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| Tremont steps into the Cage of Death once more Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein |
Real talk. My birthday is on Monday. I am a humble man (STOP LAUGHING, JERKS), one who doesn't want much from you, the readers. All I ask for my birthday is that in the weekend preceding it, you go out, you find a wrestling show this weekend, and you go have yourself a grand ol' time. Plenty of wrestling shows are happening perhaps in your neighborhood this weekend. If you need help finding one that I may not be describing below, check out Pro Wrestling Events. However, if you're in the area of one of the shows I'll be describing below, then go right on.
FRIDAY
SHINE kicks the weekend off with an Internet pay-per-view broadcast of their 15th show live tonight at 9 PM Eastern Standard Time on WWN Live. If you're going live, be at the Orpheum in Ybor City, FL for that 9 PM bell time. In the main event, SHINE Champion Rain will defend her title against Amazing Kong in her final match ever. Will Rain get to retire as Champion, or will Kong keep the lineage intact and put the Champ out on her back? Another huge match on this show pits elseworlds allies Jessicka Havok and Allysin Kay against each other in one-on-one action. Mia Yim and Ivelisse Velez will square off in hard-hitting singles action as well, while Leva Bates will tackle Neveah in a Friday the 13th Anything Goes match. Mercedes Martinez will face a challenge from Heidi Lovelace. Also appearing on the show will be Sassy Stephie, Angelina Love, Su Yung, Santana Garrett, and Amber O'Neal.
If you're in the Canadian Pacific Northwest, head on over to Port Coquitlam, BC for Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling's Wrestling with Hunger, a fundraiser benefit for those in need in the greater Vancouver area. Donations of toys, cash, or food will be taken, and a prize raffle will be drawn for those who do donate. The show is at the Elks Lodge, and the doors open at 7:30 PM local time. Nicole Matthews, Scotty Mac, and several other ECCW stars will be there.
SATURDAY
Combat Zone Wrestling's year-end extravaganza, Cage of Death XV, will be broadcast on CZW iPPV at 7:30 Eastern Standard Time. If you want to get there live, head to the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ, and if you've purchased your tickets online, be there at 4 PM local for a Q and A with the wrestlers of CZW. The company will also be collecting unwrapped, unopened toys to donate to Toys for Tots, so if you're headed out tomorrow, make sure you mix in a little generosity with your bloodlust and help out some disadvantaged children.
The titular main event match will pit the Nation of Intoxication against the team of Matt Tremont, Drew Blood, Rory Mondo, and Ron Mathis. However, the most interesting match on my end will see Chris Hero returning to CZW for the first time in almost three-and-a-half years to face his protege and current Combat Zone World Champion, Drew Gulak. Gulak's gold is on the line, but what he lacks in experience, he gains in entourage, as the Campaign for a Better Combat Zone will most certainly be at ringside. BLK-OUT will defend their Tag Team Championships against David Starr and JT Dunn, while Alex Colon defends his Wired TV Title against Shane Strickland. Willie Mack comes east to join Chuck Taylor, Latin Dragon, AR Fox, and Andrew Everett in a Showcase Scramble. In trios action, the Brothers Crist and Neveah will battle Sozio, Biff Busick, and DJ Hyde. Greg Excellent will clash with Freight Train, while Davey Richards will make one last stop in CZW before he becomes John Cahill to get into a kick war with Chris Dickinson. Kimber Lee battles Christina von Eerie. Azreal and Bandido Jr. take on Alex Reynolds and John Silver. THIS SHOW IS GODDAMN LOADED.
Ring of Honor's year-end tradition, Final Battle, will be taking place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in the heart of Manhattan, NY, at 7:30 PM local time. The main event is a triple threat for the Undisputed ROH World Championship. Adam Cole won the tournament to crown the new Champ when Jay Briscoe was stripped of the title via injury. Both Briscoe and Michael Elgin have beef with the way Cole has conducted himself since becoming Champion, namely for sneak attacking both of them. Briscoe has gone so far as to get his own title belt seeing as he never lost his in the ring. They'll all wrestle for the right to be the man. Longest reigning Television Champ in company history Matt Taven will defend his title against Tommaso Ciampa, while the team of Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly will defend their Tag Championships against Homicide and Eddie Kingston. In another tag match that will tickle many people's fancies, the Young Bucks will go up against ACH and TaDarius Thomas. Eddie Edwards will have a mystery partner when he collides with Roderick Strong and Jay Lethal, while Kevin Steen and Mike Bennett will compete in a stretcher match for the right to continue using the piledriver. Mark Briscoe will take on Silas Young in a strap match, while Matt Hardy makes his ROH return against Adam Page. This show is also GODDAMN LOADED.
