MWR fans you saw the action unfold in the first half of NMW big October 3rd show now lets take a look at the biggest battle royal of the year for NMW to decide who will be in the four corner war at November Reign with NMW Champ Jonathan Magnus, Ryan Phoenix and Michael Shard.
Tricky Dick Moore and Dodgeball Tyler Priegel was #1 and 2 in the battle royal rumble (Photo Credit Brian Kelley) .
The Full metal Jackals enter the fray. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley).
Welcome to New Midwest Wrestling courtesy of Tyler Priegel , Young Thriller! (Photo Credit Brian Kelley).
Kyle Cassidy uses his power to try to toss Alex Castle. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Danny Cannon makes the save for his partner. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Bobby Houston quickly went after the young stars of New Midwest Wrestling. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Billy Morgan works over “The Apex” Blake Steel . (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Young Thriller and Randy Ray looks to score one for the young guys as they look to knock “The Business Man” Bobby Houston out of the ring. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Bucky Collins was one of many to try to get Priegel over the top (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Eric Ruffington stalks the ring, at one time he took the camera from me to snap a shot of Steel while taunting him. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
It would not be long till these two were at each other throats. These two partners will be at November Reign (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Impressively Priegel dumps Collins out of the ring. At this point my money was on this man to win it all. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Scotty Hostess was unable to compete due to an injury but he was still able to give his Zebra Cakes partner Austin Advent some assistance . (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
The NMW Tag Team Champs Spencer Powers and Guy Smith eliminate Advent. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
The NMW Tag Team Champs Spencer Powers and Guy Smith have Matt Cage in trouble.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
The Dixieland Destroyer !!!.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Exciting Rip Mystic ( Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Dan The Man is about to be squished like a bug. ( Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Battle of the big men …the Dixieland Destroyer and Sage Ramsey battle for dominance. ( Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
After being eliminated by Ramsey the Destroyer retaliates and the two battled to the locker room. They will meet one on one at November Reign. ( Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Dan the Man knocked Eric Logan into Priegel thus eliminating him in the process…it was now down to Eric Logan and Dan the Man for a chance at the NMW Title at November Reign with Champion Jonathan Magnus, Ryan Phoenix and Michael Shard. ( Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Suspense was high as both of the stars were on the outside of the ropes. Who would be able to stay in the ring?( Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Jonathan Magnus would knock them both our of the ring but whos feet touched first ?(Photo credit Crimefighter)
It was announced that due to Magnus’s actions that both Dan the Man and Eric Logan would get a shot at the NMW Belt. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Dan the Man & Eric Logan won a 30-man Royal Rumble (tie)
MWR returned to New Midwest Wrestling On October 23 for their biggest battle Royal of the Year and talk about ramifications in just one night.
So I decided to have our very first ever 2-Part recap where we will highlight the first set of matches and then we will find out who would earn a chance at the NMW title on November 20th at November Reign.
