• Last month I mentioned wrestler Rollin' Hard and his upcoming experimental surgery.  Last week he had the surgery and it went for 8 hours as the surgeons removed his gall bladder, spleen and pancreas.  Still too early to tell how successful the surgery was.  Unfortunately this morning he has taken a turn for the worst and is currently on life-support.  If you'd like to help in the costs, shirts are still available at the Rollin' Hard MySpace page.
• Steve Corino has reached a deal with World Wrestling Council promotion in Puerto Rico to become the head booker.  He will have a lot of work ahead of him as the majority of the talent has moved over to the rival IWC promotion.
• Cheerleader Melissa completed the six mile "Aids Walk" last weekend in San Francisco.  The organization raised 4.5 million dollars during the campaign.
• Pro Wrestling NOAH announced the teams for the upcoming NTV Cup at the end of August.  The Briscoes, Ricky Marvin teams up with Eddie Edwards and Bryan Danielson will team with Davey Richards.
• Mr. Chainsaw Productions Wrestling was listed in the latest issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in the column; "Know Your Indies" Their next show is upcoming on August 9th.
• In the "How do I Become A Wrestler" mailbag, Firestorm Pro and Cleveland-All Pro Wrestling have opened anew training center in Lakewood, Ohio.  JT Lightning, JRoc and Raymond Rowe will be your trainers
• The prayers of many in the Midwest have been answered with the announcement of Chikara bringing their brand of wrestling goodness to Chicago on September 20th and Belefontaine, Ohio on the 21st.  The Chicago location is still being finalized, but the Belefontaine show will be held at the Logan County Fairgrounds where the American Luchacore promotion holds their events.  If you can't wait for September to get here, August 1st might give you a little Chikara goodness.  Mike Quackenbush, Vin Gerard and Shane Storm will all be on the show.
• On August 1st in Detroit, you get the latest show from Squared Circle Review which will feature Chikara wrestlers Ophidian and Lince Dorado.
  

• Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone & Ricky Marvin beat Jun Akiyama, Atsushi Aoki & Davey Richards in 16:26 after Marvin used the Santa Maria on Aoki• Kensuke Sasaki beat KENTA in 22:23 after a Northern Lights Bomb
• GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Taiji Ishimori in 15:35 after the Touch Out. This was Kanemaru's fifth successful defense
• GHC Heavyweight Title: Takeshi Morishima beat Takeshi Rikio in 13:24 with a Backdrop. This is Morishima's second successful defense
  

• Show starts with the ring announcer and referee Mike Keener in the ring.  During the opening announcements, the lights go out.  You hear a Singapore cane hit and when the lights come back on you have Stephanie and Adam Flash standing over the knocked out Keener.  They tell the crowd they are the first family of wrestling and they dictate what goes on in their arena.  The lights go out again.  When they return, Chris Hero is standing in the ring.  Hero lets them know they are not welcome in Velocity Pro.  When Adam tried to hit Chris with the cane, Hero moved out of the way and started on the chops.  Enough chops to push him to the ropes and then finally used a clothesline to get him out of the ring.
• First match for the new promotion saw Chris Hero use a spinning forearm to defeat Hallowicked.
• Aramis defeated Super Hentai with a vertebreaker.
• The Best Around over The New Hollywood Blondes
• All Money Is Legal defeated Chris Ansert & Phil Boucher.  After the win, All Money Is Legal continued the beat down until Balls Mahoney came in to make the save.  It didn't work, as AMIL got the upper hand until Axl Rotten runs in to help Mahoney.  Axl demands a match with AMIL later in the evening.
• 21 Time ICW/ICWA Texarkana TV Champion Larry Sweeney successfully defended the title with a handful of tights and holding the ropes over Shiima Xion.
• Azrieal won the 4-way match when he pinned Claudio Castagnoli, however the referee never saw Joey Matthews tap out to Delirious during the pin count.
• The Nigerian Nightmares defeated the partner less Angel Gonzalez when his partner was seen leaving the building right before the match.
• Main event saw Marcus Dowling interfere to help All Money Is Legal defeat Balls Mahoney & Axl Rotten.  After the match, thinking his tag team was behind him, the celebrating Dowling was proved wrong when he got a couple of chair shots to end the show.
  

