On Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 4:59 PM EST
CHIKARA sent this in:
CHIKARA returns to the ECW Arena on Sunday, August 10th!
With July's "Tragedy and Triumph" behind us, it's time to focus on the month ahead as we continue to make official new bouts for our August cards! Next month, we're making a one-night-only stop at our old haunt the Riverside Beneficial Association in Reading, PA, before heading back to South Philly and our homebase of the New Alhambra. In particular, tickets for our Reading event are selling very quickly, and if you want to join us, drop by our site and pick up your advance tickets in our online store.
On Sunday afternoon, August 10th, the CHIKARA gang will hit the former ECW Arena with a truckload of momentum, and a card comprised of 9 bouts entitled "Vanity and Violence"! All the usual suspects, and a few unusual suspects will be joining us to make this a must-see event. Take a look at the matches we've signed so far:
~For the Young Lions Cup!~
Vin Gerard (champion) vs. Drake Younger (challenger)
~Six-Man Tag Action!~
Claudio Castagnoli & Incoherence vs. The Osirian Portal & Brodie Lee
~Former YLC Champs Collide!~
Chuck Taylor (Winner: YLC V) vs. Fire Ant (Winner: YLC VI)
~First Time Ever!~
Las Chivas Rayadas vs. Los Ice Creams
~Tag Team Action!~
Sara Del Rey & Bobby Dempsey vs. The Fabulous Two
~Back for More!~
Lince Dorado vs. Eddie Kingston
Right now, our July event "Tragedy and Triumph" is for sale on the Smart Mark Video site! It comes complete with all 9 matches from the event, as well as 8 backstage interviews, and additional bonus materials! All that, and a new, original cover by artist Marco D'Alfonso! Support CHIKARA by buying our official releases, available only at Smart Mark Video!
Advance tickets for upcoming live events (including our one-night-only return to Reading) are on sale right now! Visit our online store and pick up your copy of the second issue of the CHIKARA comic book (Season 7, Volume 2)!
"All That Glitters"
8.9.2008 - Saturday Evening
Live @ The Riverside Beneficial Assoc.!
1742 Pear Street
in Reading, PA!
The action begins at 7:30 pm!
"Vanity and Violence"
8.10.2008 - Sunday Afternoon
Live @ The ECW Arena/New Alhambra!
7 W. Ritner Street
in South Philly, PA!
The action begins at 4:00 pm!
"Style and Substance"
9.7.2008 - Sunday Afternoon
Live @ The ECW Arena/New Alhambra!
7 W. Ritner Street
in South Philly, PA!
The action begins at 4:00 pm!
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VPW sent this in:
VPW Eclipsed 7/26/08
Official Results & Notes
VPW would like to thank the over 250 fans that came out to Deer Park for a special fundraiser event in support of the Deer Park Community Center. A lot of money was raised for a great cause and a fun time was had by all.
The night started out with a battle between two of VPW’s top cruiserweights, “Masculine Marvel” Sabotage and “The Miracle” Javi-Air. The sneakiness of the Best Bodies, Inc. member was not enough to overcome the heart of Javi-Air.
Next was a triple threat matches featuring two impressive VPW debuts and one VPW veteran. Nightmare defeated “The Answer” Pete Simmons and Hawaii Allen in a competitive match.
Following that encounter, a member of the Deer Park Community Center management team, Greg Stengel, came out to thank the fans for coming out and supporting the center. Stengel is known as Coach Greg to many of the fans in attendance. Unfortunately, Coach Greg was rudely interrupted by Nick Noshus. Noshus berated Stengel and demanded that he leave “his” ring. Eventually Stengel had enough and shoved Noshus down. This confrontation was cause for VSK, one half of Livewired, to hit the ring and prematurely start their match. Despite his best effort, Noshus proved too much for VSK to handle. That loss didn’t stop Coach Greg from dropping a big splash on Noshus to make sure that he shut up the bully for the night.
The fourth match of this special event saw Best Bodies, Inc. member, “Ultra Sexy” Joe So Delicious defeat “Smooth Operator” Mike Gallagher.
After that was the VPW Championship match between champion Jason Static and longtime rival, Richie Tyler. Unfortunately, Tyler couldn’t overcome the leader of Best Bodies, Inc. While Static remains champion, he has number one contender Mack Daddy Flexx looming on the horizon.
Next was a singles match featuring members of rival tag teams. JMS of Livewired defeated Justin Toxic of Pretty Poison. Livewired and Pretty Poison have already had several encounters in VPW and both teams are looking to get a shot at VPW Tag Team Champions Eclipse.
