Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 1:58 AM EST

Nate Stein sent this in:

PWU 12/15: Demolition, Sandman, Too Cold, Blue Meanie & New PWU Title Belt
http://www.ProWrestlingUnplugged.com

Pro Wrestling Unplugged returns to action Saturday, December 15 at 7:30 pm to the New Alhambra Arena (former ECW Arena), 7 Ritner ST in Philadelphia, PA.

In action:
- Winner of an Over-The-Top Battle Royal faces PWU World champion Too Cold Scorpio for the title THAT NIGHT featuring: Sandman, Devon Moore, Eddie Kingston, The Blue Meanie, Primetime" Teddy Fine, Drew Blood, K-Murda, K-Pusha, Adam Flass,"The Panther" Tyrone Evans, Justice Pain, TJ Cannon, Bruce Maxwell, "The Livin! g Legend" Larry Winters, Lucky, JC Ryder, John McChesney, & "The Pitbull" Gary Wolf
- PWU Tag champions All Money Is Legal (K-Murda/K-Pusha) defend against The Bosom Buddies (Teddy Fine/Drew Blood)
- PWU Women’s Title Match w/ special guest Amy Lee: champion Annie Social is challenged by Cindy Rogers
- Ax and Smash, DEMOLITION in action
- Finals of the TV Title Tournament: Trent Acid w/ “Discount" Dewey Donovan vs. Aramis w/ “The REAL Pitbull" Gary Wolf with the winner facing Z-Barr to become the first TV champion
- PWU Women’s Title (special guest ref Amy Lee): champion Annie Social w/ “The REAL Pitbull" Gary Wolf vs. Sara Del Ray
- Also featuring PWU Commissioner Jugs, PWU Owner Tod Gordon, Justice Pain, Santa Claus, & More

PWU has teamed up with Santa Claus to help out the "Toys For Tots" campaign. Bins will b! e set up at the front of the New Alhambra Arena to drop off toys for children in need. Also, Santa Claus will be made available for photos!

Tickets available in advance of 12/15 from the PWU Pro Shop on ProWrestlingUnplugged.com and Ontario Street Comics on 2235 Ontario ST in Philadelphia. Tickets available the day of the event from the New Alhambra Arena box office.

Power Surge TV brand new EVERY WEDNESDAY at 8 pm on Comcast Philadelphia and Comcast Lower Merion channel 190 and online at ProWrestlingUnplugg! ed.com.

PWU Wrestling Academy presents The Sandman Seminar on Saturday, December 15 at 2 pm on Saturday, December 15. For just the low cost of $25, you can sign up at jk@prowrestlingunplugged.com for this rare opportunity.

The PWU Pro Shop at ProWrestlingUnplugged.com is conducting a special holiday sale. On sale for the low price of $15 is: Moore Than A Junior: T! he Best of Devon Moore, The Best of the Women's Division, and Volume 1 & 2 of Power Surge TV. These gifts are perfect for the wrestling fan in your family.

For all the latest on Pro Wrestling Unplugged, check out ProWrestlingUnplugged.com.

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Georgia Wrestling History sent this in:

NEWS

November saw the finale of the GCW Tag Team tournament with Hot Like Lava (Shaun Banks and Cru Jones) winning the GCW tag team titles. Hot Like Lava battled it out with several teams, steam rolling to the finals to defeat their arch rivals in GCW, Bad Company (David Young and Chris Stevens).

In addition to T.J. Mack as Marty Jannetty (as reported by Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer site), the Kennedy skit on RAW included several NWA Anarchy stars including Mikal Judas as Diesel, Shatter as Razor, Jeff Lewis as Shawn Michaels.

Nashville Wrestling's weekly show on Comcast Sports South came to an abrupt end after a twelve week run. After the show failed to air in its usual Sunday night time slot this week, announcer Scott Barry confirmed that the show was dropped due to financial strain in a post on the Mid-Southern Wrestling message board. The thirty minute show had featured old matches from Bert Prentice's USA Wrestling and Wrestling from the Chase from St. Louis, while they introduced the current talent roster with promos and vignettes. Christopher Love (Bert Prentice) and his protege Matt Boyce had a segment in every show. Other talent on the roster included Teddy Tender, Aaron "The Idol" Stevens and Shane Williams. On the 11/25 show, the last one to air, Barry announced that they would start airing new matches featuring the stars of Nashville Wrestling in two weeks.

NOTES

It is interesting that Hot Like Lava (Shaun Banks & Cru Jones) have been named the Wrestler of the Month by GeorgiaWrestling.tk, despite Banks missing the last half of November due to a non-wrestling incident where he was stabbed and could not work. We don’t dispute that the team is comprised of two of the best talents in Georgia today, and by all means they have our congratulations, but it seems odd timing for them to have gotten the nod with only a small amount of work together throughout the month. Banks was at the last GCW show, in Jones’ corner, but wasn’t overly active other than just being there. Recognition for this team would have made more sense after Banks makes a full comeback from the injury and they spend a full month in the ring. There were undoubtedly many other potential wrestlers that worked a full month and had equal or greater success.

