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Current WLW Champion Trevor Murdock’s Championship will be in jeopardy next week in Hamilton Illinois. A main event that will see the former WWE Tag Team Champion of the World in the hot seat in a 4-way match as young studs Jason Jones, Brian Breaker and grizzled veteran Bull Schmitt all gunning to have their hands raised in the new year as WLW Champs.
Don’t hesitate to see all of your favorite WLW Stars in action including The Cancun Kid, Ethan Wright, Jack Gamble and many more next Saturday night.
Proceeds of this show will go towards the Hamilton Wrestling club.
Hello All, this is Dubray Tallman with “Dubi Meets the Fans of MMWA-SICW” The house was packed at East Carondelet, Saturday, December 11, 2010.
This was an important night for us as the fine people at MMWA-SICW was honoring the hard work that we do at MWR with a presentation in front of their fans and we finally caught up with Larry Matysik to present him with the 2009 MWR Lifetime Achievement Award .
Also on this exciting night was the best of the best 2009 MWR Wrestler of the Year Mark Sterling going one on one against the one and only Mike Sydal. This night also featured two grudge matches starting off with a leather strap match showing the wrath of the powerhouse Ron Powers taking on the Big Texan with Gary Jackson as the special referee. Bad blood and respect was on the line in a grueling 2 out of 3 falls match between the former MMWA-SICW Champion Dave Vaughn and Brandon Espinosa led by Vaughn’s ex manager Travis Cook.
I won’t lie as I was nervous as could be heading to the show as this was the first time that I had been to a show without Brian, who was in Granite City, Illinois covering NWA Dynamo/High Voltage Wrestling. I was fortunate to be able to catch a ride with our good friend and MWR photographer Mike Van Hoogstraat and Larry Eddicott to the show.
The nerves would soon be long gone as everyone at MMWA-SICW made me feel very welcomed as they prepared to bring the fans the best show they could to end the year. While they got ready to open the doors I caught up with some good friends along with Larry Matysik who are two great guys.
Danny Boy (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
I had found the MWR Wrestler of the Night in MMWA-SICW fan favorite Danny Boy.
Danny Boy was able to wear the MWR Holiday green and red shirt to the ring prior to his match. Mission accomplished for the MWR wrestler of the night, I found my Santa hats that I was going to give everyone who sat in the front row. I decided to just give them to the children, and they seemed very happy about wearing them. I made the mistake of running out of the hats and one cute little girl was in tears. Being a mother of three myself I that hit at home and thankfully I was wearing my reindeer antlers and was able to make her happy by giving them to her but I made her promise me that she would wear them.
MMWA-SICW Promoter Herb Simmons and Dubray Tallman. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Herb Simmons presented us with a great plaque from MMWA-SICW that Brian was thrilled about, and my speech to Larry Matysik went off without a glitch so I was feeling good and off to find some friends to be a part of Dubi Meets the Fans.
(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
The first set of fans I met were Devan and Dylan, from East Carondelet and this was the first time they had been to the matches. They were excited about seeing some girls wrestle, and asked for me to choose a wrestler for them. I chose young Chase King for them and King is shown here holding Dylan’s sister Jaelyn.
(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Marla Bradshaw was super excited to get her picture with Ron Powers, she was all smiles and happy as a lark, she couldn’t wait to get her hands wrapped around this beast of a man.
(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Marla’s son Cody also wanted to choose a wrestler, so he went with the young high flyer Ace Hawkins.
Prior to Danny Boy’s match with Tony Raze, he threw out the shirt to Sarah Kinkade. Danny Boy would go on to pick up a big win on the hated “Lockdown” Raze.
(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Look for a full photo recap from Mike Van Hoogstraat in the near future at MWR, and I hope all the fans have had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Till next time, be good and I hope to see you at the shows in 2011.
Two of the very best females in the Midwest today will go at it one more time at Metro Pro Wrestling this Saturday night when Lucy Mendez hooks up with former MWR Female Wrestler of the Year Stacey O’Brien.
Both of these ladies are former Harley Race’s WLW Women’s Champions looking to prove who just is the best.
