Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 18, 2010
This week on the Nose Bleed Seats Podcast from http://centralillinoisprowrestling.com we have a very special guest, a former NWA, AWA & TNA World Women’s Champion Amazing Kong. We talk about her upcoming appearance for Ring of Honor, how she was motivated to become a professional wrestler, the late Ed Chuman, whom she’d like to have a match against and more. Hosted by the Mad Conservative Crimefighter & Mystic Order of Arachnid Vigilance #5706.
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Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 17, 2010
By Matt Murphy -Courtesy of Matt Somebody-The Online Home of Writer and Former Wrestler Matt Murphy
Memories of my childhood idol and thoughts on the recently released DVD set.
WWE takes a lot of heat from traditionalist wrestlers and fans, but the company has certainly shown a commitment to keeping professional wrestling’s rich history alive in recent years. They’ve done through their annual WWE Hall of Fame inductions and the release of classic video footage via WWE Classics and DVD collections.
There have been dozens of WWE DVD sets released and I hope there are many more. While I like to watch the matches, I love watching the documentaries. The stories about wrestlers and promotions, featuring video clips, photos, and interviews, are sometimes more interesting than the in-ring action.
In 2008, I sat quietly in the Harley Race Wrestling Academy while the WWE documentarian interviewed Joe Hennig for The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect and then covered a lot of different topics with Harley Race for what I assume found its way onto several DVDs and WWE Classics features. It was interesting to watch the way they blacked out the windows, unplugged all telephones, closed the gym next door, rearranged everything in sight, and experimented with different lighting schemes.
When I learned that WWE was going to release a Ricky “the Dragon” Steamboat DVD set, I was thrilled. Steamboat was my childhood idol. To illustrate my feelings for Steamboat, here’s a piece from the revised edition of my autobiography (available in 2011), now titled, THE SOMEBODY OBSESSION: A JOURNEY FROM THE WELFARE LINE TO THE SPOTLIGHT:
My love for wrestling grew to an obsession in late-1986. During a challenge for the WWF Intercontinental Title, Steamboat suffered a “crushed” larynx at the hands of the defending champion, “Macho Man” Randy Savage. Watching Steamboat gasp for breath while paramedics and WWF officials scrambled to save him, I was first paralyzed with fear. Then I cried. A lot. Steamboat was sidelined for several weeks. I forgot about my own problems and my world revolved around the weekly updates on Steamboat’s condition. During this time, WWF aired an interview with Steamboat’s doctor, who said that “the Dragon” should never step into the ring again, and a vignette in which Steamboat went through speech therapy. On January 3, 1987, Steamboat guest-starred on an episode of Sidekicks, a crime drama starring Ernie Reyes Jr. Later that night, on Saturday Night’s Main Event, Savage was about to injure George “the Animal” Steele the same way he’d injured Steamboat weeks before. “The Dragon” came to ringside, restrained by several WWF officials, and saved his friend Steele.
That was it; I was hooked. My future was decided — I was going to become a professional wrestler just like my idol, Ricky “the Dragon” Steamboat. I immersed myself deep in the mysterious world of wrestling, worshiping Steamboat. He was tough, exciting, and he represented good (me) overcoming evil (all the sources of my childhood angst). When Steamboat beat Savage for the WWF Intercontinental Championship at Wrestlemania III, he did it, I thought, just for me.
When I got into the wrestling business, everyone, it seemed, listed Steamboat as their wrestling idol. I couldn’t help but feel a little annoyed by it–growing up, everyone around me was a Hulkamaniac and my love for Steamboat had set me apart from the rest of the pack. Now, I was just another Steamboat fan.
I had the pleasure of meeting Steamboat during an autograph signing before a WLW show in 2004. I had met countless stars and never asked anyone for an autograph, a fact in which I took a great deal of pride. But when I met Steamboat, I couldn’t resist getting a Polaroid taken and signed. B.J. Race, who knew how I felt about “the boys” asking for pictures and autographs, gave me a confused look. I explained to her that Steamboat was the man who inspired me to become a wrestler. I’d love to say that the Polariod of me and my idol is prominently displayed in my writing den, but the truth is I was so damned caught up in the moment that I left the picture behind.
