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.
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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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These cards are limited and are not mass produced making them highly collectable.
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.
Brandon Espinosa and Gary Jackson for the title for the third time - Photo Credit Amanda Blase
In less than 24 hours the historic South Broadway Ahtletic Club will be surrounded by lumberjacks…the ring that is. The feud that had been heating up from 2011 will come to a head in the third matchup between MO/IL Heavyweight Champion Gary Jackson defends his title against Brandon Espinosa.
Espinosa, who has been the MMWA-SICW TV champion since defeating Dave Vaughn last June 11, 2011 along with capturing titles around the Midwest thus giving him the honor of being named the number one wrestler of the year.
Gary Jackson has been one of the longest reigning current champs in the MWR coverage area. Jackson has reigned as the MO/IL Champ since defeating current WWE developmental wrestler Donovan Ruddick on December 4, 2010.
With the fans packing into the SBAC month after month, Gary Jackson has defended his title against the likes Jimmy D, The Big Texan, Sean Vincent, Big Dave Osborne, Wayne Mitchell and went to a double countout with the “Iron Man” Mark Sterling.
Yet the man who had caused him the most trouble is the current 2011 MWR Wrestler of the Year Brandon Espinosa. Espinosa has been red hot on his tail to add the MO/IL title to his vast resume. The two would meet on November 8th with Jackson getting the win via DQ to retain his title.
Espinosa would send a message to Tony Casta and the SBAC brass when he would defeat Big Dave Osborne, Phil E Blunt in the tournament for the St. Louis King of Cable Cup American Legion Post 162 @ Saint Louis, Missouri on 10/29/2011. Jackson had defeated the man that would later be name the PWI Rookie of the Year Ace Hawkins and Dave Vaughn to enter the finals against Espinosa. In a classic matchup, Espinosa would prove that he was more than capable of defeating Jackson and had the St Louis King of Cable cup as bragging rights.
With tenstion building between Jackson and Espinosa they would go at it on December 3rd. The Big Texan (dressed as Santa Claus!) interrupted the battle and attacked the champion Jackson thus giving the champ another DQ win.
Commissioner Keith Smith declared that Jackson and Espinosa would meet again and this time there will be order maintained.
This time in a lumberjack match!!!!
So MWR fans be ready for a lumberjack match as wrestlers will surround the ring, and if either Jackson or Espinosa try to escape they will be thrown back in…..With force.
Who will have the edge and can Espinosa become the man who is a top of the SBAC?
Doors at 7 PM; Bell Time at 8 PM Tickets at Door only Missouri: $8
Angelus Layne finally got her hands on Serenity in a one-on-one match, Gunner Franks gave an update on his injury, Jason V got his rematch against Cash Bordin, and Travis Weir & Generation Kill made sure they wouldn’t be forgotten in the mix. The fued between Alex Castle and Christian Rose hit another threshold as the two brutalized each other in a towel match. And it truly was “All or Nothing” for Joey O’Riley as he fought one last time against MattCage for the IWAU Heavyweight Championship in a ladder match.
If you missed it in person, see the whole show in the 2-disc DVD of “All or Nothing,” with commentary and some bonus videos. Make sure you preorder at Wednesday Night Wrestling, and get your copy of IWAU’s “All or Nothing!
On 1/28/12 MAGNUM PRO celebrates it’s “birthday.” This isn’t just any birthday however, this is a birthday born of success and failure. After three separate attempts at becoming a legitimate wrestling company in the Midwest, MAGNUM PRO finally succeeded. It is on this day that the 3rd iteration of MAGNUM PRO celebrates it’s one year anniversary, and on that day, we, the MAGNUM PRO staff cordially invite you to celebrate with us as MAGNUM PRO presents Anniversary Volume 1!!! On the card for that special night are some very special matches, a debut, and some returns of sorts. Continue on with this read to find out all the juicy secrets you are already asking yourself for…
“Dangerous J’ Jaysin Strife vs “Local Legend” Hype Gotti
The main event for the evening has been set, and although MAGNUM Management did not want this match to headline the show, Jaysin Strife demanded it so that he would get his opportunity to stand toe to toe one last time, with Hype Gotti. These two men are no strangers to each other. Not only have they been friends for years, but Hype Gotti is the man who brought Jaysin Strife into the wrestling business. Hype Gotti has been the icon of professional wrestling in the Omaha metro area. This altercation however stems from things much more personal… It all started while Jaysin Strife was away in Europe during the summer for a learning excursion. Hype Gotti began to run his mouth and try to make a name for himself at the expense of Strife while he was away. Hype Gotti thought, and still thinks, that he can re-vitalize a dying wrestling scene in the area, and he has even gone so far as to say that there is nobody that can out draw him in this area. While true in many ways, and even Strife will acknowledge, it is time for the torch to be passed. That torch has laid dormant for far too long since Hype Gotti walked away from pro wrestling just a couple years ago. Hype seems to have taken exception to Strife’s thought and began to lash out at him personally, and professionally. Things came to ahead when Strife called out Hype after the Picking Up The Ball event on 10/29/11, and a humiliated Hype walked out of the building. Hype didn’t stay dormant long and re-appeared the next month at Battlefield MAGNUM to assault Strife after his match. It was then that Hype made the challenge to Strife that at the 1/28/12 show he would pack the building and prove that people would pay to see him destroy and humiliate Strife. He demanded the main event slot, and that is what he has received…on 1/28/12 Jaysin Strife will take on his teacher and mentor when he faces off one last time with the “Local Legend” Hype Gotti.
