With a card that looked varied, yet interesting, on paper, I\nwas looking forward to checking out Boner Jam IV, the latest in the great\ntradition (I can only assume) of Boner Jam events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Werewolf of Wall\nStreet versus Tony Deppen versus Jigsaw versus Sanchez<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know: <\/strong>I\nliked what I saw of Deppen at last years\u2019 Wrestlemania Weekend, whilst I\nenjoyed Jigsaw and Sanchez\u2019s work when I followed CHIKARA several years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>The\nscramble nature of this match worked in its favour as each man was able to get\nin, hit their moves, take a bump and roll back outside to keep the pace up. A\ndouble rana by Sanchez is neat, if executed poorly, before the Werewolf nailed\nDeppen and Jigsaw with a top rope crossbody. This sparked the \u2018flying section\u2019\nof the contest as Sanchez, Werewolf and Jigsaw took to the sky. Deppen was\nfired up on offense, almost getting the win with a slingshot lungblower.\nHowever, Sanchez picked up the victory with a knee to Deppen\u2019s face and a tight\ncradle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>A fun\nopening contest, though the least of the wrestlers in the match was victorious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daniel Makabe versus Jonathon\nRukin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know:<\/strong> I\u2019ve\nheard lots about how good Makabe is, but this is my first chance seeing him.\nNever heard of Rukin whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match:<\/strong> One way to\nget people engaged in your match is to open it with a suicide dive, which\nMakabe subsequently does to send Rukin almost into the third row. What followed\nwas some uncompromising strike exchanges amidst a give and take tussle between\ntwo wrestlers who looked to impress. The two men also traded submissions,\nincluding battling over STFs before Makabe almost turned a kimura from Rukin\ninto a pinfall. Rukin grabbed the submission with a rear naked choke in a match\nthat was hard fought throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>I liked\nwhat I saw of both men. Shortish, but allowed both men to hit hard and fast\nthrough the duration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Gym Nasty Boys (Timmy\nLou Retton\/White Mike) versus Team Tremendous (Bill Carr\/Dan Barry)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know:<\/strong> I\nliked enough of what I saw from Team Tremendous at \u2018Does Funny = Money?\u2019 to\nlook forward to this contest. I like the look of the Gym Nasty Boys as well,\nthough I\u2019ve never heard of them before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>A nice mix\nof athleticism (Retton\/Barry) and comedy (Mike\/Carr) had the crowd on board\nfrom the get go. Retton in particular impressed with a cartwheel avalanche on\nCarr that belied his size. Carr was allowed to go on a rampage late on as the\nmatch broke down, landing multiple shoulderblocks and a sidewalk slam, before\nfollowing Retton and Barry with a tope con hilo over the top! However, it was\nthe Boys who picked up the win moments later with the Backeotomy (sp?)\nuranage\/backstabber combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>Loved\nit. Two teams I\u2019ll definitely check out more from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Falls Count Everywhere\nMatch for the ISW Falls Count Everywhere Championship: Sexxxy Eddy \u00a9 versus\nSwoggle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know: <\/strong>I\u2019m\nprobably more intrigued about this Swoggle match than a lot of the others that\nseem to just be a study in torture porn, if only because Eddy appears to be as\nmuch about comedy as anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>Somewhat\nhilariously, Swoggle ended up getting tripped up by an audience member during\nhis entrance. Swoggle actually controlled the early portion of brawling around\nthe ring, whilst the two men also drank a shot each with each other, but as the\nmatch returned inside the ropes, Eddy stomped multiple times on Swoggle\u2019s\ngroin. This led to turnabout being fair play in some Swoggle low blows to set\nup some German suplexes by the King of Small Style! Sadly, the ref was bumped\nas Eddy sent Swoggle into him, eventually allowing him to hit a belt shot for\nthe win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>Ridiculous,\nof course. What else did we expect?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food Fight\nInvitational \u2013 Pasquale the Chef\/Bastian Snow\/Nelson Pereira\/Kyle Zachary\/Shawn\nRice\/The Red Eagle\/The Craigslist Homo\/Glaad Bad\/Super Beetle\/Boris the\nBear\/Steven \u2018The Turtle\u2019 Weiner\/The Dumb Fucks\/Sean Henderson\/Tyler Murphy\/The\nTrashman\/Terra Callaway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know: <\/strong>Literally\nnothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>When the\nfirst two moves are a baguette to the head and a chip-chair-to, you are in for\nan interesting contest. The chips continued to fly as the ring filled up with\nwrestlers, each bringing their own weapon such as the Eagle bringing out\npineapples that eventually got used like a cheese grater in a death match. The\nTurtle\u2019s arrival saw him get jumped by the Dumb Fucks, who also joined the\ncontest. Henderson tried to turn things into a wrestling match with some\nsuplexes as he entered, almost squashing some unaware wrestlers in the process.\nNow everyone was in, eliminations began in earnest. A particular highlight was\na leap by Henderson into a Code Red on Boris, before Snow was eliminated with a\n3D through a RAMEN NOODLE table. Henderson, probably the standout of the\ncontest, finished off Callaway with a superkick for the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>I spent\nmost of my time trying to work out if I\u2019d heard half of the names correctly. I\nguess it very much pays tribute to the rich tapestry of independent wrestling\nand what passes for wrestling in some quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fluffy the Killer\nBunny versus Leon St. Giovanni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know:<\/strong> LSG\nhas been in wXw recently and impressed, but this is a much different Giovanni\nthan the one who wrestled as one part of Coast2Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>LSG made a\npoor choice by kicking FKB\u2019s pi\u00f1ata bunny head (yes, I just wrote that) and was\nstalked by his much bigger opponent. He used it to his advantage though as he\nbegan to hit and move, including sending the Bunny into the ringpost. You have\nthe interesting set up of the Killer Bunny being the fan favourite and as soon\nas he grabbed LSG, the hurting began with a running belly to back suplex and a\nspinebuster. Worst for LSG was the Killer Bunny ripping his fake moustache off!