I met Steamboat a second time while I was a manager at a bar & grill in Lake Ozark. He came in with a friend of his and ordered dinner after he appeared at another one of Harley’s shows. The server placed his check on the table and I hurried to pick it up.
“This one’s on me,” I said.
“Why’s that?” Steamboat asked.
I looked over my shoulder. I didn’t want to draw attention to him. “Please. It would mean a lot to me.”
He thanked me and shook my hand. On his way out the door, he waved goodbye and said, “Thanks, Matt.”
The bartender recognized Steamboat and I shushed him long enough for my idol to pull out of the parking lot.
The third time I met Steamboat was before a Ring of Honor show in Dayton, Ohio. I rode there with my friend Ace Steel, who Steamboat knew well, and we picked him up at the hotel. He was cordial to me and he chatted away with Ace about Ritchie, Steamboat’s son, who was racing trucks at the time. I just sat in the back seat and kept my mouth shut, dying to shoot the breeze with Steamboat but shy as a schoolgirl.
Two years ago, Ritchie came to Eldon to train at the Harley Race Wrestling Academy. We hung out a couple times and he seemed to be a likeable guy, but I hated to see people treat second- and third-generation stars different from the rest of the students and I knew that I wouldn’t treat him the same as everyone else. How could I? Soon after Ritchie was born, there was an article in WWF Magazine with pictures of my idol and his newborn son. Because I was a first-class wrestling nerd with a big imagination, the eight-year-old version of me thought that I would be the guy who’d bridge the gap between Steamboat generations; I imagined that I’d learn the ropes from Ricky as his tag team partner during the last years of his career and then team with Ritchie during the last years of my career. That, of course, didn’t happen, and memories of my wrestling weirdness haunted me when I was around Ritchie. Somehow, it just felt right to keep my distance from him. He’s now training with Florida Championship Wrestling in Tampa and is under developmental contract with WWE.
Last year, Steamboat was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. The next night, at Wrestlemania, he participated in a handicap match against Chris Jericho. I couldn’t watch it live. I’d seen too many legends perform past their prime and I couldn’t stand to watch my idol embarrass himself. After I read a report of the match on the Internet which described his great performance, I bought the replay and watched it. Then, the next night, he participated in a 10-man tag team match. I’m about as emotionless as they come, but there’s a chance that a couple tears trickled down my cheeks while Steamboat battled once again and the crowd chanted, “You’ve still got it!”
The 3-disc DVD set, titled Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon, was released last Tuesday. I bought it that morning, brought it home, and watched the entire documentary and a few matches.
The documentary was awesome. It featured interviews with Ricky, several current and former stars, and even Ritchie. While I watched and listened to “the Dragon” talk about his career, I thought about how he impacted my life and I wished that I could have told him that during any one of our three encounters.
There are a thousand different matches that could have been added to the DVD set, but I’m happy with their selections. One that I’m especially glad they included was the WCW World Tag Team Title match from Clash of the Champions XVII, a match in which Steamboat made a surprise return, teaming with Dustin Rhodes to beat Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko for the championship. When the match originally aired, it brought me a lot of joy at a time in my life when that was an emotion I seldom felt.
A couple days after Steamboat’s DVD was released, he was hospitalized with serious medical issues. While I tried to process the information I’d just read, I walked into the living room, where my four-year-old son, Hunter, was holding the Steamboat DVD set.
“Can we watch Ricky Steamdragon?” he asked.
“You mean Ricky ‘the Dragon’ Steamboat?”
“Uh-huh.”
I put in Disc 3, sat down, and made room for my son. Together, we watched the Iron Man Challenge Match between Steamboat and Rick Rude from Beach Blast ‘92.
“I like Ricky Steamdragon,” Hunter said a few minutes into the match. “He’s my favorite.”
This time, I was happy to hear someone else say that.
