PWG Takes Off At ''88 Miles Per Hour!'' On March 7

[PsychoDriver 0]

New PWG Press release from SoCalUncensored.com:

 

"By Silverback, PWG Staff Writer

 

Citrus Heights, California - With tensions running high after "Taste The Radness," Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com) decided to lighten the mood by bringing in two of the most light hearted wrestlers on earth; American Dragon and Brad Bradley! But to off set the easy going nature of that match, PWG also decided to book two of the most intense rivals wrestling has ever seen, two men whose hatred burns with the heat of ten thousand suns; Ebessan and Kuishinbo Kamen! On March 7 at the Santa Ana Elks Lodge, wrestlers will collide, matches will take place, battles will be won, and limbs will be lost!

 

• "Black Tigers" Jeremy Lopez vs. Puma - Recently returning from safari in Japan where he hunted the elusive Tigers Mask, Jeremy Lopez has come back to the United States in order to capture the majestic Puma! Lopez has spent months tracking his quarry, and finally has tracked Puma to the Los Angeles area, and like any great hunter, has even predicted where the mighty beast will be! Fans in the first three rows, consider yourselves forewarned! Not only will you be in the proximity of phenomenal professional wrestling, but you will also be near Jeremy Lopez and a loaded elephant rifle, trying to shoot down Puma, one of the fastest men in the sport today! Please bring adequate protection, such as a kevlar vest or a thick sweater.

 

• Bobby Quance vs. Tigers Mask - When one of the most promising up and comers in professional wrestling comes to PWG and demands a match with another young wrestler from a completely different side of the world, Comissioner Paul T tells them to go fly a kite. However, Bobby Quance and Tigers Mask are both really nice young men, and would never make such a demand of PWG or Comissioner Paul T. Therefore, to instill a bit of a mean streak in one, or possibly both men, Paul T made this match with one stipulation: the loser must walk home! While Los Angeles resident Quance isn't too worried about this, Tigers Mask definetely feels like he has something to prove, and will be giving it all at "88 Miles Per Hour!"

 

• Gurentai (MASADA & NOSAWA) vs. Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero) - In the Democratic People's Republic of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, all international competitors are required to register with all 6 bodies of the government, from the Department of State (Joey Ryan) to the Department of Agriculture (Scott Lost). With that said, it is no surprise that upon registration for "88 Miles Per Hour," the Havana Pitbulls found that they will not receive a title shot, but will face off in a DPRPWG/United Nations sanctioned match again Gurentai, the team of Japan's MASADA and Mexico's NOSAWA. Will the winners of this match receive a title shot down the line, or will evil Ministers of State and Agriculture plot and scheme their way out of another title defense?

 

• American Dragon vs. Brad Bradley - Imagine this scene: A man riding in a limousine decides that he wants a better view of the city, so he opens the sunroof, sticks his head out, and takes in the sights and sounds of Los Angeles at 35 miles per hour. At that very moment, a clown on stilts is crossing the street, on his way to the circus, or possibly a festival, or perhaps even a street fair. Closing in on the clown, the limo driver depresses the brake pedal, only to find that he is unable to stop! The driver lays on the horn, and the clown, startled by the sudden noise, stops dead in his tracks, bends over and looks backward between his legs at the incoming threat. The limo passes under the clown's body, the car goes between the stilted legs, but the head of the clown and the head of the limo passenger collide, instantly decapitating both men! As crazy as that sounds, the match between American Dragon and the Midwest's own Brad Bradley will be even crazier!

 

• Frankie Kazarian & Babi Slymm vs. "Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce & Hardkore Kidd - Much like the proposed merger between Comcast & Disney, Frankie Kazarian and Babi Slymm decided to come together in the face of increased market pressure, the increased market pressure in this case being Hardkore Kidd and PWG Champion Adam Pearce! With the belt in his hands, and the new partnership with Hardkore Kidd, Adam Pearce is doing all he can to insure that his title reign will more successful than Frankie Kazarian's! Without a rematch clause in his contract, Frankie is forced to work his way back into title contention, but because Slymm was the last to be eliminated in the 4-way match for the title in January, Frankie is not instantly named number one contender. Also attributed to the convoluted nature of the PWG title picture is the position of the moon, Commissioner Paul T's mood, especially on days where he is forced to go on missions with the other Surf Ninjas, and the rulings of the Santa Ana Elks. Therefore, challenges were made, a tag match was signed, and gauntlets were thrown!

