Friday, September 30, 2011

WWE Smackdown

-Live(on 72-hour tape delay) from St. Louis, MO...your hosts are Josh Mathews, Booker T, and some other guy.
-World Champion Mark Henry d. The Great Khali(n/t) after two big splashes and the World's Strongest Slam. Henry took out Khali after the match with a Vaderbomb onto Khali's chair-wrapped leg.
-Jack Swagger(w/ U.S. Champion Dolph Ziggler & Vickie Guerrero) d. Tag Team Champion Evan Bourne(w/ Kofi Kingston) via anklelock. Well, at least he made it onto the show this time around.
-Sin Cara d. Heath Slater with a swanton bomb. The other Sin Cara debuted a new black outfit and said that the original had stolen his Mistico identity in Mexico so now he's stolen this identity...the Sin Caras will face each other at the PPV.
-Women's Champion Kelly K d. Natalya Neidhart(w/ Beth Phoenix)(n/t) via victory roll but was attacked by Beth and Nattie after the match.
-Sheamus O'Shaunessy d. Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes by DQ when Christian Cage broke up a Celtic Edge attempt and dropped Sheamus with the Killswitch, marking the second time this week that Christian has cost Sheamus a chance at winning the I-C Title. Maybe he should have let Sheamus win the belt and then he'd have a title shot at the PPV...
-Zack Ryder d. J.T.G. with the Rough Ryder.
-Randy Orton fought Christian Cage to a double countout(see, NO ONE gets to win in their hometown!). Orton set up to destroy Christian on the broadcast table but Cody Rhodes ran out to attack Orton. Sheamus made the save and took out Rhodes with the Brogue Kick before chasing off Christian...but Mark Henry came out to pick up the pieces. Henry easily blocked an RKO attempt to deliver the World's Strongest Slam. Henry went for a chair to finish the job, but took too long and Randy finally caught him with an RKO to close the show.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Wrestling TV

WWE NXT5.com

Live(on a slight delay) from St. Louis, MO...your hosts are Jack Korpela & S. William Regal.

J.T.G. & Darren Young kick off the show...after their recent run of success, they have their eyes on tag team gold. However, Jimmy & Jey Uso take issue with this...as long as the tag team division seems to have a safe haven on this show, we might as well have a feud. A fan yells out to J.T.G. that "Shad was better!"...ouch. J.T.G. insults the Usos' family and then bails from the ring with Young...sounds like a main event to me.

Yoshi Tatsu vs. Jinder Mahal: With Yoshi's new look, maybe some different music is in order. Looks like the lower rungs of the WWE ranks are continuing to find their way to this show...nothing wrong with that as long as they get some time to work. Korpela notes that Mahal's WWE TV debut was a win over Yoshi...we'll see if history repeats itself. This match definitely lasts longer than their previous contest...Yoshi fights out of a superplex but misses the spinning heel kick off the top rope. That gives Mahal the opening to finish with the Sands Of Time v2.0(full nelson slam)...was definitely a tougher fight this time around.

Hornswoggle meets up with Titus O'Neil and A.J. Lee backstage...the midget seems to understand that Maxine Perez is just trying to break them up. However, he's apparently going to spend more time on Smackdown rather than on NXT(by virtue of a lengthy greeting card that Titus reads for him). Even A.J. has to comment that SHE'S on Smackdown TOO...heh.

Percy Watson vs. Tyson Kidd: OH YEAH~! I miss the glasses. Kidd outmaneuvers Percy with his aerial offense...but Watson can take to the air himself. Showtime Splash gets a two-count, but Percy goes to the air once too often and Kidd kicks him off the ropes. Swinging fisherman buster sets up a springboard elbowdrop from three-quarters of the way across the ring and that seals the deal for the last graduate of the Hart Dungeon.

Matt Striker interviews Mahal...Mahal doesn't want to hear about The Great Khali as he's focused on his own career now.

Jimmy & Jey Uso vs. J.T.G. & Darren Young: The commentators note that J.T.G.'s claims of being a tag team specialist aren't exactly founded in reality as he has a grand total of zero Tag Team Title reigns on his resume...heh. Korpela notes the importance of winning NXT, then realizes he only has Wade Barrett to use as a positive example(Kaval's gone, Kaitlyn Bonin and Johnny Curtis are barely on TV). Young takes out Jimmy Uso with a sick back suplex onto the edge of the ring apron...OW. Regal notes the point of repeated attempts at a pin cover(forcing the opponent to exert energy to kick out). J.T.G. and Young do a great job of cutting off the ring...but Jimmy gets in a desperation Samoan Drop on J.T.G. Tags on both sides and Jey's a grass hut afire! Jimmy re-enters the fray for a double superkick on J.T.G., then Jey escapes the Strongbuster to land a singular superkick on Young! Tag to Jimmy to finish the job as they land the Headshrinker Splash, allowing Jimmy to pin Young for the win. The Usos celebrate their victory...but remember what I said about the lower echelon finding its way here? BAM, Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins attack the Usos from behind! Ladies and gentlemen, we have a tag team division again.

TNA XPlosion

Brutus Magnus(w/ Douglas Williams) d. Jesse Sorensen; the referee was distracted by Williams and Kid Kash ran out to shove Sorensen off the top rope, allowing Magnus to win with the Mag-Daddy Driver.

TNA Impact

Brian Kendrick won a five-way ladder match with Alex Shelley, Jesse Sorensen, Shiima Xion, and Kid Kash for the X-Division Title shot at Austin Aries at Bound For Glory, retrieving the contract from above the ring. Aries did commentary for the match.

Jesse Neal(w/ Shannon Moore) vs. Tag Team Champion Shawn Hernandez(w/ Anarquia, Sarita Stock, & Rosita Fly) never started as the heels jumped the faces in the aisleway and destroyed them, ending with Sarita & Rosita tagging them in spraypaint with "MA" for "Mexican America". Ink Inc. had a close encounter with the tag champs at a tattoo parlor last week(as seen in a WACKY VIGNETTE~!).

Madison Rayne d. Women's Tag Team Champion Tara Varon with a double-leg pin and feet on the ropes to qualify for the four-way dance for the Women's Title at Bound For Glory.

"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero d. Ken Anderson; Brother Devon's sons got physically involved when the fight spilled out of the ring, sparking an argument between Pope, Devon, and his sons. The referee was occupied with restoring order at ringside and didn't see Bully Ray climb over the guardrail and bash Anderson with a kendo stick...it wasn't clear if Pope was aware of that interference, but he still re-entered the ring and covered Anderson for the three-count.

Bobby Roode d. A.J. Styles; Roode avoided the Pele Kick(FAMILIARITY~! as almost everyone gets hit by that) and got him in the Crippler Crossface for the tapout.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

This Week In Wrestling

Dark match tonight was reportedly Leo Kruger(current FCW Heavyweight Champion) over Johnny Curtis via El Cheapo De Rollup Reversal...didn't go to the show. The post-show dark match had Randy Orton defeat World Champion Mark Henry by DQ when Christian Cage and U.S. Champion Dolph Ziggler ran in, only to eat RKOs as Henry retreated from the ring.

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WWE(www.wwe.com)

Superstars.com on Thursday 9/29 has:
-John Morrison vs. Drew McIntyre
-Daniel Bryan vs. Trent Baretta
-Kaitlyn Bonin & A.J. Lee vs. The Bella Twins
-In action: Brodus Clay

Smackdown on Friday 9/30 has:
-Mark Henry vs. The Great Khali
-Randy Orton vs. Christian Cage
-Cody Rhodes vs. Sheamus O'Shaunessy
-Evan Bourne vs. Jack Swagger
-Sin Cara vs. Heath Slater
-Zack Ryder vs. J.T.G.
-Kelly K vs. Natalya Neidhart

Hell In A Cell is on Sunday 10/2:
-John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. C.M. Punk - WWE Title Hell In A Cell Match
-Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton - World Title Hell In A Cell Match
-Sheamus O'Shaunessy vs. Christian Cage
-Sin Cara vs. "Sin Cara"
-Kelly K vs. Beth Phoenix - Women's Title

TNA(www.tnawrestling.com)

Impact on Thursday 9/29 has:
-A.J. Styles vs. Bobby Roode
-Brian Kendrick vs. Alex Shelley vs. Jesse Sorensen vs. Shiima Zion vs. Kid Kash - Ladder Match
-Ken Anderson vs. "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero
-Tara Varon vs. Madison Rayne

Bound For Glory is on Sunday 10/16:
-Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode - Heavyweight Title
-Sting vs. Hulk Hogan
-Winter Lea vs. Velvet Sky vs. Mickie James vs. ? - Women's Title
-Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn - Full Metal Mayhem Match
-Ken Anderson vs. Bully Ray

RING OF HONOR(www.rohwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/1 in Louisville, KY:
-The American Wolves vs. Roderick Strong & Michael Elgin

ROH returns to the St. Louis area on Sunday 11/6 in Collinsville, IL:
-Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas vs. Future Shock - Tag Team Titles

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ST. LOUIS ANARCHY(www.lethalwrestlingalliance.com)

Next show is Sunday 10/9 in Fairview Heights, IL:
-Darin Childs vs. Davey Vega - ACW Heavyweight Title - No-Rope Barbed-Wire Match
-Dan Walsh & Bolt Brady vs. Evan Gelistico & Pierre Abernathy
-Mat Fitchett vs. Alex Shelley
-A.C.H. vs. Arik Cannon
-Christian Rose vs. Dingo
-The Hooligans & Jordan Lacey vs. K.C. Karrington, Alexandre Rudolph, & Khris Wolfe
-Rachel Summerlyn vs. Darin Corbin

IHW(www.ihwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/1 in Red Bud, IL:
-Cameron Cage vs. Billy McNeil - Heavyweight Title

NWA:DPW(www.facebook.com/dynamoprowrestling)

Next show is Friday 10/8 in Glen Carbon, IL:
-Jeremy Wyatt vs. Trent Stone - NWA Central States Title
-K.C. Karrington vs. Dan Walsh - NWA Missouri Title
-Mad Dog McDowell vs. Alexandre Rudolph
-Pete Madden vs. Hector Sanchez
-Billy McNeil vs. MsChif vs. Makaze vs. Jackal vs. Jack Gamble vs. Jamie Lyte

SOUTH BROADWAY(www.mmwasicw.com)

Next show(MMWA) is Saturday 10/8 in St. Louis, MO:
-Gary Jackson vs. Brandon Espinosa - Heavyweight Title

SICW has a show on Saturday 10/15 in East Carondelet, IL:
-Ron Powers vs. Dave Vaughn - Classic Title

MMWA has a show on Saturday 10/29 in Lemay, MO featuring the King Of St. Louis Cable Tournament:
-Madison Rayne vs. Stacey O'Brien
-Gary Jackson vs. Ace Hawkins - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Brandon Espinosa vs. Dave Osborne - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Johnny Courageous vs. Phil E. Blunt - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Dave Vaughn vs. Sean Vincent - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Tournament Semifinals & Finals
-Tony Raze & The Big Texan vs. The Lumberjacks - Tag Team Titles

METRO EAST CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING(www.mecwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/29 in Wood River, IL.

HVW(www.highvoltagewrestling.tk)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

AAPW(www.allamericanprowrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/8 in Herrin, IL:
-Edmund "Livewire" McGuire, Curly, & Heath Hatton vs. Shane Rich, Ax Allwardt, & Greg Anthony

FTW(www.fullthrottlewrestling.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

RCW(www.midwestrcw.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

NEW MIDWEST WRESTLING(www.newmidwest.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/29 in Springfield, IL:
-Brawltoberfest Battle Royal
-Ryan Phoenix vs. Dan The Man

3XW(www.3xwrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 10/28 in Des Moines, IA:
-Battle Royal - Winner Faces Jeremy Wyatt For The Heavyweight Title
-Sir Bradley Charles vs. Mark Sterling - Pure Wrestling Title
-American Ground & Air vs. Sexy & Smooth - Tag Team Titles

METRO PRO WRESTLING(www.metrowrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/8 in Kansas City, KS:
-Mike Sydal vs. Mark Sterling
-Tyler Cook vs. Bradley Charles

UNDERGROUND WRESTLING(no website)

Next show is Sunday 10/23 in Sauget, IL:
-Mickie Knuckles vs. Amanda - Casket Match
-Mike Sydal vs. Brandon Espinosa
-Billy McNeil vs. Sensei - Hair vs. Hair Match
-The Intensive Care Unit vs. The Hooligans
-Mephisto & Kurt Styles vs. Poodoo The Cow & Dash Rando

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DRAGON GATE USA(www.dgusa.tv)

Next show is Friday 11/11 in Revere, MA:
-YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk - No-DQ No-Rope Match

DGUSA has a show on Saturday 11/12 in Philadelphia, PA:
-YAMATO vs. Chuck Taylor - Open The Freedom Gate Title

DGUSA has a show on Sunday 11/13 in Manhattan, NY:
-YAMATO vs. Johnny Gargano - Open The Freedom Gate Title

EVOLVE(www.evolvewrestling.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

PRO WRESTLING RESPECT(www.prowrestlingrespect.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

PRO WRESTLING GUERRILLA(www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/22 in Reseda, CA:
-Kevin Steen vs. El Generico - Heavyweight Title Ladder Match
-Ricochet vs. Chuck Taylor
-T.J. Perkins vs. Rocky Romero
-Los Luchas vs. The Dynasty
-Davey Richards vs. Willie Mack
-The Young Bucks vs. Future Shock - Tag Team Titles
-The RockNES Monsters vs. The Fightin' Taylor Boys
-Famous B, Chris Kadillak, & Candice LeRae vs. Peter Avalon, Freddy Bravo, & Ray Rosas

NWA ANARCHY(www.nwaanarchy.net)

Next show is Saturday 10/8 in Cornelia, GA.

