Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 7:22 PM EST

Todd Brantley sent this in:

This Saturday September 29th, NWA Upstate returns to action with the inaugural "Indytational" tournament. This one-night tournament will feature six of the top stars on the indepnedents today. Some of the wrestlers are established names in the wrestling business while others are still making a name for themselves. Now unlilke most tournaments, this one will have a very unique and interesting structure. The first round will feature 2 singles matches, decided by a random draw. That will leave 2 men with an automatic bye into the second round where they will face the winners from round 1. The winners from round 2 will square off in the finals to decide the winner. And not only will the winner become the first Indytational Champion, they will also receive an open contract to book themselves in ANY match they see fit, ANYTIME they want. With tensions and anticipation building and so much at stake, here's a preview of the six participants that will be competing in the Indytational Tournament:

1. Sterling James Keenan (Representing The Star Foundation)

Since his debut in 2000, Sterling James Keenan has been entertaining crowds up and down the East Coast. The heavily tattooed star from the Sunset Strip combines a sound technical wrestling style with a vast array of high impact moves, such as his MK Ultra finisher. Never short on words, SJK spends as much time beating his opponents verbally as he does physically. 2007 as already been a breakout year for SJK from wrestling for Big Japan in May to wrestling Mark Henry on WWE Smackdown in August to the Ballpark Brawl a few weeks later where Keenan not only won the six-way Futures match to earn a shot at the Natural Heavyweight Title, he also became the new Natural Heavyweight Champion later that night defeating Samoa Joe and Kishi (WWE's Rikishi). This victory, also with the money and guidance of his manager Star Rider, should give SJK plenty of momentum going into the tournament Saturday night.

2. "Fabulous" John McChesney (Also representing The Star Foundation)

It looks Star Rider has used his money and influence to sign yet another one of his charges for the Indytational in "Fabulous" John McChesney. McChesney has made a name for himself all over the East Coast, from wrestling/apperaring several times for WWE (once against Umaga in Rochester, New York), to being a former NWA Upstate No Limits Champion, to defeating Low Ki to become the Super Indy IV Champion for IWC, where he is the reigning 4-time Super Indy Champion. "Fabulous" is never short on confidence and has taken on AND beaten some of the biggest names in the indepenents today. Things though might get interesting if both McChesney AND Sterling James Keenan make it to the finals. What will happen then? And who will Star Rider be rooting for? One thing is for sure: This could be a make-or-break night for The Star Foundation.

3. Judas Young

Trained by the late Rocco Rock of the Public Enemy and having worked with Les Thatcher, & Simon Dimond, Judas is one of the finest light heavyweights on the East Coast. Young has held gold in several promotions has wrestled several on both house shows and dark matches for WWE. Young is also no stranger to tournaments himself as he won the inaugural JCW (Jersey Championship Wrestling) J-Cup trophy back in 2001, defeating both Homicide and Senshi in the same night. Coming into unfamiliar territory as he makes his Upstate debut, Young's experience and high-flying, all-out style could make him the wild card to win it all this Saturday.

4. Ruckus

The "Jake The Snake of Getting Baked" is the current 3-time CZW World Champion and is a member of The Blackout (BLKOUT) stable. Ruckus also has a made a name for himself in other top indy promotions like CHIKARA, JAPW (Jersey All-Pro Wrestling), and MCW (Maryland Championship Wrestling), where he recently held the tag team titles with fellow BLKOUT member Sabian. Since his deubt, Ruckius has also spread his talents to numerious coutnries aroudn the world including Canada, England, Italy, Japan, and Germany. Ruckus has only wrestled a few times in Upstate, but has both Upstate officials and fans alike with his unique, unpredictable aerial attacks and uncanny athleticism. Ruckus also had what many considered match of the night in his match with "MDogg 20" Matt Cross last month in Buffalo at Ballpark Brawl VII. Watch out as this offensive daredevil takes to the air and will look to once again wow fans, and his opponents, in the Indytational.

