<5/18/05 @ 2:19 AM PST>

- What's this, an update only two days after a show? I'll be damned. Let's get right to it. No time was wasted with Yakuza J's return to VCW after an absence of precisely 4 months, his last match being the bloodbath against Lenny D on January 15th, as he teamed with partner Daniel Makabe to take on Star Struck. After some crazy sequences that included a Canadian Destroyer by Chicho to Makabe off Yakuza's Back among other things, the Bubble Tea Mafia picked up the win after a floatover into a Trapper Keeper on Chicho by Makabe, who then rolled him up to his feet RIGHT into a Spinning Northern Lights Bomb by Yakuza J. Big Al was scheduled to take on Mercury, but only seconds into the match, the other two members of The In Crowd (Jacob Myles and Chris Mason) interfered and beat down Al. Ruckus ran in to make the save, much like he did last week, and chased off the In Crowd. Ruckus and Big Al, now a cohesive team, challenged Mercury and one other member of The In Crowd to a tag match later in the show, which they accepted. After this, Jacob Myles was right back out for the first defense of his Canadian Title, against Nick Price. Myles focussed on his Ligerbomb as his key move in the match, something he hasn't really done before, and it seemed to pay off, as he got the win in a grueling 25 minute match, the second longest Canadian Title match ever (the longest being the Makabe/McFly Barbed Wire encounter this past March). Next was the tag match set up earlier in the show, as Big Al and Ruckus took on Mercury and Chris Mason. The In Crowd utilised their third man on the outside, Jacob Myles, to their advantage throughout the match, and after a lot of back and forth action were able to take out Ruckus long enough for Chris Mason to hit the Shooting Star Press on Big Al for the win. Next was Zeus McFly taking on Sean Sylum in a first-time singles encounter, and despite the two not really having any prior history with each other, things got pretty heated pretty quick. During a brawl on the outside, Zeus got NASTILY busted open and bled all over the place. The two in fact never made it back to the ring, and the match was ruled a double countout. Sylum punctuated their encounter with a running powerbomb into the steel railing on the stairway into the Wrestleplex. When McFly regained his bearings, he challenged Sylum to a Texas Death Match, based on Sylum's success in his last one against Mercury, at Scramble Madness 3 in two weeks. The main event was Scott Henson making a second attempt at returning from his injury, seeing as his first try, a 22 second loss to Daniel Makabe at the Anniversary show, didn't go so well. Henson took on PSYCH, who has been on a roll lately, and despite controlling a decent portion of the match, and hitting a Top-rope Brainbuster right near the end of the match, Henson ate the pin from a wicked fast 'rana from PSYCH, who used it as a counter to a Blue Thunder attempt.
- We've got us a big double-shot next week (in theory), so stay tuned.

 
<5/11/05 @ 5:27 PM PST>

- I really thought I had updated this more recently, but apparently not. We've had seven shows since the last update, which leaves quite the daunting task as far as show reports go. But, the longer it's left, the more it will build up, so let's at least get up to date now. Let's take it show by show:
- 4/9/05: Group Therapy. This was actually one of the better shows this year, highlighted by the top two matches of Ruckus vs. Scott Henson and Daniel Makabe vs. Psychotic Kid. Ruckus & Henson went at it for well over 20 minutes, with Ruckus eventually edging out the win with his Sitdown Backslide. High-profile singles wins remain elusive for Henson lately, but on the bright side (not for Henson), a lot of other wrestlers are gaining notoriety at his expense. In the main, Daniel Makabe, celebrating his 21st birthday, took on Psychotic Kid, a rivalry we have seen before. Makabe won both of their ladder matches against each other last year, and Psychotic Kid won two high-profile matches against Makabe in 2003, including the Best of the Rest 3 finals, so they were pretty even coming into this one. PK stuck tenaciously to his strategy of taking apart Makabe's leg, and it paid off as he scored a submission win with a kneebar after reversing a Makabe Lock attempt. Also on the card, for the first and probably only time ever, were TWO Juggalo matches. You read that right. He first went down to some dastardly rulebook tactics by Pistol Pete Cruise after we initially thought he had won, and then actually DID win against Chris Mason in under 3 minutes to thunderous applause. Ryan Briggs, who was scheduled to return from injury to take on Big Al in their continuing feud, shocked the world when he announced Drew Sarian as Al's mystery opponent, filling in for Briggs. Sarian is (was?) of course Al's tag team partner, but that appears to be all over now, as Sarian aligned himself with Briggs and was even announced as hailing from Winnipeg.
