THE EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING UPDATE #4, by Jonathan (Thursday, August 21, 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
- Big Japan (8/17; Hachinohe City Gym):
2 Tuff Tony d. Hiroyuki Kondo (8:50). Mad Man Pondo and Mike
Samples fought to a double countout (10:38).
- Steve Williams debuted in IWA Japan onn the 8/17 show in
Kanagawa with a win over Keizo Matsuda in 8:35 via a Backdrop
Driver.
- Michinoku Pro (8/17; Shirakawa Centrall Gym): The Stealth (Chad
Collyer) & Super MOAI d. Java Genjin (Gran Apache) &
Summer Santa Claus (Quiet Storm) (11:58). Summer Santa Claus d.
Great Sasuke due to Sasuke’s broken rib in the Michinoku Pro
Masked League.
- Osaka Pro (8/17; Takasago Movement Parrk Gym): Jeremy Lopez d.
Masato Matoba (7:49) via submission (Texas Cloverleaf).
- Big Japan (8/19; Tsuruoka City Gym): RRyuji Ito & Shadow WX
d. Mad Man Pondo & 2 Tuff Tony (15:10).
- Michinoku Pro (8/19; Mutsu Citizen Gymm): King Tut VII &
Super MOAI d. Java Genjin (Gran Apache) & Summer Santa Claus
(Quiet Storm) (13:18). Atlantis d. The Stealth (Chad Collyer)
(13:08) in the Michinoku Pro Masked League.
- Michinoku Pro (8/20; Hirosaki Kasai Gyymnastics Center):
Michinoku Pro Masked League - Super MOAI d. Summer Santa Claus
(Quiet Storm) (7:27) and The Stealth (Chad Collyer) d. Java
Genjin (Gran Apache) (10:12).
- Beginning Saturday (8/23), Josh Daniells, Steve 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.
- On the 8/24 (Sunday) Big Japan show att Yokohama Bunka Gym, Mad
Man Pondo & 2 Tuff Tony wrestle Mr. Pogo & Shadow WX in a
death match.
EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING TIDBITS:
- According to 1Wrestling.com,
"NWA-TNA and ROH valet Alexis Laree has signed a
developmental deal with WWE and will be reporting shortly to Ohio
Valley Wrestling. Laree had worked several dark matches for WWE
in recent months.
- For info on WWE's rumored interest in NWA-TNA star Kid Kash,
check out the NWA-TNA NEWS section below.
- The brother, Willie, of The S.A.T./Loss Maximos (Joel Maximo
& Jose Maximo) was backstage at last Saturday's ROH show in
Fairfield, CT. Willie is receiving pro wrestling training by his
brothers. Expect him to debut on the indy circuit in the coming
months.
- 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. Also, watch WWE SummerSlam
this coming Sunday for free with JAPW staff and La Familia at
Karen's Philadelphia Cheese Steaks, located on 820 Broadway in
Bayonne, NJ on a 50 inch screen TV with a Surround sound system.
Due to this being a private party there will be beer for fans 21 and over. There
is limited space, so reserve your spot now by emailing
[email protected].
- Tomorrow's Union of Independent Professsional 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.
COMBAT ZONE WRESTLING (CZW) NEWS
- The Hurricane Kidd's match vs. Ruckus
for the BJPW Junior Heavyweight Title a few weeks ago CZW
Aftermath was H.K. last match in his career. H.K. is getting
married and therefore will not have time to continue wrestling.
- 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....again.
- Sonjay Dutt and B-Boy will both make ttheir MLW debuts on the
8/22 Summer Apocalypse show. Dutt wrestles Jimmy Yang, while
B-Boy teams up with Nosawa against The S.A.T.
- There will be a "huge surprise&quuot; on the 8/23 show 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.
- B-Boy beat Sonjay Dutt in 17:18 to rettain his APW Internet
Title on the APW-LA 8/16 show in Newhall, CA. B-Boy won the title
earlier on the very same show by beating former-champ James Choi
in 10:12.
