Mountain State Madness 2 on May 20th, 2012
Your hosts are Joe Dombrowski and Justin Plummer.
Opening Match: Super Hentai vs. Matt Justice
Before the match, Hentai promises to attack Jimmy DeMarco as soon as he enters the building tonight for what he did in Clearfield. They trade control on the mat and Justice snaps off a few armdrags. He follows with a springboard back elbow and hits a delayed vertical suplex. Hentai gets taken down by a boot but is able to gain control after draping Justice across the top rope. Justice tries a few quick rollups to no avail and Hentai takes him out with a lariat. Justice comes back with a powerslam and a facebuster. Hentai connects with a mule kick and double knees. Justice attempts a tornado DDT but Hentai counters with a nice northern lights suplex. Hentai starts looking around for DeMarco. Justice rolls him up for the win at 9:42. They were able to top their previous encounter from Night of Legends 2011 with an energetic opener. Justice has been starting to elevate his game as of late and I’m looking forward to see what he can do in Super Indy. Hentai appears to be refocused and feuding with DeMarco seems like a fine idea. Justice gets a solid win heading into Super Indy and Hentai can write off the loss due to being too preoccupied with DeMarco. Sounds good to me. ***
Chuck Roberts comes out after the match and tells Hentai to leave the building. He doesn’t want Hentai to interrupt the main event, which involves DeMarco. Hentai refuses so Roberts brings out local security. He eventually gives in and leaves through the back door.
Norm Connors makes his way to the ring. He starts to thank the fans but John McChesney quickly interrupts. Connors talks about his decision to give McChesney a chance back in 2005. Now, Connors wants to give another young talent a chance. He asks McChesney if he’d be willing to put his spot in Super Indy on the line in the next match. McChesney indignantly accepts, leading to…
Match #2: John McChesney vs. Aiden Veil
McChesney’s spot in Super Indy is on the line. McChesney snaps off a few armdrags with a big smile on his face. Veil is able to return the favor. He hits a powerslam and connects with a dropkick. Veil adds a plancha to the floor. In the ring, McChesney takes over until Veil lands a standing moonsault. McChesney immediately regains control with a lariat and a TKO. Veil rolls through a flying crossbody and pins McChesney to take his spot in Super Indy at 6:15. You knew where this match was going but McChesney was great in his role and the crowd popped for Veil’s win. I’m curious to see who Veil will wrestle at Super Indy. A first round match against Sami Callihan would definitely bring back memories of Low Ki vs. Jason Gory from Super Indy IV and I have a feeling the match would be just as fun. **½
Norm Connors announces that the Young Talent Initiative has started in IWC and Veil’s victory is just the beginning.
Match #3: Rickey Shane Page vs. Dalton Castle
They begin with some chain wrestling. Page sneaks in a cheap shot in the corner but gets taken over by an armdrag. Castle hits a bulldog and connects with a dropkick. Page retreats to the floor but Castle catches him with a double axe handle from the top rope. Back in, Castle hits a vader bomb. Page tangles him up in the ropes and takes control. He connects with a facewash knee strike. Castle avoids a charge and connects with a series of strikes. Page answers with an ace crusher and a basement enzuigiri. Castle ducks a roaring elbow but gets clotheslined to the floor. He runs back into the ring and hurricanranas Page. Castle hits a facebuster and DEAD-LIFT GERMAN SUPLEXES PAGE! Jesus. That gets Castle the victory at 11:50. This was an extremely entertaining match from two men that have really come into their own in IWC as of late. These two clearly have very different personalities, which led to some interesting exchanges. The action down the stretch was solid and the finish was absolutely incredible, as Castle was able to deliver a dead-lift german suplex to Page. This was an effective showcase and both men came out of this contest for the better. ***¼
Match #4: IWC Tag Team Titles: Bobby Beverly and Nicki Valentino © vs. Bronco McBride and Matt Segaris
This is a rematch from the original Mountain State Madness, where the Blue Collar Slaughterhouse defeated the One Nighters in their professional wrestling debut. Valentino cheap shots McBride and Beverly hits a suplex. Segaris blind tags into the match and connects with a double clothesline. The BCS take down Valentino with a double team suplex and follow with some more tandem offense. Beverly catches McBride with an enzuigiri and the One Nighters isolate him. McBride and Beverly collide when they both attempt clotheslines. They tag out to their partners. Segaris hits a nice spinebuster on Valentino. Valentino pulls a chain from his tights and hits McBride with it. That only gets a nearfall. McBride steals the chain and punches Valentino with it behind the referee’s back. McBride covers and the Blue Collar Slaughterhouse become the new…wait a minute! The referee sees McBride with the chain and reverses his decision. The One Nights win via disqualification at 9:37. While the finish wasn’t ideal, the prospect of the BCS winning the titles in their home state was too good of an opportunity to pass up. When I was at this show live, I was shocked for the thirty seconds that it looked like the BCS won. I’m glad that the One Nighters kept the belts here as I think there’s a lot of life left in their title reign. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they held onto the titles for the rest of 2012. This was probably the best performance that I’ve ever seen from the BCS. Tack on a clean finish and we could have been looking at something here. **¾