• Night One - Shamrock Cup Qualifying Matches
• Claudio Castagnoli over Delirious
• SAT (Jose & Joel Maximo) versus Team Macktion (TJ & Kirby Mack) was ruled as a double countout
• Rhett Titus won the ROH Graduate Triple Threat over Pelle Primeau and Mitch Franklin
• Joey Matthews over Ruckus after interference by Christian York
• The battle of the Devon's as Storm defeated Moore to end the qualifying matches.
• Balls Mahoney & Danny Doring defeated DJ Hyde & The Bruiser in a no DQ match
• Christian York kept the MCW Heavyweight Title with two straight falls over Adam Flash in a 2 out of 3 falls match.
• Josh Daniels defeated Champ Champagne to retain the MCW Cruiserweight Title.
• Ghetto Mafia retained the MCW Tag Team Titles in a ladder match
• Night Two
• 4-way Last Chance Scramble Match for a spot in the Shamrock Cup Finals was won by Derek Frazier.  During the match, Christian York attacked Ruckus and hit him with a backwards tombstone piledriver on the steps.  Ruckus was taken to the back on a ringside table.
• Bob Star kept interfering on the behalf of Champ Champaigne during his match with Mitch Franklin, caused Mitch to bring out The Iron Sheik and Bill Alfonso to help even the sides.  Mitch took the win.
• The Best Around defeated The Hot Shots
• The Bruiser defeated Danny Doring by submission in a Loser Leaves Town match.
• The Ghetto Mafia defeated Corporal Punishment & Adam Flash in a Falls Count Anywhere match to retain the tag team titles.
• Christian York got into the ring and said he didn't have an opponent tonight.  He challenges anyone to try to take the title away from him.  Out came Delirious.  York then defeated Delirious to keep the MCW Heavyweight Title.  After the match he gets back on the mic and bad mouths Ruckus.  The place goes nuts when the BLK OUT music hits.  Chrissy comes out from the curtain.  York wasn't ready for the Ruckus attack from behind.
• Ruckus wins the heavyweight title.  The Maryland State Athletic Commissioner comes out and declares the match a no contest as the referee assigned to the match was not the one to do the three count, so the title stays with Christian York.
• Shane Shamrock Cup Finals had Joey Matthews pin Rhett Titus, Derek Frazier then pinned Devon Storm and Josh Daniels.  Joey Matthews used a Double Arm DDT to pin Claudio Castagnoli and Derek Frazier with a little help from Bill Alfonso used the Van Daminator to pin Joey Matthews and win the 2008 Shamrock Cup
  

• Extreme Dream Tournament Quarterfinals saw Samson, Shayne Hawke, Exess and Jake Matthews all advance.
• Up In Smoke (Cheech & Cloudy) defeated The Untouchables (Jimmy Stone & Dan Paysan)
• Jagged & Shane Matthews teamed up with Wiglycito's favorite wrestler Kevin Steen to defeat Beef Wellington, Sexxxy Eddy & Hardcore Ninja.
  

• Night One
• Tyson Dux pinned Jaime D in an Intergender Match.  Which one was the lady was still up for debate.
• Bump n Uglies over Josh Raymond & Christian Able
• Cody Deaner defeated CK3
• A1 pinned Johnny Devine when Tyson Dux interfered
• Zach Gowen defeated Joe Doering
• Night Two
• Jamie D won the Intergender Match with a pin on CK3
• Bump n Uglies got the win after a little altercation between partners N8 Mattson & Tony Smallz that ended with Smallz chokeslamming N8
• Cody Deaner over Tyson Dux
• Josh Raymond & Christian Able defeated Gutter & Brad Martin
• Judo Jason Temple's open MMA style challenge was answered by A1 who then went on to win the match on less that 60 seconds.
• Johnny Devine defeated Zach Gowen to end night two.
  

• Mercedes Martinez defeated Rain
• Shawn Murphey over Jon Davis
• Kenny King & Jason Blade retained the FIP Tag Team titles in a 2/3 falls match over the Age Of The Fall.  They split the first two falls and then the third fall say all of the YRR getting involved and King hitting a springboard blockbuster on Tyler for the win.
• Sal Rinauro retained the FIP Florida Heritage title over the way over Joey Ryan.  Huge support for the debut of Joey and the "please come back" chant.
• Go Shiozaki defeated Nigel McGuinness in a non-title match.  Another "please come back" chant.  This one was NOT for Nigel.
• In another brutal match between the FIP champion Roderick Strong and Erick Stevens, this time it was a dog collar match.  This back and forth match was eventually won by Erik Stevens to win the World Title for the second time.
• Phil Davis, Sean Davis & Go Shiozaki hit the ring and Sean announced that Heartbreak Enterprises have struck a deal with Sweet N Sour, Inc to have Go Shiozaki become a part of their team in FIP.  With that, Go Shiozaki will have a title shot against Erick Stevens in August.
  

• Serena defeated Josie, Melody & Reggie in a 4 corners match to retain the Women's title.
• Rudy Switchblade over TV Champ JD Michaels in a non-title match
• Rob Conway & Pat Buck over the Insurgency
• Anthony Bravado kept the OVW Title with a win over Tank Toland
• Main event saw John Cena defeat Lance Cade.
  

