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I corresponded w/ him for awhile several months ago for an article I was writing and he was not only really nice, but HILARIOUS.

If in fact this is true, it makes CZW's mistake of promoting him all the more unwarranted (up until the very day of the show, they were promoting both BSB's as being on the show on their site) because they had nearly a month of knowing that he was gone, yet continued to promote him.

So what if anyone can have a good match w/ Hero? Anyone can have a good match with Lynn and Daniels, too. "Plus when your there live you tend too think a match is better than it really is. Like Sonjay and Daniels at War Games. People were chanting "Match of the Year". When I got home I thought to myself it was awesome,but not match of the year." And that's why I said "The reporter did, though, say that the fans were chanting "Best Match Ever," so unless he's lying, it may not have mirrored Kobashi/Kawada, but it had to be pretty damn good."

Where does it say anything about Kashmere leaving? I read BM's PWBTS recap of the show and see nothing about it...fill me in.

Agreed. The reporter did, though, say that the fans were chanting "Best Match Ever," so unless he's lying, it may not have mirrored Kobashi/Kawada, but it had to be pretty damn good. Markingout, check out Hero/M-Dogg in IWA if you really want to see how good M-Dogg can be when he works w/ the right opp.

Results from UIPW's WRESTLESTOCK - Saturday October 11th in Erie, PA including NEW Heavyweight champion Al B Damm wins the ‘Union Rules’ battle royal by pinning Carlton Kaz. The last two participants in this ten-man battle royal had to fight to a pinfall or submission with the winner receiving the title shot of his choice at the December 6th Union event. After tying Kaz to the ‘tree of woe’, Damm hit the ‘Coast-to-Coast’, a VanTerminator that goes from corner to OPPOSITE corner (not adjacent corner like the RVD or Shane McMahon version). Damm, showing incredible respect for his rival, chose to take the December Tag Team title shot and chose Carlton Kaz as his partner. Devil Bhudakahn and AERO! Came out of the dressing room and challenged the newly formed team to a match later in the show for their just earned title shot. Kaz and Damm accepted. ‘Amazing’ Kevin Grace pinned Adam Cage with a handful of tights. On his own once again, the All-Knighter resorted to underhanded tactics to gain the duke. After the match, Cage’s frustration got the better of him and he threatened referee Bruce Gray, until J-Rocc came to the ring and managed to calm Cage down. ‘Union Boss’ Kingdom James came to the ring to figure out what to do about the scheduled Union Tag Team title defense for the evening since he had learned that Sebastian Dark’s championship partner Shirley Doe would not be in the building that night. Dark came to the ring saying he would defend the belts alone but Kingdom would not allow it. The Grubby Holler Boys came to the ring saying that they would not be denied their title match and made some thinly veiled remarks towards Kingdom being “that certain type of person” that wouldn’t get away with taking away their title shot if they were all in Tennessee. Sebastian was then given the opportunity to choose a new partner from the official list of Union Members. Sebastian took advantage of a clerical error that had left the retired Kingdom James on the list and chose the Union Boss as his partner. Kingdom accepted and made the match a no-DQ street fight just for good measure. Al B Damm and Carlton Kaz defeated Devil Bhudakahn and AERO! The newly formed duo of Kaz and Damm came through with flying colors earning a pinfall victory in this incredible battle of Union cruiserweights to retain their shot at the Tag Team titles. Josh Prohibition pinned Raymond Right with the ‘Drunken Driver’ Prohibition recovered from a series of brutal suplexes from ‘Mr. Right’, including a triple-decker German (Prohibition had a waist lock on referee Bruce Gray and Right suplexes them BOTH!) to hit his patented double-underhook piledriver for the victory. Sebastian Dark and Kingdom James defeated Big Hungry Chuck and Big Thirsty Jake by pinfall to retain the Union Tag Team titles. In a match that involved tables, chairs, a cow bell, a noose, an axehandle, the patented Union stop sign, a Cleveland wrestling promoter and about 1000 thumbtacks being used as foreign objects, best friends (and often bitter rivals) Dark and James defeated the Grubby Holler Boys. After managing to isolate Big Thirsty Jake, Sebastian locked on the ‘Sebazmission’ (a katahajime/camel clutch combination) and Kingdom smashed Jake in the face with the stop sign. Dark then rolled Jake for the pin. Eric Xtasy pinned J-Rocc. The flamboyant Xtasy hit his patented finisher, the STD (Sexually Transmitted Driver) for the pinfall victory but J-Rocc and his new crony, Adam Cage, viciously attacked Eric after the bell. Sterling James Keenan defeated Fabulous in a ladder match to win the Keystone State Cruiserweight title. Near the end of a stunning match between the two young men, Sterling went to throw powder into the eyes of Fabulous to distract him long enough to climb the ladder and capture the belt. But Fabulous ducked the blinding cloud, which then struck the referee. Fabulous threw Sterling out of the ring, climbed the ladder and grabbed his title belt, but with the referee blinded in the corner, Keenan had time to recover, attack the hometown hero and hit his finisher, the MK Ultra onto the title belt. Sterling then grabbed the belt, climbed up two rungs of the ladder and yelled for the referee. With his eyes starting to clear from the powder, the ref saw Keenan with the belt and declared him the winner and new champion. After the match, Fabulous threw the ladder out of the ring in a fit of rage that included hitting a ‘styles clash’ on the referee. Kingdom James, having removed a sufficient number of thumbtacks from his back to appear before the crowd again, declared that Keenan, who was belligerent in victory, would defend his title December 6th against Fabulous. Kingdom said that even though he could appreciate a good ‘cheat-to-win’ scenario and had promised never to undermine any Union referee by reversing their decisions, he wouldn’t allow another travesty of justice where Fabulous was concerned and that he, Kingdom James, would referee the rematch himself. ‘Mdogg20’ Matt Cross pinned Jerry Lynn to win the vacant Union Heavyweight title. In a match so good that it received loud chants of “best match ever” and a 5-minute standing ovation at its conclusion, young upstart Cross defeated friend and mentor Jerry Lynn to become the third-ever Union Heavyweight champion. Words can barely describe how entertaining this match was to watch. Lynn, who had earlier in the day, taught a seminar to a group of young wrestlers on ring fundamentals and philosophy, took Cross to school early in the match. Mdogg not only hung on, but fought back, eventually hitting a spectacular shooting star press to gain the pin, the title and the vociferous respect of the crowd. Both men hugged in the ring as the crowd chanted for a rematch. The Union of Independent Professional Wrestlers returns to the Brookside Community Center (3502 Athens Road) in Erie, PA on Saturday night December 6th. Tickets go on sale next week at Game Time Sports Collectables (4535 Buffalo Road), American Fitness Gym (Greengarden and 38th) and online at http://www.wrestlersunion.com. All seats are $10 each. And look for information on the rescheduled “Fan Fantasy Camp” in the days ahead. Also, if you call yourself an indy wrestling fan, you really owe it to yourself to purchase at least one video from UIPW. Their videos showcase their full events and cost a whopping, inexpensive, cheap, reasonable, whatever you wanna call it TWELVE dollars. Compare that to RF Video, SMV, MLW, etc.'s prices for one tape and there's no comparison. Check out WrestlersUnion.com for more info.

