My Indyvelopments Archive is current as of yesterday. It goes back to March when I first started posting Indyvelopments. This is the 37th installment. Tomorrow I'll try to post another one. I need to update (pardon me while I put my hair in a ponytail) my WHOLE F'N WEBSITE to fix an e-mail address that went bad (I haven't been able to go to www.fnmail.com in over a month). That doesn't sound too hard, updating an e-mail address. Well, my website currently has 291 pages on it! It will take awhile, but it will (hopefully) keep my mind off of what happened two years ago tomorrow. I'll probably be sad tomorrow anyway though.

After I get my website updated, I'm going to check my Indyvelopments Archive to see who I've mentioned more between The Beautiful Dawn Marie and The Blessed Reverend Axl Future. I try to mention them both whenever possible.

All of the news in this edition of Indyvelopments comes from Tim Larson's Upper Midwest Wrestling Newsletter, which you can subscribe to at the Link Gimmick at the bottom of this post. The UMWN archives are available at The Official Website of The Good Doctor, Dr. Darin Davis, The World's Greatest Proctologist. It's good to see that Trailer Trash Tim didn't retire after all.

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UPPER MIDWEST WRESTLING NEWSLETTER
No. 201
July 4, 2001
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Results/Upcoming shows
June

Intergalactic Wrestling Federation
6/29 Kadoka, South Dakota
The UCW World Champion "Answer" Shawn Stevens defeated The "Maniacal Suicide Machine" Zane ... The Bouncer defeated Austin James ... The "Old School Texas Ass Kicker" Bruiser Bennett defeated Gryphon ... Itch defeated "Heavy Metal" Steve Stone ... The Big Unit defeated the "Headliner" Jon Douglas to become the no#1 to the UCW title ... Bobo Brazil, Jr., defeated "Made in Japan" Jason Ray ... The Public Enemy ("Flyboy" Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated The Highrollers w/ Lady Luck ...Gryphon and Bobo Brazil, Jr. were the final 2 in the 20 man over the top battle royal.

Intergalactic Wrestling Federation
6/30 Sturgis, SD
at the armory
Canceled due to power outage caused by severe weather.

Wrestle America 2000
6/30 Coon Rapids, MN
at Grumpy's, 6 p.m.
Sheriff Johnny Emerald pinned Shawn Daivari ... Shifty pinned Jake Ricker with the Peacemaker, who was announced as the Pace Maker ... Big Daddy Hoofer (with Ian Xavier) pinned The Jackyl Jason Jackson after a top-rope splash. After the match Hoofer and Xavier double-teamed the Jackyl until P.R. Morgan made the save and then challenged them to a tag match later. ... Ashley Xavier pinned Lacey in a ladies match ... Morgan and The Jackyl beat Cruel and Unusual (Hoofer and Xavier) in the main event.

Plymouth Championship Wrestling
6/30 Sioux City, Iowa
at the Castle on the Hill
Stevie Wallace and Chris Canada defeated Casa Nova and Eddie Vick after a Stevie Wallace Crucifix Slam for Tag Team Titles. ... Ricky Sprague defeated "Legacy" Jake Holmes with the Ocean Sprague Splash. ... A returning Ender defeats Terrence Turtle with The End submission. ... Maxx Kalifornia defeated Sheldon Maxwell with Faultline, Eddie Vick comes out and challenges Kalifornia for a Heavyweight Title match against his career. ... Travis "The Real" Deal w/ Millennium Militia defeated Faygo w/ Big Money Showtime with the Highlight Real. ... Chris Canada w/ Xtacy and Dana Wallace defeated JT Wilcox with Canadian face buster onto a chair. ... Main Event: Maxx Kalifornia defeated Eddie Vick with Faultline into some chairs and retains the PCW Heavyweight title a second time in one night and Vick leaves PCW. Eddie Vick and Maxx Kalifornia shake hands and Eddie Vick leaves the ring side area.

National Federation of Wrestling
6/30 Exeland, WI
at Exeland School, 7:30 p.m.
Wrestlefest 2001 Results, Next up War at the Wheel

The National Federation of Wrestling held its second annual Wrestlefest this past Saturday in Exeland, WI. Although it was a small crowd, they were very vocal in their support of their favorite NFW stars.

