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04 Nov 09 Wednesday 

Category: Sports
This Saturday, Nov. 7, All-Star Championship Wrestling presents Road to the Gold.

All-Star Championship Wrestling returns to the "ACW Arena", The Watering Hole in Howard, WI for Road to the Gold 2009.

If you missed last week's Hangover (Halloween Hangover, that is!), first off, you missed out on seeing former ECW Champion, Steve Corino and the Sheik!  Fortunately, there's always ACW Home Video, but as you know, nothing beats the live show!

Anyway, current ACW Commissioner William W. Sentowski will NOT be attending the show Saturday as he lost a little bet with NWA representative Rev. Ben Johnson.  You can bet that as much as Rev. Ben is gloating, Commissioner Thrill is fuming.

As such, that means the good Reverend gets to name the matches.

Now in case you weren't paying attention, the show is called Road to the Gold.  Longtime ACW fans will recall it as a classic name reserved for championship tournaments  well, this is only slightly different.  There is the tournament aspect, of course, and there most certainly is a prize at the end.  It might not be gold, but could be "as good as gold".  The prize?  A match with a member of the family who will come home to All-Star Championship Wrestling to earn his well-deserved place in the ACW Hall of Fame, and who will be inducted by the men who trained him--Mike Mercury and Eric Hammers.  

This guy:


Round One Matches for Road to the Gold are as follows:
Dinn T. Moore vs. Shane Hills, pitting two big brawlers against each other.
ACW's version of Cain and Abel, clearly put together by Rev. Ben for his enjoyment, Mickey McCoy vs. Chase McCoy
ACW veterans and cabinet members battle as Mason Quinn vs Matt Longtime
Current ACW Heavyweight Champion "Diamond" Dave Demone recieves 1st Round bye as champion.

First round winners advance to Round two and will face each other at the Watering Hole. The winners of these matches will advance to the finals held on November 28th at the Fox Ballroom in Cecil, WI.

Also, in non-tournament action, Reverend Ben has lined up:

Steve Sadist of The Hellriders vs Bryan Skyline w/Chuck Dollar
(Chuck re-injured his wrist and therefore is unable to compete in a match)

NWA Wisconsin Championship Match:
"Cadillac" Nick Colucci gets his frist break in a few months since having to start his career from the bottom of the roster again as he fights NWA Wisconsin Champion Justin Dredd

ACW X-Division Championship Match:
Thomas Walton III takes on the big Canadian Made Brandon Haze with the title on the line.  Walton has faced some big challengers in his time, and...

...for the amusement of most of the ACW fans and Reverend Ben
The Chosen Ones battle each other as Ian Gauger vs Ryan Summers w/Special Guest Referee Stacy Shadows.  Certainly, every piece of furniture in Commissioner Thrill's house will be smashed to pieces when he reads this, and admittedly, it IS kinda amusing...

That's All-Star Championship Wrestling's Road to the Gold 2009 this Saturday, November 7 7PM at The Watering Hole in Howard, WI.

For more information, head to nwawisconsin.com!

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29 Oct 09 Thursday 

Category: Sports
This Saturday, October 31, there's no tricks, but two big treats this Halloween when All-Star Championship Wrestling goes Old-School as NWA Heartland States Champion and former Extreme Championship Wrestling Champion Steve Corino makes his All-Star Championship Wrestling debut at ACW Halloween Hangover, defending his Championship against Dinn T. Moore, who won the shot a few months back!

Pending the outcome of a "3-Way Dance" the night before, the Heartland title will be on one of these two men, or former ACW Champion, Nick Colucci.  However, due to contract stipulations in ACW, Colucci cannot be in a title match until the Cabinet deems him worthy. So, if Colucci wins the title, this match is simply about pride and vengeance. (Hey, not our rule...bring it up to Herr Kommissar, Mr. Sentowski...)

Also in action, The Iranian Assassin, The Sheik Ali Azzad also makes his All-Star Championship Wrestling debut this Halloween!  The original Sheik is, of course, passed on, but this new Sheik takes his name as a tribute to the legendary madman, and has the blessing of the original Sheik's only living relative, former Extreme Championship Wrestling's Homicidal, Suicidal, and Genocidal maniac, Sabu!

Now, The Sheik, who is the current NWA Midwest Heavyweight Champion is also the top contender for Blue Demon, Jr.'s NWA World Champion.  When The Sheik's opponent failed to show for their Midwes title defence, the Sheik took on a replacement, a former Champion himself in Silas Young.  Defeating Young, the Sheik took the belt back to Iran. (Hopefully, it's not melted down!).  Now, Justin Dredd, the NWA Wisconsin Champion and also the Number One Contender to the Midwest belt has been granted the title shot against The Sheik.  Dredd has done a fine job of defending the NWA Wisconsin crown, but the Sheik may be his toughest test yet!

NWA Wisconsin Tag Champs THE McCoys (Chase & Mickey) take on The Urban Assault Team (UAT) in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. The title belts will not be suspended above the ring as is the norm for this match, but it will be first team to pin wins. But after the last match, which caused severe and expensive damage to the NWA Wisconsin Rapid Party Cool Bus, what role will NWA:WI Owner Jason Jerry play?

ACW Tag Champs The Hellriders, Steve Sadist and the Demonic Sam  Hayne face their biggest challenge yet when they face former NWA Wisconsin Tag Team Champions "Metalhead" Steve Stone and Brandon Blaze!

