F1rst Wrestling Minneapolis, MN 3/20/2009

F1rst Wrestling returned to First Ave in downtown Minneapolis, MN with a card named Minneapolis Massacre. I missed the last F1rst Wrestling card that was held at the West St. Paul Armory at the end of January as I was on vacation.

Heavy On Wrestling brought in the Iron Sheik for an autograph/photo session before the first bell and at intermission. The Iron Sheik got on the house mic at intermission and told the fans what he thought of Hulk Hogan.
In the opening match The Junk Squad defeated 101 Proof in a tag team contest. As you can see in the photo here Pete Huge of the Junk Squad got some help from his valet Allison Wonderland. Venom was pinned by Huge after Wonderland kicked him in the balls. Huge was suppose to wrestler two roller derby girls after one of them hit him in the balls last time at First Ave but the roller derby girls could not appear at F1rst Wrestling by orders of their league officials. Something about roller derby being above pro wrestling.
In the next match Udo defeated The Prophet, Pierre Abernathy and Gary J in a 4 man match. This was my first time seeing Abernathy and J. I believe they came up from the St. Louis area.
Brody Hoofer defeated Thoruf Marius in a falls count anywhere match. There were no introductions for this match as the wrestlers started fighting back stage. These two big men took this match all over First Ave, the even went into the woman's bathroom. Hoofer finished off Marius with two chair shots to the head and a body slam on the stage.
In the battle of former friends Arik Cannon defeat Cody O'Neill. After his lose O'Neill challenged Cannon to more more match. That match will be O'Niell's last match ever. O'Neill has some nagging injuries so he wants to hang up his boots for good.
Midwest Ground & Air kept their unbeaten in Minnesota streak alive by once again defeating Northstar Express. Towards the end of the match Nate Bash climbed off of Darin Corbin's shoulders and on the the the stairways. From there Bash jumped down on to Corbin and Ryan Cruz.
The main event on this night was an Extreme rules match between Rob James and Horace the Psychopath. This was a very brutal match with thumb tacks, barb wire baseball bats, barb wire chairs and a flaming table. Well, it would have had the flaming table if they hadn't used a fire proof table. After trying to lite the table on fire unsuccessfully Horace put a barb wire wrapped chair on the table and power bombed James through it to get the 3 count. This was a very bloody and brutal match.

MIW Moundsview, MN 3/13/2009

This last Friday night Minnesota Independent Wrestling debuted at a new venue as they took their ring to Roberts bar in Moundsview, MN for "Feel the Pain '09". I liked this new venue but the bar made some what of an odd request. Roberts management asked that music be played during the matches. This seemed to through off some of the wrestlers as the music played was really not to their liking. I've been to other promotions that have done commentating over the wrestling and that was pretty weird. But I've also been to sporting events that play music during game play but they usually played up beat music to go with the action. The music played during the matches on this card was more like dance music. The Matches started at a little after 8:30 and ended at just after midnight.

Like last week in Chanhassen this card saw the return of a few old MIW wrestlers. The difference this week is that the returning wrestlers had not been in the ring for over 6 years. Besides the two returning wrestlers there were also three wrestlers making their MIW debut.
The opening contest was between two MIW rookies. In this match Cpl. Julio Julio defeated "The Law" Mark Barker.
"Playboy" Pete Huge with Allison Wonderland defeated the debuting Ugly. This was my first time seeing Ugly and to tell you the truth, he really didn't look that ugly.
Daryl Hall defeated Blazing Benjamin with a roll up. This was Benjamin's first time in MIW.