The evening started out with Dangerous Don Roux coming out for an interview. He mentioned the NFW website and the coming Storm. He then called out Darkchild. Darkchild took the mike from him and said he had a surprise for Don. Darkchild called out his friend Trailer Trash Tim, who came to the ring and shook Darkchild's hand. Don Roux then took the mike and told Darkchild the surprise was on him and the Storm had arrived. Trailer Trash Tim then hit Darkchild from behind and ripped off his TTT shirt. El Supremo ran to the ring to help Darkchild.

Chaz Kildare faced Dysfunction in the evening's first match. Chaz went to work on Dysfunction's arm but when he went for a tilt-a-whirl slam Dy reversed it into a reverse DDT. Dysfunction then began punishing Chaz hitting a senton bomb to the floor. He rolled Chaz back in and continued his attack. Chaz got a break when the two collided and both went down. Chaz hit his finisher for the win. Peter B Beautiful came from behind with a chair and left him lying in the ring.

The Real Deal J-Real came to the ring and began tearing into the crowd. Superstar Steve Stardom entered the ring and match number two was underway. Stardom was the quicker of the two, hitting several arm drags and working J-Real's arm. The two went back and forth until J-Real hit a low blow. Stardom came back with a sunset flip, accidentally pulling J-Real's tights down in the back. J-Real got mad and assaulted Stardom. After J-Real nailed a back breaker, he started punching Stardom. But this only seemed to fire Stardom up, who answered with punches of his own. But when he went for a back suplex, J-Real pulled a foreign object from his tights and hit Stardom in the face. Stardom went down and J-Real got the win.

Match three was a bit unusual. It started when Peter B Beautiful told the ref he had a crush on him. Romeo Valentino came out to face Peter B Beautiful and Peter B check the ref for weapons. From there, it got strange. Every time Peter got the advantage, referee Jimmy Kennedy would hit him or refuse to count. When Romeo went for his pins, Jimmy Kennedy would stop at two and tell the crowd he wanted to win one. After the third time of doing this, Romeo grabbed him. Jimmy Kennedy then disqualified Romeo for touching the ref. It appeared that Peter had won by DQ. Romeo said it was OK and even gave the ref a pat on the back. But when Peter came to have his hand raised. Jimmy Kennedy hit him with a stunner and an elbow drop. Jimmy covered Peter and Romeo counted. He then declared referee Jimmy Kennedy was the winner. Chaz Kildare then came out and hit Peter with a bat, reminding him they had a no DQ match next week.

Match Four was a US title match between Darkchild and Tim Storm (formerly Trailer Trash Tim.) Storm came to the ring with Don Roux and Stacey and brutally took the fight to Darkchild, concentrating on Darkchild's neck. He sent Darkchild over the turnbuckle and clotheslined him on the ring apron. But when they went to the floor, Darkchild reversed and sent him into the post. Darkchild then hit his Sniper line and Stoneplex and Storm rolled back to the floor. When Storm came back in, he cut off Darkchild by dropping his neck across the ropes. He then continued his assault on Darkchild's neck culminating with a DDT from the top rope. Darkchild rallied back and hit Storm with a Celtic Cross Splash in the corner. Stacey got up on the ring apron and got in Darkchild's face. Darkchild grabbed her and Storm charged at him from behind. Darkchild ducked and Storm hit Stacey, Darkchild then hit Storm with the Witchblade for the win. Roux's Crew stormed the ring and attacked but was cut off by El Supremo and Tiny Tubbs, who hit Don Roux with a spinebuster.

Next KC Styles took on World Champion Tiny Tubbs. Tiny manhandled KC with several suplexes but was cut off with a low blow. KC then missed a spin kick in the corner and flew to the floor. When he came back in, KC began attacking Tiny's knee. When KC began arguing with the ref, Tiny charged him. KC moved and the 400 lbs champion flew to the floor. KC tried to follow up with a suicide dive but missed. When the two got back in the ring, KC continued his attack on Tiny's knee. KC went up top for the Sensational Takeover but Tiny moved. Tiny then hit two big splashes and a clothesline that flipped KC over. He then hit his Hillbilly Stomp and Spinebuster to remain champion.

