2009 ST Louis Wrestling Hall of Famer is Baron Von Raschke..
This years Hall of Fame will take place at the East Carondelet Community Center.
December 12th at 8:00 pm..

For more info on the ST louis Wrestling Hall of Fame check out themyspace here.

As professional wrestling evolved into sports-entertainment, the televised product evolved as well. On the surface, small-scale wrestling television is rarely profitable. Its purpose is to to drive fans to live events by developing wrestlers compete in matches viewers will pay to see live.

Most TV stations want the promotion to pay for the time slot, with the promoter responsible for selling ads and retaining all or part of the proceeds. I was fortunate to help work out a deal where the station filmed the footage, aired our program, and sold advertisements for the program on their own. It worked well for us because we had a one-hour commercial for our events every week; it worked well for the television station because they sold out on the advertising time allotted for the Saturday-night program quickly enough to convince the owner to replay our program on Sunday morning, creating 28 new advertising spaces.

It’s been said many times that fans are talked into arenas: I agree. Sure, you might sell a few tickets to fans who want to see a technical wrestling clinic between The Silent Assassin and The Mute, but it’s the promos and storylines that put the most asses in seats.

Wrestlers need to be able to deliver a solid promo. You should be practicing at home in front of a mirror or camcorder regularly. Promos were once ad-libbed: the only instructions were bullet points, at most. Now, nearly every TV promo is scripted. I hate it. I preferred to give wrestlers bullet points and let them have a little room for creativity and spontaneity. WWE does not; thus, there will likely never be another spontaneous cash-cow like “Austin 3:16″. As long as the wrestlers get the assigned points across, acted like they believed and cared about what they said, and hit their marks on time, I was content. But I produced a very small program.

You need a balance of promo styles: the insane, the I’m-just-glad-to-be-here rookie babyface, the strategist, the yeller, the quiet, the funny. If every wrestler screams, it loses its effect.

When conducting interviews, I liked to do a quick summary of whatever controversy surrounded the wrestler at the time, then I let him comment on it. I’d ask him about his upcoming match, maybe about his strategy, then pass it to him. I then wrapped up the interview and sent the program to a commercial or the next match.

A wrestler should never take the microphone from the announcer. Imagine how little the fans would have respected Gordon Solie had he been pushed around by wrestlers. The announcer should lend an aura of class to the program, and bullying him has a negative effect on his credibility. He should be presented as the voice of the fans, not as a performer.

As a rule of thumb, I didn’t talk about things in front of a live audience that they wouldn’t get to see. If I needed a promo for something that the live audience would see that night, then it would be done as an in-ring interview. If not, then I would do a backstage promo. We traveled around a lot, and most of our towns didn’t have access to our program on weekly TV. That raised the question, Which is more important, the live crowd or the TV viewers? I believe the live crowd is most important, because people watching on TV who can feel the crowd’s excitement are more likely to buy a ticket to feel that same live thrill. There are times when you must sacrifice the concerns of the live crowd for the benefit of the TV product, and vice-versa, when those two audiences are not one in the same.

When you host a live event in a town which has access to your televised product, try not to run the live event on the same night your televised program airs. I suggested airing a replay of a previous program when that occurred. Why punish the ticket-buying fan by making him miss a new week of the TV program in order to see the event live? If you air a replay, then you’ve given the fans nothing to miss on TV.

I pushed for a long time to create and sell a WLW newsletter at events. I always worried that a live crowd outside our TV coverage area couldn’t follow our storylines, so I thought that selling a newsletter, where I could get over the angles and give the fans a better idea of what’s happening and who the wrestlers are, would improve the live element of our events.

Before I get too deep into this chapter, let me emphasize this: I produced a small television show for an independent promotion that was broadcast on one cable-television station and one public-access station. What follows is knowledge gained from trial-and-error and should not be taken as expertise. I’m sure there is a better, cheaper way of producing a wrestling television show, but this is how I did it given the resources I had available.

