THE EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING UPDATE #5, by John (Friday, August 29, 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
- RING OF HONOR (ROH) NEWS
- XTREME PRO WRESTLING (XPW) NEWS
- MULTIMEDIA OF THE WEEK
- SHILLS OF THE WEEK
SOURCES
1Wrestling.com, Bob Barnett, 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
- On 8/19 (Tuesday), the second half of the AJPW Summer Action Series 2003 Tour began and among the participants on the tour are Shawn (Hotstuff) Hernandez, Misterio Red (The Amazing Red/Fuego Guerrero/Airwalk Spriggan), Extreme Blade (Elix Skipper), "Gladiator" Mike Awesome, Gigantes (Malice/SNUFF/The Wall), and Alan Funk (Kwee-Wee/Bruce). Unfortunately, on 8/19 (the first show of the tour), Red suffered a leg injury during his match. He was sent to the hospital following the match and he is apparently off of the rest of the tour. During the tour, Hernandez, Funk, and Red worked collectively as the Fake WWE Army, a comedy stable of supposed WWE supserstars. In the stable, Hernandez wrestles in the attire of Kurt Angle, Red in that of Rey Mysterio, and Funk in that of Hulk Hogan. Funk portrayed Hogan in HWA and the WWA. A photo of all three posing backstage as their respective gimmick characters can be found at http://www.puroresufan.com/images/wweinajarmy.jpg. So far, the match results (that feature U.S. indy stars) of the tour's shows are:
*8/19 (Korakuen Hall): Hotstuff
Hernandez d. Kazushi Miyamoto (4:25) via an Olympic Drop
(Canadian Backbreaker into a Facebuster). Allan Funk, Kendo
KaShin, & Misterio Red d. Masa Fuchi, Hi69, & Taichi
Ishikara (15:59) via KaShin's jujigatame on Ishikari. Mike
Awesome, Gigantes, & TAKA Michinoku d. Arashi, Kaz Hayashi,
& Keiji Muto (13:03) via Awesome's Running Awesome Bomb on
Hayashi.
*8/22 (Asahikawa Citizen Center Gym):
Extreme Blade & Hotstuff Hernandez d. Hideki Hosaka
& Kuroge Wagyuta (9:59) via Hernandez's Bart Basher on
Wagyuta. Arashi, Keiji Muto, & Shigeo Okumura d. Mike
Awesome, Allan Funk, & Gigantes (6:54) via Arashi's Flying
Frog Splash on Funk.
*8/23 (Mombetsu Sports Center): Extreme Blade d. Hi69 (6:37) via
the Bring the House Down. Allan Funk d. Ryuji Hijikata (7:54) via
an Axe Bomber. Mike Awesome, Gigantes, & Hotstuff Hernandez
d. Arashi, Masayuki Kono, & Keiji Muto (19:17) via Gigantes'
Nodowa Otoshi (Chokeslam into Elbow Drop) on Kono.
*8/24 (Kitami Municipal Sports Center): Hotstuff Hernandez d.
Masayuki Kono (8:08) via an Olympic Drop. Extreme Blade &
Gigantes d. Hideki Hosaka & Kuroge Wagyuta (14:19 via
Gigantes' Nodowa Otoshi on Wagyuta. Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi
Kojima d. Mike Awesome & Allan Funk(13:50) via Hayashi's
Final Cut on Funk.
*8/25 (Tottori Dome): Allan Funk d. Hi69 (7:18) via an Axe
Bomber. Hotstuff Hernandez d. Hideki Hosaka (6:38) via an Olympic
Drop. Arashi, Masayuki Kono, & Keiji Muto d. Mike Awesome,
Extreme Blade, & Gigantes (15:21) via Muto's Shining Wizard
on Blade.
