THE EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING UPDATE #6, by John (Saturday, September 6, 2003)
Table of Contents:
- SOURCES
- EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING IN JAPAN NEEWS
- EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING TIDBITS
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- UPCOMING EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING EVVENT SHILLS
- COMBAT ZONE WRESTLING (CZW) NEWS
- IWA MID-SOUTH HARDCORE WRESTLING (IWAA-MS) NEWS
- MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING (MLW) NEWS
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- NWA - TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (NWA-TNA) NEWS
- 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, Masanori Horie, 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. The results (that feature U.S. indy stars) from the 8/19 show to the 9/27 show can be found in the previous addition of this column. Below are the shows that followed that:
*8/30 (Osaka Central Gym):
Hotstuff Hernandez pins Kuroge Wagyuta (6:49) bia an Olympic Drop
(Canadian Backbreaker into a Facebuster). Allan Funk & Kendo
KaShin d. Gran Hamada & Ryuji Hijikata (10:06) when KaShin
forced Hijakata to submit via a Jujigatame. Arashi, Tomoaki
Honma, & Keiji Muto d. Mike Awesome, Elix Skipper, &
Malice (20:48) when Arashi pinned Skipper after he and Muto hit
the "81-years-old" (combo Shining Wizard.)
*8/31 (Daigo Gran Dome): Mike Awesome & Hotstuff Hernandez d.
Satoshi Kojima & Kazushi Miyamoto (15:35) via Hernandez's
Olympic Drop on Miyamoto. Kaz Hayashi, Masayuki Kono, & Keiji
Muto d. Elix Skipper, Allan Funk, & Malice in 16:36 via
Kono's running neckbreaker drop on Funk.
*9/1 (Matsuyama ITEM): Allan Funk & Kendo KaShin d. Kaz
Hayashi & Hi69 (11:54) via Funk's Axe Bomber on Hayashi. Elix
Skipper & Hotstuff Hernandez d. Hideki Hosaka & Kuroge
Wagyuta (15:01) via Hernandez's Olympic Drop on Hosaka. Mike
Awesome, Malice, & TAKA Michinoku d. Arashi, Ryuji Hijikata,
& Keiji Muto (15:05) via TAKA's Just Facelock on Hijikata.
*9/2 (Kochi Resident Gym): Gran Hamada, Kaz Hayashi, &
Satoshi Kojima d. Arashi, Allan Funk, & Kendo KaShin (16:06)
via Kojima's lariat on Funk. Mike Awesome & TAKA Michinoku d.
Ryuji Hijikata & Toshiaki Kawada (14:35) via Awesome's
running Awesome Bomb on Hijikata. Elix Skipper, Malice, &
Hotstuff Hernandez defeated Tomoaki Honma, Masayuki Kono, &
Keiji Muto (19:48) via Malice's nodowa otoshi on Kono.
*9/4 (Fukui City Gym): Elix Skipper d. Hi69 (8:30) via the Bring
the House Down. Malice & Hotstuff Hernandez defeated Ryuji
Hijikata & Shigeo Okumura (9:46) via Hernandez's Olympic Drop
on Okumura. Mike Awesome & TAKA Michinoku d. Nobukazu Hirai
& Toshiaki Kawada (15:39) via Awesome's running Awesome Bomb
on Hirai. Ebessan, Kaz Hayashi, & Keiji Muto d. Allan Funk,
Kendo KaShin, & Satoshi Kojima (17:46) via Muto's Shining
Wizard on Funk.
*Tonight's 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 of the the latter part of the 8/21 - 8/31 Fighting of World Japan tour matches that featured East Coast indy wrestlers are below. The previous edition of this column features the results from the 8/21 - 8/28 shows:
*8/30 (Yanai City Gym): Todd Shane pins Masamitsu Kochi
(10:25). Kensuke Sasaki pins Mike Shane (11:17).
*8/31 (Fukuyama Big Rose): Dan Bobish & Kensuke Sasaki d. The
Shane Twins (Mike Shane & Todd Shane) (12:22) via Bobish's
Argentine Backbreaker on Mike.
- Osaka Pro (8/30; Osaka Delfin Arena): Daio QUALLT & Goa
(Super Demekin) d. Black Tigers (Jeremy Lopez) & Tigers Mask
(11:32) when QUALLT hit a high-angle Pedigree on Tigers Mask.
