Thursday, March 7, 2019
Mat Memory- Dirty White boy turns good guy (Memphis)
After Tom Prichard cost him a match vs Eddie Gilbert, Dirty White Boy is now a babyface. He explains it in a interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNiczSP-_Xo
Mat Memory- Doug Gilbert piledrives Dirty White Girl (Promos w/ DWB & Gilbert)
Clips are show of the end of the Dirty White Boy vs Doug Gilbert SMW title match. Doug piledrives Dirty White girl. After that are interviews from both DWB and Gilbert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZKGZq-E9u8
Mat Memory- Tom Prichard vs Dirty White Boy: Streetfight (Continental Wrestling)
March 28, 1988 from Birmingham for the Alabama Heavyweight Championship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FNnwJGwh0U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FNnwJGwh0U
KYLIE RAE WINS THE FREELANCE WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Kylie Rae stepped up and answered Isaias Velazquez's Open Challenge for the Freelance Wrestling World Champion!
Now she reigns SUPREME as FREELANCE WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPION!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUZMRHwJe30
Now she reigns SUPREME as FREELANCE WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPION!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUZMRHwJe30
Bert Prentice's USA Championship Wrestling: Ep. 50 - 3/2/19
We continue to look at the career of Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert as we see him take on legends on the show this week. Also we prepare for a huge tag team match this Saturday between The LVR Boy Matt Riviera and Tommy Wildfire Rich and their opponents The King Jerry Lawler and the USA Heavyweight Champion Doug Gilbert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSuykN_NpkM
Good Friend, Better Villain | Nick Aldis vs. Marty Scurll | NWA Ten Pounds of Gold 50 (2019)
In this episode, you'll hear from Jim Cornette, Caprice Coleman and Billy Corgan as they discuss the Nick Aldis vs. Marty Scurll match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WuM9hit_J8
Supreme Wrestling- Supreme Last Word 36
The stars of Supreme Wrestling get ready for the 2 night King of Supreme Tournament, Friday March 8th and Saturday March 9th at the Supreme Arena! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJDG0g8XkHE
Then.. There's This Dumb Ass- Enzo Amore Gets Heat For King Kong Bundy Tweet
Yes, people this stupid actually do walk the face of the earth unsupervised.
Enzo Amore has received a ton of heat from fans and wrestlers for getting Bundy mixed up with WWE Hall of Famer George "The Animal" Steele, who passed away at the age of 79 in 2017. Enzo tweeted, "#RIPKingKongBuddy the epitome of prowrestlin i recall goin 2 shows @ MSG w/ my grandparents, my Grandma Raphaela loved em & hyped em up the whole ride in, plenty of wrestlers risked it all that night, but I never forgot the guy w/ the green tongue who ate the turnbuckle"
Enzo Amore has received a ton of heat from fans and wrestlers for getting Bundy mixed up with WWE Hall of Famer George "The Animal" Steele, who passed away at the age of 79 in 2017. Enzo tweeted, "#RIPKingKongBuddy the epitome of prowrestlin i recall goin 2 shows @ MSG w/ my grandparents, my Grandma Raphaela loved em & hyped em up the whole ride in, plenty of wrestlers risked it all that night, but I never forgot the guy w/ the green tongue who ate the turnbuckle"
CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING TO DEBUT NEXT MONTH ON MEMPHIS TV
The following press release was issued last night:
Memphis, TN (March 5, 2019) - United Wrestling Network is thrilled to announce CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING presented by Pro Shingle! Premiering on Saturday April 6, 2019 at high noon on WLMT-TV/CW30 – catch brand new weekly episodes hosted by Dustin & Maria Starr. CW30 viewers already know Dustin and Maria as the stations hosts “CW30 STARRS”, and now they’ll see them every Saturday afternoon for one full hour of CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING presented by Pro Shingle.
CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING has tremendous support from sponsors including Pro Shingle – a professional roofing company, Sonic Drive-In, Crosstown Dental Group, V3FIGHTS, Platinum Jewelers, Gent’s Formal Wear in Arlington, 745-CASH, Crossroads Arena & more to be announced soon. Please, support our partners if you are a fan of professional wrestling.
“Just like the good ole days, growing up watching Memphis Wrestling – now it’s back! Every Saturday at noon”, said Dustin Starr. “We cannot wait to introduce our brand of CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING to all the great fans in Memphis. Maria and I are so excited to be hosting together! I’ll try to do my very best Lance & Dave impression!”
