Mountain State Madness 4 on April 14th, 2013
Opening Match: Dalton Castle vs. Joseph Brooks
Castle wants revenge on Team Big League but Brooks stalls early on. Castle takes Brooks down with a shoulder tackle and controls on the mat. Castle misses a springboard moonsault and lands awkwardly on his leg. Brooks immediately slams the bad leg into the apron and takes over. Castle blocks a charge and comes back with a pumphandle suplex. He goes for the dead-lift german suplex but his leg gives out. Brooks misses a lariat and Castle catches him with a backslide for the win at 6:55. They managed to tell an engaging story in only seven minutes, but it’s clear that they had more in them. Brooks received a chance to at least look competitive, which was nice since Team Big League is coming off some key losses lately. **½
Match #2: Mike Rayne, Kyle Matthews, Jordan Lennox, and Carter Mason vs. Andrew Palace, Brian McDowell, Corey Hollis, and Kris Chambers
Matthews connects with a leg lariat on Hollis. Chambers lays in a knee to Mason’s face but gets caught by a headscissors. Mason hurricanranas Chambers and dropkicks him to the floor. Commentary talks about McDowell’s bowling career and how he felt that he was too aggressive for the bowling alley. Is this real life? Rayne out-smarts McDowell in a couple of exchanges. Lennox finds himself on the receiving end of a charge from McDowell. He fights off Palace with a series of kicks and tags out. Mason misses a charge and runs into a lariat from Palace. The heels isolate him until he hits a brainbuster on Hollis and makes the tag. The faces land stereo dives to the floor as the crowd comes alive. In the ring, Mason comes off the middle rope with a neckbreaker on Chambers. Hollis hits a nice backcracker on Mason. Lennox hits a spanish fly on Hollis. Palace hits his implant DDT on Lennox but Matthews makes the save. Rayne slips on a springboard attempt and gets beaten down. Chambers connects with a superkick on Rayne for a nearfall. Rayne counters a neckbreaker from Chambers and hits the Doppler Effect for the victory at 12:35. An effective multi-man tag team match that received enough time for many to standout. Lennox in particular looked really good throughout the course of this contest with sharp offense. Some of the infrequent IWC roster members such as Matthews and Hollis hopefully will appear more often. ***
Match #3: Silvie Silver vs. D’arcy Dixon
Silver snaps off some brutal-looking armdrags. They botch a hip toss, simultaneously move backwards, and try again. Dixon takes control after Silver somewhat misses a charge. They both connect with clotheslines at the same time and fall to the canvas. Silver comes back with a “flurry” of offense. She hits a backbreaker but Dixon responds with a DDT. Silver botches a hurricanrana and kind of lands a cartwheel splash for the win at 5:17. Of course Silver wins in this situation because she’s the face. But dear lord, Silver bordered on unsafe at multiple points here. I like Dixon from what little I’ve seen of her but she was in a hopeless situation. ¼*
Match #4: Logan Shulo vs. Jimmy Nutts
Rex Lawless accompanies Nutts to the ring. Nutts gets a little too cocky and shoves Shulo. That doesn’t end well. Shulo sends Nutts to the floor with a shoulder tackle. Back in, Nutts sneaks in a cheap shot out of the corner and uses a distraction from Lawless to take control. Shulo back suplexes out of a side headlock. They exchange uppercuts and Shulo connects with a discus lariat. Nutts finds himself in a tree of woe. Shulo follows with a flying double stomp. Nutts fights out of the sit-out powerbomb and lays in a discus forearm for a nearfall. Shulo fires back with a mafia kick for a two count. Nutts reverses a superplex into a crossbody. Shulo goes for the sit-out powerbomb again but Nutts falls down clutching his knee. As the referee checks on him, Lawless runs into the ring and hits a full nelson backbreaker on Shulo. Nutts covers for the victory at 10:59. While Lawless might ultimately have been the deciding factor, the finish isn’t annoying because it advanced the storyline and Nutts was able to look strong throughout the rest of the match. I think Nutts is highly underrated and Shulo has been on a tear, so these two put together a solid match that could have been even better with a few more minutes. **¾
John McChesney comes out to celebrate Team Big League’s win. He feels so confident that he calls out Aiden Veil right now. As Veil comes to the ring, Rex Lawless attacks him from behind. CJ Sensation, Team Big League’s referee, calls for the bell…
Match #5: IWC World Heavyweight Title: John McChesney © vs. Aiden Veil
Veil fights back with a series of chops but runs into a dropkick. Lawless interjects himself again with an attack at ringside. McChesney just throws his challenger to the floor for Lawless to pounce. Veil makes a comeback by landing a standing moonsault. He goes up top but Lawless crotches him on the top rope. That draws a disqualification at 3:24. IWC World Heavyweight Title matches rarely have clean finishes anymore. I bet there’s another match in the works.
Zema Ion, who was a heel yesterday, comes out to make the save. Chuck Roberts books McChesney vs. Veil vs. Ion in a triple threat match for the title later tonight.
