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[RESULTS] MCW DUNDALK, 2/25/12, ANNIVERSARY SHOW
From Jeff Amdur, MCW historian
Team Cicero gained a new ally in its war against Team McDevitt, a good ol’ country boy turned bad, and an episode of temporary insanity cost the challenger the Maryland Championship Wrestling television title at MCW’s Anniversary card held at the New Green Room in Dundalk, MD, on February 25, 2012.
Estimated attendance: 250-75. MCW Co-owner: DAN McDEVITT. Executive Producer: PETE McDEVITT. Ring announcer: AL ALBERT. Doing play-by-play for the upcoming DVD: MARK BRAY. Timekeeper at the bell: JEFF AMDUR. Taping the proceedings: PAUL McCLEMENS, JOHN GERMANE, and others. Sound courtesy of PUMPKINHEAD SOUND. Referees for the evening: TONYA STEVENS, DINO ROMERO and JARED ARTMAN. Photographing the proceedings: TIM WALKER, GREG GREENLAND, and MARVIN ATWELL.
Ring announcer AL ALBERT emcees the latest episode of “Dueling Commissioners” as he brings out co(?)-commissioner CANDIE. No sooner does Candie welcome the fans than she is interrupted by co(?)-commissioner JESSIE KAYE, who reminds everyone within hearing distance that she is the commissioner, anointed so by “the prestigious Dan McDevitt, of Team McDevitt”. Candie announces that she has put together a match between RONNIE ZUKKO and CHRISTIAN YORK, while Jessie counters with a tag match pitting TOM BRANDI and ADAM FLASH against NAPALM BOMB and JIMMY CICERO. Jessie also announces that MCW champion TYLER HILTON will defend his title in a “two on one” match against EARL THE PEARL and RAMBLIN’ RICH MYERS (the HOLY ROLLERS). Candie cracks that she should have figured that Jessie’s favorite type of match is a two-on-one.
Match #1: FED UP (C-FED & G-FED) pinned THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE (BORIS DRAGOFF & MUSTAFA AZIZ DANIELS, with J.P. CALLAHAN & BABU) in 4:59. After some initial tie-ups involving C-Fed and MAD, the wrestlers tag in their partners. G-Fed takes the Russian to the ground (with some help from his partner) getting some near falls. With Dragoff cornered, C-Fed tags back in. Boris punches his way out of the corner, moving the action to his own team’s corner, where Daniels chokes his prey. Mustafa gets his own 2-count after a thrust slam. Mustafa says something that gets G-Fed angry, and the referee must keep G-Fed out of the ring. Callahan and Babu help their men work over C-Fed against the ropes. After getting a near fall on C-Fed, MAD slams him, stands on him, and jumps off him. G-Fed makes the hot tag, Boris makes a not-so-hot tag. Both Feds then throw Boris into the cornered Mustafa, then thrust him face first to the mat. Callahan and Babu rush into the ring to help their charges; but BUCK CHYLD appears to chase them off. Continuing the original onslaught, C-Fed winds up pinning Dragoff.
As he leaves the ring area, Buck Chyld and the entering Nui Tofiga exchange harsh words.
Match #2: “THE SAMOAN TSUNAMI” NUI TOFIGA pinned HOSS HAGOOD in 4:09. Hoss starts off by trying to put a sleeper on Nui. The Samoan emphatically throws him off and follows up with power moves. Hoss recovers and manages to slam the big Samoan; but Nui recovers and kicks Hagood to the mat. Nui takes a chair from out of the ring. BUCK CHYLD again appears and grabs the chair from Tofiga. The two argue. The recovered Hagood rushes at Nui; but Tofiga ducks and Hoss collides with Buck. Nui then Samoan drops the disoriented Hoss and pins him.
Chyld then helps Hoss up. An unappreciative Hoss becomes “Country Angry” as he kicks Buck to the mat and, with a tormented look on his face, incessantly punches the already-senseless Buck. It takes three referees to pull Hagood off and lead him to the back.
