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Bob Geigel- 2011 MWR Lifetime Achievement Award.

Posted by flairwhoooooo on January 7, 2012

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By Josh Ray

The 2011 MWR Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Bob Geigel. Geigel, born in Iowa and now 87 years of age, is most notable in the Midwest for his six NWA Central States Heavyweight title reigns, his four NWA Central States Tag Team title reigns, and his status as the promoter for the Kansas City territory during the heyday of the National Wrestling Alliance. He accomplished much more than this, however, earning the AWA World Tag Team Championship and the NWA National Heavyweight title among others in his great career wrestling in the Missouri, Arizona, Kansas, and Texas territories.

As promoter of NWA Central States in the Kansas territory from 1963 to 1986, Geigel served as President of the National Wrestling Alliance on three separate occasions. His tenures (1978-1980, 1982-1985, and 1986-1987) were considered great successes, as the NWA moved into a golden age during this time with the help of Harley Race and eventually Ric Flair. Race and Geigel formed a business relationship for the Kansas territory and eventually bought out Sam Muchnick portion of the St. Louis territory. Race spoke of Geigel’s exceptional business skills in his book King of the Ring: “After taking the sisters’ money for years to see Kansas City-area wrestling shows, Geigel—normally a shrewd businessman—stopped charging them.”

This award is not the first Lifetime Achievement Award Bob Geigel has received. In 2007, he awarded the Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award by the Cauliflower Alley Club. When asked about Geigel, JJ Dillon, another pro wrestling legend, said in an interview with SLAM! Wrestling “A man’s man, a guy that is physically a tough guy. That was Bob Geigel. That’s the type of person he was.”

Geigel is a key component to the Midwest’s proud professional wrestling history, and served as one of the most influential parts of the global and national wrestling scenes during a period of growth, as well. His status as a tough-as-nails competitor, champion, and exceptional businessman will not soon be forgotten by fans, and it is with great pride that Missouri Wrestling Revival awards the 2011 MWR Lifetime Achievement Award to Bob Geigel.

For more on Bob Geigel’s great career, pleased go to: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/04/17/pf-4045576.html

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Metro Pro Wrestling – 2011 Missouri Wrestling Revival Promotion of the Year.

Posted by flairwhoooooo on January 6, 2012

2011 was a banner year for Metro Pro Wrestling as they have brought back tradition and new memories to Kansas City.  Fans are able to check out the very best wrestlers around the Midwest including former WWE Stars Trevor Murdock, Colt Cabana, NWA World Champion Adam Pearce and former NWA Women’s Champion MsChif mixed in when the best young talent from Harley Race’s WLW, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.

 Metro Pro Wrestling airs every Saturday night on Time Warner Cable’s Metro Sports at 11 p.m. The show replays several times during the week! While the promotion is just over a year old, the growth of the promotion has been at a rapid pace as the Kansas City Star dedicated a complete spread on the promotion during their Sunday paper while they were featured on FOX TV.

 Fan attendance  at Metro Pro Wrestling have improved month after month as the family friendly action is suitable for everyone, while the hard hitting action brings them back for more.

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1ST Runner Up- World League Wrestling
2nd Runner Up- MMWA-SICW
3RD Runner Up- 3XWrestling

Past MWR Promotions of the Year

2010 3XWrestling
2009 MMWA-SICW
2008 3XWrestling

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Brian Breaker 2011 Missouri Wrestling Revival Future Star.

Posted by flairwhoooooo on January 5, 2012

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Young Jack Gamble is one half of the exciting WLW Tag team champions with Jeff Strong, but he needs to learn that he can’t win a test of strength against the former WLW Champion and the 2011 Future Star recipient Brian Breaker. Gamble don’t feel bad, 90% of the Midwest don’t stand a chance against the awesome power of Breaker. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)

The goal of Missouri Wrestling Revival has always been to support the men and women of Pro Wrestling.

In 2010 we debut the prestigious MWR Future Star award.

The criteria is for a wrestler who has not only has the skills to make it to the top but the desire and dedication to seek out opportunities to be the best that he or she can be.

We could not be more excited than we are this year in the wrestler that we have chosen.

Not only does he have the size, build and skills to be a star in the sport for many years to come but he also has been under the watchful eye of the 8-time NWA World Champion Harley Race.

His name is Brian Breaker.

Standing at 6”3 and a chiseled 255 pounds he has burst onto the wrestling scene at the young age of only 21 years. Hailing from Sand Springs Oklahoma, Breaker has sent many opponents on his feared finisher the Oklahoma Death Ride.

With raw talent Breaker has already been able to capture gold as one half of the WLW Tag Team Champions as well as being a two time WLW World Heavyweight Champion.

Scouts in Japan have quickly noticed the talent that the man possesses and in the spring of 2011 he was invited for a tour of Pro Wrestling Noah.

