<2/22/12 @ 10:49 PM PST>
- Happy 2/22! Somewhere, Scott Henson is pleased. I'd say we spend less time
talking about why it's been almost 3 months since an update, and more time
talking about all the big shows that have happened since then. Sound good?
Show 23/PPV 4: Quite a big one to start off with. This was described as
ISUXDIX's best top-to-bottom show to date, and it's hard to disagree. We kicked
off with Daniel Makabe opening up the show before being rudely interrupted by
Chris Mason. Mason claimed that ISUXDIX should play by "WWE rules" and give the
title shot to the guy with the biggest muscles (i.e. him). He backed up this
claim by saying that since his return, he's been on a winning streak. Makabe
made a valid counterpoint by saying that Mason has had one match since his
comeback, and he lost. They were able to reach a compromise, deciding that they
would wrestle each other tonight, and if Mason won, he would be considered for
the next title shot. They were up first, and after a very fast paced battle,
Mason did indeed increase his win streak to... 1, as he downed Makabe with the
Gettin' Ghetto Remix. Next was a surprise return from Kaden Talbain, who we had
not seen since having his finger broken at the hands of an attack by Drew Sarian.
Even so, this was an inordinate amount of time to be out from a broken finger.
We found out that Talbain had in fact headed down to WWE's developmental
territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, for a change of pace. While there, he
was given a new "gimmick", as they call it: "Mad Dog" Mike Curr. This explained
the attire he was wearing: World Gym tanktop, fanny pack, and Zubaz pants tucked
into his socks, looking every bit the classic early 90's wrestler. Several
minutes into Talbain's rant about how great he was, ANOTHER returning wrestler
could stand no more and came out to confront him: Yakuza J, who had not been
seen in an ISUXDIX ring since the last PPV when Scott Henson injured his knee.
After a brief war of words and Talbain trying to gracefully leave the situation,
it became a war of fists, with Yakuza getting the better of him. After pulling
Talbain's Zubaz pants down and DRILLING him with a Jumping DDT, Yakuza got the
quick win. Next we had the long-awaited Champion Uv Men: Fighting And Grappling
Title match between defending champion PSYCH and Drew Sarian, finally cashing in
his Dick in a Box title shot that he won back on Show 17, and has teased cashing
in several times between then and now. These two, in their first singles match
EVER, went at it fast, each trying to score a quick win. PSYCH looked to have
his sixth successful title defense wrapped up as he hit a springboard top-rope
rana on Sarian and headed to the apron, but Sarian recovered much more quickly
than anyone, especially PSYCH, expected, and speared him off the apron through a
table. This, however, proved too much for both men, as neither could make it
back into the ring before the 20 count. So technically another successful
defense for PSYCH, but at the same time, only his second singles non-win, so you
have to believe Sarian is due for a rematch down the line. This brings us to the
main event, with Zeus McFly finally getting his wish, a No Dicks Barred Match
against Scott Henson. As we've said before, we'll let the clips do the talking
on this, but keep an eye out for staple guns to the kneecap, crossfaces with
thumbtack bats, powerbombs on printer/scanner/fax combos, and Scott Henson
LICKING MCFLY'S BLOOD. Henson held his own in one of his first forays into the
deathmatch world, even kicking out of a powerbomb onto a barbed wire table. But
after a punch in the kisser with a coal miner's glove back onto the barbed wire
and a moonsault Virtua Fighter while wearing a garbage can, McFly got his
revenge for Henson's series of tainted victories over him.
Show 24: The show kicked off with Mercury taking on Dr. Unk. After a
valiant showing by Unk, he may have bit off a bit more than he could chew as he
went for his Diving Headbutt on Mercury, but Mercury was able to get back to his
feet and catch him with an X-Factor out of the air to get the pin. Post-match,
Scott Henson confronted Mercury in the ring, challenging him to a match the next
week, saying that everyone was tired of the "You can't powerbomb Mercury"
gimmick, and to illustrate his point, Henson attempted to powerbomb Mercury,
only to have Mercury land on his feet and escape unharmed, which only served to
infuriate Henson further. Next up we had Zeus McFly, hot off his PPV main event
win in No Dicks Barred against Scott Henson, turned a full 180 degrees and had
an EXCELLENT technical encounter with Daniel Makabe. Zeus, still probably riding
the momentum of his win over Henson, kept it going here with another big win
over Makabe, securing the victory with the Camel Clutch after several earlier
attempts. McFly is on a major roll at this point. Makabe, on the other hand,
after going undefeated from his comeback until his title match with PSYCH at PPV
3, has now suffered a string of losses, losing to Drew Sarian, Chris Mason, and
now Zeus McFly on the last several shows.
Show 25: We finally got some word back from the participants in the title
match at the last PPV, PSYCH and Drew Sarian. Both men were still feeling the
effects of their title match. PSYCH said he will be back sooner than later, as
he remains a fighting champion. Sarian was not so fortunate, as he appeared on
crutches, revealing that he has both a concussion and broken foot, literally
injured from head to toe, and regretting the spear through the table on the
floor that got him into this situation. Sarian did not know when he would be
back, but remained optimistic and said that when he did come back, he'd be
coming for PSYCH's title again. Daniel Makabe did something new on this show, as
he transitioned directly from his show into into an "On the Mat with Me"
segment, wardrobe change included. While demonstrating the submission du jour,
he was rudely interrupted by Kaden Talbain, still in his "Mad Dog" Mike Curr
gear (Zubaz pants, fanny pack tanktop, etc.). Talbain revealed that not only was
he in FCW in his time off, he took a trip to Japan in the Fapplearts shoot-style promotion,
and now wanted to bring that style back to North America. The rules are
remarkably similar to the old UWFv rules (get 5 points, lose a point for a
ropebreak or knockdown, can only win by submission/KO/loss of points). This being
up Makabe's alley, he accepted the challenge and the match was on. Scott Henson
came out as Talbain's "cornerman/cornercat" for the match. As it looked like
Makabe was going to get the submission victory with a guillotine choke, Henson
distracted the ref, claiming he was going to throw in the towel for his partner.