Danny Duggan with Allison Wonderland defeated Mickey McCoy with some help from Huge. As Duggan and Huge beat on McCoy after the match Brody Hoofer came out to make the save. Following the MIW formula this set up a tag team match for later in the night.
Cpl Julio Julio defeated Mikey Stanley and Trevor Gibson in a three way dance. Gibson was the third wrestler to make their MIW debut on this night.
K-Train defeated Rick Mathews with a stunner. This match was K-Trains return to the squared circle after more then 6 years. He looked pretty good in the ring for having that much time off and he also had a lot of fans at ring side who still had their K-Train t-shirts.
MIW heavy weight champion Mitch Paradise defeated "The new face of country music" Jeremy Biggs with the Masked Producer to retain the belt.
Dysfunction pinned AJ Shanchez after a super kick. Dysfunction was on the mic earlier in the night talking about how he was just in a king of the death match tournament but on this night he would not be doing any hard core for the stupid fans in Minnesota.

Brody Hoofer & Mickey McCoy defeated "Playboy" Pete Huge & Danny Duggan with Allison Wonderland. McCoy put Huge through a table out side the ring but the match ended in the ring when Hoofer pinned Duggan.
The main event for the night was the Roberts Rumble which was a Royal Rumble rules match. All the wrestlers from the earlier matches were in the rumble as well as two who were only in the rumble. The first of the two being Johnny Gadaski who was formerly known as Johnny Goldengate. The second fresh wrestler in the Rumble was also the second returning wrestler, Dr. Darin Davis, the wrestling proctologist. Davis came to the Roberts mostly to see old friends but he ended up being put into the Roberts Rumble. Check out his blog for for his view on the night.
K-Train won the Roberts Rumble when he clothes lined Pete Huge over the top rope.

MIW Chanhassen, MN 3/7/2009

Minnesota Independent Wrestling returned to a full house at the Chanhassen American Legion this past Saturday night. On this night two wrestlers made their return to MIW.

In the opening contest "The Professional" Benjamin Sailer defeated The Black Stallion with a top rope sunset flip.
The first of the two returning wrestlers on this night was "The Genuine Article" Chris Jordan. Jordan defeated rookie "The Law" Mark Barker. This was my first time seeing Barker as "The Law". Barker has gone through a few different names in the past 6 months and I hope he sticks with this one. It's been a while since there has been a man of the law in the MSP area.

The second wrestler of the night to make their return to MIW was Austin Aries. Before the first bell of the night Aries came out and made a challenge to anyone in the back. Cpl. Julio Julio came out to accept the challenge. Aries revealed that Julio was one of his trainees and he tried to talk Julio out of the match. Aries won the match of teacher vs student when Julio missed a move using the ropes and Aries put him away with a brain buster.
"The Popular" Nate Bash pinned "Playboy" Pete Huge.
Mitch Paradise became the new MIW heavy weight champion when he defeated Brody Hoofer. Paradise had a little help with his win as The Black Stallion and came out to distract the ref and Huge hit Hoofer with a chair.

8 Stupid Questions with Benjamin Sailer

Name: Benjamin Sailer
Years Pro: 6
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 210lbs
Home Town: Bismarck, ND

1. Who taught you how to wrestle pro style? I am a product of the MPW camp. Thanks Shifty and Sheriff!(Sailer Vs Shifty 7/6/2003 MPW)
2. Have you seen any good wrestling movies latly? I watched Wrestlemaniac the other day..other than that no. (Sailer with special referee's Mick Foley and Terry Funk 11/15/2008 HOW)
3. Do you have any hidden talents? Nope. (Sailer with 3XW tag & cruiser weight belts 12/2/2006)
4. You’ve been cast on the new reality game show Survivor: Okishima. The other contestants on Okishima are Pete Huge, George W. Bush, Casanova, Danny Daniels, Angel Armoni, Arik Cannon, Udo, Delerious, Allison Wonderland, Thoruf Marius, Andrew Scalze, Terry Funk and Rob Page. You need to do three things: give someone an immunity belt, vote someone off and pick someone else to make an allince with only to stab them in the back when the time is right. Who are the three people you pick?I would form an alliance with George W by giving him immunity. We would declare party law and vote off everbody whose first and last names start with the same letter. Then I would push George W down into some mud. (Sailer Vs Angel Armoni WWA 8/12/2005)
5. Back in the summer of 2003 you won the MPW Quest for the Cup. That must have been pretty cool, eh?Yeah it was. And it is still the highlight of my career. (Sailer with his cup that he went on a quest for 7/27/2003)
6. Have you ever considered yourself a hulkamaniac, jericoholic, little stinger, little warrior or a laniac?I am a recovering Jericoholic. I just got my four year pin. ( Sailer VS MIW heavy weight champion Brody Hoofer 11/29/2008)
7. Which is best on line social networking site, Face book or MySpace?Facebook (Sailer Vs Nate Bash ECHO Pro 1/16/2009)

