Jerry Lawler vs Steve Corino Aug 10th

[Guest Fat Frank]

Jersey All Pro Wrestling returns to the Funtown Pier in Seaside Height's, NJ on Saturday, August 10, 2002, at 7pm. All seats are only $12.00 each and there is also Free Transportation to this event from Jersey City & Bayonne, NJ. For more info email [email protected] Remember, this will be the last JAP event in Seaside till next summer.

 

Main Event

WWE Superstar Jerry "The King" Lawler returns to JAP to battle "The King of old school" Steve Corino.

 

Da Hit Squad have warned JAP that a lot of people are going to get hurt bad on Aug 10th in Seaside since they were cheated out of the JAP tag team championship last month!

 

JAP Tag Team Champions The Insane Dragon & Jay Briscoe vs Deranged & Marc Briscoe. Lets not forget, The Briscoe's are brothers and Deranged and The Insane Dragon are tag team partners. To find out how this big mess started, read the report on the last JAP show bellow by Karen Belcher

 

JAP Light Heavyweight Champion Dixie will take on "The Suicidal Demon" Azrieal who is quickliy building a very large cult following here in JAP.

 

JAP TV Champion Ghost Shadow will defend his title vs Eddie Thomas & Rainchild in a 3 way dance. This match will be a must see encounter...

 

It looks like Skinhead Ivan & The Sheik have worked everything out between them and our now stronger then ever. Ivan will battle J-Train in a No-DQ Seaside Street Fight! The Sheik promises to announce the newest member of his army on this event.

 

JAP female fans will be very, very happy to know Pete from Tough Enough II will be in action on this event. I have been told the JAP locker room is not going to welcome a member of Tough Enough in their home on Aug 10, 2002, this is going to be very interesting.

 

Mike Quackenbush returns to JAP to take on Slyk Wanger Brown w/April Hunter in his corner.

 

Will Striker ever win a match here in JAP? This month he will take on the Hot Rookie Jay Lethal!

 

Here is a report on the last JAP event by Karen Belcher

We lost our seats during the last match of the JAPW show, when the three way dance for the tag team titles spilled over the ring rail directly onto the spot where our chairs had been. The chairs were no longer there because they were used as weapons by the Briscoe Brothers, Da Hit Squad, and Wasted Youth.

 

Wasted Youth soon tired of the chairs and decided to use themselves as weapons instead. They climbed to the top of the large ring van parked behind the rows of chairs - well, the area where the rows of chairs had been - and launched themselves onto their opponents, as the crowd of over 400 chanted J - A - P! J - A - P!

 

The match was originally booked to determine the number one contender for the JAP tag team titles, which were held by the Shane Brothers (aka The Johnsons).

 

At the beginning of the show, we were given the surprising news that the Shanes had been stripped of their titles, so the 3-way dance would be to determine the new JAP tag team champions.

 

Each of the teams was now even more determined to win. The size advantage held by Da Hit Squad would be difficult for the two smaller teams to overcome, but they pulled out all the stops, resulting in the melee that took out one whole section of seats.

 

Order was finally restored, but not for long. As pay back for their interference in his match earlier, Bam Bam Bigelow took advantage of a ref bump to knock out both members of DHS.

 

A second referee came out to help. In the confusion, the first ref returned, and Insane Dragon of Wasted Youth pinned one member of DHS, while Jay Briscoe pinned the other. Each ref counted 1, 2, 3 on a different pair.

 

After a heated argument between the two referees, it was finally decided that the new tag team champions are Jay Briscoe and the Insane Dragon.

Neither team was happy with the decision.

 

The tag title match at the next show on August 10, with Jay Briscoe and Insane Dragon vs. Mark Briscoe and Deranged. could be even wilder, especially if Da Hit Squad make good on their threat to make everyone pay for their loss.

 

The other matches on the card varied somewhat in quality, as is to be expected in a promotion that is training new wrestlers, but we enjoyed all of them, de#####e the very loud and rather odd heckler seated behind us. Most of his shouted taunts made little sense, prompting oddly puzzled looks from some of the wrestlers his shouts were aimed at.

 

His remarks were so off the wall that I began to wonder if it was his intent to satirize hecklers. Then one of his targets advised him to go home and sober up. I hope he had a designated driver.

 

We took a friend who has never been much of a wrestling fan, and when we were deciding how many tickets to get for the August 10 show, he said he definitely wants to go. He had watched WWE before, but was always bored by it. He had no idea that pro wrestling could be this much fun to watch.

 

The Christopher Street Connection with Allison Danger could give Billy and Chuck some much needed lessons in the right way to work their angle. These guys have tons of personality, and they obviously enjoy their heel angle, teasing and yelling back at the crowd, who really got into it.

 

At the last show, JAPW announced the return of Bam Bam Bigelow, and Shane Douglas challenged him to a match at this show.

 

The Franchise started off with a classic promo, calling out Bigelow, whose response was quick and emphatic. The advantage went back and forth, with the combatants giving the crowd everything they expected from these two legends.

 

Both men are local favorites, and the crowd cheered for them equally. We never got to find out which man would have won, because Da Hit Squad came out and attacked Douglas, then offered Bigelow a chance to finish the job, claiming that he had been brought to JAPW to destroy the Franchise.

 

Bigelow moved as if to attack Douglas, but then grabbed DHS and knocked their heads together. Shane joined him in fighting off DHS, starting a melee that emptied the locker room as wrestlers and referees tried to separate them. Well, it was more of a curtained off area than a locker room, since we were outdoors, but it's the same idea.

 

The two teams challenged each other to a match, but so far it has not been signed for the next show. Douglas and Bigelow ended by giving the Triple Threat sign to each other and the crowd.

 

Could this be a signal that the Triple Threat will reunite? Fans would certainly welcome the return of the feared group who liked to say that they needed only three men to accomplish what the Horsemen needed four men to do.

 

In a fast paced, exciting match, JAPW's Lightweight Champion Dixie defeated Rainchild and retained his title. IPW fans are familiar with Dixie as he and a number of other JAPW wrestlers work for the popular Florida promotion as well.

 

PWD columnist Slyk Wagner Brown, with the tough and beautiful April Hunter, made a strong showing in his bid to take the JAPW Heavyweight title from Homicide. Even the assistance of April was not enough to win the belt on Saturday, but there's always the next time.

 

Axl Rotten defeated Crazy Ivan, who really wasn't much of an opponent, but Rotten's skill and showmanship saved the match. The "Seaside Street fight" took them all over, in and out of the ring, which the fans loved.

 

If you live in the NJ/NY/PA area, checking out JAPW is a must. For a fraction of what you'd spend on a ticket in the rafters at the next WWE show, you can sit ringside at JAPW or any one of the other great local indy shows, and see a show that will knock your socks off.

 

Or at least knock you off your folding chair, if you don't get out of the way of that wrestler flying over the ring rail fast enough.