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A wrestling forum poster's write-up:
No charges were ever filed
You get curbstomped onto a barbed-wire ladder and don't press charges???
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On June 21, 2008, the IWA-MS held a match for its third annual Queen of the Deathmatch tournement, which booked Deathmatch Queen veteran Mickie Knuckles against "The White Lion" Mike Levy. Mike Levy was an untrained wrestler who had expressed interest in competing in the tournament, and by some wrestling-based message boards, Ian Rotten learned of this and flew in Mike Levy as a joke. The match was supposed to be a squash win for Mickie, but in the course of the match, Mike Levy began to attempt some offense of his own, including a few stiff headbutts and weapon shots, but due to his inexperience, his technique was awkward, and he infuriated Mickie. They continued to have a stiff match, with Mickie eventually defeating Mike Levy.
After the match, promoters Devon Moore and Tank ran out to the ring and proceeded to assault Mike Levy viciously, including full-force kicks in the head and leaping stomps, first by Moore then by the heavier Tank, from the second-rope which caused Levy's face to impact with an aluminum ladder with gut-wrenching force. Ian Rotten joined in on the beatdown, and he, along with Tank and Devon Moore, all shot insulting promos on Levy, and told him to "learn how to sell." Even Ian's young son took a kendo stick to Levy's back, asking his father for permission first.
Towards the end of the attack, Ian Rotten took Knuckles to his side and told the crowd that because of Mike Levy's inexperience, Mickie was left with a "knot on her head" and could potentially ruin her TV deal (Ian was referencing appearances in broadcasted wrestling federation TNA)
After the match, promoters Devon Moore and Tank ran out to the ring and proceeded to assault Mike Levy viciously, including full-force kicks in the head and leaping stomps, first by Moore then by the heavier Tank, from the second-rope which caused Levy's face to impact with an aluminum ladder with gut-wrenching force. Ian Rotten joined in on the beatdown, and he, along with Tank and Devon Moore, all shot insulting promos on Levy, and told him to "learn how to sell." Even Ian's young son took a kendo stick to Levy's back, asking his father for permission first.
Towards the end of the attack, Ian Rotten took Knuckles to his side and told the crowd that because of Mike Levy's inexperience, Mickie was left with a "knot on her head" and could potentially ruin her TV deal (Ian was referencing appearances in broadcasted wrestling federation TNA)
A wrestling forum poster's write-up:
I found out about this yesterday, but I believe it happened in 2008.
The set-up:
Ian Rotten presents Queen of the Deathmatch. A barely trained (if that) man named Mike Levy (w/ gross body, as per) asks/is asked to compete in a match to put over lady garbage wrestler Mickie Knuckles. He was to get beaten up, sell, and job.
The reality:
Outside a bowling alley (?!?!?!?!?!) a small gathering of fans await the next bout. You can't smell it on the video but you know there's a meat smell around. Mickie and Mike make their entrances. The match begins. Mickie starts out working stiffish, as a wrestler is likely to do with a guy that can't be trusted to make it look good. Levy's job was to get a battering, but soon he hits her with a stiff knee to the face, and then awkward stiff headbutts to her cranium. This busts her open. She isn't happy. She smacks him around with stiff forearms to his face, bludgeons him with a baseball bat, destroys him with a drinks bottle. Eventually she pins him.
The aftermath:
Two of Rotten's cohorts jump the ring and get on the mic to berate Mike Levy. Now, whenever something like this happens on an indy show, one might think it's a work, but the rest of the video is so intense I can't believe no one was brought up on attempted murder charges. Cohort 1 grabs Levy's arms and pulls them back, so his belly remains on the floor but his head and face hover a foot off a barbed wire wrapped ladder, lying on the mat. Cohort 2 does a double foot stomp from the top of the ladder onto the back of Levy's head, while Cohort 1 fails to release his arms. If you ever wondered exactly how resilient a human skull is, you'll learn something here. His head smashes down onto the ladder. It's the worst thing I've ever seen in wrestling, and I stood 3 foot away while Masada took my beer bottle, broke it and plunged it into the face of another man.
It was so disgusting and violent an action, you think that maybe they must not've realised the effects of their actions. Maybe that would stand up in court. But then they did it a second time, with the much fatter cohort coming down on Levy (who was struggling to remove himself from the situation). They berate him more and kick him hard in the face a few times. Audience members clap.
Ian Rotten comes out, beats Levy with a barbwire crutch. Levy takes a moment on the floor outside to contemplate. Bloody and ripped and panting, the concrete around him glimmers and shimmers like the night sky as the sun, witness to all life's horrors, sporadically illuminates glass debris.
Rotten gets on the mic, accuses Levy of ruining Knuckle's chances in TNA. Rotten's pre-teen son attacks Levy with a stick, breaking it into pieces, but relentless, with the fury only a 10 year old with Ian Rotten as a parent could have. Someone shouts at Levy about selling. A cohort flattens him with a chairshot, Levy actually sells, so someone makes fun of him for selling. Rotten's kid kicks Levy in the head. Mickie Knuckles returns so that Rotten can flaunt her headwound. She seems upset and leaves as fast as her re-entry.
A man starts to pull Levy's trousers and pants down, and as you contemplate the idea that he might soon suffer an anal rape, the only surprise comes from your total lack of surprise. With this atmosphere it seems almost inevitable. They abandon the idea, momentarily, so that Levy can be suplexed back first onto the legs of a commode. His legs are then tied up into the elastic in his underpants, and poor Levy is left for dead, as victim of and punished for, the inability of promoters to book trained wrestlers.
