LPW Body Count

LPW Body Count was a professional e-wrestling pay-per-view produced by Lords of Pain Wrestling (LPW), presented by its Insanity brand. The event took place at the Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, Ireland during the 14.5 cycle on August 17, 2009. The official theme song was "Undead" by Hollywood Undead.

During the cycle, Insanity GM Little Red entered every Insanity and select Inferno superstars into a brand-wide competition called Body Count. The premise of the competition was for the top five wrestlers who could tally the highest Body Count (beating the most opponents in their matches) by the end of the cycle would face X for the LPW World Heavyweight Championship in the second-ever DeathCube Match. After four stages, the five qualifiers consisted of The Rabbi, Wevv Mang, Villiano 187, Inferno's Eddie B, and Hatchet Ryda (who defeated 19 other superstars in a Royal Beanstalk match to qualify).

In the DeathCube main event, Hatchet Ryda outlasted his five opponents to win the LPW World Heavyweight Championship, last eliminating Eddie. During the post-match celebration, LPW CEO D. Hammond Samuels and Little Red came out to criticize Hatchet's marketability as champion. After beating down Hatchet and containing Hatchet's allies by aid of Public Enemy Risk Control and the CRASH Unit, Samuels reunited The Illuminati with SoL, Phantom Lord, and Krimson Mask. As the prison riot escalated, The Illuminati escaped by helicopter.

In other matches, cYnical defeated ex-lover Little Red in a No-DQ match, Ash Strife defeated Justus, and Andy Savana won the LPW Hardcore Championship when he defeated Hatchet Ryda earlier in the night, defeating him in Solitary Confinement.

Background
At the conclusion of the Inferno pay-per-view, Take No Prisoners, Insanity GM Little Red's protective monster Krimson Mask defeated Drew Michaels by disqualification. After the match, Krimson Mask held Michaels in the ring when Inferno's mysterious GM The Boss made his first public appearance, revealing himself to be the vile D. Hammond Samuels. With the GMs allied, Samuels announced that he had leveraged a buyout of LPW through his media conglomerate, Public Enemy Multimedia, LLC. Due to Michaels' unintentional decisions, company stock hit an all-time low, and Samuels was able to swoop in and purchase LPW at a fraction of the original bargaining price.

With LPW under Samuels authority, Insanity GM Little Red devised a brand-wide competition called Body Count, in which every Insanity and select Inferno superstars were scheduled to compete. The premise of the competition was for the top five wrestlers who could tally the highest Body Count (beating the most opponents in their matches) by the end of the cycle would face X for the LPW World Heavyweight Championship in the second-ever DeathCube Match.

Insanity LIVE from Sydney
The first stage was held at Insanity LIVE from Sydney, in which the majority of matches consisted of tag team bouts in which the winning team would be awarded +2 points. It was also here that the unthinkable alliance of Samuels and Krimson Mask gained power, when the two ended the 22-month LPW Tag Team Championship reign of the MWA's Tromboner Man and RaTo to win the LPW Undisputed World Tag Team Championship.

Insanity LIVE from Athens
The second stage held at Insanity LIVE from Athens put emphasis on Insanity's hardcore division. Backstage Brawls also became a factor, with wrestlers given free reign to attack each other backstage to gain Body Count points. Once the night concluded, Wevv Mang, Villiano 187, and Shock were tied for the lead with +5 points apiece. In the main event, Hatchet Ryda successfully retained the LPW Hardcore Championship over Killswitch, but after the match he was betrayed by his Psych Ward best friend, Andy Savana. Using Killswitch's cattle prod, Savana zapped Hatchet unconscious, then announced he had decided to join Sudden Death.

Insanity LIVE from the USS Bainbridge
The third stage was held at Insanity LIVE from the USS Bainbridge off the Atlantic coast of Lisbon, Portugal. The stipulation of the night was the individual who had the highest amount of Body Count points would gain automatic entry into the DeathCube with a bye week the following show. Pope Fred defeated Steve Monroe to steal his points, then later beat Tromboner Man in a Twitter match to finish at +8 points. Villiano 187 defeated Big B. Brown and co-leaders Mang and Shock to also finish at +8 points. But it was The Rabbi who scored an upset victory over Ash Strife to retain the LPW Transatlantic Championship, and in the process, acquire Strife's points per pre-match stipulation. With +9 points, Rabbi was the first entrant for the DeathCube and awarded a bye the following week.

Insanity LIVE from Glasgow
The fourth and final stage took place at Insanity LIVE from Glasgow. In an All or Nothing match, Wevv Mang and Shock wagered their +5 points apiece. Mang gained the victory after reversing a superplex into a sunset-flip powerbomb, thus clinching his spot with +11 points. Despite both having +8 points, Villiano 187 defeated Pope Fred to clinch his spot with +9 points, while also forcing Pope to wait and see if he would gain entry. In the first-ever Royal Beanstalk match, 20 LPW e-wrestlers who were at or under +3 points competed for the fifth DeathCube spot. Entering as the first entrant, Hatchet Ryda outlasted the field to grab the Golden Harp and reach the bottom of the beanstalk ring before runner-up Ash Strife could catch him. In the main event qualification match, after stalking X for a full year after he was eliminated by him at Redemption during the Inferno Seven match, Inferno's Eddie B. defeated X in a non-title match to qualify as the final entrant, despite Pope Fred's interference.