Recently our friends Metro Pro Wrestling send this video of their first match from last year.
Let’s find out who had their hand raised at Metro Pro Wrestling during this exciting match up.
Tickets on sale at MetroWrestling.com or you can buy them at the door.
Do not forget to purchase your very own Lucy Mendez MWR collectable trading card to go along with fellow MPW Stars Cards from Trevor Murdoch, Mark Sterling, Steve Fender, Jeremy Wyatt, Sir Bradley Charles, Angel and referee’s Jeromy Robb and Michael Crase
Don’t miss one second of the excitement! Tune in every week to Metro Pro Wrestling on Metro Sports and never miss one moment of the action behind the curtain, as well as exclusive interviews and announcements.
What happens in the ring is only half of the story!
Catch them every Saturday night at 11pm on Metro Sports (find your channel below) with a replay on Wednesday at 11pm!
Time Warner Cable’s Metro Sports is a regional 24-hour sports network.
And Metro Sports is the ONLY place you can see Metro Pro Wrestling
Catch us on:
• TWCKC 30
• TWC Nebraska Coming Soon!
• Comcast 258
• Sunflower-Lawrence 37
• MS 2 on TWCKC 222
• MS HD on TWCKC 1030
• MS On Demand on TWCKC 130
Last night on Total Nonstop Wrestling former AAPW wrestler Tommy Mercer exploded on the TV screen when he was announced as former X Division Champion’s Amazing Red’s little brother in his fight with former World Champion Jeff Jarrett.
We would like to congratulate Mercer in this golden opportunity.
Mercer has wrestled recently for All American Pro Wrestling including a match that saw him team up with “Everybody Knows” Shawn Shultz in a losing effort to the team of former AAPW Champion the Mississippi Madman and Matt Boyce .
Join Missouri Wrestling Revival when we cover our good friends at AAPW for their first show of 2011.
With the month of December getting colder, the action in the ring only became hotter and hotter at the MWR Coverage area.
Big matches to end the year put the Champions titles in jeopardy during the final weeks of 2010.
Lets look at the title changes in December.
3XW Wrestling Champion Brian Ash defeated Rory Fox
Gary Jackson (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
MMWA-SICW Champion Gary Jackson defeated “The Future” Donovan Ruddick
Brandon Espinosa has found success under Travis Cook in 2010. With Cook being taken out of action for what looks to be a long time, how will Espinosa respond to being alone? (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Brandon Espinosa d. Johnny Courageous to win the Jr. Heavyweight Title
KC Karrington defeated Jeremy Wyatt & Kory Twist to become the NWA Dynamo/HVW TV Champion
Well, 2010 is almost in the books as we prepare for a new year. I wanted to take time to say “Thank You” to all who have been so supportive of myself and wrestling in general. I’ve stated in the past I was reluctant, to say the least, about committing to writing an article of a regular basis but it has been one of the best decisions I have made. I’ve always had a passion for writing and being able to steer that creativity towards my passion for wrestling has truly been a blessing.
I want to thank Brian Tramel of Rasslin Riot for being so supportive and persistent of getting The Golden Circle off and running. I also want to thank Norine at Carnage Chronicles and Brian at Missouri Wrestling Revival for asking me to contribute to their sites. All involved have a passion for the business, for us as athletes and all they want to see is people succeed and we need more people like that. People that can bring out the positives in our industry.
I also want to thank all the boys who call, text, email or facebook me when a particular articles hits them just right. I love hearing their feedback whether its good, bad or just gets that ball rolling on a productive wrestling conversation. Without you guys, my peers, then none of this would be possible. I really appreciate all the guys from the midwest, who don’t know me personally, but have been keeping up and hope that they gain a little something from each article. Last but not least I’d like to thank Mick Foley who, I sent a link to one of my articles and, gave me some very encouraging feedback. Coming from a wrestler and writer that has accomplished so much it meant to world to me. Until 2011, I say good bye and thank you all very much.
When you say the name Larry Matysik to a wrestling fan in St Louis, you get the same warm feeling that St Louis Cardinal fans get when you mention former ST Louis Cardinal announcer Jack Buck. Admiration and great memories quickly come to mind.
