ICWW: Aftershock (Apr 25, 2003)

THE ROAD TO KINGDOM COME

ICWW: AFTERSHOCK APRIL 25, 2003

Special mention:
Marz and his Dark Lotus are becoming a real wild card, as the road to Kingdom Come grows shorter. Can the Nomad remain the world champion?

QUICK RESULTS:
Loopster d. Statix & Shaggy 2 Dope
Jason Shamrock d. Rockey Rakesh
Violent J d. Albert Beefcake
The Nomad d. Jauger

The crowd was erupting as Aftershock came on the air, Buddy Luv alongside him new ICWW commentator the Prince, and both were very excited about Aftershock. ICWW day number two hundred and forty five, and the crowd was excited about Triple H, Rockey Rakesh, the Nomad, the Dark Lotus, and Gwen Lucifer all being in the arena for the big show - as well as Dez Burnett rumored to be tagging Loopster!

The Game's music hit as the heavyweight champion made his way down to the ring in tracksuit pants and a shirt. He took to the microphone and told the booing fans to shut up. The Game was obviously rattled, recapping on the events from Civil Action, where someone spattered blood all over his locker room, and Edge who was tied to a wooden cross. He said since Michael Lucifer was away licking his wounds, it must've been his little zealot Rockey Rakesh. The Game called Rakesh sick and didn't know what he thought he was doing, because all it did was to give him another reason to cripple him too. Rakesh stepped out onto the stage with a microphone, and pulled his glasses down so that he could look at the crowd. Rakesh said he had nothing to do with what happened to Edge, but thought he deserved it for what he did to his bhai's lady friend. He then told Triple H that he'd get what was coming to him at Kingdom Come, where their match would be a no disqualifications match so that he couldn't wimp out and keep his title by cheating. Triple H laughed and told him he just played right into the game, and Rakesh responded by telling him not to leave town.

Statix' theme song kicked up as the tag team champion made his way to the ring to take on Loopster and Shaggy 2 Dope in a triple threat match. On Civil Action Shaggy 2 Dope assisted Statix and Shamrock in their title win, something they weren't entirely thrilled about. The Dark Lotus member danced his way to the ring, coming without any of his Dark Lotus partners. Shaggy clapped up a storm in the ring, before Loopster made his entrance. The hardcore champion was accompanied by Dez Burnett, who was apparently guarding Loopster until his hardcore title shot at Kingdom Come! Shaggy and Statix had already started, exchanging blows before the hardcore champ joined the fight, taking Shaggy 2 Dope down with a hard jump swinging DDT. Statix and Loopster went at it, breaking up with a huge spinning heel kick from Statix. He followed it up with a spinning leg drop, and looked for the rolling thunder, but nobody was there. Loopster and Shaggy duked it out, Shaggy looking for a big swinging neck breaker, but Loopster telegraphed it, countering with a hammer lock, but Shaggy pulled away out of that and dropped Loopster with the something factor! Shaggy and Statix went at it, Statix getting dominated by the juggalo superstar, who took him to the corner with a hard Irish whip. Shaggy went upstairs, taking Statix down with a hard tornado DDT, but was taken out from behind with a bulldog by Loopster, who capitalized on the situation with a loop screw on the falling Statix.

Dez Burnett jumped in the ring and took a microphone. He acknowledged that he was impressed by the way Loopster was able to capitalize on the situation, but said there wasn't going to be any opportunity like that once Kingdom Come arrived. Burnett said that he was many things; the Rising Star, the next hardcore champion - but he was also a king of the cage match. He told Loopster he intended to prove that, by having their match inside a cage. Loopster snatched the microphone, still heaving from his match, and told Burnett that he had would kick his ass however he wanted.

In the Dark Lotus locker room Violent J burst in with Albert Beefcake. Marz asked why J had brought the Beefer in, and he got excited, exclaiming that he had a winner. J said that Albert had what they were looking for, he had the three Ps - Potential, a phrase and most importantly, poise! Marz said he didn't think they needed Albert, and J said he'd prove it by taking him to the ring! Shaggy jumped into the room and started clapping, and the Y2Juggalo began tap dancing. Albert said "rar".