Once he returned to the Midwest he has taken his bone crushing moves to Metro Pro Wrestling in Kansas City and NWA Dynamo and SICW in St Louis.

When WWE came to St Louis in 2011, he was asked to step up to take on highly hyped WWE’s Brodus Clay in a battle of two powerhouses and though Clay would get the win, it would be valuable experience for Breaker.

Meanwhile, Breaker dominated the competition in his home base of WLW including an exciting defense of his title against young Jack Gamble during the annual WLW/Pro Wrestling Noah show in Eldon Missouri.

During the camp Breaker would continue to learn from the very best in WWE Hall of Famer Ricky Steamboat, Kevin Von Erich and Steven Regal.

It is with great pleasure that we are to name the 2011 MWR Future Star of the Year award to Brian Breaker.

Past MWR Future Star Award winners

2010 Sir Bradley Charles

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Metro Pro Wrestling TV Marathon this New Year’s Eve on Metro Sports Time Warner Cable Kansas City!

Posted by flairwhoooooo on December 29, 2011

Metro Pro Wrestling will be on this Saturday from 12-6 p.m. then from 7-10 p.m. then again from 11pm – 12 am. Here’s the schedule:

– 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. — Metro Pro Wrestling–
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. — Fantasy Huddle
– 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. — Metro Pro Wrestling–
10 p.m. – 11 p.m. — Metro Sports Zone
… – 11 p.m. – 12 a.m. — Metro Pro Wrestling

MWR fans this New Year’s Eve start the year off right with a Metro Pro TV Marathon featuring all the stars of Metro Pro Wrestling including Trevor Murdock, Derek Stone, Michael Strider, Tyler Cook, Mark Sterling, Mike Sydal, Heroes for Hire, SBC, Maddog McDowell, Jeremy Wyatt along with Steven J Girthy and the final year of one of the very best  “The Human Wrecking Ball” Pete Madden in action.

Metro Pro Wrestling featured NWA World Champion Adam Pearce and former champ Colt “Boom Boom” Cabana.

See many of the top women in the Midwest battle it out in the ring such as MsChif, Lucy Mendez, Stacey O’Brien and Miss Natural.

Plus watch for the return of the bestselling author of two books including The Somebody Obsession: A Nobody’s Desperate Journey to Stardom as well as the very first student of Harley Race, “ALL That” Matt Murphy.

That doesn’t even begin to name the many top young talent that made their way through Metro Pro Wrestling.

You have seen Metro Pro Wrestling on Metro Sports TV all year long, seen them covered by the KC Star in their own personal spread , featured on  KC Fox TV, and watched them on YouTube and if you were lucky you were there in person.

Till then let’s check out the great match featuring the before mention NWA World Champion Adam Pearce as he takes on Michael Strider from November 11th at the Turner Rec Center!!

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Missouri Wrestling Revival’s exclusive interview with MR USA Tony Atlas.

Posted by flairwhoooooo on December 27, 2011

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Atlas still has charisma, that drew the fans to the WWE Hall of Famer. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)

Thanks to our friends at World League Wrestling, I had the opportunity to sit down with WWE Hall of Famer Tony Atlas.

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Tony Atlas showed the Mt Vernon fans at WLW that he still has it as he toss the WLW Champion Jason Jones. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)

Tony Atlas has wrestled around the world and on this weekend he would wrestle on WLW double shot weekend. Still an imposing figure Atlas wrestled Farmer  Billy Hills and the WLW Champion “The Prince”  Jason Jones the following night.

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With special Ref Stacey O’Brien keeping order “Farmer” Billy Hills gave it his all, and Tony Atlas was impressed with his raw power and skills. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)

In this interview we announce exciting news on how Tony Atlas and MWR will be teaming up together in the near future.

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Look at the massive arms of MR USA as he locks down the champ Jason Jones. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)

We hope you had a great Holiday’s with your family and friends, and now we are back for a great 2012 as we announce the 2011 MWR Awards, debut the very first MWR Yearbook, new trading cards and continue to support the men and women in the Midwest wrestling promotion coverage.

So with that said, please take the time to watch this exclusive interview with Tony Atlas.

Brian Kelley
Missouri Wrestling Revival.

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Breaking news: Has NWA’S Howard T Brody and Larry Brannon signing of the NWA National Heavyweight Champion Chance Prophet vs. the Tokyo Monster Kahagas put the NWA on the map again?

Posted by flairwhoooooo on December 14, 2011

By Brian Kelley- MWR Owner and Editor

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Hot news tonight coming in from Fort Lauderdale, Florida as the former High Voltage Wrestling Champion Kahagas tore the roof down in Fort Lauderdale, Fla against the NWA National Heavyweight Champion Chance Prophet for NWA Ring Warriors in a title match.

