SCW Royal Pain
April 26th, 2001
Kings Barcade, Raleigh, NC

Buckle in for one of the best indy shows I have ever seen. We kick things off with Dewey by God Cheatum and Persephone. Cheatum announces that due to a spinal injury, he will not be defending the North Carolina title tonight. C.W. Anderson, his scheduled opponent, enters the ring and he is none too pleased about Cheatum's decision not to work. Anderson decks Perseph with a chair and then hits Dewey with a spinebuster, aggrivating the injured back even more. Very well done segment.

Duke Richards is out to take on off-again on-again partner Wort in a battle of the Gargoyles. Wort scores early with a series of armdrags but soon Richards chokes him against the middle rope and then a vertical suplex. Richards chops Wort in the corner then charges with a clothesline. Richards drops a leg to the groin and then two elbows onto the knee of Wort. Richards continues to pound on Wort for several minutes until a double clothesline takes both men down. Wort slams Richards and then grabs Bubbles. He mounts the top rope and goes for a flying splash with Bubbles, but Richards moves and scores a DDT for the pin. *1/2

William Wealth and Brandi hit the ring for a promo in which Wealth brings out Shannon Moore and the two proceed to ridicule the crowd before pronouncing Moore as the best cruiserweight in WCW. This brings out Sugar Shane Helms, the reigining WCW Cruiserweight Champion who mocks Wealth. Wealth grabs the mic and challenges Helms to a handi-cap match. Cham F'N Pain enters the ring and says he will be Helms partner, and we have our main event for tonight set.

It's Brass Knuckles Title time, as we write another chapter in the Jessie and Justin Drive feud. More barbed wire boards are brought out and Justin enters first, followed by his brother Jessie. They lock up and Jessie powers Justin around a little bit. They surprise us with a nice opening sequence before Justin tumbles to the floor. Justin grabs a staple gun and staples Jessie twice in the head. One of the boards is brought outside the ring and Justin gets tossed through it. Jessie nails Justin with the barbed wire bat and then staples Justin twice also before slamming him a second time on the board. Justin picks up two strands of barbed wire and begins whipping his brother with them. Justin sets up a second board and superkicks Jessie onto it. Justin staples a dollar bill to Jessie's forehead in a sick spot before taking it back in the ring. Justin drapes a chair over Jessie's face and nails a VanTerminator from the far corner. Jessie gains the upperhand and then hits a delayed vertical suplex. He bridges the second board in between guradrails in one of the aiseways and then gorilla presses Justin over the top and through the board. Sick. He hits a homerun with the barbed wire bat but Justin won't stay down. Jessie blocks two kick attempts by whipping Justin with the strands of wire. He then pulls Justin's shirt over the back of his head and whips his bare back about five times with the wire. Jessie picks up Justin and hits a sidewalk slam for the pin. Sick match. These guys are nuts. On the brawl scale: ***1/2. After the match, the two brothers embrace, to end the feud.

BC, Qsic, and SCW Heavyweight Champion Frank Parker make their entrance, where BC announces Scab vs Gotti tonight in a dueling chairs match. BC also announces a handicap match for tonight between Parker, Qsic, and former member of the Army of Won, Kross.

Up next, Caprice 'Ice' Coleman, taking on that mecca of masculinity Lazarus. Laz, as always, taunts Coleman early before taking him down and administering a little spanking. Laz ducks a clothesline and dropkicks Coleman. He mounts the second rope and tries a neckbreaker but Coleman is out reach. Laz hits a reverse atomic drop and two low headbutts. Coleman reverses an irish whip and backdrops Laz over the top, before dropping him again with a baseball slide. Back in the ring, Laz gets caught with a mule kick and a rear legsweep takedown. Coleman kicks Laz in the gut and hits a nice spinkick for two. They trade counters and Coleman springs up to the middle rope and connects with a backspring kick. They trade irish whips, Coleman ends up on the apron and drops Laz's throat across the top rope before coming back in with a ropeflip sommersault senton. Coleman hits a high kneelift and follows it up with a falcon arrow for two. Coleman with a firearm's carry into a falcon arrow and he goes up top but misses a double axehandle. Laz ducks a clothesline and hits a headscissors takedown. Laz comes off the ropes with a flying forearm and then sends Coleman over the top to the floor, following it up with a very nice sommersault senton plancha. Back in the ring, Laz hits a missile dropkick for a two count. Coleman catches Laz off-guard with a sky-high for two. Coleman ducks a right cross, charges, but gets caught with the Britney Spear for the pin. Good action. ***

