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What's Alex Shelley's Border City Stretch?

Air Raid Crash/Kryptonic Crunch/Maximo Explosion. Crooked Back-to-Belly Cradle Sitdown Piledriver. It's like a crooked death valley driver.

I read the article earlier today and I thought it was one of the most ignorant things I've ever read. Not only do I not agree with Mr. Dowling, but I implore everybody who disagrees with him to do something about it and send him feedback voicing your disagreement. I can't believe the guy would tell anyone to NOT support an indy wrestling promotion, and as an avid fan of the industry, I take offense to that. The counter examples that I could give for his criticizing MLW for using "ROH talent" in "ROH land" are PLENTY. I could go on and on. Hell, ROH took all of JAPW's talent and shoved it all into Special K. AT LEAST MLW is using "ROH talent" in main event storylines, unlike what ROH is doing with the JAPW guys. There is no such thing as "ROH talent." ROH, under this guy's asinine logic, stole Homicide, Special K, and many others from JAPW just because they were regular JAPW workers. Indy wrestling is a FREE BUSINESS. You can go where you want. The reason that Court is using such guys is because they're talented. That's why ROH has them. ROH has talent. And MLW wants talent. The only "ROH guys" that MLW has is Punk, Ki, Homicide, AmDrag, and who else? Anyone? Corino, Hart, etc. are not regular ROH guys. In all honesty, I really don't want to even rebut this column. I read it and it was so outlandish that it gets to the point where there's no point in even rebutting it, and that's where I've gotten. It's so ridiculous, there's just no point in giving it the time of day. This is one sentence I agree with. And it's the ONLY sentence I agree with.

Just added to the card...a match I've been pushing for ever since Dutt first started his rise in CZW... SONJAY DUTT vs. LOW KI, baby! Should be sweet.

IWA Mid-South News for 11.26.03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ by Stacy McMackin, Moderator --DANIELS TO DEFEND TITLE AGAINST HERO THIS THURSDAY!! --IAN & AXL TO BATTLE JC & SPYDER IN TAG ACTION!! --MAD MAN PONDO RETURNS TO IWA THANKSGIVING NIGHT!! IWA Mid-South Wrestling presents "Wrestlefeast 2003" at the National Guard Armory (1100 N. Shelby St.) in Salem, Indiana on Thanksgiving night, Thursday, 11/27. Bell time is 7:30pm. Tickets are just $10 & $8 and will be available at the door. The card for "Wrestlefeast 2003" has been changed due to two cancellations. HOMICIDE had been scheduled to make his IWA return that night, but due to having wrestling commitments elsewhere during Thanksgiving weekend, he made the decision to spend Thanksgiving night with his family. We hope to have Homicide back in IWA competition as soon as his very busy schedule allows. In addition, CHRIS HAMRICK will also be unable to appear. We apologize for the inconvenience, but hope that the show we deliver will make your Thanksgiving night enjoyable regardless. The card will now feature the return of MAD MAN PONDO to IWA rings for the first time since his King of the Death Matches victory in August, as he takes on CORPORAL ROBINSON. DANNY DANIELS will now defend the IWA World Heavyweight Championship against CHRIS HERO in a singles contest for the first time since winning the title from Hero back at the second night of KOTDM. The second matchup in the Best of Seven Series between ALEX SHELLEY and JIMMY JACOBS will take place, with the Westside Xtreme Wrestling belt on the line. Additionally, 1/2 of "The Wildcards" from Chikara Pro Wrestling in Pennsylvania, "The King of Diamonds" EDDIE KINGSTON makes his return to the IWA. Plus the Salem debut of prospect PETEY WILLIAMS, in a rematch against BJ WHITMER from this past Friday night in Highland. Here's a look at the revised lineup for this Thursday night in Salem... ***IWA World Heavyweight Title Match*** [Champion] DANNY DANIELS --VS.-- CHRIS HERO ***WXW Title/Match #2 in Best of Seven Series*** [WXW Champion] ALEX SHELLEY --VS.-- "Barbaric Berzerker" JIMMY JACOBS "Bad Breed" IAN ROTTEN & AXL ROTTEN --VS.-- JC BAILEY & "Spyder" NATE WEBB MAD MAN PONDO --VS.-- CORPORAL ROBINSON BJ WHITMER --VS.-- PETEY WILLIAMS "Metalhead" STEVE STONE --VS.-- RYAN BOZ JAIMY COXXX --VS.-- "King of Diamonds" EDDIE KINGSTON See everyone at the Armory in Salem on Thanksgiving night! IWA MID-SOUTH LIVE EVENT SCHEDULE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Event dates and locations subject to change) 11.27.03 Salem, IN @ National Guard Armory (1100 N. Shelby St.) "Wrestlefeast 2003" 12.13.03 Oolitic, IN @ Oolitic Community Center (235 Hoosier Ave.) 12.19.03 Lafayette, IN @ National Guard Armory (5220 East 200 South) 12.20.03 Highland, IN @ Lincoln Center (2450 Lincoln St.) 12.26.03 Madison, IN @ National Guard Armory 12.27.03 Salem, IN @ National Guard Armory (1100 N. Shelby St.) 01.16.04 Oolitic, In @ Oolitic Community Center (235 Hoosier Ave.) 01.17.04 Highland, IN @ Lincoln Center (2450 Lincoln St.) ---------------------------- Call the IWA Mid-South Hardcore Hotlines (502) 569-1701 Louisville (630) 585-3958 Chicago ---------------------------- Visit us on the web at http://www.iwamidsouthwrestling.com

Ahhh, somebody's been reading my ObsessedWithWrestling.com bio/profile for Mr. Sabin. Keep it up. OWW rules, baby! Anyway... The Bum Rush (Stunner Setup, but then swings foe around onto his knee) (in WWA), Cradle Shock (Fireman's Carry Michinoku Driver II), The Leap of Faith (Running No-Handed Springboard [to top buckle] Flying Somersault Attack Suicida) (in WWA), The Over Easy (Crucifix Powerbomb hold into DDT), Uranage Backbreaker (The Sabalizer) The Bum Rush and the Leap of Faith was only used once in WWA, but all of the others he used somewhat regularly, I think.

Mondo's not on any of them. Chris Hero, Hy-zaya, Truth Martini, Rudeboy, Pondo, Amazing N8 Mattson, Sabu, and a few others are.