IWA MID-SOUTH(www.freewebs.com/iwamidsouth/)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

CHIKARA(www.chikarapro.com)

Next show is Friday 10/7 in Burlington, NC:
-Hallowicked vs. Icarus - 12 Large Summit Tournament
-Ultramantis Black vs. Vin Gerard - 12 Large Summit Tournament
-Team FIST vs. Momo No Seishun Tag - Tag Team Titles
-Madison Eagles vs. Kana
-Eddie Kingston vs. Kobald

CHIKARA has a show on Saturday 10/8 in Kingsport, TN:
-Jigsaw vs. Ultramantis Black - 12 Large Summit Tournament
-Hallowicked vs. Ophidian - 12 Large Summit Tournament
-Sara Del Rey vs. Kana
-Madison Eagles vs. Jessie McKay

SHIMMER(www.shimmerwrestling.com)

Next shows are Saturday 10/1 and Sunday 10/2 in Berwyn, IL.

WLW(www.harleyrace.com/wlw/wlwhome.htm)

Next show is Friday 9/30 in Dodge City, KS:
-Stacey O'Brien vs. Lucy Mendez - Women's Title

WLW has a show on Saturday 10/1 in Sedan, KS:
-Brian Breaker vs. Jason Jones - Heavyweight Title Ladder Match
-Jeff Strong vs. Ryan Drago
-Stacey O'Brien vs. Lucy Mendez - Women's Title

WLW has a show on Sunday 10/2 in Altamonte, KS:
-Brian Breaker & Jack Gamble vs. Jason Jones & Ryan Drago
-Stacey O'Brien vs. Lucy Mendez - Women's Title

AAW(www.aawrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 9/30 in Berwyn, IL:
-Silas Young vs. Colt Cabana - Heavyweight Title
-Alex Shelley vs. Shane Hollister
-MsChif, Nevaeh, & Jessie McKay vs. Madison Eagles, Mena Libra, & Sassy Stephanie
-The Awesome Threesome vs. Darin Corbin & Marion Fontaine - Tag Team Titles
-Eric Ryan vs. Bobby Beverly vs. Gregory Iron vs. Ashley Sixx

ACW(www.anarchychampionshipwrestling.com)

Next show is Sunday 10/23 in Austin, TX.

WCPW(www.windycityprowrestling.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

STL Wrestling Community: http://community.livejournal.com/stlwrestling/
MO Wrestling Revival: http://www.missouriwrestlingrevival.com/

Monday, September 26, 2011

WWE Raw

-Cody Rhodes won a ten-man battle royal to retain the Intercontinental Title. Eliminations: Drew McIntyre, Sin Cara(thanks to his doppleganger's interference), Alex Riley, Justin Gabriel, John Morrison, Daniel Bryan, Ted DiBiase Jr., Ezekiel Jackson, and Sheamus O'Shaunessy(thanks to interference by Christian Cage). Sheamus faces Christian at the PPV.
-Beth Phoenix & Natalya Neidhart d. Women's Champion Kelly K & Eve Torres when Beth pinned Kelly after the Glam Slam.
-World Champion Mark Henry vs. The Great Khali(n/t) never started as Henry blindsided Khali with the title belt before the opening bell, then dropped him with the World's Strongest Slam.
-WWE Champion John Cena d. Christian Cage by DQ(n/t) when Alberto Del Rio(who had been doing guest commentary along with C.M. Punk) broke up an F-U attempt with a jumping enzuigiri.
-Dolph Ziggler(w/ Vickie Guerrero & Jack Swagger) d. Zack Ryder to retain the U.S. Title; Swagger snapped Ryder's throat off the top rope while Vickie distracted the referee, giving Ziggler the opening to hit the Zigzag for the win. Tag Team Champions Air Boom saved Ryder from a post-match attack, leading to Smackdown General Manager Theodore Long ordering an impromptu six-man tag...
-Tag Team Champions Air Boom & Zack Ryder d. U.S. Champion Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, & Mason Ryan(w/ Vickie Guerrero); Vickie brought out Ryan as the third member of her team midway through the match, but he double-crossed his team and threw Swagger out of the ring before slamming Ziggler with the House Of Pain. That allowed Ryder to finish off the U.S. Champ with the Rough Ryder. Guess even Vickie wasn't watching Superstars or she'd have known that Ryan had turned face...
-C.M. Punk d. Alberto Del Rio(w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) via roundhouse kick after escaping the setup for the cross-armbreaker takedown. John Cena did guest commentary for the match and got a hold of Ricardo as the Hell In A Cell cage lowered...Ricardo took a Go 2 Sleep and an F-U, but Alberto destroyed both men with a chair to close the show.

FCW TV

The show starts with a video package for Heavyweight Champion Bo Rotundo...

Your hosts are Matt Martlaro & S. William Regal...we start the show with General Manager Maxine Perez. She's accompanied by Norman Smiley who is holding the Heavyweight Title belt. Maxine announces that Bo Rotundo has suffered an injury and will be out of action for several months...so the title is vacant and a "Super 8 Tournament" has been set up to determine the next champion. The participants: FCW 15 Champion Seth Rollins, Leo Kruger, Big E Langston, Roman Leakee, Percy Watson, Damien Sandow, Dean Ambrose, and Husky Harris. It's actually a lazy tournament as there will be four matches to determine who will enter a four-corner match for the championship...

Roman Leakee vs. Damien Sandow, Heavyweight Title Tournament: Sandow goes on the attack early...Leakee upset him not too long ago so he's not taking any chances. Sandow tries for a neckbreaker out of nowhere but gets countered into a backslide for a close near-fall...Leakee seems to be pacing himself differently than usual here. Sandow hangs onto the apron for dear life, then rakes the eyes as the referee is trying to fix the setup. Sandow has been a tag champ and has fought for the Heavyweight Title, but Leakee hasn't been in the major championship picture until this point. Sandow focuses his attack on the midsection, cutting off Leakee's attempts at offense with well-timed knees to the gut...he even goes old-school with the rope-assisted abdominal stretch. Leakee hiptosses his way out of the predicament and the match degenerates into fisticuffs...Leakee gets the upper hand on that exchange. Kneelift misses, Flying Jalapeno doesn't...then he follows up with a big fistdrop but Sandow rolls to the apron to regroup. Leakee goes to the well once too often and misses a Stinger Splash, leading to Sandow finishing with a snap neckbreaker(the M-14, sayeth Martlaro).

Briley Pierce still works here and he interviews Abraham Washington...he fully plans to challenge the winner of the title tournament.

Queen Aksana Raudoniene vs. Audrey Marie for the Women's Title: Caylee Turner joins the broadcast team for this matchup...we recap the postmatch incident from a few weeks ago where Aksana attacked Audrey after their previous matchup. Audrey's attempt at a re-entry sunset flip goes badly as Aksana shoves her right off the apron...the champ controls from there. Aksana goes for the Devo Drop(spinebuster) but Audrey counters into a small package out of nowhere for the flash pin to win the title!

Vignette for Ascension...pretty cool.

Briley Pierce still works here and tries to get a post-match interview with a distraught Aksana. She is still the queen, I guess...but Husky Harris thinks she "got what she deserved". Aksana tries to cry her way out of the situation and appears to succeed as Husky calms her down with a hug...but she looks DEVIOUS~! as she accepts the gesture.

Corey Graves vs. Erick Rowan: Graves was previously known as Sterling James Keenan on the independent circuit...we've seen Rowan in tag team competition with James Bronson but now he's venturing into singles competition. Graves tries to stick-and-move in the early going, but goes for one aerial move too many and gets yanked into the guardrail. Corey gets off a dropkick to the knee, but jumps off the top rope right into the limits of Chokeslam City...that'll do it. Martlaro dubs the move "Greetings From The North"...okay then.

Husky Harris vs. Big E Langston, Heavyweight Title Tournament: Husky is fighting not just for the title but for his brother's honor...step one is here. It's safe to say this won't be a lucha-style matchup. We're told the specific injury to Bo was a lacerated kidney and he'll be out of action for two to three months...ouch. Big E gets the better of the early brawling exchange but Husky floors him with a huge clothesline in response. Langston turns things around and delivers a belly-to-belly suplex with shocking ease. Martlaro runs off some weightlifting stats for Big E, including a deadlift of almost 800 pounds that set an American record! Langston targets the back for most of the matchup but can't keep Harris down for long. Big E tries to beat him down but Husky delivers a flying cross chop out of nowhere! El Big Comeback is underway...HUNDRED HAND SLAP~! and a pair of avalanches connect, then Husky finishes with his own version of the spear to advance in the tournament!

Next week: The Heavyweight Title tournament continues...so long from the Sunshine State!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

NWA Anarchy TV #295

Your hosts are Tim E.D. & John Johnson.

C.B. Gibson & Tommy Daniels vs. The Ambassadors: Plans seem to have been altered as Dan Wilson makes his entrance with the new Heavyweight Champion Azrael. Wilson says that Johnson has stepped aside on behalf of his team so that Azrael can demonstrate his brutality...

Heavyweight Champion Azrael(w/ Dan Wilson) vs. C.B. Gibson & Tommy Daniels, non-title handicap match: Johnson claims the Ambassadors are tired of beating up Gibson & Daniels...suuuuure. Gibson & Daniels double up on the champion for a little while, but the conclusion seems to be inevitable. Daniels takes some abuse but lucks his way into a back suplex to tag in Gibson...who promptly misses a slingshot swanton. Good one. Azrael takes out Daniels on the arena floor, then wipes out Gibson with the Ted Bundy. He plants Daniels with the Green Manalishi(w/ Two-Pronged Crown) for good measure, then stacks them up to deliver the frog splash/elbowdrop onto both at once! That's enough for Azrael to cover both men and get the three-count. Wilson says Kimo(Azrael's originally-scheduled opponent) is not here and wonders if Kimo is just scared of facing Azrael again(never mind that whole hurricane deal on the east coast)...

The Urban Assault Squad vs. Bobby Moore & John Skyler: Been quite some time since Shadow Jackson & Nemesis have joined forces...Johnson does a quick career recap. The two first teamed in NWA Wildside, then won three Tag Team Titles in Anarchy before Nemesis turned on Shadow in 2007. That led to a long off-and-on feud, but Nemesis saved Shadow from a beating at the hands of Azrael & Dany Only at Hostile Environment. A cheapshot from Skyler allows Moore to get in some offense on Nemesis...but Nemesis raises the knees to block Skyler's Lionsault. Hot tag is made and Shadowmania runs wild! Stunner hits on Moore and Nemesis clotheslines Skyler out of the ring...Shadow drops Moore with the 1031 Spinebuster, then Nemesis adds a running senton and Jackson gets the three-count. The UAS make a successful return...but the Hate Junkies attack after the match! Only makes a point to clip Shadow's previously-injured ankle as Dan Wilson gives the marching orders...the Junkies destroy Jackson's leg with The Reverend's walking stick and they threaten to Pillmanize the leg but Nemesis gets his own chair to run them off.

