Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 2, 2013 7:37:20 GMT -6
PRO WRESTLING NEWS:
--- Mark Henry looked to have hurt his knee doing a run-in at the end of last night's WWE house show in Boston, MA.
Henry hurt himself while hitting the ring and took some time in getting up, looking to be in pain.We have not 100% confirmed there was an injury. In asking around this morning, no WWE sources were sure of whether he had tweaked the knee or suffered an actual injury.We will update as we know more.
An update on Mark Henry is that he was pulled from today's WWE show in Washington, DC, and is going to get an MRI done on his hamstring tomorrow to find out the extent of the damage. Henry was injured running to the ring at last night's show in Boston.
--- Hulk Hogan vs. Jake Roberts question, besides doing an angle on TV that I think never aired, they did do one singles match, in 1987, in Winnipeg when Hogan was champion.
---There will be a wrestling fund raiser for Scoliosis on 9/15 in Cape Coral, FL featuring local wrestlers as well as former WWE and TNA names. Jake Roberts is the headliner. For more info go to www.facebook.com/events/497154280369477/
---On the Traditional Championship Wrestling TV show, not only was Joel Watts working as a referee, but James Beard (veteran Texas/Japan referee) was working there as well. Matt Hardy was also on their TV show
---Florida Underground Wrestling from Saturday night in Tampa: Gus Money b Joey Epix, JB Cool b Wayne Van Dyke, MDK & Ushaka b Mitch Mitchell & Jeff Boom, Angel Santos b QT Marshall, Tokyo Monster Kahagas b Leo Gold, Matt Morgan b Kenneth Cameron, Lince Dorado & Mercedes Justice b Jesus DeLeon & La Rosa Negra, Jay Lethal b Maxwell Chicago, Jesse Sorenson & Nick Fame b JD Maverick & James Alexander-DQ, Jim Neidhart & Bruce Santee b Kennedy Kendrick & Deimos, The Grease b Michael Tarver in a Brass Knux on a pole match
---SCW from Saturday night in Poulsbo, WA: Demarcus Johnson b Sonico and Viento, Dave Hollenbeck & Von Hess b Sonny O'Mara & Bedlam, Iron Buddha II b Victor Price-DQ, Davey Hoffenmeister & Hoss Tull b Ian Bear & Zack Winters-DQ, Dale Houston & Mean Mark b Kaos James & Randy Zellers, Exile b Hot Hands Mendoza-SQ
---British Championship Wrestling from Friday night in Kilmarnock, Scotland: Lionheart b Red Lightning, Kay Lee Ray & Liam Thomson b Jacob & Mark Coffey, Johnny Moss b Joe Coffey, BT Gunn & Steve Xavier b Jack Jester & Mikey Whiplash, Wolfgang b Doug Williams, Kit Fite b Brado
---Heroes and Legends II from Friday night in Fort Wayne, IN: Chuck Weeden b Rampage, Eli McFly b Gabriel Grey, Russ Jones b Xavier Justice & Mike King, Darrell Jackson b GT Vega, Roderick Street b Shawn Cook, Kongo Kong & Awesome Kong b Joseph Schwartz & Randi West, Shane Douglas (with Tammy Sytch) b Troy Miller, Chris Masters b Kharn Alexander, Jake Omen & Scotty Young b Headbangers, Shane Helms b Mark Vandy, Dru Skullz b Tatanka-DQ
---Central States Wrestling from Saturday night in Cahokia, IL: Bolt Brady b Ricky Starks, Aaron Solo b Raphael King, Deven Spade b Eric Allen, Chris Logan b Byron Wilcott, Jonathan Hampton b Joe Bruizer, Shane Fury b Shane Somers, Claudia del Solis b Jordynne Grace, Rob Conway b Evan Morris
---Lucha Xtreme on Fresno TV Saturday night: Elemento b Jesse Johnson, Marcus Eriks b Zero, Al Azar b Trap Johnson, JR Kratos b Brian Tannen. Upcoming tapings are 9/13 in Fresno at Blackbeard's Family Fun Center and 9/14 in Merced on 9/14 at the American Legion Post.