In the main event, El Supremo & Shinobi challenged Amerikid & Rayzor Blade for the titles. Amerikid and Shinobi started out. Shinobi got in trouble early when he got his leg tanged in the ropes and was hanging by his ankle. The teams tagged several times as it appeared Shinobi wanted Amerikid but Amerikid wanted El Supremo. Finally, Shinobi hit Amerikid with a spin kick and a gut wrench suplex but he then missed a moonsault. Both men tagged out and El Supremo & Rayzor Blade went to the ground, both gaining numerous two counts. Then the champions began brutalizing El Supremo. After a few minutes of this, Shinobi got sick of it and nailed Amerikid with a kendo stick. He tagged in and gave Rayzor two viscous kicks pulling Amerikid back in. The two went back and forth and hit simultaneous flying face busters. Shinobi was up first and climbed the ropes holding Amerikid in a wrist lock. He then walked out on the ropes and hit a big flying armdrag. He followed up with a Stoneplex. Both men tagged out and El Supremo showed the crowd that he was in fact adept at dishing out punishment. He was cut off with a rake of the eyes but managed to tag Shinobi. Shinobi sent both men down numerous times with double chops and Snakebite Slams. He locked in his submission move, Shiva's Bow, but Don Roux hit him from outside the ropes. Amerikid & Rayzor went to the top rope in opposite corners and hit the Ameriblade, a combination splash/elbow drop, for the win. They then attacked the defeated challengers but were cut off by Tiny Tubbs and a second Shinobi coming from the back. The first Shinobi hit Don Roux with a chair unmasked, revealing that he was in fact Darkchild. Darkchild then laid down a challenge for Roux's Crew to face him and Tiny Tubbs at the next show for the titles.

American Wrestling Organization
6/30 Austin, MN
Attendance: About 100
The show was a memorial for Mike Kinney (Gator's dad) so tickets were $10 a piece and they had special shirts and merchandise for the event, all in all, it was an okay show, but here are the quick results:

Aaron Corbin defeated Ace Corbin via DQ. ... Big Daddy Dolan defeated Justin Attitude ... Gator defeated Stutterin' Mike Stanlee. ... Will E. Mean vs Revelation went to a draw (I think) when they both beat up special guest referee Shimdog. At one point during the match, the ropes came loose so after it they had to take a 20-minute intermission to fix them... The Psychopathic Ryders defeated Tag Team Champions JT Skyler and Max (substituting for Justin Attitude, a photographer, not a wrestler) to win the belts. ... AWO Atlantic Champion Boyscout Billy Crookston defeated Griz and American Justice in a three-way dance to retain his title. ... AWO tag team champions the Psychopathic Ryders defeated Ace and Aaron Corbin after Ace turned on Aaron and left him to fare for himself. ... Kaos defeated AWO heavyweight champion Shimdog to win the title. There were a bunch of different special referees and attempted screwjobs like requiring 5 counts or changing it to a 2/3 falls match in it, but in the end it was Kaos who ended up with the win and the title. Crowd was really into the last match, but not much else.
-B. Boyce

July
French Lake Wrestling Association
7/3 Winona, MN
Star Spangled Spectacular, Steamboat Days, Winona State University, McCowan Gym, 7 p.m.
Scotty Zappa beat Chi-Town Thug ... JB Trask beat Dr. Darin Davis ... Whakked defeated Johnny Parks and Hellraiser Blood ... Beautiful Bobby beat Little Kato ... Primetime Lumpkin beat Magnus Maximus.

Wrestle America 2000
7/4 Coon Rapids, MN
at Grumpy's
Canceled

All American Wrestling
7/6 Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Civic Center, 7:30 p.m.

National Federation of Wrestling
7/6 Bruce, WI
at the Wagon Wheel
7 miles north of Bruce at the corner of HWY 40 and A
Three way dance for the Cruiserweight Title with El Supremo, Shinobi & Dysfunction; Tank vs Tim Storm, Steve Stardom vs KC Styles, Peter B Beautiful vs Chaz Kildare in a no DQ ladder match; Romeo Valentino vs J-Real, and Darkchild & Tiny Tubbs vs Amerikid & Rayzor Blade for the tag titles in a two out of three falls match. Tickets are just $5. For more info, check out the NFW's website at http://nfwwebsite.tripod.com.

Great Lakes Championship Wrestling
7/7 Ashippun, WI
at Firemen's Picnic
Tatanka vs. Tough Tom

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
7/7 Hustisford, WI, 7:30 p.m.
Firemen's Dance Hall

All-Star Championship Wrestling
7/13 Spencer, WI
at the high school
Former WCW and WWF announcer Gary Michael Cappetta will be on hand to ring announce for the show and sign copies of his book Bodyslams.

