourth row
ringside), $20 (for general admission bleacher seating), and $15 (for the
last two rows of the bleachers). Single night tickets will continue to be
available until bell time each night.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO OOLITIC COMMUNITY CENTER GYM
235 Hoosier Avenue- Oolitic, Indiana

Coming from the south (Louisville)...
Merge onto I-64 W toward NEW ALBANY/ ST LOUIS.
Merge onto US-150 W via exit #119 toward GREENVILLE/ PAOLI. 37.59 miles
Turn LEFT onto US-150/ IN-56/ E MAIN ST. 0.19 miles
Turn RIGHT onto N COURT ST. 0.04 miles
Turn RIGHT onto IN-37/ GOSPEL ST.
Continue to follow IN-37 N. 25.76 miles
Turn RIGHT onto MAIN ST. 0.24 miles
Turn RIGHT onto HOOSIER AVE. 0.06 miles

Coming from the north (Indianapolis)...
Merge onto I-465 W/ I-74 W/ IN-37 S.
Take the IN-37 S/ HARDING ST. exit- exit number 4. 0.20 miles
Take the ramp toward MARTINSVILLE/ BLOOMINGTON. 0.04 miles
Merge onto IN-37 S. 64.13 miles
Turn LEFT onto MAIN ST. 0.26 miles
Turn RIGHT onto HOOSIER AVE. 0.06 miles
Don't miss the final KOTDM tournament this weekend!

Call the IWA hotlines at 502-569-1701 in Louisville and 630-585-3958 in
Chicago.


RESULTS 6/19 HIGHLAND, INDIANA @ LINCOLN CENTER
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IWA Mid-South Wrestling, in association with NWA Midwest, presented "A
Butcher Loose In Highland" on Saturday night, June 19th at the Lincoln Center in
Highland, Indiana. Here's what went down...

1. "The Wildcards" EDDIE KINGSTON & BLACK JACK MARCIANO def. "The All-Stars"
CHANDLER McCLURE & BRYCE BENJAMIN in the opening match of the night.

"Anarchist" ARIK CANNON came out to the ring and began to criticize CHRIS
HERO for his "complaining" about Hero's losing streak in Highland (Hero hasn't
won a match at the Lincoln Center since November 2003). Cannon made specific
reference to Hero letting his emotions get the best of him after losing to Samoa
Joe on 5/29. Concerning the comparisons many make between Hero and himself,
Cannon "corrected" those comparisons by stating that he is the better wrestler
of the two, because, unlike Hero, he does whatever it takes to score wins in
IWA. Mid speech, Hero approached the ring and dropped Cannon on his head with a
suplex, and told him to back up his claims in a match with him later in the
night.

2. TRIK DAVIS def. CASH FLO (w/ Jim Fannin) via disqualification after Cash
repeatedly pulled a beaten Davis up off the canvas after a two count, only to
dish out more punishment. As a result of the win, Davis remains on the IWA
roster (he had previouslty stated that if he lost the rematch with Cash, he
would
leave IWA).

3. "Sexy" ACE STEEL def. "Barbaric Berzerker" JIMMY JACOBS with the Gory
Special neckbreaker.

4. LACEY def. MsCHIF with the implant DDT to retain the IWA/NWA Midwest
Women's Championship.

5. MAD MAN PONDO wrestled ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER to a no-contest in a wild,
bloody brawl which went all over the Lincoln Center. Late in the match, referee
OLLIE THARP was busted open by Abdullah with a fork, which brought referees
BRYCE REMSBURG and NIKKAN LEE to the ring to officiate the rest of the match,
only for both of them to be attacked as well. The match was ruled a no-contest
when neither of the two wrestlers would allow an IWA referee to get anywhere
near their battle. It took the entire locker room emptying to try to restore
order and pull Pondo and Abdullah apart.

6. RYUJI ITO def. "Spyder" NATE WEBB to retain the Big Japan Death Match
Title following a frog splash off the top rope through a table, with a chair
laid
across Webb's chest.

7. "Anarchist" ARIK CANNON def. CHRIS HERO with a handful of tights after
roughly 20 minutes of back and forth action, which saw Hero focus on Cannon's
arm
for the majority of the bout. The Highland crowd was split about 50/50 in
terms of their support. After the match, Cannon said that he backed up his words
from earlier in the night, and advised Hero not to whine this time about
suffering yet another loss.

8. DELIRIOUS def. "The Future" CHRIS SABIN with the Chemical Imbalance II to
advance to the second round of the NWA Indiana State Title Tournament.

9. BRAD BRADLEY & RYAN BOZ def. BJ WHITMER & DANNY DANIELS (w/ Jim Fannin) to
retain the IWA World Tag Team Titles when Fannin attempted to toss a chain to
Daniels, only for it to wind up in the possession of the opposing team, which
led to the pinfall. Daniels expressed his frustration with Fannin on the mic
after the match, and challenged Bradley and Boz to a rematch, but without
Fannin at ringside. Bradley responded by saying that he and Boz have nothing
more
to prove since they already have the titles.

10. PETEY WILLIAMS def. "The Next" ALEX SHELLEY (w/ Zach Gowen) to retain the
IWA World Heavyweight Title via submission with a Sharpshooter. Williams
attempted to hit the Canadian Destroyer (front flip piledriver) at several
points
during the match, only for Shelley to immediately maneuver his way out of the
position before Williams could go for it. During the closing moments of the
bout, Gowen attempted to assist Shelley, only to be inadvertently superkicked by
Shelley for his trouble, which then left Petey the opening to apply the
Sharpshooter for the tap out victory to hold onto the title. After the match,
Petey
extended his hand to Shelley in a sign of respect, only for Shelley to spit
in Williams' face in response.

The event was filmed with 2 cameras for home video release, with commentary
by Dave Prazak, Arik Cannon, Eddie Kingston, Daizee Haze, and Ace Steel.

IWA returns to the Lincoln Center in Highland on 7/31, with AJ Styles, CM
Punk, and Tracy Brooks already signed to appear.

First and second row tickets went on sale Saturday night for the 2004 Ted
Petty Invitational tournament, to take place on September 17th & 18th at the
Lincoln Center. TPI tickets will also be available this coming weekend at the
King
of the Death Matches events in Oolitic for those who wish to secure ringside
seats. We will begin accepting mail orders for TPI tickets after fans at the
KOTDM events have the opportunity to purchase theirs in Oolitic. Watch for an
announcement concerning mail order ticket requests during the week following
KOTDM.


Hotline Friends of IWA Mid-South
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mac Daddy Mike & Bryan Redd's Hotline
(based in Louisville)
502-588-5746

The Ringside Report with Dwight & Andre
(based in Chicago)
847-604-3769


IWA MID-SOUTH LIVE EVENT SCHEDULE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Event dates and locations subject to change)

06.25.04 Oolitic, IN @ Community Center Gym (235 Hoosier Ave.) "King of the
Death Matches 2004"
06.26.04 Oolitic, IN @ Community Center Gym (235 Hoosier Ave.) "King of the
Death Matches 2004"
07.31.04 Highland, IN @ Lincoln Center (2450 Lincoln St.)
09.17.04 Highland, IN @ Lincoln Center (2450 Lincoln St.) "2004 Ted Petty
Invitational"
09.18.04 Highland, IN @ Lincoln Center (2450 Lincoln St.) "2004 Ted Petty
Invitational"


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