Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Friday, April 27, 2007 at 4:51 PM EST

Dory Funk Jr. sent this in:

Funk's Corner - King of the Texas Death Matches

Dory Funk Sr. was called the "King of the Texas Death Matches.

The Texas Death Match was invented by, Dory Funk Sr. as a way to settle the issue between himself and the "Master of the Iron Face Claw," Fritz Von Erich.

A Texas Death Match comes to !BANG! TV Sunday April 29th as Blain Rage goes up against Shane Chung.

A Texas Death Match can be one of the most exciting matches in professional wrestling but you must know the rules of a Texas Death Match.

The rules of a Texas Death Match in "Old School" days were as follows:

Texas Death Match Rules

1. No stopping the match because of blood.
2. No count out for fighting outside the ring.
3. There is no disqualification.
4. There is no time limit.
5. Falls don't count, There could be one or a hundred.
6. A fall can take place anywhere in the building.
7. There must be a winner.
8. At the end of a fall, the loser will have a count of ten to return to his feet and continue the match. If he is unable to continue, the match is over and the match awarded to the last man standing.

Sunday April 29th, TNA's Father James Mitchell is coming to the Funking Conservatory's !BANG! TV Taping, Support the Troops 15, "Power of Pain" and will be in the corner of Blain Rage as he faces Shane Chung in a, "Texas Death Match."

In a Women's Championship Match, The Pop Tarts with Father James Mitchell will face The Claw in a three way challenge.

Funking Conservatory Champion, Johnny Magnum will defend his title against the challenge of Kory Chavis. Father James Mitchell will be in Kory Chavis's corner and I will be seconding Johnny Magnum.

Also on the card Flyin' Ryan "Air Mitchell" with Little Miss Sandii Sunshine and "Hunk a Hunk of Burning Love," Elvis Sharp.

Interviews for Support the Troops 15, "Power of Pain," are now up on www.dory-funk.com.

Dory Funk Jr., Coach of the Funking Conservatory.

If you would like to be a part of the Funking Conservatory and appear on !BANG! TV, Call - 352-895-4658.

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Todd Brantley sent this in:

NWA Upstate Spring Spectacular

NWA Upstate/Kayfabe Dojo present "Spring Spectacular"
Saturday May 12th @ The Field House at Watkins Glen
12th Street Watkins Glen NY.
Doors open at 6pm Bell time 7pm Tickets are all gereral admission $15
Several Matches Signed

NWA Upstate Champion "The Right Stuff" Brodie Lee takes on TNA Star Shark Boy

Steve Corino vs Jimmy Olsen

April Hunter vs. Synndy

NWA Upstate Tag Team Champions The Roadies vs. Rhythm & Booze

TNA star Sonjay Dutt vs. "Superstar" JD Michaels

Also to appear Big Cat, Chip Stetson, and many other Upstate stars. Keep checking back for updates!

(Card Subject To Change)

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Donald Brower sent this in:

The fastest growing wrestling promotion in the southeast invades the National Guard Armory in Wilmington, NC when the UPWA rolls into town on April 28th. After a highly successful debut of UPWA in NJ, Donald Brower Enterprises promises to shake the wrestling world to its foundation at the show. Red Bull faces off with Scotty Saber. Bam the Destroyer will meet Sabretooth. New Cruiserweight Champion, 59 year old Doc Holiday, will make an announcement concerning the title. In a double main event, one match will see LA Tank face off with the Playboy Marcus Shields for the UPWA Heavyweight Title. In the other matchup, Mean Marc Ash will tangle with Darkstarr. Also appearing; Michael Devine, Sexton Tyler, Beast and the other stars of the UPWA! Tickets for this event are available at www.theupwa.com or at the door.

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AWA/WSW sent this in:

This Sunday, April 29th AWA/World Star Wrestling is coming to the:

VFW Hall
160 South Broad Street
Pawcatuck , CT

Show will feature former 2x AWA World Heavyweight Champion and former ECW Champion STEVE CORINO!

