THE INSIDE CRADLE Brought to you by
Canadian
Wrestle-Media Volume 1
No. 4
October 24, 2003
********************************************** This
newsletter is
distributed freely to wrestlers, promoters, and industry insiders with
hopes to
generate increased awareness of what is going on in Canadian rings today
and to
make everyone aware of the opportunities that exist right here in the
"Great
White North". Your submissions are welcomed at: WrestleMedia@shaw.ca
********************************************** NEWS AND RUMOURS
ECCW WAR GAMES GOES ON FRIDAY!!
In one of the most highly anticipated
matches in
recent memory, eight of the top wrestlers in the Pacific Northwest will do
battle on Friday inside the confines of a 15-foot high steel
cage as
ECCW presents "War Games" from the Croatian Cultural Centre in
Vancouver.
Former champion Scotty Mac heads a team which includes his tag team
partner Ja
Jacobe, Vid Vain, and the returning R.A.G.E. against a unit captained by
current
champion Vance Nevada featuring Disco Fury, NWA Canadian Junior champion
Major
Hardway, and Rico Quinones.
Fans that were on hand for last month's
bloody and
gruelling cage match know what to expect when these eight dominant
fixtures lock
horns in a battle for survival. Tickets are available at the
door.
Current champion: Vance Nevada
NWA Canadian Junior champion: Major
Hardway
Pacific Northwest champion: Matt Classic
Tag Team champions: Memphis & Michael
Raines
Hardcore champion: Moondog Manson
SARAH SEES SWEET SUCCESS DOWN SOUTH
Sweet Sarah.
Just a few weeks ago, we reported that
"Sweet"
Sarah Griffin, who has dazzled audiences from coast to coast in Canada
was on
her way to Mexico. We have now learned that after only three
weeks, she
has captured the LLF women's title and is on one of the most aggressive
campaigns in the history of the women's division in that country.
For those of you unfamiliar with this
dynamic up
and comer, she was first introduced to the sport by fluke just over two
years
ago when she was working at a campus night club in Winnipeg. By
her own
admission, she didn't even watch wrestling, but when a promoter dropped
of a
promotional tape seeking to bring a wrestling show to the club, she saw
the tape
and thought, "I need to give this a try." She trained for a matter of
weeks with Top Rope Championship Wrestling before hitting the road with the
Can-Am Wrestling Federation. In the time since, she has trained
with the
likes of Phil Lafon, Steve Rivers, and Eddie Watts honing her
skills. In
2002 and 2003 she has appeared in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC, the
Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and
Pennsylvania. Expect to see more from this dominant fighting
femme.
DRU ONYX TO INVADE THE UNITED KINGDOM
Dru Onyx.
Internet Wrestling Syndicate headliner, Dru
Onyx is headed to England next week to appear for
NWA (UK)
Hammerlock. The former IWS champion will have a unique opportunity to
prove why
he is considered one of Canada's best heavyweights on the world stage.
NWA (UK)
Hammerlock is Britain's finest promotion for technical wrestling, and
through
its ties with the National Wrestling Alliance is part of a proud hundred
year
tradition of grappling excellence, stretching from current NWA World
Champion,
A. J. Styles, to the first undisputed World Champion, Karl Gotch, who
won in
1908. The six foot two inch, 325 pound Dru
Onyx was
trained by Quebec wrestling legend Marc "Le Grizzly" Pilon and made his
professional wrestling debut, June 12th, 1999. Dru was born in the
Barbados,
grew up in Chomedey, Laval, Quebec and presently makes his home in the West
Island of Montreal. Here in Canada, the Butcher from Barbados wrestles
under his
real name Dru Onyx, but while wrestling abroad he will be saluting his
heritage
by wrestling under his family title SoA, the Spirit of Allah.
-- Credit Llakor
THE AXE CUTS DOWN FINAL OPPONENT ON OCT 29TH
One of the most dominant wrestlers in Central
Canadian wrestling rings over the past three years, the 350 pound Axe, has
recently decided to hang them up. The charismatic, doube tough
heavyweight
has engaged in some memorable boust against the likes of Jim Neidhart,
Tatanka,
Vance Nevada, and Jim Duggan during his short but storied ring
career. The
Axe, better known to his friends as Steven Hoel was always a fan of the
sport
before receiving his formal introduction to the ring by Manitoba
wrestler/promoter "Beautiful" Bobby Jay in 1999. In the years
since, he
has risen to the top of a number of promotions in the prairie provinces
in some
of the most physical matches ever witnessed. As of late, the
slef-professed "Mastodon of Love" has experienced severe bouts of
post-concussion head trauma which has been lingering despite a break
from his
active ring schedule. With his family as his primary
consideration, he has
bid adieu to the ring sport. Wrestling has lost one more Large Green
Mammal. You will be missed. But do not fret, The Axe is
expected to
remain very active in the "message board community".
