WWE Smackdown

-Commentators:  Michael Cole & John Bradshaw Layfield.
-In the opening MizTV segment, Triple H ordered The Big Show to sit at ringside for the whole show and not interfere in anything...
-WWE Champion Randy Orton d. Mike Mizanin(non-title) with the RKO; the members of The Shield came out midway through the bout.  The heels sought to do some post-match damage but Daniel Bryan ran them off with a chair.
-Rob Van Dam(w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) d. Damien Sandow after the five-star frog splash; World Champion Alberto Del Rio threatened RVD and Ricardo afterwards.
-The Shield(U.S. Champion Dean Ambrose & Tag Team Champions Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) d. Dolph Ziggler in a handicap match; Rollins blocked a Fameasser and hit a turnbuckle powerbomb, then Reigns finished with the spear.  Ziggler took the triple-team spike powerbomb after the bell.
-The Wyatt Family(Luke Harper & Erick Rowan) d. Tons Of Funk(Brodus Clay & Lord Tensai)(w/ Funkadactyls); Harper hit Tensai with the discus lariat and Rowan got the pin after the big splash.  Bray dropped Tensai with the Sister Abigail after the match.
-Daniel Bryan d. Ryback by DQ when Orton ran into the ring as Bryan had Ryback in the Yes Lock.  Bryan took Orton down into the hold as well but The Shield members entered the scene, finally bringing Big Show out of his ringside seat.  Triple H stormed down the aisle and ordered Show to leave the ringside area, then nodded to his boys to continue the beatdown.  Bryan took the triple-team spike powerbomb and Orton spraypainted "NO" on him; this was payback for Bryan tagging Orton's new SUV with "YES"es on Raw.

Midweek wrestling

WWE Main Event

-Commentators:  Josh Mathews & Alex Riley.
-Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel(w/ Paul Heyman) d. Cody Rhodes(non-title) with the corkscrew snapmare driver.
-The Prime Time Players(Titus O'Neil & Darren Young) d. The Real Americans(Antonio Cesaro & Jack Swagger)(w/ Zeb Colter) when Titus pinned Swagger after the Clash Of The Titus.
-Kofi Kingston d. Johnny Fandango(w/ Summer Rae) by DQ when Summer grabbed Kofi's foot as he was setting up for the Trouble In Paradise.

TNA XPlosion

-Commentators:  Mike Tenay & Jeremy Borash
-Bound For Glory Series:  Jay Bradley d. Joseph Park(w/ Eric Young) after the Boomstick lariat.

WWE NXT

Commentators:  Tony Dawson & S. William Regal.  Ring announcer:  Kendall Skye.

Earlier today:  Rick Victor interrupted NXT Tag Team Champion Corey Graves' conversation with interviewer Renee Young.  That set up a sneak attack by Conor O'Brian as the Ascension duo left him laying.

C.J. Parker vs. Tyler Breeze:  Parker has been "photobombing" Breeze's selfies in recent weeks...hey, not the worst feud setup in the world.  Parker teases a grab at the iPhone and that ticks off Breeze, as does a motion to kick him in the mush(NOT THE FACE~!).  Parker takes advantage with an airplane spin into a face-first drop to the mat...but as the ref tries to back C.J. off, Breeze gives him a cheapshot with the iPhone for the tainted win.

Backstage, Renee interviews Emma...she has another title shot at Paige Knight in her future, but she plans to deal with Summer first.

Special announcement:  Tyler Breeze has left the building.

Emma Tayla vs. Summer Rae:  Emma upset Summer in the Women's Title tournament, then Summer attacked Emma after a "dance battle" and took her spot in the rematch with Paige.  Emma brings her bubble-blowing solution to ringside...yes, that's important to note.  Emma goes for the Dil-Emma(inverted STF) right away and Summer has to grab for the ropes.  Summer pulls out her unique bodyscissors takedown but Emma turns it around in a hurry.  Summer escapes a Tarantula attempt and takes her down by the arm, then focuses her attack on the arm...PSYCHOLOGY~!  Summer gets a leg-applied full nelson...haven't seen that in a while...but Emma rolls her back into a near-pin before Summer turns it into her own pinning combo for two.  Emma avoids a blind charge into the corner and gets the Tarantula this time, then hits a low-flying cross-body as Summer's slumped in the corner.  Mid-ring catapult transitions straight into the Dil-Emma and that's good enough for the tapout!  Summer flips out after the loss and dumps Emma out of the ring, then grabs the bubble solution and throws it in her eyes!  Play SUMMER'S music!

Earlier tonight:  Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady had a conference with Scott Dawson & Sylvester Lefort about their issue with Mason Ryan.  As it turns out, the duos aren't on the same page and it turns into an argument...

Summer leaves the building and is confronted by Sasha Banks.  Sasha is disgusted by Summer's actions, but Summer says she's getting noticed and Sasha would do well to follow her lead...after all, Summer's on WWE's main-roster shows and Sasha's barely been on NXT lately.  Sasha's facing Paige in two weeks, but Summer predicts Sasha will lose unless she develops a backbone...

Enzo Amore(w/ Colin Cassady) vs. Scott Dawson(w/ Sylvester Lefort):  So who's the face in THIS one?  More importantly, who will actually WIN this one?  The fans seem to be siding with Amore & Cassady...Amore says if he had a dime for every time they got beat up as kids, he'd have ZERO dimes because they ain't S-A-W-F-T~!  Dawson wastes no time in pulling the hair, then dumps Amore on the top rope with a half-slingshot suplex.  Amore surprises Dawson with a flying headscissors, but Alexander Rusev runs out to hit Cassady from behind...is he a new member of the Lefort stable?  Dawson capitalizes on the distraction with ye olde Teardrop Suplex for the win!

Renee Young interviews Sami Zayn in the ring...OLE~!  Zayn had a great match last week with Antonio Cesaro...despite the loss, his focus is on the NXT Title.  That brings out our esteemed(?) NXT Champion Bo Dallas...Zayn doesn't deserve a title shot because TEH INTERNETZ like him and he likens this promo to interviewing the losing team at the Super Bowl.  Bo would love to face him, but Zayn injured him at SummerSlam Axxess and the kid still needs a lot of work anyway.  They aren't booing or chanting "NO!", they're saying "BO!"  The fans promptly chant "Boo!"  Zayn thinks he's scared to give him a title shot..but before that can be answered one way or the other, we're graced by the presence of Zeb Colter.  Zeb demands that Zayn(if that's his real name) present his citizenship paperwork...for his part, Sami feels like he should get Zeb and Cesaro deported back to hell.  Out of the blue, Jack Swagger attacks Zayn from behind...Bo calmly and casually leaves the ring as Swagger dishes out the beating, finishing with a deadlift gutwrench into the Doctor Bomb.  They put the Don't Tread On Me flag over him...WE THE PEOPLE~!

SummerSlam Axxess:  NXT made its presence felt.

NXT Tag Team Champion Adrian Neville vs. Conor O'Brian(w/ Rick Victor):  This was set up by the altercation at the top of the show; Graves is absent due to that assault.  Neville has an uphill battle to say the least, but the power of the FLIPPIES~! is in his favor.  O'Brian dominates for a while, but a blind charge hits turnbuckles and Adrian unloads with the educated feet.  Neville's springboard attempt lands him in O'Brian's Flapjack...for two.  Neville surprises him with a back suplex...for two.  Third floor...time for the Red Arrow(corkscrew shooting star press)?  No, 450 Splash(!)...and that's the ballgame!  The post-match assault begins in earnest...the injured Graves tries to help but takes a beating himself.  Graves takes the Total Ascension(legsweep/flying European uppercut) to close the show...cue the light show!

Next week:  Zayn vs. Swagger.

TNA Impact

-Commentators:  Mike Tenay & Taz.
-Bound For Glory Series:  Jeff Hardy d. Frankie Kazarian after the swanton bomb.
-O.D.B. d. Gail Kim in a best-of-three-falls match.  Gail won the first fall with a modified Texas Cloverleaf after destroying the leg; O.D.B. evened it up with a small package out of nowhere.  O.D.B. got the final fall with her own Cloverleaf.
-Bound For Glory Series:  A.J. Styles d. Bobby Roode by countering a Perfectplex attempt with a small package.
-Bound For Glory Series:  Austin Aries d. Christopher Daniels via brainbuster.
-Final four of the BFG Series:  Brutus Magnus, Aries, Roode, and Hardy.

This week in wrestling

WWE(www.wwe.com)

Main Event this week has:
-Curtis Axel vs. Cody Rhodes
-Kofi Kingston vs. Johnny Fandango
-The Prime Time Players(Titus O'Neil & Darren Young) vs. The Real Americans(Antonio Cesaro & Jack Swagger)

NXT this week has:
-Adrian Neville vs. Conor O'Brian
-C.J. Parker vs. Tyler Breeze
-Enzo Amore vs. Scott Dawson
-Emma Tayla vs. Summer Rae

Superstars this week has:
-Dolph Ziggler vs. Antonio Cesaro
-Jimmy & Jey Uso & Justin Gabriel vs. The 3-Man Band

Smackdown on Friday 8/30 has:
-Randy Orton vs. Mike Mizanin
-Daniel Bryan vs. Ryback
-Rob Van Dam vs. Damien Sandow
-Dolph Ziggler vs. The Shield
-Tons Of Funk(Brodus Clay & Lord Tensai) vs. The Wyatt Family(Luke Harper & Erick Rowan)

Night Of Champions is on Sunday 9/15:
-Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan - WWE Title
-Alberto Del Rio vs. Rob Van Dam - World Title
-Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman vs. C.M. Punk - Handicap Elimination Match

TNA(www.tnawrestling.com)

Impact on Thursday 8/29 has:
-Jeff Hardy vs. Brutus Magnus - Bound For Glory Series
-A.J. Styles vs. Bobby Roode - Bound For Glory Series
-Austin Aries vs. Christopher Daniels - Bound For Glory Series
-Shawn Hernandez vs. Frankie Kazarian - Bound For Glory Series

Knockouts Knockdown premieres on Friday 9/6:
-Battle Royal
-Mickie James vs. Serena Deeb
-Velvet Sky vs. Jillian Hall
-Taryn Terrell vs. Jacquelyn Moore
-Alissa Flash vs. Gail Kim
-O.D.B. vs. Trinity
-Mia Yim vs. Tara Varon
-Lei'D Tapa vs. Ivelisse Velez
-Santana Garrett vs. Brooke Tessmacher
-Taeler Hendrix vs. Hannah Blossom vs. Sojourner Bolt

Impact(No Surrender) is in St. Louis on Thursday 9/12.

Bound For Glory is on Sunday 10/20.

RING OF HONOR(www.rohwrestling.com)

ROH TV this week has:
-Mark Briscoe vs. Adam Cole - Heavyweight Title Tournament
-A.C.H. vs. Karl Anderson - Heavyweight Title Tournament
-Matt Taven vs. Brian Fury - T.V. Title

Next show is Friday 9/6 in Chattanooga, TN:
-Kevin Steen & Michael Elgin vs. Tommaso Ciampa & Adam Cole
-Cedric Alexander vs. Kyle O'Reilly
-Caprice Coleman vs. Bobby Fish
-Adrenaline Rush(A.C.H. & Tadarius Thomas) vs. Alabama Attitude(Mike Posey & Corey Hollis)
-Matt Taven vs. Davey Richards
-Jay Lethal vs. Luke Hawx
-Roderick Strong vs. Raymond Rowe

ROH has a show on Saturday 9/7 in Birmingham, AL:
-Roderick Strong vs. Adam Cole - Ringmaster's Challenge(1st Fall Pin-Only, 2nd Fall Submission-Only, 3rd Fall 15-Minute Ironman)
-reDRagon(Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) vs. The C&C Wrestle Factory(Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander) vs. Adrenaline Rush(A.C.H. & Tadarius Thomas) vs. Alabama Attitude(Mike Posey & Corey Hollis)
-Matt Taven vs. Jay Lethal
-Davey Richards vs. Michael Bennett
-Kevin Steen vs. Q.T. Marshall
-Michael Elgin vs. Raymond Rowe
-Tommaso Ciampa vs. Luke Hawx

-----

ST. LOUIS ANARCHY(www.slawrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 10/4 in Alton, IL:
-Darin Corbin vs. Gerald James - Heavyweight Title
-Michael Elgin, Davey Richards, & Kyle O'Reilly vs. A.C.H., Davey Vega, & Mat Fitchett
-Dingo vs. Ricky Starks
-The Hooligans vs. Alex The Big Owl & Jordan Lacey
-Evan Gelistico vs. Jojo Bravo
-Adam Raw vs. Dan Walsh
-The Daywalkers(Matt Cage & Alex Castle) vs. Cali 31(Darren Dean & Aaron Solo)
-Bolt Brady vs. Angelus Layne

DPW(dynamopro.weebly.com)

Next show is Friday 9/6 in Glen Carbon, IL:
-Dan Walsh vs. Ricky Cruz - Heavyweight Title
-Billy McNeil vs. Dingo
-Jackal vs. Brandon Gallagher

MMWA-SICW(saintlouiswrestling.com)

SICW has a show on Saturday 9/14(matinee) in Hillsdale, MO.

