Sean Vincent will look for revenge after being embarrassed last month from the Champion Brandon Aarons and fellow fan favorite Evan Money. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
By Brian Kelley
Wrestling fans in St Louis IHW returns once again and they will debut in Red Bud Illinois and in tow will be WWE Hall of Famer Cowboy Bob Orton.
Also in action with is the IHW Champion Brandon Aarons whose title will be in jeopardy when he will be in action in a triple threat match with the dangerous Sean Vincent and the exciting Billy McNeil.
Has Mephisto made the mistake of challenging Donovan Ruddick to a Death Match? MR Late Nites main man will look to take out the Hardcore fan favorite.
This and much more when IHW Returns for more pictures from the Battle of Waterloo click here.
Brandon Graves fought Simply Jon Divosi to a no contest
PWE Tag Champs Dead Sexy pinned Brandon Espinosa & Ace Hawkins Austin Lane pinned Eric Wayne Knight Wagner pinned Jason Vendetta Evan Money pinned Eric Allen Bloody Harker Dirge pinned Mephisto PWE US Champ Blake Steel pinned Jimmy Karryt Mississippi Madman beat The Future Donovan Ruddick with Mr Late Nite by DQ to win the PWE Heavyweight title
Good day my wrestling fans, on September 11th we returned to Independent Hardcore Wrestling and for the first time we got to see them in Waterloo Illinois for “The Battle of Waterloo”.
On this weekend was my son Tyler’s 11th birthday so Brian offered to take him and his best friend Nick out for wrestling. This would be Nick’s first wrestling event so the boys were exciting about checking out the show.
The crowd was huge and the fans were really having a good time and it came to no surprise to me that the IHW Champion Brandon Aarons was one of the most request wrestlers for this edition of Dubi Meets the Fans.
Wesley Rodell and Justin Campbell with Brandon Aarons
I caught up with Wesley Roedl and Justin Campbell who were excited to have their pictures with Aarons. Justin has already snagged the trademark Aarons glasses at the merchandise table. My daughter Cheyenne loves those glasses and bought her one to have as well when we brought her last.
Up next was Hardcore fan favorite Mephisto who was chosen by Brandon Van Dever from Cahokia, Illinois.
Brandon Van Dever and Mephisto
Brandon told me that “after wrestling legend Baron Von Raschke, Mephisto was the best.”
We caught up with Aarons once again this time with friends who also picked up themselves a set of the Brandon Aarons player shades.
Michael Quinn and Aden Stein with Brandon Aarons.
Michael Quinn and Aden Steine from Waterloo Illinois were ready to cheer on Aarons as he was set to take on Bailey Mannix in the Main event.
Brandon Obst and Brandon Aarons
Blake Obst had hope to get his picture taken with the youth sensation Evan Money but before we could get it done Money had been jumped from after his match from Eric Allen, Lovely Leon and Bailey Mannix who cost him the win against the Canadian Sean Vincent.
Blake Obst and Cameron Cage
Money was being attended to in the back so Blake was willing to take his picture with the returning Cameron Cage.
I looked around to see who I could choose while we waited for Poo Doo the Cow to come out to have his picture taken with Tyler and Nick.
I saw Shorty Biggs near and he had just got done signing autographs and took some pictures with his fans.
Shorty Biggs and Dubray Tallman
St Louis loves them some Shorty and so do I.
Aaron Brigance was lucky to have his picture taken with the Tony Kozina and I got so busy that I forgot to get one taken with the superstar.
Aaron Brigance and Tony Kozina
Kozina was also the IHW wrestler who wore the MWR shirt prior to his match to throw to one lucky fan.
Tyler Tallman with Poo Doo and his cowgirl along with Nick Bowne
Tyler and Nick quickly let me know when Poo Doo came out from the back and he was joined with him a cowgirl The boys favorite match did turn out to be his with Dash Rando and they were elated to get their picture taken with the popular IHW Star.
Tony Kozina had an amazing match with Chris Logan that saw chairs and tables involved throughout the match.
Sam Bazzell and Tony Kozina
Prior to his match Sam Bazzell caught the shirt and Tony came out prior to the main event to take a picture with young Sam
The night of wrestling turned out to be a lot of fun and on a personal note we would like to thank everyone at IHW for making Tylers birthday a night that he will always remember.
