IPW/HoF Waterloo, IA 7/10/15

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/

PWB St. Paul, MN 6/27/2015

Promotion: Pro Wrestling Battleground
Time/Date: 6pm Saturday June 27, 2015
City, State: St. Paul, MN
Venue: Wilbeski's Blues Saloon.

 JJ Garrett defeated PWB new comer Danny Adams.

 PWB Breakout champion Luther Wilson III pinned Officer Rob Justice.

 The Prophet defeated PWB new comers Austin Blackburn and Everett Connors in a 3 way match.

Paco Gonzalez defeated PWB new comer Harvey Bower.

 Rob James pinned Arik Cannon after hitting him with a loaded fanny pack.



















Before the match James told the crowd that it was his birthday. It really was a special day for James. At noon he and some friends ran the Wipeout Run. After that he wrestled Cannon at the AWF event in Coon Rapids, MN. Then at PWB he wrestled Cannon for the 100th time! Ok, I'm not sure if these two have wrestled each other 100 times but I'm sure if you look through the 10 years of this blog you many matches between these two.

PWB champion Ryan Cruz pinned Mallaki Matthews to retain the title.

F1RST Wrestling Minneapolis, MN 6/20/15

Promotion: F1RST Wrestling
Time/Date: 8:00pm Saturday June 20, 2015
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: First Ave night club

Wrestlepalooza VI
Referee Rob Page holding the F1RST Wrestling WRESTLEPALOOZA tag team belts that would be on the line in the main event as announcer John Maddening looks on.

What Tyrants opened up the event with a 15 minute set.

Kody Rice VS El Chivas Blanco was the first match.

Ruff Crossing interrupted the first match. He was followed by Yabo the clown so the singles match turned into a 4 way match. Yabo got the win.

Mona Montague danced dressed as Darth Vader.

Weedman defeated Officer Rob Justice.

Hip hop artist Mike Mictlan from Doom Tree took the stage for a few songs.

Arik Cannon pinned Wrestlepalooza champion Ariya Daivari. After the match Daivari announced that the match was not for the title so he is still the champ.

Queenie Von Curves & Sweetpea danced as Mario & Luigi.

"Playboy" Pete Huge defeated Wildcat.

Northstar Express (Ryan Cruz & Darin Corbin) defeated Zero Gravity.

Ryan Cruz & Darin Corbin became the first WRESTLEPALOOZA tag team champions.

PWB Saint Paul, MN 5/30/15

Promotion: Pro Wrestling Battleground
Time/Date: 6pm Saturday May 30, 2015
City, State: Saint Paul, MN
Venue: Wilbeski's Blues Saloon

JJ Garrett defeated Scott Story.

 Luther Wilson III defeated The Mad Russian and PWB Breakout champion The Prophet in a 3 way match.

 The Prophet handed over the title to the new PWB Breakout champion, Luther Wilson III.

 Mallaki Mathews pinned Kody Rice.

 Paco Gonzalez defeated Gunner Franks.

Matt Cage and Christian Rose wrestle a 2 out of 3 falls match. Cage won the first fall with a back slide pin.

 Christian Rose won the second fall when Matt Cage could not make it back in the ring before the 10 count.

 Matt Cage won the final fall over Christian Rose.

In the main event team AC/DC ( Arik Cannon & Darin Corbin) defeated Rob James & Venom. At the beginning of the match Venom hurt his knee and had to be helped back to the dressing room. I wish Venom a speedy recovery from his injury.  

PWB returns to Wilebski's on June 27, 2015.

PTW Bloomington, MN 5/29/15

Promotion: Prime Time Wrestling
Time/date: 7pm Friday May 29, 2015
City, State: Bloomington, MN
Venue: Knights of Columbus

Final Show of the Season.

Wildcat defeated The Prophet.

 Rob James pinned DOUG.

PTW tag team champions Billy Blaze & Mitch Paradise defeated Big Sepp & Black Stallion to retain the titles.

Body Beautiful had a some new merchandise available at this event. They used one of my posed photos of them on a sticker. They really got the "Shut Your Mouth" phrase over in their promo before their match.

 

 Chris Jordan pinned Scott Story.

 PTW champion Darin Corbin pinned Ricky Love to retain the title. This was scheduled to be a 3 way match with Ariya Daivari but Daivari was injured.