 

• Ebessan vs. Kuishinbo Kamen - In every super heroic relationship, there is a leader and a sidekick. From Batman & Robin to Superman & Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, that's just how it is. However, when it came time for Japanese crime fighters Kuishinbo Kamen and Ebessan to make a decision about the nature of their relationship, the men failed to reach acceptable terms, and their days as partners was over. For many years now, their battle has raged all over the great continent of Japan, from the icy wastes in the far, far north, to the arid, 10,000 square mile desert in the south, seemingly no place in Japan was safe from the destruction brought by these powerful forces! Now, not even the peaceful island nation of America can avoid the rampage! Entire cities have been leveled, fields left fallow and radioactive, water left polluted and undrinkable, all in the name of figuring out who is the Green Hornet, and who is Kato? Who is Super Dave Osborne, and who is Fuji?! Find out on March 7th!

 

Guerrilla Games Elimination Match

• Super Dragon, Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, & Scott Lost vs. Topgun Talwar, Scorpio Sky, Quicksilver, Chris Bosh, & Charles Mercury - The paint that is hatred which was sprayed and speckled all over the canvas that is PWG has barely had time to dry when another bucket of hateful paint will be thrown carelessly in the direction of the PWG canvas. No, fans, this is not a bit by painter/auteur Andy Warhol, this is, in fact, the biggest rivalry PWG has ever seen! Much like a great painting, there are many subtle elements to this Guerrilla Games Elimination Match, so subtle that only the trained eye can see them. To some, this may appear to be simply a fight between Ye Olde Timers and the youngsters, the vets against the rookies, painted easily with broad strokes. To others, the individual feuds and agendas make up the finer details, the finer details of the biggest metaphorical painting that fans have metaphorically seen! Whatever the case may be, this match will end with one team, and one team only as the clear winner, with the canvas painted in the loser's blood! (See, that's tricky, because I could mean the canvas of the ring, or the canvas of the painting I referred to earlier, there's only one way to find out what I really meant!)

 

"88 Miles Per Hour" takes place Sunday, March 7, 2004 at the Santa Ana Elks Lodge, at 5:00PM. The Santa Ana Elks Lodge is located at 212 S. Elk Lane, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Tickets are $18 each, and will be available at the door. Tickets will be available online at http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com, or by mail (PWG Tickets, PO Box 1527, Temple City, CA 91780. Certified checks or money orders only, please.) For more information, please visit http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com or email [email protected]"

 

Another amazing card, I'll post my thoughts and predictions sometime next week...

[Guest JustinCredible2k]

Show looks pretty good. Not to familiar with a few names but thats because im not on the west coast. If I was there, im sure they would be household names like the guys here at ROH on the east coast. But great card non the less. Danielson Vs. Bradley should be a great match.

[Guest The Last Free Voice]

these "press releases" are gold. Pure gold. Does Cabana write these?

[Tawren 0]

• American Dragon vs. Brad Bradley - Imagine this scene: A man riding in a limousine decides that he wants a better view of the city, so he opens the sunroof, sticks his head out, and takes in the sights and sounds of Los Angeles at 35 miles per hour. At that very moment, a clown on stilts is crossing the street, on his way to the circus, or possibly a festival, or perhaps even a street fair. Closing in on the clown, the limo driver depresses the brake pedal, only to find that he is unable to stop! The driver lays on the horn, and the clown, startled by the sudden noise, stops dead in his tracks, bends over and looks backward between his legs at the incoming threat. The limo passes under the clown's body, the car goes between the stilted legs, but the head of the clown and the head of the limo passenger collide, instantly decapitating both men! As crazy as that sounds, the match between American Dragon and the Midwest's own Brad Bradley will be even crazier!

Pure fucking gold...PWG rocks.

[Lightning Flik 0]

these "press releases" are gold. Pure gold. Does Cabana write these?

They are hilarious indeed. They are just pure good stuff.

 

I wish I could see PWG cause it sounds like a hell of a good fed.

