In the 70 days in between the last NBWA show on October 3rd, and the net NBWA show on December 12th there have been a number of changes to the NBWA roseter, most notably the departure of the NBWA Heavyweight Champion, Issan Hadeev.  Just days after winning the award for the NBWA's "Heel of the Year", and also winning an award for the NBWA's "Match of the Year", Issan Hadeev made the announcement via his Myspace page that he was walking away from the world of wrestling.  When asked what brought about this sudden decision, the response was that Issan Hadeev was going on a quest for religious enlightenment.

With that said, the NBWA's Board of Directors had the unenviable task of deciding how to handle the title vaccancy, that was fair to the NBWA roster, and entertaining to the NBWA's fans.  After much deliberation, the decision was made that a brand new NBWA Heavyweight Champion would be crowned in Rantoul, IL on December 12th, via an eight man, single elimination tournament, to be called the NBWA's "Tournament of Champions".  Included in this tournament would be representatives of the NBWA's past and present, with one common factor...they have all held NBWA gold at one time or another. 

With that being said here is a glance at the 8 men chosen to participate in the "Tournament of Champions"

The 2009 NBWA Year End Award Ceremony was a very quaint and intimate affair, which was quite fitting in regards to the year as a whole.  The ceremony was a time for reflection, celebration,  and more importantly an opportunity to look forward to the future of the NBWA.

The ceremony's first award handed out was for the NBWA's "Personality of the Year".  The nominee's for the award were last years winner of the award, Eric Loy, "The Don" Kato Morales, Miss Amanda, Serenity, and Jon Castle.

After the award was given an upset Cyclone confronted Jimmy Karryt calling a recent loss to Karryt a fluke win, and challenged Karryt to a rematch at the next NBWA event on December 12th in Rantoul.  Not only will the Heritage Wrestling Coalition title be on the line but Cyclone said that if he cannot defeat Karryt he will unmask and retire from wrestling!


The next award given was the 2009 NBWA "Fan Favorite" award.  The nominee's for this years award were:  Angelo Santelli, "Bloody" Harker Dirge, Cheapshot McGrot, and DaCobra.




The next piece of hardware handed out was for the 2009 match of the year in the NBWA.  The nominee's for this award were the 2009 NBWA Invitational Battle Royal, Jason Vendetta vs DaCobra in a Ladder Match for the 2008 Alberta J. Murray Memorial Trophy.  Issan Hadeev's overall 5 match performance in the 2009 Alberta J. Murray Memorial Tournament, ( Issan vs Kahagas,  Issan vs Cecil Cerveza,  Issan vs Vic "The Pitbull" Santelli,  Issan vs Angelo Santelli, and Issan vs Nick Cutler) and DaCobra vs Kahagas.

Unfortunately, the NBWA has made the "official" announcement today that the event scheduled for Sunday, September 13th has been canceled. 

This does NOT mean that the NBWA is closing it's doors, rather, it means that new doors will be opening.  According to "The Don"  the NBWA is currently in negotiations with a different venue to hold NBWA wrestling events.

I will promptly post more information as it becomes available.

Once again the NBWA would like to apologize to it's fans.  We are working to solve this venue delima as quickly as possible.

In the opening contest, Aaron and Jeff defeated the team of "Dangerous" Drew Thomas and Wayne Shocker when Jeff scored a pin fall over Drew.  Drew Thomas had Aaron locked in a "sharp shooter" when Jeff entered the ring and hit Drew with a swinging neckbreaker.  The referee unsure who was the legal man in the match allowed Jeff to cover DDT for the 3 count.

New Heritage Wrestling Coalition Champion, Matt Cage came to the ring and boasted about how he broke Angelo Santelli's shoulder in five places last Saturday at GAW, and now Angelo will require reconstructive shoulder surgey to fix the damage.  Cage then issued an open challenge to "whichever jackoff wants to face me".  Simply Divosi answered Cage's challenge in an attempt to avenge his best friend Angelo.  Divosi was victorious in the match, but alas it was a win by disqualification when Matt Cage hit Divosi with his golf club.

Shepard Sharp shocked the NBWA fans in attendance by getting a pin fall victory over "The Dominican Prince" Cecil Cerveza.  Cecil was going to go for a "Roll the Dice" but Shepard was able to block it, then turn Cecil around and had him in position for a backslide,  Cecil was able to  fight it momentarily, that is until Shepard kicked Cecil in the nether regions.  Cecil went down in the backslide for a 1...2...3.

