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May. 18th, 2008 @ 12:31 am Weekend Results 5/16-5/18
Next Generation Wrestling results from Pekin, IL on 5/17 --

*Sage Ramsey & Jester pinned Morton Von Prose & Josh Powers to win the NGW Tag Titles
*Dingo pinned Adam Evans
*NGW Heavyweight Champ Ryan Phoenix pinned Rowdy Robby McCann in a hardcore match
*Mason Beck pinned Tony Rican
*PC Champ Kyle Rich pinned "Axis" William Hatcher
--Lethal Lottery Tag Tournament Round One
*The Dixie-Land Destroyers pinned Andy Roberts & Party Boy Ray Hez and Dennis Devine & Cameron Jacobs (three-way tag)
*Dominic Jaxson & Chris Hazard pinned Catalyst Cory Carter & Bloody Harker Dirge
*Prince Ali & Mike Horning pinned Brandon Espinosa & CJ Esparza
*Jason Hades & Brett Gakiya pinned Bobby Houston & Michael Shard
--Lethal Lottery Tag Tournament Round Two
*Dominic Jaxson & Chris Hazard fought The Dixie-Land Destroyer to a double DQ
*Jason Hades & Brett Gakiya pinned Mike Horning & Prince Ali
--Ultimate Wrestling Challenge Final
*Brett Gakiya beat Jason Hades 2-1 (pin, DQ)
--Attendance was 100.

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May. 15th, 2008 @ 09:15 am Weekend Events 5/16-5/19 and news updates!
OBIT: STL Wrestling Hall of Famer Penny Banner passed away Monday night.


Kari Williams has a photo recap of MMWA-SICW 5/10.


US Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) who's been at the forefront in pushing a congressional investigation into drug abuse in pro wrestling may or may not be leaving Congress soon. A report says he's being urged to resign, Rush denies it. Rush has been fighting a battle against cancer.


WWE Hall of Famer Rocky Johnson, father of The Rock will be Stratford Bar in Grill this Sunday at 6pm.


The latest episode of the Nose Bleed Seats is online, this is the second half of our interview with Benz and Scotty Cash. Also for Comcast cable customers in Springfield, IL Thursday at 5:30am, 1:30pm and 10:30pm the Nose Bleed Seats now airs on Access 4.


Brian Kelley did a three part interview with referee and candidate for LWA President Luke Roberts. This is part one of that interview. And now they have posted part two of that interview.


What is Irv Muchnick really trying to find with the missing voicemails in regards to Chris Benoit? Why Benoit snapped? No. Explain the crime is something other than double murder/suicide? No. The correct answer Irv says is how World Wrestling Entertainment practices crisis management and how it took its first steps to protect itself from the inevitable onslaught of scrutiny in the post-Benoit world. The Fayette County sheriff has so far failed to explain why there is a day-long gap in voicemails and phone records.


AJ Styles will not be appearing at LWA on 5/24. Also off the show is Dingo and Davey Richards. No word on who might take their places.


The STLWC Matches of the Week is taking the week off as other video projects have taken priority for me and there hasn't been any new local material posted by others, but if you've not gotten a chance to see the footage from prior weeks, take a browse through! A lotta people haven't gotten a chance to look at last week's matches, with spring weather bringing people outside.

Busy week this week, and Monday Night Raw broadcasts from KC...though you best be ready to chant and demand "REFUNDS" if William Regal continues to interrupt matches like he's been doing of late.

World Wrestling Entertainment - http://www.wwe.com

5/19 - Kansas City, MO - Kemper Arena
--RAW Television Taping


Renegade Pro Wrestling - http://www.myspace.com/devilsanddiamonds

5/16 - Metropolis, IL - Baymont Inn


All American Pro Wrestling - http://www.myspace.com/allamericanprowrestling

5/17 - Chester, IL - Chester High School
*Steven Davis vs. AAPW Champion "Serial Thriller" Shane Rich
*Edmund "Livewire" McGuire vs. Ax Stevens
*Carnage vs. 'The Atomic Dogg" Ali Stevens
*Brett Young vs. "The Future" Donovan Ruddick
*Mark Sterling & Darrien Sanders vs. Mike Masters & "The All American" J.T. Calhoun
*KC Jackson vs. Allen Shepard
*Shawn Shultz vs. "Da Bomb" Brian James


Heartland Championship Wrestling - http://myspace.com/heartlandwrestling

5/17 - Anna, IL - 400 E. Lewis


Metro East Championship Wrestling - http://www.mecwrestling.com/

5/17 - Wood River, IL - Knights of Columbus Hall


MMWA-SICW - http://mmwa-sicw.com

5/17 - East Carondelet, IL - 823 State St.


National Wrestling Coalition - http://www.nwcwrestling.com

5/17 - Fairbanks, IN - Community Center
*T-Bolt Baxton, Vulcan, Lady Vendetta, Shannon Kay, Edmund "Livewire" McGuire, "Bad Boy" Chris Thomas, Curt Braddock


Next Generation Wrestling - http://www.myspace.com/nextgenerationwrestling

5/17 - Pekin, IL - Dragons Dome


Supreme League of Wrestling - http://www.myspace.com/supremeleagueofwrestling

5/17 - Mattoon, IL - Burgess-Osborne Auditorium

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May. 11th, 2008 @ 04:22 pm Weekend Results 5/10-5/11
New Breed Wrestling Alliance results from Danville, IL on 5/11 --

*Cecil Cerveza & Nicky "The Weasel" Mankotti d. Cheapshot & Cyclone and Connor Riley & Andy Roberts (triple threat, lucha rules)
*No Limits Champ Danny McKay d. Justin Clark
*DaCobra d. Brandon Keith
*Angelo Santelli & Jon Divosi d. NBWA/NGW Tag Champs Morton Von Prose & Josh Powers by DQ
*Chad Tally, Shad Tally & Melissa the Photographer d. Jef Harris & Jason Vendetta
*De'Andre King d. Gavin Alexander & Wild Bill (triple)
*Bloody Harker Dirge d. NBWA TV Champ Aaron Matthews


MMWA-SICW results from St. Louis, MO on 5/10 --

*MMWA-SICW Tag Champs Mr. Bibbs & Dave Vaughn d. Waco & Tommy Riggs
*Shaft d. Jaysin Static
*Kevin X & The Lumberjacks fought Jerome Cody, Phil E. Blunt & Tommy Knight to a draw in an elimination tag match
*WLW Women's Champ Stacy O'Brien d. Alexis Lightfoot to win the MMWA-SICW Women's Title
*Kevin X d. Jerome Cody to win the MMWA-SICW Heavyweight Title
*Jeremy Lightfoot d. Moondog Rover
*AJ Williams d. Tommy Riggs to win the vacant Jr. Heavyweight Title
*Billy Diamond d. Bobby D

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May. 5th, 2008 @ 02:57 pm Weekend Events 5/10-5/11
The newest edition of the Nose Bleed Seats is online. This week is part one of a two part interview with Scotty Cash and Benz of New Midwest Wrestling.


Half Pint Brawlers has cancelled their show in Canton, IL for May 30th, citing problems with the owners of the Outskirts Bar & Grill.


TNA has announced they will be running house shows in Popular Bluff, MO 6/6, Bloomington, IL 6/20 and Danville, IL 6/21 in June.


Submissions for the 2008 PWI 500 are being taken until June 1st, 2008. Any local wrestler who has at least 50-100 matches a year, travels the country to compete, has matches with people who are or were previously ranked in the 500 are encouraged to apply or fans should encourage them to apply. Some people think this list has no relevance anymore while others believe it raises the stock of anyone who makes the list. It is much harder now to make the list with the sheer number of people in the business, but for those getting in it is quite an achievement.


