Promoter Ronnie Watkins comes out and make the announcement of a mini-tournament of 4 top contenders to determine a new US Champion and he was making the match -ups himself and he thought it would be great to see the two members of DOA go against each other. Orion and Dirty Sanchez went to a double count-out against each other in this first match of the mini-tournament for the vacant US title (last held by Tony Dabbs who has left the promotion)....second match of the tournament was a battle of babyfaces, Trainwreck and Scorpion, which was a good clean wrestling match until DOA hit the ring on both men causing a double disqualification.Frustrated by both outcome, promoter/matchmaker Ronnie Watkins ruled that ALL ICW wrestlers would be in a battle royal later for the US championship.
ICW champion "Outlaw" J.D. McKay came out and made light of the fact that his opponent was not there and was too chicken to show up. Watkins said Bill Dundee had called citing a family emergency in Memphis. Well, J.D. says he has nobody to face, but recently turned good guy "The Convict" came out and challenged J.D. to a "Handcuffs" match. Watkins asked the fans if they wanted to see this match and they yelled for it. and it was on.
Next up was a "I Quit" Match between Aries and Dylan Hunt. The action spill onto the arena floor several times but in the end, Hunt was able to make Aries submit after about 18 minutes. This match really had the fans going with several of them making mention how great of match it was.
After a break, J.D. (who the fans call "Barney" since he wears a purple suit) same out saying he ain't doing a "Handcuffs" match with "Paris Hilton's roommate". That got a laugh but that was the last laugh as Watkins told him he had to do it or be stripped of the belt. Both men were handcuffed to a short 2-ffot shackle and then handcuffed at the wrist, which didn't let Outlaw JD anywhere to run. The finish saw the Convict swing McKay into the ref who took a wicked bump that drew a gasp from the crowd. The Convict then took out brass knuckles and KOed McKay with them and planted them in McKay's tights. But the ref was out so long from the collision that McKay was able to low-blow The Convict and beat the ref's 10-count at the 9 count mark. The ref raises McKay's hand only to see the brass knux in his tights. The ref reversed his decision and awarded the match to The Convict by DQ and fans went wild - they loved seeing McKay get his here.
Then came the Battle Royale with Dirty Sanchez, Orion, Trainwreck, Scorpion, Aries, Dylan Hunt, J.D. McKay, and The Convict all in it but in the end, it came back down to Trainwreck and Scorpion. They went all out again but this time, Trainwreck was able to hit a "Stone Cold Stunner" for the pin on his friend The Scorpion. Afterwards, they even shook hands. This battle royal went on for some around 30 minutes as well.All the matches were good, although the last two may have been too long, but the fans were into everything every wrestler did. It was one of the best shows that ICW has ever put on, with a really good responsive crowd.
----About 90 in the crowd with a gate close to $450…Next week, "the Bullet" Bob Armstrong is booked to be The Scorpion's partner to go up against ICW tag champions Disciples of Anarchy (Orion and Sanchez) as well J.D. McKay has to face the new #1contender and US Champion Trainwreck. the promotion is expecting a good crowd on the heels of this great show, but has to contend with the WWE being in Tupelo the same night.