*8/27 (Sapporo Convention Center): Tomohiko Hashimoto, Shoichi
Ichimiya, & Kazushi Miyamoto d. Ebessan, Extreme Blade, &
Allan Funk (11:26) when Ichimiya pinned Allan Funk following a
leg drop. Hotstuff Hernandez pins Masayuki Kono (2:30) via an
Olympic Drop. Gigantes & TAKA Michinoku d. Arashi &
Tomoaki Honma (12:33) when TAKA used the Just Facelock on Honma.
Mike Awesome and Satoshi Kojima fought to a 30:00 Time Limit
Draw.
*The 9/6 All Japan show in Nippon Budokan Hall features Allan
Funk vs. Mitsuharu Gisawa (Shoichi Ichimiya) with the stipulation
that if Funk loses, he can't impersonate Hulk Hogan anymore.
- Results to the 8/21 - 8/31 Fighting of World Japan tour matches that featured East Coast indy wrestlers:
*8/21 (Osaka Prefectural Gym): WMG Tag Titles Tournament
Entrance Match - Shiro Koshinaka & Jinsei Shinzaki d. The
Shane Brothers (Mike Shane & Todd Shane) (12:28) via
Koshinaka's horizontal cradle.
*8/23 (Hakata Star Lanes): Mike Shane pins Ichiro Yaguchi
(13:00). Dan Bobish d. Todd Shane (5:54) via an Argentine
Backbreaker.
*8/24 (Oita Prefectural Gym): Mike Shane d. Koichiro Kimura
(4:40). Dan Bobish & Takao Omori d. Todd Shane &
Genichiro Tenryu (13:01) when Omori pinned Todd.
*8/26 (Higashi-Hiroshima Movement Park Gym #2): Mike Shane pins
Mammoth Sasaki (7:04). Todd Shane pins Dan Bobish (7:16).
*8/28 (Kokura Northern Gym): Mike Shane d. Ichiro Yaguchi
(12:09). Todd Shane d. Tomohiro Ishii (9:15).
- Big Japan (8/21; Korakuen Hall [all weapons inside of a
house built inside of the building]): Living Room Death Match -
BADBOY Hido & 2 Tuff Tony d. Ryuji Ito & MEN’s Teioh
(14:37) by "House Out" after being thrown out of the
house. Daikokubo Benkei, Ryuji Ito, Abdullah Kobayashi, &
MEN’s Teioh d. BADBOY Hido, Mad Man Pondo, Mike Samples,
& 2 Tuff Tony (16:45) when Ito used the Dragon Splash covered
in barbed wire from the 2nd floor of the house on Tony. The house
was destroyed after all the matches.
- Michinoku Pro (8/21; Omagari Citizen GGym): Summer Santa Claus
(Quiet Storm) & Super MOAI d. King Tut VIII & The Stealth
(Chad Collyer) (14:15).
- Michinoku Pro (8/22; Kamaishi Citizen Gym): King Tut VIII &
The Stealth d. Java Genjin (Gran Apache) & Summer Santa Claus
(12:00).
- Michinoku Pro (8/23; Yamagata Welfare Vacation Center): Java
Genjin & The Stealth d. Masao Orihara & Summer Santa
Claus (13:18).
- Pro Wrestling NOAH (8/23; Korakuen Halll): Wild II (Takeshi
Morishima & Takeshi Rikio) d. Don Harris & Donovan Morgan
(10:10) when Morishima pinned Morgan via a Bridging German
Suplex.
- Osaka Pro (8/23; Osaka Festival Gate):: Jeremy Lopez d. Masato
Matoba (4:23) via submission (Texas Cloverleaf).
- ZERO-ONE (8/23; Hiroshima Green Arena Small Arena): Josh
Daniels & Jason the Legend d. Tatsuhito Takaiwa &
Hirotaka Yokoi (10:14) when Jason pinned Takaiwa. Katsuhisa
Fujii, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, & Shinya Hashimoto d. Steve Corino,
Samoa Joe, & Skulu Savage (14:39) via Hashimoto's DDT on
Skulu. (Hashimoto only saw about 3:00 of ring time due to his
injuries). Low-Ki & Sylvester Terkay d. Naoya Ogawa &
Wataru Sakata (14:04) via pinfall (Ki's Phoenix Splash on
Sakata).
