IWA MID-SOUTH NEWS FOR 6/29/01
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by Stacy McMackin, Moderator

Tomorrow night, Saturday, 6/30, IWA Mid-South Hardcore Wrestling presents another action packed card at the House of Hardcore (1304 Highway 62) in the township of Charlestown, IN. Bell time is 8pm. Tickets are just $10 and $8 and will be available at the door. Fan club members can reserve their tickets in advance by calling (502) 569-1701. This Saturday will kick off what is sure to be two of the biggest weekends of the year for IWA.

Here is your card for Saturday night 6/30's show...

*****Six Man Tag Team Fans Bring The Weapons Match*****
MAD MAN PONDO & "Mean" MITCH PAGE & HIDO --VS.-- CORPORAL ROBINSON & ROLLIN HARD & CASH FLO

*****IWA Heavyweight Title Match*****
[IWA Heavyweight Champion] "Rugby Thug" TRENT BAKER --VS.-- THE NECRO BUTCHER

*****Maniac Versus Mat Technician*****
"Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal" SABU --VS.-- "Sexy" ACE STEEL

*****Battle Of The Gold Bond Mafia*****
[IWA Light Heavyweight Champion] CM PUNK --VS.-- "Classic" COLT CABANA

*****Texas Death Match*****
CHRIS HERO --VS.-- TARIK THE GREAT

THE SUICIDE KID --VS.-- RICHARD X

And then, on Saturday night, July 7th, IWA presents "Extreme Heaven 2001." Tickets for that event will be $18, $15, and $12. Bell time is 8pm. On the card will be Steve Corino, The Blue Meanie, Jasmin St. Clair, Abdullah the Butcher, plus all of your regular IWA favorites.

KING OF THE DEATH MATCH VIDEOTAPES
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Pre-orders are also being accepted for the video for a total of $30 plus $4.95 shipping, or you can get them at the building minus the shipping. Pre-orders will be accepted until July 1st. Email JFannin73@aol.com if you are mailing in a pre-order. After July 1st the price will be $40.

Also as a special deal, you can order a KOTDM 2001 tshirt along with the video and get $5 off the price of the tshirt. Therefore, the package prices will be $45 for M, L or XL tshirt and video, $48 for XXL tshirt and video, $51 for XXXL shirt and video and $55 for 4XL shirt and video.

The KOTDM 2001 video is a multi-camera shoot of the event, which includes locker room interviews with the wrestlers, as well as commentary by Dave Prazak and Axl Rotten, as well as guest color commentators, including American Kickboxer, Jim Fannin, Chris Hero, and Richard X.

Orders can be sent to:

IWA Mid-South
PO Box 21476
Louisville, KY 40221-0476

Any questions regarding orders can be E-mailed to JFannin73@aol.com.

DIRECTIONS TO THE IWA HOUSE OF HARDCORE
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Directions to the IWA House Of Hardcore From Louisville: Take I-65 North to exit 6A. From there you will take exit 10B. This leads you into Charlestown, Indiana. Follow that road for about 7 miles (stay in the right lane because it will split with Indiana-3). Past the split, you will come across a gravel road next to a sign for IWA Wrestling. Take a right on that gravel road and the IWA House of Hardcore will be on your left side. If coming from the North: Take I-65 South to exit 6A. Then follow the directions above.

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Visit the Official IWA Mid-South Web Site
http://www.iwamidsouthwrestling.com/
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Call the IWA Mid-South Hardcore Hotline
(502) 569-1701
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Post on the IWA Mid-South Message Board
http://members2.boardhost.com/iwamidsouth/

Next up is three sets of match results and upcoming match results in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa from now until September. This news comes from Tim Larson's Upper Midwest Wrestling Newsletter. You can subscribe to the UMWN at the link gimmick at the bottom, and you can read the archives at the Official Website of The World's Greatest Proctologist, Dr. Darin Davis.

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UPPER MIDWEST WRESTLING NEWSLETTER
No. 200
June 29, 2001
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Results/Upcoming shows
June

All-Star Championship Wrestling
6/22 Green Bay, WI
Beat the Heat 2001
- "Straight Edge" Eric Hammers d. Shifty in a strap match to win the ACW Television Championship due to botched interference from Adrian Lynch when Lynch tried to block Hammers from touching the last turnbuckle while Shifty was down. As Hammers made a dive for Lynch, he was inadvertently backdropped into the final turnbuckle, thereby winning the match and the TV strap.

