THE EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING SHIZNIT #2, by Jonathan (Friday, August 8, 2003)

Table of Contents:

- SOURCES
- EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING IN JAPAN NEWWS
- EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING TIDBITS
- COMBAT ZONE WRESTLING (CZW) NEWS
- IWA MID-SOUTH HARDCORE WRESTLING (IWA--MS) NEWS
- MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING (MLW) NEWS
- RING OF HONOR (ROH) NEWS
- MULTIMEDIA OF THE WEEK
- SHILLS OF THE WEEK

SOURCES

CZWWrestling.com, DVDR, IWAMidSouthWrestling.com, MLW.com, PuroresuFan.com, ROHWrestling.com

EAST COAST INDY WRESTLERS IN JAPAN NEWS

- Osaka Pro Saturday Night Story (8/2; Osaka Delfin Arena): Perro (Kengo Takai) d. Goa (Super Demekin) in 7:22 by pinfall after Jeremy Lopez interfered and hit an Atlanta Driver on a steel chair onto Goa. Later on that night, Takehiro Murahama, Tsubasa & Black Buffalo d. Big Boss MA-G-MA, Daio QUALLT & Jeremy Lopez (11:29) when Tsubasa pinned Lopez. When Lopez was making his entrance, he was attacked by Goa, who wanted revenge on Lopez for what happened earlier in the night.
- Michinoku Pro (8/3; Furukawa Synthesiss Gym): Java Genjin (Gran Apache), Macho Pump, Masao Orihara, & Summer Santa Claus (Quiet Storm) d. Hijo del Anibal, The Stealth (Chad Collyer), Super MOAI, & Kazuya Yuasa (19:13).
- Osaka Pro (8/3; Osaka Delfin Arena): MMiracle Man & Takehiro Murahama d. Big Boss MA-G-MA & Jeremy Lopez (10:07).
- ZERO-ONE Still Burning 2003 Tour (8/5;; Nagano Movement Park Gym): Ikuto Hidaka & Jun Kasai d. C.M. Punk & Josh Daniels (10:14) when Hidaka used a Shawn Capture on Punk. Low Ki pins Yoshito Sasaki (13:14) via a Ki Krusher to retain his ZERO-ONE International Jr. Heavyweight Title. Katsuhisa Fujii, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Naoya Ogawa d. C.W. Anderson, Steve Corino & Sylvester Terkay (17:50) when Ogawa used an STO Bomber on Corino.
- ZERO-ONE Still Burning 2003 Tour (8/6;; Takaoka Techno Dome): C.M. Punk, Josh Daniels, & Low-Ki d. Vansack Acid, Naohiro Hoshikawa, & Jun Kasai (7:43) when Ki hit a Ki Krusher on Kasai. C.W. Anderson, Steve Corino & Solo Snuka d. Hideki Hosaka, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Tengu Kaiser (Kamikaze) (13:33) when Corino used a Toras Kick on Hosaka.
- ZERO-ONE Still Burning 2003 Tour (8/8;; Ina Labor Welfare Center): Josh Daniels & Low-Ki d. Vansack Acid & C.M. Punk (9:21) when Ki pinned Acid via a Ki Krusher. Naoya Ogawa, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Katsuhisa Fujii d. Tom Howard, Steve Corino & C.W. Anderson (15:14) when Ogawa used an STO Bomber on Corino.
- On Sunday (8/10), C.W. Anderson & Steve Corino defend their NWA Intercontinental Tag Titles on a ZERO-ONE show at Aichi Prefectural Gym against MR. OTANI (Shinjiro Otani) & MASA TANAKA (Masato Tanaka).
- Beginning on 8/19, Hotstuff Hernandez,, Misterio Red (The Amazing Red/Fuego Guerrero/Airwalk Spriggan), Extreme Blade (Elix Skipper), The Gladiator (Mike Awesome), Gigantes (Malice/SNUFF/The Wall), and Alan Funk (Kwee-Wee/Bruce) will all be working on a series of AJPW shows that will be a part of the second half of the AJPW Summer Action Series II 2003 Tour.
- Beginning on Sunday (8/10), Jeremy Loppez will work on an Osaka Pro tour. He will tag team with Big Boss MA-G-MA in most of his matches on the tour.
- According to PuroresuFan.com, "Onne of WJ Pro's more talented foreign imports, Steve Madison, will not make the 8/21-8/31 series, after he had an appendix operation on Saturday. Madison will be out of action in World Japan until at least September. The Shane Brothers will instead work extended dates, while Lex Meyer and Dan Bobish will both work through until 8/31 as well. Vader will probably arrive later in the tour, possibly around 8/25 if his leg injury heals up quickly enough."