You need to have your program timed out. I used a segment-by-segment spreadsheet, but I always wanted to use a bullet-pointed television script. The following is an example of what my spreadsheet looked like:

Sample World League Wrestling Spreadsheet

Let’s break down this one-hour program. Our primary TV station allowed us forty-six minutes for this program, which aired at 10:30 on Saturday nights and replayed at 11:00 on Sunday mornings. The fourteen additional minutes were broken into seven two-minute commercial breaks (two four-minute and two three-minute breaks would have been ideal), with the final break between the end of our program and the start of the program that followed it.

This particular program is not timed like I preferred due to the frequent commercial breaks during the first half. Notice how five of the seven commercial breaks had aired by the 33:00 mark? This was because I wanted the fans to understand the importance of the main event, a match so big that we wouldn’t dare interrupt it with a commercial break.

I used a VTR (video-tape recorded) package summarizing the story between the main-event wrestlers to open the show. I also added a pre-taped (PT) backstage (BS) promo by Branden Tatum and a 30-second PT-BS video showing Dinn T. Moore getting psyched up for the match. I used PT instead of VTR to remind myself that we didn’t already have that footage in the bag, that it needed to be taped before the event started. I wanted viewers to really get excited for the main event, a match that would settle a brutal feud between former partners, so this program ended with closure instead of a cliff-hanger. It was the end of a chapter in both mens’ careers. I also didn’t want to take attention away from the build of this match, so I didn’t have anybody else cut a promo during this program. I previewed next week in the wrap-up, but I really wanted this match to make fans think that this was something they were very lucky to get on free television.

Though I didn’t like to do it, I put a commercial break in the Wade Chism vs. Marc Godeker match. This gave me a safety net, in case the show ran long. Since Marc was going over, I cut to break early-on during his heat. I came back two minutes before Wade’s comeback, so viewers would see Marc on top briefly, but it appeared that Wade controlled most of the match until Marc snuck in a quick roll-up for the pin.
I liked to do intro and wrap-up segments in our program, where I welcomed and thanked the viewers, commented on anything significant during the hour, and previewed this and next week’s programs.

Match times include introductions and the outshot (the last thing in a segment the fans see before we move to a commercial break or the next segment), so an eight-minute match, in reality, is only about six minutes of in-ring action.

Prior to the introduction, I faded in to the ring announcer before he began to speak. I needed him to stand still and look at the camera for two seconds so I wouldn’t come in to a shot of him letting out a deep breath or sucking candy out of his teeth.

We did a two-camera shoot, with one hard camera and one on the floor. We tried to position the seats so that most of the crowd was in the hard camera shot, giving the impression that we had a full house whether we really did or not. The floor cameraman filmed mostly at an angle, working from one of the corners closest to the hard camera toward the crowd.

When entrances were filmed, I wanted the floor camera getting most of it. When the hard camera panned toward the entrance, it often showcased empty seating, which looked worse on-camera than in-person. The floor cameraman stood at the ring post nearest the entrance with the top of the wrestler’s head at the upper one-third line of the screen (so I wouldn’t cover his face when I added the graphics later).
I liked to have crowd shots, but at appropriate times. I actually took over editing because our first program showed crowd shots during hope spots — not shots of fans clapping while the babyface was summoning support, but shots taken while the babyface was fighting back — so viewers missed that part of the story. It takes people who know wrestling — or at least watch wrestling a lot on TV — to edit it.

Here are a few random things I’ve learned since we began doing TV:

A wrestler not involved in the match should not be seen on camera. This means he should not be in view of a camera while watching a match, returning from the concession stand, or playing with his kids. At one of our events, a wrestler sat in the bleachers in the dead-center of the hard camera shot, his arm around his girlfriend, during the entire program. During that same program, another wrestler was playing with his kids on camera. Hey! That bad guy who I’m supposed to despise sure looks like a good father, doesn’t he?

If the entrance is accessible to fans, security needs to make sure that kids aren’t running in the wrestler’s path to the ring. First, it’s a safety liability. Second, it makes for a bad shot when a wrestler almost trips over a kid running in front of him.
Make sure the hard camera is set up in a place where fans aren’t sitting. Tape off the hard-camera side of the bleachers if that is where you’re set up; if not, your camera will shake every time somebody takes a step.

