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4 Canadian Wrestling Stars Selected For Future House Of Hardcore Match.

Canadian Wrestling's Elite proudly hosted ECW Icon & House Of Hardcore founder & owner "The Innovator Of Violence" Tommy Dreamer in front of a sold out crowd in Winnipeg, Manitoba last night and this Saturday afternoon he hosted a seminar and official House Of Hardcore tryout.

This rare opportunity for talent in this region saw a great turnout of wrestlers from across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Minnesota, and Illinois with one being guaranteed a future House Of Hardcore match.

Well, the verdict is in and Tommy Dreamer found out the little secret that talent performing in this area are some of the best of the world, just tucked away geographically.

As a result Tommy Dreamer selected not one but FOUR participants to receive an opportunity on a future House Of Hardcore card!

Congratulations to CWE Star & 2018 Elite 8 Winner Roy "Flash" Gordon, CWE Slam Champion "Canadian Hercules" Tyler Colton, and High Impact Wrestling Stars Michael Allen Richard Clark & Shaun Moore!

Fans in Canada are very well aware of the talent these four men posses and now the world will have the opportunity to find out as well!

ILLINOIS

CROSSVILLE-Strictly Nsane Pro Wrestling at the Old Crossville Gym:  Rashad Moxon defeated Smokin' J (w/ Dr. Carver) ... J.P. Lightning, Kyle Pipher, & Mara beat Frank Wyatt, Clay Franklin, & Molly Kraize ... Blue Ranger pinned Chase Nalley ... Drew Dillinger & "J-Mo" Jesse Morris defeated Pizza Guy & Papa J ... Cole James beat The Rich ... The Hooligans (Devin & Mason Cutter) & Garrett Shanks defeated Richard Faith, Barney, & Mynakin (w/ Dr. Carver) ... Tag Team Champions Madman Pondo & Cash Borden (w/ Marli Knox) beat Ricky Morton & Clayton Cosby in a no-disqualification match ... "Magic" Mario Jaxon pinned Xavier Michaels ... Hank Mercy & 2 Tuff Tony defeated Alex Herzog & Smokin' J (w/ Dr. Carver) ... Jake Parnell beat Shank Barzini in a hardcore match.

(01-05-2019)

1/5 F1RST WRESTLING in Minneapolis, Minn.: LAX vs. The Rascalz, Cabana, Sasuke vs. Strickland, plus Air Wolf, MJF, DJZ, Dorado

https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2019/01/06/1-5-f1rst-wrestling-in-minneapolis-minn-lax-vs-the-rascalz-cabana-sasuke-vs-strickland-plus-air-wolf-mjf-djz-dorado/

Mat Memory- Fabulous Freebirds vs Tenryu and Baba

March 15 1984, Salt Lake City, Utah. The team of Buddy Roberts and Terry Gordy take on the team of Genichiro Tenryu and Giant Shohei Baba. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHlgef0FwL4

Mat Memory- Freebirds Terry Gordy Introduces Michael P.S HAYES Wrestling 1979 (Memphis)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jql8b7bQAcw

Mat Memory- Fabulous Freebirds WWF Promo (09-02-1984)

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Dave Wolff who introduces the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael P.S. Hayes, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhD8gdv-n38

Mat Memory- The Fabulous Freebirds vs Jumbo Tsuruta and The Great Kabuki

January 22 1984. Tokyo, JAPAN, The team of Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy take on the team of Jumbo Tsuruta and The Great Kabuki. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNkvD0SSaE

Mat Memory- The Fabulous Freebirds vs Pepper and Jewel (AWA)

April 24, 1985. Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA. The Fabulous Freebirds, Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts take on jobbers Brian Jewel and Chris Pepper. Pre-match interviews with Hayes and Roberts included. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWN5R13spjI

AIWF Mid Atlantic Wrestling- Mid Atlantic 345

What happened in Laurel Fork when Commissioner Dave wanted Kevin Phoenix to resign with AIWF Mid Atlantic? you can see it here. Also on this episode we go back to 2008 for a three way dance between Steven Hayes, Justin Flash, and Jimi Love for the AIWF title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGh91E3Hh54

Jason Kincaid vs Chet Rippley Supreme Wrestling (based in Indiana) 1/5/2019

"The Gift" Jason Kincaid takes on "Unbreakable" Chet Rippley at Supreme Wrestling 1/5/2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9noNY2vY2_8

Reality of Wrestling TV: Episode 235

(Reality of Wrestling) is a wrestling promotion owned by Booker T that runs out of Houston, Texas showcasing the top unsigned talent from around the world in a weekly episodic series. MATCHES: - 4 Way Tag Match - Rex Andrews & Booker T confrontation - JJ Blake vs Gino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaNZACLljF0

