Hey 3XW fans, to commemorate this special event with the 25 year return of the NWA title and its first-ever champion crowned in Des Moines, Asteroid Belt Company is pleased to have a small part in this historic event.
The “NWA 3XW” title has been created and will be raffled off at the show on January 27th. This belt will be signed by both champion Adam Pearce and challenger Jeremy Wyatt. It has the date and place on it as well to mark the event. Tickets will only be $2 each or 3 for $5.
The match of a lifetime comes together with the chance of a lifetime…doncha dare miss it!
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If wrestlers in the Midwest actually used a resume to be able to get booked into a match or on a card, there would be very few that could duplicate the accomplishments of Matt Murphy.
Matt Murphy can proudly state that he is the first student of Harley Race’s World League Wrestling Academy, a stamp of approval from the former 8-time NWA Worlds Champion. He would go on to wrestle around the country against some of the biggest stars in the sport including CM Punk, Bobby Eaton, Mark Jindrak, Chris Hero, Naomichi Marufuji, Kenta, and Takeshi Morishima.
His knowledge and respect for the sport would be honored by Race himself when Murphy was named as the lead instructor for the Academy from 2000 to 2002.
He is one of the few men in the todays sport in the Midwest who have had a chance to wrestle in Japan, a feat that he would be able accomplish on three occasions for Pro Wrestling Noah. Murphy has worked with WWE and appeared on WWE programming twice.
He has been listed in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Top 500 on two occasions and was named one of the top thirty prospects in professional wrestling by Wrestle America magazine in 2002.
On December 2002, Murphy was in a car accident that derailed his wrestling career. He was the producer and announcer for the World League Wrestling T.V. show from 2007 to 2008
2008, Murphy released “The Professional Wrestler in the World of Sports-Entertainment.” . In 2011, Murphy’s autobiography “The Somebody Obsession: A Nobody’s Desperate Journey to Stardom” reached #1 in the wrestling category on the Amazon Kindle bestseller list.
Metro Pro Commissioner Matt Murphy reminds Domino Rivera that Domino is still the Metro Pro Administrative Assistant
In 2011, Murphy would return to the ring, this time as Metro Pro Wrestling’s of 2011 as the commissioner. In August 2011, Murphy attacked fan favorite Michael Strider and announced his return to the ring, igniting a feud with Strider.
In November 2011, he defeated “The Golden Boy” Greg Anthony to win the Traditional Championship WrestlingJunior Heavyweight Title in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, then lost it back to Anthony during their rematch two weeks later.
Matt Murphy’s love and talent for the sport has allowed him to be a top wrestler, a best selling author, a producer and announcer, and a commissioner. In the past he has been kind enough to let MWR feature his bookThe Professional Wrestler in the World of Sports Entertainment” by Matt Murphyon this very site. Each link of that book and more of Matt Murphy can be found here, and if you are a wrestler or a just a fan is a must read.
With all that talent that Murphy can assist a promotion, I am excited to say that he is now taking bookings for the months of February-April. You can e-mail him at: mjhmurphy@gmail.com
Let us take a look at one of my very favorite matches from “ALL THAT” Matt Murphy. In this match up he takes on Ace Steel in a IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title match took place June 14, 2002 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Poodoo the Cow and his tag team partner Dash Rando have thrilled fans at IHW, Underground Wrestling and Juggalo Championship Wrestling. You can have a chance to meet the ultra popular Poo Doo the Cow this Sunday at the WWE Royal Rumble After party!!
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This fun night will be the perfect end to your night! This is the spot to be before and after each WWE event at Scottrade Center and this night will be NO DIFFERENT!!!
… So come hang out with local and national wrestlers and who know who else is gonna attend??!?!
Former Attendees of our after parties include:
The Miz
Kofi Kingston
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Gail Kim
Heath Slater
Justin Gabriel
Evan Bourne
Zack Ryder
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During the Christmas season, MWR looks around the Midwest at the fifteen promotions that we cover to find matches that we have never seen. Some we know may never happen but there is always that hope that somewhere, sometime they will meet.
During the very first show of the year for the 2011 MWR Promotion of the Year, Metro Pro Wrestling a Christmas wish will be granted when the Midwest Tag Team Champions The Heroes for Hire ( Zach Thompson and Jimmy Rockwell will go toe to toe with the 2009 MWR Tag Team of the Year and was named the number one Tag team during the MWR years Devin and Mason Cutter, the Hooligans.
The Hooligans- Photo Credit Brian Kelley
When the dust settled this past year during the MWR awards committee’s voting, Heroes for Hire was voted the first runner up while the Hooligans was only one behind them at 2nd runner up.
This match will be the debut for Kansas City fans of the Hooligans, a team that has earned rave reviews for the past three years. Trained by former WWE Star Curtis Hughes, they are old school with quick tags mixed with the high impact new age attack that has allowed them to capture belts around the Midwest.
Heroes for Hire- Photo Credit Brian Kelley
The Heroes for Hire have been the tag team champions since they defeated the Beer City Bruisers on April 9th, 2011. Since then they have only getting better than ever defending the titles around the Midwest against some of the very best teams they can find.