Here comes a bunch of technical crap, so feel free to skim until the last paragraph of the chapter if you aren’t interested in this facet of wrestling TV. I’ve included prices so you can get a general idea of cost, but keep in mind that you will still need cords, tapes, surge protectors, chargers, microphones, etc.

Use at least 3CCD (three-chip) cameras. We used a Sony DSR-250 ($4,000) for the hard camera and a Sony PD-170 ($2,500) for our floor camera. I liked the in-ring feel that a monopod ($25-$50) gave us with the PD-170. Panasonic makes a 3CCD camera that costs in the $400 range, much less expensive than what we used, but I’ve never checked it out.

Be sure to white-balance all cameras on the same surface. It looks bad when you cut from a hard camera shot, showing a snow-white wall, to a floor camera, showing the same wall in an off-white color.

Keep extra batteries ($50 for PD-170 and $150 for DSR-250) and makes sure everything is charged beforehand. Ditto for tapes. Be sure you know how much tape is in the cameras so you don’t run out mid-match. Switch tapes as needed between matches and don’t be afraid to hold up the ring announcer a minute before he begins to introduce the next match while you change tapes.

Test everything in advance: do mic checks for the ring announcer as well as the commentators, including while ring entrance music is playing, and play the entrance-music CD before the show to make sure none of the songs skip.

Don’t use copyrighted music if you are broadcasting on television or selling DVDs of the footage. Find CDs with copyright-free music or make your own.

Make sure the announcer and the guy playing entrance music both have clear instructions. Post a copy of wrestler instructions in the locker room.

I used Final Cut Express ($300) for editing on my 13” MacBook ($1,100 not including the three-year Apple Care Protection Plan for $250). I captured the footage from a Sony DSR-11 tape deck ($2,200) through a Canopus ADVC110 ($200) and to my computer. I don’t recommend using your camera to play back the tapes unless you have to: doing so adds unnecessary wear to the camera heads. Final Cut Express comes packaged with LiveType (for graphics) and Soundtrack (to create music).

When I captured the footage, I saved it to an external hard drive ($75 for 500GB and dropping). I kept the original footage until I completed the project. Once I had the footage captured and saved, I synced up the two camera shots to begin editing. I started by adjusting the audio to make sure it was in stereo (NOT mono) and I turned down the floor camera’s audio to -14dB to catch some of the noise without letting viewers hear wrestlers calling spots in the ring or the woman in Row Four coughing up a lung. I locked the audio tracks and started cutting away.

When cutting wrestling from one camera to the next, I tried to do this just before impact on bumps and punches: it takes the eyes a few milliseconds to adjust from one shot to the next, giving the impression of greater impact and crisper delivery.
I also kept an eye out for things like lips moving and daylight between the arm and the chin on a reverse-chinlock. After I finished cutting the footage, I added Fade In/Fade Out transitions to the beginning and end of each segment and all graphics before I rendered the footage. I watched the footage to make sure it was exactly how I wanted it and then exported the footage to a self-contained Quick Time movie file. A self-contained file stored all footage and graphics within itself, so I could delete the large original footage files when I was finished.

Finally, I used iDVD to burn the projects to DVD.

I’ll wrap up the television chapter with this: don’t screw your viewers over. The “We’re out of time! Tune in next week to find out — ” gimmick doesn’t work these days: it makes fans feel cheated. They watched the whole program to find out what would happen in the big match, and then you stuck it to them and asked them to come back next week for more shafting. Bad business.

NEXT WEEK: CHAPTER 12: VISIBILITY = OPPORTUNITY (Putting together a promo package, what will motivate WWE to take a look at your promo package, and getting bookings)

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Wrestling fans one of the top promotions in thee Midwest 3XW will return on January 1st 2010 with New Years Revenge with a main event between he 3XW Champion Jeremy Wyatt taking on the red hot Rory Fox in a 2 out of 3 falls match and much more to be announced.

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IWA Mid-South Wrestling is proud to present “Wrestling With A Heart 2” in Litchfield, Illinois on December 4th , 2009.