5. Danny Doring
Danny Doring is a man whose track record speaks for itself, although Doring is never shy to tell you about it or anyone else who'll listen.
Originally trained by Tazz, Danny Doring was one of the first few graduates from ECW's House of Hardcore Wrestling School. Shortly after making his debut in a match against his former trainer Tazz, Doring embarked on a successful career as a tag-team wrestler.

Doring teamed up with another House of Hardcore alumnus, Amish Roadkill, and together they formed one of the oddest, yet most successful pairings within the ECW tag team division. The womanizing Doring, and the Angry Amish Warrior displayed a phenomenal tag-team dynamic, which led them to capture the coveted ECW Tag Team Championship.

Gaining the gold was a hard-fought battle, as they had to face tough competition throughout the tag ranks. Their quest for the Tag Team Championship was eventually successful, as they defeated The F.B.I in a knock-down, drag-out battle. After leaving ECW, "The Danaconda" moved on to become a household name on the indy circuit, winning the NWA Florida title, Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) Heavyweight title and Tag Team Titles, and is a former NWA Upstate World Champion. For a short time, Doring was also part of WWE's ECW roster until being released in December of last year. Doring has all the knowhow and the tools to be the Indytational champion, assuming he can keep focused on winning and not badmouthing his opponents and the fans which he's been infamous for doing in the past.

6. Jimmy Olsen

2007 has already been a tumultuous but successful year for Jimmy Olsen. Olsen lost the Upstate World Title in controversial fashion to former best friend and fellow Bruise Crew member "The Right Stuff" Brodie Lee in the WarGames steel cage main evernt at Annirversary Anarchy III. Olsen would bounce back and regain the title at Continuing The Tradition in June in one of the most, brutal, violent, hard-fought matches in Upstate history. But instead of sitting on the sidelines and resting on his laurels, Olsen has competed in CHIKARA, New Vision Pro Wrestling, NWA Empire where here successfully defended his Upstate title against Mastiff about two weeks ago, and recently started competing in CZW with his twin brother Colin. Olsen's work ethic, strong fan support, and never-say-die attitude make him one of the favorites to win it all. But how much did his war with Brodie Lee take out of him? Will he be in shape both physically AND mentally to possibly wrestle three times in one night? And what will "The Boss" Hellcat have in store for the champion? It's no secret the hatred the NWA Upstate owner has for Jimmy but what kind of plan does he have, if any, to take Olsen's coveted title away from him? And if he does have a plan, who's going to benefit from it?

All of these questions AND a whole lot more will be answered this Saturday night when NWA Upstate returns to the Minett Hall in Henrietta, New York for the Indytational.

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Oliver Newman sent this in:

Inside Anti Watershed Wrestling………. by Oliver Newman

Anti Watershed Wrestling Training Session

Date: Wednesday 26th September 2007
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Ages: 10+
Price: £5,
Training: Beginners
Location: Irish Centre, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands.

After being asked by a few individuals to come to their training sessions and write a report for them, I decided to check out the training school of Anti Watershed Wrestling and below is a thorough look into Anti Watershed Wrestling’s training school based at the Irish Centre, in Digbeth, Birmingham. The training took place in the upstairs of AWW’s home base (for shows) the Irish Centre, Digbeth. There were a number of mats placed in the middle of the floor, the trainees (including AWW Wrestler Ronin, LPW wrestler Aphrodite and AWW Referee Potter) entered at different intervals before 7pm, Dangerous Danny D (One half of the AWW Promoters) was there overseeing the session while AWW Champion Carnage was the guest trainer on this occasion. The session was broken down into three parts, warm ups, work and fun.

Warm Ups

- Squat Thrusts

- Star Jumps

- Press-ups

- Front and Back Neck Rolls

- Sit-ups

- Jog around floor

10 of the above each

- Stretches

After the warm ups, the work began……..

Work

Front Bumps - (Jumping and landing on your back), with a few trainees not quite doing it correctly. Carnage explained to them that they needed to do until it was perfect. Even doing the bump himself to show the trainees just exactly how it was done. There was a calm atmosphere, with people having a laugh and a joke and then being serious when they needed to be.

Front splashes - (Landing flat on your face)

Hip tosses (Two people involved in this one would stand and flip the over person over).