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In the house was the former National Wrestling Alliance President Howard T. Brody, and former 3 time NWA World Tag Team Champion and now Chief Operations Officer Larry Brannon  were on hand for what one MWR correspondent in Florida called the most brutal match in the NWA since the days of Harley Race and Ric Flair, Bruiser Brody and Abdullah just to name a few.

The night was filled with Superstars as the NWA World Tag Team Champions, the Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis and Kory Chavis), were defended their titles against two members of pro wrestling’s most heralded and often controversial stables, Degeneration X, in “Bad Ass” Billy Gunn and “X-Pac” Sean Waltman.

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“The Original Diva” Sunny” made her way to NWA Ring Warriors, as was the “Midwest Sweetheart” herself Santana G. Sunny gave the highest of compliments when she stated that Santana G was the top female talent not signed by the WWE today.

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Santana G has worked hard to earn the respect of some of the best in the business have taken notice. From the best in the business such as MsChif, Scott Hall, X-Pac, to the greatest Diva of them all Sunny. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)

Yet, at the end of the night all the fans could talk about was the brutal NWA National Heavyweight title match between the two warriors that went at it with neither of them backing down. Inside the ring Kahagas and Chance Prophet delivered chops and punches that echoed throughout the building . Outside the ring, it would only get uglier as both men would be disqualified as they went at each other with a vengeance.

Our sources state that both men were far from calling it done on this night, but they will have to wait another day to settle the score to see who truly is the best man.

Earlier this fall we saw the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Adam Pearce electrify the crowd at Metro Pro Wrestling in Kansas City against Michael Strider.

With HVW promoter TNT Keny G scouting out talent in Florida this week, MWR believes that the chances of the NWA National Heavyweight Champion Chance Prophet giving a rematch to Kahagas in the Midwest is very likely.

Should it happen at HVW, Dynamo Pro Wrestling or Metro Pro Wrestling it has the chance to be the match of the year in the Midwest in 2012.

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MWR exclusive interview with WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Von Erich.

Posted by flairwhoooooo on December 4, 2011

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The packed house at WLW –Pro Wrestling Noah show had the opportunity to speak to Kevin Von Erich, sign autographs, share memoires of the Von Erich greatest moments and have their picture taken with the man many of the them grew up as kids cheering on as they took on the Freebirds, Iceman Parsons, Chris Adams, "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin and members of Skandor Akbar's Devastation Inc. This young lady waited for her turn to speak to Von Erich was an example how happy fans were about him being at the show.

Missouri Wrestling Revival was honored to be a guest of WLW during their annual WLW WWE Pro Wrestling Noah camp recently. A great week filled for the young stars of pro wrestling to learn from the very best.

For a full recap from MWR called WLW/WWE/Pro Wrestling Noah presented a magical week for wrestlers and fans in the Midwest in October.

During the camp I was fortunate able to interview Kevin Von Erich.  The Von Erich name is filled with triumph and tragedy throughout the years. Loved not only in their home state of Texas, their talents and charisma would be a huge catalyst for the wrestling boom in the 80’s.

During the time we spoke, you could tell that today he is happy surrounded by many that love him including his children.

I hope you enjoy this interview that was filmed at Harley Race’s World League Wrestling training facility in Eldon Missouri.

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“The Prince” Jason Jones looks to conquer Africa before the years end.

Posted by flairwhoooooo on November 20, 2011

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Jason Jones in 2011 has been red hot. He promises fans that he would capture the WLW Title, he looks to defend it around the world against the best competition. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)

He is the Prince of pro wrestling, the World League Wrestling Heavyweight Champion and soon Africa is to find out that royalty is ruled with an iron fist from Jason Jones.

The Prince is  red hot after capturing the title from Brian Breaker, then retaining the title against the likes of Brandon Espinosa and WWE Hall of Famer Tony Atlas. Jones  is looking to take Harley Race’s WLW title around the globe to showcase that he is the very best.

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Jones is a master technician, taught by the very best in the world Harley Race. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)

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We caught up with the prince himself who had this warning to his future opponents in Africa.

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Amy Hennig receives the 2010 MWR Female wrester of the Year plaque.

Posted by flairwhoooooo on November 3, 2011

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To many she is the granddaughter to wrestling great Larry the Ax Hennig and daughter to the one and only “Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig but to the fans of the Midwest and her opponents she has been known as a fierce competitor.

Trained by the 8-time NWA World Champion Harley Race wrestling Academy she was a quick learner who improved with every match. When she debut on July 26, 2008 she would be put to the fire in a match with then WLW Women’s champion Stacey O’Brien in front of a packed crowd in Eldon Missouri. Though the veteran O’Brien would go on to become the MWR Female wrestler of the year in 2008, fans quickly noticed that Amy was far from living of the family name.