“Everyone knows that Memphis is the undisputed capitol of professional wrestling and I couldn’t be more excited to be producing this version of Championship Wrestling. Having Maria and Dustin in the studio tossing to the matches allows us a unique opportunity to create relationships with local businesses on the sales front while giving the ‘canned’ show from Los Angeles a local voice. If this model works, we hope to contract with other TV Stations and duplicate the format and in time produce a stand alone, market specific broadcast like our “Championship Wrestling from Arizona” program which airs in all three Arizona television markets.” said United Wrestling Network Executive Producer David Marquez
Tune into CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING presented by Pro Shingle every Saturday at 12PM on CW30 starting April 6. The show will also air on NBC39 for wrestling fans in Jackson, TN.
Jim Ross Leaving WWE
On his latest podcast, Jim Ross noted his WWE contract ends on March 29th, and both he and Vince McMahon met and "mutually agreed" to part ways. He noted he still has a lot to offer, although some people "surrounding Vince" think otherwise. He said he is looking to what the future brings, and doesn't expect to be out of work for long.
He also mentioned that a podcast with Conrad Thompson is almost a lock, unless something happens at "the eleventh hour". If it goes through, it will replace the current format of his podcast.
Jushin 'Thunder' Liger Announces When He Will Be Retiring
One of the all time greatest Junior Heavyweight wrestlers of all time, Jushin "Thunder" Liger, 54 years old, announced during a press conference earlier today that he will officially retire from the ring at the 2020 New Japan Pro Wrestling Wrestle Kingdom event at the Tokyo Dome. The announcement was not a shock, although it marks the end of an era in professional wrestling. With his full body suit, horned mask and electric theme song, Liger, as a character, was immortal, aging only in how his ring work changed. He had not been a focused upon performer in some time, and in reality the nostalgia of who he was made him a bigger deal in the United States than he was in New Japan. He didn't even work this year's Tokyo Dome, instead announcing parts of the show.
To say Liger was one of the most influential wrestlers of the modern era is perhaps an understatement. It's impossible to accurately account for how many talents he inspired and/or pushed to follow the style of wrestling he helped cultivate in the 1990s New Japan Pro Wrestling, where Junior Heavyweights were treated as an attraction vs. undercard fodder. Liger is an 11-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and a six time Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. It's impossible to think of a time where he wasn't part of the New Japan mix, either as a challenger, a champion or as the veteran the newer generation had to get past to make their own name. .
Liger, real name Keichi Yamada, was actually denied entry to the New Japan Dojo when he began trying to become a pro wrestler. He instead went to Mexico, where he started his career and was later invited back to the New Japan dojo, which he has said happened only because NJPW officials at the time took pity on him. He began training and like many other young stars, went on excursion to other countries, including Great Britain (where he worked as Flying Fuji Yamada) and Canada, where he worked under his real name for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling.
Liger returned to New Japan in 1987 full-time and competed under his real name. He was then given the Liger gimmick, based on a popular Japanese comic book and animated series, with the idea of creating a new Tiger Mask-like character, which had seen great success. The Liger character debuted on 4/24/89 at the first-ever New Japan event at the Tokyo Dome, defeating Kuniaki Kobayashi. As the character's look progressed, the outfit mixed with Liger's incredible aerial spots, including the shooting star press, caught the attention of all who saw it, even getting coverage on the George Michael Sports Machine series here in the United States.
It was Liger's rivalry with the late Brian Pillman that brought him his first real fanfare in the United States as the two feuded over the WCW Cruiserweight championship in late 1991 and early 1992, culminating in an amazing PPV bout at Superbrawl II that stole the show and set the stage for the modern day Cruiserweight style wrestling we see today. The rivalry would be revisited on the first episode of Monday Nitro and Liger, through New Japan's working relationship with WCW, would continue to make appearances over the years.
Liger would also come to work for Ring of Honor, headlining a "Weekend of Thunder" events in New Jersey and Massachusets, where he worked against Bryan Danielson. He would lost a non-title bout to then-ROH Champion Austin Aries and would make a number of subsequent appearances due to New Japan's working relationship with ROH. In his announcement, Liger stated that he hoped to work Madison Square Garden at the G1 Supercard, which would be his debut in the venue.
Liger worked the 2005 Bound for Glory event for TNA, losing to Samoa Joe. He would later return to the company to represent New Japan as part of the 2006 World X Cup.
Liger made one appearance for WWE, at the first NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, defeating Tyler Breeze. Liger was invited to work the show by William Regal, who he knew from his time in WCW and England, appearing as his NJPW deal allowed him to take outside bookings. It will likely end up being his lone WWE appearance.
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