Enjoy
Ring Announcer Jimmy "The Bruiser" Osborne starts the night for New Midwest Wrestling. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
NMW Champion Jonathan Magnus with his manager Stephanie King. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
MWR Wrestler of the Night , Rising star Christian Rose. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
DA Morrison and Christian Rose feel each other out. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Matty Montcalm holds onto an arm bar of Christian Rose. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
From downtown Matty Montcalm drills Christian Rose. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
DA Morrison is knocked out cold with Matty Montcalm reeling with Christian Rose standing tall looking to get a victory from the champion Jonathan Magnus. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Christian Rose goes toe to toe with the champ. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Michael Shard distracts the Champion Jonathan Magnus costing him the match. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Christian Rose beat NMW Heavyweight Champ Jon Magnus, Matty Montcalm & DA Morrison (fatal four-way, non-title)
The Champions Michael Shard and Spencer Powers with their fellow Attitude Inc Member Guy Smith. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Spencer Powers starts off strong for his team. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Full Metal Jackals Danny Cannon Soars (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
A bloody up Cannon goes for the suplex on the champion.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Alex Castle tries to take the fight out of Michael Shard. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Danny Cannon can hit you at a moments notice. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Double Team from the champs. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
The beginning of the end as the champs earn a hard fought victory.(Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Michael Shard relinquish the NMW Tag belt to partner Guy Smith while he sets his sights on the NMW title currently held by Jonathan Magnus. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
NMW Tag Champs Spencer Powers & Michael Shard pinned Alex Castle & Danny Cannon
Was this the chop that sent Guy Smith on the mission to take out Tom Arson? (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Guy Smith used his power to be able to work the leg of Tom Arson (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
MWR was shocked to see Smith so methodical and vicous in his attack on Tom Arson leg in this match (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Smith was relentless in his attack of Arsons leg. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
The ref was right there to see if Arson would give up. (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Tom Arsons new tag team partner is……RIP MYSTIC !!! (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
With a plethora of great shows these past few months, it has been hard to keep up with all the exciting news flash, photos and happenings around the Midwest.
MWR has been active with some of the top stars in the country while meeting many of you the great fans, some for the first time while others we know quite well.
We have spent almost every weekend on the road covering the top promotions in the Midwest.
Let’s take a look at some of the sights of the past few months with MWR, the Fans and Superstars around the Midwest.
August 7- Granite City Illinois- High Voltage Wrestling
HVW returned from their summer break to with top stars Kahagas taking on Trent Stone , the Midwest Sweet heart Santana G going up against her arch rival Amy Hennig and the Great Cheyenne with MsChif watching.
Dan Walsh (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Would it be just by chance that the MWR Wrestler of the Week was MTV’S Dan Walsh who would give away a MWR T-Shirt in August only to see him get the HVW Livewire title soon after? Hey Dan we are just playing, you earned it….with a handful of Trent Stones tights.
August 21 – Council Bluffs Iowa – Pro Wrestling Phoenix
The trips to Iowa seem to take so long to get their, which has been a reason for us to scale back from going to PWP and 3XW. One problem they are so GOOD!! MWR fans don’t worry we have no plans what so ever to stop covering these two exciting promotions.
Pro Wrestling Phoenix delivered on this evening with some exciting wrestling action. We were on hand when Axel Greece assists Ryan Slade and Zac James cheat Chris Havius and Donnie Peppercricket out of the PWP Tag Titles. The show also saw the war rage on between Abu Colossus and Preston Maxwell.
Pro Wrestling Phoenix Champion Tony Cortez (Photo Credit Gary Giaffoglione)
The MWR Wrestler of the Night was the PWP Champion Tony Cortez. Cortez was able to survive the onslaught on Jayden Draigo to retain the championship in a feud that has become quite personal.
In the near future look for a phot recap from their last show in October from PWP/MWR Photographer Gary Giaffoglione
August 28- Lincoln Illinois – Pro Wrestling Epic
The Balloon festival in Lincoln Illionis is a BIG deal and with PWE providing a FREE show if you attend you can not miss it.
PWE delivered with the biggest match in years in the Midwest literally when the PWE title was on the line between the Mississippi Madman taking on “The Future” Donovan Ruddick led by MR Late Nite.
Ohhhs and AHHHS were heard as the two behemoths battle for supermecy and who is truly the top big man. Nothing was settled decisively, but the crowd went home to tell their friends about the Madman and Future. The match that shook the Midwest .
Evan Money explodes on Eric Allen (Photo credit Brian Kelley)
“The Kid” Evan Money was the MWR Wrestler of the Week as he went on to defeat Eric Allen with a frog splash.
September 4th – Kansas City Kansas- Metro Pro Wrestling
We were thrilled to support Metro Pro Wrestling for several reasons; first off the wrestling scene in the KC market has been dry for some time now. With Metro Pro Sports having TV, showcasing several of the top stars in the country today and oh yeah our former partner in crime Josh Ray is the current ring announcer for this upstart promotion. Metro Pro proved to be a great time with a great upside going into 2010.
