IWC
Heavyweight Champion Ricky Reyes answered the challenge of
perhaps the gutsiest Super Indy Champion we’ve seen as Troy
Lords attempted to become, for at least the time being, a dual
champion. Lords scouted his opponent perfectly, concentrating on
weakening the arm of Ricky Reyes responsible for the champion’s
application of his lethal Dragon Sleeper/bodyscissors
combination. As a result of the damage to the arm, Reyes was
unable to capture Lords long or tight enough to make Balls Hot
tap out, and even if he had, based on past events, it’s
questionable whether even Ricky Reyes himself would be able to
make Troy Lords tap out before he pushed his body too far and
passed out from the pain. However, Reyes proved he’s more than
just a one-trick pony, as he was able to compensate for the
injury and pin Lords following an overhead suplex and bridge to
retain the championship once again.
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to come to fruition here, as SJK entered his final obstacle on
the road to his IWC Title shot at Super Indy VI by facing the
dangerous “Shooter“ Brent Albright. However, SJK’s past caught
up to him in more ways than one. After referee Bobby Williams
had been knocked down, Dennis Gregory involved himself in the
match, clearly upset over how he had lost his match with
Sterling last month at the hands of HENTAI’s mysterious
interference. After SJK gained the advantage and attempted to
pin Albright, promoter Norm Connors entered the ring, not to
officiate the match, but to flip the double bird to SJK and make
it clear that Connors wanted nothing to do with the idea of SJK
as IWC Champion. After a verbal and physical assault, Sterling
was placed underneath a groggy Albright, as Connors counted the
fall, shattering Sterling’s
ambitions of an IWC Title shot he had set his sights on back last
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in the night, Connors spoke of men like Dean Radford who had
remained loyal to him for over a decade, never parting ways with
the company regardless of what personal or professional matters
may arise. However, Sterling James Keenan chose to leave the IWC
for a four-month stretch back in 2006, and clearly SJK’s
departure left Connors feeling betrayed. Connors did what he
felt he had to, what he thought he must do to protect his
promotion and the integrity of the IWC Heavyweight Title, as
unpopular, controversial, and perhaps overboard his actions may
have been. Would Norm do the popular thing and let Sterling
progress to his company’s top prize, all the while, in his mind,
risking having a champion that could desert him at a moment’s
notice? Connors certainly made his controversial decision, not
only ending Sterling’s championship dreams, but FIRING him in
the process, stating “Last year you quit on me, now I quit on
you.” While its highly debatable that Norm made the right
decision, and if he perhaps went too far, but he did what he
felt he had to. And now, unfortunately, Sterling James Keenan’s
IWC career has come to an end.
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the subject of loyalty, perhaps the most loya
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IWC employee in recent memory, Dean Radford competed in his
final IWC match, and made it a successful final chapter to his
career. Radford defeated his opponent who, appropriately enough,
was “Snapshot” CJ Sensation, one of Radford’s best friends over
the years and a man who, alongside Radford, entered the
wrestling business and worked their way up the proverbial ladder
together starting at age 14. After the match, the locker room
emptied to show their appreciation to Radford who for 5 years
has been one of IWC’s hardest working and most dedicated in-ring
competitors. It was an emotional and fitting send-off to a great
in-ring career. All of us here in the IWC wish Dean Radford
nothing but the best as he moves forward to the next chapter of
his life.
The
Gambino Family, tag champions Mickey & Marshall, cousin Jimmy,
and their extra muscle Vendetta, stepped into eight-man
elimination-style tag team action against arguably the two top
contenders for their tag titles: Babyface Fire (Jason Gory &
Shiima Xion), as well as the Cleveland Mafia consisting of J-Rocc
and the emotionless assassin, "The Baddest Man in IWC" Ray Rowe.
The Family’s strategy was clear, to eliminate Xion, Gory, and J-Rocc
first, leaving them to deal w
ith
the most intimidating force in the company today, Ray Rowe, in a
4-on-1 situation. However, even the extensive numbers advantage
was not enough to slow down the suplex machine Rowe. Rowe
unleashed his fury on DeMarco, Vendetta, and Mickey before being
left with Marshall “The Bull”. Just when it seemed the entire
Gambino Family was not enough to stop Ray Rowe…the Gambinos add
to the Family. Out from the crowd, a mysterious woman, holding
what appeared to be a can of Shiima’s hairspray entered the
ring, and blinded Rowe to lead to a Gambino Family pinfall and
victory. The woman was revealed to be another relative, Viki
Gambino, and was clearly more than influential in her first IWC
appearance.
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in the Super Indy Tournament that he had lost last month due to
unprofessional conduct. His opponent was the “Suburban
Terrorist” Michael “The Bomber” Façade, but it seemed McChesney
was more concerned with sending a message than he did with his
opposition. McChesney continually refused to pin Façade when he
had the attempt, instead punishing Façade. However McChesney’s
momentary lack of focus was his downfall, as Façade was able to
counter a submission hold by walking up the ropes and reversing
the momentum to where Façade was on top of his foe, and scored a
stunning pinfall upset over the former 3-time Super Indy
Champion, eerily similar to the 
way
McChesney pinned Low-ki to win Super Indy 4. The very same lack
of focus McChesney was able to capitalize on to win Super Indy 4
ended up as his downfall on the road to Super Indy 6.
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for the win. Following the match, Jacobs acknowledged the IWC
crowd, thanking them for their support both in the past and over
the upcoming months as Jacobs enters knee surgery and extensive
rehabilitation.
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IWC tag team debut a successful one. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Send feedback to
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