| Atlantic Terror Championship Wrestling - September 24, 1999 - Martinsburg, WV |
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A well-received crowd-pleasing performance by a legendary tag team and by their "loving" opponents highlighted the monthly card of Atlantic Terror Championship Wrestling that was held at the Berkeley County Multipurpose Center in Martinsburg, WV, on September 24. Attendance was estimated at 250. Ring announcer: MIKE DiMUZIO. Doing the ringside commentary, direct from the FWA, "DAREDEVIL" DAVE NEISWENDER and MIKE BURNS. Videotaping the proceedings, and equally as direct from the FWA: GARY WALTER and GLENN BOYLE. Timekeeper at the bell: JEFF AMDUR. Referees for the evening: KEVIN "FOOTY SHIRT" CARSON and "THE GODFATHER" VINNIE GAMBINI. MATCH 1: CHAD AUSTIN (with RALFIS) spoiled the local debut of TOMMY IDOL by pinning him in 12:37, thus holding on to his westerhstatesheritageinterconinentalhardcorecruiserweight trophy. The end came as manager Ralfis (not to be confused with Ralphus, although they probably bathe in the same swamp) tripped Tommy, allowing Chad to pick Idol up in an airplane spin which he segued into a Death Valley driver for the pin. During the match, Chad seemed to be bothered by the taunts of Bullhorn Man, who was sitting in the front row. Before Mike DiMuzio could introduce the next match, he was interrupted by CAMP CASINO, consisting of manager BARRY CASINO and his charges C.J. BROCK, DON ROTT and ATCW champion PATCH. After Barry reminded the crowd that the absent Ty Street had been hospitalized and was still recovering from his beating last month at the hands of the Casinoites, Patch told the crowd that his scheduled opponent had also "backed out" of the match and that he has instead been booked against HELL BILLY OTIS. He questioned the widsom of that booking, stating that while he [Patch] has been undefeated in his ATCW stay (remember, he lost his championship for a short period when someone else was pinned in a three-way dance), Otis has yet to win. Next on the promo parade came NATION'S BADDEST CREATIONS and their manager AL BINO, whose scheduled opponents, the Himalaya Playaz, had, according to Bino, been hurt in an accident "when they tried to fit through a doorway". Al and NBC then challenged any two wrestlers in the back to come out and take them on‹and out to answer the challenge came an established tag team who had driven up from Baltimore just to see the show ... MATCH 3: NATION'S BADDEST CREATIONS (SEAN NICE & L.A. ROYALE, with AL BINO & "LITTLE AL") pinned 2-DOPE & SYDESWYPE in 9:40. The end came as 2-Dope, frustrated by Bino's constant interference, chased him around the perimeter of the ring. While the ref was occupied with this chase, NBC seized the moment to deliver a double reverse DDT on Syde. As the ref came back into the ring, L.A. covered Mr. Swype for the pin. After the match, and after NBC had gone back to the locker room, Al Bino continued to taunt the opposition, calling one of them "too dopey". For this indiscretion, 2D and SS pummeled Al, leaving him on the floor for several minutes temporarily separating him from his prized "little Al" mannequin head. Out came BARRY CASINO and his merry men once more. Barry took the mike and delivered the line of the night when he said that "Martinsburg was the place where they invented the toothbrush. Had it been invented anywhere else, it would have been called the teethbrush". MATCH 3: C.J. (a.k.a. "COOL JOE") BROCK (with BARRY CASINO) pinned NICK "DA BULL" FURY in 7:06. Nick missed a shoulder block off the top rope and fell victim to the Brockbuster and then the pin. Intermission: Polaroids with LUKE & BUTCH. Many, many Polaroids. MATCH 4: "THE LATIN DRAGON" JULIO SANCHEZ won his match against DON ROTT (with BARRY CASINO) as the result of a disqualification in 10:02. Julio delivered some amazingly stiff-looking kicks during this match, including perhaps the most vicious-looking superkick I've ever seen. The kick enabled Julio to roll up Don; but the ref was distracted by Casino. This allowed PATCH and C.J. BROCK to attack Sanchez, and the ref immediately called for the bell. They continued to stomp and kick Julio until HELL BILLY OTIS and NICK FURY made the save. MATCH 5: CHEF D.Z. GILLESPIE (with MELANIE LaFLEUR) pinned MORGUS THE MANIAC (with NURSE GRACE & MEDIC MAURICE in 1:08. Before the match, and before Grace and Maurice could get the strait jacket off Morgus, bodyguard-for-hire DINO DIVINE attacked Morgus from behind and tossed him into the ring, where Chef had free rein. A quick rolling pin by Gillespie and a 3-count, and the match was over. After the match, Morgus finally was able to get the strait jacket off, grabbed the giant wooden fork that Chef brought with him to the ring, and proceeded, in the words of play-by-play guy Dave Neiswender, to "fork the Chef up real good". MATCH 6: PATCH (with BARRY CASINO) defended the ATCW championship and extended his undefeated streak by pinning HELL BILLY OTIS in 9:55. During the match I could not help but think that it was indeed karmic that on this first night of the joyous Jewish festival of Sukkos, I was watching Patch, a wrestler who combines the record of Bill Goldberg with the facial characteristics of Moshe Dayan. During the match, DON ROTT and C.J. BROCK came out to lend support to their fellow Camp Casino member. Otis hit a top-turnbuckle dive and went to cover for the pin; but once again, the course of a match was changed by Barry Casino as he distracted the ref, allowing Brock to chairshot Otis. Unlike the previous match, the ref did not turn around to see the chicanery and counted the pin for Patch. After the match, Camp Casino once again ran roughshod over poor Otis until a chair-wielding NICK FURY came out and made the save. Fury took the mike and challenged Camp Casino to a tag team match next month against himself and Otis, a.k.a THE WEST VIRGINIA WRECKING CREW. MATCH 7: THE BUSHWHACKERS (LUKE WILLIAMS & BUTCH MILLER) pinned "WISE GUY" JIMMY CICERO and DINO DIVINE in 14:37 of steady, fast-paced action that had the fans wound up from start to finish. Before the match, Jimmy and Dino did some of their "dance routines" in mid-ring and accused the Nitro Girls of having stolen some routines from them. When Luke and Butch arrived to different music than their usual theme, the opposition stopped dancing and scattered as the Whackers led the fans in "Bush-whack-ers" chants that didn't let up throughout the match. The end came as Cicero wound up on the receiving end of a Dino clothesline after Butch had ducked. Butch schoolboyed Jimmy for the pin. A great match that I hope to see again real soon while timekeeping for my home state's number-one indie fed. [hint, hint]. After the match, as ring announcer Mike DiMuzio was giving his closing announcement, he was partially pantsed by Bushwhacker Luke as Luke was heading back to the lockers. ATCW returns to the Multipurpose Center on Friday, October 15. DAN "THE BEAST" SEVERN has already been signed for this card. More information will be posted when it becomes available. From Jeff the ATCW timekeeper
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