Danny McKay and Cheapshot McGrot locked horns this afternoon in Indianola.  Renewing somewhat of an old rivalry from a  many months back when the two had battled in many tag team matches when Cheapshot was 1/2 of The World's Greatest Masked team, and McKay was a member of The Killer Bee's.  In this afternoon's battle Cheapshot was the winner scoring a pin fall victory over McKay following a  "mcgillicutty".

In their first defense of the NBWA Tag Team Titles, "Fabulous" Jason V. and Serenity had their hands full with the tag team of "The Irish Playboy" Justin Clark and "Super" Jimmy Karryt.  Jason V. and Serenity were victorious in their first defense getting a win via submission when Justin Clark tapped out to Jason V's finisher "The Claim to Fame".

In the main event for the afternoon, The new NBWA Heavyweight Champion, Issan Hadeev was to face off against the new Mid-West Champion Vic "The Pitt Bull" Santelli, with only the Heavyweight Title on the line.  This match saw some brutal action both inside and outside of the ring, as these two heavy hitters battled it out for the top prize in the NBWA.  It looked as though Pit Bull was going to pull off the win when he was going for his finishing move, the "Lock Jaw".  Pit Bull hit Hadeev with the knee to the head, but as Pit Bull was winding up for the big lariat, Hadeev ducked and rolled up Pit Bull from behind for the 3 count.

The NBWA would like to thank the town of Potomac for letting us put on our show for your annual freedom Festival.  It's both an honor and a privilege to be a part of such a big event!  Unfortunately we wish the show would have gone off without a hitch, but due to thunderstorms that afternoon the beginning of the show was delayed for a little over an hour, but that didn't stop the stars of the NBWA, or the great fans we have in Potomac!

The show was kicked off with the ring announcer for the day, Miss Carrie Shaw,  welcoming all the fans in attendance to another edition NBWA Championship Wrestling. We jump head first into a NBWA Heavyweight Title match between the challenger, Jimmy "24" Karryt, and the champion, "The Prime Cut" Nick Cutler.  The match started off with a quick series of school bot roll up's from Karryt trying to catch the champ off guard but they were to no avail, as it only seemed to anger Cutler.  Cutler answered back with a vengence as he was looking to make the young Jimmy Karryt pay for making the champ look vulnerable.  Cutler pummeled Karryt for the middle part of the match, but Karryt nearly hit one of his trademark maneuvers, The Super Kick, but luckily for Cutler he was able to dodge that  bullet, and shortly after Karryt went for a split leg moonsault, but Cutler brought his knee's up to Karryt's midsection to knock the wind out of the rookie.  Cutler then hit his finishing maneuver "The Prime Finish"  (a standing leg drop to the back of the head) on Karryt, but then not happy with just one, Cutler took it upon himself to give Karryt a second "Prime Finisher" for good measure.  Cutler covered Karryt for the three count and the win.

Winner by pinfall: The NBWA Heavyweight Champion "The Prime Cut" Nick Cutler

Next on the card was a singles match up between the former NBWA Heavyweight Champion "Dangerous" Drew Thomas and the former No-Limits Champion, "Hero of the Day" Danny McKay.  The match started off as a popularity contest as DDT and McKay tried to see who the crowd favored more, but it was a no contest, the crowd was totally behind Drew.  When the match finally got under way it was a very exciting wrestling match that saw many classic wrestling moves like wrist locks, waist locks, a belly to back suplex, and they even went Grecko-Roman and even took  turns getting into the clinch position.  As the match continued it looked as though Drew was going to get a victory with a small package, but McKay was able to roll it over and put Drew's shoulders to the mat for a three count.

Winner by pinfall:  "Hero of the Day" Danny McKay

Following the match DDT and referee Chad Tally got into quite a heated argument over weather or not Drew had gotten his shoulder up at the last minute, but Tally wouldn't hear any of it.  Danny McKay was the winner!

