Missouri Wrestling Revival

By Jack Tierney

The opening match between Superstar Steve Fender and Ace Steel was declared a no-contest by referee Brandon Schmitt due to interference by Trevor Murdoch and Jack Gamble. Murdoch entered the ring to assist Steel which prompted Gamble to come to the aid of Fender who was now being double teamed. While there was no decision in this match, challenges were issued and accepted and the 4 grapplers agreed to meet in a tag team match which would later be tonight’s main event.

The second match saw Dakota pin Marc Godeker.

Tied at 2 wins each, Stacey O’Brien and Heather Patera met in the third match to finally determine the WLW Ladies Champion in their best of 5 match series. When it appeared that Heather was pinning Stacey, actually both wrestlers had their shoulders to the mat and referee Brandon Schmitt began to count out both O’Brien and Patera. But before he got to 3, O’Brien was able to lift her shoulders and gain the pin fall over Patera to become the new WLW Ladies Champ.

The fourth event was a 3-way match for the NWA Illinois State Championship with challengers Kyle Roberts and Dustin Bozworth facing titleholder Evan Money Morris. Morris successfully retained his title by pinning Bozworth.

The fifth bout was a rematch from August of 2013 in Linn, MO and Jon Webb once again pinned Brian Breaker.

Match #6 was for the WLW Heavyweight Championship and pitted champion Leland Race against the challenger Elvis Aliaga. Race pinned Aliaga in 12:15 to retain the title.

And in the Main Event, the final match of the evening, the team of Superstar Steve Fender and Jack Gamble defeated Trevor Murdoch and Ace Steel when Fender pinned Murdoch in the 1 fall event.