AWF Hinckley, MN 5/19/18

Promotion: American Wrestling Federation
Time/Date: 7 pm Saturday May 19, 2018
City, State: Hinckley, MN
Venue: Hinckley High School


JDX defeated Ryan Cruz.

Big Slick Willie pinned Crixus.

Adam Grace & "Downtown" Petey Brown defeated Joey Avalon & Jordy Lee .

Garrisaon Creed pinned Sterling Bond.

Nick "The Natural" Nelson pinned AWF champion Jacob Savage.

New AWF champion Nick "The Natural" Nelson.

PWB St. Paul, MN 4/28/18

Promotion: Pro Wrestling Battleground
Time/Date: 6 pm Saturday April 28, 2018
City, State: St. Paul, MN
Venue: Wilebski's Blues Saloon

Giant Griffin defeated Rob James.

JDX challenged anyone to come out and face him in a match. Kara Noia answered the challenge but she was unable to beat JDX.

Kal Creed & Tomahawk Kid defeated El Angel Dorado & James Tapia in a tag team match.

Brandon Gore pinned Valentine Bravo.

Rylie Jackson defeated Kyle Pro.

PWB champion Super Thunder Frog defeated Ryan Cruz to retain the title.

The main event was a hard core match between Kody Rice and Orin Veidt. They used thumb tacks, chairs, doors on chairs and doors with rows of carpet tacks. Rice slammed Veidt on that door covered with carpet tacks to get the 3 count.

Orin Veidt's back after the match.

AWF Pine Island, MN 4/21/18

Promotion: American Wrestling Federation
Time/Date: 7 pm Saturday April 21, 2018
City, State: Pine Island, MN
Venue: Pine Island High School

AWF owner Tony DeNucci and ring announcer DJ Danielson greeted the fans in the ring. They were interrupted by Big Slick Willie and Nick Nelson.

Nick Nelson defeated "Downtown" Petey Brown in the opening match.

Crixus pinned Big Slick Willie with a back slide. Yes, someone won a match with a back slide. You don't see that often.

El Angel Dorado pinned Gerard Castle.

Sterling Bond defeated Giant Griffin.

Arik Cannon beat JDX.

Craven Knyte pinned Ryan Cruz.

HOW Duluth, MN 2.18.18

Promotion: Heavy On Wrestling
Time/Date: 5 p.m. Sunday February 18, 2018
City, State: Duluth, MN
Venue: Clyde Iron Works

No Love Lost

It was a snowy day in Minnesota. The drive up to Duluth from the Minneapolis area didn't see much snow but it did start close to event time.That snow would cause a change to one of the matches on this card.

In the opening match Wild Cat defeated Ryan Cruz. Wild Cat debuted his new mask in this match.

In a 3 way match King Leonidas defeated heavy Metal Lore and Chainsaw King. Fan fact, Leonidas is a town in northern MN.

Ken Anderson...Anderson defeated Mitch Paradise in a #1 contender match. This #1 contender match was pretty much like a "money in the bank" match as the winner could challenge for the HOW title when ever they wanted.

This next match was scheduled to be a 4 women match for the new HOW woman's championship title. Because of the snow Madison Rayne, Angelina Love and Laurel Van Ness were unable to make it to Duluth for this event. Leva Bates was able to make so she faced Kara Noia for the HOW woman's title.

For the first 2 matches Kara Noia was ring side doing video camera for HOW production. Noia is a student at The Academy of Professional Wrestling and she has only work in less then 10 matches. I last saw her as a referee at Showtime Championship Wrestling in St. Paul, MN. Noia had less then 10 minutes to prepare for this championship match against Bates. Good thing thing

Leva Bates pinned Kara Noia to win the first ever HOW Woman's championship title. Bates is known as the cosplay wrestler. For this match she cosplayed as Mikasa Ackerman from Attack On Titan, a popular anima series from Japan. The morning after the event I showed my wife photos of Bates as Mikasa as she has watched Attack On Titan. The first thing she said was "where are the leg straps?". Bates took those leg straps off mid way through the match.

Billy Gunn defeated Shawn Daivari. Usually I post a photo of the winner the match doing a move or hold but in this match I didn't have that. During this match I had to go to the bathroom. When I returned Gunn had just won the match with his fameasser move.

