May 22nd at Rent One Park in Marion, IL., AAPW is back for Pro Wrestling Night! This year, Jerry “The King” Lawler headlines the event as he takes on former WWE superstar Kevin Thorn! Also, the newly crowned AAPW Champion, “Serial Thriller” Shane Rich will defend the title against Edmund “Livewire” McGuire. The AAPW tag team titles will also be on the line as the Champions Rage defend against Ax Allwardt and “Homicidal” Steven Davis. In other action, 2 former AAPW champions face each other for the first time as Shawn Shultz takes on the 450 lb. Mississippi Madman and “Playboy” Paul Rose to face “Thee” Brandon Espinosa.
Belltime for this special attraction is 5:15 pm. The Southern Illinois Miners are set to play at 6:15 pm. Get there early and enjoy a night of wrestling and baseball. Meet and greet the wrestlers while you enjoy the game! Ticket information is available at southernillinoisminers.com
Des Moines-based 3XWrestling Presents Annual Gauntlet for the Gold
May 7th Event Features Biggest Battle Royal In The History of Des Moines!
DES MOINES, Iowa – Fresh off “The Rebel” Jeremy Wyatt and Tyler Black battling to a 30-minute time-limit draw in one of the greatest matches in 3XW history earlier this month, Des Moines-based 3XWrestling (3XW) is set to impress fans once again as it presents Over the Top on May 7th at the Des Moines Social Club, one of the top venues for professional wrestling in the Midwest.
Featuring some of the most talented wrestlers in the United States, Over the Top is scheduled to feature a variety of compelling matches, including the fifth annual “Gauntlet for the Gold” battle royal!
Commercial:
Here’s the Over the Top TV commercial that is scheduled to air this week during TNA Impact and next week during WWE NXT and TNA Impact for those with Mediacom cable in Des Moines. It will also air throughout both weeks on a variety of channels carried by Mediacom.
From the 3XWrestling studios, it’s the May 2010 edition of 3XWrestling’s acclaimed web show Outside the Ring! This episode catches up wrestling fans on all the news following the hugely successful Spring Showdown event in April and builds toward the highly anticipated Over the Top event on Friday, May 7th at the Des Moines Social Club. Visit http://www.3xwrestling.com/for more information about upcoming events, view the Match of the Month and to visit Shop3XW, the official online store of 3XWrestling! Tickets for Over the Top are available at http://www.3XWrestling.com and at Jay’s CD & Hobby, 5921 S.E. 14th St in Des Moines, Iowa.
The “Gauntlet for the Gold” battle royal has become one 3XW’s top yearly traditions and for the first time ever, the original “Gauntlet for the Gold” is available to watch for free! The winner of this Rumble-style battle royal earns a 3XW Heavyweight title shot. This battle took place as part of 3XW’s Road to Glory event on Feb. 18, 2006 in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information about one of the top wrestling promotions in the Midwest and to purchase event DVDs, visit http://www.3xwrestling.com/
Full Announced and Updated Card for Over the Top – 3XW‘s 60th Event!:
5th Annual “Gauntlet for the Gold” battle royal! – winner receives a future 3XW Heavyweight title shot! A new wrestler enters the ring every 60 seconds!
Confirmed entrants: Rory Fox – National star who had a phenomenal series of matches with Wyatt for belt Brian Ash – Former two-time 3XW Heavyweight champion, including being first to hold gold. Maddog McDowell – Winningest battle royal competitor in 3XW history “Delicious” Devin Carter – 2009 Gauntlet for the Gold Winner, first to enter No. 1 and win Gage Octane – Former 3XW Heavyweight champion, has made final five of every Gauntlet Mark Sterling – Former 3XW Pure Wrestling champion and considered a top threat to win “The Viking Warrior” Kraig Keesaman – 3XW Pure Wrestling champion, longest undefeated “The Right Price” Aaron Masterson – Just picked up first major victory of his career “The Laotian Sensation” Ricky Kwong – Has not been pinned or submitted since May 2009 Krotch – Impressive speed and athleticism and unorthodox style counteract slim build Sir Bradley Charles – Skilled rookie trained by Lance Storm has quickly become fan favorite “The Canadian Sex Icon” Ryan Slade – One-half of very talented Sexy and Smooth team A.J. Smooth – One-half of very talented and successful Sexy and Smooth tag team Hunter Matthews – Rulebreaker now on a revenge mission after losing to Masterson Brady A. Dezire – One of 3XW’s top cruiserweights, Dezire hopes third time’s the charm
“The American Fury” Jon West – Talented rookie trained by Carter looks to make impact Mike Sydal or “The Unbreakable” Zach Thompson – Either aerialist is a dangerous threat
More to be named soon! See comments from all announced competitors on the May 2010 episode of Outside the Ring!
3XW Heavyweight championship! 3XW Cruiserweight champion “The Rockstar” Jimmy Rockwell vs.
“The Rebel” Jeremy Wyatt (c)
Loser Leaves 3XWrestling!
“The Unbreakable” Zach Thompson – 2009 3XW “Most Popular Wrestler of the Year” vs. his High Flyers tag team partner, Mike Sydal – 2009 Pro Wrestling Illustrated “Rookie of the Year”
Grudge Match!
Mark Sterling vs. Gage Octane
3XW Pure Wrestling championship!
“The Right Price” Aaron Masterson vs. “The Viking Warrior” Kraig Keesaman (c)
Women’s Wrestling! Claudia Del Solis vs. current SHIMMER and former WCW star Malia Hosaka
Also featuring an appearance by the Mid Iowa Rollers women’s roller derby team!
**A special note about Over the Top ticket sales: Starting with the May 7th event we will be doing a advance ticket price of $12.00 per general admission ticket and a night of the show/walk up price of $15.00 per general admission ticket. Kids tickets remain $6.00.
