BG Says: FIP Southern Justice

October 14, 2006 – Bushnell, Florida

When we last left FIP
The Briscoe Brothers and the Black Market both won number one contenders’ matches, only to be told by So Cal Val that they’d have to face each other tonight to get a match wit the champs. The Black Market kidnapped Val in response. Matt Sydal made his way to Florida and defeated DP Associate Shingo. Davey Richards beat Roderick Strong to earn a title shot on this show and then teamed with his opponent to take on Bryan Danielson & Cyber Kong.

Your hosts are Dave Prazak & Jared David

VS.
They lock up and Moore grabs a wristlock. They knuckle up and Moore boots the Cougar in the gut. The Cougar hits a pair of armdrags and Moore bails. The Cougar follows him out with a somersault from the apron. Back in the ring the Cougar comes off the top rope with a crossbody for 2. Moore hits a knee to the gut and a cannonball in the corner for 2. He hits a falcon arrow for 2. He hits a fall away slam and sets the Cougar up top. The Cougar fights him off and comes down with a dropkick. He hits a northern lights suplex and puts on a cross armbreaker for the win at 4:59. If they’re willing to let Moore tap out immediately when his arm hasn’t been touched during the match why are they bothering to book him at all? This match was actually one of his better efforts.
Rating: *¾

VS.
Stevens attacks Rance and Madison before the match to keep them from insulting Bushnell’s vaginitis condition any further. Rance and Rinauro start. Rance ducks a clothesline and puts on a wristlock. He puts on a headlock but Sal counters to a hammerlock and does a chicken dance. That is getting so tired. Stevens and Madison tag in. Stevens grabs a headlock and hits a Manhattan drop. He hits a bodyslam on Madison and one on Rance. Hit hits hiptosses on both opponents so they bail. Back in the ring Madison attacks Stevens from behind and rakes his eyes on the top rope. Rance tags in and does the same. Madison tags in and hits a kneedrop for 2. Rance tags in and boots Stevens in the face. Madison tags in and hits a double stomp. He rakes the back and keeps the referee from seeing Sal’s tag. I hate that spot because the referee misses Rance’s tag but allows him to come in and pin Stevens for 2. Rance blocks a blind charge but runs into a powerslam. Sal brawls with Madison on the floor and isn’t on the apron to make the tag. Rance hits an enziguiri for 2. He puts on a chinlock but Stevens fights out and hits another powerslam. Sal tags in and hits a bodyslam on Rance. He dumps Madison to the floor and calls Stevens back into the ring. Out of nowhere Sal superkicks Stevens and tags him into the match. Madison picks Stevens up for a piledriver and both Sal and Rance spike it. The YRR pick up the win at 9:00. I’ve always liked Rinauro better as a heel. Actually I’ve just found him obnoxious as a babyface so this makes him neutral. The match was pretty good too.
Rating: **½

The new and improved YRR keep beating on Stevens until Seth Delay makes the save with a chair. Sal gets on the microphone and explains that he joined the YRR because he’s a star and he’s tired of carrying Erick Stevens. Dave Prazak and his Associates come out to the stage and congratulate the YRR. Prazak teases Delay and tells him to get out of the ring lest he send Cyber Kong to bash a pineapple over head his. Delay isn’t budging so we get a match. Well, that felt pretty forced.

VS.
They lock up and Kong easily overpowers Delay. He puts on a headlock and hits a shoulder tackle. They knuckle up and Kong powers Delay down for 2. Delay hits a monkey flip but walks into a clotheslines. At least I think it was supposed to be a clothesline. Delay hits an armdrag and Kong bails. Delay follows him out with a suicide dive. Back in the ring Kong hits an avalanche. He climbs to the second rope and hits a clothesline for 2. He misses an avalanche and Delay comes off the top rope with a missile dropkick. Kong starts clubbing Delay and puts on THE CLAW. Delay escapes and hits a leaping forearm. He climbs the ropes and hits a dragon rana. Kong grabs the pineapple and hits Delay with it, drawing a disqualification at 6:06. Fun little match there, which is good because I was starting to think that Kong wasn’t worth the plane ticket.
Rating: **¼

Prazak is upset that Kong let the referee see the pineapple but he’s not going to let it keep him down. He’s confident that Bryan Danielson will successfully defend his title tonight and he’s also confident that nobody can defeat Shingo tonight. He challenges anyone to take Shingo on and Jerrelle Clark answers. He can’t even be bothered to look confident or like he doesn’t know he’s become a complete jobber in this company.

