THE EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING UPDATE #7, by John (Saturday, September 13, 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, Wrestling Observer
EAST COAST INDY WRESTLERS IN JAPAN NEWS
- Starting tomorrow, Rick Steiner will work a few New Japan
shows.
- 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 Maximo && Jose Maximo) will
work on the 9/20 - 9/30 World Japan tour under the alias of,
"Six Point Four." IPW Hardcore's Lex Lovett and Steve
Madison will also work on the tour.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dover, DE - home of CZW's Racks &
Billiards event venue - has enacted legislation that has banned CZW from running there again
in the future.
- 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
- Tonight, IPW Hardcore/NWA Florida
presents "Unholy War!" at the Florida WrestlePlex in
St. Petersburg, FL. Featured will be: Christopher Daniels vs. Lex
Lovett; Chaos vs. New Jack; Roderick Strong vs. Jerrelle Clark;
The Shane Twins & Steve Madison vs. David Babylon & The
Vandalz; Justice, Sedrick Strong, and more. Check out
IPW-Hardcore.com for more info.
- Tonight, the International Wrestling Cartel will run at
the CCAC South Campus in West Mifflin, PA: In action will be
Supreme Lee Great, BJ Whitmer, Sterling James Keenan, Eric Xtasy,
Devil's Advocate, Eric Angle (Kurt Angle's brother), ROH's Ring
Crew Express (Dunn & Marcos), Super Hentai, and Shirley Doe.
Check out IWCWrestling.com for more info.
- Next Saturday, the Union of Independent
Professional Wrestlers will run at the Brookside Community Center
in Pennsylvania as it presents "Southern Discomfort."
The show will feature Chris Hamrick vs. Matt "M-Dogg
20" Cross, Josh Prohibition, Sebastian Dark, Shirley Doe,
Sterling James Keenan, Adam Cage, "Union Boss" Kingdom
James, the UIPW debut of Eric Xtasy, and more. Also, UIPW's
October "Wrestlestock" will feature none other than
Jerry Lynn, among many others. Check out KingdomJames.com for
more info.
- On 9/21 (Sunday), the Frontier Wrestlling Alliance will run at
the Broxbourne Civic Hall in England as it presents
"Hotwired." Jonny Storm has accepted Chris Hamrick's
challenge for the XPW/FWA European Title. Jack Xavier will
wrestle former-ECW, WCW, NWA-TNA, and ROH star EZ Money, the
replacement of the injured Jody Fleisch. Check out
FrontierWrestling.com for more info.
- On 9/27 (Saturday), Terry Funk will bbe 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].
- Also on 9/27, the debuting Lucha Xtreeme Wrestling will run in
Queens, NYat the Amazura Ballroom with what looks to be the most
intriguing indy show this year. Featured will be potential dream
matches between Mexico's Shocker and the U.S.' Jerry Lynn, So-Cal
sensations The Aerial Express (Quicksilver & Scorpio Sky) vs.
XPW World Tag Team Champions Youthanazia (Josh Prohibition &
Matt "M-Dogg 20" Cross) in a non-title match, Justin
Credible and La Parka, So-Cal rivals Super Dragon and Jardi
Frantz, and - in the first round of the LXW Suicidal Title
Tournament - an XPW grudge match between "The Hardcore
Homo" Angel and "The Human Horror Film" Supreme
and an IWA-MS grudge match between Corporal Robinson and The
Necro Butcher! Justin Credible will be accompanied to the ring by
none other than former-XPW beauty Veronica Caine (making her
return to pro wrestling, and by his former-ECW manager) Jason
Knight. If you're in the area, you really need to check out this
show. Go to LXWrestling.com for more info.
- Next Saturday, the Union of
Independent Professional Wrestlers will run at the Brookside
Community Center in Pennsylvania as it presents "Southern
Discomfort." The show will feature Chris Hamrick vs. Matt
"M-Dogg 20" Cross, Josh Prohibition, Sebastian Dark,
Sterling James Keenan, Devil's Advocate, Adam Kage, Kingdom
James, the UIPW debut of Eric Xtasy, and more. Also, UIPW's
October "Wrestlestock" will feature none other than
Jerry Lynn, among many others. Check out KingdomJames.com for
more info.
- 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.
- The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & 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.
- 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.