This allowed Talbain to hit not one, but a series, of low blows, demonstrating
his proficiency in Joe Son Do. When the referee turned back around, he saw Makabe tapping out to a recently applied jujigatame by Talbain, giving him the
cheap win. Though certainly not his fault, this is yet another loss for Daniel
Makabe. The main event was set up the week prior, with Scott Henson challenging
Mercury. Neither man garnered much fan support, given their history of actions
in the promotion; the crowd seemed to cheer when either of them took punishment.
After nearly a dozen attempts at powerbombs by Henson, none successful, he was
finally able to catch Mercury completely off guard by countering a flying rana
into a powerbomb. With the seal now broken, Henson followed with two more
repeated powerbombs, and capped off with a running powerbomb (stated by Henson
after the fact, a "Running Tigerbomb") for good measure. Having never
experienced this move before, let alone this move several times in a row, he was
completely destroyed by it, as Henson's three count on his could have easily
been thirty, as Mercury was completely out. Post-match, Zeus McFly tried to cash
in on this turn of events, going for a powerbomb on the unconscious Mercury. But
even in his state, Mercury's muscle memory must have kicked in, as he was able
to hit the You Can't Powerbomb Mercury DDT, before collapsing back to the mat,
still unconscious. Better luck next time, Zeus. The show ended with Daniel
Makabe back in the locker room, receiving a text on his phone. We did not see
the sender, but Makabe seemed to recognize who it was, and seemed confused, and
perhaps concerned, that this person had sent it.
Show 26: Not much to report on as far as wrestling goings-on, as this was
our blooper episode. Yes, even in a promotion such as this, run with Nazi-like
efficiency, sometimes things don't go 100% as planned. However, things proved
eventful even in this episode, as Daniel Makabe, who was filming his final
cutscene for the episode, was attacked from behind by a returning Allan Creasy,
who has not been seen in almost a year, since Scott Henson vanquished (and then
thanked) him. We now know it was Creasy who was sending Makabe the cryptic
messages in episodes prior.
Show 27: With no time wasted, we got our answer from Allan Creasy about
his vicious attack on Daniel Makabe the show prior. He called himself a
difference maker, citing the impact he had on Scott Henson's trajectory. He aims
to do the same with Daniel Makabe, his long-time former partner, saying he
should either be making the matches or wrestling in them, not both, and
preferably neither. Many were surprised to see Mercury back on this show, given
the beating he took inthe final moments of his match with Scott Henson on Show
25. He ran into Kaden Talbain, who thought he was dead, to which Mercury
cheerfully replied that no, he was not dead, and was "only" in a coma for two
weeks after the match. He took on perennial practice dummy IQ Yarder (Daniel
Makabe's co-star in "On the Mat with Me"), and made fairly short work of him,
winning with the Mercury Falls 2.0. Our main event was Chris Mason, after
several weeks off, taking on Scott Henson. Mason, pushing hard for a title shot,
obviously wanted it more than Henson this night, as he surprised him out of
nowhere with the Back2Back Suplex, which was enough to get the pin. With this
win, and no word of Drew Sarian making it back for a rematch anytime soon, we
may be looking at another chapter in the Chris Mason/PSYCH story, and in fact
their first world title match against each other since Mason successfully
defended the VCW Triple Crown against PSYCH back in 2004. We heard from Daniel
Makabe at the end of the show, who was not at the venue but at home recovering,
issuing a response to Allan Creasy. He went through his history with Creasy,
made the very valid point that he's kept his ISUXDIX matchmaking and wrestling
ambitions compartmentalized, and that if Creasy wants a fight, he's certainly
got one.
- What else is going on? Barring any problems, we'll have shows 28 through 30
(the season finale) up one a week for the next three weeks. We'll also have the
2011 ISUXDIX Awards Ballot up soon. And we haven't forgotten about the 7/5/09
and 7/26/09 VCW full shows. Give 'em a week or two and they might actually be
up.
Old News:
2012: January
2011:
January, February,
March, April, May, June,
July, August, September, October,
November, December
2010: January,
February, March, April, May,
June, July, August, September, October,
November, December
2009:
January, February,
March, April,
May, June,
July, August, September,
October, November, December
2008: January, February, March, April,
May, June,
July, August,
September, October,
November, December
2007:
January, February,
March, April,
May, June,
July, August,
September, October,
November, December
2006:
January, February,
March, April,
May, June,
July, August,
September, October,
November, December
2005:
January, February,
March, April,
May, June,
July, August,
September, October,
November, December
2004:
January, February,
March, April,
May, June,
July, August,
September, October,
November, December
2003: January,
February, March,
April,
May, June,
July, August,
September, October,
November, December
2002: November, December