Next up was the introduction of Aaron Matthews who had come to the ring with a rain poncho on that he was happy to tell the crowd that he had bought at the local "Kasey's" general store so that he would not have to get his "Pretty & Sexy" body wet from all the rain that afternoon.  Aaron's opponent for the afternoon was the debuting Eric Marx.  In the opening moments of the match Aaron insisted on wrestling with the rain poncho still on, but all it took was Marx to lock up with Aaron  for Aaron to realize that wrestling with a  rain poncho on wasn't very practical!  So Aaron rolled out of the ring so he could have a chance to remove it, but Marx was right on his tail.  The match continued on the outside of the ring and eventually found it's way onto the trailer that was used to haul the NBWA ring to Potomac.  After Marx gave Matthews a vertical suplex onto the trailer, the two combatants found their way back into the ring where that action continued.  Both Marx and Matthews had shown plenty of offense in the match, and it looked as though Eric Marx was going to finish off Aaron with a moonsault from the top rope, but Marx took a little too long to get into position and Matthews was able to move out of harms way, and then Matthews was the one who took to the top rope.  Aaron Matthews hit his finishing maneuver, "The Shooting Star Press" and claimed a victory over Eric Marx.

Winner by pinfall:  Aaron Matthews

 
Next up was a match between "Fabulous" Jason V and 'The Irish Playboy" Justin Clark.  These two  former allies were getting set to do battle when Jason V. locked Playboy in a reverse waist lock, and seemed to enjoy the hold just a little too much, but Playboy was able to escape the hold with a disgusted look on his face and asked Jason "What are you doing", and Jason V. responded by batting his eyelashes playfully.  Then it was down to business, well as close to "business" as you can get with the bizzare new attitude of "Fabulous" Jason V.  Throughout the match Playboy relied on his size and strength to gain the upperhand over Jason V. with a scoop slam, a bear hug, and a full nelson powerbomb, and Jason V. used his mat wrestling techniques and wrestling holds to wear down the Irish Playboy.  Utilizing a bear hug of his own....no no use.... a reverse chin lock, and a sleeper hold.  But in the end there is always one hold you have to lookout for from Jason V., "The Claim to Fame", and in the end, it was that hold that spelled the end for Justin Clark.  Jason V. locked in the finishing maneuver, and Playboy had no choice but to tapout.

Winner by submission:  "Fabulous" Jason V.

For the main event of the afternoon, "The Unpredictable" Cyclone was challenging one half of the NBWA Tag Team Champions, Cecil Cerveza.  Before the match could get under way Cyclone wanted to address the fans in Potomac, demanding that they all stand up and show Cyclone the respect that he deserved!  Needless to say after the insults Cyclone was hurling twards the fans in Potomac, he wasn't going to get one bit of respect from the crowd.   The match was an action packed main event that showcased two of the most under rated stars in the NBWA.  But unfortunately, we weren't able to get a clean winner in the match because as Cecil was going for a cover after a head-butt from the top rope, Jason V. and Aaron Matthews attacked Cecil, giving Cecil the win by disqualification.

Winner by DQ: Cecil Cerveza

As the 3 on 1 assault on Cecil continued, "Dangerous" Drew Thomas and Jimmy Karryt ran in to give Cecil a hand, and ran Cyclone, Jason V. and Aaron out of the ring.  Drew then got on the microphone and issued a challenge for a 6 man tag team match.  So now we have a six man tag team match set between Cecil Cerveza, "Dangerous" Drew Thoma, and Jimmy Karryt vs Cyclone, "Fabulous" Jason V. and Aaron Matthews.  At first they were hesitant to accept the challenge, but the official for the match, Angelo Santelli ordered the match to start anyway, and began to count the threesome out of the match!  About the time Angelo got to a nine count they finally decided to enter the ring and begin the match.  For most of the match the team of Cyclone, Jason V. and Aaron had successfully separated the young Jimmy Karryt from his team and pummeled you youngster, but eventually Jimmy made the tag and Drew came into the ring and cleaned house.  Jason V. and Aaron had gotten thrown out of the ring, and somehow Jimmy Karrty managed a suicide dive outside of the ring onto them and now the trio was all covered in mud!  As the action moved back into the ring Jason V. had regained control of the match locking Cecil in the "Claim to Fame" only to have Jimmy Karryt make the save, but Jason V. locked Karryt in the "Claim to Fame" for his trouble, but this time Drew came into the ring broke up the hold and delivered a Cutter to Jason V. Angelo, not knowing exactly who the legal man was amongst all the confusion, shrugged his shoulders and made the 3 count on Jason V.

Winners by pinfall:  "Dangerous" Drew Thomas, Jimmy Karryt, and Cecil Cerveza


Once again a big thank you to all the fans that waited out our rain delay, and to the town of Potomac for hosting another NBWA event at the Freedom Fest!