For more Matt Murphy check out his website here.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Ace Steel, Arn Anderson, BJ Race, Chris Jericho, Dustin Rhodes, Ernie Reyes Jr, Flordia Championship Wrestling, George the Animal Steel, Harley Race, Hunter, Joe Hennig, Larry Zbyszko, Matt Murphy, Randy Savage, Rick Rude, Rick Steamboat, Ring of Honor, Ritchie Steamboat, Saturday Nights Main Event, Sidekick, WCW, WLW, World Leage Wrestling, WWE, WWE Hall of Fane | 2 Comments »
Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 16, 2010
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Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 16, 2010
By Dubray Tallman
Dubray Tallman, back here at MWR with a brand new Dubi Meets the fans and for the very first time we were at New Midwest Wrestling in Springfield, Illinois.
A few months ago NMW sent a video via Youtube stating that they wanted us to come check them out.
To be honest we are so busy attending shows every week that Brian mentioned to me at the first of the year that he was going to try not to add any promotions in our coverage area so that we could give proper coverage to the ones that are already in the MWR Family. Add on the problem that on many weekends he is torn on which promotions to go to because they have shows on the same day. I must say, that I do feel as if we have been fair about making the rounds to each promotion and while distance and time are sometimes what makes the final decision in where we go. I can not lie I was very impressed personally with the invite and truly excited that they thought enough of us.
I had asked Brian who I knew from prior shows that we have gone to and he stated that “The Appex” Blake Steel was in the main event taking on NMW Champion Jonathan Magnus while Steve Bishop, Ryan Phoenix, Christian Rose and Dan the Man were all in action.
The day was shaping up to be an adventure and I was looking forward to checking NMW out. We got there early and right away we were interviewed from NMW for a documentary that they were doing. Brian is dreading hearing it because he thinks he may sound stupid but I look forward to seeing what they come up with.
The then NMW Tag Champs Ryan Phoenix and Tom Arson wear the MWR colors to the ring. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Due to the fact that NMW had been patiently waiting for us to come check them out and to make the debut at NMW special Brian decided that for our MWR Wrestling superstar t-shirt giveaway we would have the first ever tag team involved. For the new fans, we try to give away a shirt to a lucky fan by having a wrestler wear it to the ring and when they take it off they are free to throw it out of the ring to a lucky fan. It’s a great way for us to spread the word about MWR and the wrestlers that we cover. On this night the NMW Tag team Champions The New Immolare (Ryan Phoenix and Tom Arson ) wear the shirts to the ring and I must say they looked pretty sweet coming out of the back if I must say so my self. Later on I would catch up with both fans that caught the shirts to get their picture taken with them.
New Midwest Wrestling also did something new to us, they did not have an intermission, but they promised that when I asked the fans who their favorite wrestler was that they would stay after the show to take pictures with them so that eased my mind.
Devin Kodett with Dan the Man (Photo Credit Dubray Tallman)
The first person I spoke to Devin Kodett who chose Dan the Man. This would be a theme of the night as New Midwest Wrestling fans love themselves some Dan the Man. In fact now that I think about it there is no doubt that he is one of the most loved wrestlers that I have seen, right up there with Krotch, Curly, Santana G and the Mississippi Madman.
Two masked heroes team up after the matches as Triston and Dan the Man strikes the super hero pose. (Photo Credit Dubray Tallman)
I met Triston who was there the first time and had purchased a DTM mask and was looking forward to wrestling action.
Up next were John and Lori Gwin who were from Springfield Illinois who stated that this was also their first time checking out NMW. They were very friendly and didn’t know the wrestlers so I offered to let them watch the show and then let me know who they liked then we would get there picture with their favorite.
Keagon Fox poses with The New Immolare’s Tom Arson and Ryan Phoenix proudly after Ryan Phoenix hand delivered the shirt to the young fan.
Then I met Keagan Fox who was really excited for the show to begin. He was undecided on who he would choose to have his picture taken later on in the show. His brother was a big help and I wished I would have had him get in the picture with Keagan but if you reading this the next time we come to NMW I would love for you to be a part of the next Dubi Meets the NMW Fans.