AARON IDOL RETURNS TO THE RING
After a three and a half month absence,
outstanding mat technician Aaron Idol is getting ready to return to the
ring. Idol, who engaged in one of the most aggressive mat
campaigns of any
newcomer in 2002 with dates from coast to coast in Canada was sidelined
with a
shoulder injury in July and has been recovering and preparing for a ring
return
since that time. Idol has appeared for Real Action Wrestling in the
Maritimes, the Prince George, BC-based Maniac Wrestling Alliance (where
he held
the Northwestern title), and Extreme Canadian Championship
Wrestling. He
was slated to make his return in Winnipeg rings a few eeks ago, but a
vehicle explosion on the Trans-Canada highway halted that
endeavour. Idol
steps in the ring on Friday night in Vancouver with the highly
touted Matt
Classic, with him he has had an intense professional rivalry over
the past
year.
CANADIAN WRESTLING FEDERATION NEWS
Rob Stardom.
This NWA member promotion has been running
two weekly cards since mid-September in Winnipeg, with a Wednesday
night
club show, and a Thursday show emanating from the Northwood community
centre. News this week states that due to less than stellar
attendances at
the Wednesday night events, the weekly schedule will cease at the end of
this
month in favor of monthly events from that venue. Houses have been
between
75 to one hundred people. Their October 16th card at Northwood
community
club looked dismal at the onset with only four wrestlers in the locker
room. A chance visit by T.J. Bratt and Ryan Wood saw them quickly
added to
the card to bring up the roster number to SIX!!
Two big matches that are a MUST SEE on the
immediate horizon, though. Newly crowned NWA British Commonwealth
champion, Spyder takes on NWA Canadian champion Rob Stardom in a title
vs. title
match on October 24th. Just five days later, Stardom meets Canadian
wrestling legend Kerry Brown in a barbed wire death match.
Current champion: Rob
Stardom
Junior champion: Ryan Wood
Tag Team champions: Brian Jewel & Steve
Cox
RIVER CITY WRESTLING DROPS THE ZEN
River City Wrestling had also been running
two
weekly shows in Winnipeg with two night club shows on Wednesday and
Thursday
nights. Their Wednesday night shows from Teddy Bob's in the Stock
Exchange
Hotel have continued to draw well, but after five weeks, the promotion
opted to
pull out of their commitment with the Zen Cabaret. Our sources
indicate
that the Zen may itself be facing financial troubles.
Current champion: Cliff Corleone
Tag Team champions: Reggie Gallagher &
Justin
Tyme
CYBERFIGHTS TAPINGS THIS WEEKEND
The on-line wrestling promotion is back in
action
with tapings this weekend in Vancouver for upcoming broadcast via the
worldwide
web. Featuring some of the finest talent in North America,
CyberFights has
cornered a very unique portion of the wrestling market with their
exclusively
internet-based product, offering video and pictures of individual
matches for
sale to the cyber-community. This weekend's tapings are slated to
feature
former ECCW champion Scotty Mac, Monster Pro ruffian Johnny Handsome,
and PCW
standout Shane Madison among others. We hope to have results from the
three nights of tapings which commence tonight and run through the
weekend.
WHO IS THE HOTTEST WOMAN IN THE CANADIAN
INDEPENDENTS?
In the last issue, we told you about the
upcoming
poll to determine who you think is the hottest woman in the Canadian
independents. This has been a subject of heated debate whenever
Canada's
top wrestling insiders get together. With a countless number of
beautiful
women involved as wrestlers, valets, referees, announcers, and even a
promoter
or two, just who takes top honors. We want to throw that question
out to
this field of industry insiders. Just who do you think
deserves to be
recognized as Canada's hottest female star? We have already
received 18
nominations and pictures of the nominees are posted at http://www.geocities.com/canadianwrestlemedia/sexiest.html
E-mail your nominations (with pictures if possible) to us here
at WrestleMedia@shaw.ca to add your
choice
to the upcoming poll to decide once and for all just who is the hottest
in the
land.
********************************************** UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR: "SUPPORT THE
INDIES!!"
FIND MORE INFORMATION BY CHECKING
OUT THE
OFFICIAL SITES AT:
24 - ECCW; Croatian Cultural Centre; Vancouver,
BC WAR GAMES Cage match: Team
Vance
Nevada vs. Team Scotty Mac Ladies
Choice vs.
Rocky Dellaserra Madison vs.