“Rock and Roll” Mike Sydal with Amber (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
Amber," The host of Dubi meets the Fans" Dubray and Brecca take in a picture after the show (Photo Credit Bill Smith)
All the girls love Tyler Cook (Photo Credit Bill Smith)
From the looks of Brecca’s face WLW Star Ethan Wright did not learn the Masterlock from former WLW Champ Chris Masters. (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
September 11 – Waterloo Illinois – Independent Hardcore Wrestling
IHW has been on a roll in 2010 with some great matches in front of a packed crowd. On this night we were thrilled to debut the Tony Kozina MWR Trading Card. Kozina is one of the most well diverse and exciting wrestlers today. During the night Kozina wrestled one of the Midwest most impressive young men in the game Chris L.O.G.A.N
Tony Kozina (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Let’s take a look at a Video recap of this great show from IHW
September 22- Olney Illinois – IWA Unlimited
Our first trip to Olney lived up to the hype that has been told to me. A weekly FREE Wednesday show how can you go wrong. A great small venue filled with some of the top young talent in the area.
IWA Unlimited fan favorite The Intimidator gives away a free MWR T-shirt to start the night off. (Photo Credit Tim Dunahee )
Everyone that I talked to loved the stars of IWA U and looked forward to the hump day of the week. If you have the day off and live in STL I urge you to take the drive to see what you are missing.
September 25 – Hillsdale Missouri- MMWA-SICW
A great day for the community of Hillsdale as MMWA-SICW teamed up with the Hillsdale Police force to provide a free wrestling show. MMWA-SICW are always fan friendly and if a free outdoor show was not enough, the team work also offered free BBQ and back packs filled with treats from the police force given to them by the stars of MMWA-SICW.
Ace Hawkins is the MMWA-SICW Santa Clause in September while sporting the MWR T-shirt
The MWR Wrestler of the day was none other than Ace Hawkins. Ace fresh off of his appearance at Ring of Honor not only gave away a free MWR shirt but bicycles from the kids and some awesome ST Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame shirts before having a great match against Brandon Espinosa.
September 25- Wood River Illinois – MECW Double shot evening
One of the best kept secrets in the Midwest, is the fact that some of the best talent in Iowa makes the long trip to the STL to go to prove that they are among the best in the Midwest. Jimmy Rockwell, Devin Carter, Zach Thompson, Ryan Slade and even self proclaimed wrestling genius Chad Mylan has put an end to Gabriel Brimstones stranglehold in the Independent title when his man Kwong won the belt in recent months.
Iowa is not the only area that is well represented as the upstate Illinois wrestlers BroMance (Knight Wagner and Jordan McEntrye) with Erin currently holds onto the MECW Tag Championship and Matt Mayday, Mike Anthony and Chris Logan have all brought their own flavor in the company.
MECW Champion Bailey Mannix (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
On this night the MWR Wrestler of the Night was the champ himself, Bailey Mannix. Mannix is still one of the most underrated wrestlers in the game today.
October 2- Kansas City Kansas – Metro Pro Wrestling
Metro Pro Wrestling heated up with the brand new Metro Pro Wrestling TV Champion Trevor Murdoch taking charge. With an appearance from wrestling great Harley Race the fans where able to see some of the great from the past mixed in with some of the best today.
What has the best Wrestler on Gods Green earth Harley Race along with Ethan Wright and Jeff Strong so mad, could it be because of something that former MWR Josh Ray is doing? See it on METRO SPORTS in Kansas City (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
If fans in Kansas City want the best bang for their buck they need to give Metro Pro Wrestling a chance. You won’t regret it.