For Immediate Release: ZERO-ONE USA/PRO-WRESTLING WORLD-1 (Tokyo, Japan/Philadelphia, PA) Pro-Wrestling 01-USA in conjunction with Pro-Wrestling ZERO-ONE would like to announce the formation of a new American pro-wrestling company, Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1, opening with three events starting on 6 February 2004 and concluding on 8 February 2004. Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1 will be an independent company from Pro-Wrestling ZERO-ONE but will feature stars from ZERO-ONE, National Wrestling Alliance, Ring of Honor, Major League Wrestling, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, IWA Championship Wrestling (PA), and other great American companies. Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1 will focus on running events in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts. Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1 will announce the exact cities, venues, and ticket outlets on Sunday, November 30, 2003. [EDITOR'S NOTE: the Zero-One USA website states those cities as being Toms River, NJ on Friday, February 6, Philadelphia on Saturday, February 7, and Fall River, MA on Sunday, February 8] Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1 will concentrate on a Japanese style of pro-wrestling and match making. All the rules of Pro-Wrestling ZERO-ONE and the National Wrestling Alliance will be incorporated in Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1. Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1 will also debut on television in the Philadelphia and Fall River, MA, markets in mid-January. The following is a partial list of fighters that have been signed to appear on the opening weekend: Masato Tanaka (ZERO-ONE/EMBLEM) Jun Kasai (ZERO-ONE) Yoshihito Sasaki (ZERO-ONE) Jerry Lynn (NWA) Steve Corino (ZERO-ONE) CW Anderson (MLW) Simon Diamond (MLW/NWA) Jason The Legend (UFO) CM Punk (ROH/NWA) Josh Daniels (freelance) The Christopher Street Connection (JAPW) The Solution (freelance) Guillotine LeGrande (ZERO-ONE) Stryker (freelance) More information will be made available all through the week at the debuting Pro-Wrestling 01USA website (www.zerooneusa.com) and then at www.world1wrestling.com, where fans from all over the world will be able to read all the news from ZERO-ONE, 01USA, and WORLD-1 plus buy EXCLUSIVE and LICENSED Pro-Wrestling ZERO-ONE merchandise such as DVD's, Video's, T-shirts, fight posters, and more.

I talked to Lenny on IM several months ago and he said he still does misc. indy work. Although I'm not sure why anyone would want to hire him, after his crappy stint in TNA...

The wrestling quality is HORRIBLE, but on a positive note, the commentary is beyond funny. It makes Joey Styles/Don Calis sound like Donnie B., if that makes any sense. The ICP are TOO funny on commentary, if you're looking for funny stuff, but if you want hardcore wrestling, your best bet is CZW, XPW, IWS, or IWA-MS. After all, the ICP tapes were so bad wrestling-wise they made Chris Hero (who appears on one of the tapes) look like Abdullah in terms of wrestling ability. Depends on what your preference is...hardcore wrestling - don't get them. Humor - get them NOW.

180 Corkscrew Springboard into Backwards-Diving Swinging DDT - must be seen to be believed! Fleisch starts on the apron facing the ring. He does a modified springboard, where instead of landing in a position where he faces the ring, like he started, he instead rotates 180 degrees so he goes from facing the ring to ending up standing on the top ring rope facing out towards the crowd. He then leaps backwards towards an opponent. If he wanted to, he could catch them with a flying back elbow smash, like a non-handspring version of the Tajiri backspring elbow. Instead, though, he rotates AGAIN (after rotating 180 degrees by going from facing the ring when he's on the apron to facing the crowd when he lands on the top ring rope) so that he ends up catching the victim in a front facelock (the hold that a DDT starts in; head under the armpit). By this point, his feet are a few feet away from touching the mat. Before they finally touch it, he rotates his body AGAIN and performs a regular swinging DDT (like Jimmy Rave's Gravity Killer). When he drills his foe into the mat with the DDT, that's the first time he's touched anything but air since leaping backwards off of the top ring rope after doing the corkscrew springboard. It's really amazing, but believe it or not, like I said in the ROH DOD review I posted, the best Phoenix 720 DDT I've ever seen wasn't done by Fleisch, but by Smokey "Smoke Dawg" Charmichael at XPW Exit Sandman...but anybody who can do it deserves props. It's a BEAUTIFUL move when done right.

Was it? Damn, LOL. I'll edit it. LMAO at the mistake. Sorry about that. I changed it to "A brief "Don't Come Back!" chant surfaces for the big guy. He must be ready to shit in his pants right about now, although hopefully he'll wait until he gets backstage." LOL.