Litchfield Community Center
1100 N. State Street
Litchfield, Illinois

Tickets are $15 and $10.
Bell time is 8:00 pm (CST)
Doors will open at 7:15

This show is a partial proceeds benefit for Lillianna Patterson. She is a 2 year old little girl who is fighting a rare bone disease which has resulted in 5 surgeries in her short life already. Her mom , Maranda is unable to work because she has to make frequent trips to the Children’s Hospital in St. Louis.
Not to mention Lillianna’s father passed away in a car accident when Maranda was 5 months pregnant with her. Lillianna also has a 5 year old brother, Raymond.
We hope that this is only the beginning of us being able to help the family out. We will also be having some great raffles for them. We have been in a similar situation with James Christopher and know how hard this is ourselves. We only found out about Lillianna after we had the venue and several wrestlers booked. So hopefully this goes well and we can do another show for them with all the money going to them.

Here is the start of what will be a great lineup for this show:

World Heavyweight Title Tournament Match
Ian Rotten vs The Necro Butcher

World Heavyweight Title Tournament Match
Bull Pain vs Keith Walker

ROH Star: Liquid Diet Chef:
Tyler Black vs Sal Thomaselli

Keep checking the board for more of this outstanding card.

*****Lillianna loves to receive mail, so for anyone who can’t make the show (or anyone at all who would like to) you can send her get-well cards and donations in care of her grandmother at:
Judy Mocaby
PO Box 207
Mt. Olive, Illinois 62069

Jeremy Wyatt’s name is well known. The Rebel has been dominating the past couple of years with big wins in big matches. You may not like him but you have to respect him. This past month at the MWR Showcase show he defended his Revival Cup against Jimmy Rockwell, Arya Davari and “The Future” Donovan Ruddick in a NO DQ match.

Mark Sterling could very well be the most underrated wrestler today. Whatever goal he has set for himself he has accomplished. He wanted to be a tag team champion and he has done that several times in many promotions with multi different partners. Sterling wanted to be a Singles champion and has been on a tear winning the prestigious NWA Central States Championship and has added the PWE US title to go along with it.

Sterling is always one step ahead of his opponent in the ring. Looking back, that is why we should not have been surprised of the chain of events that led to the debut of the Kansas City Killers at High Voltage Wrestling.

St Louis Wrestling favorite son Mike Sydal, brother of WWE’S Evan Bourne has been making the city proud by working hard throughout the Midwest. Sydal had gone one on one with top wrestling stars such as Jimmy Rockwell in matches that have been praised by wrestling fans everywhere. One guy who he has faced several times throughout the summer of 2009 was none other than Mark Sterling. One has to wonder if Mark Sterling had asked promoters in the Midwest to match him up with Sydal for a reason. Its possible that Sterling saw something in Sydal. By wrestling Sydal in what looked like a feud was really Sterling’s way of preparing him to be a part of the wrestling’s Elite faction The Kansas City Killers.

The time could not have been any better than on October 10th at High Voltage Wrestling. Sterling had goaded the HVW Champion Kahagas wrestle him for the title in the main event.. Earlier in the night fans got to see the popular Sydal overcame the odds to become the HVW Livewire Champion when he defeated Brandon Aarons and Brandon Espinosa to claim the title.

The fans rejoiced…. For a moment.

Sydal would show his true colors after the main event when he and Wyatt would help Sterling send attack Kahagas. The fans were stunned but the worse was about to come. Sterling introduced wrestling elite faction- the Kansas City Killer, The same night that the St Louis Cardinals was bounced form the MLB National League playoffs Sydal would send the dagger to the heart of the city when he proclaimed “I am no longer from St Louis baby, I am from Kansas City!!!”

Sterling had just sent shockwaves to the Midwest wrestling scene.

The world was theirs for the taking.

The Kansas City Killers (Jeremy Wyatt, Mark Sterling, Mike Sydal)

Or so it seemed.

