IWA Mid-South King of the Deathmatch

The IWA Mid-South King of the Deathmatch is an annual professional wrestling tournament running since 1997 in which a number of wrestlers compete in various deathmatches, in (for the most part) a single-elimination tournament which is similar to World Wrestling Entertainment's King of the Ring tournament. These tournaments include the typical weapons used in hardcore wrestling such as barbed wire, nails, thumbtacks, fire, and light tubes, and are known for their large amount of blood loss.

Notable entrants in the King of the Deathmatch tournaments have included Ian Rotten, Axl Rotten, Necro Butcher, Mad Man Pondo, Chris Hero, Balls Mahoney, Nick Mondo, Viper and Mickie Knuckles. Many of the cards have also included non-tournament matches featuring top indy wrestlers such as Nigel McGuinness, Colt Cabana, CM Punk, Tracy Smothers, Homicide, Jerry Lynn, Jimmy Jacobs, Alex Shelley, Sonjay Dutt, BJ Whitmer, Matt Sydal, Delirious, Arik Cannon, Ray Gordy, Low Ki, Daizee Haze and MsChif.

In 2006, IWA Mid-South introduced the concept of The Royal Weekend of Death, featuring the King of the Deathmatch tournament, as well as two new tournaments, the Queen of the Deathmatch and the Double Death Tag Team Tournaments. The 2006 & 2007 tournaments for Queen and Double Death happened in November on back to back nights, while the 2008 Queen of the Deathmatches took place on the afternoon of night 2 of King of the Deathmatches. Double Death 2008 has been announced as taking part on October 17 and 18.

IWA Mid-South King of the Deathmatch Tournament

King of the Deathmatch 1997

October 21, 1997 saw the first annual IWA Mid-South King of the Deathmatch Tournament, held in New Albany, Indiana.

"Competitors"

Round One

# Suicide Kid def. Richard X - Barbed Wire Bat Match
# Mark Wolf def. Uncle Honkey - Barbed Wire Boards
# Rollin Hard def. Deranged - Barbed Wire Boards
# "Rugby Thug" Trent Baker def. Tower of Doom - Thumbtack Match
# Corporal Robinson def. Chris Hero - Thumbtack Match
# Bull Pain def. Hido - Barbed Wire Bat Match
# Axl Rotten def. Shank Dorsey - Barbed Wire Salt Death Match
# Mean Mitch Page def. Paul E. Smooth - Barbed Wire Salt Match
# 2 Tuff Tony def. Mr. Insanity - 4 Corners of Pain Match
# Necro Butcher def. American Kickboxer - 4 Corners of Pain Match
# Ian Rotten def. Peter B. Beautiful - Fans Bring the Weapons Match
# Sick Nick Mondo def. Cash Flo - Fans Bring the Weapons Match

Quarter Finals

# Suicide Kid def. Mark Wolf - Barbed Wire Tables Death Match
# Rollin' Hard def. "Rugby Thug" Trent Baker - Staple Gun Death Match
# "Mean" Mitch Page def. Axl Rotten - Taipei Death Match
# Necro Butcher def. 2 Tuff Tony - Staple Gun Death Match
# Ian Rotten def. Sick Nick Mondo - Light Tube Tables & Fans Bring The Weapons Death Match

emi Finals

# Rollin' Hard def. Suicide Kid - Taipei, Barbed Wire & Salt Death Match
# "Mean" Mitch Page def. Corporal Robinson - Balcony Death Match
# Ian Rotten def. Necro Butcher - Flaming Tables Death Match

Finals

# Ian Rotten def. Rollin Hard and "Mean" Mitch Page - House of Pain Match (200 light tubes covering the ropes and 3 log cabins of glass outside the ring)

King of the Deathmatch 2002

King of the Deathmatch 2002 was held over 2 nights (July 12 & 13) at the IWA Arena in Clarkesville, Indiana. Non-tournament matches included Chris Hero def. Colt Cabana (Night One) and Chris Hero def. Colt Cabana and Tracy Smothers (Night Two)

"Competitors"

Round One

# Low Life Louie def. Homicide - Barbed Wire Boards Death Match
# Ryan Boz def. Smokey C - Barbed Wire Boards Death Match
# Manslaughter def. Trik Davis - Thumbtack Death Match
# Tank def. Deranged - Four Corners of Pain Death Match
# Ian Rotten def. "Spyder" Nate Webb - Fans Bring the Weapons Death Match
# Corporal Robinson def. Dysfunction - 2 out of 3 Log Cabins of Glass Death Match
# Mad Man Pondo def. J.C. Bailey - Fans Bring the Weapons Death Match
# Toby Klein def. Necro Butcher - Fans Bring the Weapons Death Match