- CZW owner John Zandig came to the ringg at the most recent CZW
show (which was two weeks ago) 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 week 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.
- 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; The Backseat Boyz defend their CZW Tag Team
Titles vs. The Broad Street Boozers (Adam Flash/Ian Knoxx) and
Rebel's Army (Greg Matthews/Rockin' Rebel); a dream match pits
Jonny Storm vs. Sonjay Dutt; a Fans Bring the Weapons Match will
occur. For more info, check out CZWWrestling.com.
IWA MID-SOUTH HARDCORE WRESTLING (IWA-MS) NEWS
- Courtesy of IWAMidSouthWrestling.com: "It is with great disappointment that IWA Mid-South Hardcore Wrestling must inform the fans that we will no longer be holding weekly live events at the IWA Arena in Clarksville, Indiana come September 1st. When we say that IWA Mid-South is nothing without the support of the fans, it is the honest truth.
IWA Mid-South celebrated its biggest weekend of 2003 on August 1st and 2nd with the King of the Death Matches tournament, which packed the 2nd and 3rd largest crowds in the history of the venue at 1390 Woerner Avenue since we began holding events there in June of 2002. While the revenue generated during that weekend benefitted the company greatly, and will help enable the promotion to continue into the future, unfortunately we do not have the continued fan support week in and week out to continue holding weekly events at the venue.
A show was scheduled for Friday night, August 15th, which saw a barely double digit number of fans come out to support the product, and the show had to be cancelled as a result. This likely had a great deal to do with the fair going in in Louisville this weekend, but it also comes down to it being very difficult in 2003 to run profitable weekly wrestling events in this region of the country without strong fan support for all of the smaller shows in addition to the bigger events. Ever since moving into the Clarksville building, it has been a financial necessity for the attendance for the regular weekly events to steadily increase, and unfortunately crowds have not been up in recent months as needed. The landlord has, as a result, given us two more weeks to hold events at the location before IWA must say goodbye to the building that we've called home.
Next Saturday night, August 23rd, will be the first show of the IWA's Final Four at 1390 Woerner Avenue, with tickets available at just $8 & $7. We will then hold events on three consecutive days over Labor Day weekend, on Fri/Sat/Sun, August 29th, 30th, and 31st. The event on the 31st will remain the day that we will be shooting a pilot for local television in Louisville, and will also wind up being our farewell show at the IWA Arena. Tickets for the entire Labor Day weekend events are $25 for a weekend pass. We will announce a lineup of wrestlers who will be appearing on these events during the coming days.
This is not the end of IWA Mid-South Hardcore Wrestling-- not by a long shot. We made the decision in early July that the company will continue to promote professional wrestling events well into the future, despite any setbacks we experience along the way, and we still feel the same way. While we may not have the Clarksville venue come September, we will continue to run events at other locations. A return to both Indianapolis as well as the Chicago area are already in the works, and we are exploring several options regarding new venues near Louisville already. We've been giving the wrestling fans of the Mid-South the best damn show we can for almost seven years now, and that's not going to stop.
Mark your calendars, and if at all
possible, come on out and be a part of IWA's Final Four events at
the IWA Arena in Clarksville during the next two weeks. Let's
send this venue out with a bang, much like we did the old House
of Hardcore in Charlestown in early 2002. With your support, we
can give it the farewell it deserves."
- The 2003 IWA-MS King of the Deathmatchhes Tournament will air on
Samurai! TV in Japan on Monday, 9/22.
- Danny Daniels retained his IWA-MS Heavvyweight Title from
Corporal Robinson on the 8/16 MAW show in Milwaukee, WI. Also on
the show were IWA-MS wrestlers Ace Steel, J.C. Bailey, Adrian
Serrano, Chuck E. Smooth, Austin Ares, Dysfunction, Horace the
Psychopath, and Brad Bradley.
- 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.
- Alex Shelley has a dark match at next week's SmackDown!
tapings. The match will air on Velocity on 8/23.