Extreme Brawl 6
7/13 Kenosha , WI
Shoot-fighting

Extreme Trials
7/13 Bloomington, MN
Shoot-fight. Main event Dan Severn vs. Lenn Walker

Minnesota Independent Wrestling
7/14 Fridley, MN
at the Main Event Bar, 3 p.m.
Robbie Thunder, K-Train, Chi-Town Thug, Johnny Parks, Big Daddy Hoofer, Playboy Pete, JB Trask and more.

All American Wrestling
7/14 Spirit Lake, Iowa, 8 p.m.

Plymouth Championship Wrestling
7/14 Sioux City, Iowa
at the Castle on the Hill

World All-Star Wrestling Alliance
7/14 Huron, SD
at Huron Arena, 7 p.m.
Jason Bates "The Streetfighter", Matt Burns, Derrick Dukes, Miss Natural, Che Physique and more.

French Lake Wrestling Association
7/15 Maple Grove, MN
at Alleygaters, 2 p.m.

Wrestle America 2000
7/15 Coon Rapids, MN
at VFW on Crooked Lake Road
This is a combination boxing, kick-boxing and wrestling show.

World Organization of Wrestling
7/20 Two Harbors, MN
at the fairgrounds, 3 p.m.
I believe this has been canceled.

Mid American Wrestling
7/21 Muskego, WI
at KP's Classics
Ian Rotten vs. CM Punk ... Dino Bambino vs. Kurt Krueger

Superstars of Wrestling
7/21 Eagle Grove, Iowa

Steel Domain Wrestling
7/21 West St. Paul, MN
at the West St. Paul Armory
Lenny Lane, Danny Dominion, Tony DeNucci, Travis Lee, Eric Priest, Magnus Maximus, Hellraiser Blood, Scotty Zappa, Brad Bradley, Rikki Noga, CM Punk, Colt Cabana, Nick Mondo, Ace Steel and more.

North American Wrestling Federation
7/21 Edgerton, WI

American Wrestling Organization
7/21 Faribault, MN
National Guard Armory, 7 p.m.

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
7/22 Kimberly, WI
at the Paper Festival

Independent Wrestling
7/27 Afton, Iowa
Union County Fair, 7:30 p.m.
TS Aggressor vs. Brent Filmore ... Gage Octane vs. Brian Ash ... Big Dog Barber vs. Mr. Destiny ... Kenny Backwash vs. Hard Cor ... Bobtown Brawler vs. Rampage Ruska ... Gage Octane vs. Vixen

Packerland Pro Wrestling
7/28 Appleton, WI
At the Checkered Flag

All American Wrestling
7/28 Brokaw, WI
Shaun's Bases Loaded, 7:30 p.m.

Plymouth Championship Wrestling
7/28 Sioux City, Iowa
at the Castle on the Hill

Extreme Challenge Trials
7/28 Clinton, IA
at The Pig Pen, 2 p.m.
Shoot-fighting

National Federation of Wrestling
7/28 Glen Flora, WI
Darkchild, Tiny Tubbs, Shinobi, Adrian Serrano, Steve Stardom, Lapean the Dream, Amerikid, Rayzor Blade, Peter B Beautiful, Kurt Krueger, Don Roux

American Wrestling Organization
7/28 Albert Lea, MN
National Guard Armory, 7 p.m.

Independent Wrestling
7/28 Danbury, WI

All American Wrestling
7/29 Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Civic Center, 7 p.m.

August-September
All-Star Championship Wrestling
8/2 Luxemburg, WI
Kewaunee County Fair
King Kong Bundy

French Lake Wrestling Association
8/3 Litchfield, MN
at the Meeker Co. Fair at Meeker Co. Fairgrounds, 7:30 p.m.
FLWA has been signed Nick Bockwinkle to appear. ... Main Event FLWA Heavyweight Title Match: Lenny Lane vs. Scotty Zappa. ... FLWA Tag Team Title Match: Whakked vs. Kamikaze Ken & Red Lightning. ... BOZO Suit Match: High Roller STX vs. Buck "Rock & Roll" Zum Hofe ... Ricki Noga vs. Tony DeNucci ... Mitch Paradise vs. Magnus Maximus ... Dr. Darin Davis vs. Iron Mike America.

