3XW Waukee, IA 12/2/2006

From the Waukee middle school in Waukee, Iowa 3XW presented Holiday Havoc. The event was off to a late start as the truck hauling the ring broke down so the ring crew had to rush to get the ring up. 4 of the matches on this card were first round matches in an 8 man tourney to crown a new 3XW heavy weight champion as the former champion Egotistical Fantastico is on his way to the WWE's Deep South promotion.
The 3XW ring crew putting the ring together.
Hunter Matthews beat Zack Thompson. This was Matthews debut match.
In the first tournament match of the night Devin Carter beat Tyler Cook. This was my first time seeing Cook and he kind of reminded me of Larry Sweeney but less flamboyant.
Krotch (yep his name is Krotch) pinned Bryce Benjamin with a small package. Krotch is another wrestler on the card tonight that I had not seen before but he looked pretty familiar as he reminded me of MN wrestler Kid Krazy.
Machine beat Tristan Hayze. Here were two more wrestlers I had not seen or heard of before.
In the second tournament match of the night Gage Octane beat tag team champion Nate Bash. He did have a little help from his fellow Blue Chippers Brain Ash and Austin Bayless.
3XW womans champion Ann Brookstone beat Allison Wunderland. This was my first time seeing Wunderland in the ring.
Ann Brookstone complained that the very Green Wunderland was not enough competition so out came Bryce Benjamin to challenge Brookstone for her belt. Benjamin renamed the tittle the Wo Man championship as in Whoa Man.
In the third tournament match of the night former 3XW heavyweight champion Brain Ash defeated 3XW cruiser weight champion/3XW tag team champion Benjamin Sailer.
Team Northstar Express (Ryan Cruz, Darin Corbin, Casanova & Ryan Slade) beat Team Future (Dan Lawrence, Arya Daivari, Aaron Masterson & Ricky Kwong) in a survivor tag match. Three more wrestlers I photographed for the first time.
In the final match of the first round to crown the new 3XW heavyweight champion Tony Scarpone beat Jeremy Wyatt.

3XW Des Moines, IA 2/18/2006

3XW held their first card in their new building, $1 Fitness on this Saturday night. $1 Fitness is in a building that used to be a boat showroom.
The opening match saw Gage Octane get pinned by Jaysin Strife. This was my first time seeing Strife and he reminded me of Matt Sydal a little.
The next match was a tag team match that was set up the month before. The team of Casanova & Devin Carter beat Tony Sly & Matty Fitness.
The third match of the night was between Arik Cannon and Ryan Cruz. This match was for Cannon's 3XW cruiserweight title but Cruz decided to add a little more compition to their contest. He challenged Cannon to a good old fashioned 8x10 sell off. Cannon retained his belt and sold more 8x10's.
Next up was a title unification match between the 3XW heavyweight champion Brian Ash and the 3XW North American champion Big Dog Barber. The ref had his work cut out for him before the bell even rang as he had to remove about 5 foriegn objects from each champion. The both made good use of all the exercise equipment in the arena as they battled outside the ring. In the end it was Ash who got the win and both titles.
Tony Scarpone beat the Freak in the second to last match of the night. Scarpone is a great bad guy.
The main event of the night was a 20 person battle royal. In the photo to the left Nate Bash entered the rummble by doing a 'stage dive' on to a group of wrestlers in the middle of the ring. They body surfed him right over the top rope but he landed on the ring apron and was not eliminated. Egotistico Fantastico won the battle royal rumble when he tossed Gage Octane over the top rope to earn a title shot at the 3XW heavyweight title.