In a classic battle that harkens back to classic ACW days, Shane Hills,  formerly of The Cabinet and now of the Hellriders,  will battle Matt "The Love Machine" Longtime.  After Longtime, at the behest of the Cabinet, could not take the NWA Wisconsin Championship off of Justin Dredd, the Cabinet has once again retained the services of the ACW Legend and former ACW Tag Team Champion to take on Hills, and attempt to derail Hill's quest to take the ACW title away from Diamond Dave Demone.

It's been many years since Hills faced Longtime... long before Cash Money (with J-Ca$h)...or even Culture Shock (with Pimp Daddy Rob Norwood). I do believe the last time was when Hills and Ruff Ryder Rashaan took on the GQ Centerfolds, sometime in 2001.
Anyway, the cabinet has decided to stack the deck against Hills... not only have they maintained the safety of Dave Demone by flying he and Mason Quinn (and the title) out to Las Vegas for the weekend... AND the Cabinet has also informed me that the proper paperwork has been filled out for The Chosen Ones to manage Longtime. With Ryan Summers, Ian Gauguer, and Stacy Shadow in his corner, how can Longtime lose?  Well, Commissioner Sentowski loses real good, but we have faith in him (or do we?? Mwah, ha, ha...)

While Chuck Dollar has earned an X-Division title match against TW3 (Thomas Walton III) with a pin in Pound, Wi just a week ago, Chuck has instead chosen to hold off on his title shot, allowing Bryan Skyline the title match instead. No one quite knows why or how Skyline and Dollar hooked up, we only know that they looked good together in Pound. Mixing classic tag team skills by trapping their opponent in their corner, Skyline delivers the aerial moves while Dollar brings the martial arts inspired pain.

Skyline, who debuted in NWA/ACW with a string of 3 straight title matches, only to lose them all, now has another shot at gold...is he allergic to gold? Or is it just another "victim of the economy" that he can't get that extra money that goes with the title?

Plus, of course, ACW's annual "Spook-A-Roo" Battle Royal, where you just never know who might show up!

Check all of the action out this Halloween (hey, it's better than waiting around for Trick-Or-Treaters, right?) as All-Star Championship Wrestling presents Halloween Hangover this Saturday, October 31, and make sure you have some "Hair of the Dog" ready to deal with the Hangover from too much ACW action!

That's All-Star Championship Wrestling at The Bar in Green Bay, WI, on 606 Lime Kiln Road, and hopefully, The Bar can contain all this action!

Now tickets for this spook-tacular (groan!) event are only $10 general admission and $15 front row, which is great, considering the action overdose planned!  

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20 Oct 09 Tuesday 

Category: Sports
On Saturday, October 24th, NWA Wisconsin makes its long-awaited return to Equity Hall in Pound, Wisconsin when Vollmar's Trailside Bar and WOCO Radio present NWA Wisconsin Nightmare in the Northwoods.

Just one short week away from Halloween and an absolutely INCREDIBLE card that features not only "King of Old School"
 
and former ECW star Steve Corino, but also The Iranian Assassin, The Sheik!  While the original madman has passed on, The Sheik's closest living relative, the homicidal, genocidal, suicidal Sabu has given his blessing to this new Sheik to carry on the legacy of pain and suffering.


However, on to the card at hand, Jerry Stylz's X Division Title nightmare is far from over, as Stylz is forced to team with the man who took his title from him, Thomas Walton III. Also, The Hellriders along with their newest member Shane Hills begin their quest to destroy All-Star Championship Wrestling Commissioner William W. Sentowski's Cabinet, but that favour is being reciprocated by the Cabinet members.  The Cabinet may have lost Shane Hills, but Sentowski's a strategist at heart and knows how to rebound from a loss and become even stronger.  The fans sure enjoy poking fun at Sentowski and his Cabinet (especially Jamie P Ness), but it would be a mistake to label Sentowski a buffoon.

In the meantime, as a result of his loss to All-Star Championship Wrestling Champion Diamond Dave Demone, former ACW Champion Cadillac Nick Colucci had a stipulation in his contract that if he did not win, he would re-start his career at the bottom of the ladder again.  As such, Colucci will face a surprise opponent.  While there's nothing wrong with Colucci's confidence in agreeing to re-start his career, it was unfortunate that his gamble didn't pay off quite the way he wanted it to.  At least Colucci is still wrestling in singles action.  He should consider himself lucky that All-Star Championship Wrestling owner Jason Jerry didn't have Colucci re-form "La Cosa Nostra".

However, Demone won't have time to gloat, since he has a tall order ahead of him trying to wrest the ACW Tag Team Championship away from Sam Hayne and Steve Sadist of The Hellriders with the help of fellow Cabinet member and the former NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Champion, Mason Quinn.

Speaking of the NWA Wisconsin Championship, Justin Dredd once again faces someone much bigger than him.  This time, he faces another mainstay of ACW, Tejas!  The big Native American would love to have that title in his collection.  However, matches with Mason Quinn and Shane Hills have displayed that Dredd is not one to be taken lightly and is more than "just" a high flyer.  He knows how to wrestle, and his slender form allows him more speed than some of his heavier opponents.  Dredd has also shown he's not afraid of taking on wrestlers considerably bigger and taller than him, disproving the theory that wrestling is "only" a big man's sport.

On the subject of big men, the other members of The Hellriders, Jett Bennett (our newest client, see forthcoming press release) and Shane Hills, the newest Hellrider are both in singles action.  Hills battles another hard-hitting brawler in veteran journeyman Adrian Lynch while the "Made In The USA" pride will be defended by Bennett, who battles "Canadian Made" Brandon Haze.  Lynch has wrestled quite literally all across the U.S. and overseas, and incorporates a little bit of each style into his own repertoire.  As far as "Canadian Made", well...all we can say is that there's nothing a Harley-riding, leather loving outlaw biker hates worse than a long-haired, loud-mouthed Canadian.  We wouldn't want to be in Haze's shoes.