I hope to see you at a show real soon my friends and feel free to come out to say that you want to be part of Dubi meets the fans and we will do our best to get you a chance to meet your favorite wrestler.
Independent Hardcore Wrestling Returns this Saturday in Waterloo Illinois with a main event starring two of the Midwest youngest talents today. IHW Champion Brandon Aarons will have to bring his A game to defeat Bailey Mannix when the two go head to head in the main event if he is to walk out with the title.
We caught up with the challenger Bailey Mannix and he had these words to say.
In a special grudge match it will be the “Future” Donovan Ruddick with MR Late Nite meeting fan favorite Mephisto. How will Mephisto slow down the 6’9 Monster while keeping his eyes on the mastermind Late Nite?
Plus it had just been announced that Evan Money will meet Canadian’s Sean Vincent. Money looks to defend our country’s honor against the 2010 IHW St Louis Wrestling Inventatinal tournament winner. There is no doubt that the fans will be on Moneys side but will it be enough to withstand the momentum that Vincent is riding during this summer?
Lets hear from the popular Evan Money.
Are you an inspiring wrestler looking to learn from one of the best? How about a wrestler that is wanting to up there game? Then you do not want to miss the special Tony Kozina seminar.
The opinions and views expressed from Mr Late Nite do not necessarily reflect the views of Missouri Wrestling Revival.
It’s come to my attention that some of you idiots still aren’t getting the “big picture”. That’s alright, I didn’t expect a high level of intelligence out of wrestling fans. On September 11, at the VFW Hall in Waterloo, Illinois, I will drop a bombshell on the fans of Independent Hardcore Wrestling. Hell, I’ll drop a bomb on the entire head office of that company. “The Future” Donovan Ruddick and I have big plans, that go far beyond the world of professional “wrasslin”, but you’ll just have to wait until the show to find out what my big surprise is. Can you wait that long? Or are you all a bunch of mouth breaking window lickers who can’t wait for anything?
Not only am I going to have a surprise, but you’ll be seeing my client, Donovan Ruddick, go one-on-one against a man that I’ve been waiting to put out of this business for a long time – Mephisto. I don’t understand why fans like this guy. He’s out of shape, fat, has no charisma, and no showmanship. Ya know, maybe fans like Mephisto, because he’s just like the rest of them – a bunch of no talent losers. The fans can see their hero get pounded into oblivion on September 11th. I know a lot of you like the demolition derby, but this will be a human demolition derby. Donovan Ruddick is a monster truck and Mephisto is a Ford Escort. I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to beat this idiot, so we can move on to bigger and better things.
If you’re looking for a few more reasons to come check out the show, I suggest you come out to see Brandon Aarons defend his IHW championship against a man who is physically and mentally superior to him – Bailey Mannix. Mannix is a pretty talented individual and his manager, Leon, could make a good assistant one day. Anyway, Bailey’s suspension is up the week of the show and Brandon is going to have to fight a man with nothing to lose and everything to gain. I doubt that pretty boy is going to be prepared for Bailey. Another man I respect, Eric Allen, will be defending his Illinois State title against Billy McNeil. We all know that McNeil got lucky against Sean Vincent in July, but Eric Allen is no slouch. McNeil’s not smart enough to win a match against Allen. You can do all the stupid flips you want, kid, but when you’re wrestling Eric Allen, it’s a mental chess game and McNeil lacks something between his ears to be able to win such a game.
So jump in your pick up trucks, cash your welfare checks, put on your best flannel shirt, brush your tooth, and bring your beer money and come out and see IHW on September 11th at the VFW Hall in Waterloo, Illinois. The gates open at 6:30pm. Make sure you’re there. You wouldn’t want to miss this show.
MR Late Nite
Yee-haw.
Did you miss the last IHW Show? If so lets take a look at all the great action from IHW’S Last Dance in Dupo.
Editors Note: Last week MMWA-SICW open their doors literly to all aspiring wrestlers to have the chance to work with the 2009 MWR Promotion of the Year.
MMWA-SICW has five shows in the works for September and in 2010 fans have had the pleasure to see Donovan Ruddick, Brandon Espinosa, Ace Hawkins, Mark Sterling and most recently Mephisto make their way to the promotion.
