IPW - Indies Prime Wrestling

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As is the case with my new Legends fed, the LPW, this fed will only use cards released as part of Promoter Prime. For this Indies fed, I will begin by limiting myself to Indies Prime cards released within the previous five years (which is May 2016 as I type this message). I would like to rotate wrestlers out once they reach the fifth anniversary of their card release, but I will allow some of them to remain if they hold titles or are otherwise needed to maintain a realistic fed.

The IPW will feature a 5-match TV show once a week and a 6-match Pay-Per-View once every two months. The first PPV will happen at the end of month 2, and it will feature the semifinals and finals of the inaugural heavyweight title tournament and the finals of the inaugural tag team and cruiserweight tournaments. Around that time, I will be starting a women's title tourney as well. Some Prime cards will be held back for future introduction into the fed, so some of your favorite Prime cards might not be represented in the inaugural tournaments.

I have already played out the first eight cards and will be posting them in the coming days. As I wrote in my introduction to the LPW, I'm looking forward to the booking challenge of not having a deep bench of headliners, but hopefully even more exciting names will be released in Prime during the months ahead.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy the IPW!

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IPW (Indies Prime Wrestling)

TV #1 (April 3, 2021)

Co-commissioners Stokely Hathaway and Veda Scott welcomed viewers to the IPW and promised fans a prime time experience featuring some of the best men and women in the business today.

Benjamin Carter defeated Sammy Guevara

In this matchup of exciting young talents, Carter came out on top after hitting a Phoenix Splash.

Alexander Hammerstone defeated Sam Adonis

Hammerstone dominated the overmatched Adonis and pinned him after a Nightmare Pendulum. Adonis had entered the ring to a chorus of boos because he carried a flag featuring the face of the 45th president. After the match, Hammerstone said he hopes he's seen the last of this loser because he's only looking for the most worthy competition in the IPW.

Thunder Rosa defeated Brittany Blake

Rosa turned in a very impressive showing before finishing Blake with a LaRosa Driver.

P.J. Hawx and George Gatton defeated Filthy Violence (Erick Stevens and Kevin Ku)

Hawx and Gatton pulled off a stunning upset after Hawx pinned a distracted Ku with a Pop-Up Powerslam. Ku and Stevens took their attention off their young opponents when Massage NV (Dorian Graves and VsK) strolled down to ringside. After the match, Graves and VsK told Ian Riccaboni that they're in the IPW to help everyone feel relaxed and cleansed, and who better to start with than the team of Filthy Violence?

Gringo Loco won by DQ over Killer Kross (with Karlee Perez)

Kross and Perez clearly came here to hurt someone, rather than to try to win, because just a couple of minutes into the match, Kross smashed Perez's mystic stone upside the head of Loco. As Loco was prone on the mat, Perez mounted him and applied her Lick of Death, which left him totally immobile. Loco was being loaded onto a stretcher as the show went off the air.

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IPW (Indies Prime Wrestling)
TV #2 (April 10, 2021)

Ian Riccaboni opened the show by announcing that Gringo Loco would be sidelined for a month after last week's attack by Karlee Perez and Killer Kross. As a result, commissioners Stokely Hathaway and Veda Scott had barred Perez and Kross from the building for tonight's matches.

Sammy Guevara defeats Trey Miguel
In an action-packed opening match, Guevara came out on top after a standing shooting star legdrop.

Penelope Ford defeats Courtney Rush
In a mild upset, Ford pinned the bizarre Rush following a hurricanrana.

Jonah Rock defeats Blackwater
The debuting Rock dominates Blackwater and beats him with a Monsta Splash. After the match, Rock tells Riccaboni that he doesn't care if he faces creeps like Blackwater or golden boys like Alexander Hammerstone, he's in IPW to beat them all.

P.J. Hawx and George Gatton defeats Massage NV (Dorian Graves and VsK)
For the second consecutive week, Hawx and Gatton pulled off a huge upset over one of the most highly touted teams in the IPW. Once again, Hawx hit a pop-up powerslam to score the victory, as he pinned a distracted VsK. In a reversal of last week's tag match finish, Erick Stevens and Kevin Ku strolled down to ringside and caused Massage NV to take their focus off Hawx and Gatton. This only seems to be the beginning of this simmering feud.