NOSTALGIA

1933: Tony Padrone defeated Bill Crussell in the main event at the Fair Street Arena in Atlanta for promoter Jason Thompson.

1934: Paul Jones and Leo Numa wrestled to a draw in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Henry Weber.

1935: Young Americus defeated Al Olsen in two straight falls at the Supreme Circle Hall in Albany for promoter Frank Bettis.

1936: Dorv Roche defeated Karl Davis in the main event at Loew’s Grand Theatre for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Frank Speer, who was the special referee for the match.

1936: Farmer Mack defeated Petro Rossi by disqualification at the Northside Arena in Atlanta for promoter Frank Bettis.

1942: Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Charles Rentrop’s last card was held at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, with no stated reason as to why he chose to cease operations, but Sammy Friedman resumed in January 1943. We have no results for the card, but the main event was advertised as Jack Dillon versus Dorv Roche.

1953: Gorgeous George defeated Mike Paidousis in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones.

1956: Bobby Weaver (Arnold Skaaland) & Belle Starr defeated Freddie Blassie & Dot Dotson in the main event at the Macon City Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Fred Ward.

1959: Verne Gagne defeated Freddie Blassie to retain the US Television Title at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. The title Gagne defended against Blassie was actually called the US Heavyweight Title, and Gagne had been recognized as champion by the Minneapolis, MN, office since he defeated Dick the Bruiser on April 12, 1958, in Chicago, IL. Also, Johnny Weaver & Adrien Baillargeon defeated Ed Sharpe & Gorgeous George. During the match, neither Sharpe nor George wanted to tag the other in or out, and there was obvious bitterness between the two men.

1962: Choo-Choo Lynn defeated the Russian Crusher in a main event Texas death match at the Macon City Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Fred Ward.

1963: Bob Morrow defeated Luke Graham by disqualification in the main event at the Columbus Municipal Auditorium for promoter Fred Ward. Ward was not affiliated with the Atlanta office of Georgia Championship Wrestling at this time.

1964: Freddie Blassie defeated Mario Galento in the main event at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones.

1970: Ray Gunkel defeated Homer O’Dell & Buddy Colt in the main event handicap match at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones.

1971: On the “Georgia Championship Wrestling" television program hosted by Ed Capral, it was announced that as a result of injuries suffered in a match against Buddy Colt on December 3, 1971, George Scott would be out of action for the remainder of the year.

1973: Bob Armstrong & Bobo Brazil defeated Bill Watts & Luke Graham in the main event at the Macon Coliseum for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Fred Ward. Also, in a $500 versus mask match, Robert Fuller defeated Super Inferno #3, managed by J.C. Dykes. As part of the stipulation, Super Inferno #3 was forced to unmask following the match, and was identified as Jim Dalton.

1977: Ric Flair & Greg Valentine defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Tiger Conway, Jr., to retain the World Tag Team Title at the Savannah Civic Center for Jim Crockett Promotions promoter Aaron Newman. Flair & Valentine had been the reigning champions since they defeated Ole & Gene Anderson on October 30, 1977, in Greensboro, NC.

1979: Tommy Rich & Mr. Wrestling #2 defeated Austin Idol & the Masked Superstar in the main event at the Macon Coliseum for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Fred Ward.

1983: Ric Flair defeated Tommy Rich to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title at the Omni Auditorium in Atlanta for Georgia Championship Wrestling promoter Paul Jones. Flair had been the reigning champion since he defeated Harley Race on November 24, 1983, in Greensboro, NC. Also, Jake Roberts defeated Pez Whatley to retain the National Television Title. Roberts had been the reigning champion since he defeated Ron Garvin on November 11, 1983, in Atlanta. Brett & Buzz Sawyer defeated the Road Warriors, managed by Paul Ellering, to win the National Tag Team Title. This was the last of a series of matches and title changes that lasted throughout the week on the northern tour, with the title change not acknowledged until this match. Buzz Sawyer was billed as a mystery partner for the match, in a swerve alluding to the fact Andre the Giant would be the mystery partner. A match between Ted DiBiase and Buzz Sawyer ended in a double disqualification. It was reported that 1,950 were in attendance for this card.

2004: Sonny Siaki defeated Erik Watt* to win the GCW Heavyweight Title at the GCW Sports Arena in Columbus for promoter Jerry Oates. Also, A.J. & Damien Steele defeated Sean Evans & Vordell Walker to retain the GCW Tag Team Title.

2004: Chasyn Rance defeated Bobby Sanford and Mark Stevens to retain the SCW Cruiserweight Title in a three-way match at the Reality Martial Arts Center in Remerton, GA, for promoter Jody Peterman.

2004: Randy Orton & Chris Benoit defeated Triple H & Batista in the main event at the Savannah Civic Center for World Wrestling Entertainment. Also, Trish Stratus defeated Lita to retain the Women’s Title. William Regal & Eugene defeated Rob Conway & Sylvan Grenier to retain WWE Tag Team Title. Shelton Benjamin defeated Christian to retain the Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title.