I wrote this up for a site I work for and am posting it on a few boards I visit, including this and the ROH one. Like I say at the end, feel free to give feedback (polite, albeit). I'm really interested in some critique about my style. I think I go a bit too indepth during the PBP, so when I review my next tape, I think that's what I'm gonna focus on, but I'm open to any/all suggestions, assuming they're reasonable. Anyway, here it is, and a special thanks to ROH's Gabe for the tape and putting on an awesome product... Ring of Honor - Do or Die VHS May 31, 2003 Murphy Recreation Center South Philadelphia, PA REVIEW BY: John of NoHoldsBarredWrestling.com (completed on Sunday, 11/23/03) - First up is a promo by Homicide, with his homie, Julius "J Train" Smokes. Homicide tells us some of his life story - that he was a street thug 10 years ago, but that all changed when he was married and had a son. Tonight, he has a sacrifice he wants to make and that's to win the ROH World Heavyweight Title from Samoa Joe. - Special K is shown in the locker room acting all whacked out, as usual. They try to go out to the main ring area, but are told that the ring is still being set up and that if they want to have a rave, they'll have to wait till later tonight. They return to the locker room disappointed, but high, nonetheless. - We head to the ring for our first match. Chris Lovey (sp?) and CM Punk (who will be wrestling twice tonight!) are on commentary. MATCH 1: BJ Whitmer vs. Dan Maff (w/ Allison Danger) Maff joined the Christopher Daniels' heel Prophecy stable at the previous show, if I'm not mistaken. The two trade blows for the first minute or two before BJ blocks a chop and hits a t-bone suplex. Maff rolls out to ringside and starts heading backstage, but BJ chases after him. They both whip one other into the guardrail before re-entering the ring. Maff kicks and chops at BJ's back and then back elbows him down to the mat. A body slam and a Dick Togo-style running leaping senton follows. BJ fights out of a rear chinlock after awhile and chops and kicks at Maff's back, but is grounded by a surprise lariat. Maff sits BJ in the corner and hits a running BUTT attack, à la Rikishi, Vic Grimes, and some other big men. He tries the same move again, but BJ gets up and charges at him, delivering HHH's leaping knee lift for 2. BJ moves Maff into the corner and continues with some similar knee lifts, but Maff dodges a tipup and hits two consecutive half nelson overhead suplexes. Maff then attempts the Burning Hammer, but BJ flips out and although his super kick is blocked, his German suplex is not. BJ then climbs up top and signals for a moonsault, but Allison crotches him behind the ref's back. Maff lifts BJ off of the buckle and into a torture rack, allowing him to hit the Burning Hammer for the win. WINNER: Dan Maff Maff celebrates after the bout for awhile with Allison and puts over the Prophecy, but before he leaves, Julius "J Train" Smokes, comes out and enters the ring. Smokes berates Maff for joining the Prophecy and even uses the "n" word before they exchange some heated words. However, their confrontation is interrupted by Low Ki, who comes out wearing the cast that he had to wear due to being injured at the FWA-ROH Frontiers of Honor interpromotional show. Ki enters the ring and receives some crowd chants as Maff starts to leave, only to be berated by Ki for not only joining the Prophecy, but also for needing a woman to help him win this match. Ki vows that he'll get his hands on Maff one day and that when that happens, "May God help you (Maff)." Maff leaves and Ki turns his attention to Smokes. He says that he's "standing in a ring for athletes, not thugs." and that "the streets don't belong here, and neither do you." Homicide comes out and settles them down so that they don't go at it. Ki takes off his cast, but surprisingly continues and puts over Homicide, saying that tonight is his chance to win it all. The commentators make an interesting point, saying that it seems as if Homicide's two worlds - wrestling and his thug life - are colliding right now, as Smokes and Ki both seem to be putting him over. Ki then leaves, but Homicide turns around right into a Yakuza Kick from Trent Acid, who has just ran out. Smokes immediately chases Acid backstage. Homicide runs out of the ring and backstage in pursuit of Acid. Cut out. ANALYSIS: Nothing excellent, but what can you expect from an opener? This bout was based mainly on strike exchanges with a couple of higher profile moves mixed in. I really would've liked to see it go on a bit longer because it seemed like it was just starting to get fun when it ended, but that's alright. Some of the suplexes used really seemed to come out of nowhere a bit too much and I would've liked to see some more Irish whip-based work off of the ropes. I did think that it was a good idea for the guardrails to be used during the bout, so as to get the fans into the show early. Fine stuff for an opener. *1/2. - Some quick highlights from the showcase card's Special K (Slugga & Hydro) vs. Dunn & Marcos match are shown. The highlights feature some solid action and athleticism. I met Dunn at a recent show and he was a very nice fellow. MATCH 2: Tony Mamaluke vs. Jason Cross This is the ROH debut of Cross (who had some sensational matches in NWA Wildside while he worked there), while Mamaluke - of course - is best known for his work in ECW as a Full Blooded Italian, alongside Little Guido, currently known as Nunzio in WWE. Tieup. They trade waistlocks before Tony - with the exception of a few brief sparks of offense by Cross - maintains control, using such basic moves as an armdrag, a snapmare, and a side headlock takeover. He applies a grounded headlock with an arm cradled. Cross escapes by kicking back up to his feet (he used the same move a few moments before, too) and swinging around into an armringer, but Tony does a roll on the mat and creatively counters into a hiptoss before applying a jujigatame. Cross uses a *very* cool counter where he does a back roll and then uses all the strength he has to lift Tony up into the air (while he still has the jujigatame applied!) and drops him with a modified backdrop/wheelbarrow-style suplex! The most recent time that I saw that move was while watching a Benoit/Malenko match from Japan. Tony hitails it out to the apron, but finds no safety there, though, as Cross knocks him out to ringside and flies out with an awesome *Multi-Rotation* Corkscrew Topè over the top ring rope! Only a few moments later, though, Cross re-enters the ring and hits another highspot, a Catapult Somersault Attack. Meh. Cross rolls Tony back into the ring and gets a 2 count. Tony flips out of a backdrop suplex attempt and hits a head drop/snap version of his own (a Saito Suplex). Tony now uses a front suplex and drapes Cross' feet on the top ring rope before pulling him off of the ropes into a DDT (Todd Sexton of NWA Wildside's Gamebreaker and Bull Pain [formerly of ECW and currently of IWA-MS]'s Pain Game) for 2. An Irish whip sequence results in Tony succeeding with a knee-to-gut smash. Some waistlock reversals follow and result in Tony hitting a rolling snap suplex into a picture-perfect bridging northern lights suplex for 2. Tony now uses a shinbreaker and a dragon screw leg whip before wrapping Cross' leg around his head (w/ Cross on his chest), but Cross makes it to the ropes. Tony grips Cross' leg now, but the youngster fights back with an inverted enziguri. The ref begins a 10 count and they eventually struggle back to their feet. Some punches are exchanged before Cross uses a kneecap dropkick and then runs off of the ropes and forward flips over Cross' body, hooking his arms in the process and delivering Christian's Unprettier, all in one motion! Very creative! 