PWA South Saint Paul, MN 6/23/2012

This past Saturday afternoon Pro Wrestling America returned to the South Saint Paul VFW for the annual Kaposia days show.
John Johnson defeated Black Stallion to become the #1 contender for the PWA championship. Johnson will get that title shot in September at Drkula’s bowling ally as part of Inver Grove Heights days.
“Mexico’s Greatest Import” El Bano pinned The Brauler with a little help from the referee. After the match PWA commissioner Eddie Sharkey declared that El Bano would team up with the referee to take on The Brauler.
“The Illustrious” Rob Ivy did not like what he saw in the last match so he challenged El Bano to a match. El Bano was once again victorious.
Tommy “Spiderbaby” Saturday & Mystik defeated Magicman & Ann Brookstone in an intergender match.
Mitch Paradise & Billy Blaze defeated Buck “Rock N Roll” Zumhofe & Arya Daivari. Paradise hit Daivari over the head with Zumhofe’s boom box.
PWA champion Udo retained his title against some clown. The match ended when Mitch Paradise and Billy Blaze came to the ring and attacked both masked wrestlers. Buck Zumhofe came out to to help the masked wrestlers. PWA commissioner Eddie Sharkey made a tag team match for the Drkula show. Paradise & Blaze will take on the clown & Zumhofe.

MIW Spring Lake Park, MN 9/10/2011

After shooting ring side at an afternoon show I went home and ate dinner then headed north for an Minnesota Independent Wrestling event. MIW was at Biffs Sports Bar. A few years ago when they promoted at this same place the matches took place out side in a tent but this year they were inside. Four of the wrestler that were on the afternoon show were also on this show.
The show started out with MIW owner Terry Fox coming to the ring to tell the fans of the passing of Little Tokyo on September 6th at the age of 70. Fox then brought out Bad Boy Brian to say a few words about Little Tokyo. Then there was a 10 bell salute.
Little Tokyo (seen here from 1993 at a show in Columbia Heights, MN) was part of a match at Wrestlemania III.
Mitch Paradise did a Paradise Pit with Rob Ivy and James Jeffries. Paradise picked on Jeffries small size.
Mystik Sexton defeated Ann Brookstone with Paul Brewski by DQ. The DQ came when Brewski tripped Sexton.
Arya Daivari pinned El Bano after a magic carpet ride.
Ugly & Justin Decent defeated Rob Ivy & Mitch Paradise when Decent pinned Paradise. Ugly has been to MIW a few times before but this time he brought his tag team partner with him.
Horace the Psychopath defeated Chris Jordan.
MIW champion “Playboy” Pete Huge defeated James Jeffries to retain the title. Jeffries kick out after one G-Spot from Huge but couldn’t kick out after the second one.
Mystik Sexton & Bad Boy Brian defeated Ann Brookstone & “All Star” Paul Brewski. This match was made by Terry Fox after the ladies match earlier in the card.

PWA Inver Grove Heights, MN 9/10/2011

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon Pro Wrestling America had an event as part of Inver Grove Heights Days at Drkula’s bowling ally. The wrestling took place outside under a tent. This was my first time at this annual PWA event.
In the first match Rob Ivy and his mustache defeated Tommy “Spiderbaby” Saturday. Ivy was being held by Spiderbaby’s manager Nick Mason. Ivy moved and Spiderbaby hit Mason which lead to Ivy rolling up Spiderbaby for the pin.
Chiropractor DC defeated Luther Wilson III. This was my first time seeing Wilson in action.
Mystik Sexton defeated Ann Brookstone and Starla Love in a handicap match. I think this was suppose to be a one on one match but Love got in the ring a lot so it was pretty much a handicap match.
Horace the Psychopath pinned The Brauler. Before the match started The Brauler went out into crowd to yell at a guy who was talking on his cell phone. The Brauler took the phone away and broke it. I think he did the guy a favor as he was still using a flip phone. Time to up grade.
Udo defeated Mitch Paradise to become the new PWA heavy weight champion! Paradise’s manager, The Professor, had the ref distracted when Paradise had Udo pinned after a superplex. As Paradise was yelling at the Professor, Udo rolled up Paradise for the 3 count.
The Honky Tonk Man & Buck “Rock n Roll” Zumhofe defeated Lenny Lane & Billy Blaze in a retirement match. At the beginning of the show Lane made the stipulation that if his team lost then he would retire and if the other guys lost then Zumhofe would retire. HTM hit the shake rattle & roll on Lane and got the 3 count to send Lane into retirement.