- Sam Hayne d. Big Daddy Loker with the Satancanrana although Loker's foot was on the bottom rope and special guest referee Dino Bambino didn't see it...Ironically, Loker had Hayne pinned after the Abomination earlier, but Dino noticed Hayne's foot on the ropes that time. Hayne becomes the new #1 Contender for the ACW Heavyweight Championship.

- "God's Gift to Women" Kevin Krueger retained the ACW Heavyweight Championship over Kamikaze Ken due to interference from Angelo Stefano and Kujo in what many called the match of the night.

- Dino Bambino d. "Tasty" Travis Lee with the Bino Bomb.

- Adrian Lynch & Sheriff Johnny Emerald d. Hillbilly Hills & "Pimp Daddy" Rob Norwood after Shifty handed Lynch the TV title belt to clock Hills with. After the match, Kendra stuck her bosoms in Emerald's face, and Norwood and Hills used the distraction to double up on Emerald with a combination Pimp Drop/neckbreaker.

- Kujo d. Ruff Ryder Rashaan. Afterwards, Lynch & MPW beat down Rashaan, injuring his arm, but Hills & Norwood made the save.

- Big Daddy Loker d. Black Stallion - Shifty ran in afterward but was followed (and beaten) by Hammers and the strap.

- Sam Hayne d. Shawn Daivari.
-ACW website

North American Wrestling Federation
6/22 Jefferson, WI
The NAWF was in Jefferson, WI on Friday night 06-22-2001 for the debut television taping of their new program "NAWF Pro Wrestling USA" set to air on UPN 57 out of Madison on Saturday morning, July 7th at 11:30 a.m. Of course, tv spoliers do follow.

The crowd was around 75-100, and everyone was on one side of the arena across from the television camera. There was only one stationary camera, and I am curious to see how the show looks on tv. The referees for the evening were Jimmy Kennedy and Shauna. The ring announcer was Andy Arbuckle.

The results are as followed:

-Ryan Rogue and Brandon Blaze defeated Major Steven Payne and Private Chris Area following a total elimination onto the Private.

-Derek St. Holmes Esquire defeated The Screamer. The Screamer was all dressed up in Mr. Ghostface attire from the Scream movies. The end came when DSH countered a sleeper into a drop toehold and then immediately into the St. Holmes Stretch for the tap. I've never seen that one before. Nice.

-Mason Diggs defeated Tweak following the Gravedigger. I'm still waiting to see Mason's super-cool "springboard kick to the guy on the apron" live.

-Subhuman defeated The Wisconsin Chicken following his torture rack to a neckbreaker finisher.

-Rockin' Randy/Eric Freedom defeated Tweak and Damian following a swinging neckbreaker/top rope legdrop combo onto Tweak. During the match, Damian took a nasty fall on the concrete after missing a somersault dive off of the apron.

-Jake "The Milkman" Milliman defeated Mr. Intensity following a second rope headbutt. After the match, Rockin Randy and Eric Freedom attacked Jake, setting up the cage match showdown in the main event.

-Ryan Rogue and Brandon Blaze defeated Derek St. Holmes and Mason Diggs following a total elimination to Diggs. Afterwards, Rogue tore out pages of DSH's infamous Book of Knowledge.

-Matt Longtime pinned El Groovy following a high-angle DDT. Hey, Longtime has new tights. It's about time, those blue ones were only about 3 years old.

-In the main event, Jake "The Milkman" Milliman defeated Eric Freedom in a steel cage match. Jake bled a gusher in this one, covering his entire face... and most of his beard in crimson red. The end came when Jimmy Kennedy got knocked out after a collision. Rockin' Randy came in and swung the advantage to Eric Freedom, but Tank Thomas, who was returning from an injury, evened things up by powerslamming Rockin' Randy. Thomas then powerbombed Freedom to the mat, and back-up referee Shauna counted the pinfall.