Quarter Finals

# Low Life Louie def. Ryan Boz - Staple Gun Death Match
# Corporal Robinson def. Ian Rotten - Barbed Wire Ropes, Light Tubes & Rubbing Alcohol Death Match
# Tank def. Deranged^† - Barbed Wire Ropes & Fans Bring the Weapons Death Match
# Toby Klein def. J.C. Bailey^† - Electrified Light Tubes Death Match^†Deranged replaced Manslaughter and J.C Bailey replaced Mad Man Pondo

emi Finals

# Corporal Robinson def. Low Life Louie - Fans Bring the Weapons Death Match
# Toby Klein def. Tank - Fans Bring the Weapons Death Match

Finals

# Corporal Robinson def. Toby Klein - House of Pain Glass Death Match

King of the Deathmatch 2005

King of the Deathmatch 2005 was held over 2 nights (November 18 & 19) at the Capital Sports Arena in Plainfield, Indiana. Non-tournament matches included:
"Night One" - Jimmy Jacobs def. C.J. Otis (IWA-MS World title), Hailey Hatred def. Mickle Knuckles (IWA-MS Women's title), Matt Sydal & Delirious def. The Iron Saints
"Night Two" - Ian Rotten & Mickie Knuckles & Delirious & C.J. Otis def. Sal & Vito & Brandon Thomaselli & Josh Abercrombie, Danny Havoc def. Hellaware Assassin and Brandon Prophet in a Fans Bring the Weapons Match

"Competitors"

Round One

# Mickie Knuckles def. Tank - Barbed Wire Ropes & Barbed Wire Baseball Bats Match
# Necro Butcher def. Rollin' Hard - Taipei Death Match
# Mad Man Pondo def. Vortekz - Staple Gun, 4 Corners of Pain (Barbed Wire Board, Christmas Ball Board, Mouse Traps & Cactus)
# Drake Younger def. Kenji Fukimoto - Barbed Wire Ropes, Thumbtack Insanity Match^†
# Dysfunction def. Danny Havoc - Tables, Ladder, Chairs & Light Tubes Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match
# Freakshow def. "Mean" Mitch Page - Home Run Derby Death Match
# Brain Damage def. Insane Lane - Fans Bring The Weapons Match
# Corporal Robinson def. Deranged - Fans Bring The Weapons Match^†Drake Younger put the IWA Mid-South Deathmatch Championship up for this match, and retained

Quarter Finals

# Corporal Robinson def. Mad Man Pondo - Electrified Light Tubes Match
# Brain Damage def. Mickie Knuckles - Fans Bring The Weapons Match
# Dysfunction def. Drake Younger - Barbed Wire Boards & Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Match^†
# Freakshow def. Necro Butcher - Fans Bring The Weapons Match^†Drake Younger put the IWA-MS Deathmatch title up for this match and lost, making Dysfunction the new champion

emi Finals

# Corporal Robinson def. Dysfunction - London Bridge Death Match^†
# Freakshow def. Brain Damage - Hot Coals & Lit Cigarettes Match^†Dysfunction put the IWA-MS Deathmatch title up for this match and lost, making Corporal Robinson the new champion

Finals

# Corporal Robinson def. Freakshow - No Rope Barbed Wire & 200 Light Tubes Match Tournament^††Corporal Robinson put the IWA-MS Deathmatch title up for this match, and retained

King of the Deathmatch 2008

King of the Deathmatch 2008 took place over 2 nights (June 20 & 21) in the parking lot of Alley Cats Lanes bowling alley in Sellersburg, Indiana, and was an 18 man tournament.

Non-tournament matches on Night One included Sara Del Rey defeating Mickie Knuckles, an Dingo defeating Chuck Taylor for the IWA-MS Heavyweight Title Match, and Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black defeating Ego Fantastico and "Mr. Insanity" Toby Klein.

Non-tournament matched on Night Two included Jason Hades defeating Bryan Skyline to retain the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship, Dingo's first successful IWA-MS Heavyweight Title defence against Toby Klein, and a four way match during which Tank defeated Corey Shaddix, WHACKS and Viper

"Competitors"

Quarter Finals

# LuFisto def. B.B. Walls and Roxie Cotton - Barbed Wire Ropes & Thumbtack Death Match Three Way Dance
# Storm def. Mickie Knuckles and Misty Heat - Barbed Wire Ropes & Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Death Match Three Way Dance

emi Finals

# Mickie Knuckles def. B.B. Walls - Barbed Wire Ropes & Deathmatch Bats (Loser’s Bracket)
# Roxie Cotton def. Misty Heat - Barbed Wire Ropes & Barbed Wire Ladder Death Match (Loser’s Bracket)
# LuFisto def. Storm - Barbed Wire Ropes & Four Corners of Pain Death Match (Winner’s Bracket)
# Mickie Knuckles def. Roxie Cotton - Barbed Wire Ropes & Taipei Death Match (Loser’s Bracket)

Final

# LuFisto def. Mickie Knuckles - No Rope Barbed Wire & Electrified Light Tubes Death Match

Queen of the Deathmatch 2008

June 21, 2008 saw the third annual IWA Mid-South Queen of the Deathmatch Tournament, held in the parking lot of Alley Cats Lanes bowling alley in Sellersburg, Indiana. Once again there were last minute changes to the competitors, leading to a 6 woman tournament, with the winner of the first round match between Mickie Knuckles and "Glasses" Jones being awarded a bye into the Final.

