CZW Break on Thru
2.17.01 Sewell, New Jersey

-Ring annoncer Dennis Shock announces that Mikey Whipwreck and Justice Pain aren't here and that the scheduled tag team match is now Wifebeater vs. Balls Mahoney. Take away the two good workers and leave the bad ones. Great

-Brisco Brothers (w/ Dewey Donovan) vs. Eddie Valentine & Jon Dahmer-
Briscos start with identical moonsaults on Valentine & Dahmer. Damher stars with Jay Brisco and hits a clothesline. A tilt-a-whirl slam attempt by Damher is reversed into a neckbreaker by Jay. A tag to Eddie Valentine, which allows the Briscos to hit double team Jappanese armdrags and moonsaults on Valentine. Valentine & Damher come back with German suplexes on both Briscos. Valentine & Damher hit a clothesline on Jay Brisco for a near fall. Damher hits a sleeper slam for a two count and tags in Eddie Valentine. Valentine hits a lowblow leg drop for another near fall. Valentine executes a fireman's carry into a face first slam on Jay Brisco and tags Damher. Doomsday Device ala Legion of Doom is executed by Valentine & Damher with Dahmer hitting a springboard elbow instead of a clothesline. Valentine gets crotched up top and Marc Brisco comes in and ddts him off. The Briscos hit some kicks on Valentine and Jay Brisco nails a hurricaranna. Jay Brisco hits a dropkick for a near fall and the Briscos hit a double team rockbottom for a near fall. Toprope knee drop by Jay Brisco and a fireman's carry rollthrough slam, which allows Marc Brisco to hit a senton and Jay to hit a moonsault. Briscos take out their opponents with dropkicks and Jay Brisco hits a corkscrew moonsault on Damher on the outside. Valentine hits a plancha on Dahmer & Jay, but Marc hits a springboard plancha on Eddie Valentine. The Briscos hit sentons on both opponents. Dahmer comes back with t-bone suplexes on both Briscos. Valentine & Dahmer hit pumphandle arosion on both Briscos, a pumphandle into the Snow Plow, but Dewey interfers and they get rolled up for the Brisco victory. *3/4 11:15 Good match, hurt by lack of transition between moves. Briscos preview a face turn after and their opponents seem upset, which makes Jeff Rocker come down and ask them to team with him. The Wifebeater comes down with Mac Samck to clean house and run his mouth about Balls Mahoney.

-Falls Count Anywhere: Rockin' Rebel vs. Ruckus-
This is a rematch from the 2/10 show. Rebel runs down the crowd before the match. Clothesline in the corner by Ruckus and a hurricarrana, which is used with the help of the referee, sends Rebel outside. Ruckus hits a moonsault and backhandspring moonault on the floor for a near fall. Rebel comes back with a elbow off the apron for a one count. Back in the ring, Rebel does a leap frog and executes a neck breaker for a near fall. Handspring elbow in the corner by Ruckus and a kick to the head for a near fall. Rebel hits a sunset flip in the corner for a two count and then a Russian leg sweep for another near fall. Ax handle smash from the top by Rebel connects but he is then Irish whipped into the wall on the outside. Back in the ring Ruckus nails a splitlegged moonsault for a near fall. Rebel hits a bulldog from the top rope and a leg drop, but Ruckus comes back with a belly-back suplex. Rebel is thrown outside and hits Ruckus with a chair in the air when he attempts an ax handle smash. Rebel sets Ruckus on a table, which he falls off of the 1st time, but the 2nd time Rebel hits a leg drop through the table for the three count. 8:25 *1/2Match was just there and had its times of breaking through into something pretty good. Rebel then handcuffs Ruckus to the ropes and hits him with his strap. The referee then spears Rebel, bringing security in.

