Uncivil War on March 22nd, 2014
Dalton Castle comes out to start the show. He makes a comment about the building being filthy that is actually muted from the DVD. Corey Futuristic quickly interrupts. Futuristic is angry once again because he doesn’t have a match on the card. Castle informs him that he’ll setup a match to take place later tonight. Futuristic teases a handshake and tries a cheap shot. Castle catches his boot and hits a german suplex.
Opening Match: Andrew Palace vs. Keith Haught
Palace cuts a pre-match promo reminding everyone that he’s the first entrant into Super Indy. Haught hits a few hip tosses and Palace retreats to the floor. Haught chases him around the ring but Palace cuts him off upon reentering the ring. Palace takes control with a butterfly suplex. Haught comes back by sitting down on a sunset flip attempt. Haught botches a headscissors but it was certainly a noble attempt. Palace ducks a knockout kick and hits a neckbreaker. Palace tries to use the goggles but eats a knockout kick. Haught puts on the goggles and lands the Haught Mess for the win at 5:11. Palace losing at this point is to be expected and hopefully he has a good run in Super Indy to bring everything full circle. This match was too short to mean anything, but the crowd loves Haught so it worked fine as the opener. *½
Match #2: Dennis Gregory, Jimmy Vegas, and Justin Idol vs. Jon Bolen, Remy Lavey, and Sam Cassidy
Gregory is wrestling this match completely drunk. Either that or he’s the best actor I’ve ever seen. No one from the Founding Fathers want to start the match against Bolen. Bolen dominates Idol early on but Lavey makes a blind tag to Bolen’s disapproval. The Knight Riders follow with some double team offense on Idol. Idol spits drink into Lavey’s eyes and the Founding Fathers isolate him. Lavey creates an opening after a neckbreaker. As soon as Lavey is about to tag out, Bolen leaves the apron. Bolen gets on the microphone and expresses his frustration about teaming with the Knight Riders. Bolen says that he’s in IWC to win titles and make money. The Founding Fathers quickly dispatch of the Knight Riders in Bolen’s absence. Gregory and Vegas hit a superkick-full nelson slam combination on Lavey for the victory at 10:30. The good news is that the Knight Riders have been improving after every match. The bad news is that Gregory wrestled this match intoxicated and it was uncomfortable to watch at times. He also cuts a post-match promo that drags on for quite awhile. The Founding Fathers let Team Big League know that they’re coming after them. Overall, this could have been a complete disaster but they managed to scrape together a decent tag team match. **
Match #3: Jay Flash vs. Corey Futuristic
Flash backs Futuristic into the corner and connects with a series of strikes. Flash follows with repeated kicks to the chest and hits a senton. Futuristic reverses a springboard attempt into a backcracker and takes over. Flash comes back with a release overhead suplex. Both men are down. Flash hits a spinebuster and follows with a top-rope cannonball for the win at 6:29. Flash has potential and while Futuristic will have a hard time being taken seriously, he was able to hang with Flash here. I was perfectly content with this match given the duration. *¾
John McChesney and Joseph Brooks come out for the State of Team Big League address. McChesney is in a wheelchair. He introduces Justin LaBar. McChesney tells a far-fetched story about how he was climbing trees to deliver coconuts to underprivileged children and a coconut fell and shattered his kneecap. Jimmy Nutts and Justin Plummer interrupt. Plummer tells LaBar that RJ City will wrestle Davey Boy Smith, Jr. at the next show and Bret Hart will be in his corner. The Founding Fathers come out to attack McChesney but security holds them back. Chuck Roberts announces that at the next show in White Oak, Idol will receive a match against McChesney. Additionally, at the next show, Team Big League will take on Nutts and the Steiner Brothers. Tonight, since McChesney cannot compete, Nutts will take on Jon Bolen…
Match #4: Jimmy Nutts vs. Jon Bolen
Bolen asserts his power advantage but Nutts does not back down. Bolen puts the breaks on a side headlock takedown and hits a big shoulder tackle. Nutts fights back with a hip toss and an impressive monkey flip. Bolen fights off corner punches with snake eyes. The action goes to the floor where Nutts connects with a double axe handle off the apron. John McChesney provides a distraction at ringside long enough for Bolen to regain control in the ring. Bolen works over the midsection and hits a spinebuster. Nutts catches him up top with a superplex. Nutts connects with a roaring elbow and hits a rydeen bomb. Bolen ducks another elbow and hits a spear for a nearfall. He takes off the top turnbuckle out of frustration. Nutts sends him into the exposed steel and sneaks in a rollup for the victory at 13:29. Nutts and Bolen are certainly not well-known but I think they’re both underrated in their ability to keep a match grounded and to tell a story in the ring. Bolen doesn’t lose often in IWC, so this was a nice diversion for Nutts on the way to feuding with McChesney. They didn’t reinvent the wheel but they injected some life into the card and made great use of their thirteen minutes. ***
After the match, McChesney reveals that he was faking his injury and attacks Nutts from behind. McChesney hits a brace-assisted leg drop from the middle rope and leaves Nutts laid out in the ring.