Keagon Fox poses with Dan the Man (Photo Credit Dubray Tallman )
It would so happen that Keagon would be the lucky fans that got the MWR Shirt, hand delivered by one half of the tag team champions, Ryan Phoenix. After the show I told Keagan that beings that he got the MWR shirt we could take his pictures with Immolare. He smiled and asked if he could still choose another wrestler to get his picture taken with. Of course I was more than happy to and was not surprised when he stated he wanted his picture taken with Dan the Man.
The New Immolare’s Tom Arson and Ryan Phoenix take a chance to celebrate the free MWR T-shirt with April Shade, Christina, Michaela and Kattie Hawkins. (Photo Credit Dubray Tallman)
The second fan who caught the shirt from Tom Arson was none other than April Shade. April’s daughter wanted the shirt for herself so she gave it to Christina Hawkins. Also in the picture were April’s sisters Michaela and Kattie Hawkins.
Spencer Powers, John and Lori Gwin, and Michael Shard pose after Attitude Incs big win. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Right after the big four team scramble that include Attitude INC (Spencer Powers & Michael Shard) Logantyre (Eric Logan and Justin MacIntyre), The Full Metal Jackals (Danny Cannon and Alex Castle) & The New Immolare John and Lori let me know they would take the chance to get their picture with the New Tag Team Champions Attitude Inc.
All in all a fun night of wrestling and I am thankful that we took the time to see what NMW had to offer. We look forward to making our way back down to Springfield to check them out in the near future. Look for a full photo recap of this show in the near future at MWR plus interviews with Attitude Inc, Bobby Houston, Christian Rose and the NMW Champion Jonathan Magnus with Stephanie King.
Missouri Wrestling Revival Fans join me at World League Wrestling in Park Hills Missouri tomorrow night for an action packed evening with my good friend Santana G as she takes on Amy Hennig for the WLW Title. I have already been messaged from a reader that wants to take part in Dubi meets the WLW Fans so I am looking forward to seeing who Kyle Valle’s favorite WLW Wrestler is. If you would like to be a part of Dubi meets the fans all you have to do is come up and introduce yourself to me at a show.
We also hope to have a WLW Superstar be a part of our MWR Wrestler free give away to a WLW fan.
Plus you know Harley Race will be there so how can you miss this show?
Saturday July 17th
Park Hills, Missouri
Mineral Area College (MAC) Fieldhouse Gymnasium
Ticket Outlets
GUYOT LUMBER PERRYVILLE MO
MINEREIAL AREA COLLEGE BOOKS STORE PARK HILLS MO.
C-BARN PARK HILLS MO.
GT EXPRESS FREDERICKTOWN, MO.
COUNTRY MART FREDERICKTOWN, MO.
Hope to see you there on Saturday.
Love Dubz.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Alex Castle, Amy Hennig, April Shade, Attitude Inc, Blake Steel, Bobby Houston, Christian Hawkins, Christian Rose, Curly., Dan The Man, Danny Cannon, Devin Kodett, Dubray Tallman, Eric Logan, Full Metal Jackals, Harley Race, John Gwin, Jonathan Magnus, Justin Macintyre, Katie Hawkins, Kattie Hawkins, Keagon Fox, Krotch, Lori Gwin, Michael Shard, Michaela Hawkins, Missouri Wrestling Revival, MWR, New Immolare, New Midwest Wrestling, NMW, Ryan Phoenic, Santana G, Spencer Powers, Stephanie King, Steve Bishop, The Mississippi Madman, Tom Arson, Triston, WLW, World League Wrestling | 2 Comments »
Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 15, 2010
PRO WRESTLING RESPECT RETURNS TO BURLINGTON, NJ!
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
JULY 18TH, 2010
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Capacity: 300 People
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BELLTIME 4:00 PM!!!
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Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 15, 2010
Graves starts out strong against fan favorite Krotch. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Krotch was on the ropes early and as dazed as this picture as Graves and Mr Late Nite had a great game plan.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Krotch persevered and continued to fight to get the win with surprisingly a little help from Mr. Late Nite. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Graves has Krotch all twisted up.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Krotch persevered and continued to fight to get the win with surprisingly a little help from Mr. Late Nite. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
In a shocking development the 6”9 Monster comes to MR. Late Nite’s aid. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
PWE had been put on noticed that Donovan Ruddick was there to make an impact.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Krotch pinned Graves With Mr Late Nite.
