| 1 | 29.08.2025 | BarKing81 | 3.0 | The show starts a segment between Ian Rotten & Dennis Coralluzzo starting the IWA vs NWA storyline. Match 1 didnt make it on the tape. Match 2 was a fun light weight opener, with nice aerial offence. Tarek did a sick bridging powerbomb. Tyrin hit a torture neck breaker. Kickboxer got the win with a 450 splash. Match 3 was a short brawl. Just swinging plunder outside the ring. Tower of Doom hit a nice variation of an apron leg drop. The chair shot for the finish was pretty brutal. Match 4 doesnt have the whole match on the tape unfortunately, but the match was fine. Some decent wrestling in there. Match 5 - Phoenix is physically impressive. There was some nice offence from Rollin. Rollin hits some attacks in the corner and gets the win, it was really weird and out of nowhere. Match 6 - Solid wrestling match. Nice athleticism from Blaze and a solid showing from the young rookie. Nice basic heel work with Coralluzzo hitting Blaze behind the refs back and getting involved in the match. Match 7 was fine. The crowd weren't familiar with either man as they were NWA guys, and they really weren't interested. It was a short but alright match. Match 8 didnt make the tape, which was a shame as it was Cash Flo's wrestling debut. Match 9 was weird. It was over in the blink of an eye. Marty did a nice bump off a back elbow and a Suplex on the concrete. Match 10 - Weird stipulation, all of the thumbtacks were on the floor outside the ring. The match was sloppy and horrible. A complete DUD. Match 11 - Nothing interesting. Just 5 minutes of swinging stuff. Match 12 - Really slow, just holds for 10 minutes and nothing interesting. Match 13 was an enjoyable bloody brawl. Ian got his ass kicked. The Brainbuster off the top was brutal. The finish came out of nowhere. Overall, not a great show but enjoyable. Not necessarily the best matches, but a wide variety of matches and also a lot of storylines developing with the NWA invasion. |
| 2 | 31.03.2018 | IsThisWrestling | 1.0 | Weird opening segment with Ian Rotten, Dennis Coralluzzo, and Les Thatcher (who ever knew he was in IWA? ! ) in the same ring, all swearing up a storm. Firey promos all around, but they're hard to hear. 1. Three Way: ** ½ (All 3 guys were super talented for this time period. So many innovative moves in this one, all of them getting a great reaction, except for the finish, which was a 450 splash that for some reason absolutely NO ONE gave a fuck about) 2. Doom/Domino: Domino is a total trashbag wrestler. Naturally, he gets the win. 3. Combs/Rage: Combs was from that shady Moolah era of wrestling, but pulls out a solid match with Rage. A very young Dave Prazak is the ring announcer for the show 4. Rollin/Phoenix: A nothing match that features literally one of the worst finishes I've ever seen 5. Sincere/Blaze: This went about 3 hours long but it was solid formula stuff for the most part 6. Ramirez/Lost Boy: This was fucking weird. Shitty "lucha" style match where the referee fucks up the final 3 count. So Ramirez, trying to save face, hits another move and goes for the pin, but the ref misses the count. Ramirez then jumps up and slaps the fuck out of the ref and Lost Boy gets up and shoves him down too. Weird, unprofessional shit 7. Jannetty/Lewis: Marty is fucked up and wrestling in tennis shoes. Ian struggles not to bury his investment on commentary. Match ends in 90 seconds and Marty gets the fuck out of town. Embarrassing stuff. 8. Thumbtack Match: Hilariously terrible. Devine is a former AWA women's champion. Vendetta's vagina falls out. There is a total of about 50 tacks used 9. Tag Titles: Nothing but some stiff weapon shots including a random lighttube shot from Pondo, naturally 10. Gilbert/Landel: ANOTHER nothing match here. Gilbert sells well then gets the win out of nowhere. 11. Ian/Bull: ** ¾ (I really liked this one actually. Ian bumps his ass off and I liked the finish) Overall, this is the absolute worst IWA show I have ever watched. |
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