- 4/10/05: Nice Match, Wanna Fuck? Part two of a double-shot, and a little shorter than the previous day. Red Money, after a big win over Scott Henson at the 150th Show, continued his ways with another impressive victory over Daniel Makabe. Ruckus and Big Al's match was interrupted by Nick Price with a kendo stick, as the three of them head toward a rematch of their Dogfight from the 150th show. The main event was a 6 Way Elimination match. There was definitely some heat early on in the match between Mercury and Sean Sylum, with both dishing out some hellacious chops on one another. The first elimination came just over 20 minutes in, after a slow-motion sequence between Scott Henson and Mercury, when Scott quickly brought things back to real-time, and killed Mercury with a CRITICAL! and a Screwdriver Emerald Frosion. Johnny Testarossa scored two very quick pins over Sean Sylum and Scott Henson, with the Swinging Rock Bottom and Saturday Night Live, respectively. And not long after that, Nick Price took out Testarossa with a brainbuster. So despite getting two pinfalls in one match, Testarossa is still without a win in VCW. That left things down to Psychotic Kid and Nick, and just as it looked Price was on a roll and looking to score something of an upset win over PK, Big Al returned Nick's favour from earlier in the night with the kendo stick, allowing PK to pick up the win with the Crucifix Crossface pin. It was learned not long after this match that Scott Henson sustained a fairly major injury to his shoulder (AC Joint, specifically) as a result of landing directly on it from Johnny Testarossa's Saturday Night Live (Fireman's Carry to DDT). This puts Henson's annual match with Daniel Makabe, scheduled for the 4/30/05 Anniversary Show, very much in doubt.
- Backyard Experience 2. While we were doing our thing on the weekend of April 9th and 10th, so was Yakuza J in Rhode Island, taking part in [xRw]'s second bi-annual Backyard Experience. On Day 1, Yakuza took on, and defeated backyard freelance superstar Chris Frank in what was said to be a very good match. On Day 2, he participated in an Elimination 6-Man tag, and found himself facing a 3-on-1 situation after his partners Soyboy and Jimmy Starbucks had been eliminated. However, he evened the odds, eliminating AceJack and Machismo from the opposing team, leaving only himself and "The Outlaw" Dave Winant of UWA. After the tag match had already gone 34 minutes up to that point, these two went ANOTHER 15+ minutes, before Yakuza got the win with a Northern Lights Bomb. This not only did a lot for Yakuza, it also proved that Dave Winant is one of the most underrated backyarders out there and this may have done something to help that. For those wondering, Yakuza is completely undefeated on the road, since his first "road" match at BYF7, a staggering 17 and 0 being his record. He has singles wins over Skillz, Omega, Mike Wyld, J Spyder, Skuzze, Mythril, AceJack, Jimmy Starbucks, Anarchy Andy, Soyboy, Jonathan Hitler, Josh Weston, and Chris Frank, as well as multi-person wins over such people as Matt Schalk, Steve Shilson, Nick Thorne, Dave Winant, D-Smoothy, Tommy Carolina, and Rickey.