Dead Sexy yearns to be in a boy band. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Aaron Matthews looks to slow down Brett Gakiya (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Matthews overpowers Gakiya in a match where both teams are known for their speed.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Dead Sexy loves to play to the crowd.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Jeff Harris continues the momentum of Dead sexy early on.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
One of the best tag teams in the country was in trouble early on.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
CJ Esparza changes the momentum of the match by heating up on Dead Sexy.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Zero Gravity gets ready to explode, will Matthews make it in time?(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Yes he does, Esparza gets tossed out of the ring allowing Harris to grab a leg.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Double DDT from Dead Sexy.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Zero Gravity has changed the momentum and looks to take the match and retain the PWE titles but what is Matthews doing?(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Salt in the eyes of Gakiya takes him out of the match!(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Shocking development NEW PWE Tag Team Champions. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Dead Sexy – Jeff Harris & Aaron Matthews pinned Zero Gravity – Brett Gakiya & CJ Esparza to win the PWE Tag titles
Allen drills Mephisto face first into the turnbuckle (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Allen tries to put Mephisto to sleep. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Mephisto nails a suplex on Eric Allen.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Mephisto pinned Eric Allen
Two friends go face to face as the Future Donovan Ruddick talks to the injured Mississippi Madman, (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Mr Late Nite taunts the Mississippi Madman. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Donovan Ruddick with Mr. Late Nite attacks The Mississippi Madman.
Blake Steel with his Valet (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Blake Steel and Cecil Cerveza in a game of wrestling chess.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Steel looks to get out of the grasp of Cerveza.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Steel feels confident early on.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Sizing Cerveza up for a big move.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
A big knee turns it around for Cerveza.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Cerveza comes from the top rope.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Almost a 1-2-3(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Cerveza goes high risk and Steel makes him pay.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
A big win for Blake Steel and he wants the fans to know all about it.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Blake Steel pinned Cecil Cerveza
Knight Wagner takes Zyber Zapertan to school (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
The Charismatic Knight Wagner gets another win and celebrates.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Knight Wagner pinned Zyber Zapertan
Ruddick drops the Champion.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Mr Late Nite makes sure the ref doesn’t see that he is up to no good. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Karryt lands a big blow much to the surprise of Mr. Late Nite. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
The champion lands a moonsault.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Karryt nails a shoulderblock and has Ruddick reeling. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Ruddick’s power bails him out of trouble again. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
MR Late Nite celebrates his biggest win as a manager to this date at Donovan Ruddick becomes the HWC Champion by defeating Karryt.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Aarons feels the pain come to him as Black twists his arm.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
The Future Donovan Ruddick with Mr. Late Nite pinned Jimmy Karryt to win the HWC Championship.
Ring of Honor World Champion Tyler Black. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Respect from the ROH Champ Tyler Black to Brandon Aarons but once the match started Black was all business. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Black hangs on as Aarons tries to get free. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
The scary part is Tyler Black is a master at his game and he isn’t even in his prime. Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Brandon Aarons retreats to rethink his strategy with the world Champion. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Aarons looked to use his speed but the Champ was ready to catch him and to throw him to the fire outside the ring. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Outside the ring Aarons was in deep trouble. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley
Here we witness wrestling lesson 55 in the match from Tyler Black as he had the PWE US Champion baffled. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Aarons never gives up and gets the boot up just in time. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Is it possible that the PWE US Champion can get the victory from the best wrestler in the world today?(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Aarons was taking it to the Champ but Black picks him up and ghet(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
If Aarons nails his patented superkick it is all but done. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Aarons has the full attention of Tyler Black, that may not be a good thing. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Aarons uses his kicks to put Black on his heels.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
In a Blink of an eye Aarrons nails a surprise blow.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Out of the blue comes Blake Steel to attack the PWE Champion Aarons causing Black to lose via DQ. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Aarons back Steel up only to have him face to face with the ROH Champion.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Steel pays for his actions. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
PWE US Champ Brandon Aarons beat ROH World Champion Tyler Black by DQ
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Aaron Mathews, Aaron Matthews, Blake Steel, Brandon Aarons, Brett Gakiya, Cecil Cerveza, CJ Esparza, Dead Sexy, Donovan Ruddick, Eric Allen, Graves, HWC, Jeff Harris, Jimmy Karryt, Knight Wagnar, Krotch, Mephisto, Missouri Wrestling Revival, MR Late Nite, MWR, Pro Wrestling Epic, PWE, Ring of Honor, ROH, Tyler Black, Zero Gravity, Zyber Zapertan | 1 Comment »
Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 14, 2010
Wrestling fans St Louis’s #1 promotion will be action once again this Saturday in East Carondelet. Some of the top stars in wrestling in the Midwest will be action including Gary Jackson, Ron Powers, the MMWA-SICW Junior champion Johnny Courageous, Brandon Espinosa, the MMWA-SICW Tag team champs the Lumberjacks, Phil E Blunt, Jaysin Static , Travis Cook and many more.
