CZW New Heights 2013 iPPV Results and Analysis

Someone by the name of David Starr makes his way to the ring to cut a promo, but there is no sound. Lucky 13 interrupts whatever it is he was saying. Lucky 13 offers him a beer, and then a stunner!

The sound is back! Big ups to RFVideo and CZW for correcting the problem so quickly.

Six Way Dance and the winner will receive a title shot of their choosing. One fall to a finish. – DARK SHEIK VS. CALEB KONLEY VS. DAVE CRIST VS. SHANE HOLLISTER VS. RON MATHIS VS. RORY MONDO: Mondo and Sheik start things off. Some basic wrestling as they fight for the offense and Mondo comes away with a tiltawhirl back breaker coming out on top. Shiek rolls out and Konley comes in. Mondo rolls out and Mathis comes in. It breaks down to Crist and Hollister. Soon after, Mathis sentons out onto a crowd on the floor. Sheik with a trust fall from the top rope to the floor onto the rest of the competitors. Crist and Mathis are now dueling it out in the ring. Sheik takes out Crist and now everyone is involved. The match breaks down again. Sheik with a standing sliced bread on Konley. Mathis with an assisted double stomp tombstone from Crist on Sheik and then Hollister steals the victory. That was non stop and a ton of fun. Winner: Shane Hollister. *** range.

ANDREW EVERETT VS. GREG EXCELLENT: Everett playing the cocky I'm better and faster than you heel character and doing it well. Excellent goes to the second turnbuckle but Everett sweeps the leg and sends him down hard. Forearm rakes and dirty tactics all around from Everett. Everett springboards but Excellent catches him and delivers a thunderous samoan drop. Everett regains strength and sends Excellent to the outside and then follows up with a perfect over the top rope dive to the outside. Everett powers Excellent back into the ring. Everett having trouble irish whipping Excellent and the attempt is countered with a short arm lariat and then a running cannon ball into the turnbuckle. Excellent overpowering anything Everett tosses at him now. Everett goes to the top for a moonsault, a ton of air but Excellent puts the knees up and then nails a jay driller. Excellent goes to the top rope but Cherry Bomb and Pepper Parks come down. Cherry Bomb distracts the ref while Parks attacks. Excellent with a splash on Parks and then Everett hits a sneaky roll up for the win. The former Chiva Kid is a damn good heel. Winner: Andrew Everett. **1/2 range.

CZW World Tag-Team Championship – BLK-OUT (RUCKUS & BLK-JEEZ) (c) VS. THE CATALYST (DUSTIN RAYZ & ERIC RYAN): Rayz and Ryan attack Jeez and Ruckus on the entrance way as they make their way to the ring. They brawl around ringside but not for long as the bell sounds with Ruckus and Rayz as the legal men. Rayz sends Ruckus to the outside and then hits a suicide dive. Jeez and Ryan with a nice exchange in the ring now. A couple of sloppy double team segments but the action cleans up and Ruckus and Rayz are back at it. Ruckus tags in Jeez and for the first time the match has some order. Jeez is totally in control of Rayz. Ruckus back in and Rayz is still being dominated. BlkOut is isolating Rayz and tagging back and forth frequently. Nothing, not one bit of offense from Rayz until he hits a quick kick to the head of Ruckus finally getting to Ryan for the tag. Some double team work by Ryan and Rayz on Ruckus but Jeez won't have any of it as the things now transition into a double team sequence on Ryan. Some really messy sequences is making for not much of a match here. Ryan does a headstand on the turnbuckle and literally waits for Jeez to attack. That sort of, weird stuff, is all over this match. Ruckus puts Ryan away with essentially no momentum, and in my opinion, that was a very disappointing outing by both teams. Winners: BlkOut. ** range.

Robbie Moreno cuts a post match promo and then DJ Hyde follows suit. The typical “I'm the boss and you people don't matter” lingo, which for some reason works every single time. Out come the Crist Brothers to shut DJ up. Jake on the mic exchanging words with DJ and Dave has a few words also, including wishing his brother a happy birthday, and out comes Naveah with a cake which goes straight into DJ's face. POP. Jake hits a death valley driver on the boss for good measure and they retreat to the back.

ALEX COLON VS. SHANE STRICKLAND: AR Fox hand picked Colon's opponent. They lock up and fight for position. Duel dropkicks and back to square one they go. Colon with a knee strike that sends Strickland to the outside. Suicide dive by Colon. Strickland bounces back fast with a head-scissors on Colon on the floor. They make it back into the ring after a few exchanges at ringside. Strike for strike with Colon coming out on top. The offense for Colon doesn't last long as Strickland hits a springboard missile dropkick. Strickland going for something high risk. It costs him as colon swings it into a ddt. Strickland manages to slow the pace down but this ultimately works to Colon's advantage. Strickland dodges an attempt for a power move on the apron and tries to turn that into some momentum but Colon fights through Strickland's burst of energy. Really good back and forth stuff with not many near falls. A great exchange. A falcon arrow by Strickland, 1, 2, Chrissy Rivera with the distraction. A double stomp from the top rope by Strickland and 1,2,3. HUGE win for the new flavor. A great match and a great win. Colon attacks Strickland after the match, denying a handshake. AR Fox makes the save. Winner: Shane Strickland. ***1/2 range.