Clothesline

Lock up’s and transitions into other moves (Headlocks, Writslocks, etc) was then taught.

Crucifix into a Pin was the next hold that was taught, a lot of hilarious moments (Ronin attempting to do the manoeuvre) taken in good spirit during this part of the session. When mistakes were made once again Carnage would say to them, this is what you did wrong and he would then show them just how to do it right.

Crucifix into a sunset flip (Same as above just this time instead of the arms, you transition from the arms to the legs for the pin)

Splash (Carnage laid on the mat as each trainee splashed him)

Different Submissions were then taught, Arm bars and Camel Clutch were the moves of choice.

Different variations of the pin fall were then shown to the trainees.

Powerslams were next to be taught once again even though mistakes were made, Carnage explained to the trainees where they went wrong and had them do it over until it was perfect.

Suplexes

How to reverse a wheelbarrow into a bulldog (A move made famous by former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio) was the next technique that was shown.

Headscissors was the last and most difficult manoeuvre to be shown during the session.

Fun

The trainees were then allowed to have some time to themselves as the training session came to an end. Some trainees used this as a time to practice while others chatted between themselves. AWW Promoters Dangerous Danny D and Stu Smith then had a quick conference with the trainees.

Overall Thoughts:

I decided to make the short trip to AWW’s Digbeth training centre, because I wanted to gain some experience writing training session based reports. I had a thoroughly enjoyable time, I like Carnage’s training style, having a laugh and a joke with the trainee’s but being serious when the time came. It isn’t a style that is normally used in Professional Wrestling as you constantly hear about how the trainer is a ‘hard ass’ etc. I think it was effective as the trainees weren’t scared, they could feel at home training with Anti Watershed Wrestling.

Next Show:

TONIGHT!

Thursday 27th September 2007
14-20 High Street Derit End,
Irish Centre,
Digbeth,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B12 0LT

Card thus far…….

Spud and Desirable Danny D vs. Carnage and Potter!

Jonny Storm vs. Dave Moralez

Mad Dog, Latz & Nick Knight vs. Lee Hunter, Dan Ryder & Marcus Kool

Danny Devine vs. B B Steele

Ronin & making his AWW debut ‘Jamaica’s #1 Bobsledder’ Derice Coffee vs. Geraden &
Tommy Gunn

Ash Steele vs. Bill Duffy

Doors open 7.30, show starts 8pm.

Tickets are £5

For more info go to www.aww.org.uk

I IMPLORE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FANS OUT THERE TO SUPPORT BRITISH WRESTLING! ONLY YOU CAN MAKE BRITISH WRESTLING GREAT AGAIN BY SHOWING IT YOUR SUPPORT.

If you would like to contact me: www.myspace.com/brummieol

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IWS sent this in:

New Champions Crowned in Montreal

The International Wrestling Syndicate crowned a new heavyweight champion and new tag-team champions during Blood, Sweat and Beers 2007 at the Medley, on a night where IWS Owner PCP Crazy F’N Manny brought the Blood, the Dudleyz brought the Sweat and the fans b(r)ought the Beers!

Manny beat IWS champion Viking for the title with a little help from his friends D-Vyne, Jagged and Shane Matthews… and a little unexpected assistance from former Viking ally Beef Wellington. Earlier in the evening, Jagged and Shane Matthews lost their IWS Tag Team belts to the delight of the crowd as fan favourites the Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied) beat 2.0 for the gold. What everyone was talking about though, both fans and wrestlers alike, was the amazing effort of TNA’s Team 3D who came to Montreal to have a good time and to work.

IWS Blood, Sweat and Beers
Results - Quick and Dirty
Saturday, September 22nd
The Medley, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance: 823

IWS Tag Team Title Match: Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied) beat 2.0 (Jagged and Shane Matthews) in 9:06. New Tag Team Champions (16th Champions)

Damian beat Lufisto in 10:22.

