<3/22/05 @ 3:18 AM PST>

- Screw double-shots! Yeah, I said it. After all the double-shot talk, we ended up not completing the third one, only doing Saturday's show. The reason for this was that we were Lenny-less, and one of the main reasons for all the double-shots was to get some Triple Crown matches in, but that's hard with no Triple Crown Champion. Also, we figured we weren't going to be able to top Saturday's show, so we took a break till next week. Which brings us to Saturday's show. 50 matches since Show 100, 50 more until the Bicentennial. Show 150. Despite missing some key players (Lenny D, Chris Mason, Psychotic Kid, Mercury, Jimmy McGimmick, and obviously Yakuza J), we still busted out one of our best cards of the year. It started off with the final Legends match between Nick Price and Drew Sarian. Going into it, they were tied at 4 wins apiece, and this would decide the winner. Their Legend identities for this match having been leaked to some people, it was not overly surprising to see  the two come out as Drew Henson and Nick Makabe. However, what almost no one knew was that they both arranged for special tag partners: Scott Sarian and Daniel Price. So the two swapped-identity teams went at it, with everyone doing their partner's regular moves. Eventually, Drew and Nick had the world's weakest version of a Henson-Makabe elbow showdown, prompting the real Henson and Makabe to come in and lay their partners out with a Screwdriver Emerald Frosion and a Trapper Keeper, respectively. This resulted in a double countout, and the Legends series ending up tied at 4-4-1. Next was Drew Sarian and Sean Sylum. After a funky sequence, Sylum nailed a NASTY running Bucklebomb on Sarian early on, but was unable to finish with it. At one point, Drew reversed Everybody to the Limit into a Sarian Bomb (Yoshi Tonic), but may have injured his abdominal/pelvic region in the process. Not long after, Sylum was able to connect with Everybody to the Limit for the win. "Scott Henson" Scott Henson vs. Red Money was next, in their first ever singles encounter, having only faced each other in a tag match last June. Lots of great back-and-forth in this match, with each hitting many of their signature maneuvers. Money repeatedly tried for the Tiger to finish things off, but Henson kept reversing out. Henson was able to nail a couple CRITICAL!'s (including a blind one), but they were not enough to finish the job. Even a chop to Red Money's FACE~! could not get it done. Finally, after an intricate series of reversals, Money was able to catch Henson with the Tiger Driver, and that was all she wrote. One of the biggest wins (and one of the best matches) in Red Money's VCW career. Meanwhile, Scott Henson seems to be languishing in the midcard when not tagging with Triple Crown Champion Lenny D. Henson can't seem to get any momentum going, and a lot of younger and less experienced wrestlers seem to be making their names at Henson's expense. Next was the Dogfight returning to its old form, after the Henson/McFly/Kline debacle. Ruckus, self-proclaimed king of the Dogfight, took on Big Al and Nick Price in an excellent match, which went the most falls of any Dogfight yet (8), showing how even the competitors are and how hard it is to get two straight pins. Too many crazy things to name here; just watch the clip package. After KILLING Nick Price with a Psycho Driver, Ruckus was able to catch Big Al with a Code Ruck out of nowhere for the win (much the same way he beat Chris Mason last month). After this match, an intermission was taken before the main event, to set up the hellish contraption known as the No-Ropes Barbed Wire ring. In the main, Daniel Makabe and Zeus McFly went at it for the Canadian Title in VCW's first ever No-Ropes Barbed Wire match. Zeus recreated the beginning of their Death Hell encounter (which he won), by stripping to his underwear. Makabe teased doing it again too, but attacked McFly when he was distracted and thankfully kept his clothes on. These two carved each other up pretty nice in one of VCW's more brutal matches. TONS of punches to the face, TONS of the nastiest headbutts ever, some sort of fucked up gourdbuster/suplex to the floor thing through the barbed wire, this had everything. After the Abdominal Stretch Driver onto a chair, Zeus McFly locked on the Camel Clutch IN the barbed wire, forcing Makabe to tap out and end his 8+ month reign as champion, with a final successful defense total of 12, the new record. This is McFly's first title in VCW, and he doesn't plan on letting it go anytime soon. So congratulations to VCW for 150 shows, and here's to 150 more. And then 150 more. And then 50 more. And that's it. 500 is probably enough.


