Lucha matches headlined each night of the Showcase taping, which was fitting for Jay Cal’s View as I was already working on some lucha libre related commentary. Lucha Libre’s popularity has been on a steady rise these past few years thanks to the works of Lucha VaVoom and wrestling promoters who been savvy enough to tap into a Spanish Speaking audience. Locally we have several lucha promotions, running events regularly– Lucha Lords & IMW, FMLL, IILL and countless others. I think the work of ECW and WCW helped set a foundation for that style of wrestling. But that was nearly 10 years ago. Today the rise of popularity has even reached the radar of MTV and On Demand PPV. MTV recently added Masked Warriors show on MTV2 and On Demand has gotten together with Masked Republic to feature Viva La Lucha. I recently had the opportunity to speak with one of the partners in Viva La Lucha, Gabriel Ramirez on my Alliance Radio podcast. Gabe is the promoter of Pro Wrestling Revolution, which runs mostly in Northern California and occasionally in SoCal, but also have done tours in Portugal, Las Vegas with the Cauliflower Alley Club and has co-promoted events in Mexico. The Revolution, has used many SoCal Talents as well, like Joey Ryan, TJ Perkins and a handful of others. Pro Wrestling Revolution also has started an internet wrestling show called Uprising. You can find it by clicking here http://vimeo.com/12905351.
Matches on Episode 2 of Uprising include a NWA Pro Heritage Title Match Ryan Taylor vs Mr. Wrestling #4 and a Lucha Libre Special Feature Hijo de Rey Mistirio & Hijo Del Rayo De Jalisco Jr. vs CMLL’s Felino & Lucha Vavoom’s El Chupacabre
Is anyone else blown away with the SoCal Pro Wrestling Action Figures? The first series of Five of SoCal Pro’s Wrestlers will be released this month. The first five are SoCal Crazy, Ricky Mandel w/ Robe, Chimaera, and RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime w/ Pad and Johnny Yuma.) The figures will sell for $10 Each or the entire set for $40. The figures will be available at SoCal Pro Wrestling Shows. For more info check out SoCalProWrestling.com or Wrestlewarehouse.com
The Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy announced earlier this week that their new training dojo will be opening in Bell Gardens. Starting July 2010, the SBWA will offer seven days a week. With new additions to the training facilities. Boxing will be added to the schedule along with the addition of The Ballard Brothers’ Kayfabe College. The Ballards previously were helping to train at AWS. The Santino Bros are offering FREE open ring time to trained wrestlers in the month of July. Check out the training schedule for times. Contact admissions at 323.896.3017, log onto http://www.SantinoBros.net, or email info@santinobros.net *Please note that to qualify for open ring time, you must be a trained wrestler and receive the approval of the SBWA staff.
Upcoming Events
Friday Night again promises to be one of the most active nights of wrestling in Southern California. AWA Pro Wrestling’s Friday Night Live returns to San Diego on July 2nd from the 3366 Adams Ave. at the Unity Lodge in San Diego. The Show has a 7PM belltime and tickets are $13. Both AWA titles will be defended when AWA Heavyweight Champion Todd Chandler will defend against Evan Jelik and AWA Continental Champions Tommy Wilson will take on Threat. Also on the card SoCal Crazy vs. Chris Kadillac, Matt Twizted vs. Diamond Azul, plus a “Call Your Shot” Battle Royal.
Further up the 5 FWY NWA Pro/Mach-1’s Friday Fight Night returns to the American Sports Center at 1500 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim, CA 92805. Bell time 8:05PM, doors open at 7:30. Tickets are $6 for adults, $3 for students w/ ID and children 12 and under. In action this week, The NWA Pro/M1W Heritage Tag Team Champions will be in singles competition when Johnny Yuma takes on Leo Blaze and Johnny Goodtime will take on “Pretty” Peter Avalon (w/ Mr. Biggz). A battle of hot streaks will take place when Cedric The Hitman takes on Scorpio Sky. And in the Main Event, M1W Championship Match Willie Mack will defend against Jacob Diez. Also in action, Rising Son, Andrew Hellman, Brandon Parker, David Flex, Kyle Webb, and Kyu.
Also on Friday NWA Pro/Empire Wrestling Federation continues their Superstars of Summer 2010 Tour on Friday Night and Saturday Night. July 2nd, EWF returns to Knights of Columbus Hall at 4315 N. Vince Ave., Covina CA. Tickets are $11 for Adults and $6 for Kids. The doors open at 8PM. This show marks the highly anticipated return of TOOL. Also Shaun Ricker will challenge for Ryan Taylor’s EWF Heavyweight Championship, SoCal Crazy takes on Extreme Loco, plus a Six Man Tag Team Mayhem Match. Then the next night EWF will be at the The Corner of Court St. and E St., next to City Hall in Downtown San Bernardino. Shows starts at 2:30pm, This is a Free Event. The Court Street Chaos will feature: Ryan Taylor, Roger Ruiz, Chris Kadillak, Mexican Warrior, Extreme Loco, H.J. Starr, Coconut Joe, Mike Mountain, Slam Duncan, Tool, and the Brute.
