THE EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING UPDATE #3, by Jonathan (Friday, August 15, 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
- NWA - TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (NWA-TNA) NNEWS
- NWA - WILDSIDE (NWA WILDSIDE/NWA-WS) NNEWS
- RING OF HONOR (ROH) NEWS
- XTREME PRO WRESTLING (XPW) NEWS
- MULTIMEDIA OF THE WEEK
- SHILLS OF THE WEEK

SOURCES

1Wrestling.com, CZWWrestling.com, DVDR, IWAMidSouthWrestling.com, JAPW.net, Kevin Malton, MLW.com, NWATNA.com, NWA-Wildside.com, PuroresuFan.com, PWTorch, RajahWWF.com, ROHWrestling.com

EAST COAST INDY WRESTLERS IN JAPAN NEWS

- ZERO-ONE Still Burning 2003 Tour (8/9; Kawane Town Townsman Center): Naohiro Hoshikawa & Ikuto Hidaka d. C.M. Punk & Vansack Acid (9:58) when Hoshikawa pinned Punk. Low Ki d. Josh Daniels (8:46) via submission (modified camel clutch). Naoya Ogawa, Katsuhisa Fujii, Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi d. Tom Howard, The Predator, Steve Corino & C.W. Anderson (21:12) when Ogawa used an STO Bomber on Corino.
- Osaka Pro Saturday Night Story (8/9; OOsaka Delfin Arena): Jeremy Lopez pins Perro (6:56) w/ the Atlanta Driver.
- Michinoku Pro (8/9; Fukushima Nationall Athletic Gym): Java Genjin (Gran Apache), King Tut VIII & Summer Santa Claus (Quiet Storm) d. Hijo del Anibal, Hideki Nishida & The Stealth (Chad Collyer) (13:58).
- ZERO-ONE Still Burning (8/9; Kawane Toownsman Center): Ikuto Hidaka & Naohiro Hoshikawa d. Vansack Acid & C.M. Punk (9:58) when Hoshikawa pinned Punk. Low-Ki d. Josh Daniels (8:46) via the Dragon Clutch. Katsuhisa Fujii, Naoya Ogawa, Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi beat C.W. Anderson, Steve Corino, Tom Howard & Sylvester Terkay (21:12) when Ogawa used the STO Bomber on Corino.
- ZERO-ONE World In Nagoya (8/10; Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium): Steve Corino & C.W. Anderson (c) d. MR. OTANI (Shinjiro Otani) & MASA TANAKA (Masato Tanaka) (13:58) when Corino pinned OTANI to retain their NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles. SHOGUN, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Tatsuhito Takaiwa d. Tengu Kaiser, Jimmy Snuka Jr. & C.M. Punk (14:34) when SHOGUN used a DDT on Punk. Kokushi Muso (Keji Muto) & Low Ki d. Tom Howard & Josh Daniels (14:00) when Kokushi used the Shining Wizard on Daniels.
- Osaka Pro Osaka Holiday Paradise (8/100; Osaka Delfin Arena): Takehiro Murahama & Billy Ken Kid d. Big Boss MA-G-MA & Jeremy Lopez (10:49) when Kid used a La Espalda on Lopez.
- Big Japan (8/10; Tokyo - Korakuen Halll): Mad Man Pondo & 2 Tuff Tony beat Mr. Big Japan (Ryuji Yamakawa) & Mike Samples (12:32).
- Michinoku Pro (8/10; Aamori Industriall Hall): Atlantis, King Tut VIII & Hideki Nishida d. Masao Orihara, Summer Santa Claus (Quiet Storm) & Dick Togo (10:43). Kendo KaShin d. The Stealth (Chad Collyer) (9:56) in a Michinoku Pro Masked League Match.
- Big Japan (8/11; Joetsu Welfare South Hall): Ryuji Ito & Shadow WX d. Mad Man Pondo & 2 Tuff Tony (15:27).
- Michinoku Pro (8/12; Hanaizumi Townsmaan Gym): Kendo Ka Shin d. Summer Santa Claus (Quiet Storm) (9:09) via a Flying Jujigatame in the Michinoku Pro Masked League.
- Michinoku Pro (8/13; Tsuruoka City Gymm): Java Genjin (Gran Apache), Macho Pump & Summer Santa Claus (Quiet Storm) d. Ikeda-kun, The Stealth (Chad Collyer) & Super MOAI (15:26) via Java's diving senton on Ikeda-kun.
- Osaka Pro (8/13; Osaka IMP Hall): Daioo QUALLT & Goa (Super Demekin) d. Big Boss MA-G-MA & Jeremy Lopez (12:12) via Goa's diving body press on Lopez.
- Michinoku Pro (8/14; Niigata Phase): SSummer Santa Claus (Quiet Storm) & Super MOAI d. King Tut VIII & The Stealth (Chad Collyer) (14:10).
- Osaka Pro (8/14; Osaka Delfin Arena): Jeremy Lopez d. Tortuger (9:51) via a vital part head thrust.
- Osaka Pro Osaka Holiday Paradise (8/155; Osaka Delfin Arena): Jeremy Lopez d. Perro (7:17) via an Atlanta Driver.
- Tomorrow (8/16), Jeremy Lopez wrestless Tigers Mask on the Osaka Pro show at Muko Town Bicycle Racetrack.
- MLW star “Dr. Death” Steve WWilliams will debut for IWA Japan on 8/17 in Kanagawa vs. Keizo Matsuda.
- 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 8/23, Josh Daniels, Stevee Corino, King Joe (Samoa Joe), and Low Ki will work a series of ZERO-ONE shows. C.W. Anderson begins working on the tour on 8/26.
- 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:

- According to the Pro Wrestling Torch and Buck Woodward of 1Wrestling.com, the rumored problems between WWE and its developmental league, Ohio Valley Wrestling, are absolutely false. Also, OVW booker and legendary manager Jim Cornette has written an open letter to fans of OVW and WWE about the subject on OVWrestling.com in hope of clearing up all of the rumors.
- For info on WWE's rumored interest in NWA-TNA star Kid Kash, check out the NWA-TNA NEWS section below.
- 14 of the 24 participants in the seconnd annual IWA-MS Ted Petty Invitational Tournament (scheduled to occur on 11/8 and 11/9) have been announced: Danny Daniels, Chris Hero, Jimmy Rave, Jimmy Jacobs, Alex Shelley, Colt Cabana, B.J. Whitmer, Ace Steel, B-Boy, Sonjay Dutt, Jonny Storm, A.J. Styles, Trent Acid, and Homicide. The other 10 will be announced sometime in the future.
- IWA-MS' Alex Shelley has a dark match at next week's SmackDown! tapings. The match will air on Velocity on 8/23.
- On Saturday, September 27, Terry Funk will be holding a wrestling clinic in Rahway, NJ, right before the JAPW show scheduled for that night. On the show, he'll wrestle Homicide. For more info, check out JAPW.net.
- The 8/22 (Friday) Union of Independentt Professional Wrestlers show in Erie, PA will feature several indy and XPW stars. The card so far features: Sebastian Dark vs. Chris Hamrick for Dark's UIPW Heavyweight Title; Sebastian Dark & Shirley Doe vs. The Premiere Players (Dash Bennett & Daron Smythe) for Dark & Doe's UIPW Tag Team Titles; Fabulous vs. Sterling James Keenan for Fabulous' UIPW Cruiserweight Title; XPW Tag Team Champion "Iron" Matt Cross (a.k.a. M-Dogg 20) vs. his trainer, JT Lightning (non-title match); XPW Tag Team Champion Josh Prohibition vs. XPW/FWA European Champion Jonny Storm (non-title match); "Big Poppa Plump" Kid Cupid vs. "Mr. Right" Raymond Right; also on the card will be Nikita Allanov, Grubby Holler Boys, The Devil's Advocates, Adam Cage, Aero, Robin Knightwing, Phoenix, Union Boss Kingdom James and more. Check out KingdomJames.com for more info.
- Tonight's New Breed Wrestling Associattion show in South Bend, Indiana will feature a series of East Coast indy wrestlers. The full card is: Lash LeRoux & Mike Wallace vs. Simply Marvelous; Danny Daniels vs. Matt Stryker; Dean Baldwin vs. Cosmic Kid; Cody Hawk vs. Nigel McGuinness; Ace Steel vs. Donovan Morgan; NWA World Heavyweight Title vs. NBWA Heavyweight Title - A.J. Styles © vs. Shark Boy ©.
- Tonight's USA Pro Wrestling show in Gaainesville, GA features several East Coast indy wrestlers. The full card is: Bambi vs. Lollipop; Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Mr. Hughes; Jason Cross vs. Jimmy Rave; America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm) vs. ?; Falls Count Anywhere Match - Buff Bagwell vs. Raven; Teddy Hart vs. Harry Smith; David Flair vs. Ray Gordy.
- The Prime Time Wrestling (formerly Preemier Wrestling Federation) show that was scheduled for last Sunday in Pottstown, PA was postponed for Sunday, August 31 due to the promotion's promoter, Joe Gunns (a.k.a. "Church"), being involved in a serious car accident in New York the morning of the show. Gunns was brought to a Staten Island hospital, where he was evaluated. A press release was issued by Gunns' friend, Mike Kehner, on Monday: "Joe, Denise, and I want to apologize for depriving you and the fans of what would have been a spectacular show today. Hopefully, if everything goes right then the 31st will be as tremendous as today would have been.