---More than 300 fans came to see the Shawn Michaels Experience, a Q&A Saturday in Waynesboro, VA with fans coming from 14 different states.
---Join Host Beau James and his special guest Randy Hales for part one of their talk about USWA 1990s. Featuring the beginning of the WWF and USWA working together, Monday Night Memories, and Randy taking over booking duties for USWA.
Next week Randy will be back to talk about 1995 The death of Eddie Gilbert, The USWA vs Smoky Mountain Wrestling feud, his blood bathes in Memphis and Louisville. Plus much more.
Do Ya Wanna Be A Wrestler. Kid? Radio airs live every Thursday 6:30pm est at blogtalkradio.com/kingofkingsport
Beau James
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---Former independent wrestler Shaun Ricker, who appeared on The Rock's Hero reality show, is now using the name Slate Randall in WWE NXT.
---WWE's latest tryout camp started up this week on Wednesday at the new Performance Center in Orlando. Two sessions were held on Wednesday and a long session was held on Thursday. Bill DeMott ran the camp with judges that included Joey Mercury, Norman Smiley, Terry Taylor, Gerald Brisco and William Regal. 30 wrestlers were brought in for the camp in total. Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards were described as "standing out of everyone" based on early reports from the camp. Edwards and Richards are no longer under official contracts with Ring of Honor.
---9/1 WWE IN WASHINGTON, DC RESULTS
no Mark Henry. They had locally advertised Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio as well but that didn't happen as well.
*Dolph Ziggler beat Big E. Langston with the ZigZag. Really entertaining opener. Langston was really good here, showing much more than he usually does on TV. Ziggler got a big reaction. Shame he's working openers.
*WWE U.S. champ Dean Ambrose beat R-Truth after rolling him up. Decent.
*Vickie Guerrero came out to announce that a fan poll via texting meant we'd get a Divas dance-off. It was AJ, Layla and Brie Bella vs. Kaitlyn, Naomi & Natalya. Yes they did a dancing deal without the other Funky girl. & Naomi ended without a winner in a dance-off. AJ refused to dance, so the other villains danced pretty awful. When it was the heroes' turn, they got attacked and it became a six woman tag.
*Kaitlyn, Naomi and Natalya defeated AJ, Layla and Brie Bella. Brie got angry at AJ playing off her promo on Raw and left her, allowing Kaitlyn to spear the champ for the win. OK. You could see they were doing all they could do.
*Ryback nailed Kofi Kingston with Shell Shock for the win.
*RVD and Big Show & Rob Van Dam beat WWE Tag champs The Shield by DQ when Ambrose attacked them with a chair. long match. Shield retained the WWE Tag Titles. Ambrose ran in for the DQ.
*The Wyatt Family defeated The Usos. Too short to be anything.
*CM Punk pinned Curtis Axel in a non-title No DQ match. Paul Heyman was there working the house show and cut an interview saying the title was not on the line. Punk destroyed Axel and nailed Heyman with a Kendo Stick.
*WWE champion Randy Orton pinned Daniel Bryan. Really good 20 minute match. At one point, Orton was trapped in the Yes Lock but Brad Maddox pulled the referee out, so he missed Orton tapping. The Shield worked over Bryan and Orton pinned him with the RKO. They kept beating him down, so the heroes hit the ring. Orton ran off and the Shield was destroyed by everyone with their finishers.