From the back came the most unlikely heroes. The Hooligans, Brothers Devin, Mason and Neil Diamond Cutter came to Kahagas aid. What their agenda was is any ones guess, just as Sterling is methodical, The Hooligans march to the beat of their own drum. It could have very well been because they wanted retribution for the vicious beat down that Wyatt administrated earlier that night on the runt of the family lil brother Neil Diamond Cutter or it could have been to stand up for their hometown St LOUIS.. Whatever the case they had set the stage for December 5th in Granite City Illinois.

Lets take a look at The Hooligans, when 2009 started the tag team buzz was all on the teams of the Northstar Express (Darin Corbin and Ryan Cruz) Zero Gravity((Brett Gakiya & CJ Esparza) the LONRS (Mark Sterling and Darrien Sanders) and the Phoenix Twins (Tweek and Dash). Who would have guessed that it would be Devin and Mason who would travel the Midwest stomping everyone in their way? On October 10th the Hooligans hard work would finally pay off with their biggest win to date when they became the first ever HVW Tag Team Champions. The critics may not want to admit it but you can not talk Midwest tag team wrestling without having the Hooligans at the top of the list.

Then you have the runt of the family, Neil Diamond Cutter. Neil has shown heart and determination in each and every match he has been in. A little odd even to his brothers but brings to the table high risk , never die attitude.

The Hooligans will look to take down the Kansas City Killers this Saturday in Granite City, Il (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

The stage is set for December 5th. On one side you have what many consider the top three wrestlers in the Midwest, Mark Sterling Jeremy Wyatt and “The Youth Gone Wild” Mike Sydal are the Kansas City Killers and they have it all .The looks, all the moves and a bad attitude to boot. All they do is win win win. That’s all they know.

On the other Side of the ring will be The Hooligans, three guys who come from the working class, who take pride in working hard. They often state that “United we stand in this movement, united we will stomp the oppressors out. The Oppressors now have a name and that name is the Kansas City Killers.

The Kansas City Killers sent MWR this warning to give to the Hooligans.

You will not want to miss The Kansas City Killer take on the Hooligans on December 5th at High Voltage Wrestling . Doors open at 2:00, show starts at 3:00. This will be a Toys for Tots fundraiser. Bring a unopen gift and receive $2.00 off the price of admission.

MWR would like to congratulate High Voltage Wrestling for being featured in the brand new Wrestler magazine in the rankings page. You can pick up the wildly successful 148-page issue with the Wrestler starting at one end and INSIDE WWRESTLING starting at the other. This issue with HVW has John Cena and The Rock on the cover of INSIDE WRESTLING and TNA World Champion AJ Styles on the other.

Ziggy Bones stretches Jaysin Static. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

Static returns the favor as he head for the victory in this match.(Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

–Jaysin Static d. Ziggy Bones.

Vaughn is tested in his match from the very underrated Sean Vincent.(Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

With one move Dave Vaugh in capable of changing the direction of the match as he did with this spear to get the win. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

-Dave Vaughn d. Sean Vincent.

Travis Cook and Gary Jackson has words prior to Jacksons match with The Big Texan.(Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

The Big Texan put the boots to Jakcson outside the ring but the former Champ was able to recover for the win.(Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

-Gary Jackson d. The Big Texan.

Destiny Diamond. works the arm of Alexis Lightfoot(Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

Winner and new Champion Alexis Lightfoot.(Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

-Alexis Lightfoot d. Destiny Diamond to win the Women’s Title.

Rockin Al entered the ring to take on Purple Passion. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

–Rockin’ Al d. Purple Passion.

Billy Diamond Bullies Core into the corner. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

Core put up a fight but Billy Diamond would be victories on this night.(Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

-Billy Diamond d. Core.

Youth met experience when Dave Vaughn tested his skills against Jackson. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

Jackson send Vaughn head over heels. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

Vaughn was close but it would be Jackson who had his hand raised. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat

–Gary Jackson d. Dave Vaughn.