2. Cross follows with the Crossover Neckbreaker (Somersault Perpendicular Neckbreaker from the middle buckle) for the same result. Next, Tony counters an attempted suplex and is ready to apply a fujiwara armbar, but Cross messes up, so Tony immediately does an awesome move where he starts doing a run-the-ropes Tornado DDT, but instead of doing the DDT, he rotates his body awesomely and applies an awesome modified version of the squatting cradle bodyscissors that FMW's Chocoball Mukai once used regularly. It looks *very* cool, but Cross is able to escape it by overhead belly-to-belly suplexing Tony into the ringpost! Cross rallies up to his feet and hits TWO ROLLING BRAINBUSTER SUPLEXES for 2! Sweet! Another brainbuster follows and Cross attempts the Cross Fire (Flying Shooting Star Leg Drop~!), but Tony rolls away! The ref begins a 10 count and both men eventually rally to their feet. Tony immediately tries a gore/spear, but Cross sidesteps and Tony rams his head into the ringpost before bouncing backwards, right into a stiff SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX for 2! Ouch...Cross climbs back up to the top, but Tony pushes the ref into the ropes, causing Cross to be crotched. Tony hits his signature Superplex rolled into the Italian Sleeper (Grounded Bodyscissors/Front Facelock Hold combo) for the submission win. WINNER: Tony Mamaluke ANALYSIS: Any fan of innovative mat-based exchanges will enjoy this bout. The opening chain wrestling sequence was flawless and Tony guided Cross to a very well-worked match. They timed when to apply submissions and when to keep to he mat stuff very well and there were several very nice manuevers from both men. Cross looked solid in this bout and Tony - as always - was fantastic (as were his suplexes). Tony really makes up his size well by compromising with a very unorthodox, yet entertaining, style. I love the way he rolls through with his suplexes and transitions into other moves, a quality that he exemplified in this match. My only two problems with the bout were 1. There really was no point for Cross (especially so early into the bout) to hit two highspots within a minute or so of each other. The first one was beautifully done, but I would've liked for him to have left it with that. 2. Cross' rookie mentality looked to have caused him to mistime dropping down to the mat to sell the fujiwara armbar, but - although it annoyed me for that to be the only botched spot in the match - I'm not going to complain any more than this because Tony quickly transitioned into another spot. Overall, this bout was very good and borderline great. **3/4. - Backstage, NWA Wildside's 600 lb. Iceberg (the guy currently known in NWA-TNA as Edward Chastain) confronts ROH owner Rob Feinstein and thanks him for booking him tonight. Iceberg then turns around and walks out of camera range and we see that there are a ton of thumbtacks sticking out of his forehead that spell, "ROH!" Damn, yo! Anyway, the Outcast Killahs then confront RF and ask him why "that guy" is booked over them tonight. RF says that he's not telling Iceberg he's not booked, but they can if they want...by beating him in a match later in the night. RF walks off as the Thrillahs act hesitant at the thought of battling Iceberg. MATCH 3: Oman Tortuga (one half of the Outcast Killahs) vs. Iceberg Oman gathers the courage to attack Iceberg. Throughout the bout (which is about 3:00 or so in all), Oman getes in some sparks of offense (i.e. punches, kicks, and not much more than that), but Iceberg always ends up gaining back control. The big guy hits a massive sideslam followed by a running powerslam, after which he covers, but Oman kicks out at 2! Iceberg follows with a SICK Vertical Suplex into a Sheer Drop DDT, but yanks his foe up at 2. Oman dodges a running corner splash and falls victim to a leaping knee smash and a sleeper hold slam, but he counters an RVD-style running corner monkey flip with an Air Raid Crash/Kryptonic Krunch/Reality Check, followed by a Dick Togo-style running leaping senton for the win. A brief "Don't Come Back!" chant surfaces for the big guy. He must be ready to shit in his pants right about now, although hopefully he'll wait until he gets backstage. Afterwards, Diablos (Oman's partner) tries to convince Iceberg to let him check on his pal, but Iceberg delivers a sloppy corkscrew German suplex on Diablos. He then grabs what the announcers call "a pointy stick," but before he can use it on his foes, Kevin Dunn & Marcos run out and deliver some dropkicks to the big man. Dunn gives him a super kick to little effect, but it provides he and Marcos enough time to drag the Outcast Killahs out of the ring. WINNER: Iceberg ANALYSIS: Obviously, this wasn't meant to be much and had the primary purpose of putting over Iceberg, so there's not really much to be said. No botched spots, but I'd sure hope there wouldn't be with that short of a match. LOL. I'll give it 1/2* for Iceberg's moves, but it doesn't really deserve any higher than that. - Clips of Alexis Laree vs. Persephonie from the showcase card are shown. MATCH 4: Matt Stryker vs. "The Technician" Tom Carter The fans are split about 50/50 on who to chant for during the bout's first few minutes. Some waistlocks and hammerlocks are briefly exchanged. Stryker looks to have scouted Carter well in the early part of the match, as he counters several of Carter's holds via a grounded headscissors. They break the action for a moment and square off before tieing up again. A Greco-Roman knuckle lock leads to Stryker initially gaining control, but Carter soon drop toe holds his foe and immediately applies a grounded hammerlock. Stryker bridges up and transitions into a side headlock. He works over Stryker's wrist with some cool moves before applying a grounded armringer/headscissors-type combo hold. Stryker briefly escapes, but receives an ipponzei before Carter applies a jujigatame. Stryker grabs the ropes and another squareoff occurs. They tie up two more times, but each time they break it relatively quickly. The match truly begins a few minutes later, as a tieup leads to Stryker weakening Carter with a grounded abdominal stretch/wristlock combo. Carter escapes with the judo-style armdrag that he used before and applies a jujigatame, but Stryker eventually counters this into an anklepick and transitions into a bow-and-arrow hold until Carter fights out and they square off again, as Punk hypes his Scramble Match later tonight and says that he's scouted out each of the opposing teams. Another tieup sees Carter visibly mistime the selling of a drop toehold before fighting back and applying an STF. Carter plays up his heel persona by continuing to beat on Stryker even after he reaches the ropes and then hits a Half Nelson Lift into a Bulldog-style Gutbuster (a gutbuster version of Edge's crooked underhook bulldog/facebuster combo) and a running somersault senton for 2. He whips Stryker into the ropes and dropkicks him down for another 2 before weakening him with a grounded wristlock/crooked Indian deathlock-like combo and then a rear chinlock. Stryker escapes and uses a slightly botched powerslam for 2. Stryker does some uppercuts before getting frustrated and applying his own rear chinlock. Carter fights out, only to be knocked out of the ring. Stryker hits a Pescada, but Carter is relentless as he fights back with a DDT onto the apron. Carter rolls Stryker into the ring and signals for a Frog Splash, but Stryker chases him up top and belly-to-belly overhead suplexes him down to the mat! The ref begins the count as Punk - saying that he's putting his money on Stryker, but that he must prepare for his first match- leaves. Also, later on tonight, he says, he'll have a surprise for the fans. He leaves Lovey in a confused state as Ray Murro (sp?) joins Lovey for commentary. Meanwhile, the two competitors in the ring struggle back to their feet and trade forearm shots before Stryker catches Carter (who's running off of the ropes) with a surprise HHH-style leaping knee that turned into more of a heelkick as he descended down towards the mat. Carter, though, fights back and hits a *big* implant DDT a few moments later, dropping Stryker right on his leg from a sick angle! Carter follows with a 'Lo Down-style Frog Splash off of the top for a surprising 2 count. Another 10 count begins as the fans rally Carter back to his feet. A fun pinfall exchange occurs, as the two use combos including sunset flips, schoolboys, la majistrals, backslides, and small packages before Stryker forearms Carter down and then collapses himself. A 10 count ensues as Carter rallies to his feet and uses some headbutts. He fights off Carter's attempted comeback and eventually delivers a DVD for 2 after some failed attempts. He then tries the same move, but from a standing position on the middle buckle. As he falls back, though, Carter counters into an INVERTED DDT IN MIDAIR for a