It was then time for the Jerry Fitzwater Show. Fitzwater was back from his semiannual overseas hair beautification that caused him to miss the event two weeks back. Fitzwater’s guests were members of VTG Enterprises including Vinny the Guido, Scotty Rio and Johnny “Muscles” Marinara. Fitzwater was seeking Vinny’s thoughts on potentially being forced out of VPW. Rio and Muscles were set to face the Funky Fresh Boyz in a match that would have the losing team’s manager leave VPW. That meant that either Vinny the Guido or Ms. Terri would be gone. The Funky Fresh Boyz decided to crash the party and get their match going right then. The fans were hoping for Vinny to hit the road, but unfortunately, the Funky Fresh Boyz went down and Ms. Terri is out.
The eighth match was a special exhibition tag team match that will not be included on the DVD. The Flight Crew defeated Richie Tyler and Hawaii Allen. The Flight Crew consisted of Mike Flight and Jason Static. They were accompanied by Mile High Melissa.
The main event of the evening saw reigning VPW Tag Team Champions Eclipse defeat their archrivals, the Suburban SWAT Team. Both teams have been at war with each other for all of 2008 and things don’t look like they are cooling off anytime soon. Mikey Old School accompanied the Suburban SWAT Team to the ring.
VPW 2008 Upcoming Event Schedule
September 6th – Centereach VFW Hall
November 1st – Centereach VFW Hall
December 13th – Centereach VFW Hall
More dates to be announced!
Check out http://www.VictoryProWrestling.com for complete details.
VPW Wrestling School
For those looking to enter the wrestling business as a wrestler, manager or referee, look no further than the VPW Wrestling School. The school is conveniently located at the Deer Park Community Center in Long Island. Sessions are held every Sunday from 4pm until 10pm. The Deer Park Community Center is located at 41 Homer Avenue in Deer Park, New York.
Call 631-357-1810 or email info@victoryprowrestling.com for complete details.
Marty Garner sent this in:
LAURINAITIS HAS TOO MUCH CHAM-PAIN
The Fans Opinions Doesn’t Matter…
Most of you have heard about the “Hire Cham-Pain” campaign and the situation with John Laurinaitis (WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent Relations), but incase you haven’t, I’ll fill you in.
Marty “Cham-Pain” Garner is a wrestler who has been in the wrestling business for 15 years now. He was one of the original members of OMEGA (the organization of modern extreme grappling arts) an independent wrestling organization who made their mark on the wrestling world in the late 90’s. The founder, promoter, booker, agent, and man who ran it all was none other than Matt Hardy (WWE Superstar). The promotion ran very deep with talent and there was never a shortage of wrestlers wanting a chance to perform in the OMEGA ring. The federation unleashed quite a few guys that went on to sign contracts with major federations such as: Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Shannon Moore, Shane Helms, Jason “Joey Abs” Ahrndt, Joey Mercury, Christian York, Mike “Jack Dupp” Howell, Murray “Bo Dupp” Happer, and Indy legend Steve Corino. Garner has done work for the WWE for years and even worked on the No Mercy PPV against MVP. He worked for the original ECW and he worked for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a personal assistant in Hollywood.
No longer satisfied with just working the independent wrestling shows, Garner decided to push for a full time contract. “I just want a full time contract with one of the major federations before I go to my grave”. After working a WWE match with Vladimir Kozlov in April of this year Garner asked John Laurinaitis if he could talk with him. As the conversation started Garner asked Laurinaitis what he needed to do to get hired and why the federation wouldn’t take a chance on him. Laurinaitis assured him that he liked Garner’s work and that he always did a great job when they called him up. Then Laurinaitis said “ You’re just an average guy up here Marty, and I don’t think that you could make me (WWE) any money”. He told Garner that he should go to another wrestling federation and make his mark and if he got people interested in him, then the WWE would be interested in him. Garner asked “So, you would hire me if that happened, right”. Laurinaitis replied, “Yes”. The next day Garner wrote a blog entitled Matt, Jeff, Shannon, Shane and the Forgotten Beatle. He asked the fans to carry Hire Cham-Pain signs to live events and to e-mail Hire Cham-Pain to WWE, TNA and ROH.
Garner received a call Wednesday July 23rd and it was Laurinaitis, he asked Marty if he had started a viral marketing campaign and if he had put talent relations e-mail on his myspace page. Garner said “Yes”, and the Laurinaitis said “why would you put that e-mail on the internet“, Garner said, “It was already on the internet, I just reposted it”. Laurinaitis said that his e-mails had increased dramatically since the campaign started. He told Garner that he was just average and he wasn’t getting a job with the company. Marty then replied “ I was just trying to get a f’n job!” Laurinaitis said, “ Now your cursing at a senior vice president!” Garner tried to explain the he was just cursing out of frustration. Laurinaitis told Garner that he wasn’t welcome at any WWE shows and he was done doing business with him. Then Laurinaitis abruptly hung up the phone.
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If you would like to read Marty’s blog go to http://www.myspace.com/rapping wrestler.
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