I am sad to say that I was unable to attend due to prior commitments but I knew that MWR fans would have a great look into the happenings of this historic event thanks to Pro Wrestling expert Patrick Brandmeyer being able to attend as well as MWR Photographer Mike Van Hoogstraat.
I now give you Patrick and Mike with the rundown on the Open door tryouts.
Which one of these aspiring wrestlers and personalities will make a mark in the future at MMWA-SICW?(Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
I’ve been fortunate to get fairly close to the local wrestling scene…case in point, being invited by Tim Miller to the MMWA-SICW tryout in East Carondelet this past Thursday. Saw several familiar faces in attendance as well as some Broadway trainees and some out-of-towners.
Some of the familiar faces for MWR fans and new one lined up to speak to Keith Smith, Tim Miller and Jim Harris (Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
The main Broadway representatives were Tim himself, Keith Smith, and referee Jim Harris. They laid out what Broadway has to offer: Exposure in a great wrestling market in front of good audiences, as well as T.V. time(via their local-access program) and a decent payday. Broadway is stepping up their schedule in a major way in September, so the roster will be expanding in the near future…September has the usual shows at South Broadway and East Carondelet as well as their debut in Hillsdale, MO and a return to Fairmont City. The injured A.J. Williams was also in attendance as well as Ace Hawkins.
They had one interviewer/commentator tryout named Ben Simon who did a fine job and will apparently be at their East Carondelet show this weekend.
Blake Steel is one of the best promo men in the sport today, it was no surprise that he was dead on in showing his skills.(Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Ben Simon was impressive in his effort to win a spot as a professional announcer, here he gets words from Ian Storm (Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Kurt Styles lets the MMWA-SICW know who is. (Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Rick Stone and Ben Simon looks to have a heated conversation.(Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
New faces try their hands on the mic.(Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Tim Miller assist the new comers with their promos, with advice and pointers.(Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Keith asked why I didn’t try out for that spot…and I didn’t really have a good answer for him. Haven’t gotten behind that particular microphone since the GCW days and wouldn’t mind doing it again sometime!
Those in attendance got a chance to prove themselves behind a microphone and also in the ring. The trainees practiced in the ring with Johnny Courageous while those with more experience under their belt had full-fledged matches with the likes of Courageous, Brandon Espinosa, and Sean Vincent.
Former MMWA-SICW manager The Magic Man is always entertaining and I have him hoping for his return to the promotion for some time now. (Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
The Magic Man was in the house and did a classic promo to kick things off…
Was good to see former GCW competitor Ian Storm in the house as well as Springfield IL’s Blake Steel.
Former GCW wrestler Ian Storm gets the upperhand on one of the Midwest top Wrestlers Brandon Espinosa while Ref Eric Davis looks on. (Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Not so fast Storm, what you dish out the talented Espinosa will give you that and more. (Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Is Eric Allen the best wrestler in Illinois? That is what he will tell you.(Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Sean Vincent catches Allen and lets him know about it. (Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Could moments like this lead to a big feud at MMWA-SICW in the future? My money is on the fact that Steel will not forget Espinosa actions during the tryout.(Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Also saw a couple of guys who have flown under the local radar to some extent, Kurt Styles and Rick Stone. One of the more decorated local grapplers was in the house as Eric Allen sought to add another notch to his resume.
A group from Jefferson City arrived later in the tryout…some did better than others.
Espinosa was quick to let one of them know about an early mistake in their practice matchup.
New faces try their hand at the very difficult skill of wrestling.(Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Critiques followed each matchup in the hopes that each wrestler would learn and work to improve. Vincent had a good short sprint with one of the Jeff City upstarts who went by “Bill Murray”(no relation).
Keith Smith and Herb Simmons have seen it all in their many years in the business, they watch the proceedings with a close eye for future talent. (Photo credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
I’m always open to a learning experience and I feel like I’ve learned more in the past few years of wrestling viewing than at any other time in my nineteen(!) years of following the industry. I have all the respect in the world for anyone who steps in a wrestling ring because I couldn’t do what they do. I don’t think lack of in-ring experience disqualifies a person completely from having an opinion about wrestling…though I suppose I would respect the opinion of a wrestler over a non-wrestler.
Look for recaps from both of the shows that MMWA-SICW had in August in the near future at MWR.
MWR fans you will not want to miss PWE invade the Lincoln Illinois Arts and Balloon festival this Saturday!