MMWA has a show on Saturday 9/14 in St. Louis, MO:
-Dave Osborne vs. Raphael King
-Andrew Wilder vs. Ace Hawkins - Jr. Heavyweight Title

SICW has a show on Saturday 9/21 in East Carondelet, IL.

SICW has a show on Saturday 10/12 in Belleville, IL:
-Appearing:  Honky Tonk Man

MMWA has a show on Saturday 10/12 in St. Louis, MO.

SICW has a show on Saturday 10/19 in East Carondelet, IL:
-Appearing:  Hacksaw Jim Duggan

METRO EAST CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING(www.facebook.com/pages/MECW/147167285333132)

Next show is Saturday 9/28 in Wood River, IL.

PRO WRESTLING COLLISION(www.prowrestlingcollision.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/5 in Nashville, IL:
-Zakk Sawyer vs. Joey O'Riley - No Limits Title Ladder Match

3XW(www.3xwrestling.com)

Next shows are Saturday 9/7 and Sunday 9/8 in Des Moines, IA.

Next show is Friday 9/13 in Altoona, IA.

METRO PRO WRESTLING(www.metrowrestling.com)

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

Awaiting results from Saturday 8/10 in Kansas City, KS.

WLW(www.harleyrace.com/WorldLeagueWrestling.htm)

Next show is Saturday 8/31 in Linn, MO:
-Ace Steel vs. Leland Race
-Brian Breaker vs. Jon Webb
-Britton Tucker & Kris Wallace vs. Michael Magnuson & Dark Shadows - Tag Team Titles
-Cancun Kid vs. Elvis Aliaga
-Stacey O'Brian vs. Lucy Mendez - Women's Title

WLW has a show on Saturday 9/14 in Richmond, MO.

CSCW(www.nwa-ccw.com)

Next show is Saturday 8/31 in Cahokia, IL:
-Rob Conway vs. Evan Money - NWA World Title
-Shane Fury vs. Shane Somers - NWA Illinois Title - I Quit Match
-Chris Logan vs. Byron Wilcott
-Bolt Brady vs. Ricky Starks
-Deven Spade vs. Ax Allwardt
-Claudia Del Solis vs. Jordynne Grace
-Aaron Solo vs. Darren Dean
-Johnathon Hampton vs. Joe Bruizer
-Joker vs. Dakota Prodigy
-Eric Allen vs. Justa Mazing

RCW(no website)

RCW has a reunion show on Saturday 8/31 in Bethalto, IL.

-----

DRAGON GATE USA/EVOLVE(www.dgusa.tv)

Next show is Saturday 9/21 in Ridgewood, NY:
-A.R. Fox vs. Anthony Nese - EVOLVE Title

EVOLVE has a show on Sunday 9/22 in Brooklyn, NY:
-A.R. Fox vs. Ricochet - Evolution's End Match

ANARCHY WRESTLING(www.anarchy-wrestling.net)

Next show is Saturday 9/14 in Cornelia, GA:
-Geter vs. Mikael Judas - Heavyweight Title Lumberjack Match
-The Vandal, Dango Wynn, Kevin Blue, & Brandon Parker vs. The Washington Bullets(Jon & Trey Williams) & Hot Commodity(C.B. Suave & Tommy Penirelli)
-Steven Walters vs. Corey Hollis
-Wildside vs. Mike Posey
-Shaun Tempers & Se7en vs. The Urban Assault Squad(Shadow Jackson & Nemesis)
-Azrael vs. B.J. Hancock

WRESTLING IS RESPECT(www.prowrestlingrespect.com)

Next show is Sunday 9/29 in Boonton, NJ:
-Veda Scott vs. Leva Bates

WRESTLING IS FUN(www.wrestlingisfun.org)

Next show is Sunday 9/1 in Reading, PA:
-The Spectral Envoy(Ultramantis Black, Hallowicked, & Frightmare) vs. The Wrecking Crew(
-Green Ant vs. Orbit Adventure Ant
-The Osirian Portal(Ophidian & Amasis) vs. Los Ice Creams
-Eric Corvis vs. Missile Assault Ant
-assailANT vs. The Proletariat Boar Of Moldova
-Fire Ant vs. Brown Morning Of Belarus
-Shynron vs. Juan Francisco De Coronado

SHIMMER(www.shimmerwrestling.com)

Next shows are Saturday 10/19 & Sunday 10/20 in Berwyn, IL.

SHINE(www.shinewrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 9/27 in Ybor City, FL:
-Rain vs. Angelina Love - SHINE Title

AAW(www.aawrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 9/27 in Berwyn, IL.

IWA MID-SOUTH(http://iwamidsouth.proboards.com/index.cgi)

Next shows are Friday 9/13 and Saturday 9/14 in Clarksville, IN featuring the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament:
-Prince Mustafa Ali vs. Andrew Everett - First-Round Tournament Match
-Kongo vs. ? - First-Round Tournament Match
-Roderick Strong vs. Dustin Rayz - First-Round Tournament Match
-Davey Richards vs. Bad Bones - First-Round Tournament Match
-B-Boy vs. Kyle O'Reilly - First-Round Tournament Match
-Drake Younger vs. Eddie Edwards - First-Round Tournament Match
-Jack Thriller vs. Christian York - First-Round Tournament Match
-Michael Elgin vs. Louis Lyndon - First-Round Tournament Match
-Devon Moore vs. Hy-Zaya - First-Round Tournament Match
-Eddie Kingston vs. Chrisjen Hayme - First-Round Tournament Match
-Bryan Skyline vs. Flip Kendrick - First-Round Tournament Match
-Chris Hamrick vs. Justin Credible - First-Round Tournament Match
-Trik Davis vs. Christian Rose vs. Gary Jay vs. Blake Steel vs. Josh Crane vs. Matt Knicks - Tournament Qualifier
-Jimmy Jacobs vs. Reed Bentley - First Blood Match

ACW(www.anarchychampionshipwrestling.com)

Next show is Sunday 9/15 in Austin, TX:
-Jimmy Jacobs vs. J.T. LaMotta
-Davey Vega vs. Ricky Starks
-Bolt Brady vs. Scot Summers
-Sky DeLacrimosa vs. Jason Silver

St. Louis Wrestling Community: http://community.livejournal.com/stlwrestling/
Missouri Wrestling Revival: http://www.missouriwrestlingrevival.com/

Comedy Part 501: Strykeout

Location: Strykrz
Emcee: Bruce Veach
After: Bruce Veach
Before: Greg McClintock

Decent audience for the Sunday night show...it seems like I always miss the big crowds at this particular venue. Don't feel like I did well, sorry to say...it happens, I guess. The Illinois shows appear to be going bi-weekly after this week(no shows next week because of the holiday weekend)...Shenanigans is off the schedule. Will be closing out the month at McDill's tonight...woo.

WWE Raw

-Commentators:  Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, & John Bradshaw Layfield.
-Cody Rhodes d. Johnny Fandango(w/ Summer Rae); Damien Sandow did commentary.  Mike Mizanin & Rosa Mendes(!) danced out to Fandango's theme and Cody rolled up the distracted Fandango for the win.  Chaos ensued and General Manager Brad Maddox pulled a Teddy Long to book a HOLLA HOLLA TAG MATCH~!
-Mike Mizanin & Cody Rhodes(w/ Rosa Mendes) d. Damien Sandow & Johnny Fandango(w/ Summer Rae) when Miz pinned Sandow after the Skull-Crushing Finale.
-C.M. Punk d. Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel(w/ Paul Heyman)(non-title) after the Go 2 Sleep.  The fan-voted stipulation was that Punk would get Heyman in the ring if he won, but Axel attacked him and the two handcuffed Punk before Heyman beat him down with a kendo stick.
-Brie Bella(w/ Nikki Bella & Eva Marie) d. Natalya Neidhart(w/ Funkadactyls); Nikki interfered to get her sister out of the Sharpshooter, allowing Brie to get the win after the Bella Buster(X-Factor).  Jojo was the ring announcer.  Women's Champion A.J. Lee trashed the whole Total Divas cast afterwards.
-Rob Van Dam(w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) d. World Champion Alberto Del Rio(non-title) with a bodyscissors rollup.
-WWE Champion Randy Orton d. Christian Cage(non-title) after a thumb to the eye set up the RKO.
-Titus O'Neil(w/ Darren Young) d. Jack Swagger(w/ Zeb Colter & Antonio Cesaro) with the Clash Of The Titus.
-Gauntlet Match:  Daniel Bryan d. Seth Rollins after the flying knee strike.  Bryan d. U.S. Champion Dean Ambrose by DQ when Roman Reigns broke up a Yes Lock.  Bryan d. Reigns by DQ when the other Shield members broke up another Yes Lock.  The Shield beat down Bryan and hit the triple-team spike powerbomb, then held him for an Orton RKO as Triple H watched from the aisleway.  The roster was assembled on the stage and threatened with termination if anyone tried to interfere.

Anarchy Wrestling TV #395

-Commentator:  Bret Wolverton.
-Promoter Franklin Dove announced that Slim J had been injured in a serious auto accident...so he would be unable to compete in the upcoming match for the held-up Tag Team Titles.  Manager Jeff G. Bailey wanted the belts to be awarded to Se7en & Jagged Edge by default, but Dove said the "captains' match" later in the night would settle things.  If Jagged Edge wins, Se7en & Jagged Edge win the belts.  If Azrael wins, he gets to choose a new partner to face the Elite for the vacant titles.
-Kevin Blue d. Tommy Penirelli(w/ Charlie Cash) with an O'Connor Roll.  Young Lions' Champion C.B. Suave attacked Blue after the match but Brandon Parker made the save, setting up the next bout...
-Young Lions' Champion C.B. Suave(w/ Charlie Cash & Tommy Penirelli) d. Brandon Parker(w/ Kevin Blue) in a non-title match; Blue kept Penirelli from interfering, but Cash tripped Parker and Suave got the win after the Moneymaker #3(Moonlight Drive/flippy neckbreaker).
-Cody Hall d. Adrian Hawkins with the Razor's Edge.
-Azrael d. Jagged Edge(w/ Jeff G. Bailey) after a Superman Punch off the ropes.  Shaun Tempers ran out to help Jagged Edge double-team Azrael after the pin...Slim J made the save despite not being cleared to wrestle.  Tempers got out a staple gun to do some extra damage to Slim, but Mikael Judas hit the ring and the Elite members retreated.
-Next week:  Jeremy Vain vs. Geter vs. Shaun Tempers for the Heavyweight Title, plus Bobby Moore vs. Billy Buck for the T.V. Title with Buck's career on the line.

Weekend wrestling

ROH TV

-Commentators:  Kevin Kelly & Nigel McGuinness.
-Brian Fury won a four-corner match with Todd Hanson, Kongo, and Vinny Marseglia when he pinned Marseglia after a reverse fireman's-carry dropped into a bulldog.  T.V. Champion Matt Taven & Truth Martini did commentary.
-The C&C Wrestle Factory(Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander) d. #PartyBoys(Mike Sydal & Zizou Middoux); Coleman pinned Middoux after the Overtime(top-rope Frankensteiner by Coleman followed by frog splash by Alexander).
-Heavyweight Title Tournament:  Jay Lethal d. Sonjay Dutt via Lethal Injection(Tajiri-handspring Cutter).
-Next week:  A.C.H. vs. Karl Anderson and Mark Briscoe vs. Adam Cole in the Heavyweight Title Tournament, plus Taven vs. Fury for the T.V. Title.

SICW Wrestling Explosion

-Commentator:  Larry Matysik.
-Ricky Cruz & Chris Hargas d. Ron Powers & Flash Flanagan by DQ when Classic Champion Ken Kasa & Dave Vaughn(w/ Travis Cook) attacked Hargas at ringside. Afterwards, Cruz dropkicked Flanagan into Powers and sparked some tension between the two.
-Flashback to October 1979:  Kevin Von Erich d. Dick Murdoch by DQ when Bulldog Bob Brown interfered to break up the iron claw; Gene Kiniski made the save, leading to the locker room emptying to restore order.