Doors open at 3:00pm with show starting at 4:00pm.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $10 at the door.

Advance tickets can be purchased at:
1. Perks and Corks - 48 High St , Westerly , RI
2. Westerly Senior Center - 39 State St Westerly , RI
3. Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center - 27 Chase St. Pawcatuck , CT
4. Dominoes Pizza - 55 Beach St Westerly , RI

Matches signed so far:

AWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
#1 CONTENDERS MATCH

Former 2x AWA Heavyweight Champ
Steve Corino

vs

Former WSW Heavyweight Champ
Justyn Glory

AWA/WSW CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Chris Envy (Champion)

vs

Ring of Honor’s
Matt Turner

Making their Professional Wrestling Debut and Products of the AWA/WSW Back Breakers Training Center

Mikey Chase

vs

Brendan Michael Thomas

AWA NORTH ATLANTIC HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH

"Enforcer" Larry Huntley (Champion)

vs

Scotty "By God" Vegas

Sonny Roselli

vs

Osirus

Including more AWA World Wide talent
and WSW superstars!

For more information, visit: WWW.WORLDSTARWRESTLINGFEDERATION.COM

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IWS sent this in:

Kevin Steen Returns!

What do you do when you have just put on your best attended, most profitable, most critically acclaimed show ever? Well, after the hangover subsides, you get back on the horse and do it again. Of course, sometimes topping yourself is harder than at other times and after Un F’N Sanctioned 2007, I will be honest, here at the International Wrestling Syndicate we were at our wit’s end trying to figure out what to do next. Putting together a wrestling card is a bit like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, sometimes you end up with pieces that just don’t fit. You can either get a hammer and make them fit or you can shake up the pieces and start again. We were shaking up the pieces for the twentieth time when Kevin Steen walked into the IWS offices...

“Hey guys, turns out that I will be in Montreal on April 28th. Can you use me?"

IWS owner PCP Crazy F’N Manny looks at Kevin and with a total poker face says, “Sure Kev, I think we can squeeze you in somewhere."

Now, I know Manny. And in his eyes I could see the glint of triumph that Manny has when he has just had “a cunning plan." (Fortunately, Manny has never watched Black Adder.) And these days, all of Manny’s cunning plans revolve around getting the IWS title off Viking. Normally, I would say that to get Viking’s belt you would have to pry it out of his Cold. Dead. Fingers. But the truth is that Viking is the IWS champion “sans ceinture" - without a belt. The IWS title gold vanished during the riot at Breakout 2006 when Viking won the title and Manny refuses to spend a thin dime on a new belt as long as Viking is champion.

So Manny’s plan is for Steen to beat Viking to within an inch of his life the way that Steen did at Hardcore Heat 2006 in the Quebec Match of the Year. Then the third man in the contest gets rid of Steen and grabs the vulture pin and Voila! Manny’s pick: “Paranoid" Jake Matthews is IWS champion and Manny buys a new belt.

There are only three problems with that plan: Viking who is twice as stubborn as Manny and three times as crazy, Kevin who is already reserving an extra seat on his next trip to Japan so that the IWS belt can travel there in style, and surprisingly, “Paranoid" Jake Matthews. I mean everyone knows that I think that the man is, well, SCUM! but even I have to grudgingly admit that the man backs down from nobody and it is just not his style to do nothing and wait for Kevin Steen to do all the work and then scoop up the vulture pin. Not to say that he won’t take his shot if it happens, but I do not expect him to stay out of the fray until his chance appears either.