dramatic 2 count! When they get back to their feet, Carter catches Stryker's leg when he tries a kick and swings him into an inverted dragon screw leg whip flapjack-style move! This is basically the end of the bout, as Carter repeatedly tries to apply an *Inverted Texas Cloverleaf*, which Stryker counters after awhile of selling it into a victory roll pin for the win! WINNER: Matt Stryker After the bout, after Stryker struggles back up to his feet, Carter refuses a handshake, so Gary Michael Capetta enters the ring and tells him that what he saw was one hell of a match and that Carter knows the routine - you shake hands with your opponent before and after the match. He says that Stryker won via a "cheap pin" and that Stryker doesn't know who he is - He acts arrogant, insisting that - just like how he "pioneered the junior style" that is so popular in ROH, he's going to reinvent the technical style that is also highly regarded in ROH. He then challenges Stryker to a Tapout Match at the next Murphy Rec Center show. Stryker says that the fact that Carter pioneered the junior style (which Stryker admits Carter did do) doesn't change the fact that he was pinned cleanly tonight. He finally accepts Carter's challenge for a rematch, but the segment is cut short by Allison Danger, the leader of the Prophecy. She enters the ring and offers Carter a spot in the Prophecy stable if he doesn't shake hands, but he decides against that and decides to shake hands with Stryker before leaving the ring. The commentators put the rematch for the next show over. ANALYSIS: Great match. 90% or more of it was submission work, yet they were still able to keep the fans very excited, which is quite an accomplishment in today's day and age of wrestling. Both men - especially Stryker - looked very seasoned (which is a bit surprising considering that Carter has more experience than Stryker). What I really didn't like was the ending, as it seemes as if Carter played out his attempted Cloverleafs a bit too long. I would've liked to see the finish actually finish (if that makes any sense) quicker than it did. Besides that and a few miniscule mistakes regarding the execution of some of the non-submission moves, I was very pleased. ***1/2. MATCH 5: Scramble Tag Team Match - Special K of Izzy & Dixie (w/ the rest of Special K) vs. The Carnage Crew (HC Loc & Tony DeVito) vs. The Second City Saints (CM Punk & Colt Cabana) (w/ Lucy Furr a.k.a. Daffney, formerly of WCW) vs. The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) The bell rings, but all we get is a tieup and a break from Colt and Jay before cutting to the backstage area, where ROH World Heavyweight Champion Samoa Joe enters Dan Maff's locker room and attacks him, leaving Gary Michael Capetta (who witnessed the assault) to console Maff and yell for some help as Joe leaves. We cut back to the ring, where Colt and Jay execute a very nice Irish whip sequence that eventually results in Colt obtaining 2 via an excellent leaping 'rana. Colt is knocked out of the ring soon thereafter and Jay takes him out with a Pescada. Back in the ring, DeVito delivers a stiff lariat to Dixie, but Dixie fights back a few moments later with a Sabu-style slingshot swinging DDT off of the middle buckle. DeVito quickly regains the advantage, however, by back body dropping/northern lights suplexing Dixie into the ringpost. Izzy breaks up the count at 2 with a catapult elbow drop. Mark enters and receives Loc's funky signature combo - a DDT onto his knee that is immediately transitioned into a Swinging Neckbreaker (all in one motion). Izzy hits a really fake-looking move backflip kick that takes out both C.C. members before hitting a fantastic looking *Standing Sitout Sliced Bread #2* on Mark for 2! Mark fights back a few moments later with a t-bone suplex, causing Izzy to roll out to ringside. A six-way brawl ensues and results in everyone ending up at ringside except for Izzy and Punk. After lariating Izzy, Punk trades forearms with Jay (who just re-entered the ring) and delivers a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker to him. Punk follows with a backdrop suplex hold into a swinging lariat and then absorbs a running leaping heelkick from the re-entering Loc before - with Colt - hitting a backbreaker (Colt)/catapult somersault senton (Punk) combo. Izzy and Dixie now re-enter the ring and botch their attempted spots, but the camera misses the mistakes, luckily for them. Colt tosses Dixie out of the ring and the Saints perform on Izzy a modified Doomsday Device where Punk does a missile dropkick instead of a flying lariat. Izzy absorbs the kick, but he makes it look as if he - in the process of falling backwards - holds onto Colt's head via his legs and takes him over with an inverted 'rana, sparking a "Holy Sh*t!" chant! DeVito enters and dropkicks Punk out of the ring before he and Loc hit their awesome 180º Horizontally Swinging Backdrop Suplex (Loc)/Swinging Neckbreaker (DeVito) combo on Izzy. The Briscoes enter and and Jay Yakuza Kicks Loc following a t-bone suplex on DeVito by Mark, sparking a "Briscoes!" chant. Loc fights back with a head drop backdrop suplex on Jay, after which Dixie saves Izzy from a Super Spike Piledriver attempt and helps him Super 'Rana DeVito. Dixie hits a Plancha on Jay and that's followed by a Running Backwards Leaping Moonsault Attack by Mark! "Holy Sh*t!" chant. And...Holy F*ckin' Sh*t! DeVito hits a f*ckin' Moonsault off of the top buckle that takes out another bunch of guys! WOW! Meanwhile, back in the ring, Colt hits the Colt .45 on Dixie and Punk then hits the Pepsi Plunge on Izzy, planting him right on top of his partner, Dixie! Punk covers Izzy for the win. WINNERS: The Second City Saints Afterwards, Lucy enters and dances with Punk before the participants in the match (besides Special K, whose two representatives are still laying on the mat) shake hands with one another. Punk then cuts a promo, insisting that he is leading a "revolution" of straight edgers. He shoots on Special K and puts over the "straight edge" concept before berating those in the crowd who don't accept this idea, gaining himself a lot of heat in the process. He also shoots on Raven and lambasts former-ECW personality "Hat Guy," who is sitting at ringside(!). Punk warns Raven that he's going to destroy him in their upcoming match on 6/28. Cabana then takes the mic and puts over his "goof" gimmick, while Lucy does the same thing with her "I love to scream at the top of my lungs" gimmick. A great promo by Punk, which furthered his credibility and also put over Cabana's personality. ANALYSIS: Alright match, considering the time alotted. I say this because I would've liked to see it have been given a bit more time, even with the knowledge that Punk had to work a second match later on. He did very little, so I don't see why they couldn't have gone a few more minutes, especially considering that Punk had been pushing the match during his commentary earlier. The participants did pull off some cool spots during the match, however, and although it didn't last exceptionally long, this match made it quite obvious that both C.C. members can work very well for their sizes. It's unfortunate that few companies (if any) besides ROH have booked them as a team because they work quite well together. The Special K boys gave me little to complain about, which is a pleasant surprise. The match seemed to be mainly based around the C.C. and Special K, so the Saints and the Briscoes unfortunately didn't get in too much offense. I reiterate, however, that the C.C. looked very impressive in this bout. **. Backstage, Gary Michael Capetta interviews BJ Whitmer about his recent string of losses and what he's going to do this, but before BJ can really answer, Christopher Daniels interrupts the interview and tells G.M.C. that Dan Maff is going to the hospital. He criticizes Samoa Joe for breaking the Code of Honor by attacking Maff backstage. He makes a challenge to Joe for not a match, but a fight - an Empty Arena Match. Daniels leaves as G.M.C. sends it back to the ring. CM Punk, by the way, has returned to the commentary position. To read the rest of the review, please click the below link: http://noholdsbarredwrestling.com/columns/.../71644888.shtml Like I said above, feedback is welcome and can be posted in this thread, PMed to me, or emailed.

