1. IWA Mid-South Documentary
A short documentary showing a couple of IWA wrestlers (Punk, Jacobs, Rotten and more) talking about what IWA is, and why they wrestle there. The same documentary is also on YouTube (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8gndsX7mUA)
2. Delirious vs. Josh Abercrombie
**
According to Dave Prazak who mentioned this later on in the show, Delirious broke his nose in this match. Decent match to start to show.
3. CM Punk vs. Homicide
**3/4
One of Punk's last IWA-MS appearences. A month (and 3 IWA-MS shows) later he was done with the company, having his last match vs Delirious, before heading to WWE shortly after. Ian Rotten comes out after the match and says they'll see him next month and thanks Punk for all he's done for IWA.
4. MsChif vs. Allison Danger vs. Mickie Knuckles
**1/4
5. Tracy Smothers vs. Claudio Castagnoli with Jade Chung
**1/2
6. Tables Match - Eric Priest & Chad Austin vs. Davey Andrews & Shane Hagadorn vs. Eddie Kingston & BJ Whitmer vs. Ryan Boz & Trik Davis vs. B-Boy & Brandon Thomaselli vs. Sal & Vito Thomaselli
***1/4
7. Bad Breed (Ian & Axl Rotten) & Nate Webb vs. Toby Klein, Mad Man Pondo & JC Bailey
**3/4
Before the match starts Ian decides to cut a little shoot promo aimed at Balls Mahoney, who was supposed to team up with Ian and Axl at this show.
Ian says "because Vince McMahon gave him a 1-night only contract, his head got so big he wanted 3 times the money he agreed on." Axl Rotten: "My ass is on the PPV and I'm right here in IW-fucking-A.".. which of course gets a pop and IWA chant. They bring out Nate Webb who gets a big pop as their new tag team partner.
Fairly uninspired match, expected a little more from these guys.
8. Gauntlet Match featuring Arik Cannon, Danny Daniels, Chris Hero & Jimmy Jacobs
***
9. Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher.
****1/4
I don't think I can say anything about this match that hasn't already been said hundreds of times. Sick, brutal match. Suplexes, punches and chairshots that would New Jack cringe.
Awesome, awesome match and definitely recommended if you haven't seen it already.
The dvd also has 2 bonus matches:
10. Bonus Match 8/1/03 - Necro Butcher vs. Toby Klein
**1/2
Pretty fun match. This could be an old KOTDM tournament match but I'm not sure. It's a short match so they kind of rushed through it, could've been better with some more time.
11. Bonus Match 5/4/02 - Ian Rotten vs. Chris Hero
DUD
Before watching this one I was already dreading it. I remember absolutely hating this match the first time I watched it. Turns out, I still hate it. Match is riddled with botches, endless submission holds and just all-around awful wrestling.
This match was like 20-25 minutes too, absolute waste of time. Ian Rotten proved he is not in the slightest capable of putting up a decent straight up wrestling match.
After the match Ian grabs the mic and tells the crowd (it almost feels wrong calling it a crowd. There were literally about 15 people in the building. IWA's genius advertising paid off again I see) Chris Hero is going to be a big star in this business.
Avoid this match. If you've ever seen Ian Rotten try to wrestle (or whatever the fuck it is he's doing) you'll know what to expect.