"Competitors"

Quarter Finals

# Vulgar Display of Power def. Freakshow and Prophet in a Full Spool of Barbed Wire Death Match
# The Bloody Brothers def. Mickie Knuckles & Storm - Barbed Wire Ropes & Barbed Wire Boards Death Match
# Drake Younger & Corey Shaddix def. The Naptown Dragons - Barbed Wire Ropes & Deathmatch Bats Death Match
# Devon Moore & Joker def. C.J. Otis & xOMGx - Barbed Wire Ropes, Tables, Ladders & Chairs Death Match

emi Finals

# The Bloody Brothers def. Joker & Devon Moore in a Fans Bring The Weapons Death Match
# Vulgar Display of Power def. Drake Younger & Corey Shaddix in a Fans Bring The Weapons Death Match

Final

# Vulgar Display of Power def. The Bloody Brothers - House of Horrors Cage Death Match

Double Death Tag Team Tournament 2008

October 18 and 19, 2008 will see the third annual IWA Mid-South Double Death Tag Team Tournament, held in Joliet, Illinois. The tournament has been announced as consisting of 16 teams, seven of which have been announced so far. [cite web | url = http://iwamidsouth.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=IWA&action=display&thread=5004 | title = First 7 Teams Announced for Double Death | accessdate = 2008-09-10 |publisher = iwamidsouth.com]

"Announced Competitors"

Quarter Final

# Brain Damage def. Necro Butcher - Double Hell Caribbean Spider Webs, Knock Out Only Match
# Mad Man Pondo def. Danny Havoc - Panes of Glass Match
# Jaki Numazawa def. Insane Lane - Light Tube Corners, Death From Above Match
# Deranged def. Ian Rotten - Fans Bring The Weapons Match

emi Final

# Brain Damage def. Mad Man Pondo - 4 Corners of Pain Match
# Deranged def. Jaki Numazawa - Barbed Wire Bunkhouse Death Match

Final

# Deranged def. Brain Damage - Light Tube Cage Match

Masters of Pain 2008

The third Masters of Pain Tournament also took place in ??? on November 29, 2008

"Competitors"

Quarter Final

# Scotty Vortekz & Sexxxy Eddy def. UltraMantis Black - Light Tube Board, Light Tube Table, Barbed Wire Board & Barbed Wire Table Match
# Danny Havoc & Deranged def. Tank - Unlucky 13 Light Tubes Match
# Drake Younger & Viking def. WHACKS - Light Tube Corners & Light Tube Bundles Match
# Freak Show & Insane Lane def. Ian Rotten - Home Run Derby Death Match

emi Final

# Freak Show def. Deranged - Pits of Hell Match
# Scotty Vortekz def. Viking - Light Tube Log Cabins Match
# Danny Havoc def. Insane Lane - Razor Blade Boards Match

Final

# Freak Show def. Danny Havoc, Sexxxy Eddy & Scotty Vortekz - 4-Way 200 Light Tubes, Barbed Wire Tables Elimination Match

Carnage Cup 2008

The third Carnage Cup Tournament took place on October 4, 2008 in Sylacauga, Alabama.

"Competitors"

First Round

# Freak Show def. Hellaware Assassin - No Rope Barbed Wire Match
# Prophet def. Mike Levy - Razor's Edge Death Match
# Spider Boodrow def. Syko - Home Run Derby Death Match
# Corey Shaddix def. Pinkie Sanchez - Four Corners of Pain Match
# Insane Lane def. Sam Hane - Shopping Cart Death Match
# Danny Havoc def. Juggulator - X Marks The Spot Death Match
# Nick Gage def. Devon Moore - Fans Bring The Weapons Match
# WHACKS def. Danny Demanto - Ladders & Light Tube Chairs Match

emi Final

# Corey Shaddix def. Insane Lane - Barbed Wire Boards, Chairs & Staple Gun Match
# Freakshow def. Spider Boodrow - Home & Garden Death Match
# Nick Gage def. Prophet - Ultraviolent Boards Death Match
# Danny Havoc def. WHACKS - Unlucky 13 Staple Gun Match

Final

# Danny Havoc def. Corey Shaddix, Nick Gage & Freakshow - 4-Way 200 Light Tubes Elimination Match

ee also

*Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South

References

External links

* [http://www.iwamidsouthwrestling.com/ IWA Mid-South] - Official Website
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/iwamidsouth.html IWA Mid-South Results] - Online World of Wrestling results database