By the end of the year she had improved so much to win her very first WLW Women’s title by beating O’ Brien on Oct 24th in Warsaw Missouri. O’Brien would be able to regain the title shortly after that but Amy was just getting started.

With each match you could see the confidence and experience improve and frustrate her opponents. In 2010 she would capture her third WLW Women’s title in a three way match with powerhouse Becca Swanson and rising young star Lucy Mendez.

Throughout the year she would dominate the competition thus earning her the 2010 MWR Female wrestler of the year.

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Does Steven J Girthy have Jeremy Wyatt poised to become the NWA Champion of the World on Nov 5th at Metro Pro Wrestling ?

Posted by flairwhoooooo on October 11, 2011

By Brian Kelley

To many in the Midwest he is the most hated man in wrestling today; to his opponents he is their worst nightmare.

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Jeremy Wyatt and Steven J Girthy have been dominate in 2011. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)

His name is Jeremy Wyatt; pro wrestling’s greatest secret , has wrestled one great match after another from Des Moines, Iowa to ST Louis, Missouri and in every town in Illinois and back in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.

In the past Wyatt has earned the nickname “The belt collector” for his ability to capture title after title in multiple promotions against the very best. Wyatt would become the first man to be named the MWR Wrestler of the Year and has won three consecutive matches of the years with three different opponents Michael Strider, Tyler Cook and Tyler Black respectably.

Wyatt has mixed it up with the top names in the sport including the current Ring of Honor World Champion Davey Richards, Former TNA World Champion Samoa Joe, the former ROH World Champion Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels, Jimmy Jacobs, Al Snow and Road Dogg Jesse James to name just a few.

Still al the wins, belts, awards and great matches have not brought Wyatt to the forefront of the wrestling world.

Is that about to change??

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Wyatt can be ruthless in his attack. A masterful tactician armed with the mastermind Steven J Girthy at ringside he is always one step ahead of his opponents. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)

This past weekend the top wrestling manager in the Midwest Steven J Girthy set the wheels in motion at Metro Pro Wrestling to gain momentum to become the NWA World Champion. When It was announced that the former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Colt “Boom Boom” Cabana would be making his way to MPW, could the man that Cabana called “Porky Pig” of been masterfully setting his man up for a NWA World Title match against Adam Pearce?

While Cabana entertained the crowd from bell to bell with his masterful wrestling skills and silly antics, Wyatt And Girthy were at were at there very best and they had to be, Cabana has been to the top with WWE and as the NWA World Champion by defeating none other than Adam Pearce on March 6, 2011 at the NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood television tapings earlier this year.

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Former NWA World Champion Colt Cabana would fall victim to the The Rebel in the main event at Metro Pro Wrestling. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)

Earlier this year the Belt Collector would become only the third man in the history of wrestling to capture the NWA Missouri Title and the NWA Central States Championship as the same time.  Harley Race and Bob Orton SR   being the other two men. Since that time, Wyatt has been able to keep the NWA Central States firmly on his waist against the likes of Sir Bradley Charles, Trent Stone, Jimmy Rockwell, Ryan Drago and arch rival NWA Kansas Champion Tyler Cook.

The greatest years in the NWA History has had the very best in the Midwest in the middle of the title hunt. Former 8 time World Champion Harley Race would bring honor, respectability and toughness not only to the NWA Title but to Japan and around the World.

With momentum on his side and the great mind of Girthy in his corner is the NWA World Title poised to change hands for the first time in Kansas City since Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes on September 17th 1981 nearly thirty years ago?

With all the positives in this equation there is one huge problem for the Belt Collector.

NWA World Champion Adam Pearce!!!

Make no mistake about it, Adam Pearce is one of the top wrestlers in the world today. It is by no fluke that he is a four time NWA World champion who has sent many challengers packing who felt their time was now home wandering what if.

His resume speaks for itself. Titles around the country, victories against the likes of WWE’S CM Punk, Daniel Bryan ( Bryan Danielson), Delirious, Blue Demon Jr. In a true testament of his greatness Pearce was not only able to be a force in a four-way match between Chance Prophet and Jimmy Rave and Shaun Tampers for the vacant NWA World title on August 30th but would become a four time NWA World Champion.

Wyatt may have been great in the past but if he is to compete with Pearce then he cannot make one
mistake. If so the confident, ruthless NWA Kingpin will capitalize and remain the NWA World Champion.

When the last bell rang at the Turner Rec Center last week a stunned Colt Cabana and Metro Pro Wrestling fans watched as Wyatt and Steven J Girthy celebrated yet another win.

Metro Pro Wrestling has not announced who Pearce would defend the title against when he returns to on November 5th at the Turner Rec Center but if Girthy and Wyatt have their way then it could be the NWA Central States Champion vs. the NWA World Champion.

Could history be made on November 5tth and Jeremy Wyatt was able to add his most important belt to his collection? The NWA World Championship!!

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