Jacob Ashworth vs. Bo Newsom(w/ Shaun Tempers) for the Young Lions' Title: Tim E.D. turns Johnson's constant references to Jacob "Butterworth" on him, saying he seems to be obsessed with food. (It's funny cuz he's fat!) I don't THINK anyone has repeated as Young Lions' Champion, but Bo has held that title in the past. Ashworth had a strong showing against NWA North American Champion Tempers at Hostile Environment, but it was Newsom's involvement that led to his defeat. Jacob seems to have control, but Bo springboards off the middle rope backwards into a flying tornado DDT! That understandably puts Newsom in command of the action...but he makes the mistake of setting up a top-rope Diamond Cutter and Ashworth fights out to hit a top-rope bulldog! Both men are down but Ashworth crawls over to cover...for two. Ashworth avoids a leapfrog out of the corner and hits Ashes To Ashes...but only gets 2 1/2! The referee is checking on Newsom, so Tempers bashes Ashworth in the leg with his title belt! Bo zeroes in on the injury but Ashworth kicks him away, then gets a small package...for two. Bo doesn't take kindly to his move being stolen...Ashworth's leg is in bad shape but he fires back on the challenger only to take another shot to the leg. Ashworth counters a slam attempt into a possible Curtain Call, but Newsom counters THAT with his famed(heh) small package and wins the Young Lions' Title for the second time!

Youth Gone Wild vs. For The Love Of Money for the Tag Team Titles: FTLOM won a four-way dance at Hostile Environment for this title shot, much to the chagrin of John Johnson(whose Ambassors were one of the final two teams in said matchup). The champs look sharp in the early going...Bryan Cassanova overpowers both opponents until they double up on him with some success. Cassanova and Andrew Pendleton III manage to isolate Anthony Henry for several minutes...but Henry flukes his way into an O'Connor Roll on Pendleton, then uses the momentum of AP3's kickout to tag in Dustin Knight!

The house is on fire...Knight sends AP3 out with a flying headscissors then low-bridges Cassanova out before holding the ropes for Henry's suicide dive! Knight follows up with a modified Asai moonsault onto both challengers...he throws Pendleton back into the ring and gets a two-count. AP3 yanks Knight to the mat by the hair and tags in Cassanova...now it's Knight in the wrong part of town. Johnson notes we've already seen one title change and that may be weighing on the minds of the tag champs right about now. Knight avoids a blind charge into the corner and nails a jumping neckbreaker on Pendleton...he finally tags in Henry who enters with a missile dropkick onto both opponents! The house is afire again...Henry maneuvers into a turnbuckle-walk DDT on AP3, then Knight adds a dropkick assist to Henry's brainbuster! Henry covers...for 2 1/2! Henry looks to finish, but Pendleton reverses Henry into a tripup by Cassanova. Pendleton tags in Cassanova but he falls victim to YGW's stereo enzuigiris...they try to set up the double-team Go 2 Sleep but Pendleton breaks up Henry's end of it. Knight(who had been tagged into the match) goes to the top rope, hitting a missile dropkick on Cassanova...he goes up again, but his cross-body attempt is caught and Cassanova boosts him into the TKO! AP3 has Henry occupied, Cassanova covers, ref counts, and we have newwwww Tag Team Champions!

Next week: Shaun Tempers vs. Mikael Judas for the NWA North American Title.

Double-Shot Special Comment

Busy weekend with a lot to cover...

For the second year in a row, MMWA's Hillsdale show drew a good crowd of kids from the neighborhood...sounds like it will remain a regular thing.

Espy had a very busy day as he worked the afternoon show and also had two matches at MECW that night. Ace Hawkins and Dave Osborne also worked both shows, plus several guys from the afternoon show worked the SICW show in Columbia that night.

Liking Archer's heel work. Thought he got up a bit quickly after King's piledriver.

With Harley Race in town for an appearance at the Columbia show, it was cool to see some of the WLW crew on the Hillsdale show.

I already covered the injury situation with Super Castaldi...I did get an update and thankfully he wasn't as seriously injured as initially thought. That's a good thing...after that accidental head drop, he was not moving much at all. Saw his hands move a bit but not his legs...anything with the neck is a scary situation, as many will attest(including Keith Smith whose regular career was ended by neck problems).

Personally, I would have called an audible at that point and had Jackson go over Texan decisively to end the show on a positive note...but that was just my knee-jerk thought at the time.

Onward to MECW...the lineup was shuffled a bit in the past month. At the previous show, they seemed to set up a Santel-Mike Anthony rematch for this month as well as Eric Allen vs. Barry Ryte. However, the event posters came out and advertised Santel vs. Count Kharfu instead, along with McDarby vs. Mizfitt. At the show, Sinn said he put Anthony into "anger management" counseling to explain his absence...Ryte's absence wasn't really explained and the other two singles matches were turned into a six-man tag. Also, Sinn wrestled twice for no real reason.

Would be interested in seeing a full-length Mannix-Espinosa matchup...the one last night was basically a setup for the tag match. Meanwhile, Ace Hawkins went from face to heel back to face over the course of a single show...I have enough trouble keeping his and Espy's face/heel alignments straight across the promotions they work.

Lately Sinn has been carrying around an oversized check and offering to "buy" MECW from Mr. K...obviously, Mr. K has been refusing. I suspect this will lead to something or other...

A couple of confusing actions in the show...why did Mannix attack Hawkins? Mr. K had instituted a no-contact rule for Mannix and Allen, which is notable because Allen would have violated that rule if he had successfully struck Mannix during the opener against Espy. The best explanation I could fathom was that Mannix was planning to challenge Allen to put his belt on the line at the end of the show, thus he had to ensure that Allen retained his title.

Also, I can only assume that the no-contact rule ended after the two agreed to the match at the end of the show...when Mannix pulled Allen into the Mannix Depression, Mr. K just basically shrugged and said "the match is set".

I cringe a bit when Santel does anything that puts his neck at risk, including the swandive headbutt he's been using lately. That hanging backcracker looked nasty.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention Mizfitt's valet Miranda who plays her heel role very well. Not a whole lot of valets in wrestling any more who "get" that aspect of things. She's also easy on the eyes and redheads are one of my 746 weaknesses...ahem.

Buddy Roberts Jr. earned a future Tag Team Title shot, but Evan Money will be on the shelf for several months after a major car wreck recently. Best of luck to him for a speedy recovery...wonder what IHW will do about the status of the Illinois Title held by Money.

Anywho...onward to October. 10/1 is IHW in Red Bud. The following weekend is a potential tripleheader with Dynamo on Friday the 7th, MMWA at South Broadway on Saturday the 8th, and STL Anarchy on Sunday the 9th.

SICW Wrestling Explosion

-Ron Powers(w/ Sean Vincent & The Big Texan) d. Chris Hargas to retain the Classic Title; Hargas hit a cross-body off the second rope, but Powers reversed the pinning combination with a handful of tights for the win.
-Waco & Max Archer d. LaMarcus Clinton & Chase King when Waco shoved King off the turnbuckles, allowing Archer to get the cheap rollup pin.
-Flashback to May 1981: Ric Flair d. Pat O'Connor by countout after injuring him with a figure-four leglock outside the ring.

Saturday MECW Results From Wood River, IL + Other Show Results

Mr. K and Heavyweight Champion Bailey Mannix kicked off the show...Mannix accepted Great Plans Champion Eric Allen's challenge for a 60-Minute Ironman Match at the anniversary show on 11/13, but Mr. K ordered a no-contact rule between the two for the night. With Mannix having no plans for the night, he received an impromptu challenge by Brandon Espinosa(making his MECW debut).

Bailey Mannix d. Brandon Espinosa to retain the Heavyweight Title; Eric Allen argued with Mannix while Leon Alexander distracted the referee, but Allen's cheapshot attempt hit Espinosa by accident and Bailey finished off Espy with the Mannix Depression(Death Valley Driver).

Buddy Roberts Jr.(w/ Evan Money) d. Tag Team Champion Sarin Sinn(w/ Attorney Vern); Justin Reno and Miranda attempted to run interference but it wasn't enough to turn the tide as Roberts got the win with an elbowdrop off the second turnbuckle. Roberts earned a future shot at the Tag Team Titles held by Sinn & Mike Anthony with his victory.

Eric Allen announced that Barry Ryte was not there for his scheduled match, but Mr. K had a substitute opponent...

Eric Allen(w/ Leon Alexander) d. Ace Hawkins to retain the Great Plains Title; Hawkins had control of the match when Mannix inexplicably shoved him off the top rope(Leon had the referee's attention), then gave him a running knee to the face. That allowed Allen to make the cover for the three-count...Mr. K was tired of the two getting involved in each other's matches and Hawkins was angry about Mannix's interference, so Mr. K ordered a tag match for later in the night: Mannix & Allen vs. Espinosa & Hawkins.

Tag Team Champion Sarin Sinn, Count Kharfu, & Mizfitt Manners(w/ Miranda) d. Independent Champion Shawn Santel, Mauler McDarby, & Aiden Young; they set up a whole bunch of stipulations before the match that I didn't quite catch, but I believe McDarby challenged Mizfitt to a bullrope match in the near future. The finish saw Sinn interfere with Santel's attempt at a swandive headbutt, allowing Kharfu to finish him with a hanging backcracker.

Justin Reno(w/ Miranda) d. Dave Osborne with a swinging fisherman buster.

Heavyweight Champion Bailey Mannix & Great Plains Champion Eric Allen(w/ Leon Alexander) d. Brandon Espinosa & Ace Hawkins; Espy and Hawkins seemed to work well as a team for most of the match, but when Hawkins went to tag Espinosa at one point, Espy simply blasted him with a knockout punch. Ace was easy prey for a TKO onto the knee by Allen followed by a big kneedrop from Mannix for the victory.

After the match, Mannix & Allen agreed to the terms for their Ironman Match: Mannix challenged Allen to put his own belt on the line in the match(presumably why he ensured that Allen would retain it earlier in the night). Allen said he would retire if he lost and Bailey upped the ante by saying HE would retire if HE lost. The two shook hands to seal the deal and, with the no-contact rule presumably expiring, Mannix pulled Allen into the Mannix Depression to close the show.

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Friday 3XW results from Des Moines, IA:

-Mike Sydal d. Jimmy Rockwell.
-Domino Rivera d. Wildcat.
-Mark Sterling d. Zach Thompson.
-The American Bulldogs(Mad Dog McDowell & Jon West) fought Ricky Kwong & Mauler to a no-contest.
-Sir Bradley Charles d. Tony Sly to retain the Pure Wrestling Title.
-Gage Octane d. Matty Starr.
-Sexy & Smooth(Ryan Slade & A.J. Smooth) d. Devin Carter & Casanova.
-Jeremy Wyatt d. Tag Team Champion Ben Sailer to retain the Heavyweight Title.

Saturday SICW results from Columbia, IL:

-Jack Gamble d. Bobby D.
-LaMarcus Clinton d. Max Archer.
-Chris Hargas d. Ryan Drago.
-Ron Powers fought Gary Jackson to a double countout to retain the Classic Title.
-Dave Vaughn d. Johnny Courageous.
-Ricky Cruz d. The Big Texan by DQ.
-Ricky Cruz & Chaz Wesson d. The Big Texan & Waco.

Saturday AAPW results from West Frankfort, IL:

-K.C. Jackson d. Mike Masters.
-Shane Rich d. Seth Knight.
-Eric Wayne d. Jay Spade.
-Curly & Heath Hatton d. Matt Cage & Christian Rose to retain the Tag Team Titles.
-Mississippi Madman d. Ax Allwardt by DQ.
-Edmund "Livewire" McGuire d. Greg Anthony to retain the Heavyweight Title.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

ROH TV

HEY, I do get this show...for Charter Illinois viewers, it's on channel 12 at 11:30 PM.

-Your hosts are Kevin Kelly(who I haven't heard in quite a while) and the returning Nigel McGuinness.
-Future Shock(Kyle O'Reilly & Adam Cole) d. The Bravado Brothers(Harlem & Lancelot) when Cole pinned Harlem after the Ride The Lightning(discus lariat/legsweep combo).
-Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas d. The Kings Of Wrestling(w/ Shane Hagadorn & Sara Del Rey) to retain the Tag Team Titles when Haas pinned Chris Hero after a Hart Attack.
-Next week: El Generico vs. Jay Lethal for the T.V. Title.

Saturday Afternoon MMWA Results From Hillsdale, MO

-Dave Osborne d. Draco Verdadero via running powerslam.
-Chase King d. Max Archer after a piledriver.
-Sean Vincent d. Ace Hawkins by blocking a sunset flip and holding the ropes for illegal leverage.
-Brandon Espinosa d. LaMarcus Clinton with the knockout punch to retain the T.V. Title.
-Jack Gamble d. Ryan Drago with a Code Red.
-Tag Team Champion The Big Texan d. Super Castaldi after catching a cross-bodyblock off the turnbuckles and hitting a powerslam. They landed awkwardly in the ropes on the move and Castaldi was seriously injured, needing to be stretchered out of the ring and taken away in an ambulance.
-Gary Jackson fought Tag Team Champion The Big Texan to a double countout to retain the Heavyweight Title. Jackson called out Texan after the previous matchup, leading to this contest...the two brawled outside the ring and right down the street of Hillsdale until order was restored.

