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NEWS
- Last month I mentioned wrestler Rollin’ Hard and his upcoming experimental surgery. Last week he had the surgery and it went for 8 hours as the surgeons removed his gall bladder, spleen and pancreas. Still too early to tell how successful the surgery was. Unfortunately this morning he has taken a turn for the worst and is currently on life-support. If you’d like to help in the costs, shirts are still available at the Rollin’ Hard MySpace page.
- Steve Corino has reached a deal with World Wrestling Council promotion in Puerto Rico to become the head booker. He will have a lot of work ahead of him as the majority of the talent has moved over to the rival IWC promotion.
- Cheerleader Melissa completed the six mile “Aids Walk” last weekend in San Francisco. The organization raised 4.5 million dollars during the campaign.
- Pro Wrestling NOAH announced the teams for the upcoming NTV Cup at the end of August. The Briscoes, Ricky Marvin teams up with Eddie Edwards and Bryan Danielson will team with Davey Richards.
- Mr. Chainsaw Productions Wrestling was listed in the latest issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in the column; “Know Your Indies” Their next show is upcoming on August 9th.
- In the “How do I Become A Wrestler” mailbag, Firestorm Pro and Cleveland-All Pro Wrestling have opened anew training center in Lakewood, Ohio. JT Lightning, JRoc and Raymond Rowe will be your trainers
- The prayers of many in the Midwest have been answered with the announcement of Chikara bringing their brand of wrestling goodness to Chicago on September 20th and Belefontaine, Ohio on the 21st. The Chicago location is still being finalized, but the Belefontaine show will be held at the Logan County Fairgrounds where the American Luchacore promotion holds their events. If you can’t wait for September to get here, August 1st might give you a little Chikara goodness. Mike Quackenbush, Vin Gerard and Shane Storm will all be on the show.
- On August 1st in Detroit, you get the latest show from Squared Circle Review which will feature Chikara wrestlers Ophidian and Lince Dorado.
Pro Wrestling NOAH – Budokan, Tokyo
- Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone & Ricky Marvin beat Jun Akiyama, Atsushi Aoki & Davey Richards in 16:26 after Marvin used the Santa Maria on Aoki• Kensuke Sasaki beat KENTA in 22:23 after a Northern Lights Bomb
- GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Taiji Ishimori in 15:35 after the Touch Out. This was Kanemaru's fifth successful defense
- GHC Heavyweight Title: Takeshi Morishima beat Takeshi Rikio in 13:24 with a Backdrop. This is Morishima's second successful defense
- Show starts with the ring announcer and referee Mike Keener in the ring. During the opening announcements, the lights go out. You hear a Singapore cane hit and when the lights come back on you have Stephanie and Adam Flash standing over the knocked out Keener. They tell the crowd they are the first family of wrestling and they dictate what goes on in their arena. The lights go out again. When they return, Chris Hero is standing in the ring. Hero lets them know they are not welcome in Velocity Pro. When Adam tried to hit Chris with the cane, Hero moved out of the way and started on the chops. Enough chops to push him to the ropes and then finally used a clothesline to get him out of the ring.
- First match for the new promotion saw Chris Hero use a spinning forearm to defeat Hallowicked.
- Aramis defeated Super Hentai with a vertebreaker.
- The Best Around over The New Hollywood Blondes
- All Money Is Legal defeated Chris Ansert & Phil Boucher. After the win, All Money Is Legal continued the beat down until Balls Mahoney came in to make the save. It didn’t work, as AMIL got the upper hand until Axl Rotten runs in to help Mahoney. Axl demands a match with AMIL later in the evening.
- 21 Time ICW/ICWA Texarkana TV Champion Larry Sweeney successfully defended the title with a handful of tights and holding the ropes over Shiima Xion.
- Azrieal won the 4-way match when he pinned Claudio Castagnoli, however the referee never saw Joey Matthews tap out to Delirious during the pin count.
- The Nigerian Nightmares defeated the partner less Angel Gonzalez when his partner was seen leaving the building right before the match.
- Main event saw Marcus Dowling interfere to help All Money Is Legal defeat Balls Mahoney & Axl Rotten. After the match, thinking his tag team was behind him, the celebrating Dowling was proved wrong when he got a couple of chair shots to end the show.