PWI 500 2013

 1 John Cena
 2 CM Punk
 3 Hiroshi Tanahashi
 4 Bully Ray
 5 Kazuchika Okada
 6 Sheamus
 7 Jeff Hardy
 8 Alberto del Rio
 9 Dolph Ziggler
 10 Kevin Steen
 11 Daniel Bryan
 12 Austin Aries
 13 Ryback
 14 Big Show
 15 Randy Orton
 16 Kane
 17 Suwama
 18 Antonio Cesaro
 19 James Storm
 20 Kofi Kingston
 21 Wade Barrett
 22 KENTA
 23 Kurt Angle
 24 Bobby Roode
 25 Chris Jericho
 26 Dean Ambrose
 27 Jay Briscoe
 28 AJ Styles
 29 Jack Swagger
 30 Takeshi Morishima
 31 The Miz
 32 Devon
 33 Big E Langston
 34 Matt Morgan
 35 Seth Rollins
 36 Kenny King
 37 Michael Elgin
 38 Prince Devitt
 39 Roman Reigns
 40 Mark Henry
 41 Samoa Joe
 42 Davey Richards
 43 Magnus
 44 Jay Lethal
 45 Christopher Daniels
 46 Sting
 47 Curtis Axel
 48 El Texano Jr.
 49 Mark Briscoe
 50 Damien Sandow
 51 Johnny Gargano
 52 La Sombra
 53 Cody Rhodes
 54 Shinsuke Nakamura
 55 Adam Cole
 56 Kazarian
 57 Hernandez
 58 R-Truth
 59 Fandango
 60 Chavo Guerrero Jr.
 61 Eddie Edwards
 62 Mr. Anderson
 63 Rob Van Dam
 64 Rey Mysterio
 65 Masakatsu Funaki
 66 Sami Callihan
 67 Roderick Strong
 68 Sami Zayn
 69 D.O.C.
 70 Togi Makabe
 71 Zema Ion
 72 Christian
 73 Kyle O'Reilly
 74 Brodus Clay
 75 Sin Cara
 76 Jun Akiyama
 77 CIMA
 78 El Mesias
 79 Bo Dallas
 80 Go Shiozaki
 81 Bobby Fish
 82 Titus O'Neil
 83 Abyss
 84 Justin Gabriel
 85 Michael Bennett
 86 Gunner
 87 Rhino
 88 Karl Anderson
 89 Darren Young
 90 Volador Jr
 91 Adam Pearce
 92 Steve Corino
 93 Matt Taven
 94 MASADA
 95 Lance Archer
 96 Jimmy Jacobs
 97 A.R. Fox
 98 Davey Boy Smith Jr.
 99 Colt Cabana
100 Minoru Suzuki
101 Wes Brisco
102 Kassius Ohno
103 Matt Hardy
104 Hayato Fujita
105 Tensai
106 Samuray del Sol
107 Jimmy Uso
108 Blue Demon Jr
109 Satoshi Kojima
110 Jey Uso
111 Tyson Kidd
112 Adrian Neville
113 ACH
114 Hiroyoshi Tenzan
115 Bray Wyatt
116 Alex Shelley
117 Leo Kruger
118 Corey Graves
119 Naomichi Marufuji
120 Rhett Titus
121 Caprice Coleman
122 KUSHIDA
123 L.A. Par-K
124 Shelton Benjamin
125 Kenny Omega
126 Luke Harper
127 Ricochet
128 Takashi Sugiura
129 Cedric Alexander
130 Rob Conway
131 Rush
132 Knux
133 The Great Khali
134 El Terrible
135 Mike Mondo
136 SHINGO Takagi
137 Zack Ryder
138 Joey Ryan
139 Masanobu Soya
140 Heath Slater
141 Takao Omori
142 Jamin Olivencia
143 Alex Riley
144 Ray Gonzalez
145 Erick Rowan
146 Drake Younger
147 Santino Marella
148 Jinder Mahal
149 Primo
150 Manik
151 Matt Jackson
152 La Mascara Dorada
153 Epico
154 Crimson
155 Ted DiBiase Jr
156 William Regal
157 Nick Jackson
158 Rob Terry
159 Drew McIntyre
160 Chuck Taylor
161 Yoshinobu Kanemaru
162 Christian York
163 El Super Fenix
164 Curt Hawkins
165 Ryusuke Taguchi
166 Kahagas
167 Papadon
168 Eddie Kingston
169 Kota Ibushi
170 Cliff Compton
171 Stevie Richards
172 BJ Whitmer
173 Chris Angel
174 Yoshi Tatsu
175 Andy Leavine
176 Tadarius Thomas
177 Perro Aguayo Jr.
178 Hirooki Goto
179 Conor O'Brian
180 Murat Bosporus
181 Daga
182 Minoru Tanaka
183 Mistico
184 Toru Yano
185 Jay Bradley
186 Mohammed Yone
187 Katsuyori Shibata
188 Dr. Wagner Jr.
189 RJ Brewer
190 JTG
191 Mike Peterson
192 Cibernetico
193 Masato Tanaka
194 QT Marshall
195 Chicano
196 Hunico
197 David Starr
198 David Otunga
199 Sam Shaw
200 Camacho
201 Robbie E
202 Shawn Spears
203 Takashi Iizuka
204 La Mascara
205 Oliver Grey
206 El Hijo del Santo
207 Kensuke Sasaki
208 Matt Cross
209 Ricky Marvin
210 Soul Rocker
211 Taiji Ishimori
212 Rockstar Spud
213 Averno
214 Brian Kendrick
215 Alex Silva
216 Paul London
217 Ultimo Dragon
218 Genki Horiguchi
219 Katsuhiko Nakajima
220 Douglas Williams
221 Robert Anthony
222 Tyson Dux
223 GAMMA
224 Uhaa Nation
225 Joe E
226 Jushin Thunder Liger
227 Ultimo Guerrero
228 Jessie Godderz
229 Yuji Nagata
230 Mojo Rawley
231 Kaz Hayashi
232 Xavier Woods
233 BxB Hulk
234 Yujiro Takahashi
235 Garrett Bischoff
236 Shuji Kondo
237 Ruckus
238 Akira Tozawa
239 Darin Corbin
240 Super Crazy
241 Facade
242 Yoshihito Sasaki
243 Arik Cannon
244 Silver Kain
245 Ricky Reyes
246 Sha Samuels
247 BLK Jeez
248 Silas Young
249 VSK
250 Shaun Tempers
251 Pentagon Jr.
252 Mr. 450 Hammett
253 Anthony Nese
254 Atsushi Aoki
255 Tyler Breeze
256 Heavy Metal
257 Kotaru Suzuki
258 Rick Victor
259 Tetsuya Naito
260 Petey Williams
261 Gory
262 Mikey Whiplash
263 Jesse Neal
264 Flash Flanagan
265 Kid Kash
266 Shane Matthews
267 Jack Evans
268 DJ Hyde
269 Delirious
270 Devon Moore
271 Scorpio Sky
272 MVP
273 Bestia 666
274 Carlito
275 Pepper Parks
276 Rey Escorpion
277 Scott Parker
278 N8 Mattson
279 Daisuke Sekimoto
280 Chris Masters
281 Shawn Daivari
282 Dustin Rayz
283 Oliver John
284 Dragon Rojo Jr
285 Marco Corleone
286 Mason Ryan
287 Trent Barreta
288 Cody Deaner
289 Ace Hawkins
290 Mickey Keegan
291 John McChesney
292 Eric Ryan
293 Richie Steamboat
294 Teddy Hart
295 Danny Havoc
296 Chessman
297 Michael Tarver
298 Tama Tonga
299 Mike Quackenbush
300 Cannonball Grizzly
301 Damien Wayne
302 Josh Daniels
303 Shuji Ishikawa
304 Atlantis
305 Jigsaw
306 Christopher Silvio
307 Koji Kanemoto
308 Jake Carter
309 John Morrison
310 Diamante Azul
311 James Morgan
312 Gran Akuma
313 Craig Classic
314 Johnny Spade
315 Hallowicked
316 Asylum
317 Mikael Judas
318 Corey Hollis
319 Manabu Nakanishi
320 Mike Posey
321 Tommy Dreamer
322 Jocephus
323 Matt Burns
324 The Shard
325 Mentallo
326 Brady Pierce
327 Mark Haskins
328 The Necro Butcher
329 Rudy Switchblade
330 Negro Casas
331 Judas Devlin
332 B-Boy
333 Brian Cage
334 Ryan Eagles
335 Tim Storm
336 Apollyon
337 Virus
338 Jake O'Reilly
339 Rich Swann
340 Jake Crist
341 Tim Donst
342 Drew Gulak
343 Big Duke
344 Matt Riviera
345 Mark Angelosetti
346 Dave Crist
347 Robbie Eagles
348 Lance Bravado
349 Anthony Darko
350 AHTU
351 Chris Wylde
352 Robbie McAllister
353 Alex Kozlov
354 Harlem Bravado
355 Breaker Morant
356 RJ City
357 Tomahawk TT
358 Rocky Romero
359 Shane Haste
360 Dru Onyx
361 Shaun Ricker
362 Brandon Espinosa
363 Kekoa the Flyin' Hawaiian
364 Elia The Great
365 Nui Tofiga
366 Caleb Konley
367 Tony Kozina
368 EITA Kobayashi
369 Josh Alexander
370 Josef von Schmidt
371 Ethan Page
372 Oliver Cain
373 Mikey Nichols
374 Homicide
375 Tiger Mask IV
376 Thee Sean Allen
377 Hartley Jackson
378 Sylvain Grenier
379 Briley Pierce
380 Vordell Walker
381 Krimson
382 Danny Burch
383 Robbie Gilmour
384 Stupified
385 Ray Rosas
386 Gregory Iron
387 Kory Chavis
388 Johnny Yuma
389 Azrieal
390 Player Uno
391 Logan Shulo
392 Thomas Dubois
393 Johnny Goodtime
394 Bobby Shields
395 Ricky Mandel
396 Kincaid
397 Mathieu St. Jacques
398 Black Ice
399 Chasyn Rance
400 Mike Rollins
401 Chance Prophet
402 The Bodysnatcher
403 Kyle Sebastian
404 Kyle Matthews
405 Joe Gacy
406 Tim Edwards
407 Milo Beasley
408 AJ Kirsch
409 Ricky Martinez
410 Michelle Starr
411 Bobby Sharp
412 Hellcat
413 Dave Dutra
414 Nick Madrid
415 Kwan Chang
416 Greg Anthony
417 Rob Sweet
418 Jon Davis
419 Matt Tremont
420 Bandido Jr.
421 Bill Collier
422 Crazzy Steve
423 Sexxy Eddie
424 Lance Anoa'i
425 Ray Alexander
426 Ken Steel
427 Bux Belmar
428 Notorious T
429 JD Maverick
430 Will Rood
431 Michael Barry
432 Ryan Reign
433 Alan Steel
434 Dylan Drake
435 Shane Strickland
436 Tommy Mack
437 Billy Blade
438 Nitro
439 Jack Thriller
440 Franky The Mobster
441 Paredyse
442 Gideon Malice
443 Sugar Dunkerton
444 Lince Dorado
445 Hornet
446 Danny Daniels
447 Aaron Epic
448 Blackjack Phoenix
449 Chris Cooper
450 Gabe Saint
451 Steve Stasiak
452 Brandon Thurston
453 Ruff Crossing
454 CJ O'Doyle
455 Cloudy
456 Ron Falco
457 The Big O
458 Ryot
459 Martin Stanley Fuqua
460 Shooter Storm
461 Rudy Russo
462 Rip Impact
463 Chief Attakullakulla
464 Garrett Dylan
465 Jeff Cobb
466 Silent Warrior
467 Venom
468 El Mariachi
469 Jeremy Wyatt
470 Chaz Montana
471 Danny Demanto
472 Ethan Cross
473 Matt King
474 Mark Bravura
475 Doyle Day
476 Marc Mandrake
477 Chrisifix
478 Shawn Patrick
479 Greg Excellent
480 Dave Osborune
481 Mark Shurman
482 Butch Long
483 Napalm Bomb
484 Victor Creed
485 The Stro
486 Marc Krieger
487 Barry Hardy
488 Andrew Davis
489 Nick Vickers
490 Chris Perish
491 Vince Beach
492 Brandon Scott
493 Nicki Valentino
494 Chris LaPlante
495 Krackerjack
496 Johnny Adams
497 Slim Trimmons
498 Scotty Turner
499 Tim Zbyszko
500 Lucipher Lords

Show results

Friday SHINE results from Ybor City, FL:

-Nikki Roxx & Solo Darling d. Su Yung & Tracy Taylor.
-Leva Bates d. Christina Von Eerie by DQ.
-Kimberly d. Kimber Lee.
-Jessicka Havok won a triple threat match with Mia Yim and Ivelisse Velez.
-Leva Bates d. Christina Von Eerie by DQ.
-Santana Garrett vs. Brandi Wine ended in a no-contest.
-Santana Garrett & Amber O'Neal d. Malia Hosaka & Brandi Wine.
-Amazing Kong d. Mercedes Martinez.
-Angelina Love d. Shanna.
-Rain d. Jessicka Havok to retain the SHINE Title.