MMWA-SICW Champion Phil E Blunt bodyslams AJ Williams (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

Williams put his heart and body in this match against the Champion. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)

-Phil E. Blunt d. Jr. Heavyweight Champion A.J. Williams to retain the Heavyweight Title

MMWA-SICW returns to Fairmont City, Il at the Holy Rosary Gymnasium this weekend with a 8 PM Start for more info on MMWA-SICW Check them out here

By Greg Anthony

Straight from rasslinriotonline.com

Some of you may have noticed my intentional stab at having a positve article. Not the normal gripe fest or heat magnet that some people try to have. I try to be a positve influence on the business. I try to help younger guys, or those who need help. I’m always willing, especially when asked, to watch someones match and give an honest opinion. However a few weeks ago, I found a moment were I didn’t have a positive influence on the business but the business had a positive influence on me.

I’ve known “Trendsetter” Jon Michael longer than anyone else in the business. We’ve known each other since elementry school. I’m a few years older than him but we were on the basketball team together in junior high and high school. We actually got in trouble during a practice one time for him jumping off the bleachers and giving me the “Macho Man” double ax handle. Try explaining that to a coach that doesn’t watch nor does he like wrestling. I’ve always been a “Trendsetter” fan, but I think I’m a bigger fan of just Jon Michael.

A few weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon Jon Michael put together a benefit show called The St.Jude Cup. A benefit for a little girl that had died of cancer. It wasn’t a sellout crowd or matches filled with heated angles but what is was, was a group of talented individuals that gave their time and effort for something greater than themselves. The show was attended by many friends and family of the little girl.

Being a father has changed my outlook on alot things. Before if I had heard about a child dying I knew that it was sad but now I feel how sad it really is. The mother of the little girl was very appreciative and seemed at peace. She had probably cried more than anyone should ever have to. No one should ever have to bury their child but unfortunatly its a fact of life.

I don’t have the ability to find the cure for cancer or make a family’s pain go away. With a handful of guys we can help celebrate a life that ended too soon. To maybe give back a little joy to a family that lost so much. I would like to say a personal thank you to everyone who helped that day, Derrick, Stan, Cody, CJ, Brian and especially Jon Michael for making it happen. No need to ask, I’m already signing up for St Jude Cup 2010.. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

—-Greg Anthony is a regular on the local area circuit. He won RRO Booker of the Year 2008 and is listed in the top 5 of the RRO Top 10 2008. Greg is currently working as booker of NEW and can be seen tagging with legend Bobby Eaton and Brian Thompson as “Midnight Gold”.

Look for more of The Golden Circle with Greg Anthony at MWR in the future.

By Brian “Flair” Kelley

Santana G is a promoter’s dream. Young and beautiful, she catches the eyes of the wrestling fans right away. Yet that hardly touches the surface of why she has earned the love and admiration of the St. Louis fans in her very first year.

Take one moment to speak to Santana G, and her sweet disposition will draw you to her. During the summer at her home promotion, High Voltage Wrestling, she has been all smiles as fans have asked for a photo with her, and autographs have been flying off the table.

One of the loudest reactions of the night is guaranteed when Jason Aldean’s “She’s Country” hits the PA and Midwest Pro Wrestling’s hottest female star comes to the ring. The city girl with a country attitude’s rise to local fame has not come easy. Her father is none other that HVW Promoter TNT Keny G. Keny knew that for his daughter to be taken seriously that she would have to get proper training. In St Louis, he enrolled her in the first class training at NWA Dynamo with Dingo at the time being the head trainer.

She has been training diligently through the spring, working on conditioning and learning the basics of the ring. Her dad could not have been more proud of his daughter—so proud, that on March 14th at HVW’S “Diamonds and Dust”in Granite City, Illinois he introduced her to the fans.

The fans were not the only ones impressed with her. One of the top young tag teams, B.A.B.E.Watch, comprised of Brandon Aarons and Brandon Espinosa, came to the ring to demand that she become their valet, a job that they felt was blessing for her. When Santana G protested, Espinosa and Aarons pushed Santana G into the corner. Stepping up to defend his daughters honor, TNT was attacked by Espinosa from behind with Aarons giving the assist. In ran fan favorite Juice Robinson for the save, and to add insult to injury, Santana G delivered a flying elbow to Espinosa.