MIW Chanhassen, MN 3/12/2011

Minnesota Independent Wrestling returned to the Chanhassen American Legion this past Saturday night to a full house. This was my first time at an MIW event since October of last year. I missed their last event at in Chanhassen where "Playboy" Pete Huge defeated Brody Hoofer to become the new MIW heavy weight champion. That match was also a looser leaves MIW so Hoofer is no longer with MIW. Hoofer has been with MIW since he started in the biz back in 1999.
The night started with MIW heavy weight champion "Playboy" Pete Huge coming to the ring with "All Star" Paul Brewski. Huge was scheduled to defend his title against Brewski in the main event that night but Huge said Brewski was too green to get a shot at his belt. MIW commissioner Terry Fox got in the ring and told Huge that he would defend the MIW heavy weight title against Brewski or Fox would take the belt away from him. Huge told Brewski to do the right thing and lay down for a three count. Brewski laid down but got up before the three count and then attacked Huge.
In the first match of the card Horace the Psychopath defeated Rob Ivy.
In Paradise's Pit Mitch Paradise interviewed Rob Ivy who was pretending to be Zach Mercury. All the shenanigans ended when Mercury came to to confront Paradise and challenge him to a match later in that night.
Gunner Clash & Cpl Julio Julio defeated El Bano & Dorrian. As you can see in the photo here Clash & Julio cheated to get the W by blinding El Bano.
Zach Mercury defeated Mitch Paradise with a small package. Some times the good guys cheat to win.
Ann Brookstone pinned Mystik. In one of the funniest bits of the night Mystik ran into special guest referee Kenny Larson knocking him to the mat. Mystik then said "I killed Kenny!"
In the main event MIW heavy weight champion "Playboy" Pete Huge retained his title against "All Star" Paul Brewski. Zach Mercury was the special guest referee for this match. Mercury was distracted when Mitch Paradise came to the ring giving Huge the chance to hit Brewski with the title belt for an easy pin. Good thing Huge retained the belt because the pretty pink one he was wearing broke during the match.

Merry Christmas!

Back on December 18, 2005 in Forest Lake, MN Northern Impact Wrestling had a Christmas themed three way match involving Rain, Lisa and Ann Thraxx. Rain was dress as "Mrs. Clause" and Lisa was dressed as an elf. Ann Thraxx was a big Scrooge in this match as she did not dress for the match at all opting to wrestle in her regular ring gear. I heard that they wanted her to dress as the Grinch seeing as how she was the heel in this match. Thraxx can be seen out side the ring on the far left of this photo.

Head on over to Rain's web site to order an 8x10 of Rain in a different "Santa" outfit.

MIW Chanhassen, MN 10/23/2010

Minnesota Independent Wrestling returned to the Chanhassen American Legion this past Saturday night. On this night there were two other wrestling events in the area just 15 miles away. Because of that some of the wrestlers on this card had already wrestled at one of the other events earlier in the night.
In the first match of the night El Bano defeated "Playboy" Pete Huge with a Vader Slash. Huge was very disappointed that he lost to a toilet.

Next up was a Paradise Pit where Mitch Paradise and Rob Ivy's guest were "Genuine Article" Chris Jordan, "All Star" Paul Brewski and Allison Wonderland. The topic of this Paradise Pit was 'winners and loser's' and Brewski brought of Pete Huge as a loser because of his lose in the first match. Jordan and Brewski attached Huge until El Bano made the save.

Rob Ivy defeated Death Mask in the second match of the night. This was Death Mask's first match with MIW. Ivy got the win after a low blow.