Friday 3XW results from Des Moines, IA featuring the King Of Des Moines Tournament:

-J.J. Garrett d. Jaysin Strife.
-Abu Colossus d. Ray Stryker.
-Jimmy Rockwell d. Hype Gotti to retain the Pure Wrestling Title.
-A.J. Smooth d. Ricky Kwong.
-Bradley Charles won a triple threat match with Devin Carter and Aaron Masterson.
-Jeremy Wyatt & Mark Sterling won a four-corner match with The American Bulldogs(Mad Dog McDowell & Jon West)(C), Jake & Ryan King, and Mike Sydal & Ricky Love to win the Tag Team Titles.
-J.J. Garrett d. Abu Colossus.
-Bradley Charles d. A.J. Smooth.
-Gage Octane d. Ryan Slade to win the Heavyweight Title.
-J.J. Garrett d. Bradley Charles to win the tournament.

Friday AAW results from Berwyn, IL:

-Zero Gravity(Brett Gakiya & C.J. Esparza) d. The Monster Mafia(Ethan Page & Josh Alexander).
-Keith Walker d. Tony Rican.
-Michael Elgin d. Knight Wagner.
-Marion Fontaine & Louis Lyndon d. Dan Lawrence & Markus Crane to retain the Tag Team Titles.
-Shane Hollister d. Juntai Miller to retain the Heavyweight Title.
-A.C.H. d. Kyle O'Reilly to retain the Heritage Title.
-Ryan Boz & Heidi Lovelace d. Jordan McEntyre & "Miss Natural" Heather Patera.
-Michael Elgin won a triple threat match with Mat Fitchett and Alex Colon.
-Arik Cannon & Jimmy Jacobs d. Irish Airborne(Jake & Dave Crist).
-Eddie Kingston d. Silas Young.

Saturday WIF results from Easton, PA:

-Shynron d. Juan Francisco De Coronado.
-3.0(Shane Matthews & Scott Parker) d. Los Ice Creams.
-Jaka d. Frightmare.
-The Proletariat Boar Of Moldova & Mr. Azerbaijan d. Green Ant & assailANT.
-Dasher Hatfield d. Mark Angelosetti.
-The Baltic Siege(Estonian Thunderfrog, Latvian Proud Oak, & The Snow Troll) d. The Batiri(Kobald, Kodama, & Obariyon).
-Heidi Lovelace d. Portia Perez.
-The Devastation Corporation(Blaster McMassive & Max Smashmaster) d. The Spectral Envoy(Ultramantis Black & Hallowicked).
-Amasis d. Oleg The Usurper to retain the Top Banana Title.

Saturday Anarchy Wrestling results from Cornelia, GA:

-Tommy Penirelli d. Sweet Dreams.
-Corey Hollis d. Slim J.
-Se7en & Shaun Tempers d. Jeremy Vain & Brodie Ray Chase to retain the Tag Team Titles.
-C.B. Suave d. The Vandal to retain the Young Lions' Title.
-Dango Wynn d. Andrew Pendleton III.
-Mike Posey d. Caprice Coleman.
-Geter fought Mikael Judas to a no-contest to retain the Heavyweight Title.

Superstars + Smackdown

WWE Superstars

-Commentators:  Tony Dawson & Alex Riley.
-Christian Cage d. Big E Langston by escaping the Big Ending setup to hit the Killswitch.
-Kofi Kingston d. J.T.G. after the Trouble In Paradise.

WWE Smackdown

-Commentators:  Michael Cole & John Bradshaw Layfield.
-Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel(w/ Paul Heyman) d. Cody Rhodes(non-title) with the corkscrew snapmare driver after a distraction by Heyman.
-Dolph Ziggler d. Big E Langston(w/ Women's Champion A.J. Lee) after the Zigzag.
-World Champion Alberto Del Rio d. Christian Cage(non-title) with a cross-armbreaker takedown from the second rope.  Ricardo Rodriguez brought out Rob Van Dam after the match; Christian hit the distracted champion with a missile dropkick and RVD followed up with Rolling Thunder.
-The Big Show & Mark Henry d. The 3-Man Band(Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre, & Jinder Mahal) in a handicap match when Show pinned Drew after the PUNCH.  Tag Team Champions Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins of The Shield threatened the duo from the TitanTron.
-Darren Young(w/ Titus O'Neil) d. Antonio Cesaro(w/ Zeb Colter & Jack Swagger) via Gutcheck.
-Daniel Bryan d. Wade Barrett in a cage match after the flying knee strike.  WWE Champion Randy Orton attacked after the match with an RKO on the arena floor.

WWE NXT

Commentators:  Tom Phillips & Alex Riley.  Ring announcer:  Byron Saxton.

A.J. Lee vs. Bayley Rose for the WWE Women's Title:  Bayley has a fine showing but spends more time going for hugs than for pinfalls.  A.J. plays possum a bit, then surprises Bayley with a spinkick to the midsection before getting the win with a Shining Wizard.

Backstage, Tyler Breeze gives a lucky young lady the opportunity to get a photo of him...just him.  However, C.J. Parker photobombs him once again...and this time Breeze finds out upon viewing the photo.

Michael Zaki & Ron Hicks vs. The Ascension(Conor O'Brian & Rick Victor):  Hicks never enters the bout as our resident Twilight fanboys destroy Zaki; Victor gets the pin after the legsweep/flying European uppercut combo.

C.J. Parker vs. Baron Corbin:  The former Juice Robinson finally makes his return to the ring after a long injury absence...he's sporting dreadlocks and seems to be living the hippie lifestyle these days.  I think Byron announced him as hailing from "The Moonchild Commune".  Parker wins a quick bout with a DDT variant similar to that used by Heath Hatton in the Midwest.  Renee Young does the post-match interview...he's groovy and mellow these days.  He calls the photobombing "video lovin'"...but Tyler Breeze storms out and is NOT happy with Parker's stunts.  C.J. tells him to "chillax, hot boy"...Breeze crosses the line by calling him a Lenny Kravitz wannabe but retreats when Parker threatens to hit him.  NOT THE FACE~!

Dolph Ziggler vs. Alexander Rusev:  Haven't seen much of the Bulgarian powerhouse in a while...he brings out a wooden plank with "ZIGGLER" written on it, then breaks it over his knee.  We're told he has a Muay Thai background...this won't be walk in the park for the WWE's resident "Showoff".  Rusev has about a hundred-pound weight edge on Ziggler and looks pretty good against the former World Champion...he surprises Dolph with a spinning heel kick for a near-fall, but takes too long going to the top rope and misses the splash.  Dolph takes advantage with the Zigzag...that's the ballgame!

Next:  An exclusive inside look at NXT's role in SummerSlam Axxess.

Sami Zayn vs. Antonio Cesaro, best-of-three-falls match:  These guys have been feuding since Zayn's debut night in NXT...they're tied at one win apiece so this will PROBABLY settle the issue.  Cesaro doesn't even make it to the ring before Zayn wipes him out with a no-hands somersault plancha!  Zayn pummels him, tosses him in the ring, and NOW the ref calls for the opening bell!  Zayn wastes no time...corner OLE~! Kick, rollup, and that's the first fall!

Zayn sends Antonio back to the floor and gives him the ringside tour; Cesaro seems to regain his wits only to walk into a jumping leg lariat...for two.  A series of countermoves ends in a Steamboat Press by Zayn...for two.  Cesaro finally stops him by dumping him face-first on the top turnbuckle, then tries to wear him down with the Swiss Sleeper.  Zayn backs him into the corner to escape, but Cesaro blocks a kicks and boosts him into a powerbomb!  Cover...gets two.  Back to the Swiss Sleeper but Zayn hits the jawbreaker...only to run into a major clothesline for two.  Double-stomp for two.  Sami strikes backs but Cesaro powers him down to the mat...then the deadlift gutwrench suplex gets countered into a sunset flip for two.  Zayn snaps off a Frankensteiner for two.  Cesaro gets a bridging fallaway slam out of nowhere...for two.  Ad break?  Bah!

Cesaro grabs the Swiss Sleeper again...Zayn escapes a tilt-a-whirl slam attempt but this time the rollup only gets two.  Cesaro boosts him into the air only to take a dropkick from Zayn...Sami
charges into the corner but runs right into the Swiss Sleeper!  Cesaro swings him around and takes him down to the mat...and there's the tapout for the second fall!

Antonio charges at a dazed Zayn with a EUROUPPERCUT in the corner...that gets two.  Sami fights back from the apron but gets his throat snapped off the top rope.  Cesaro pulls him up the ropes...deadlift superplex~!  Cover...gets 2 1/2!  Cesaro trash-talks Zayn...Zayn tries a small package but it's blocked, then Antonio tries a suplex only for Sami floats over into another rollup...for two.  Cesaro grabs the Swiss Sleeper again but Zayn kicks backwards into a pinning combination...for two.  Corner OLE~! Kick out of nowhere...gets 2 1/2.  Fans think This Is Awesome.  Cesaro tries to catch Zayn in a powerbomb off the ropes but Zayn goes all the way up and over into a Code Red!...for 2 1/2!  Antonio rolls out and Sami follows him to the floor...he gets a running start and dives through the ropes from the adjacent side of the ring for a flying DDT!  Sami re-enters the ring as the ref counts...but Antonio barely beats the count at nine.  Undaunted, Zayn covers...for two.  Zayn goes for his ropewalk tornado DDT finisher but Cesaro catches him in mid-air...then uses pure brute strength to pop him up into the EUROUPPERCUT, BITCH~!  The Neutralizer is a formality at this point but Cesaro hits it anyway...that'll do it.  The fans declare it to be the Match Of The Year...and Cesaro does the dirt-kick motion on the way out of the ring.  #yaywrestling

Midweek wrestling

WWE Main Event

-Commentators:  Josh Mathews & Mike Mizanin.
-The Shield(U.S. Champion Dean Ambrose & Tag Team Champions Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) d. Kofi Kingston & Jimmy & Jey Uso when Ambrose pinned Kofi after the headlock driver.
-Women's Champion A.J. Lee(w/ Layla El) d. Naomi Night(w/ Cameron Lynn); Layla's distraction led to A.J. getting Naomi in the Black Widow for the tapout.
-The Great Khali(w/ Natalya Neidhart & Hornswoggle) d. Jack Swagger(w/ Zeb Colter & Antonio Cesaro) after the JUDO CHOP~!
-Bray Wyatt(w/ Luke Harper & Erick Rowan) d. Justin Gabriel with the Sister Abigail.

TNA XPlosion

-Commentators:  Mike Tenay & Jeremy Borash.
-Bound For Glory Series:  Christopher Daniels d. Jay Bradley after the Best Moonsault Ever.

TNA Impact

-Commentators:  Mike Tenay & Taz.
-Bobby Roode & Frankie Kazarian(w/ Christopher Daniels) d. Tag Team Champions James Storm & Phil Gunner(non-title); Roode hit Storm with a low blow behind the referee's back and rolled him up with a handful of denim.
-X-Division Champion Manik d. Sonjay Dutt(non-title) with the Puma Crush(double-chickenwing pickup dropped into a lungblower).
-Bound For Glory Series:  Joseph Park(w/ Eric Young) won a four-corner street fight with Christopher Daniels(w/ Bobby Roode & Frankie Kazarian), Shawn Hernandez, and Jay Bradley.  Austin Aries teased joining the Extraordinary Gentlemen's Organization(EGO) only to turn on Daniels with a brainbuster.  Bradley busted open Park with brass knuckles, but Park went into Abyss mode and hit him with the Blackhole Slam for the win and 20 points.
-New Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray brought out the true love of his life:  Brooke...Tessmacher.
-Gail Kim d. O.D.B. with a crucifix pin.
-Sting, Samoa Joe, Brutus Magnus, Rampage Jackson, & A.J. Styles d. Brother Devon, Ken Anderson, Wes Brisco, Garett Bischoff, & Mike Knux(w/ Bully Ray, Tito Ortiz, & Brooke Tessmacher) in a loser-of-the-fall-leaves-TNA match.  Styles pinned Devon for the win after the Styles Clash.

Comedy Part 500: McMilestone

Location: McDill's
Emcee: Me
Lineup: Joe "The Animal" Lancey, John Orr

Our audience had a good time for this mini-show...I went to the proverbial archives and did a lot of jokes that I hadn't used in a long time. Always fun to get out and perform, but other life stuff keeps taking precedence these days...would like to keep doing it, but only time will tell if it'll fit into future plans.

This week in wrestling

WWE(www.wwe.com)

Main Event this week has:
-Kofi Kingston & Jimmy & Jey Uso vs. The Shield
-The Great Khali vs. Jack Swagger
-A.J. Lee vs. Naomi Night

NXT this week has:
-Dolph Ziggler vs. Alexander Rusev
-Sami Zayn vs. Antonio Cesaro - Best-Of-3-Falls Match
-A.J. Lee vs. Bayley Rose - WWE Women's Title
-The Ascension(Conor O'Brian & Rick Victor) vs. Michael Zaki & Ron Hicks
-C.J. Parker vs. Baron Corbin

Superstars this week has:
-Christian Cage vs. Big E Langston
-Kofi Kingston vs. J.T.G.