Titan Clash also takes place Saturday. What is this show, you might ask? Well, three of the top promotions in Georgia, Platinum Championship Wrestling of Porterdale/Atlanta, Deep Southern Championship Wrestling in Blue Ridge, and Empire Pro Wrestling of Rossville, GA/Chattanooga, TN, are combining forces to create a triple-shot supershow at the DSCW Arena in Blue Ridge. The doors open at 4 PM local time, and as this hype video says (an EXCELLENT hype video by most standards), the clobberin' starts at 5 PM. Fred Yehi will take on Chip Day in the PCW main event. Johnny Viper vs. Chris Ganz headlines the Empire portion, and Kyle Matthews vs. Jason "The Gift" Kincaid will anchor the DSCW portion. Shane Marx, KT Hamill, Cody Hall, Lamar Phillips, Cyrus the Destroyer, Tank, and Ace Rockwell will all be there too. Scott Hall will also make an appearance to manage his son. Another show that is GODDAMN LOADED.
International Wrestling Cartel's Winner Take All happens at the Court Time Sports Center in Elizabeth, PA with a special bell time of 7 PM local. The main event will pit IWC Champion John McChesney against Dalton Castle. Johnny Gargano, Colt Cabana, and Facade will compete in a three-way match to decide number one contendership to the Super Indy Championship. Also wrestling at this show will be Matt Striker, Asylum of the Flatliners (!!!), Colin Delaney, Shiima Xion, and Logan Shulo, who will be wrestling his final match before heading off to Full Sail to become a WWE Superstar.
Vintage Wrestling will be helping to raise funds for Winter Springs High School at their gym in Winter Springs, FL for Bear Brawl. The show starts at 7 PM, and Mike Cruz, Frankie Ciatso, Kory Chavis, and many more will be appearing.
Cornelia, GA, will be rockin' with another set of Anarchy Wrestling television tapings at the Anarchy Arena. Bell time is 8 PM, and appearing on the card will be Shaun Tempers, Mike Posey, Corey Hollis, Sal Rinauro, "Hit for Hire" Bobby Moore, and Champion Mikael Judas.
Pro Wrestling Syndicate will be holding a doubleheader with their main show and a "Bombshells" show in Avenel, NJ at the Knights of Columbus. The PWS show starts at 5:30 PM local time, and features Dan Maff and Starman among others. The Bombshells show starts at 8:30 PM, and will feature La Rosa Negra, Hania, Lexxus, Mia Yim, Annie Social, and Sumie Sakai.
SUNDAY
Anarchy Championship Wrestling's Delusions of Our Childish Days will take place at the Mohawk in Austin, TX, with a door-open time of 5:15 PM. The Submission Squad will battle Jason Silver, Darin Childs, Jessica James, and Ricky Starks in atomicos action, while Rhia O'Reilly will venture across the pond to make her ACW debut in an American Joshi Championship match against titleholder Su Yung. Shawn Vexx will attempt to throttle the Heaviest Sumo in the Land, Jojo Bravo, Scot Summers battles Bolt Brady, and The Business will look to take out a measure of revenge against Jack Jameson with his two partners, JC Bravo and Stan Summers. Also, Matthew Palmer will answer Darin Childs' challenge for Guilty by Association.
SMASH Wrestling presents Tapped Out at the Can Lan Sportsplex in Mississauga, ON at 3 PM local time. They will host a WWE TLC viewing party at Fox and the Fiddle after the show is over. The main event will pit Chris Hero against Lance Storm in a rematch of sorts from ROH. Matt Cross will take on Tyson Dux, while the Super Smash Bros. will battle Josh Alexander and Sebastian Suave. Also on the show will be Johnny Gargano, Vanessa Kraven, and Gregory Iron.