Who is Bob Barnett? razateca? A moron, but at the same time he's one of the leading experts on Lucha that lives in the US. Post the question on his message board @ bobbarnett.com and he'll let you know what's up.

Not sure. I saw Gala Lucha yesterday and it was a new recent episode of AAA with a FANTASTIC six-man that Im happy I taped. I havent seen any episodes for the last two weeks before that, so Im not really sure whats up. Im gonna watch today. If i were u, i'd ask Bob Barnett. he'd know.,

I really do hate to say it, but the attendance which was said to be down is *not* a good sign. This was an extremely quiet weekend for indy wrestling (just compare it to last weekend, when there were about 5 or 6 major shows that occurred, with the ONLY other notable show that occurred in the area being UIPW in Erie. It is surprising b/c the card for this show was really good and had been announced for awhile. Anyone know what happened w/ T Martini?

All that means is that you read the column too closely

A friend of mine who works TNA dark matches on a regular basis (he doesn't want me to reveal his name) told me that a friend of his, female indy wrestler Lady Victoria (no, not the same one who worked for XPW) will work a dark match before this Wednesday's PPV. The match will air on a future TNA Xplosion episode.

http://noholdsbarredwrestling.com/columns/.../67930629.shtml In this volume: info on major shows in England and Germany that will feature US indy stars; news regarding Samoa Joe's recent ROH World Heavyweight Title defense in Germany; the serious neck injury of HWA star Cody Hawk; breaking news regarding an IWA-MS Heavyweight Title defense on the West Coast; indy stars in Peurto Rico; ROH, IWA-MS, and MLW star making West Coast debut; American Dragon Bryan Danielson and Satoshi Kojima's US returns; results to Jeff Hardy's match on Friday in California; Special K member debuting in NWA Wildside; the fantastic card for the JAPW Sixth Anniversary Show; a CZW star debuting in NWA-TNA and ROH; MLW hirings and firings; new matches for ROH shows. Enjoy. Feedback is welcome and can be posted in this thread.

