Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling 11/17/2024

Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling 11/17/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/southern-illinois-championship_11.html

Drew Ebenhaus and Lucky P Larson welcome us to the show. Drew runs down the card. Larson suggests it could be the last time we see Drew on commentary if Team SICW loses control of the company at the next big show.

Richard Shaw vs Jaquan Wright

JW = Jaquan Wright

Shaw pushes JW over and poses. JW wristlocks him then Shaw reverses it. JW rolls and flips through it then reverses it. Shaw hits a uranage for 2. JW is thrown hard into the corner then Shaw side slams him for 2.

Shaw misses a corner charge. JW running euros him in the corner. JW hits corner punches. Atila Khan runs out and nails JW. Atila then nails Shaw as well. Khan double throat thrusts Shaw then slams JW. Shaw takes shots then The Big Texan comes in. Texan and Khan trade shots. Peyton Ayres then comes out and pounds on Texan as Wright and Shaw leave.

Peyton and Khan choke and pound on Texan. Bobby D saves Texan and hits shots on Ayres. Texan throws Khan out then Ayres is thrown out.

Thoughts: I thought for sure Shaw was going to get his first win in a long time on this one but it was not the case. It was a shorter match but it was nice to see one that was a toss-up result wise. The brawl after was fine and something a little different. It's not often that the first match breaks out into a wild brawl.

"Big" Joe Helms and Bobby D vs "Roughcut" Rick Ruby and "Superstar" Steve Fender

Steve nails Joe while he's on the apron. Joe asks for Bobby to tag him in. Steve boots Joe in the gut then side headlocks him. They shoulder battle. Steve slips out of a slam then Joe shoulders him over. Steve crawls to the corner and Ruby tags in.

Bobby and Ruby go at it. Bobby hammerlocks him then dropkicks him in the arm. Joe clubs on Ruby. Joe and Ruby collide and Ruby hits punches and kicks. Joe corner lariats Steve then stomps on him in the corner. 

Bobby airplane spins Steve then fights with Ruby on the apron. Steve atomic drops Bobby and kneelifts him. Ruby suplexes Bobby and foot chokes Bobby. Bobby sunset flips Steve for 2. Steve knees Bobby in the gut then russian legsweeps him for 2.

Ruby hits a shot to the gut of Bobby then rakes his eyes on the ropes. Bobby spinning heel kicks Ruby. Joe is tagged in. He lariats Ruby over then corner splashes him. Steve corner splashes Ruby on accident. Ruby takes a bubba bomb then a sliding lariat from Bobby. Bobby pins Ruby and wins.

Thoughts: Poor Rick Ruby really got run over here a couple of times. It was a decent tag here with a hot tag spot and a clean finish. Ruby had a decent showing here and they used Joe well for this.

Joe hits shots on Steve after. 

Drew interviews Stephen E., Peyton Ayres, Atila Khan and Lillith Khan. E says he begged Herb Simmons to take the contract a few weeks ago but he spit in his face. He said Herb told him to get out of town and he did, but he's back. E says his investors aren't happy and when they aren't happy, no one is happy. E says we've got a big match on 11/23. He says Devastation Inc walks out with SICW. E says SICW will be his and the Public Investment of SICW. E says when he controls SICW, Drew will be fired. He says Travis Cook will be appointed Director of Wrestling and says they will do things that has never been done before. E says he'll be the one calling the shots here and says he will control SICW. E says ask Lillith Khan and Drew asks if he can. E says you can't say nothing to her.

Khan grabs Drew's tie and Drew says, "please don't kill me". Drew talks about E being handcuffed to Bob Orton Jr. during the match. E says you can stack the deck against him but it won't work. E says Orton can't even stop his team.

E then shakes hands with Travis Cook.

