We return to action on Friday night March 2 in Plainfield, IN:

Captial Sports Center
1915 Gladden Road
Plainfield, IN
8 pm belltime
Tickets: $20 front row, $15 second row, $10 general admission

We have listened to our fans and have made a change to the announced
Mike Quackenbush match for this show. People have wanted to see
Claudio vs. Quack again in IWA since their fantastic match at the TPI
and we will be giving it to the fans of Plainfield.

Fan's Request Match
"Lightning" Mike Quackenbush vs. Claudio Castagnoli

IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title Match
Josh Abercrombie vs. Brandon Thomaselli

Josh has been the IWA lightheavyweight champion for over a year now
and has just made it a world title by defending it in Germany and has
just debuted in Mexico for AAA. He will face his sometimes tag team
partner who has a new attitude as the self proclaimed "Impact Bully".
Will this be a fair contest among friends or will Brandon try to
"bully" his way towards ending the year long reign of the champ?

IWA Mid-South Death Match Championship Match
Drake Younger vs. Insane Lane - stipulations will be announced later

Death Match Title Contenders Match
Ian Rotten vs. Freak Show

Big Tag Team Battle
The Iron Saints (Vito & Sal Thomaselli) vs. The Basham Brothers

The Bashams will make their IWA Mid-South debut by taking on the most
successful tag team in IWA Mid-South the last couple of years.

Grudge Match
Jack Thriller vs. Tarek the Great

Thriller has taken it to Tarek the last couple of shows by beating
Tarek in Midlothian and then attacking him following the match between
Brandon Thomaselli and Tarek in Plainfield last time. Jack Thriller
wants to prove himself as a light heavyweight title contender and has
chosen an IWA legend as his stepping stone. Will Tarek be able to show
Thriller why he is the most reknowed light heavyweight in the history
of the IWA or will Thriller pull off another victory?

Light Heavyweight Challenge Match
Tony Kozina vs. Billy Roc

Plus two more matches to be added to this show.

See you in Plainfield.
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IWA Mid-South will honor the memory of the late great Chris Candido
for all his contributions to the company and to wrestling in general
by naming our IWA Mid-South tag title tournament in his honor.

The Candido Cup will be held on Friday night May 25th and Saturday
night May 26th in Midlothian, Illinois.

Here is the information for that event as it stands:

Candido Cup/IWA Mid-South Tag Team Title Tournament
May 25th and May 26th
Don Preston Recreational Center
14500 Kostner Avenue
Midlothian, IL 60445

2 night 16 team tournament to crown new IWA Mid-South tag team
champions after former champions Brain Damage & Deranged had to
forfeit the titles due to the retirement of Brain Damage after
injuries suffered at the hands of the BMFers.

3 teams have already qualified for this event:

IWA Deep South Tag Champs - Ian Rotten & Mickie Knuckles Former IWA
Mid-South tag champs - The Iron Saints
North Star Express (Ryan Cruz & Darin Corbin)

Receiving an automatic entry into the tournament:

LOW KI and HOMICIDE
Tracy Smothers & Ricky Morton

Several teams have just received an automatic bid to the tournament
after this weekends shows in PWU and Chikara that we attended.

Those teams are as follows:

Backseat Boyz (Trent Acid & Johnny Kashmere)
SATs (Joel & Jose Maximo)
All Money is Legal
Chris Bosh & Scott Lost
2.0 (Jagged & Shane Matthews)

At the show on February 23rd, Joker & Sabian def. Michael Elgin & Ash
to become the 11th team into the Candido Cup and Ian announced BJ
Whitmer and Davey Richards as the 12th team into the tournament.

Tickets for this event will go on sale at the show in Midlothian on
February 23rd.

A two day pass for the front row will be $70 and all that will be on
sale right now. Stay tuned for other ticket prices as they become
available.

You will also be able to purchase your two day pass via paypal by
going to www.paypal.com and sending a payment via credit card or
checking account to Patti at rottenwife@....
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People are wondering why we would be announcing matches so far in
advance for the return date to Philadelphia. We are planning on having
a huge expensive show that night and we want everyone to know well in
advance so that they can make their plans to attend this event.
Tickets go on sale in a week and we want people to know a few things
about who is on the show so that they can decide to get their tickets
right away.