Friday, September 23, 2011

WWE Viewing

WWE Superstars

Guess I'm gonna dig this up on Youtube if I can...

Your hosts are Scott Stanford, Josh Mathews, Jack Korpela, & Matt Striker.

Alex Riley vs. Primo Colon: Stanford notes that Riley is wearing the baseball jersey of Ricky Vaughn from "Major League"...a nod to Cleveland as well as the Charlie Sheen roast this past week. Riley holds the ropes to block the backcracker, then finishes with the TKO(now called the A-Bomb by Stanford).

Mason Ryan vs. Drew McIntyre: A battle of United Kingdom imports(Wales vs. Scotland) here...I would have pegged this as the show's main event rather than DiBiase vs. Kidd, but that's why I don't run a wrestling promotion. Drew takes a beating early but gives Ryan a neckbreaker over the top rope, then follows up with a standard Rude Awakening in the ring. Even Stanford notes that Drew has hit the skids lately...hopefully he'll turn it around soon. Ryan cuts off McIntyre's run of offense with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex...looks like El Big Comeback, but Drew comes up with a flying neckbreaker to put a stop to it. That gets two. Drew beats down Ryan, but runs into the House Of Pain(swinging uranagi)...Ryan follows up with the Meltdown and that's the ballgame.

Brodus Clay vs. Joey Gray: Gray is known on the independent circuit as Johnny Gargano...saw him at St. Louis Anarchy not too long ago against Davey Vega and he regularly works for Chikara as well as Dragon Gate USA. Here...I don't like his chances. Clay delivers the Tongan Death Grip chokeslam but pulls Gray up from the pin...avalanche follows and the Fall Of Humanity mercifully ends it.

Ted DiBiase Jr. vs. Tyson Kidd: Interested to see how DiBiase does as a full-fledged face. Korpela alludes to an old rivalry between Stu Hart and Iron Mike DiBiase in an attempt to add background to this matchup, even noting that Bret Hart and the Million Dollar Man had some battles in the past. YAY WRESTLING~! to start...nice exchange of pinning combinations leads to a pair of early two-counts. DiBiase rallies on offense and clotheslines Kidd out of the ring...but when Ted Jr. follows him out, Kidd rams him back into the ringpost to halt his momentum. Kidd controls the action by targeting the back...but DiBiase finally makes a comeback. Nice flying knee by DiBiase gets a two-count...Kidd rolls to the ropes and suckers DiBiase into a neckbreaker over the ropes(popular move). Tyson tries a springboard move, but gets dropkicked in mid-air...for two! Dream Street is blocked and Kidd hits a spinkick, then a basement dropkick...for two. Kidd catapults DiBiase between the bottom and middle rope, then hits an inside-out slingshot legdrop...for 2 1/2. Kidd charges at DiBiase in the corner but gets boosted into a rough landing on the turnbuckles...they fight on the ropes with Kidd getting the better of the exchange...Merosault misses! Dream Street hits and that's enough for the victory!

WWE Smackdown

-Sheamus O'Shaunessy d. Heath Slater with the Brogue Kick.
-Wade Barrett d. Justin Gabriel via Wasteland.
-Beth Phoenix & Natalya Neidhart d. Kaitlyn Bonin & A.J. Lee when Beth pinned A.J. after the Glam Slam.
-Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes d. Randy Orton(n/t) by DQ; Cody used his facemask as a weapon again, but Orton kicked out of the pin attempt at two and whacked Rhodes with his own mask right in front of the referee. Orton destroyed Rhodes, planting him with a hanging DDT before bashing him with the ring bell and giving him an RKO onto the broadcast table.
-The Great Khali d. Jinder Mahal with the Punjabi Plunge.
-Sin Cara d. Daniel Bryan; Cara appeared to be the original, but the fake pushed the real one off the top rope to the floor behind the referee's back and delivered the Falling Star swanton bomb on Bryan for the three-count.
-Tag Team Champions Air Boom d. Jimmy & Jey Uso(n/t) when Evan Bourne pinned Jimmy after Kofi Kingston's Trouble In Paradise set up the shooting star press.
-Mark Henry d. Christian Cage in a lumberjack match to retain the World Title; Christian nearly ran away from the match but Sheamus threw him back in the ring to take the World's Strongest Slam for the pinfall.

Wrestling Viewing

No more Superstars on WWE.com...aww. :(

TNA XPlosion

-Mickie James d. Madison Rayne with the jumping DDT.

TNA Impact

-Mickie James d. Miss Brooke Tessmacher with the jumping DDT to earn a spot in the four-corner Women's Title match at Bound For Glory.
-Austin Aries d. Jesse Sorensen to retain the X-Division Title; distraction by Kid Kash allowed Aries to hit Sorensen with the IED(corner dropkick) from behind and get the rollup pin.
-Bully Ray & Jerry Lynn d. Rob Van Dam & Ken Anderson; it was essentially a handicap match as RVD was attacked backstage by an unknown assailant. Ray pinned Anderson after hitting him with a chain. RVD vs. Lynn and Anderson vs. Ray have been added to Bound For Glory.
-Bobby Roode vs. Christopher Daniels never happened as Daniels refused to wrestle, saying he had nothing else to prove after his glorious victory over A.J. Styles(ha!). This led to a war of words with Styles and then a fistfight...
-Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle vs. James Storm(n/t) ended in a no-contest; Storm fended off interference from Phil Gunner but his superkick accidentally took out the referee. Storm hit the superkick on the second try and seemed to have Angle pinned...a second ref ran out to make the count but Gunner pulled that official out of the ring and then BELTed Storm. This brought out Bobby Roode to dispose of Gunner...he picked up the title belt and held it up in front of Angle to close the show.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Comedy Part 395: Basement Dwellers

Location: Brennan's
Emcee: Adam Lough
After: Kevin White
Before: Kris Wernowsky

In a rare Wednesday evening away from Comedy Etc., I performed at Brennan's in the Central West End with national headliner Bob Biggerstaff on the show. Along with the above-mentioned comedians, Sean O'Brien and Jeremy Essig also performed...good times. Not the biggest audience in the world but they enjoyed the show. Had only performed at Brennan's one time and that was in the upstairs room for the debates...the basement room had been completely redone since the last time I was there. Looked really good and not nearly as cramped. I felt like I did okay...not overly good but not overly bad. Tried out one new joke relating to my dogs that seemed to go over well...hopefully some fine-tuning will occur in my next few stage appearances. Nothing comedic on tap for the weekend to my knowledge...wish I could get out to more shows but my life schedule is burning me out as it is. :P

ROH Video Wire

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

WWE NXT5.com

Your hosts are Jack Korpela & S. William Regal.

We kick things off with Showtime(hosted by Percy Watson)...and his guest is his recent tag team partner Titus O'Neil. Titus looks forward to winning this season of NXT(there IS going to be a winner, right?) and then targeting the Tag Team Titles...but they're interrupted by J.T.G. & Darren Young to set up tonight's main event. Of course, things turn violent and the faces clear the ring...

A.J. Lee vs. Maxine Perez: To her credit, Maxine has diversified her offense since the previous two encounters. This time around, A.J. blocks the Voodoo Drop and hits the Shining Wizard to finally notch a win over her rival.

Backstage, the mind games continue as Maxine tells Hornswoggle that Titus O'Neil has been keeping A.J. company in his absence...

Yoshi Tatsu vs. Derrick Bateman(w/ Tyson Kidd): Fine matchup ends in a DQ when Kidd breaks up a pin cover after Yoshi's big roundhouse kick. Kidd lays out Tatsu with the swinging fisherman buster and stands tall...this feud MUST CONTINUE~!

A.J. talks to Titus backstage...O'Neil tells her to have a talk with Hornswoggle and gives her a hug before leaving for his match. Unfortunately, the midget only sees the hug and gets the wrong idea.

Titus O'Neil & Percy Watson vs. J.T.G. & Darren Young: Hey, we almost have a tag team division! Percy seems to have lost the glasses...aww. Regal refers to the J.T.G./Young duo as "intellectually malnourished"...he also insinuates that he had something to do with the appearance of the Usos last week. Hmm. Titus & Percy look strong as a team in the opening minutes...but a well-timed cheapshot by Young changes that in a hurry. Titus gets a hot tag but J.T.G. low-bridges Watson out of play...that allows Young to clip O'Neil's knee and hit a fireman's-carry gutbuster(single-knee, not his usual finisher) to notch the victory. J.T.G. & Young celebrate, but the Usos hit the ring again to clean house! The Samoan brothers hit stereo splashes off the top rope to close the show...

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

This Week In Wrestling

WWE(www.wwe.com)

Superstars.com on Thursday 9/22 has:
-Mason Ryan vs. Drew McIntyre
-Ted DiBiase Jr. vs. Tyson Kidd
-Alex Riley vs. Primo Colon
-In action: Brodus Clay

Smackdown on Friday 9/23 has:
-Mark Henry vs. Christian Cage
-Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton
-Air Boom vs. Jimmy & Jey Uso
-Sheamus O'Shaunessy vs. Heath Slater
-Justin Gabriel vs. Wade Barrett
-Daniel Bryan vs. Sin Cara
-The Great Khali vs. Jinder Mahal
-Kaitlyn Bonin & A.J. Lee vs. Beth Phoenix & Natalya Neidhart

WWE has a Smackdown taping in St. Louis, MO on Tuesday 9/27.

Hell In A Cell is on Sunday 10/2:
-John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. C.M. Punk - WWE Title Hell In A Cell Match
-Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton - World Title Hell In A Cell Match

TNA(www.tnawrestling.com)

Impact on Thursday 9/22 has:
-Kurt Angle vs. James Storm
-Austin Aries vs. Jesse Sorensen - X-Division Title
-Mickie James vs. Brooke Tessmacher

Bound For Glory is on Sunday 10/16:
-Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode - Heavyweight Title
-Sting vs. Hulk Hogan
-Winter Lea vs. Velvet Sky vs. ? vs. ? - Women's Title

RING OF HONOR(www.rohwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/1 in Louisville, KY.

ROH returns to the St. Louis area on Sunday 11/6 in Collinsville, IL:
-Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas vs. Future Shock - Tag Team Titles

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ST. LOUIS ANARCHY(www.lethalwrestlingalliance.com)

Next show is Sunday 10/9 in O'Fallon, IL:
-Davey Vega vs. Darin Childs - ACW Heavyweight Title - No-Rope Barbed-Wire Match
-Dan Walsh & Bolt Brady vs. Evan Gelistico & Pierre Abernathy
-A.C.H. vs. Arik Cannon
-The Hooligans & Jordan Lacey vs. K.C. Karrington, Alexandre Rudolph, & Khris Wolfe
-Rachel Summerlyn vs. Darin Corbin

IHW(www.ihwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/1 in Red Bud, IL:
-Cameron Cage vs. Billy McNeil - Heavyweight Title
-Evan Money vs. Ace Hawkins - Illinois Title

NWA:DPW(www.facebook.com/dynamoprowrestling)

Next show is Friday 10/8 in Glen Carbon, IL:
-Jeremy Wyatt vs. Trent Stone - NWA Central States Title
-K.C. Karrington vs. Dan Walsh - NWA Missouri Title
-Mad Dog McDowell vs. Alexandre Rudolph
-Pete Madden vs. Hector Sanchez
-Billy McNeil vs. MsChif vs. Makaze vs. Jackal vs. Jack Gamble vs. Jamie Lyte

SOUTH BROADWAY(www.mmwasicw.com)

Next show(MMWA) is Saturday 9/24(afternoon) in Hillsdale, MO.

SICW has a show on Saturday 9/24 in Columbia, IL:
-Appearing: Harley Race

MMWA has a show on Saturday 10/8 in St. Louis, MO:
-Gary Jackson vs. Brandon Espinosa - Heavyweight Title

SICW has a show on Saturday 10/15 in East Carondelet, IL.

