ESW May-hem Pictures
May 15th, 2004 from the Eldredge Bicycle Club in Tonawanda, NY

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Mastiff Interview

Dan Murphy comes down the aisle, given a sweater by the fans

Mastiff crowd surfs

Mastiff says, "No one comes into this ring and bad-mouths ESW!"

Cody Steele runs away from Mastiff

ESW Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Match: Benjamin Smythe & Brandon Thurston beat Scott & Steve Davidson and the All-Knighters (Joey Knight & Kevin Grace) when Thurston pinned Steve Davidson.

Brandon Thurston comes out with Benjamin Smythe behind

The Davidsons come down the aisle

The All-Knighters make their entrance through the balcony

The All-Knighters dance by the railway

Joey Knight dances on the edge of the balcony

The All-Knighters swim on the turnbuckles

Joey Knight clotheslines Smythe over the top-rope

Scott Davidson slingshots Thurston into the corner

The All-Knighters give Thurston a double bulldog

Kevin Grace slingshots over the ropes to hit Thurston with a somersault senton

Smythe tries to back body drop Grace over the top-rope

Grace rolls over Smythe's back

Grace flies over the top-rope with a pescado on Smythe

Thurston jumps off the apron with a clothesline on Grace

The Davidsons lift Grace up for a slingshot suplex

Joey Knight cleans house

Kevin Grace hits a flying crossbody on everyone in the ring

Grace and Knight hit a backdrop-powerbomb cominbation on Steve Davidson

"Inferno" Johnny Adams beat "Coverboy" Cade Cassidy by countout.

Cade Cassidy comes through the curtain

Adams makes his entrance

Adams hits a sunset flip

Cassidy falls over the ropes as Adams attacks him

Adams sits out for a slam

Cassidy hits a neckbreaker

Adams hits an inverted DDT

Adams hangs Cassidy up with a vertical suplex

Omen beat A.C. O'Reily after the Last Goodbye.

A.C. O'Reily hits Omen with a running enzuigiri

Omen drops a leg on O'Reily over the ropes

Omen lays in a kick to the midsection

Omen ends the match with the Last Goodbye

Derek Wylde beat Randy Walker after the Inside-Out Bomb.

Walker tries to pull Wylde out of the ring

Wylde lands on Walker

Ice attacks Wylde's injured arm, using the ropes

Wylde springboards for an Asai moonsault

Wylde barrells onto Walker

Walker goes down after a springboard spinning leg lariat

Walker gives Wylde a flipping German suplex off the top

Wylde takes the match with the Inside-Out Bomb

ESW Tag Team Title: Sakura & Dre Gibson beat Purple Rain & Grappler X when Sakura pinned Purple Rain to become new champions.

Accompanied by Clayton T. McAllister, Dre Gibson and Sakura make their entrance

Grappler X puts Sakura in a figure-four

Purple Rain grabs Grappler X's arm for leverage and pulls with the fans

Sakura wriths in pain as the figure-four is applied

Purple Rain looks for a test of strength with Dre Gibson

Gibson overpowers both Purple Rain and Grappler X

Gibson gives Grappler X a belly-to-belly suplex

Sakura looks to grind Purple Rain's already bloodied face against the ropes

Sakura hits a dropkick to the face on Grappler X while Gibson holds him in a Boston crab

Sakura and Gibson finish off Purple Rain with their Samoan Drop-flying somersault neckbreaker finisher

Sakura hooks Purple Rain's leg as Gibson covers Grappler X

New ESW Tag Team Champions, Dre Gibson and Sakura

Jonny Puma beat Damien Alexander by pinfall.

Damien Alexander enters

Alexander boots a chair into Puma's face

Alexander throws Puma's head into the chair

Alexander hits a slingshot legdrop

Puma drills Alexander across the back with the chair

Puma chokes Alexander with his belt

Puma continues to try to choke Alexander out

Puma breaks a crutch across his back

Puma comes off the top-rope with a flying clothesline

Alexander rifles Puma through the snackbar window

Alexander goes to hit Puma with a cookie sheet

Puma tries to get up in the corner

Alexander flips Puma off the ropes, through a table

Puma goes through the table

Alexander is attacked by a newcomer to ESW

Alexander gets hit with a chokeslam

ESW Interstate Title: Shade beat J-Man with a huracanrana to retain the title.

Shade gives J-Man a flying headscissors

Shade hooks in the mandible claw

Shade hits the STO

J-Man comes back to hit the J-Man Slam

Shade jumps on J-Man

Shade rolls J-Man up for the huracanrana to take the match and keep the Interstate Title

J-Man on the outside after being misted

J-Man stumbles to the back with mist on his face

Hardcore Handicap Match: Crazy Cris Cavana and Edgar beat TSK when Edgar pinned TSK.

Crazy Cris Cavana and Edgar come down the aisle

TSK chokes Cavana over the ropes

Cavana goes for a flying axhandle, but TSK looks to counter

TSK throws a refridgorator door on Cavana

TSK crushes Cavana with the ringsteps

Cavana hits the Straight Jacket

Cavana gorilla presses Edgar on TSK for the pin

ESW Heavyweight Title: Mastiff beat Cody Steele after the Crude Awakening to retain the title.

Mastiff pulls Steele in the ring by the hair

Mastiff gets a headlock with Steele's legs hanging over the ropes

Steele hits a neckbreaker

Mastiff gives Steele a T-Bone Suplex

Mastiff locks in the Sharpshooter

Mastiff flies off the top-rope for a diving headbutt, but Steele would move

Cody Steele comes back to give Steele a diving headbutt of his own

Mastiff hits the Crude Awakening

Mastiff kicks out of a pin attempt

Jennifer Blake accidentally slaps Steele

Mastiff hits the second Crude Awakening of the match

Mastiff rolls up the legs for the win

Referee Chuck Thomasulo raises Mastiff's hand

Mastiff holds the ESW Heavyweight Title

Mastiff raises the belt

Mastiff, on the ropes, celebrating