VS.
They lock up and Shingo grabs a waistlock. He works over the wrist and then goes after the knee. Clark goes for a cross armbreaker but Shingo gets to the ropes. Shingo puts on a headlock and hits a bodyslam. Clark hits a hurricanrana and Shingo bails. Back in the ring Clark hits a pair of armdrags and a dropkick for 2. He stays on the arm so Shingo goes to the ropes. Shingo hits a cobra clutch giant swing but Clark comes back with a sunset flip for 2. Shingo hits a clothesline for 2 with a cocky cover. He puts on a chinlock and slams Clark to the mat. He distracts the referee and dumps Clark to the floor into the waiting arms of Mr. Milo Beasley and Cyber Kong. Shingo goes to the floor and rams Clark into the post. Clark uses the apron for leverage to hit an armdrag on the floor. Back in the ring Beasley helps Shingo regain control. Shingo hits a back elbow for 2. He hits a kneedrop for 2. Clark hits an enziguiri and a handspring moonsault for 2. Kong trips Clark and Shingo hits a legdrop. He hits a gutbuster and a DDT for 2. He puts on the Sasori-gatame and then switches to the STF. He floats into a crossface but Clark gets to the ropes. Shingo hits a clothesline in the corner but Clark comes back with a spinebuster. He hits a springboard crossbody and a dropkick. Shingo falls to the floor so Clark follows him out with a crossbody off the top. Back in the ring Clark hits a tilt-a-whirl DDT for 2. Milo climbs up to the apron but the referee shoves him to the floor. Pangs of guilt cause him to help Milo up and Kong shoves Clark off the top rope. Kong hits a claw slam on Clark, getting 2 for Shingo. Clark counters the Blood Fall to a crucifix bomb for 2. Shingo hits a neckbreaker and the Blood Fall for the win at 15:13. A little too much gaga for my liking but the bulk of the match was the solid stuff you’d expect from these two.
Rating: **¾

Phil and Sean Davis come out to cry about the kidnapping of So Cal Val at the hands of the Black Market. They want the Black Market to beat the Briscoes so that they can tear them apart later on in the tag title match.

VS. [Number One Contenders Match]
The Briscoes attack the Black Market on their way into the ring. Murphy hits a spinebuster on Mark and a double spinebuster on Jay with Machete. The Briscoes regroup on the floor. Back in the ring Machete clobbers Mark down. Murphy tags in and hits a bodyslam. Machete tags in and they hit a double vertical suplex for 2. Jay hits a cheap shot and Mark hits a Manhattan drop. He hits a leg lariat and tags to Jay. Jay hits a dropkick for 2. Mark tags in and they clobber Machete down. Jay tags in and they do it again. Mark tags in and they hit the double shoulder tackle for 2. Mark hits a northern lights suplex for 2. Jay tags in and puts on a chinlock. Jay and Machete both go for crossbodies at the same time. Mark and Murphy tag in and Murphy cleans house. He hits a bodyslam on Jay but gets caught by a crossbody from Mark. Jay hits a falcon arrow on Machete but Murphy catches him with a spear. Mark blocks the Blackout and Jay boots Murphy into a roll up giving the Briscoes the win at 6:13. For the time it was given this match was a lot of fun.
Rating: **½

Sean is really upset that he doesn’t get to fight the Black Market, so they’re going to make the Briscoes take their title shot right now.

VS.
Phil and Sean get the advantage to start. They dump Mark to the floor and hit a double back bodydrop on Jay. Mark hits a springboard dropkick on Phil and a superkick on Sean. They hit the springboard Doomsday Device on Phil for the win and the titles in 49 seconds. Talk about domination, the Briscoes just ran through the top two teams in the company in successive matches in about seven minutes. They celebrate with the fans after the match, letting a lot of kids hold the belts and signing autographs. Honestly, be they babyfaces here or heels in ROH, these guys are two of the best things going in wrestling today.
Rating: ½*

Erick Stevens comes to the stage to challenge Sal Rinauro to a fight! Sal attacks him from behind and they brawl around the building. Stevens dominates for a while until Sal hits him low. They get into the ring where Rance and Madison come out to help their new teammate. Delay and Roderick Strong make the save. Strong gets on the microphone and tells Delay and Madison to leave so that Matt Sydal can come out for their match.

