Monday, January 8, 2018

More indy things. Appearances by Steamboat, Jimmy Hart, Lawler, and more.

North Carolina's Pro Wrestling Xcellence promotion will be running a loaded weekend for their annual X16 tournament this weekend.  Night One in Charlotte, NC at the Carole Hoefner Center will feature New Japan Pro Wrestling's Juice Robinson vs. John Skylar (which sounds awesome on paper), David Starr (tearing it up on the independents and poised to be one of the next hot talents) vs. White Mike, James Drake vs. Drew Adler, Chip Day vs. Harlem Bravado, Tracer X vs. Serpentico, Sugar Dunkerton vs. Elijah Evans IV and Corey Hollis (always very good) vs. Joe Black   A TLC bout with The Ugly Ducklings vs. The Syndicate for the promotion's Tag Team belts will close Night One.  Night Two at the Carrabus Arena in Charlotte will feature the finals plus Joey Mercury and Anthony Henry appearing.

The promotion is bringing in Kevin Kelly for a seminar this Saturday before their event as well.

Matt Tremont's On Point Wrestling returns this weekend with an event on Friday 1/12 in Blackwood, NJ at the Gamechanger Wrestling compound headlined by Scott Summers (hell of a hand and one of Jerry Lynn's favorite opponents towards the end of his career) vs. Nick Gage in what looks to be a fun brawl plus former ROH regular Pelle Primeau, who has been wrestling for WORLD-1 in New Jersey, facing Dru Blood.

WWE Hall of Famers Ricky Steamboat and Jimmy Hart will be appearing at the Saturday 1/13 River City Wrestling return to San Antonio, Texas.  Steamboat will be an outside the ring enforcer for a steel cage match featuring RCW Tag Team Champions Paul Titan and "Adorable" Anthony Andrews vs. Love & Marriage (Rob Love and Brandon Groom) while Hart will be managing David Leetch.  Hernandez will also be appearing on the show.

Black Label Pro in Indianapolis has started to put together quite a locker room for its events.  Their return on Saturday 1/13 features Joey Janela vs. Jonathan Gresham, which sounds all sorts of awesome, plus Ethan Page vs. former WWE Quebecer Pierre Oulette, BLP Heavyweight champion Tom Lawlor vs. Gunner Miller, AJ Gray vs. Sammy Guevara, a Rumble featuring Dasher Hatfield, Brian Pillman Jr., Space Monkey and more.

NWA champion Nick Aldis is booked for Primal Conflict Wrestling on 1/19 in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia at a KOA.   I've been in basements of housing projects and converted supermarkets for pro wrestling, but I've never been to a pro wrestling show at a campground.

Absolute Intense Wrestling in Cleveland has Ray Rowe working their 1/19 event, the former Emma Tenille Dashwood on 2/23 and Ricky Steamboat appearing on their 3/10 event.  Eddie Kingston is booked for 3/10.

Future Stars of Wrestling is touting that its Saturday 1/27 return to Las Vegas at the Silverto Casino will be the biggest event in company history, featuring a Steel Cage match with Kevin Kross vs. Hammerstone vs. Young Boy Jody as well as Jeff Cobb vs. Sami Callihan (always going to be great given their chemistry) and Alberto El Patron vs. Moose (which will be taped for Impact Wrestling TV) and ROH's Kenny King vs. Graves.

The New York Wrestling Connection will kick off their 2018 with a return to the NYWC Sportatorium in Deer Park, Long Island on 1/27 with a "Doorway to Hell" match closing out a Best of Three Series with The Extricated vs. The Awakening.

 

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