Joe is home now and resting comfortably...his head is banged up pretty badly as is his knee...no damage that we know of, with the catscan coming up negative. The ring truck is in the shop, and trailer with ring equipment needs to be evaluated, but thankfully Joe will be okay after a few days rest.

Mike Kehner"

All tickets originally purchased for the 8/10 show will be honored for the 8/31 show and PTW has promised to try to keep the lineup for that show as close to the original one as possible.
- Tomorrow night (8/16), 3PW returns to the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA. The final card for the show is: 3PW World Heavyweight Title - Terry Funk (c) vs. Justin Credible (Funk's first title defense since winning the title); Mikey Whipwreck vs. Kid Kash (Mikey's 3PW debut); Mike Kruel vs. Joey Matthews; Roadkill vs. Rob Eckos; Women's Match: Tai vs. Bunny; Another edition of The Sugar Smack w/ Jasmin St. Claire and Tod Gordon; The Sandman will make an appearance; George Frankenstein (formerly Gorgeous George) will make her return to 3PW; also on the card will be "Pitbull #1" Gary Wolf, The Blue Meanie, "Hot Stuff" Striker, Rockin' Rebel, Ricky Vega, CJ O'Doyle, Josh Daniels, Nick Berk & more.

There will also be a bus trip to the show and an After Party where you can meet some of the 3PW wrestlers! For more info on the show, check out 3PWrestling.com.