ProtoPlex...not ProtoBomb....Belly-to-Back Lift into spike-style Sitdown Uranage. no, the Protoplex is something entirely different. The belly-to-back into sit-out uranage is called the Protobomb. I know I've heard on UPW tapes the belly-to-back uranage being called the ProtoPlex. I guess the commentators don't know their stuff too well or something, b/c I'm sure I've heard them say it, and at least like three times. Cometo think of it, though, I also think I've heard it be called the Bomb a few times too, so I think you're also right. Not a big deal really.

ProtoPlex...not ProtoBomb....Belly-to-Back Lift into spike-style Sitdown Uranage.

Then you should've chose more appropriate diction. Very legitimate point. You're right - I didn't think about the possibility of it being a mistake because generally, the Observer is very accurate. With that in mind, now that you bring it up, I do agree, so I'll def. edit that out of the column. I haven't gotten around to updating my sig. LOL. I decided to push the article back until early year. Trust me, it WILL be released, I promise my life on that. The same thing goes for the GQ Money interview that I keep hyping, which will be up hopefully by the end of this year. What I've decided to do is incorporate the Viking Hall article into a much larger project celebrating the 10 year anniversary of ECW's formation. I don't just mean an article about the history of ECW that talks about V-Hall's influence. It's probably gonna be like a mini-web site entirely devoted to ECW. 1 part will be a huge article that summarizes its history. Another part will be an article about V-Hall's history. There will be another 2 features, 1 of which will feature testimonials from former-ECW stars who discuss what it meant to work in ECW for them, and another feature will have testimonials from both former-ECW wrestlers and indy superstars who've worked in Viking Hall that talk about what it meant to work there. I've already started capping tons of photos from past ECW shows and past Viking Hall shows, so there's going to be two photo galleries, too. And Ive already got contributions from about half the CZW roster, a lot of ECW guys, several XPW workers, and some other guys related to the building that even I was surprised I was able to get in contact w/. The features on Viking Hall will probably be released a few months before the general ECW stuff, so as to hype the ECW stuff's release.