-Note: The Annoncer then procedes to take Hat Guys's straw hat (guy from the ECW Arena) and the crowd chants profanitys at the Hat Guy. Pretty funny

-Trent Acid (w/ Z-Barr) vs. Nick Berk-
Acid waits for Berk in the aisle and berk comes behind and hits a suicide dive onto Acid. They brawl outside and Berk nails a moonsault back in the ring for a near fall. Reverse atomic slam by Berk, but Z-Barr breaks up the pin. Nick Berk executes a reverse Razor's Edge and a frog splash, but Z-Barr throws powder in Berk's eyes, allowing Trent Acid to pick up the victory with the Acid Bomb. 3:52 * Too short to mean anything, a far cry from their excellent match on 2.10. "King of the Indies" Reckless Youth comes down and challenges Trent Acid.

-Trent Acid (w/ Z-Barr) vs. Reckless Youth-
They tieup and a headlock by Youth. La magistral gets Acid two and a rollup by Youth gets him two also. Jappanese armdrag by Acid and a hiptoss by Youth, leading to a standoff. Very good start. Acid then proceeds to ruin the match spending over two minutes outside thinking the match over. Back in the ring Acis puts on an abdominal stretch, which Youth reverses with a hiptoss. Reckless Youth puts on the octupus, a move I had only seen in wrestling video games. Acid is sent outside and Youth hits a springboard dropkick ala Chris Jericho. Z-Barr then proceeds to attack Reckless Youth and Acid nails a moonsault on Youth on the outside. Reckless Youth misses a springboard moonsault in the ring and Acid kicks Youth in the face. They then brawl outside and Youth dropkicks a chair to the face of Acid for a near fall. Both men fight for a backslide , which results in a flying pedigree by the King of the Indies. Youth executes a clothesline and a belly-back suplex for a near fall. Acid battles back with a boot to the face, a sitout powerbomb, and a belly-bback suplex into a powerbomb for a near fall. They reverse pinfalls, resulting in Youth putting on a Boston crab. Acid hits a superkick for a two count and sets up chairs in the ring, but Acid gets crotched up top and Youth hits a diamond cutter from the top. Z-Barr accidently throws powder into Acid's eyes, leading to Youth hitting Northern Lights 2K on the chairs for the pinfall victory. 13:55 **1/2 Solid match from these future stars.

-Pastor Jim Show w/ Mad Man Pondo. Pondo brings out a scantly clade midget named Bridget. Shes supposively a porn star and has been on Howard Stern. Well whatever and god knows what the point of the segment was either.

-CZW Iron Man Championship: Nick Gage (w/ Dewey Donovan) vs. Lobo
Elbow by Lobo to start and goes for a plancha on the outside, but gets nailed with a chair. Sign to the head of Lobo and then a chairshot. Lobo is thrown into the RF Video table, with Lobo blading two minutes in. In CZW, We blade every match because we're not just hardcore, we're Ultraviolent! Big chairshot by Lobo. Gage then proceeds to go uptop, but comes down to piss the fans off. Gage hits a brainbuster in the ring and sets up soem chairs in the ring. Nick Gage gets crotched up top and Lobo hits an Amnyville Horror onto the chairs for a near fall. Nick Gage returns the favor with a t-bone suplex, but misses the frog splash in a nasty bump. Lobo sets up a table in the ring. Lobo attempts a superplex, but Gage superplexes Lobo through the announcers table at ringside in an increible spot. Lob hits a doublearm ddt in the ring, but The Briscos run in to stop the pinfall. They get taken out by Lobo, but Nate Hatred comes down. He accidently hits Gage with part of a table and Lobo gets the 1-2-3. 12:47 *1/2 Good match with some nice spots. Pondo runs down after, beginning an impromptu match with Nate Hatred.