Avalon Dropkick Murphy vs. Shawn
Morgan Abbadon vs.
MR2 Adam Firestorm vs. Shane Madison
24 - PWA; Edmonton, AB
Harry Smith & T.J. Wilson vs. Duke
Durrango & Greg Pawluk
Phoenix Taylor defends the
Cruiserweight
title vs. Highlander
. . . plus more great action
24 - CWF; Maples Rec Centre; Winnipeg, MB
King of Extreme Battle royal
Rob Stardom vs. Spyder
. . . and many more
24 - CyberFights; Vancouver
25 - NCW; NDR Centre; Montreal, QC
Chase Ironside vs. Franky the Mobster
Manuel Vegas vs. Jayzon Reaper
Sweet Sensations vs. El Diablero & Kazuko Yeroshima
Russian Coalition vs. NCW
Black Eagle vs. Raid
2.0 vs. Jackal & Bishop
Chris Stevens vs. Alex Price vs. Dan Paysan (3-way)
25 - CWA; Bogey's World; Montreal, QC
Carl Ouellet, Crush, Guy Sauriol & Excess vs. Don Callis, Tank
Ali,
Eric Mastrocola, & Dangerous Dan
Face of Death & Green Phantom vs. Enforcer & Twisted
Freddy vs. Jason
Dru Onyx vs. Sweet Pete
Maxx Fury vs. Sexxy Eddy
Nike Boys vs. Pain Squad
Scream & Dany Dubois vs. Mike Lyons & Jennesy
25 - MWF; Villemaire school; Laval, QC
Flying Hurricanes vs. Angry Aryans
Stevie McFly vs. Beef Wellington
Shane Simmons & Marty Hart vs. Jeff Johnson & Z-Ro
Darren Knife vs. Kid Kamikazee
Excess 69 vs. Tomassino
Rocky Stone, X-Ode, & Dave Rastelli vs. Christopher Wells &
The
Agents
Remi Fichaud & Maniako vs. Jay Charismo & Trip2Night
Twiggy & Jack Cruise vs. Shayne Hawk & Pornstar Juan
Los Latinos vs. Above Standard vs. Bad Radiation vs. Wonder Pack
(4-way)
25 - CyberFights; Vancouver
25 - Neo Spirit; Polish Hall; Niagara Falls, ON
25 - Stampede; Brooks, AB
25 - ICW; 3420 Parthenais; Montreal, QC
26 - CCW; Quebec City, QC
Cambodya vs. Adam & Jeff -- Handicap match
Gimmick vs. Hister
White Trash vs. Mason Taylor
Marty Boston vs. Dave Devil
Mike Bedrich vs. mystery opponent
Anthrax vs. Matt Rude
26 - CyberFights; Vancouver 27 - CyberFights; Vancouver 29 -
River City; Stock Exchange Hotel; Winnipeg
29 - CWF; Coyote's Night club; Winnipeg, MB
Rob Stardom vs. Kerry Brown --
Barbed wire
death match
29 - EWE; Etomik Night club; St. John's,
NF Larry Angel vs. Nexus in an
evening gown match $DC$ Money vs Jonny
Chaos
in a Kendo Stick match Lance Romance
vs Wally
Garvis vs Freddie Youngblood in a ladder
match
KO vs. Kilfoy (special guest referee, eWe owner Mr O'Neil)
30 - Main Stream; Doolittle's Bar & Grill; Dartmouth,
NS
Tony Armstrong vs. Pistol Pete -- "I
Quit
match"
Paco Loco vs. Kyle Kruze vs. Skott
Phoenix
(3-way)
Lincoln Steen vs. Derek Trahma
Vinny Glyde vs. Cinder -- Casket
match
10-man Pumpkin patch match
Scott Savage vs. winner of punpkin
patch
match
30 - CWF; Peepeekisis school; Belcarres, SK 30 - Main Stream;
Doo-Little's Bar and Grill; Dartmouth, NS 30 - Premier; The
Stratosphere;
Winnipeg, MB
31 - Ring Wars; The 360; Toronto, ON
Action featuring New Jack, Notorious
T.I.D.,
the Hollywood Hunks and many more
31 - CWE; Unison Bar & Grill; Montreal, QC
********************************************** RECENT MATCH RESULTS
Oct 15, 2003 - River City; Stock Exchange Hotel; Winnipeg, MB:
Pepito
b. Jerin Rose ... Corey Diamond b. Johnny Patterson ... Vic Savage,
Madman Muir
& Carver Gleason b. Max Black, Ox Anderson & Laurence Fozworth ...