---AAA booker Konnan spoke with former WWE creative executive Court Bauer on this week's episode of MLW Radio and talked about WWE attempting to buy Mexico's AAA promotion back in 2007. Bauer talked about WWE's plans for international expansion in 2007: "They went in there [Mexico] with big, big ambitious plans a few years ago. They wanted to do a lot of business down in Mexico and then obviously those plans scaled back and they haven't run in two or so years down there." Konnan, AAA's matchmaker, offered an inside perspective on what took place during the negotiations between WWE and AAA: "I know exactly what happened because we had to live through it. We had a meeting. I've never talked about this. We had somebody from WWE actually come and having a meeting with me and Dorian, who is the son of the owner. We had a meeting with somebody from WWE and they came and offered to buy AAA. He was really cool. He was like, 'We want to buy AAA.' Dorian was like, 'We're not really for sale, but we'll listen.'" "They wanted to buy 51% of the company. I was like, 'Dude, do not do that because these [guys], the minute they don't like something, they're going to get rid of us.' I said why doesn't Vince just buy 50% or 49%? They said Vince doesn't like to go into partnership with anybody and doesn't want to be asking for permission for anything. I asked what would happen to us. They said, 'As you can see, we're having trouble running WWE as it is and we're trying to expand into Europe. We don't really know what we're doing in Mexico, so you guys would stay in power.'" "We excused ourselves to go to the bathroom and I said that's BS. The minute we do something they don't like, they're going to change it and there's nothing we can do about it. We can't give them this type of power, which he understood. He told them we wouldn't sell that much of the company." The new episode of MLW Radio is available for free at MLW.com and on iTunes (search: MLW Radio), along with episodes featuring Chris Jericho, The Ultimate Warrior, Mick Foley, Billy Corgan, MVP, former WWE writers and many others. New episodes of MLW Radio are released each and every Sunday night on MLW.com.
---9/1 WRESTLING IS FUN 'KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED' LIVE REPORT FROM READING, PA
Wrestling Is Fun show "Keep your eyes peeled" at the Goodwill Beneficial Association in Reading, PA. Crowd was in the 100 range.
1. The Osirian Portal vs. Los Ice Creams
In the ring, el hijo got a flurry of kicks and then a discus elbow from Amassis which set up a running double knee press by Ophidian for the three.
2. The Proletariat Boar of Moldova vs. Assailant
Boar absolutely annihilated Assailant with a spear as Assailant entered the ring. Boar followed this up with a nasty big boot. Boar mauled Assailant early on and threw him into a bunch of fan's seats. Boar did a lot of power spots on the not much smaller Assailant. Boar nailed a nasty Sickle to the back of Assailant's head and then a nasty belly to belly overhead toss for a near fall. Assailant was getting decimated. Boar then did a bizarre spot where he had Assailant up in a samoan drop but then walked around to all 4 turnbuckles and tapped them. He then dropped Assailant down in the samoan drop for a near fall. Assailant battled back but then came off the turnbuckles and got caught mid-air for a side slam and a nearfall. Eventually Boar B Smoothe rolled Assailant up and held the tights for the three. After the match the crowd said Boar cheated by ring announcer Gavin Loudspeaker reminded the crowd that Bryce Remsburg was the only licensed ref here so his call stood.
Another solid match. This was probably the best Boar has looked in my opinion. Really a nice match between two power guys.
3. Eric Corvis vs. Kobald
corvis has a steampunk, book of eli kind of look going on but he looks like he's dropped a bit of weight. Originally Missle Assault Ant was supposed to be the opponent but He got moved to facing Green Ant. Kobald stepped in. Both wrestlers commented about how hot the venue was. Kobald got the advantage early on as he hit Corvis with a demon's toilet while Corvis was sitting on a chair. Kobald focused on the abdomen and bit Corvis as he was in a adominal stretch. Kobald miss a top rop demon's toilet. Corvis battled back and hit a splash but sold his injured body and stomach. Corvis then got the advantage and looked to be going for a package piledriver but dropped Kobald neck first on his knee. Very Innovative move. Corvis then got the win with a violent backpack snapmare slam.
Another really solid match! Both guys worked hard here.
4. Green Ant. vs. Missile Assault Ant
Missile Assault did the thing where he says his name over and over. The crowd really goes nuts over it with both hatred and laughs. Missile would do one move and then do say his name and this allowed Green ant to continually make comebacks.Green Ant really is starting to get crazy good in the ring. His moves are very crisp and he's got some swagger and character. Green Ant nailed Missile with a jumping front enzigiri but Assault came back with a launching superman lunge. Assault then did an amazing spot where multiple Garvin Stomps while chanting his own name. Amazing stuff for the older fans in attendance. Assault hurled Green to the outside but then did the name thing again and got lit up by one of the best chops I've ever seen thrown in a match. Flair would have been proud. Green Ant lit up Missile again and then tossed him back in. They went back and forth until Missile went for a turnbuckle lawn dart and Green Ant was able to counter and get Missile caught in a modified Chikara Special where both legs are trapped instead of just one for the tap out.