A second match has just been signed for this event:

Drake Younger vs. Hotstuff Hernandez

The main event for Saturday night June 30th in Philadelphia at the ECW
Arena has been officially signed and agreed upon by all parties and is
ready to be announced.

We wanted to have a matchup that would be every bit as intriguing as
the first ECW Arena show's Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher was and we
think we have come up with one that may even top that.

Huge Tag Team Warfare

TOUGH CRAZY BASTARDS (Necro Butcher & Toby Klein)
vs.
LOW KI & HOMICIDE

This show will be a night time show and only an IWA Mid-South show. It
will not be a doubleheader or co promoted with another company. I hope
that clears up some of the questions that have been asked the past
week or so.
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Here are all the ticket prices for this event:

Front Row is $35
Second row is $30
Third Row is $25
General Admission is $20

Tickets are already on sale. you can order via paypal by sending your
payment to Patti at rottenwife@...
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Tickets for this year's King of the Death Match tournament go on sale
on February 1st. First and second row will be $70 for the two day pass
and those are all that will be on sale right now.

Half of the front row was sold during the presale last week so make
sure you hurry and get your tickets if you want front row!

This year's King of the Death Match Tournament will be a 16 man
tournament featuring the best that hardcore wrestling has to offer.

The KOTDM tournament will be held:

Friday and Saturday night - June 22 & 23, 2007
Capital Sports Center
1915 Gladden Road
Plainfield, IN

You can purchase these tickets via paypal by sending payment to Patti
at rottenwife@.... You can also email either Patti at
rottenwife@... or Jim Fannin at iwafannin73@... and give
your credit card information to be run through the IWA credit card
machine or get mailing information to send out checks and money orders.
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Here are the results from the 2/23 show in Midlothian, IL:

1. Jack Thriller def. Diehard Dustin Lee - Jack Thriller comes out and
brags about beating up Tarek the Great at the last two shows so bad
that Tarek didn't even bother to show up. He issues an open challenge
and it is answered by Dustin. Jack Thriller wins via submission with a
Texas cloverleaf

2. Joker & Sabian def. Michael Elgin & Ash to qualify for the Candido
Cup. They are team #11 into the tournament. Ian also announced the
team of Davey Richards & BJ Whitmer as an automatic entry bringing the
total up to 12.

3. Brandon Thomaselli def. Vortekz, Billy Roc and Devon Moore in a 4
way to earn a light heavyweight title shot in Plainfield next weekend
if I heard Joey Eastman correctly. I haven't added it to the
Plainfield lineup however until I get that verified by Ian.

4. Z-Barr def. Teddy Fine

5. Drake Younger def. CJ Otis in the No Holds Barred Matchup via
tapout with what appeared to be an armbar submission but I couldn't
see it very well. For those asking, they were barefooted and wore MMA
gloves and it was a lot of grappling and striking and submission
attempts. March 31st in Midlothian will be a Last Man Standing match
between these two.

6. Mickie Knuckles def. Steve Corino by DQ after Corino hit her with a
chain as well as hit Sensational Sherri with a chain. Corino brought
the comedy in his promo before the match by offering Mickie some dog
biscuits and put an air mattress into the ring to pad his falls. He
then had a paper bag that had a face drawn on it and had "Anna
Nichole" written on it and asked Mickie to put it on before getting
onto the air mattress with him. He berated women until Sensational
Sherri came to the ring and kicked PJ in the balls so she could take
over the match as the ref. Corino kept attacking Mickie and Sherri
after the DQ until Ian made the save. Ian vs. Corino on April 28th -
Corino to name the stipulations when he finds one that he likes.

7. North Star Express def. Iron Saints in the Texas Tornado Tag when
Joey Eastman runs into the ring and helps revive Darin Corbin and then
distracts Vito long enough for Corbin to attack from behind and then
get the pin. Sherri comes back out and beats up PJ again and chases
him to the back and then comes back out and saves the Saints by
beating up Joey and chasing off the NSE.

8. Low Ki defeats Arik Cannon in a grueling matchup that you would
expect between these two. Cannon dominated several stages of the match
by working the arm and various submission moves on Low Ki keeping him
grounded. Low Ki wins with the double foot stomp off the top while
Cannon was in the tree of woe position.