MMWA has a show on Saturday 10/29 in Lemay, MO featuring the King Of St. Louis Cable Tournament:
-Madison Rayne vs. Stacey O'Brien
-Gary Jackson vs. Ace Hawkins - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Brandon Espinosa vs. Dave Osborne - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Johnny Courageous vs. Phil E. Blunt - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Dave Vaughn vs. Sean Vincent - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Tony Raze & The Big Texan vs. The Lumberjacks - Tag Team Titles

METRO EAST CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING(www.mecwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 9/24 in Wood River, IL:
-Eric Allen vs. Barry Ryte - Great Plains Title - Best-Of-3-Falls Match
-Shawn Santel vs. Count Kharfu - Independent Title
-Mauler McDarby vs. Mizfitt Manners

HVW(www.highvoltagewrestling.tk)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

AAPW(www.allamericanprowrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 9/24 in West Frankfort, IL:
-Edmund "Livewire" McGuire vs. Greg Anthony - Heavyweight Title - Referee El Magnifico
-Curly & Heath Hatton vs. Christian Rose & Playboy Paul Rose - Tag Team Titles
-Mississippi Madman vs. Ax Allwardt

FTW(www.fullthrottlewrestling.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

RCW(www.midwestrcw.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

NEW MIDWEST WRESTLING(www.newmidwest.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/29 in Springfield, IL:
-Brawltoberfest Battle Royal
-Ryan Phoenix vs. Dan The Man

3XW(www.3xwrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 9/23 in Des Moines, IA:
-Jeremy Wyatt vs. Ben Sailer - Heavyweight Title
-Sir Bradley Charles vs. Tony Sly - Pure Wrestling Title
-The American Bulldogs(Mad Dog McDowell & Jon West) vs. MMA(Ricky Kwong & Mauler)
-Mark Sterling vs. Zach Thompson
-Devin Carter & Casanova vs. Sexier & Smoother
-Matty Starr vs. Gage Octane
-Mike Sydal vs. Jimmy Rockwell

METRO PRO WRESTLING(www.metrowrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/8 in Kansas City, KS:
-Mike Sydal vs. Mark Sterling
-Tyler Cook vs. Bradley Charles

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DRAGON GATE USA(www.dgusa.tv)

Next show is Friday 11/11 in Revere, MA:
-YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk - No-DQ No-Rope Match

DGUSA has a show on Saturday 11/12 in Philadelphia, PA:
-YAMATO vs. Chuck Taylor - Open The Freedom Gate Title

DGUSA has a show on Sunday 11/13 in Manhattan, NY:
-YAMATO vs. Johnny Gargano - Open The Freedom Gate Title

EVOLVE(www.evolvewrestling.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

PRO WRESTLING RESPECT(www.prowrestlingrespect.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

PRO WRESTLING GUERRILLA(www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/22 in Reseda, CA:
-Kevin Steen vs. El Generico - Heavyweight Title Ladder Match
-Ricochet vs. Chuck Taylor
-T.J. Perkins vs. Rocky Romero
-Los Luchas vs. The Dynasty
-Davey Richards vs. Willie Mack
-The Young Bucks vs. Future Shock - Tag Team Titles
-The RockNES Monsters vs. The Fightin' Taylor Boys
-Famous B, Chris Kadillak, & Candice LeRae vs. Peter Avalon, Freddy Bravo, & Ray Rosas

NWA ANARCHY(www.nwaanarchy.net)

Next show is Saturday 9/24 in Cornelia, GA:
-Shaun Tempers vs. Mikael Judas - NWA North American Title - No-DQ Match
-For The Love Of Money vs. The Ambassadors - Tag Team Titles
-Steven Walters vs. Jeff Lewis - T.V. Title
-Bo Newsom vs. Jacob Ashworth - Young Lions' Title
-Shadow Jackson vs. Stryknyn
-Billy Buck vs. Anthony Henry vs. Bobby Moore vs. Gil Quest vs. Skirra Corvus vs. John Skylar

IWA MID-SOUTH(www.freewebs.com/iwamidsouth/)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

CHIKARA(www.chikarapro.com)

Next show is Friday 10/7 in Burlington, NC:
-Hallowicked vs. Icarus - 12 Large Summit Tournament
-Ultramantis Black vs. Vin Gerard - 12 Large Summit Tournament
-Team FIST vs. Momo No Seishun Tag - Tag Team Titles
-Madison Eagles vs. Kana
-Eddie Kingston vs. Kobald

CHIKARA has a show on Saturday 10/8 in Kingsport, TN:
-Jigsaw vs. Ultramantis Black - 12 Large Summit Tournament
-Hallowicked vs. Ophidian - 12 Large Summit Tournament
-Sara Del Rey vs. Kana
-Madison Eagles vs. Jessie McKay

SHIMMER(www.shimmerwrestling.com)

Next shows are Saturday 10/1 and Sunday 10/2 in Berwyn, IL.

WLW(www.harleyrace.com/wlw/wlwhome.htm)

Next show is Friday 9/30 in Dodge City, KS:
-Stacey O'Brien vs. Lucy Mendez - Women's Title

WLW has a show on Saturday 10/1 in Sedan, KS:
-Brian Breaker vs. Jason Jones - Heavyweight Title Ladder Match
-Jeff Strong vs. Ryan Drago
-Stacey O'Brien vs. Lucy Mendez - Women's Title

WLW has a show on Sunday 10/2 in Altamonte, KS:
-Brian Breaker & Jack Gamble vs. Jason Jones & Ryan Drago
-Stacey O'Brien vs. Lucy Mendez - Women's Title

AAW(www.aawrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 9/30 in Berwyn, IL:
-Silas Young vs. Colt Cabana - Heavyweight Title
-Alex Shelley vs. Shane Hollister
-MsChif, Nevaeh, & Jessie McKay vs. Madison Eagles, Mena Libra, & Sassy Stephanie
-The Awesome Threesome vs. Darin Corbin & Marion Fontaine - Tag Team Titles
-Eric Ryan vs. Bobby Beverly vs. Gregory Iron vs. Ashley Sixx

ACW(www.anarchychampionshipwrestling.com)

Next show is Sunday 10/23 in Austin, TX.

WCPW(www.windycityprowrestling.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

STL Wrestling Community: http://community.livejournal.com/stlwrestling/
MO Wrestling Revival: http://www.missouriwrestlingrevival.com/

Monday, September 19, 2011

WWE Raw

-Sheamus O'Shaunessy, Tag Team Champions Air Boom, & Justin Gabriel d. Christian Cage, Wade Barrett, & Not-The-New-Nexus when Sheamus pinned David Otunga after the Celtic Edge.
-Alberto Del Rio(w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) d. John Morrison with the cross-armbreaker.
-Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Sin Cara(n/t) never started because another Sin Cara entered the ring and the two had an exchange of moves before one of the masked men retreated from the ring.
-Women's Champion Kelly K & Eve Torres d. Beth Phoenix & Natalya Neidhart when Eve rolled up Natalya.
-Zack Ryder(w/ Hugh Jackman) d. U.S. Champion Dolph Ziggler(w/ Vickie Guerrero) in a non-title match; the referee ejected Vickie for slapping Ryder, but that allowed Jackman to get in a cheapshot on Ziggler to set up the Rough Ryder for the non-title win.
-WWE Champion John Cena & C.M. Punk d. Awesome Truth when Punk pinned Miz after the Go 2 Sleep.

FCW TV

Your hosts are Matt Martlaro & Byron Saxton...we've only got one match tonight and it's a big one. Your ring announcer is Cameron Lynn.

Briley Pierce still works here and he interviews Ricky and Richie Steamboat. Richie has wrestled and teamed with Seth Rollins and he picks Seth to win. Ricky remembers his classic battles with Randy Savage and Ric Flair...but he picks Dean Ambrose.

Highlight reel of the first encounter between Rollins and Ambrose, a 0-0 fifteen-minute draw...

Briley Pierce STILL works here and he interviews Dusty Rhodes. He says it'll be a great wrestling match(he's fired) and can't pick a winner himself.

Highlight reel of match number two...a twenty-minute matchup this time, but this one also ended in a 0-0 draw.

Briley Pierce may or may not still work here but he interviews President Steve Keirn. Keirn echoes Dusty's sentiment that Jack Brisco would be proud and says it'll be a great match...let the best man win.

Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose for the FCW 15 Title, thirty-minute time limit: Martlaro notes that Rollins has held the medallion for the better part of this calendar year. We see General Manager Maxine Perez watching the match from the "VIP Section" as well as Heavyweight Champion Bo Rotundo and Women's Champion Queen Aksana Raudoniene. Let's get this started...El Big Staredown and lockup to start, then YAY WRESTLING~! Ambrose teases an early Midnight Special, then Seth escapes and teases Avada Kedavbra but Dean slides out of the ring...

Seth takes control and works an armbar...we hit the five-minute mark with no falls and Martlaro notes that we haven't seen any punches or strikes yet. Byron notes that they're conserving energy and pacing themselves since they know they're going long...PSYCHOLOGY~! Rollins stays on the arm but Ambrose backs him into the corner and starts the brawling tactics. Rollins fires back, leaving Ambrose hung up in the ropes as Seth bounces him back and forth with chops before dropkicking him out of the ropes. The fight spills out of the ring but a double countout wouldn't mean anything in the grand scheme of things...Dean begs off a bit but Seth is relentless. Seth misses a dropkick but backflips to land on his feet...and Ambrose punts him below the belt! That's a DQ at around the eight-minute mark and Seth is up 1-0...

After a brief rest period, Dean quickly grabs Rollins in the Midnight Special and gets the three-count to even the score at the nine-minute mark!

Byron declares Ambrose to be a genius as the low blow allowed him to capitalize and score a fall...then he levels Seth with a lariat for ANOTHER fall at the nine-and-a-half minute mark! That makes it 2-1 in favor of the challenger...

We hit the ten-minute mark and Dean wipes out Seth with another lariat, but Rollins is able to roll out of the ring to avoid another pinfall defeat...still, he's in bad shape and he barely beats the ten-count back into the ring. Ambrose covers...for two-and-a-half. Ambrose takes his time, slowing the pace to keep Rollins down on the mat, focusing on the neck. Fifteen minutes down, fifteen to go. Dean gets a few near-falls, then goes for another Midnight Special only for Seth to counter into a sunset flip pin to even the score at around the sixteen-minute mark!

That fall is enough to fire up the champion and he rallies with a flurry of offense...Flatliner into the turnbuckles! Advanced Curbstomp...misses, but Seth sidesteps a charging Ambrose and Dean sails through the ropes to the floor. Rollins nails a somersault plancha but appears to hit the guardrail on the landing so both men are in bad shape. We re-enter the squared circle and Dean avoids a springboard clothesline but not a jumping enzuigiri from the apron...springboard clothesline hits on the second try...for two! Dean ducks out of the ring again to avoid Avada Kedavra and the two fight on the apron before getting back into the ring...and an Ambrose suplex sends BOTH men over the top rope to the floor! Twenty minutes down, ten to go!

The two somehow get back in the ring and slug it out from their knees...then slug it out on their feet. Ambrose stuns Rollins with a big shot but Seth gets off a jumping enzuigiri...rolls over to cover...for 2 1/2. Lionsault...for 2 1/2! Seth fires off a series of kicks to the face, spinkick to the gut, Advanced Curbstomp...for 2 1/2! Twenty-five minutes down, five to go! Phoenix Splash...misses! That may be a crucial mistake by the champion...but Dean can't cover right away...finally does...for 2 1/2! Three minutes to go and Dean goes for a Texas Cloverleaf, but Ambrose fights him off until Dean stomps him in the gut repeatedly. Dean finally gets the Cloverleaf in the middle of the ring with two minutes to go...Seth pushes himself up from the mat and barely reaches the ropes! One minute left...Dean tries Avada Kedavra but Seth blocks it and hits Dean with his own Midnight Special! Cover...for 2 1/2! Avada Kedavra HITS...for 2 1/2! The time limit expires and we've got a 2-2 draw!

However, Maxine orders sudden death so we can have a decisive winner! Seth small-packages Dean...for 2 1/2! They slug it out in the middle of the ring with Ambrose getting the better of that exchange...Panic Attack gets 2 1/2! Dean pulls Seth from the apron and Seth hits a jumping enzuigiri...suicide dive hits! Seth throws him back in the ring for a running forearm in the corner! Another one! Goes for a third but Dean follows him into the opposite corner with his own forearm! Dean hits the ropes but eats a superkick, only to come off the ropes and blast him with the lariat! Midnight Special...FOR 2 1/2! Dean climbs the turnbuckles and tries to pull Seth up, only to eat a jumping enzuigiri...they fight on the turnbuckles and Dean attempts a Midnight Special off the top, but Seth sunset-flips over and delivers the turnbuckle powerbomb! Avada Kedavra...but Dean won't stay down! ANOTHER Avada Kedavra! GOD'S LAST GIFT~! and that finally keeps Ambrose down for three! Seth Rollins retains the FCW 15 Championship!