Smackdown on Friday 8/23 has:
-Daniel Bryan vs. Wade Barrett - Cage Match
-Alberto Del Rio vs. Christian Cage
-Curtis Axel vs. Cody Rhodes
-Dolph Ziggler vs. Big E Langston
-Darren Young vs. Antonio Cesaro
-The Big Show & Mark Henry vs. The 3-Man Band

Night Of Champions is on Sunday 9/15.

TNA(www.tnawrestling.com)

Impact on Thursday 8/22 has:
-The Main Event Mafia(Sting, Samoa Joe, Brutus Magnus, Rampage Jackson, & ?) vs. The Aces & Eights(Ken Anderson, Brother Devon, Wes Brisco, Garett Bischoff, & Mike Knux) - Loser Of The Fall Leaves TNA
-Shawn Hernandez vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Joseph Park vs. Jay Bradley - Bound For Glory Series Street Fight
-Manik vs. Sonjay Dutt
-James Storm & Phil Gunner vs. Bobby Roode & Frankie Kazarian
-O.D.B. d. Gail Kim

Impact(No Surrender) is in St. Louis on Thursday 9/12.

Bound For Glory is on Sunday 10/20.

RING OF HONOR(www.rohwrestling.com)

ROH TV this week has:
-Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt - Heavyweight Title Tournament
-The C&C Wrestle Factory(Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander) vs. #PartyBoys(Mike Sydal & Zizou Middoux)
-Brian Fury vs. Vinny Merseglia vs. Todd Hanson vs. Kongo

Next show is Friday 9/6 in Chattanooga, TN:
-Kevin Steen & Michael Elgin vs. Tommaso Ciampa & Adam Cole
-Cedric Alexander vs. Kyle O'Reilly
-Caprice Coleman vs. Bobby Fish
-Adrenaline Rush(A.C.H. & Tadarius Thomas) vs. Alabama Attitude(Mike Posey & Corey Hollis)

ROH has a show on Saturday 9/7 in Birmingham, AL:
-Roderick Strong vs. Adam Cole - Ringmaster's Challenge(1st Fall Pin-Only, 2nd Fall Submission-Only, 3rd Fall 15-Minute Ironman)

-----

ST. LOUIS ANARCHY(www.slawrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 10/4 in Alton, IL:
-Darin Corbin vs. Gerald James - Heavyweight Title
-Michael Elgin, Davey Richards, & Kyle O'Reilly vs. A.C.H., Davey Vega, & Mat Fitchett
-Dingo vs. Ricky Starks
-The Hooligans vs. Alex The Big Owl & Jordan Lacey
-Evan Gelistico vs. Jojo Bravo
-Adam Raw vs. Dan Walsh
-The Daywalkers(Matt Cage & Alex Castle) vs. Cali 31(Darren Dean & Aaron Solo)
-Bolt Brady vs. Angelus Layne - ACW U-30 Title

DPW(dynamopro.weebly.com)

Next show is Friday 9/6 in Glen Carbon, IL:
-Dan Walsh vs. Ricky Cruz - Heavyweight Title
-Billy McNeil vs. Dingo
-Jackal vs. Brandon Gallagher

FIST COMBAT(no website)

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

MMWA-SICW(saintlouiswrestling.com)

SICW has a show on Saturday 9/14(matinee) in Hillsdale, MO.

MMWA has a show on Saturday 9/14 in St. Louis, MO.

SICW has a show on Saturday 9/21 in East Carondelet, IL.

SICW has a show on Saturday 10/12 in Belleville, IL.

MMWA has a show on Saturday 10/12 in St. Louis, MO.

SICW has a show on Saturday 10/19 in East Carondelet, IL:
-Appearing:  Hacksaw Jim Duggan

METRO EAST CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING(www.facebook.com/pages/MECW/147167285333132)

Next show is Saturday 9/28 in Wood River, IL.

PRO WRESTLING COLLISION(www.prowrestlingcollision.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/5 in Nashville, IL:
-Zakk Sawyer vs. Joey O'Riley - No Limits Title Ladder Match

3XW(www.3xwrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 8/23 in Des Moines, IA featuring the King Of Des Moines Tournament:
-Tournament Semifinals & Final
-Ryan Slade vs. Gage Octane - Heavyweight Title
-J.J. Garrett vs. Jaysin Strife - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Ray Stryker vs. Abu Colossus - Tournament Quarterfinal
-A.J. Smooth vs. Ricky Kwong - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Devin Carter vs. Bradley Charles vs. Aaron Masterson - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Jimmy Rockwell vs. Cuco Santiago - Pure Wrestling Title
-The American Bulldogs(Mad Dog McDowell & Jon West) vs. Jake & Ryan King vs. Jeremy Wyatt & Mark Sterling vs. Ricky Love & Joey Anderson - Tag Team Titles

METRO PRO WRESTLING(www.metrowrestling.com)

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

Awaiting results from Saturday 8/10 in Kansas City, KS.

WLW(www.harleyrace.com/WorldLeagueWrestling.htm)

Next show is Saturday 8/31 in Linn, MO:
-Ace Steel vs. Leland Race
-Brian Breaker vs. Jon Webb
-Britton Tucker & Kris Wallace vs. Michael Magnuson & Dark Shadows - Tag Team Titles
-Cancun Kid vs. Elvis Aliaga
-Stacey O'Brian vs. Lucy Mendez - Women's Title

WLW has a show on Saturday 9/14 in Richmond, MO.

CSCW(www.nwa-ccw.com)

Next show is Saturday 8/31 in Cahokia, IL:
-Rob Conway vs. Evan Money - NWA World Title
-Shane Fury vs. Shane Somers - NWA Illinois Title - I Quit Match
-Chris Logan vs. Byron Wilcott
-Bolt Brady vs. Ricky Starks
-Deven Spade vs. Ax Allwardt
-Claudia Del Solis vs. Jordynne Grace
-Aaron Solo vs. Darren Dean
-Johnathon Hampton vs. Joe Bruizer
-Joker vs. Dakota Prodigy
-Eric Allen vs. Justa Mazing

RCW(no website)

RCW has a reunion show on Saturday 8/31 in Bethalto, IL.

-----

DRAGON GATE USA/EVOLVE(www.dgusa.tv)

Next show is Saturday 9/21 in Ridgewood, NY:
-A.R. Fox vs. Anthony Nese - EVOLVE Title

EVOLVE has a show on Sunday 9/22 in Brooklyn, NY:
-A.R. Fox vs. Ricochet - Evolution's End Match

ANARCHY WRESTLING(www.anarchy-wrestling.net)

Next show is Saturday 8/24 in Cornelia, GA:
-Geter vs. Mikael Judas - Heavyweight Title
-Shaun Tempers & Se7en vs. Jeremy Vain & Brodie Ray Chase - Tag Team Titles
-C.B. Suave vs. The Vandal - Young Lions' Title
-Azrael vs. Anthony Henry
-Caprice Coleman vs. Mike Posey
-Slim J vs. Corey Hollis

WRESTLING IS RESPECT(www.prowrestlingrespect.com)

Next show is Sunday 9/29 in Boonton, NJ.

WRESTLING IS FUN(www.wrestlingisfun.org)

Next show is Saturday 8/24 in Easton, PA:
-Amasis vs. Oleg The Usurper
-Dasher Hatfield vs. Mark Angelosetti
-Shenron vs. Juan Francisco De Coronado
-Heidi Lovelace vs. Portia Perez
-The Spectral Envoy(Ultramantis Black & Hallowicked) vs. The Devastation Corporation
-3.0(Shane Matthews & Scott Parker) vs. Los Ice Creams
-The Baltic Siege vs. The Batiri

SHIMMER(www.shimmerwrestling.com)

Next shows are Saturday 10/19 & Sunday 10/20 in Berwyn, IL.

SHINE(www.shinewrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 8/23 in Ybor City, FL:
-Rain vs. ? - SHINE Title
-Jessicka Havok vs. Mia Yim vs. Ivelisse Velez - Top-Contender Match
-Amazing Kong vs. Mercedes Martinez
-Angelina Love vs. Shanna
-Leva Bates vs. Christina Von Eerie
-Santana Garrett vs. Brandi Wine
-The West Coast Connection(Tracy Taylor & Su Yung) vs. The All-Star Squad(Nikki Roxx & Solo Darling)
-Kimberly vs. Kimber Lee

AAW(www.aawrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 8/23 in Berwyn, IL:
-Shane Hollister vs. Juntai Miller - Heavyweight Title
-A.C.H. vs. Kyle O'Reilly - Heritage Title
-Eddie Kingston vs. Silas Young
-Arik Cannon & Jimmy Jacobs vs. Irish Airborne
-Marion Fontaine & Louis Lyndon vs. Keith Walker & Lamar Titan - Tag Team Titles
-Zero Gravity(Brett Gakiya & C.J. Esparza) vs. The Monster Mafia(Ethan Page & Josh Alexander)

IWA MID-SOUTH(http://iwamidsouth.proboards.com/index.cgi)

Next shows are Friday 9/13 and Saturday 9/14 in Clarksville, IN featuring the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament:
-Prince Mustafa Ali vs. Andrew Everett - First-Round Tournament Match
-Necro Butcher vs. ? - First-Round Tournament Match
-Roderick Strong vs. Dustin Rayz - First-Round Tournament Match
-Davey Richards vs. Bad Bones - First-Round Tournament Match
-B-Boy vs. Kyle O'Reilly - First-Round Tournament Match
-Drake Younger vs. Eddie Edwards - First-Round Tournament Match
-Jack Thriller vs. Christian York - First-Round Tournament Match
-Michael Elgin vs. Louis Lyndon - First-Round Tournament Match
-Devon Moore vs. Hy-Zaya - First-Round Tournament Match
-Eddie Kingston vs. Chrisjen Hayme - First-Round Tournament Match
-Bryan Skyline vs. Flip Kendrick - First-Round Tournament Match
-Chris Hamrick vs. Justin Credible - First-Round Tournament Match
-Trik Davis vs. Christian Rose vs. Gary Jay vs. Blake Steel vs. Josh Crane vs. Matt Knicks - Tournament Qualifier
-Jimmy Jacobs vs. Reed Bentley - First Blood Match

ACW(www.anarchychampionshipwrestling.com)

Next show is Sunday 9/15 in Austin, TX.

Awaiting results from Sunday 8/18 in Austin, TX.

St. Louis Wrestling Community: http://community.livejournal.com/stlwrestling/
Missouri Wrestling Revival: http://www.missouriwrestlingrevival.com/

WWE Raw

-Commentators:  Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, & John Bradshaw Layfield.
-Cody Rhodes d. Damien Sandow with a twisting sunset flip out of the corner.
-The Funkadactyls(Naomi Night & Cameron Lynn) d. Women's Champion A.J. Lee & Layla El when Naomi rolled up Layla.
-The Shield(U.S. Champion Dean Ambrose & Tag Team Champions Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) d. Dolph Ziggler in a handicap match when Reigns speared Dolph out of a Stinger Splash attempt to get the win.
-World Champion Alberto Del Rio d. Sin Cara(non-title) by ref stoppage when Sin Cara hurt his wrist on a suicide dive.  Afterwards, Ricardo Rodriguez brought out Rob Van Dam to fight with Alberto.
-The Prime Time Players(Titus O'Neil & Darren Young) d. The Real Americans(Antonio Cesaro & Jack Swagger)(w/ Zeb Colter) when Young pinned Cesaro after the Gut Check.
-The Shield(U.S. Champion Dean Ambrose & Tag Team Champions Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) d. The Big Show in a tornado handicap match when all three dogpiled Show for the pin after the triple-team spike powerbomb.
-Bray Wyatt(w/ Luke Harper & Erick Rowan) d. "R-Truth" Ron Killings after the Sister Abigail.
-Jimmy & Jey Uso d. Heath Slater & Jinder Mahal(w/ Drew McIntyre) when Jimmy pinned Mahal after the splash off the top rope.
-Mike Mizanin d. Wade Barrett by DQ; Miz got Wade in the figure-four leglock but Johnny Fandango(w/ Summer Rae) hit Miz with the guillotine legdrop to break it up.

SICW Special Comment + SummerSlam Extra

Another pretty good turnout for SICW...no conflicting town picnic this month.

Promoter Herb Simmons and Larry Matysik started the show by addressing another local group that is using the NWA initials. I know as well as any fan that the "National Wrestling Alliance" isn't what it once was...I like a lot of the wrestlers who work for the other group, but I honestly don't know much about the people in charge of that promotion. Competition can be good but sometimes it gets overly heated...not the way I'd like to see things happen. Put on your best show and let the ticket-buying fans make the decision.