Twiggy and Vanessa Kraven beat the SLI 2007 (Fred la Merveille and Kenny the Bastard) and Justin White and Tomassino in 9:56 when Vanessa hit Justin White with a power bomb and Twiggy followed up with a Senton Splash for the pin.
Tomassino replaced a missing Dru Onyx. (There was a death in Dru’s family.)

Sexxxy Eddy beat the Green Phantom in 13:54 after interference by Eddy’s guests Mitch Melnick and Andie Bennett of Montreal radio’s Team 990 Sports.

Kevin Steen defeated Jay Briscoe in 15:57.
El Generico and Mark Briscoe were both injured. Both got involved in the match anyway.

IWS Canadian Title Ladder Match: Max Boyer beat EXesS, KId Kamikaze and Jimmy K in 15:29 to retain his IWS Canadian Title.

Team 3D and Franky the Mobster beat Pierre Carl Ouellet, “Paranoid" Jake Matthews and Brick Crawford in 19:59 when Team 3D put Brick Crawford through a table.
After the match, PCO was ranting about how he has no competition in the IWS. Sylvain Grenier came out, announced that he was a member of IWS now and challenged PCO to a match for the next Medley show January 26th.

IWS Title Match: IWS Owner PCP Crazy F’N Manny beat Viking in 12:17 after Beef Wellington gave Viking the E. Coli piledriver. Manny is the new champion. 19th champion.

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IWS Blood, Sweat and Beers
Detailed Results

Photos of the show can be found here: click here

And Pat Laprade’s report of the show for Slam! Wrestling can be found here: click here

Blood, Sweat and Beers 2007 began with an energetic match pitting the old school stylings of the IWS Tag Team Champions 2.0 (Jagged and Shane Matthews) against the young daredevils the Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied) who got the crowd into the match early with a thrilling dive sequence. 2.0 did their best with traditional tactics – trying to isolate Stupefied for the win, trying to cut the ring off, but the Super Smash Brothers had too much energy for 2.0 to contain. Uno hit his M. Bison top rope foot stomp to the top of Jagged’s swelled head and Stupefied followed up immediately with a frog splash for the win at 9:06.

Shane Matthews would like it to be known that every time that 2.0 has lost a title match, it was Jagged that was pinned. Not that he is pointing fingers or anything. Also, 2.0 have never won a match at the Medley, not that Shane is looking for an excuse or anything.

I am going to sound like an absolute creep for saying this, but there is something absolutely inspiring about watching Damian just level a beating on someone, even if – heck let’s really notch the creepiness level up here and say ESPECIALLY if the victim is a woman - like the First Lady of Hardcore, Lufisto. Not that she did not put up a fight, in fact Lufisto demonstrated that she is the better grappler. Unfortunately, on this night, Damian was by far the more effective striker winning with a knee stomp to the head off the top rope at 10:22.

Back stage, nursing her bruises, Lufisto confessed to me that she was still working out the ring rust after her serious hand and back injuries put her on the shelf for six months, “You know that I broke my hand when Necro Butcher hit my fist repeatedly with his skull, so maybe I am a little too cautious about hitting someone really stiff. It does not help that I made my return from my injury fighting against women in the Association de Lutte Feminin. The fact is that a punch that would knock any woman in ALF on her ass except maybe Vanessa Kraven. You hit Damian with that punch, and I did, he just sneers at you and asks for more! Next time, I won’t punch him like I was punching a girl!"

Speaking of the beautiful and dangerous Vanessa Kraven, she made her presence felt at Blood, Sweat and Beers as Twiggy’s mystery partner. They had their work cut out for them though as Justin White replaced the missing Dru Onyx with the hulking Tomassino. When that brute hit Kenny the Bastard with knife edged chops it sounded like someone was firing a shotgun inside the Medley. Kenny’s partner Fred la Merveille supplied the comedy relief for the evening, coming to the ring in a Montreal Canadiens jersey and leading fans in “Go Habs Go!" chants. The six foot tall bombshell Vanessa Kraven summoned her inner She-Hulk to take out Tomassino, leading to a victory for her new team as she power bombed Superbrat Justin White, leaving him prey to a Twiggy Senton Splash for the win at 9:56.

