AIW - Hell On Earth 13

Results from last Friday's @aiwrestling #HOE13 event at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School in Cleveland Ohio - all AIW wrestling blog posts.

The main event was AIW Absolute Champion Tim Donst defending the title against Nick Gage.  The two wrestlers have been on a collision course since Gage attacked Donst at the end of #ABSO12 and Cool as Ice.  The two men met at #ABSO10 with Donst emerging as the winner.

1. Matthew Justice pinned Shawn Schultz after hitting a diving knee.
   
   
2. Magnum CK (with Frankie Flynn and Derek Direction) pinned PB Smooth when a distraction led to a spinebuster.
   
   
3. "The Bone Collector" Dominic Garrini beat Ethan Page via armbar submission. During the match, Page leads a pre-game prayer. Afterward, Garrini led a post game prayer.
   
   
4. Team No Consequences (Tre Lamar, Garrison King, AJ Gray, Joshua Bishop & Malcom Monroe III) defeated Philly Collins (substituting for Space Monkey), Marino Tenaglia, Weird World (Worldwide Alex Kellar & Weird Body Evan Adams) & Dick Justice when Monroe hit a pump handle slam on Tenaglia and Lamar stole the pinfall.
   
   INTERMISSION
   
   
5. Louis Lyndon defeated Gringo Loko via Dragon Sleeper submission.
   
   Afterward, it was announced that Sid Vicious would make an appearance at the AIW December show and Emma would appear at the February show.
   
   
6. "Filthy" Tom Lawlor pinned "Hot Sauce" Tracy Williams after hitting a Styles Clash
   
   
7. Jimmy Jacobs beat Colt Cabana after using a spike foreign object to the head.
   
   
8. AIW Tag Team Champions To Infinity and Beyond (Colin Delaney and Cheech) defeated The Jollyville F***-Its (Nasty Russ Myers and T-Money) and The Young Studs (Bobby Beverly and Eric Ryan) when Delaney pinned Beverly and Cheech pinned Myers after hitting a top rope powerbomb/lungblower combination.
   
   
9. Laredo Kid pinned DJZ after hitting Spanish Fly in a fatal four-way match also involving Jody Fleisch and M-Dogg Matt Cross
   
   
10. Nick Gage pinned AIW Absolute Champion Tim Donst to win the title after hitting the Death Valley Driver on two chairs and barbed wire in a fans-bring-the-weapons match.
    
    
    AIW Absolute Champions
    

    1	The Thrillbilly	7/21/2005	It's On Again!
    2	Lou Marconi	11/13/2005	#HOE1
    3	Vincent Nothing	2/26/2006	Night of Mystery
    4	Michael Hutter aka Ethan Carter III	5/28/2006	#ABSO1
    5	Raymond Rowe	12/17/2006	GFTG2
    6	Steve Corino	5/20/2007	#ABSO2
    7	Sterling James Keenan aka Corey Graves	2/24/2008	GFTG3
    8	Drake Younger	2/26/2009	March for the Gold 2
    9	Jimmy DeMarco	6/12/2009	#ABSO4
    10	Johnny Gargano	6/27/2010	#ABSO5
    11	Shiima Xion aka DJZ	6/26/2011	#ABSO6
    12	Eric Ryan	5/12/2012	The JT Lightning Invitational Tournament
    13	Tim Donst	7/1/2012	#ABSO7
    14	Eric Ryan	12/21/2012	The End of the World
    15	Colin Delaney	6/30/2013	#ABSO8
    16	Ethan Page	6/30/2013	#ABSO8
    17	Ultramantis Black	11/1/2013	Double Dare Tag Team Tournament
    18	Ethan Page	12/27/2013	Dead Presidents
    19	Michael Elgin	12/27/2013	Dead Presidents
    20	Tim Donst	9/7/2014	WrestleRager 2014 - Night 3
    21	Josh Alexander	2/20/2015	I Choo-Choo-Choose You
    22	Rickey Shane Page	7/10/2015	#ABSO10
    23	Ethan Page	11/27/2015	#HOE11
    24	Josh Prohibition	7/22/2016	#ABSO11
    25	Tim Donst	3/24/2017	#GFTG12
    26	Nick Gage	11/24/2017	#HOE13

    
    
    

HITS
Nick Gage wins It might be time to cool off Tim Donst for a while since who has held the Absolute title for 584 days – more than any other AIW performer. With Donst on top for so long, the fans may have grown tired of him.

Gage is by far the most popular character in AIW so it makes sense to put the belt on him. I’m not sure who will be receiving title matches against Cage (perhaps Eric Ryan) or how often Cage is going to wrestle in AIW but change is good sometimes and it appears we’re going to see a lot more hardcore matches in the future.

Overall show Another solid overall performance top to bottom. Matthew Justice winning was a surprise; Magnum CK wins in his first match; tension between Tre Lamar and Malcolm Monroe III; Tom Lawlor’s push continues; Jimmy Jacobs returns potentially starting a feud with Colt Cabana; the semi-main event was amazing.


MISSES
Tag Team scene Once again the AIW tag team roster is becoming stale. The current champions To Infinity and Beyond won the titles for the third time last March and since then every title defense has been three or four team matches of some combination of Crazy Pain, The Jollyville F***-Its, The Ninja Elite Squad and The Young Studs. The guys work hard and this match had T-Money hitting Eric Ryan with the POUUUUNNNNCE on the bleachers but the title matches all look the same.

Some dynamic needs to change for this to feel fresh again.