Match #3: “THE SCOTTISH NIGHTMARE” CHRIS CLOW (with AIDA MARIE, MITCH MILLER & PAUL WHITE) temporarily loses, then retains his MCW television championship with a 5:12 disqualification victory over ALEXANDER JAMES. The revenge-seeking James is all over Clow from the beginning, jumping on him, clamping on a headlock which thrusts him to the mat. Clow runs out of the ring to discuss strategy with Miller and White as the referee holds Alex back. Alex then suplexes Chris; but Chris powers up and moves James to the corner where he weakens him with shoulder blocks. James reverses the situation and whips Clow into another corner, where he lands a drop kick. Miller then pulls Clow out of the ring for more strategy, I guess. Aida and the rest of the Winners Circle distract James, which gives Clow but a temporary advantage. Alex applies a chin lock. Chris pushes him into a corner. Alex kicks Chris. Chris counters with a spine buster. Clow has James on the ropes with a chin lock; but Alex powers back with forearm smashes and a standing lariat that send the Scotsman to the mat. James covers for a 2-count. Aida Marie slows Alex down by grabbing his leg from the outside; but James then counters with a plancha onto White and Miller outside. James then applies a face buster and gets Clow to submit. Even after the bell rings and Al Albert announces the title change, James refuses to release his victim. This compels referee TONYA STEVENS to reverse her decision and award the match to Clow by disqualification. The TV championship thus remains in The Highlands (and I don’t mean Highlandtown).
Match #4: TOM BRANDI & ADAM FLASH (with DAN McDEVITT & TEAM McDEVITT) scored a controversial pin fall win over NAPALM BOMB & JIMMY CICERO in 14:11 of this match that marked the much-anticipated return of the former MCW commissioner to in-ring competition. Team Cicero has the opposition retreating from the outset, as the Team McDevitt members retreat to the floor to confer with Dan, who is at ringside. Cicero chases Brandi outside the ring. Brandi has the old “completely eunuch experience” as Cicero introduces Tom’s crotch to the ring post. Jimmy and the Bomb later give Flash a similar experience. Finally, it’s Napalm and Adam in the ring, with the Bomb slamming Adam to the mat and covering for a near fall. Tagging in, Cicero further softens up Flash with judo chops, head butts, and stomps in the corner. Jimmy drop kicks the staggered Adam and gets a 2-count. Cicero slams Adam’s head onto Napalm’s foot. Napalm tags in and continues the barrage of slaps and chops. From outside, Brandi must have insulted Mother Cicero or something as the referee must guide Jimmy back to his corner. With the ref not looking, Brandi clocks Bomb, which allows Adam to get to the corner to tag Brandi in. Tom and Adam double team Napalm in the corner, then have him draped over the middle rope as Adam does the bronco ride. Crowd chants of “Napalm! Napalm!” are unfortunately in vain as he continues to be double-teamed. Outside the ring, Cicero argues with both the referee and McDevitt. Both Brandi and Flash cover Napalm for 2-counts. Adam tries in vain to get Bomb to submit to a camel clutch. With Tom and Jimmy arguing outside the ring, Napalm breaks Adam’s bear hug and springboards off the ropes, putting Flash on the mat and getting a 1-count. Flash recovers by kicking Napalm and then applying an abdominal stretch, blocking the referee’s line of sight while Brandi helps from outside. Cicero objects to this and begins a long argument with the referee, so long that the ref arrives late to make a 2-count as Napalm had schoolboyed Adam for at least 15 seconds. Tom finally tags in and collides with Bomb. Cicero makes the hot tag and cleans house (sorry for the clichés), knocking Flash to the mat and Brandi outside the ring. Brandi and Napalm battle on the outside and take their fight down the aisle. The referee follows these two wrestlers back to the entranceway. With the ref nowhere near the ring, Dan McDevitt summons for help from the back—not another referee but rather NUI TOFIGA, who helps demolish Cicero. With Jimmy just about unconscious on the mat, Adam hits a leg drop from the top rope and covers for the pin. No referee? No problem. MCW owner Dan McDevitt makes the 3-count and orders me to ring the bell. Yes, he can do that. After all, he’s the boss.