Thoughts: I was surprised that the NAWF did not bring in a big name on their debut tv tapings to boost attendance and interest in the television show. Like I stated earlier, I am interested to see how the show will look with one single camera. There was also no commentator at the show, so I guess that will be added later. The NAWF has a great time slot, and I hope everything goes well. They just need to break into the Madison and Janesville area and start running shows out here. I know of a few good places they could run. All and all, a good show. It was a quick pace, which kept the crowd happy. There was no return date announced.
-Tracy Thom

Pro Wrestling America
6/23 South St. Paul
P.R. Morgan pinned Sheriff Johnny Emerald ... Ashley Xavier pinned Lacey after a spinebuster ... Big Daddy Hoofer (with General Chang) pinned The Jackyl Jason Jackson in a pretty good match. Jackson formerly wrestled in Bill Wasserman's WWA, but is now in the MPW camp. Finish saw Hoofer hit a Superfly splash for the pin. ... Shawn Daivari (with valet Serena) pinned Shifty to win the PWA cruiserweight championship. That was the match of the day. Intermission featured General Chang and his new bride redoing their wedding vows for the crowd with Sheriff Johnny officiating. The two had been married earlier in the week ... Big John Dodovich pinned City Slicker Jake Rickker ... Derrick Dukes pinned Ian Xavier.
-Tim Larson

Intergalactic Wrestling Federation
6/29 Kadoka, South Dakota
"Headliner" Jon Douglas vs. "Answer" Shawn Stevens for the UCW World Heavyweight Championship, Bruiser Bennett vs. Griffin and the "Maniacal Suicide Machine" Zane vs. The Big Unit. Public Enemy will be in the main event, most likely against the Highrollers (Austin James and TJ Powers or Ronnie Vegas). Others scheduled to appear: Bobo Brazil Jr., Ray Orndorff, Kenny Nash and the Bouncer.

Intergalactic Wrestling Federation
6/30 Sturgis, SD
at the armory

Wrestle America 2000
6/30 Coon Rapids, MN
at Grumpy's, 6 p.m.

Plymouth Championship Wrestling
6/30 Sioux City, Iowa
at the Castle on the Hill
Travis Deal vs. Faygo ... Big Money Showtime vs. a returning Inferno Kid ... Chris Canada vs. Beat the Champ contest opponent ... "Legacy" Jake Holmes vs. Jonny Blaze vs. Ricky Sprague "Winner of the Alan Richards Battle Royal invitational." ... Also, The new PCW champ Maxx Kalifornia, tag champs Eddie Vick and CasaNova, JT Wilcox, Terrence Turtle w/ Randi Gavin and more.

National Federation of Wrestling
6/30 Exeland, WI
at Exeland School, 7:30 p.m.
World Title Match: Tiny Tubbs vs KC Styles: US Title Match: Darkchild vs A Mystery Opponent: Main Event TAG Team Title Match: Amerikid & Rayzor Blade vs El Supremo & Shinobi: Superstar Steve Stardom vs J- Real: Chaz Kildare vs Dysfunctional Kurt Krueger: Table Match: Peter B Beautiful vs Romeo Valentino. For more info check out the NFW's website at nfwwebsite.tripod.com.

American Wrestling Organization
6/30 Austin, MN
Greg Kinney Memorial Show
In the Crane Pavilion at the Mower County Fairgrounds, 7 p.m.

July
French Lake Wrestling Association
7/3 Winona, MN
Star Spangled Spectacular, Steamboat Days, Winona State University, McCowan Gym, 7 p.m.
Mitch Paradise vs. Dr. Darin Davis ... Scotty Zappa vs. Chi-Town Thug ... Magnus Maximus vs. Horace the Pyschopath ... FLWA Midget Title match: Beautiful Bobby vs. Little Kato ... Whakked vs. Blood & Primetime w/ The High Rollers ... plus special Appearance by JR "the body double" Bonus.

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

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
Darkchild & Tiny Tubbs vs. Rayzor Blade & Amerikid ... El Supremo vs. Kurt Krueger ... Tank vs. Trailer Trah Tim ... Steve Stardom vs. KC Styles ... Ladder Match: Peter B Beautiful vs. Chaz Kildare ... Romeo Valentino vs. J-Real

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

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.

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

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.

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
The High Rollers and Whakked (Dan Jesser & The Hater) will be on the Classic Hits 100.3 morning show on Wednbesday, July 11. ... Iron-Range Championship Wrestling (ICW) will soon be starting an official e-mail fan letter. This fan letter will serve as a way for interested wrestling fans to become familiar with ICW, our stars, promotions and other info regarding ICW Wrestling. The fan letter will also give updates on upcoming dates and who will be coming and going through the ICW turnstile. We also have trivia contest with prizes being free tickets to ICW shows, match worn memorabilia and other great prizes. If you are interested please send a blank e-mail marked ICW FAN in the subject box to: halberg_wrestling@excite.com ... Adrian Lynch fans might want to check out this ebay auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1159883055

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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.)