After the match Missile kept repeating his name as he left.
Great match! More Promotions should be looking at Green Ant. That is all I have to say.
5. Juan Francisco de Coronado vs. Shynron
This is a rematch from the last WIF show which saw Shenron get a tapout against the Ecuadorian Arstocracy. Coronado berated Herbert, his manservant for not earning his keep and told him he needed to do better. Coronado worked Shynron's legs early and ddted one of the legs, trying to ground the dragon spirit. Shynron nailed the dragon ball z spot early on Juan Francisco and followed up with a twisting body splash to Coronado on the outside. Shynron hopped over the top rope and spike ddted Coronado for a near fall. He caught the Ecuadorian with a standing shooting star press for another near fall. Coronado went for a german and got blocked and then then went for a half nelson suplex but Shynron fought him off. Crowd was getting into this.At one point Shynron hit an unbelievable split legged press in the corner, basically using only his legs to get himself from the mat to top rope. The kid has some great balance and aerial ability. Shynron then went for the Dragon's Maw submission but Coronado got to the ropes. The ref got distracted as Coronado ascended the turnbuckle and Shynron tried to catch him with headstand headscissors. As Shynron went for this Coronado's man servant nailed Shynron in the ribs with the Ecuadorian flag. Coronado then locked up the ankle of Shynron in the Coronado clutch. Shynron fought valiantly but was forced to tap out.
The crowd gave Shynron a standing ovation afterwards. He was very impressive and has only been in the business a few short years. He and Coronado put together an amazing match. This match was 800% better than their match in Easton.
6. Fire Ant vs. The Brown Morning of Belarus
The Brown Morning looked like Wolverine during his feral comic book run. He nailed Fire Ant with a few running strikes and power moves. Fire Ant was able to fight back with a nice senton and a running kick to the chest. He followed up with a stunner and then nailed the Brown Morning with the beach break for the three count. Shorter match but still everyone worked hard.
7. The Spectral Envoy (UltraMantis Black & Hallowicked & returning Blind Rage) vs. The Wrecking Crew ( Ax Smashmaster & Oleg The Usurper & JAKA)-
No Backabella here at ringside which was sad. His Gimmick is great. Oleg was thrown off by Blind Rage being on the opposing team. All 6 men wanted to start in the ring so the ref let them and then Ultra Mantis battled Smashmaster in a test of strength. While the other watched in the ring. Eventually all six battled and things got wild. Oleg and Blind Rage fought in the back to the locker room and Oleg yelled "off with his head (he always yells this before his clubbing closeline finisher). Smashmaster nailed a violent powerslam on Hallowicked. Mantis and Hallowicked then battled back and nailed a number of shots on Smashmaster and a double big boot which sent the big man to the outside. Jaka nailed a chokebomb into a samoan drop on Wicked and then was distracted by Blind Rage dressed in oleg's Viking armor. Ultra Mantis captalized and rolled through from the top rope into a beautiful rollup with a bridge on Jaka for the three count.
Fun Main Event. Really a great afternoon of wrestling. I can't stress enough how people in the PA area should come out and see this group. They really knocked it out of the park this afternoon with everyone working very hard. If you can make a show...I highly recommend it! They announced they would becoming to Norristown, PA in November 3rd ( Norristown is near the King of Prussia mall) and that they'd be going up to the New England area on 9/21/13.
PRO WRESTLING EVENTS FOR TUESDAY September 3,2013:
WWE SMACKDOWN TV @ Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
HoPWF @ Superior Pro Wrestling Training Center in Hagerstown, Maryland
CMLL @ Arena Coliseo in Guadalajara, Mexico
CMLL @ Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico
LLM @ Arena Aficion in Pachuca, Mexico
K-Dojo @ Industry Promotion Center in Asahikawa, Japan
ASW @ Butlins Resort in Bognor Regis, England
THE VIDEO STORE:
---Hulk Hogan 25 minute interview-
---Indy Cred-
---RJ Brewer's Crusade-
---A.J. Styles Promo-
--- Mark Henry looked to have hurt his knee doing a run-in at the end of last night's WWE house show in Boston, MA.
