Missouri Wrestling Revival

By Christopher Zack

During my 4 hour return from Granite City this past Saturday night/Sunday morning, I debated on how I would handle my write up on High Voltage Wrestling’s Cocked, Locked, and Loaded. On the one hand, I could do a standard review of the show, recapping things match by match with ratings and everything. On the other hand, I was down in Granite City for more than just reviewing a show. It was an opportunity to see a new independent wrestling product, meet new and interesting people in the wrestling business, and reconnect with some old friends. In order to do justice to my whole experience, I felt that a simple review was not enough. So, today you get an exclusive “Angles Extra” dedicated entirely to High Voltage wrestling.

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Our good friend Adam Testa from the wonderful wrestling website The Wrestling Daily was on hand with us at All American Pro Wrestling in West Frankfort Illinois to witness a great night of wrestling headlined by the AAPW Champion The Mississippi Madman defending his title against Jeremy Wyatt in a night to remember.

For a full recap of this from Adam please click here.

Look for a photo recap from MWR’S Mike Van Hoogstraat in the near future.

Wyatt came close to taking home the AAPW title for the first time with a perfect game plan but The Madman’s power kept that from happing. Could the Mississippi Madman survive again against The Belt collector? We will soon fine out as AAPW has signed a rematch between these two premier wrestlers.

Also on the card will be recently released WWE Star Paul Burchill taking on former ECW/WWE star Simon Dean. Plus a falls count anywhere match between Edmund Livewire McGuire and “Badboy” Chris Thomas.

Local grappler performs despite injuries

Edmund “Livewire” McGuire wrestles with pain each time he steps into the ring.
Wrestling takes its toll, even though the outcome of a given match is scripted, said McGuire, who has worked as an independent wrestler since 2002. The in-ring action can have physical consequences, he said, and while many wrestlers suffer injuries, he has been fortunate.

“My left knee bothers me on a daily basis; if I try to extend it, it cracks,” McGuire said. “If I walk on it, it can sound like I am walking on sand. With pain, you just have to suck it up. It’s part of the profession. I am lucky; it could be worse. Guys get seriously injured in our business all the time.”

McGuire said when he walks, one of his knees makes a grinding noise as though he’s walking on sand and occasionally making loud pops when he moves it.

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Friday March 5th

Leavenworth Kansas
Leavenworth High School

Terry Funk Will Be Appearing

Ticket Outlets
Leavenworth high school
Prestige home care
American legion post 23

Saturday March 6th

El Dorado Springs Mo

Terry Funk Will Be Appearing

Huge Tag Team Title Tournament

Ticket Outlets
Community bank
Liberty Bank
Smokers Outlet
Mike and Joe’s Service

3XWrestling – The Ash Has Risen

Friday night – March 5th, 2010

Doors open 7 pm
Bell time 7:30 pm

Des Moines Social Club
1408 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA

Featuring:

Tag Team Grudge match
Brian Ash & Maddog McDowell
vs.
3XW Heavyweight champion “The Rebel” Jeremy Wyatt & Gage Octane w/Todd Countryman

3XW Tag Team championship
The Gentlemen’s Club – Devin Carter & Casanova w/Todd Countryman
vs.
The High Flyers – Mike Sydal & Zach Thompson (c)

3XW Cruiserweight championship
Brady A. Dezire vs. “The Rockstar” Jimmy Rockwell (c)

Women’s Wrestling
Melanie Cruise vs. Mia Martinez

3XW Pure Wrestling championship
Kraig Keesaman defends against a man from 3XW’s past

Grudge re-match
Rory Fox vs. “Torturous” Tony Sly

Singles match
Krotch vs. “The Laotian Sensation” Ricky Kwong w/Chad Mylan

Singles match
Shane Hollister vs. Sir Bradley Charles

Also in action: “The American Fury” Jon West, Sexy & Smooth – Ryan Slade & AJ Smooth, plus the debut of the tag team Noize, Booze & Tattoos – Ruff Crossing & Scott Spade !

Tickets:

$12 General Admission
$6 Kids 10 & Under
Kids 3 Years & Under FREE admission

Tickets go on sale February 13th at:

Jay’s CD & Hobby
5921 SE 14th St
Des Moines, IA

By Brian “Flair” Kelley

Let’s take a look at the current roster of Champions throughout the MWR Coverage area as of 3-3-2010 in what we will call the MWR Roll Call of Champions.. Take the time if you would to click on the promotions name that will take you directly to each Champions respected promotion to find out when they defend their titles next.