Was wondering how Travis would handle his new follicle situation...I was figuring on a ridiculous wig of some sort, but the wrestling mask was tremendous as well. Heath Hatton got the honor of relieving him of the hood.

Poor Max Archer...he'd been absent for a few months and he returned only to lose twice in one night. The SICW fans don't like Archer...Brandon Gallagher was the face by default in their singles bout.

Hadn't seen Daniel Eads before, he seems to be new...hadn't seen his name in result listings. He and Allwardt had a solid bout.

Gallagher was a face for the night and Dirden seems to be a face now...think that was Dirden's first promo time in front of a live audience and he did well with it.

Gary Jackson going over his rules before the match is like Kane doing his pyro...you know something bad might happen. Thankfully it was averted as Gary turned the tables on Texan to beat him quickly...that's what happens when you interrupt The Rules.

Really good matchup between Kasa and Hatton...didn't think the belt was changing hands, but they had some strong near-falls near the end of the match. Early in the bout, Kasa pulled out a chair for a spot and a young fan pulled it back after the two fought away from that spot...so when Hatton did the reversal, Kasa took a drop-toehold straight to the floor. Ouch.

The main event had Ricky as the face, Flanagan as the heel, and Powers somewhere in between...but the finish and the aftermath seemed to turn Powers face. We may need some new heels in the near future...

Chris Hargas and Joker are both out of action with knee injuries, from what I heard...

The next few months will be busy...other than next week, anyway. 8/31 has CSCW in Cahokia and WLW in Linn, MO with the Jack Gamble benefit show(Brian Breaker and Ace Steel on the card!). SICW has a few extra shows on the agenda including the Hillsdale matinee on 9/14 and a return to Belleville on 10/12.

-----

Haven't watched too many wrestling pay-per-views in recent memory. Went to Murphy's On 21 for Elimination Chamber...the last one before that was Money In The Bank 2011 at Show-Me's. A few comic friends had a PPV get-together that included a recording of the Rude Moose Radio podcast...will post the link once it's online, but it's a marathon so you may want to pack a lunch for that listening. Bwahahaha...

Shawn Michaels has some impressive facial hair going these days...my friends were joking that they felt like giving him some money or a bowl of soup or something. :)

I admittedly suck at predictions but I still got a few right on this night. Technically we were all right on the pre-show match(Landon/Joel/Matt said RVD would win, I said Ambrose would retain and figured on the DQ loss). They teased Reigns/Rollins vs. Henry/Show but it didn't happen.

The notInferno Match was a disappointment, sorry to say. I'm a Kanenite but it felt like a one-sided match until the interference happened. Only match on the show that I actively disliked.

RIP Cody's mustache...*sob* We were divided on that prediction, but my friends are HUGE Sandow fans and were disappointed by his loss.

My friends didn't care for Alberto or Christian. Alberto looked banged up...apparently he was involved in some kind of fight this past weekend along with Drew McIntyre. Think that was the first time Alberto had ever beaten Christian, oddly enough.

Fans didn't care for Natalya vs. Brie but it was pretty good for what it was...the tag match with Maria Menounos and Eva Marie took place at Fan Axxess.

This was the first Lesnar match I'd actually seen since his comeback...great stuff. There had been some concern on the Internets about how credible Punk would look here...he looked like he could hang with Brock and that's what counted, even though he lost. It was their first matchup and I'm sure the issue isn't over yet.

The mixed tag was fine for what it was, yup.

Glad referee Triple H was a non-factor during the actual main event matchup. Outstanding matchup; the top two bouts really delivered on this show. At the end of the day, elbow injury notwithstanding, Daniel Bryan beat John Cena for the WWE Title clean as a sheet in the middle of the ring.

They played up Orton's potential cash-in like crazy until fans convinced himself it was TOO obvious...but it was a front for the real SWERVE~! of Triple H double-crossing Bryan. Did anyone time that MITB match to see if it went around...eighteen seconds? (According to PWTorch, it went eight seconds...even better!) My friends and I were going nuts over the fact that HHH hadn't left the ring for Bryan's celebration...GET OUT OF THERE~!

As I've said in the past, "what I want to see" and "what's good for business" tend to be two different things...so yeah. It is still amazing to think that Bryan and Punk are among the top faces in WWE right now...though time will tell whether Cena is off TV for any length of time. As for either of them getting a win over Triple H in the near future...with apologies to the positivity police, I'll believe it when I see it.

#yaywrestling

WWE SummerSlam

-Rob Van Dam d. U.S. Champion Dean Ambrose by DQ when Roman Reigns speared RVD after he hit the five-star frog splash; Tag Team Champions Reigns & Seth Rollins came out midway through the match which brought out Mark Henry and The Big Show to even the sides.
-Bray Wyatt(w/ Luke Harper & Erick Rowan) d. Kane in a Ring Of Fire Match; the Family members got in the ring with the help of a flame-retardant cloth and beat down Kane, leading to Wyatt winning with the Sister Abigail.  The Family bashed Kane with the steel ring steps again and carried him away.
-Cody Rhodes(w/o mustache!) d. Damien Sandow after the Crossrhodes.
-Alberto Del Rio d. Christian Cage with the cross-armbreaker to retain the World Title.
-Natalya Neidhart(w/ Funkadactyls) d. Brie Bella(w/ Nikki Bella & Eva Marie) with the Sharpshooter.
-Brock Lesnar(w/ Paul Heyman) d. C.M. Punk in a no-DQ match after an F-5 onto a chair.
-Dolph Ziggler & Kaitlyn Bonin d. Big E Langston & Women's Champion A.J. Lee when Ziggler pinned Langston after the Zigzag.
-Daniel Bryan d. John Cena after a flying knee strike to win the WWE Title; Triple H was the special guest referee.  Randy Orton came out after the match and teased a cash-in of his Money-In-The-Bank briefcase...then Triple H turned on Bryan with a Pedigree.
-Randy Orton d. Daniel Bryan to win the WWE Title; Triple H was the referee.  After the Pedigree, all Orton had to do was cover Bryan for the pin.

Weekend wrestling

WWE Superstars

-Commentators:  Tony Dawson & Alex Riley.
-Zack Ryder d. Heath Slater(w/ Drew McIntyre & Jinder Mahal) by blocking a sunset flip off the second rope and hooking the legs for the pin.
-Dolph Ziggler & Kofi Kingston d. The Prime Time Players(Titus O'Neil & Darren Young); Ziggler hit the Zigzag on Young and Kofi followed up with the Trouble In Paradise for the win.

ROH TV

-Episode #100 of ROH On Sinclair was a clipshow hosted by Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong.

SICW Wrestling Explosion(via YouTube)

-Commentators:  Larry Matysik.
-Dave Vaughn(w/ Travis Cook) d. Adam Raw after the second spear of the match.
-Gary Jackson d. Jake Parnell with the Texas Cloverleaf.
-Flashback to June 1980:  Dory Funk Jr. d. Ron McFarland with the spinning toehold.
-Next week:  Ricky Cruz & Chris Hargas vs. Ron Powers & Flash Flanagan.

Anarchy Wrestling TV #394(Hostile Environment Highlights)

-Commentators:  Bret Wolverton, Andrew Pendleton III, & John Johnson.
-The Movement(Najasism & The Vandal) d. The Washington Bullets(Jon & Trey Williams) in a Texas Tornado Tag Match; Vandal hit a crossed-arm Iconoclasm on Trey and Najasism got the pin after a 450 Splash.
-Bobby Moore(w/ Charlie Cash) d. Billy Buck in a no-countout-no-DQ match to retain the T.V. Title.  Hot Commodity(Young Lions' Champion C.B. Suave & Tommy Penirelli) interfered as Buck was about to win, allowing Moore to hit Buck with his loaded elbowpad for the win.
-The scheduled main event was Jeremy Vain vs. Geter for the Heavyweight Title, but the Urban Assault Squad(Shadow Jackson & Nemesis) attacked Vain before the bell.  Brodie Ray Chase tried to help but was beaten down as well...leading to the return of Mikael Judas to even the sides.  That led to an impromptu six-man tag...
-Heavyweight Champion Jeremy Vain, Mikael Judas, & Brodie Ray Chase d. Geter & The Urban Assault Squad(Shadow Jackson & Nemesis) when Judas pinned Nemesis after El Crucifijo.

Saturday SICW Results from East Carondelet, IL + Other Show Results

-Dave Vaughn(w/ Travis Cook) d. Bobby D; D tried a top-rope move but Vaughn speared him in mid-air to get the win.  Cook was wearing a wrestling mask to hide his newly-bald head.
-Chaz Wesson & Adam Raw d. Tony Raze & Max Archer; Raze & Archer had trouble getting along, leading to Raze clotheslining Archer during a chaotic portion of the bout.  Raw took advantage with a fallaway suplex on Archer, then Wesson got the win after a splash off the top rope.
-Ax Allwardt d. Daniel Eads with an Air Raid Crash.
-Brandon Gallagher d. Max Archer after a Fameasser.  Archer had demanded another match after his loss earlier in the night, but things didn't go his way...
-Jake Dirden d. Waco(w/ Big Texan) with the Asiatic Spike.
-Gary Jackson d. The Big Texan(w/ Waco); Texan attacked Gary as he was reminding him about his four rules, then hit a splash off the second rope.  However, Texan made a lazy cover and Gary crucifixed him for the flash pin in under a minute!  The masked men double-teamed Jackson but Dirden re-entered to help and the unlikely duo cleared the ring...leading to a tense verbal confrontation between the two.
-Ken Kasa(w/ Travis Cook) d. Heath Hatton to retain the Classic Title.  Cook interfered a few times and Hatton got a hold of him, finally pulling the mask off his bald head!  Heath nearly got the upset win on a few occasions, but Kasa was able to reverse a pin attempt into the Iron Maiden Torture Lock...finally getting the tapout after a struggle by Hatton.
-Ricky Cruz won a triple threat match with Ron Powers and Flash Flanagan.  The bout was essentially no-DQ, something both Powers and Flanagan used to their advantage as they spent most of the match double-teaming Cruz.  The teamwork finally broke down as Flanagan accidentally hit Powers with a flying move off the second rope...Cruz fought fire with fire as he rolled up Flanagan with a handful of tights for the win!  The alliance between Powers & Flanagan blew up afterwards as the two squared off with chairs...cooler heads nearly prevailed until Powers punched Flanagan in the face!  Flanagan retreated after that...

-----

Saturday ROH results from Manhattan, NY:

-Silas Young d. Adam Page.
-The C&C Wrestle Factory(Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander) d. Adrenaline Rush(A.C.H. & Tadarius Thomas) in a tornado tag match.
-T.V. Matt Taven d. Mike Mondo in a non-title match.
-The Forever Hooligans(Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov) d. The Young Bucks(Matt & Nick Jackson).
-Eddie Kingston & Homicide d. Q.T. Marshall & R.D. Evans
-Heavyweight Title Tournament:  Tommaso Ciampa d. Michael Bennett.
-Heavyweight Title Tournament:  Kevin Steen d. Roderick Strong.
-Heavyweight Title Tournament:  Michael Elgin d. Karl Anderson.
-reDRagon(Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) d. The American Wolves(Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) to win the Tag Team Titles.

Sunday ACW results from Austin, TX:

-Killah Kash & Sky DeLacrimosa won a four-way dance with The Bad Boyz(Li'l Tony & Tuco Chavez), Mr. B & Johnny Axxle, and Jordynne Grace & Miss Diss Lexia.
-Scotty Santiago & G.I. Steve-O d. Jermaine Johnson & Jordan Jacobs.
-Thomas Shire & Ricky Romida d. J.C. Bravo & Stan Summers to retain the Tag Team Titles.
-Ricky Romida d. Bolt Brady to win the U-30 Title.
-Kevin Douglas d. Byron Wilcott.
-Killah Kash & Sky DeLacrimosa d. Jason Silver & Jeff Gant.
-Thomas Shire d. Barbi Hayden.
-Jojo Bravo d. Barrett Brown.
-Jessica James d. Su Yung to retain the Joshi Title.
-Gary Jay d. Ricky Starks.
-Shawn Vexx won a three-way dance with Darin Childs and Scot Summers.
-Evan Gelistico d. Bolt Brady to retain the Heavyweight Title.
-Angel Blue d. Jack Jameson to retain the T.V. Title.
-Matthew Palmer d. Davey Vega to retain the Hardcore Title.

XPlosion + Smackdown

TNA XPlosion

-Commentators:  Mike Tenay & Jeremy Borash.
-Wes Brisco & Garett Bischoff d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Shawn Hernandez; Hernandez hit Chavo with his running dive from the entrance ramp by mistake, leading to Garett scoring the pin after the snapmare driver.