• Smackdown's Justin Roberts is the ring announcer with Dusty Rhodes and Todd Grisham as the announcers.
• Ric Flair comes out and cuts a promo about the WWE development system.  Gives props to Johnny Ace, Kevin Dunn and calls Dusty Rhodes the most creative man in the business.
• Shawn Spears used a neckbreaker to defeat TJ Wilson
• Colt Cabana, Atlas DeBone (I mean Ricky Ortiz) and one half of the Bella Twins won their six-man tag match.  Colt is way over with the crowd and Ricky still doesn't know how to properly do an Irish Whip.  I can't believe they put him on TV and even gave him talking time.  Just because you have wacky hair doesn't mean you can wrestle.  Colt needs to be called up, he has just as much charisma as Ricky, yet he can wrestler and even better, but a promo.
• Nick Nemeth over Greg Jackson with a flying downward spiral
• John Cena comes out and does the obligatory how great the FCW is.  Shawn Spears comes out and questions why Cena is at the FCW.  He goes on to say it is risky for someone like him as all of these hungry athletes are just chomping at a chance to take out the top dog.  Cena tells Spears that he is always ready for a fight, so bring it.  Spears tells him that he isn't here to hurt him, but he should watch his back.  When Cena looks behind him, Spears attacks but Cena picks him up and hits the FU.
• FCW Florida Champion Jake Hager retained by hitting a reverse suplex on Heath Miller.
• Big Irish Sheamus used his high spinbuster to defeat Ricky Ortiz.  After the match Sheamus cuts a spot on how Finlay's leprechaun Hornswoggle has made Irish people a joke and issues a challenge to Finlay.
• Bump machine Evan Bourne returned and even got some "Sydal" chants during the match.  This match was all Afa Jr.  Bourne got in a few kicks and then went to hit the shooting star but missed.  Afa picked him up and hit an inverted F-5 for the win.
• Chris Jericho comes out and tells everyone that they don't deserve to cheer him.  Everyone in the building are a bunch of liars and hypocrites.  He brings out a wrestler who has a bright future.  Nick Nemeth.  He also brings out Joe Hennig.  He tells Joe that he has to choose a path.  Listen to him or all the liars and hypocrites.  Joe chooses not to listen to Jericho.  This makes him mad, so Jericho and Nemeth put the beat-down on Hennig.
• Another 6-man with a bunch of people who all look a like and was pretty boring.
• Kelly Kelly comes out and puts over the FCW Divas.  They have a twist off and it turns in a big cat fight.
• Main Event saw the FCW Tag Team Champions Drew McKintyre & Stu Sanders take on the Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colon "Carlito's brother" & Eric Perez.)  Eddie hit a modified backcracker for the three-count to become the new tag team champions
• Announced for this weeks show, Batista, Matt & Jeff Hardy and Maria.  Shows are taped every Thursday in Tampa Florida.
  

• Gary Jay won the 4-way match to become the new Young Guns Championship
• Athena defeated Rachel Summerlyn
• Mysterious Pleasure (Julio & Jr. Garza) retained the ACW Tag Team Titles over The Submission Squad.
• Mike Dell defeated Darin Childs and Skylet Skelly in a three way
• Lucid successfully defended the ACW Hardcore title with a win over JC Bravo
• Daffney got the win over Alektra Blue
• Mr. Showtime, Scot Summers, defeated Chris Hero to retain the Heavyweight Title.
  

• Terry Frazier, Zach Sabre Jr., Mark Haskins all won 3rd round matches in the British National Championship tournament.
• LT Summers over Andy Boy Simmonz in a tables match
• "The Guv'nor" Martin Stone retained the IPW:UK Title after Stone hit Danny Basham with a lariat.  With the win he gets a match of his choosing against the Thrillers manager, Gilligan Gordon.  He picked a First Blood Match.
  

• Jonescorp defeated Danny Danger & Josh Thor in the Open Challenge Tag Team Elimination Match
• Dave Manzo won a fatal four way
• Mike Daniels over Skull Williams in a No DQ Match
• Tyler Elkins won by DQ when Jack Night used a kendo stick
• Tommy Tydie & J. Miller successfully defended the Tag Titles against GQ & Rave
• Cameron Skyy is still your CLASH Champion as he pinned Will Vendetta
  

• Tony Atlas takes on King Kahlua
• Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake versus Salvatore Sincere
• The Patriot will also be on the card.
  

• Sara Del Rey takes on Jennifer Black
• Chris Hero faces Ruckus
• Naomichi Marufuji takes on Roderick Strong
• No DQ Tag Team Match as Austin Aries teams up with Jay Briscoe to face the ROH World Tag Team Champions Age of the Fall
• Wiggly-cito's favorite wrestler Kevin Steen takes on the ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness
  

• Chris Hero & Go Shiozaki face Roderick Strong & Naomichi Marufuji
• Bryan Danielson starts up his challenge of defeating all of Nigel McGuiness's opponents with Tyler Black
• Claudio Castagnoli has mentioned that if he doesn't win the world title against the winner of the Toronto show, it might be time for him to leave the ROH.
  

• This years Gran Prix (Cibernetico match) featuring Team Mexico versus Team International
• Team Mexico – Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Volador Jr, Averno, Hector Garza, Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr. & Shocker
• Team International – AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Alex Koslov and Marco Coleone (aka Mark Jindrak)
• If you want to know more about CMLL, check out Tony Gavin's column at the Cool Kids Table website as he talks about the CMLL for those of use who need a refresher.  His latest column he looks at who is the 2008 MVP at the half-way point of the year.
  

• Team WAR defends the tag team titles against Team Taliban
• Brandon Thomaselli gets the chance to try to win back the TV Championship against JD Hughes
• Show also features Corporal Robinson, Dysfunction, The Ring Rydas and The Soul Touchaz.
  