Emotional, TNT Keny G quickly demanded that Espinosa meet the powerful Mississippi Madman at HVW’S August 15th “You got another thing comin,” while Aarons needed to find a partner to take on Juice and Santana G in an inter-gender match.

Was it a mistake? Many of the experts felt Santana wasn’t ready to be thrown into the fire so soon. Yet, it was signed and when the day came for Santana to make her debut, bad news arrived that Juice Robinson would be unable to appear. Help would come from a friend and fellow NWA Dynamo trainee Davey Vega. Vega was focused trying to earn a shot at an NWA title, but did not hesitate when Santana G made the call.

In all that drama, what may have been overlooked was the surprise partner of Brandon Aarons, Jessika Haze. Haze had been the women’s champion of one of the top promotions in Florida, Coastal Championship Wrestling. When Haze boarded the plane to go to High Voltage Wrestling, one has to wonder if any of the CCW management thought twice that Santana G could keep up with the talented Haze, much less pin her. When the match was over and Santana G had her hands raised after getting the 1-2-3 on Haze, CCW had to take notice.

Santana G lets Jessika Haze and CCW know that she is to be reckoned with. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)

TNT Keny G then signed a match for his daughter at HVW’S October 10th event “Encore.” Her opponent, the dangerous Mia Martinez.

Keny G stated that CCW asked that he send footage of the match. Mia used her experience to her advantage and had Santana G reeling throughout the match. In the end, Santana G showed her heart and determination to over come the Latin beauty, much to the delight of the crowd.

Her dad raised the stakes and announced that Santana would have to test her skills against the very best in the business, current NWA Women’s and Shimmer champion MsChif. The match has been signed and on December 5th in Granite City at High Voltage Wrestling in a Fundraiser for Toys for Tots it will be Santana G going head to head with MsChif.

With the buzz of Santana G blazing throughout the Midwest, TNT Keny G was contacted by CCW Management for a golden opportunity at the CCW Women’s Championship currently held by Kimberly this Friday in Miami at CCW’S “Miccosukee Mayhem.” The show will also feature The New Age Outlaws, Kip James and BJ James, taking on D LO Brown and Chaz. Also on the card will be former WWE Stars the Warlord and The Patriot.

I caught up with Jake Wright who happens to be one of the leading Women’s wrestling expert in the Midwest. Wright was amazed at the attention that Santana G was getting in such a short time.

“No woman has burst into the wrestling scene this quickly with so many people wanting her to succeed. Her work ethic is praised from his peers and the fans love her. The mountain that she will be climbing in the next two weeks against wrestling champions Kimberly and MsChif is nearly impossible for her to overcome,” Wright said. “She has shown that she can adapt and take a punch if either Kimberly or MsChif overlooks her we could easily see an upset that the fans are hoping for.”

Missouri Wrestling Revival would like to wish Santana G the best in her quest to become Champion at Coastal Championship Wrestling this weekend.

Join MWR to welcome Santana G back home on December at High Voltage Wrestling in Granite City Illinois. Missouri Wrestling Revival’s Kari Williams was able to catch up with Sanatana G at the MWR Showcase show earlier this month.

Saturday December 5th at 7pm at New Beginnings Assembly (1011 E. 6th st) in West Frankfort, IL., #1 contender Edmund “Livewire” McGuire gets his long awaited opportunity to become the AAPW Heavyweight Champion. McGuire will face AAPW Shawn Shultz in the Main event. Shultz has held the title since May 9th of this year when he won it from “Serial Thriller” Shane Rich. A match in which McGuire was a special 2nd referee and actually made the 3 count to crown Shultz the Champion. McGuire has been AAPW’s most popular wrestler since our inception. McGuire has had 2 previous opportunities at the AAPW title but came up short. Will the 3rd time be a charm? Not if Shultz has anything to say about it!

In other action, the team of RAGE (Mike Masters & Mitch Blake) get a rematch for the AAPW tag team titles against Champions, The Money Makin’ Jam Boys (K.C. Jackson & the 459 lb Mississippi Madman). The champs have fended off both the team of Rage and former Champions, Old School Thunder, for most of 2009. The Jam Boys look to head into 2010 as Champions but Rage may have their number.