- Night One - Shamrock Cup Qualifying Matches
- Claudio Castagnoli over Delirious
- SAT (Jose & Joel Maximo) versus Team Macktion (TJ & Kirby Mack) was ruled as a double countout
- Rhett Titus won the ROH Graduate Triple Threat over Pelle Primeau and Mitch Franklin
- Joey Matthews over Ruckus after interference by Christian York
- The battle of the Devon’s as Storm defeated Moore to end the qualifying matches.
- Balls Mahoney & Danny Doring defeated DJ Hyde & The Bruiser in a no DQ match
- Christian York kept the MCW Heavyweight Title with two straight falls over Adam Flash in a 2 out of 3 falls match.
- Josh Daniels defeated Champ Champagne to retain the MCW Cruiserweight Title.
- Ghetto Mafia retained the MCW Tag Team Titles in a ladder match
- Night Two
- 4-way Last Chance Scramble Match for a spot in the Shamrock Cup Finals was won by Derek Frazier. During the match, Christian York attacked Ruckus and hit him with a backwards tombstone piledriver on the steps. Ruckus was taken to the back on a ringside table.
- Bob Star kept interfering on the behalf of Champ Champaigne during his match with Mitch Franklin, caused Mitch to bring out The Iron Sheik and Bill Alfonso to help even the sides. Mitch took the win.
- The Best Around defeated The Hot Shots
- The Bruiser defeated Danny Doring by submission in a Loser Leaves Town match.
- The Ghetto Mafia defeated Corporal Punishment & Adam Flash in a Falls Count Anywhere match to retain the tag team titles.
- Christian York got into the ring and said he didn’t have an opponent tonight. He challenges anyone to try to take the title away from him. Out came Delirious. York then defeated Delirious to keep the MCW Heavyweight Title. After the match he gets back on the mic and bad mouths Ruckus. The place goes nuts when the BLK OUT music hits. Chrissy comes out from the curtain. York wasn’t ready for the Ruckus attack from behind.
- Ruckus wins the heavyweight title. The Maryland State Athletic Commissioner comes out and declares the match a no contest as the referee assigned to the match was not the one to do the three count, so the title stays with Christian York.
- Shane Shamrock Cup Finals had Joey Matthews pin Rhett Titus, Derek Frazier then pinned Devon Storm and Josh Daniels. Joey Matthews used a Double Arm DDT to pin Claudio Castagnoli and Derek Frazier with a little help from Bill Alfonso used the Van Daminator to pin Joey Matthews and win the 2008 Shamrock Cup
- Extreme Dream Tournament Quarterfinals saw Samson, Shayne Hawke, Exess and Jake Matthews all advance.
- Up In Smoke (Cheech & Cloudy) defeated The Untouchables (Jimmy Stone & Dan Paysan)
- Jagged & Shane Matthews teamed up with Wiglycito’s favorite wrestler Kevin Steen to defeat Beef Wellington, Sexxxy Eddy & Hardcore Ninja.
- Night One
- Tyson Dux pinned Jaime D in an Intergender Match. Which one was the lady was still up for debate.
- Bump n Uglies over Josh Raymond & Christian Able
- Cody Deaner defeated CK3
- A1 pinned Johnny Devine when Tyson Dux interfered
- Zach Gowen defeated Joe Doering
- Night Two
- Jamie D won the Intergender Match with a pin on CK3
- Bump n Uglies got the win after a little altercation between partners N8 Mattson & Tony Smallz that ended with Smallz chokeslamming N8
- Cody Deaner over Tyson Dux
- Josh Raymond & Christian Able defeated Gutter & Brad Martin
- Judo Jason Temple’s open MMA style challenge was answered by A1 who then went on to win the match on less that 60 seconds.
- Johnny Devine defeated Zach Gowen to end night two.
- Mercedes Martinez defeated Rain
- Shawn Murphey over Jon Davis
- Kenny King & Jason Blade retained the FIP Tag Team titles in a 2/3 falls match over the Age Of The Fall. They split the first two falls and then the third fall say all of the YRR getting involved and King hitting a springboard blockbuster on Tyler for the win.
- Sal Rinauro retained the FIP Florida Heritage title over the way over Joey Ryan. Huge support for the debut of Joey and the “please come back” chant.
- Go Shiozaki defeated Nigel McGuinness in a non-title match. Another “please come back” chant. This one was NOT for Nigel.
- In another brutal match between the FIP champion Roderick Strong and Erick Stevens, this time it was a dog collar match. This back and forth match was eventually won by Erik Stevens to win the World Title for the second time.