COMBAT ZONE WRESTLING (CZW) NEWS

- The Hurricane Kidd's match vs. Ruckus for the BJPW Junior Heavyweight Title last Saturday at CZW Aftermath was H.K. last match in his career.
- The Messiah, B-Boy, and Nick Berk all wrestle on the 9/6 PCW Zero Tolerance in Altadena, CA. The Messiah wrestles a dream match against former-XPW star "The Rock Superstar" Kaos, while B-Boy and Nick Berk wrestle each other one-on-one. A source tells me that Kaos and Messiah supposedly aren't on the same page with each other. Kaos was initially against having to wrestle Messiah, but he decided to go through with it after finding out that PCW had already begun promoting the match as early as a month ago.
- Ric Blade is rumored to have left CZW..
- Sonjay Dutt will wrestle Jimmy Yang onn the 8/22 MLW Summer Apocalypse show.
- There will be a "huge surprise&quuot; come 8/23 in Dover, DE.
- After his recent return, Jonny Storm wwill probably not work for CZW full-time, but it is pretty likely that he'll make a couple more appearances on assorted CZW shows in the future.
- CZW owner John Zandig came to the ringg at last Saturday's CZW show and vacated the Ironman title because the champion, "Sick" Nick Mondo, is injured to severely to continue to compete in CZW, at least until he takes a few months off. He is going to need to get surgery on a few body parts, including on his hand. A few weeks ago at Tournament of Death 2, Mondo won three straight death matches to eventually win the tournament, but in the process, absorbed a disgusting amount of punishment to the point where his back looked as if it had experienced damage like that bought by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Throughout the night, his body was cut up by barbed-wire, broken glass, thumb tacks, and more. Next month in Viking Hall, there will be an Ironman title tournament to crown a new champion, according to Zandig. I spoke to Zandig a few days ago on the phone and he told me that the match that he and Mondo had in the quarterfinals of the tournament was one of the most brutal matches that he (Zandig) has ever been involved in.
- CZW's free show that was scheduled forr tomorrow at Performance Dodge, Inc. in Woodland, NJ was postponed for a later date. I spoke to CZW owner John Zandig on Monday night and he told me that it was because the venue thought that CZW was going to be running at 6:00 pm, but CZW was planning on running at 2:00 pm. CZW wasn't planning on beginning the show at 6:00, as it expected it to be more of an afternoon show, so there was no choice to postpone the show. Expect an announcement of another date in the coming days.
- The current card for CZW Respect - whiich is scheduled for 8/23 (Saturday) in Dover, DE - is: Zandig vs. Ian Rotten in an Explosive Barbed-Wire Wrapped Steel Cage Match; Nate Hatred defends his BJPW Deathmatch Title vs. Nick Gage in a 200 Light Tube Death Match; a Fans Bring the Weapons Match will occur. For more info, check out CZWWrestling.com.

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

- Tonight (8/15), IWA-MS runs at the IWA Arena in Clarksville, IN: JC Bailey vs. "Mean" Mitch Page (Jim Fannin locked in a Steel Cage); Ian Rotten vs. Alex Shelley; Jimmy Jacobs vs. Truth Martini; Chris Hero vs. Petey Williams; also on the card will be "Spyder" Nate Webb, Steve Stone, Rollin' Hard & others.
- The 2003 IWA-MS King of the Deathmatchhes Tournament will air on Samurai! TV in Japan on Monday, 9/22.

MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING (MLW) NEWS

- In a surprising turn of events, MLW is 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 debut in MLW September 19 in Fort Lauderdale and will compete on several future cards.
- 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 is reccovering from a minor foot injury he suffered in early July.
- >- In the October 15 Baseball Magazine Sha and October 17 Weekly Gong Magazine, there will be extensive coverage of MLW's 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 and so did the highly circulated Japanese magazine Weekly Fights. MLW will also be featured in a soon-to-be-published Japanese book about wrestling.
- Two matches have been added to MLW's 88/22 Summer Apocalypse show: Jimmy Yang vs. the debuting Sonjay Dutt (of CZW) and Mikey Whipwreck vs. Tony Mamaluke. Also, Nosawa will make his return to the promotion.