Know Your Enemies 2007

Card Quick and Dirty

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Montreal, Quebec, CANADA

Bogey’s World, 3250 Cremazie East,

(Corner of Cremazie and St-Michel, Near Metro St-Michel)

IWS Title: Kevin Steen vs. "Paranoid" Jake Matthews vs. Viking

IWS Tag Team Title: Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied) vs. Green Oil Two: Electric Boogaloo (The Green Phantom and Sexxxy Eddy)

EXesS Challenge: EXesS vs. Justin White

Team Checkmate (Lionel Knight and Chris Bishop) vs. the Hardcore Ninjaz

Rock and Cock Express (Twiggy and Pornstar Juan) vs. Hi-5 (Kid Kamikaze and Beef Wellington)

Shayne Hawke vs. Kenny the Bastard

My Strong Style Typings articles with comments from various IWS wrestlers about their Know Your Enemies matches (Kevin Steen, Player Uno, Lionel Knight, Dru Onyx commentating on Justin White, Twiggy, Shayne Hawke and IWS referee Yan Venim) can be found here: http://the-w.com/?thread.php/?id=32578 and here: http://the-w.com/?thread.php/?id=32629

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Know Your Enemies 2007 Detailed Card

The master of distortion, Shayne Hawke, after being roundly defeated by Fred la Merveille, has turned his sights to slightly less challenging game, Fred’s Flying Lizard buddy, Kenny the Bastard. Of course, to hear Shayne tell it, he has embarked on a heroic quest to slay a ferocious dragon.

I wonder if I can get someone from Memphis to teach Kenny how to throw fireballs in less than two days? Shayne Hawke would look really good engulfed in flames. It would match his hair. Maudit Roux.

Only slightly less prone to exaggerating their abilities than Shayne Hawke: the Rock and Cock Express, Twiggy and Pornstar Juan, or as they have taking to calling themselves of late, Juanzilla and the Twigginator... or was it Twigzilla and the Juaninator? Difference is Twiggy and Juan are endearing and Shayne Hawke is just annoying. Plus Juan and Twiggy actually pay me to make them look good on the internet, especially when they are about to face tough foes like Hi-5, Beef Wellington and Kid Kamikaze. It is easy to look at the constant carping between these so-called “Best Friends Forever" and forget that Kid Kamikaze is one of the most dangerous technical wrestlers in Canada, while Beef despite his clownish antics is surprisingly effective and successful in the ring. If Hi-5 are actually capable of working with each other rather than against each other, the Rock and Cock Express may never leave the station.

The next stop on EXesS’ Challenge Tour may be his toughest. EXesS loves to beat up on rookies, but as Dru Onyx is fond of pointing out, Justin White is not just any rookie, he is the 2006 NWA Rookie of the Year and Dru’s star pupil. If EXesS starts shooting on this rookie, Justin White might just start shooting back!

Two more IWS tag-teams both convinced that they deserve to be IWS champions are running right smack dab into each other at Know Your Enemies as the former champions, the Hardcore Ninjaz meet the former Number One Contenders who never did get their title shot, Team Checkmate, Lionel Knight and Chris Bishop. Going into this match these two teams have very little history with one another. But after these two seriously pissed and highly competitive teams are done with one another, I suspect that there will be history and probably drama and potentially a lot of violence.

Violence is the religion at which the Green Phantom and Sexxxy Eddy worship and their religious jewelry are not blood soaked rosaries but two bloody and singed tag team title belts. The new team of Green Oil Two: Electric Boogaloo fought for their titles through a cloud of light tubes and fire and emerged victorious. But in the IWS, there is no rest for the Wicked, and so our champions will put their belts on the line against the surging team of the Super Smash Brothers, Player Uno and Stupefied who won a hellacious four team ladder match to earn their shot at the titles. Uno and Stupefied may be no match for Eddy and the Phantom when it comes to size or experience, but they are just as crazy in their own way as the champions and the 8 bit luchadores do have one ace up their sleeve: up up down down left right left right B A Start.

Also at Know Your Enemies expect to see Fred la Merveille, PCO and Shane Matthews in action along with others.

The IWS presents: Know Your Enemies 2007, Saturday, April 28th, 2007 at Bogey’s World Bar & Billiard, 3250 Cremazie Est (corner of Cremazie and St-Michel near the St-Michel metro), Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Doors open at 7:00pm, show starts at 8:00pm, tickets are $20 for VIP, $15 for Regular. 18+, card and times subject to change. For more information go to www.syndicatewrestling.com or e-mail Llakor@hotmail.com .

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