• Show will feature all the stars from the underground along with Hardcore Harry, Big Daddy Dean's final match prior to his surgery and special guest Demolition Ax.

• Triple threat for the EWF Heavyweight Championship as champion Scorpio Sky defends against Joey Ryan and Terex

• Steve Corino puts up the world title against Tommy Thunda
• Kid America will take on Jihad & Chemical Khan in an handicap match
  

• Josh Raymond puts the heavyweight title on the line and the show will also feature Australian wrestler Andrew "The Shark" Carter and Zach Gowen.

• Barbed Wire Madness Tag Match – Mad Man Pondo & Corporal Robinson versus Toby Klein & Deranged
• The return of Trevor Murdock as he takes on Insane Lane
• IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title Match as champion Jason Hades faces Prince Mustafa Ali
• Michael Elgin puts the IWA Mid-South Strong Style Title up against CZW's DJ Hyde.
• Strong Style Number 1's Contender match between Egotistico Fantastico and Sami Callihan
  

• NIW Universal Champion Darin Corbin, Rob James, Arik Cannon, Ryan Cruz, Divari, Venum and Allison Wonderland will all be on hand.

• Ricky Reyes puts up the World Openweight title against Jihad
• Six-Man War as Steve Corino, Kid America & Ryan Sawyer face off against Ricky Landell, King Kaluha & Monster C
• King Kong Bundy and Axl Rotten are also on the card.

• World Championship Match - CHAMPION VS. CHAMPION
  John McChesney defends against ZBARR with "The Pitbull" Gary Wolf as Enforcer
• 1 Contender's Match - Trent Acid versus Chris Masters
• In a Shot Glass Throwing Match - Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. The Sandman
• Tag Team Championship - All Money Is Legal vs. The Best Around
• Women's Championship - Amy Lee defends against Kacee Carlisle
  

• Midwest Heavyweight Champion, "Amazing" N8 Mattson will defend against "The Fun Lovin' Criminal" Jaimy Coxxx
• Greg "The Hammer" Valentine takes on The Necro Butcher
• Jimmy Jacobs versus Josh Raymond
• Eddie Venum, Zach Gowen and DBA will also be on the show.

JAJOUKA'S NOTES....

• I had the chance to talk to people who saw Mickie today.  She is in a lot of pain.  The surgery took a little longer than normal due to the amount of muscle mass in Mickie's legs.  The muscles spasmed after the break and caused he bones to slide past each other.  The doctors had to stretch the bones back into place in order to insert the titanium rod.  Doctors expect Mickie to walk out of the hospital tomorrow.  She already had her first Physical Therapy session today and is allowed to eat food again.  They feel she should be back in the ring anytime between three and six months.  Even though she is in pain, when she found out that a video on YouTube of the injury, she wants to kick the person's arse for illegally doing a digital recording at an IWA show.  So watch out, Mickie on one good leg will still kick everyone's arse.  Ian Rotten has spoken to Terry Taylor who in return spoken with Dixie Carter and Jeff Jarrett and they've assured him that she will not lose her spot and look forward to her return.  Get well Mickie, you are indeed one of the good guys in this business.  I can't wait to see you perform soon!
• Cheerleader Melissa is once again registered for the AIDS Walk in ....San Francisco.....  She has set a very ambitious fundraising goal.  Right now she has raised $725 dollars on her goal of $1000 dollars.  If you'd like to be a sponsor, you can visit her AIDS Walk page by clicking on this link.  AIDS Walk Link

RESULTS....

Shimmer – Volumes 19 & 20 recorded on July 5^th....