Defiant Loaded #5: Joe Hendry vs Rory Coyle, BT Gunn vs Lucky Kid, PAC & More!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JevhyLOJslY

RECAP AND REVIEW: Prime Time with Sean Mooney – Best of 2018 Episode, Sid Vicious reveals the biggest mistake of his career, the referee who knocked himself out at WrestleMania 4, how Jamison got his job in the WWF

https://www.pwpodcasts.com/2019/01/06/recap-and-review-prime-time-with-sean-mooney-best-of-2018-episode-sid-vicious-reveals-the-biggest-mistake-of-his-career-the-referee-who-knocked-himself-out-at-wrestlemania-4-how-jamison-got-his/

RECAP AND REVIEW: Ron Fuller’s Studcast on Fantastic February 1974 – the emergence of Dusty Rhodes as a major star, how he broke into the business, his incredible promos, and Ron reveals the wrestler who got knocked by a cage before a match

https://www.pwpodcasts.com/2019/01/06/recap-and-review-ron-fullers-studcast-on-fantastic-february-1974-the-emergence-of-dusty-rhodes-as-a-major-star-how-he-broke-into-the-business-his-incredible-promos-and-ron-reveals-the-wrestler/

IMPACT HITS & MISSES 1/3: final hype for Homecoming, Trevor Lee’s farewell, Raven and Tommy Dreamer beat up Eli Drake

https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2019/01/06/impact-hits-misses-1-3-final-hype-for-homecoming-trevor-lees-farewell-raven-and-tommy-dreamer-beat-up-eli-drake/

Sam Adonis Talks How Indie Wrestling Is A Segmented Market, Being A Heel In Today's Pro Wrestling

Sam Adonis did a by Impact Backstage Interview with Alicia Atout from her YouTube channel, AMBY. Adonis talked about being a heel in today's wrestling environment, growing up with wrestling, and how indie wrestling is a very segmented market. Below are some highlights from the interview:

Happy with how his wrestling career has been so far:

"I've been super lucky that I've pretty much done a lot of things I wanted to do in wrestling. As a kid, I didn't care about going to WWE. I was really into Mexico and Japan, and the last two years I've been able to do a lot of both of those. I'm really happy with how things are panning out and we will see what happens in 2019."

Being a heel and honing his character:

"It's kind of weird because I don't think wrestling fans like the term 'heel.' It's almost like they don't understand what a heel is nowadays. In my opinion, it's a morality play, you want to have good vs. evil, so you can provoke genuine emotions from people. A lot of times wrestlers aren't creating an emotion. They just go out there and display what they're capable of doing. In my opinion, that's not what I like to do. I sometimes like to push the envelope, I like to make people angry. [Being believable]. I've been lucky enough in the last ten years to travel the world and really become Sam Adonis.

"I was 300 lbs. when I graduated high school. I was a fat kid and becoming a bad guy when I first began was going through the emotions. Now we live in a society where people don't necessarily admire somebody that betters themselves. A lot of times people they look down at that because they are envious. I'm outspoken, I'm very confident in what I do in professional wrestling and I tell you about it. A lot of times people really buy into what they are seeing because Sam Adonis the character is an extension of Sam Adonis, the person."

Growing up with wrestling along with his dad and his brother, WWE Announcer, Corey Graves:

"My dad was like the biggest wrestling fan in Pittsburgh. We [Adonis and his brother Corey Graves] grew up idolizing Bruno Sammartino. My dad was really into wrestling, my brother was into wrestling. My brother started training when he was 14, when I was 9-years-old, so being around that and knowing the wrestlers and have them corrupt me at such a young age, it kind of turned me into the person I become."

How indie style wrestling may turn off casual fans:

"I've been lucky to be a professional wrestler for seven years where it's been my job. As a professional, you have to appeal to the masses, you have to appeal to many people you can. Moms, dads, grandmas, uncles, nieces, nephews, like many people. A lot of indie style wrestling, in my opinion, is a very segmented market. You're basically saying, 'This is for the pure wrestling fans.' The pure wrestling fans might say, 'Wow, this match was great', but then if somebody that doesn't like wrestling watches that match and sees a Canadian Destroyer they might say, 'Well, that guy jumped.' I think it looks stupid. I think when you slap a leg you insult the intelligence to the consumer. Yes, wrestling fans are consumers, but in my opinion, I feel like we could have a much broader market if we were to hone in a little better and be more professional in a sense."