- IWAMidSouthWrestling.com has created aa new, easier-to-use (than
it's previous board) message board for it's fans to interact. The
new board can be found at www.iwamidsouth.proboards19.com .
- The card for the 8/23 IWA-MS show in CClarksville, IN is: Chuck
E. Smooth vs. Steve Stone; Hy-Zaya vs. Mickie Knuckles; Mitch
Page vs. Rollin' Hard; Chris Hero vs. Michael Todd Stratton; IWA
Heavyweight Title - Danny Daniels © vs. Nate Webb. For more
info, check out IWAMidSouthWrestling.com.
MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING (MLW) NEWS
- MLW
Underground TV will be debuting in a new market shortly. It could
be yours so stay tuned!
- MLW CEO and Matchmaker
Court Bauer will 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 Monday at 11:00 PM (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."
- Several MLW wrestlers will be heading to Japan in September.
- Samoan Island Tribe member Mana will rreturn on the 8/22 Summer
Apocalypse show with a new look.
- In the Occtober 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.
- The card for tomorrow (Friday. 8/22) nnight's MLW Summer
Apocalypse show/UndergroundTV taping in St. Petersburg, FL has
potential to be not only the best MLW show of the year, but a
U.S. Indy Wrestling Show of the Year Candidate. It has one of the
best-rounded cards I've seen this year from any U.S. indy
promotion. I highly recommend that anybody who is able to attend
the show does just that: Bounty Match - Extreme Horsemen bounty
hunter Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk; Straight Edge Rules - CM Punk
vs. Raven; Spike Match - Sabu vs. Chris Daniels; Young Lions
Challenge 2 - Homicide vs. Jerry Lynn; Falls Count Anywhere - Da
Hit Squad vs. The Samoan Island Tribe; Global Tag Team Crown
Match - The Extreme Horsemen (CW Anderson/Simon Diamond) vs.
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams/The Sandman; Intergender
Match - Michael Shane/Francine vs. Norman Smiley/GI Ho; Jimmy
Yang vs. Sonjay Dutt; Mikey Whipwreck vs. Tony Mamaluke; Los
Maximos (a.k.a. The S.A.T.) vs. B-Boy/Nosawa; Richard Criado will
be in action and Samoan Island Tribe member MANA returns from an
injury and will have a new look; and more! For more info, check
out MLW.com.
NWA - TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (NWA-TNA) NEWS
- For info about Alexis Laree signing a
developmental deal with WWE, check out the EAST COAST INDY
WRESTLING TIDBITS section.
- The *one cent* NWA-TNA PPV that will bbe 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
participants 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).
- Goldylockks is apparently a prima
donna backstage and hasn't been booked lately by TNA because of
an attitude problem.
NWA - WILDSIDE (NWA WILDSIDE/NWA-WS) NEWS
- I spoke to up-and-coming indy wrestler
Icarus (who made his NWA-WS debut on the 8/15 show vs. Shawn
Tempers) and he said that he will work for them about once per
week from now on. Don't expect him to be working with Altar Boy
Luke anytime soon, though, because those two have had lots of
legitimate heat each other for more than a year now.
- As mentioned directly above, Masada, JJacey 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 (Abyss) returns to NWA-WS on 99/6 (the NWA-WS fourth
anniversary show) and will wrestle Iceberg Slim
- 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
- For info about Alexis Laree signing a
developmental deal with WWE, check out the EAST COAST INDY
WRESTLING TIDBITS section.
- Due to The Amazing Red's recent knee iinjury, ROH has decided to
strip Red & AJ Styles of the ROH World Tag Team Titles.
Therefore, on 9/20 in Philly the first-ever Tag Team Gauntlet
Series will occur and help crown new champions. According
to ROHWrestling.com, "A gauntlet series will begin with a
straight tag match. The winner will immediately wrestle the next
entry in a straight tag match. A series of consecutive straight
tag team matches will occur with the winners advancing and the
losers eliminated. After an intermission, the team that survived
the gauntlet will wrestle the final team."