What's that you say?  You're a fan of tag teams?  No problem!  NWA Wisconsin has that for you, too! 

In the second tag match on the card, The Chosen Ones may just get their "underwear" to change colours from white to brown as they face another tough challenge in former NWA Wisconsin Tag Team Champions, the reuinted Spanish Stew (Dinn T. Moore and "El Vato" Jose Guerrero).  They're back for "one night only", and they're after The Chosen Ones.  Now, while The Chosen Ones may lack some experience against "Dinty" and "Vato", but  Commissioner Sentowski has spent many years in the broadcast booth, and while he doesn't have any authority in NWA Wisconsin like he does in All-Star Championship Wrestling, you can bet that Sentowski has the "Stew" well-scouted.  Not only that, but the Cabinet has deep pockets, and you know Sentowski will be spending a lot of money on the finest nutritionists and trainers for The Chosen Ones.  It would be quite the feather in their cap to defeat these former NWA Wisconsin Tag Team Champions
.  Vato and Dinty may not have tagged in some time, but as they are real life good friends, the "old magic" should return quicky for those two.


The final tag match was alluded to a little earlier on, as Jerry Stylz, former X-Division Champion teams with "TW3", Thomas Walton III.  Jerry really doesn't have a lot of friends as it is, and with Walton having taken "his" X-Division Championship earlier two weeks previously, they may have to work together, but they sure don't have to like it.  On the other side, you have the very angry Chuck Dollar.  The former Douglas Do-Right continues to do all he can to shed the "nicest guy in ACW" label and really wants that X-Division title belt, and he doesn't really care who has the belt, or if they used to be his friend or not.  Well, there IS an old saying that there are no friends in wrestling, and maybe Chuck is beginning to believe the cliche.  He'll team with the always-exciting Bryan Skyline, who can certainly more than match anything Thomas Walton can do in the ring.  How will Skyline mesh with Chuck?  Only time will tell...

Plus...rumours are abound that there will be a mini-spookaroo...(please, no "short" jokes...), although speaking of "short", there's a fella that used to compete in NWA Wisconsin who used to be called short...or more specifically, Shortstack.  Shortstack has gone "green" now (you know these crazy kids and their environmental fads!), and currently calls himself "Hornswoggle".  Maybe you've heard of him.  He wrestles for some company out of Connecticut. 

In any case...the "Spook-A-Roo" is the annual NWA Wisconsin Halloween tradition.  If you've seen the "gimmick battle royal", you'll have a starting point to what the Spook-A-Roo is, except that NWA Wisconsin has been doing it since 2003, and that "short" fella we talked about above won the very first Spook-A-Roo battle royal.  In keeping with the Halloween theme, the Spook-A-Roo gives the wrestlers of NWA Wisconsin to have a little bit of fun and gives the fans something different, as the wrestlers don't limit themselves to lampooning wrestlers.  We've seen Jerry "Hasselhoff" Stylz running down the aisle in "slow-motion", spoofing "Baywatch" and former Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor and All-Star Championship Wrestling Hall of Fame member Adrian Serrano goofing on NWA Midwest executive Ed Chuman, as well as seeing the little-known relative of the demonic Sam Hayne, the "Son of Sam", portrayed by "The World's Sexiest Midget" (yeah, it's Shortstack again!).  The actual competitors in the Spook-A-Roo change each year, and it's not always just the wrestlers competing in it.  In addition to that, the list of the competitors is kept top secret (we haven't even been able to get a spy in, despite our best efforts!) and frequently changes on the off chance we manage to rig up a hidden camera in the NWA Wisconsin matchmakers offices (the bastards!).  In any case, the surprise is typically half the fun of the Spook-A-Roo.  There will almost certainly be a real, full-fledged Spook-A-Roo done on Halloween, but if the rumours are true, then this will be a nice prelude to the real deal to be held one week later.

The doors for this event open at 6:30 and the bell time is 7:00, so it's a little earlier than usual, which means room for more great matches, right?  The Halloween-time shows tend to sell out a lot quicker than the regular shows, so make sure to pick up your tickets early, as seating is extremely limited.  Tickets are priced at a very reasonable $15 for the front row, and $10 for general admission.  Considering the level of talent on the card, it's a fantastic deal.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE...

If you are a card-carrying fan of NWA Wisconsin (no, really...if you have the NWA Wisconsin "Frequent Fan Card", make sure you carry it!)  Anyway, make sure you carry the card and tell 'em at the door Willard Scott sent you...oops, wrong endorsement! (Boy, are we embarrassed!). Tell 'em Shadow Fire Promotions sent you and get your ticket prices reduced to $8 general admission and $12 for the front row.  Wutta steal! (Oh, FINE!  So you don't NEED to say Shadow Fire Promotions sent you to get the discount, all you need is to have the card...but we'd sure like it if you said we sent you anyway...pretty please??)  If you don't have a card, head to nwawisconsin.com and check out their message board for details on how to be an OFFICIAL card-carrying fan of NWA Wisconsin!

The show is NWA Wisconsin Nightmare in the Northwoods, and the date is October 24 and it's at Equity Hall in Pound, Wisconsin, and there will definitely be some "pounding" going on in the ring! (yeah, groan away...we have plenty more bad puns where that came from!  Holy Squared Circle, Batman!)


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15 Oct 09 Thursday 

Category: Sports

The Wrestling world has lost another brother as the legendary manager, the “Guiding Light”, Captain Lou Albano passed away the morning of October 14 at the age of 76. 