Reggie Gallagher & Justin Tyme b. Bubbles McFly & Ric Matthews
to win
the RCW tag team titles ... Reggie Gallagher & Justin Tyme co-won a
Battle
royal
Oct 15, 2003 - CWF; Coyote's Night club; Winnipeg, MB; Steve
Cox b.
Zack Mercury ... Brian Jewel Dble CO vs. Mike Mountain ... Phoenix
Dreamwalker
b. Slurpee Makwa ... Ryan Wood b. T.J. Bratt by DQ ... Kerry Brown b. Rob
Stardom - non-title match ... Zack Mercury & Ryan Wood b. Steve Cox
&
T.J. Bratt
Oct 15, 2003 - EWE; Club Etomik; St. John's, NF; Kid
Karnage
b. J. Hardcore ... Wally Garvis b. Lance Romance ... Lance Romance b.
Freddie
Youngblood ... Freddie Youngblood b. Wally Garvis ... Kilfoy b. Norman
Tharx ...
K.O. b. 2 Dam Hyp ... Magnus b. Jonny Chaos ... Kilfoy & KO b. 2 Dam
Hyp
& Magnus
Oct 16, 2003 - Main Stream; Doolittle's Bar &
Grill;
Dartmouth, NS: Paco Loco b. Derek Trahma by DQ ... Lincoln Steen b.
Vinny Glyde
... Calum Macbeth b. Cinder ... Scott Savage b. Tony Armstrong to win
the MSW
title
Oct 16, 2003 - CWF; Northwood comm. Club; Winnipeg, MB; Mike
Mountain
b. Phoenix Dreamwalker ... T.J. Bratt b. Cassa Nova Kid ... Ryan Wood b.
Darien
Karisma ... Big Kahuna b. Masked Mark ... Phoenix Dreamwalker & Darien
Karisma b. T.J. Bratt & Ryan Wood
Oct 17, 2003 - Stampede; Didsbury, AB: Apocalypse b.
Rod
Rage ... Greg Pawluk b. Dean Durrango ... T.J. Wilson b. Randy Myers ...
Nattie
Neidhart b. Belle Lovitz ... Karnage b. Kid Nicholls ... Johnny Devine
&
Duke Durrango b. Marky Starr & Jason Carter ... Harry Smith b. Dave
Swift
Oct 18, 2003 - Stampede; Calgary, AB; Randy Myers b.
Jason
Carter ... Dean Durrango b. Kid Nicholls ... Dave Swift d.w. Greg Pawluk
...
Johnny Devine Dble CO vs. T.J. Wilson ... Karnage b. Apocalypse
Oct 18, 2003 - Real Canadian Wrestling; Barrhead,
AB; Chance
b. Joey Syxx ... Angel Starr b. Tianna Wilson to win the first RCW
Women's title
... Dante Priest & Damon Mercury b. Squiigy Magoo & Mr. X ...
Steven
Hawkes b. Bi-Polar -- Hardcore match, to win the RCW Hardcore title ...
Dante
Priest won a bunkhouse battle royal to win the RCW Heavyweight
title
Oct 18, 2003 - All Star; Fairgrounds; Cloverdale, BC; El
Delinquente,
Robby Lance, & Dustin Snyder b. TKO, Damon Scythe & Trollberg ...
Abbadon b. T. Kasaki ... Wrathchild b. Rage ... Layne Fontaine b. Jason
Sterling
... Black Dragon b. Tony Kozina ... Freddie Funk b. Fabulous Fabio
Oct 18, 2003 - IWS; The Skratch; Laval, QC: Arsenal b.
Sexxxy Eddy ... Crazy Crusher & Nightmare Manson b. Tomassino &
Eric
Mastrocola ... Kid Kamikaze b. Beef Wellington ... Pierre Carl Ouellet
b. Kevin
Steen & El Generico (3-way) ... Excess 69 & Green Phantom b. The
Angry
Aryans
Oct 18, 2003 - XWF; ??, Quebec: Rage b. Riddick ...
Willy
Money b. Patriot ... Nasty b. Johnny No Good ... Kickmaster b. Michael
Knox ...
Hip Hop Traction b. Bad Boys ... Elvis Gaumont b. Justin Payne ... Jacko no
contest vs. Mad Max & Billy Sexbomb (3-way)
Oct 19, 2003 - ECCW; Tornado Joe's night club;
Chilliwack,
BC: El Fuego Fantastico b. Ja Jacobe ... Scotty Mac b. Dropkick Murphy
... Vid
Vane & RAGE b. Disco Fury & Rico Quinones ... Vance Nevada b. Shawn
Morgan ... MR2 won a Battle royal
This week's issue discusses ECCW's War Games, Canadian wrestlers
appearing abroad, comebacks, retirements, and the poll continues ...