Tommy Mercer, a 6’4″ 260 pounder that appears to be cut from granite, will once again be in action as he is scheduled to take on IWAP Champion Christian Rose. Rose will definitely have his hands full.

“Playboy” Paul Rose will be in action against the extremely popular Curly.

Heath Hatton makes his pro wrestling debut in West Frankfort.

Also on the card, The Convoy, “Bad Boy” Chris Thomas, Xavier Cage, Brookln Bobby, Old School Thunder, and others!

Don’t miss a night of great wrestling action!!!

Tickets $10 adults, $6 children 12 and under. For advance ticket information, please send a private message here on myspace or contact us at http://www.myspace.com/allamericanprowrestling

UPDATE

All American Pro Wrestling has recently been contacted by “The Rebel” Jeremy Wyatt. Wyatt, holder of multiple belts throughout several Mid West promotions in 2009, had a match against “Serial Thriller” Shane Rich for the AAPW title earlier this year. Wyatt is STILL protesting the outcome of that match. For those of you not in attendance, video of the match shows that at the count of 3 Wyatt placed his foot on the bottom rope. The referee did not see it and made the 3 count. Wyatt claims he should have won the match and been AAPW champion. The referees decision stood and Wyatt never received a rematch.

Although Rich is no longer AAPW champion, “The Rebel” feels he has a score to settle and wants to prove he is the better wrestler. Wyatt is challenging Shane Rich to a rematch. Rich, who is scheduled to face the 260 pound Carnage on December 5th in West Frankfort, IL. has accepted Wyatt’s challenge. AAPW feels that it’s fans deserve to see who is the better wrestler by matching one of our best against arguably the best in the Mid West.

In other news, former AAPW tag team champions, Old School Thunder (Ax Allwardt & “Thunderbolt” Brandon Walker) have expressed their concerns about not receiving a rematch for the tag team titles against the team that took it from them, The Money Makin’ Jam Boys. Old School Thunder feel that since they hold a victory over the team of Rage, who challenge for the belts on December 5th, they rightfully deserve the opportunity.

Also, the tag team The Convoy, have complained about not getting a shot at the tag team titles. The Convoy claim they were promised a shot at the titles when they signed with AAPW over 3 years ago but have yet to receive it.

Mike Sydal works on Blake Steels arm. (Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Mike Sydal goes to the top to hit Blake Steel with a big move.(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Blake Steel delivers a powerful clothesline on Sydal on route to a victory(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Blake Steel pinned Mike Sydal

The Ref warns Cutter for being on the ropes.(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Neil Diamond Cutter explodes in the air. (Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Neil Diamond Cutter pinned Markus Crane

Matt Cage plays mind games with Mephisto(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Matt Cage sends Mephisto flying. (Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Mephisto pinned Matt Cage

CJ Esparza fights back.(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Zero Gravity won the match to retain the titles but The Hooligans let their presence be known after the match.(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

PWE Tag Champs Zero Gravity beat The Hooligans 2-1 (pin, DQ)

Krotch hypes up the crowd. (Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Krotch hypes up the crowd. (Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Nick Brubaker takes a lot of punishment from Krotch but persevered for the win.(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Nick Brubaker pinned Krotch

Cabal hits a legdrop on Gavin Alexander. (Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Cabal fought Gavin Alexander to a double DQ

Jeremy Wyatt has words for everyone no matter where he goes.(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Brandon Aarons slows down Wyatt early in the match.(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Wyatt shows Aarons why he is the reigning MWR Wrestler of the Year.(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Wyatt shows Aarons no respect in the match but by the end of the night Aarons showed Wyatt that he is one of the up and comers in the sport. (Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Jeremy Wyatt beat Brandon Aarons by submission

PWE Champion “Bloody” Harker Dirge and Keith Walker prepare to battle. (Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

The bar cleared quickly when these two warriors battled. (Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

NEW PWE Champion Keith Walker !!!(Photo credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Keith Walker pinned Bloody Harker Dirge to win the PWE Heavyweight title

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