3 years ago today in MPW

October 19, 2003 Midwest Pro Wrestling @ the MPW arena in Maple Grove, MN.
The Smoking Section, Chris Jordan & Mason Quinn, were fueding with the Midwest Shockers, Kaos (Cody O'Neill) & Joey E. The Smoking Section started off the MPW sunday night show sitting in ring and ripping on the Shockers on the mic. Jordan must have raided Kaos's gear bag as he was wearing his shorts.
The main event of the night was Arik Cannon VS Kaos. The match ended when the Smoking Section came out the beat on Kaos. Joey E and Prettyboooy Delgado came down to even things out.

I miss the MPW Sunday shows but I don't miss the MPW arena. From the black walls to the black ring ropes to the seats on opposite sides it was not a good place for photos.

Neo Pro Fairbult, MN 4/9/2006

At the Neo Pro arena on a beautiful Sunday afternoon Neo Pro Wrestling promoted a card that featured the return of TNA and ROH wrestler Austin Aries.
Kamakazi Klecker & Corey O'Neill beat Neo Pro crusierweight champion Joey Envy & Casanova in a tag team match. It was Klecker who got the pin on Joey Envy.

Austin Aries came out to address the fans in Fairbult. I'm guessing that about 90% of the crowd of 86 have never seen Aries live.

Magnus Maximus beat Kid Krazy. Krazy has been putting on some muscle in the last few months and in turn he has been facing more heavyweights but he still has a ways to go to be as big as Magnus.

The Black Stallion was suppose to defend his Neo Pro heavyweight title against Tommy Gunn but Gunn was injured from a car crash. Gunn and his tag team partner Big Daddy Hoofer attacked Stallion. John Johnson came out to make the save and that set up the next match of Hoofer Vs Johnson. Hoofer beat Johnson with a little help from Gunn.

Shimdog Vs Aaron Corbin ended in a DQ for Shimdog when Prettyboooooy Delgado made his return to wrestling and helped Shimdog beat down Corbin. Delgado left the MN indy scene about 2 years ago when he was part of MPW's New Generation with Cody O'Neill and Aaron Corbin.

The match was advertised as a 30 minute ironman match but it turned into a regular 1 fall match. Austin Aries beat the crowd favorite Cody O'Neill.

2 years ago this week...

On 3/24/2004 @ First Ave in downtown Minneapolis Ken Anderson wrestled Shawn Daivari in Daivaris last indy match in his home town. As you can see from the photo on the left Daivari was a bloody mess in this match. Today both these men are WWE Superstars as Shawn is know simply as Daivari and Ken changed his last name to Kennedy...Kennedy. Today I saw a car with two bumper stickers for a politican named Kennedy. I had to laugh when I saw it. Recently I went to my first ever live WWE card. It was held in the Target Center which is right across the street from First Ave. Ken wrestled in the first match of the night but it was a dark match but it was cool to see Ken in action in a much bigger arena.








In another card from 2 years ago we have a lumberjack match that took place at the old MPW arena in Maple Grove, MN on 3/27/2004. The two men in the lumberjack match are Kaos Cody O'Neill and Prettybooooy Delgado. Today Cody is one half of the Neo Pro tag team champions with his twin brother Cory but his opponent in this match is out of the biz.