[PsychoDriver 0]

these "press releases" are gold. Pure gold. Does Cabana write these?

I'm not totally sure but I think it's Excalibur who writes them. It just sounds like him...

[Guest Jimbo]

I <3 Excalibur

[PsychoDriver 0]

Ok, the show is this SUNDAY!!!! so I'll bump this up (I'm sure it'll stay ahead of the "RF is Gay" thread for about a second or 2) and give some short thought and predictions.

 

 

"Black Tigers" Jeremy Lopez vs. Puma

Thoughts: Another in a long line of well matched openers from PWG, this looks like it'll be a fantastic match as both should blend nicely.

Prediction: PUMA

 

• Bobby Quance vs. Tigers Mask

Thoughts: I've never seen Tigers Mask before but I've heard from many sources that he is a great flyer. But then again even if he was a bad wrestler I'd still think the amazing Bobby Quance (just coming off a MOTYC with Danielson on 2/22) would get a worthy match out of him. I think this will be the sleeper match of the show...

Prediction: Bobby Quance

 

• Gurentai (MASADA & NOSAWA) vs. Havana Pitbulls

Thoughts: It's Japan Vs. Cuban in PWG! This should be alot of fun as Gurentai are good and the Pitbulls are one of the best teams in the world right now. I think this match was actually first set to take place at the 4th EPIC Pro Wrestling show back in Sept. 2002 but never took place due to last minute card change. So now nearly a year and half later... these teams will finally meet.

Thoughts: Havana Pitbulls (possibly putting the pitbulls in position for a tag title shot next show)

 

• American Dragon vs. Brad Bradley

Thoughts: "Bananas, batty, bedlamite, bonkers, brainsick, buggy, bughouse, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, cracky, cranky, crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, disordered, distraugh, loco, looney, lunatic, mad, maniac, mental, mindless, non compos mentis, nuts, nutsy, nutty, reasonless, screwy, teched, unbalanced, unsane, unsound, wacky" - The words I got after typing the word "Insane" into a Thesaurus and none truly can explain how much pure insanity will be contained within this match. This should be one to remember...

Prediction: American Dragon

 

• Frankie Kazarian & Babi Slymm vs. "Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce & Hardkore Kidd

Thoughts: This came about after the events of Street fight at the last show where Pearce (with the help of the Hardkore Kid) beat Frankie and took the home the gold. This should be pretty solid has they all have alot of experience against each other and that Frankie Kazarian is the coolest person in the world

Prediction: Slymm pins Pearce setting up a title match for the 27th.

 

• Ebessan vs. Kuishinbo Kamen

Thoughts: Two of Japan's top comedy workers meet one on one for the first time on US soil. As Paul T called it "The Holy MF'N Grail of comedy matches"

Prediction: No clue really... guessing Ebessan

 

Guerrilla Games Elimination Match

• Super Dragon, Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, & Scott Lost vs. Topgun Talwar, Scorpio Sky, Quicksilver, Chris Bosh, & Charles Mercury

Thought: The build here has been great and this will be an insanely fun match up. Over the last few years SoCal has had some classic elimination tags First the RevPro MOTY 2002 "Don't Call it a Comeback" and also RevPro's "Pride of the mask 3" 6-man that was a shit load of fun. Hopefully this one will continue that great tradition.

Prediction: TEAM PWG

 

Overall prediction (in the form of a Back to the future quote): "If my calculations are correct.. when this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're going to see some serious shit"

 

So if in the area.. COME CHECK THIS OUT LIVE! you won't regret it. No one ever leaves PWG unhappy well unless Super Dragon pours a drink on them or threatens them.or slaps them Oh well forget I said that....

 

Also to anyone planning to going to this: check this thread: http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=51109 to learn about 2 other AMAZING shows this Saturday in SoCal.

 

If not in the area, SHAME ON YOU, What you think you are too good to live in the area? Seriously than checkout http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com and buy one of PWG's many excellent DVDs!!! They are all worth buying... I'd recommend them in order to truly follow the PWG saga as it unfolds.

 

Other PWG News: Next show is March 27 (with everyone's favorite Colt Cabana already set to appear)

and PWG also has shows set for 04/17/04, 05/22/04 and 06/19/04. So make your plans to attend these now!