For those interested, ObsessedWithWrestling.com (your #1 source for wrestler bios), has posted my bio of NWA-TNA, Wildside, and XPW star Altar Boy Luke. Learn what Luke was doing before he entered XPW, during his career there, and since it went on hiatus. Enjoy. http://www.canadianbacon.org/~oww/bios/a/a...r-boy-luke.html

Monty Brown worked a tag match not too long ago that featured Gangrel, Sabu, and another guy who I forget the name of. Malice also worked in XPW.

Guess its their allowing of WWE guys to work certain Indy shows. Ala Al Snow and Jerry Lawler (all though I'm not sure about Snow, he could have been released and I wouldn't have realised) Nah, Snow's still under contract. They also let Rhyno work the Yukon Braxton Memorial Show awhile back and Dreamer appear in ROH a few times.

Scottys still under WWE contract to my knowledge. Wierd. Brian has been in contact with WWE for the last few years on and off, according to the 'net rumors. He and J. Hardy are both rumored to return eventually.

I'm interested, but I'm also really busy so I havent gotten to emailing or PMing you or whatever. Ill email you in a few days about it, but im definitely itnerested.

Lucha Xtreme Wrestling returns with it's sophomore event on Saturday, November 15. The Live event will once again be held at the prestigious Amazura Ballroom located at 91-12 144th Place in Jamaica, Queens, NY. Tickets are available now at www.Amazura.com or by calling the Amazura Ballroom box office at (718) 298-6760. LXW officials have announced that November 15 will be the start of a tournament to crown the first Lucha Xtreme Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion. There will be four quarterfinal matches that will be taking place on November 15, and the first match has already been booked. In a match that will turn the wrestling world on it's ear, "1000% Guapo" Shocker will go one on one with one of the most heralded Lucha Libre talents in the entire world, Ultimo Guerrero!! Shocker is coming off a huge victory over Jerry Lynn at LXW's debut show and has made it known that he has joined the LXW for one reason- the LXW World Heavyweight Title. Guerrero is no stranger to Shocker, as they have had one of the most heated rivalries in Lucha Libre's history. Guerrero has told LXW officials that he will not settle for anything less than victory and will do whatever it takes to defeat his nemesis along the way to becoming the first LXW World Champion. Details on the competitors involved in the remaining matches in the title tournament will be released in the upcoming weeks. Come witness all the highflying, death defying action of Lucha Xtreme Wrestling LIVE on Saturday, November 15 at the Amazura Ballroom located at 91-12 144th Place, Jamaica, Queens, NY. Front row tickets, priced at $30.00 are now available at www.Amazura.com or by calling the Amazura Ballroom box office at (718) 298-6760. General admission tickets are priced at $20.00. Doors open at 5:00 PM, and bell time is 6:00 PM sharp. Be there, signs and all, as this event will be taped for home video release! Directions (courtesy of www.Amazura.com): By Subway: Take the E, J, Z Subway line to Sutphin Blvd. Walk down Archer Ave. to 144th Place. Make a right and Amazura is at the end of the street. By L.I.R.R.- Long Island Rail Road- (From All Points- East or West): Take the train to the Jamaica Station. Walk down to Archer Ave. to 144th Place. Make a right and Amazura is at the end of the street. From Manhattan: Queens Borough Bridge/ 59th Street Bridge to LIE to Grand Central parkway East to Van Wyck Expressway South to Hillside/ Jamaica Ave. exit. Travel on the service road to Jamaica Ave and make a left. Go straight to 144th Place, make a right and Amazura is at the end of the street. From Brooklyn/ Staten Island: Belt Parkway to Van Wyck Expressway towards the Whitestone Bridge. Exit on Atlantic Ave. Travel on the service road to Jamaica Ave. Go straight to 144th Place, make a right and Amazura is at the end of the street. From Staten Island: Verrazano Bridge to Belt Parkway to Van Wyck Expressway towards the Whitestone Bridge. Exit on Atlantic Ave. Travel on the service road to Jamaica Ave. Make a right and take Jamaica Ave. straight to 144th Place, make a right and Amazura is at the end of the street. From Bronx/ Westchester: Whitestone Bridge to Whitestone Expressway to Van Wyck Expressway towards the Whitestone Bridge. Exit on Atlantic Ave. Travel on the service road to Jamaica Ave. and make a left. Go straight to 144th Place, make a right and Amazura is at the end of the street. From Long Island: L.I.E. to Van Wyck Expressway South (Kennedy Airport) to Hillside/Jamaica Ave. exit. Travel on the service road to Jamaica Ave. and make a left. Go straight to 144th Place, make a right and Amazura is at the end of the street. From New Jersey/ Pennsylvania & All Points South: Take New Jersey Turnpike to the George Washington Bridge to the Cross Bronx Expressway to Whitestone Bridge To Whitestone Expressway to Van Wyck Expressway to the Jamaica/ Hillside Ave. exit. Travel on the service road to Jamaica Ave. and make a left. Go straight to 144th Place, make a right and Amazura is at the end of the street. From Connecticut & All Points North: Take the New England Thruway to the Throgs Neck Bridge To the Cross Island Expressway heading towards the Whitestone Expressway to Van Wyck Expressway to the Jamaica/ Hillside Ave. exit. Travel on the service road to Jamaica Ave. and make a left. Go straight to 144th Place, make a right and Amazura is at the end of the street. For further details and developments, please visit www.LXWrestling.com.

