PWG's All Star Weekend V set for April 7 & 8, 2007!

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PWG's "All Star Weekend V" Takes Place April 7 & 8!

By Silverback, PWG Staff Writer

 

Citrus Heights, CA - Recently, myself and another Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com) employee were discussing what type of professional wrestling fan would miss out on an event as spectacular as PWG's All Star Weekend V. I said it was a fan that was uncool. It's this huge event, tickets are highly in demand, and fans are coming from all over to see the shows. If you're a wrestling fan in Southern California and you don't attend PWG's All Star Weekend V, then you are simply uncool. The PWG employee I was conversing with, whose name sounds a lot like "Roey Jyan" said that the only type of fan that would miss this show was a stupid one. Then he said I was stupid for even asking. That's why "Roey Jyan" doesn't have a lot of friends.

 

But no matter what your excuse may be, if you call yourself a fan of professional wrestling you can not afford to miss PWG's All Star Weekend V on April 7 & 8 at the Van Nuys Armory in beautiful Van Nuys, CA!

 

Night One of PWG's All Star Weekend V takes place on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 8:00PM, and will feature:

 

PWG World Championship Title Match

El Generico © vs. "The Man That Gravity Forgot" PAC

 

PWG Debut Match

Kaz Hayashi vs. Alex Shelley

 

Rocky "Azucar" Romero vs. Roderick Strong

 

-- Rocky Romero's return to Pro Wrestling NOAH was postponed, thus allowing him to compete in his original match at PWG's All Star Weekend V, a rematch from the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles with "The Do'er of the Backbreaker" Roderick Strong!

 

Jack Evans vs. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen

 

PWG Debut Match

Low Ki vs. Davey Richards

 

"Double C" Claudio Castagnoli vs. Human Tornado

 

Disco Machine vs. NOSAWA

 

Kikutaro Vs. Colt Cabana

 

The Dynasty vs. PWG 8-Man Tag Team Match

Joey Ryan, "The Professional" Scott Lost, "Photogenic" Chris Bosh & "Scorpio Sky" vs. "The Future" Frankie Kazarian, TJ Perkins, Ronin, & Top Gun Talwar

 

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Night Two of PWG's All Star Weekend V takes place on Sunday, April 8, 2007 at 5:00PM, and will feature:

 

PWG World Championship Title Match

El Generico © vs. Human Tornado

 

-- If PAC wins the title on Night 1, he will defend first against Kaz Hayashi, and then against Human Tornado at the Tag Team Title Tournament in May!

 

PWG Dream Match

Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe

 

Kaz Hayashi vs. "The Man That Gravity Forgot" PAC

 

-- If PAC defeats El Generico on Night 1, this match will be for the PWG World Title.

 

Chris Hero vs. Davey Richards

 

"Double C" Claudio Castagnoli vs. Alex Shelley

 

Arrogance ("Photogenic" Chris Bosh & "The Professional" Scott Lost) vs. Jack Evans & Roderick Strong

 

No Disqualification Grudge Match

Joey Ryan vs. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen

 

Gauntlet Match - Order of Entry Determined by Random Drawing

Karl "Machine Gun" Anderson vs. "The Future" Frankie Kazarian vs. NOSAWA vs. TJ Perkins vs. Rocky "Azucar" Romero vs. Ronin

Kikutaro & Disco Machine vs Colt Cabana & Top Gun Talwar

 

Plus Commissioner of Wrestling Dino Winwood and Commissioner of Food & Beverage Excalibur will be on hand to oversee the action!

 

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's "All Star Weekend V" takes place at the Van Nuys Armory on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 8:00PM and Sunday, April 8, 2007 at 5:00PM. The Van Nuys Armory is located at 17330 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91496. General Admission tickets are $25 per person per night, or Two-Night General Admission Tickets are available for $40 per person. Front Row Tickets are $30 per person per night, or Two-Night Front Row Tickets will be available for $50 per person. Tickets are currently available online at http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/ASWV/ with any remaining quantities to be sold at the door on the day of each event. For more information, please visit http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com. Card subject to change.

[DangerousDamon 0]

Hot Damn! I wish I lived in Cali.

[Star Ocean 3 0]

If only I had money for this, but I can't spend anything...Somebody, pay for my admission, please!

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This calls for the return of Dino's Low Ki impression.

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PWG has added Joey Ryan Vs. Kevin Steen No DQ and Roderick Strong and Jack Evans Vs. Scott Lost and Chris Bosh to Night 2.

 

Also in case you missed it PWG also announced 7 participants for their May tag title tourney:

 

1. The Briscoe Brothers

2. The Kings of Wrestling

3. The Havana Pitbulls

4. The Motor City Machine Guns

5. Roderick Strong and Jack Evans

6. Dragon Gate's Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino

7. Davey Richards and ? (Mystery Partner to be revealed day of the tourney)

8. ??

 

And as a special attraction match for May 19th: AMERICAN DRAGON Vs. CIMA!

[Matt Young 0]

Shit... I need to find transportation from Riverside.

[Star Ocean 3 0]

Well I've driven to Orange County before to go with someone to PWG but that's just too far.

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PWG has just finalized the cards:

 

Night One: Roderick Strong vs. Rocky Romero is back on.

 

And they have added the following:

 

Claudio Castagnoli Vs. Human Tornado

 

NOSAWA Vs. Disco Machine

 

Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Chris Bosh and "Scorpio Sky" Vs. Frankie Kazarian, Ronin, TJ Perkins and Top Gun Talwar

 

And for Night Two: They have added a gauntlet match with Rocky Romero, Frankie Kazarian, TJ Perkins, Ronin, Karl "Machine Gun" Anderson, Disco Machine, Top Gun Talwar and NOSAWA

 

Full info edited into the main post...