From Larry Csonka of 411mania: Awesome Kong dropped the NWA Women's Title to MsChif at the April 26th event in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Since she is under TNA contract the NWA felt that she needed to drop the title. TNA tried to pull her from the show, and according to live reports Kong worked as if she didn't want to be there. She lost via Count Out.


There appears to be problems with HCW's new venue as someone who attended the show got a very negative impression of the facility, and had issues with some folks who wrestled that evening according to this account from Rasslin Riot. They'll be running their next show at the same location on 5/17. If all that was said is true, they've got some work to do here.

ADD: HCW has responded to the comments via their Myspace page.

The STLWC Matches of the Week are online. This week we feature Michael Shard who recently made his return to the ring taking on Eric Logan from NMW, Drake vs. Jesse Clark from UVW, Espy vs. Vaughn from GAW and the fatal four way from NGW End Game.

Like last weekend, activity is light. Things start to pick up next weekend.


MMWA-SICW - http://mmwa-sicw.com

5/10 - St. Louis, MO - South Broadway Athletic Club


New Breed Wrestling Association - http://www.myspace.com/nbwalive

5/11 - Danville, IL - 400 Sager St.- 2PM START

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May. 4th, 2008 @ 01:11 am Weekend Results 5/3-5/4
Heartland Championship Wrestling results from Anna, IL on 5/3 --

*Tank & Bonecrusher pinned Crazy Train & Farmer Billy Hills
*Kurt Styles d. JW Brisco
*IL Champ Cody Ray Strong d. Soultrain Shaun Carter
*A battle royal ended in a no-contest with Tony Flood & Kado being the last two
*Freakazoid Floyd d. Alex Kline
*Chris Patrick d. Moondog Spike by DQ
*HCW Tag Champs Mike Slade & Kado d. Tony Flood & Jay Spade and Iceman & Davey Boy Sloan (triple tag)


Lethal Wrestling Alliance results from House Springs, MO on 5/3 --

*Steven Miller pinned Eric Allen
*Shorty Biggs pinned KC Karrington
*Jordan Lacey & Daizee Haze pinned Johnny Vinyl & MsChif
*Gary the Barnowl pinned Davey Vega
*LWA Heavyweight Champ The Future Donovan Ruddick beat Evan Gelistico by KO
*Delirious beat Pierre Abernathy

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Apr. 29th, 2008 @ 11:20 pm Mid-week News Items
The Columbia Missourian profiles Ted Dibiase Sr. from a recent WLW event and the man who sponsored wrestling.

Josh Ray interviews Wicked Wrestling Alliance's Mephisto.


Human Tornado Suffers Major Knee Injury

At a show we covered here at the St. Louis Wrestling Community, the current Pro Wrestling Gurrilla World Heavyweight Champion the Human Tornado suffered a freak accident at the Juggalo Wrestling 4/25 event in Springfield, IL before his match with New Midwest Wrestling's Billy Morgan after he hopped the top rope during his ring entrance and landed wrong, blowing out his knee. They did a quick 25-second match where Tornado, even while injured managed to hit a flip side suplex and pinned Morgan. Tornado likely will be out of wrestling for some time after doctors have now determined he suffered both an ACL and dislocated kneecap injury. Tornado won the PWG championship in a one night tournament after prior champion Low Ki ironically also went down with a knee injury in Japan.


The STLWC Matches of the Week are now online. This week Issan Hadeev's favorite wrestler Guy Smith takes on Sage Ramsey at NMW from 2004, another seven-way scramble from NGW from 2007, LWA's favorite wrestler Hunter Matthews faces Dan Lawrence from SCW and Mephisto takes on Madman Pondo at WWA.


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Apr. 29th, 2008 @ 01:17 pm Schedule for May
With the insanely busy past weekend, the first weekend of May only has two organizations running a show--LWA and HCW. It will be the same deal the weekend after too. Some places are skipping May entirely.

Heartland Championship Wrestling - http://myspace.com/heartlandwrestling

5/3 - Anna, IL - 400 E. Lewis
*Moondog Spike vs. Mephisto


Lethal Wrestling Alliance - http://www.lwawrestling.com/

5/3 - House Springs, MO - Knights of Columbus Hall
*Delirious vs. Pierre Abernathy
*Daizee Haze vs. MsChif
5/24 - St. Peters, MO - Vetta Sports Club
*AJ Styles vs. Gary The Barnowl
*Davey Richards vs. Dingo vs. Jeremy Wyatt


All American Pro Wrestling - http://www.myspace.com/allamericanprowrestling

5/17 - Chester, IL - Chester High School
*Steven Davis vs. AAPW Champion "Serial Thriller" Shane Rich
*Edmund "Livewire" McGuire vs. Ax Stevens
*Carnage vs. 'The Atomic Dogg" Ali Stevens
*Brett Young vs. "The Future" Donovan Ruddick
*Mark Sterling & Darrien Sanders vs. Mike Masters & "The All American" J.T. Calhoun
*KC Jackson vs. Allen Shepard
*Shawn Shultz vs. "Da Bomb" Brian James


Great American Wrestling - http://www.mygaw.com

5/31 - Decatur, IL - Skywalker International Sports Complex


Half Pint Brawlers - http://www.halfpintbrawlers.com

5/30 - Canton, IL - Outskirts Bar


Metro East Championship Wrestling - http://www.mecwrestling.com/

5/17 - Wood River, IL - Knights of Columbus Hall


MMWA-SICW - http://mmwa-sicw.com

5/10 - St. Louis, MO - South Broadway Athletic Club
5/17 - East Carondelet, IL - 823 State St.


National Wrestling Coalition - http://www.nwcwrestling.com

5/17 - Fairbanks, IN - Community Center
*T-Bolt Baxton, Vulcan, Lady Vendetta, Shannon Kay, Edmund "Livewire" McGuire, "Bad Boy" Chris Thomas, Curt Braddock
5/31 - Mason, IL - Civic Center
*Brandon Walker, Vulcan, T-Bolt Baxton, Lady Vendetta, Shannon Kay, Sean Chambers, Edmund "Livewire" McGuire and Brooklyn Bob.


New Breed Wrestling Association - http://www.myspace.com/nbwalive

5/11 - Danville, IL - 400 Sager St.- 2PM START


New Championship Wrestling - http://www.ncwwrestling.net

5/24 - West Terre Haute, IN - West Vigo Community Center


New Midwest Wrestling - http://www.newmidwest.com

5/24 - Springfield, IL - American Center
*Spencer Powers vs. Benz
*Guy Smith vs. Stan Sallinger - hardcore rules


Next Generation Wrestling - http://www.myspace.com/nextgenerationwrestling

5/17 - Pekin, IL - Dragons Dome


Supreme League of Wrestling - http://www.myspace.com/supremeleagueofwrestling

5/17 - Mattoon, IL - Burgess-Osborne Auditorium


World Wide Championship Wrestling - http://www.wwcwwrestling.com/

5/24 - Carbondale, IL - Civic Center


World Wrestling Entertainment - http://www.wwe.com

5/19 - Kansas City, MO - Kemper Arena

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Apr. 26th, 2008 @ 10:29 am Weekend results 4/25-4/27
NWA Midwest Women's Champ MsChif has won back the NWA World Women's Title from the person who took from her, Amazing Kong who remains TNA Knockouts Champ. Results from NWA Central States are below. MsChif also won the SHIMMER Championship on Saturday in Chicago.