• Two dark matches prior to the tapings occurred and dubbed, Sparkle Dark Match.  Match One saw Jordan McIntyre defeat T.D.
• The second dark match was a very nice pairing of Egotistico Fantastico and Jeff Brooks.  Both men can do the high-flying or the ground & pound styles of wrestling.  It was a treat to see both of them come out and work a comedy style match.  It all started out with announcer Joey Eastman letting people know that it was a 10 minute time limit with five minutes remaining prior to the match starting.  WWE dropped the ball on Ego as he got the win over Brooks.
• Now time for the taping of Volume 19.  The show opened with a Shimmer Battle Royale with the winner having a title shot later in Volume 19.  Every thirty seconds you'll get another lady coming.  The crowd went crazy for Lufisto and she and Cheerleader Melissa had a great forearm battle in the middle of the ring.  Sara Del Rey brought her more violent style into the ring.  You can't forget the power and dominance of the Amazing Kong.  One point she military press Portia Perez out of the ring.  Unfortunately for Kong, having her back turned to Princess Ariel, she and others quickly flipped her out of the ring.  The end of the match had Jetta, Sara Del Rey, Nikki Roxx, Mercedes Martinez and Ariel left in the ring.  Sara tossed out Nikki and Mercedes and Ariel came up behind Sara and used her momentum to toss her out.  This left Jetta and Ariel left in the ring.  Jetta placed Ariel on the top turnbuckle and still upset from her elimination; Sara pulled Ariel down to the floor and started yelling at her for costing her chance at getting the belt back.  The ref didn't see this happen, but when he turned around he saw Ariel on the floor and awarded Jetta the winner.  Sara continued to attack Ariel by throwing her into the barricade.  The assault ended when the referees were able to force Sara to the back.
• Daizee Haze was out and announced that she injured her ribs during the week during a training session and will have to miss her first Shimmer taping.
• Portia Perez power bombed Shark Girl out of the corner after Shark Girl got the ten punches in the corner.  Perez got the win with a little help of her feet on the ropes.
• Serena Deeb first time back since being under the knife defeated Danyah with her breathtaking spear.
• Ashley Lane & Neveah hit the single legged dropkick/flatliner combo to defeat Cat Power & Veronica Vice.
• Lorelei Lee had the unfortunate opportunity to be sacrificed to the angry Amazing Kong.  She did get a couple of moves in, but two hard backhands and a spinning back fist got Kong the win.  Lorelei suffered a jaw injury from the match.
• Nikki Roxx got a huge pop from the crowd in her singles return to Shimmer.  She used her Barbie Crusher on Nicole Matthews for the win.
• Allison Danger got the rollup on Jennifer Blake.  After the match, Allison got on the mic and told the crowd that Jennifer is the greatest young Canadian talent she has seen in some time.  Cue the music and out comes Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews.  Perez was upset by Danger's comments and that she and Matthews hold that distinction.  She also called Danger a "Diet Canadian."
• LuFisto got the huge "welcome back" chant and used her burning hammer to get the win over Rain.
• Sara Del Rey ambushed Ariel as soon as she walked through the curtain.  She hit stiff kicks and torturous submission holds in the new Sara attitude.  Ariel got a few moves in during the match and climbed to the top rope for a cross body, but was caught in midair by Sara and then put her in the Royal Butterfly for the win.
• When these two meet up, they put on a woman's match that is like none other.  Mercedes Martinez and Cheerleader Melissa just beat on each other like there will be no tomorrow.  Brutal strikes and a ton of finisher reversals.  Finally Mercedes succeeded in hitting the fisherman buster for the win.
• Final match of Volume 19 saw Shimmer champion MsChif defend the title against Jetta.  There was a lot of screaming from MsChif and Jetta being startled by them.  Jetta got some big moves in and had the opportunities for the win, but MsChif hit the Desecrator for the win.
• Shimmer Volume 20 started with Veronica Vice's first singles match against Shark Girl.  Shark Girl with the stunner for the win.
• Allison Danger teamed up with Jennifer Blake to take on the "Canadian Ninjas," Portia Perez & Nicole Matthews.  Both ladies had matching T-shirts with, "Just To Let You Know, I Am A Ninja."  Portia informed everyone that she is now the master of avoiding the body slam.  She will be putting up one thousand Canadian dollars on the line if Danger could body slam her within the first minute of the match.  With that she tagged out right away and stayed on the floor until the minute was up.  When Danger and Perez were in the ring together, Perez worked on the arm and collarbone that Danger separated a few months ago.  Perez locked on the Fujiwara armbar for a submission win. 
• The next Amazing Kong sacrifice came in the way of Danyah.  She did get some offense in, but tried to hit the fireman's carry on Kong.  Power bomb by Kong.
• Cat Power went right after the injured knee of Daffney.  She got the submission win with the figure four leglock.
• The International Home Wrecking Crew came out with T-Shirts which depicted Lacey as a missing person on the side of a milk carton.  Jetta & Rain defeated the Ohio Blondes of Ashley Lane & Neveah when Rain used the tights to pin Neveah.
• Positive chants for both of the next two happened throughout the match.  Even a chant of "Cheer for both!" happened.  Ariel took on Nikki Roxx.  Ariel got a surprise roll-up for the victory.
• It took a lot for Sara Del Rey to final finish off the smaller Serena Deeb.  Sara focused on the arm in the first part of the match.  She then hit the Tree of Joey Lawrence and a hard kick to the knee, she changed her focus and started working over her knees.  Serena got the ball rolling in her favor but went charging for Sara but she moved out of the way and Serena went all the way to the floor.  Del Rey went out and hit a Dragon Screw into the guard rail.  Sara rolled back into the ring waiting for the count-out victory.  Serena got back in at nine and nine tenths.  Sara won with a leg submission.  This was a match of the night for a lot of people. Serena took a beating and just kept coming back.
• If the Mercedes & Cheerleader match from Volume 19 was hard-hitting.  This made that match look like a pillow match.  LuFisto taking on Cheerleader Melissa had to follow probably the match of the night.  Well, they took the honors of match of the night as they threw everything at each other.  Melissa got wheelbarrow whipped in the guardrail.  This match had the right balance and build to any match you could ever dream of seeing on TV.  Cheerleader Melissa got the win and could easily be one of the best woman's matches in years.
• After two incredible matches, the main event was still to come with Mercedes Martinez getting the shot at the Shimmer Champion MsChif.  MsChif screams at Mercedes and she gouges her eyes.  This match had the two trying to set up each other's big move.  Finally Mercedes hit two spinebusters but it was MsChif's desecrator that was the one move that resulted in a three count.  The last three matches proves that the women can wrestle just as good if not better than the men on TV.