There used to be the Long Island Wrestling Federation back in like 2000, which used Da Hit Squad and the Christopher Street Connection. I dont know if the fed is still around (I saw its results in an old WOW Magazine I was reading the other day), but I recommend giving it a look too if it is. Also, go to DMOZ.org and go to the indy wrestling section of the site. You can look at official promotion sites by region so you may find another one that runs there.

Yeah, i've read most of the past ones, but just haven't commented untiul now, I dont' think. I'v never been a huge fan of the DVDR style, so it's prolly no surprise I'm not a big fan of this style. like I said - show sounded great, but I just wasn't too hot on the style.

The show sounded good, but in all honesty, I really disliked the format of using all three guys' comments. It made it really confusing. Sometimes I wasn't sure what match each guy was talking about b/c it they were dropping names from throughout the card.

XPW has their tapes at XPWrestling.com.

Sonny Siaki & Elix Skipper wrestled Mike Sanders & Alan Funk in the first match on the Saturday, 9/27 Valhalla Pro Wrestling show in Helsinki, Finland. During that match, Siaki botched a splitlegged moonsault attempt by landing wrong on Funk's face and fractured several of his bones, including his orbital bone, cheek, jaw, eardrum, nose, and eye socket. He also may have a neck injury. Funk had vision in only one of his eyes well into the night of Saturday and is currently hospitalized in Helsinki. He won't be able to fly back to the U.S. for awhile until his face heals. Also on the card, A.J. Styles d. Jonny Storm, Steve Corino d. Shane Douglas, and Kid Kash d. Shark Boy.

http://noholdsbarredwrestling.com/columns/.../67239472.shtml Featuring news on Sabu's return to Japan, the injuries of Alan Funk and Altar Boy Luke, the bankruptcy of IPW Hardcore, more info regarding the death of Anthony "Pitbull #2" Durante and his wife, the cancellation of 3PW's show tonight, this weekend's indy shows, tons of MLW news, Hulk Hogan/NWA-TNA, and more.

Raven and Paul Heyman are considered two of the major masterminds of ECW. Eddie Gilbert left the promotion in like 1994 after a falling out and that's when Heyman took over. Before that, Gilbert was the head booker. For WCW and WWF/E bookers, go to the WRESTLING INFORMATION ARCHIVE web site. Rob Black, Lizzy Borden, Josh Lazie, and Kevin Kleinrock were the main bookers for XPW until Shane Douglas took over duties with Kleinrock, Black, and Lizzy after Lazie left. GQ Money booked for XPW from NYR2 - Hostile Takeover. CZW is booked by Zandig. Ian Rotten and Jim Fannin book IWA-MS. ETC. ETC. Basically, for all of the current indy promotions in the US, they're booked by whomever owns them. So ROH would be RF (and Gabe and Doug, too), Wildside is Bill Behrens, etc. Once you find out the owners, you know the bookers, pretty much.