MIW Spring Lake Park, MN 9/10/2011

After shooting ring side at an afternoon show I went home and ate dinner then headed north for an Minnesota Independent Wrestling event. MIW was at Biffs Sports Bar. A few years ago when they promoted at this same place the matches took place out side in a tent but this year they were inside. Four of the wrestler that were on the afternoon show were also on this show.
The show started out with MIW owner Terry Fox coming to the ring to tell the fans of the passing of Little Tokyo on September 6th at the age of 70. Fox then brought out Bad Boy Brian to say a few words about Little Tokyo. Then there was a 10 bell salute.
Little Tokyo (seen here from 1993 at a show in Columbia Heights, MN) was part of a match at Wrestlemania III.
Mitch Paradise did a Paradise Pit with Rob Ivy and James Jeffries. Paradise picked on Jeffries small size.
Mystik Sexton defeated Ann Brookstone with Paul Brewski by DQ. The DQ came when Brewski tripped Sexton.
Arya Daivari pinned El Bano after a magic carpet ride.
Ugly & Justin Decent defeated Rob Ivy & Mitch Paradise when Decent pinned Paradise. Ugly has been to MIW a few times before but this time he brought his tag team partner with him.
Horace the Psychopath defeated Chris Jordan.
MIW champion “Playboy” Pete Huge defeated James Jeffries to retain the title. Jeffries kick out after one G-Spot from Huge but couldn’t kick out after the second one.
Mystik Sexton & Bad Boy Brian defeated Ann Brookstone & “All Star” Paul Brewski. This match was made by Terry Fox after the ladies match earlier in the card.

IPW Waterloo, IA 7/9/2010

This past weekend I drove down to Waterloo, Iowa for the George Tragos/Lou Thesz 2010 Hall of Fame inductions at the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum. On Friday night Impact Pro Wrestling presented a card at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center as part of the HoF weekend festivities. Before the card there was a Q & A with Mick Foley and Terry Funk and then a Fan Fest with many of the HoF members and award winners. This was my first time at an IPW event so there were many wrestlers who I had not seen before.
In the opening match James Jefferies defeated Sparrow w/Kiandra. Jefferies got the win while holding on to the ropes but ref Billy J was out of position to see the rule braking. Sparrow attacked Jefferies after the match.

IPW tag team champions Justin Decent & Ugly defeated Marshall Scott & Montoya X to retain their belts.

ROH champion Tyler Black defeated AJ Smooth.

Harley Jackson pinned Anthony Drake in less then 2 minutes. Drake looked a little like Beautiful Bobby from the Half Pint Brawlers TV show on Spike. Drake sure looked like a midget compared to the much larger Jackson.

IPW heavyweight champion Tony Sly defeated Matty Star to retain the belt.Sly got the pin after his manager hit Star with the title belt.

Nicky Free pinned former 2 time ROH champion Austin Aries.

The main event for the night was a 20 man over the top rope battle royal with the winner recieving $5,00 and a shot at the heavyweight title. Matty Star won the match when he eliminated Tony Sly.

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.

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.