In a battle of former WWE Superstars, Daivari vs. Scotty 2 Hotty headlines this Friday’s International Championship Wrestling event at King Field House in Fort Riley, Kansas.
WWE Hall of Famer “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase has been announced to appear for Pro Wrestling Syndicate on June 1 at the Rahway Rec Center 275 East Milton Ave. Rahway, New Jersey.
Fit Finlay is booked for an international wrestling tour the first two weeks of June, including Saturday, June 9th in Kent, UK. All-Star Wrestling has booked Finlay for six events in the UK on June 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th. The June 9th show takes place at Assembly Hall Theatre and is headlined with Finlay vs. Mark Haskins.
Extreme Reunion has finally released the iPPV version of their debut event from Philadelphia. The original plan was to release the event the next day after but the production team dropped the ball and the entire show had to be edited from scratch. The iPPV download also includes an actual DVD of the event and can be downloaded at extremereunion.net. The next Extreme Reunion event will take place on June 30th in Philadelphia but talents are also being booked for a potential Northeastern show on June 29th.
WWE Hall of Famer Sunny appears for Women Xtreme Championship Wrestling on May 19, 2012 at Patriot Auction Gallery in Martinsburg, West Virginia. (Event Details)
Kevin Nash will wrestle Mark Vandy in the main event of EWF Wrestling’s Diesel Powered event in Converse, Indiana on June 16th. Visit EWFArena.com for more information.
We noted before that ECW Original Axl Rotten fell asleep at the wheel and was in a car wreck while returning home from the Extreme Reunion event in Philadelphia last month. Axl, who defeated Balls Mahoney at the event, says he’s wrestled his last match. He wrote on Facebook:
“This is very easy to say. No tearful videos or thank you’s. I had fun wrestling Balls Mahoney at Extreme Reunion. I will keep my thoughts on the other matches and event as a whole to myself. I think I’m done. I had 24 yrs doing what I love. I’m not going to wrestle another match. Thanks for the ride. It ended in a bang….Literally.- Axl Rotten”
Following his departure from WWE, former WWE producer/wrestler Goldust (Dustin Runnels) is now available to independent wrestling companies for match bookings, wrestling seminars, autograph sessions and personal appearances. Runnels, who is based out of Central Florida, is exclusively being represented by author and former National Wrestling Alliance president Howard Brody of Fort Lauderdale. For booking inquiries and availabilities on Dustin, Brody can be contacted via e-mail at howard@howardbrody.com.
Brian Kendrick will be doing a live Q&A session this Saturday afternoon as part of Absolute Intense Wrestling’s weekend festivities. You can purchase tickets at shop.aiwrestling.com.
0Posted by Vidal Guelen on May 10, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Looks like there’s an Ultimate Warrior impersonator wrestling in the independent circuit. Ultimate Warrior recently addressed the One Warrior Nation and posted a picture of the imposter on Twitter:
“One tiny favor, warriors. If you ever see me in this condition, kill me. Just f***ing kill me. W.” Click Here To View
I don’t know about you, but I’d love to see these two have a botch match. Oops, I mean match.
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0Posted by Ian Elimeliah on May 9, 2012 at 11:27 pm
Friday, May 4th 2012 was the debut show for FEDERATED Wrestling. Not only was this FEDERATED’s debut show but also the television taping for their first show episodes that will air on www.americanprimetimetv.com this coming June.
This new federation exhibited some great wrestling starring the talent of today and tomorrow. They showcased some of todays talent with former ROH tag team The Dark City Fight Club, The Round Eye Samurai Bobby Fish, Pat Buck, Steven Walters and future superstars such as the cocky couple of Joey Ace w/ Lady Diamond Dee, VsK, The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz and the ever dangerous Jack Gallow.
The Protector of Professional Wrestling Jack Gallow def. The Five Starr Studd Joey Ace w/ Lady Diamond Dee via submission
-Despite all of Joey Ace’s distracting tactics and the interference of Lady Diamond Dee, these two combatants had a great match. Joey Ace showed off his high flying skills as well as how vicious he can be by slamming Gallow into everything and anything outside of the ring not to mention Lady Diamond Dee getting a few shots in herself but Jack Gallow got the best of Joey Ace by locking Ace in a double wrist lock that could have potentially put Ace on the shelf for a while if Gallow didn’t release the hold. Joey Ace was NOT happy with the result of this hard fought match.