- Phil Davis, Sean Davis & Go Shiozaki hit the ring and Sean announced that Heartbreak Enterprises have struck a deal with Sweet N Sour, Inc to have Go Shiozaki become a part of their team in FIP. With that, Go Shiozaki will have a title shot against Erick Stevens in August.
- Serena defeated Josie, Melody & Reggie in a 4 corners match to retain the Women’s title.
- Rudy Switchblade over TV Champ JD Michaels in a non-title match
- Rob Conway & Pat Buck over the Insurgency
- Anthony Bravado kept the OVW Title with a win over Tank Toland
- Main event saw John Cena defeat Lance Cade.
- Smackdown’s Justin Roberts is the ring announcer with Dusty Rhodes and Todd Grisham as the announcers.
- Ric Flair comes out and cuts a promo about the WWE development system. Gives props to Johnny Ace, Kevin Dunn and calls Dusty Rhodes the most creative man in the business.
- Shawn Spears used a neckbreaker to defeat TJ Wilson
- Colt Cabana, Atlas DeBone (I mean Ricky Ortiz) and one half of the Bella Twins won their six-man tag match. Colt is way over with the crowd and Ricky still doesn’t know how to properly do an Irish Whip. I can’t believe they put him on TV and even gave him talking time. Just because you have wacky hair doesn’t mean you can wrestle. Colt needs to be called up, he has just as much charisma as Ricky, yet he can wrestler and even better, but a promo.
- Nick Nemeth over Greg Jackson with a flying downward spiral
- John Cena comes out and does the obligatory how great the FCW is. Shawn Spears comes out and questions why Cena is at the FCW. He goes on to say it is risky for someone like him as all of these hungry athletes are just chomping at a chance to take out the top dog. Cena tells Spears that he is always ready for a fight, so bring it. Spears tells him that he isn’t here to hurt him, but he should watch his back. When Cena looks behind him, Spears attacks but Cena picks him up and hits the FU.
- FCW Florida Champion Jake Hager retained by hitting a reverse suplex on Heath Miller.
- Big Irish Sheamus used his high spinbuster to defeat Ricky Ortiz. After the match Sheamus cuts a spot on how Finlay’s leprechaun Hornswoggle has made Irish people a joke and issues a challenge to Finlay.
- Bump machine Evan Bourne returned and even got some “Sydal” chants during the match. This match was all Afa Jr. Bourne got in a few kicks and then went to hit the shooting star but missed. Afa picked him up and hit an inverted F-5 for the win.
- Chris Jericho comes out and tells everyone that they don’t deserve to cheer him. Everyone in the building are a bunch of liars and hypocrites. He brings out a wrestler who has a bright future. Nick Nemeth. He also brings out Joe Hennig. He tells Joe that he has to choose a path. Listen to him or all the liars and hypocrites. Joe chooses not to listen to Jericho. This makes him mad, so Jericho and Nemeth put the beat-down on Hennig.
- Another 6-man with a bunch of people who all look a like and was pretty boring.
- Kelly Kelly comes out and puts over the FCW Divas. They have a twist off and it turns in a big cat fight.
- Main Event saw the FCW Tag Team Champions Drew McKintyre & Stu Sanders take on the Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colon “Carlito’s brother” & Eric Perez.) Eddie hit a modified backcracker for the three-count to become the new tag team champions
- Announced for this weeks show, Batista, Matt & Jeff Hardy and Maria. Shows are taped every Thursday in Tampa Florida.
- Gary Jay won the 4-way match to become the new Young Guns Championship
- Athena defeated Rachel Summerlyn
- Mysterious Pleasure (Julio & Jr. Garza) retained the ACW Tag Team Titles over The Submission Squad.
- Mike Dell defeated Darin Childs and Skylet Skelly in a three way
- Lucid successfully defended the ACW Hardcore title with a win over JC Bravo
- Daffney got the win over Alektra Blue
- Mr. Showtime, Scot Summers, defeated Chris Hero to retain the Heavyweight Title.
- Terry Frazier, Zach Sabre Jr., Mark Haskins all won 3rd round matches in the British National Championship tournament.
- LT Summers over Andy Boy Simmonz in a tables match
- “The Guv’nor” Martin Stone retained the IPW:UK Title after Stone hit Danny Basham with a lariat. With the win he gets a match of his choosing against the Thrillers manager, Gilligan Gordon. He picked a First Blood Match.