Just who is Canada's sexiest female superstar?
THE INSIDE CRADLE Brought to you by
Canadian
Wrestle-Media Volume 1
No. 4
October 24, 2003
********************************************** This
newsletter is
distributed freely to wrestlers, promoters, and industry insiders with
hopes to
generate increased awareness of what is going on in Canadian rings today
and to
make everyone aware of the opportunities that exist right here in the
"Great
White North". Your submissions are welcomed at: WrestleMedia@shaw.ca
********************************************** NEWS AND RUMOURS
ECCW WAR GAMES GOES ON FRIDAY!!
In one of the most highly anticipated
matches in
recent memory, eight of the top wrestlers in the Pacific Northwest will do
battle on Friday inside the confines of a 15-foot high steel
cage as
ECCW presents "War Games" from the Croatian Cultural Centre in
Vancouver.
Former champion Scotty Mac heads a team which includes his tag team
partner Ja
Jacobe, Vid Vain, and the returning R.A.G.E. against a unit captained by
current
champion Vance Nevada featuring Disco Fury, NWA Canadian Junior champion
Major
Hardway, and Rico Quinones.
Fans that were on hand for last month's
bloody and
gruelling cage match know what to expect when these eight dominant
fixtures lock
horns in a battle for survival. Tickets are available at the
door.
Current champion: Vance Nevada
NWA Canadian Junior champion: Major
Hardway
Pacific Northwest champion: Matt Classic
Tag Team champions: Memphis & Michael
Raines
Hardcore champion: Moondog Manson
SARAH SEES SWEET SUCCESS DOWN SOUTH
Sweet Sarah.
Just a few weeks ago, we reported that
"Sweet"
Sarah Griffin, who has dazzled audiences from coast to coast in Canada
was on
her way to Mexico. We have now learned that after only three
weeks, she
has captured the LLF women's title and is on one of the most aggressive
campaigns in the history of the women's division in that country.
For those of you unfamiliar with this
dynamic up
and comer, she was first introduced to the sport by fluke just over two
years
ago when she was working at a campus night club in Winnipeg. By
her own
admission, she didn't even watch wrestling, but when a promoter dropped
of a
promotional tape seeking to bring a wrestling show to the club, she saw
the tape
and thought, "I need to give this a try." She trained for a matter of
weeks with Top Rope Championship Wrestling before hitting the road with the
Can-Am Wrestling Federation. In the time since, she has trained
with the
likes of Phil Lafon, Steve Rivers, and Eddie Watts honing her
skills. In
2002 and 2003 she has appeared in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC, the
Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and
Pennsylvania. Expect to see more from this dominant fighting
femme.
DRU ONYX TO INVADE THE UNITED KINGDOM
Dru Onyx.
Internet Wrestling Syndicate headliner, Dru
Onyx is headed to England next week to appear for
NWA (UK)
Hammerlock. The former IWS champion will have a unique opportunity to
prove why
he is considered one of Canada's best heavyweights on the world stage.
NWA (UK)
Hammerlock is Britain's finest promotion for technical wrestling, and
through
its ties with the National Wrestling Alliance is part of a proud hundred
year
tradition of grappling excellence, stretching from current NWA World
Champion,
A. J. Styles, to the first undisputed World Champion, Karl Gotch, who
won in
1908. The six foot two inch, 325 pound Dru
Onyx was
trained by Quebec wrestling legend Marc "Le Grizzly" Pilon and made his
professional wrestling debut, June 12th, 1999. Dru was born in the
Barbados,
grew up in Chomedey, Laval, Quebec and presently makes his home in the West
Island of Montreal. Here in Canada, the Butcher from Barbados wrestles
under his
real name Dru Onyx, but while wrestling abroad he will be saluting his
heritage
by wrestling under his family title SoA, the Spirit of Allah.
-- Credit Llakor
THE AXE CUTS DOWN FINAL OPPONENT ON OCT 29TH
One of the most dominant wrestlers in Central
Canadian wrestling rings over the past three years, the 350 pound Axe, has
recently decided to hang them up. The charismatic, doube tough
heavyweight
has engaged in some memorable boust against the likes of Jim Neidhart,
Tatanka,
Vance Nevada, and Jim Duggan during his short but storied ring
career. The
Axe, better known to his friends as Steven Hoel was always a fan of the
sport
before receiving his formal introduction to the ring by Manitoba
wrestler/promoter "Beautiful" Bobby Jay in 1999. In the years
since, he
has risen to the top of a number of promotions in the prairie provinces
in some
of the most physical matches ever witnessed. As of late, the
slef-professed "Mastodon of Love" has experienced severe bouts of
post-concussion head trauma which has been lingering despite a break
from his
active ring schedule. With his family as his primary
consideration, he has
bid adieu to the ring sport. Wrestling has lost one more Large Green
Mammal. You will be missed. But do not fret, The Axe is
expected to
remain very active in the "message board community".