– http://www.GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com

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The Union sent this in:

STATE OF THE UNION #20

UIPW News for 04 Dec 2007

HEADLINES

~ UNION Champion to appear on Live Audio Wrestling this Sunday night

~ Less than two until "THE END OF DAYS"

~ The 1st Annual NORTHERN LIGHTS CLASSIC is coming

UNION CHAMPION STEVE CORINO TO APPEAR ON "THE LAW"

LIVE AUDIO WRESTLING, the long-running Canadian wrestling radio show, shows its continued support of the UNION this coming weekend with a special interview with UNION Heavyweight champion STEVE CORINO. Corino's announced retirement date of Dec 31st 2007 is coming closer. With Corino set to defend his championship against "The Bastard Son of 1,000 Corpses" SEBASTIAN DARK at END OF DAYS, how does he feel about his promise to delay retirement for the duration of his UNION title reign?

The LAW is heard live every Sunday night from 11pm to 1am EST and is hosted by Jason Agnew and Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski. Currently, the Law can be heard in the following markets:

Toronto on CFRB Newstalk 1010AM

Winnipeg on CJOB 680AM

Calgary on the FAN 960AM

Vancouver on MOJO 730AM

Nationally on Star Choice satellite television channel 865

Or listen live online at www.liveaudiowrestling.com or www.cfrb.com

THE "END OF DAYS" IS FAST APPROACHING

The UNION of INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS presents "END OF DAYS" on Saturday December 15th at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall in Etobicoke, Ontario (3850 Lake Shore Blvd West at Browns Line). There is plenty of free parking for those who drive. The Hall is also directly adjacent to both the Long Branch GO Station and the the TTC's Long Branch streetcar loop, so it's easy to reach via public transit. Doors open at 6:30pm. Bell time is 7pm.

TICKETS are $20 each and are ON SALE NOW at the Legion Hall or via secure online purchase in the "UNION Shop" at www.wrestlersunion.ca. And remember, the event is open to ALL AGES, but for those 19 and older, the Legion Hall includes a FULLY LICENSED BAR. Fans are reminded to bring valid ID and encouraged to use public transit if they plan to purchase alcohol.

MAIN EVENT - UNION HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

STEVE CORINO (Champion) vs. SEBASTIAN DARK

"FIGHT TO BE FIRST" One-Night Contenders Tournament

Semi-Final A - REGGIE MARLEY vs. STERLING JAMES KEENAN

Semi-Final B - PEPPER PARKS vs. RICKY LANDELL

Winner of Semi-Final A vs. Winner of Semi-Final B

8-Man Tag Team Explosion!!!

THE FLATLINERS and WYLD STALLIONS vs. THE ALL-KNIGHTERS and OLSEN TWINS

Plus: the JONES OMNISPORT CORPORATION, JOSH ALEXANDER, "Impact" EDDIE OSBOURNE, the Masked Hideous BLOB, ANTHONY KINGDOM JAMES, the UNION debut of THE HORNET and much, much more!!!

COMING THIS JANUARY: THE 1ST ANNUAL NORTHERN LIGHTS CLASSIC

On Saturday January 12th 2008, the UNION will crown a new cruiserweight champion when it holds its first annual cruiserweight tournament: The NORTHERN LIGHTS CLASSIC. This one-night, 8-man tournament isn't just UIPW's attempt to bring together some of the greatest cruiserweight talent in the world. More than that, it is our way of honoring a fallen friend.

James Fawcett, who wrestled professionally as DEVIL BHUDAKAHN, was a member of the UNION roster in 2003 and 2004 in Erie, Pennsylvania. As the leader of the DEVIL'S ADVOCATES, alongside GLENN SPECTRE and JAKE GARRETT, he was co-holder of the first-ever UNION Tag Team champions. Fawcett was found dead in his suburban Pittsburgh, PA home on July 15th 2007. Jimmy grew through out his career to be a tremendous source of advice and encouragement to those with whom he shared both the ring and the locker room.

In memory of our comrade, the winner of each year's NORTHERN LIGHTS CLASSIC will be awarded the JAMES "DEVIL BHUDAKAHN" FAWCETT Memorial Trophy. The UNION wishes to extend our deepest thanks to the Fawcett family for their permission to honor Jimmy in this manner. A portion of proceeds from this event will go to charity to help in efforts to prevent suicide.

The first two participants in this inaugural event are "The Future of Fashion" SHIIMA XION and The HORNET. Six more participants will be named in the coming weeks.

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday DECEMBER 15th - END OF DAYS

Saturday JANUARY 12th - The 1st Annual NORTHERN LIGHTS CLASSIC

Saturday FEBRUARY 23rd - title to be announced

Saturday MARCH 15th - BEWARE THE IDES!!!

Saturday APRIL 19th - title to be announced

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The UNION of INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS is an exciting new wrestling promotion based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Union features a diverse mix of homegrown talent (including Eddie Osbourne, Rip Impact and The All-Knighters) and international stars (including Steve Corino, Sterling James Keenan and Ricky Reyes). UIPW maintains partnerships with promotions in Canada and around the world. For more information about THE UNION, please visit our official website at http://www.wrestlersunion.ca