From gossip back stage, Vanessa Kraven agreed to be Twiggy’s partner at the last minute, “Because I have nothing better to do," and while happy with the win, she sees no future for this team. Twiggy seems quite oblivious to this and envisions something a lot more permanent.

I should also mention that Dru Onyx missed the show after the sudden passing of his father, a fine, dignified gentleman who was a welcome guest at our shows when his son was wrestling.

It was my pleasure to act as hosts during Blood, Sweat and Beers for Montreal radio personalities, Mitch Melnick and Andie Bennett from the Team 990 ( www.team990.com ) They were there to cheer Sexxxy Eddy to victory over the Green Phantom. Andie had a legitimate beef with the IWS’ Hardcore Hero after the Phantom gave her a pile-driver through a table during one of Mitch and Andie’s broadcasts.

(To see that go here: click here)

It looked like they were going to be disappointed when the Green Phantom gave Sexxxy Eddy an absolutely disgusting Phantom Menace from the apron through a table on the outside. Phantom dragged Eddy’s carcass back into the ring, propping him up on the top turnbuckle like a scene from Weekend at Bernie’s. Eddy’s valet, Hottie Hollie tried desperately to save her frequent co-star, but her axe-handle wouldn’t have broken through a sheet of dollar store tissue paper, let alone stopped the Green Phantom. It did piss him off though, as the Green Phantom has long been an opponent of women in the wrestling ring. Mitch Melnick and Andie Bennett freaked when the Green Phantom looked like he was going to reenact his attack on Andie with Hottie Hollie as the piledriver victim. Mitch went low, trash-talking the Green Phantom from ring-side, while his partner in radio crime went high with Andie rushing onto the Medley stage from which vantage she blitzed the Green Phantom with her dr ink (some fruity lemon concoction). As the Green Phantom staggered blind, the IWS’ human rubber band, Sexxxy Eddy sprang to life for the pin at 13:54.

The fans were highly anticipating the match that would recreate the feud that has been burning up independent wrestling between hometown heroes Kevin Steen and El Generico and the Briscoe Brothers. Unfortunately, Jay Briscoe dislocated his foot in a motorcycle accident just prior to the show and El Generico was still recovering from injuries suffered in a ladder match against the Briscoes, so the IWS fans had to be contented with Kevin Steen vs. Mark Briscoe… which in my estimation was the Match of the Night.

The two men put on a clinic, starting out wary of each other tricks and gradually building in speed and intensity. When Kevin Steen looked to be in control, Jay Briscoe hobbled out on crutches to save his brother. When that eventually gave Mark the upper hand, El Generico limped out on a cane and somehow managed a one-legged OLE Kick to help give his Steenerico sidekick the upper hand. When Kevin Steen finally hit Mark with two package pile-drivers (the first on an open chair) for the win at 15:57, the crowd exhaled with a roar, suddenly realizing en masse that they had been holding their breath in delight for the last few minutes of the fight.

Just a quick kudos to both Jay Briscoe and El Generico who had every reason to stay home and rest, but instead came to the show (Jay on crutches, by plane, with a transfer in Toronto) to give everything that they could to help their tag team partners even if they could not actually wrestle.

Despite failing to win the IWS Canadian title, during the ladder match pitting Jimmy K vs. Kid Kamikaze vs. EXesS vs. champion Max Boyer, Jimmy K continued his meteoric rise through the IWS ranks. His triple stomp off Max Boyer’s back on the top rope, onto EXesS on the ladder and then onto Kid Kamikaze on the canvas was a thing of painful beauty. And I really want someone to get all Zapruder on the film for this match and count the rotations on his dive off the ladder. Because I could have sworn that Jimmy did two full rotations before hitting Kid Kamikaze. In the end, With Jimmy K and Kid Kamikaze having damn near kilt each other, Boyer was able to retain his title taking out the remaining man, EXesS by bum rushing him into a hangman on the ropes.

The painful irony of the hangman inflicted on EXesS is that in his legendary first match at the Medley during Un F’N Sanctioned 2003, EXesS faced off against and beat fellow IWS rookie, Kevin Steen. The not-yet Mr. Wrestling took exception to the loss and threw EXesS into a hangman on the ropes. No doubt this is a painful memory that EXesS will not thank Max Boyer for.