The second match of the night was supposed to be a first round match in the TV Title tournament between The Dark City Fight Clubs Jon Davis and The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz E.C. Negro but Negro’s tag partner K.C. Blade got himself involved in the match after E.C. began to have problems over powering Jon Davis. Luckily the other half of the DCFC Kory Chavis came in to save Jon Davis. Because of the havoc, the match was thrown out eliminating both E.C. Negro and Jon Davis from the TV tourney.
Davis asked the crowd if they wanted a tag match and after the crowds response FEDERATED management had the bell rung and the impromptu tag match began.
The Dark City Fight Club def. The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz via pin fall
-A great back and forth between the two teams. Some dirty double teaming by DRS but the DCFC got control of the match. After E.C. Negro failed to hit Jon Davis with one of the DRS’ Tag Team Champions of the Universe championship belts (Note: these belts are not recognized by FEDERATED) and instead hit his partner K.C. Blade, Jon Davis delivered the 3 Seconds Around the World power bomb on E.C. Negro for the win.
VsK def. Steven Walters via pin fall
-The match started out with a handshake showing respect between the two competitors. Some great back and forth action. The fight did spill out of the ring were Walters started getting more aggressive trying to soften up VsK’s arm. Again after a great move for move battle and after missing the Super kick on a couple of occasions, VsK finally connected with it putting Steven Walters down for the three count.
The Main Event
First round TV Title tournament match
Pat Buck def. Bobby Fish via pin fall
-This was a solid mat based wrestling match. Bobby Fish fired up the crowd the whole match and both showed their extensive mat I.Q.’s. Bobby Fish seemed to have control as the match went on but Pat Buck showed he was just waiting for his spot and rolled up a shocked Bobby Fish for the win.
Final Thought: for an unknown, debuting wrestling fed, FEDERATED Wrestling showed they have the talent to succeed. FEDERATED just needs to make sure that they keep rolling out solid young talent and quality veterans to make their fed work. I had a ton of fun watching the show and I strongly recommend watching FEDERATED Wrestling’s debut show on www.americanprimetimetv.com. This is a solid start for the young federation which I think will be a force to be reckoned with very soon.
0Posted by Brett Clendaniel on May 9, 2012 at 1:43 pm
“The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero continues to target Marty Jannetty for carelessly striking Balls Mahoney with a chair during a match for Pro Wrestling Syndicate in March.
Dinero wrote on Facebook, “Have anyone heard from Marty Chairnetty??? You know, the guy that single handily almost did in one night to Balls Mahoney what sex, drugs, and ECW couldn’t do in 20yrs; End His Freaking Career!?!??
“Well, If ya hear from the coon, let’em know that Pope is out of semi retirement for the moment and is hoping that he grow some balls, head to Orlando, do what Pope won’t do, and that’s kiss Hogan’s @ss, and beg for the opportunity to show up on iMPACT WRESTLING OFN and call Pope out. Hopefully he’s dressed in his 1980′s Rockers attire, otherwise Pope may not recognize him! ~ PHS.”
The infrequently seen TNA Wrestling star returned to action at last week’s live events in California, his first appearances since January. Before appearing at Friday’s show in Ontario, he lampooned his lengthy sabbatical, writing, “Welp, here comes Da Pope!” Guess Pope better head downstairs to the basement, find, dust off, and clean his Pope gear.”
0Posted by Brett Clendaniel on May 9, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Below are the updated lineups for EVOLVE’s iPPVs over the weekend in North Carolina:
5/11 EVOLVE 12 iPPV in Charlotte, North Carolina:
*AR Fox vs. Sami Callihan
*Ricochet vs. El Generico
*Fit Finlay vs. Jon Davis
*Low Ki vs. Jigsaw
*Johnny Gargano & Samuray Del Sol vs. Chuck Taylor & Silas Young
*Alex Reynolds vs. Mike Cruz,
5/12 EVOLVE 13 in Concord, North Carolina:
*Open The Freedom Gate champion Johnny Gargano vs. winner of Three-Way Match
*AR Fox vs. Jigsaw vs. Samuray Del Sol for DGUSA title bout
*Chuck Taylor vs. Sami Callihan
* Appearances by everyone announced for Night One.
Pro Wrestling Evo will have a pre-show at 7 PM for EVOLVE 13. For more info, visit http://www.dgusa.tv/