- Pro Wrestling NOAH (8/31; Tsukuba Kappio): Ron Harris, Takashi
Sugiura, & Yoshihiro Takayama d. Takeshi Rikimaru (Naomichi
Marufuji, Takeshi Morishima, & Takeshi Rikio) (16:31) via
Harris's nodowa otoshi (chokeslam into elbow drop) on Marufuji.
- ZERO-ONE (8/31; Gifu Industrial Hall)): Don Arakawa, Josh
Daniels, & Jun Kasai d. Vansack Acid, Fuyuki Takahashi, &
Shinsuke Z Yamagasa (10:52) via Kasai's Pearl Harbor Splash on
Yamagasa. All-Asia Tag Titles - ROWDY (Kohei Sato & Hirotaka
Yokoi) d. Samoa Joe & Skulu Savage (11:56) via Sato's German
Suplex hold on Joe to retain the titles. World 1 Jr. Heavyweight
Title vs. ZERO-ONE International Jr. Heavyweight Title: Wataru
Sakata forces Low-Ki (ZERO-ONE champion) to submit (15:23) via a
sleeper hold to win both titles. NWA Intercontinental Tag Titles
- Emblem (Shinjiro Otani & Masato TTanaka) d. C.W. Anderson
& Steve Corino (13:04) via Otani's cobra hold on Corino to
regain their titles.
- NOAH (9/3; Kajima Municipal Gym): Takkeshi Rikimaru (Naomichi
Marufuji, Takeshi Morishima, & Takeshi Rikio) d. Ron Harris,
Michael Modest, & Donovan Morgan (12:01) via Morishima's
German Suplex hold on Morgan.
- NOAH (9/4; Gumma Sports Center): Ron Harris, Michael Modest,
& Donovan Morgan d. Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa, &
Kotaro Suzuki (19:30) when Morgan pinned Suzuki via a union DDT.
- On Tomorrow's Osaka Pro show at the OOsaka Delfin Arena, Jeremy
Lopez will wrestle Takehiro Murahama. Then, four days later on
the 9/12 Pro Wrestling NOAH show at Nippon Budokan Hall,
Morishima will receive a shot at Ron Harris' WLW Heavyweight
Title.
- ZERO-ONE will hhave a three show long tour
named "H (Hardcore) - Episode1" on 9/19 (at Korakuen
Hall in Tokyo), 9/20 (at TwinMesse Shizuoka in Shizuoka
City), and 9/21 (at the SunShineCity
Building in Ikebukuro, Tokyo) that will
feature CZW'ers Homicide, Nick Gage, and John Zandig. Homicide
won't make the 9/21 show, since he'll be working on the All Japan
show that night, but in additon to working the 9/19 and 9/20
shows, he'll work on the 9/8 - 9/17 shows, also.
- Los Maximos/The S.A.T. (Joel Maximos & Jose Maximo) will
work on the 9/20 - 9/30 World Japan tour under the alias of,
"Six Point Four."
- In the main event of the 9/29 IWA Jappan 10th Anniversary Show
at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall, MLW star "Dr. Death" Steve
Williams will wrestle Tiger Jeet Singh.
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 inn NWA-TNA star Kid Kash,
check out the NWA-TNA NEWS section below.
- 14 of the 24 participants in the secoond 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.
- The brother, Willie, of The S.A.T./Loos Maximos (Joel Maximo
& Jose Maximo) was backstage at the ROH show in Fairfield, CT
three weekends ago. Willie is receiving pro wrestling training by
his brothers. Expect him to debut on the indy circuit in the
coming months.
- The Daily Southtown
newspaper of Illinois 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. A
similar issue has also arisen in Dover, Delaware, where the
future of CZW and other indy shows that run there have been
threatened. An article from the Dover Newszap expands on the
situation in Delaware at
http://www.newszap.com/display/inn_dover/news02.txt.
- This isn't East Coast indy news but rrather West Coast, but I
still want to post it - XPW commentator Kris Kloss (whose
official web site is KrisKloss.com) will be marrying the blonde
woman that he dated as a contestant on UPN's "Blind
Date" TV show. No info has been released yet on when they'll
marry, but it has been confirmed that they will be marrying.
UPCOMING EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING EVENT SHILLS
- 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 begiins running live shows in
Florida in October. The shows will feature Apollo, Rey Gonzalez,
Vampiro, Dutch Mantell, and others.