Yet, in less than three weeks they will challenged like never before when they meet two men who have been involved in death matches but are much more than a team that brings the pain, they are men with a purpose to be the top tag team in wrestling today.
With their eyes set for Kansas City and the chance to prove themselves on Metro Pro Wrestling TV against the fan favorites Heroes for Hire, the champs better be ready for a war.
The Heroes for Hire will need to use their speed and support from the fans to give them the edge to retain their titles in the very first meeting of the Heroes for Hire and The Hooligans !!!!
Pro Wrestling ZERO1 and Former NWA Midwest is a formation of a new Japan/U.S. based professional wrestling venture – ZERO1 PRO WRESTLING USA.
We return to Mattoon Il for a action packed night of Pro Wrestling. MAIN Event will be a LADDER MATCH. This match will determine the NEW ZERO 1 USA Tag Team Champions.
There will be a 4 team tournament. the Finals match will pit the final 2 teams in a LADDER MATCH for the belts. This tournament includes the following teams. The Hooligans, Elitism, Top Guns. and The Kentucky Buffet. Also on the line is the Zero 1 USA X Division belt. The champion Oliver Cain vs Shank Barzini. These have been in a fued for over a year. Matches from Illinois, Indiana and Florida. Ranging from last man standing and cage matches. Battle of the Heavyweights Match will feature Bear St. Pierre vs Truck Thompson. Plus many more of your favorite Fighting Athletes like Dacobra, Drew Thomas, and Neil Cutter.
Saturday Jan 28th 7pm.
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium
1701 Wabash Ave Mattoon, IL
Doors open at 6:30pm.
Doors open at 6pm for people with presale tickets.
TICKET Prices
$10.00 for presale tickets
At The Door
12 & up $12.00
6-11 $7.00
Under 5 FREE!
Student I.D. $7.00
FOR TICKETS OR INFO CALL
217-218-6945
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413 N 15th St
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RingSyders is your destination for wrestling, MMA and boxing talk and news. St. Louis wrestling journalists Ben Simon and Gordon Pumpernickel host this two hour block of slammin’ action from 5-7 P.M. every Sunday on PartyAnimalRadio.com.
We have special guest interviews every week, such as controversial ROH wrestler Jay Briscoe, Anarchy Champion Dan Walsh, MO/IL Heavyweight Champion Brandon Espinosa, and many more! You just never know who is going to show up on RingSyders.
In the world of pro wrestling few men have ever had the physique like Missouri Wrestling Revival’s number sixty one in the MWR Trading Card set, MR USA Tony Atlas.
Throughout his career Atlas has enjoyed success and failures that has been documented in his great autobiography Atlas: Too Much… Too Soon released by Crowbar Press, co-authored with Scott Teal.
A member of both the WBBG Hall of Fame and the WWE Hall of Fame he has wrestled around the world the along with the biggest stars. Matches with Hulk Hogan, Harley Race and King Kong Bundy thrilled fans as he tested his power that won him the title MR USA among many other bodybuilding titles.
He would make history when he teamed with Rocky Johnson to defeat The Wild Samoans to win the Tag Team Title thus becoming the first ever African-American team to hold the belts. During his time in the sport he would hold also hold titles in the NWA and AWA.
Fans recently will remember Tony Atlas as he worked with “ The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry as he held the ECW Title. Later on ECW he was featured as the announcer for “The Abraham Washington Show” segment each week. On December 12, 2011, he made a brief appearance to co-present the Slammy Award for “Trending Superstar of the Year” with David Otunga.
In 2011, he would make his way to Midwest meeting fans with Dinner with the Legends and wrestling two matches at Harley Race’s World League Wrestling against Farmer Billy Hills and WLW Champion “The Prince” Jason Jones.
During the first night I had a chance to interview Atlas to discuss his match with Hills, his autobiography and the upcoming MWR Trading Card.
We are proud to announce the Tony Atlas as part of the MWR Trading card set.
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I’m sure you’ve read the hype for the upcoming NWA World’s Heavyweight title match between champion “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce and “The Rebel” Jeremy Wyatt at 3XW Divide & Conquer 2 on Jan. 27 in Des Moines.
You understand it’s a big deal because you may recognize the initials “NWA,” attributing it to names like Flair and Rhodes. Maybe when the subject of wrestling comes up, an uncle recounts for you the hundredth time about seeing the National Wrestling Alli-ance and “Handsome” Harley Race in Des Moines, years before he was called “King” in the WWF.
But, I’m guessing very few current 3XWrestling fans truly understand the history of the NWA in Des Moines.
This may come as a shock to many of you, but at one time Des Moines was one of the most important cities for professional wres-tling in the entire world.
Yes, the entire world. In fact, the first NWA World’s Heavyweight champion was crowned right here in Des Moines in 1948.
And on January 27, it will be defended in Des Moines for the first time in over a quarter century – 25 years!