Both men were the fans best friend when it came to providing them with the much desired information about what was transpiring in the sport that they were into.
Buck was the man to hear the play by play of Cardinal greats such as Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Ozzie Smith, Willie McGee and Bruce Sutter. Fans watched as Matysik called play by play in matches that saw “King Kong” Brody, Dick “the Bruiser, Lou Thesz, Gene Kiniski, Pat O’Connor, Harley Race, Buddy Rogers and many more in action.
St Louis promoter Sam Muchnick was wise enough to know that for wrestling to succeed in St Louis, a sports town that he would have to bring the same respectability that the Cardinals brought to the city.
Wrestling at the Chase
A main piece to the puzzle would be the Voice of Wrestling at the Chase. The television program which broadcast from 1959 to 1983 from the majestic Chase Hotel would be the face of wrestling in St Louis.
Larry interviewing David Von Erich after beating Harley Race
Matysik has been much more than a man calling the play by play of great matches in St Louis. At the young age of 16 in 1963, Muchnick hire Matysik and would be very supportive and helpful in the career that saw Matysik also man the publicist and office manager, as well as book the matches.
In 1984 he would begin working with Vince McMahon and then WWF (now WWE) till 1993.
Matysik has since gone on to write some of the must read books in the industry including
1) Wrestling at the Chase: The Inside Story of Sam Muchnick and the Legends of Professional Wrestling
Wrestling at the Chase is a fond, informative, amusing, and even poignant look at the who’s who of professional wrestling and legendary St. Louis promoter Sam Muchnick.
St. Louis was the capital, and Muchnick the ruler of professional wrestling, before Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment took over. What happened in St. Louis paved the way for today’s multi-billion-dollar sports entertainment industry. The centerpiece of this magical operation was “Wrestling at the Chase,” a television program which broadcast from 1959 to 1983 from the majestic Chase Hotel.
Larry Matysik was Muchnick’s protégé and longtime announcer for the television show. With an insider’s eye for detail and accuracy, he recalls funny and amazingly touching tales about the characters who created professional wrestling as we know it. Ric Flair, “King Kong” Brody, Dick “the Bruiser,” the Von Erichs, Lou Thesz, Gene Kiniski, Pat O’Connor, Johnny Valentine, Dick Murdoch, Harley Race, Buddy Rogers, Jack Brisco, and Andre the Giant are all prominently featured. So is Muchnick himself, the Damon Runyan of wrestling, a man who helped mould the bizarre business of circus and sport. The savage twists of the politics of wrestling are on display as well, particularly the changes that rocked the mat world during the early ’80s.
2) Drawing Heat the Hard Way
Thrilling but flawed, entertaining despite the swerves and double-crosses, captivating even when repugnant… professional wrestling has enjoyed the attention and loyalty of untold millions for nearly a century. How and why is precisely what Larry Matysik examines in his third book, Drawing Heat the Hard Way: How Wrestling Really Works.
Wrestlers have their own private language, and in the unique world of wrestling “drawing heat” is a very good thing: the successful generation of crowd reaction and fan excitement. The Hard Way? That’s both exactly what it sounds like and something no one in the industry plans for: a legitimate and unintentional wound suffered because something’s gone awry. In Drawing Heat the Hard Way, Matysik explains what it takes to win the hearts and minds of wrestling fans, and how, at times, mistakes, controversy and unexpected turns of events have damaged the reputation or forever changed the business he loves.
If anyone understands wrestling, the problem-child offspring of whatever “real” sport is, it’s Matysik. Drawing Heat the Hard Way takes on the way wrestling is booked or planned; analyzes the roles of wrestlers and announcers, and explores steroids as an industry and fan issue. It also considers wrestling’s power-brokers, from those who influence the business by reporting on it, like Dave Meltzer, to those who make the final decisions on what gets broadcast every week, like the omnipresent Vince McMahon, and even to those who influence the sport with their pocketbooks — the fans themselves.
At times humorous, occasionally heartbreaking, always insightful, Drawing Heat the Hard Way is ultimately an objective take on what it means to be a wrestling fan, from someone who knows the business inside and out.