AARON IDOL RETURNS TO THE RING
After a three and a half month absence,
outstanding mat technician Aaron Idol is getting ready to return to the
ring. Idol, who engaged in one of the most aggressive mat
campaigns of any
newcomer in 2002 with dates from coast to coast in Canada was sidelined
with a
shoulder injury in July and has been recovering and preparing for a ring
return
since that time. Idol has appeared for Real Action Wrestling in the
Maritimes, the Prince George, BC-based Maniac Wrestling Alliance (where
he held
the Northwestern title), and Extreme Canadian Championship
Wrestling. He
was slated to make his return in Winnipeg rings a few eeks ago, but a
vehicle explosion on the Trans-Canada highway halted that
endeavour. Idol
steps in the ring on Friday night in Vancouver with the highly
touted Matt
Classic, with him he has had an intense professional rivalry over
the past
year.
CANADIAN WRESTLING FEDERATION NEWS
Rob Stardom.
This NWA member promotion has been running
two weekly cards since mid-September in Winnipeg, with a Wednesday
night
club show, and a Thursday show emanating from the Northwood community
centre. News this week states that due to less than stellar
attendances at
the Wednesday night events, the weekly schedule will cease at the end of
this
month in favor of monthly events from that venue. Houses have been
between
75 to one hundred people. Their October 16th card at Northwood
community
club looked dismal at the onset with only four wrestlers in the locker
room. A chance visit by T.J. Bratt and Ryan Wood saw them quickly
added to
the card to bring up the roster number to SIX!!
Two big matches that are a MUST SEE on the
immediate horizon, though. Newly crowned NWA British Commonwealth
champion, Spyder takes on NWA Canadian champion Rob Stardom in a title
vs. title
match on October 24th. Just five days later, Stardom meets Canadian
wrestling legend Kerry Brown in a barbed wire death match.
Current champion: Rob
Stardom
Junior champion: Ryan Wood
Tag Team champions: Brian Jewel & Steve
Cox
RIVER CITY WRESTLING DROPS THE ZEN
River City Wrestling had also been running
two
weekly shows in Winnipeg with two night club shows on Wednesday and
Thursday
nights. Their Wednesday night shows from Teddy Bob's in the Stock
Exchange
Hotel have continued to draw well, but after five weeks, the promotion
opted to
pull out of their commitment with the Zen Cabaret. Our sources
indicate
that the Zen may itself be facing financial troubles.
Current champion: Cliff Corleone
Tag Team champions: Reggie Gallagher &
Justin
Tyme
CYBERFIGHTS TAPINGS THIS WEEKEND
The on-line wrestling promotion is back in
action
with tapings this weekend in Vancouver for upcoming broadcast via the
worldwide
web. Featuring some of the finest talent in North America,
CyberFights has
cornered a very unique portion of the wrestling market with their
exclusively
internet-based product, offering video and pictures of individual
matches for
sale to the cyber-community. This weekend's tapings are slated to
feature
former ECCW champion Scotty Mac, Monster Pro ruffian Johnny Handsome,
and PCW
standout Shane Madison among others. We hope to have results from the
three nights of tapings which commence tonight and run through the
weekend.
WHO IS THE HOTTEST WOMAN IN THE CANADIAN
INDEPENDENTS?
In the last issue, we told you about the
upcoming
poll to determine who you think is the hottest woman in the Canadian
independents. This has been a subject of heated debate whenever
Canada's
top wrestling insiders get together. With a countless number of
beautiful
women involved as wrestlers, valets, referees, announcers, and even a
promoter
or two, just who takes top honors. We want to throw that question
out to
this field of industry insiders. Just who do you think
deserves to be
recognized as Canada's hottest female star? We have already
received 18
nominations and pictures of the nominees are posted at http://www.geocities.com/canadianwrestlemedia/sexiest.html
E-mail your nominations (with pictures if possible) to us here
at WrestleMedia@shaw.ca to add your
choice
to the upcoming poll to decide once and for all just who is the hottest
in the
land.
********************************************** UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR: "SUPPORT THE
INDIES!!"
FIND MORE INFORMATION BY CHECKING
OUT THE
OFFICIAL SITES AT:
24 - ECCW; Croatian Cultural Centre; Vancouver,
BC WAR GAMES Cage match: Team
Vance
Nevada vs. Team Scotty Mac Ladies
Choice vs.