A match that I have been begging for years will finally come to pass when the Mississippi Madman will meet Donovan Ruddick for the vacated PWE title.
This is Godzilla vs. King Kong, Aliens vs. Predator or Hogan vs Andre…This will be a must see match.
What will happen when these two giants meet for the very first time?
Will Ruddicks manager Mr Late Nite be the deciding factor or will the Madman be making the Balloon Festival his house?
I can not wait till Saturday to find out. Lets take a look at this exciting card including newley crowned PWE US Champion Blake Steel in his first title defense.
August 21st: Waynesville, IL- Waynesville Fall Fling- 4PM
August 28th: Lincoln, IL-Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival- 5PM
Pro Wrestling Epic will host two back to back weekends of wrestling action in the month of August, the first of which will be held on Saturday August, 21st, as we make our debut in Waynesville, IL at the 2010 “Waynesville Fall-Fling“. The show will be held outdoors (Behind the American Legion located at 212 E. Main St. in Waynesville) with a start time of4PM.
Already signed for August 21 is a Six Man Tag Team Match featuring the PWE United States Champion Brandon Aarons who has recruited not one but two promising talents in Krotch & “24 K” Jimmy Karryt, to take on the man who attacked Aarons last month in his match with Tyler Black, “The Apex” Blake Steel, and his hand picked partners the NEW PWE Tag Team Champions: Aaron Matthews, & Jeff Harris collectively known as “Dead Sexy”.
Others scheduled to appear on August 21 include The Mississippi Madman, Sean Vincent, Mephisto, and more to be announced as the date approaches.
Tickets for this event are just $8 in advance at the Waynesville American Legion, or you may purchase them for just $10 at the door.
Sponsored By: Waynesville Fire Department, & Waynesville American Legion.
The main event on August 28 will feature a match for the currently vacant PWE Championship, as the two top challengers for the title go one on one for the first time ever! Current Heritage Wrestling Coalition Champion: “The Future” Donovan Ruddick, along with Mr. Late Nite have issued a challenge, and it has been accepted by the 450 lb Mississippi Madman!
Also on the horizon for August 28 is another anticipated title match as Brandon Aarons puts his United States Championship on the line for the first time against “The Apex” Blake Steel.
Also appearing: Pro Wrestling Epic Tag Team Champions: “Dead Sexy”, and more yet to be announced!
“Superstar” Steve Fender (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
One of the best kept secrets in the Midwest is “Superstar” Steve Fender. Fender is currently one half of the arguably one of the best tag teams in the game today with Mark Sterling. Fender and Sterling are currently the WLW Tag Team Champions.
Fender has wrestled around the world including World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Pro Wrestling Noah.
Fun fact: Fender became the first American to train at the Pro Wrestling Noah Dojo and has the drive and talent to take on stars Takao Omori , Samoa Joe and Trevor Murdoch.
Fierce and methodical Fender wears down the toughest of opponents until they begin to doubt themselves, then its all over.
When MWR’s Josh Ray returned from Iraq, Fender and Steve Anthony was chosen as a Welcome home match at High Voltage Wrestling. The match was so good that we added it in the first MWR Best of the Midwest DVD.
We are proud to announce that the MWR Trading Card #17 is none other than a true Superstar in Steve Fender.
#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 – 2009 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 – Midwest Sweetheart #8 Kahagas – The Tokyo Monster #9 Mephisto – Hardcore favorite #10 Tyler Black – Ring of Honor World Champion #11 Sir Bradley Charles – Rising star trained by Lance Storm
#12 Brandon Espinosa -Multi Talented Superstar
#13 Dave Vaughn – The Wrestling Machine #14 “The Future” Donovan Ruddick -The 6’9 Monster
#15 Brandon Aarons – Current Triple Crown Champion in the Midwest. #16 Davey Richards – Arguably the best in the world today.
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.
Missouri Wrestling Revival is excited to announce that world wide superstar Davey Richards is now a part of the MWR Trading Card series.
Richards opponents can tell you first hand he is able to use his speed, wrestling ability and knowledge to go along with an explosive attack that can take the heart out of lesser men in the ring.
Trained early on by the talented Tony Kozina, Richards combines wrestling with Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to provide fans with an offense that often leaves them breathless.