The NWA Midwest Tag Titles changed hands on 4/20 in Wisconsin, as the Skull Krushers - Venom & Big Krush defeated Hardcore Craig & Corporal Robinson.

Turns out Micro Wrestling Federation was the big winner in drawing fans to the show as they far exceeded anyone else with nearly 600 in attendance. Have to wonder if any of the local promoters will start booking a midget match on the card to try spiking the numbers.

Baltimore Sun article on Randy Orton. Other sites however, are reporting Orton got himself in trouble again after he threw food at hotel staff for waking him up "too early".

Great American Wrestling got a news story about them on WAND Channel 17.

Results are still coming in...the last one out is HCW.


NWA Central States results from Cape Giradeau, MO on 4/27 --

*Anthony Brock d. Adam Rich & Brandon Aarons (triple)
*Ego Express - Steven Kennedy & KC Karrington d. Tyler Cook & Davey Vega
*Jeremy Wyatt d. Shorty Biggs
*Skullkrusher Venom d. Brandon Espinosa & Michael Serious (handicap)
*The Phoenix Twins d. The Young Bucks
*NWA MO Champ Dingo d. Davey Richards
*NWA Midwest Women's & SHIMMER Champ MsChif d. TNA Knockouts Champ Amazing Kong to win the NWA World Women's title!


R&R Wrestling results from Bloomington, IL on 4/25 --

*Conner Riley pinned Buck Zumhoff
*Chuck Ray pinned Shim Dog
*Louia Liece pinned Jay the Midget in a woman vs. midget match
*Buck Zumhoff & Jay the Midget pinned Louia Liece & Shim Dog in a mixed tag
--Attendance was 90-100.


Juggalo Championship Wrestling results from Springfield, IL on 4/25 --

*2 Tuff Tony pinned KC Jackson
*Josh Abercombie (as Billy Bong) & Weedman pinned The Basham Bros. - Doug & Damaja
*Akira Raijin pinned Ego Fantastico
*Human Tornado pinned Billy Morgan
*Tracy Smothers pinned Mississippi Madman
*The Bloody Bros. - Ian Rotten & Insane Lane pinned Zack Gowen & Conrad Kennedy
--Attendance was 200-250.
--Human Tornado blew out his knee legit by merely hopping the top rope before the match started.
--Raven & Jason Dukes came out with the JCW belt, Corporal Robinson came out to take it back, got overpowered and his hair shaved, Sabu ran in to chase them off.

Results from Sauget, IL on 4/26 --

*Tracey Smothers fought Jaysin Static to a no-contest
*Ian Rotten & Insane Lane d. Zach Gowen & Conrady Kennedy III
*Leatherface d. Dice
*The Basham Bros. d. Shorty Biggs & Adam Rich
*2 Tuff Tony d. Akira Raijin
*Billy Bong(Josh Abercombie) & The Weedman(Dysfunction) d. Johnny Lead(Greenpeace) & KC Karrington
*Sabu & Corporal Robinson d. Raven & Sexy Slim Goody(Jason Dukes)
--Attendance was said to be 300-400.


World League of Wrestling results from Lebannon, MO on 4/25 --

*Superstar Steve Fender pinned Marc Godeker
*Bao Nguyen pinned Brian Breaker
*Dinn T. Moore pinned Darin Waid
*Stacey O'Brien pinned Ms. Natural to win the WLW Womens Title
*Marc Godeker & Steve Anthony pinned Superstar Steve Fender and "Wild" Wade Chism
*Dangerous Derek McQuinn pinned Chris Masters to win the WLW Heavyweight Title
--Attendance was said to be 130-140.

Results from Marshall, MO on 4/26 --

*Bao Nguyen d. Akiyago
*Darin Waid d. Dinn T. Moore
*WLW Women's Champ Stacy O'Brian d. Ms. Natural
*Wild Wade Chism & Superstar Steve d. WLW Tag Champs Marc Godeker & Steve Anthony by DQ
*WLW Heavyweight Champ Dangerous Derek McQuinn d. Chris Masters


Great American Wrestling results from Decatur, IL on 4/26 --

--PCI Tournament Round One
*KC Jackson d. Petey Clark
*Adam Evans d. Jimmy D
*Cecil Cerveza d. Jon Divosi
*Kenny O'Brien d. Shamus McNelson
--PCI Tournament Round Two
*Cecil Cerveza d. Adam Evans
*Eric Ruffington d. KC Jackson
--O'Brien subbed for Ruffington only to be injured and Ruffington subbed back in after he arrived after winning the NMW Tag Titles in Springfield.
*Cecil Cerveza d. Eric Ruffington to win the PCI Tournament
*Chaos Champ Conner Riley d. Chuck Ray
*Survivor Series Match: Joey Grunge, Jesse Clakr, Big Daddy & Truk Thompson vs. Gavin Alexander, Jimmy D, Morton Von Prose & Josh Powers
--Sole Survivor: Joey Grunge
--Attendance was 125.


National Wrestling Coalition results from Dundas, IL on 4/26 --

*Robert Styles d. Tony Stetson & Tempest (triple)
*El Magnifico d. Jake Idol
*Timber & Pretty Boy d. Dirty South Mod Squad
*Livewire McGuire fought Chris Thomas to a double countout
*NWC Heavyweight Champ Brandon Walker d. T-Bolt Baxton
*Vulcan d. Intimidator in a last man standing match
--Attendance was said to be a scary low 20 people.


Micro Wrestling Federation results from Brimfield, IL on 4/26 --

*Preppy Matt Prada d. Meatball
*Skinny Timmy d. P.O.D.
*Preppy Matt Prada d. Skinny Timmy
--Attendance was a high 580.
--There are apparently problems with the town's mayor as he claimed music at outdoor events is not allowed and would shut the show down. I'll be making an attempt to contact whoever this man is for an explanation.


Next Generation Wrestling results from Pekin, IL on 4/26 --

*Cameron Jacobs d. Terry Thompson & Cyclone (triple)
*Chris Brown d. Jester
*NGW/NBWA Tag Champs Morton Von Prose & Josh Powers d. Chris Hazard & Brian Ealey
*Krotch pinned Andy Roberts
*PC Champ Kyle Rich pinned Tony Rican with a powerbomb on an SUV
*Mason Beck pinned NGW Heavyweight Champ Ryan Phoenix (non-title)
*CJ Esparza fought Brandon Espinosa to a time limit draw
*Party Time Ray Hez beat Dennis Devine to win the Powderkeg Title
*Jason Hades d. Brett Gakiya
*Stumpy & Bobby Houston beat Big Pappa & Catalyst Cory Carter by submission
*Egotistico Fantastico pinned Dingo
--Attendance was 115.


New Midwest Wrestling results from Springfield, IL on 4/26 --

*SLW Tag Champs Feature Presentation - Eric Ruffington & Blake Steel pinned Zero Gravity - Brett Gakiya & CJ Esparza to win the NMW Tag Titles
*Michael Shard pinned Hunter Matthews
*Benz pinned Justin MacIntyre
*Mississippi Madman pinned Billy Morgan
*Sage Ramsey & Jason Wells beat Steven Bishop & Tricky Dick Moore in a first blood match
*Toga Steve pinned Dave Parker & Shane Matthews (triple)
*Guy Smith fought Stan Sallinger to a no contest
*Spotlight Spencer Powers pinned Eric Logan
--Attendance was 150. Rip Mystic made his first NMW appearance in two years as a special guest referee.