Alexander Hammerstone defeats Logan Black
Hammerstone wins the match with the Nightmare Pendulum, but as he's being interviewed by Riccaboni, Killer Kross runs to ringside and attacks him. He's not even supposed to be in the building! As Hammerstone tosses Kross over the top rope, Karlee Perez sneaks up from behind and hits him over the head with her mystic stone. But as she prepares to apply her Lick of Death, the babyface locker room empties and chases her and Kross away before they can do any further damage.

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IPW (Indies Prime Wrestling)
TV #3 (April 17, 2021)

The show opened with a recap of last week's attack on Alexander Hammerstone by Killer Kross and Karlee Perez. Hammerstone, with a bandaged head, was interviewed and said he would be all right. He said he had asked the commissioners to not suspend Kross and Perez because he wants to make them pay himself.

Benjamin Carter defeats Blackwater
The impressive young Carter dominates the opening match and wins with his Frozen in Time frog splash.

Commissioners Stokely Hathaway and Veda Scott announced that the winner of tonight's main event, a tag team grudge match between Massage NV and Filthy Violence, will advance to the semifinals of the IPW tag team tournament for a rematch with the undefeated team of PJ Hawx and George Gatton.

Brittany Blake defeats Maria Manic
Manic was in control throughout the match, but Blake applied her Lotus Lock for the shocking win when Manic was distracted and yelling at the crowd.

Luchasaurus defeats Jonah Rock
In a good match between two large men, Luchasaurus emerged with the win after a Shining Lizard.

Killer Kross (with Karlee Perez) defeats Mike Verna
Kross won a competitive match with a Doomsday Saito after interference by Perez. After the match, Perez attempted to apply the Lick of Death to Verna, but Hammerstone sprinted to the ring and chased off Kross and Perez.

Massage NV (VsK and Dorian Graves) defeat Filthy Violence (Erick Stevens and Kevin Ku)

Massage NV advanced in the tag team tournament after a back and forth match culminated in Graves beating Stevens with the Happy Ending.

Just before signing off, Ian Riccaboni announced that next week's big main event will be a tag team match featuring Hammerstone and Verna versus Kross and an unknown partner. Also in action will be Thunder Rosa, plus you won't want to miss the debut of a new tag team: Barkley and the Blade.

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IPW (Indies Prime Wrestling)

TV #4 (April 24, 2021)

The show opens with Ian Riccaboni reminding viewers that the main event will feature Alexander Hammerstone and Mike Verna against Killer Kross and a mystery partner. There's still no word on who that partner will be, but we can expect it to be someone nearly as sick and twisted as Kross and Karlee Perez are themselves.

Penelope Ford defeats Brittany Blake

The athletic Ford continues her ascent toward the top of the IPW women's division by scoring the pin after a backflip stunner.

Barkley and the Blade (Wes Barkley and Pepper "Blade" Parks) defeat Eli Everfly and Space Monkey

Barkley and the Blade make their IPW debut and brutalize Everfly and Space Monkey. Barkley picks up the pinfall victory after choking the diminutive Everfly on the ropes while the Blade distracted the referee. After the match, they tell Riccaboni they are ready to make their mark in the upcoming IPW tag team championship tourney.

Cameras catch up with Kross and Perez in the backstage area, as they try to talk Jonah Rock into teaming with them tonight. Rock considers it, but turns them down because he is working on his own plans for the future.

Thunder Rosa and Courtney Rush fight to a double disqualification

Rosa and Rush have a back and forth match in the ring that spills out to the ringside area, where they both pick up chairs and whack each other, resulting in the double DQ. Rosa grabs the mic and tells Rush she's impressed with her toughness, but it looks like she needs a friend. Rosa offers her hand, but Rush walks away.

Martin Casaus defeats Eddy Blackwater

Casaus's first IPW match is a victory, as he beats Blackwater with a TKO Cutter.