Scotty Vortekz cannot make the show. Devon Moore makes his way to the ring and calls Joe Gacy to ringside. Gacy attacks Moore. Out comes Tremont! Maven Bentley makes a three way ultraviolent rules match between…

Ultraviolent Rules Match – DEVON MOORE VS. MATT TREMONT VS. JOE GACY: Moore and Tremont working over Gacy together on the outside. Moore with a broom shot on Gacy. Gacy with a suplex on Tremont on the floor. The three are back into the ring and a typical three way ensues, but with plunder of course. Gacy is back-dropped through a table by Tremont. Gacy and Tremont slugging at each other on the outside. Tremont rolls into the ring while Moore sets up a table. Tremont sets Moore on the table and climbs to the top rope. Gacy runs back in the ring and sends Tremont off the top rope to the floor through a table. Somehow Kris Levin (ref) is incipacitated. Gacy now in control of Moore as he sets up for a super power bomb through the table that Moore set up in the ring moments ago. Drew Blood runs down to ringside in a referee shirt, but instead of taking Levin's place, he helps out Gacy. Gacy pins Moore for the win after a super top rope power bomb through a table. Winner: Joey Gacy. **1/2 range.

Danny Havoc and Lucky 13 run down to the ring really pissed off. Nation of Intoxication challenge Drew Blood and the Naptown Dragons to Tangled Web next month.

INTERMISSION POINT…(Big ups to RFVideo for the quality of the stream tonight)

Number One Contenders Match for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship – DREW GULAK VS. TOMMY DREAMER: The two play feelers for a while with an exchange of holds and lock ups. A conservative approach by both men. Some sensible work by both fighting for position. Dreamer begins to over power Gulak. A huge fall away slam by Dreamer. Gulak rolls to the outside and Dreamer follows…Good back and forth stuff for the most part and even a ladder came into play, but my concentration shifted to trying to reload the dashboard which crashed during this contest. Winner: Drew Gulak. *** range. (However based on my lack of focus this could have been higher)

4LOCO (AZRIEAL & BANDIDO JR) VS. THE BEAVER BOYS (JOHNNY SILVER & ALEX REYNOLDS): All four shift back and forth and take turns working each other in what can be described as a standard tag team contest. Things begin to break down a little bit. Bandido takes Reynolds to the apron and back drops him on the apron. This point marks a turn where 4Loco begins to dominate. After pure domination by 4Loco for a little while, Reynolds hits a double stomp on Bandido and finally makes it back to Silver. Silver is full of energy and this turns the tide for the Beaver Boys. Silver's control ends when Bandido nails him with a missile drop kick. The tandom offense for 4Loco begins again but Silver and Reynolds fight it off and hit some of there own double team stuff. All four men playing strike for strike now. Four superkicks at once takes everyone down. That was awesome chants. Reynolds is taken out hard by Azrieal after they all come to. A huge near fall but Silver makes the save. This leads straight into Silver and Reynolds hitting something like a double team assault driver on Azrieal. Reynolds with the 1,2,3 on Azrieal! Really great stuff. Go out of your way to see stuff. Winners: Johnny Silver and Alex Reynolds. ***1/2 range.

AR FOX VS. BIFF BUSICK: Alex Colon hand picked Fox's opponent. The match spills to the outside almost immediately although nothing takes shape on the floor and they get back into the ring rather quickly. Fox having trouble with Busick's power early on. Busick purposely grounding Fox to slow down whatever bursts of offense he attempts. Busick using strikes to counter anything Fox tries to toss at him. Fox finally creates some space and uses that to his advantage as now Busick is having trouble with Fox's speed. The very opposite of how things started. Springboard 450 by Fox. 2 count. Fox is now attempting to slow things down and use some of his own power instead of speed. Great psychology going on here. Fox thinks he is in control and goes for a senton but it's blocked by Busick. Busick in control but Fox powers out and goes for a springboard but runs into a nasty forearm. Lo Mein Pain attempt caught by Busick and he launches Fox off the middle rope. Near fall. They make their way to the apron. Busick blocks a sliced bread attempt and hits a dragon suplex sending Fox awkwardly to the floor. Busick goes for the pin. 2 count. Lo Mein Pain out of nowhere and the three count follows. This could have been an audible as Fox appears to have legitimately busted his nose. Winner: AR Fox. *** range.

CZW World Heavyweight Championship Match – MASADA (c) VS. CHRIS DICKINSON: Dickinson goes straight to the injured knee of MASADA. Dickinson lets MASADA get to his feet and they lock up with Dickinson coming out on top, but it spills to the outside which gives MASADA some time to recoup. MASADA is trying to dictate the pace but not having any luck with Dickinson focusing on the knee. Deadlift powerbomb by Dickinson but MASADA isn't phased. He takes Dickinson down into a crossface but Dickinson reverses it into a figure four. Dickinson breaks the hold and drags MASADA to the ring post, slamming MASADA's knee into the post. Von Eerie gets in Dickinson's face which allows MASADA to recover, but again Dickinson goes after the knee as soon as he see's an opening. Dickinson hits three consecutive german suplexes. Von Eerie is back in Dickinson's face giving MASADA time to recover. MASADA sneaks up on Dickinson and hits a back suplex, 1,2,3 and it's over. Uhhhhh ok. Very much below main event quality. I feel for MASADA though, based on the legit knee problem. Winner: MASADA. ** range.

The Gulak Campaign come out and attack both Dickinson and MASADA. Kimber Lee piledrives Von Eerie. Gulak applies an ankle lock on MASADA.

If MASADA can't work like this, I find it unacceptable for him to be in the main event spot despite his role as Champion. There has to be ways around this to give fans a better quality main event. This show was consistently a buffet table of wrestling to indulge in, but it's a shame the main event had to leave such a sour, bitter taste in my mouth. This was a very worth while show until the main event rolled around. However, that makes things extremely counter productive and therefore my thoughts on the show as a whole are mixed.

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Overall Show Grade: C+

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