\nA miscommunication with his manager, including an errant whip shot, cost LSG as\nthe Bunny won with a pop-up powerbomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>Not\ngoing to win any Match of the Year contests, but enjoyed it for what it was\nworth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ugly Ducklings\n(Lance Lude\/Rob Killjoy) versus The Butcher and the Blade (Andy Williams\/Pepper\nParks)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know:<\/strong>\nHaven\u2019t seen any of these guys before, though I love the look of the Butcher\nand the Blade. I do, however, own a couple of Every Time I Die albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>A size\nversus speed contest, highlighted in the early going by Williams\u2019 power offense\nand a unique flipping combination by the Ducklings on Parks that included a Killjoy\nstanding moonsault. Quick tags allowed the Butcher and the Blade to work over\nLude with chops as well as a stunner by Parks. This builds to Killjoy getting\nthe hot tag and taking the battle to both Williams and Parks, wiping out\nWilliams at ringside with an Arabian Press before hitting dual dives alongside\nLude. A unique, if slightly sloppily executed, spot saw Williams catch an\nassisted cannonball, spiking Killjoy on Lude with a powerbomb. After taking out\nCoach Mikey who attempted to save his Ducklings, a suplex into a backstabber\nwas enough for the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>I really\nenjoyed this match, especially the impressive power offense and double teams by\nthe Butcher and the Blade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chris Brookes versus\nChris Dickinson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know:<\/strong> I\u2019ve\nseen Brookes live several times, whilst Dickinson was someone who I got to view\na couple of times last Wrestlemania Weekender. He always makes me feel a little\nbit dirty for watching him if I\u2019m totally honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>Dickinson played\nface as Brookes begged off early, patronisingly tapped Dickinson on the head\nafter outgrappling him, and wandered backstage to escape Dickinson. This ended\nup taking the match into the fans as they brawled across and into the chairs.\nThe heeling continued with Brookes distracting the ref long enough for Lykos to\nget in some licks, including a suicide dive. A DVD on Brookes and a gutwrench\nsuplex on Lykos had the crowd fully behind Dickinson, whilst a clothesline\nalmost decapitated Brookes. Once more, Lykos got involved, but this time the\nreferee got rid of him with a low blow. A shining wizard finished off Brookes\nas Dickinson picked up the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>Too much\nmessing around with Lykos for my liking, though I enjoyed some of Dickinson\u2019s\nwork from underneath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fans Bring The\nBrightly Coloured Blocks Death Match for the Inter Species Championship: Jeff\nCannonball versus Nick Gage versus Matt Tremont versus Addy Starr \u00a9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know: <\/strong>Since\nhe left jail, I\u2019ve caught more Gage than I ever did before and liked his aura\nas much as anything else. The other three are all new to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match: <\/strong>Starr\nopened the contest by putting Cannonball through a door that had Lego taped to\nit to set the tone from the first bell, before Tremont and Cannonball busted\neach other open with multiple headbutts in a row. Gage had no problem taking\nthe fight to Starr, though she broke another door with an exploder suplex on\nthe man who preaches MDK. A raft of moves landed on the Legos in the middle of\nthe ring in ever cringe inducing fashion with Gage landing a particularly nasty\nswinging neckbreaker. The camera also almost missed Gage hitting a brainbuster\nonto a chair on Cannonball – no mean feat. Things continued to escalate as\nStarr powerbombed Cannonball through a plastic box, but she was unable to\ndefend her title as Tremont picked up the win with a splash off of the top\nrope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict: <\/strong>Wild and\nwoolly \u2013 just what you\u2019d expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What I know now: <\/strong>ISW\noffered a legitimately entertaining show that presented an array of different\nwrestling styles. Not every match was a classic, but at just over two hours, it\nwas a show that flew along and offered something for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best match:<\/strong> The\nUgly Ducklings versus The Butcher and the Blade\/Team Tremendous versus The Gym\nNasty Boys<\/p>\n\n\n\n Less good: <\/strong>Probably\nhas to be Sexxxy Eddy versus Swoggle by default really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With a card that looked varied, yet interesting, on paper, I was looking forward to checking out Boner Jam IV, the latest in the great tradition (I can only assume) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,38],"tags":[979,74,974],"class_list":["post-12021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-us-indy-reviews","tag-isw","tag-wrestlemania","tag-wrestlemania-weekender"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9jnWd-37T","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/D2Ib-liXgAAuwYa-656x640.jpg?fit=656%2C640&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12024,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12021\/revisions\/12024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}