After four stages, the five DeathCube qualifiers consisted of The Rabbi, Wevv Mang, Villiano 187, Hatchet Ryda, and Eddie B.

Preliminary matches
Body Count was held from Kilmainham Gaol, former jailhouse for Ireland’s deadliest criminals. The opening match featured a grudge match between the masked Genocide against newcomer Black Reaper, who dropped Phantom's pupil Dr. Wagner 15 feet from the top of the Royal Beanstalk during the Glasgow show. Reaper wasted no time as he dived over the top rope onto Genocide to start the match on the outside. Reaper took the fight into the stands until Genocide caught him with a spinning back fist. The masked man pushed Reaper into the ring, applying a chinlock to wear down the rookie. Reaper retook control after connecting with a dropkick and roaring elbow, then locked on the Repentance sharpshooter until a rope break ended the rally. Hoping to finish the match, Reaper went to the top rope, but Genocide caught Reaper with a low blow, then piledrove Reaper with a tombstone from the second rope. After the match, Genocide cut a promo directed at Villiano 187 and other participants in the DeathCube match, then preached the Lord’s Prayer in Gaelic.

The next match-up featured Hatchet Ryda defending the LPW Hardcore Championship against former-friend-now-enemy, Andy Savana, held in Solitary Confinement under the dwellars of Kilmainham Gaol. The winner would be the first man to escape confinement. Hatchet entered the sub-basement when Savana attacked him with a chain, choking him out after he had mapped out the location. With Hatchet down, Savana took out a baton and clubbed the Hardcore Champion until getting kicked in the mid-section. Hatchet drove Savana into a water sink, but again Savana pulled out another trick by handcuffing himself to his former Psych Ward friend, where Hatchet hip-tossed him into the camera man. Hatchet scrambled for the tazor that was dropped and zapped Savana in the water, but amazingly Savana was prepared with a rubber wet suit that countered most of the shock. Hatchet Ryda refused the pain, hulking up as Savana ran for the exit. Just as Hatchet was about to catch him, Savana revealed a bean bag shotgun, shooting the Wicked Clown in the stomach to drop him. Savana walked out the exit to become the new LPW Hardcore Champion, leaving Hatchet questionable for the DeathCube as he was rushed to a hospital.

In a backstage vignette, Son of Shockey warned the roster that he would cure Insanity of its Insanity upon his return to the ring.

Third on the card was a Lights Out match between the Psych Ward's Blackwell against Sudden Death's Black Ada stemming from Ada's kidnapping of Blackwell's girlfriend Cristine during the Royal Beanstalk. The match started traditionally until falling out to the arena floor where Ada DDT'd Blackwell into the concrete floor. Despite the move, Blackwell managed to get up, grabbing weapons from prisoners in the audience. Continuing the match, Blackwell got nailed with an Ada-assisted kendo stick, then planting a barstool into Blackwell's leg. Black Ada looked to finish the match by applying a camel clutch, but Cristine came out to cheer her man. Boosted by her presence, Blackwell broke out of the hold, and dropped Ada with a Mafia Kick. After slamming him in the back of the head with a chair, Blackwell grabbed Ada out on the apron and hit the Childhood's End on the steel ringsteps to black out Black Ada.

Steve Monroe, the self-made Rookies Champion, defended his created title against former Cult tag team partner, Kafu. The match started with Monroe and Kafu unleashing a series of punches and power moves, with neither big man gaining an advantage. Hoping to take away Monroe's legs, Kafu wrenched on a figure-four leglock until Monroe got out. Intimidated by Monroe's strength, Kafu escaped the ring and suplexed the Rookies Champion into the ring steps, hoping to gain a count-out victory. Before the count of nine, Monroe rolled back into the ring, reversing a Twist of Fate then hitting the Path of Light to successfully retain his title.

Backstage, bounty hunter Aran Matthews was searching for his opponent, the Canadian fugitive Killswitch. Equipped with a tazor, Matthews was shocked to get tazored himself by Killswitch, leaving him seizuring as Killswitch escaped with the win and his freedom.

The following match featured two leaders from the Body Count competition, Pope Fred against Shock, in a match to determine the number one contender to the LPW Transatlantic Championship. The match started with Pope Fred's boyfriend Zest getting into an altercation with Shock's manager, Aiden Irving. While Pope Fred tried to break-up the skirmish, Shock elbowed Pope down and grabbed Pope's manager Roseanne into a Shock Bomb. Before Shock could hit it, Pope clipped Shock from behind and spiked him with a DDT. With Shock on the ground, Pope Fred hit the Leap of Faith from the top rope to gain the quick victory.

Backstage, Genocide was seen walking into Little Red's office, leaving many spectators to speculate.