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.

HOW Superior, WI 5/7/2016

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

Resurgence

Ted DiBiase at the event for autograph signing before the matches.

"Jumping" Jim Brunzell was also on hand before the matches selling his book Mat Lands. I didn't notice until I looked at this photo that it looks like he was also selling CD's of his song Mat Lands.

Matt "The Beer City Brawler" Wiinchester defeated Ariya Diavari in the opening contest.

Tokyo Monster Kahagas with Dan Jesser and Angie defeated Bronson Bay.

Dan Jesser tried to get his partner Angie to hit Bay with a chair. Angie's grandfather, Al DeRusha and HOW commissioner  Baron Von Raschke chased Jesser away

Craven Knyte & Haku defeated Black Stallion & John Johnson.

Haku pinned Tommy "Spikerbaby" Saturday to win the tag team match. What? Spiderbaby wasn't even in the match.Well, somehow Spiderbaby got involved in the match and he got pinned.

Scot Summers defeated Arik Cannon.

Eugene pinned Mitch Paradise.

Frakie Kazarian defeated Luke Hawx and Silas Young in a 3 way match to become the #1 contender for the HOW championship.

HOW champion Lance Hoyt defeated Darin Corbin to retain the title in the main event.

PTW Bloomington, MN 4/29/2016

Promotion: Prime Time Wrestling
Time/Date: 7pm Friday April 29, 2016
City, State: Bloomington, MN
Venue: Bloomington Event Center (Formerly known as Knights of Columbus Hall)




Black Stallion VS Kody Rice ended in a double count out.

Giant DOUG defeated Billy Blaze.

PTW heavy weight champion John Johnson pinned PTW Uptown champion Darin Corbin.

John Johnson is now the PTW heavy weight champion and PTW Uptown champion.

Ariya Daivari pinned Antonio Marquez after a super kick.

The PTW tag team champions Wild Cat& Super Thunder Frog defeated The Riegel Twins (Logan & Sterling)  to retain the titles.

In the main event Mitch Paradise pinned Silas Young.

ROH Hopkins, MN 7/12/2014

Promotion: Ring of Honor
Date: July 12, 2014
City, State: Hopkins, MN
Venue: Eisenhower Community Center

After Shock

Michael Elgin, Hanson & Raymond Rowe VS Adam Cole, Michael Bennett & Matt Hardy ended in a no contest. Elgin then challenged Hardy to a match for the main event.

 Bobby Fish defeated Cheeseburger.

 Cedric Alexander beat Kyle O'Rielly.

 Mark & Jay Briscoe defeated BJ Whitmer & Roderick Strong.

 ROH TV champion Jay Lethal defeated Takaaki Watanabe in a proving ground match.

Kevin Steen defeated Tommaso Ciampa by tap out. This was Steen's first of three farewell matches before he heads to WWE developmental.

 Silas Young defeated ACH, Matt Taven & Tadarius Thomas in a 4 corner match for a title shot at the next ROH event.

 ROH champoion Michael Elgin defeated Matt Hardy to retain the title.

ROH 9/28/2013 Hopkins, MN

Promotion: Ring of Honor
Date: Saturday September 28, 2013
Venue: Eisenhower Community Center
City, State: Hopkins, MN

ROH tag team champions reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) defeated Monster Mofia (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page)

 Mark Briscoe defeated Silas Young.

 Michael Elgin & Jay Lethal beat Adrenaline RUSH (ACH & Tadarius Thomas)

 Mark Briscoe won the Honor Rumble to get a shot at the ROH heavy weight title in the main event.

 Michael Bennett defeated Eddie Edwards.

 Kevin Steen beat Jimmy Jacobs.

 ROH World TV champion Matt Taven defeated Davey Richards and Roderick Strong in a triple threat match.

 ROH World champion Adam Cole defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the title.

AAW Berwin, IL 9/5/2009

After two years I once again made my way down to the Chicago area for an All American Wrestling event. There were two preshow matches, one tag team and one singles. I photographed those but they will not be part of this blog. With those two preshow matches there were a total of 11 matches, that's a lot of pro wrestling so fans at the Berwyn Eagles club. This event was called "Defining Moment- Us VS Them" The "Us VS Them" is the AAW VS Dragon Gate as 3 of the matches featured American wrestlers who would be on the Dragon Gate event the following night in Chicago.
Faith in Nothing (Vincent Nothing & Christian Faith) defeated Flip Kendrick & Louis Lyndon. This was the AAW debut for Lyndon & Kendrick and my first time seeing these guys.

Shane Hollister defeated Nick Brubaker.

Knight Wagner & Jordan McEntyre (the air)defeated Krotch & Juice Robinson when Wagner pinned Robinson.

Jimmy Jacobs pinned Jay Bradley to become the new AAW heavy weight champion. In AAW there are no count outs or disqualifications, just professional wrestling. That was very true in this championship match at both men spent time outside the ring and used chairs and tables. Jacobs was a bloody mess after this match.

Arik Cannon, Ryan Cruz & Darin Corbin defeated Jigsaw, Hallowicked & Gran Akuma in a 6 man tag match. This was one of the "Us VS Them" matches as the Chikara wrestlers were featured on the first Dragon Gate USA event.

Shiima Xion pinned Johnny Gargano.

Danny Daniels & Ryan Boz defeated Zero Gravity.

"American Dragon" Bryan Danielson defeated Silas Young in another "Us VS Them" match. This was one of Danielson's last match in the indys as he has signed with the WWE. Congrats to Danielson for getting that contract. He is one of those wrestlers who's work I really like.

In the main event the AAW tag team champions The House of Truth defeated The Young Bucks to retain the belts. This was another "Us VS them" match.