#FBF MPW Maple Grove, MN 1/17/2004

Promotion: Midwest Pro Wrestling
Time/Date: Saturday 7:300pm January 17, 2004
City, State: Maple Grove, MN
Venue: MPW training camp

With these flashbacks I can't always tell you who won the match as I was not taking notes at the time. I try to take a photo of the ref raising the hand of the winning wrestler but that doesn't always happen.  That's one reason why I really like to do this blog as it's a record of all the matches that I've photographed. There used to be message boards where fans would post results/reviews of the matches. Too bad those message boards are no longer around. Message boards are a thing of the past.

This event was one of MPW's big Saturday shows. They had events every Sunday but once a month they had a bigger Sunday event. This one was a big deal as they brought in AJ Style and Christopher Daniels. Both of those guys were at an event in Wisconsin the night before.

MPW cruiser weight champ Kid Krazy defeated Casanova, El Viejo and Kaos (Cody O'Neill) in a 4 man elimination match to retain the title.

The Schoolboy VS Sheriff Johnny Emerald.

Cowboy Gator Magraw VS Aaron Corbin.

"The Fallen Angle" Christopher Daniels pinned Arik Cannon.

AJ Styles pinned Shifty. I think that Shifty only wrestled in one more match after this one. Styles came back to MPW to win the Universal championship.

While going through these photos I saw this one of a fan holding up a sign. That fan can now be seen wrestling on NXT on the WWE network. Oh yeah, there is a young fat Venom in that photo as well.

Flash Back Friday: DCW Minneapolis, MN 8/13/2003

Promotion: Downtown Championship Wrestling
Time/date: 8 p.m. Wednesday August 13, 2003
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: First Ave night club

For this Flash Back Friday we jump back to a time when First Ave events were on Wednesday nights and mostly free. I'm not sure who won or lost in these matches I didn't take notes or make sure that I photographed the ref raising the winners hand.

El Viejo VS John Johnson. James "Moose" Thomas was the jeans wearing ref for this match. Not sure if Thomas had started wrestling before this or if he was still training. When he started wrestling it was under the name Tommy Gunn.

 "The Genuine Article" Chris Jordan defeated Christian Moore. This was Moore's first pro match after training with Terry Fox and Eddie Sharkey. Others that trained that summer with Moore were DOS, Josie, Rob Page and Big Mac. Moore wrote about this match in chapter 9 of his autobiography "Being Moore: my life in professional wrestling". This same photo can be seen in that book. The most interesting thing about this photo is Jordan's gear.

 Mitch Paradise VS Dan Jesser.

 DCW womans champion Josie defeated Rain. Terry Fox was the referee.

 "Playboy" Pete Huge VS Kaos,AKA Cody O'Neill. Looks like Huge was wearing shorts but still not showing any part of his legs.

Big Daddy Hoofer, AKA Brody Hoofer VS Detroit Slim.

DCW champion Black Stallion defeated  Lenny Lane.

MWE 3/1/2014 New Hope, MN

Promotion: Minnesota Wrestling Entertainment
Date: Saturday March 1st, 2014
Venue: Holy Nativity Lutheran Church
City, State: New Hope, MN
 Annual benefit event for church's youth group.

Ryan Cruz pinned Black Stallion.

 Ref Rob Page became a manager for this event and he informed MIW Champion Chris Jordan that he would be wrestling against Renny D in the main event.

 All Star Paul Brewski beat Ty Cooper.

"Playboy" Pete Huge defeated Horace the Psychopath with help from Renny D.

 El Bano & El Viejo defeated Rob Ivy & PJ Thorn.

 MIW champion Chris Jordan defeated Renny D to retain the title.

MIW Clearwater, MN 2/16/2008

After about a year Minnesota Independent Wrestling returned to the Clearwater VFW this last Saturday night.

In the opening match El Viejo beat Jake Taylor. I noticed that El Viejo had a fishnet stocking on under his hood. First time I've seen that.
The Natural Matt Burns pinned Arya Daivari.
Darrel Hall w/the High Rollers beat Thoruf Marius. Referee Terry Fox had his hands full with the High Rollers during this match. I think they may have had a hand in the pin. Thoruf debuted his new furry boots on this night.
Pete Huge called out Brody Hoofer but it was Joessiah who came out doing a really bad Hoofer impersonation.
Aaron Corbin pinned Shimdog.
MIW heavy weight champion Brody Hoofer retained his title when he beat 'Playboy' Pete Huge.

Neo Pro 3/25/2006 Londsdale, MN

This Saturday night was the due date of my baby but my wife said she was it wasn't going to happen tonight. But if it were to happen Lonsdale, MN was not too far away so I made the drive down there for the Neo Pro wrestling card. Thanks to Shimdog for making sure that my wife could get a hold of me if something did happen. My cell phone did not get a good signal in that small town. Not only do I wish that this small MN town would get better cell signals but I also wish they would get with the big cities and ban smoking in bars. I hate smoky bars! What really sucks is how many children are at these shows in Lonsdale and it seems that about 90% of the adults smoke.
A tag team title match was the first match of the night as the Neo Pro tag team champions The O'Neill Twinz took on former tag team partners JB Trask and Johnny Parks. Trask and Parks used to be know as the Lost Souls a few years back in the now defunct SDW. The O'Neills won the match after a little switcher roo. Yep, they cheated.
Pete Huge beat El Viejo with the 'G spot for real'. Funny match.
Shimdog was scheduled to wrestle Jessica Dalton in an evening gown match but Dalton was unable to make it this night. With out an opponent Shimdog made a challenge to one of the O'Neill twins and it was Cory who answered that challenge. Shimdog won the match with the help of some brass knuckles. After the match Aaron Corbin came out and attacked his old partner. Once Aaron and Cory ko'ed Shimdog they put him in a dress.
Neo Pro cruiserweight champion Joey Envy retained his belt against Kamakazi Klecker by DQ. It was Joey who used a ladder to hit Klecker to get the DQ which made Commish Dolan set up a ladder match between these two. Joey has probly been in the most Neo Pro ladder matches.
The Big Gunns beat Neo Pro heavy weight champion The Black Stallion and Aaron Corbin.
John Johnson beat Magnus Maximus in a rematch from the last Lonsdale card.

Neo Pro Lonsdale, MN 2/25/2006

Neo Pro wrestling was back at the South 40 pub in Lonsdale, MN for another night of wrestling action featuring some of the top wrestlers in the midwest. This place is a great place for wrestling except for the smoke and location. But on the plus side the place was pretty ful with about 150 fans in attendance.
The card opened with a 4 man cruiserweight title match. Joey E became the Neo Pro cruiserweight champion by defeating Kamakazi Klecker, Casanova and the man who entered the match as champ, El Viejo.
Two men from Canada wrestled each other in the next match. It was Zakk maxxim who got the pin on Beautiful Bobby Jay.
Next out was 'Live Wire' Johnny Parks as he challenged anyone to a match. First out was one of the newest trainees from the Neo Pro camp, Jake. After Parks KOed Jake a new challenger came out, this time it was Jason. The photo on the right I belive was seconds after the ring rope broke off the post after Jason bounced off the ropes. There was no way to fix the top rope so the rest of the matches were done with only 2 ropes, the bottom and middle.
Magnus Maximus beat John Johnson in some what of a hard core match as a ladder was use a bunch of times.
The main event of the night was a 6 person tag match between The Junk Squad/Shimdog and The Twinz/Jessica Dalton. This match would have been a whole lot better if there was a top rope. The match ended when Dalton pinned Shimdog to set up a match for next time in Lonsdale. Oh yeah, before this match there was a special appearance by Ken Kennedy.