Match #6: IWC Super Indy Title: Anthony Nese © vs. Michael Elgin
Elgin asserts his power advantage early on. Nese loses a shoulder block battle and gets press slammed. Elgin connects with corner punches along with a dropkick. Nese traps him in the ring skirt and lands a fosbury flop to the outside. Nese hits a neckbreaker in the ring and takes over. Elgin fights back with an opportune enzuigiri and superplexes Nese from the apron into the ring. They exchange strikes and Elgin hits an overhead suplex. He adds a swinging side slam. Nese responds with a pumphandle powerbomb. He matrixes to avoid a lariat. Elgin blocks a superkick and connects with a bicycle kick. Nese fires back with two superkicks but gets taken down by a lariat. Nese low blows Elgin behind the referee’s back and sneaks in a small package to retain his title at 12:32. It seemed as though they were doing their best to play to the crowd but I don’t think the fans were familiar with either Nese or Elgin, which seems strangle and unlikely. At only twelve minutes and with a rollup finish, these two are clearly capable of better. However, they showed good chemistry and did the best with what they had to work with. ***
Match #7: IWC Tag Team Titles: Colin Delaney and Keith Haught © vs. Mickey and Marshall Gambino vs. Matt Segaris and Bronco McBride
The Gambinos attack everyone before the opening bell. Delaney lands a dive to the floor and Haught follows with one from the top rope. In the ring, Segaris hits a powerslam on Delaney. McBride catches Haught with a series of clotheslines and hits a samoan drop. Mickey tags himself into the match and the Gambinos work over Haught. The Gambinos and the Blue Collar Slaughterhouse start arguing and Haught makes the tag. Delaney and Haught hit the Excellent Adventure on Mickey for a nearfall. The BCS hit a spike DDT on Delaney. The Gambinos hit the Curse of the Gambino on Haught for a two count. Haught comes back with a knockout kick on Marshall and Delaney follows with a slingshot elbow drop to retain the titles at 8:12. The match felt rushed at only eight minutes but a point was made regarding the tension between the BCS and the Gambinos. Haught and Delaney continue to be enjoyable champions but this match didn’t have much time to develop. **¼
The Gambinos attack the BCS after the match. They hit the Curse of the Gambino on McBride. Staff tries to intervene but the Gambinos attack them with chairs. The Gambinos slam McBride through a table at ringside and leave through the crowd.
Match #8: Facade vs. Kid Kash
They trade control of a wristlock and Kash tries to keep Facade grounded. Kash hits an STO and starts trash-talking. He offers Facade a test of strength and then pokes him in the eye. Facade fights back with a headscissors and lays in a series of kicks in the corner. He follows with corner punches. Kash retreats to the floor and Facade lands a rolling senton from the apron to the floor. In the ring, Kash blocks a dive with a dropkick. He leaves the ring and starts arguing with a fan at ringside. Staff members have to calm Kash down. They awkwardly reset in the ring. Kash puts Facade in a submission and continues to yell at the fans. He hits a backbreaker and takes control. The action goes to the floor where, you guessed it, Kash argues with some fans. He throws a chair at Facade’s head, which would be a disqualification any other time. Facade takes advantage of Kash being distracted (go figure) and fights back. They exchange control of a claw hold. Facade matrixes to avoid a clothesline and connects with a heel kick. He kind of lands a springboard moonsault for a nearfall. Facade walks the top rope and connects with a missile dropkick. They trade quick pin attempts to no avail. Kash hits a tiger driver for the win at 19:31. This went from nearly unwatchable to a pretty solid match down the stretch. The crowds that usually come to the West Virginia shows are family-oriented and Kash’s mannerisms and outbursts were completely uncalled for. Kash using the chair also put the referee in a tough position as the disqualification should have been called and you don’t want to set an unclear precedent. I liked the idea of giving Facade a big match in his return to IWC, but Kash going off the rails certainly didn’t help. **½
Match #9: IWC World Heavyweight Title: John McChesney © vs. Aiden Veil vs. Zema Ion
McChesney attacks before the opening bell. Ion and Veil answer with stereo dropkicks and then have an exchange. Veil lands a standing moonsault onto Ion. McChesney pulls Veil to the floor but Ion takes them both out with a dive. In the ring, Ion snaps off a hurricanrana on McChesney. He goes up top but McChesney pushes him to the floor. Veil connects with a double axe handle on McChesney. The Champion works over Veil in the ring while Ion recovers on the outside. The tide changes after Ion comes out on the positive end of a tower of doom spot. Ion hits a DDT on Veil but runs into a TKO from McChesney. Veil connects with an enzuigiri on McChesney and hits a rolling neckbreaker for a nearfall. Ion lands a 450 splash onto Veil. McChesney pushes Ion to the floor and steals the pin to retain his title at 7:36. Besides the duration, my only other complaint would be that McChesney hasn’t gotten a clean win since becoming champion. Though McChesney and Tony Nese are heel champions, it doesn’t mean that they can’t retain via legitimate means. McChesney has proven himself in IWC and Nese is, well, look at him. This was fine for the time given and Veil seems to be improving. **¾
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