- 4/17/05: Where in the World Is Scott Henson? Much like the elusive Carmen Sandiego, Scott Henson was nowhere to be found on this show, as he was absent due to injury. Nevertheless, the troops carried on. Nick Price scored a major win over Daniel Makabe with the 450 Splash. Price probably wishes he had done this about a month ago, because he'd be the Canadian Champion. Mercury and Sean Sylum were unable to resolve their differences stemming from the previous week's 6 Man match, as Sylum was DQ'ed for using the Illegal Brain Strike not once, but twice. After the DQ, he Brain Struck the ref, as well as several people who tried to run in and stop him. Clearly it will take more than a regular match to finalize things between Sylum and Mercury. Psychotic Kid had long been talking of changing his name, and finally did it on this show, with the shorter and simpler PSYCH (all caps). He wasn't originally going to wrestle, due to some nagging injuries, but ended up agreeing to a match with Rotten Rick Randall. We're glad he did, too, because it led to one of the coolest spots we've seen in a while, as PSYCH busted out a mini-tramp(~!) and hit a beautiful Running 630 off it onto Randall, followed by a Yang Time off the top for the win. After the match, Chris Mason ran in on his partner and drilled him with an Angels Wings ONTO Randall. Mason's motives for this are unknown, but clearly Flip 420 is no more. That marks the dissolution of two tag teams in as many weeks (Big Al & Drew Sarian being the other). The main event was a VERY fun Dogfight between Chris Mason, Jacob Myles, and self-proclaimed King of the Dogfight, Ruckus. After many a crazy move, Ruckus was able to live up to his title and put Jacob Myles away with a nasty Psycho Driver for the win.
- 4/24/05: Wrestle, Rinse, Repeat. Big Al and Drew Sarian continued their feud, with Ryan Briggs pulling the strings for Sarian. This was a 2-of-3 Falls match, which went all over the building, and even spilled outside. A lot of nasty bumps were taken by both men, including Al Single-underhook Suplexing Drew Sarian into the garage door on the outside, and Drew Sarian DDTing Al on top of a dumpster, which evened the falls at 1-1. After this, Sarian briefly disappeared, only to re-emerge as Drew Jack with a garbage can full of plunder. After even more insanity, including the involvement of barbed wire, Al busted out the all-new Single-Underhook Piledriver to finally put Drew away. Red Money, on a roll with singles wins over Scott Henson and Daniel Makabe recently, earned himself a Canadian Title shot against Zeus McFly, but unfortunately succumbed to the spit-in-the-mouth Camel Clutch. But really, who wouldn't? Chris Mason, now partner-less (of his own doing), teamed with Mercury to take on the seasoned team of Star Struck (Red Money & Chicho). Mercury & Mason worked surprisingly well together, and got what most would call an upset win, at least in the tag team sense, with a Spinning Heel Kick/Deep End combo on Red Money (who was working his second match in a row). Mason and Mercury seemed to be on very good terms, certainly better than Mason and PSYCH after last week, so perhaps this is more than a one-time thing. Next, Sean Sylum took on Chicho with Mercury as the Special Referee. Call me crazy, but isn't it a bit of a dick move by the booking committee to name as the Special Referee a guy who has a problem with one of the wrestlers in the match? I mean, they're just instigating. This certainly held true in this match, where, after Sylum had words with Mercury about being a fair ref, Mercury hit him from behind, allowing Chicho to nail the Cradle Canadian Destroyer, and administered a fast count for one of the shortest matches in VCW history. Scott Henson, still on the injury list, was present in an executive role, and announced that the next week, at the Anniversary show, Mercury and Sylum would meet in a stipulation match to be named that day. He also announced that he still didn't know his status for his match with Daniel Makabe at the Anniversary show. In the main, Ruckus took on Nick Price as the prelude to the Dogfight involving those two and Big Al the next week. Ruckus got the win with the Sharpshooter, giving him great momentum going into the Dogfight, a match he has never lost.