Insanity Pro Wrestling from ....Indianapolis........

• Mid-American Champion Joey Owens defeated the debut of Danny Basham
• Dustin Rayz & Hillbilly Jed defeated The Naptown Dragons to win the IPW Tag Team Titles
• Billy Roc and Sami Callihan went to a no contest
• Louis Linaris won the battle royal to win an open contract for an IPW Grand Title match.
• Grand Champion Drake Younger and Osyris went to a no contest when an all out brawl broke out between the CoC & The Naptown Dragons.
  

  BMF Wrestling from ....Lafayette.., ..Indiana........

• In a very bizarre main event.  The BMF All-Invitational Champion Billy Roc faced the larger Osyris.  Osyris and Lawrence Poffo came out with American Flags, claiming that Billy Roc's little secret was, he is a Communist.  Roc fought and fought, but the big man was too much.  Osyris won the title and continued to hurt Billy.  He used him as a lawn dart and tossed him into the ring post which put a huge gash in his forehead.  Osyris continued to hurt Billy Roc and laid-out over a dozen wrestlers who tried to come to his aid.  Even when the ..EMT..'s came to the building to help Billy, they were unable to, until PT Hussla & Brian Roberts came out swinging chairs and chased Poffo & Osyris out of the building and into their cars.  The place got very quiet as the ..EMT..'s worked on Billy Roc.  He was placed in a neck brace and then onto the stretcher and taken to the hospital.
• It got stranger while the ..EMT..'s were working on Billy, the place was somber with sounds of people weepeing including Billy's wife who had rushed to the ring to check on Billy.  There has been no update on Billy's condition at this time.

IWA Mid-South from ....Joliet.., ..Illinois........

• Jeff Brooks defeated T.D. with a shooting star press.  After the match, Ian got into the ring and stopped Jeff Brooks and said, "I have an invitation for you."  The crowd was a little shocked by this.  He then said, "I'm just kidding, get the hell out of here."  The crowd went crazy.  He then turned to T.D. and said he was going to make T.D. his pet project and make him a star.
• Joey Eastman come out to the ring and welcomes himself back to the IWA Mid-South.  The crowd really doesn't like Joey.  He also tells everyone that he has acquired the services of Prince Mustafa Ali.
• This brings the six-man tag match with Ali teaming up with Troy Walters and Ricochet teaming up to take on Team Ja(y)son (Hades, Quick & Dukes).  Crazy dives including Quick doing a 900 off the top rope.  Hades was setting up Ali for the Killswitch when Quick came flying over the top rope and hit a flying kick to Hades.  Ali then hit him with the Weapons of Mass Destruction (inverted 450) for the win.  After the match Ian took a survey to see who thought they were going to see Jason Quick's brains all over the floor, everyone raised their hands.  Ian also announced that Ricochet was invited into the TPI and that his first round match would be against the defending champion Mike Quakenbush.
• Drake Younger and Sami Callaham brawled all over the building, but Drake got the win with the Drake's Landing onto a chair.
• Kimberly Kash was the substitute opponent for Daffney as the IWA Mid-South Women's Champion Daizee Haze is out with an injury.  Daffney said she would return to take the belt off of Daizee when she is healthy.  Daffney used the hammerlock Northern Lights suplex for the win.
• A moonsault from the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion Dingo put away the former two-time champion Chuck Taylor.
• Sex, Drugs & Wrestling (Ash & Kris Chambers) defeated the Naptown Dragons (Scotty Vortekz & Dustin Lee)
• Michael Elgin took on Egotistico Fantastico in which both guys went toe to toe.  Ego blocked ....Elgin....'s first attempt at the ground and pound.  Ego went for a double springboard moonsault when ....Elgin.... moved out of the way and then hit him with the ground and pound for the win.  Jeff Brooks ran in and attacked ....Elgin...., but he was not very successful.  Scotty Vortekz then ran out and attacked Fantastico.  He kept yelling that "Scotty Does Know!" while attacking him.  Ego's entrance music has a line in it that say's "Scotty knows what's up."
• The main event 30 minute Iron woman match between Sara Del Rey and Mickie Knuckles went to a no contest due to the leg injury that happened to Mickie.

International Wrestling Cartel from ....Ellsworth.., ..Pennsylvania........

