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Saturday August 26, 2000 - "Carnival Carnage 2"
Contra Costa County Fairgrounds - Antioch, CA

APW returned to the Antioch Fairgrounds for the second installment in the Carnival Of Carnage series. Honky Tonk Man and Vic Grimes were two of the biggest stars on this show. Grimes returning for the first time in over two years, and Honky making his APW debut. All the usual stars of APW were also on the card, names like Westside Playaz 2000, Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan etc.  This was a big show, the first for APW in three months, and they wanted to get back on track by putting together a great show for the fans in Antioch.

Interview With The Shoot Club

Shane Dynasty led his group of 'shooters' to the ring, and cut a very good promo, putting down the man whom he idolized as a child, Honky Tonk Man.  Dynasty said that maybe if Honky would lay down for Murdoch in tonights main event, they would consider shaving his head, and adding him to the Shoot Club.  HTM didn't take too kindly to these guys asking him to throw the match, and made his way to ringside, and let Dynasty know that the fans would be seeing a match, because he doesn't lay down for anyone.
After HTM made it clear that he would give Murdoch a serious run for the title, Chad Collyer had some things to say. He told Dynasty that he only joined the Shoot Club back in April because they promised him the Internet Title. However, he didn't win that tournament, and now feels like he would be better off without the shooters at his side. Collyer fired Dynasty right there on the spot, but paid the price by taking a beating at the hands of Boom Boom Comini & Tony Jones. Collyer was saved however, by The Snott Brothers, who ran to the ring with their fan club president Betty Beefcake. The referee called for the bell, and the match was on...

SNOTT BROTHERS - George C. & Seymour
(with Betty Beefcake)
vs
THE SHOOT CLUB -
"Shooter" Tony Jones & "Hardcore" Comini
(with Shane Dynasty)

The match started off slowly, with Jones mat wrestling the Snotts, and really taking them to school. Jones used some of his technical experience to wrestle his opponents to the mat, and then tagged in Comini, who looked like he was having a good time just toying with them. Comini, who is about as big as both Snotts combined, choked, punched, slapped & chopped the brothers from corner to corner. About 5 minutes into the match, George C. Snott hit the Tommykaze on Jones, and was able to make a hot tag to his brother Seymour. Seymour hit the ring with a series of dropkicks and right hands, but got caught off-guard by a Tony Jones german suplex that knocked him out. Comini then hit a top rope splash, all 330 pounds of him, crashing down on Seymour Snott, and got the count of 3.
Winners: Shoot Club in 6:54 ( * * 1/2 )

Tag Match Aftermath...
After the match, Comini & Jones continued beating on the helpless Snott
Brothers. That is, until Betty Beefcake climbed into the ring, and gave Jones a
poke in the eyes, followed by a briefcase shot to the head. Beefcake then made
the crowd go wild, when she settled Jones into the corner, and hit him with her
version of Rikishi's "stinkface"...Bisquits & Gravy!!! The Snotts then placed
Dynasty into the corner, and it was his turn, but the Shoot Club was able to
pull him out of the way just before he got a face full of Betty.
The fans cheered Beefcake & her Snott Brothers as they left the ring.

Interview with Vinny Massaro

"The Innovator" Vinny Massaro came out and let the fans know that he was tired of seeing wrestlers such as Nova, Crash Holly, Donovan Morgan, Michael Modest etc., stealing his moves. He let his mother know what was going on, and she called on his cousin, Buddy Cetello, who is a lawyer on the East Coast. Cetello hit the ring, dressed in usual lawyer attire, and told the fans that they should be ashamed to cheer for wrestlers who steal moves. He said if he sees another wrestler using one of his cousin Vinny's moves, he will immediatley serve them a subpoena. Cetello was actually very good on the mic, he got some good heat, and it looks like this is going to develop into a very interesting angle.

