MIW Chanhassen, MN 4/30/2016

Promotion: Minnesota Independent Wrestling
Time/Date: 8pm Saturday April 30, 2016
City, State: Chanhassen, MN
Venue: American Legion Post #580

A Huge Farewell

The MIW locker room with current and past wrestlers.

The night began with the announcement that MIW owner Terry Fox is now cancer free. The Junk Squad (Chris Jordan & Pete Huge) came to the ring to talk about Huge's last match later in the night. Brody Hoofer, Dr. Darin Davis, Robbie Thunder, Nate Bash, Benjamin Sailer, Johnny Parks and Lacey came to the ring to talk about Huge.

MIW champion JD Bandit defeated James Dawson to retain the title. Bandit had a Playboy bunny painted on his face as tribute to Pete Huge.

Craven Knyte pinned Scott Story.

El Bano defeated Mitch Paradise.

Because Mitch Paradise lost the match American Legion manager Kenny Larsen got to whip Paradise with a belt. Paradise tried to get out of the whipping  but Brody Hoofer came out to lend a hand to Larsen.

The Junk Squad (Chris Jordon & "Playboy" Pete Huge) defeated MIW tag team champions DTF ( Aiden Wake & Stonehenge) to win the titles.

Pete Huge thanks the fans after his last match. Huge wrestled for 17 years and was one of the most entertaining wrestlers in MN.

Wishing many years of happiness to Hoofer and Wonderland

This past weekend former pro wrestlers Big Brody Hoofer and Allison Wonderland got hitched. Both wrestlers left the biz last spring after Hoofer lost a loser leaves MIW match against “Playboy” Pete Huge. Wonderland was with Huge at the time but left with Hoofer after the match.

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.

AWF Oakdale, MN 9/18/2010

This past Saturday night the American Wrestling Federation held a fund raiser event at Tartan High School in Oakdale, MN.
TV announcer Mortimer Plumtree came to the ring to do the TV taping intros. Then he called AWF senior official Rob Page to the ring for an announcement. Page told the crowd that AWF champion Tony DeNucci was attacked in the locker room and that AWF commissioner Sabrina Perri decided to strip DeNucci of the belt and start a tournament for the title. Page also showed off the brand new AWF championship belt. I must say, this is one of the finest looking wrestling belts I've ever seen. All the singles matches on tonight's card were part of the AWF championship tournament.

Arya Daivari defeated Cpl. Julio Julio in a first round match.

Lenny Lane defeated rookie Chiropractor DC in another first round match. This was my first time seeing DC and I think it was only his second match. Lane made DC tap out to the walls of lane. If DC ever has any finishing moves I think they should be called "the spinal crusher" or "the adjustment".

In the third match of the card Mitch Paradise wrestled Brody Hoofer. The match ended in a double count out. I'm not sure if that means that both men are now out of the tournament or not.

The AWF tag team champions John Johnson & Aaron Corbin defeated Ryan Cruz & Benjamin Sailer to retain the belts. It was odd to see Sailer tag with someone else as he and Nate Bash have been a regular tag team for the last three years. Being that both Sailer and Cruz wrestle often in tag team action they worked really well together in this match. The three count came after Corbin kicked Cruz's face into the crowd and Johnson made the pin as he was the legal man.

In the last match of the night Johnny Parks defeated Thoruf Marius. Mitch Paradise came to ring side to try to help Marius but it backfired and Parks got the win to advance in the tournament.

FLWA South Haven, MN 7/24/2010

This past Saturday night French Lake Wrestling Association was one of the attractions for South Haven Day. There was a little rain just before bell time but it stayed away for the rest of the night.
In the opening contest Billy Blaze defeated Cooter.

In a special attraction ladies match Allison Wonderland defeated Mystik Sexton with a manager who's name I forgot. I think it might have been Vanesa.

In tag team action Johnny Parks & Brody Hoofer won by DQ over Sammy Savard & High Roller STX w/ Mago. The DQ came when Mitch Paradise came out to attack Hoofer & Parks. During this 3 on 2 beat down the ring broke. Former WWE superstar Rikishi came out to even the sides at 3 and he asked FLWA acting commishener Heavy D to make the main event a 6 man tag. Heavy D said it would happen.

Horace the Psychopath defeated Chadwick Wentworth III (The Black Stallion) to become the new FLWA champion. At some point this match became a hard core match and a golf club, lawn chair, hammer and garbage can were used.

Rikishi, Brody Hoofer & Johnny Parks defeated Sammy Savard, STX & Mitch Paradise in a six man tag match. After the match High Roller Mago got the stink face from Rikishi.

HOW Duluth, MN 5/27/2010

Heavy On Wrestling held an event in a new venue, Grandma's Sports Garden, this past Thursday night in Duluth, MN. Also new for HOW was a custom made title belt. The belts middle piece has the words "Undisputed champion" and "Heavy On Wrestling". The the two pieces next to the middle has the Minnesota state outline. The pieces on the ends has the outline of Lake Superior.

HOW promoter/owner David Sabick opened the event by introducing "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair to the crowd. Flair talked about growing up in Minnesota and how his parents had a lake house on Lake Superior. Flair was at the event for an autograph signing/photo op.

In the opening match "Everyone's Favorite" Nate Bash pinned "The Anarchist" Arik Cannon.

David Sabick presented the new HOW title belt to HOW champion Benjamin Sailer. Mitch Paradise came out to challenge Sailer for the title.

Nikki Mayday & Heavy D defeated Ann Brookstone & Heather Zumhofe in an inter gender tag team match. I thought Heavy D would have changed out of his tux for this match but he did not.