So long from the Sunshine State! YAY WRESTLING~!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

NWA Anarchy TV #294

-Your host is John Johnson, joined in the broadcast booth by Andrew Alexander.
-Billy Buck won a triple threat match with Skirra Corvus and Adrian Hawkins when he pinned Hawkins after the superkick.
-Steven Walters d. Seth Delay(subbing for Jeff Lewis) by blocking a sunset flip to retain the T.V. Title. The two shook hands after the match, but then Delay got out the brass knuckles and decked Walters.
-For The Love Of Money(Andrew Pendleton III & Bryan Cassanova) won a four-way dance with The Ambassadors(Jacoby Boykins & Chris Mayne), Armed & Dangerous(Lane Vasser & Johnny Dangerous), and Tommy Daniels & C.B. Gibson. Eliminations: Dangerous pinned Daniels with a corkscrew sunset flip out of the corner. Boykins pinned Dangerous after the powerbomb/backcracker combo. Cassanova pinned Mayne after the TKO.
-Azrael(w/ Dan Wilson) won a four-corner match with Se7en(C)(w/ Jeff G. Bailey), Mikael Judas, and Kimo to win the Heavyweight Title; Judas dropped Kimo with a chokebreaker and got into a tussle with Se7en, leading to Azrael capitalizing with a frog splash/elbowdrop on Kimo for the three-count.

WWE Night Of Champions

-Air Boom d. Awesome Truth by DQ to retain the Tag Team Titles. Mike Mizanin got upset at the referee for missing a tag or two(particularly one that would have allowed him to pin Evan Bourne after the Skull-Crushing Finale) and shoved him down, causing the disqualification.
-Cody Rhodes d. Ted DiBiase Jr. to retain the Intercontinental Title; DiBiase removed Rhodes' mask and swung it at him, but Cody ducked the shot and rolled him up with a handful of tights.
-Dolph Ziggler(w/ Vickie Guerrero) won a four-corner match with John Morrison, Jack Swagger, and Alex Riley to retain the U.S. Title, stealing the pin on Morrison after Swagger's Doctor Bomb.
-Mark Henry d. Randy Orton with the second World's Strongest Slam of the match to win the World Title.
-Kelly K(w/ Eve Torres) d. Beth Phoenix(w/ Natalya Neidhart) by countering a powerbomb attempt with an up-and-over sunset flip pin.
-John Cena d. Alberto Del Rio(w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) via STF to win the WWE Title.
-Triple H d. C.M. Punk in a no-DQ match after the second Pedigree of the match. People that got involved: Miz, Truth, Johnny Ace, Kevin Nash.

SICW Special Comment

A few quick notes from last night...

It may seem like an odd "complaint", but I wonder if Johnny Courageous wrestles TOO clean. His last few face vs. face matches have lacked a certain intensity. Also, the time-limit draws in the last few weeks didn't seem to have the sense of urgency as the clock ticked down toward the end...especially last night's matchup with Pete Madden. Pete did some subtle heel stuff but it wasn't enough to get the fans decidedly in favor of either man.

I realize that The Big Texan and Tony Raze are the MMWA Tag Team Champions, but it seems odd that the regular tag partners Texan and Waco seem to be teaming with everyone EXCEPT each other these days. Tricky situation any time you put a non-wrestler like ring announcer Jeff Vernetti in a match, but it can work out if executed in a certain way...hopefully that's how it'll go next month.

Really liked Powers-Hargas...it played out about as well as possible(though there was one backdrop spot where Powers nearly landed on his head). The finish played off last month's tag match where Hargas pinned Powers, though it was a bit shaky in the execution.

I can appreciate getting a finisher over in this era where finishers are survived a month after they're introduced as match-enders. Not just Dave Vaughn's sleeper but also Sean Vincent's figure-four leglock(on the TV show today, Larry Matysik even attributed Courageous' knee problems to Vincent's figure-four).

Chaz Wesson vs. Eric Allen was surprisingly short.

After the previous Vaughn/Hargas tension, gotta wonder how Hargas feels about Vaughn being moved into the title picture so quickly.

From what I understand, Ricky Cruz competed in Puerto Rico and was trained by Super Crazy...looking forward to seeing him in action in the near future.

Was a bit surprised to see Vincent defeat Dan Walsh, but good show in continuing the push the figure-four as a legitimate finishing hold.

Another case of an odd choice for the show-closing match...the show peaked a bit earlier with the Powers-related matches and storylines. The post-match made up for it though the DQ finish was lame.

Next weekend...MMWA is in Hillsdale and SICW is in Columbia, plus MECW is in Wood River. The first two weekends of October will be very busy around here with IHW, Dynamo, and Anarchy...

SICW Wrestling Explosion

-LaMarcus Clinton d. Bobby D with the Macho Elbow.
-Jack Gamble d. Johnny Courageous via ref stoppage due to a knee injury to Courageous. On second viewing, Courageous appeared to initially tweak his knee on a leapfrog out of the corner. Commentator Larry Matysik attributed it to problems stemming from Sean Vincent's figure-four leglock a few months earlier.
-Flashback to 1983, All Japan Pro Wrestling(!): King Kong/Bruiser Brody d. Dory Funk Jr. Funk attempted a back suplex, but Brody punched his way out of it in mid-air and kicked off the turnbuckles to get the better of the landing, scoring the pin after that.

Saturday SICW Results From East Carondelet, IL

-Pete Madden wrestled Johnny Courageous to a ten-minute time-limit draw.
-Waco & Max Archer d. LaMarcus Clinton & Chase King when Waco broke up a top-rope move by King, allowing Archer to get the rollup pin. Archer, who had been denied an interview at last month's show by ring announcer Jeff Vernetti, pushed around the announcer after the match until LMC made the save.
-Ron Powers(w/ The Big Texan & Sean Vincent) d. Chris Hargas to retain the Classic Wrestling Title; Powers abused Hargas at ringside, overturning the timekeeper's table and even leaving a hole in the wall after ramming Hargas' head into it. Hargas turned things around and nearly won with a cross-bodyblock off the second rope, but Powers reversed the pinning combination into his own with a handful of tights to edge out the win.
-Dave Vaughn d. Tony Raze with the sleeperhold.
-Chaz Wesson d. Eric Allen via cross-body off the top rope.
-Ron Powers interrupted a promo segment with Brian Kelley of Missouri Wrestling Revival, demanding to know why he wasn't included in Larry Matysik's list of the top fifty wrestlers of all time. Larry said he would include Powers if he could defeat an opponent of his choosing in five minutes or less...
-Dave Vaughn d. Classic Wrestling Champion Ron Powers by DQ in a non-title five-minute challenge; Vaughn got Powers in the sleeperhold and was on the verge of victory when Texan and Vincent ran into the ring. Vaughn escaped the ring before Texan & Vincent could get their hands on him.
-Jeff Vernetti acknowledged the presence of newcomer Ricky Cruz in attendance...it was announced that LMC and Vernetti would team up next month against Waco and Max Archer.
-Sean Vincent d. Dan Walsh with the figure-four leglock.
-Also announced for next month's show: Powers vs. Vaughn for the Classic Title.
-Gary Jackson d. The Big Texan by DQ when Texan shoved the referee. Vaughn ran into the ring and subdued Texan with the sleeperhold, which brought out Powers and Vincent. Chaz Wesson & Chris Hargas ran out to help(with Chaz wielding a chair)...Powers and Texan bailed, leaving Vincent to the wolves. Vaughn took out Vincent with the sleeper and laid an American flag over him to close the show.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Show results

Friday IWA-MS results from Bellevue, IL featuring the King Of The Deathmatches Tournament:

-Pinkie Sanchez d. Jimmy Feltcher.
-Freakshow d. Joey Grunge.
-Simon Sezz d. Damian Payne.
-B.J. Whitmer d. Bucky Collins for the vacant Light Heavyweight Title.
-Mason Cutter d. Devin Cutter.
-Rory Mondo d. Reed Bentley.
-Devon Moore d. Markus Crane.
-Tremont d. Masada.
-Drake Younger d. Neil Diamond Cutter.

Friday MPW results from Kansas City, KS:

-Brett Young & Ryan Drago d. Pete Madden & Magic Man.
-Domino Rivera d. Rebelucha.
-Mark Sterling d. Mike Sydal.
-NWA Kansas Champion Tyler Cook fought Bradley Charles to a double-pin finish, resulting in the title being held up.
-Jeremy Wyatt d. Ryan Drago to retain the NWA Central States Title.
-MsChif d. Pete Madden in a hardcore match to retain the NWA Midwest Women's Title.
-Michael Strider, Bull Schmitt, Mad Dog McDowell, & Mike Sydal d. Matt Murphy, Derek Stone, Dan Walsh, & Mark Sterling in an elimination tag match.

Saturday ROH results from Manhattan, NY:

-Rhino & Tommaso Ciampa d. T.V. Champion Jay Lethal & Homicide.
-Tag Team Champion Shelton Benjamin d. Mike Bennett.
-The Young Bucks won a three-way dance with Future Shock and The Bravado Brothers.
-El Generico fought Jimmy Jacobs to a no-contest when Kevin Steen busted up the match.
-Tag Team Champion Charlie Haas d. Michael Elgin.
-Eddie Edwards d. Roderick Strong in the Ringmaster Challenge(first fall by pinfall, second fall by submission, third fall fifteen-minute Ironman Match); the third fall ended with one fall apiece and Edwards won in sudden-death overtime.
-The All Night Express d. The Briscoe Brothers in a ladder match.

Saturday CHIKARA results from Brockton, MA:

-The Throwbacks d. The Batiri(Kodama & Obariyon).
-Johnny Gargano d. Marshe Rockett.
-J.T. Dunn, Doug Summers, Da Hoods, & Amber d. Todd Sople, Triplelicious, Buddy Romano, & The Minute Men.
-Jigsaw d. Vin Gerard.
-Chuck Taylor d. Ophidian.
-Sara Del Rey d. Ares.
-Mike Quackenbush d. Icarus.
-The Colony(Fire, Soldier, & Green Ant) d. Tim Donst, Tursas, & Jakob Hammermeier.

Saturday IWA-MS results from Bellevue, IL featuring the King Of The Deathmatches Tournament:

-Bucky Collins d. Markus Crane.
-Neil Diamond Cutter, Devin Cutter, & Joey Grunge d. Reed Bentley, Jimmy Feltcher, & Damian Payne.
-B.J. Whitmer d. Masada.
-Devon Moore d. Pinkie Sanchez.
-Drake Younger d. Mason Cutter.
-Simon Sezz d. Rory Mondo.
-Tremont d. Freakshow.
-Drake Younger won a four-corner match with Devon Mooore, Simon Sezz, and Tremont.

Saturday WLW results from Keokuk, IA:

-Brian Breaker d. Jeff Strong.
-Mark Sterling & Ryan Drago d. Mike Sydal & Dustin Bozworth.
-Matt Murphy d. Jason Jones.
-Lucy Mendez d. Stacey O'Brien.
-Jason Jones won a battle royal.

Sunday CHIKARA results from Manhattan, NY:

-Sara Del Rey d. Ophidian.
-The Throwbacks d. The Colony(Soldier & Green Ant).
-Gregory Iron d. Icarus.
-The Young Bucks d. Tim Donst & Tursas.
-Ares d. Marshe Rockett.
-Ultramantis Black, Hallowicked, Frightmare, & Crossbones d. Sinn Bodhi & The Batiri(Kobald, Kodama, & Obariyon).
-Chuck Taylor & Johnny Gargano d. Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw in a best-of-three-falls match to win the Tag Team Titles.
-Eddie Kingston d. Fire Ant.

Sunday WLW results from Burlington, IA:

-Matt Murphy & Dustin Bozworth d. Brian Breaker & Jason Jones.
-Ryan Drago d. Mike Sydal.
-Jeff Strong d. Mark Sterling.
-Stacey O'Brien d. Lucy Mendez to win the vacant Women's Title.
-Brian Breaker d. Jason Jones to win the vacant Heavyweight Title.

