F1RST wrestling Minneapolis, MN 1/15/17

Promotion: F1RST Wrestling
Time/Date: 8pm Sunday January 15, 2017
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: First Ave

Wrestlepalooza IX

"All Ego" Ethan Page defeated Space Monkey, Air Wolf and Venom in a 4 way match.

Fest champion Su Young defeated Veda Scott to retain the title.

Burlesque from Scarlette Revolver with hula hoops.

Chuck Taylor beat Kikutaro, Colt Cabana and Joey Ryan in a 4 way match.

Burlesque from Queenie Von Curves.

Dillinger Four was the musical guest.

F1RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza tag team champions Northstar Express (Darin Corbin & Ryan Cruz) defeated Super Thunder Frog & Wildcat to retain the titles.After the match Corbin hit Cruz with one of the belts to end this long time tag team.

Cody Rice pinned Rob James.

Burlesque from Sweetpea.

Arik Cannon pinned Wrestlepalooza champion Ariya Daivari.

New F!RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza champion Arik Cannon.

This was Ariya Daivari's last independent wrestling event before he started wrestling full time with WWE. Daivari had his very first match at First Ave so it was great to see him have his last independent match in this building.

HOW South St. Paul, MN 11/12/16

Promotion: Heavy On Wrestling
Time/Date: 7 pm Saturday November 12, 2016
City, State: South St. Paul, MN
Venue: South St. Paul High School


Wildcat pinned Rob James in the opening match.

Darin Corbin beat Kody Rice.

Cooter Bocephus pinned Shawn Daivari.

F1RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza champion Ariya Daivari defeated Matt Winchester to retain the title.This was one of Daivari's last independent wrestling events as he has signed with the WWE full time.

Arik Cannon defeated Silas Young.

Cody Rhodes pinned Colt Cabana in the main event.

PTW Bloomington, MN 10/28/16

Promotion: Prime Time Wrestling
Time/Date: 7 pm Friday October 28, 2016
City, State: Bloomington, MN
Venue: Bloomington Event Center


The opening match was Lore VS Giant Griffin. Zombies went to the ring and attacked the wrestlers and dragged them away to a side room. Match was ruled a no contest.

PTW champion Ariya Daivari defeated Big Sepp to retain the title. No signs of the zombies during this match.

The next match was scheduled to be Billy Blaze VS AJ Bond. Blaze said he would not wrestle Bond so he called out "Downtown" Petey Brown to take his place. Both Bond and Brown were attacked by the zombies. Match was ruled a no contest.

Robbie Thunder pinned Chris Jordan.

The last match was Black Stallion VS Kody Rice. This was another no contest as the zombies returned with all the wrestlers that were turned into zombies.

 Rice ran for his life when the zombies entered the ring leaving Black Stallion to fend for himself.  Here Zombies Lore, AJ Bond & Petey Brown attack Stallion.

Wildcat and Super Thunder Frog came out to save the day. They helped Black Stallion chase off all the zombies.

The next PTW event is November 25 at The Pourhouse in Minneapolis.

Crushed Minneapolis, MN 10/9/16

Promotion: Crushed Pro Wrestling
Time/Date: 7 pm Saturday October 8, 2016
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: Mill City Nights

Crushed 2

Arik Cannon pinned Jake Cena.

Super Thunder Frog defeated Big Sepp.

Antonio Marquez & Apostle 13 defeated Drago & Aerostar.

Rachael Ellering pinned Taya Valkyrie. It was nice to see Ellering's dad Paul there watching.

Ariya Daivari pinned Darin Corbin.

New Jack pinned Tommy Lee Curtis.

The match started off as Nick "U-Gene" Dinsmore VS Tommy Lee Curtis with manager Benjamin Stacks. Jake Cena was called out by Stacks so it was a 2 on 1. New Jack then came out to even the sides and I guess the match turned into a tornado tag match.

HOW Superior, WI 9/24/16

Promotion: Heavy On Wrestling
Time/Date: 7 pm Saturday September 24, 2016
City, State: Superior, Wisconsin
Venue: Wessman Arena

Evilution: Rise of Destruction
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan was at the event to sign autographs. He was also inducted into the MN Wrestling Hall of Fame by Sylvester J. Fox.

Wildcat pinned Scott Story.

"6% Body Fat" Rob James defeated (FKA Simon Dean).

Steve Lombardi (FKA The Brooklyn Brawler) defeated "Live Wire" Johnny Parks by tap out.

In a special attraction 6 man tag team match Mitch Paradise, John Johnson & Dan Hanger ( a news anchor in Duluth, MN) defeated The Daivari brothers ( Ariya & Shawn) & Dan Jesser. Hanger got the pin on Jesser.

Darin Corbin got the win over by DQ.

HOW champion Lance Hoyt beat Ken Anderson in a best of 3 falls match to retain the title.

The next HOW event is Saturday November 12 at the South St. Paul high school.

F1RST Wrestling Minneapolis, MN 9/10/16

Promotion: F1RST Wrestling
Time/Date: 7pm Saturday September 10, 2016
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: Mill City Nights (This was the first and last time F1RST Wrestling held a card at MCN as the week after this event MCN management announced that they would be closing at the end of the year.)

Mill City Fights!

F1RST Wrestling tag team champions The Northstar Express (Darin Corbin & Ryan Cruz) defeated Mat Fitchett & Davey Vega to retain the titles. Cruz pinned Vega for the win.

Kody Rice defeated Scott Story, Rob James, Wildcat, Venom and Officer Rob Justice in a 5 man scramble match. Rice pinned Venom for the 3 count.

Heidi Lovelace pinned Veda Scott.

Arik Cannon defeated Lince Dorado.

The Hooligans defeated Super Thunder Frog & Jervis Cottonbelly.

Kikutaro won a three way match against U-gene and Darin Corbin when he pinned Corbin.

F1RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza champion Ariya Daivari pinned Tommy Dreamer to retain the title.

F1RST Wrestling 6/18/2016

Promotion: F1RST Wrestling
Time/Date: 8pm Saturday June 18, 2016
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: First Ave

Wrestlepalooza VIII


Wrestlepalooza VIII started off with some stand up comedy from Marty DeRosa.

In the opening match Kody Rice defeated Venom, Officer Rob Justice and Colt Cabana in a 4 way match. Rice pinned Justice to get the pin.

Burlesque from Queenie Von Curves dressed as Harley Quinn.

Arik Cannon took a bite out of Chuck Taylor to get the win.

The Copy Rights did their first of two sets.

"Playboy" Pete Huge came out to save ring announcer John Maddening from Chuck Taylor.

Pete Huge then dropped his lucky drawers in the middle of the ring. Huge has been a big part of indy wrestling at First Ave for the past 15 plus years. He will be missed.

The Chikara Young Lions Cup champion Super Thunder Frog defeated Wildcat and Space Monkey to retain the cup.

Burlesque from Sweet Pea was next.

Heidi Lovelace pinned Kimber Lee to become the #1 contender for the F1RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza championship.

Scott Hall came to the ring to tell F1RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza champion Ariya Daivari to suck it.

F1RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza Champion Ariya Daivari defeated Matt "M-Dogg" Cross to retain the title.

F1RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza tag team champions The Northstar Express (Ryan Cruz & Darin Corbin) defeated The Colony (Fire Ant & Silver Ant) to retain the titles.