Albano, known as the “Guiding Light”, would lead over 15 teams to the WWF Tag Team Championship, which would earn him his nickname, and a record that will never be broken in professional wrestling, and also secure a spot for Albano in the WWE Hall of Fame.  The loud-mouthed, bombastic “Captain” would instantly irritate fans and distract rival wrestlers, contributing to his success.  The Captain’s appearance was equally memorable, with rubber bands hanging from his cheeks and ears, like earrings, and a floral print “Hawaiian” shirt, typically unbuttoned to show the Captain’s “physique”.

Louis Vincent Albano was born July 29, 1933 in New York, and got involved in professional wrestling shortly after his time in the army while working as a bouncer in a bar frequented by wrestlers.  Contrary to what most people would guess by looking at Albano’s portly frame, he actually started out as a wrestler, starting out in Montreal and teaming with another Italian, Tony Altimore as “The Sicilians”, an Italian mobster gimmick that got over a little too well, leaving Altimore and Albano wondering if the real Mafia would come after them.  Even as an active wrestler, Albano would have tag team gold come his way, winning the Midwest Tag Team Championship and also the WWWF U.S. Tag Team Championship.  Albano was also a standout football player at the University of Tennessee, playing on a football scholarship.  

However, it was after his retirement and his shift to managing that Albano’s star would truly shine, and his very first charge was the Russian Bear, Ivan Koloff, who, under the guidance of Albano would dethrone the longest-reigning WWWF Champion, the equally legendary Bruno Sammartino in 1971.  Unfortunately, it would be the final time a charge of Albano’s would see the World Heavyweight Championship, but Albano’s resume of managerial success with tag teams would more than make up for it.  Even though Albano’s men wouldn’t see the World Heavyweight Championship again, Albano wasn’t done with singles gold and also managed the first Intercontinental Champion Pat Patterson and later The Magnificent Muraco and Greg “The Hammer” Valentine to the Intercontinental Championship.  Although he didn’t hold a WWF/WWE title, Albano would also manage “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka, as well.

The calibre of talent in the managing pool during the 1970s was exceptionally deep with Albano; The Grand Wizard and the late “Classy” Freddie Blassie all competing to manage the best talent and Albano stood out among these talented managers by being the one to have his charge defeat the seemingly unbeatable Sammartino.

Outside of the ring, during the 1980s, Albano would star as Cyndi Lauper’s father in the "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" video and Albano would use the video to further the 1980s “Rock 'n' Wrestling” storyline, claiming he was responsible for all of Lauper’s success, and she would be nothing without him, which would begin a rivalry between Albano and Lauper that was continued in the ring leading up to the MTV/WWF special “The War to Settle the Score” and later the first WrestleMania, where Albano’s charge, The Fabulous Moolah would take on Wendi Richter, managed by Lauper.

Later, Albano would apologise publicly to Lauper, turning fan favourite in the process before leaving the WWF to work on other projects in television and movies.  Albano appeared in several popular TV shows of the late 80s, to include Hulk Hogan’s Rock n’ Wrestling and also movies such as Body Slam with Roddy Piper and his former charges, the Wild Samoans.  He would also appear in the 1993 movie Stay Tuned with the late John Ritter and Mork & Mindy star, Pam Dawber.

In March 1989, on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Albano shaved his trademark beard on the air in order to star as the video game character Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.   Along with Danny Wells as Luigi, he co-starred in live action segments during interludes of the Mario cartoon, as well as providing Mario’s voice.

In 1996, “The Guiding Light” was recognised for his accomplishments by being inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame and two years later, he co-authored the book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pro-Wrestling along with boxing historian Bert Sugar.

In 2008 he released his autobiography, "Often Imitated, Never Duplicated”, owing to his catchphrase with the foreword written by Cyndi Lauper.

Albano passed away at his home on October 14, 2009 under hospice care at his home after a 42-year career in professional wrestling.  He was 76 years old.

The list of wrestlers managed by Albano is extensive, among them being:

  • Don Muraco
  • Professor Toru Tanaka
  • Nikolai Volkoff
  • George 'The Animal' Steele
  • Ivan Koloff
  • Bobby Duncum, Sr.
  • André the Giant
  • Brian Blair
  • Greg Valentine
  • The Iron Sheik
  • Larry Hennig
  • "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka
  • "Crazy" Luke Graham
  • Tarzan Tyler
  • King Curtis Iaukea
  • Blackjack Mulligan
  • Baron Mikel Scicluna
  • Pat Patterson
  • Ray "The Crippler" Stevens (with Freddie Blassie)
  • Dick Murdoch
  • Adrian Adonis
  • Ken Patera
  • The Fabulous Moolah
  • Hulk Hogan

His tag team charges included:

  • Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito
  • Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika)
  • The Executioners (Masked Executioner 1 and Masked Executioner 2)
  • The Mongols (Bepo and Geeto)
  • The Yukon Lumberjacks (Yukon Eric and Yukon Pierre)
  • The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid)
  • The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu)
  • The New Headshrinkers (Fatu and Sionne)
  • The Valiant Brothers (Jimmy Valiant, Johnny Valiant and Jerry Valiant)
  • The Machines (Super Machine, Big Machine and Giant Machine)
  • The Moondogs (Moondog King, Moondog Rex and Moondog Spot)
  • The U.S. Express (Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham)

Additionally, Albano received an award in 1995 from the Cauliflower Alley Club, “The Ring of Friendship” an association of boxers and wrestlers.  Other awards included awards from the Pro Wrestling Illustrated family of magazines, the PWI Manager of the Year award three times, in 1974, 1981, and 1986 and the PWI Stanley Weston Award in 1994.  He was also the recipient of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Award for “Best on Interviews” in 1981, where he was tied with another legendary “big mouth”, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. And was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.

