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AIW Absolute Debut
| Date: Thu, May 19th 2005 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: Peabody's Down Under, Cleveland, Ohio | Promotion: AIW |
| Attendance: 300 |
Matches for Absolute Debut
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. T. Lightning | def. | Chris Cronus | ||||
| 2 | The Thrillbilly | def. | Thomas Von Erich | ||||
| 3 | Jay Violence & Perry Greene | def. | The Unknown & Virus | ||||
| 4 | Michael Hutter | def. | John Thorne | ||||
| 5 | Ali Stevens | def. | Brian Backstreet, The Dragon | three-way | |||
| 6 | Matt Cross | def. | Vincent Nothing | ||||
| 7 | Nick Tatum | def. | Moonshine Muck McGee | Gauntlet | |||
| 8 | Nick Tatum | def. | Kevin Baker | Gauntlet | |||
| 9 | Nick Tatum | def. | Dominic Justice & Xavier Justice | handicap gauntlet match | |||
| 10 | Nick Tatum | draw (NC) | Adam Cage | Gauntlet | |||
| 11 | Frankie Vino & Romeo Vino | def. | Agent P. Money & Jay Cash | ||||
| 12 | Dios Salvador | def. (DQ) | Josh Prohibition | ||||