3) Brody: The Triumph and Tragedy of Wrestling’s Rebel
The most unpredictable and charismatic grappler of all time? The brute that made brawling an art before the term “hardcore” was coined? The confrontational businessman who fought for every penny he felt he deserved?
“Bruiser” Brody had no peers when it came to blood and guts, controversy and independence. Most wrestling promoters portrayed their top talent as exactly that kind of free-spirited, take-no-guff personality. They didn’t mean it, though — which explains why so few would admit to respecting Brody even as they featured him time and again.
So why did they give him work? Simple. “Bruiser” Brody delivered the goods in the ring and at the box office.
In the 1970s and early 80s, Brody was one of the few performers, along with Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, to be recognized as a national star. With his fiery personality, Brody also conquered the international market.
Nearly two decades after his murder in Puerto Rico, Brody: The Triumph and Tragedy of Wrestling’s Rebel delivers a complete portrait of Brody’s remarkable life. Co-authors Barbara Goodish, Brody’s widow, and Larry Matysik, a close friend, offer a first-time opportunity to truly understand one of the sport’s most complex and controversial human beings. Goodish’s account of her husband’s horrific murder and its aftermath is both heartbreaking and compelling, while Matysik’s insider knowledge of the business puts Brody’s place in wrestling history into perspective. With a foreword by WWE announcer Jim Ross, Brody offers readers the unvarnished truth about one of the greatest wrestling legends of all time.
4) An electronic book- From the Golden Era
This unique digital publication offers a complete record of every twist and turn, of every performer, of all the battles from television’s legendary Wrestling at the Chase, and every card presented at both the historic Kiel Auditorium and The Arena (Checkerdome) during the glory era of the St. Louis promotion.
Wrestling at the Chase announcer and St. Louis insider Larry Matysik adds background about the personalities, business, secrets, and politics to make this electronic book a revealing, in-depth account of three decades of wrestling’s golden era. Featuring everything from attendance figures, to booking strategies, to insights and NWA championship bouts, From the Golden Era: The St. Louis Wrestling Record Book is the once-in-a-lifetime document that every serious wrestling observer must have.
Matysik has also been instrumental in keeping the history of one of the highest rated wrestling television programs Wrestling at the Chase alive with Classic St Louis Wrestling, hosted by Matysik himself. In 2007. Matysik headed a team to bring to St Louis the St Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame.
He was joined in this effort by promoter Herb Simmons, webmaster Mitch Martsey, sports journalist Keith Schildroth, and longtime fan Nick Ridenour. The Hall of Fame was created to honor the role St. Louis played in helping to establish professional wrestling in North America. Today the hall can be seen at the historic South Broadway Athletic club.
In 2011 fans in St Louis will once again be able to hear the Voice himself call wrestling matches when he returns to TV on Sunday February 6, 2011 at 11:30 am and then rebroadcast on Sunday evening at 10:30pm on Charter Cable channel 8. The matches will be taped in East Carondelet Community Center on Saturday January 22nd.
Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat
We were thrilled and excited when Matysik agreed to accept the 2009 MWR Lifetime Achievement Award. Earlier this month at MMWA-SICW, MWR’S Dubray Tallman had the honor to present the plaque to a true gentleman and ambassador of pro wrestling, Larry Matysik
Once again, thank you so much for your positive contribution to pro wrestling Larry Matysik.
Please join us at MWR on January 1st when we will announce the recipient for the 2010 MWR Lifetime Achievement Award.
Herb Simmons and MWR'S Dubray Tallman. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Dubray Tallman was proud to represent MWR in East Carondelet Illinois as the fine promotion MMWA-SICW presented us with a wonderful plaque honoring the hard work here at the MWR Site.
Thanks to the fan cam from Larry Endicott I am able to share with you in progress of the presentation to Dubray from our good friend Herb Simmons.
On a personal note as Dubray so wonderfully stated we would like to thank everyone at MMWA-SICW for their recognition of this award, as well as their hospitality to everyone at MWR.
We have made friends and memories at MMWA-SICW that will last a lifetime.
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