Ultimate Wrestling Alliance results from Dupo, IL on 4/26 --

*Trent Stone pinned Ian Storm
*Frankie D & Billy D pinned Eric Allen & Max Archer
*Joker pinned Static
*Hollywood Stud pinned Scott Chambers to win the UWA US Title
*Bryan James fought Wicked to a no contest
*Rage & Hollywood Hatfield beat Hammer & James Cross 2-1 falls to win the UWA Tag Titles
*UWA Heavyweight Champ Douglas O'Shea beat Dick Brody in a strap match


Heartland Wrestling Assocation results from East Peoria, IL on 4/26 --

*Jake Crist d. Chandler McClure
*The Phoenix Twins d. The Osirian Portal
*The Madness d. Bob Mascaras
*Jon Moxley d. Drake Younger
*Scotty Vortekz d. Shane Hollister, Trik Davis, Vin Gerard, Aaron Williams and Dustin Rayz in a Six-Man Scramble
*HWA Tag Champs GP Code d. The Hybrids
*Nigel McGuinness pinned Chris Hero
*Kimera d. "Die Hard" Dustin Lee in a hardcore match
--Attendance was 200-225.

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Apr. 21st, 2008 @ 11:32 pm Weekend Events 4/25-4/27
It's that time of year again, submissions for the PWI 500 have begun. Pretty much all the same information for 2007 applies for 2008. Nominations will be accepted until June 1, 2008. Whether or not you believe the list is still relevant in today's wrestling world, it has been harder and harder for an indy wrestler to make the list due to how many people are currently active around the world and it does raise the stock of the wrestlers that do.

Irv Mushnick is asking why there is a 30-hour gap in between logged cell calls and text messages on Chris Benoit's phone, and the Sheriff of Fayette County in Atlanta is not providing much of an explanation. The missing logs are important in determining the chain of events that occurred in the final hours before his suicide, and it's rather curious that Verizon happened to lose this information in the course of this murder/suicide investigation.

We finally have a location for WLW in Marshall, MO. Check below.

Ringside Chat interviews Brian Ealey of NGW.

Kari Williams reviews MMWA-SICW from 4/19.

A new episode of The Nose Bleed Seats is online, this week Crimefighter interviews LWA Superstar Evan Gelistico.

Another Off the Ropes episode is online, this time Jon Divosi interviews Bear St. Pierre - Part 1 - Part 2.

The STLWC Matches of the Week are online, and we go a ways back with these. A six-man tag from JCW in 2006 whos coming through this weekend, an evil pre-Shark Boy in tag action from HWA (year?), tag action from NMW from 2003, and a UWA match from last year.


Well this is one of the busiest weekends ever for wrestling in the area, and I don't know how so many managed to schedule shows this particular weekend. Got Alphabet Soup?

Next Generation Wrestling - http://myspace.com/nextgenerationwrestling

4/26 - Pekin, IL - Dragons Dome
*Dingo, Jason Hades, Robert Anthony


Great American Wrestling - http://www.mygaw.com

4/26 - Decatur, IL - Skywalker International Sports Complex


New Midwest Wrestling - http://www.newmidwest.com

4/26 - Springfield, IL - The American Center


National Wrestling Coalition - http://www.nwcwrestling.com

4/26 - Dundas, IL - Community Center


R&R Wrestling - No site.

4/25 - Bloomington, IL - Paulie's


Heartland Championship Wrestling - No active site.

4/26 - Anna, IL - 400 E. Lewis


Heartland Wrestling Association - http://www.hwaonline.com

4/26 - East Peoria, IL - East Peoria Civic Center
*Nigel McGuiness, Chris Hero, BJ Whitmer


Micro Wrestling Federation - http://www.microwrestling.com

4/26 - Brimfield, IL - Burnzees Bar & Grill - 9PM START


NWA Central States - http://www.nwacentralstates.com

4/27 - Cape Girardeau, MO - Semo University Student Rec. Center South
*Amazing Kong vs. MsChif, Dingo, Davey Richards


Juggalo Championship Wrestling - http://www.juggalowrestling.com/

4/25 - Springfield, IL - Club Chrome
4/26 - Sauget, IL - Pops


Ultimate Wrestling Alliance - http://www.ultimate-wrestling.com

4/26 - Dupo, IL - VFW Hall


World League Wrestling - http://www.harleyrace.com

4/25 - Lebanon, MO - Middle School Field House
4/26 - Marshall, MO - Burns Athletic Complex

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Apr. 20th, 2008 @ 03:21 pm Weekend Results 4/18-4/20
Brian Kelley reviews International Championship Wrestling held 4/11 in Kansas City.

Patrick recaps the Lethal Wrestling Alliance from 4/19 in Fairview Heights.

Off the Ropes has another episode online. Part 1 and Part 2. Guests include Justin MacIntyre, DC Photo, Crimefighter, Issan Hadeev and Kato Morales. Lets just say I'm not at all happy with my performance and other things that went on.


IWA Productions results from Altamont, IL on 4/19 --

*Aaron Hollister Holly & Aaron Matthews d. DeAndre King & Jeff Harris
*Ax Stevens d. Edmund "Livewire" McGuire
*Mike Masters d. Carnage
*Shane Rich d. Shogun
*Intimidator & Ali Stevens d. Brandon Walker & Steven Davis in a falls count anywhere match


World League Wrestling results from Richmond, MO on 4/18 --

*Steve Anthony wrestled Dangerous Derek McQuinn to a time-limit draw
*Akiyago d. Brian Breaker
*Darin Waid d. Bao Nguyen
*Wade Chism & Ms. Natural d. Dinn T. Moore & Stacy O'Brien
*Superstar Steve Fender & Dangerous Derek McQuinn d. WLW Tag Champ Marc Godecker & Steve Anthony by DQ

Results from Ottawa, KS on 4/19 --

*Dangerous Derek McQuinn d. Akiyago
*Darin Waid & Bao Nguyen d. Dinn T. Moore & Brian Breaker
*Wade Chism d. Superstar Steve Fender
*WLW Women's Champ Ms. Natural d. Stacy O'Brien
-WLW Tag Champs Marc Godecker & Steve Anthony d. "Dr. Death" Steve Williams & Daniel Cross


Lethal Wrestling Alliance results from Fairview Heights, IL on 4/19 --

*Pierre Abernathy, Johnny Vinyl & Davey Vega pinned Evan Gelistico, Jordan Lacey & Gary The Barnowl
*Kazukai pinned Anthony Brock
*Steven Kennedy pinned Adam Rich
*Hunter Matthews pinned Jordan McEntyre
*Jeremy Wyatt pinned Brandon Espinosa
*Dorian Victor pinned Intrepidus
*The Future Donovan Ruddick pinned Shorty Biggs to win the LWA Heavyweight Title
--Attendance was 90 or so.


