Saturday afternoon, APRIL 28

"APRIL BLOODSHOWERS:
THE FINAL CHAPTER"


Don Preston Recreational Center
14500 Kostner Avenue
Midlothian, IL 60445

***Special 2:00 PM belltime; Doors open at 1:00 PM***
Ticket Prices are $20 and $15 - the $10 ticket prices are no longer
available so second row and back are general admission seats now.

***NO ROPE BARBWIRE, BARBWIRE BAT, & BARBWIRE BOARDS***
IWA Death Match Championship

DRAKE YOUNGER vs CJ OTIS

On March 31, Drake Younger and CJ Otis tried their best to kill one
another in a brutal Last Man Standing Match. After two vicious Burning
Hammers onto a scattered pile of steel chairs, CJ Otis managed to keep
Drake Younger down long enough for the ten count. Drake was
immediately on his feet, proclaiming that "it wasn't over." Drake
brought up the fact that CJ Otis was trained by Sabu, and challenged
him to take it the extreme, just as his teacher would.

Hardcore returns to Midlothian, Saturday afternoon, April 28, as Drake
Younger and CJ Otis do battle one more time in the final chapter of
their rocky feud. It's going to be Barbwire Bats, Barbwire Boards, and
No Rope Barbwire! If Drake Younger manages to make it past Ian Rotten
at "April Bloodshowers" in Plainfield on April 6, this will be for the
IWA Death Match Title.

***INDIAN STRAP MATCH for the IWA World Light-Heavyweight Title***

JOSH ABERCROMBIE vs BRANDON THOMASELLI

Brandon Thomaselli made his quest for Josh Abercrombie's IWA World
Light-Heavyweight Title a lot more personal several weeks ago when he
took a leather belt off the referee and proceeded to whip him
repeatedly across the back. On April 14, Brandon Thomaselli ended the
near 15 month title reign of Josh Abercrombie in a brutal TLC match.
In Midlothian, Josh will have his opportunity to regain the IWA World
Light-Heavyweight Title in an Indian Strap Match.

***DOUBLE DOG-COLLAR MATCH***

IRON SAINTS (VITO & SAL THOMASELLI) vs NORTH STAR EXPRESS (DARIN
CORBIN & RYAN CRUZ) w/ Joey Eastman

With his new tag-team the North Star Express, Darin Corbin and Ryan
Cruz, absent from the last Midlothian show, Joey Eastman enlisted the
services of Elgin and Ash to go up against Vito and Sal Thomaselli.
After the Saints defeated Elgin and Ash, it appeared that Joey Eastman
was going to be disposed of, but narrowly escaped. Eastman will have
his boys with him on April 28, as all four men will have dog collars
placed around their necks, with chains connected, one to another. With
bad blood thats been going on between the two teams since October,
this one is sure to get nasty.

Added 4/25:

***IWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP***

CHUCK TAYLOR vs JOEY "MAGNUM" RYAN

Chuck Taylor has been IWA World Champion for nearly 7 months. There's
no denying the competitors he's defended against: Ian Rotten, Colt
Cabana, Arik Cannon, Jay Lethal, Steve Corino, Davey Richards, Tracy
Smothers, Drake Younger and even LOW KI. His tactics and behavior have
been questionable throughout the past few months. But this Saturday,
Chuck Taylor will face the man that's "bringing sleazy back," PWG and
WSX star Joey "Magnum" Ryan. Who will resort to the most underhanded
tactics to walk out with the belt?


IAN ROTTEN vs "THE STRONG STYLE PSYCHO" TANK

Ian Rotten has been looking forward to a fight on April 28 for several
weeks now. After Steve Corino was taken off this show, Ian decided to
get someone to replace him that would give the Midlothian fans just
that: a good FIGHT. This one will not be for the squeamish as "The
Strong Style Psycho" Tank will square off with "The Undisputed King of
Hardcore" Ian Rotten in a strong style battle of epic proportions.

ARROGANCE (CHRIS BOSH & SCOTT LOST) vs ASH & "UNREAL" MICHAEL ELGIN

Returning to IWA Mid-South since their debut at the 2006 Ted Petty
Invitational will be California tag-team specialists Chris Bosh and
Scott Lost, known as Arrogance. They will meet the Canadian newcomers
that have been making quite a splash on the tag-team scene here in
IWA, "Unreal" Michael Elgin and Ash.

Plus much, much more!

**Don't forget, TPI tickets will officially go on sale at this event!**

Also, the the first round brackets for the CANDIDO CUP in May will be
decided in a special seeding committee and will be announced on the
afternoon of the 28th! You don't want to miss out!
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IWA Mid-South and ACW proudly presented "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in San
Antonio, Texas for our debut in the great state of Texas on this
co-promoted show. A lively crowd of 200 people chose this show over
the San Antonio Spurs home playoff game up the street and the huge
Fiesta festival that draws around 100,000 every year that was going on
during the day. It made for a successful debut and we will be
returning to San Antonio on Sunday night, August 19th!