The set-up:
Ian Rotten presents Queen of the Deathmatch. A barely trained (if that) man named Mike Levy (w/ gross body, as per) asks/is asked to compete in a match to put over lady garbage wrestler Mickie Knuckles. He was to get beaten up, sell, and job.
The reality:
Outside a bowling alley (?!?!?!?!?!) a small gathering of fans await the next bout. You can't smell it on the video but you know there's a meat smell around. Mickie and Mike make their entrances. The match begins. Mickie starts out working stiffish, as a wrestler is likely to do with a guy that can't be trusted to make it look good. Levy's job was to get a battering, but soon he hits her with a stiff knee to the face, and then awkward stiff headbutts to her cranium. This busts her open. She isn't happy. She smacks him around with stiff forearms to his face, bludgeons him with a baseball bat, destroys him with a drinks bottle. Eventually she pins him.
The aftermath:
Two of Rotten's cohorts jump the ring and get on the mic to berate Mike Levy. Now, whenever something like this happens on an indy show, one might think it's a work, but the rest of the video is so intense I can't believe no one was brought up on attempted murder charges. Cohort 1 grabs Levy's arms and pulls them back, so his belly remains on the floor but his head and face hover a foot off a barbed wire wrapped ladder, lying on the mat. Cohort 2 does a double foot stomp from the top of the ladder onto the back of Levy's head, while Cohort 1 fails to release his arms. If you ever wondered exactly how resilient a human skull is, you'll learn something here. His head smashes down onto the ladder. It's the worst thing I've ever seen in wrestling, and I stood 3 foot away while Masada took my beer bottle, broke it and plunged it into the face of another man.
It was so disgusting and violent an action, you think that maybe they must not've realised the effects of their actions. Maybe that would stand up in court. But then they did it a second time, with the much fatter cohort coming down on Levy (who was struggling to remove himself from the situation). They berate him more and kick him hard in the face a few times. Audience members clap.
Ian Rotten comes out, beats Levy with a barbwire crutch. Levy takes a moment on the floor outside to contemplate. Bloody and ripped and panting, the concrete around him glimmers and shimmers like the night sky as the sun, witness to all life's horrors, sporadically illuminates glass debris.
Rotten gets on the mic, accuses Levy of ruining Knuckle's chances in TNA. Rotten's pre-teen son attacks Levy with a stick, breaking it into pieces, but relentless, with the fury only a 10 year old with Ian Rotten as a parent could have. Someone shouts at Levy about selling. A cohort flattens him with a chairshot, Levy actually sells, so someone makes fun of him for selling. Rotten's kid kicks Levy in the head. Mickie Knuckles returns so that Rotten can flaunt her headwound. She seems upset and leaves as fast as her re-entry.
A man starts to pull Levy's trousers and pants down, and as you contemplate the idea that he might soon suffer an anal rape, the only surprise comes from your total lack of surprise. With this atmosphere it seems almost inevitable. They abandon the idea, momentarily, so that Levy can be suplexed back first onto the legs of a commode. His legs are then tied up into the elastic in his underpants, and poor Levy is left for dead, as victim of and punished for, the inability of promoters to book trained wrestlers.
No charges were ever filed
There will be no criminal charges filed stemming from the Mike Levy beating in Sellersburg, Indiana several weeks ago at the IWA Mid-South Queen of the Death Match tournament.
“They all say — even the young man [Levy] who was in the wrestling match — that it’s part of the show,” Sellersburg Chief of Police Russ Whelan told the Jefferson, Indiana Evening News and Tribune newspaper. “I don’t know if I agree with that. I’ve got mixed feelings.”
The Indiana State Police have also dropped an investigation into the incident.
IWA Mid-South owner Ian Rotten blamed the investigation on competing independent promoters trying to cause trouble. Rotten had previously told Louisville, Kentucky WLKY channel 32 that the beating was scripted and while Levy was taking stiff shots, he knew the beating was coming and it was just part of the show.
When fans online began to complain about the incident, Rotten wrote on the IWA website's message board: "If you want the real story, buy the DVD. The kid got an ass whipping for what I, and many others, feel was all the right reasons. He did not go to the hospital. As a matter of fact, he came back after getting cleaned up to watch the rest of the show. He was told he would be brought back and was grateful for that so I guess he could not be too bad off. I promise, he's face does not look anywhere near as bad as Mickie's does these morning. The kid was not beat up as people are putting it. If he was beat up by the wrestlers who were out there, he be lying in a hospital bed right now. End of story!"
“They all say — even the young man [Levy] who was in the wrestling match — that it’s part of the show,” Sellersburg Chief of Police Russ Whelan told the Jefferson, Indiana Evening News and Tribune newspaper. “I don’t know if I agree with that. I’ve got mixed feelings.”
The Indiana State Police have also dropped an investigation into the incident.
IWA Mid-South owner Ian Rotten blamed the investigation on competing independent promoters trying to cause trouble. Rotten had previously told Louisville, Kentucky WLKY channel 32 that the beating was scripted and while Levy was taking stiff shots, he knew the beating was coming and it was just part of the show.
When fans online began to complain about the incident, Rotten wrote on the IWA website's message board: "If you want the real story, buy the DVD. The kid got an ass whipping for what I, and many others, feel was all the right reasons. He did not go to the hospital. As a matter of fact, he came back after getting cleaned up to watch the rest of the show. He was told he would be brought back and was grateful for that so I guess he could not be too bad off. I promise, he's face does not look anywhere near as bad as Mickie's does these morning. The kid was not beat up as people are putting it. If he was beat up by the wrestlers who were out there, he be lying in a hospital bed right now. End of story!"
You get curbstomped onto a barbed-wire ladder and don't press charges???
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