IWA Mid-South Wrestling to shut down

Longtime Indiana/Illinois based independent promotion IWA Mid-South Wrestling will shut down, a victim of financial issues. The hardcore promotion will finish operations with Friday's King of the Crimson Mask show in Bellevue, Illinois.

Even before the current poor economy, the Ian Rotten owned operation always seemed to exist on the financial edge with rumors of its demise never far away. IWA-MS gained notoriety in Kentucky for its hardcore matches, especially its death match tournaments.

The style of wrestling forced IWA-MS out of Kentucky in favor of Indiana and Illinois. In fairness, IWA-MS did come to feature more than its fair share of technical showcases as well with CM Punk,and Nigel McGuinness among those to have graced the promotion over the years.

The swan song show for the promotion will feature IWA-MS owner Ian Rotten against Mad Man Pondo in a rematch of the company's first show main event.