North Carolina Champion Dewey Cheatum is in the ring and is joined by challenger C.W. Anderson as they start off quickly. Cheatum ends up outside after a shoulderblock, but fires back with a beautiful springboard tornado DDT. Anderson gets kicked low and then takes a rana over the top to the floor. Dewey tries to dropkick a chair into CW's face but gets hit with it instead. CW props the chair in the corner and tosses Dewey back-first into it after a series of chops, then catching Dewey with a big backbreaker. He tosses Cheatum back-side first into the turnbuckle and he lands hard. Dewey counters a backdrop attempt, tries a roll-up, it gets blocked, so he gets a sunset flip for two, but then gets caught with the Anderson left hand for a nearfall. Anderson calmly tosses Dewey around the ring with a slam. Dewey ducks a clothesline and hits a headscissors takedown, but can't follow it up and gets caught with the Ferris Wheel. Anderson chops Cheatum in the corner, but Cheatum manages to stun Anderson long enough to attempt a tornado DDT, it gets countered, then Dewey counters the northern lights suplex attempt with a Russian legsweep. Well done. They trade punches and Dewey grabs the head and attempts an acid drop, it gets countered, Dewey attempts a bodyscissors takedown, Anderson tries to counter it with a german suplex, but Dewey counters with a bulldog and gets a two count. Well done. Anderson attempts a spinebuster, Dewey lands on his feet, but gets caught with a superkick. Anderson tries a powerbomb but Cheatum rolls through, grabs the head and hits the acid drop for two. Cheatum rolls to the floor and retrieves a table, which he props up in the corner. Dewey tries an irish whip into the table but it gets countered, Cheatum goes low, hiptoss attempt by Anderson countered with a slap, Dewey tries a rocker dropper, gets tossed off, lands on his feet, ducks a clothesline and attempts a bodyscissors. Anderson counters the bulldog attempt with a waistlock and heaves Dewey backwards through the table with a german suplex for the pin. Whew. Really hot action and a GREAT match. ****

It's Divas Battle Royal time, as Ariel Hope makes her way in with Justin Drive. Brandi is already in the ring. Ariel's followed by Cheyenne, Lilly, Bubbles, Persephone, and Alexis Laree. Brandi and Cheyenne get eliminated early, but Bubbles attacks Lilly and the two of them go at it. Alexis Laree enters and she and Lilly eliminate Bubbles. It's Persephone, Lilly, and Alexis remaining. The two heels double up on Perseph with a double clothesline and a double suplex. Double elbows to the chest as they continue to dominate, but Lilly double-crosses Alexis and takes her down. They trade hair-takedowns and catfight a little until Persephone makes it up and tosses Lilly, but Gotti saves her. Alexis takes Persephone down with a body scissors but Lilly DDTs Alexis. Perseph nails Lilly with a double-arm DDT and then tosses Lilly out on the far side. Alexis gets knocked down in the corner and Perseph exposes her thong and executes the stinkface, followed by a bulldog. Psychos for Hire hit the ring and Bam chokeslams Persephone. Crazyman tosses her out, and your winner is Alexis Laree. * entertaining if nothing else.

Alexis and the Psychos are still in the ring as Sex, Love, and Money enter for the Tag title match. Hunter starts off with Bam Bam, attempts an arm-ringer but gets nothing. Hunter with a sideheadlock, Bam calmly tosses him down. Tag to Sean Thomas. He hits a kick and some right hands, ducks two back elbow attempts, but gets caught and press-slammed twice. Bam hits the handstand senton and the Psychos take Thomas down with a tandem elbow/legdrop as Crazy gets tagged in. Crazy hits two rolling vertical suplexes, but on the third one, Thomas counters with one of his own. Hunter gets tagged in and hits a leg lariat, but taunts Bam Bam so Bam enters and clotheslines him before he can make a pin. Hunter attempts a fisherman suplex but it is countered with a small package. He rolls out and finally gets the suplex for two. Thomas and Hunter hit a nice double hiptoss. Thomas with a fireman's carry takedown and then an elbow. Crazy with a jawbreaker. Hunter gets tagged in and nails a forewards suplex but Bam breaks up the count. Hunter cradles Crazyman but only gets two. They hit their double underhook tandem powerbomb finish, but Bam Bam breaks up the count. Thomas hits the Money in the Bank but again Bam breaks up the count. Alexis enters and tornado DDTs Thomas as finally Crazy makes the tag. Bam clotheslines both men and t-bones Hunter. Bam tosses Thomas around with that overhead clotheslam thing and they end up on the floor with Crazy and Hunter in the ring. Hunter puts the boots to Crazyman and hits a vertical suplex. Alexis attempts a rana from the top rope but gets caught and powerbombed. She served her purpose on the distraction though as Hunter turns around and gets caught by Bam. Psychos hit the powerbomb/top-rope clothesline to capture the win and the titles. **1/2

Shah of Grog is out polling fans as to who exactly they think The Boss is, but gets attacked by the Army of Won. Kross makes the save and Grog announces that tonight he will be in Kross' corner for the handicap match.