THE EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING UPDATE #16, by John (Friday, November 21, 2003) Table of Contents: - APOLOGY - SOURCES - EAST COAST INDY WRESTLERS IN INTERNATIONAL INDIES NEWS - MISC. EAST COAST INDY TIDBITS - UPCOMING EAST COAST INDY EVENT SHILLS - COMBAT ZONE WRESTLING (CZW) NEWS - IWA MID-SOUTH HARDCORE WRESTLING (IWA-MS) NEWS - MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING (MLW) NEWS - NWA-TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (NWA-TNA) NEWS - NWA WILDSIDE NEWS - RING OF HONOR (ROH) NEWS - XTREME PRO WRESTLING (XPW) NEWS - MULTIMEDIA OF THE WEEK - SHILLS OF THE WEEK APOLOGY First off, I'd like to apologize for not posting an edition of this column last week. I wish I had a better excuse, but all I can say is that I had a ton of stuff going on and was unfortunately too busy to get a spare moment to sit down and construct this NHB feature. For that reason, I'm going to try my damnedest to make it up, although it's kind of already too late. Nonetheless, here's an extra-large version of the East Coast Indy Wrestlng Update. SOURCES 1Wrestling.com, Bob Barnett, CZWWrestling.com, Evan Ginzberg, Gerweck.net, IWAMidSouthWrestling.com, JAPW.net, Jeremy Borash, Jim, Masanori Horie, TheSmartMarks.com, MLW.com, NWATNA.com, NWA-Wildside.com, PuroresuFan.com, PWBTS.com, PWTorch, ROHWrestling.com, Wade Keller, Wrestling Observer, XPWTV.com Abbreviations used in this edition... CWT - (the) promotion's Cruiserweight (title) HWT - Heavyweight JHWT - Junior Heavyweight LHWT - Light Heavyweight LWT - Lightweight Tourney - Tournament TT - Tag Team TV - Television EAST COAST INDY WRESTLERS IN INTERNATIONAL INDIES NEWS - D'Lo Brown, Mike "The Gladiator" Awesome, Jeremy Lopez, Malice (a.k.a. Gigantes), Bull Buchanan, and international stars Dr. Wagner Jr. and Silver King are all currently touring with All Japan. Jimmy Yang was scheduled to work on the tour, but his appearances were cancelled due to his recent signing of a WWE developmental deal. - Several participants in All Japan's Real World Tag League 2003 event have been announced, and among them are the debuting Jamal (Ekmo in NWA-TNA and T.A.F.K.A. Jamal in WWE) & Justin Credible, as well as Gigantes (Malice) & Bull Buchanan, TAKA Michinoku & D'Lo Brown, and La Parka (the original one [Adolfo Tapia], the one that worked in WCW) & NOSAWA, who will competing under a mask as "Parka Guerrera." NOSAWA competed briefly in AJPW last year under the guise of "Dark Guerrera." - IWA-MS' 2 Tuff Tony and Madman Pondo continue touring with Big Japan, while Super Crazy is working on a series of New Japan shows and Juventud Guerrera is competing in Pro Wrestling NOAH. Steve Corino, L.A. (Los Angeles) Giant, Justin McCulley, and Josh Dempsey are currently wrestling on the ZERO-ONE tour that began on 11/5. Low Ki's previously scheduled bookings for the tours have been cancelled. Speaking of Ki, his past appearances in the promotion hasn't sparked a contract offer from ZERO-ONE, contrary to recent rumors that have stated otherwise. Also, Homicide and Guillotine LeGrande will work in ZERO-ONE later this month and CZW's Nick Gage and John Zandig will return to the promotion for the final two "hardcore"-themed shows that are being booked by Kintaro Kanemura next month (December). Meanwhile, "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson - who can be considered the complete opposite type of wrestler as Gage or Zandig - will return to NJPW when he competes in the promotion's "BATTLE FINAL 2003" tour, which will last from 11/24 to 12/14. Besides being scheduled to compete vs. - among others - Jushin Thunder Liger (in a tag team match, nonetheless), Danielson will team with Katsushi Takemura to participate in the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament that will occur on selected shows throughout the tour. - Two IWA-MS stars and one of the promotion's former performers will compete on upcoming Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) events in Germany. On 1/31/04, 11 months after their famous rematch in IWA-MS, Chris Hero and C.M. Punk will face off against each other in a rematch of *that* rematch and like in their last match, the stipulation will make their bout a ONE HOUR LONG IRONMAN MATCH. Hero has been working for wXw and other promotions in Germany during the last few months, while Punk - besides serving as a powerful figure in ROH and NWA-TNA - made his debut in England a few weeks ago for the FWA. This is guaranteed to be quite a contest and it most certainly will not disappoint. 1/31 will be The Night Hero Met Punk...Again. Also, Jimmy "The Barbaric Berzerker" Jacobs - another IWA-MS star (and recent CZW debutee, also) - will wrestle in Germany for the first time in his career, as he competes on the 12/27 wXw show. - The XWrestling "Revolution" show in Yorkshire, England on April 10, 2004 will feature Ted DiBiase, CZW's Nick Berk & Z-Barr, Chad Collyer, April Hunter, Slyk Wagner Brown, D'Lo Brown, Bam Bam Bigelow, Road Warrior Animal (Road Warrior Hawk was scheduled to appear on the show, but won't due to his recent death), Big Vito, Harry Smith (the late "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith's son), and the immensely controversial Teddy Hart. Also, Reckless Youth/Tom Carter vs. Matt Striker vs. Shark Boy has been the first match announced for the event, which will feature a Meet & Greet session in which fans can meet some of the wrestlers. - IWA-MS' Ace Steel is currently touring Japan for Pro Wrestling NOAH, as I've been hyping in the past few additions of this column. MISC. EAST COAST INDY TIDBITS: - Mark Magnus, Chris Cage, Demond "Morris" Thompson, and John "Tank" Toland (all of OVW) are the newest four signees of WWE developmental contracts. All four had been working for OVW. Also, two other performers - Brent Albright and Bobby Lashley - have been told by WWE talent scouts to report to OVW for training, starting 1/1 of next year. - In a dark match before this week's RAW in Boston, ROH star "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson made his second appearance in WWE in that many weeks. Danielson wrestled Arch Kincaid and although he was announced as being from Boston in order to garner him a face reaction, much of the crowd turned against him when he started to use too many scientific holds and didn't perform any major "sports entertainment"-style spots. This is just one more case of the general fanbase of this industry not knowing true talent when it's right in front of their eyes. - Rick Steiner will be headlining Harley Race's WLW show on 12/5 in Eldon, MO. - Some very exciting news for East Coast indy wrestling fans was released earlier this week. None other than ALL JAPAN PRO WRESTLING will come to the US to hold a mini-tour throughout the East Coast! The first show on the tour will be an interpromotional supercard featuring stars from both AJPW AND Ring of Honor. That show - which will be promoted under the ROH banner as "Final Battle 2" - will occur on 12/27 at the National Guard Armory in Philadelphia, PA. The current card for that show is: AJPW TT Titles - The Great Muta (a.k.a. Keji Muto) (making his in-ring return to the US!)/Arashi © vs. Chris Daniels/Dan Maff); Homicide vs. Satoshi Kojima; AJ Styles vs. Kaz Hayashi; CM Punk/Colt Cabana vs. Tomoaki Honma/Kazushi Miyamoto; Samoa Joe, Izzy/Dixie, Bryan Danielson, The Briscoes, Xavier, Matt Stryker, John Walters, BJ Whitmer, Backseat Boyz, Carnage Crew, Justin Credible, Special K, Slyk Wagner Brown, and April Hunter will also appear. Also, Josh Daniels will compete on this show, having decided earlier this week to work this show rather than the 3PW (which is also in Philly) one, which he was previously booked for. Before this show, ROH will hold a fan convention (it will cost $5 for admission), which will feature appearances by both ROH and AJPW stars. For ticket info, please visit ROHWrestling.com. The very next night (12/28), AJPW's tour will continue, as it participates in an interpromotional show, entitled "Texas Explosion 2003," with Texas indy promotion River City Wrestling in San Antonio, TX at the Westside YMCA. That show will feature: AJPW TT titles - Muta/Arashi © vs. Pete Lothario & ?, an RCW title defense by champion and Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy graduate Jeromy Sage, Kojima vs. Krusher Kong (formerly of WCW's Awesome Kongs), Hayashi vs. ROH's Homicide, Honma/Miyamoto vs. Biohazard (the former-ROH performer)/Blue Angel, and more action featuring Great Koji and others. A Fan-Fest event will be held before the show. Please visit RiverCityWrestling.net for more info. - Please visit SSCWWrestling.com for more info on the recently-formed agreement between Stars & Stripes Championship Wrestling and Weiss Wrestling Promotions that wi ll allow for SSCW PPVs to air in both the U.S. and Canada in the future. - For more info on the re-location of Walter "Killer" Kowalski's highly-acclaimed pro wrestling training school, please visit KillerKowalskis.com and/or ChaoticTC.com. - Joe Blackburn's Heritage Wrestling Alliance (XPW's former-"developmental territory") will resume running shows in 2004 at the Murphy Recreation Center in Philly. - A new independent wrestling promotion called the Eastern Wrestling Alliance has formed in Baltimore, MD. In addition to running shows in the area, it owns a wrestling training school. Free tryouts for the school are being offered Monday thru Thursday from 6 - 7 pm. For more information, call 443-858-2755 and check out the promotion's web site at EWAMD.com. - NON-EAST COAST INDY WRESTLING TIDBIT: On the 10/22 Ultimate Pro Wrestling Possession show in Santa Ana, CA, several major names were added to the upcoming UPW 5th Anniversary Show that is scheduled to occur on 12/17/03. Firstly Sylvester "The Predator" Turkay said that he wanted to do something special for the 12/17 show, so he challenged Ken Shamrock to a match on it. Shamrock came out and cut a promo, saying that he accepted the match. Later on in the show, a three-man match between Frankie Kazarian (UPW Lightweight champ), Mikey Henderson, and LOW KI (making his UPW debut and only his third West Coast appearance EVER [at least to my knowledge; his first two were vs. Super Dragon in MPW and four matches at the 2001 APW King of the Indies Tourney] for the UPW Lightweight Title. That match will also occur on the anniversary show. After the show's main event ended, a match for the anniversary show was booked betweek Tom Howard and none other than STING for Howard's UPW Heavyweight title. So, on the 12/17 show, Sting will return to the California territory in which he began his legendary career. Evan Marriott a.k.a. Joe Millionaire also made his return to UPW on the 10/22 show and cut a promo and participated in a runin after the main event. UPCOMING EAST COAST INDY EVENT SHILLS - Upcoming "Toys For Tots" Benefit Shows: TONIGHT at the Forrest City Civic Center in Forrest City, Arkansas (Yes, I know - that's not East Coast...but still...); Saturday, 12/6 at Burlington County College Gymnasium in Pemberton, NJ (UWCWrestling.com) and the Fairgrounds in Hazlehurst, GA; Sunday, 12/7 at the Fairgrounds in Hazlehurst, GA; and Saturday, 12/13 at the Swainsboro Recreation Department Gym in Swainsboro, GA. - USA Pro Wrestling "End of an Era" will be held on 11/29 at Elk's Lodge in Queens, NY. "The Madhouse of Extreme" - has it has been called - was where a host of famous ECW shows occurred. Elk's Lodge was recently sold to new ownership and after 11/29, it will not serve as a pro wrestling venue anymore. USA Pro celebrates the legacy of Elk's Lodge on that date with what looks to be a fantastic show that will feature: A new era of The Triple Threat faction - an ECW phenomenon - will begin when its former-members Bam Bam Bigelow, Chris Candido, and Shane Douglas - along with several other former-ECW stars - are in the same building together; HWT Title - Raven © vs. Al Snow; Shane Douglas vs. The Sandman; Low Ki makes his return to Elk's Lodge; TT Titles - The Flock (Wayne/Mikey Whipwreck) © vs. The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz; Ladder Match for the X-Treme Title - Deranged © vs. Grim Reefer vs. Sonjay Dutt; U.S. Title - Billy Reil © vs. Crowbar (a.k.a. Devon Storm); Madhouse of Xtreme Death Match - Balls Mahoney vs. Axl Rotten; Simon Diamond vs. Mike Kruel; Striker vs. Slyk Wagner Brown; The Solution vs. Prince Nana/Monsta Mack; more action including D'Lo Brown, Mike Tobin, Louie Ramos, Christopher St. Connection, and MANY more. - International Wrestling Cartel (TONIGHT; Coraopolis, PA): Shane Douglas in a tag team match; AJ Styles vs. Chris Sabin; TT Titles - M-Dogg 20/??? vs. Devil's Advocate vs. Dunn/Marcos; outside talent like Jimmy Jacobs, Super Hentai, Alex Shelley, and Shark Boy, along with all of the regular IWC regulars. - NWA-FL "Hostile Takeover" (TONIGHT; St. Petersburg, FL): NWA-FL HWT, X, and TT Title defenses; 6-Way Last Man Standing Match; more featuring Scoot Andrews, Steve Madison, Mikey Tenderfoot, Justice, Sedrick Strong, Naphtali, Mike Sullivan, The Shane Brothers, Chaos, and more. - New York Wrestling Connection (TONIGHT; Deer Park, NY): Six-Man Tag Team Match main event featuring MIKEY WHIPWRECK; LHWT #1 Contenders Match - Dan Barry vs. Grim Reefer vs. Damian Dragon vs. Jay Lethal; action featuring Johnny Ova, Mike Tobin, Guillotine LeGrande, Livewyre, Tara Charisma, and more. - 3PW - Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling (3PWrestling.com) (TONIGHT; Viking Hall in South Philly, PA): 3-Way TLC Match(!) for the vacant HWT Title (Justin Credible was stripped of the belt about a week ago) - Sabu vs. The Sandman vs. The New 3PW Commissioner, who was responsible for stripping Credible of the belt and whose identity will be releaved tonight at the show; Homicide vs. Xavier; appearances by Low Ki (making his Philly return), Juggalo Championsh*t Wrestling's Rudeboy (debuting in 3PW), Gary Wolfe, Jasmin St. Claire, Tod Gordon, Roadkill, Blue Meanie, Rob Eckos, Striker (a.k.a. MLW's Matt Martel), Monsta Mack, Damian Adams, Ricky Vega, CJ O' Doyle, and CZW's Ruckus. Due to injuries suffered at yesterday's IWA-MS show, Ian Rotten has pulled himself from tonight's show, on which he was scheduled to wrestle Rudeboy (who will still be on the show, despite Ian's abscence). Ian will be competing on the IWA-MS show tonight, nonetheless. The full card for that event can be found in the IWA-MS News section below. Tickets from the 11/3 3PW show that was cancelled will be honored at tonight's show. - For the cards to All Japan Pro Wrestling's upcoming US tour, please scroll up to the Misc. East Coast Indy News section. To continue reading this column, including discussion regarding CZW/3PW, CZW's departure from Viking Hall, MLW's return, and more, please click the below link: http://noholdsbarredwrestling.com/columns/.../71567821.shtml