8. What is your favorite match of yours that can be viewed on YouTube? Has to be the mixed tag with Portia Perez because it has the most views. (Sailer Vs Ryan Cruz 3XW 10/27/2007)

F1rst Wrestling's up coming card

I don't usually use this blog to promote up coming cards but I decided to with this F1rst Wrestling show because promoter Arik Cannon made 3 different posters where all but 2 (The Iron Sheik and Arik Cannon) of the photos were taken by me. Also, I had nothing else to post this week. Seeing as how Cannon took the time to make 3 posters maybe you could leave a comment letting him know which one you like the best.
The main event for this card is an 'Anarchy Rules' match between Mr. 6% Body fat Rob James and Horace the Psychopath. These two have been tag team partners but recently split up. Horace started his split from James when he teamed up with fan favorite O.D.B. on the 08/08/08 card. Then on last months card James tried to get Horace to not wrestle Sandman.
In a special challenge match "Playboy" Pete Huge will take on two roller derby all stars. At the last F1rst Wrestling show at First Ave Tiki Torture & Jaw Breaker got into the ring to promote an upcoming roller derby match. Huge came out and told the roller girls to leave his ring. Jaw Breaker had a hand in Huge & Chris Jordan loosing their match to Midwest Ground & Air so Huge challenged both girls to a match.
Before the first bell there will be an autograph/photo session with WWE Hall of Famer Iron Sheik. If you've seen any of this guys shoot interviews then you will not want to miss this chance to meet him in person. This special attraction is being presented by Heavy On Wrestling.

AWF Elk River, MN 2/7/2009

The American Wrestling Federation held February Free For All III this past Saturday night at the Elk River high school. This event was a fund raiser for the Elk River football team.
In the opening contest "Live Wire" Johnny Parks defeated Angel Armoni.
Thoruf Marius defeated Chris Jordan. Marius got the pin on Jordan with a little help from his manager Sheik Adnan El Kassie.
Cory O'Neill & Joey Envy defeated Aaron Corbin & Brody Hoofer. I think that Hoofer was too distracted by the shampoo bottle mascot that was in the crowd for one of the sponsers. Acording to the poster for this card this was too be the O'Neill Twins last tag team match but Cory's brother Cody was once unable to make it as was the case back in December.
In the battle between to local wrestlers who recently appeared on WWE Lenny Lane defeated Sammy Savard. Lane appeared on ECW back in September loosing to Jack Swagger while Savard lost to the Boogieman on ECW a few weeks ago. At least Savard didn't have to eat worms after his loss on this night. The end came when ref Rob Page disqualified Savard when he thought that Savard used a chair on Lane. I've probably wrote this before but I hate that finish. Why is that finish the only time the ref calls something that he doesn't see?
Mitch Paradise defeated Scotty Too Hotty in the simi main event. There was a really funny spot in this match when ref Jay Soltice tried to kick Paradise's hand off the rope. Paradise pulled his arm away so Soltice's kick missed and he fell on his ass. Paradise got the win which dissappointed the crowd of over 700 who really wanted to see STH do the Worm. Paradise kept attacking STH after the match. STH got the upper hand then made the crowd happy when he did the worm. STH then got some kids from the crowd into the ring for a worm contest.
In the main event Tony DeNucci defeated Chris Black in a hard core match. I've recently watched DeNucci's AWA debut match on ESPN Classic. That match took place around 1990.(Edited to correct the year of DeNucci's debut)