[NoCalMike 0]

Shit, when I started reading the post and it said "Citrus Heights, CA" I was like "HOLY FUCK, that is 15mins from my house, I am sooooooooo going to this" Van Nuys is about a 6-8 drive depending on what time you leave Sacramento, and whether you take highway 99 or I-5. I have the cash for this, but I really would want at least ONE PERSON with me to take this long of a roadtrip. The card looks awesome.

 

This http://www.spw-wrestling.com/index.php is the local indy fed in my town.

[Star Ocean 3 0]

Van Nuys is 13 minutes from my house

[Corkscrew_Senton 0]

Damn, I live in San Diego and would LOVE to go to this show. I'll sadly be in Oregon that weekend Both cards look like sex-in-a-can.

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New matches just added:

 

Night 1: Kikutaro Vs. Colt Cabana

 

Night 2: Kikutaro and Disco Machine vs Colt Cabana and Top Gun Talwar

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RANDOM RESULTS and thoughts on what was an outstanding weekend of shows:

 

 

Show was great. I'd put it among the very best PWG shows ever. I'm really tired, but here's some short thoughts:

 

- Starts off with Excalibur announcing Dragon Gate's DON FUJI would be at the tag tourney. Which got zero reaction. Later on Dino announced that Stalker Ichikawa would face Fuji at the tourney. Which got even less of a reaction. Should be a fun match though.

 

- Disco Machine Over NOSAWA: Solid enough. Disco wins with the chokebreaker after NOSAWA stopped to mock Disco's dancing.

 

- Rocky Over Strong: Fucking awesome. Everything you'd expect from these two. Maybe a little better there BOLA match. Rocky wins by submission with an armbar from the turnbuckle after Strong dominated early on.

 

- Human Tornado Over Claudio: Another good match. Tornado's descent into total heeldom continues, as he abused Candice LeRae throughout the match. I forgot how he won, but I think Tornado won with a roll up with the tights.

 

- Kikutaro Over MATT CLASSIC: Funny stuff, as you would expect. After Ref antics, Kiku wins after a fast count from the ref

 

- Kevin Steen Over Jack Evans: IMO the only match of the night that didn't quite live up to expectations. Still good though. Steen hits a package piledriver on Evans, picks him up at 2. Then gives him the Steenalizer in the corner for the 3. Then Steen promises to kill Joey Ryan tomorrow night.

 

- The Dynasty Over Kazarian, Ronin, TJ Perkins and Top Gun Talwar: Started off with the real Sky returning and jumping the fake Sky. Match kinda dragged in the middle, but had a really entertaining ending portion. Arrogance pinned Top Gun with a northern lights/backbacker combo

 

- KAZ Hayashi Over Alex Shelley: Maybe it's because I'm a big Shelley fan, but I really loved this match. Good tech stuff from both. KAZ wins with the Final Cut. Probably my 3rd favorite of the night.

 

- Low-Ki Over Davey: Real good, really stiff. Ki wins with the Ghetto Stomp. Impressive debut for Low-Ki

 

- Generico Over PAC: Fucking crazy. Toward the end PAC missed a double moonsault and pretty much landed on his head. After a few crazy near falls. Generico finally puts PAC away with the turnbuckle brainbuster. Which didn't quite hit the turnbuckle.... only flaw in an otherwise excellent match. PAC is super over.

 

So yeah... it definitely lived up to the hype for me. Good stuff all around. Buy this!

 

 

NIGHT 2:

 

1. Kevin Steen def. Joey Ryan in a No Holds Barred match with his Package Piledriver through chairs.

 

2. TJ Perkins, Rocky Romero and Ronin def. Karl Anderson, Lil' Cholo and NOSAWA when Ronin trapped one of his opponents (I forget which) with a full-nelson rollup

 

3. Davey Richards def. Chris Hero with the AT Lock

 

4. Colt Cabana and TopGun Talwar def. Kikutaro and Disco Machine after a Colt 45 on Disco.

 

5. Claudio Castagnoli def. Alex Shelley with a springboard European uppercut.

 

6. Kaz Hayashi def. Pac with the Final Cut

 

7. Roderick Strong and Jack Evans vs. Arrogance went to a no-contest when Davey Richards and SUPER DRAGON ran in and destroyed anything that moved. Super Dragon is Davey's partner in the DDT4 Tag Tournament.

 

8. El Generico def. Human Tornado to retain the PWG title after a Tiger Suplex '85/Yakuza Kick/Brainbuster combo (not the turnbuckle version)

 

9. Samoa Joe def. Low Ki after the Muscle Buster.

 

Show started VERY late, because while Ronin was testing the ropes after his entrance, the top rope COMPLETELY snapped off. (Now you know why wrestlers do that.) PWG tried to stall as long as possible, first by having Dino sing, then have Excalibur ramble and do merchandise shills, and they even brought out PAUL T (who was in attendance as a fan) to do a short speech. Finally, they rushed the Steen/Joey match out there (which I'm sure was supposed to go on much later) since it was the one match they could do without ropes.

 

They still didn't have the ring set, so they moved the bottom rope to the top, and match #2 was contested without a bottom rope. I'm sure the planned Gauntlet match was scrapped in favor of a 6-man for time constraints. No explanation for Frankie's absence.

 

Attendance was somewhere between 450-500 people.

 

Cabana got the full streamer treatment, and was shown a lot of love after his extremely funny tag match.

 

All-around a great evening of solid wrestling. While not a classic, Joe/Ki was the best match of theirs I've seen and sent the fans home very happy. MOTN, with Davey/Hero being the runner-up, in my opinion.