F1RST Wrestling Minneapolis, MN 3/22/18

Promotion: F1RST Wrestling
Time/Date: 8 pm Thursday March 22, 2018
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: James Ballintine VFW

When the doors opened the fans saw this title belt in the middle of the ring. Announcer John Maddening  let the fans know that this is the new F1RST Wrestling Uptown championship title belt. On this night there would be an 8 man tournament for that title. There would be 4 first round matches then the 4 winners would face off in the main event.

Air Wolf defeated James Tapia to win his first round match for the Uptown title.

Chaos 300 pinned Wild Cat in another first round match for the Uptown title.

The F1RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza champion Arik Cannon pinned Joey Ryan to retain the title.

Darin Corbin beat Brandon Gore in another first round match.

Sami Callihan pinned Darby Allin in the final first round match in the Uptown championship tournament.

Officer Rob Justice defeated Giant Griffin after using pepper spray on the Giant.

Jessicka Havok pinned Rachael Ellering.

The main event was for the F1RST Wrestling Uptown VFW championship. It was a 4 man elimination match between Darin Corbin, Air Wolf, Sami Callihan and Chaos 300.

Chaos 300 was the first to be eliminated after he hit referee Clark Feldman with a baseball bat. 

Air Wolf pinned Sami Callihan for the next elimination.

Darin Corbin pinned Air Wolf after a kick to the nuts.

Referee Rob Page declared Darin Corbin the first F1RST Wrestling Uptown champion.

MIW Chanhassen, MN 3/3/18

Promotion: Minnesota Independent Wrestling
Time/Date: 8 pm Saturday March 3, 2018
City, State: Chanhassen, MN
Venue: American Legion

Air Wolf defeated Kyle Pro in the opening match.

Former MIW champion Scott Story checked to see how many likes his latest photo on Instagram got as El Bano looks on. By the way, on can be found on Instagram @wamccarty. Go check it out if you have Instagram. If you don't have it then you should start an account named @crockedTerryFox.

"Young Gun" Rylie Jackson defeated Officer Rob Justice.

Mitch Paradise VS Joseph "Stonehenge" Wayne ended in a double count out.

Kal Creed defeated The Tomahawk Kid.

It was a hot night at the Chanhassen American Legion. Creed brought out his biggest fan to ringside to cool the room down.

Chadwick Wentworth III defeated JD Bandit. Not sure why CWIII had to put on a golf glove midway through the match.

MIW president Pete Huge came out ring side for the main event. He proudly showed off his year end award from Heel Turn Radio podcast.

MIW owner Terry Fox showed off his 2 Heel Turn Radio year end awards.

The main event was for the MIW championship title. Champion Chris Jordan VS El Bano VS Scott Story.


Scott Story won the match to once again win the MIW championship title.There was some interference at the end of the match to lead to Story winning the match.

MAW Minneapolis, MN 2/16/18

Promotion: Midwest All-Star Wrestling
Time/Date: 8 p.m. Friday February 16, 2018
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: Parkway Theater

I believe this was the first time that pro wrestling was seen at this 80 year old theater in south Minneapolis. It has not been used as a regular theater in many years. I've been here to watch some Doctor Who episodes and most recently to watch a screening of 1980's Flash Gordon, which is when I found out about this event. It's been cold in the Parkway each time I've been there and this night was no different. I guess the heater has not worked in a while. This event was the last one in the Parkway until the new owners do a remodel. this was my first time at an MAW event as most of their events have been on Sundays.

The first two matches were pre-show 'young lions' matches. They involved 4 of the recent graduates from The Academy of Professional Wrestling.
Rylie Jackson VS Kyle Pro ended in a 10 minute time limit draw.

Brandon Gore pinned JDX.

Tomahawk Kid pinned Officer Rob Justice.

The Maulers (Joseph "Stonehenge" Wayne & Damien Graves) defeated El Tigre & El Angel Dorado.

"Downtown" Petey Brown defeated "Mr Entertainment" Ty Cooper. After the match they were both attacked by JDX and Rylie Jackson. Brown and Cooper got their revenge after intermission.

Aiden Wake pinned Leonard Literacy after some outside help from Sneaky Pete.

Orin Veidt pinned Air Wolf. Veidt had some help from the Maulers. This was the first of 3 events I would shoot at on this weekend.There was one wrestler who was also at all three of those events and that was Air Wolf.

In the main event Garrison Creed defeated Duke Cornell

F1RST Minneapolis, MN 12/7/17

Promotion: F1RST Wrestling
Time/Date: 8 p.m. Thursday December 7, 2017
City, State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: Uptown VFW

This was the first time that F1RST Wrestling held an event at the Uptown VFW. The event sold out at the door.

The opening match was a 4 man 2 animal scramble match. In that match were Ryan Cruz, Scott Story, Giant Griffin, "Filth King" Brubaker, Wild Cat and Super Thunder Frog.

Ryan Cruz was the winner of the match.

After the match Ryan Cruz was attacked by his estranged tag team champion partner Darin Corbin. The fate of the F1RST Wrestling tag team titles will be decided on January 6, 2018 at Wrestlepalooza XI.

FEST champion Su Young defeated Rain to retain the title. Rain made her return to F1RST Wrestling after 10 years. She was on the very first F1RST Wrestling event back in April 2007. Hope it's not another 10 years before Rain is back in a F1RST Wrestling ring.

"All Ego" Ethan Page defeated Jimmy Jacobs and Air Wolf in a 3 way match. Page pinned Air Wolf for the 3 count. It's nice to see Jacobs back on the independent scene. 

The Wrestling Revolver tag team champions Besties in the World ( Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett) took on Zero Gravity (Brett Gakiya & CJ Esparza).

Zero Gravity defeated Besties in the World to win the Wrestling Revolver tag team titles.

Chaos 300 defeated Officer Rob Justice. Look close at Chaos 300's trunks. It says "300" not "BOO".

In the main event Arik Cannon & Tommy Dreamer defeated Darin Corbin & Abyss. This was a hardcore match. Items used included toilet seat, cheese grater and thumb tacks. Dreamer got the 3 count on Corbin for the win after a DVD on chairs.

F1RST Wrestling returns to the Uptown VFW on Thursday March 22, 2018. Get your tickets before they sell out.

MIW Chanhassen, MN 12/2/17

Promotion: Minnesota Independent Wrestling
Time/Date: 8 p.m. Saturday December 2, 2017
City, State: Chanhassen, MN
Venue: American Legion

Ring announcer Laszlo was kind enough to pose for me and show off his neat shoes. Wish the wrestlers would be so kind.

Santa Clause came out to hand out candy to the fans.

Ty Cooper defeated Officer Rob Justice.

Chadwick Wentworth III defeated rookie Kyle Pro. There are a lot of new guys on the MN scene as the first class of The Academy of Pro Wrestling are now getting booked.

The Black Plauge (Joseph "Stonehenge" Wayne & Lore) VS Chris Jordan & El Bano ended in a double count out.

Rylie Jackson pinned The Tomahawk Kid.

MIW champion Scott Story defeated Kal Creed to retain the title.

MIW returns to the Chanhassen American Legion on January 20, 2018.