One half of the tag team champions, Jason Shamrock, hit the ring next to take on former tag team champion Rockey Rakesh. The Nomad had declined the opportunity to have a rematch for the tag titles, so it would be singles competition. The little fire cracker started things off with a wild boxing offensive, driving Shamrock to the corner where he mounted the turnbuckle for the ten punch. Shamrock managed to slam Rakesh down with a modified powerbomb, and followed it up with an attacking suplex combo. The fire cracker went off the ropes, and snuck back into it with a diving forearm, and then locked up looking for the Indian powerbomb, but Shamrock managed to counter it with a back body drop! He locked in the ankle lock on Rakesh and there was nothing he could do, tapping out right in the center of the ring!

Gwen Lucifer was backstage with a hookup to Buddy Luv and the Prince. She told them that Michael Lucifer's condition was improving in leaps and bounds each day. She said with the assistance of a frame he was now mobile, but still needs rest. Buddy Luv then asked Gwen about her new position with the ICWW, she revealed that she had gotten a job as the CEO's secretary. The Prince asked if she knew who the CEO is, and she confirmed that the mystery CEO is living up to his name, communicating with her via a pigeon hole in the ICWW main offices.

In the ring Albert Beefcake made his exciting entrance to the ring, his first match in quite some time. Once in the ring he bounced it up for a little Beefer Bust action, before the Y2Juggalo countdown hit the arena, signaling the entrance of Violent J! The two big men squared up in the ring before Albert broke the physical silence with a hard cocobutt, sending Violent J back. The Y2Juggalo used the backward momentum to slingshot off the ropes, taking Albert down with a nice clothesline. Albert sprung up, and J continued the assault with hard knife edged chops, forcing Albert into a wall of ropes, but he fought out well with a baldo bomb! J recovered, and sent the big Beefer over with a nice vertical suplex, and finished it up with the psycho flip.

The Nomad headed to the ring and applauded Violent J's efforts from the previous match. He said that it was just wonderful to see Violent J finally getting some wins, and said that he might even have a chance at the hardcore title. Nomad then said that as world champ, he felt obliged to give someone an opportunity to fight him. A "glass ceiling" chant started, as the Nomad called out anyone from the back who wanted him, which prompted the Hitman's theme music to slide onto the PA! The Nomad took to the microphone again and told Jauger that ordinarily he wouldn't agree to fight him, but because the crowd seemed to be behind him so much, he should bury him.

The Nomad jumped out of the ring and met Jauger on the outside, the two exchanging devastating blows back and forth. Nomad rolled Jauger into the ring, and started stomping down on him, but stopped to taunt for the crowd. Jauger caught the Nomad from behind with a modified powerbomb slam, and returned the favor with a stomping of his own. He picked the Nomad up and looked for a stunner, but the Nomad pushed him away sending him into the ropes, allowing the world champ to take his opponent down on the return with a hard crescent kick. The Nomad picked Jauger up, and took him straight back down with a hard short clothesline, and shouted to the crowd that he was the lord of ICWW! He rolled to the outside and retrieved his international championship belt, and shoved it in the fallen Jauger's face, shouting that it wasn't for him, and then planted a big boot down on Jauger! He went for a cocky cover, but only got a two count. Jauger struggled to his feet, the Nomad taking him back with a hard Irish whip, but the Hitman dodged the clothesline attempt and took him down with a hard cross body block! The Nomad kicked out of it straight away, and planted the Hitman with the bible black, finishing the match with a solid cover.

The Dark Lotus swarmed down to the ring, as Marz and the Nomad came face to face in the middle of the ring. The world champ got in the number one contender's face and pointed to his belt, before knocking Marz down with a crescent kick! Shaggy 2 Dope, Violent J and Chaos Drone jumped the Nomad from behind, for a good old fashioned beat down, as Jauger staggered his way to the back without a care.