WWE acknowledged the passing of Albano posting a mini-tribute on wwe.com the other day. WWE included a classic picture of Albano from his managerial days when he wore a rubber band around his beard.

"World Wrestling Entertainment and its fans are saddened to learn of the passing of Captain Lou Albano Wednesday morning. An in-ring competitor and legendary manager of champions, the WWE Hall of Famer was 76 years old."

ECW’s Dawn Marie’s organisation Wrestler's Rescue is taking up donations to help Albano's family pay for medical expenses related to an illness that led to his death.

Please join Shadow Fire Promotions and all of our corporate family in extending condolences to the family of The Guiding Light, “Captain” Lou Albano.

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13 Oct 09 Tuesday 

Category: Sports
It's time for Happy Hour!  No, not that kind of Happy Hour, but NWA Wisconsin Happy Hour, as NWA Wisconsin's classic wrestling channel makes its return!

As a result of being the longest running promotion in the state of Wisconsin, NWA Wisconsin, and its affiliate, All-Star Championship Wrestling have an extensive video library, featuring many wrestlers who have since wrestled for the national promotions, most notably home-grown talents "Kamikaze" Ken (Mr. Kennedy) Anderson and Shortstack, now known as Hornswoggle.

Happy Hour is for those times when you want to catch the classic ACW and NWA Wisconsin wrestling in between the shows.  Thanks to blip tv, NWA Wisconsin Happy Hour is now available on iTunes also as a podcast and will shortly be up as a YouTube channel.

Additionally,  Happy Hour will take requests for classic matches that you, the fans, would like to see on Happy Hour. Just head to the NWA Wisconsin message board and sound off on some of the classic matches you would like to see! There's a lot of great years of wrestling and some extremely talented veteran wrestlers such as Sam Hayne, Horace the Psychopath, Dino Bambino, CM Punk, Colt Cabana, Kevin Krueger, and Matt Longtime, plus up and comers like Jerry Stylz, Thomas Walton III, Justin Dredd, Chuck Dollar and more!

That's NWA Wisconsin Happy Hour, and you can access it via the links below, so pull up your comfy chair, grab a beer, get some chips, kick off your shoes and get ready for NWA Wisconsin Happy Hour.  It'll get you through any UN-Happy Hour you might have, and will last longer than an hour!

http://www.nwa-wi-happyhour.blip.tv



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10 Oct 09 Saturday 

Category: Sports
This Saturday, October 10, All-Star Championship Wrestling continues the 2009 Kickoff Karnage Tour, with show #202 and a great lineup.

Commissioner Sentowski's Chosen Ones have been put on the defensive with Sam Hayne and The Hellriders capturing the ACW Tag Team Championship from them, and then invoking the "Hellriders Rule" to let any member of the group defend the belts.  Last Saturday at The Watering Hole, as you recall, The Chosen Ones teamed up with Shane Hills to battle all three Hellriders, Sam Hayne, Jett Bennett, and Steve Sadist.  While the Hellriders retained the belts, they were none too pleased at the interference in the match by the female member of The Chosen Ones, Stacey Shadows.  To offset her interference, The Hellriders proposed to add another name into the mix...Sam Hayne's manager Mystique, making her long-awaited return to All-Star Championship Wrestling!  Mystique is certainly no rookie and can handle anything Stacey can dish out, so this four-on-four elimination-style matchup is going to be war.  With the ACW Tag Team Championship on the line in the match, look for even more aggression from The Hellriders.  Commissoner Sentowski's "underwear models", The Chosen Ones are in for far more than a wrestling match when they clash with The Hellriders AND Mystique.  They are in for a beating.  Stacey Shadows took on a male wrestler in her debut, but most of the men in the ACW locker room refuse to lock horns with Mystique.  Anyone that can ride with Sam Hayne is plenty tough.
 

ACW Heavyweight Championship is also on the line.  Champion "Diamond" Dave Demone has been enjoying adding some gold to his "jewelry collection", but "Cadillac"  Nick Colucci is not yet done with Demone, and is putting it all on the line with a special career-threatening stipulation to be added to the match.    Colucci, one of the most popular wrestlers with the fans, wants to see the title around his waist once more, and judging from the ACW message boards, the fans want it that way, too.  Demone, a Cabinet member, along with his "weasely" manager, Jamie P. Ness are sure to try to put Colucci out of not only the ACW title picture, but also the ACW picture as a whole.  Colucci would be wise to have someone watch his back in this match.

In Triple Threat Action with the ACW X-Dvision Championship on the line,  Jerry Stylz is challenged by two former Champions,  Thomas "T-Dub-3" Walton III and Chuck Dollar (the former Douglas Do-Right Peterson.  Chuck is already plenty cheesed off about losing his belt, and then getting disqualified last week at The Watering Hole.  Chuck seems to want everything his way, and no one else is right but him.  Stylz already won his title defence against Chuck (naturally, it wasn't Chuck's fault, it was incompetent officiating.  It had nothing to do with Chuck assaulting a referee...nosireebob...), but with the extra man in the ring and the fact that unlike a traditional match, Stylz doesn't have to be pinned to lose the title, it's going to make retaining his belt a much more difficult task.  Especially since Walton isn't exactly some preliminary talent, he's a former X-Division Champion himself.

NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Champion Justin Dredd has a serious problem going into his title defence this Saturday...he doesn't know who his opponent will be yet.  Dredd is making a fine showing of himself as Champion thus far, and at his young age, has tons of potential ahead of him, and is just approaching the prime years of his career right now.  How will that help him without being able to prepare for his opponent?  Well, it depends on how much advance notice his opponent gets.  Remember, the Champion does not have to defeat you, but you have to defeat him for the belt.

There's plenty more action to be found at The Bar Saturday, including one half of the NWA Wisconsin Tag Team Champions (not to mention the ICW Champion), Chase McCoy, Dinn T. Moore, Brandon Haze, and more!

That's Saturday, October 10 (YES, TOMORROW!) at The Bar on Lime Kiln Road in Green Bay, Wisconson, as All-Star Championship Wrestling continues the Kickoff Karnage Tour 2009 with ACW show #202.

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30 Sep 09 Wednesday 

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Previously we discussed the tentative lineup for Kickoff Karnage's latest tour stop at the Watering Hole in Green Bay this Saturday, October 3.  

Well, there have been some changes to the card (as sometimes happens), and we think it definitely spices things up a bit.

Justin Dredd will still be defending the NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Championship against ACW mainstay "The Love Machine" Matt Longtime.  

Longtime is perhaps known mostly for his tag team with Kevin Krueger, but he is a very capable singles wrestler, as well.  As NWA Wisconsin Champion, Dredd is going to have his hands full defending the belt against all comers in the NWA looking to take him down.  Dredd's youth provides him an advantage of sorts, as he will likely be viewed as inexperienced, and that might provide him an opening to use against his opponents.  

In reality, Dredd is a former X-Division Champion, and this title is the reward for the hard work he has put in, proving that it's not always the biggest dog in the fight that gets the win!  This title is a long time coming for Dredd.  Here's hoping he can hold onto it for a while.  Since Quinn was dethroned, you can bet every wrestler on the roster is looking to "up their worth" so to speak by taking out the guy that took out Quinn.

The NWA Wisconsin Tag Team Championship is also on the line as The Urban Assault Team (Mace Morgan & Jared Johnsonville) seeks to once again have some gold around their waist, challenging The McCoys (Chase & Mickey).  The McCoys recently lost the ACW Tag Team titles, so you can bet they're eager to hold on to the NWA tag title straps.  However, the UAT is not without some dirty tricks of their own.  

This is our pick for the favourite contest of the night.  The McCoys best watch their backs, because you know Sam Hayne and the Hellriders are looking for a tag title monopoly.  After ACW, then NWa Wisconsin, we would suspect that NWA Midwest is next.  Skullkrushers should beware...we're just sayin'...

"Diamond" Dave Demone recently dethroned two-time ACW Heavyweight Champion Nick Colucci for the title, and now Colucci invokes his rematch clause to regain the belt and continue on his quest to not only regain the ACW title, but also make his way towards having the most ACW Championship reigns.

So, Commissioner Sentowski has been depleting the ozone layer with all the hot air he;s been spewing about Demone's win.  With any luck, Colucci will take back the belt, although the downside is then the Commissioner will whine, and while the "Commish"'s high-pitched whining is inaudible to humans, any dogs within a 3-state radius will be going crazy.

The Hellriders (Sam Hayne, Jett Bennett, Steve Sadist) will defend their newly-won ACW Tag Team Championship against Shane Hills & The Chosen Ones.  Yes, there are three wrestlers on each side, and yes, it is only a Tag Team Championship.  YOU tell Hayne that he can only have two of his Hellriders defending the titles.

Jerry Stylz puts his ACW X-Division title on the line against Chuck Dollar (formerly Douglas Do-Right Peterson).  Chuck feels slighted that upon his return to active competition from an injury that he was not first in line to receive a shot at the X-Division Championship.  Chuck feels that the old adage of nice guys finishing last applies to him, and to paraphrase Twisted Sister, he's "not gonna take it".  He's adopted not only a new name, but a new attitude to boot.  

Will it help him out?  It sure turned off the former "nicest guy in ACW's" fan base, not that Chuck cares about his fans anymore, since he feels that they have turned against him, too.  Chuck, nice guys don't always finish last, but your attitude might have cost you a lot more than fan support.

Dinn T. Moore's match has been changed to a Triple Threat Match against not only "Canadian Made" Brandon Haze, but also Mason Quinn with the added stipulation/reward that the winner gets a shot at the NWA Heartland Champion Oct. 31.  Who, you ask is the Heartland Champion?  Some guy you may or may not remember from a popular Philadelphia promotion called ECW!  That's right, the Heartland Champion is none other than STEVE CORINO, and he will be appearing at NWA Wisconsin on Oct 31 to defend his title!

With the Cabinet present, this one is up in the air.  The fans will likely be behind Dinn T. Moore, and firmly against the other two, but fan approval isn't what will win these matches.  It's gonna be an interesting contest to watch.

Thoams Walton III vs. Bobby V.

Walton improves by leaps and bounds every time he enters the ring, and it is likely only a matter of time until he wins either the NWA Wisconsin or ACW Championship.  Bobby V hides behind his effeminate manner, but is always a threat, and having unveiled his new "manager"/??? Syrin at NWA Wisconsin's Fall Showcase, that means that "TW3" is going to have to watch his backside.  In more ways than one.


That's All-Star Championship Wrestling Kickoff Karnage Tour 2009, Saturday, October 3 at The Watering Hole in Green Bay.  Bell time is 7 PM.

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NWA Wisconsin and ACW continue the Kickoff Karnage Tour 2009 on Saturday, Oct. 3 at The Watering Hole in Green Bay.