Rocky Dellaserra Madison vs.
Avalon Dropkick Murphy vs. Shawn
Morgan Abbadon vs.
MR2 Adam Firestorm vs. Shane Madison
24 - PWA; Edmonton, AB
Harry Smith & T.J. Wilson vs. Duke
Durrango & Greg Pawluk
Phoenix Taylor defends the
Cruiserweight
title vs. Highlander
. . . plus more great action
24 - CWF; Maples Rec Centre; Winnipeg, MB
King of Extreme Battle royal
Rob Stardom vs. Spyder
. . . and many more
24 - CyberFights; Vancouver
25 - NCW; NDR Centre; Montreal, QC
Chase Ironside vs. Franky the Mobster
Manuel Vegas vs. Jayzon Reaper
Sweet Sensations vs. El Diablero & Kazuko Yeroshima
Russian Coalition vs. NCW
Black Eagle vs. Raid
2.0 vs. Jackal & Bishop
Chris Stevens vs. Alex Price vs. Dan Paysan (3-way)
25 - CWA; Bogey's World; Montreal, QC
Carl Ouellet, Crush, Guy Sauriol & Excess vs. Don Callis, Tank
Ali,
Eric Mastrocola, & Dangerous Dan
Face of Death & Green Phantom vs. Enforcer & Twisted
Freddy vs. Jason
Dru Onyx vs. Sweet Pete
Maxx Fury vs. Sexxy Eddy
Nike Boys vs. Pain Squad
Scream & Dany Dubois vs. Mike Lyons & Jennesy
25 - MWF; Villemaire school; Laval, QC
Flying Hurricanes vs. Angry Aryans
Stevie McFly vs. Beef Wellington
Shane Simmons & Marty Hart vs. Jeff Johnson & Z-Ro
Darren Knife vs. Kid Kamikazee
Excess 69 vs. Tomassino
Rocky Stone, X-Ode, & Dave Rastelli vs. Christopher Wells &
The
Agents
Remi Fichaud & Maniako vs. Jay Charismo & Trip2Night
Twiggy & Jack Cruise vs. Shayne Hawk & Pornstar Juan
Los Latinos vs. Above Standard vs. Bad Radiation vs. Wonder Pack
(4-way)
25 - CyberFights; Vancouver
25 - Neo Spirit; Polish Hall; Niagara Falls, ON
25 - Stampede; Brooks, AB
25 - ICW; 3420 Parthenais; Montreal, QC
26 - CCW; Quebec City, QC
Cambodya vs. Adam & Jeff -- Handicap match
Gimmick vs. Hister
White Trash vs. Mason Taylor
Marty Boston vs. Dave Devil
Mike Bedrich vs. mystery opponent
Anthrax vs. Matt Rude
26 - CyberFights; Vancouver 27 - CyberFights; Vancouver 29 -
River City; Stock Exchange Hotel; Winnipeg
29 - CWF; Coyote's Night club; Winnipeg, MB
Rob Stardom vs. Kerry Brown --
Barbed wire
death match
29 - EWE; Etomik Night club; St. John's,
NF Larry Angel vs. Nexus in an
evening gown match $DC$ Money vs Jonny
Chaos
in a Kendo Stick match Lance Romance
vs Wally
Garvis vs Freddie Youngblood in a ladder
match
KO vs. Kilfoy (special guest referee, eWe owner Mr O'Neil)
30 - Main Stream; Doolittle's Bar & Grill; Dartmouth,
NS
Tony Armstrong vs. Pistol Pete -- "I
Quit
match"
Paco Loco vs. Kyle Kruze vs. Skott
Phoenix
(3-way)
Lincoln Steen vs. Derek Trahma
Vinny Glyde vs. Cinder -- Casket
match
10-man Pumpkin patch match
Scott Savage vs. winner of punpkin
patch
match
30 - CWF; Peepeekisis school; Belcarres, SK 30 - Main Stream;
Doo-Little's Bar and Grill; Dartmouth, NS 30 - Premier; The
Stratosphere;
Winnipeg, MB
31 - Ring Wars; The 360; Toronto, ON
Action featuring New Jack, Notorious
T.I.D.,
the Hollywood Hunks and many more
31 - CWE; Unison Bar & Grill; Montreal, QC
********************************************** RECENT MATCH RESULTS
Oct 15, 2003 - River City; Stock Exchange Hotel; Winnipeg, MB:
Pepito
b. Jerin Rose ... Corey Diamond b. Johnny Patterson ... Vic Savage,
Madman Muir
& Carver Gleason b. Max Black, Ox Anderson & Laurence Fozworth ...