Match #5: Will Calrissian vs. Tyler Stone
They trade control of a wristlock. Stone snaps off a few armdrags and Calrissian takes some time to regroup. Calrissian snaps Stone’s arm across the top rope and hits a backbreaker. The action goes to the floor where Calrissian rams Stone into the apron. Calrissian takes over in the ring until Stone fights back with a belly to belly suplex. Stone hits a jumping northern lights suplex but Calrissian answers with a gory special slam. Stone connects with a knee strike in the corner. Calrissian escapes a tiger driver and hits a nice gutbuster for the win at 6:13. Calrissian looked great in his IWC debut. I hope that this isn’t the last time we see him as I think the crowd would start reacting more to him as he makes more appearances. Stone has a lot of potential as well and this was a fine way to bring everyone back from intermission. **¼
Match #6: Sassy Stephanie vs. Marti Belle
Stephanie attacks before the opening bell. Belle thesz presses her and connects with a flurry of punches. She follows with a russian leg sweep but Stephanie responds with one of her own. Stephanie takes control until Belle connects with a roaring elbow. Stephanie tries a fisherman buster but almost drops Belle on her head. Belle hits a pedigree for the victory at 7:17. There were some okay moments sprinkled throughout periods of sloppy action. I’ve heard good things about Belle but it just seemed like she didn’t click with Stephanie. *
Jimmy DeMarco and Chest Flexor make their way to the ring. They brought the dragon with them as well. DeMarco runs down the crowd and calls out Chuck Roberts. He also introduces his new bodyguard – Marshall Gambino. Roberts and the local promoter enter the ring. Roberts talks about DeMarco’s ungratefulness and denies him a rematch against Logan Shulo. If DeMarco wants another title shot, he must win a five-way number one contender’s match at Super Indy. Additionally, the four other men in the match all hate DeMarco. Roberts introduces Flexor’s opponent for tonight, leading to…
Match #7: Chest Flexor vs. Super Oprah
They trade waistlocks and comedy ensues. Oprah gives Flexor a purple nurple and part of her stuffing comes out. She hits a side slam. Flexor throws one of his henchman into the ring and Oprah gives him a stinkface. She spears Flexor out of his boots but misses a top rope splash. Flexor hits a neckbreaker for the win at 4:11. This went exactly how you would expect. The crowd enjoyed Oprah’s shtick and the match didn’t overstay its welcome. ½*
Match #8: Street Fight: Logan Shulo and Facade vs. Jimmy DeMarco and Gory
They start the match in the crowd. Shulo/DeMarco and Facade/Gory pair up and begin brawling. Shulo throws DeMarco over a merchandise table while Facade attacks Gory with a kendo stick. Gory hits Facade across the back with a chair. Shulo throws DeMarco off the stage and into some chairs. Gory hits a chinbreaker on Facade and chokes him with a shirt. At ringside, Gory drives a hook into Facade’s forehead and connects with a corner lariat. Facade kicks him off the apron and lands a plancha to the floor. Norm Connors stops Marshall Gambino and Chest Flexor from interfering at ringside. DeMarco and Gory gain control and start punishing Shulo and Facade with various weapons. Shulo elevates Gory into a propped chair. The action goes back into the crowd where Shulo and Facade hip toss Gory onto the concession stand. Facade also dumps DeMarco into a garbage can. The brawl goes to the back of the building. DeMarco gets slammed onto some propped chairs and Gory gets slammed onto him. Facade finds an elevated platform and, of course, lands a dive off of it. Back in the ring, Flexor lays out Facade with a neckbreaker. Super Oprah returns and plants Flexor with a chokebreaker. Connors also attacks Marshall with a kendo stick. Oprah and Marshall brawl to the back. Shulo spears Gory for a nearfall. DeMarco hits the C4 on Shulo but Facade breaks up the pin attempt. Facade lands a springboard moonsault onto both of his opponents. Shulo hits a sit-out powerbomb on DeMarco while Facade hits the Arashikage Driver on Gory for the victory at 17:50. I really enjoyed this street fight live and it came across just as well on DVD. The cameras did an excellent job of capturing all of the action. The way that Facade and Gory as well as Shulo and DeMarco paired off made sense and built nicely to future encounters between them. All four men used their environment and came up with some creative spots that all went according to plan. IWC doesn’t do matches like this very often and as a result, this felt like a special main event featuring feuds that deserved the stipulation. This was a great way to end the show and the proceedings should have created some buzz for Super Indy next month. ***½
Overall: Mountain State Madness 2 was a more laid back show but it definitely had some highlights as far as wrestling quality was concerned. The first half of the show featured four matches that all accomplished what they set out to do, including solid contests between Justice/Hentai and Page/Castle. While the second half takes awhile to get going, the main event ends the show on a high note. I think this show works much better as a precursor to Super Indy XI. I wouldn’t say that there’s anything “must-see” on Mountain State Madness 2, but if you plan on purchasing Super Indy XI, this show wouldn’t be a bad watch as well.
IWC presents Super Indy XI on June 23rd at the Court Time Sports Center in Elizabeth, PA. The following first round matches have been signed:
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