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.

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/

SDW South St. Paul, MN 11/24/2012

Steel Domain Wrestling was at the South St. Paul high school a few weeks ago on a Saturday night. This was a benefit show for the high schools dance team.
SDW promoter Ed Hellier and announcer Mick Karch started off the event at ring side for the internet taping. They were interrupted by Zero Kincade who complained that he was not on the card. Kincade didn’t get a match but he did get the claw from Baron Von Raschke.
Wildcat defeated Craven Knyte in the opening match. Midway through the match a cable under the ring came loose and that made the rings loose. This made it so the wrestlers were unable to use the ropes. The ring was fixed after the match.
Miss Natural defeated Ann Brookstone.
Rob James defeated Ryan Cruz. When James came to the ring he got on the mic and put down the South St. Paul dance team who were in attendance. The team then came down closer to the ring to cheer on Cruz but it was not enough to help him win the match.
Renny D defeated his former tag team partner Benjamin Sailer. During the match one of Sailer’s kicks hit Renny’s nose causing a deviated septum. Even with the the almost broken nose Renny was still able to get the pin but with his feet on the ropes. Referee Rob Page was out of position to see Renny cheat to win.
In the main event Mitch Paradise pinned Arya Daiavri after a choke slam. This match can be seen on the SDW web site which is linked above.

RWF Prior Lake, MN8/23/2008

From Daughters bar & Grill in Prior Lake, MN Renegade Wrestling Federation held an an outside card on a beautiful Saturday night.
Doink the clown (not the original or even close to the original) beat Nate Bash by pin fall.
Jesse Chan beat the Brauler by DQ. Allison Wonder came out with the Brauler and gave him a club to use on Chan. Wonderland didn't do a good job of hiding the club so the ref saw it and DQ'ed the Brauler.
Arya Daivari w/Sheik Adnan defeated Benjamin Sailer. Daivari will have to send his magic carpet to the cleaners as some fan used it to blow his nose.
Darrel Hall beat The Black Stallion when the ref reversed his original decision when he found that Stallion had a metal chain on him.
The main event saw two AWA legends in the corners of Brody Hoofer and Thoruf Marius. For the second week in a row Hoofer had Baron Von Raschke in his corner. Sheik Adnan has been managing Marius for a few promotions. The match ended when Baron put the claw on Thoruf and Hoofer then hit him with a knee to the head for the pin.