Ma'och
VS
"Big Bison" Mark Smith

This was Smith's farewell match, as he will be leaving APW and moving back to Colorado soon, to be with family. Smith looked in very good shape, and really took it to Ma'och. Interesting enough, this was also the opponent for Smith's debut match, back in May of last year. This was actually a very good match, hilighted by some stiff clotheslines & chops by Bison. Ma'och broke the rules on more than one occasion, and really seemed to be the underdog here, without his manager Cherry Bomb at ringside. The pace was fairly slow, and the momentum swayed back & forth throughout the contest. Ma'och used dirty tactics to keep the advantage in his favor, until about 5 minutes into it, when Smith made a big comeback, and used a burst of energy to have his opponent begging for mercy. Bison hit his finishing move, the Buffalo Stampede, but before he could put Ma'och down for the final slam, he reversed it into a russian legsweep, and went for the cover...1...2...3! Ma'och had defeated Bison Smith in his final APW match. It was sad to see Bison go out with a loss, and most of the fans didn't even realize it was his goodbye, but i did, and i will really miss Mark Smith in the ring. He was a nice guy, and did a lot of good things in APW.  Congratulations on Ma'och getting the win, but with it being Bison's finale, I wish it could have ended differently.
Winner: Ma'och in 6:35 ( * * 1/2)

Massaro/Perez pre-match...

After Massaro had made his way to the ring, accompanied by his new manager, Buddy Cetello...Perez came out in street clothes, and let the fans know that he could not wrestle tonight, due to an injury he sustained while training at the APW Boot Camp. Perez told us about a beginning student he has had his eye on for awhile, and he wanted this man to take his place in the ring against Vinny.  This unknown rookie, who was introduced as Myaki Frantz <sp?>, (possibly the brother of Jardi???)...had never been seen around APW before. He was a beginner in the Boot Camp, but Perez felt he was ready to take on Vinny Massaro in his debut match. Massaro agreed, and the match began.

"Innovator" Vinny Massaro
(with Buddy Cetello)
VS.
Myaki Frantz

Massaro started the match off, attacking Frantz from behind. He layed some stiff chops into his chest, but that was about it for Massaro's offense for the next few minutes. Frantz twisted off the top rope, and then hit the flying head-scissors to take Vinny off his feet. Frantz went wild with the highflying aerial moves, totally suprising the entire arena, flipping and flying through the air with ease. Swinging DDT's, moonsaults etc. This youngster could really work. Vinny took a break on the outside, but was met with an Asai moonsault over the guardrail that sent Frantz into the crowd!!! This was absolutely amazing!!! Where did this guy come from!?!?
Once back in the ring, Frantz climbed the ropes again, but Cetello shook the ropes, and crotched him on the top turnbuckle. Massaro then picked him up, and hit him with the 2nd story Bitch Slap. That move allowed Vinny to toy with Frantz, using his power to slam him around the ring. Vinny hit a new move, if you have ever seen Christopher Daniel's use the "Angel Wings", you would love this move, it was a 2nd rope "Angel Wings"...definatley one of the top moves of the night. Vinny hammered away on the young beginner, hitting him with the original Bitch Slap, and just about every move in his arsenal. Then came the sickest of them all, it was a suplex, into a michinoku driver! I have no idea what he calls this one, but he dumped Frantz right on his head, in the sickest bump of the night by far! Vinny went for the cover, but stopped the count at 2, to continue the beating. This brought out Jardi Frantz and JJ Perez to break up the match, and put an end to the beating this rookie was recieving. The referee had no choice but to call for the bell and award the match to Massaro by DQ. Definatley a valiant effort put forth by Myaki Frantz, but his highflying tactics weren't enough to beat Massaro on this night. A very good match, with tons of high-spots and great moves.
Winner: Vinny Massaro in 6:35 ( * * * 1/2 )

THE BALLARD BROTHERS - Shane & Shannon
(with Cheerleader Melissa)
VS.
"Funboy" Donovan Morgan & Kid Chrome