MMWA-SICW results from East Carondelet, IL on 4/19 --

*Mr. Bibbs fought Moondog Rover to a time-limit draw
*Tommy Riggs d. Bobby D
*Johnny Courageous d. Jaysin Static
*Phil E. Blunt d. Steve Montana in a lumberjack match
*Shaft d. Saladin
*Billy Diamond d. Tommy Knight by DQ
*Waco & Jeff Hawkins d. Jeremy Lightfoot (handicap)


New Breed Wrestling Alliance results from Danville, IL on 4/20 --

*Jaxson Pride pinned "Your Role Model" Jeff Harris
*Jason Vendetta beat "The Irish Playboy" Justin Clark by submission
*Angelo Santelli fought Jon Divosi to a double DQ
*Issan Hadeev defeated "Bloody" Harker Dirge
*JC Michaels, Gavin Alexander, Connor Riley & D'Andre King pinned Cecil Cerveza, Wild Bill, Nicky "The Weasel" Mankotti & Cameron Jacobs
*Team Dammit pinned Danny McKay, Josh Powers & Morton Von Prose
*Aaron Mathews d. Cheapshot McGrot, Cyclone, & Nick Cutler to win the NBWA TV (formerly Midwest) Title
*NBWA Heavyweight Champ Eric Ruffington pinned Bobby Houston
*DaCobra pinned "The Don" Kato Morales

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Apr. 19th, 2008 @ 12:20 pm The fact or fiction debate returns!
This week, it is announcer Luke Roberts vs. wrestler Kurt Styles vs. promoter Sean Chambers in a triple threat!

1. Buying cable ads that run during RAW, TNA and ECW to advertise a wrestling event are a waste of money.


SC: FICTION. Who is the audience? WRESTLING FANS. What interests wrestling fans? WRESTLING. You hit your target audience by advertising on TV during wrestling programs. The only drawback to it is that many people have satellite now. AAPW ran cable TV ads during wrestling programming for 3 events in the past. The results were over 400 paid the first time, 300 the 2nd, and 90 the 3rd. Two out of three ain't bad.

LR: FICTION: Granted, it may not draw as well as some would hope, but being able to see professional wrestling at a local level will entice some casual wrestling fans. I would not use ads on television as the only method of promotion, but Americans seem to be glued to their television sets. If they see something about local wrestling on television, with a price tag less than WWE/TNA, you will draw wrestling fans.

KS: FICTION. The LWA ads are great that really show case their talent, and when I was working for them I noticed more people at shows when they first started running the ads.

All agree, TV ads during WWE and TNA help the draw and it’s not all that expensive. 1 for 1.


2. With HPW stuck in limbo, the HPW Heavyweight Title should be rechristened as a traveling championship after being used in NGW and GAW.


SC: FICTION. If the promotion is stuck in "limbo", the title should be vacated or also held in limbo until it resumes. The only traveling championship should be a state or regional championship which can ONLY happen if promotions work together under agreement which will most likely NEVER happen.

LR: FICTION: The HPW Heavyweight Title is the major championship of a promotion, it should be treated as such. By making it a "traveling" championship, I feel that it will degrade the title and the company that recognizes that title. Not only does having a "traveling" championship lead to confusion as to who is recognized as the "champion", but it also will lead to a confusing situation as to once the management makes its decision. The concept of a "traveling" championship can only work effectively for larger companies like the NWA, TNA, and WWE that have similar rules and management to regulate every little detail in relation to the championship.

KS: FACT. With HPW not running a show since July it would be a great addition and still keep the name alive and give the title some prestige.

Well it appears HPW is effectively dead, as its last show was in July. The guys on Off the Ropes don’t think this title should be that traveling belt and want to start from scratch. 1 for 2.


3. $4 gas will cause attendance to drop at all wrestling events.


LR: FACT. I am really torn on this question. While I think that gas prices are extremely high, the dedicated professional wrestling fan will find ways to budget their money to see the shows that they want to see. With gas prices going "through the roof", we may very well see caravans of professional wrestling fans going to shows. I feel that attendances will drop, but they will not drop significantly enough to make a major impact.

KS: FICTION. People will still go to shows, just won't travel as far.

SC: FICTION. Most indy fans support their local indy fed. Therefore will still attend those events since they are in town or very close to home. What the price of gas will effect is the ability for promoters to book quality talent. Wrestlers will have to start charging more to cover the rising gas prices. Promoters will have to either charge more for admission, book less expensive talent, or take the loss until the price of gas drops.

There’s another possible outcome. Promoters just do fewer shows in the face of the looming recession. 1 for 3.


4. Randy Orton vs. John Bradshaw Layfield is a marketable PPV main event.


LR: FACT: While both wrestlers are very talented in the ring, I don't think that the world can see this match as things are right now. Given the right situation and time frame, I think that fans could get into this match. Both wrestlers have the same kind of "I am the greatest thing since sliced bread" image. Sometimes, fans will want the two wrestlers to beat each other to a pulp and see who truly is "the big dog".

KS: FICTION. Bradshaw should have stayed calling the action. Only reason he's being thrown into the main event is so it isn't another Wrestlemania re-match as we already Taker and Edge.

SC: FACT. Orton is very charismatic and talented and is the future of wrestling. JBL is an experienced ring general who can generate not only heat but HATRED. I see this working if Orton takes a momentary face turn.

Unfortunately, JBL’s track record shows he couldn’t carry the Smackdown brand when he was booked champion and his PPV matches after coming back have been lackluster disappointments. Why else did they insert HHH and John Cena into the match? 1 for 4.


5. Samoa Joe's TNA Heavyweight title win comes too little too late as TNA's inept booking has ruined his mystique as a monster in the ring.


KS: FICTION. I think it's the perfect time. Giving it too him too early would have hurt him.

SC: FACT FACT FACT!!! For reasons already stated in the question.

LR: FICTION: Even though Samoa Joe is not the indestructible force lately in TNA, his winning of the TNA World Championship can be a huge positive for the company. Though his training, it shows the fans that he is focused on being the dominant force that he once was in TNA. The wrestlers will gain from Samoa Joe's victory. They will have a champion that has been tested in the ring with the talent of TNA and is capable of wrestling anyone. Lastly, having been in the ring with Samoa Joe in LWA, I know that he is a beast in the ring. By Samoa Joe winning the title, it will be a situation similar to when he was ROH World Champion. He will know that he has to be at his absolute best to maintain the reputation that he has as one of the toughest wrestlers in the world. In my opinion, now is the right time for Samoa Joe to be TNA World Champion. He is the type of professional wrestler that TNA needs to have as its flagship in order to be successful.

Samoa Joe was asked about it and his answer interestingly is FICTION. 1 for 5.


6. WWE did not learn its lesson with Fake Donald vs. Fake Rosie by booking a Fake Obama vs. Fake Hillary match.


KS: Fiction: I say fiction because they could have done some good stuff with the Rosie/Trump match and if they don't screw it up like that it could turn out really good. WAIT, WTF AM I SAYING. It's WWE we're talking about, this angle is gonna suck majorly. I change this to FACT.

SC: FACT. Yes, it is ridiculous; however WWE has always and will always throw in some sort of spoof just for comedy and entertainment. No matter what they do, nothing can be worse than "The Gobblely Gooker".

LR: FACT: I actually turned off the WWE broadcast after "Donald and Rosie" were introduced. That match should never see the light of day again. If WWE actually tries this again, it will definitely sour the opinion of professional wrestling in the eyes of the casual professional wrestling fan. I remember talking to Ace Steel back in the early days of my professional wrestling career in the MVWA. He really wanted to be a part of either WWE or WCW. Just like any other professional wrestler, he dreamed of being a WWE or WCW "superstar". I feel that matches like these will tarnish the reputations of genuinely great wrestlers who are hoping for their big break.

Well the Fake Trump didn’t result in Ace Steel getting a full time roster spot in WWE, Fake Rosie didn’t get Kiley McKean anything. 2 for 6!
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Apr. 17th, 2008 @ 11:00 pm The STLWC Interviews the Promoter of Heartland Wrestling Assocation
CF: For those unfamiliar with HWA, tell us about the organization, who were the founders and how long have they been in operation.