Richards is no stranger to MWR as he headlined for the first ever Missouri Wrestling Revival Best of the Midwest DVD in his match with 2008 MWR Wrestler of the Year “The Rebel” Jeremy Wyatt. The Best of the Midwest matches showcased the great talent in the area at several promotions.
Cover by MWR artist Dartallion Allen
To purchase your very own MWR Best of the Midwest DVD send $15.00 to Brian Kelley 305 west 3rd Salisbury Missouri 65281 Free Shipping
Davey forms one of wrestling’s most respect tag teams with Eddie Edwards to form The American Wolves. On April 10th they defeated Kevin Steen and El Generico to become the Ring of Honor Tag team champions.
Former ROH World Tag Team Champions Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards, The American Wolves (Photo Credit Scott Finkelstein.)
Throughout the year they would defend the titles until December 9th when they lost to the Briscoe Brothers. Still Wrestling Observer Newsletter would honor them with the 2009 Tag Team of the Year. Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked Davey Richards as the number 77th rank wrestler in the world in 2009
Davey Richards punishes Bryan Danielson with crushing blows from his legs. (Photo credit Scott Finkelstein)
Most recently Richards challenged Ring of Honor World Champion Tyler Black for the title on June 19 at Death Before Dishonor VIII Internet PPV. Black would be able to survive in a war worthy of MOTY, but like all great wrestlers even in defeat the match only added to the legend of Richards.
#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 – 2009 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 World Champion #11 Sir Bradley Charles– Trained by Lance Storm #12Brandon Espinosa – Multi talented superstar #13 Dave Vaughn – The Wrestling Machine #14 “The Future” Donovan Ruddick -The 6’9 Monster #15 Brandon Aarons – Current Triple Crown Champion in the Midwest.
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.comhere.
Davey Richards returns to the Midwest this Friday in Collinsville Illinois in a rematch against Generation Me (the former Young Bucks).
Straight from the Ring of Honor website lets take a look at this and ROH’S historic tour throughout the Midwest .
ROH officials announced on June 1st (http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/bangforbucks/) that Generation Me (the former Young Bucks) were making their return to Ring of Honor competition on July 23rd and 24th in Collinsville, IL and Chicago Ridge, IL respectively.
Last night, ROH officials finalized the first of Max and Jeremy Buck’s opponents; a team that GenMe wanted to face more than any other in Ring of Honor, the men that beat them in their last Ring of Honor appearance at “SoCal Showdown” (available on DVD ) – Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards – The American Wolves!
On that January night in Los Angeles, Eddie Edwards made Jeremy Buck tap out to the Achilles Lock and that loss has eaten up GenMe for months now. “We know in our hearts that we’re better than The American Wolves,” said Jeremy. “We know we can beat Eddie and Davey, and we know July 23rd will be our night.” Max added, “We have kept our eyes on Ring of Honor. We know Eddie and Davey have been wrapped up in their individual pursuits as of late and I know my brother and I have elevated our skills as a team to a whole new level. We are better than ever, and in St. Louis – Davey Richards’ adopted hometown mind you – we will prove that these young bucks, Generation Me, has always been the better team.”
It’s Generation Me vs. The American Wolves! Don’t miss the cutting edge of tag team wrestling as it comes to the St. Louis area!
Gateway Center
July 23rd, 2010- 8:00 pm belltime
One Gateway Drive
Collinsville, IL 62234
Tickets will be available to purchase at the door on the night of the show!!!
A special autograph session with Generation Me and Amazing Kong will take place prior to the event starting at approximately 7:00 PM.
Special Challenge – Tag Team Attraction
GenerationMe (formerly The Young Bucks) vs. The American Wolves More Info
Six-Person Tag Team War ROH World Tag Team Champions the Kings of Wrestling/Sara del Rey vs. The Briscoe Brothers/Amazing Kong More Info
Trios Grudge Match ROH World Champion Tyler Black/Jerry Lynn/Delirious with Daizee Haze vs. Austin Aries/Kenny King/Rhett Titus
Singles Match The Necro Butcher with Prince Nana vs. “Skullkrusher” Rasche Brown More Info
Hate: Chapter II
Kevin Steen vs. El Generico More Info
Pick 6 Contenders Series
(1) Roderick Strong w/Truth Martini vs. Colt “Boom Boom” Cabana
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