Riccaboni catches up with Killer Kross before the main event and asks who his teammate will be. At that moment, Perez walks out with Logan Black. Riccaboni expresses surprise because Hammerstone just beat Black handily two weeks ago. Kross and Perez remind Riccaboni that Hammerstone was left lying unconscious after the match, and it was all part of their plan with Black.

Killer Kross and Logan Black (with Karlee Perez) defeat Alexander Hammerstone and Mike Verna

A long match featured Black getting the better of Verna and eventually pinning him after a rolling Samoan drop. Kross and Hammerstone had some notable exchanges, but there will be more battles between those two in the future.

Tune in next time to see the debut of another exciting tag team, 40 Acres. Also returning to action will be Trey Miguel and Maria Manic. 

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IPW (Indies Prime Wrestling)

TV #5 (May 1, 2021)

Commissioners Stokely Hathaway and Veda Scott announce that tonight's main event will be an IPW Heavyweight title tournament eliminator match featuring Logan Black and Mike Verna, who will be renewing their hostilities from last week's tag team match. The winner will advance to a quarterfinal match later this month.

Courtney Rush defeats Priscilla Kelly

Rush blows blue mist into the face of Kelly and then hits an F5 to pick up the win. After the match, Thunder Rosa comes out to say that Rush is good enough to win without resorting to blue mist. Rosa says they're "sisters in paint" and she wants to be her friend. Rush listens to Rosa's entreaties but offers no response.

Trey Miguel defeats Jody Fleisch

A good match ends in a victory for Miguel after he applies the Dragon Sleeper.

Maria Manic defeats Brittany Blake

In a rematch from two weeks ago, Manic maintains her focus, bloodies Blake, and wins with a side backbreaker. After the match Manic tells Riccaboni that she needed the wakeup call two weeks ago and now the women's division had better watch out.

40 Acres (Tre Lamar and P.B. Smooth) defeats Eddy Blackwater and Sam Adonis

40 Acres makes an impressive debut, as Lamar pins Adonis after a springboard clothesline.

Logan Black (with Karlee Perez and Killer Kross) defeats Mike Verna (with Alexander Hammerstone)

In this heavyweight title tournament eliminator match, Black continued to have Verna's number, as he doled out a lot of punishment before winning with a modified tombstone piledriver. After the match, Kross and Hammerstone exchanged shoves, but referees quickly intervened to keep them apart.

Next week, expect the return of Gringo Loco from his injuries at the hands of Perez and Kross. Also look for the debut of Willie Mack, along with bouts featuring Benjamin Carter and Penelope Ford.

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IPW (Indies Prime Wrestling)

TV #6 (May 8, 2021)

Ian Riccaboni opens the show with Thunder Rosa, and she says it's time for Courtney Rush to decide if they're going to be friends or enemies. Rush comes out from the backstage area, clutching a mysterious object in her hands. Rosa says they can do great things together, but Rush spits blue mist toward her and runs away. Rosa dodges the mist and calls on the commissioners to sign a match between her and Rush for later tonight.

Benjamin Carter defeats Eli Everfly

In a tough opening match, Carter comes out on top with a Frozen in Time frog splash.

Gringo Loco comes out to the interview area, looking thinner than he did a month ago. He thanks the fans for their support as he was recovering from the attack by Killer Kross and Karlee Perez, and he's happy to be back in action.

Gringo Loco defeats Eddy Blackwater

Loco is victorious in his return to the ring after hitting Blackwater with a Gringo Twist.

Commissioners Stokely Hathaway and Veda Scott have a few announcements. First, tonight's main event will be a rematch between Thunder Rosa and Courtney Rush. Second, they can announce that the heavyweight, tag team, cruiserweight, and women's title tournaments will all begin next week. At this time they can announce these matches: Trey Miguel vs Sammy Guevera, PJ Hawx & George Gatton vs Massage NV, Alexander Hammerstone vs Martin Casaus, and Killer Kross vs Gringo Loco. There will also be a women's quarterfinal match featuring at least one competitor who cannot yet be announced.

Penelope Ford defeats Priscilla Kelly

Ford wins an exciting match with a standing moonsault.

Willie Mack defeats Sam Adonis

Mack has an impressive debut showing, as he wins with a stunner in an action-packed match. After the win, he tells the crowd that he's happy to be in the IPW and he plans to put on a good show in the tournament.