For those unaware, both Madison and the Shane Brothers (Mike & Todd), are well known for their work in Florida's IPW Hardcore Wrestling (IPW-Hardcore.com).

EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING TIDBITS:

- More info about New Jack's departure from NWA-TNA has been revealed. According to Wrestling-Online.com: "Jack recently complained to management about the direction of his character. Jack received heat from TNA officials after he used the word 'bitch' in a promo when he was specifically told to consult management before cursing during a promo." Jack was announced as having left the company on last week's PPV.
- At an FWA show on 8/2 in Morecambe, Enngland, Doug Williams beat NWA-TNA/ROH star Christopher Daniels two falls to one in a Best 2/3 Falls Match to retain his FWA World Heavyweight Title.
- The S.A.T. worked on the 8/3 Califa Luucha Libre Estilo debut show called "Mexican Standoff," held in San Francisco, CA. This was their second appearance ever in California, their first coming a few weeks ago at the debut PWG show.
- The 8/10 Prime Time Wrestling show in Pottstown, PA will feature Chris Hamrick vs. Homicide, The Backseat Boyz vs. Da Hit Squad, a 10-man PTW Cruiserweight Title Gauntlet Match, a dream match between B-Boy and Jonny Storm, The Latino Alliance (Rapid Fire Maldonado & Chi Chi Cruz) vs. The Christopher Street Connection (Buff-E & Mace), Nick Berk vs. Rockin Rebel, HC Loc vs. Jeff Star, & more! Check out PTWrestling.com for more info.
- For the full Clarksville, IN 8/8 IWA-MMS card and Dayton, OH 8/9 ROH card, please scroll down.

COMBAT ZONE WRESTLING (CZW) NEWS

- Chri$ Ca$h makes a rare non-CZW appearance on tomorrow's Hardway Wrestling show in Northampton, PA, as he wrestles for the HW Lightweight Title against champion Rob Eckos. Nick Berk will also be on the show, as he'll defend his HW Heavyweight Title against Julio Dinero, while Rockin Rebel will compete in a yet-to-be-announced match.
- Also tomorrow, "Anarchist" AArik Kannon - who made his CZW debut at TOD 2 a few weeks ago - will return to IWA-MS in Clarksville, IN at the IWA Arena against Chris Hero. For more info on the show, scroll down.
- The card for CZW Aftermath tomorrow att Viking Hall is:

1. Jonny Storm makes his return to CZW.
2. Ladder Match: J.C. Bailey vs. Sonjay Dutt
3. The Backseat Boyz (Trent Acid & Johnny Kashmere) vs. Adam Flash & Ian Knoxx
4. Tables Match: Nick Gage vs. Nate Hatred
5. CZW Jr. Heavyweight Title Match: Ruckus (c) vs. B-Boy
6. F@#$ the IWA Four-Way Match: Corporal Robinson vs. Ian Rotten vs. Necro Butcher vs. Nate Webb (John Zandig will announce the bout's stipulations)

For more info on the show, go to CZWWrestling.com.

- From Eric Gargiulo's ProWrestlingRadio.com: "This Saturday, August 9, I'll be live at Connie's Water Ices in Middletown, PA for a pre-CZW event party to be broadcast live on Eric's Pro Wrestling Radio from 12:05-2PM/EST.

So far scheduled to join the show live at Connie's Water Ices are; Nick Gage, Ruckus, Sonjay Dutt, and Chris Cash. Eric will also have a few giveaways including a signed Mick Foley Tietam Brown book. Pictures and autographs will be free of charge.

For those that need directions, Connie's is located at 628 West Maple Avenue. You can put that into mapquest.com and come up with door to door directions.

If you come from I-95 North (from Philly, South Jersey, etc.) you would get off at the Business US Route 1 exit (the next exit after Bristol), take US 1 South to PA Route 413 North and take that to PA Route 213, and take a left onto Maple Avenue (Route 213). Connie's is located three lights down on the left.

Call Connie's for more questions at 215-741-5572.

I'll take phone calls throughout the entire show with your questions or comments. You can ask any of the CZW stars any question you may have as well at 1-888-922-2149 or 215-949-3232. Listen to the show live online at WBCB1490.com. Come on out and show your support to CZW!"