[JoeDirt 0]

I still really need to see some PWG stuff. Gotta get my hands on Tango and Cash, if possible. This card looks great too.

[PsychoDriver 0]

Oh forgot to mention,

 

Former XPW/NWA-TNA Valet, Valintina/J-Love will also be appearing at this show. Doing what? No one knows. Who cares? I don't know... but if she brings in some fans.. what the heck eh?

 

Also here's the flyer, if you bring it in you get 3 bucks off! As Sean Penn may have said in some movie 20 something years ago "Righteous bucks!!"

 

[PsychoDriver 0]

Here's the results for this show:

 

Credit to SoCalUncensored.com

 

PWG

Elks Lodge

Santa Ana, CA

Attendance: 140

 

Puma over Black Tigers [9'22]

 

Bobby Quance over Tigers Mask [9'51]

 

Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero) over NOSAWA & Masada [10'49]

 

American Dragon over Brad Bradley [9'35]

 

Frankie Kazarian & Babi Slymm over Adam Pearce & Hardkore Kidd [15'63]

 

Kushinbo Kamen over Ebessan [9'00]

 

Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, Disco Machine, & Excalibur over Scorpio Sky, Quick Silver, Chris Bosh, Topgun Talwar, & Charles Mercury in a Guerrilla Games elimination match

Order of Elimination

-Topgun Talwar at 26'35

-Charles Mercury at 29'46

-Disco Machine at 30'41

-Excalibur at 32'49

-Scorpio Sky by DQ at 35'11

-Super Dragon at 35'43

-Quick Silver at 36'33

-Chris Bosh at 37'15 "

 

The X-Foundation were the survivors.

 

 

The show was outstanding from top to bottom with no bad matches to be found. My favorite matches were American Dragon Vs. Brad Bradley who put on a brutally stiff war and Kamen Vs. Ebsessan who had a comedy classic with TARO as the special ref. Man, if you've never seen these guys, you are really missing out on some funny shit.

 

Def. buy this when it's released on DVD...

 

Anyway next show is on March 27 with X-Foundation Vs. Bosh/Silver, SD Vs. Scorpio Sky already announced. Plus the SoCal return of Colt Cabana. So check that one out as well...

[Guest DeputyHawk]

Hey Psychodriver, who got the pin in the mixed tag match?

[Guest Banders Kennany]

Is PWG a generally comedy based fed? And is "Tigers Mask" the latest in the line of Tiger Masks from Japan?

[Guest Jay Z. Hollywood]

Nah, PWG's not a comedy based fed, it's your straight-up indy with emphasis on the wrestling. It's a blend of lucha and ROH style. The comedy thing comes from their press releases, and the offbeat approach has gotten them a lot of attention, so kudos to whoever came up with that idea.

 

Heck, some loser wrote up a review of a PWG show on thesmartmarks.com, if you want to check that out for more info.

[Phoenix Fury Legdrop 0]

Tigers Mask isn't associated with the Tiger Masks of the past, but rather some cross-promotion with a Japanese baseball team called "The Tigers".

[Guest Banders Kennany]

Is he actually from Japan? Or a gaijin?

[PsychoDriver 0]

Hey Psychodriver, who got the pin in the mixed tag match?

What mixed tag?

[Guest DeputyHawk]

I've never seen a lot of the SoCal workers on tape and for some reason from reading results I'd always assumed Babi Slymm and Hardkore Kidd were women. Dunno, Babi Slymm just sounds kinda feminine. My bad. Who got the pin in the Kazarian/Pearce tag match at any rate?

[Guest Joe_G]

Tigers Mask isn't associated with the Tiger Masks of the past, but rather some cross-promotion with a Japanese baseball team called "The Tigers".

 

Just picture a baseball playing Tiger Mask and there you go. I think they did a gimmick where if the Tigers won that day, Tigers Mask would win his match, and if they lost, he did the job.

 

He's a fun worker, with the windup chop in the corner and, of course, the baseball slide.

[Guest Devin]

Tigers Mask, along with Black Tigers, Ebessan, and Kuishinbo Kamen are all Osaka Pro workers.

 

Babi Slymm got the win in the tag match, putting Pearce to sleep with a Cobra Clutch.