WWE Smackdown

-Commentators:  Michael Cole & John Bradshaw Layfield.
-Christian Cage d. Damien Sandow with a small package.  Sandow tried to attack after the match only to get speared by Christian.  World Champion Alberto Del Rio hit Christian from behind and taunted him on the microphone, but Christian countered an attempted cross-armbreaker takedown into the Killswitch.
-Women's Champion A.J. Lee & Layla El d. Kaitlyn Bonin & Natalya Neidhart; a cheapshot by Layla set up Kaitlyn for A.J.'s Shining Wizard for the win.
-Rob Van Dam, Mark Henry, & The Big Show d. The Shield(U.S. Champion Dean Ambrose & Tag Team Champion Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins); Show PUNCHed out Ambrose and RVD got the pin after the five-star frog splash.
-Mike Mizanin d. Jack Swagger(w/ Zeb Colter & Antonio Cesaro) via rollup.
-Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel(w/ Paul Heyman) d. Zack Ryder(non-title) with the corkscrew snapmare driver.
-Daniel Bryan d. Wade Barrett in a no-DQ match.  Vince McMahon came out to ringside during the bout; Bryan reversed a Barrett rollup into the Yes Lock but Vince pulled the ref out of the ring.  The distraction allowed Wade to nail Bryan with the Bullhammer and Brad Maddox ran in to count...two.  Bryan fired back with a roundhouse kick but Brad refused to count the fall; Vince passed a kendo stick to Barrett but Wade hit Maddox by mistake.  Bryan turned things around and threw Barrett through a table in the corner, then Triple H made his entrance in a referee's shirt...Bryan hit the swandive headbutt and HHH made the three-count.  Bryan celebrated his win but Randy Orton came out to remind everyone about his Money-In-The-Bank briefcase...

Midweek wrestling

WWE Main Event

-Commentators:  Josh Mathews & Mike Mizanin.
-World Champion Alberto Del Rio d. Cody Rhodes(non-title) with the cross-armbreaker takedown.
-Jimmy & Jey Uso d. Heath Slater & Drew McIntyre(w/ Jinder Mahal) when Jimmy pinned Slater after the splash off the top rope.
-Big E Langston(w/ Women's Champion A.J. Lee) d. Justin Gabriel after the Big Ending.

WWE NXT

Commentators:  Tony Dawson & S. William Regal.  Ring announcer:  Kendall Syke.

Paul Heyman starts the show, claiming that he's scouting for the next "Paul Heyman Guy".  He brings out WWE Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel and mentions that there's no one worthy of a title shot...that draws the attention of Big E Langston(still a face around these parts).  Heyman is quick to backpedal but Axel accepts the challenge...just not for tonight, ha ha.  After an assertion of manhood deficiency, it looks like the match WILL happen right now...

Curtis Axel(w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Big E Langston for the WWE Intercontinental Title:  Regal notes that if you combine Langston and Heyman's hairstyles, you'd have a complete haircut...bwahahaha.  It doesn't seem prudent for Axel to go blow-for-blow with Big E...and he ends up on the floor in short order.  Langston overpowers Axel for most of the match, but the I-C Champ does get off his signature dropkick and Perfect necksnap.  The E Train mows down Axel and THE STRAPS COME DOWN...which brings in Heyman for an ineffectual attack.  Langston wins by DQ as a result and gets his hands on Heyman, but Axel hits him from behind in response.  Axel goes for the BELT shot but Big E avoids it...the Big Ending ensues and Langston makes his own five-count.  Of course, Axel's still the Intercontinental Champion..

Backstage, Renee Young interview Sami Zayn(OLE~!)...the feud with Antonio Cesaro is his main issue.  Zayn wants another match...how about best-of-three-falls?  That'll work.

Mason Ryan vs. Scott Dawson(w/ Sylvester Lefort):  Fare thee well, Garrett Dylan.  Dawson gets in Ryan's face and eats a short-arm clothesline right out of the gate...it's downhill from there, but Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady arrive for a distraction and Dawson clips the leg.  That advantage is short-lived...Ryan ends it with the cobra clutch slam, then fights off the three enemies before dumping Dawson over the top rope onto the other two.

Paige Knight vs. Summer Rae for the NXT Women's Title:  Emma Tayla earned a title shot in the "dance battle with Summer last week, but Summer's post-dance attack put Emma out of action for a short time.  Of course, Paige and Summer have their own previous issue to settle.  Paige isn't above pulling the hair, as Summer finds out in short order.  Summer blocks a kick and drops Paige face-first to the mat, then gets a near-fall after a sort-of reverse Pedigree.  A unique bodyscissors takedown gets another two-count for Summer, but Paige starts firing back and elbows her in the corner.  Paige turns Summer's kick block/faceplant move against her, knees her repeatedly in the ropes, then KICK WHAM PAIGE TURNER and it's over!

Backstage, Renee Young interviews the visiting WWE Women's Champion A.J. Lee...she's defending her title next week but doesn't care who she's facing.  Out of nowhere, Bayley dashes in with a hug...she's a big fan!  She followed her from her car and then followed her from her dressing room...oh yeah, she wants to face her next week!  It'll be fun!  Bayley doesn't know why people think she's crazy...she's awesome!  Bayley thinks they could still be friends after she beats her for the title...suuuuure.  HUG~!

Next week:  Dolph Ziggler!

During the break:  Emma attacked Summer as she was recovering from her match.  That feud MUST CONTINUE~!

NXT Tag Team Champions Corey Graves & Adrian Neville & Xavier Woods vs. The Shield(WWE U.S. Champion Dean Ambrose & WWE Tag Team Champions Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins):  That's a lot of belts.  This stems from Reigns & Rollins busting up Neville's U.S. Title shot at Ambrose last week, leading to Graves & Woods making the save.  YAY WRESTLING~!  The good guys make the quick tags and keep Rollins in the ring for a few minutes.  Graves takes him off the second rope with a dragon-screw legwhip and goes for the Lucky 13(Fuller leglock) but the other Shield members pull him to the floor...only for Neville and Woods to hit stereo somersault planchas!

The Shield members regain control and isolate Woods in their corner...but he flips out of a back suplex attempt by Ambrose and makes the tag to Graves!  Graves hits a gourdbuster and legdrive before getting the Lucky 13, but Reigns & Rollins break that up in short order.  Now it's Graves in the wrong part of town...after a lot of abuse, he fights out the corner and tags Neville!  The house is on fire...Neville takes out Ambrose with a big roundhouse kick, but the Red Arrow(corkscrew shooting star press) hits only knees!

Rollins gets the tag, but so does Woods and he comes in with a Steamboat Press...for two!  He follows up with an enzuigiri and low-altitude sliding Flatliner...for two!  Morphing Time(forward-roll clothesline) and Lost In The Woods(Eat-The-Feet) look to end it, but Reigns barely breaks up the pin in time.  Woods dropkicks Reigns away as Neville re-enters the fray to take Reigns and himself out of the ring with a rana.  Graves targets Ambrose but gets backdropped to the floor.  We're left with Woods and Rollins in the ring as the legal men...superplex fight ends in a blind tag and cheapshot by Reigns, allowing Seth to take Woods out of the corner with a running turnbuckle powerbomb!  Reigns takes advantage with the spear on Woods and that's the ballgame!

Backstage, Renee Young interviews Antonio Cesaro.  He doesn't appreciate being called a coward...and he accepts Sami Zayn's challenge only to get jumped by Zayn as the show ends.  ZAAAAAYN~!

TNA Impact(Hardcore Justice)

-Commentators:  Mike Tenay & Taz.
-Bound For Glory Series(20 Points):  Frankie Kazarian won a four-way ladder match with Jeff Hardy, A.J. Styles, and Austin Aries thanks to interference by Bobby Roode & Christopher Daniels.  Kazarian threw an appletini in Hardy's eyes and retrieved the clipboard from above the ring.
-O.D.B. won a non-title triple threat hardcore match with Women's Champion Mickie James and Gail Kim when she pinned Gail after the BAM(TKO) onto a chair.
-Bound For Glory Series(20 Points):  Bobby Roode won a four-way table match with Samoa Joe, Ken Anderson, and Brutus Magnus.  Daniels & Kazarian interfered and Daniels threw another appletini in Magnus' eyes, allowing Roode to powerbomb him through a table for the win.
-Bully Ray d. Chris Sabin in a cage match to win the Heavyweight Title.  The referee was knocked down and Ken Anderson stopped Sabin from escaping through the cage door.  Rampage Jackson and Tito Ortiz(who Rampage had attempted to recruit for the Main Event Mafia) entered and got rid of Anderson, but then Ortiz hit Rampage from behind with a hammer.  Ray capitalized with a powerbomb for the pinfall win.

Double-Shot Special Comment

To some people, I'm always negative about wrestling. To others, I'm not critical enough about certain things. Gotta love it. So should I critique wrestling or should I just "turn my brain off and enjoy it"?

To an extent, I've done that anyway...I accept that "what I like to see" and "what's good for business" are almost always two different things. My view of a wrestling product is really irrelevant if they're making money...it's a business at the end of the day. I always advise people to check out shows and judge for themselves...people have different tastes in wrestling.

St. Louis Anarchy has drawn pretty well for their shows lately and have built a dedicated audience. SICW had a slightly smaller turnout than their usual East Carondelet audience, but it was a "specialized" show with higher ticket prices due to the legends in attendance. Harley Race dislocated his hip last week so he was not in attendance.

At a CHIKARA show a few months ago, Matt Cage & Alex Castle(The Kentucky Buffet) were recruited by Gangrel and became "The Daywalkers". Now they're using that gimmick on a regular basis(though neither Cage nor Gangrel was in the house on Friday). Had seen Bu Ku Dao a few times on notNWA Anarchy's online TV show. Hadn't seen Travis Banks at all; he worked AAW a week or two ago and that was the only time I had seen his name. Castle and Banks(evil New Zealander~!) were the heels of the match while Dao was professing his love of America to establish himself as the face. Highlight of the match was the sick Gangrel-style elevated DDT that Castle used to eliminate Dao.

The intergender tag was...just odd. The first segment of the match consisted of the Big Owl/Lacey team delivering a lot of low blows...on Angelus Layne. The wrestling rule of thumb for women's selling of low blows seems to be "whatever's funny". :)

Yay for Dingo returning to the ring...looking forward to it.

I'm the first to tout the "size shouldn't matter" line of thinking, but some wrestlers are just NOTABLY small. Two of them were matched up against each other on this show: Jonathan Gresham and Jojo Bravo. Gresham seems to base his offense around strikes and that can be a tough thing to do at his size. With Bravo set up to feud with Dingo and also being the more established guy in the promotion, it was a slight upset when Gresham got the victory. Referee Tom Simon had trouble keeping up with these guys...heh.

Always good to see the Hooligans...had a feeling Dean & Solo would get the upset, though. Heard a while back that SLA might get its own Tag Team Titles, but hadn't heard anything about that lately.

With A.C.H. up 1-0 in the mini-series with Davey Vega, Vega was the favorite to even the score. Don't know if they're teasing a heel turn for A.C.H. with his post-match comments...

On the other side of things, they're teasing a face turn for Gerald James/Gary Jay as he didn't want his "family" at ringside for the match with Davey Richards. I've heard people say that Gary is one of the hardest hitters in wrestling...that covers a lot of ground and you wouldn't think that based on his appearance. Davey is a polarizing figure on the internets...there's not a lot of in-between as people seem to either REALLY like him or REALLY not like him. There were a lot of WWE rumors about him in the past year...even though WWE has been willing to recruit guys below their preferred size range recently, it'd still be odd to see him in that environment.

The rules of the table match stated that both team members had to go through tables for the other side to win. With the relaxed rules of the promotion in general and the match in particular, that left the door open for the "eliminated" parties to stick around and help their respective sides. Fitchett got insane airtime on his dives out of the ring...would like to see him more often at shows with more ceiling clearance.

The main event was a fun brawl with blood on both sides. Corbin took a sick brainbuster onto a set-up chair near the end of the match. I got an odd laugh out of the small package finish after all the plunder usage leading up to it...heh.

-----

Onward to SICW!

Didn't look up the admission price before going to the show so it surprised me a bit...good thing the ticket window took my debit card as I didn't have enough cash on me. I got there early enough that I could have made a quick run to an ATM, at any rate...

Ben Simon and Drew Abbenhaus split the ring announcing duties. The dressing room was on the far side of the stadium so the wrestlers had to be literally carted to the ring area.

Tony Raze surprised me by pulling off a second-rope moonsault...don't see that every day from a guy of his size.

The Grizzlies Grand Master Tournament seemed to be set up to establish a future title contender...with a heel champion, that meant Gary and Ricky were the favorites, but Flanagan was the winner at the end of the night. Very interesting...but then Ken Kasa has ticked off both faces and heels with the way he won the title.