While he was in the area Billy Gunn did a seminar at The Academy of Processional Wrestling. He also did a pod cast with Ken Anderson and Michael Hunter for Lower The Mic.Click here to listen to that pod cast.

The main event was a 4 corners match for the HOW championship. HOW champion Darin Corbin took on Arik Canon, Kody Rice and Air Wolf.

Air Wolf pinned Kody Rice to win the HOW championship title.

Ken Anderson...Anderson and Shawn Daivari came out to congratulate Air Wolf as they are his trainers at The Academy of Professional Wrestling.Anderson told Air Wolf that he was going after his title, right now. After a belt to the head and a mic check Anderson got the pin on Air Wolf.

Ken Anderson...Anderson is the new HOW undisputed champion.

The next HOW event is a big one. It takes place on July 29, 2018 in Tower, MN at the Fortune Bay Casino. Already signed to appear at this event are Scott Hall, Eric Bischoff and Ricky Steamboat.

F1RST Wrestling Minneapolis, MN 1/6/18

Promotion: F1RST Wrestling
time/Date: 8 p.m. Saturday January 6, 2018
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: First Avenue Night club

Wrestlepalooza XI
Wild Cat & Super Thunder Frog defeated Scott Story & Officer Rob Justice in the opening match.

"All Ego" Ethan Page pinned Colt Cabana.

Off With Their Heads played their first set.

Candice LeRae made Chuck Taylor tap out.This was LeRae's second to last match before heading to NXT.

Up next was some burlesque from Scarlette Revolver.

F1RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza champion Arik Cannon defended the title against Fire Ant, Jason Cade and Shane Strickland in a 4 way match.

Cannon won the match when he pinned Fire Ant.

Off With Their Heads second set was interrupted by Darin Corbin. OWTH didn't care for Corbin so the lead singer el kabonged Corbin. Corbin does not have a good record with the Wrestlepalooza musical acts.

Air Wolf & Space Monkey defeated the Ugly Ducklings.

Chaos 300 defeated "The Husky Heart Throb" Kody Rice.

Cat lady burlesque from Sweetpea.

The F1RST Wrestling tag team titles were on the line as former partners Ryan Cruz and Darin Corbin battled for ownership of the title.

After a splash from a very tall ladder Ryan Cruz pinned his former Northstar Express partner to claim the tag titles.

Next F1RST Wrestling event takes place at the Uptown VFW on March 22, 2018.

F1RST Minneapolis, MN 12/7/17

Promotion: F1RST Wrestling
Time/Date: 8 p.m. Thursday December 7, 2017
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: Uptown VFW

This was the first time that F1RST Wrestling held an event at the Uptown VFW. The event sold out at the door.

The opening match was a 4 man 2 animal scramble match. In that match were Ryan Cruz, Scott Story, Giant Griffin, "Filth King" Brubaker, Wild Cat and Super Thunder Frog.

Ryan Cruz was the winner of the match.

After the match Ryan Cruz was attacked by his estranged tag team champion partner Darin Corbin. The fate of the F1RST Wrestling tag team titles will be decided on January 6, 2018 at Wrestlepalooza XI.

FEST champion Su Young defeated Rain to retain the title. Rain made her return to F1RST Wrestling after 10 years. She was on the very first F1RST Wrestling event back in April 2007. Hope it's not another 10 years before Rain is back in a F1RST Wrestling ring.

"All Ego" Ethan Page defeated Jimmy Jacobs and Air Wolf in a 3 way match. Page pinned Air Wolf for the 3 count. It's nice to see Jacobs back on the independent scene. 

The Wrestling Revolver tag team champions Besties in the World ( Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett) took on Zero Gravity (Brett Gakiya & CJ Esparza).

Zero Gravity defeated Besties in the World to win the Wrestling Revolver tag team titles.

Chaos 300 defeated Officer Rob Justice. Look close at Chaos 300's trunks. It says "300" not "BOO".

In the main event Arik Cannon & Tommy Dreamer defeated Darin Corbin & Abyss. This was a hardcore match. Items used included toilet seat, cheese grater and thumb tacks. Dreamer got the 3 count on Corbin for the win after a DVD on chairs.

F1RST Wrestling returns to the Uptown VFW on Thursday March 22, 2018. Get your tickets before they sell out.