- Tonight, the East Coast Wrestling Association runs at
St. Matthews Parish Center in Wilmington, DE: Japanese Pool
Boy/Kid Mikaze vs. Mega/Tyler Payne; The Shaolin Wrecking Crew
vs. J-Busta/Mozart Fontaine ; Zaquary
Springate III vs. Nick Malakai; The Valedictorians (Billy Bax/Rob
Eckos) vs. Big Benny/Ruffhouse Rivera; 1614 Challenge - The
Cheetah Master/Louie from 1614 Fitness Center have challenged any
two wrestlers of Prince Nana's "Royal Decision" group
to a tag team match; Mid-Atlantic Title - Prince Nana (c) vs. the
returning Pete Gas; Special Attraction Kickboxing Match - 4-time
champ Andrew Hom vs. 2-time champ Mark Caserta (Special Guest
Referee - Michael "No Joke" Stewart); Tag Team Titles -
The Maxx Brothers (Johnny Maxx/Joey Maxx) final shot vs. Ace
Darling/Striker's titles; Heavyweight Title - Chris Daniels (c) vs. Mike Kruel.
- Tonight, IPW Hardcore Wrestling runs at the Wrestleplex in St.
Petersburg, FL: Agent Steele vs. Justice; Cash Money Crew
(Bolles Azules/Pretty Fly) vs. Double Deuce Inc. (Pat McGroin/Pat
Powers); David Babylon vs. Naphtali; ; Brian Anderson vs. Mark
Zout; Havoc vs. Navy SEAL; Antonio Banks vs. Rod Steel; TV Title
- Steve Madison © vs. Tommy Vandal
- Tomorrow, Cleveland All Pro Wrestlingg runs at Turner's Hall in
Cleveland, OH: Ironman vs. Spence Slater; The Basketnazi
vs. Chase Tatum; TV Title - Judge Krush vs. Bane; Jr. Heavyweight Title 3-Way
Dance - H8-Pac © vs. Matt "M-Dogg 20" vs. Josh
Prohibition; Tag Team
Titles - Sheik Abdul Hassan/DisCole Fever © vs. Dr.
Feelgood/Kato; Heavyweight
Title - Adam Cage © vs. Sebastian; Tracy Brooks vs. Alexis Laree; Chris Hamrick vs. Joey
Matthews; Julio Dinero vs. Jerry Lynn.
- Next Saturday (9/13), the Internationnal Wrestling Cartel runs
at the CCAC South Campus in West Mifflin, PA: Supreme Lee Great
vs. Carlton Kaz; BJ Whitmer vs. Dean Radford; Al B. Damm vs.
Sterling James Keenan; Eric Xtasy vs. J.T. Rogers (former-tag
team partners); Eric Angle (Kurt Angle's brother) vs. Jimmy
Vega$; Tag Team Titles - Devil's Advocate (c) vs. ROH's Ring Crew
Express (Dunn/Marcos); Heavyweight Title - Dennis Gregory (c) vs.
T-Rantula; Super Hentai, Shirley Doe, and others will also be
there.
- Next Sunday (9/14), Border City Wresttling/Insane Wrestling
Federation runs at the Diamondback Saloon in Belleville, MI:
Monty Brown vs. Ruffy Silverstein; Colt Cabana vs. Eric Young;
Necro Butcher vs. Nate Webb; Chris Sabin vs. Michael Shane; D'Lo
Brown vs. Shane Douglas.
- The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe &ammp; Mark Briscoe) of ROH
will wrestle a dream match vs. B-Boy & Super Dragon on the
Saturday, 10/4 PWG "Are You Adequately Prepared To
Rock?" show in Los Angeles, CA. For more info, check out
ProWrestlingGuerrilla.com.
COMBAT ZONE WRESTLING (CZW) NEWS
- For the full scoop on several CZW'ers
working on an upcoming ZERO-ONE tour, scroll up to the EAST COAST
INDY WRESTLERS IN JAPAN NEWS topic.
- The Messiah and Nick Berk 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. B-Boy and
Nick Berk were scheduled to wrestle one-on-one, but that match
has been postponed due to flight problems for B-Boy. A suitable
replacement for Berk's oppoennt will be announced soon. 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 onn 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.