- Michinoku Pro (8/24; Sendai Wholesale Dealer Center in Miyagi,
JP): Mascara contra Mascara (Mask vs. Mask) Match - King Tut VIII
d. Summer Santa Claus (11:37) via his Curse of the Royal Family
move. Santa unmasked to reveal himself as Quiet Storm. Hijo del
Anibal & Super MOAI d. Geronimo Moribe & The Stealth
(7:59) via MOAI's inside cradle on Stealth.
- Big Japan (8/24; Yokohama Bunka Gym): Weapons Street Fight
Death Match - Mr. Pogo & Shadow WX d. Mad Man Pondo & 2
Tuff Tony (13:20).
- Pro Wrestling NOAH (8/24; Twin Messe SShizuoka): Ron Harris,
Richard Slinger, & Bison Smith d. Tamon Honda, KENTA, &
Kenta Kobashi (17:33) via Smith's Bisontennial on KENTA.
- Osaka Pro (8/24; Ishibe Town Rain Mounntain Gym): Tigers Mask d.
Jeremy Lopez (13:07).
- ZERO-ONE (8/24; Oita Prefectural Gym):: Josh Daniels &
Low-Ki d. Naohiro Hoshikawa & Wataru Sakata (12:23) via Ki's
Ki Krusher on Hoshikawa. Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Shinya Hashimoto,
& Naoya Ogawa d. Steve Corino, Samoa Joe, & Sylvester
Terkay (19:21) via Ogawa's STO Bomber on Joe.
- Michinoku Pro (8/26; Sapporo Teisen Haall): Hijo del Anibal
& The Stealth d. Quiet Storm (who worked the match with no
mask on) & Super MOAI (9:14) via's Stealth German Suplex hold
on Storm.
- Pro Wrestling NOAH (8/26; Nagoya Interrnational Conference
Hall): Masao Inoue, Mitsuharu Misawa, & Yoshinari Ogawa d.
Ron Harris, Richard Slinger, & Yoshihiro Takayama (20:42) via
Inoue's Argentine Backbreaker on Slinger.
- ZERO-ONE (8/26; Yokkaichi Australia Meemorial Hall): Josh
Daniels pins Shinsuke Z Yamagasa (9:19) via a Bridging German
Suplex. Low-Ki & Skulu Savage d. Vansack Acid & Jun Kasai
(12:51) when Skulu used the Skulu Splash on Acid. Yoshiaki
Fujiwara, Shinya Hashimoto, & Tengu Kaiser (Kamikaze) d. C.W.
Anderson, Steve Corino, & Samoa Joe(12:58) via Hashimoto's
DDT on C.W..
- Michinoku Pro (8/27; Asahikawa Citzen Sports Center): The
Stealth d. Summer Santa Claus/Quiet Storm (8:47).
- ZERO-ONE (8/27; Korakuen Hall): ZERO-OONE International Jr.
Heavyweight Title - Low-Ki (c) pins Naohiro Hoshikawa (12:30) via
an avalanche-style Ki Krusher to retain. C.W. Anderson &
Steve Corino d. Jason the Legend & Sylvester Terkay (15:59)
when Corino pinned Jason via a backslide. Shinya Hashimoto,
Tatsuhito Takaiwa, & Tengu Kaiser (Kamikaze) d. Josh Daniels,
Samoa Joe, & Skulu Savage (14:34) when Hashimoto pinned Skulu
via a DDT.
- Pro Wreslting NOAH (8/28; Hotel Itoigaawa Open Space): Ron
Harris & Michael Modest d. Masashi Aoyagi & Jun Izumida
(11:23) when Modest pinned Aoyagi via an inside cradle.