Henry hurt himself while hitting the ring and took some time in getting up, looking to be in pain.We have not 100% confirmed there was an injury. In asking around this morning, no WWE sources were sure of whether he had tweaked the knee or suffered an actual injury.We will update as we know more.
An update on Mark Henry is that he was pulled from today's WWE show in Washington, DC, and is going to get an MRI done on his hamstring tomorrow to find out the extent of the damage. Henry was injured running to the ring at last night's show in Boston.
--- Hulk Hogan vs. Jake Roberts question, besides doing an angle on TV that I think never aired, they did do one singles match, in 1987, in Winnipeg when Hogan was champion.
---There will be a wrestling fund raiser for Scoliosis on 9/15 in Cape Coral, FL featuring local wrestlers as well as former WWE and TNA names. Jake Roberts is the headliner. For more info go to www.facebook.com/events/497154280369477/
---On the Traditional Championship Wrestling TV show, not only was Joel Watts working as a referee, but James Beard (veteran Texas/Japan referee) was working there as well. Matt Hardy was also on their TV show
---Florida Underground Wrestling from Saturday night in Tampa: Gus Money b Joey Epix, JB Cool b Wayne Van Dyke, MDK & Ushaka b Mitch Mitchell & Jeff Boom, Angel Santos b QT Marshall, Tokyo Monster Kahagas b Leo Gold, Matt Morgan b Kenneth Cameron, Lince Dorado & Mercedes Justice b Jesus DeLeon & La Rosa Negra, Jay Lethal b Maxwell Chicago, Jesse Sorenson & Nick Fame b JD Maverick & James Alexander-DQ, Jim Neidhart & Bruce Santee b Kennedy Kendrick & Deimos, The Grease b Michael Tarver in a Brass Knux on a pole match
---SCW from Saturday night in Poulsbo, WA: Demarcus Johnson b Sonico and Viento, Dave Hollenbeck & Von Hess b Sonny O'Mara & Bedlam, Iron Buddha II b Victor Price-DQ, Davey Hoffenmeister & Hoss Tull b Ian Bear & Zack Winters-DQ, Dale Houston & Mean Mark b Kaos James & Randy Zellers, Exile b Hot Hands Mendoza-SQ
---British Championship Wrestling from Friday night in Kilmarnock, Scotland: Lionheart b Red Lightning, Kay Lee Ray & Liam Thomson b Jacob & Mark Coffey, Johnny Moss b Joe Coffey, BT Gunn & Steve Xavier b Jack Jester & Mikey Whiplash, Wolfgang b Doug Williams, Kit Fite b Brado
---Heroes and Legends II from Friday night in Fort Wayne, IN: Chuck Weeden b Rampage, Eli McFly b Gabriel Grey, Russ Jones b Xavier Justice & Mike King, Darrell Jackson b GT Vega, Roderick Street b Shawn Cook, Kongo Kong & Awesome Kong b Joseph Schwartz & Randi West, Shane Douglas (with Tammy Sytch) b Troy Miller, Chris Masters b Kharn Alexander, Jake Omen & Scotty Young b Headbangers, Shane Helms b Mark Vandy, Dru Skullz b Tatanka-DQ
---Central States Wrestling from Saturday night in Cahokia, IL: Bolt Brady b Ricky Starks, Aaron Solo b Raphael King, Deven Spade b Eric Allen, Chris Logan b Byron Wilcott, Jonathan Hampton b Joe Bruizer, Shane Fury b Shane Somers, Claudia del Solis b Jordynne Grace, Rob Conway b Evan Morris
---Lucha Xtreme on Fresno TV Saturday night: Elemento b Jesse Johnson, Marcus Eriks b Zero, Al Azar b Trap Johnson, JR Kratos b Brian Tannen. Upcoming tapings are 9/13 in Fresno at Blackbeard's Family Fun Center and 9/14 in Merced on 9/14 at the American Legion Post.
---More than 300 fans came to see the Shawn Michaels Experience, a Q&A Saturday in Waynesboro, VA with fans coming from 14 different states.