Match #5: RYAN McBRIDE pinned RICKY REYES in 13:48. Reyes will start off with shoulder blocks. McBride counters with an arm drag and drop kick. Reyes knees McBride in the stomach, hits a neck breaker and gets a 2-count. It’s a standoff after exchanges of knees, kicks, whips, chops and near-falls (which would take up most of one page if I went into detail. The action was that fast! Reyes puts on a headlock and maneuvers McBride for a 2-count. He increases the headlock pressure; but Ryan won’t submit. Ryan eventually elbows out of his predicament. The two exchange kicks. McBride then hits a super kick, clothesline and body slam, covering for a 2-count. He gets another near fall with a German suplex. McBride splashes Reyes in the corner; then Ricky’s flying forearm sends Ryan staggering all the way to the opposite corner. Ryan rebounds and splashes Ricky again in the original corner. Buoyed by “Lets go, Ryan!” chants from the fans, Ryan delivers a superplex. Ricky counters with a very loud-sounding lariat, then covers for a near fall. Ricky tries to loosen a turnbuckle but is stopped by the referee. McBride then gets a 2-count on Reyes, briefly questioning the referee’s count. DAN McDEVITT comes out to taunt his former meal ticket McBride. JIMMY CICERO then arrives to chase Dan away. While all this is going on, McBride rolls Reyes up for the pin.
Match #6: CHRISTIAN YORK (with CANDIE) pinned RONNIE ZUKKO (with JESSIE KAYE) in 9:44. The hatred the fans have for Jessie Kaye is mind-boggling, let alone extremely loud. The jeers are so deafening that neither Al Albert nor I at the ringside table can hear what she is saying as she addresses the fans. What we do hear, however, is York saying he will “even the odds” by bringing out Candie to be in his corner. This time, the deafening sound is that of cheers. Christian starts right out with a drop kick, then punches Ronnie to the corner where he slams Zukko’s head on the turnbuckle. He then goes upside down to kick Ronnie in the head. Ronnie goes out of the ring to seek the comfort of Jessie. The crowd serenades Jessie with chants of “She’s got her peas!” (as opposed, I guess, to “She’s got her lima beans!” or “She’s got her carrots!”). York joins Ronnie outside the ring as the punch-a-thon continues. With both men back in the ring, Zukko gains his first advantage of the match through ax handles, stomps, punches, chokes, and face rakes. He then covers for a 2-count. He tries in vain to get York to submit to a headlock. A York knee to the stomach counters a Zukko super kick. York follows with clotheslines, kicks, a neck breaker and a 2-count. York then suplexes his way out of a corner. As Christian tries for a top-turnbuckle maneuver, Ronnie punches him, suplexes him and gets a near fall. York hits a reverse pile driver. As York gets too close to a corner, Jessie pulls his hair. Candie then chases Jessie off, with a mini-catfight (kitty fight?) going on outside the ring. York then hits a modified famouser on Ronnie and gets the fall.
Match #7: BLACK WALLSTREET (G-STARR DROLIX & CHUCK LENNOX, with RONALD CLAYTON) pinned THE GHETTO MAFIA (2-DOPE & QENAAN CREED) in 10:51, holding on to their MCW tag-team championship. Creed dropkicks Lennox at the start, then Dope clotheslines Chuck and gets a near fall. The Mafia work over Lennox in the corner, throwing him against the turnbuckle. Dope covers for a 2-count as Drolix pulls his partner away. Drolix falls victim to a shortened slice-and-dice for his interference. Qenaan planchas over the rope onto both opponents on the floor. With Drolix and 2-Dope the legal men at this point, G-Starr works on Dope’s leg, softening him up for Chuck’s semi-Boston crab. Dope reverses it, and both men let go. Drolix scores with stomps and punches, perhaps with Clayton’s help, and gets a 2-count with a leg lock. As Creed argues with the referee about Clayton, Wallstreet double-teams Dope. Dope tries to punch his way out but Drolix grabs his leg. They again work on Dope’s leg. Lennox misses a second-rope leap and hits his own partner. This allows Creed to make the tag. Qenaan’s drop kick hits both men simultaneously, and then he throws the two into the corner. Creed ax handles Drolix and then covers him; but Clayton puts Drolix’s foot under the ropes. Creed and Drolix are now battling outside the ring. The referee doesn’t see manager Clayton throw a metal chain to Lennox who KO’s Dope with it to get the pin and keep the tag belts.