3XW Champion Jeremy Wyatt

3xwrestling

AAPW Champion The Mississippi Madman

All American Pro Wrestling

HVW Champion Kahagas

High Voltage Wrestling

IHW Champion Brandon Aarrons

Independent Hardcore Wrestling

IWA Productions Champion "Dynamite" Danny Cannon

IWA Productions

PWE Champion Keith Walker

Pro Wrestling Entertainment

PWP Champion Tony "Babyface" Cortez

Pro Wrestling Phoenix

MECW Champion Bailey Mannix with Lovely Leon

Metro East Championship Wrestling

Dave Vaughn-MMWA-SICW Champion

MMWA-SICW

NWA Missouri Champion Davey Vega

NWA Central States Champion Mark Sterling

NWA Kansas Champion #1 Brett Young

NWA Dynamo Pro Wrestling

WLW Champion "Superstar " Steve Fender

World League Wrestling

PWP’s 50th Event
Council Bluffs, IA

The night started with The Murder Militia’s Jayden Draigo and Joey Daniels in the ring. Draigo talked about how the Militia, now under his guidance, had already reclaimed the PWP Tag Team Titles, and that it was only a matter of until they took back the Heavyweight Title as well. Draigo then said that he would make Tony Cortez grovel at his feet for refusing to join up with them last month. As Draigo and Daniels were leaving the ring, Arik Cannon hit the ring from the side door, and hit Daniels with a snap brain buster, before Draigo even knew what happened. Cannon then said that while he isn’t the type to stick his nose in other people’s business, that he and Joey had unfinished business from the month before, and that later in the evening, Cannon would be looking to settle the score.

Young Dave Clark is one of the stars that is on our radar in 2010.(Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Dave Clark has his hand raised in a tough match against Preston Maxwell. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

*** In the opening contest, David Clark defeated the returning Preston Maxwell. Clark continues to prove that his skills in the ring are only getting sharper, and that this young competitor has a very bright future.

Rebelucha using his athletic ability leap frogs Saint(Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Stephen Saint hits Rebelucha with a clothesline on his way to a win. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

*** Stephen Saint defeated Rebelucha.

The PWI Rookie of the Year Mike Sydal is on the mark with this drop kick(Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

“The Passion” Zac James cranks on Sydal. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Ryan Slade knocks Matty Starr off the turnbuckle, stopping the tag from Sydal. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Sydal gets to his side of the ring but no one is home. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Matty Star on fire.(Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Slade uses the Canadian Flag for the cheap win. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

*** “The Passion” Zac James & “The Canadian Sex Icon” Ryan Slade defeated the team of Mike Sydal & Matty Star, when Zac used Slade’s Canadian flag as a weapon, while Slade had the ref distracted.

Chris Havius goes one on one with Jimmy Rockwell. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Rockwell signals that he was heading to the top. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Havius moves at the right time.(Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Chris Havius earns a huge win in 2010 by defeating Jimmy Rockwell. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

*** Up next, Chris Havius took on “The Rockstar” Jimmy Rockwell. Rockwell gave his all, but in the end, the more experienced Havius picked up the win. Havius thanked Jimmy for the match afterwards and the two shook hands. Havius then went on to say that if The Murder Militia wanted a war…that the war was on!

Arik Cannon starts off red hot. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Jayden Draigo is in the grasp of Arik Cannon but Murder Miltias Joey Daniels is there for the save. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

PWP Senior Official Mason Patrick gives Jayden Draigo the boot. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

A beautiful suplex from Arik Cannon on Joey Daniels . (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Without Jayden Draigo at ringside Joey Daniels was easy pickings for Arik Cannon. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

*** “The Anarchist” Arik Cannon then did battle with The Murder Militia’s Joey Daniels, accompanied by Jayden Draigo. After numerous attempts to interfere from Draigo, PWP Senior Official Mason Patrick ejected him from ringside. Joey continued to hold his own, but Cannon pulled all his tricks out, including: a vicious clothesline, Saito suplex, another brain buster, and finally The Glimmering Warlock – to pick up the decisive win.

Cruz tries to sweet talk Donnie Peppercricket?(Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Darin Corbin looked to step all over Peppercricket. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

*** Up next, Darin Corbin and Donnie Peppercricket squared off. This match featuring more shenanigans than pure wrestling, but the crowd loved every minute of it. Corbin hit Donnie with a foreign object, however that backfired – as Donnie simply collapsed on top of Corbin, who was unable to escape the subsequent 3 count. Despite this, the two shook hands afterwards. Donnie’s demeanor then changed significantly, as he too made it clear that The Murder Militia would pay!

PWP Champ Tony Cortez lands a big shot of #1 Brett Young. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Young fires back with an elbow. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

The Former PWP Champ “The Rebel” Jeremy Wyatt is dead on with his kick. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

#1 Brett Young twist Cortez all around. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Strife drills Wyatt !!(Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

*** In the main event, Jaysin Strife and The PWP Heavyweight Champion, “Babyface” Tony Cortez challenged The Murder Militia’s #1 Brett Young & Jeremy Wyatt for the PWP Tag Team Titles.

