AWF Princeton, MN poster

Poster for the up coming AWF event in Princeton, MN. Most of the photos were taken by me.

AWF Annandale, MN 11/21/2009

The American Wrestling Federation hit the Annandale High School for a big fund raiser event. There were 5 big matches on this card and a new AWF heavyweight champion was crowned.
Arya Daivari defeated Sammy Savard in the opening match.

Mitch Paradise pinned Juice Robinson.

The AWF tag team champions retained their titles when they beat the Misfits (Aaron Corbin and John Johnson). During the match Johnson sprained his ankle when did an elbow drop on Cody O'Neill. Johnson left the match after he tagged out to Corbin right after the elbow drop.

Thoruf Marius defeated K-Train with a choke slam.

Tony DeNucci became the AWF heavy weight champion when he defeated Chris Black. Black had a lot of help from his manager Angel Armoni but he still was not able to beat DeNucci.

AWF poster for this Saturday in Annandale, MN

The American Wrestling Federation will be in Annandale, MN this Saturday night November 21st, 2009. Three of the action photos are mine as well as the posed photos of Tony DeNucci, Arya Daivari, K-Train and Haystacks. The one of Sammy Savard might be mine as well but for sure the really bad photo of Lenny Lane is not mine.

AWF Anoka, MN 10/17/2009

This past Saturday night I got to go back to my old junior high school as the American Wrestling Federation held a fund raiser for the Anoka athletic department. This event was held at the Fred Moore middle school center for the arts. Back in my day it was just Fred Moore junior high.
In the first match of the night K-Train defeated Arya Daivari. During intermission kids came up to Daivari wanting him to autograph their programe. Most of the kids held out the progame turned to the page with Daivari's brother Shawn "Abdul Bashir" Daivari.

In the second match "The Contract Killer" defeated Zero Kincade. This was my first time seeing "The Contract Killer".

The AWF tag team titles were on the line as champions The O'Neill Twins battled The Misfits. In the match Aaron Corbin was joined by John Johnson who has been out of action for about one year. Cody & Cory O'Neill got the win and retained the belts.

Tony DeNucci defeated Chris Black. DeNucci got a cut above his eye from Black's manager Angel Armoni.

Thoruf Marius defeated Juice Robinson. I think it was during this match that the fire alarm went off in the building but no one moved an inch except to plug their ears. I remember doing many fire drills in that building and just like all those this one was a false alarm.

"Livewire" Johnny Parks defeated Lenny Lane in the main event. There was some outside interfance in this match as Lane had attacked the O'Neill Twins after their match because he is jelous of all the attention they get. The O'Neill's came out and attacked Lane when ref Jay Soltis was knocked down and the Misfits came out the even the sides. The tag teams left the ring area and Parks won the match after this leg drop shown here.

IWA MN Prior Lake, MN 8/15/2009

The International Wrestling Association of Minnesota had an outdoor show at Dohartys Tavern this past Saturday night. This is an annual show that is put on by Doharty's Tavaern. All day it looked like there might be rain. The rain did finally come when the bar owners had their match but it stopped shortly after.

The Brauler defeated Mikey Stanley. The Brauler was wearing some new pink gear. He said it was because August is breast cancer awareness month.

Venom pinned Big Loco.
The Punisher defeated Jesse Chan.
Bad Boy Brain defeated Chad Strong.

The Black Stallion beat K-Train with his feet on the ropes.

Horace the Psychopath defeated "Playboy" Pete Huge in a hard core match in the main event.

MIW Spring Lake Park, MN 6/7/2009

As part of the Spring Lake Park Tower Days festival Minnesota Independent Wrestling put on some wrestling matches under a tent. Normally I really like wrestling matches outdoors but not when the temperature is in the 50's in the month of June. Being that this was a work night for me I was not able to still till the end so I did not photograph the last two matches.
In the opening match Cpl Julio Julio defeated Rob Ivy. This was the first time I've seen Ivy in the ring since about 2006. Even though Julio had his nose broke in this match he still came out on top.

Mitch Paradise presented his new interview segment called Paradises Pit. I think he got the idea for this bit from my 8 Stupid Questions blog and not from Pipers Pit. Paradises guest were Chris Jordan and Chad Strong.

Ugly defeated "the Law" Mark Barker.

In his MIW debut Arik Cannon defeated Benjamin Sailer. Cannon's feet may or may not have been on the ropes when the 3 count was made.

Mitch Paradise defeated Chris Jordan.

Mystique defeated Ann Brookstone.

K-Train defeated Aaron Corbin after a stunner.

NPW Hayward, WI 4/25/2009

This past Saturday night Northwoods Pro Wrestling (aka MIW) returned to the L.C.O. Casino in Hayward, Wisconsin. I got to the L.C.O. as the first match had already started and was surprised when I got to the ring to find that the ring was about a foot higher then normal. This was a big change from the night before at Roberts Sports Bar as that ring was about 2 feet off the ground. It took me a while to adjust to this new ring height. Ok, I never did adjust to that ring height. I hope I never see another ring that high again.

Benjamin Sailer defeated "Playboy" Pete Huge w/Allison Wonderland.
Cooter Bocephus pinned "The Law" Mark Barker.
K-Train defeated Cpl. Julio Julio.
In an upset, Daryl Hall pinned Thoruf Marius. Not only did Hall give up size and weight to Marius but he also had to deal with the Masked Jungle Fight who was in the corner of Marius. Luckily for Hall Cpl. Julio came out and fought with MJF to the back.
"The Popular" Nate Bash became the new NPW cruiser weight champion when he defeated Shimdog. After the match Bash invited kids from the crowd to come in the ring to celebrate his win.
Mitch Paradise and The Black Stallion wrestled to become the #1 contender to the MIW heavy weight title. The match ended in a time limit draw so the title match with Brody Hoofer became a 3 way match.
The main event for the night was a 3 way dance tables match for the MIW heavy weight title between Mitch Paradise, The Black Stallion and champ Brody Hoofer. Brody Hoofer retained the MIW heavy weight belt when he put The Black Stallion through a table.

MIW Mounds View, MN 4/24/2009

Minnesota Independent Wrestling returned to Roberts Sports Bar in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis/St. Paul this past Friday night. This card was titled "Anger Management 101".

In the first match Daryl Hall defeated Carter Dunn. This was my first time seeing Dunn in action.
Shimdog defeated "The Popular" Nate Bash in a match where the winner would get a title shoot later in the card. Dysfunction was scheduled to get a title shoot on this card but he was unable to make it to Roberts Sports Bar.
"The Law" Mark Barker defeated Cooter Bocephus.
Cpl Julio Julio defeated Arya Daivar when Daivari tapped out.
Ugly defeated El Bano. Ugly has one of the most unique souvenirs to sell to fans, a mini ugly stick.
"Playboy" Pete Huge pinned Benjamin Sailer after Allison Wonderland hit Sailer's crotch.
MIW heavy weight champion Brody Hoofer defeated Shimdog to retain the title.
Mitch Paradise pinned K-Train in the main event. The referee changed the decision when the noticed Paradise was hiding a chain in his armpit. That made K-Train the winner by DQ. I thought the referee couldn't call what he didn't see. Even though K-Train got the win he still challenged Paradise to a lumber jack match when MIW returns to Robert's on June 19th.

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.