ESW WrestleBash Pictures
August 21st, 2004 from the Niagara Falls Catholic High School in Niagara Falls, NY

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New City Thugs Street Fight: J-Man beat R-Haz with the J-Man Slam.

R-Haz comes down the aisle

R-Haz HOOKS in an armbar on J-Man

R-Haz flings J-Man up on the stage

J-Man comes off the stage with a chairshot

J-Man flies across the ring for a spinning leg lariat

J-Man hits a second leg lariat

J-Man dives off a chair, clearing the top-rope, coming down on R-Haz outside the ring

R-Haz misses a senton bomb

J-Man hits the J-Man Slam for the victory

J-Man and R-Haz embrace

ESW Tag Team Title - Three-Way Elimination Match: Benjamin Smythe & Brandon Thurston beat Ryot & Sakura and Purple Rain & Grappler X.

Smythe and Thurston come down the aisle

Purple Rain bursts through the curtain

Ryot and Sakura come to the ring with the tag belts over their shoulders

Sakura dives at Smythe with a clothesline

Sakura hits a legdrop on Grappler X as Clayton T. McAllister looks on

Thurston tells the referee to ask Grappler X if he gives up

Purple Rain cleans house with bionic elbows

Chris Cooper attacks Grappler X from behind, going for the Flashover

Smythe and Thurston celebrate

Smythe, Thurston and Cooper walk up the aisle

Cooper raises the hands of the new tag team champions

The Playa's Club / TSK beat El Lucho Grande by submission with the Figure-Three.

J.T. Playa comes down the aisle to host the Playa's Club

TSK is introduced as his guest

Playa gets down on one knee as Clayton T. McAllister and TSK listen

El Lucho Grande returns

TSK locks in the Figure Three for the submission

TSK whips El Lucho with his belt

Cody Steele beat Sean Spears with the Completely Finished.

Cody Steele comes through the curtain

Sean Spears enters

Spears rolls up Steele with a cradle

Spears hits an inverted atomic drop

Spears twists Steele's wrist in a greco-roman knuckle lock

Spears and Steele, about to tie up

Spears hits Steele with a dropkick as Steele tries to skin the cat

Spears tries to pin Steele with a crucifix

Spears goes for a powerbomb

Spears sits out in a powerbomb

Spears goes for a frog splash, but Steele rolls out of the way

Steele hits the Completely Finished to get the pinfall

Table Match: Damien Alexander beat Eric Everlast by putting Everlast through a table with the Cardinal Sin.

Everlast hits a suplex

Alexander tries to pancake Everlast to the mat

Everlast throws powder in the eyes of referee Christopher Burns

Alexander and Everlast come off the apron, going through the table on the outside

Alexander and Everlast lay on the floor

They battle it out in the stands

Everlast brings Alexander in the ring with a vertical suplex

Everlast hits a chokeslam

Alexander hits a neckbreaker

ESW Interstate Title - Hair vs. Mask Match: Shade beat Randy Walker after the Mandible STO.

Shade crawls to the ring

ESW Interstate Champion, Randy Walker comes through the curtain

Walker gives Shade a neckbreaker

Ice chokes Shade on the floor

Walker wears Shade down in a stump puller

Shade puts Walker in the tarantula

Walker pulls referee Chuck Thomasulo in the way for a splash in the corner by Shade

Shade hits a moonasult plancha to Ice and Walker on the outside

Walker goes for the Gory Bomb

Shade sinks in the mandible claw

Shade hits the STO

Shade mists Walker

Walker's face

Shade saws away at Walker's hair

Close-up of Shade cutting Walker's hair

Walker's hair is cut with the scissors still stuck to his hair

Johnny Adams beat Danny Magic by disqualification.

Danny Magic comes through the curtain to wrestle in ESW for the first time in four months

Inferno runs through the curtain

Adams goes for a back heel kick, but it's caught by Magic

Magic tosses Adams over the top-rope

Magic punches Adams right in the face

Magic jumps off the apron

Magic puts Adams in a chinlock

Magic hits a DDT

Adams hits a reverse DDT

Adams hits a plancha on Magic

Magic throws a fireball at Christopher Burns

Adams hits the Incinerator

ESW Heavyweight Title Match (Special Referee: Dan Murphy): Jonny Puma beat Mastiff with a Jonny on the Spot off the ladder.

ESW Commissioner and special referee Dan Murphy comes down the aisle

Mastiff comes down the aisle with the ESW Heavyweight Title belt over his shoulder, ready to do battle

Murphy tries to get things under control as Puma and Mastiff brawl wildly

Mastiff hits a monkey flip

Puma puts Mastiff in a camel clutch

Mastiff plows Puma's legs out from under him as he climbs the ropes

Mastiff goes for a top-rope superplex

Mastiff and Puma come flying off the ropes

Puma hits a powerslam

Mastiff flies off the top-rope with a flying somersault plancha

Mastiff locks in the Sharpshooter

Puma throws beer at Murphy

Puma hits Mastiff in the head with a tire iron

Mastiff levels Puma with the ladder

Mastiff hits Puma with a vertical suplex on the ladder so hard, it broke the second rope

Mastiff attempts a superplex to the outside, but is blocked

Mastiff on the apron, almost falls off and onto the table

Puma puts Mastiff through the table with a sunset flip powerbomb off the apron

Mastiff lays on the broken table

Puma goes for the Jonny on the Spot

Mastiff puts Puma up for the Crude Awakening

Mastiff climbs the ladder

Mastiff stands on the top rung

Mastiff dives off with a massive headbutt, but misses as Puma barely rolls out of the way

Puma sits Mastiff on the ladder and climbs

Mastiff flies face first off the ladder for the Jonny on the Spot

The new ESW Heavyweight Champion is awarded the belt and helped from the ring by Ice as Murphy looks on

Puma is carried to the back by Ice, holding the title

After his reign comes to an end, Mastiff finally gets to his feet and is given a standing ovation