- B-Boy beat Sonjay Dutt in 17:18 to reetain 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. Those participating in the tournament are Adam
Flash, Danny "Mafia" Maff, Ruckus, Trent Acid, Johnny
Kashmere, Tony Mamaluke, Sonjay Dutt, Jimmy Rave, Nick Berk, Nick
Gage, Nate Hatred, and All Japan star KENDO KaSHIN. B-Boy was
scheduled to compete in the tournament, but a family emergency
will cause him to miss the show, as he will be in the
Phillipines. KaShin took his place. The final round of the
tournament will be a triple-threat 30-minute Ironman Match. Also
on the show, Zandig will wrestle The Messiah in a grudge match
and Deranged will wrestle Derek Frazier. Pleaes note that the
Zandig/Messiah match will not be taped and can only be seen live
at Viking Hall. The bout will not be sanctioned by the
Philadelphia Athletic Commission and is rumored to feature the
use of previously-banned barbed-wire and light tubes as weapons.
Check out CZWWrestling.com for more info.
- You can download a trailer of the upccoming
"Unscarred" documentary about Nick Mondo on
NickMondo.com.
- According to CZWWrestling.com, ";In
conjunction with the Nu-Wrestling Federation, Zandig will be
heading to Italy on September 27, 2003 to promote the up-coming
live event at the Palasport Arena in Pistoia, Italy on October 25,
2003. Zandig will address the media and foreign press, lead
instructional wrestling clinics to evaluate some European talent,
and discuss future plans in Europe."
- CZW is mentioned in the Dover Newszapp article (found at http://www.newszap.com/display/inn_dover/news02.txt)
that sheds light on the situation in Dover, Delaware, where proposed legislation may threaten the future of pro
wrestling and other predetermined combat events.
IWA MID-SOUTH HARDCORE WRESTLING (IWA-MS) NEWS
- Courtesy of the IWA-MS Fan Forums: "IWA Mid-South Hardcore Wrestling will hold its debut event at the Lincoln Center (located at 2450 Lincoln Street) in Highland, Indiana on Friday night, October 24th. Highland is just over the Illinois border, minutes outside of Chicago. Already signed for the Highland debut is the IWA Mid-South return of Sabu. A lineup of matches will be announced in the coming days. For our Chicago area fans, we have a local IWA Chicago hotline set up, which can be reached at 630-585-3958.
In addition to 10/24 in Highland, we will be making an
announcement early this coming week pertaining to the date and
location of our next show in the Louisville area. Keep checking
www.iwamidsouthwrestling.com as well as the IWA hotline at
502-569-1701 for all of the latest information on upcoming
events."
- The 2003 IWA-MS King of the Deathmatches
Tournament will air on Samurai! TV in Japan on Monday, 9/22 from
10:00 - 11:00 pm. It will be then replayed the next day from 7:00
- 8:00 pm, Sunday, 9/28 from 3:00 - 4:000 pm, and two more times
in October.
- IWAMidSouthWrestling.com has created a 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
- Several matches have been
announced for the 9/19 WAR GAMES card in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Current Revolution Pro 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. [Joel Maximo/Jose Maximo]).
Christopher Daniels and Sabu will battle in a Loser Leaves MLW
for 60 Days Match. CM Punk has signed an open contract and will
fight an opponent to be announced. Meanwhile, Punk's current
rival, Raven, will wrestle Raven's flunky, Nosawa. 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]) will occur. Jimmy
Yang, Sonjay Dutt, and a wildcard entry will compete in the J-Cup
USA Tournament to crown the inaugural MLW Junior Heavyweight
Champion. Samoa Joe will make his MLW debut and will compete on
future MLW shows. Michael Shane (w/ Francine Fournier), The
Sinister Minister, Mikey Whipwreck, Da Hit Squad, MANA, and
Richard Criado will also be on the show. Check out MLW.com for
more info.
- MLW Undeerground 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.
- 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 headingg to Japan in September.
- In the OOctober 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.
- MLW hopes to begin running shows outsside of Florida in
November.
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 boaard, 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 be available to all iN
Demand customers will feature classic NWA-TNA matches, including
Jeff Jarrett vs. Raven for the NWA World Heavyweight Title, Sting
& Jeff Jarrett vs. Syxx-Pac & AJ Styles, AJ Styles vs.
D/Lo Brown in a Steel Cage Match, AJ
Styles' NWA World Heavyweight Title win over Jeff Jarrett and
Raven, America's Most Wanted NWA World Tag Team Titles win in the
classic Steel Cage Match vs. Triple X, and much more. Canadian
fans will be able to watch the show on ExpressVu and Viewers
Choice Canada. Check out NWATNA.com for more info on the show.
- The first annual NWA-TNA Super X Cup Tournament 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 Sundaay 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 9/3 broadcast. Hart marks
the start of the third generation of Harts in the wrestling
business.