As I posted in the Indy section... The XWrestling "Revolution" show in Yorkshire, England on April 10, 2004 will feature TNA stars Chad Collyer, D'Lo Brown, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Shark Boy, who will wrestle Matt Striker and Reckless Youth/Tom Carter in a three-way match. Former-TNA'er TEDDY HART will also be on the show. For the rest of the roster scheduled for the event, check out the post I made in the Indy forum of this board. Euro-Wrestling.net has more info on this event. Please credit NoHoldsBarredWrestling.com if you use this info anywhere else.

WTF are you talking about? 1. Copy and pasting? I don't copy and paste, unlike many other newsletters. And I credit my sources, unlike many newsletters. 2. What mistake did I make? Dude, you really have psychological problems. I didn't make any mistake. It hasn't been confirmed yet what's going on with Viking Hall. I talked to someone who fucking works for CZW, you imbesil. I posted what he told me. You're the same guy that was fired from XPW for being an idiot, aren't you?

The next 3PW show on 12/27 will pit SABU & CZW's ZANDIG vs. JERRY LYNN & The MESSIAH...Talk about a dream match... Fuck, yeah.

The XWrestling "Revolution" show in Yorkshire, England on April 10, 2004 will feature Ted DiBiase, CZW's Nick Berk & Z-Barr, Chad Collyer, April Hunter, Slyk Wagner Brown, D'Lo Brown, Bam Bam Bigelow, Road Warrior Animal (Road Warrior Hawk was scheduled to appear on the show, but won't due to his recent death), Big Vito, Harry Smith (the late "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith's son), and the immensely controversial Teddy Hart. Also, Reckless Youth/Tom Carter vs. Matt Striker vs. Shark Boy has been the first match announced for the event, which will feature a Meet & Greet session in which fans can meet some of the wrestlers. Please credit NoHoldsBarredWrestling.com if you use any of this info.

I REALLY should've just made it a solely CZW column this week, b/c I just added now on even MORE CZW-related stuff on its departure from Viking Hall.

Obviously, the workrate sucks. I never said it didn't. The reason to attend this show is because of the history/drama that will be prevalent with the ECW-style card.

I'd rather see Messiah v. Lynn. No disagreement there, but let's face it - Messiah isn't nearly on Lynn's level. By having Sabu also in the match, it won't be as strictly technical based as it would be with just Messiah vs. Lynn. Come on...you don't find the thought of John Zandig in the same ring as SABU and JERR LYNN? I'm not saying it's going to be good...what I'm saying is that it's going to be interesting...in a way.

Marking out is what one does when they see a dream match be booked. That's what I'm doing right now. And fuckin' B-Boy vs. Ian? Hell, yeah...assuming Ian sticks to the mat stuff, not the hardcore shit.