In the opening contest, FWA Carolinas newcomer Seymour Snott defeated J.T. Sparxx in a good, highly competitive match. Sparxx took the fight to Seymour at several points in the match, but in the end Snott nailed the "snot drop" (double underhook facebuster) to get the pinfall. Good action.

The 7-foot "Man of the Future" Granite was out next for a handicap match against veteran L.A. Stephens and the Amazing Sideshow. Sideshow was accompanied as always by the lovely Enigma, who interjected herself a couple of times by handing her man his trademark chair. Granite had assumed control and was preparing to chokeslam Sideshow off the top rope when Stephens slipped in from behind and nailed Granite with a small mysterious box that they had brought to ringside earlier with them. Sideshow fell on top of the prone Granite and got the pin to win the bout for himself and his newfound partner.

William Wealth continued his feud with Skulleeto that has spanned the course of a number of years as well as several promotions, as the two men collided in their first one-on-one match under the FWA Carolinas banner. Skulleeto hit some nice looking offensive maneuvers that had Wealth getting pummeled. Wealth continued to fight back and took control himself at several points in the match, but eventually Skulleeto hit a drop sleeper for the victory.

FWA World Women's Champion Amber Holly was prepared to defend her title against the challenge of internationally known ladies superstar Brandi Alexander, but before the match could get underway, GeeStar attacked Holly and badly damaged her right knee. Amber attempted to work through the injury and pulled off some nice headscissor variations for nearfalls, but the injury proved to be too much and she eventually was counted out of the ring. Although she retained her title via the countout, Amber was left in a great deal of pain outside the ring, with Alexander and GeeStar both insisting a rematch be made down the road.

FWA Carolinas Heavyweight Champion NiteStic Eddie Brown made his way down to the ring and again voiced his displeasure over FWA Carolinas not being able to find him suitable competition. Brown called out undercard grappler Kenny James and insisted that he would put the title on the line against James, before cheap shotting him with the belt. Once back in the ring NiteStic continued to pound on the challenger, but the battle was not as one-sided as one might think, as James fought back and even scored a few close nearfalls on the champion. NiteStic had to work a little harder for the victory than he anticipated, but in the end put James away with his trademark 911 (spinning gutwrench powerbomb) to retain the belt. Match was actually pretty competitive and better than most were expecting.

Slick Ric Converse, accompanied by Special K was out next to challenge new FWA Carolinas Cruiserweight Champion Sexton Tyler. Ric has been red hot lately and was looking to use his momentum to capture a major singles title in the FWA Carolinas. Sexton on the other hand, was looking to legitimize himself as a credible champion and on the same level as his brother who held the title for just under 13 months. The result was a tremendous contest that saw Converse dominate for much of the bout but be unable to fully put Sexton away. Special K got involved as well, helping out her man in every way possible at ringside, but it still wasn't enough to keep the champ down. A miscommunication eventually led to Special K tripping Converse by mistake, and Tyler capitalized on the mistake by nailing his vertical suplex into a diamond cutter and getting the pin. Excellent match; Tyler is well on the way to breaking from his reputation as "Mikael Yamaha's brother" and carving out his own niche, meanwhile Converse continues to steal just about every show he is on.

The Storm Brothers charged the ring with the FWA Carolinas Tag Team Titles, despite the fact that they were not the champions. Having stolen the belts last month at Heartbreak, the Storms insisted on a title rematch for Fallout, but L.A. Ca$h was unable to compete due to injuries sustained last month. Commissioner William Cross ordered the Storms to hand over the belts, which they reluctantly did, and then allowed J-Money to select a partner to take Ca$h's place. Money eventually produced Playboy Tripp and both men charged the ring and went toe-to-toe with the more experienced Storm Brothers. Money and Tripp simply could not get the tag team continuity that Money's accustomed to. Eventually, Iceman Joe Storm nailed a Death Valley Driver, followed by a top rope flying elbowdrop from Damien onto Money, which allowed the Storms to pick up the win and the championships.

In the main event, Mexico City's own Gemini Kid took on Mikael Yamaha in a Texas Death match. Gemini was accompanied to the ring by GeeStar for this all-important contest, where the first man to be unable to answer the ten count would lose the match. Gemini controlled Yamaha early on, until Mikael surprised his opponent with a series of armdrags and a dropkick that sent him through the ropes all the way into the first row. Mikael scored the first fall off a cross-bodyblock early in the bout, but Gemini was up at 2. Kid took Yamaha down with a STF several minutes later that saw Mikael tap, but he made it up at the count of 8 to continue the bout. Yamaha began utilizing some submission moves of his own, countering a leglace from Gemini and turning it into a sharpshooter for his second fall of the night. Gemini struggled, but made it back to his feet at the 8 count. Both guys continued to fight hard with Gemini locking on an inverted Indian deathlock, bridging on his neck and clamping on a chinlock as well to get what would be his final fall of the night. Yamaha eventually made it back to his feet at 6. Both men eventually went down following a high-impact superplex from Gemini and neither man could answer the ten count, but the match had to continue because of the "must be a winner" rules. Gemini was going for broke with a tiger driver, but Yamaha countered it, lifting Gemini up over his head and then dropping him face-first onto the canvas, in a move he calls the Yamakaze Driver. Yamaha scored a pinfall following the devastating move and finally put Kid down for the ten count to win the match. Just a phenomenal, grueling, tremendous match. ****1/4 at least, for those of you who keep track of that sort of thing.

I highly suggest visiting the CWF website or our boy Statmark and checking out the tape of this show. FWA Carolinas proves the depth of its talent roster by producing an extremely good show despite the absence of some of the "name" talent they usually feature. FWA Carolinas returns to Graham's Rec Center on Friday night, April 26th.