FIP New Year's Classic

FIP New Year’s Classic (1/7/2005)- Lakeland, FL

BRIAN GAMBLE vs. MIKE SHANE (w/Ron Niemi)- squash

SCOOT ANDREWS & RYZE vs. THE HEARTBREAK EXPRESS- 2/10
A formulaic tag team match in which they utterly failed to make me care about anything they did.

SETH DELAY vs. VORDELL WALKER- 3.5/10
The low rating is because this match was extremely short, but it did leave me wanting to see more of both guys.

PUMA vs. AZRIEAL (w/CM Punk)- 6.25/10
Decent pre-match promo by Punk. We also got a post-match promo by Punk which led into…

ANTONIO BANKS vs. CM PUNK (w/Azrieal)- 4/10
They took forever to actually start wrestling. Once they stopped stalling it was okay, but the finish looked extremely weak.

SAMOA JOE vs. RODERICK STRONG- 7/10
This was billed as a �"Strong Style Challenge” and it most certainly lived up to that name.

JERELLE CLARK & SAL RINAURO vs. �"FAST” EDDIE VEGAS & JIMMY RAVE (w/Dave Prazak)-6.5/10

FIP HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Homicide(c) vs. James Gibson- 7.75/10

AFTERMATH- great build to tomorrow night.

Overall, a good show from FIP.