- WWE is rumored to have interest in piicking 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.
- Goldyloccks is apparently a prima
donna backstage and hasn't been booked lately by TNA because of
an attitude problem.
- Sinn - who debuted on Pay-Per-View a few 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 (formeerly 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.
- GAORA (Channel 302 on Satellitte SkyPerfectTV in Japan) -
which televises AJPW, Michinoku Pro, Toryumon, K-Dojo, GAEA, and
JD Star - is negotiating with NWA-TNA to purchase the rights to
air its program in Japan.
- Former-WCW and current Mexican star VVampiro has shown interest
in working for NWA-TNA. The general concensus is that he will be
brought in sometime in the next few months, but not before that
because many in TNA have doubts about his work ethic, dating back
to his time in WCW.
- Tomorrow (Sunday) in Minneapolis, MN,, Jeff Jarrett, Mad Mikey
(a.k.a. Crash Holly), and NWA World Heavyweight Champion AJ
Styles debut for Force 1 Wrestling, which former-TNA manager
Mortimer Plumbtree is involved in. Check out ForceWrestling.com
for more info.
- Clips from 3 Live Crew's most recent recording session for
their new theme song (taped last Thursday) will air on 9/17 when
TNA returns to live PPV. The group's Ron Killings will cohost
"Budweiser Lounge" on 106.5 "The End" in
Charlotte, NC on Wednesday afternoon.
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.
- Tonight's Wakefield, MA show will feaature: Clockwork Orange
House of Fun Steel Cage Match: CM Punk vs. Raven; Four Corner
Survival Match: Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs.
Homicide vs. Jay Briscoe (if Joe
wins, whoever he pins will never receive a World Heavyweight
Title shot; if Joe doesn't win, whoever wins the match receives a
World Heavyweight Title Match in the future); Mark Briscoe vs.
Low Ki; Scramble Match - The Backseat Boyz vs. The S.A.T. vs.
Special K vs. Dunn & Marcos; The Carnage Crew (HC Loc/Tony
DeVito/Justin Credible) vs. Special K; Field of Honor Matches -
Colt Cabana vs. Jimmy Rave, BJ Whitmer vs. Danny Maff (if Maff
can't compete due to his injuries suffered at the 8/16 Fairfield,
CT show, a replacement opponent will be used), Matt Stryker vs.
John Walters, Xavier vs. Chris Sabin; Slyk Wagner Brown,
April Hunter, Allison Danger, Julius Smokes, & others will
also be on the show! While the steel cage
is being set up on the show, Justin Credible will hold a special
Question & Answer session with the crowd. For more
info, check out ROHWrestling.com.
- From now on - starting with the 9/20 show 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 too wrestle CM Punk on the
9/20 Glory By Honor II show in Philly, while Punk has picted
Steve Corino as Raven's opponent for the show. Also on Glory By Honor II, NWA Florida Unified
Cruiserweight Champion (he holds the Cruiserweight and NWA
Florida X Titles) "The Master of the
Backbreaker" Roderick Strong will make his ROH debut in a
Showcase Match.
- Due to The Amazing Red's recent knee injury, 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 ROH wrestling training schhool will be open within a
few weeks and info will be coming in a matter of days.
- ROH will hold a fan conventionn before its Elizabeth, NJ
show on 3/13/04, the day before Wrestlemania. There will be
special guests at the convention that won't be on the show. For
dealer table info email [email protected].
- The talent currently scheduled for thhe 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 Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe/Marrk Briscoe) will return to
the tag team ranks on 9/20 in Philly. Also, the Briscoes will
wrestle a dream match vs. B-Boy & Super Dragon on the
Saturday, 10/4 PWG "Are You Adequately Prepared To
Rock?" show in Los Angeles, CA. For more info, check out
ProWrestlingGuerrilla.com.
- Jimmy Jacobs, Alex Shelley, and Stevee Corino have been added to
appear on the 9/20 Philly show.
- ROH is rumored to enter a new market beginning in October.
- Bryan "American Dragon" Dannielson is rumored to
return to ROH this Fall.
- A statement by Low-Ki has been postedd 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 Clipp is a .rm format video
clip featuring highlights of the Danny 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 Maff and Special K's theme songs and an ROH music
video.
- The Multimedia section of NickMondo.ccom - 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. NickMondo.com also features a
dowloadable trailer for the upcoming "Unscarred"
documentary about Mondo's career.
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-viiew, 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!
- 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 ffor 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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