• The softball match ended with the Ellsworth Fire Department defeating the IWC Superstars, 7-6.  Upset over the loss, the wrestlers all started attacking each other.
• CJ Sensation used some help from the ropes to defeat Logan Shulo.
• Josh "don't call me Abercrombie" Raymond defeated Christian Able.
• The Balds beat up Michael Façade prior to rolling him into the ring so Jason Bane could hit him with a modified F5 for the win.  Troy Lords came out with a chair, but Bane took care of him.
• Shark Boy used his Stone Cold Chummer for a win over Bubba the Bulldog.
• The Best Around put up a great fight, but the double superkick by the Motor City Machine Guns was just too much as the MCMG's got the win.
• Larry Sweeney didn't like his entrance music and demanded some classic rock or disco for a dance off against his opponent Super Hentai.  Flock of Seagulls' "I Run So Far Away" was played and in the end of the dance off, Sweeney bowed to the winner, Super H.  Winner to get a shot at the Super Indie Champion Jerry Lynn.  Super H. got the win and will be facing ....Lynn.... on August 2^nd.
• The John McChesney versus Ricky Reyes match saw a ref bump.  This allowed the heavyweight champion Dennis Gregory to hit the ring with the belt.  McChesney held up Ricky for Dennis to hit with the belt.  Dennis missed Ricky and hit John.  Pissed off, Dennis left the ring and Ricky took advantage and got the pin.
• Because this was an outdoor show, there was noise from a battle of the really crappy cover bands going on down the road at the fair.  At one point during a really horrid song, Dennis Gregory hit a move on Delirious.  The song stopped and Gregory said that the move was so good, they had to stop playing.  Gregory got the win and kept the heavyweight title.  He got on the mic and said there is no one left to fight which Reyes hit the ring and got him in the triangle choke.  John McChesney also came out and told him that there is someone left.
•  Sexual Harassment defeated the Family in the main event.  The losing team had to go to the dunk tank.  More brawls and eventually people got dunked.

Pro Wrestling Guerilla from Reseda, ....California....

• Show started with some bad news for the crowd as Jack Evans had been pulled AAA and Jay Briscoe sent a text about being worried about a dude circling his house.  So with no tag team partner, Roderick Strong asked El Generico to be his partner in the title defense.
• Former ..Midwest.. wrestling Brandon Bonham defeated current ..Midwest.. wrestling Arik Cannon with his flipping piledriver.
• TJ Perkins & Hook Bomberry defeated Mikey Nicholls & Charles Mercury
• Claudio used the giant swing to defeat Phoenix Star
• Kikutaro asked fans to throw a chair in the ring and got about a dozen and got knocked unconscious.  Necro Butcher got the win via knockout.
• The Young Bucks defeated both the Dynasty and the team of Kazma & Miyawaki with a backslide on Joey Ryan.
• It has been over a year since Chris Bosh has wrestled for the ..PWG...  He showed no ring-rust and had a great match with Scorpio Sky.  Scorpio got the win.
• Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black) took the tag team titles away from Roderick Strong & El Generico with the Phoenix Splash.
• Chris Hero faced the injured Human Tornado in a Guerrilla Warfare Cage Match.  The match was a violent brawl even with Tornado's injured knee.  He had his knee in an immobilizer.  Claudio, Necro and Candice LaRae all got involved.  Hero becomes your new Pro Wrestling Guerrilla champion with a suplex from top of the cage.....

UPCOMING EVENTS....

3KWrestling – "Shinya Hashimoto Tournament" – Friday July 11^th – Gold's Gym – ....Limerick.., ..Pennsylvania....

• This eight man tournament features Ricky Reyes, Josh Daniels, CW Anderson, The Legend King Kaluha, Ricky Landell, Chuck LeGrande, Jake Manning and Jerry Lynn.
• The Premier Tag Team Titles will be on the line as the champions, The Inner Circle will take on the brothers, Kirby & TJ Mack.
• Ares will face off against Alex Balboa
• Six Man Tag as Kid America, Kevin Payne & Ryan Sawyer will face the Axis of Evil (Monster C, Jihad & Chemical Khan)
• Jerry Lynn will be holding a seminar prior to the show from ..3pm.. to ..5pm...
• Ricky Landell has told people that he will not face Steve Corino on August 22^nd.  He feels he shouldn't have to face a fossil.  He is the champion and if Corino wants a shot at him, he needs to prove himself.

UWA Hardcore Wrestling – "Derek Wylde's Final Match" – Saturday, July 12^th – Bolton Fairgrounds – ....Bolton.., ..Ontario....

• Triple Crown Championship match between Lionel Knight and Xtremo.  Lionel will be defending all three titles (UWA Canadian, UWA Lightweight & Grand Prix Championship)
• Tag Team Championship between the The Ring Crew Express and The Flatliners
• Show will also feature Jimmy Olsen, ....Pepper.. ..Parks...., the final match for Derek Wylde and an invitational tournament where all the participants are invited by Derek.

AAW – "Eric Priest's Final Match" – Saturday, July 12^th – Berwyn Eagles Club – ....Berwyn.., ..Illinois....

• Leather Strap match between The Northstar Express and The Phoenix Twins
• AAW Heritage Championship Match between Krotch and Jimmy Jacobs
• Last Man Standing match featuring Eric Priest and Chandler McClure
• Show will also feature the AAW Tag Team Champions, Andrenaline Overdose, Silas Young, Egotistico Fantastico and Josh Raymond.

X-Treme Intense Championship Wrestling – "Pandemonium In ....Pontiac...." – Sunday, July 13^th - Historic Eagle Theater – ....Pontiac.., ..Michigan....

• XICW Tag Team Title match between champions Ringside Revue and The Devils Own
• XICW Light Heavyweight Champion Kid Hybrid takes on Josh Ryamond
• Buff Bagwell takes on the Motor City Monster, Eddie Venom.
• Show will also feature CJ Otis, DBA, Zach Gowen and "Old Timer" Jeff King.
• The Main Event will feature an Xtreme Bunkhouse Weapons Battle Royal.  Every minute a new competitor will enter the ring with a weapon of their choice.