Jayden Draigo inserts himself by taking out of the ref causing a DQ.(Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Once again, Jayden Draigo was ejected from ringside, however this time – it was before the match even started. Strife & Cortez had the match and the titles won, when Draigo ran back out, and attacked Cortez – causing a disqualification.

Chris Havius & Donnie Peppercricket to the rescue. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

The Murder Militia gets nasty (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

The Singapore Cane cause more damage to the fan favorites. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Joey Daniels takes his frustrations from his loss on Arik Cannon earlier out on Havius in the vicious beat down.(Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

The Rebel taunts Strife and Cortez. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

Jeremy Wyatt makes a statement that he is poised to regain the title that he feels is rightfully his. (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

How will PWP get away from the evil clutches of Jayden Draigo?(Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)

The Militia beat down on Strife & Cortez – until finally Chris Havius & Donnie Peppercricket ran in for the save. The Militia was on the run, until they regained the advantage – but only by using a Singapore Cane. What happened next was practically disturbing to watch. The Militia used zip ties to secure Strife, Havius, & Peppercricket to the ring ropes, all the while attacking them, while Jayden Draigo practically destroyed Tony Cortez, including DDTing him on a steel chair.

The Murder Militia has once again established their dominance in PWP – what will happen next? That remains to be seen.

Pro Wrestling Phoenix returns to action on Saturday March 13th – at the National Guard Armory in Council Bluffs, IA.

Details coming very soon!

http://www.ProWrestlingPhoenix.com
http://www.MySpace.com/ProWrestlingPhoenix
http://www.Twitter.com/PWPwrestling

Independent Hardcore Wrestling results from Dupo, IL on 2/6 —

Shorty Biggs tries to control Matt Mayday early on in the match.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

The ref warns Matt Mayday for excessive time in the corner but Shorty would get the last laugh in an exciting match up to start the night.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Shorty Biggs defeated “Krotch” Matt Mayday

Brandon Espinosa tries to convince Cecil Cerveza to team up against Kurt Styles.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Kurt Styles fights back.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Bodies about to hit the ground!!(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Brandon Espinosa defeated Kurt Styles & Cecil Cerveza (triple)

Brian James vs. The Future Donnovan Ruddick.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

James would go to the top but Ruddick would be able to withstand the assult from James to pick up another victory.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

The Future Donnovan Ruddick defeated Brian James

MR Late Nite instructs his man Cabal in the corner. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Graves punishes his opponent. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

With a great game plan of double teaming and the illegal tactics of Mr Late Night Cabal and Graves looked strong early in the match.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Cabal was in deep trouble when Wade and Santel finally got on the same page. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Graves administers pain through out the match.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Justin Wade & Shawn Santel defeated Cabal & Brandon Graves

Pro Wrestling Epic stars Blake Steel and Jimmy Karrt continue their dislike for each other at IHW.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Karryt went toe to toe with Steel but to no avail as Steel would get the win on this night.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Blake Steel defeated Jimmy Karryt

Gideon Morbid was dominating in his win against Max Archer.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Gideon Morbid defeated Max Archer

Zabian Zypertin takes the fight to Poo Doo the Cow.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

The fan favorite Poo Doo the Cow goes to the outside against Zabian Zypertin for a big win at IHW. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

PooDoo the Cow defeated Zabian Zypertin

Scrilla winces in pain. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Brian Scrilla hits Sarrin Sin with an elbow drop to get his first win at IHW. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Brian Scrilla defeated Sarrin Sin

Billy McNeil.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Steven Kennedy nearly causes a riot at IHW and he hadn’t even got in the ring yet.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Brandon Aarons sizes up Sean Vincent.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Eric Allen felt the pain all night long, here Mephisto send him through chairs onto the cement floor. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Mephisto not happy with just bring the pain to Allen just prior to that set him up for a big blow from the top rope to the outside. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Sean Vincent can wrestle but here he uses a chair on the ultra talented Billy McNeil. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

While chaos is happing throughout the match Kennedy works over the young Aarons. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Eric Allen fought through pain to administer some to McNeil in the corner with the ladder. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Kennedy continues his assault on Aarons on the outside while taunting the crowd. In the ring McNeil nails Vincent with a kick.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

McNeil shows that he is innovated while looking to take out Vincent.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Aarons gets ready to send Allen back into the hard cement floor at IHW.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Aarons took a beating but with his great cardio would be what gave him the edge in this six was match for the IHW. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Kennedy comes one step closer to the IHW title by taking out McNeil(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

The look on Kennedy’s face shows it all, as Aarons surprises him with the fight in him. (Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Brandon Aarons kept fighting throughout the night and the fans to become the IHW Champ while the fans gave him a standing ovation.(Photo Credit Brian “Flair” Kelley)

Brandon Arrons defeated Mephisto, Steven Kennedy, Billy Mcneil, Sean Vincent & Eric Allen (Six-Way Elimination) to win the IHW Heavyweight title