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 the ROH show in Fairfield, CT
two weekends ago. Willie is receiving pro wrestling training by
his brothers. Expect him to debut on the indy circuit in the
coming months.
- On Saturday, 9/27, 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].
- The IWA promotion of Puerto Rico beginns running live shows in
Florida in October. The shows will feature Apollo, Rey Gonzalez,
Vampiro, Dutch Mantell, and others.
- The Daily Southtown newspaper of Illinnois has published an
article at
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/swest/296swyt2.htm that announces the intention of
Illinois to pass new pro wrestling-related safety legislation.
COMBAT ZONE WRESTLING (CZW) NEWS
- It has been confirmed that CZW and
Japanese promotion ZERO-ONE have been in negotiations since early
June regarding ZERO-ONE possibly using some CZW wrestlers to
compete in a new hardcore wrestling-based entity associated with
ZERO-ONE. This actually isn't the first time there have been
contact between the two parties. If a working relationship is
agreed upon, it may start as early as late September. CZW owner
John Zandig contacted ZERO-ONE in the first half of 2001 in an
attempt to begin a working relationship with ZERO-ONE, but there
was no interest shown on the part of ZERO-ONE.
- 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.
- Sonjay Dutt and B-Boy will both be on the 9/19 MLW show in Fort
Lauderdale, FL. Sonjay will compete in the J-Cup USA Tournament
to crown the inaugural MLW Junior Heavyweight Champion.
- The "huge surprise" on the 88/23 show in Dover, DE
that Zandig has hyped was apparently that CZW would be running at
Rack's Bars & Billiards (a parking lot venue) one more time
later this year. That seems to me (and some others that I've
heard jabbering about it) to be a pretty lame "huge
surprise," considering it only affects a select few people
who live in driving distance of the venue.
- 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.
- On the 9/13 CZW "Redefined" show at Viking Hall, a
one night, a 12-man, three-round tournament will occur to crown a
new CZW Ironman Champion. The title was recently vacated because
the champion, Nick Mondo, was injured and will be receiving
surgery soon. Announced to participate in the tournament so far
are Adam Flash, Danny "Mafia" Maff, B-Boy, and Ruckus.
Also on the show, Zandig wrestles The Messiah in a grudge match.
Check out CZWWrestling.com for more info.
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."
However, tonight, the following was posted on IWA-MS's official message board:
"The management of IWA Mid-South Hardcore Wrestling regretfully must announce that the three events scheduled for this weekend (8/29, 8/30, and 8/31) at the IWA Arena in Clarksville, Indiana will not take place.
The following was posted on the main page of IWAMidSouthWrestling.com at about the same time:
"Late this afternoon, the landlord of the building had the locks of the venue changed, and due to court order we are not permitted inside the building until Tuesday. Our two rings and everything else necessary to move the shows to a new location or anything of that nature are locked inside the building.
We apologize to all of the wrestling fans who made plans to attend this weekend's events, but at this point the situation is out of our hands. We will me making an announcement during the coming days regarding the next IWA Mid-South live events. Keep checking the web site as well as the IWA hotline at 502-569-1701 for all of the latest information.
Thank you for your patience, and thank you for supporting IWA Mid-South."
- The 2003 IWA-MS King of the
Deathmatches Tournament will air on Samurai! TV in Japan on
Monday, 9/22.
- 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.
- 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 .
MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING (MLW) NEWS
- Current Revolution Pro and
XPW World Tag Team Champions Mexico's Most Wanted (Damien
666/Halloween) have been booked to wrestle a dream match vs. Los
Maximos (a.k.a. The S.A.T.) on the 9/19 show in Fort Lauderdale,
FL. Also announced for the show is CM Punk vs. an opponent to be
determined and a Fans Bring the Weapons Match between Da Hit
Squad (Danny "Mafia" Maff/Monsta Mack) and The Samoan
Island Tribe (Samu/Ekmo [formerly Jamal of WWE's Three-Minute
Warning]).