All-Star Championship Wrestling
8/3 Kiel, WI
at the Gravel Pit

Minnesota Independent Wrestling
8/4 Fridley, MN
at the Main Event Bar
Nick Bockwinkle to make an appearance.

Pro Wrestling America
8/5 So. St. Paul, MN
in parking lot by Buckboard Bar on Concord

Ultra Championship Wrestling
8/10 Rapid City, South Dakota

Plymouth Championship Wrestling
8/11 Sioux City, Iowa
at the Castle on the Hill

French Lake Wrestling Association
8/12 Maple Grove, MN
at Alleygaters, 2 p.m.

National Federation of Wrestling
8/12 Ladysmith, WI
at the Rusk County Fair

All American Wrestling
8/17 Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Civic Center, 7:30 p.m.

Mid American Wrestling
8/17 Kenosha, WI

American Wrestling Organization
8/18 Owatonna, MN
National Guard Armory, 7 p.m.

All-Star Championship Wrestling
8/24, Gays Mills, WI
Crawford County Fair
Bushwackers

All-Star Championship Wrestling
8/25 Denmark, WI
at the Circle Tap
Bushwackers

All American Wrestling
8/25 Brokaw, WI
Shaun's Bases Loaded, 7:30 p.m.

Plymouth Championship Wrestling
8/25 Sioux City, Iowa
at the Castle on the Hill

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
8/30 Mineral Point, WI
at Iowa County Fair

National Federation of Wrestling
8/31 Weyerhauser, WI
Booster Days

Powerhouse Pro Wrestling
9/1 Stevens Point, WI
at Skipp's Bowl

National Federation Of Wrestling
9/1 Exeland, WI
Trout Festival

All-Star Championship Wrestling
9/1 Two RIvers, WI

French Lake Wrestling Association
9/2 Mayer, MN
at Bootleggers Bar

All American Wrestling
9/7 Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Civic Center, 7:30 p.m.
Night of Champions

All-Star Championship Wrestling
9/8 Fon Du Lac, WI

Minnesota Independent Wrestling
9/8 Fridley, MN
at the Main Event Bar

NOTE: You never know when promotions are going to cancel. Before traveling a long distance, be safe and try to double check that the card is still on.

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Midwest notes
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Who's who finished
Tim Larson's Who's Who in the Upper Midwest is finished. The 32-page magazine features about 300 profiles of who's who in the Upper Midwest along with 170 photos. In addition, the magazine has feature stories on Eric Hammers and Nick Mondo along with a few other items. It is sure to be a collector's item. To order your copy, send $5 and your address to:
Tim Larson
PO Box 202
Waconia, MN 55387.

Around the horn
Jonnie Stewart of AWA Superstars says his last match will be July 25 in Wilmington, Delaware. "No hidden reasons except that it is time to close one door and move on and my screenplay is going through the reading and purchase process and will require all of my expendable time," Stewart said. ... Don't forget: The High Rollers and Whakked (Dan Jesser & The Hater) will be on the Classic Hits 100.3 morning show on Wednesday, July 11. ... Judge Jesse has posted a new Judge Jesse's Court. Read it at: http://hometown.aol.com/jujesse/court.index.html. ... PCW in Grundy, IL, June 30: Damin Demonic & Tweek Phoenix b Smoothe Cousins, Frankie the Face b Magnum Conroy, J.T. Sexxy b Enigma, Stormrider b Jimmy Shalwin, Cocky Little Brats b New Bloods, Jimmy Jacobs b Soma Smoothe, Chickie Smoothe b Brenden Blade, Matt Maverick b Frankie the Face, Brats b Demonic & Phoenix, Eric Freedom & King Kong Bundy b Brian Dean & Terrible One. ... On June 22 in Warsaw, MO & June 23 in Eldon, MO for Harley Race's WLW, Ladies Champion Che' Physique beat Miss Natural. ...

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Good places
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Chris Dady's Minnesota wrestling website:
http://www.minnesotawrestling.com.
Check out this site, which offers good columns and a message board for local
discussion.
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Dr. Darin Davis
http://www.drdarindavis.com
(The good doctor has a year's worth of the Upper Midwest Wrestling
Newsletters in an archive.)
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