EIGHT MEN PUSH THEIR BODIES BEYOND NORMAL LIMITS
Complete results from IWC Play-By-Play Announcer and Media Correspondent Joe Dombrowski
Photo Highlights from IWC Ringside Photographer Rich Shook
EIGHT MEN PUSH THEIR BODIES
BEYOND NORMAL LIMITS
Complete results from IWC Play-By-Play Announcer and Media
Correspondent Joe Dombrowski
Photo Highlights from IWC Ringside Photographer Rich Shook
Saturday
night, April 15 at the Court Time Sports Center was the setting for the
fifth-annual Super Indy Title Tournament, the most-watched event in the
IWC calendar year. This year’s extravaganza more than lived up to the
reputations of tournaments prior, with displays of athleticism and
fortitude second to none.
Super Indy Tournament Quarterfinals
It was a battle of mind games, as the man
from the Edge of Sanity, the undefeated-in-IWC DELIRIOUS was able to
defeat “Wonderman” GLENN
SPECTRE. Both men got a taste of how their opponents usually feel, after
being at a psychological disadvantage due to their very unique opponent,
before Delirious was able to finish the match with a very unique cross
body known as the Shadows Over Hell.
The battle of two former winners of other
prestigious tournaments, 2005 TPI Tournament winner MATT SYDAL faced
former ECWA
Super 8 victor PETEY WILLIAMS, ended in a Matt Sydal victory after
numerous counters of Williams’ feared Canadian Destroyer piledriver.
“Balls Hot” TROY LORDS continued his red-hot streak in 2006, by scoring
what some may consider an upset over the much larger “Double C” CLAUDIO
CASTAGNOLI, somehow overcoming the size disadvantage to continue his
major wave of momentum.
He’s known as a Rottweiler, and as a Havana Pitbull, but at Super Indy V, RICKY REYES was known as the man who defeated one of the world’s all-around best tacticians, ALEX SHELLEY. Reyes was able to apply a lethal Dragon Sleeper with a body scissors, completely trapping Shelley, forcing him to tap out immediately, much to the chagrin of the man behind the “Paparazzi Cam”.
Super
Indy Tournament Semifinals
Delirious and Matt Sydal renewed their
ages-long rivalry in round number 2, a rivalry that helped both men
achieve increased success and notoriety in the wrestling world,
including here in IWC where the two met last July. Sydal’s best efforts
to counter-act Delirious’ mind games with aerial risks only had
temporary success, as Delirious moved to the finals t
hanks
to the Chemical Imbalance.
Troy Lords continued to silence his critics with another immensely important win, defeating Ricky Reyes. Lords somehow found the endurance and pain threshold to meet the ever-dangerous Reyes blow for blow and withstand several brutal kicks to come out on the winning end.
Super
Indy Tournament Finals
The final match of Super Indy V, started
in a very premature and disgusting fashion when UNHOLY ALLIANCE member
HENTAI attacked Lords from behind and rammed him 
knee-first
into the steel ring post. Promoter NORM CONNORS attempted to cancel the
Final Round match-up of Lords vs. Delirious, but Lords refused to let 5
years of hard work and sacrifice end in being forced to quit before the
most important match of his life began. Despite not having the ability
to stand, Troy Lords demanded the match be started, and not
surprisingly, Delirious did what any competitor would do, targeting
Lords’ knee. Connors aga
in
attempted to stop the match, this time by throwing in a towel, but Lords
threw it back out before the referee could see it. Delirious continued
to relentlessly work on the knee 
as
Lords fought through the pain as best he could. Then Delirious slapped
on a single-leg Boston crab, and the match finally had to be stopped. To
win Super Indy V, you had to push your body beyond its normal
limitations in order to show your had what it takes to be champion.
Lords did just thought, he pushed himself, he fought like a champion,
but his body passed out from the pain. If not for the disgusting attack
by HENTAI, Lords may very well be champion right now, however it was
Delirious, another deserving athlete in his own right, who was presented
with the Super Indy Title by previous champion Low Ki. Delirious is
champion, but Troy Lords never gave up.
Non-tournament matches:
With HENTAI focusing on the Su
per
Indy High Challenge, The Unholy Alliance of IWC Champion SHIRLEY DOE and
SEBASTIAN DARK needed a partner, and they found one of the best…former 2
time IWC Champion JIMMY VEGA$. Citing his years-long rivalry with DENNIS
GREGORY as his reason for aligning himself with Doe & Dark, the three
took the fight to Gregory, DEAN RADFORD, and BOLEN in a wild
no-disqualification elimination match. Once again, outside involvement
from HENTAI becomes a factor, as after four men had been eliminated, a
top rope splash to the back of Radford, led to a Shirley Doe pinfall, as
the champion wins the war for his team and is named sole survivor.
Radford was taken from the ring with caution by doctors & officials,
leading promoter Norm Connors to announce a bombshell for this upcoming
June…As the Unholy Alliance will be forced to enter “War Games”.
The 6’8” 350 lb. “Monster” ABYSS, for the first time ever, squared off one-on-one with the ever-dangerous LOW KI. The cliché “Irrisistable Force vs. Immovable Object” was certainly very appropriate in these circumstances, as both men pelted each other with vicious offense. However, IWC Champion Shirley Doe, along with Sebastian Dark and Jimmy Vega$, interjected themselves in order to aid their personal Weapon of Mass Destruction Abyss. Low Ki was able to fight off Vega$ & Dark, however Doe’s distraction enabled Abyss to hit the Black Hole Slam to score the win.
The
Super Indy High Challenge featured previous winners from every Super
Indy Tournament to date. Super Indy 1 Tournament winner HENTAI, Super
Indy 2 winner “Classic” COLT CABANA, Super Indy 3 winner “The Future”
CHRIS SABIN, and Super Indy 4 winner “Fabulous” JOHN McCHESNEY all met
in an elimination match. Cabana and Sabin eliminated one another on a
controversial double team, leaving HENTAI representing the Unholy
Alliance, and John McChesney representing IWC. It was John McChesney
scoring the win for IWC, leaving HENTAI irate. Certainly this situation
was instrumental in HENTAI’s decision to ruin the night of another IWC
locker room leader, Troy Lords. Following the match, McChesney issued a
challenge to Low-ki for the rubber match in their series, to truly find
out if McChesney is on Low Ki’s level. McChesney’s choice of match…Caged
Fury.
Tag team champions “Nice Guy” MICKEY &
MARSHALL “The Bull” GAMBINO defended their titles once again against
former champions “M-Dogg 20” MATT CROSS & JOSH PROHIBITION in a rematch
from the prior month. While the Gambinos and their newfound-intensity
were successful last month in their defense against M-Dogg & Josh, it
seemed the duo known as the “Burning River Brigade” were on their way to
victory. Josh’s “Drunken Driver” followed by Matt’s shooting star press
looked to lead to a title victory, but “DeeeLicious” JIMMY DEMARCO,
cousin of the Gambinos, blatantly interfered, costing M-Dogg & Josh the
tag titles. The Burning River Brigade left angry over being screwed, as
Mickey & Marshall berated their cousin for helping them when they didn’t
need it. No one left happy, and as a result, a no-disqualification rematch was signed for
next month.
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score a win and finally avenge his loss to Gory that cost him
Newcomer of the Year honors. After the match, a rare showing of
respect by Xion, as the two shook hands in a surprising show of
respect.
WE,
the CLEVELAND MAFIA avenged their loss from the prior month to DIRK
CIGLAR and “Hot Property” JASON CAGE with a victory in tag team
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