- 4/30/05: 3 Year Wrestleplex Anniversary. One of our biggest shows of the year, and certainly the fanciest. Faux brick entrance way, shiny blue curtain, strobe lights, the works. Hey, it's a supershow, right? We kicked off with a match between two tag partners, though like many (former) VCW teams, there was no ill will here. Red Money took on Chicho for the first time since last July, and got the win by reversing a Moonsault Press attempt by Chicho into the Money in the Bank. Still a very good performance by Chicho, though. Next was two ex-VBW stars going at it in a Falls Count Anywhere match between "The G.O.A.T." James Blade and Jimmy Dean. Blade busted out an INSANE Cradle piledriver off the apron through a table on Jimmy Dean, but surprisingly that wasn't enough. As Blade was setting up another table, Dean was able to climb to the top rope and hit The One-Way Ticket to Dreamland through the table, followed by another Ticket on the broken table for the win. Next up, Sean Sylum and Mercury aimed to settle their feud in a Texas Death Match. The rules are that pinfalls count anywhere, and after a pinfall, the person has to answer to a 10-count, and if they can't, the match is over. The match itself exceeded all expectations, as the two absolutely brutalized each other. Mercury hit a crazy somersault senton off the punching bag platform into the unpadded kickboxing ring, they killed each other with chops, Mercury busted Sean WIDE open with a chair shot to the head, and Sean finished with his finisher, Everybody to the Limit, off the apron through two open chairs. Ain't nobody getting up from that. Definitely a crazy damn match that raised both men's stocks in VCW. Drew Sarian, seconded by Ryan Briggs of course, defeated Johnny Testarossa after HEAVY interference by Briggs. Interestingly, Sarian finished with Briggs's own finisher, the Game's End. Jacob Myles, having sufficiently impressed the booking committee as of late, was awarded a Canadian Title shot on the prestigious Anniversary, and boy, did he make the most of it. He busted out some never-before-seen offence, including a killer top-rope TKO, and a Running Moonsault dive where he somehow landed on his feet. For some reason, Myles had his hand heavily taped up the entire match, and people weren't sure why. However, it became ABUNDANTLY clear when Myles SET HIS HAND ON FIRE and hit the Shoryuken (spinning uppercut) to Zeus McFly to win the Canadian Title. Motherfucker thinks this is Super Street Fighter II Turbo or something. Chris Mason definitely got dicked around as far as his match goes. The main event was originally scheduled to be Lenny D vs. PSYCH for the Triple Crown. PSYCH was unable to wrestle, so it was changed to Lenny D vs. Chris Mason for the Triple Crown. However, car problems prevented Lenny from being able to make it, so THAT had to be scrapped too. Mason finally found an opponent in Pistol Pete Cruise, but again was screwed, this time by Pete's BC Title Rulebook. Next was "Desperate Housewife" Scott Henson, competing against doctor's orders (AC Joint injury), in his annual match with Daniel Makabe. After a lightning-fast chain wrestling exchange, Makabe countered a La Magistral attempt with an inside cradle, and pinned Henson in 22 seconds, leaving the crowd understandably shocked. While he understood that the fans wanted him to get back in the ring for an immediate rematch, he couldn't risk it because firstly, he shouldn't have been in the ring in the first place, and secondly, if Makabe managed to pin him like that again, Henson's career would be damn near ruined. However, Henson went to the back to find someone to give the fans the full match they deserved. He returned with Chicho, who he had hand-selected to take on Daniel Makabe. Obviously it was the right choice, because, after a back and forth match, Chicho busted out the first ever Top-rope Canadian Destroyer and beat Daniel Makabe. The main event was the Dogfight rematch from the 150th Show, featuring Ruckus, who has never lost a Dogfight, Big Al, and Nick Price. This match had some absolutely nutty stuff in it, and went a record 14 falls before someone was able to score two pinfalls in a row, and that someone was Big Al, who beat Nick Price with the Single-underhook Piledriver, and then Ruckus with the Al Gore. If he wants, Al would presumably have claim to the title "King of the Dogfight" after dethroning Ruckus in this match.