IWA MID-SOUTH HARDCORE WRESTLING (IWA-MS) NEWS

- The final card for tommorow's IWA-MS show at the IWA Arena in Clarksville, IN is:

1. Shawn Daivari vs. Hy-Zaya
2. Mitch Page vs. Rollin Hard
3. Corporal Robinson vs. Necro Butcher
4. Arik Cannon vs. Chris Hero
5. Alex Shelley vs. Matt Stryker
6. Three-Way Match: B.J. Whitmer vs. Jimmy Jacobs vs. Chris Sabin
7. IWA-MS Heavyweight Title: Danny Daniels (c) vs. J.C. Bailey

For more info on the show go to IWAMidSouthWrestling.com.

MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING (MLW) NEWS

- MLW is bringing back a violent and dangerous tradition of yesteryear that fans have been clamoring for known as WAR GAMES. The legends of MLW have declared war on The Extreme Horsemen and the battle ground has been set for September 19th at the famous War Memorial Auditorium located at 800 NE 8th Avenue with a bell time of 7:30 PM. MLW will set a new standard in violence with its brand of hybrid wrestling with an event not to be missed on September 19th.
- In a surprising turn of events, MLW iss denying having ever had interest to book CMLL World Tag Team Champions Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero to wrestle The S.A.T. on its 8/22 Summer Apocalypse show in St. Petersburg, FL, contrary to past rumors stating otherwise. MLW.com is hyping that The S.A.T.'s opponents for the show will be announced soon. Summer Apocalypse, however, will feature the MLW return of Nosawa.
- MLW Underground TV will be debuting in a new market shortly.  It could be yours so stay tuned.
- Next week's MLW Underground TV which wwill feature Homicide vs. Jerry Lynn, Simon Diamond vs. The Sandman, and much more.
- MLW CEO and Matchmaker Court Bauer willl be sitting down with MLW.com for an interview this weekend and MLW.com want your questions for him. E-mail them to [email protected] no later than Friday at 11pm (PST).
- MLW Hybrid Hell is now available for ppre-order at http://www.mlw.com/view/v.php?id=p88&item=28. The video tape costs $19.99 and will ship August 25.
- Samoa Joe will be debuting in MLW Septtember 19th in Fort Lauderdale and for several future events.
- According to MLW.com, "MLW is loooking for dedicated people to join the St. Petersburg/Tampa street team. We ask that you be located in the St. Pete/Tampa area and be at least 18 years of age. If you are interested in being a part of Major League Wrestling and getting involved in the wrestling business, then this is your once in a million life time shot at doing such. To sign up, visit: http://www.mlw.com/view/v.php?p77."
- Samoan Island Tribe member Mana recoveering from a minor foot injury he suffered in early July.
- In the October 17 Weekly Gonng Magazine and October 15 Baseball Magazine Sha, MLW had extensive coverage of its September 26 RELOAD event from New York City including 4 color pages in each publication! Furthermore, in the July 9 edition of Japan's Baseball Magazine Sha, MLW received 2 full color pages worth of coverage of the Philadelphia June 15 inaugural event on pages 10 & 11! Also, the Mexican publication Super Luchas recently covered the promotion. MLW will also be featured in a soon-to-be-published Japanese book about wrestling.

RING OF HONOR (ROH) NEWS

- The final card for Friday's show in Dayton, OH is:

^ROH Heavyweight Title: Samoa Joe (c) vs. B.J. Whitmer
^ROH Tag Team Titles: AJ Styles & The Amazing Red (Red will tentatively appear, due to an injury that may prevent him from doing so at the last minute [see below]) (c) vs. Chris Daniels & Danny "Mafia" Maff
^Tag Team Scramble: The Carnage Crew vs. Special K vs. The SAT vs. Fast Eddie & Don Juan
^Justin Credible vs. Matt Stryker
^Invitation to the Field of Honor Tournament: Jimmy Raven vs. Slim J
^Four Corners Survival: Slyk Wagner Brown vs. Hotstuff Hernandez vs. Michael Shane vs. Scoot Andrews (Scott makes his return to ROH after a half year-long abscence!
^Homicide vs. Chris Sabin
^Colt Cabana & Ace Steel vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Alex Shelley
^Jim Cornette makes his ROH debut!
^Also on the show: Deranged, Hydro, & Dixie of Special K, Dunn & Marcos, and more!
CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE

- The Amazing Red (due to a sore knee) and Jimmy Rave (unknown why) have both been removed from the 8/16 Fairfield show. However, UK star and FWA/XPW European Champion Jonny Storm will make his return to ROH on this show!
- The blocks and matches of the Field off Honor tournament will be announced after the 8/16 Fairfield show. Also, there will be a bus trip leaving from Boston to transport fans to the Fairfield show. Check out PWTours.com for more info.
- There have been two changes to the 9/66 card for Cambridge, MA. NWA-TNA objected to the Hair vs. Hair stipulation of the CM Punk vs. Raven Steel Cage Match scheduled for that show, so ROH has been forced to remove the Hair vs. Hair stipulation from the match. However, to make up for that, the promotion has now added a Clockwork Orange House of Fun stipulation to the bout, thereby increasing the level of violence predicted for that match! Also, a huge three-way match has been signed for the 9/6 show, as AJ Styles, Homicide, and Samoa Joe will battle and in the next few weeks, ROHWrestling.com will anouce stakes that each participant will put on the line for the match.
- The DVD version of the 4/26/02 Night OOf Appreciation show will be released in the next few days. The VHS version of the 6/28/03 WrestleRave show was just released, and so was the DVD version of Night of the Butcher (12/7/02). That DVD will contains two bonus matches from IWA Puerto Rico - The Amazing Red vs. Brian XL and a Weapons Match pitting Tajiri & Chicky Starr vs. Steve Corino & Miquel Perez.

MULTIMEDIA OF THE WEEK

- Be sure to check out the Video Clips section of Assault Championship Wrestling's web site, AssaultWrestling.com. The section, which can be found at http://www.assaultwrestling.com/clips.htm, features a variety of video clips in various formats pertaining to the history of ACW, a promotion that has currently features Justin Credible, Tony DeVito, Slyk Wagner Brown, Abunai, Kappa Tappa Kegga, and others. In the past, ACW has features many big-name wrestlers, including Chris Hamrick, Chris Chetti, Balls Mahoney, Julio Dinero, Steve Corino, and Tommy Dreamer. AssaultWrestling.com also provides fans with the opportunity to view past and present ACW TV episodes. The current episode can be found at http://www.assaultwrestling.com/thisweek.htm, while past episodes are archived at http://www.assaultwrestling.com/tvarchives.htm.
- ROHWrestling.com's newest Weekly Clip is a .rm format video clip featuring highlights of the CM Punk vs. Raven match from the promotion's most recent show, Death Before Dishonor in Elizabeth, NJ.

SHILLS OF THE WEEK

- XPW began airing its debut pay-per-view, titled Best of XPW: Xtreme Pro-Wrestling Vol. 1 on Thursday, August 7. The show will be available for replay several different times on InDEMAND. For the full schedule of replays, go to http://www.indemand.com/moviesandevents/viewProductShowtimes.jsp?page_sectionId=2&prodId=10386. As an added bonus, XPW will be giving away two free DVDs to everyone who orders the pay-per-view. The PPV will highlight the most popular spots, angles/storylines, and matches in XPW's four year history. XPW's past roster has featured a variety of former-ECW performers, indy wrestlers, foreign competitors, and XPW homegrown stars, including Altar Boy Luke, "The Hardcore Homo" Angel, Chris Hamrick, "Vicious" Vic Grimes, Nosawa, GQ Money, "The Rock Superstar" Kaos, Mexico's Most Wanted (Damien 666 & Halloween), New Jack, Psychosis, Juventud Guerrera, Big Dick Dudley, Homeless Jimmy, John Kronus, The Messiah, Sabu, Chris Candido, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas, The Sandman, Supreme, "White Trash" Johnny Webb, The Pitbulls (#'s 1 & 2), The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge), Pogo the Clown, "The Real Deal" Damien Steele, Dynamite D, Michael Modest, and Donovan Morgan, among many others. XPW's official web site can be found at http://www.XPWrestling.com/ . The general reviews from people who have seen the PPV so far have been average to very good.

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- HouseOfXtreme.com, the premiere fansite of XPW, was relaunched last week. Featured on the web site is the most up-to-date XPW newsboard on the Web, archived results, wrestler biographies (many of which are by moi!), information, and TONS and TONS of XPW multimedia, from full XPW TV shoiws to full matches to music videos and more. Plus, the HouseOfXtreme.com forum is one of the most popular XPW message boards on the Web. Check out HouseOfXtreme.com today!

- I recently came across an excellent MLW fan web site, the second one to be launched since MLW's inception. The web site, MLWFAN.com, can be located at http://www.mlwfan.com/. MLW's first fan site was (and still is) MLWZone.cjb.net and is located at http://www.mlwzone.cjb.net/.
- Those looking to show their support foor the assanine allegations against XPW co-owners Lizzy Borden and Rob Black can use any of the following banners in their signatures on message boards or on their web sites:

http://www.houseofxtreme.com/free.gif

http://www.xpwtv.com/support_roblizzy.jpg

http://www.houseofxtreme.com/duh.jpg

I'll have more to say on the case in the coming weeks.

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