When the IWS announced that TNA’s Team 3D were going to be our special guests at the Medley, mixed with the enthusiasm was a certain amount of polite skepticism that “They will show up, collect their envelopes and go through the motions." I am here to tell you that when they came to Montreal, they came with their working boots on!

Brother Ray set the stage by accepting a pair of old school taped-up glasses and declaring, “It’s true, we are TNA’s Team 3D, but tonight Montreal, tonight, we’re going to be the Dudley Boyz!" While their teammate Franky the Mobster, wearing the Dudley glasses, looked on, Bubba Dudley led the crowd in verbally assaulting their opponents, Pierre Carl Ouellet, “Paranoid" Jake Matthews and Brick Crawford. Bubba stepped things up a notch when the crowd went from chanting “Losers" at PCO, Jake and Brick (“What does that make us?" asked Bubba.) to chanting “Whore" at Jake’s valet (and wife) Lollipop. “I have got five dollars American," Bubba asked Lollipop to the roar of the crowd, “What does that buy me?" Bubba announced that the match would be “An old school Dudleyville’s Table match."

With six mastodons prowling the ring (Franky the Mobster and Brick Crawford were the smallest guys in the ring. How often can you say that?) it was inevitable that the ring would be incapable of containing their fury. They rampaged through the merchandise section sending myself, Pat Laprade (editor of the Quebec Wrestling Almanac) and my assistant Steve Rockamaniac scurrying for cover. (This is exactly why I put our DVD covers on the tables empty.) To my surprise, Bubba took time off from battering Brick into one of our merchandise tables (not the flimsy plywood ones either, the Medley has these 500 pound monstrosities that they let us use) in order to spend time smooching Dru Onyx’ gorgeous cousin. (Devon was macking on every female in sight before, during and after the match and at a Medley show he was spoiled for choice. Bubba was more selective.)

When they got back into the ring, PCO, Jake and Brick were able to briefly isolate Franky until the Dudleyz came to his aid. With the crowd chanting “Franky Dudley!" Franky did the WASSUP spot on PCO as Devon and Bubba held the veteran’s legs.

In an amusing bit, Bubba shoved Devon who shoved Franky who shoved Bubba, before all three roared, “Get the Tables!" Setting up the tables gave PCO’s team a breather and a chance to win the match, until PCO accidentally took out Jake (instead of Franky) with his “Dat Blue T’ing" clothesline. The Dudleyz then combined to put Brick Crawford through a table. IWS Referee Bakais, perhaps not quite up to date on the rules of a “Dudleyville Tables Match", refused to award the Dudleyz the match as the result of the broken table and would not count three on Brick because he was wedged in the broken table with his shoulder off the canvas, so the Dudleyz shrugged and gave Jake the 3-D for the pin at 19:59.

I can not say it enough, the Dudleyz were GREAT. Not just in their match, not just with the fans, but all night. Gracious with their time, generous with their praise, even though the wrestler dressing room is on the second floor of the Medley, Devon spent almost all of the night watching the show downstairs from behind the stage and Bubba was there as well for most of the show. They demonstrated their immediate understanding and appreciation of the IWS product when the fans chanted “Dance Bubba Dance!" and Bubba did Fred la Merveille’s comedy dance to the roar of the crowd.

After the match, Bubba led the crowd in the traditional Montreal “Goodbye" chant to the losing team. He thanked Franky for being their partner for the night and polled the crowd on where they should go for entertainment, “Montreal, you guys have the hottest strippers in the whole world. I should go to Solid Gold? Thanks Montreal. Everybody, after the show, we’re all going to Solid Gold. Franky, you’re going to Solid Gold with us. Pierre, you were in the WWF. I kind of like you. You can come too… but not your partners!"

Bubba then gave away a piece of the table to a lucky fan, “Patricia, you can have this souvenir of the Dudleyz visit to Montreal. All you have to do… is take your shirt off! Just kidding, Patricia. She’s got wood. I’ve got wood!"