- Jonescorp defeated Danny Danger & Josh Thor in the Open Challenge Tag Team Elimination Match
- Dave Manzo won a fatal four way
- Mike Daniels over Skull Williams in a No DQ Match
- Tyler Elkins won by DQ when Jack Night used a kendo stick
- Tommy Tydie & J. Miller successfully defended the Tag Titles against GQ & Rave
- Cameron Skyy is still your CLASH Champion as he pinned Will Vendetta
East Coast Professional Wrestling – Wednesday, July 23rd – Orange County Fair – Middletown, New York
- Tony Atlas takes on King Kahlua
- Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake versus Salvatore Sincere
- The Patriot will also be on the card.
- Sara Del Rey takes on Jennifer Black
- Chris Hero faces Ruckus
- Naomichi Marufuji takes on Roderick Strong
- No DQ Tag Team Match as Austin Aries teams up with Jay Briscoe to face the ROH World Tag Team Champions Age of the Fall
- Wiggly-cito’s favorite wrestler Kevin Steen takes on the ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness
- Chris Hero & Go Shiozaki face Roderick Strong & Naomichi Marufuji
- Bryan Danielson starts up his challenge of defeating all of Nigel McGuiness’s opponents with Tyler Black
- Claudio Castagnoli has mentioned that if he doesn’t win the world title against the winner of the Toronto show, it might be time for him to leave the ROH.
- This years Gran Prix (Cibernetico match) featuring Team Mexico versus Team International
- Team Mexico – Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Volador Jr, Averno, Hector Garza, Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr. & Shocker
- Team International – AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Alex Koslov and Marco Coleone (aka Mark Jindrak)
- If you want to know more about CMLL, check out Tony Gavin’s column at the Cool Kids Table website as he talks about the CMLL for those of use who need a refresher. His latest column he looks at who is the 2008 MVP at the half-way point of the year.
- Team WAR defends the tag team titles against Team Taliban
- Brandon Thomaselli gets the chance to try to win back the TV Championship against JD Hughes
- Show also features Corporal Robinson, Dysfunction, The Ring Rydas and The Soul Touchaz.
- Show will feature all the stars from the underground along with Hardcore Harry, Big Daddy Dean’s final match prior to his surgery and special guest Demolition Ax.
- Triple threat for the EWF Heavyweight Championship as champion Scorpio Sky defends against Joey Ryan and Terex
B4W – Friday, July 25th – Knights of Columbus – Jackson, New Jersey
- Steve Corino puts up the world title against Tommy Thunda
- Kid America will take on Jihad & Chemical Khan in an handicap match
- Josh Raymond puts the heavyweight title on the line and the show will also feature Australian wrestler Andrew “The Shark” Carter and Zach Gowen.
- Barbed Wire Madness Tag Match – Mad Man Pondo & Corporal Robinson versus Toby Klein & Deranged
- The return of Trevor Murdock as he takes on Insane Lane
- IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title Match as champion Jason Hades faces Prince Mustafa Ali
- Michael Elgin puts the IWA Mid-South Strong Style Title up against CZW’s DJ Hyde.
- Strong Style Number 1’s Contender match between Egotistico Fantastico and Sami Callihan
- NIW Universal Champion Darin Corbin, Rob James, Arik Cannon, Ryan Cruz, Divari, Venum and Allison Wonderland will all be on hand.
- Ricky Reyes puts up the World Openweight title against Jihad
- Six-Man War as Steve Corino, Kid America & Ryan Sawyer face off against Ricky Landell, King Kaluha & Monster C
- King Kong Bundy and Axl Rotten are also on the card.
- World Championship Match - CHAMPION VS. CHAMPION
John McChesney defends against ZBARR with "The Pitbull" Gary Wolf as Enforcer - #1 Contender's Match - Trent Acid versus Chris Masters
- In a Shot Glass Throwing Match - Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. The Sandman
- Tag Team Championship - All Money Is Legal vs. The Best Around
- Women's Championship - Amy Lee defends against Kacee Carlisle
- Midwest Heavyweight Champion, “Amazing” N8 Mattson will defend against “The Fun Lovin’ Criminal” Jaimy Coxxx
- Greg “The Hammer” Valentine takes on The Necro Butcher
- Jimmy Jacobs versus Josh Raymond
- Eddie Venum, Zach Gowen and DBA will also be on the show.
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