---Join Host Beau James and his special guest Randy Hales for part one of their talk about USWA 1990s. Featuring the beginning of the WWF and USWA working together, Monday Night Memories, and Randy taking over booking duties for USWA.
Next week Randy will be back to talk about 1995 The death of Eddie Gilbert, The USWA vs Smoky Mountain Wrestling feud, his blood bathes in Memphis and Louisville. Plus much more.
Do Ya Wanna Be A Wrestler. Kid? Radio airs live every Thursday 6:30pm est at blogtalkradio.com/kingofkingsport
Beau James
facebook.com/kingofkingofkingsport
twitter.com/kingofkingsport
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---Former independent wrestler Shaun Ricker, who appeared on The Rock's Hero reality show, is now using the name Slate Randall in WWE NXT.
---WWE's latest tryout camp started up this week on Wednesday at the new Performance Center in Orlando. Two sessions were held on Wednesday and a long session was held on Thursday. Bill DeMott ran the camp with judges that included Joey Mercury, Norman Smiley, Terry Taylor, Gerald Brisco and William Regal. 30 wrestlers were brought in for the camp in total. Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards were described as "standing out of everyone" based on early reports from the camp. Edwards and Richards are no longer under official contracts with Ring of Honor.
---9/1 WWE IN WASHINGTON, DC RESULTS
no Mark Henry. They had locally advertised Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio as well but that didn't happen as well.
*Dolph Ziggler beat Big E. Langston with the ZigZag. Really entertaining opener. Langston was really good here, showing much more than he usually does on TV. Ziggler got a big reaction. Shame he's working openers.
*WWE U.S. champ Dean Ambrose beat R-Truth after rolling him up. Decent.
*Vickie Guerrero came out to announce that a fan poll via texting meant we'd get a Divas dance-off. It was AJ, Layla and Brie Bella vs. Kaitlyn, Naomi & Natalya. Yes they did a dancing deal without the other Funky girl. & Naomi ended without a winner in a dance-off. AJ refused to dance, so the other villains danced pretty awful. When it was the heroes' turn, they got attacked and it became a six woman tag.
*Kaitlyn, Naomi and Natalya defeated AJ, Layla and Brie Bella. Brie got angry at AJ playing off her promo on Raw and left her, allowing Kaitlyn to spear the champ for the win. OK. You could see they were doing all they could do.
*Ryback nailed Kofi Kingston with Shell Shock for the win.
*RVD and Big Show & Rob Van Dam beat WWE Tag champs The Shield by DQ when Ambrose attacked them with a chair. long match. Shield retained the WWE Tag Titles. Ambrose ran in for the DQ.
*The Wyatt Family defeated The Usos. Too short to be anything.
*CM Punk pinned Curtis Axel in a non-title No DQ match. Paul Heyman was there working the house show and cut an interview saying the title was not on the line. Punk destroyed Axel and nailed Heyman with a Kendo Stick.
*WWE champion Randy Orton pinned Daniel Bryan. Really good 20 minute match. At one point, Orton was trapped in the Yes Lock but Brad Maddox pulled the referee out, so he missed Orton tapping. The Shield worked over Bryan and Orton pinned him with the RKO. They kept beating him down, so the heroes hit the ring. Orton ran off and the Shield was destroyed by everyone with their finishers.