<3/18/05 @ 3:44 AM PST>

- Ah, double-shots. In the span of 9 days, VCW is having 3 double-shots. That's pretty fucked. But nevertheless, we persevere. We just finished up our second double-shot, which, granted, was pretty light. Wednesday marked Wednesday Warfare Episode 666, thereby breaking VBW's previously-thought-to-be unbreakable record of 5 shows. The VCW roster was given the night off to celebrate, while two imports, I.Q. Yarder and Invader #7, wrestled in the sole match. Thursday also had one match, which ran about a minute and a half. But more importantly, with these two shows out of the way, we are on schedule for Show #150 this Saturday, March 19 (damn, it really doesn't seem like that long since #100). It will continue with the second half of the double-shot on Sunday. Speaking of milestone-related things, this past Sunday we saw Daniel Makabe break Jason Drake's title defense record of 11, as Makabe racked up his V12 defense of the VCW Canadian Title against Jacob Myles, who pinned Makabe in January to win Survival of the Illest. While Myles came up short, he put up quite the effort and proved himself to be a major force in VCW. Zeus McFly interfered in the match and almost cost Makabe the title. McFly has been hounding Makabe since Makabe cheated to retain the title in a defense against McFly last month. After Sunday's match, Makabe, perhaps overzealous after breaking the defense record, offered to put up the title against McFly at the 150th Show in any match of McFly's choosing. McFly almost instantly jumped at the opportunity and decided on a No Ropes Barbed Wire Match, the first ever to be done in VCW. Makabe, though wary, still agreed to it. Though this may be Makabe's toughest, and certainly most unorthodox, defense since winning the belt on July 4 of last year, some people are saying that Makabe is straight up unbeatable at this point. Makabe tends to agree with them, saying there is no reason he can't rack up 20, 30, or even more defenses before he's done with the Canadian Title. Speaking of Zeus McFly, he had a Triple Crown shot against Lenny D in the main event on Sunday (Lenny's first defense since the bloodbatch against Yakuza J in January), but fell victim to the Darkness Dust and Lenny's V4 defense. Scott Henson's name is conspicuously absent from Sunday's results, though he was at the show. In fact, he arrived early and was in full gear well before bell time. Unfortunately, the booking committee couldn't find anyone for Henson to face, proving that NO ONE is guaranteed a booking in the ever-more-competitive world of backyard wrestling. Saturday saw the main event of Scott Henson, Lenny D, Psychotic Kid, and OCW's Ryan Rage in a 4 Way. Henson and Lenny, of course, made no contact with each other, and treated it more as a tag match where their opponents were also fighting each other. The match ended abruptly when Psychotic Kid CRUSHED Ryan Rage's head with a Springboard Skytwister Press, giving him a concussion. Also on Saturday was Nick Price trying to stay alive in the Legends series, this time as Sting going against Drew Flair. Nick got the win with the Scorpion Death Lock, evening the score in the series to 4-4. Fittingly, the final match in the Legends Series will take place at the 150th Show. It's being kept quite quiet as to what legends they will be dressed as for their final encounter. We'll see on Saturday.


<3/7/05 @ 2:29 AM PST>

- If you thought last week's actual write-up of the event was setting some sort of trend, you were sadly mistaken. The laziness is back with a vengeance. Things of note were Daniel Makabe tying the title defense record in the shadiest way possible (loss via DQ), Zeus McFly and "The Man" Matt Cruise in a hilarious Street Fight, Chris P. Nelson and Pistol Pete escalating their feud, Nick Price in the best gear ever, and a strong WMOTY candidate in the main event.
- 3 new music videos up in the Multimedia section. First, "The Quiet Wrestlers That No One Ever Knows", showcases the lesser-known members of VCW (i.e. everyone except Henson, Yakuza, Makabe, Lenny, and Mason). Second, we have a self-made Jimmy McGimmick music video. Third, we have Survival of the Illest from 1/8/05, our first single-event music vid of 2005. Enjoy!


