Promotion: Impact Pro Wrestling
Time/Date: 7pm Friday July 10, 2015
City, State: Waterloo, Iowa
Venue: Five Sullivan Brothers Event Center
This was the annual IPW George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame event. The 2015 class included (painted below top left to right, bottom left to right) Greg Wojciechowski and Jim Landos, Beth Phoenix (Frank Gotch award), B. Brian Blair (Lou Thesz award), Matt Lindland (George Tragos award) and Wade Keller (Jim Melby award).
At 4 pm in the Dan Gable International Wrestling Museum
Kurt Angle was presented with two rings in honor of his amateur wrestling championships. Angle was inducted into the Tragos/Thesz hall of fame a few years ago but was unable to show up in Waterloo. While at the museum Angle added his signature to the "Mat of Honor".
The first match of the night was the annual Lou Thesz Cup Memorial Battle Royal.
Sparrow and
James Jefferies were the last two men in the battle royal. With a little help from his partner, Sparrow was able to toss Jefferies over the top rope to get the victory.
Ryan Slade pinned Bobby Fonta.
Latin Thunder &
U Gene defeated
Nate Redwing &
Jake Dirden.
Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana pinned
Bob Holly.
IPW Vault champion Marshall Scott pinned Nicky Free to retain the title.
B Brian Blair, Ugly &
James Jefferies defeated
Matty Starr,
Sparrow & Aaron Von Baron in a 6 man tag match. Blair pinned Starr for the 3 count.
Wes Brisco defeated
AJ Smooth by tap out in a legends lumberjack Match.
At the end of the match
Wes Brisco celebrated in the ring with
JJ Dillon,
Jerry Brisco and
Baron Von Raschke.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. If you are a pro wrestling fan in the Midwest you should make your way to Waterloo to check out the museum. The best time to do that is during the Hall of Fame weekend. Check out the museum's web site for info on next years event. http://nwhof.org/waterloo/
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