---AAA booker Konnan spoke with former WWE creative executive Court Bauer on this week's episode of MLW Radio and talked about WWE attempting to buy Mexico's AAA promotion back in 2007. Bauer talked about WWE's plans for international expansion in 2007: "They went in there [Mexico] with big, big ambitious plans a few years ago. They wanted to do a lot of business down in Mexico and then obviously those plans scaled back and they haven't run in two or so years down there." Konnan, AAA's matchmaker, offered an inside perspective on what took place during the negotiations between WWE and AAA: "I know exactly what happened because we had to live through it. We had a meeting. I've never talked about this. We had somebody from WWE actually come and having a meeting with me and Dorian, who is the son of the owner. We had a meeting with somebody from WWE and they came and offered to buy AAA. He was really cool. He was like, 'We want to buy AAA.' Dorian was like, 'We're not really for sale, but we'll listen.'" "They wanted to buy 51% of the company. I was like, 'Dude, do not do that because these [guys], the minute they don't like something, they're going to get rid of us.' I said why doesn't Vince just buy 50% or 49%? They said Vince doesn't like to go into partnership with anybody and doesn't want to be asking for permission for anything. I asked what would happen to us. They said, 'As you can see, we're having trouble running WWE as it is and we're trying to expand into Europe. We don't really know what we're doing in Mexico, so you guys would stay in power.'" "We excused ourselves to go to the bathroom and I said that's BS. The minute we do something they don't like, they're going to change it and there's nothing we can do about it. We can't give them this type of power, which he understood. He told them we wouldn't sell that much of the company." The new episode of MLW Radio is available for free at MLW.com and on iTunes (search: MLW Radio), along with episodes featuring Chris Jericho, The Ultimate Warrior, Mick Foley, Billy Corgan, MVP, former WWE writers and many others. New episodes of MLW Radio are released each and every Sunday night on MLW.com.
---9/1 WRESTLING IS FUN 'KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED' LIVE REPORT FROM READING, PA
Wrestling Is Fun show "Keep your eyes peeled" at the Goodwill Beneficial Association in Reading, PA. Crowd was in the 100 range.
1. The Osirian Portal vs. Los Ice Creams
In the ring, el hijo got a flurry of kicks and then a discus elbow from Amassis which set up a running double knee press by Ophidian for the three.
2. The Proletariat Boar of Moldova vs. Assailant
Boar absolutely annihilated Assailant with a spear as Assailant entered the ring. Boar followed this up with a nasty big boot. Boar mauled Assailant early on and threw him into a bunch of fan's seats. Boar did a lot of power spots on the not much smaller Assailant. Boar nailed a nasty Sickle to the back of Assailant's head and then a nasty belly to belly overhead toss for a near fall. Assailant was getting decimated. Boar then did a bizarre spot where he had Assailant up in a samoan drop but then walked around to all 4 turnbuckles and tapped them. He then dropped Assailant down in the samoan drop for a near fall. Assailant battled back but then came off the turnbuckles and got caught mid-air for a side slam and a nearfall. Eventually Boar B Smoothe rolled Assailant up and held the tights for the three. After the match the crowd said Boar cheated by ring announcer Gavin Loudspeaker reminded the crowd that Bryce Remsburg was the only licensed ref here so his call stood.
Another solid match. This was probably the best Boar has looked in my opinion. Really a nice match between two power guys.
3. Eric Corvis vs. Kobald
corvis has a steampunk, book of eli kind of look going on but he looks like he's dropped a bit of weight. Originally Missle Assault Ant was supposed to be the opponent but He got moved to facing Green Ant. Kobald stepped in. Both wrestlers commented about how hot the venue was. Kobald got the advantage early on as he hit Corvis with a demon's toilet while Corvis was sitting on a chair. Kobald focused on the abdomen and bit Corvis as he was in a adominal stretch. Kobald miss a top rop demon's toilet. Corvis battled back and hit a splash but sold his injured body and stomach. Corvis then got the advantage and looked to be going for a package piledriver but dropped Kobald neck first on his knee. Very Innovative move. Corvis then got the win with a violent backpack snapmare slam.
Another really solid match! Both guys worked hard here.
4. Green Ant. vs. Missile Assault Ant
Missile Assault did the thing where he says his name over and over. The crowd really goes nuts over it with both hatred and laughs. Missile would do one move and then do say his name and this allowed Green ant to continually make comebacks.Green Ant really is starting to get crazy good in the ring. His moves are very crisp and he's got some swagger and character. Green Ant nailed Missile with a jumping front enzigiri but Assault came back with a launching superman lunge. Assault then did an amazing spot where multiple Garvin Stomps while chanting his own name. Amazing stuff for the older fans in attendance. Assault hurled Green to the outside but then did the name thing again and got lit up by one of the best chops I've ever seen thrown in a match. Flair would have been proud. Green Ant lit up Missile again and then tossed him back in. They went back and forth until Missile went for a turnbuckle lawn dart and Green Ant was able to counter and get Missile caught in a modified Chikara Special where both legs are trapped instead of just one for the tap out.