Before the match began, the Ballards asked Morgan/Chrome to denounce their US citizenship, and become Canadians so they wouldn't have to wrestle. However, Morgan/Chrome had different ideas, and stomped on the Canadian flag to begin the match. This was a very good tag team match, it kept the fans interested the entire time, as they cheered on the American heroes. The Ballards are great as a team, and Morgan/Chrome showed they have been working well together, as both teams put up some very potent offense.
Action spilled to the outside, and Morgan hit a somersault over the top rope, and down onto both Ballards. He was follwed by Cheerleader Melissa, who was trying to help her men out, but instead landed on The Ballards when Morgan was able to move out of the way. Melissa was very impressive, showing that she could give WWF's Lita a run for her money. The action went back and forth, with both teams taking the advantage for a couple minutes each. The Ballards cut the ring in half about 6 minutes into the match, and wouldn't let Chrome make the tag. They double teamed him, and even used Melissa to distract the referee to they could use some cheating tactics. The referee kept missing the tag to Morgan, and forcing Chrome back in the ring to take a beating at the hands of the Ballards. The action in this match was non-stop, and finally, after taking a serious beating, Chrome was able to muster up enough energy to climb to his corner and make the tag to Morgan!
Donovan came in and cleaned house! He tore into the Ballards, hitting them with everything he had. He nailed a top rope hurricarana, but the pinfall was broken up by the other Ballard Brother. Even the Michinoku Driver wasn't enough to get the victory. Chrome was on his feet, and it was now a free-for-all, as all four men were in the ring.
Finally Morgan was able to reverse a slop-drop into one of his own, and get the pinfall and the victory. This was a very exciting match, it had some old school psychology mixed with some highflying and great double team moves. Not perfect...but still a great overall match! After the match, Morgan hoisted Melissa up on his shoulders for the Doomsday Device, but she was saved by the Ballards, and all three of them retreated to the dressing room.
Winners: Morgan & Chrome in 11:35 ( * * * 1/2)

Interview with Style & Substance

Jason Deadrich, Terri Nicole Ash & Michael Modest came out to the ring, and after putting down the city of Antioch, they said Chad Collyer (Modest's opponent) was in no condition to wrestle, after the beating he had taken at the hands of the Shoot Club, and the match would be called off. However, Collyer made his way to the ring, and let them know that he would take Modest on tonight. Modest seemed none too happy about this, and took to insulting Collyer, and questioned how tough he really is. However, Collyer's undying quest for the Worldwide Internet Title (held by Donovan Morgan), forced him to get in the ring, and finally get the match with Modest underway.

Natural One" Michael Modest
(with Jason Deadrich & Terri Nicole Ash)
VS
Chad Collyer

The referee began to count Modest out, as he walked back to the dressing room, saying he wouldn't wrestle tonight. Modest got furious and shoved the referee, yelling at him to stop counting. The referee told Modest to get back in the ring and wrestle the match or be counted out. So the match began...
The Antioch fans were all over Modest, who was definatley drawing the most heat of the night so far. If you like mat wrestling this match is for you. These are two of the best indy mat wrestlers around, and they put on a great match.  Collyer worked on the arm for the first 4 minutes, but Modest always found a way out of his armbar. Tons of exchanges & near falls throughout the match, to keep the fans on the edge of their seats. Modest used S&S's outside interference as a distraction to help him gain an advantage anytime the referee was turned toward them.
Modest loved teasing the Antioch fans, even going so far as to pulling out a table, and positioning Collyer for a powerbomb, but releasing him and flipping off the crowd instead. Modest wrestled his way through Collyer, and Collyer wrestled him right back. This is what old-school psychology is all about.  About 12 minutes into the match, Collyer fired back and took advantage. A few high-risk dropkicks off the top rope got him a two-count, and the near falls just kept coming. Lots of roll-up's and counters were reversed as both men fought their heart out in this grueling main event. Collyer's tombstone piledriver got a two count, as did a brainbuster. Then it was a swinging DDT on the Natural One...1...2...no! Modest kicked out again. Collyer climbed the ropes, and was shaken off by Deadrich. Collyer was straddling the top turnbuckle, and Modest perched himself up top, and hit a top rope fishermans suplex! This move was executed perfectly, and Modest got the pinfall and the victory! A very good match, physically draining for both men.  The fans weren't pleased with Modest's getting the victory, but they couldn't complain about the action in the ring for a full 16 minutes. These guys poured their hearts out, and put on a great match.
Winner: Michael Modest in 16:50 ( * * * * )

APW UNIVERSAL TAG-TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
WESTSIDE PLAYAZ 2000 
"Brown Bomber" Robert Thompson &
"Bad Boy" Boyce LeGrande
(with ICEBOX)
VS
Fly Daddy" Jardi Frantz &
"Vicious" Vic Grimes