I would call Shorty Biggs a tag team specialist as he's had a lot of different partners in his career. He's currently Dynamo Tag Champ with Outtkast and MECW Tag Champ with Chris Logan, but he's also teamed with Dice, Joker. C.J. McManus, Jackal, Sean Vincent, Gary Jackson, etc....now add Adam Raw to the list. Raw and Rudolph were the two guys that I saw at both shows this past weekend.

Ron Powers got the big entrance of the night on his motorcycle alongside his biker friends...he was the clear favorite in this heel-vs.-heel bout. Travis Cook offered him a "retirement chair" but he was having none of that. Kasa used more aerial offense in this rare case of being the smaller guy in the match...but it wasn't quite enough to get him the win. Vaughn was a bit late to save his manager from Powers' piledriver, so Travis was in a neckbrace later in the night for the main event.

Good false finish with Vaughn and Travis initially cheating to win, but the legends got the match restarted and Chaz got the real win. Chaz dropkicked Texan out of the ring and threw him over the guardrail to the lower deck, then teased a dive off the top rope(!) but Texan didn't get up fast enough for it to happen...aww.

Unfortunately the barber chair was too heavy to get into the ring so the deed had to be done at ringside, meaning it was tough to see unless you were right there...plenty of pictures were taken, though. Travis left without hair, without an eyebrow, and covered in shaving cream...

-----

A few notes from around the indy scene: Metro Pro Wrestling is reportedly going on hiatus, possibly for good. I'd heard nothing but good things about their group and product; hope they can restart down the line. Will need to pull up their TV episodes on YouTube sometime. Haven't seen full results yet, but it looks like Jeremy Wyatt regained the Heavyweight Title in the dog collar match with Adam Pearce and the Kobra Kai Dojo(Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett) teamed with Dingo to win the Tag Titles from The Commission(champions Evan Gelistico & Pierre Abernathy along with Gary Jay).

MMWA shuffled things around a bit on Saturday. A.J. Williams won the T.V. Title from Jimmy D and then forfeited the Jr. Heavyweight Championship he already held, resulting in Andrew Wilder defeating J-Mal Swagg for the vacant Jr. Title later in the night. Also, Mephisto won the Battle Royal Title previously held by Raphael King. Gary Jackson had a full evening as he worked both the SICW show and the MMWA show in the same night.

The rest of August looks like this:

Saturday 8/17: SICW in East Carondelet
Saturday 8/31: CSCW in Cahokia

As always: #yaywrestling

This week in wrestling

WWE(www.wwe.com)

Main Event this week has:
-Alberto Del Rio vs. Cody Rhodes
-Jimmy & Jey Uso vs. Heath Slater & Drew McIntyre
-Justin Gabriel vs. Big E Langston

NXT this week has:
-Corey Graves, Adrian Neville, & Xavier Woods vs. The Shield
-Curtis Axel vs. Big E Langston - Intercontinental Title
-Mason Ryan vs. Scott Dawson
-Paige Knight vs. Summer Rae - Women's Title

Superstars this week has:
-Zack Ryder vs. Heath Slater
-Kaitlyn Bonin vs. Tamina Snuka

Smackdown on Friday 8/16 has:
-Daniel Bryan vs. Wade Barrett - No-DQ Match
-Rob Vam Dam, The Big Show, & Mark Henry vs. The Shield
-Christian Cage vs. Damien Sandow
-Curtis Axel vs. Zack Ryder
-Mike Mizanin vs. Jack Swagger
-Kaitlyn Bonin & Natalya Neidhart vs. A.J. Lee & Layla El

SummerSlam is on Sunday 8/18:
-John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan - WWE Title - Referee Triple H
-C.M. Punk vs. Brock Lesnar
-Alberto Del Rio vs. Christian Cage - World Title
-Kane vs. Bray Wyatt - Ring Of Fire Match
-Dean Ambrose vs. Rob Van Dam - U.S. Title
-Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow
-Dolph Ziggler & Kaitlyn Bonin vs. Big E Langston & A.J. Lee
-Natalya Neidhart & Maria Menounos vs. Brie Bella & Eva Marie

Superstars next week has:
-Dolph Ziggler & Kofi Kingston vs. The Prime Time Players
-Natalya Neidhart vs. Naomi Night

TNA(www.tnawrestling.com)

Impact on Thursday 8/15 has:
-Chris Sabin vs. Bully Ray - Heavyweight Title Cage Match
-A.J. Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Austin Aries vs. Frankie Kazarian - Bound For Glory Series - Ladder Match
-Brutus Magnus vs. Samoa Joe vs. Ken Anderson vs. Bobby Roode - Bound For Glory Series Table Match
-O.D.B. & Velvet Sky vs. Mickie James & Gail Kim - Texas Tornado Tag Match

Impact on Thursday 8/22 has:
-The Main Event Mafia vs. The Aces & Eights - Loser Of The Fall Leaves TNA

Bound For Glory is on Sunday 10/20.

RING OF HONOR(www.rohwrestling.com)

Next show is Saturday 8/17 in Manhattan, NY:
-The American Wolves(Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) vs. reDRagon(Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) - Tag Team Titles
-Michael Elgin vs. Karl Anderson - Heavyweight Title Tournament
-Tommaso Ciampa vs. Michael Bennett - Heavyweight Title Tournament
-Kevin Steen vs. Roderick Strong - Heavyweight Title Tournament
-The Forever Hooligans(Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov) vs. The Young Bucks(Matt & Nick Jackson)
-Adam Page vs. Silas Young
-C&C Wrestle Factory(Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander) vs. Adrenaline Rush(A.C.H. & Tadarius Thomas) - Tornado Tag Match
-Matt Taven vs. Mike Mondo

ROH has a show on Friday 9/6 in Chattanooga, TN.

ROH has a show on Saturday 9/7 in Birmingham, AL.

-----

ST. LOUIS ANARCHY(www.slawrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 10/4 in Alton, IL:
-Darin Corbin vs. Gerald James - Heavyweight Title
-Michael Elgin, Davey Richards, & Kyle O'Reilly vs. A.C.H., Davey Vega, & Mat Fitchett
-Dingo vs. Ricky Starks
-The Hooligans vs. Alex The Big Owl & Jordan Lacey
-Evan Gelistico vs. Jojo Bravo
-Adam Raw vs. Dan Walsh
-The Daywalkers(Matt Cage & Alex Castle) vs. Cali 31(Darren Dean & Aaron Solo)
-Bolt Brady vs. Angelus Layne - ACW U-30 Title

DPW(dynamopro.weebly.com)

Next show is Friday 9/6 in Glen Carbon, IL.

FIST COMBAT(no website)

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

MMWA-SICW(saintlouiswrestling.com)

SICW has a show on Saturday 8/17 in East Carondelet, IL:
-Ken Kasa vs. Heath Hatton - Classic Title
-Ricky Cruz vs. Ron Powers vs. Flash Flanagan
-Gary Jackson vs. The Big Texan

SICW has a show on Saturday 9/14(matinee) in Hillsdale, MO.

MMWA has a show on Saturday 9/14 in St. Louis, MO.

SICW has a show on Saturday 9/21 in East Carondelet, IL.

METRO EAST CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING(www.facebook.com/pages/MECW/147167285333132)

Next show is Saturday 9/28 in Wood River, IL.

PRO WRESTLING COLLISION(www.prowrestlingcollision.com)

Next show is Saturday 10/5 in Nashville, IL.

3XW(www.3xwrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 8/23 in Des Moines, IA featuring the King Of Des Moines Tournament:
-Tournament Semifinals & Final
-Ryan Slade vs. Gage Octane - Heavyweight Title
-J.J. Garrett vs. Jaysin Strife - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Ray Stryker vs. Abu Colossus - Tournament Quarterfinal
-A.J. Smooth vs. Ricky Kwong - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Devin Carter vs. Bradley Charles vs. Aaron Masterson - Tournament Quarterfinal
-Jimmy Rockwell vs. Cuco Santiago - Pure Wrestling Title
-The American Bulldogs(Mad Dog McDowell & Jon West) vs. Jake & Ryan King vs. Jeremy Wyatt & Mark Sterling vs. Ricky Love & Joey Anderson - Tag Team Titles

METRO PRO WRESTLING(www.metrowrestling.com)

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

WLW(www.harleyrace.com/WorldLeagueWrestling.htm)

Next show is Saturday 8/31 in Linn, MO:
-Ace Steel vs. Leland Race
-Brian Breaker vs. Jon Webb
-Britton Tucker & Kris Wallace vs. Michael Magnuson & Dark Shadows - Tag Team Titles
-Cancun Kid vs. Elvis Aliaga
-Stacey O'Brian vs. Lucy Mendez - Women's Title

WLW has a show on Saturday 9/14 in Richmond, MO.

CSCW(www.nwa-ccw.com)

Next show is Saturday 8/31 in Cahokia, IL:
-Rob Conway vs. Evan Money - NWA World Title
-Shane Fury vs. Shane Somers - NWA Illinois Title - I Quit Match
-Chris Logan vs. Byron Wilcott
-Bolt Brady vs. Ricky Starks
-Deven Spade vs. Ax Allwardt
-Claudia Del Solis vs. Jordynne Grace
-Aaron Solo vs. Darren Dean
-Johnathon Hampton vs. Joe Bruizer
-Joker vs. Dakota Prodigy
-Eric Allen vs. Justa Mazing

RCW(no website)

RCW has a reunion show on Saturday 8/31 in Bethalto, IL.

UNAFFILIATED SHOWS

Saturday 8/24 in Pacific, MO:
-Appearing:  Sir Mo, Gary Jackson, The Lumberjacks, Brian James, Jimmy D, Moondog Rover, Joker, Devyn Nichol, Jett Hero, P.K. Ripper, Cellblock 9

-----

DRAGON GATE USA/EVOLVE(www.dgusa.tv)

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

ANARCHY WRESTLING(www.anarchy-wrestling.net)

Next show is Saturday 8/24 in Cornelia, GA:
-Geter vs. Mikael Judas - Heavyweight Title

WRESTLING IS RESPECT(www.prowrestlingrespect.com)

Next show is Sunday 9/29 in Boonton, NJ.

WRESTLING IS FUN(www.wrestlingisfun.org)

Next show is Saturday 8/24 in Easton, PA:
-Amasis vs. Oleg The Usurper
-Dasher Hatfield vs. Mark Angelosetti
-Shenron vs. Juan Francisco De Coronado
-Heidi Lovelace vs. Portia Perez
-The Spectral Envoy(Ultramantis Black & Hallowicked) vs. The Devastation Corporation

SHIMMER(www.shimmerwrestling.com)

Next shows are Saturday 10/19 & Sunday 10/20 in Berwyn, IL.

SHINE(www.shinewrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 8/23 in Ybor City, FL.

AAW(www.aawrestling.com)

Next show is Friday 8/23 in Berwyn, IL:
-Shane Hollister vs. Juntai Miller - Heavyweight Title
-A.C.H. vs. Kyle O'Reilly - Heritage Title
-Eddie Kingston vs. Silas Young
-Arik Cannon & Jimmy Jacobs vs. Irish Airborne
-Marion Fontaine & Louis Lyndon vs. Keith Walker & Lamar Titan - Tag Team Titles
-Zero Gravity(Brett Gakiya & C.J. Esparza) vs. The Monster Mafia(Ethan Page & Josh Alexander)

IWA MID-SOUTH(http://iwamidsouth.proboards.com/index.cgi)

Next shows are Friday 9/13 and Saturday 9/14 in Clarksville, IN featuring the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament:
-Prince Mustafa Ali vs. Andrew Everett - First-Round Tournament Match
-Roderick Strong vs. Dustin Rayz - First-Round Tournament Match
-Davey Richards vs. Bad Bones - First-Round Tournament Match
-B-Boy vs. Kyle O'Reilly - First-Round Tournament Match
-Drake Younger vs. Eddie Edwards - First-Round Tournament Match
-Other Tournament Participants:  Jack Thriller, Eddie Kingston, Devon Moore, Chrisjen Hayme, Necro Butcher, Louis Lyndon, Flip Kendrick, B.J. Whitmer, Justin Credible, Christian York, Michael Elgin, Bryan Skyline, Hy-Zaya

ACW(www.anarchychampionshipwrestling.com)

Next show is Sunday 8/18 in Austin, TX:
-Matthew Palmer vs. Davey Vega - Hardcore Title
-Darin Childs vs. Shawn Vexx vs. Scot Summers
-Ricky Starks vs. Gary Jay
-Athena vs. Jojo Bravo
-Jason Silver & Jeff Gant vs. Sky DeLacrimosa & Killah Kash

St. Louis Wrestling Community: http://community.livejournal.com/stlwrestling/
Missouri Wrestling Revival: http://www.missouriwrestlingrevival.com/