- MLW Underrground TV will be
debuting in a new market shortly. It could be yours so stay
tuned!
- MLW Hybrid Hell is now
available for pre-order at http://www.mlw.com/view/v.php?id=p88&item=28. The video tape costs $19.99 and will
ship on August 25.
- Samoa Joe will debut in MLW on Septembber 19 in Fort Lauderdale,
FL 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.
- 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.
NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE - TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (NWA-TNA) NEWS
There's TONS of NWA-TNA news for this week...
- For info about Alexis Laree signing a
developmental deal with WWE, check out the EAST COAST INDY
WRESTLING TIDBITS section.
- According to the ROHWrestling.com boarrd, Justin Credible told a
fan at the 8/23 Fan-Slam convention in Totowa, NJ that he has
left NWA-TNA, citing that he "ain't going back there. That
place is shit."
- 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, the Jeff Jarrett/Sting vs. AJ Styles/Sean Waltman, 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.
- Starting on 9/3, TNA will go from having three replays a
week on iN DEMAND to over 25 replays a week.
- NWA-TNA will be in Buffalo this Sundayy for the Ballpark Brawl.
You will see Raven, AJ Styles, Kid Kash, Jeff Jarrett and more
this Sunday in Buffalo, NY! Tickets are still available.
- Teddy Hart will debut for TNA on the SSeptember 3 broadcast.
Hart marks the start of the third generation of Harts in the
wrestling business.
- 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.
- Goldylockks is apparently a prima
donna backstage and hasn't been booked lately by TNA because of
an attitude problem.
- The Sandman is still on good terms in NWA-TNA, contrary to
rumors that suggest otherwise.
- Sinn - who debuted on Pay-Per-View a ffew weeks ago - is
expected to replace Brian Lee in the Disciples of the New Church
stable. Lee no-showed a dark match that he was scheduled for and
is therefore rumored to be on his way out from the promotion.
- Vince Russo and Glenn Gilberti (formerrly Disco Inferno) are
apparently responsible for writing most of the content on the
recent NWA-TNA events, with Jeff Jarrett supervising their
booking. Scott D'Amore - who is known as the promoter of Border
City Wrestling in Cananda - has also been contributing ideas
recently.
- NWA-TNA has apparently dropped its intterest in obtaining the
services of IWA Puerto Rico's Ricky Banderas.
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. Laree's farewell show in ROH will be
9/20 in Philly.
- From now on - starting with the 9/20 sshow in Philly - ROH will
use Ticketmaster as another outlet to by tickets to ROH events.
Tickets will continue to be sold through RF Video's offices and
ROHWrestling.com, also. For a direct link to the ticket info page
for upcoming ROH shows on Ticketmaster.com, go to http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/883536/ .
- Raven has picked Terry Funk to wrestle CM Punk on the
9/20 Glory By Honor II show in Philly. Punk will shortly be
"naming" Raven's opponent.
- 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 two teams
comprised of Special K members.
- The talent currently scheduled for thee 10/16 Boston show are AJ
Styles, Colt Cabana, BJ Whitmer, Dan Maff, Jimmy Rave, Chris
Sabin, Xavier, Matt Stryker, Special K, The Backseat Boyz, The
S.A.T., Justin Credible, HC Loc, Joey Matthews, John Walters, and
Danny Doring.
- 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. The
same goes for Death Before Dishonor. 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.
- 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, Alex Shelley, and Steve Corino have been 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
- Check out the ONLY IWA Mid-South
fansite, IWA Primetime, at http://www.freewebs.com/iwaprimetime/index.htm . It features news, wrestler bios, tape reviews,
downloadable theme songs, info, polls, and more.
- XPW began airing its debut pay-per-vieew, 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!
- Obsessed With Wrestling - your
absolute 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.
Feedback, suggestions, etc. about this column may be sent to [email protected].