Tentative matches will be:

Justin Dredd will defend the NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Championship against ACW mainstay "The Love Machine" Matt Longtime.  Longtime is perhaps known mostly for his tag team with Kevin Krueger, but he is a very capable singles wrestler, as well.  As NWA Wisconsin Champion, Dredd is going to have his hands full defending the belt against all comers in the NWA looking to take him down.  Dredd's youth provides him an advantage of sorts, as he will likely be viewed as inexperienced, and that might provide him an opening to use against his opponents.

The NWA Wisconsin Tag Team Championship is also on the line as The Urban Assault Team (Mace Morgan & Jared Johnsonville) seeks to once again have some gold around their waist, challenging The McCoys (Chase & Mickey).  The McCoys recently lost the ACW Tag Team titles, so you can bet they're eager to hold on to the NWA tag title straps.  However, the UAT is not without some dirty tricks of their own.  This should be a very interesting contest.

"Diamond" Dave Demone recently dethroned two-time ACW Heavyweight Champion Nick Colucci for the title, and now Colucci invokes his rematch clause to regain the belt and continue on his quest to not only regain the ACW title, but also make his way towards having the most ACW Championship reigns.

The Hellriders (Sam Hayne, Jett Bennett, Steve Sadist) will defend their newly-won ACW Tag Team Championship against Shane Hills & The Chosen Ones.  Yes, there are three wrestlers on each side, and yes, it is only a Tag Team Championship.  YOU tell Hayne that he can only have two of his Hellriders defending the titles.

Jerry Stylz puts his ACW X-Division title on the line against Chuck Dollar (formerly Douglas Do-Right Peterson).  Chuck feels slighted that upon his return to active competition from an injury that he was not first in line to receive a shot at the X-Division Championship.  Chuck feels that the old adage of nice guys finishing last applies to him, and to paraphrase Twisted Sister, he's "not gonna take it".  He's adopted not only a new name, but a new attitude to boot.  Will it help him out?  It sure turned off the former "nicest guy in ACW's" fan base, not that Chuck cares about his fans anymore, since he feels that they have turned against him, too.

Dinn T. Moore battles "Canadian Made" Brandon Haze

Haze managed to survive his battles with Sam Hayne (probably because Hayne found bigger fish to fry!) and now goes against local boy Dinn T. Moore. You can take a wild guess who you think the crowd at The Watering Hole will be behind in this match.

Brian Skyline vs. Bobby V.

The high-flying Indiana native Skyline will make his Watering Hole debut on October 3 against another high-flyer in Bobby V.  How will Bobby's approach to matches mesh with Skyline?  Bobby tends to take things less serious than Skyline, who also has a nice mix of power behind his aerial moves, which is something Bobby lacks.  Will Bobby scout Skyline, as Skyline is sure to have done with Bobby?

Plus former NWA Wisconsin Champion Mason Quinn will take on an opponent to be announced by All-Star Championship Wrestling.  Quinn is no doubt still sore about losing the NWA Wisconsin Championship, which might have been a mitigating factor in Quinn joining Commissioner Sentowski's Cabinet, although there have been some signs of dissention within the Cabinet of late.  Perhaps Quinn's frustration about losing the Championship is carrying over to some of his "Cabinet-mates".

That's All-Star Championship Wrestling Kickoff Karnage Tour 2009, Saturday, October 3 at The Watering Hole in Green Bay.  Bell time is 7 PM.

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27 Sep 09 Sunday 

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This Wednesday, Kimbo will fight "Big Country" on The Ultimate Fighter.  Kimbo and "Big Country" are probably the two most experienced fighters in TUF, with "Big Country" being a former IFL Champion.  However, if Kimbo loses, he will still have a very successful career ahead of him...just not in MMA...








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21 Sep 09 Monday 

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As the summer season leaves us and we begin moving into fall, the weather outside will start to get colder.  

As such, you're going to probably start thinking about warmer stuff to wear.  Well, we have a GREAT stylish beanie for you, celebrating the 10th Anniversary of All-Star Championship Wrestling.  

These beanies are limited edition, and we only have a few more left.  Check the design out below, modelled by our lovely model, Kera.




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Rumours are abound that the WWF is going to unvelil a new title belt, and that it will be reverting back to the 1998-1999 era "Winged eagle" style.  We have the exclusive scoop on the belt design.




















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The "Tour de Karnage" continues tomorrow at Zielinski's Ballroom in Pulaski, WI as NWA Wisconsin presents Fall Showcase I, a continuation of The Kickoff Karnage Tour that began last week.

We posted earlier the parts of the card that NWA Wisconsin released, and with the boxing match and The Hellriders defending their newly won tag belts, it's sure to be a "hell" of a time, pun fully intended.

That's NWA Wisconsin Fall Showcase I (Kickoff Karnage Tour 2009) at Zielinski's Ballroom in Pulaski, WI.  Bell time is 7PM.  For more information, head to www.nwawisconsin.com!

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It's a good thing tha the UFC was running their "Ultimate 100" today in anticipation of the tenth season of their highly rated reality show, "The Ultimate Fighter", since after 16 years, they are just a fad.

How do we arrive at that opinion?  Well, you know, if you read it on the internet, it must be true, right?  Here's the nugget we found.  We hope all our MMA friends get as good a laugh out of it as we did.

WWE COO Donna Goldsmith said an investor's conference in New York today that WWE watches every move UFC makes very closely, but she used the word "fad" to describe her uncertainty about UFC's affect on their business.

Goldsmith also gave an uncertain answer of "yeah, maybe" when asked whether UFC is affecting their business. WWE provided data from cable companies that they are only seeing four percent cross-over from consumers who order both WWE and UFC PPVs on a regular basis.