Ian Rotten started the show by delivering bad news to the crowd.
Homicide's mother had a stroke so he was unable to make it to the show
tonight. We extend our prayers to Homicide and his family and wish his
mother well. We hope that our fans will do the same. Afterwards, Ian
informed the crowd that replacing Homicide in the match against the
Necro Butcher would be San Antonio's native Masada! The crowd chanted
for Masada and the anticipation was abuzz due to the out and out
hatred that these two men have for each other stemming from Necro's
last tour in Big Japan.

The opening match was then ready to go.

1). "One Man" Mike Dell def. xOMGx

Dell ripped on xOMGx for having a stupid name. Jim Fannin on
commentary then ripped on Dell for having the stupidest nickname that
he had ever seen. Dell was pissed about not being in a match for the
ACW light heavyweight title and that he was going to take it out on
xOMGx. Dell got the victory with the "One Timer" suplex.

2). Showtime Scott Summers def. Joey Ryan to retain the ACW
heavyweight title

Josh Abercrombie was unable to make his connecting flight to San
Antonio so Joey Ryan was looking for an opponent. Ryan was upset that
his original match was supposed to be for the IWA light heavyweight
title and was angry when Josh got beat by Brandon making it no longer
for the title. He was then livid when Josh couldn't make it and
Showtime did not have an opponent and was more than happy to put up
his title.

3). Mickie Knuckles defeated Daffney to retain IWA Women's title

Mickie was busted wide open in this match when she went head first
into the ringpost on a splash attempt in the corner. Daffney put up a
great fight against Mickie and almost choked her out by smothering her
in between her surgically enhanced breasts. Mickie retaliated by
grabbing both breasts and bealing Daffney out of the corner. Mickie
delivered a brutal headbutt and went for the Shining kick but Daffney
had just enough to slightly duck so Mickie being a good sport just
rolled her up for the victory. Ian said what a great wrestler that
Daffney was and that anybody that viewed her simply as a valet was
missing out on a true talent.

4). Roderick Strong def. "Biohazard" Jakus Plisken

Davey Richards was stuck in Europe due to the promotion over there
getting him the wrong ticket and forcing Davey to stay an extra week
in between shows. "Biohazard" was more than willing to take Davey's
place and have an opportunity to make a huge splash on the wrestling
world. Roderick was up to the challenge however and got the victory
with a backbreaker in a tightly contested battle.

5). "Extreme Bulldog" Rexx Reed def. Massive

This was a very good battle between two super heavyweights. Massive
was a massive 325 pounder with great agility for a big man. He was
unable to defeat Reed however who was able to pick Massive up with a
DVD and got the pinfall.

6). Low Ki def. Hotstuff Hernandez

Low Ki was dominated by Hotstuff for the majority of this match. The
crowd didn't know who to cheer for as they loved both guys but I think
Hotstuff being local got the slight majority of the cheers. The crowd
chanted "This is Awesome" at least 5 different times throughout the
match as these two just beat the crap out of each other with chops and
kicks and Hotstuff using his size and strength to toss Ki around like
a rag doll. Low Ki was able to pull out of the victory after a John
Woo Kick and a double stomp and some vicious kicks to turn the tide to
his favor. The crowd gave a long standing ovation and chanted "That
was awesome" for both guys afterwards.

7). Necro Butcher defeated Masada

Masada may have been the most popular guy on the show tonight as it
was his hometown and the crowd definitely favored him over Necro which
was so weird to see at an IWA show. These two men legitimately despise
each other due to something that happened on the last tour of Big
Japan that both men were on together. Masada blasted Necro directly in
the face with the sickest punch I have ever seen when they started
duking it out and dropped Necro. Necro's lip, cheek and under his eye
were so severely lacerated from that punch that he had to go to the
hospital after the match and get 18 stitches to close it. Necro won
with a school boy after Hotstuff Hernandez came to the ringside area
causing both men to get distracted after beating the hell out of each
other for 15 minutes.

As soon as Necro got the pinfall, Hotstuff hit the ring and started
beating on Necro. Necro was originally going to face Homicide who is
Hernandez's partner and there is the tag match coming up at the Arena
in Philly with Ki/Cide vs. Toby & Necro so perhaps he was wanting to
weaken Necro for Homicide. Low Ki came out and stared down Hotstuff.
It seemed like he had a respect for Necro after their two hard fought
matches but then Low Ki turns around and kicks Necro right in the face
after he was already gushing blood from his face due to the punch from
Masada. Hernandez and Ki double team Necro until finally Masada chases
them off to save Necro! The two hardcore guys show a sign of respect
after settling their differences through fisticuffs and show respect
for each other.