-Mad Man Pondo vs. Nate Hatred-
Hatred hits a Russian leg sweep and screws up a bulldog attempt. Hatred executes a tombstone and a top rope leg drop for a two count. Pondo hits a back body drop and some clotheslines, then a stop sign to the head of Hatred. Bridget then staples a dollar to the back of Hatred in a spot that was really weird. Pastor Jim comes down and gets hit with a stop sign. Ponod sets up chairs on the outside. and suplexes Nate Hatred onto them. Hatred comes back with a piledriver on the floor, but then gets nailed with a golf club. Both men are bleeding and brawling in the crowd, a bad combination. Stop sign to the head of Hatred. Pondo asks for some chairs from the crowd, so the crowd responds with hundreds of chiars thrown on top of Hatred. A pissed off Pondo nails a splash on Hatred for the pinfall. 10:45 3/4* Pretty boring brawl

-Barbed Wire Ladder Match: Ric Blade vs. Nick Mondo-
This is the result of Mondo's challenge from the 2.10 show. Ric Blade starts with a roll through submission and Mondo does the same seconds later. An elbow by Mondo and a springboard elbow in the corner on Blade. Mondo then goes in screw up mode, messing up a baseball slide and a springboard somersault badly. The ladder is brought in the ring. Nick Mondo redeems himself with two belly-back suplexes in sucession and a springboard powerbomb in a beautiful spot. Mondo executes a tilt-a-whirl powerslam for a near fall, but Blade comes back with a Samoan drop and moonsault on the ladder. The barbed wire ladder is brought in and Blade hits two consecutive fisherman suplexes. then a fisherman's suplex into a michinoku driver on the barbedwire ladder! On the outside, Blade hits a corkscrew moonsault on Nick Mondo. Back in the ring, Ric Blade misses a springboard somersault leg drop and Mondo gets a near fall. They brawl outside and Mondo hits a ddt in the grandstands. A barbedwire and light bulb tube table is brought in, which Blade send Mondo through with a reverse powerbomb. Back in the ring, Ric Blade only gets a two count. Mondo comes back with a reverse powerbomb. Mondo attempts a springboard plancha, but gets nailed with a chair and falls back onto the barbed wire ladder in an incredible spot. Blade then proceeds to set up Mondo ona table in the crowd and dive from approximately twenty feet with a Swanton Bomb, this bump was equal to the height of Foley's Hell in a Cell bump in comparison. Holy Shit! A Ric F'N Blade chant starts and Blade only gets 2 3/4, as Trent Acid & Z-Barr break the pin up. Z-Barr hits Kryptonite Krunch on Blade and Acid hits the Acid Bomb on a ladder. This only enables Blade to get a two count and Blade then takes out Acid with the ladder. Ric Blade puts Mondo between two ladders and hits a moonsault for the victory. 16:53 **3/4 Great match! After Ric Blade challenges Acid & Z-Barr to a tage match 2.28 with Reckless Youth. This never happened though. That sucks.

-Wifebeater (w/ Mac Smack) vs. Balls Mahoney-
Powerslam by Wifebeater and tries a figure four, but Balls hits a hiptoss and those annoying punches. On the outside, Balls hits a powerslam on the chairs and uses a fork. Wifebeater is busted open, what a suprise, and gets hit with a chairshot. Mahoney powerbombs Wifebeater on some chairs and goes to get a barbedwire trash can. Mahoney misses with the trashcan and Wifebeater uses it on Balls. This becomes a very ugly brawl. Mahoney hits a spinebuster back in the ring and misses a leg drop. Wifebeater comes back with a sidewalk slam for a near fall. A nutcracker suite attempt is reversed into a chokeslam on a chair. Wifebeater sets up a table, but ends up getting splashed through it for a two count. Wifebeater school boys Mahoney for a two count and Balls comes back with a superkick. Mad Man Pondo comes down and hits Mahoney with a stop sign as Wifebeater gets out of town. So...11:45 1/4* The main event happens to be the worst match, very weird. Mahoney challenges Pondo & Wifebeater for 3.10. Funny that he didn't have the common sense to show up for that though.

-Final Thoughts: Solid Card again. Nothing overly sucked, even though the main event was pretty bad. Two very good matches and some other solid matches make this a reccomendation. Look for CZW 3.10.01 review up next week if I get it done before I leave for the Matchbox 20, Everclear, Lifehouse concert. Thanks, Tyler Richardson