"The (WWE) PPV dollars in general are down a bit. Could it be from that (UFC)? Yeah, maybe. UFC has good PPV numbers," Goldsmith said at the ROTH Capital Partners conference today.

Goldsmith then downplayed UFC's business, saying WWE is more diversified with TV, consumer products, and other ways of getting their content into the marketplace.

"They don't have the kind of TV coverage we have. They don't have the kind of consumer goods. They don't really have anything other than the pay-per-view numbers, which are good," Goldsmith said. "I can't say they are direct competitors other than everyone's share of the dollar. It has not affected any of our other business areas at all."

After finishing her statement, she paused and said, "It's not a great answer cause I'm not sure, but it's something we watch very, very carefully and closely. We'll see. I don't know if they're a fad - their PPV numbers are great, but I'm not sure."

Our thoughts: They have ten seasons of a highly rated reality show on Spike, and a good portion of Spike's programming relates to UFC.  The UFC has been around for 16 years, and shows no signs of slowing down.  They successfully manage to translate their success on TV to PPV buys (as Ms. Goldsmith has admitted to) and make new stars, not just from TUF, but also from other MMA leagues (something WWE needs to do more of).

Yes, WWE is trained in general to ignore everything except their "Universe", but if they truly believe that the UFC is only a fad, then they are seriously deceiving themselves.  It was their lack of belief in competition that allowed WCW to overtake them for two years in the 90's as the number one wrestling promotion.

WWE's corporate officers also seem to be exactly like the on-camera talent in WWE...completely closed off from any version of reality that isn't scripted by Vince McMahon and his writing team.  That's not a good sign for any company to not be aware of their competition. 

While we've wrote in the past about paying attention to what is going on in your own house and not worry so much about what everyone else is doing (mostly in reference to TNA), that's not to say you should lock the doors and windows, and throw away your TVs and radios and computers, and cancel your newspaper delivery to live in a bubble that you create and anything not inside your bubble is just not real.  Even some WWE wrestlers have added some MMA-style moves to their repertoire, and have started using a "tap out", as opposed to a verbal submission, which coincidentally just started around the time of the MMA "fad". 

If WWE wants to be a mainstream form of entertainment, they should be aware of other forms of mainstream entertainment, and as Vince McMahon once said in regard to Bret Hart's criticism of the Attitude Era, quit insulting the intelligence of his viewers.
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All-Star Championship Wrestling's Kickoff Karnage 2009 Tour began with several new faces, and an equal amount of surprises.

Now the Tour de Karnage continues as NWA Wisconsin continues the Kickoff Karnage 2009 tour, invading Zielinski's Ballroom in Pulaski for Fall Showcase this Saturday, September 19th.

At Kickoff Karnage, Hellriders Sam Hayne and Steve Sadist captured the ACW Tag Team Championship from "The Weapons of Mass Dysfunction", Mason Quinn and Dysfunction, marking the first Tag Team Championship reign for both Hellriders, and quite the feat for Sadist, who has yet to complete his first year in the sport.  However, The Hellriders have little time for celebration, as they will have to defend their belts at Fall Showcase against  opponents yet to be announced by NWa Wisconsin.

Jerry Stylz is still riding high as the  X-Division Champion, but he will have to defend his Title against ACW Legend, and Stylz's mentor and trainer, Adrian Lynch!  Lynch is a straight ahead power brawler, and as the cliche goes, Stylz may have learned everything he knows from Lynch, but not everything Lynch knows.  Considering Lynch's long career, that cliche is quite accurate.

In a "long awaited" match, NWA Wisconsin Head of Security Bruno takes on Cabinet member, Jamie P. Ness in a boxing match.  Jamie P. Ness claims to have grown up on the "mean streets", and can handle someone whom he considers nothing more than a big goon.  Bruno is the type that doesn't feel the need to talk, and lets his accomplishments talk for him.  Now, we all get to see if Jamie P. Ness, aka "Weezel" is as good as he claims in boxing.

"Diamond" Dave Demone takes on exciting newcomer, high-flying Brian Skyline.  Skyline comes to NWA Wisconsin from Indiana and is looking for new challenges in ACW and NWA Wisconsin.  Demone likes the idea of taking all new challenges out of NWA Wisconsin.  The question is whether Demone can handle Skyline's aeriel assault long enough to get the three count.

In a rematch of the stellar match from the Outagamie County Fair in Seymour, WI back in July, NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Champion Justin Dredd defends the title against the former champ, Mason W. Quinn.  Dredd has already shown size doesn't matter, so now we see whether Dredd's title win is a fluke or if he's the real deal.

The Chosen Ones have been signed to take on Dinn T. Moore. Whether "Dinty" finds a partner to take on these Cabinet members or whether he goes it alone in a handicap match is up to him.

Unresolved issues will finally be resolved as Tejas takes on ACW Heavyweight Champion "Cadillac" Nick Colucci. The former members of the Foreign Franchise haven't been in the ring together since the Franchise imploded many months back!

Chuck "F'n" Dollar takes on "TW3" Thomas Walton III im a match to determine the #1 contender to the X-Division Title. Since Chuck (formerly Douglas "Do-Right" Peterson) busted up Walton's chance at the title (along with Walton's head), TW3 has a wee bit of a grudge...(go figure!)

Plus more!

That's NWA Wisconsin Fall Showcase I (Kickoff Karnage Tour 2009) at Zielinski's Ballroom in Pulaski, WI.  Bell time is 7PM.  For more information, head to www.nwawisconsin.com!

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Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
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