We all missed out Bubba. She was from Montreal. She definitely would have taken her shirt off. You just had to say please.

Devon then concluded by saying, “Montreal, you are most definitely the loudest when it comes to cheering the Dudleyz. So without further ado, O! My brother! TESTIFY!"

After the Dudleyz cleared out, PCO went a little berserk blaming his partners for the loss and declaring that he was sick of the lack of competition for him in the IWS. This brought out Sylvain Grenier who announced that he was in the IWS and that he wanted PCO at the next Medley show Praise the Violence scheduled for January 26th.

In the main event of the evening, the longest reigning champion in IWS history, Viking, faced off against IWS Owner PCP Crazy F’N Manny. The night that Viking won the title at Breakout 2006, the IWS title disappeared during a mini-riot led by Beef Wellington after Manny fast-counted the victory for then IWS champion EXesS. Beef threatened to lead the entire locker room and all the fans out of the IWS and when the Pied Piper proved that he could make good on his threat, Manny reluctantly restarted the match. In the fourteen months since, Manny consistently refused to replace the lost belt, refusing to spend money on a champion that he despised.

The irony of course being that Viking is a younger, crazier (and Frencher) version of Manny. They are both alcoholic brawlers. What Manny despises in Viking is what he hates in himself.

Manny promised that the main event would be a fight, not a wrestling match and the two men certainly delivered on that score, killing themselves with weapons and light tubes. Manny nearly decapatitated Viking by dropping a ring barrier on top of him and Viking nearly murdered Manny by jumping off the Medley’s second floor balcony on to him.

In the end, Viking was able to fight off the rather predictable appearance of Manny’s allies, his personal assistant, the smoking hot D-Vyne and his smirking softcore soldiers, 2.0. When Beef Wellington made an appearance and hit Manny with his famous top rope Ass Punch it appeared that Viking had the match well in hand. It was to the shock of everyone when Beef ambushed Viking with his E. Coli piledriver and with a demented glare left his former friend to be pinned by an equally puzzled Manny at 12:17.

After the match, 2.0 unveiled the new IWS belt and awarded Manny with it as the fans booed in disgust their new champion.

As much as I detest Manny (a lot) and as much as I hate the way that he has treated Viking (even more so), I have to admit the new IWS belt is AWESOME and I am glad that I was finally able to see it, even if it is around Manny’s waist.

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I would just like to mention that Kevin Steen will be wrestling against ROH champion Takeshi Morishima for the ROH title, October 5th in Boston. For my preview including exclusive quotes from “Mr. Wrestling" go here:
http://the-w.com/thread.php/id=33857

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The IWS presents: Freedom to Fight, Saturday, November 3rd, 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 7:00 pm, show starts at 8:00 pm, 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 .

The IWS presents: Season’s Beatings, Saturday, December 1st, 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 7:00 pm, show starts at 8:00 pm, 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 .

The IWS proudly presents: Praise the Violence, Saturday, January 26th, 2008 featuring Sylvain Grenier vs. Pierre Carl Ouellet at the beautiful, downtown Medley, 1170 St-Denis, near the Berri-UQAM Metro. Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Doors open at 7:30 PM, show starts at 9 PM. VIP tickets are $30, Regular tickets are $25. VIP ticket holders admitted first. VIP tickets are almost sold out so order them today. No reserved seating. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.ticketpro.ca or in person at the Medley box office. 18+. Card and times subject to change. For more information go to www.syndicatewrestling.com or e-mail Llakor@hotmail.com .

Our DVDs for each show are released through www.smartmarkvideo.com. Our biggest recent release is Un F’N Sanctioned 2007 featuring then NWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage - http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/main/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=prodshow&ref=iwsdvd0054&sid=3kk04hkib65w02eal6b66a85q4734bui . Our best-selling DVD from last year is Un F’N Sanctioned 2006 featuring Sabu’s last match in the indies before his re-debut on Raw (two nights later) as well as the crazy hardcore Fans Bring the Weapons match - http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/main/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=prodshow&ref=iwsdvd0043