'Legends of Wrestling' on 5/18, UWF report, Ring Wars, & NWA Upstate
On Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 5:41 PM EST Shawn Moniz of Wrestle-Complex.com passed on the following:
Official Press Release:
ST. PETERSBURG, FL—It will be “Legends of Wrestling" Night at Tropicana Field when the Devil Rays host the Florida Marlins at 6:40 p.m. on Friday, May 18.
The Rays will be bringing in a dozen former World Wrestling Entertainment stars and all will be making appearances before, during and after the game.
Following the game, there will be three matches on the field featuring: King Haku vs. Tatanka Brutus “The Barber" Beefcake vs. Greg “The Hammer" Valentine The Return of The Nasty Boys vs. Rick Steiner and The Cuban Assassin
Prior to the game all wrestlers including legends Bret “The Hitman" Hart, “Mean" Gene Okerlund, Jim “The Anvil" Neidhart and B. Brian Blair will be signing autographs from 5:10 p.m. to 6:10 p.m.
In addition, the first 7,500 fans will receive a Sting ‘em Rays foam hand and one lucky fan will receive Wrestlemania XXIV tickets, being held on March 30, 2008 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL.
Tickets to the game are available at the Tropicana Field Box Office, on-line via www.devilrays.com, www.raysbeisbol.com, all Ticketmaster outlets and via Ticketmaster phonecharge at (727) 898-RAYS and (813) 282-RAYS.
WRESTLER BIO INFORMATION
Bret “The Hitman" Hart
• WWE Hall of Fame member (2006)
• 5-Time WWE Heavyweight Champion, 2-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, 2-Time WWE Tag Team Champion
• 1st appearance since WWE Hall of Fame induction in 2006
“Nasty Boys" Brian Knobs & Jerry Sags
• The return of the legendary WWE tag team the Nasty Boys (First time in 7 years)
• Former WWE tag team champions and 3 time WCW world tag team champions
• Wrestling legends from Tampa Bay
“Mean" Gene Okerlund
• WWE Hall of Fame member (2006)
• Emcee of “Legends of Wrestling Night"
• Resides in Sarasota
Greg “The Hammer" Valentine
• WWE Hall of Fame member (2004)
• WWE Intercontinental and Tag Team champion
• Master of the “Figure Four Leg Lock"
Rick Steiner the “Dog-Faced Gremlin"
• 2-Time WWE Tag Team Champion and 6-Time WCW Tag Team Champion as part of the tag team The Steiner Brothers
• Former amateur wrestler at the University of Michigan
Brutus “The Barber" Beefcake
• WWE Tag Team Champion with Greg “The Hammer" Valentine as part of the Dream Team
King Haku
• WWE Tag Team Champion
• WCW Hardcore Champion
Tatanka
• Native American wrestler
• Former WWE Smackdown Superstar
Jim “The Anvil" Neidhart
• Member of The Original Hart Foundation with Bret “The Hitman" Hart
• 2-Time WWE Tag Team Champion
B. Brian Blair
• Former WWE Superstar as part of the tag team the Killer Bees
• Hillsborough County Commissioner
The Cuban Assassin
• Former WCW and WWE wrestler
• Accompanied to the ring by his manager Fantasy
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Dustin Bullock sent this in:
UWF LIVE in Philadelphia, PA!
June 8, 2007
New Alhambra Arena
Doors Open:
Ultimate Experience 6:00
General Public 7:00
Bell Time 8:00
Featuring:3-D vs Steiners and Dustin vs Steve in a bullrope match
Team 3-D
Steve Corino
Christopher Daniels
Dustin Rhodes
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's stars including...
Super Dragon
Joey Ryan
Scott Lost
Chris Bosh
many more to be announced!
Dustin Bullock also sent in this report:
May 12, 2007
UWF Live!
Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club
840 Neal St.
Greensboro, NC
Jerry Lynn beat CW Anderson
DLo Brown beat Raven - Sgt Slaughter as ref.
Dafney beat Gail Kim - Miss Jackie was special ref and caused Gail to lose the match.