Now lets hear from St Louis wrestling legend Gary Jackson
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Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 14, 2010
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Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 13, 2010
Brandon Espinosa (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
If you have been to a local show in the Midwest the chances are good that you have had the pleasure of seeing Brandon Espinosa in action. One of the hardest working men in the sport today, Espinosa is also one of the most booked wrestlers in the sport.
Whether it is in singles action or as a tag team with former partners Mike Sydal and Brandon Aarons in B.A.B.EWatch Espinosa is capable of taking home the win and stealing the show.
That is why during last year’s MWR revival show Espinosa and Aarons was chosen to team against the 2008 MWR Tag team of the Year the Northstar Express’s Darin Corbin and Ryan Cruz. Little did we know that the loss for B.A.B.EWatch in that match would be the catalyst that would cause the team to be no more.
Since then Espinosa has been on a mission to prove that he is the hottest star in wrestling today. Big wins at MMWA-SICW saw this former HVW Livewire Champion capture both the MMWA-SICW Light Heavyweight title as well as the MMWA-SICW Battle Royal Championship.
We are thrilled to have the talented Brandon Espinosa be a part of the MWR Trading card series.
#1 The Northstar Express Darin Corbin and Ryan Cruz- 2008 MWR Tag team of the Year.
#2 Mark Sterling– 2009 MWR Wrestler of the Year.
#3 The Hooligans Devin and Mason Cutter -2009 MWR Tag Team of the Year
#4 MsChif– 2009 MWR Female of the Year
#5 Mike Sydal – PWI Rookie of the Year
#6 Jeremy Wyatt – 2008 MWR Wrestler of the Year. 2008 MWR Match of the Year Michael Strider, 2009 MWR Match of the Year Tyler Cook
#7 Santana G – Seen on TNA
#8 Kahagas – The Tokyo Monster
#9 Mephisto– Hardcore favorite
#10 Tyler Black –Ring of Honor Champion
#11 Sir Bradley Charles– Rising star trained by Lance Storm
For a complete list of Missouri Wrestling Revival trading cards as well as WWE , TNA and Japan sets check out the website Wrestling trading cards.com here.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Brandon Aarons, Brandon Espinosa, Darin Corbin, Devin Cutter, High Voltage Wrestling, HVW, jeremy wyatt, Kahagas, Lance Storm, mark sterling, Mason Cutter, Mephisto, Mike Sydal, MMWA-SICW, Mschif, MWR, MWR Trading cards, Ryan Cruz, Santana G, Sir Bradley Charles, The Hooligans, The Northstar Express, Tyler Black, Wrestling Trading Cards | 11 Comments »
Posted by flairwhoooooo on July 11, 2010
By Brian Kelley
In less than a week the former WLW Champion Trent Stone will get his chance to regain the championship from Trevor Murdoch. Ever since last April, Trent Stone has been waiting to get his chance to redeem himself after suffering the heartbreaking loss in front of 400 people in Richmond Missouri.
Trent Stone sizes up the former WLW Champion Trevor Murdoch prior to there first leather strap meeting. (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
Frustration has surly been setting in as Stone has yet to receive a one on one rematch with the former WWE Tag team Champion Murdoch, as he has been involved in three way matches for the WLW Title with fellow up and comer Brian Breaker. Now months later he will finally get to redeem himself in the very same type match that he lost the belt in, a leather strap match.