Travis Cook does a video at a poker table. He says SICW's show will look different next week. He says we'll see new lighting and graphics. He says we'll see some changes in talent. He says there's always been local guys who don't move the needle like Big Texan, Jayson Breed and Curtis Wylde. He says the locals like them but they don't move the needle nationally. He says we'll see new talent that is marketable and talented. He says the staff on the show will see changes too. He says Drew Ebenhaus is not a classically trained broadcaster and says there's play-by-play announcers all across the country and said they will search for the new voice of SICW. He says he may have to step in to do commentary. He then brings up Destiny Lynch and says she looks like a deer in the headlights sometimes. He says she'll be replaced. He says there will be a lot of changes happening but it'll be exciting. He says we'll start next week on the new SICW All-Star Wrestling.

Thoughts: Gotta love it. Cook had a nice cheesy smile at the end of this too.

Billy McNeil vs Kaelin Thomas

Billy's hair has grown out a little and it's not looking bad. Billy side headlocks him. KT side headlocks him. KT armdrags him and Billy back elbows him. Billy bangs KT's head off the buckles and hits forearms. KT trips him and hits a double stomp. KT step up enzugiri's him for 2.

KT hits a nice dropkick then hits forearms. Billy forearms him back. They compare KT to Matt Sydal and Lucky says that makes him almost as athletic as him (Lucky). KT hits a crossbody off the buckles on Billy. Billy high kicks him then hits oblivion. Billy then top rope elbow drops KT on the back of the neck and wins.

Thoughts: It was a little more action packed than the usual offerings as both are smaller guys. We got a little flying here which was nice.

Danny Boy Hawkins, Drew Ebenhaus and Herb Simmons have a sitdown discussion. Drew says the time is up and everything has led up to this. Danny says it was one year ago that he went to an event as a spectator. He said he never would have believed we are at this point. He talks about Stephen E. bullying Herb and said Herb invited him to watch. Danny said that's where he offered a hand. He said that's how he started getting involved. He said all the interference that happened is when he knew he had to step up. He says Herb is like a second father to him.

Herb says the battle is over and it's time for war. Herb talks about how evil Stephen E is. He said Stephen E tried giving gifts to his wife and some of the production staff. He talks about Sam Muchnick and then mentions Stephen E's bad deeds. Herb says there isn't much he hasn't seen during his time in wrestling.

He says the war is on November 23rd. He says Gary Jackson hasn't forgotten about what he has been taught. Drew says this could be Herb's last time as the promoter and asks for Herb's message to the fans. He says the war happens on 11/23 and says if things don't go as planned then he has made a mistake. He reminds Stephen E that he will be handcuffed to Bob Orton Jr and won't be able to get involved. Danny says he's been in the ring with the best. He says he's not here to prove but to protect the promotion. He says SICW gave him a chance at 17 and will give the next 17 year old a chance as well. He says the promotion won't be destroyed by evil but by those who stand back and do nothing. Drew says 11/23 is the biggest event SICW has ever had. He says it'll either be a new day for SICW or the end of SICW.

"Night Train" Gary Jackson vs Payton Ayres

Gary is baked up in the corner off the lock up. Payton pounds on him in the corner then stomps and chokes him. Gary armdrags him then Payton shoulders him over. Payton hits a big splash for 2.

Gary double boots him out of the corner and hits forearms. Gary hits headbutts to the gut then Payton lariats him out of the corner. Stephen E punches Gary while he's on the 2nd rope. Gary back elbows him.

Payton clubs on him then stands on him. Stephen E chokes Gary with the flag outside. Payton slams him then headbutts him. Payton backdrops him. Payton front facelocks him then hits a big boot. Payton side headlocks him then Gary hits a jawbreaker. Gary does a cloverleaf on Payton. Lillith Khan comes in and eye rakes Gary for the DQ.

Payton nails Gary from behind. Payton chokes him. Stephen E joins in then Big Texan joins in. Atila Khan comes in then Danny Boy Hawkins comes in with a baseball bat. The heels then run off.

Thoughts: It was a pretty one-sided match here with Payton getting in almost all of the offense. Gary got a little in at the end before the dirty finish. It was what it was and wasn't just average.

Overall thoughts: This show was all about building up the 11/23 show. Pretty much everything was built around it. They did a good job of making me want to see the show so that was a success. I liked the tag match best on this one.I enjoyed the show though the in-ring work isn't always the best.