The beautiful Lilly leads Gotti to the ring for the dueling chairs match against his opponent Scab. Scab starts off early as Gotti misses a chairshot and Scab hits some punches followed by a big powerslam. Gotti attempts a belly-to-back, it gets countered, and he ends up taking a northern lights suplex. Lilly jumps on Scab's back, giving Gotti a chance to crack Scab in the gut with his chair. Gotti suplexes Scab onto the chair and then wedges in in the turnbuckle. He chops Scab several times in the corner but gets caught and Scab fires right back before hitting a big backdrop. Scab charges but Gotti gets a drop toehold into the chair. He picks up Scab's chair and cracks him in the groin with it. Gotti with a scoop slam for two. Scab connects with some rights but gets tossed through the ropes. Scab drops Gotti across the guardrail throat-first. Scab brings him in the hard way with a suplex and a kick to the head. Gotti leapfrogs as Scab picks up the chair, Gotti turns and spin kicks it into his head. Nice. The chair is set up in middle-ring and Scab knocks Gotti into it before hitting a reverse neckbreaker. Scab gets crotched up top and ends up in the tree of woe with a chair in front of his face which Gotti then baseball slides into. Lilly gets on the apron to distract the ref while Gotti chokes Scab against the top rope. The crowd starts up a "show your tits" chant, she teases, but then slips her daisy dukes down and flashes her thong-covered bottom instead. There's a mark-out moment. Meanwhile, Gotti goes to batting practice and measures Scab three times with his chair, before picking up Scab's chair and cracking him with that. Scab hits a mule kick though, and catches Gotti off-guard with a fireman's carry into a sidewalk slam for a two count. Gotti gets thrown into the corner, springs up top and backflips, kicking Scab's chair into his face. Gotti sets up both chairs but Scab hooks his head and springboard bulldogs The Other Dark Meat through both chairs for the pin. Very good. ***1/2

The Army of Won enter, followed by Kross for the handicap match. They double-team him but he fires back A miscue sees Parker get clotheslined by Qsic, but Qsic recovers and hits a powerslam for two. Kross ducks a double clothesline and then single-leg dropkicks both guys. The keep beating on Kross for a few minutes until he counters a double backdrop attempt with a double DDT. Kross slams both opponents and then hits a standing sidekick on Qsic, followed by a reverse DDT on Parker. BC enters but the Shah takes him down. Parker gets ahold of the title belt and cracks Kross with it for the pin. *1/2. After the match, BC takes the crucifix powerbomb from Kross.

It's main event time and William Wealth and Shannon Moore are in the ring, and eventually they're joined by "Sugar" Shane Helms and Cham Pain. This oughta be good. Wealth and Pain start with Pain getting a sideheadlock early. Wealth goes bahind, it gets countered, Pain takes him down, then goes back to the headlock. Shoulderblock takedown, hiptoss countered with a monkey flip, dropkick, and Wealth powders. Pain goes for a powerbomb, it's blocked, backdrop, sunset flip, Wealth rolls through and it's back to a vertical base, where a blind tag is made and Wealth powders to avoid the Sugarsmack. Moore and Helms are legal now, and Helms takes his former partner down with a Thesz press. He charges the corner and gets caught with an elbow. Moore springs up in the corner but gets caught with the Nightmare on Helms Street and then a flying reverse neckbreaker. Tag in to Pain, and they both drop elbows on Moore, who tags back out to Weatlh. Dropkicks from Pain stun Wealth, who takes a one count following a three-quarter roll, then tags Shannon back in. Moore chokes Pain across the rope, Wealth re-enters and does the same while Moore distracts the ref. Moore hits a flying leg lariat in the corner onto Pain. Wealth tags back in and gets caught with a backslide for two, ducks a clothesline and hits one of his own. Vertical suplex from Wealth and a ropeflip splash from Moore. Snapmare and a reverse chinlock by Moore. Pain elbows his way out of it, bodyscissors around Moore's waist, rolls around and rolls up Moore for a two count. Tag back in to William, who locks on a reverse chinlock which Pain escapes from with a belly-to-back. Wealth ducks a right cross, locks on a sleeper, but it gets broken with a jawbreaker. Tag back in to Moore, who drops both opponents promptly and then hits a flying fistdrop on Wealth and gives the sign for the Vertabreaker. Brandi goes for the distraction, Moore charges at Helms but he moves and Shannon nails Brandi. Helms goes for the Vertabreaker on Wealth but Moore breaks it up. Helms locks Wealth in a reverse facelock, Pain grabs Moore, and Helms and Pain hit simultaneous reverse DDTs, followed by a double pin for the victory. Excellent match. ****

Final analysis: One of the best indy shows I have ever seen in my life. I have bought pay per views that were not fit to lick this show's ring apron. Buy the tape now. You will thank me later. Don't just watch it though. Take care of it. Set a place for it at your dinner table. Treat it as if it were your child. Click on the link below to do just that.

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