- 5/6/05: Clusterfuck. A short Friday that was tough to get started, reminiscent of Bad Friday. A month later, and Jesus is still pissed at us for running a show on the anniversary of his death. Let it go, buddy! Nevertheless, we did eventually get started. Earlier in the week, we received the surprising news that Drew Sarian would be retiring from VCW after this weekend's double-shot. He said that he may come back, but would most likely be out for a considerable time. In his second last match, Sarian busted out the Drew Jack gimmick (for probably the last time in a while) for a very fun brawl with Ruckus, peppered with weapons, the highlights being a wicked Ruckus powerbomb onto barbed wire, and the finish, which was, of course, a balcony splash through a table by Drew Jack. The second, and last, match of the evening was a tag match pitting Nick Price and Canadian Champion Jacob Myles against Mercury and Chris Mason, so obviously that Mason/Mercury pairing from two weeks was NOT a one-time thing. Late in the match, Myles became frustrated with Price, and left the ringside area, leaving Price to be double-teamed by Mason and Mercury, who picked up the win. Post-match, Mason and Mercury continued to beat on Nick Price. Jacob Myles returned to the ring, presumably for the save, but then Myles did an about-face and attacked Nick Price, now making it 3-on-1. Big Al and Ruckus finally ran in to even things up, their differences resolved after the Dogfight at the Anniversary show. While the 3-on-3 brawl was going on in the ring, Drew Jack's music once again hit, and he ran in and cleared EVERYONE out with staple gun shots and Stunners(?). Starting to understand the significance of the title of the show yet?
- 5/7/05: That Ain't My Baby. Big Al and Ruckus, with something of an alliance formed stemming from the previous day's show, took on unlikely partners Daniel Makabe and Zeus McFly. Al & Ruckus worked very well together, and after delivering simultaneous spinebusters on Makabe and McFly INTO EACH OTHER, they hit a combination backbreaker hold/Big Al-bow on McFly for the win. Next was Drew Sarian's retirement match, taking on his favourite opponent, Nick Price. These two, of course, fought numerous times in the Best-of-9 Legends Match series, as well as on other occasions. Sarian entered to what is, and probably always will be, the longest entrance music in the history of VCW: it was a custom mix of all the music he's used as Drew Sarian, as well as all the legends music he's used as well. In addition to the music being long, the match was also the longest singles match Sarian (and Price) has ever wrestled, clocking in at just under 23 minutes. After TONS of back and forth, Sarian was eventually able to hit the Top-rope Sunset Powerbomb for the win in his final match. After the match, Price and Sarian shook hands to the applause of the crowd, but no sooner had they shaken hands then Chris Mason and Mercury (who, along with Jacob Myles, are now known as The In Crowd) interrupted things and attacked Sarian. Nick Price put a stop to the attack and chased Mason and Mercury off with a crowbar, and left the ring with Sarian, on a good note. The main event was Chris Mason taking on PSYCH, the tag partner he had turned his back on three weeks prior. In a backstage interview, Mason finally explained his motives for the attack on PSYCH. In addition to already having plans to start an alliance with Mercury and Jacob Myles, Mason also felt that PSYCH was stealing his spotlight, trying to upstage him and stealing his moves. This all came as quite a surprise to PSYCH, who thought things were going fine, their team having only suffered one loss in their entire time together. Nevertheless, PSYCH was more than happy to have this match. He and Mason absolutely KILLED each other. There are too many spots to name; just watch the clips when they come out. PSYCH was able to bust out the ultra-murder finisher he's been talking about for months, the Superdupernatural Driver, which is basically a combination of the original Psycho Driver and Psycho Driver 2/Supernatural Driver: a Pumphandle Psycho Driver. Absolute death. Before PSYCH could go for the pin, however, Mercury interfered and received a Superkick for his troubles. However, this gave Mason ample time to recover, and when PSYCH brought his attention back to the match, Mason actually hit PSYCH with the same move that PSYCH just used, and got the win, adding insult to injury. Whew. That was long. But now we're up to date!
- In addition to Drew Sarian departing VCW, Jimmy McGimmick, who hasn't been around since February, has officially announced that he will also be out of VCW indefinitely. We hope to see both men back at some point in the future.
 



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