NWA PRO WRESTLING PRESENTS
Official EWF & AWS Previews:
by Marco NelsonFriday June 20, 2008
Empire Wrestling Federation
“Old Town Showdown”
La Puente Restaurant
136 1st St. “Old Town”
La Puente, CA
Belltime 8:00PM
www.empirewrestlingfederation.com
EWF makes its debut in a brand new venue in the historic “Old Town” part of the city of La Puente. In addition to being the beginning of a new era for EWF, this Friday marks the beginning of a huge weekend for the dual EWF and AWS Champion Scorpio Sky! Sky has a shot at both the AWS Tag Team Titles and the crown jewel of them all, the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. But first he has an EWF Title defense and an opponent that he cannot overlook.
EWF Championship Match
Champion: Scorpio Sky
Challenger: Joey Ryan (w/C. Edward Vander Pyle)
Scorpio Sky is not the only wrestler with a weekend full of opportunity. Joey Ryan finds himself with opportunities to take the EWF Championship and the NWA Heritage title. Since Ryan and his tag team partner Karl “Machine Gun” Anderson lost the NWA Worlds Tag Team Championship back in February, Joey Ryan has made every attempt to gain singles gold in the very first company he ever wrestled in – EWF. After a near miss against then champion Brandon “Nitro” Gatson, Ryan has earned another shot with victories over Frankie Kazarian and the now former champion Gatson.
Will Scorpio Sky start the weekend off with a successful defense?
Will Joey Ryan finally capture singles gold in EWF?
Will Vander Pyle care more about Ryan’s title hunt or softening up Sky for Saturday night’s NWA World Title Match?
Women’s Wrestling Action
Candice LeRae vs. Aiden Riley
There is little doubt that Candice LeRae is one of the premier women’s wrestlers in all of SoCal. This Friday she faces a new challenge as she takes on the much-lauded Aiden Riley in Riley’s debut professional match. For months Riley has been in intense training at the NWA/EWF School of Hard Knocks and in La Puente she makes her highly anticipated debut. Can LeRae overcome the unknown or will Riley make her mark on the sport of kings by introducing us to a new queen of the ring?
Espiritu Infernal & Mercurio Jr. vs. Evan Jelic & Jeremy Jaeger
EWF’s future will be showcased in this exciting tag team encounter. Rising lucha stars Espiritu Infernal and Mercurio Jr. have spent most of their young careers facing bigger opponents and using their speed and skills to their advantage. This Friday they find themselves evenly matched in the size and quickness departments as they take on the tandem of Evan Jelic and Jeremy Jaeger. Air Traffic Control has been warned: any unregistered blips on the radar over La Puente will probably be from this match!
All this, plus much more EWF action!
Saturday June 21, 2008
SoCal Pro Wrestling
Boys & Girls Club
401 Country Club Ln
Oceanside, CA
Belltime: 7:00PM
www.socalprowrestling.com
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title Match
Champion: “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce (w/Vander Pyle)
Challenger: Scorpio Sky
Scorpio Sky’s huge weekend will see him have a once in a lifetime chance at becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the World. But to climb to the top of the mountain he will have to do what 9 months worth of competitors couldn’t do – take the title from Adam Pearce! Many argued Adam Pearce’s credibility due to the controversial manner in which he won the title in Puerto Rico last September. And while many of Pearce’s defenses have seen additional controversies, none can doubt that Pearce has been a true fighting champion defending the belt throughout the NWA against stars such as Brent Albright, TJ Perkins, Damian Wayne, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, Sicodelico Jr., Gary Valiant, Lil’ Cholo, Babi Slymm and more. Pearce has even brought the title to non-NWA organizations such as SoCal Pro and his highly publicized upcoming bout in ROH against their heavyweight champion Nigel McGuiness. Pearce will be making a huge mistake if he looks past the hotter than hot Scorpio Sky while Sky is at risk of splitting his focus by accepting three huge matches in one weekend. Most challengers only get one shot and Sky had better be ready for his!
Sunday June 22, 2008
Alternative Wrestling Show
“Bart’s Birthday Bash”
AWS Shop
19650 E. San Jose Ave
City of Industry, CA
Belltime: 4:00PM
www.alternativewrestlingshow.com
AWS Kingpin Bart Kapitzke likes his birthday. No, really, he does. He likes it so much that every year since the inception of AWS he has held a birthday bash featuring some of the biggest matches of the year. Bart’s 29thish Birthday Bash will be no exception as a triple main event has been signed!
Main Event #1 – Steel Cage Lucha Libre Grudge Match
Pilota Suicida vs. Shamu Jr.
There is no nice way to put it. These two men have beaten the living crap out of each other every time they have stepped into an AWS ring. No one is sure how it started. No one is sure what their beef is. All anyone knows is that Pilota Suicida vs. Shamu Jr has become the most intense, angriest and bloodiest feud in the NWA. This Sunday it all comes to a head as a 15 foot high steel cage will be erected to try and contain the carnage. If you watch only one steel cage lucha libre grudge match this year, make it this one!
Main Event #2 – AWS Tag Team Title 4-Way Dance
Champions: The Cutler Brothers (Brandon & Dustin)
Challengers: The Ballard Brothers (Shannon & Shane)
Challengers: The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson)
Challengers: AWS Champion Scorpio Sky & ????
So many questions to be answered before the match even begins. Will Bart decide to make this one fall to a finish or an elimination match? How many titles will Scorpio Sky hold after defending the EWF Title on Friday and battling for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title on Saturday? What shape will Sky be in after those contests and who will his mystery partner be? How much jetlag will the Young Bucks be suffering from after their highly successful tour of Dragon’s Gate in Japan? Will the Ballards wear their traditional Canadian colours or those hideous neon green outfits they occasionally show up in? Will the upstart Cutler Brothers maintain their cockiness in the face of overwhelming odds? If you watch only one 4-Way Dance for the AWS Tag Team Titles this month, make it this one!
Main Event #3 – NWA Heritage Title Match
Champion: TJ Perkins
Challenger: Joey Ryan (w/Vander Pyle)
On June 1st, at the debut NWA Pro/Mach 1 Wrestling event in Santa Ana, TJ Perkins joined a very short list that only includes current Worlds Heavyweight Champion “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce and the iconic Sean “X-Pac” Waltman when he captured the NWA Heritage Championship. Now Perkins must make his first defense against a man has given him many troubles in the past, Joey Ryan. Ryan and Perkins have had several jaw dropping contests that usually see Ryan come out on top with his feet planted on the ropes for leverage. Do not expect Perkins to fall for such shenanigans now that the prestigious NWA Heritage Title is on the line.
All this plus…
Scott Lost defends the AWS Light Heavyweight Title against Jerome “LTP” Robinson!
5 Big Guys in Masks (and one who maybe should be) – Los Chivos & Skulu vs. Plague, Extreme Loco & Black Metal
Aaron Aguilera in Action!
Women’s Wrestling Action!
Sonny Samson vs. CK Jackson!
MIKASA TACOS!!!!!!!!!!!
A Battle Royal featuring: “White Trash” Johnny Webb, Lil’ Cholo, Mikey Nicholls, Jason Watts, Charles Mercury, “Awesome” Lee Dawson, Willie “Yeah Dat” Mack, Sexy Chino, Ray “Biggie Biggs” Murillo, “The Golden Greek” Marcius Pittsonopolis, Johnny Goodtime and more!
It’s a weekend full of action and title matches! Who will come out on top when all is said and done? Be there to find out!
All cards and talents subject to change