After the match Missile kept repeating his name as he left.
Great match! More Promotions should be looking at Green Ant. That is all I have to say.
5. Juan Francisco de Coronado vs. Shynron
This is a rematch from the last WIF show which saw Shenron get a tapout against the Ecuadorian Arstocracy. Coronado berated Herbert, his manservant for not earning his keep and told him he needed to do better. Coronado worked Shynron's legs early and ddted one of the legs, trying to ground the dragon spirit. Shynron nailed the dragon ball z spot early on Juan Francisco and followed up with a twisting body splash to Coronado on the outside. Shynron hopped over the top rope and spike ddted Coronado for a near fall. He caught the Ecuadorian with a standing shooting star press for another near fall. Coronado went for a german and got blocked and then then went for a half nelson suplex but Shynron fought him off. Crowd was getting into this.At one point Shynron hit an unbelievable split legged press in the corner, basically using only his legs to get himself from the mat to top rope. The kid has some great balance and aerial ability. Shynron then went for the Dragon's Maw submission but Coronado got to the ropes. The ref got distracted as Coronado ascended the turnbuckle and Shynron tried to catch him with headstand headscissors. As Shynron went for this Coronado's man servant nailed Shynron in the ribs with the Ecuadorian flag. Coronado then locked up the ankle of Shynron in the Coronado clutch. Shynron fought valiantly but was forced to tap out.
The crowd gave Shynron a standing ovation afterwards. He was very impressive and has only been in the business a few short years. He and Coronado put together an amazing match. This match was 800% better than their match in Easton.
6. Fire Ant vs. The Brown Morning of Belarus
The Brown Morning looked like Wolverine during his feral comic book run. He nailed Fire Ant with a few running strikes and power moves. Fire Ant was able to fight back with a nice senton and a running kick to the chest. He followed up with a stunner and then nailed the Brown Morning with the beach break for the three count. Shorter match but still everyone worked hard.
7. The Spectral Envoy (UltraMantis Black & Hallowicked & returning Blind Rage) vs. The Wrecking Crew ( Ax Smashmaster & Oleg The Usurper & JAKA)-
No Backabella here at ringside which was sad. His Gimmick is great. Oleg was thrown off by Blind Rage being on the opposing team. All 6 men wanted to start in the ring so the ref let them and then Ultra Mantis battled Smashmaster in a test of strength. While the other watched in the ring. Eventually all six battled and things got wild. Oleg and Blind Rage fought in the back to the locker room and Oleg yelled "off with his head (he always yells this before his clubbing closeline finisher). Smashmaster nailed a violent powerslam on Hallowicked. Mantis and Hallowicked then battled back and nailed a number of shots on Smashmaster and a double big boot which sent the big man to the outside. Jaka nailed a chokebomb into a samoan drop on Wicked and then was distracted by Blind Rage dressed in oleg's Viking armor. Ultra Mantis captalized and rolled through from the top rope into a beautiful rollup with a bridge on Jaka for the three count.
Fun Main Event. Really a great afternoon of wrestling. I can't stress enough how people in the PA area should come out and see this group. They really knocked it out of the park this afternoon with everyone working very hard. If you can make a show...I highly recommend it! They announced they would becoming to Norristown, PA in November 3rd ( Norristown is near the King of Prussia mall) and that they'd be going up to the New England area on 9/21/13.
PRO WRESTLING EVENTS FOR TUESDAY September 3,2013:
WWE SMACKDOWN TV @ Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
HoPWF @ Superior Pro Wrestling Training Center in Hagerstown, Maryland
CMLL @ Arena Coliseo in Guadalajara, Mexico
CMLL @ Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico
LLM @ Arena Aficion in Pachuca, Mexico
K-Dojo @ Industry Promotion Center in Asahikawa, Japan
ASW @ Butlins Resort in Bognor Regis, England
THE VIDEO STORE:
---Hulk Hogan 25 minute interview-
---Indy Cred-
---RJ Brewer's Crusade-
---A.J. Styles Promo-