NWA - TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (NWA-TNA) NEWS

- The *one cent* NWA-TNA PPV that will be available to all iN Demand customers will feature classic NWA-TNA matches, including Jeff Jarrett vs. Raven for the NWA World Heavyweight Title, America's Most Wanted vs. Triple X for the NWA World Tag Team Titles, and much more. Check out NWATNA.com for more info on the show.
- The first annual NWA-TNA Super X Cup TTournament will take place on the Wednesday, 9/3 PPV. The X-Division names already signed for this one-night event will be announced later this week.
- The dark match particippants for upcoming NWA-TNA Pay-Per-Views are: Masada, Jacey North and Altar Boy Luke for the 8/20 show and Rudy Boy Gonzalez and Onyx for the 8/27 show. All of these wrestlers - with the exception of Luke - are best known for their work in NWA Wildside. Luke occasionally works for NWA Wildside, too, but he's best known for his work in XPW.
- WWE is rumored to have interest in piccking up former-ECW and current NWA-TNA star Kid Kash. Apparently, the only factor that has them slightly unconfortable in this new acquisition is Kash's rumored negative backstage attitude.
- Former-WWE wrestler Bull Buchanan receently worked an NWA-TNA dark match and was very unhappy after learning that he wouldn't be paid for the match he worked, nor would his transportation costs being covered (as per TNA's policy).
- Goldylocks is apparently a primma donna backstage and hasn't been booked lately by TNA because of an attitude problem.

NWA - WILDSIDE (NWA WILDSIDE/NWA-WS) NEWS

- As mentioned directly above, Masada, Jacey North, Altar Boy Luke, Rudy Boy Gonzalez, and Onyx will work dark matches on upcoming NWA-TNA Pay-Per-Views.
- Gabriel of the Lost Boyz suffered a shhoulder injury on the 7/12 Athens, GA show when he was on the receiving end of a charging double knee attack by his former tag team partner, Azrael. Rainman, Murder One and Slim J will appear on the 8/29 NWA-WS show being held in conjunction with the DragonCon Convention.
- Justice returns to NWA-WS on 9/6, whicch will be the NWA-WS fourth anniversary show.
- This news - which occurred after the 88/12 NWA-WS show in Athens, GA - is courtesy of Larry Goodman of NWA-Wildside.com: "Word apparently got back to the dressing room that Jordan was going to leave without paying in full. A column of wrestlers marched out to the boxoffice with Michaels in the lead. A heated argument between Michaels and Jordan ensued. The locker room presented a united front. Angry members of the Wildside crew were milling around, letting Jordan know that they didn’t appreciate putting their bodies on the line for free. Bailey demanded that Jordan give them their f’n money. Foster tried to step in on Jordan’s behalf. Good Lord, the beating he would have taken had he been so stupid as to push the issue. At this point, the first squad car of Athens-Clarke County police arrived on the scene. Bill Behrens and Jordan each told their versions of their verbal agreement to the cops. The police told the Wildside crew and their supporters to clear out. Police gave Wildside permission to remove their possessions from the building (the ring and sound system). A member of the Wildside crew who shall remain nameless got in a parting shot at Jordan by telling him his balls were dry and he needed Jordan to lick them. There were a total of seven squad cars at the building before it was over.

"Behrens said that the agreement was the same as for the first Arena show: a guaranteed flat fee plus a 50/50 on any other profits from the gate receipts, with the proceeds from concessions going to Athens Arena. Behrens stated that Jordan overspent without his approval and then only wanted to pay half of the agreed upon guarantee. Behrens said that Jordan later paid some of the individual wrestlers. They in turn, returned most of that money to Behrens, so that the total wound up being within $40 of the guarantee. Behren also said that some of Jordan’s friends apologized to him after it was over. Behrens posted a thank you to his crew on the Wildside message board and said that all of the workers would be paid. Behrens said there would be no more Wildside shows at Athens Arena, making it the fourth Athens area venue that the promotion has tried and abandoned.

"When reached for comment, Jordan characterized the events of last night as “an unfortunate situation.” Jordan stated that the agreement was for a 50/50 split on the boxoffice with no guarantee. He stated that he met with Behrens after the show they split the profits after expenses. Jordan claimed that Behrens came up with the guarantee after the fact. Jordan maintained that he lost money on both shows and there was no way he would agree to a guarantee when he was losing money. Jordan confirmed that he paid some of the wrestlers out of his own pocket because he didn’t think they should have to suffer and reiterated that he did not owe that money to Wildside."