VS. [Number One Contender Match]
They lock up and trade holds. Strong slams Sydal to the mat but Sydal catches him with an armdrag into an armbar. Sydal grabs a headlock and hits a dropkick. Strong takes a powder. Back in the ring Strong works over Sydal’s back. Sydal hits a crossbody off the second rope for 2. He puts on the Mark Nulty Special but Strong gets to the ropes. Sydal hits a clothesline in the corner and a slingshot dropkick in the corner. He goes for another crossbody but Strong counters to a fall away slam. Sydal bails so Strong follows him out and drops him on the barricade. Back in the ring Strong hits a vertical suplex for 2. He puts on the leggy nelson and rolls Sydal up for 2. He puts on a camel clutch and hits a backbreaker. He hits another backbreaker for 2. Sydal fights back with a sunset flip for 2. Strong gets a backslide for 2. He puts on a front facelock and takes Sydal to the floor. This time Sydal gets control and rolls Strong back into the ring. Sydal climbs the ropes but a moonsault hits knees, getting 2 for Strong. Sydal blocks a blind charge and hits the Slice for 2. He hits a leaping clothesline and a leg lariat. He hits an enziguiri and dropkicks Strong to the floor. He dives out onto Strong with a no hands plancha. Back in the ring Strong blocks a hurricanrana and hits a backdrop for 2. He hits a clothesline in the corner and a falcon arrow for 2. Sydal hits a climbing knee and sets Strong up top. Strong blocks a hurricanrana but gets caught with a standing moonsault. Sydal hits a hurricanrana for 2. Strong hits a chinbreaker and the uranage backbreaker. He hits a spinebuster and puts on the Stronghold for the win at 17:39. Really good match that made Strong look like a real challenger for the title but kept Sydal strong as well.
Rating: ***½

VS.
Danielson stalls forever before the bell, even threatening to leave if the fans don’t stop taunting him. He grabs a headlock to start and puts Richards on the mat. He starts working over the arm but Richards comes back with a headlock takedown. Richards goes for a kick so Danielson bails. Back in the ring they knuckle up and Richards overpowers Danielson for 2. Danielson puts on a headlock but Richards comes back with a kick. Danielson bails again. Back in the ring Danielson goes back to the headlock. Richards hits a drop toehold and a clothesline for 2. He puts on a chinlock but Danielson fights out. Richards hits a hiptoss and gets a headlock takedown. He hits a hurricanrana but Danielson comes back with a back suplex. He dumps Richards to the floor where Milo hits an elbowdrop off the apron. Back in the ring Danielson gets 2. He distracts the referee, allowing Prazak and Milo to get a few cheap shots in. Danielson hits a butterfly suplex and an elbowdrop for 2. He puts on a camel clutch but Richards comes back with a low blow. Richards hits a back bodydrop and gets a sunset flip for 2. Danielson falls to the floor so Richards dives out onto him. Back in the ring Richards goes up top and hits a missile dropkick. He hits a running forearm but Prazak trips him up. Danielson gets a roll up with a handful of tights for 2. Richards hits a running powerslam and climbs the ropes. He hits a second rope frog splash for 2. He climbs again but Prazak cuts him off. Danielson crotches him and hits a superplex for 2. He puts on the crossface chicken wing but Richards fights out and hits the handspring kick for 2. Richards opens up with kicks but Danielson catches him with a knee to the gut. Richards hits a clothesline for 2. He sets Danielson up top but Danielson fights him off. Richards catches him on the way down with a Manhattan drop and puts on the Stretch Muffler. Prazak distracts the referee so Richards goes after him. Danielson uses the distraction to slug Richards with brass knuckles for the win at 16:49. Good match for the most part but the cheap finish kind of negates all the work that went into it.
Rating: ***¼