CD: The HWA was founded in 1996ish by Les Thatcher and Brady Laber. I came onto the scene in 2001 right before the WWE developmental deal and me and a couple others bought the HWA in 2003. From there we got a TV slot on the America One network and produced 3 internet PPV's. After a falling out with the other owner, it is now owned by me. We were always a Cincinnati based promotion but now we are looking to hit several markets.

CF: Now I've heard a lot of things about Les Thatcher as many people have sought him our for wrestling knowledge and to learn skills in the ring. What made him so successful and sought after in the business?

CD: He is a very detailed trainer and was a skilled wrestler in the day. He doesn't accept excuses and doesn’t have time for BS and will tell it like it is. And he has adapted with the wrestling game as it has changed... for the most part. If people are serious about getting better then he will get you better or make you cry.

CF: Fairly recently WWE decided cut its ties with OVW as a developmental terrority, knowing what happened with HWA is WWE making a mistake by putting everything in Florida with their minor league system?

CD: I don't know if it is a mistake or not. But from everything I know about Florida they are making it a serious training grounds and a viable territory. My biggest problem with OVW and HWA back in the day was they didn't go out and promote themselves as well as they should have. With that kind of backing you should be able to make big things happen. I have been to OVW and I know Danny Davis is a serious trainer and only time will tell if 1 developmental is good or not.

CF: HWA has been primarily an Ohio-based promotion, and this will be the first time you've run in Illinois. What lured you to play in Peoria?

CD: I live here. I always wanted to run here when I lived in Cincinnati and without having someone here on the ground to head up the promotion end, it just never came to be.

CF: Interesting to hear you're a resident of Peoria. How often do you plan to run in Peoria and which other cities are you looking to run in?

CD: Right now we are running every other month or so, once the fall hits we plan on running every month. Once TV is set in stone I would guess the Quad Cities is next on our list.... or where our marketing company says they have the dollars to back it up.

CF: So tell us about yourself, what were your first memories of wrestling?

CD: My name is Chad Dillefeld, I'm 38, I work in TV, and I'm a wrestling fan.

My first memories of wrestling is watching with my father on Saturday afternoons I believe. I believe it was Verne Gagne's with the Crusher, the Bruiser, Mad Dog Vachon and stuff like that. Then my first live show I was 4 or 5 and I went to Alice Ingersoll Gymnasium in Canton, IL to watch a live show with Superstar Billy Graham and the show scared me to death.

CF: Wait, why'd the show scare you to death? Were you like sitting in the front row or what?

CD: Yes. and at that age and the way the characters were bigger than life scared the hell out of me. And at the time the business wasn't exposed so they played it to the hilt and you really believed what was going on. It was just a lot different than watching from the safety of your living room.

CF: How did you get into the wrestling business and get into promoting?

CD: In 2001 I got some editing equipment and needed some projects to get better. Les Thatcher had a radio show on in Cincinnati and I knew he ran shows. So I contacted him and told him of my TV background and the relationship started. Then when the WWE developmental deal was up the company couldn't continue to run like it had with the WWE's backing and rather than change Les decided he was getting out. So we got a group of 3 of us who already worked at the company together and put an offer forward. So in August of 2003 we signed the papers. And now I am the last of those 3 that bought it from Les who are still with the HWA.

CF: So Les Thatcher is no longer with HWA? Where is he today?

CD: He still lives in Cincinnati. He writes and reports for PWInsider, does camps. I still see him from time to time, he gives me his take on what we are currently doing.

CF: How do you see the wrestling scene in general right now? Good, bad, or indifferent? How does the scene differ in Cincinnati from Chicago, St. Louis or Indianapolis?

CD: I think there are too many wrestling feds right now. I understand that you should be able to chase your dreams but some just give independent wrestling a bad name. On a national level with WWE and TNA doing decent in house shows I see that as a positive. You know what is best for indy wrestling right now is the WWE touring overseas so much... in 3 ways. First they make more money which is strong for the business. Second they open overseas markets up to wrestling which means they may buy DVD's and online product. Third it means the WWE is only going to visit towns in the US maybe once a year and some once every two years and that is good for indy companies because the fans that want wrestling will be that much more likely to check out an indy show with no WWE in town.

The scene in Cincinnati is good if not a little overcrowded. You have the HWA, NWF, NEW, Buckeye Pro, EGO and 2XWF. The only good thing about this is they all kind of have different ways of doing business. I would say Indianapolis all of a sudden went from having one fed to four overnight which isn't good for business. Chicago looks really crowded with AAW being the crown jewel. From the St. Louis board I don't see a lot going on down there. I am sure the athletic commission in MO has something to do with that. And the middle of the state seems to have one fed per bigger city.

CF: This isn't actually the first time HWA has had some role in central Illinois wrestling, years ago HWA was sending talent to help develop the roster of New Midwest Wrestling back in 2000/2001. Could we see any of that start happening again with the current central Illinois promotions or the St. Louis area?

CD: I am open to anything. As long as they pay our guys, it is fine with me since I have no exclusivity with any of our guys. We run as a separate entity from other promotions in the area and there are some things I can't change or move for others... like the date of our first show. We run double shots with Cincinnati running the Friday and Peoria on Saturday. Because of that I have to have the buildings cleared and the talent cleared so it isn't easy for me to change things.

CF: Who are the most well known names coming out of HWA that made it to WWE or TNA or ROH?

CD: During the developmental times you saw everything and everyone in our building. But if you are talking about 100% homegrown talent I would say SharkBoy, Nigel McGuinness, BJ Whitmer, Irish Airborne and there are another dozen or so that have or have had a developmental deal. We have a very rich heritage to work with.

CF: Who are the local area names that are appearing?

CD: This first show we are using the Hybrids who have worked alot in this area and the Phoenix Twins. The Irish Airborne recommended the Hybrids so we put them on our last show and were very impressed with them. We needed another tag team for this show so I went out searching the area for the best I could find and found the Phoenix Twins. They also come highly recommended. That is it for this first show. Our core guys will travel with us and in the future we may use more local guys but only the crème of the crop. And with all the shows on the 26th I didn't feel it was right to pick off peoples talent. The best will naturally migrate to us anyway.

CF: Now with a promotion running for the first time in a completely new area, there's the issue of attracting a crowd that more than likely may not be familiar with the promotion or the talent. Plus its head-to-head with two other shows in Peoria. How do you get around that?

CD: I run TV spots, radio, flyer and tell everyone I know to come check out the show. I also have a 2-hour TV show from 3-5pm the night of the show on My59 in Peoria and the My Network station in the Quad Cities as well. The "smart" fans I assume will check out our show because of the talent level. Top to bottom our card is going to be good and our talent is pumped to get a new crowd. If we don't win the fans over with our show... then I guess they couldn't be won over. I don't like going head to head, because obviously it splinters the crowd but we had delayed coming here until now and we can't delay anymore.

CF: The main event will be Nigel McGuiness vs. Chris Hero, two men that actually squared off before in a 2/3 fall matchup right here in Peoria back in May 2005 for FIST wrestling that I had the pleasure of witnessing. How do you see the rematch of sorts going down?

CD: I already had Nigel booked for Cincinnati and it only made sense to have him in Peoria as well. And I figured the best match-up I had on paper was against Chris Hero. I saw that FIST card was pretty stacked but they didn't promote it very well. I know that the two highest profile people squaring off head-to-head is the best way to go... especially after they just got done with a feud in RoH this winter, and I also have to appeal to the DVD buying market with our DVD's available on SmartMark Video, Highspots.com and Hwaonline.com. I see a classic old school match with this one. And in general on the card I tried to give the crowd some of everything. With Kimera vs. DieHard you have that crazy hardcore stuff a certain section of the crowd loves. With the 6-man scramble you get some fast paced cruiserweight action. And with all the other matches you get a little something different.