WAR Professional Wrestling – "Summer Wars" – Friday, July 11^th - Pyramid Sports Bar - ....Addison.., ..Illinois....

• WAR Tag Team Champions, Los Mexicano's will face the former champions The Chicago Suicide Kings.
• Wings of WAR Champion, Prince Mustafa Ali will take on Thunderfoot
• WAR Heavyweight Championship Match between the champion Marshe Rocket and challenger Steve Boz.
• The show will feature Brandon Blaze and Jason Dukes

Empire Wrestling Federation – Friday, July 11^th – Knights of Columbus Hall – ....Covina.., ..California....

• Inter-gender match between Candice LeRae and Shane Andrews
• EWF Tag Team Champions Famous For Fearless will take of Ryan Taylor & Hook Bomberry
• EWF Heavyweight Champion, Scorpio will take on Joey Ryan

Combat Zone Wrestling – "A Tangled Web" – Saturday, July 12^th – New ....Alhambra.... Arena – ....Philadelphia....

• CZW Iron Man Championship – DJ Hyde © versus Brain Damage
• CZW World Tag Team Championship – Naptown Dragons © versus Team Andrew
• Chuck Taylor teams up with Sonjay Dutt and they take on Pinky Sanchez & Sabian
• CZW World Heavyweight Championship – Nick Gage © versus Drake Younger

B4W – "Heat Stroke" – Saturday, July 12^th – Playball Sports – ....Morganville.., ..New Jersey...

Former tag team champions, El Americano & Kid America will try to get the tag team titles back when they face The Axis of Evil (Jihad & Chemical Khan)

It is my yearly trek to the great music conference called SXSW.  In the past years I've spent hundred's of dollars on a pass that would get me into everything.  Sometimes I would spend around a hundred dollars for the wristband that would not gaurentee me entry to a venue, but if I arrive early enough I might get in.  A few years back I started to notice a trend of free parties happining during the day.  Over the next couple of years I watched as I could see a lot of the bands playing SXSW for free, during the day!  This is the year I go free.  Especially when the wristbands can only be sold to someone and that someone has to be in line.  Plus they are now going for $175 dollars!

Day one of the festival has come to an end for me.  It is only begining for those who paid for their badge or wristband.  Will I see enough music to make my "no-cost" approach to the conference worth my time?  Today was a great start.  Just needed to go to one location for a few hours worth of music.  Mother Egan's was the place to kick off 2007 SXSW. 

Walked in the tent located outside of the bar, Michelle Shocked just walked onto the stage.  This is a great way to start off any festival.  I've been a huge fan ever since I heard Texas Campfire Tapes.

Since it was lunchtime, I headed into the pub to sit at a table and get some good 'ol traditional Irish food.  I've never had anything at Mother Egan's that wasn't delicious.  Today I was in the mood for some Corn Beef & Cabbage!  After washing this down with a nice pint of Guinness, I was ready for some marathon set of music in the tent. 

David Olney was the first to take the stage.  I've not ever heard of him before, but when Jon Dee Graham calls him the most dangerous songwriter, that got to be something.  He took a little blues and a little folk and mixed in some great stories to make his set just fly by.  I became a fan.

You can't go to Austin and not see Jon Dee Graham.  He is what Austin music is all about, gritty, bluesy and downright nasty.  He can play slow, he can play hard and he can play rock in an oversized, puffy sweater.  He is a staple of my SXSW trips every year.  I don't think there is a year I've not seen him play.

Being in Texas, you can't escape the fact that country music is part of life down here.  So from time to time I've had the opportunity to see some of the legends play here.  Most of the time they're in town to try something new.  This time I get to see the legendary Pam Tillis.  She called her music, Kentucky bluegrass.  Putting her voice behind some original bluegrass made for an enjoyable set.

James McMurtry has been on major labels.  He can sell out shows wherever he goes.  He will say things in his lyrics you wish you've said yourself.  He is one of the most political songwriters out there today.  He usually rocks out on stage with a full band but today it was just James and a 12-string guitar.  He played it lick a whole band was on stage with him.  If you get the chance, pick up a live CD or see him.  Well worth the money!

A legend from the punk days, Tommy Ramone, is in town to promote his new band.  He was the drummer for the Ramones.  Now he fronts a band called Uncle Monk.  If you were expecting some classic punk, you will be sad.  He has changed his drumsticks for a mandolin.  He has gone bluegrass. 

One of the other bands I couldn't wait to see is The Silos.  I got the album Cuba, oh so many decades ago and flip for these guys.  They cut their teeth in Austin and move to NYC to make it big.  Now they return with a new album on one of my favorite labels, Bloodshot Records, called Come On Like The Fast Lane.  To make things go over the top, Jon Dee Graham played lead guitar!  This set was loud.  This set was rockin'.  This was the perfect way to end day one at SXSW.

It is just after 8pm here in Austin.  All the wrist banded folks are just coming out to play.  I get to go to other parts of the city to have fun and relax before another round of afternoon fun in Austin.