The Origins of the NWA
To give you a little more history, we’ll start by looking back 104 years ago. In 1908 — 40 years prior to the founding of the NWA— Frank Gotch defeated George Hackenschmidt after over two hours of wrestling to become recognized as the undisputed World Heavyweight champion. Gotch, a farmer from Humboldt, Iowa, became one of the top sports stars in the world, amassing a for-tune rumored to be worth approximately $500,000 – which would be over $11 million dollars adjusted to today’s money!
Gotch, who never moved away from Humboldt despite his fame, retired as a champion in 1912.
Shortly after his retirement, the lineage of the World Heavyweight title became a total mess, with different promoters recognizing different champions all over the United States. By 1938, a minimum of six wrestlers were staking claim to the World Heavyweight championship. This led to frustration amongst fans and the popularity of pro wrestling as a whole started to suffer.
This continued until 1948, when Pinkie George, a Des Moines-based wrestling promoter, spearheaded the formation of an alli-ance of promoters to recognize one World’s Heavyweight champion, a champion who would travel to each of the different territo-ries throughout the country and face the best wrestlers available. George met with five other promoters from around the country in Waterloo, Iowa to share his vision and this group founded the National Wrestling Alliance. Eventually, upwards of 100 promoters joined the organization, covering almost the entire wrestling world.
Orville Brown was declared the first NWA World’s Heavyweight champion in Des Moines in 1948. Brown’s last defense of the championship came in Des Moines on Oct. 31, 1949, one day before injuries from an automobile accident would force Brown to retire.
Crowds of approximately 4,000 fans would pack the Des Moines Coliseum on Monday nights in the 1940s or the KRNT Theater on Wednesday evenings in the 50s for the wrestling matches promoted by George with the NWA title, now wrestling’s top champi-onship, being vied for in Des Moines upwards of five times a year.
George stopped promoting bouts in 1959, but the championship was still defended in Des Moines regularly through the late 1970s, including being fought for in the Coliseum prior to the arena being destroyed by fire. The Coliseum was located only a few blocks south of the current location of the Barratta’s@Forte Center, where Wyatt and Pearce will battle for the title on January 27.
It will be the first match for the title in Des Moines since “Nature Boy” Ric Flair defended against “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes on Oct. 2, 1986. The last defense of the championship in Iowa at all was Flair facing El Gigante in Sioux City, Iowa on May 21, 1991.
Still recognized in Japan, Mexico and Europe as one of the top Heavyweight championships in the world, the NWA World’s title has gone through some dramatic developments in the last 20 years here in the United States. Once featured as the top champi-onship in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), WCW broke off their NWA affiliation in 1993.
The NWA continued on through the 90s with the help of its many member territories. Former UFC star Dan Severn proved a dominate champion, winning the title in 1995 and holding it until 1999.
TNA Wrestling signed on with the NWA upon its formation in 2002, and the NWA World’s Heavyweight championship was featured as the top championship of the company until 2007, when they broke away from the alliance.
Enter Adam Pearce
In June 2007, “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce entered a tournament to crown a new NWA World’s Heavyweight champion. The star-studded competition included current WWE World champion Daniel Bryan, recent WWE signee and former Ring of Honor star Claudio Castagnoli, former WWE stars Aaron Aguilera (Jesus) and Brent Albright (Gunner Scott), British star Fergal Devitt and Japanese star Osamu Nishimura, among others.
Pearce outlasted the 15 other entrants over the course of four months to win his first NWA World’s Heavyweight championship, ce-menting his status as one of the best talents in the world.
Now a four-time NWA champion, Pearce has battled a “who’s who” of wrestling stars for the title all around the world over the past five years.
On January 27, he flies in from San Diego, California to battle “The Rebel” Jeremy Wyatt for the first time. Many fans consider Wyatt to be one of the best wrestlers in the Midwest today.
After years of dominating the Midwest, this is Wyatt’s first world championship match. Pearce, a 15-year veteran who’s known as one of the best speakers in all of wrestling, currently stars on the NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood television show.
Wyatt is no stranger to championships himself. Also known as “The Belt Collector” for the number of titles he’s won during his 10-year career, he is a two-time 3XW Heavyweight champion and recognized as the current NWA Central States champion, among many others.
Wyatt was recently awarded the 2011 Match of the Year award by MissouriWrestlingRevival.com for his phenomenal 73-minute Iron-man match – a match length unheard of in the modern-era of wrestling – with current 3XW Heavyweight champion Mark Sterling at 3XW’s Divide & Conquer in January 2011. Incredibly, this is the fourth straight year a match involving Wyatt has won the award.
And so the stage is set for another classic Wyatt match, perhaps the most historic of all. It’s his first-ever World’s title opportunity and it’s against a nationally-recognized opponent he’s never faced.
Quite frankly, I don’t have the words to describe the excitement I feel to have the NWA title back in Des Moines for the first time since 1986.
But on January 27 at Divide & Conquer 2, with decades of wrestling history in his rearview mirror, Jeremy Wyatt has the chance to do the once unimaginable;
Bring the NWA World’s Heavyweight title back home and make Des Moines one of professional wrestling’s most important cities once again.
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