CF: Now for the local talent appearing, what are the Hybrids up against when facing the GP Code, and what are the Phoenix Twins up against facing the Osirian Portal?

CD: The Hybrids faced the GP Code at HWA Outbreak in a 3-way tag match but they weren't involved in the pinfall, so they now get there chance one-on-one with the champs. The GP Code are big fan favorites and a great team. You have Andre Heart a high flying but hard hitting speedster and Deja Vu a 6'5 370 big man who can hit hard and really move in the ring. I think the hardest thing for the Hybrids to overcome is the big man, if they can take him out and go after the smaller Heart they then have a real chance at taking the HWA Titles.

I am really looking forward to the Pheonix Twins. But they are taking on the unorthodox tag team of the Osirian Portal from the land of Chikara. Anything coming out of Chikara has some mystery surrounding it. One guy is a snake and the other is a funky Pharoah..... and they have come to this time through a time portal..... enough said.

CF: Last but not least, where can fans get tickets to this first Illinois HWA event?

CD: Either at the door or at our website www.hwaonline.com there you will be able to get directions and the complete card rundown and anything else you might need. Also check out our myspace out www.myspace.com/hwareborn

Tickets are $15 for front row, $12 GA day of show or $10 GA if you buy them at hwaonline.Com

Hope to see everyone out at the show, for more information or directions (will be up soon) go to www.hwaonline.com

Thanks
Chad Dillefeld
HWA Wrestling
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Apr. 14th, 2008 @ 12:41 pm Weekend Events 4/18-4/20
We have all the show results from last weekend in.

Heartland Championship Wrestling has cancelled their show in Sparta this weekend.

A correction on an earlier report, it appears NWC Heavyweight Champ Brandon Walker is not out of action for the next three months and is wrestling at NWC this weekend.

A woman has filed suit against the former CIFL football team Springfield Stallions for injuries suffered after a player came over the wall that seperates the crowd from the field. Defendents named include WWE alumni D-Lo Brown, along with Justin Gettys who was booted from the team for embezzling $65,000, also named was Kris Underwood, the CIFL, the PCCC, and the SMEAA. The Stallions did not play a full season folding after ten games.

The STLWC Matches of the Week are now online. This week's featured matches include the man just named wrestler of the quarter Eric Ruffington vs. KC Jackson from NMW, a singles match from UWA, a match between two NGW regulars from Fire Pro, and Bloody Harker Dirge takes on the "sloppy and boring" Dominic Jaxson at NGW.

The MWR Awards for the First Quarter of 2008 have been released.



Heartland Championship Wrestling - No site.

4/18 - Sparta, IL - CANCELLED


Lethal Wrestling Alliance - http://www.lwawrestling.com

4/19 - Fairview Heights, IL - Knights of Columbus Hall


MMWA-SICW - http://www.mmwa-sicw.com

4/19 - East Carondelet, IL - 823 State St.


New Breed Wrestling Alliance - http://www.myspace.com/thenewbreednation

4/20 - Danville, IL - 400 Sager St. - 2PM START


World League Wrestling - http://www.harleyrace.com

4/18 - Richmond, MO - Richmond Recreation Dept.
4/19 - Ottawa, KS - National Guard Armory

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Apr. 12th, 2008 @ 07:04 pm Weekend Results 4/11-4/13
There's been a lot of positive comments made about the OSWA show last night. That's good news for the organization after coming back from a several month hiatus and trouble with the ring a week ago. Three WWE alumnis worked the event.

IWAP is still looking for two more cruiserweight wrestlers for an open tryout on 4/19 at 4pm in Altamont, IL (near Effingham). Interested parties should send an email via their myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/iwaproductions

Another episode of Off the Ropes is online, this week's featured guests are Morton Von Prose, Josh Powers, Conner Riley and Jethro Jefferson.


World League Wrestling results from Jefferson City, MO on 4/11 --

*Superstar Steve pinned Steve Anthony
*Brian Breaker defeated "The Vietnam Phenom" Bao Nguyen
*"Wild" Wade Chism d. Akiyago and Dinn T. Moore (three-way)
*Dangerous Derek McQuinn pinned Darin Waid
*WLW Ladies Champion Miss Natural d. MsChif
*WLW Tag Champs Marc Godeker & Steve Anthony beat Superstar Steve & Joe Hennig


International Championship Wrestling results from Kansas City, KS on 4/11 --

*Cowboy James Storm d. Showtime Eric Young
*Disco Inferno d. Doink the Clown
*Tracy Brooks d. Irrisistable Danelle
*John Saxon d. Adrian Whisper
*Clarice d. Kent Truth
*Cameron Cage & Sean Vincent d. Chaz Wesson & Michael Serious


All American Pro Wrestling results from West Frankfort, IL on 4/12 --

*Mike Masters pinned Brandon Espinosa
*JC Blade pinned Chris Thomas
*Shane Rich & "The Future" Donovan Ruddick pinned Carnage & Steven Davis
*Shawn Schultz pinned Allen Shepard
*JT Calhoun pinned Pierre Abernathy
*Livewire McGuire pinned Ax Stevens
--Attendance was 125+.


Rampage Championship Wrestling results from Bethalto, IL on 4/12 --

*Rich Davis & Dick Brody fought Brian James & G-Dogg to a double countout
*Sage Ramsey d. James Weldon
*Hammer d. Playboy HH
*The Hillbillies (?) d. The Beast & Danny O'Brian
*Doink the Clown d. Heartbreaker
*Bodily Harm - Frankie D & Billy D d. Sage Ramsey & James Cross
*RCW Heavyweight Champ Steve Montana d. Doug O'Shea, Hollywood Stud & Wicked in a fatal four-way
--Attendance was 250.


New Championship Wrestling results from Greenup, IL on 4/12 --

*NCW Light Heavyweight Champ Tommy Callaway pinned Brian Klass
*The Nobodies(?) d. The Convoy & Cameron Starr & Oola to win the NCW Tag Titles (three-way elimination)
*John Hurtz pinned Black Death to win the NCW Hardcore title
*Alex Castle d. Drake
*NCW International Champ Blake Reed d. Michael Rellik
*NCW International Champ Blake Reed d. GT Vega
*NCW Heavyweight Champ Kenny Taylor d. Kriss Kross





Metro East Championship Wrestling results from Wood River, IL on 4/12 --

*Jordan McEntyre pinned Knight Wagner
*Cade Sydal & Deven Spade beat Cabal & Dewey Dawson by DQ
*Mississippi Madman pinned Rick Rogers
*Chucky Valentine pinned Brian Scrilla to win the MECW Heavyweight Title
*Marshall Wade Garrett beat Anonymous by submission
*Krotch pinned KC Jackson
*Indy Champ Hunter Matthews pinned Gabriel Brimstone
--Attendance was reportedly about 70.


Old School Wrestling Alliance results from Galesburg, IL on 4/12 --

*Connor Riley d. Chuck Ray
*Morton Von Prose & Josh Powers d. Gavin Alexander & Temple Rain
*Syn d. Machine
*OSWA Heavyweight Champ Cowboy Bob Orton d. Adam Evans
*Koko B. Ware d. Brandon Keith
*Joey Grunge d. Kamala by DQ
--Attendance was 250. Another count puts it at 330.