<3/1/05 @ 4:12 AM PST>

- Sunday marked the debut (and, most likely, finale) of VCW's new celebrity prank show, WORK'D. Nick Price entered the Wrestleplex, surprised to see that no one was there. Since he was already there, Nick figured he'd run some drills in the ring, but upon entering, was jumped by the entire VCW roster who had been hiding behind the ring, and was beaten to a pulp. Nick Price, you are the first (and, most likely, last) victim of WORK'D! We opened up with another 80's throwback Cruise Brothers vs. Nelson Brothers tag match, only this time it was elimination rules, and Scott Henson was wrestling as Billy S. Nelson, Chris P. Nelson's brother. Chris P. was able to eliminate Matt Cruise early on, but after a miscommunication involving a tripping spot (think Michaels/Jarrett IYH3) Chris P. was eliminated with a Superkick by Pistol Pete. Billy S. was able to dominate Pete for a bit once it was down to one-on-one, but Chris P. came back into the match and busted Billy S., his own brother, in the back of the head with a bag of sour coke bottles. Pete rolled up Billy for the easy win after that. Next was Legends Match #6 between Nick Price and Drew Sarian, with Sarian leading the series 3-2. This time we had a tribute to one of the biggest feuds of 1999, Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn, as Nick Van Dice took on Drewy Lynn. NVD was accompanied by his manager, Mitch Alfonso, whistle and all. This was probably the best match of their series thus far, with the highlight being an awesome Sunset Powerbomb off the second rope by "Lynn." NVD ended up taking the win with the Five Star Frog Splash. Next was Zeus McFly challenging for the Canadian Title, in a match that many thought would be Makabe's last match as champion. Makabe, going for defense number 10 (V10 as we say in the biz) is rapidly approaching Jason Drake's record of 11. Makabe, though a good champion, is not heavily favoured to tie or break the record, according to Vegas oddsmakers. And with a hungry opponent like Zeus McFly, who has never held a title in VCW and is looking to change that, Makabe was almost the underdog in this match, despite being champion. Well, we'll never know who would have taken the title had it ended fairly, because after a huge series of pinfall reversals, Makabe took the easy way out and low-blowed McFly, following it up with a pin with his feet on the ropes, which the ref did not see. So Makabe racks up defense #10, one away from tying the record, and two away from breaking it. McFly has challenged Makabe to a rematch, but Makabe has yet to accept it. Makabe is scheduled to defend next week against Mercury, who scored a non-title victory over him in December, and should Makabe retain, he is scheduled the NEXT week against Jacob Myles, who pinned him in the finals of Survival of the Illest. So the earliest McFly could get a title shot is three weeks from now, and who even knows who'll be champion by then? The main event was an 8-Man Elimination Tag, the first one since VCW's trampoline days. Why we've waited so long, no one knows, because they're really fun. It looked like it would be a 4-on-3 affair, but the team of Scott Henson, Big Al, and Drew Sarian were able to recruit Invisible Chicho to be their fourth against the team of Psychotic Kid, Jacob Myles, Nick Price, and Mercury. Jacob Myles and Invisible Chicho opened up the match in an exchange that must be seen to be believed. Simply amazing. After a series of eliminations, it came down to Big Al and Scott Henson against Psychotic Kid. Kid reversed a Burning Hammer attempt by Henson into a Crucifix Driver, but may have injured his own arm in the process. Kid was able to follow up with a Skytwister Press to pin Henson, but then was easy prey for the less-hurt Big Al, who took him down and locked on the Allen Key for the victory for his team. Always nice to get pinned but still appear in the win column, as was the case for Scott, Drew, and Invis. Chich.




Old News:

2005: January, February
2004: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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2002: November, December