Match #5: IWC Tag Team Titles: Chest Flexor and Brian McDowell © vs. Jock Samson and Bronco McBride vs. Ilya Malkin and Sergey White
McBride connects with a dropkick on McDowell. Samson traps Flexor in the corner and chops away. White connects with shotgun knees on Flexor and Malkin adds a spinebuster. McDowell tries to use his bowling ball but Samson steals it. Malkin lands a dive to the floor. White follows with a dive of his own. Samson throws the bowling ball over the top rope but the group catches it. Samson then impressively lands a dive of his own. I can tell you that no one in the building thought that Samson was actually going to dive. In the ring, White lands a senton onto Samson. The Russian team isolates Samson until Flexor blind tags into the match and the action breaks down. McBride hits a spinebuster on White. Samson and McBride follow with stereo dropkicks. Flexor steals the pin on White and the STDs retain their titles at 11:25. Samson proved to be a lot of fun in his debut and really held this match together. Flexor and McDowell aren’t setting the world on fire with their reign but the injection of new talent freshened up this defense and kept things interesting for most of the eleven minutes. **¾
Match #6: Johnny Gargano vs. Facade
Gargano turns heel before the match, talking about how much more he’s achieved in professional wrestling than Facade. Facade takes him out with a dive to the floor before the opening bell. Facade connects with a punt from the apron and lands a slingshot splash in the ring. He tries a few quick rollups to no avail. Gargano dodges a second punt attempt and trips Facade on the apron. Gargano hits a slingshot DDT and takes control. Facade fights back with a springboard gamengiri. Both men are down. Facade connects with a springboard dropkick and then kicks Gargano off the apron. Facade walks the ropes and lands a dive to the floor. In the ring, Facade walks the ropes again and connects with a dropkick. Gargano fights off the Dreadlock and hits a powerbomb. He lays in a knockout kick. They exchange forearms and Gargano creates an opening with an enzuigiri. Facade connects with a roundhouse kick but eats two superkicks. He bounces off the ropes and fires back with another roundhouse kick. Both men are down once again. Gargano counters a split-legged moonsault with a german suplex. Gargano connects with a basement superkick for a nearfall. He lawn darts Facade into the turnbuckles. They tease finishers. Gargano superkicks Facade out of the headstand position. Facade escapes another lawn dart and hits the Arashikage Driver for the win at 15:50. I really enjoyed this match live as the support for Facade seems so much more genuine when he’s putting on a good match. Honestly, I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility for Facade to be having quality matches like this one more often. Gargano was obviously a huge factor, but Facade never let his offense get too out of control and they had some great back and forth exchanges. They also successfully played off of their familiarity with each other as former partners. As it stands, this is may favorite match of the year thus far for IWC. ***½
Match #7: IWC World Heavyweight Title: Dalton Castle © vs. Joseph Brooks
John McChesney accompanies the challenger to the ring but Chuck Roberts quickly gets security to escort him out of the building. Brooks stalls for awhile and succeeds in frustrating Castle. Castle finally catches Brooks and lays in some strikes on the mat. Justin LaBar comes out to check on Brooks. Castle brings out Justin Plummer to even the score. Castle hits a butterfly suplex on Brooks. LaBar tries to pull Brooks out of the ring but Plummer makes that plan backfire. Another distraction by LaBar allows Brooks to take control. Castle comes back with a hurricanrana at ringside. He lays in multiple headbutts and hits a spinning side slam. Brooks counters a dead-lift german suplex into a boston crab. Castle is able to power out of the hold and hit a spinning gourdbuster. LaBar distracts the referee. Plummer chases him to the back. The distraction allows Brooks to hit a double underhook DDT for a nearfall. Cannon avoids a confetti cannon shot and hits the dead-lift german suplex to retain his title at 17:51. The interference from Team Big League overshadowed the match to some extent, but the action was still given more than enough time to play out. I don’t think anyone bought Brooks winning the title but his stock was certainly elevated by looking competitive. Castle has been making the best of his reign with quality defenses and I don’t see that stopping anytime soon. ***
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