Seriously, if you can go to a wrestling show this weekend, go to one. Whether a well-known company like CZW is promoting it or whether you just found out about the promotion today, go and support local wrestling. The art of wrestling only survives if we nurture it. Besides, your favorite wrestling company or wrestler may be out there, and you just don't know it yet.
FRIDAY
SHINE kicks the weekend off with an Internet pay-per-view broadcast of their 15th show live tonight at 9 PM Eastern Standard Time on WWN Live. If you're going live, be at the Orpheum in Ybor City, FL for that 9 PM bell time. In the main event, SHINE Champion Rain will defend her title against Amazing Kong in her final match ever. Will Rain get to retire as Champion, or will Kong keep the lineage intact and put the Champ out on her back? Another huge match on this show pits elseworlds allies Jessicka Havok and Allysin Kay against each other in one-on-one action. Mia Yim and Ivelisse Velez will square off in hard-hitting singles action as well, while Leva Bates will tackle Neveah in a Friday the 13th Anything Goes match. Mercedes Martinez will face a challenge from Heidi Lovelace. Also appearing on the show will be Sassy Stephie, Angelina Love, Su Yung, Santana Garrett, and Amber O'Neal.
If you're in the Canadian Pacific Northwest, head on over to Port Coquitlam, BC for Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling's Wrestling with Hunger, a fundraiser benefit for those in need in the greater Vancouver area. Donations of toys, cash, or food will be taken, and a prize raffle will be drawn for those who do donate. The show is at the Elks Lodge, and the doors open at 7:30 PM local time. Nicole Matthews, Scotty Mac, and several other ECCW stars will be there.
SATURDAY
Combat Zone Wrestling's year-end extravaganza, Cage of Death XV, will be broadcast on CZW iPPV at 7:30 Eastern Standard Time. If you want to get there live, head to the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ, and if you've purchased your tickets online, be there at 4 PM local for a Q and A with the wrestlers of CZW. The company will also be collecting unwrapped, unopened toys to donate to Toys for Tots, so if you're headed out tomorrow, make sure you mix in a little generosity with your bloodlust and help out some disadvantaged children.
The titular main event match will pit the Nation of Intoxication against the team of Matt Tremont, Drew Blood, Rory Mondo, and Ron Mathis. However, the most interesting match on my end will see Chris Hero returning to CZW for the first time in almost three-and-a-half years to face his protege and current Combat Zone World Champion, Drew Gulak. Gulak's gold is on the line, but what he lacks in experience, he gains in entourage, as the Campaign for a Better Combat Zone will most certainly be at ringside. BLK-OUT will defend their Tag Team Championships against David Starr and JT Dunn, while Alex Colon defends his Wired TV Title against Shane Strickland. Willie Mack comes east to join Chuck Taylor, Latin Dragon, AR Fox, and Andrew Everett in a Showcase Scramble. In trios action, the Brothers Crist and Neveah will battle Sozio, Biff Busick, and DJ Hyde. Greg Excellent will clash with Freight Train, while Davey Richards will make one last stop in CZW before he becomes John Cahill to get into a kick war with Chris Dickinson. Kimber Lee battles Christina von Eerie. Azreal and Bandido Jr. take on Alex Reynolds and John Silver. THIS SHOW IS GODDAMN LOADED.
Ring of Honor's year-end tradition, Final Battle, will be taking place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in the heart of Manhattan, NY, at 7:30 PM local time. The main event is a triple threat for the Undisputed ROH World Championship. Adam Cole won the tournament to crown the new Champ when Jay Briscoe was stripped of the title via injury. Both Briscoe and Michael Elgin have beef with the way Cole has conducted himself since becoming Champion, namely for sneak attacking both of them. Briscoe has gone so far as to get his own title belt seeing as he never lost his in the ring. They'll all wrestle for the right to be the man. Longest reigning Television Champ in company history Matt Taven will defend his title against Tommaso Ciampa, while the team of Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly will defend their Tag Championships against Homicide and Eddie Kingston. In another tag match that will tickle many people's fancies, the Young Bucks will go up against ACH and TaDarius Thomas. Eddie Edwards will have a mystery partner when he collides with Roderick Strong and Jay Lethal, while Kevin Steen and Mike Bennett will compete in a stretcher match for the right to continue using the piledriver. Mark Briscoe will take on Silas Young in a strap match, while Matt Hardy makes his ROH return against Adam Page. This show is also GODDAMN LOADED.
