| Maryland Championship Wrestling - September 20, 1998 - Baltimore, MD |
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| Saturday, September 19, 1998 | |
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Pardon me for the delay in reporting, and this may not be the first report out there, but I've been at Rosh Hashanah services most of the day--so, however late, here are the results of the Maryland Championship Wrestling card that was held at the Patapsco Arena in Baltimore, MD, on Sunday, September 20, 1998. In the crowd estimated at 900-1000 were a few more netters than usual: Lee "Dark Cheetah" Morey, Jeremy Billones, Dave Hagan, Bill Woodcock, Steve Marsh, "Lurkers Locos" Ray Duffy and Steve Pillmeyer, and making a rare MD appearance, Phil Schneider, Dean Rasmussen, and "The Other Phil" Flippa. I'm sure some of them will eventually have their own report up on these boards. From the Md State Athletic Commission: TOM KANARAS and LOU LEAVEY. MCW Commissioner: JACK ADONIS. Substituting for Steve Venturella as ring announcers: "Wrestletalk America's" AL ALBERT and the ECWA's CHUCK RISTANO. Also in attendance: ECWA promoter JIM KETTNER. Timekeeper at the bell: JEFF AMDUR (Hey, that's me!). Referees: BOB ADCOCK, JOHN "PEE WEE" MOORE, DAVE "THE WAVE", and JOHN RILEY. The evening began with a special tribute to the late BRIAN "SHANE SHAMROCK" HOWSER, who was tragically killed one day after the last MCW show. A tribute tape was played, and Shane's MCW light-heavyweight belt was permanently retired and given in a wooden display case to Shane's parents and three children. A special blow-up of the cover of the evening's program, which featured Shane, was also presented to the Howsers. A ten-bell salute was sounded as the evening's workers (as well as some people who had worked with Shane in the competing MEWF) stood in and around the ring. To begin the actual card, AXL ROTTEN came out in street clothes and explains that Sabu, originally scheduled, could not be there tonight (this had been explained on the MCW hotline as well as on a poster outside the Arena), and also that he himself would be unable to wrestle. Out came JACK VICTORY, LANCE STORM, JEFF JONES and CHASTITY, who tried to goad Axl into a match, while from the outside athletic commissioner TOM KANARAS pleaded with Axl not to do battle. Axl explained that he cannot wrestle due to his physical condition, so he has brought someone who would do battle for him and for Sabu. Enter, for the first time in Maryland in almost five years, TOMMY DREAMER. TOMMY DREAMER (with AXL ROTTEN) pinned JACK VICTORY (with LANCE STORM, JEFF JONES & CHASTITY) in 4:19. CUEBALL CARMICHAEL (with MAD DOG O'MALLEY) pinned BRUISER in 7:18, as Mad Dog splashed Bruiser with Cueball distracting the ref. MIKEY WHIPWRECK pinned 2-DOPE (with SUCKAPUNCH & SIDESWIPE) in 6:41 with a series of stunner-like moves. "MIGHTY SEXY" QUINN NASH & JOEY "THE FUTURE" MATTHEWS pinned EARL THE PEARL & "DANCIN" STEVIE RICHARDS in 12:10, as ref DAVE "THE WAVE"'s arguing with Stevie hampered tag-team efforts. In a stiff battle of international competitors, MASATO TANAKA pinned ULF HERRMANN in 8:49. ROMEO VALENTINO (with a lot of help from DOMINIC COOLIANO) pinned MARK "THE SHARK" SHRADER in 10:07. "THE GHETTO SUPERSTAR" A.J. FRITZOID (with DAWN MARIE) pinned CHRISTIAN YORK (with BOBCAT) in 9:12. In a raucous post-match battle, 2-DOPE, SIDESWIPE and SUCKAPUNCH came to the ring and attacked Fritzoid and Dawn Marie. They smashed a large watermelon over Fritzoid's head and then proceeded to spank and stomp on Dawn Marie. Making their MCW debuts in an interview segment to start the second half of the card were people long associated with wrestling in Maryland. The interviewer: STUD LEE OSBORNE. The interviewees: TOM BRANDI and his long-time manager, ROYCE C. PROPHET. Brandi and Royce complained that Tom should be declared heavyweight champion since he had been the champion of the "other" promotion and never officially lost the title. He said he should at least be declared number-one contender. Then Prophet took the mike and talked for it seems forever. Out came AXL ROTTEN, JIM CORNETTE and THE HEADBANGERS to distract Prophet. The Bangers eventually pantsed Royce, but the manager quickly pulled the pants back up, thus sparing the crowd of a really unwanted sight. Eventually MCW commish JACK ADONIS came out and said that if Brandi wants to be a contender, he would have to get by ADAM FLASH. TOM BRANDI (with ROYCE C. PROPHET) pinned ADAM FLASH in 6:18 in what was largely a handicap match, as Brandi and his manager double-teamed Adam most of the way, with the ref helplessly looking on. In the main event, "WISE GUY" JIMMY CICERO & "THE LATIN DRAGON" JULIO SANCHEZ (with PLATINUM NAT) won the MCW tag titles from THE HEADBANGERS (MOSH & THRASHER, with JAMES E. CORNETTE and CHUCK RISTANO) as Cornette turned on his team and whacked a Banger with his tennis racket. Cornette and Nat embraced at the end before hauling ass out of the Arena. MCW will return to the Patapsco Arena on Sunday, October 11, with a 7 pm bell time. Scheduled to be on the card: CHRIS CANDIDO, TAMARA LYNN SYTCH (the artist formerly known as SUNNY), AXL ROTTEN, BLUE MEANIE & SUPER NOVA, and others to be announced later. There will also be a show in Salisbury, MD, on Friday, October 16 at the Blair Lee Armory. Stay tuned to these boards for more infor mation. >From Jeff the MCW timekeeper
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