Missouri Wrestling Revival

By Brian Kelley

Throughout the history of wrestling, there have been wrestlers that sought out the help from the self claimed masterminds to give them the edge in their quest to become the best.

The Grand Wizard led both Stan “The Man” Stasiak and Superstar Billy Graham to WWWF Championships. Fred Blassie made the term “pencil-neck geek” famous and shocked the world in 1982 when his man the Iron Shiek defeated Bob Backland to win the WWF, thus endings Backlands title reign of nearly six years in 1983,

Throughout the 80’s colorful managers such as Capt. Lou Albano, Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart were household names in the sport. JJ Dillion led the Four Horseman to glory and in doing so changed the sport as we know it. Tag Teams would become legendary with the minds of Paul E. Dangerously Jim Cornette calling the shots.

Now Midwest Wrestling fans I give you Chad Mylan……Chad Mylan the voice of 3XW you say?? Well just in case you have been living under a rock for the past few months, Chad Mylan has made a stir all the way from Des Moines Iowa to the St Louis area with his protégé Ricky Kwong.

At 3xw in August “The Laotian Sensation” Ricky Kwong (with “The Laotian Liasion” Chad Mylan) defeated “The Rockstar” Jimmy Rockwell by “submission” to become the NEW Pure Wrestling champion in perhaps the biggest travesty in the history of 3XW. Mylan explained before the bout that he used his financial resources to arrange for a special guest referee – Todd Countryman!

Despite the 3-on-1 odds, Rockwell forced Kwong to submit to a Boston Crab at one point in the match, only for Countryman to take the mic and explain that “that version of the Boston Crab is illegal in Des Moines, Iowa” and restarted the match. Shortly after, Kwong applied the Lethal Laotian Lock to Rockwell, and with Rockwell reaching for the ropes, Mylan jumped on the apron and used his whole body to pull the bottom rope way from Rockwell’s grasp. Out of frustration, Rockwell slapped the mat, causing Countryman to call for the bell on account of Rockwell “tapping out.”

The very next month Chad Mylan led Ricky Kowng ina quick win over “The Right Price” Aaron Masterson in seconds after nailing Masterson with a crane kick immediately after Masterson excitedly hugged the ring announcer after entering the ring. Before the bout, Mylan took the mic and explained that 3XW Commissioner Todd Countryman wasn’t giving Jimmy Rockwell a rematch tonight due to Rockwell assault him last month, so Mylan arranged a new challenger.

After the match, Midnight Guthrie came to ringside and handed ring announcer Daryl Moon a note from the Board of Directors that stated “while the Board respected Countryman’s decision, it had arranged a suitable replacement to challenge Kwong for the belt,” leading to……Ricky Kwong successfully defended the title over the returning Darin Corbin by pinfall after interference from Chad Mylan. Despite the loss, Corbin really impressed the crowd in his return. After the match, Kwong continued to attack Corbin, only for Jimmy Rockwell to run out and make the save.

Many many miles away Chad Mylan was up to his old tricks at MECW when he tricked MECW Independent Champion Gabriel Brimstone to sign the contract for the rematch, he didn’t notice the clause that Kwong could choose the stipulation…and he chose Mylan as the special guest referee. Mylan was as impartial as you might expect, developing an arm cramp during the pin cover after Brimstone hit the DDT. Kwong rolled up Brimstone with a handful of tights and Mylan fast-counted the pin to become the new MECW Champion.

In Ricky Kwongs first title defense it would be his former Tag team partner and now arch enemy Jimmy Rockwell challenging him, with Mylan on his side on that night Kwong would have his hand raised.

This Saturday MECW returns to action in Wood River Illinois, what will Chad Mylan and Ricky Kwong be up to next?? Be there and find out…..

Wrestling fans in Des Moines Iowa get your tickets for a barn burner when these two meet once again in one of the top feud running today at 3XW on November 5th.

We caught up with both of these great competitors recently and they had these words for the MWR Fans. Editors Note:  I Found it interesting that Ricky Kwong is both the 3XW Pure Wrestling Champion and the MECW Independent Champion but Chad Mylan still goes on and on about Ricky Kwong not getting any chances?? What?