Titan Clash also takes place Saturday. What is this show, you might ask? Well, three of the top promotions in Georgia, Platinum Championship Wrestling of Porterdale/Atlanta, Deep Southern Championship Wrestling in Blue Ridge, and Empire Pro Wrestling of Rossville, GA/Chattanooga, TN, are combining forces to create a triple-shot supershow at the DSCW Arena in Blue Ridge. The doors open at 4 PM local time, and as this hype video says (an EXCELLENT hype video by most standards), the clobberin' starts at 5 PM. Fred Yehi will take on Chip Day in the PCW main event. Johnny Viper vs. Chris Ganz headlines the Empire portion, and Kyle Matthews vs. Jason "The Gift" Kincaid will anchor the DSCW portion. Shane Marx, KT Hamill, Cody Hall, Lamar Phillips, Cyrus the Destroyer, Tank, and Ace Rockwell will all be there too. Scott Hall will also make an appearance to manage his son. Another show that is GODDAMN LOADED.
International Wrestling Cartel's Winner Take All happens at the Court Time Sports Center in Elizabeth, PA with a special bell time of 7 PM local. The main event will pit IWC Champion John McChesney against Dalton Castle. Johnny Gargano, Colt Cabana, and Facade will compete in a three-way match to decide number one contendership to the Super Indy Championship. Also wrestling at this show will be Matt Striker, Asylum of the Flatliners (!!!), Colin Delaney, Shiima Xion, and Logan Shulo, who will be wrestling his final match before heading off to Full Sail to become a WWE Superstar.
Vintage Wrestling will be helping to raise funds for Winter Springs High School at their gym in Winter Springs, FL for Bear Brawl. The show starts at 7 PM, and Mike Cruz, Frankie Ciatso, Kory Chavis, and many more will be appearing.
Cornelia, GA, will be rockin' with another set of Anarchy Wrestling television tapings at the Anarchy Arena. Bell time is 8 PM, and appearing on the card will be Shaun Tempers, Mike Posey, Corey Hollis, Sal Rinauro, "Hit for Hire" Bobby Moore, and Champion Mikael Judas.
Pro Wrestling Syndicate will be holding a doubleheader with their main show and a "Bombshells" show in Avenel, NJ at the Knights of Columbus. The PWS show starts at 5:30 PM local time, and features Dan Maff and Starman among others. The Bombshells show starts at 8:30 PM, and will feature La Rosa Negra, Hania, Lexxus, Mia Yim, Annie Social, and Sumie Sakai.
SUNDAY
Anarchy Championship Wrestling's Delusions of Our Childish Days will take place at the Mohawk in Austin, TX, with a door-open time of 5:15 PM. The Submission Squad will battle Jason Silver, Darin Childs, Jessica James, and Ricky Starks in atomicos action, while Rhia O'Reilly will venture across the pond to make her ACW debut in an American Joshi Championship match against titleholder Su Yung. Shawn Vexx will attempt to throttle the Heaviest Sumo in the Land, Jojo Bravo, Scot Summers battles Bolt Brady, and The Business will look to take out a measure of revenge against Jack Jameson with his two partners, JC Bravo and Stan Summers. Also, Matthew Palmer will answer Darin Childs' challenge for Guilty by Association.
SMASH Wrestling presents Tapped Out at the Can Lan Sportsplex in Mississauga, ON at 3 PM local time. They will host a WWE TLC viewing party at Fox and the Fiddle after the show is over. The main event will pit Chris Hero against Lance Storm in a rematch of sorts from ROH. Matt Cross will take on Tyson Dux, while the Super Smash Bros. will battle Josh Alexander and Sebastian Suave. Also on the show will be Johnny Gargano, Vanessa Kraven, and Gregory Iron.
Seriously, if you can go to a wrestling show this weekend, go to one. Whether a well-known company like CZW is promoting it or whether you just found out about the promotion today, go and support local wrestling. The art of wrestling only survives if we nurture it. Besides, your favorite wrestling company or wrestler may be out there, and you just don't know it yet.