According to Goodman, the 8/12 Athens, GA show won't be available on video tape because of technical difficulties with the taping.

RING OF HONOR (ROH) NEWS

- Tomorrow's card for Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT is: Low Ki vs. Danny "Mafia" Maff; Non-Title Match - ROH World Heavyweight Champion Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk; Grudge Match (Code of Honor waived) - Steve Corino vs. Homicide; #1 Contenders Trophy Match - Christopher Daniels vs. Xavier; Field of Honor Invitational Match - Matt Stryker vs. BJ Whitmer; Tag Team Scramble Match - The Backseat Boyz vs. Special K vs. The S.A.T. vs. The Carnage Crew; Four Corner Survival Match - Slyk Wagner Brown vs. Jonny Storm vs. Deranged vs. Hydro; plus The Purists (Tony Mamaluke & John Walters), Alexis Laree, Dunn & Marcos, & more. Check out ROHWrestling.com for more info.
- The Amazing Red (due to a sore knee) aand 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 Epic Encounter (4/112/03) will be released within a few weeks, while the DVD version of the ROH A Night of Appreciation show (4/27/02) has now been released by RF Video and is ready for immediate delivery. The VHS version of ROH Wrath of the Racket show from last Saturday is now available for pre-order on RF Video.
- Samoa Joe's next ROH Heavyweight Titlee defense and AJ Styles & Amazing Red's next ROH Tag Team Title defenses will be on 9/20 in Philly.
- Nigel McGiness and Chet Joblonski bothh impressed ROH officials at "Wrath Of The Racket" and each is expected to be back when spots open up.
- Dan Maff and Colt Cabana have both beeen added to the Field of Honor tournament. Besides Maff and Cabana, the other participants who have already been announced are Jimmy Rave, John Walters, Chris Sabin and Xavier. The full brackets for the event (which begins on 9/6 in Boston and continues on 9/20 in Philly and on 10/16 in Boston) will be announced next week.
- Jim Cornette enjoyed his experience onn last Saturday's show, but since he refuses to fly, he may not return until ROH starts expanding more into the Midwest area. According to ROHWrestling.com, the company hopes to return to both Dayton, OH and expand out into the Midwest in the next half year. If they do return to Dayton, though, they will not be able to run in the same venue that they previously did since it's booked up until March. They are currently searching for a new building to run in.

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 Special K vs. The Backseat Boyz & The S.A.T. match from 7/19/03 in Elizabeth, NJ.
- The Multimedia section of NickMondo.coom - the official web site of CZW star "Sick" Nick Mondo - features various video clips of Mondo in action in CZW and even IWA-MS. Among the clips is a music video of CZW TOD2 (which occurred a few weeks ago) and of a Mondo vs. Ric Blade match.

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. Simply mail a copy of your cable or satellite bill to the address below and specify whether you would like to receive 2 videos or 2 DVDs. All receipts must be received by December 31, 2003.

XPW PPV Offer
16032 Sherman Way #6
Van Nuys, CA 91406

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 very good. In fact, Derek Greser of 1Wrestling.com stated that - after watching the Pay-Per-View (which it should be mentioned was his first look ever at XPW) - "I thought the PPV was great, and made me an instant XPW mark."

Also, in other XPW news:

- The VHS versions of Best of XPW TV Volume 1, the VHS and DVD versions of Best of XPW Deathmatches Volume 1, and the VHS and DVD versions of XPW New Year's Revolution 2002 are available for pre-order from Best Buy.

- 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/.
- Obsessed With Wrestling - your absolutte number one source for pro wrestler bios and information on the Web - has relaunched with a brand new LAYOUT and a new server. It can now be found at Combat-Honor.com. Check it out and enjoy!
- 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:

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You may also leave a phone message that will be played for the couple in the coming days by calling (206)-202-1979.

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