Sunday ACW results from Austin, TX:

-Matthew Palmer d. Payday.
-T.V. Champion Scot Summers(subbing mid-match for Stan Summers) & Seth Copeland d. Jaykus Plisken & Draven.
-Angel Blue d. Tag Team Champion Jessica James.
-Pierre Abernathy d. Gary Jay.
-Gary Jay & Pierre Abernathy d. Bolt Brady & Ricky Romida.
-The Lost Boys(Sky DeLacrimosa & Jason Silver) won a four-way dance with The Legion Of Shroom(U-30 Champion J.C. Bravo & Chingo Del Santo), The Hired Guns(Omega & Aiden Colt), and Cali Crush(Dax Daring & Jordan Jensen).
-Berry Breeze, Killah Kash, Highroller Hayze, Johnny Axxle, & Amanda Fox d. Jeff Gant, Payday, Gregory James, Just Willie, & Slim Sexy.
-Portia Perez d. Lillie Mae in a bunkhouse brawl.
-Angel Blue d. Tag Team Champion Rachel Summerlyn.
-Scot Summers d. Darin Corbin to retain the T.V. Title.
-Athena d. Lady Poison to win the Joshi Title.
-Masada won a three-way dance with Awesome Andy and Mat Fitchett to retain the Hardcore Title.
-A.C.H. d. Mia Yim.
-Darin Childs won a double-jeopardy match with Jaykus Plisken, Shawn Vexx, and Davey Vega(C) to win the Heavyweight Title.

FCW TV 9/11

President Steve Keirn introduces the show in front of an American flag, acknowleding the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks.

Your hosts are Matt Martlaro & Byron Saxton...but backstage, a pull-apart brawl is in progress between FCW 15 Champion Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose. They have a contract signing for their final encounter later tonight.

Tag Team Champions Donny Marlow & C.J. Parker vs. James Bronson & Erick Rowan, non-title: Bronson and Rowan seem to have Kevin Thorn's old theme music...of course, Byron knows these two very well. The champs show good teamwork in the opening minutes...but Marlow ends up in the wrong part of town and Bronson bashes him off the apron. Martlaro notes that Byron once had an association with Marlow...as I rack my brain, he reminds me that Marlow was one of Abraham Washington's "agents" back in the day. Wow, I bow to Martlaro's attention to obscure detail. Rowan's attempt to counter a sunset flip with a buttdrop hits only canvas and Parker gets the hot tag...the Juice is loose! Chaos erupts and Bronson rakes C.J.'s eyes...the ref is escorting Marlow out of the ring and Rowan/Bronson hit a lariat/STO combo on Parker! The ref turns around just in time to see Bronson make the pin cover on Parker and Byron's boys get the non-title win over the champions!

Richie Steamboat vs. Brad Maddox: This rivalry has been brewing for a few weeks...not surprisingly, Steamboat gets the better of an early chop exchange. He goes for the superkick early but Maddox wisely bails out of the ring. Brad suckers Steamboat to the edge of the ring and wraps the leg around the ring apron, attempting to neutralize the kick. Steamboat rolls through a sunset flip, but Maddox dropkicks the leg and follows with the ever-popular FOOT DDT~! Steamboat small-packages him out of nowhere for two, but Brad stays on the leg. Maddox hangs him from the Tree Of Woe and tries to Stinger-Splash the bad leg, but Steamboat escapes the predicament and Brad wipes out on the turnbuckles, falling all the way out of the ring! Steamboat tries to capitalize with the superkick but the leg gives out...Maddox uses the sunset flip in innovative fashion, sending Steamboat backwards into the turnbuckles. Brad chokes out Richie in the corner and the ref has to back him off...Maddox goes back in for the kill, but eats superkick out of nowhere as Richie had to hang onto the ropes to maintain his balance! That's the ballgame as Steamboat gets the three-count.

Briley Pierce still works here and he interviews Norman Smiley, who is the special guest referee for the Heavyweight Title match tonight. Despite his recent issues with Leo Kruger, he vows to call it right down the middle tonight.

Contract signing! Several wrestlers are in the ring to maintain order...Dean Ambrose is already in the ring as FCW 15 Champion Seth Rollins makes his entrance. General Manager Maxine Perez announces that next week's match will have a THIRTY-minute time limit since their previous fifteen-minute and twenty-minute encounters didn't decide anything(both ending in 0-0 draws). Tensions rise as soon as the ink is on the paper...but the wrestlers in the ring keep it from turning into a physical confrontation.

Queen Aksana Raudoniene vs. Audrey Marie for the Women's Title: Audrey seems to be a face this week...liking Aksana's new music and liking the dark hair. The crown is practically obsolete now that the queen is also the champion. Aksana goes a bit old-school with the rope-assisted abdominal stretch. Audrey hits a spinning heel kick off the second rope out of nowhere, notching a two-count...but Aksana small-packages her for her own near-fall. Audrey attempts the Roundup(Eye Of The Hurricane) but Aksana hangs onto the ropes to escape. The champ picks up the victory with the Devo Drop(spinebuster) shortly afterwards, then dumps Audrey out of the ring and abuses her at ringside.

Bo Rotundo vs. Leo Kruger for the Heavyweight Title, referee Norman Smiley: Bo is seen talking to a distraught Aksana before the match...she tells him that something's wrong with his brother Husky Harris(I'll take Martlaro's word for it), but her facial expression changes once Bo leaves...hmm. The commentators wonder if Bo will be focused on the match, but he seems to be doing okay at first. Kruger cuts him off with a Stungun for an early two-count, taking control from that moment...he focuses on the head and neck to wear him down for the sleeperhold(PSYCHOLOGY~!). Ricardo Rodriguez and Raquel Diaz are spotted watching the match from afar...any more factors we can add to this equation?

Byron plays up the factor that the champion has the most hectic schedule so Bo may be ripe for the pickings. He also says that you CAN'T allow yourself to get distracted by a woman...he uses Steve Austin as one example but I don't know if Shawn Michaels is a good second example(Sensational Sherri, anyone?). Rotundo fights out of a superplex attempt but Kruger blocks the attempted sunset bomb and snaps Bo's throat off the top rope. CRAVATE~! keeps the focus on the head and neck...Martlaro notes that Kruger's Final Destination finisher targets the head and neck as well. How has this guy not been fired yet for actually pushing the product? Bo attempts to fire back but Kruger takes a page out of Maddox's book and uses a basic rollup to send Bo crashing backwards into the turnbuckles. Kruger pummels Bo in the corner and Smiley has to physically pull Kruger away...Leo argues with Norman and that costs him the match as he turns around right into a spear from Rotundo! Bo covers, Smiley counts three, and Bo retains the title!

Leo snaps and grabs Norman in the sleeper after the match...the regular referees hit the ring to restore order but the damage has been done. Wonder if there will be any repercussions for Kruger once again attacking an FCW official...with Maxine in charge and the official being her longtime rival, I highly doubt it.

Next week: Seth Rollins vs. Deam Ambrose for the FCW 15 Title in a thirty-minute matchup...so long from the Sunshine State!

Friday, September 16, 2011

Comedy Part 394: Guest Set-Cetera

Location: Comedy Etc. II
Emcee: Dan Schmidt
Feature: Brian Hicks
Headliner: Ms. Pat

Glad to get some stage time at Etc. this week. Had a solid set in front of a good crowd...worked in a handful of new jokes that I started doing this week. Not much else to say...I get to sleep late tomorrow. WOO~!

WWE Smackdown

-Daniel Bryan d. Sin Cara by DQ when Cara refused to break at the five-count when kicking Bryan in the corner as Bryan was hung upside-down. The save was made by...Sin Cara?!?
-Beth Phoenix(w/ Natalya Neidhart) d. A.J. Lee(w/ Kaitlyn Bonin) via Glam Slam.
-Sheamus O'Shaunessy & Justin Gabriel d. Christian Cage & Wade Barrett; Sheamus hit the Brogue Kick on Barrett, then tagged in Gabriel to finish with the Fall From Grace. Number of Nexus/Corre mentions on commentary: Zero.
-The Great Khali d. Heath Slater by DQ when Jinder Mahal attacked Khali; Khali fought back and destroyed Slater while Mahal retreated.
-"R-Truth" Ron Killings(w/ Mike Mizanin) d. Tag Team Champion Evan Bourne(w/ Kofi Kingston) via Paydirt.
-The show closed with The Cutting Edge featuring Edge interviewing World Champion Randy Orton and Mark Henry. Of course it turned into a fight between Orton and Henry...Mizark cleaned house on the whole roster when they tried to break it up.

Added to Night Of Champions: Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase Jr. for the Intercontinental Title.

Comedy Part 393 Plus: Ring Ring Gramophone

Location: Gramophone
Emcee: Nick Niebuhr
After: Ben Flug
Before: Shaun Arredondo

I know that I'm one of many, many comics in the area trying to get a handful of spots on shows. I also realize that most of my friends aren't available to attend shows for a variety of reasons, especially shows on the Missouri side of the river with gas clocking in at about three-and-a-half-a-gallon. I ALSO also realize that I'm not the only comic to be lost in the shuffle as of late...last night reminded me that I hadn't seen Mike Strantz or Andy Faasen on stage nearly as often lately. There are a ton of local comics on the scene lately...GOOD local comics, which means any individual comic needs to be on his game to stay on the map. I let that get to me sometimes, unfortunately...I see a good show like the one at Comedy Etc. on Wednesday night and wish I could have been a part of it. On top of that, my financial situation may require me to find a second job soon that may or may not throw comedy right out of the personal schedule...so yeah, some recent frustration.

Anywho, ventured into uncharted waters last night as I performed at the second-ever comedy show at a venue called The Gramophone. I may have been the only person in the building old enough to know what a gramophone is/was. Hank Lamlech(who invited me to perform on the show) had been bugging me about getting my hair cut...I am long overdue for that and probably will get it trimmed soon with a potential job hunt on the horizon. At any rate, I got around 7-8 minutes and felt like I had a really good set. It's a nice venue with an actual stage...not the biggest crowd in the world but the crowd noise translated well. We got entrance music so I went with the standard-issue theme of "White & Nerdy" by Weird Al Yankovich...bwahahaha.

Show: Midnight Black Mass
Host: "The Reverend" Dan Wilson
Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dragonsrejects/2011/09/09/dielaughing

Felt like I should blog about my Thursday night from LAST week as I was a guest on Dan Wilson's internet show. Wish I could have been a bit more interesting than I was...heh. We talked about both comedy and wrestling since I got in touch with Dan through the wrestling connection...he's a manager for NWA Anarchy, the spiritual successor to NWA Wildside where he was the main play-by-play commentator. I e-mailed him to ask for a bit of advice for a beginner when I started doing the video commentary for GCW and we stayed in touch through the social networks. Hope we can cross paths in person via comedy or wrestling one of these days...

Wrestling TV

TNA XPlosion

-Douglas Williams(w/ Brutus Magnus, who joined the commentary team) d. Alex Shelley with the Chaos Theory.

WWE Superstars

-Ezekiel Jackson d. Tyson Kidd with the torture rack.
-Brodus Clay d. Mike Palmer via Fall Of Humanity.
-Jimmy & Jey Uso d. Johnny Curtis & Trent Baretta when Jimmy pinned Baretta after the Headshrinker Splash.
-Zack Ryder d. Drew McIntyre with the Rough Ryder.

TNA Impact

-"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero, Brother Devon, & Women's Tag Team Champions Tara Varon & Miss Brooke Tessmacher d. Tag Team Champions Mexican America, Sarita Stock, & Rosita Fly; Tara got the pin on Rosita via Baldo Bomb as Tessmacher was pinning Sarita with a rana.
-Velvet Sky d. Angelina Love(w/ Winter Lea) via "Beauty-T" to earn a spot in the four-corner Women's Title match at Bound For Glory; Winter's interference backfired as she accidentally hit Angelina with the title belt leading to the finish.
-Samoa Joe d. Matt Morgan in a submission match with a grapevine heel hook.
-Bobby Roode d. Frankie Kazarian via Crippler Crossface; Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle is making Roode face his Fortune stablemates en route to his title match at the PPV.
-Sting d. Ric Flair via Scorpion Deathlock to earn his shot at Hulk Hogan at the PPV; Immortal interfered but Sting and Ken Anderson fought them off.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

AAPW TV #2 Results

-K.C. Jackson d. Christian Rose via rollup.
-Brandon Espinosa d. Dave Osborne with the frog splash.
-Heath Hatton d. Eric Wayne with a rollup.
-Mississippi Madman won a battle royal, last eliminating Ax Allwardt.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Comedy Part 392: Wrapping Things Up

Location: Westport Funny Bone
Emcee: Steve Poggi
After: Christian Curtis
Before: None(on last)

Was surprised to make the list for the second week in a row...ended up doing a lot of the same material as last week. Did all right, though the audience wasn't too receptive since it was getting kinda late. Unfortunately, real life is taking its toll right now and I'll have to make some major financial decisions in the near future...comedy may be one of the cutbacks since gas is so expensive. On top of that, I've hit some serious creative writer's block, plus people aren't coming out to shows and I'm getting less stage time as a result. It's been fun, but I've got to give some serious thought about whether I'm going to continue with it.