This match was just pure brutality! After it was over, it looked like World War 3 had just gone down. This show was proving what APW ? Frantz hit a 450 splash after a Vic Grimes powerbomb, but Thompson broke up the count. The fans were on the edge of their seats this entire time. This was like a good old fashioned Gym Warz match, back and forth, hardcore move after hardcore move. Bomber then superplexed the 340 pound Grimes off the top rope, and then LeGrande superplexed Frantz onto of him, busting Grimes nose! Blood ran from his nose, as the fight went on. Bomber and Boyce tossed Frantz to the outside and went for some double team moves.
Both men hit Moonsaults, and then it was back-to-back Frog Splashes, followed by two consecutive Swanton Bombs! Grimes was layed out, flat on his back in the middle of the ring. The Playaz were back in control. Frantz made the save, but he got caught in the ring, and the Playaz hit the Double Blockbuster, and put Frantz down for the 1...2...3! The match was over, and after this grueling hardcore title match, the Westside Playaz 2000 were still the APW tag team champions. What a title defense!!! One of their toughest to date!
Winners: WSP2K in 23:48 to retain the APW Tag Team Championship ( * * * * )

Tag Title Match Aftermath...
After the match, Grimes went nuts, and began beating on Frantz. He hit the reverse Face Eraser, and left Frantz a beaten mess in the middle of the ring.  Once again, the insane luchadore of APW, Jardi Fratnz, could not wrestle the tag titles away from The Playaz. Who will Frantz team up with next to try to take the titles from them. Or will he give up his quest for tag team gold??? It was great to see Vic Grimes back in APW for the first time in over two years. He looked very good, and wrestled his heart out for the APW fans of Antioch.

APW UNIVERSAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
"Filthy" Frank Murdoch
(with The Shoot Club)
VS
Honky Tonk Man

After HTM sang and danced for the fans, Frank Murdoch came to the ring, and he was all business. The fans were clearly behind Honky, as they booed Murdoch and called him names. One thing was clear about this match, both of these men can wrestle! They worked great together, and this was a perfect old school match.  It took a few minutes for them to get started, as Murdoch kept leaving the ring, and complaining about the fans. HTM kept the fans going, but Murdoch stayed out of the ring, until Michael Modest came out, with Deadrich & TNA. They set up seats in the aisle, and were going to play guards so Murdoch didn't leave the ringside area anymore. Murdoch had no choice now but to get back into the ring and wrestle.
The match began at a slow pace, just how Filthy Frank likes it. He worked over Honky's left arm, but got it reversed on him, and HTM went to work on Murdochs arm. Murdoch took the advantage when Dynasty choked HTM on the ropes, while the referee was distracted. Filthy Frank was all over HTM, using every dirty move in his book to keep the former IC champion on the mat.
Meanwhile, Modest was doing a very good job of keeping The Shoot Club in line, not letting them interfere too much. This was a one on one contest, and the best man was going to win. Murdoch applied his finisher, The Claw, about 9 minutes into the title match. HTM fought his way out of it after about a minute, but got caught with it again. Murdoch's claw was relentless, and it was taking every ounce of energy HTM had. This time, Honky was in the claw for a good three minutes, before the fans were able to cheer him back to his feet.  HTM "Honkyed Up", and fought his way out of the claw!!! He pounded on Murdoch, until Boom Boom Comini got into the ring to distract the referee. Tony Jones went to hit HTM with a kendo stick, but accidently hit Murdoch!!! HTM hit his patented "Shake, Rattle & Roll" and went for the pin...1...2...3!!! The fans went wild as Honky Tonk Man got the victory, and became the NEW APW Universal Champion!!!
The Shoot Club was none too happy about this, and they stomped a hole in HTM, until the ring was cleared by Chad Collyer, who had come back to seek revenge on the Shooters. Collyer raised HTM's hand in victory, and HTM raised the APW Universal Title above his head in victory. The show goes off, as The Shoot Club walk back to the dressing room a beaten bunch, and the Honky Tonk Man once again has gold around his waist.
Winner: Honky Tonk Man in 13:03 to become the NEW
APW Universal Champion!!! ( * * * 1/2 )

All Pro Wrestling 2000