Unnamed Promotion St. Paul, MN 9/18/2010

This was the second event held at the Rumors/ Innuendos night club in down town St. Paul, MN. I have not heard of any name for this promotion as it really just started out as a fund raiser event for an AIDS walk. This event, which I was able to make it to after the AWF show earlier in the night, was called "Wrestle Mania". I heard from the promoter that there will be more wrestling at this venue.
In the opening match Ryan Stone pinned Dirty Ernie with a roll up out of now where.

"The Law" Mark Barker won a triple threat elimination match against Contrast and Patrick McDaniel. Contrast was the first to be eliminated.

Tommy "Spiderbaby" Saturday defeated Gene Gadaski by pin fall. Gadaski's blue jeans split open in the crotch during this match.

Patriot III defeated JB Trask in a 2 out of 3 falls match up. Patriot III won the first fall and JB took the second fall. Patriot III got the final fall when he had help from on of Trask's valets who was a plant for Patriot III.

In a rematch from last time at Rumors Rob Ivy defeated Mike Hawk.

MIW Mounds View, MN 3/20/2010

Minnesota Independent Wrestling was at Robert's Sports bar this past Saturday night with 6 big matches.
Super Caboose defeated "The Law" Mark Barker in the opening contest. Barker tried using his asp baton but it back fired on him as he hit himself with it.

Weston Monroe w/ Allison Wonderland pinned Patrick McDaniel.

Cpl. Julio Julio defeated Craven Knyte. After the first match of the night there was a Paradise Pit where Julio was Paradise's guest. Knyte came out and attacked Julio.

Horace the Psycopath pinned Shimdog. For the second night in a row Horace came to the ring with a plunger wrapped in toilet paper.

MIW champion Brody Hoofer retain his belt when he pinned Rob Ivy.

Gunner Clash pinned Mitch Paradise. The special guest referee for this main event was "Punisher" JR.

MWE New Hope, MN 2/13/2010

Midwest Wrestling Entertainment held it's second annual fund raiser card at the Holy Nativity church in New Hope, MN. There was an interesting twist to this card as some of the wrestlers were picked to referee the matches. This was the first time I've ever been to a pro wrestling event in a church.
In the opening contest "Everyone's Favorite" Nate Bash pinned Weston Monroe. Chris Jordan, the promoter of MWE, was the special referee for this match. After the match was over The Black Stallion came out and attacked Jordan.

El Bano defeated "The Law" Mark Barker with Cpl. Julio Julio as special referee.

Gunner Clash defeated Super Lover in the next match. Pete Huge was suppose to be the special referee. Huge complained that he should not have to ref. He then gave both Clash and Lover the "Pete spot" and left the ring. This was my first time seeing Super Lover in action.

Cpl. Julio Julio defeated "6% Body fat" Rob James by submission. Barker was the special ref and he pushed James which lead to Julio's submission.

Shimdog pinned Horace the psychopath with Weston Monroe as the special ref. I don't know if this was suppose to be a hard core match but it turned into a garbage match when Horace tossed a full trash can at Shimdog in the ring. Shimdog got the pin with a fast 3 count from Monroe.

Brody Hoofer defeated Pete Huge in a championship match.

"The Genuine Article" Chris Jordan got the win over The Black Stallion in the main event of the night. Shimdog was the special ref but he was chaised back to the locker room by "Everyone's Favorite" Nate Bash. The ref that replaced Shimdog was powerbombed by Stallion but Pastor Jason came to the ring to make the 3 count on Stallion after a Jordan top rope elbow drop.

MIW Chanhassen, MN 1/23/2010

Minnesota Independent Wrestling returned to the Chanhassen American Legion to a packed house this past Saturday night.
In the opening contest CPL Julio Julio defeated Weston Monroe. This was my first time seeing Monroe in action as he is one of the newest trainees of Terry Fox and Austin Aries.

El Bano defeated "The Law" Mark Barker. Bano is very well liked at this venue.

"The Professional" Benjamin Sailer defeated Rob Ivy. These two were guest on the opening segment called "Paradise's Pit" starring Mitch Paradise. Ivy and Paradise attacked Sailer until Sailer's Midwest Ground & Air partner Nate Bash made the save and and challenged Paradise to a match later on in the card.

Nate Bash pinned Mitch Paradise. Ivy came out to help Paradise but Bash still got the win.

In the main event "Playboy" Pete Huge & ROH champion Ausitn Aries defeated Horace the Psychopath & MIW champion Brody Hoofer. Earlier in the night Aries was in the ring cutting a promo when Huge came out to join him. On his way to the ring Huge slipped and fell. The two came out later and Huge had a neck brace on. The match ended when Huge pinned Hoofer.

MIW Mounds View, MN 9/26/2009

For the first time in a long I was able to make it to two wrestling events on Saturday night September 26. After the F1rst Wrestling card was over I headed north to Roberts sports bar in Mounds View, MN for Minnesota Independent Wrestling. I got to Roberts during the first match after intermission so I was only able to photograph the last 3 matches.
In the battle of the MIW rookies CPL Julio Julio defeated "The Law" Mark Barker.

The MIW heavy weight champion Brody Hoofer retained his title by beating Jeff Bennett. This was my first time seeing Bennett and his first time in an MIW ring.

In the main event AJ Sanchez defeated Dinn T Moore in a hard core match.

MIW Mounds View, MN 8/22/2009

A couple of Saturdays ago I left the wrestling art show because there was an Minnesota Independent Wrestling event at Robert's Sports bar in Mounds View, MN. I had missed the last few MIW cards so it was nice to make it to this one. A few of the referee's on this card will soon be making their pro wrestling debuts.
In the opening contest "Playboy" Pete Huge w/Allison Wonderland defeated Super Caboose w/K-Train. Huge was scheduled to take on K-Train but K-Train was injured in a match the week before so Super Caboose took his place.
Tommy "Spiderbaby" Saturday pinned El Bano.

Daryl Hall defeated Mark Barker.

Cpl. Julio Julio defeated "The Rising Star" Shimdog.

The MIW heavy weight champion Brody Hoofer defeated The Black Stallion to retain the belt. It was nice to see Hoofer used an old school move like the airplane spin.

In the main event Chris Jordan & Horace the Psychopath defeated Rob Ivy & Mitch Paradise when Jordan pinned Paradise.

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 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.