Trent Stone drew fans towards him while wearing the WLW Belt. No matter what he says he looks to have the attention focused on him once again as he tries to recapture the WLW title. (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
You will not want to miss this rematch in Park Hills Missouri on Saturday, when these two warriors will be attached to a leather rope with a buckle on each end. How to win is to touch all four corners in order without coming to your knees.
Trevor Murdoch punishes Trent Stone in the middle of the ring while using the leather strap that the two was attached too. (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
The ropes show no favoritism as Stone repays Murdoch. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
The dangerous part of the match comes when your opponent can use the ropes as a weapon to wear you down.
Don’t miss it this Saturday when these two powerhouses will collide with one goal in mind, to walk out the building as the World League Wrestling Champion.
Let’s take a look at the stats between these two.
Trevor Murdoch
WLW Champion Trevor Murdoch. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
6”4 245
3 Time WWE Tag team Champion with Lance Cade
4 time WLW Champion
3 Time WLW Tag Champion with Bull Schmitt (1) and Wade Chism (2)
Finishing moves
Ace of Spades (Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb)
Diving bulldog
Snap DDT
Trent Stone
Trent Stone (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
6”0 235
1 WLW Champion
Finishing Move
The Spear
The F 5
MWR believes that Trent Stone will become a two time WLW Champion after Saturday night is through.. (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
Prediction: The popular choice would be too put your money on the bona fide superstar Trevor Murdoch. Murdoch is a champion that rises to the occasion in big matches just as he did last April. I am going to go out on a limb and choose Stone, though he doesn’t have the worldwide name, he is by no means a rookie who stepped in the ring recently, and is more focused that he has ever been. Coming into this match, he will be determined and ready to prove to the world that he is the future of WLW and is on his way to much bigger heights. Look for the hunger of Trent Stone to allow him to become a two time WLW Champion.
In a battle that you will not want to miss as the rematch between the WLW Women’s champion Amy Hennig taking on the “Midwest sweetheart” Santana G. While Trevor Murdoch became a 4-time WLW Champion in Richmond, Santana G debuted in Harley Race’s WLW and won the hearts of wrestling fans instantly.
Amy Hennig looked strong early on in their first match in Richmond Mo (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
In what many called an upset, Santana G was instrumental in helping her tag team partners Ryan Drago and Eathon Wright defeat Hennig and the WLW Tag Team Champions Mark Sterling and “Superstar” Steve Fender in a three way match.
Ryan Drago and Eathon Wright celebrate the big win in Santana G’s WLW debut. (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
The very next night Santana G would keep up the momentum in Concordia Missouri by earning a victory via DQ when look as though she had Amy Hennig in deep trouble. Are we on the verge of seeing Santana G hoisting up the WLW Women’s Championship?
Midwest wrestling fans, lets take a step back and see how the two match up and what to look for in this battle between the future of women’s wrestling.
We will start with Amy Hennig. No matter what she does in this sport, whenever she is mentioned it will be said that she is the granddaughter of Larry “The Ax” Hennig and daughter of Curt “Mr Perfect” Hennig as she should be, those two are respected by wrestlers and fans alike as all-time greats in this sport. If that’s not enough her brother Joe “Michael McGillicutty” has been making a name for himself on WWE’S NXT program on Sci-fi every Tuesday night. To many this would be undo pressure but thanks to strong support and unconditional love of the Hennig family this is a positive for Amy who has the talent, work ethic and determination to succeed and do not be surprised when the day comes that it is mention that Joe is the sister of the great Amy Hennig.
Amy wisely traveled from Minnesota to train with Harley Race at the Harley Race Wrestling Academy (WLW) in Eldon Missouri. World League Wrestling has thrilled fans for ten years while assisting some of the youngest stars in the sport today such as Trevor Murdoch, Ted Dibiase, Pro Wrestling Noah Superstar Keith Walker and her brother Joe Hennig “Michael McGillicutty”.