Full Throttle Wrestling results from Kampsville, IL on 4/12 --

*The Searcher & Xavier Frost d. Wapo Chancho & The Commando
*Sly d. Gideon Morbid
*Xavier Frost & The Searcher fought Max Archer & Ivan Strognov to a no contest
*FTW No Limits Champ Xander Frost d. Gideon Morbid
*Curtis Payne beat Damian Blade in a 2/3 fall multi-stip hardcore match to win the FTW Heavyweight Title
--Stips were - first blood, ladder match for weapon, pit of barbed wire.


Saturday MMWA-SICW results from St. Louis, MO:

*Mr. Bibbs fought Lumberjack Abe to a time-limit draw
*Johnny Courageous d. Bobby D
*Jeremy Lightfoot d. Tommy Knight
*Lumberjack Gabe d. Moondog Rover by DQ
*Alexis Lightfoot d. Stacy O'Brien to win the vacant MMWA-SICW Womens Title
*Kevin X d. MMWA-SICW Heavyweight Champ Jerome Cody by DQ
*Phil E. Blunt d. Jaysin Static
*Shaft d. Tommy Riggs
*Dave Vaughn d. Waco

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Apr. 9th, 2008 @ 11:17 pm Midweek stuff
Another new interview, this time MWR interviews Edmund "Livewire" McGuire.

NWA Central States in Cape Girardeau, MO on 4/27 is now going to be an NWA Showcase television taping. Newly signed to the card are The Phoenix Twins.

Ringside Chat this week has guests Mississippi Madman and Mike Ushman.

IWA Productions is looking for four cruiserweights for an open tryout to be held in Altamont, IL at the Altamont Grade School at 4pm (to be ready by 4:30pm to wrestle). If interested, email the folks on their myspace.

The LWA Heavyweight Champ Shorty Biggs was interviewed by MWR.

Off the Ropes episode 9 is up in its entirety. The guests are Kato, Issan Hadeev, Eric Loy and Conner Riley. Hadeev takes shots at Guy Smith, Brandon Espinosa, and complains loudly as to who should and who shouldn't had been nominated for the NBS Awards.

Brandon Walker of AAPW and NWC suffered an injury at the IWAP show last weekend that has him out of action for the next three months.
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Apr. 7th, 2008 @ 01:46 pm Weekend Events 4/11-4/13
There are, quite a bit of shows in the area. Choose carefully.

All American Pro Wrestling - http://myspace.com/allamericanprowrestling

4/12 - West Frankfort, IL - New Beginnings Assembly


Full Throttle Wrestling - http://www.fullthrottlewrestlingonline.com

4/12 - Kampsville, IL - School Buildling


International Championship Wrestling - http://www.icwrestling.com

4/11 - Kansas City, KS - National Guard Armory


Metro East Championship Wrestling - http://www.mecwrestling.com

4/12 - Wood River, IL - Knights of Columbus Hall


MMWA-SICW - http://www.mmwa-sicw.com

4/12 - St. Louis, MO - South Broadway Athletic Club


New Championship Wrestling - http://www.ncwwrestling.net

4/12 - Greenup, IL - Greenup Muncipal Building


Old School Wrestling Alliance - http://oswa.2fear.com

4/12 - Galesburg, IL - Knights of Columbus Hall


Rampage Championship Wrestling - No Site.

4/12 - Bethalto, IL - Knights of Columbus Hall
*Doug Michaels Memorial Benefit Show


World League Wrestling - http://www.harleyrace.com

4/11 - Jefferson City, MO - Blair Oaks High School

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Apr. 6th, 2008 @ 11:18 am Weekend results 4/4-4/6
This week's STLWC Matches of the Week are online, and this week it's a tribute to Ric Flair. The matches I've chosen are ones that were a little more obscure, a very early match against Chris Taylor, a match against a pre-WWE Bob Holly, a 1991 match against Hulk Hogan, and from back in 1983 against Harley Race.


World League Wrestling results from Ava, MO on 4/5 --

*Dinn T. Moore pinned "Wild" Wade Chism
*Steve Anthony beat Akiyago
*Darin Waid defeated "The Vietnam Phenom" Bao Nguyen
*"Wild" Wade Chism pinned Brian Breaker
*WLW Tag Champs Steve Anthony & Marc Godeker defeated Superstar Steve & Darin Waid
*WLW Heavyweight Champ Chris Masters beat Dangerous Derek McQuinn and Dinn T. Moore (three-way)


Independent Wrestling Association Productions results from Olney, IL on 4/5 --

--Tournament Round One
*Intimidator d. Shogun
*Ax Stevens d. Livewire McGuire
*Mike Masters d. Carnage by DQ
*Steven Davis d. JC Blade
--Tournament Round Two
*Intimidator d. Ax Stevens by DQ
*Steven Davis d. Mike Masters by forfeit
*Shane Rich d. Playboy Paul Rose
--Tournament Round Three
*Intimidator d. Brandon Walker
*Steven Davis d. Shane Rich
--Tournament Final Round
*Intimidator d. Steven Davis


Lethal Wrestling Alliance results from Granite City, IL on 4/5 --

*Adam Rich d. Anthony Brock
*Johnny Vinyl & Davey Vega d. The Ego Express
*Medallion holder Evan Gelistico d. Brandon Espinosa
*Gary The Barnowl d. Pierre Abernathy by DQ
*XXX Jordan Lacey d. Rick Stone
*Shorty Biggs & Adam Raw d. The Future Donovan Ruddick & Dingo


Old School Wrestling Alliance results from Moline, IL on 4/5 --

*Morton Von Prose, Josh Powers & Gavin Alexander d. Conner Riley, Chuck Ray & Stumpy
*JT Simmons d. Machine
*Mark Sterling d. Temple Rain
*Jamie Dundee d. Steve Boz
*Cowboy Bob Orton d. Bradon Keith to win the OSWA heavyweight title
*Joey Grunge fought Corpral Robinson to a no contest
*Big Daddy d. Syn in a fans bring the weapons match
--Attendance was 90-100

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Apr. 4th, 2008 @ 06:02 pm Late week news items
An audio interview with Renegade Pro Wrestling promoter Tojo Yamamoto, Jr. was recently conducted by the Wrestling Hot Seat. Ya know it would have helped if Tojo actually posted something that he was having a SHOW TONIGHT so people would actually find out about it and maybe attend. Kinda contradicts the comments he made about promoting during the last ten minutes of this.


Nick Tyson on his Myspace page has announced that he has decided to call it a career after taking a couple month hiatus and came to the conclusion that wrestling just isn't for him anymore.


Couple interesting news items --

Mother blames WWE for her four-year old strangling her two-year old to death.

Missouri seeks to ban kids participating in MMA fights
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Mar. 31st, 2008 @ 10:53 pm Schedule of events April 2008
Results from last weekend can be read by scrolling down to the next post.

Shows this weekend--LWA and WLW running in Missouri...that's it. OSWA reopens as a northern Illinois company. After that, a bunch of shows are bunched up on April 12th and April 26th. I dunno how that happened, but promoters are gonna have the challenge of getting fans to come to their show and locking in talent they want to use or several do double duty between shows.

Lethal Wrestling Alliance - http://www.lwawrestling.com

4/5 - Granite City, IL - Rivers Edge Complex
4/19 - Fairview Heights, IL - Knights of Columbus Hall


World League Wrestling - http://www.harleyrace.com

4/5 - Ava, MO - Ava High School
4/11 - Jefferson City, MO - Blair Oaks High School
4/18 - Richmond, MO - Richmond Recreation Dept.
4/19 - Ottawa, KS - National Guard Armory