Chris Harris beat James Storm when the referee order a "restart".
Intermission
Dustin Rhodes beat Bobby Houston and Damien Wayne in a 3 way worst match of the night the DLO RAVEN match should have been here!
Steve Corino beat Ric Converse. Converse had Corino pinned after a Richter Scale and CW pulled out the ref at the two count. These guys definitely had the match of the night
Team Macktion/Rikishi beat DIR/Jake Manning when Rikishi gave Jake Manning the Stinkface and then followed with his Samoan Drop. After the match, Rikishi and Team Macktion danced in the ring to close the show.
Note that the TNA guys all left at intermission because they had either long drives home (Raven drove all the way back home tonight) or very early flights out of Charlotte and they had a PPV tommorrow. UWF was trying to be nice to these guys since they have to work tommorrow for a PPV audience.
For fans of Converse that are outraged that the Extreme Horseman pulled one over, you'll have to watch the next CWF show to find out why Sarge didn't make it out to the ring for his match... you'll be shocked. And if you thought Converse was pissed at Corino.... he's more pissed that CW Anderson cost him his shot at the MId Atlantic Title.
I meet Rikishi and he was really cool he seemed upset when he found out Sadler and Highspots were charging $50.00 a person for autographs and I talked to him across from a small barricade he asked me why I wasn't in line and I said I didn't have the 50 and he was unaware of what the uwf was charging customers and I tried to get autographs from Dustin Rhodes but he was only giving to paying customers he just passed by as I called his name
and I tried to get an autograph on his ring exit he tapped me on the shoulders and keep going he and Raven seemed like serious assholes who still think its the mid 90s,I got D'LO BROWN'S autograph on his ring exit and he was really cool . I was trying to get my WWF IC Replica Title signed needless to say I'll never ask Goldust again!!!!!!!!
Aaron Patton sent this report in:
Ring Wars Carolina
"Raeford Rebellion"
Saturday May 12th
National Guard Armory ~ Raeford N.C.
RESULTS....
_+ TV Tournament Semi-Finals Styxx Defeated "The Wrestling Clown Prince" DZ Hyde...
_+ TV Tournament Semi-Finals Tex Mex Defeated "Sexual Sensation" Josh Hunter...
_+ Cletus Bass w/Naudia Defeated Walabee Joe after Draven Interfered. DZ Hyde Made the save...
_+ "Mr. USA" Johnny Atlas Defeated Shawn Shenanigans....
_+DZ Hyde and Walabee Joe Defeated Cletus Bass and Draven w/Naudia...
_+ Tex Mex Defeated Styxx to WIN the RWC BattleGround TV Title...
_+ In a Shocking Ending Both "International Playboy" Tre G and Aaron "By God" Devil defeated Hangtime to win the RWC Heavyweight Title after a both men hit a double STO...
Ring Wars Office's will be handing down a decision concerning the ending of the Heavyweight Title Match later in the week. Next event is a joint venture with RWC and ACPW in Elizabethtown NC at the White Lake's Waterfest 2007....
Todd Brantley sent this NWA Upstate report in:
Quick Results from NWA Upstate's "Spring Spectacular" from the Field House at Watkins Glen High School in Watkins Glen, New York 5/12:
Preshow:
The five-way free-for-all match between Ivan Radske, Spazz, Maximo Suave, Brandon Thurston, and Derek Duncam ended in a no-contest when Big Cat came in and attacked all five wrestlers.
Main Show:
1. "The Boss" Hellcat & "The Master of the Setting Sun" Gabe Saint (w/Star Rider) defeated Colin Olsen & Chip Stetson
2. Sonjay Dutt defeated JD Michaels
3. April Hunter defeated Synndy
4. Shark Boy & Jimmy Olsen defeated NWA Upstate World Champion "The Right Stuff" Brodie Lee & Sweet Lou
5. NWA Upstate Tag Team Champions Dunn & Marcos defeated Rhythm & Booze
6. Doink The Clown defeated Big Cat (w/The Dewey Tonk Man)