October 9- Eldon Missouri – World League Wrestling
One of the biggest nights of the year brought several of the most influential men in the game today. Co-Owner of Pro Wrestling Noah was in attendance along with Harley Race and Cauliflower Alley Club’s Karl Lauer. The MWR Wrestler of the Night was Midwest knockout Lucy Mendez who gave away the very first MWR pink t-shirt.
Midwest Knockout Lucy Mendez has the attention of Cauliflower Alley Club’s Karl Lauer. (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
Wrestlers from around the world took the week long camp in hopes of making it to the show.
MWR Photographer Bill Smith with the representatives of Pro Wrestling NOAH (Photo Credit Bill Smith )
WLW Super fan Vincent Heather gets an autograph Steve Fender trading card from the man himself
Look for a Full photo recap of this show in the near future from MWR Photographer Bill Smith
October 10- Marceline Missouri – Modern Championship Wrestling
Just down the road from my house was a new promotion was a rare Sunday show that featured local favorite The Iceman. Brian Blade won the belt at the very first show and has been a thorn in promoter Dustin Watson’s side ever since.
Larry Stilfield with Modern Championship Wrestling Champion Brian Blade (Photo Credit Bill Smith)
October 16- Glen Carbon Illinois – NWA Dynamo/High Voltage Wrestling
We were on hand to present the High Voltage Wrestling tag champs the Hooligans the 2009 MWR Tag team of the Year plaques. To be honest we offered the exciting tag team Full Contact Dojo (Jonathan Gresham and Ric King) the chance to be the MWR Wrestlers of the Week to throw out a t-shirt as a way of being nice.
In a shocking development they defeated The Hooligans to become the NEW HVW Tag Championship . No HVW Champion was safe as “The Belt Collector” Jeremy Wyatt defeated Kahagas and Dan Walsh won the HVW Livewire belt.
The HVW Tag Team Champs Jonathan Gresham and Ric King with the lucky fan who caught the MWR shirt Rebecca Haynes (Photo Credit Brian Kelley)
Look for a photo recap as well and interviews with all of the new HVW Champions here at MWR in the future.
October 23 – Springfield Illinois – New Midwest Wrestling
NMW invited us and invited us and I am glad that they did, we had debut once before and was very impressed and happy to have added them in our NMW Coverage area. The last show I photographed the most dangerous ( and fun matches) to be a photographer at in my carrer during the4 team NMW Tag Team scramble match and returned for the biggest Battle Royal, rumble style of the year for NMW. All for the enjoyment of you the fans.
The MWR Wrestler of the Week was up and comer Christian Rose. Look for more information about this exciting night of wrestling at MWR soon.
Christian Rose (Photo Courtesy of Jon 'Skippy' Edgecomb)
There you have MWR fans, the itinerary of where Dubray and I have been in just the past tthree months. We may not be able to keep up with the miles that the 2009 MWR Wrestler of the Year Mark Sterling does but who can, that man is a machine.
I would like to thank you the fans, the wrestlers, and the promoters for making
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MWR fans please support your local professional wrestling and we hope to see you at a show.