Mitch Paradise pinned Horace the Psychopath after a power bomb. During the match Horace was in the corner next to me and he grabbed my shirt. I guess he's not a big fan of my Marvel Secret Wars t-shirt.

After intermission Rob Ivy came to the ring looking for some competition as he thought his match with Death Mask was too easy. Rookie Dorrian came out to accept the challenge. I believe this was Dorrians second match after being trained by Terry Fox. Dorrian got the win over Ivy after a low blow.

Mystik Recognize defeated Ann Brookstone. I think the fans at the American Legion gave Brookstone a new nick name, "Drama Queen". I hope this name catches on and fans everywhere call her Drama Queen.

The main event was scheduled to be Chris Jordan VS MIW heavy weight champion Brody Hoofer for the title. Before the match started Jordan and Paul Brewski attacked Hoofer. Pete Huge came out the make the save so MIW owner Terry Fox made the main event a tag team match with Hoofer and Huge teaming up against Jordan & Brewski with Allison Wonderland. The match ended in a no contest when Huge turned on Hoofer. MIW is scheduled to return to the Chanhassen American Legion on January 8th, 2011.

NPW Hayward, WI 2/5/2010

Northwoods Pro Wrestling, in association with Minnesota Independent Wrestling returned to the L.C.O. casino in Hayward, WI. I almost didn't make it to the event as my co pilot got us lost and my car got stuck while trying to turn around. Luckily a very nice man stopped to help us out. There were a few wrestlers/valets on this card that I had never seen before.
El Bano defeated "The Law" Mark Barker and Gunner Clash in a three way. Mitch Paradise came out and tossed all three from the ring and cut a promo in the ring to set up his match with Daryl Hall.

Shimdog w/ Kiandra defeated Cpl. Julio Julio.

"Genuine Article" Chris Jordan defeated AJ Smooth w/ Ferreh Lee by DQ when "Playboy" Pete Huge helped Smooth. As both Huge & Smooth were beating on Jordan, Horace the psychopath came out to even the sides. Jordan then asked for a tag team match with Horace against Huge & Smooth.

Ann Brookstone vs Mystique ended in a no contest when Ferreh Lee, Kiandra and Allison Wonderland got involved in the match.

Daryl Hall pinned Mitch Paradise.

Allison Wonderland won the Queen of the Northwoods Diva Royal when she pushed Ann Brookstone over the top rope. Others eliminated before Brookstone were Mystique, Stacey Shadows, Ferreh Lee and Kiandra.

Chris Jordan & Horace the psychopath defeated Pete Huge & AJ Smooth w/ Ferreh Lee.

IWA Savage, MN 12/19/2009

The Intercontinental Wrestling Association return to their home venue at Niesons Sports Bar in Savage, MN this past Saturday night. On this card the IWA booked a couple of new faces to the MSP area.

In the opening match Heavy D lost to The Brauler. That really should read that Heavy D lost to referee Patrick Lomax as it was after a choke slam from Lomax that The Brauler got the pin.

In the next match Venom and Mini Venom (Bad Boy Brian) defeated Tommy "Spiderbaby" Saturday & Mini Spiderbaby (Chad Strong). Bad Boy Brian was recently seen on WWE RAW as part of the 'Little Peoples Court' jury.
Big Loco pinned Craven Knyte in the third match of the card.
The Great Cheyenne made her IWA/Minnesota debut and defeated Ann Brookstone.

Arya Daivari was scheduled to face cpl. Julio Julio in a boot camp match but Julio was in out of action with an illness. Taking Julio's place was Rob James who came out in army fatigues. To win this boot camp match one wrestler must make the other wrestler tap out. James made Daivari tap out to the dreaded crippler cross face.
The Black Stallion & The Great Malaki defeated the Barking Spiders when Malaki pinned Ox. Stallion & Malaki had some help from Daivari. The Great Malaki mad his IWA/Minnesota debut in this match. Malaki does some stuff with fire when he enters the arena and The Great Cheyenne come to the ring with him as well as two hooded men.

Horace The Psychopath defeated JB Trask in a hard core match for the #1 contender. Horace now gets a shot at the Braulers IWA title.