Mitch Paradise w/The High Rollers (Mago & STX) defeated Brody Hoofer. With the High Rollers getting involved as much as they did Hoofer really didn't stand a chance against Paradise.

"Wild" Bill Irwin & "Rock N Roll" Buck Zumhofe defeated Shimdog & Horace the Psychopath.

The next match was called "Tag Team Turmoil" which was pretty much a tag team gauntlet match. The first two teams were The Barking Spiders, Clutch & Ox and The Northstar Express, Darin Corbin & Ryan Cruz. The Northstar Express got the win when ref Rob Page DQed The Barking Spiders for using a chair. The chair was never actually used but Page still called for the DQ.

The next team up in the gauntlet was Heavy D & Nikki Mayday. While Heavy D was distracted with fans at ring side Darin Corbin hit Mayday and got the 3 count on her.

Up next for Darin Corbin and Ryan Cruz were Cpl. Julio Julio & "The Law" Mark Barker. Julio and Barker got the win to move on in the gauntlet match.

Tommy "Spiderbaby" Saturday & El Bano defeated Mark Barker & Julio Julio in the tag team turmoil match.

El Bano & Spiderbaby defeated Heather Zumhofe & Ann Brookstone to move on in the TTT match.

Lover Kid & "All Star" Paul Brewski defeated Spiderbaby & El Bano.

The Lost Souls, Johnny Parks & JB Trask were the last team to enter the TTT match and they defeated Lover Kid & Paul Brewski to win the match.

In the main event the HOW heavy weight champion "The Professional" Benjamin Sailer defeated Shawn Daivari and Arya Daivari in a 3 way elimination match. Shawn Daivari was the first one to be eliminated by Sailer after the brothers hit each other. Sailer got the win after a bengerman suplex on Arya. After the match Mitch Paradise came out and attacked Sailer.

Next Friday - F1rst Wrestling/Wrestlicious @ First Ave

This coming Friday night, May 28th, F1rst Wrestling returns to First Ave for the first time since December 2009. The main event for this card is a no DQ match between Arik Cannon and Horace the Psychopath. There is also a four way match between "The Professional" Benjamin Sailer, "Big" Brody Hoofer, "Playboy" Pete Huge and "6% Body Fat" Rob James. Also scheduled is a tag team match, The Northstar Express VS The 5-0. In addition to the F1rst Wrestling matches there will be a TV taping for Wrestlicious! If you liked GLOW then you will love Wrestlicious. Announced so far appearing for Wrestlicious are Cousin Cassie, Juvi Hall, Coco Montego (Josie/Sojo Bolt), Glory the All American Girl (Christie Ricci), Faith "The Naughty Girl" (Portia Perez), White Magic (Lacey) and Marley "the Hippie Chick" (Daizee Haze)
The June 2010 issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated featured a photo of Sheamus that I took on the cover. More of my photos from that same WWE house show can been seen in the July and August issues of PWI on news stands now.

SDW Lakeville, MN 5/1/2010

This past Saturday night at the Lakeville South high school Steel Domain Wrestling returned to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area for the first time in over 5 years. Promoter Ed Hellier put on this "One Night Only" event for the Lakeville, MN high schools to raise funds for the grade 9 sports.
The first match of the night was a tag team match between coaches from Lakeville North and Lakeville South. The team from Lakeville North won the match and a trophy.

After the tag team match Mick Karch and Ed Hellier did a TV taping opening. Karch then introduced George Schire who then introduced The High Flyers, Greg Gagne & "Jumping" Jim Brunzell. As Gagne and Brunzell were reliving their past as AWA tag team champions they were interrupted by Mitch Paradise & Adrian Lynch.

In the official first match of the night Brain Ash defeated Gage Octane. The last time I saw these two wrestle was October 2007 in a looser leaves 3XW match. Ash lost that match and left the ring for over 2 years.

Mitch Paradise & Adrian Lynch defeated Horace the Psychopath & Red Lighting. Ann Brookstone was the referee for this match.

After the match Lynch got on the mic and called out Greg Gagne. Lynch said Greg was old and a coward. Gagne came to the ring showing now fear and he was attacked by Paradise while Lynch distracted him. Gagne got the upper hand by giving Lynch a back body drop and a drop kick to Paradise's face. Growing up I was a big fan of the High Flyers and really liked their drop kicks. It was quit a thrill to be at ring side photographing a Gagne drop kick. If you've ever seen the movie The Wrestler staring Vern Gagne you know that no one gets up after a Gagne drop kick.

Two former ROH champions faced each other in the next match. Jerry Lynn got the 3 count on Austin Aries after a cradle piledriver.

Former SDW wrestler Primetime defeated "The Law" Mark Barker in his first SDW match.

Two more wrestlers making their SDW debuts competed in the next match. Chadwick Wentworth the 3rd defeated Cpl. Julio Julio.

In the semi main event WWE's Bam Neeley (Magnus Maximus in SDW) took on current NWA heavy weight champion "Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce for the vacated SDW championship. Neeley got Pearce to put the NWA belt on the line for this match. During the match Neeley tossed Pearce over the top rope and according to NWA rules that is a DQ so the NWA title stayed with Pearce.

Bam Neeley got the 3 count on Adam Pearce after this move pictured above.

Senior SDW referee Jay Soltis raising new SDW champion Bam Neeley's hand after the match.

The main event for the night was a lumber jack/hair cut match. Representing Lakeville North was "Playboy" Pete Huge with Austin Aries leading the North football players/lumber jacks out side the ring. Lakeville South was represented by Brody Hoofer in the ring and Jerry Lynn on the outside. The coach of the loosing side would have to have his head shaved after the match. Hoofer got the win for Lakeville South but in heel fashion the coach from Lakeville North made one of his football players get his hair cut instead.