As Black Wallstreet exits and the Ghetto Mafia walks toward the exit, Clayton stays at ringside, grabs the mike, and extols the virtues of his team while taunting Dope and Creed. The Mafia start to walk back to the ring. Clayton, who tries to leave, finds his way blocked by FED UP. The Mafia beat up Clayton, then Fed Up knocks the stuffing out of the carcass. As they all leave, Drolix and Lennox return to the ring to carry the unconscious Lennox out of the arena, lifting his unconscious body over their heads.
Match #8: TYLER HILTON kept his MCW heavyweight championship with a pin fall victory over RAMBLIN’ RICH MYERS and EARL THE PEARL in 6:03 of their three-way affair. The match starts out like a Texas Tornado affair, with the Holy Rollers working on the champ. Hilton, however, holds his own and eventually throws Earl into Rich. The Rollers then go outside the ring and argue amongst themselves. Returning to the ring, Earl and Rich duke it out before making nice and refocusing their efforts on Tyler, who promptly clotheslines them both. Hilton follows a neck breaker by covering Rich; but Earl breaks up the pin attempt. The Rollers then double-team Hilton, with Rich getting a 2-count after they both hit a neck breaker. Earl then slugs the referee, knocking him out cold. At this point, JOSH DANIELS, whom we haven’t seen since last summer’s Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup, comes to ringside carrying a “Team McDevitt” sign. Earl and Rich welcome him back, then hold up Hilton to introduce him to metal real estate advertising. Instead of using the sign on Hilton, however, Daniels focuses his wrath on the Rollers, throwing Rich out of the ring, then KO’ing Earl with the sign. He puts a slightly woozy Hilton on top of Earl, then revives the referee who makes the count for the pin fall. Winner and still MCW champion—TYLER HILTON.
After the match, JOSH DANIELS announces that he is back, and—one thing for sure—he will “never be Team McDevitt”. He calls out DAN McDEVITT. Dan arrives, pointing to Daniels, asking “Who is this guy?” Earl answers “A scumbag”. Dan then says he doesn’t know why Daniels is, and begins to rant against the citizenry of Dundalk. I can’t make out much of what he says, but suffice it to say he sounds like a GOP Presidential hopeful who bailed out of the race before the New Hampshire primary. He calls him “Jack Daniels” and says he would be glad to find him a home if he is new to the area. Josh responds by identifying himself as the one who “busted my ass at the Shamrock Cup with a torn bicep, and it took six months for me to get back in the ring”. After repeating his offer to find Daniels a house, McDevitt says that of course he remembers his name, and says something about Josh’s girlfriend. I couldn’t pick up exactly what he said; but whatever it was, it pushed the wrong button on Daniels, who went [primate feces]. A big schmozz erupts, as the entire locker room empties, with brawling in and out of the ring. (Note: standing on the ring apron, largely escaping the beating, is none other than Dan McDevitt). Eventually, Team McDevitt retreats to the back as Team Cicero stands around the ring. Jimmy Cicero leads an “MCW! MCW!” chant as Josh Daniels declares that he will be at MCW on April 6, ready to wrestle.
Speaking of Friday, April 6, that is the date of the next MCW card, the annual BODYSLAM AUTISM event. Take a look at a story channel 11 did on last year’s show:
http://www.wbaltv.com/health/27480384/detail.html
From Jeff Amdur, MCW historian
