BY Brian “Flair” Kelley
Pro Wrestling Entertainment debuted less than a month ago in Springfield Illinois with some of the top notch wrestlers in the Midwest. MWR just got confirmation that the PWE Tag Team Championship will be on the line when High Voltage Wrestling returns to Granite City, IL on May 9th.
The young exciting team of Zero Gravity (Brett Gakiya and CJ Esparza ) won the titles in breathtaking fashion when they went head to head and came on top with the #1 Tag team of the Midwest, The Northstar Express ( Darin Corbin and Ryan Cruz) on April 4th to become the very first PWE Tag team Champions.
Zero Gravity (Brett Gakiya and CJ Esparza )
They will meet the savage and unpredictable tag team known as The Hooligans (Mason & Devin Cutter) in a match that you will not want to miss!!
PWE Management wanted to let the fans know “We are excited about teaming up with HVW on May 9th. We have no doubts that the PWE Tag team Champions Zero Gravity and The Hooligans will be a match that heats up the summer of 2009.
Hollister had one of the toughest schedules of all wrestlers in the Midwest for the month of May. It all started with a tough tag team loss (with Bryce Benjamin) to the Motor City Machine Guns in AAW. It was all good after that, as he followed the loss up with a victory (although tainted) over Egotistico Fantastico in a hard-hitting affair, the closed out the month by defending his Scott County Wrestling Title not once, but twice in one night. He retained the title after defeating Danny Daniels and Marek Brave. It was a successful month for Shane Hollister, as he wrestled some of the best in the business and came out on top in three out of the four encounters.
The Phoenix Twins continue to impress wrestling fans across the Midwest. This month, Tweek and Dash won two non-title matches against current tag champions in SCW and AAW. They also each competed in singles matches as part of “Best of Three” series of matches with members of Zero Gravity, splitting the contests and inching closer to being the number one contenders for the SCW Tag Team Titles. For 2008, Tweek and Dash have set the bar very high. It often seems as if they are the only tag team that can surpass this high standard.
Stacy O’Brien has emerged in the second quarter of 2008 as the premier female wrestler in the Midwest. She currently owns the World League Wrestling and MMWA-SICW Women’s Championships. She defeated Ms. Natural and Alexis Lightfoot for each belt, respectively. In yet another month where female wrestlers have been inactive, Stacy is a step in the right direction.
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