Reggie Gallagher & Justin Tyme b. Bubbles McFly & Ric Matthews
to win
the RCW tag team titles ... Reggie Gallagher & Justin Tyme co-won a
Battle
royal
Oct 15, 2003 - CWF; Coyote's Night club; Winnipeg, MB; Steve
Cox b.
Zack Mercury ... Brian Jewel Dble CO vs. Mike Mountain ... Phoenix
Dreamwalker
b. Slurpee Makwa ... Ryan Wood b. T.J. Bratt by DQ ... Kerry Brown b. Rob
Stardom - non-title match ... Zack Mercury & Ryan Wood b. Steve Cox
&
T.J. Bratt
Oct 15, 2003 - EWE; Club Etomik; St. John's, NF; Kid
Karnage
b. J. Hardcore ... Wally Garvis b. Lance Romance ... Lance Romance b.
Freddie
Youngblood ... Freddie Youngblood b. Wally Garvis ... Kilfoy b. Norman
Tharx ...
K.O. b. 2 Dam Hyp ... Magnus b. Jonny Chaos ... Kilfoy & KO b. 2 Dam
Hyp
& Magnus
Oct 16, 2003 - Main Stream; Doolittle's Bar &
Grill;
Dartmouth, NS: Paco Loco b. Derek Trahma by DQ ... Lincoln Steen b.
Vinny Glyde
... Calum Macbeth b. Cinder ... Scott Savage b. Tony Armstrong to win
the MSW
title
Oct 16, 2003 - CWF; Northwood comm. Club; Winnipeg, MB; Mike
Mountain
b. Phoenix Dreamwalker ... T.J. Bratt b. Cassa Nova Kid ... Ryan Wood b.
Darien
Karisma ... Big Kahuna b. Masked Mark ... Phoenix Dreamwalker & Darien
Karisma b. T.J. Bratt & Ryan Wood
Oct 17, 2003 - Stampede; Didsbury, AB: Apocalypse b.
Rod
Rage ... Greg Pawluk b. Dean Durrango ... T.J. Wilson b. Randy Myers ...
Nattie
Neidhart b. Belle Lovitz ... Karnage b. Kid Nicholls ... Johnny Devine
&
Duke Durrango b. Marky Starr & Jason Carter ... Harry Smith b. Dave
Swift
Oct 18, 2003 - Stampede; Calgary, AB; Randy Myers b.
Jason
Carter ... Dean Durrango b. Kid Nicholls ... Dave Swift d.w. Greg Pawluk
...
Johnny Devine Dble CO vs. T.J. Wilson ... Karnage b. Apocalypse
Oct 18, 2003 - Real Canadian Wrestling; Barrhead,
AB; Chance
b. Joey Syxx ... Angel Starr b. Tianna Wilson to win the first RCW
Women's title
... Dante Priest & Damon Mercury b. Squiigy Magoo & Mr. X ...
Steven
Hawkes b. Bi-Polar -- Hardcore match, to win the RCW Hardcore title ...
Dante
Priest won a bunkhouse battle royal to win the RCW Heavyweight
title
Oct 18, 2003 - All Star; Fairgrounds; Cloverdale, BC; El
Delinquente,
Robby Lance, & Dustin Snyder b. TKO, Damon Scythe & Trollberg ...
Abbadon b. T. Kasaki ... Wrathchild b. Rage ... Layne Fontaine b. Jason
Sterling
... Black Dragon b. Tony Kozina ... Freddie Funk b. Fabulous Fabio
Oct 18, 2003 - IWS; The Skratch; Laval, QC: Arsenal b.
Sexxxy Eddy ... Crazy Crusher & Nightmare Manson b. Tomassino &
Eric
Mastrocola ... Kid Kamikaze b. Beef Wellington ... Pierre Carl Ouellet
b. Kevin
Steen & El Generico (3-way) ... Excess 69 & Green Phantom b. The
Angry
Aryans
Oct 18, 2003 - XWF; ??, Quebec: Rage b. Riddick ...
Willy
Money b. Patriot ... Nasty b. Johnny No Good ... Kickmaster b. Michael
Knox ...
Hip Hop Traction b. Bad Boys ... Elvis Gaumont b. Justin Payne ... Jacko no
contest vs. Mad Max & Billy Sexbomb (3-way)
Oct 19, 2003 - ECCW; Tornado Joe's night club;
Chilliwack,
BC: El Fuego Fantastico b. Ja Jacobe ... Scotty Mac b. Dropkick Murphy
... Vid
Vane & RAGE b. Disco Fury & Rico Quinones ... Vance Nevada b. Shawn
Morgan ... MR2 won a Battle royal