Michael McGillicutty (WWE Website)
Click here for a interview that WWE has of Amy’s brother Michael McGillicutty
Even MWR/WLW Photographer Bill Smith could not resist to have his picture taken with the very friendly Santana G. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
On the other side of the ring is young beautiful Santana G, who in just a little over a year has been the talk of the wrestling world. Santana G started out under the watchful eye of St Louis wrestling great Dingo. Dingo, who was by far not the tallest or heaviest wrestler who had to work that much harder to be among the top in a sport dominated by big men, not only was he among the best he was considered by many to be the best in the Midwest in the past 20 years.
There is no doubt that Dingo, brought that determination and work ethic into Santana G’s training. In less than a year she has taken on a who’s who of talent including Mia Martinez, Jessika Haze, Isis the Amazon, TNA Knockout Rosie Lotta Love, Becky Bayless and NWA Women’s World Champion MsChif. A decision to move to Florida has paid off after she won the Coastal Championship Wrestling Women’s title from Jessika Haze.
Santana G with Orlando Jordon and Cameron (Photo from TNA )
Santana G caught the eyes of Total Nonstop Wrestling who hired her to valet for Orlando Jordon on TNA Wrestling on Spike TV. Always looking to improve Santana G has been learning from former AWA World Champion Larry Zbyszko and Scott Hall.
In exciting developments she was brought in by WLW to take on Amy. We caught up with Santana G prior to her debut this past spring to talk to her about working with WLW and she spoke with excitement of the opportunity “ I am very thrilled to work with one of the greats in this profession, Harley Race , I have had butterflies all week because I know that Amy (Hennig) is the champ and is highly regarded as one of the top women to look out for.” There is no doubt that Santana G has the momentum going her way.
Or does she?
Everyone here at MWR has felt that Amy has had Superstar written all over her since she debuted at WLW but even in a loss during the three way match that she lost to Santana G with partner Sterling and Fender I was blown away with her improvement since I last seen her. With experience , she is now wrestling at a level that I feel she can go with any wrestler in the world today.
I stated earlier that in their match in Concordia Santana G “looked” to have the Hennig in deep trouble. My advice to my friend Santana G, don’t let Amy let you get too much confidence and lose the opportunity to take home the WLW Championship. Amy reminded me that night in Concordia of Ric Flair in his prime when he would match up against many of challengers in match ups that it seemed as if they had his number only to have them battle once again only to have Flair walk out with the Championship while they wander how they could have been so close last time but could never take the championship from the “Man”.
Amy Hennig is proud of her WLW Title and has no plans of relinquishing it anytime soon.(Photo Credit Bill Smith )
MWR received word from an insider that stated “Do not be surprised in the following months that you do not see talent scouts from WWE and TNA in the stands watching these two talented women go at it” he went on to add can you imagine Amy Hennig feuding with Michelle Leigh McCool and Layla otherwise known as Lay-Cool or Santana G going at it with The Beautiful People’s Velvet Sky, Lacy Von Erich and Madison Rayne.
That could very well happen but for the time being the prestigious WLW Title will be on the line when WLW comes to Park Hills Missouri.
Prediction: Amy Hennig will retain the championship. Do not be surprised that this feud will not end in the Midwest and make their way to WWE or TNA and bring back memories of Curt Hennig vs. Bret Hart or Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat. Do not miss out on the opportunity to say that you were there when it first happened.
You can purchase the MWR Trading card of Santana G and WLW Tag Champ Mark Sterling in Park Hills with photography from Mike Van Hoogstraat. We were hoping to have debut the “Superstar “ Steve Fender card this weekend but due to unforeseeable circumstances we all will have to wait just a little longer for this WLW greats card.
Join Missouri Wrestling Revival this Saturday to see this historic night of wrestling. MWR will be giving away a free MWR T-shirt, plus Dubray Tallman will be on hand for Dubi meets the WLW Fans in Park Hills Missouri.
Ticket prices for Golden circle $15.00 advance $17.00 at the door, General admission $12.00 in advance $10.00 at the door.
Saturday July 17th
Park Hills, Missouri
Mineral Area College (MAC) Fieldhouse Gymnasium
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