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Snap mare from Espinosa. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Beautiful dropkick from Courageous. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Travis Cook has a knack of getting on fans and the promotions staffs wrong side, here Tim Miller takes exception of what he has to say. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Espinosa pulls out all stops on the popular Courageous. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Superkick (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Cocky and confident are Travis Cooks men who currently are having their way with the fan favorites of MMWA-SICW with Dave Vaughn in their sights. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Battle Royal Champ Brandon Espinosa d. Junior Heavyweight Champion Johnny Courageous (non-title)
Max Archer has had a solid year in 2010, looking to add another victory on the young Chris King. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Max Archer uses his experience against the youngster.(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Max Archer toss Chase King over his shoulder. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Chase King has his hands raised after a hard fought win. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Chase King d. Max Archer
Two of the best in the game today The Future Donovan Ruddick and Gary Jackson are at odds. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Big boot on Jackson. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
While Ruddick chokes Jackson his Elitism partner watches on. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Jackson shows how tough he is just by not submitting. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Jackson drives Ruddick into the ring post.(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Jackson finds himself at the last place he wants to be.(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
HWC Champ “The Future” Donovan Ruddick d. Gary Jackson
The youngsters works to get the big man over the top rope. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Espinosa sends Courageous out of the ring to retain his battle Royal championship. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Battle Royal Champ Brandon Espinosa won a ten-man battle royal
Two young stars go at it.(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Static or is it Cross?? nails Hawkins with kick.(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Ace Hawkins d. Jaysin Static
Mitchell wisely takes the big man off of his feet. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Wayne Mitchell goes to the top.(Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
The picture may seem fuzzy but that could very well be how Mitchell feels after the Lumberjack slams him into the turnbuckle. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Lumberjack power was too much for Wayne Mitchell on this night. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Tag Champ Lumberjack Abe d. Wayne Mitchell
Raze uses Chase King as a chair. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
Chase King uses his speed to surprise Tony Raze. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
“The Lockdown” Tony Raze has MMWA-SICW on Notice after another win. (Photo Credit Mike Van Hoogstraat)
This week on the NBS they interview three wrestlers from New Midwest Wrestling – the newest member, Scott Keyes; CI Hall of Famer Tom Arson, and the NMW wrestler of the decade Guy Smith
Last week at DREAMWAVE the MWR fans favorite superhero Dan the Man teamed up with fellow masked hero The Hurricane electrified LaSalle, IL with a win against the team of If Looks Could Kill.
This weekend you can check out Dan the Man in Springfield Illinois for New Midwest Wrestling for a great night of action.
The NBS Podcast is back this week with their guest, the NMW Heavyweight Champion Jonathan Magnus. They discuss the evolution of his ring career, how he’s held onto the title for 16 months, possible opponents for November Reign that are a threat to his title reign and his 8-0 streak at NMW’s “Wrestlemania” event, and more!
I am really intrigued and excited about the hard work that the fine people at New Midwest Wrestling are up to. Promoter Justin Clark and the rest of the NMW really seem to have set all the pieces in place to do some really great projects for you the fans.
New Midwest Wrestling will return on September 18th in Springfield Illinois at the Lanphier High School. Missouri Wrestling Revival had a lot of fun when we debut at NMW this past July. What we discovered was that NMW had exciting wrestling and cares for their fans. So if you have not made it to NMW yet or if it has been awhile, I highly recommend you keep up with all the exciting happenings at their website and mark your calendar for September 18th.
Till then lets check out the second episode of ACCESS ONE of the New Midwest Wrestling video diary is online! In this episode, Justin Clark talks to you about what his mindset that is going into the next event, New Midwest Wrestling’s CUTTING EDGE 2010!!! And something neat is happening this weekend for the New Midwest staff.
A fresh look at the inside of New Midwest Wrestling with this BACKSTAGE PASS as the promoter of New Midwest, Justin Clark takes the camera for interviews with fans, wrestlers and even Dubray and I as visited New Midwest Wrestling last month in Springfield Illinois
For a photo recap of the NMW July show 2010 Boiling Point show click here
Did you miss Dubi Meets the NMW Fans? If so click here
The Nose Bleed Seats have a new episode this week. Their guest is central Illinois wrestler Blake Steel as theytalk about his upcoming appearance for Pro Wrestling Epic.
Take the chance to listen in as Host Chris Lee, Crimefighter and MOAV5706 speak with Blake Steel on his actions against PWE US Champion Brandon Aarrons during his big match against the ROH World Champion Tyler Black.
Steel also discusses the taking the opportunity to try out at the MMWA-SICW open door policy, his feud with former Feature Presentation partner Eric Ruffington that escalated after his title match against Jonathan Magnus at New Midwest Wrestling this past July.
This and much more and all you have to do is click here.
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