“Babyface” Tony Cortez vs “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce
for the NWA World’s Heavyweight Title
After successfully defeating Shane Hollister last month, Tony Cortez earned his right to step up and get his shot at glory. MAGNUM Officials deemed the winner of that match would face off with the debuting “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce, the man that currently holds the NWA World Heavyweight Title. This is without a doubt the single biggest match of Cortez’s career and who knows the amount of pressure he is feeling right now. Cortez has told fans and MAGNUM staff that he would do whatever it would take for him to win and for him to get back to the top and he proved that on 11/19/11 when he resorted to his crafty veteran ways and pinned Hollister with some assistance from the ropes. Cortez says he didn’t intend to do it, however he knew what was at stake and he knew that he had to do it to earn his shot at glory. Cortez is hungry, and he has been around this scene for almost 10 years now. Cortez says it is time for wrestling to pay off and its time for him to be paid his due. Adam Pearce on the other hand is not going to be a push over. Although older in his age, Pearce has years of experience on Cortez and he comes into this match THE MAN to beat. Pearce has defended the NWA title all over the world and he has no plans of being beat when he comes to Iowa. After a 20+ year absence, the famous “10lbs of gold” will return to the state of Iowa and it will be defended in a MAGNUM PRO ring. Will Cortez have what it takes to beat the more experienced and crafty Adam Pearce, or will Cortez fail under the pressure and have to climb his way back to top of pro wrestling all over again?
S.M King vs Mark Sterling
After a lengthy absence from the metro area wrestling scene, the man beast Mark Sterling will make his return, but this time he will be stepping into a MAGNUM PRO ring. S.M. King requested an opportunity to face off against Sterling to redeem his lose to Abu Colossus a few months earlier. King feels with every outing he continues to get better, and he wants to use Mark Sterling to prove it. Sterling has a different game plan in mind. Sterling is out to hurt whoever he steps into the ring with, and he wants the MAGNUM PRO fans to remember his name as he beats his way to the top of the MAGNUM PRO roster.
Supafli vs “The Rebel” Jeremy Wyatt
Another man making his return to the metro area is none other than hard hitter, Jeremy Wyatt. Jeremy Wyatt, like Mark Sterling, have been absent from competition in this are due in part to their aggressive nature, well MAGNUM PRO says BRING IT ON!!! Jeremy Wyatt wants to make an impression and to do that he demanded hot up and comer Supafli. Can Supafli’s lucha inspired offense and agility match up the hard hitting and brutal style of Jeremy Wyatt? Will Supafli catch the break he needs to begin his climb back to the top or will Jeremy Wyatt come into MAGNUM PRO swinging for the fences and look to clean up right from the get go? January 28th is the night that all these questions and more will be answered…
The first ever MAGNUM PRO women’s match
“The First Lady of MAGNUM” Angelus Layne vs Kiandra
The first lady of MAGNUM returns and this time she isn’t fighting with the boys. MAGNUM officials decided it would be much more effective to place Layne in the ring with another female opponent. After a month of searching, and having other women run at the chance of facing Layne we had young upstart Kiandra answer the call to face lane at MAGNUM PRO. Layne proved she can hang with the best when she took a beating at the hands of Jaysin Strife, however Layne was able to dish it out and continue to get up each and every time she was knocked down. Will Kiandra be able to make the same statement? Anything can happen when these to ladies collide on January 28th. Will the victor cement her place on the MAGNUM roster and step up to face the boys, or will more women answer the call to be the best female athlete in the state of Iowa?
Also debuting on 1/28/12: “Rock n’ Roll” Mike Sydal!! (Brother of WWE’s Evan Bourne)
Also appearing on 1/28/12: “The Big Hurt” Abu Colossus, Buck Albright, Shawn Nautilus, Donnie Peppercricket, “Joedozer” Joey Anderson, and more!
Derek Cornell has stated that on 1/28/12 he will be in the building and he has a few things to get off his chest. Since kicking Brian Gott in the balls and costing his team the match on 11/19/11 he has been silent and has avoided all contact with MAGNUM officials. What does he have planned on 1/28/12 and what are his intentions? So much action you can shake a stick at!!! Be sure to get your advance pre-sale tickets so that you can guarantee your spot at the party. Seating will be limited so get in touch with MAGNUM representatives now. Tickets also available on the internet via PayPal, the address is magnum-pro@hotmail.com and please give your first and last name and phone number in the message when you send your $10 today!!!!
Tony Cortez standing outside of our longtime sponsor Scorz let’s the Magnum Pro fanbase know he’s ready for “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce
You have a chance to meet WWE Hall of Fame Wrestler and former Champion of the World Jerry Lawler
Wichita, KS-The Wichita Thunder of the Central Hockey League is excited to announce that WWE Superstar and current color commentator Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler will be appearing at the Thunder game on Friday, February 17th against the Quad City Mallards.
Known as ‘The King’ from his in-ring career, Lawler joins Michael Cole every Monday on the WWE’s flagship show, Monday Night Raw, on the USA Network. He has been a part of the announcing team since 2001 and was most recently named WrestleSlam Announcer of the Year (2010). The Memphis, TN native was also inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007.
Lawler began his career in 1970 and had held more championships in many different promotions than any other current WWE performer (164). He is well-known for his feuds with Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart and comedian Andy Kaufman. Lawler’s incident on Late Night with David Letterman where he slapped Kaufman is considered one of the most memorable moments in that show’s history. His autobiography, Its Good to be The King…Sometimes, was released in 2002 and continues to be one of the best sellers in the WWE autobiography series.
Lawler will be available on the concourse for pictures and autographs that can be purchased for ONLY $5. The last WWE Superstar to appear at a Thunder game was Mick Foley in 2004.
For tickets, call 1-316 -755-SEAT, visit the INTRUST Bank Arena box office or online at http://www.selectaseat.com/.
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