- 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. The tournament brackets are Nick Gage vs. Sonjay
Dutt, Adam Flash vs. Johnny Kashmere, Jimmy Rave vs. Nick Berk,
AJPW star Kendo KaShin vs. Ruckus, Nate Hatred vs. ?, and Trent
Acid vs. Tony Mamaluke. The final round of the tournament will be
a triple-threat 30-minute Ironman Match. 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. Danny "Mafia" Maff was also booked, but he
has been taken off of the card due to an injury that occurred on
the 8/16 ROH show in Fairfield, CT. 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."
- Dover, DE - home of CZW's Racks &; Billiards event venue -
has enacted legislation
that has banned CZW from running there anymore.
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 .
- 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.
MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING (MLW) NEWS
- Several matches have been
announced for the 9/19 WAR GAMES card in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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. [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
Monsta Mack & a mystery partner and The Samoan Island Tribe
(Samu & Ekmo [formerly Jamal of WWE's Three-Minute Warning])
will occur. A J-Cup USA Tournament will occur to crown the
inaugural MLW Junior Heavyweight Champion, with Bracket A
featuring Christopher Daniels vs. Super Dragon and Jimmy Yang vs.
Juventud Guerrera (wearing a mask) and Bracket B showcasing Jerry
Lynn vs. Eddie Colón and Sonjay Dutt vs. Tony Mamaluke. Joe Seanoa (Samoa Joe) will make his
MLW debut against Mike Awesome and will compete on future MLW
shows. The show's main event will feature a War Games Steel Cage
Match between The Extreme Horsemen (Captain: Steve Corino,
CW Anderson, Simon Diamond, & Mystery Man) and The Funkin'
Army (Captain: Terry Funk, The Sandman, "Dr. Death"
Steve Williams, & Mystery Man). The Mystery Man on Funk's team was scheduled to be WWE's
Jerry Lawler, who competed on the most recent MLW show. However,
1Wrestling.com reported a few days ago that Lawler "has been pulled from the 9/19 Major League Wrestling
event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida by World Wrestling
Entertainment. Lawler was scheduled to team with Funk, Sandman,
and Steve Williams against Steve Corino, Simon Diamond, and CW
Anderson in the main event of the show, a two ring, Steel Cage
Wargames match. WWE officials, citing the promotion's national
coverage on The Sunshine Network via Direct TV, removed Lawler
from the event citing the promotion was a "competitor."
Several sources noted the decision was made by Vince McMahon. The
WWE decree was that Lawler would not be allowed to appear on
MLW's TV, which led MLW to the obvious decision that they
couldn't use Lawler on the Fort Lauderdale event. Since Lawler
couldn't appear on any future TV or video footage, it defeated
any purpose of using him at the Wargames event itself. Lawler
appeared on the last two weeks of MLW's show, doing promos and
wrestling Terry Funk. In a promo before the match with Funk, he
stated he was, 'more excited about beating up [Funk], then I am
about Wrestlemania.' MLW's Court Bauer had discussions with WWE's
Jim Ross in an attempt to get Lawler back on the event, but was
unable to get the promotion to change their mind. The WWE
decision caused a last minute scramble to re-edit this coming
Monday's MLW TV show, the last show prior to the event. MLW has
already secured a replacement for Lawler, but likely will not
announce that replacement until the actual event." Michael Shane (w/ Francine Fournier),
The Sinister Minister, Mikey Whipwreck, Bill Alfonso, PJ
Friedman, MANA, and Richard Criado will also be on the show.
Check out MLW.com for more info.
- Sabu has left MLW. He has decided to work for another promotion
on 9/18 instead of MLW and MLW has therefore ceased booking him.
Bill Alfonso, his manager, will continue to work for MLW and will
be on the 9/18 show, as aforementioned.
- MLW Undeerground TV will be
debuting in a new market shortly. It could be yours so stay
tuned!
- In the October 15 Baseball Magazine Sha
and October 17 Weekly Gong Magazine, there will be
extensive coverage of MLW's September 26 RELOAD event from New
York City including 4 color pages in each publication! 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.
- PJ Friedman will be featured iin the upcoming CKY DVD.
NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE - 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 Wednesday, 9/17 TNA PPV will featture: a Hair vs. Hair Match
between Raven and Shane Douglas; AJ Styles defending his NWA
World Heavyweight Title vs. one of his greatest rivals ever,
Jerry Lynn; the end of the D'Lo Brown vs. Sonny Siaki feud as
they battle in a Casket Match; a Four Corners Tag Team Match for
the #1 Contendership to the NWA World Tag Team Titles featuring
America's Most Wanted, 3 Live Krew, Kid Kash & Abyss, and The
New Church; a six-man X Division tag team match featuring
Juventud Guerrera; the TNA return (in the form of a promo) of
Rowdy Roddy Piper; Jeff Jarrett, Michael Shane, Chris Sabin,
Frankie Kazarian, and others will be on the show. Check out
NWATNA.com for more info.
- 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.
The below tidbits are courtesy of the Wrestling Observer:
- TNA attempted tto purchase an ad to air
during WWE RAW on Spike TV, but were caught attempting to do so
and the ad request was rejected.
- Juvi showed up in good shape, becausee he is starting to realize
he is screwing up his potential. He did lose some brownie points
with some for showing up late, but this wasn't his fault as his
plane was delayed both weeks. The decision to bring him back or
not will be more of a cost deal than anything else.
- Teddy Hart's backstage reputation wassn't as bad as the
reputation that preceded him, but didn't do himself any favors at
the finish vs Juvi. Juvi used the juvi driver for the big pop and
finish and right after 3 Hart nipped up and started walking
around looking for cheers, instead of selling the finish. People
were amazed by his lack of sense. He also got some negative
feelings, because they thought he was kicking out of too many
moves in the Guerrera match, but that wasn't his fault as the
match was layed out by Guerrera. The feeling was that Hart had
very impressive high spots and was a good worker, but due to the
expense of flying him in from Calgary, it is questionable if he
will be brought back.
- Nosawa's recent appearance in TNA imppressed officials and he
will most likely return to the promotion in the future.
- Antonia Pena is scheduled to come to Nashville on 9/17 to try
and close a talent trading deal.
- Sinn - who debuuted on Pay-Per-View a few
weeks ago - has replaced 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.
- There is tremendous enthusiasmm coming from the string of
good shows and a lot of positive business news.
- The contracts being handed out to manny TNA talents on the 8/27
show surprisingly included medical insurance.
- TNA is hopeful to announce a video gaame deal soon. It is
rumored to be with EA Sports. A deal for distribution of TNA
dolls is also rumored to be in the works.
- Jeff Jarrett has received mosttly cheers, but isn't happy
with the noticeable boos he has received on the 8/17 show. The
company said the boos came from the heel section of fans that
hasn't been around in several weeks, but came back because they
thought Raven, who is their favorite, had to win the title this
time. The company was unhappy with them in the past and Bob Ryder
has spoken to them about their reactions. Dave has heard
different versions of what he said, but the company's take is
they set aside seats for the fans and had no problems, but about
6 weeks ago, Ryder told them the company is going in a different
direction with strong face vs heel storylines and that he thought
they should play into it. They complained and stopped coming, but
a few started trickling back and most were back for 8/27.
Jarrett, upset that they were booing him, as well as Harris and
Storm, told Bert Prentice to tell them they weren't welcome at
the shows. Storm was really upset, because he injured his neck,
and they were taunting him as he was being helped backstage.
- Antonia Pena is scheduled to ccome to Nashville on 9/17
to try and close a talent trading deal.
- The TNA Volume 2 theme song CD is avaailable for pre-order on
NWATNA.com. The track listing for the CD is:
1. My World Remix
2. 3 Live K feat. 3 Live Kru
3. Guilty
4. Down With The Brown
5. I Am Remix
6. KK Rocks
7. Yalla Never Forget feat. Elix
8. Funk With
9. Down In The Catacombs
10. Symphonic Anarchy
11. TNA Theme
12. Scream
13. Deep
14. Snap This
15. XXX Gonna Give It
16. FU System
17. Machine
18. Modern Oz
19. Skinn
20. Dodging Bullets feat. Goldylocks
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 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.
- 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 &ammp; Mark Briscoe) will
return to the tag team ranks on 9/20 in Philly. In other
news about the Briscoes, they 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.
- Jim Cornette will return to ROH on 111/1 in Elizabeth, NJ.
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:
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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