The teams enrolled in the series so far are The Backseat Boyz,
The S.A.T., The Carnage Crew, Dunn & Marcos, and Special K.
- The DVD versions of the First Anniverssary Show (2/8/03) and
Epic Encounter (4/12/03) and the VHS version of Death Before
Dishonor (7/19/03) will all be released in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, 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 and the VHS version of ROH Wrath of the Racket
show from two Saturdays ago is now available for pre-order on
RFVideo.com.
- The first round matches for the Field of Honor Tournament on
the 9/6 Boston, MA show are: Colt Cabana vs. Jimmy Rave, BJ
Whitmer vs. Dan Maff, Matt Stryker vs. John Walters, and Xavier
vs. Chris Sabin.
- Dan Maff's injury at last Saturday's FFairfield, CT show came
when Low Ki delivered a slingshot corkscrew enziguri kick to him.
After that move, he apparently blacked out and after the show,
was taken to a nearby hospital before being released after
receiving a precautionary x-ray. He still has a sore neck, but is
thinking clearly. Steve Corino, meanwhile, also was injured on
the 8/16 show and suffered two black eyes from Homicide's
headbutts, received eight stitches to close the wound on his arm,
and suffered a ruptured eardrum in his left ear and unfortunately
it is said that he may never receive full hearing back in that
ear.
- The location of the 9/6 show has been changed from Cambridge,
MA to Wakefield, MA. Directions and details about the new venue
and the show scheduled can be found on ROHWrestling.com.
- According to several sources, WWE writting team members David
Lagana and Ed Koskey were in attendance watching the ROH event in
Fairfield, CT this past weekend incognito in the crowd. It will
be interesting to see if any ROH intellectual properties begin to
show up on WWE television.
- The Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark BBriscoe) will return to
ROH full-time starting on 9/6 in Boston, MA. On that show, Mark
wrestles Low Ki and Jay will participate in a Four Corners
Survival Match also featuring Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, and Homicide.
The Briscoes will return to the tag team ranks on 9/20 in Philly.
- Jimmy Jacobs and Alex Shelley have beeen added to appear on the
9/20 Philly show.
- ROH is rumored to enter a new market bbeginning in October.
- Bryan "American Dragon" Daniielson is rumored to
return to ROH this Fall.
- A statement by Low Ki has been posted on the ROHWrestling.com
Message Forum:
"An unfortunate series of incidents
happened at last Saturday Night's ROH show in Fairfield,
Connecticut, a series of incidents for which I owe an apology. I
was scheduled to work the last match of the night with my best
friend Dan Maff.
We both like to work a strong style, especially for the demanding
ROH audience. For many reasons, on Saturday Night, everyone in
ROH was determined to put on a solid show. One of those reasons
was because the crowd was less than expected, and we all wanted
to make a great impression in this new market for ROH, so the
next time we came back everyone in attendance would bring a
friend to see this awesome promotion put on a great show. In the
early stages of this, the last match of the night, I hit Dan Maff
with an errant kick which knocked him for a loop. There was no
way to continue the match. He was out. It was my fault. I have no
excuse for what happened next.
Outside the ring, I hit ROH cameraman Doug Gentry. I was so upset
about what had just happened and was not in full control of my
actions. I was out of line, and without sounding corny, I broke
the code. The code of ROH, the code of this industry, and the
code of this very professional and proud locker room.
I offer no excuses for my actions, as they were inexcusable. I
only offer an apology, and wish there was a way for me to express
just how sorry I am for my unprofessional display. I hope in
future I will have the opportunity to be a better representative
of the company and of this business."
Low Ki
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 Dan Maff vs. Homicide vs. Colt
Cabana vs. BJ Whitmer match from 7/19/03 in Elizabeth, NJ.
ROHWrestling.com's main page also features a downloadable
versions of Dan Maff and Special K's theme songs and an ROH music
video.
- 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
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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:
http://www.houseofxtreme.com/free.gif
http://www.xpwtv.com/support_roblizzy.jpg
http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/67182/2.jpg
http://www.houseofxtreme.com/duh.jpg
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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