Thunder Rosa wins by DQ over Courtney Rush (with Karlee Perez)

In a shocking development, Rush is led to the ring by the nefarious Karlee Perez, and Rush is holding Perez's mystic stone. Rosa is taken aback by this twist, but the two women quickly attack each other, as the match spills outside of the ring. Ultimately, Rush is disqualified when she spits blue mist in Rosa's face, right in front of the referee. She and Perez then attack Rosa with the mystic stone, but before Perez can perform her lick of death, a hooded figure rushes into the ring and runs off the evildoers. As the show prepares to go off the air, the figure pulls back her hood... it's Mercedes Martinez! We'll see you next time!

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Nice to see Mercedes Martinez.

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Jun 12, 2021 9:57:49 GMT -5 TTX said:

Nice to see Mercedes Martinez.

Thanks for following, Troy. Martinez should be heavily involved going forward. With Allysin Kay and Su Yung rumored to be in talks with the IPW, the women's division will be heating up!

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IPW (Indies Prime Wrestling)

TV #7 (May 15, 2021)

Commissioners Stokely Hathaway and Veda Scott welcome viewers to the first full night of championship tournament action. Coming up are quarterfinal matches in the women's and heavyweight divisions, as well as semifinal matchups in the cruiserweight and tag team divisions. Champions in three of those four divisions will be crowned in two weeks at the IPW's first pay-per-view, Battle for the Belts. Only the women's division will remain without a champion after that night, but Hathaway and Scott can announce a women's quarterfinal grudge match that has been signed for that card: Thunder Rosa vs Courtney Rush with no DQ. Before turning it over to Ian Riccaboni, they also reveal that coming up later will be the previously unannounced women's quarterfinal match, which will feature the newly signed Mercedes Martinez vs Priscilla Kelly.

Sammy Guevara defeats Trey Miguel

Guevara advanced to the final of the cruiserweight tournament by capturing his second victory over Trey Miguel in as many meetings. This time he rolled up Miguel after he had missed a running clothesline and crashed into the turnbuckle. He will face either Benjamin Carter or Jody Fleisch in the championship.

Massage NV (Dorian Graves & VsK) defeats PJ Hawx and George Gatton

In this tag team semifinal bout, the surprising run of Hawx and Gatton came to an end, as Graves pinned Gatton with a Happy Ending. Massage NV advances to face the winner of next week's match between 40 Acres and Barkley & the Blade.

Thunder Rosa comes out to talk with Ian Riccaboni, and she tells him that she escaped serious injury at the hands of Courtney Rush and Karlee Perez last week thanks to her "Latina sister" Mercedes Martinez. She says she misjudged Rush's character and realized that she's incapable of friendship. Rosa says she's here tonight to support Martinez.

Mercedes Martinez (with Thunder Rosa) defeats Priscilla Kelly

Martinez makes a strong debut showing, as she busts Kelly wide open (with 6 fatigue tokens) and beats her with Three Amigas. She advances to the semifinals of the women's tourney, which will be held after the upcoming PPV.

Martin Casaus defeats Alexander Hammerstone

In the most shocking result in the young history of the IPW, pre-tourney favorite Hammerstone is out in the quarterfinals! He took his attention off Casaus when Killer Kross and Karlee Perez walked to ringside. Casaus caught the distracted Hammerstone with his Lights Out finisher, put his own feet on the ropes for extra leverage, and pinned your boy Hammer. After the match, Hammerstone was furious and vowed revenge against Kross.

Killer Kross (with Karlee Perez) defeats Gringo Loco

Loco had been looking forward to settling the score against Kross and Perez for sidelining him for over a month, but he was still rusty and proved to be no match for the powerful Kross, who beat him with a Doomsday Saito. This time, at least, ringside officials made sure that Perez couldn't apply another Lick of Death to the fallen Loco.

Come back next week for more exciting tournament matches: Benjamin Carter vs Jody Fleisch, Penelope Ford vs Maria Manic, 40 Acres vs Barkley & the Blade, Willie Mack vs Logan Black, and Luchasaurus vs Jonah Rock.