8). Main Event - 4 Team Elimination Hardcore battle for the ACW Tag
Team Titles - Children Of Pain retain the titles by defeating Old &
Younger, Naptown Dragons & Chuie Martinez/Hugh Rogue

Mickie Knuckles joins Jim Fannin & David Parks for commentary on this
match and it was just an all out war all over the building. Drake
Younger & Ian Rotten get the pinfall on Vortekz & Diehard and are
announced as the new ACW tag team champions. Drake gets on the
microphone and says that he doesn't want the show to end this way that
he wants to beat everyone so he makes it an elimination match. Ian
Rotten is visibly upset that Drake would do that but reluctantly
agrees. The match continues and the mayhem continues. Light tubes,
barbed wire tennis rackets, bats, chairs and everything else comes
into play. They brawl all over the bar. Darin Childs sets up two eight
foot tables side by side by the gimmick tables and then him and Chuie
Martinez fight up the steps and onto the balcony. They then climb out
onto the ledge fighting and Childs delivers a Diamond Cutter off the
balcony through the two tables on Martinez and pins him. Jacob Ladder
then gets a pinfall over Ian Rotten after a tombstone piledriver onto
a box of light tubes for the Children of Pain to retain the tag titles.

Ian Rotten was even more upset with Drake Younger after the match
since they were no longer the tag champs due to Drake extending the
match. This may not bode well for the team of Old & Younger as they
prepare to do battle with Six Feet Under in Plainfield in a few weeks.
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Here is the rest of the upcoming IWA Mid-South schedule:

***5/11 - Plainfield, IN - "A Prelude To Death 2007"
Capital Sports Center
1915 Gladden Road
-Fans Bring the Weapons Barbed Wire Cage Match - Ian Rotten & Drake
Younger vs. Insane Lane & Freak Show
-AJ Styles vs. Joker
-Chuck Taylor defends the IWA title vs. Danny Basham

***5/12 - Joliet, IL - "Phenomenal Invasion 2"
Hartman Recreation Center
511 Collins St.
-A.J. Styles vs. Tiger Mask IV
-Eddie Kingston vs. Hotstuff Hernandez

***5/25 & 5/26 - Midlothian, IL - Candido Cup Tag-Team Tournament
Don Preston Rec Center
14500 Kostner Avenue
*2 night, 16 team tournament for the vacant IWA Tag-Team Championship*
-Ian Rotten & Mickie Knuckles
-The Iron Saints (Vito & Sal Thomaselli)
-North Star Express (Ryan Cruz & Darin Corbin)
-LOW KI and HOMICIDE
-Tracy Smothers & Ricky Morton
-Backseat Boyz (Trent Acid & Johnny Kashmere)
-SATs (Joel & Jose Maximo)
-All Money is Legal
-Chris Bosh & Scott Lost
-2.0 (Jagged & Shane Matthews)
-BLK OUT (Joker & Sabian)
-BJ Whitmer & Davey Richards
-Basham Brothers
-Super Dragon & El Generico
-Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero)
-Milwaukee's Best (Dysfunction & Silas Young)

***6/22 & 6/23 - "2007 King of the Death Matches" - Plainfield, IN
Capital Sports Center
1915 Gladden Road
-Mickie Knuckles - 2006 QOTDM
-Deranged
-Insane Lane
-Necro Butcher 2002 KOTDM
-Ian Rotten 1997 & 2001 KOTDM
-Drake Younger
-and making his return - BRAIN DAMAGE
-Gypsy Joe

***6/30 - Philadelphia, PA - New Alhambra (ECW Arena)
Corner of Swanson & Ritner
-NECRO BUTCHER/TOBY KLEIN vs. LOW KI/HOMICIDE
-Drake Younger vs. Hotstuff Hernandez
-Davey Richards vs. Chris Hero
-Tiger Mask IV vs. Matt Sydal
-Mike Quackenbush vs. Claudio Castagnoli - 30 minute iron man match
-Super Dragon, Kevin Steen, & a Mystery Partner vs. Chris Bosh, Scott
Lost, & Joey Ryan

***9/28 & 9/29 - "2007 Ted Petty Invitational"
1. Chris Hero - 2000 Sweet Science 16 (pre TPI) winner, 7th TPI
appearance (00-SS16, 01-SS16, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06)
2. "Lightning" Mike Quackenbush - 5th TPI appearance (01-SS16, 04, 05, 06)
3. Claudio Castagnoli - 4th TPI appearance (04, 05, 06)
4. Matt Sydal - 2005 TPI winner 3rd TPI appearance (04, 05)
5. Davey Richards - 2nd TPI appearance (06)
6. Alex Shelley - 4th TPI appearance (03, 04, 05)
7. Low Ki - 2006 TPI winner. 2nd TPI appearance (06)
8. Samoa Joe - 2004 SST winner. 2nd TPI appearance (04)
9. Eddie Kingston - 2006 SST winner, 1st TPI appearance

Samoa Joe vs. Low Ki in round one!!!!!

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