We want to make sure everyone is aware of this ahead of time and encourage everyone to pre-purchase tickets to retain the $12.00 ticket price.
If you have an advance purchase ticket you will get in to the show to get your seat 10 minutes earlier!
$12.00 General Admission advance purchase
$6.00 Kids
FREE 3 & under
General admission tickets will be $15.00 the night of the event.
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**After party at Z’s Bar – 1511 South Union St – Just south of Principal Park!**
Food & drinks are available at Z’s Bar.
Meet, greet & eat with your favorite 3XW wrestlers & staff.
Doors open for Over the Top at 7 p.m. (6:45 p.m. for advance ticket holders) for a 7:30 p.m. start time. The Des Moines Social Club is located at 1408 Locust St. in beautiful downtown Des Moines.
Founded in 2005, 3XWrestling, a Des Moines-based organization, has performed in front of thousands of fans across Iowa and been featured on KCWI TV, Des Moines Radio Group stations, Iowa Public Radio and in publications including the Des Moines Register, Juice, Cityview and Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 3XW events are held the first Friday of each month in Des Moines.
3XWrestling and its performers are also heavily involved with charity work. Most recently, 3XW and Toys For Tots worked together at November Knockout to collect toys to help provide a happier holiday for children.
In February 2009, one-legged wrestling star Zach Gowen competed in 3XW and helped raise over $10,000 to help the family of a young man whose leg was amputated due to his battle with cancer. All proceeds from that event we’re given to the family to offset medical costs, with every wrestler performing on a volunteer basis.
For more information about 3XWrestling, including details on purchasing advance tickets to events, bringing 3XW to your town and to watch 3XW’s highly-acclaimed monthly webshow Outside the Ring and the Free Match of the Month, please visit http://www.3XWrestling.com. Card subject to change.
Dubray Tallman here once again and on 4/3/2010 we are at the South Broadway Athletic Club where the mix drinks are cheap and the friends are plenty. On this night Brian, Kari and I were giving MMWA-SICW the promotion of the year to start the night and I was on the lookout for fans to be a part of Dubi meets the MMWA-SICW fans.
The Lumberjacks win the heart of one young fan. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)
First up was Sarah Fox from St Clair who had come to see the tag team The Lumberjacks. The Lumberjacks are big guys who are brothers and were kind enough to take their picture with Sarah. Ray Leisure and Kris Schroeder was just having a great time watching the wrestling and enjoying the company, and stated that I could pick anyone to be apart of the their picture and like my friend Patrick says the Moondog Rover is OVAH so why not get their picture taken with the popular wrestler who seems to always have his bone with him.
Moondog Rover with his fans (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)
I was a little concern when Skip Melloh and Jason Horn wanted their picture taken with bad boy Phil E Blunt. Luckily I have been a part of Blunts TV show the Smoke shop in the past and made an impression with him so I sweet talked him into coming down to take a picture with the two fans.
Phil E Blunt is just happy to be out of the big house for a day. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)
Later in the night the MMWA-SICW Champion Dave Vaughn continued the tradition of throwing out a MWR Shirt to one lucky fan but during the intermission fun loving Emily Braun stated that her favorite was Dave Vaughn because he was “so cute”.
He’s so cute (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)
It was my turned to ask for a picture with one of my favorites and I choose the “Gorgeous one” Gary Jackson. Gary is without a doubt one of the most loved wrestlers today and it was great to get my picture taken with him.
Like fine wine Gary Jackson gets better with time. (Photo Credit Michael R Van Hoogstraat)
I would like to thank the fans that were a part of this edition of Dubi meets the fans as well as the wrestlers who was awesome to the fans.I would also like to thank our good friend Mike Van for taking the pictures for this Dubi meets the fans, we were a couple of hours down the road before we realized that we forgot our camera but we knew Mike would be kind enough to snap some great shots. Thanks Mike.
Look for Dubi meets the fans at a show near you soon.
At Total Nonstop Wrestling’s fan interaction at the Ameristar Casino in ST Charles Missouri on April 17th. During the festivities that included a meet and greet with some of the top pro wrestling stars in the world today. Nick Ridenour and I presented wrestling greats Ric Flair, Dory Funk JR, Bobby “The Brain Heenan”and Baron Von Raschke with their St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame Plaques.
The St Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame can be seen at the Historic South Broadway Athletic Club in St Louis Mo 7th & Shenndoa. Fan that would like to check out the next wrestling show will be on May 8th at 7 pm.
The ST Louis Wrestling Hall of fame was opened in 2007 by former owner and promoter of the St. Louis Wrestling Club Larry Matysik. He has been joined by directors promoters Tony Costas Herb Simmons, webmaster Mitch Martsey, sports journalist Keith Schildroth, and longtime fan Nick Ridenour. Although these directors oversee the selection process, the St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame is unique because it is the only wrestling hall of fame that allows fans to vote for potential inductees
A dream came true for me at Total Nonstop Wrestling’s Fan Interaction in ST Louis on April 17. I was honored when my friend from the St Louis Hall of Fame Nick Ridenour asked me to present one of the greatest NWA World Champions of all time Dory Funk JR, the one and only Bobby the Brain Heenan and Baron von Raschke their St Louis Wrestling Hall of fame plaques live during the TNA Legends main event that also included Jimmy Hart, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Sting.
To say that I was nervous would be an understatement but it will be a day that I will never forget and will always be grateful for. A heartfelt thank you goes out to all the members of the ST Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame committee
After we were done Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Jeff Ruoss was on hand to present Funk Jr, Heenan, Raschke and Hart their Lifetime achievement awards.