Two former pro wrestlers going extreme for charity

On January 31, 2009 Nora Greenwald will jump into the icy cold waters of White Bear Lake in White Bear Lake, MN. Greenwald will be 'freezin for a reason' as she is doing it to raise money for Special Olympics Minnesota. To donate to Greenwalds cause you can go to the web site and click on 'find a plunger'. The forecast for that day is sunny and 20 above 0. I'm guessing that Greenwald will not be wearing a bikini when she takes the plunge.

http://presspubs.com/articles/2009/01/08/vadnais_heights_press/news/doc4964cc5df197c860148075.txt

Former MN indy wrestler BJ Van Beusekom, aka Drej, will be running a marathon, a 24 hour marathon that is. Van Beusekom will start this marathon on February 2, 2009 at Athletic Performance Inc in Brooklyn Center, MN. While doing this he is tiring to raise money for the American Lung Association. (Drej Vs Bigg Mac 6/28/2003 West St. Paul, MN PWA)

http://www.startribune.com/local/north/38239339.html

Good luck to both Greenwald and Van Beusekom.

8 Stupid Questions with Lacey

Name: Lacey

Years Pro: 8 1/2
Height: 5'6"

Weight: 130 lbs

Home Town: Minneapolis, MN

1. Was it hard to train for pro wrestling as a female? Extremely! I think it's hard to go through for anyone, but there are definitely extra challenges going through as a minority in this male-dominated environment. Women aren't exactly looked upon with the utmost respect in the wrestling industry, and there are definitely some women around that absolutely don't help our cause in gaining that respect. It's unfortunate! But, on the bright side, its really helped me to grow into a strong and independent person. ( Lacey Vs Pete Huge 4/11/2004 Promociones Renegado Lucha )
2. The battle lines have been drawn, you must pick a side. Are you with team Aniston or team Jolie?Eh, I'm neutral. Don't really know much or care about either, but Jolie does seem to do a ton of charity work and is a good will ambassador and all that so I suppose I'll pick her. ( Lacey Vs Josie 12/6/2003 FLWA)
3. Have you ever been injured in the ring? I've had a few concussions, been busted open a few times, black eyes, stuff like that. Also jacked up my knee pretty badly a few years ago by dislocating the knee cap and slightly tearing some tendons and ligaments. Luckily, surgery was not needed. ( Lacey with Jimmy Jacobs Vs Roderick Strong 6/24/2006 ROH)
4. What’s the weirdest thing you ever received from a fan? Customized booty shorts. WEIRD. (Lacey Vs Rain 4/11/2004 Promociones Renegado Lucha)

5. Who is the greatest female wrestler from Minnesota, Nora Greenwald or Madusa? I love them both!!! I really looked up to and admired both of them when I was younger. They both definitely played a role in my desire to start training. (Lacey Vs Allison Danger 4/27/2007)
6. So ah…what do you think about the war in Iraq? I think its pointless, horrible, awful, terrible, disgusting, a gigantic waste of money and resources, a gigantic waste of lives, an incomprehensible injustice to all of humanity...etc. etc. etc (Lacey at F1rst Wrestling 4/22/2007)
7. You were an announcer on Mtv’s very short lived Wrestling Society X. If you could get cast on another Mtv show what would it be?Absolutely NONE of them. Well, unless my role on the show was to fuck everybody up Grand Theft Auto style. I can't even comprehend the shows on Mtv (well, most tv) these days. It's sick these people exist to populate these reality shows and its sick there's such a market for it! ( Lacey with Arik Cannon 1/21/2004 Downtown Championship Wrestling)
8. So are you still wrestling or what? For now...I've got more important things to focus on. Also, really, no creepy wrestling fans deserve to see me in the ring! (The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew 4/27/2007 ROH)