The long three day weekend wraps up back down the 5 FWY. Pro Wrestling returns to the San Diego/Del Mar Fair at 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. in the city of Del Mar. Pro Wrestling returns to the fair, featuring the Worlds Greatest Intercontinental Champion of All Time and the talent of SoCal Pro Wrestling; The Honkeytonk Man, SoCal Pro Heavyweight Champion Ricky Mandell, SoCal Crazy, Tommy Wilson, Johnny Yuma, Jason Redondo, ‘Rowdy” Ryan Stone and more. The wrestling show is free with Fair Admission which is $13 for Adults, $7 for Senior Citizens and Children 6-12, and Free for kids 5 and younger. All three shows will take place at the Paddock Green with start times of 12PM, 2PM, and 4PM on the final day of the Fair, Monday the 5th.
Results
NWA Pro/SoCal Pro Wrestling
The Showcase
Oceanside Boys and Girls Club
Oceanside, CA
June 25th, 2010
Northwest Express def. Lovin Nick Lovin and Terry Cameron
Big Babi Slymm def. Angel Armani
M1W Heavyweight Champion Willie Mack and Atsushi Sawada def. Anchors Away
Scorpio Sky defeated Tommy Wilson
Natural Selection w/Percy Pringle III def. Juice Robinson and Rene Carbajal
Six-Man Tag
SoCal Crazy, Hector Canales, and Aerial Star def. SoCal Pro Champion Ricky Mandel, “Pretty” Peter Avalon, and Brandon Parker.
M1W Heritage Tag Titles
RockNES Monster def. Los Luchas
Sean Waltman def. Nelson Creed
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championhip Match
Adam Pearce def. Joey Ryan
Main Event
Blue Demon Jr. def. Mascara Sagrada
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NWA Pro/Mach-1
Friday Fight Night
American Sports Center
Anaheim, CA
June 25th 2010
Cedric the Hitman def. Todd Chandler
Jason Watts def. David Flex
Mike Meyers & Jacob Diez def. Leo Blaze & Josh Worthy
James Morgan def. Nick Madrid
Special Attraction
TJ Perkins def. Ryan Taylor
Main Event
Kyle Webb w/David Troy def. Mikey Callahan
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Battleground Pro Wrestling
Wrestlers of Mass Destruction
American Legion Post #716
Los Alamitos, CA
June 26th, 2010
Tag Team Round Robin Match
“Criminal” Chris Lyonz & Mike Dilinger def. Foob Dogg & Mikey Callahan
Joey “Rico” Dyanmite def. Sexy Chino
Tag Team Round Robin Match
The Latin Heartthrobs (Hector “El Chido” Canales & Val Viper) def. The Stepfamily (Buford Tucker & Drunk Uncle Ronnie)
Roadhouse (w/ Rufio Vega) vs. The Awesome Plague ended in a DCO
4-way Wildcard for the Contract Combat battle royal
LOUcha Machine def. Ray Rosas, “Top Shelf” Jeremy Jaeger, & Dragon Mask
(When it was announced that one of the other Contract Combat competitors wouldn’t make it to the battle royal, Dragon Mask filled it in when he pinned Ray Rosas after throwing out Jeremy Jaeger)
BPW Maximum Champion
Robbie Phoenix def. Tank Alvarado (w/ Rufio Vega) by DQ. Tank retains
BPW Heavyweight Championship
“Big Nasty” Jason Watts (w/ Christian Cole) def. Extreme Loco
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NWA Pro/EWF
The Showcase
Stardust Rollerskating Rink
San Benardino, CA
June 28th 2010
“Mighty” Mike Mountain def. Eddie Mattson
Fatal Four Way EWF Cruiser Championship Match
Ray Rosas def. Brandon Parker, Chris Kadillak, and Peter Avalon
Big Babi slym def. Bobby LeGrand
NWA Heritage Tag team Championship
RockNES Monster def. Nortwest Express
Atsushi Sawada def. Orion
Terex def. Omar Slam Duncan
NWA Pro/Mach-1 Heavyweight Championship Match
Willie Mack def Nelson Creed
Six-Man Tag
Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, “Magnum” Joey Ryan and Scorpio Sky def. NWA Worlds Champion “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce (w/ C. Edward Vanderpyle) and Natural Selection (w/ Percy Pringle III).
Main Event
Blue Demon Jr. and EWF Tag Team Champions SoCal Inferno def. Los Luchas & Mascara Sagrada
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