WWE NXT5.com

Your hosts are Jack Korpela & S. William Regal, your emcee is Matt Striker...we waste no time in getting to the heart of recent matters. J.T.G. and Darren Young come out to confront Striker and Regal, setting up tonight's main event. Regal came prepared this week, wearing his wrestling attire from the get-go.

Titus O'Neil & Percy Watson vs. Tyson Kidd & Derrick Bateman: Percy made his return to WWE on Superstars last week in a tag team with O'Neil. The faces control the opening minutes, but a tripup by Bateman allows Kidd to kick Percy from behind and send him to the floor. Bateman follows up with a nice running dropkick off the apron, keeping Watson in the wrong part of town. Korpela notices that Hornswoggle is absent tonight...that makes one of us. Kidd tries to go aerial from the second rope, but Percy surprises him with his own dropkick...tags on both sides! Chaos breaks loose and Kidd baseball-slides Watson, but Bateman makes the mistake of trying to slug it out with O'Neil and runs right into the Clash Of The Titus! That's the ballgame and O'Neil gets the three-count.

A.J. Lee vs. Maxine Perez: Maxine attempted to trick A.J. with a Photoshopped picture of Hornswoggle cozying up to the Bella Twins...heh. Not a big fan of Maxine but I do like the new ring attire. At least she's transitioned from chinlocks to camel clutches...and Maxine trash-talks A.J. while she's down: "Where's your boyfriend?" Maxine cuts off a rally with a fireman's-carry Stungun and finishes with a version of the Voodoo Drop out of the double-underhook setup. Titus O'Neil comes out just in the nick of too late...Maxine was just leaving.

S. William Regal & Matt Striker vs. J.T.G. & Darren Young: J.T.G. no longer has a protege and Young no longer has a mentor, so I guess they fit well together. So is Korpela calling this solo or...BLOODY HELL, it's Michael Cole. Guess who gets more heat than anyone else: The announcer. Thus are the priorities of WWE. Cole wastes no time in burying anything and everything even remotely associated with the onscreen product, just like every other time he's on the mic. Cheapshot by J.T.G. leads to a back suplex by Young to put Striker in trouble. Cole stops his rant just long enough to browbeat Korpela for not calling the match(after not letting Jack get a word in edgewise). The heels keep control and Cole WILL NOT SHUT UP, ripping apart Korpela with no end in sight. Jack's a trooper and tries to steer the conversation back to THE FREAKIN' MATCH...at least that gets Cole ranting about the match.

Striker jawbreakers his way out of a chinlock by Young and tags are made on both ends as Cole rants about hockey. Regal's a house afire...of course, Cole's busy making fun of Korpela's attempt at a joke. Regal tags Striker back in to finish and I hate to agree with Cole but that doesn't seem like a good idea...Regal takes J.T.G. out of the game but Young holds the ropes to block a backcracker attempt. Young does some fancy maneuvering to get Striker in position for the Strongbuster and nails it to get the win. The heels celebrate, but Jimmy & Jey Uso heard that they're just GIVING away camera time on this show so they hit the ring and clean house. Why not?

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

This Week In Wrestling

WWE(www.wwe.com)

Superstars.com on Thursday 9/15 has:
-Jimmy & Jey Uso vs. Johnny Curtis & Trent Baretta
-Ezekiel Jackson vs. Tyson Kidd
-Zack Ryder vs. Drew McIntyre
-Mason Ryan vs. Primo Colon
-In action: Brodus Clay

Smackdown on Friday 9/16 has:
-Sheamus O'Shaunessy & Justin Gabriel vs. Wade Barrett & Christian Cage
-Daniel Bryan vs. Sin Cara
-Evan Bourne vs. "R-Truth" Ron Killings
-The Great Khali vs. Heath Slater
-A.J. Lee vs. Beth Phoenix
-Cutting Edge w/ Randy Orton & Mark Henry

Night Of Champions is on Sunday 9/18:
-Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena - WWE Title
-Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry - World Title
-C.M. Punk vs. Triple H
-Dolph Ziggler vs. John Morrison vs. Alex Riley vs. Jack Swagger - U.S. Title
-Air Boom vs. Awesome Truth - Tag Team Titles
-Kelly K vs. Beth Phoenix - Women's Title

WWE has a Smackdown taping in St. Louis, MO on Tuesday 9/27:
-Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry - World Title

TNA(www.tnawrestling.com)

Impact on Thursday 9/15 has:
-Sting vs. Ric Flair
-Bobby Roode vs. Frankie Kazarian
-Matt Morgan vs. Samoa Joe
-Ken Anderson vs. Bully Ray & Jerry Lynn
-"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero, Brother Devon, Tara Varon, & Miss Brooke Tessmacher vs. Mexican America, Sarita Stock, & Rosita Fly
-Velvet Sky vs. Angelina Love

Bound For Glory is on Sunday 10/16:
-Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode - Heavyweight Title

RING OF HONOR(www.rohwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 9/17 in Manhattan, NY:
-Eddie Edwards vs. Roderick Strong - Ringmaster Challenge(Best-Of-Three-Falls: First Fall Pin-Only, Second Fall Submission-Only, Third Fall 15-Minute Ironman Match)
-The All Night Express vs. The Briscoe Brothers
-The Young Bucks vs. Future Shock vs. The Bravado Brothers
-Shelton Benjamin vs. Mike Bennett
-Charlie Haas vs. Michael Elgin
-El Generico vs. Steve Corino

ROH returns to the St. Louis area on Sunday 11/6 in Collinsville, IL:
-Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas vs. Future Shock - Tag Team Titles

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ST. LOUIS ANARCHY(www.lethalwrestlingalliance.com)

Next show is Sunday 10/9 in O'Fallon, IL:
-Davey Vega vs. Darin Childs - ACW Heavyweight Title - No-Rope Barbed-Wire Match
-Dan Walsh & Bolt Brady vs. Evan Gelistico & Pierre Abernathy
-A.C.H. vs. Arik Cannon
-The Hooligans & Jordan Lacey vs. K.C. Karrington, Alexandre Rudolph, & Khris Wolfe
-Rachel Summerlyn vs. Darin Corbin

IHW(www.ihwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/1 in Red Bud, IL:
-Cameron Cage vs. Billy McNeil - Heavyweight Title
-Evan Money vs. Ace Hawkins - Illinois Title

NWA:DPW(www.facebook.com/dynamoprowrestling)

Next show is Friday 10/8 in Glen Carbon, IL:
-Jeremy Wyatt vs. Trent Stone - NWA Central States Title
-K.C. Karrington vs. Dan Walsh - NWA Missouri Title
-Mad Dog McDowell vs. Alexandre Rudolph
-Pete Madden vs. Hector Sanchez
-Billy McNeil vs. MsChif vs. Makaze vs. Jackal vs. Jack Gamble vs. Jamie Lyte

SOUTH BROADWAY(www.mmwasicw.com)

Next show(MMWA) is Saturday 9/17 in East Carondelet, IL:
-Ron Powers vs. Chris Hargas - Classic Title

MMWA has a show on Saturday 9/24(afternoon) in Hillsdale, MO.

SICW has a show on Saturday 9/24 in Columbia, IL:
-Appearing: Harley Race

MMWA has a show on Saturday 10/8 in St. Louis, MO:
-Gary Jackson vs. Brandon Espinosa - Heavyweight Title

SICW has a show on Saturday 10/15 in East Carondelet, IL.

MMWA has a show on Saturday 10/29 in Lemay, MO featuring the King Of St. Louis Cable Tournament:
-Madison Rayne vs. Stacey O'Brien
-Gary Jackson vs. Ace Hawkins - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Brandon Espinosa vs. Dave Osborne - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Johnny Courageous vs. Phil E. Blunt - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Dave Vaughn vs. Sean Vincent - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Tony Raze & The Big Texan vs. The Lumberjacks - Tag Team Titles

METRO EAST CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING(www.mecwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 9/24 in Wood River, IL:
-Eric Allen vs. Barry Ryte - Great Plains Title - Best-Of-3-Falls Match
-Shawn Santel vs. Count Kharfu - Independent Title
-Mauler McDarby vs. Mizfitt Manners

HVW(www.highvoltagewrestling.tk)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

AAPW(www.allamericanprowrestling.com)

Next show is Sunday 9/18 in Marion, IL.

AAPW has a show on Saturday 9/24 in West Frankfort, IL:
-Edmund "Livewire" McGuire vs. Greg Anthony - Heavyweight Title - Referee El Magnifico
-Curly & Heath Hatton vs. Christian Rose & Playboy Paul Rose - Tag Team Titles
-Mississippi Madman vs. Ax Allwardt

FTW(www.fullthrottlewrestling.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

RCW(www.midwestrcw.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

NEW MIDWEST WRESTLING(www.newmidwest.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/29 in Springfield, IL.

3XW(www.3xwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 9/17 in Des Moines, IA.

3XW has a show on Sunday 9/18 in Des Moines, IA.

METRO PRO WRESTLING(www.metrowrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 9/16 in Kansas City, KS:
-Team Strider vs. Team Murphy - Elimination Tag Match
-Tyler Cook vs. Showtime Bradley Charles - NWA Kansas Title
-Mike Sydal vs. Mark Sterling
-Pete Madden & Magic Man vs. The Moustache Mafia(Brett Young & Ryan Drago)
-Dustin Heritage vs. Michael Barry
-Rebelucha vs. Domino Rivera

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DRAGON GATE USA(www.dgusa.tv)

Next show is Friday 11/11 in Revere, MA.

DGUSA has a show on Saturday 11/12 in Philadelphia, PA.

DGUSA has a show on Sunday 11/13 in Manhattan, NY.

EVOLVE(www.evolvewrestling.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

PRO WRESTLING RESPECT(www.prowrestlingrespect.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

PRO WRESTLING GUERRILLA(www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com)

Next show is Saturday 110/22 in Reseda, CA.

NWA ANARCHY(www.nwaanarchy.net)

Next show is Saturday 9/24 in Cornelia, GA:
-Shaun Tempers vs. Mikael Judas - NWA North American Title - No-DQ Match
-For The Love Of Money vs. The Ambassadors - Tag Team Titles

IWA MID-SOUTH(www.freewebs.com/iwamidsouth/)

Next shows are Friday 9/16 and Saturday 9/17 in Bellevue, IL featuring the King Of The Deathmatches Tournament:
-Tournament Participants: Matt Tremont, Nate Webb, Scotty Vortex, Drake Younger, Devon Moore

CHIKARA(www.chikarapro.com)

Next show is Saturday 9/17 in Brockton, MA:
-Mike Quackenbush vs. Icarus - 12 Large Summit Tournament
-Jigsaw vs. Vin Gerard - 12 Large Summit Tournament
-Sara Del Rey vs. Ares
-Ophidian vs. Chuck Taylor
-Doug Summers, J.T. Dunn, Da Hoods, & Amber vs. Todd Sople, Triplelicious, Buddy Romano, & The Minute Men

CHIKARA has a show on Sunday 9/18 in Manhattan, NY.

SHIMMER(www.shimmerwrestling.com)

Next shows are Saturday 10/1 and Sunday 10/2 in Berwyn, IL.

WLW(www.harleyrace.com/wlw/wlwhome.htm)

Next show is Saturday 9/17 in Keokuk, IA:
-Brian Breaker vs. Ryan Drago
-Jack Gamble vs. Jason Jones
-Lucy Mendez vs. Stacey O'Brien

AAW(www.aawrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 9/30 in Berwyn, IL:
-Alex Shelley vs. Shane Hollister
-MsChif, Nevaeh, & Jessie McKay vs. Madison Eagles, Mena Libra, & Sassy Stephanie

ACW(www.anarchychampionshipwrestling.com)

Next show is Sunday 9/18 in Austin, TX:
-Davey Vega vs. Darin Childs vs. Shawn Vexx vs. Jaykus Plisken - Heavyweight Title - Double Jeopardy Match
-Masada vs. Matthew Palmer - Hardcore Title
-Lady Poison vs. Athena - Joshi Title
-A.C.H. vs. Mia Yim
-Scott Summers vs. Darin Corbin - T.V. Title
-Rachel Summerlyn vs. Angel Blue
-Gary Jay vs. Pierre Abernathy
-Matt Fitchett, Just Sexy, & Jeff Gant vs. The Business
-Jessica James vs. Angel Blue

WCPW(www.windycityprowrestling.com)

Information on upcoming shows will be posted when it becomes available.

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