Saturday, December 5, 2020
Championship Wrestling from Florida Mega Mix
Mike Graham & Steve Keirn vs The Sheepherders
Kevin Sullivan vs Ed Gantner
Nikita Koloff vs Dory Funk Jr. (U.S. Title)
The Rock-N-Roll Express vs Lex Lugar & Arn Anderson (NWA Title)
The Purple Haze (Mark Lewin) & Kevin Sullivan vs Barry & Kendall Windham
Barry Windham vs Dory Funk Jr. (UWF Western States Title)
Nikita Koloff vs Arn Anderson
Terry Funk vs Mike Rotunda
The Sheepherders vs Ricky Santana & Cuban Assassin (Florida Title)
Barry Windham vs Hacksaw Higgins
Sean Royal & Chris Champion vs The Falcon & Kendall Windham
The Midnight Express (Eaton & Lane) vs Mike Rotunda & Ricky Santana (U.S. Title)
The Falcon vs Chris Champion (Bahamas Title)
Steve Keirn vs Jim Backlund
Impact Wrestling Officially Announces What Everybody Already Knew.. That AEW World Champion Kenny Omega Will Be On This Week's Impact Episode
New AEW World Champion Kenny Omega has been officially announced for Tuesday's Impact Wrestling episode on AXS TV, even though it'sa been all over social media since Wednesday night. DDUUHH!
The Impact Twitter account announced tonight that Omega and Impact Co-Vice President Don Callis will be appearing on Tuesday's show. This will be Omega's debut for the company and his first appearance on any show since winning the title from Jon Moxley on this Wednesday's "Winter Is Coming" edition of AEW Dynamite on TNT.
Yet, Callis alluded to it on Wednesday Night's Dynamite, and every wrestling news site picked up on it, along with it being the talk all over FB and Twitter.. So why even bother to announce what was already obvious?
Instead of announcing it for nthe whole world to know, why didn't they just have Omega 'show up' on Impact, with no announcement instead? THAT would've been more of a 'surprise' moment' than making it so obvious. Gues when it comes down to proper booking for a hot angle, People like Callis and Impact just can't get it right.. or maybe they just don't WANT TO, get it right.
Another Example Of How AEW Claims To Be An Alternative To WWE, But yet Does The Very Same Thing WWE Does, HHHMMMM
New AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, who also serves as an EVP for AEW, has responded to a fan on Twitter who believes that an executive of a wrestling company should not hold the top championship.
The fan cited the example of Triple H, who serves as Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy & Development for the WWE. Triple H last held the WWE Championship by winning the 2016 Royal Rumble match in which Roman Reigns defended the title.
"Hold up. Can someone tell me why The EXCEUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF AEW @KennyOmegamanX is AEW World Champion. If this was triple h people would be in an uproar. But Because its @AEW they are allowed to get away with it? Hell No," tweeted the fan.
In response, Omega said, "You've got it all wrong. I'm just a lowly Executive Best Wrestler of all time. That's kinda why I win everything everywhere. That's how life works."
When the fan reiterated that someone in power should not be a world champion, Omega said, "The only power I have is to make you cry."
As noted, Omega has been officially announced for Tuesday's Impact Wrestling episode on AXS TV. This will be Omega's first appearance on any show since winning the AEW World Championship from Jon Moxley on this Wednesday's "Winter Is Coming" edition of AEW Dynamite.
I love how Omega doesn't even TRY, to hide it. Person in power makes him world champion? HHMM, how many times have we've seen THAT happen before? But remember, AEW is supposed to be the, ahem ahem.. "Alternative" to WWE.. But yet they continue to do the very same things WWE does. What a fucking irony, eh?
The least Omega could've done was to provide SOME SORT of an explanation, storyline or otherwise, to cover up the fact this obvious fact was brought up, But NNOO, Omega simply isn't smart enough to even do that, apparently. It was the same thing when Cody won the TNT Championship and for weeks "Triple H'd" it by no selling and not helping to get anyone over when he held that title (Though he sure complained when WWE didn't help get HIM over, HHMMM).
And yes, if Triple H would be any champion right now, the uproar would be endless, but since it's AEW, the AEW marks conveniently 'look the other way', as usual.
Oh and before I forget, Omega.. Isn't the best wrestler of all time, contrary to what Dave Meltzer and the "Meltzer Marks' like to think. I can name half a dozen wrestler that aren't even IN, AEW, WWE Or Impact, that are better than him. Truth is a mother fucker and at least someone.. Me, has the balls to tell that truth.
You're welcome. :)
Pat Patterson's Cause Of Death, New Details On Patterson's Condition Before He Passed Away
The WWE Hall of Famer passed away at the age of 79 this past Wednesday morning. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has reported new details on Patterson's condition leading up to his passing, noting that he had also suffered from dementia in recent years.
Patterson attended the funeral for WWE Hall of Famer Rocky Johnson earlier this year and it was said that others were saddened by his behavior as the dementia had gotten bad by that point. Regarding his fight with cancer, Patterson first contracted bladder cancer several years ago and he was recently said to be in bad shape, as he had moved to an assisted living arrangement.
Patterson generally spent his summers in his native Montreal, and then spent his winters in Hallandale, Florida, but with the COVID-19 pandemic and his memory fading, he was "pretty much confined" to his place in South Florida.
Patterson remained close with former WWE Superstar Sylvain Grenier, who met Patterson shortly after his own father died. Patterson became like a father figure to Grenier and the two were so close that Grenier had power-of-attorney for Patterson. WWE announced back in January of this year that Grenier had returned to work for the company as a producer. Grenier went to visit Patterson last month in Florida and was concerned after noticing he had lost around 60 pounds. Grenier got Patterson to the hospital and a tumor on his lung was discovered. Patterson had been scheduled for a biopsy on Friday, December 4 to see if the tumor was cancerous, but that never happened as he passed away on Wednesday morning.
Patterson was rushed to a South Beach, Miami hospital on Friday, November 27 after he suffered a blood clot in his liver. The tumor had also began to spread. Shortly after that, Grenier, who had went back home to Montreal, was told to come back to Florida if he wanted to see Patterson again. However, Patterson was said to be "out of it" by the time Grenier got back to Florida. Grenier stayed to be with Patterson but due to the pandemic he wasn't allowed to spend much time in the hospital.
Patterson passed away in the South Beach hospital at around 1:15am on Wednesday, December 2, officially due to liver failure. It was noted that there is a very good chance that he had cancer, which led to other problems.
Bertrand Hebert, who was close to Patterson and wrote his "Accepted" autobiography back in 2016, told The Observer that Patterson loved his life.
"Four years ago he told me he had a great life and had done everything he dreamt of as a kid sleeping in the closet and more," Hebert said. "He was ready to go whenever he would get called up. He had loved his life."
NAWA RELAUNCHING THIS MONTH WITH JINGLE BRAWL EVENT ON FITE.TV
The relaunched North American Wrestling Alliance promotion run by Tony Capone will officially return on Saturday 12/19 iPPV, "Jingle Brawl" from Daytona Beach, Florida on 12/19, also airing FITE.TV from Daytona Beach, Florida.
The event will feature a Hercules Cup in tribute to the late Ray Fernandez aka Hercules Hernandez who worked for the promotion during its original tenure in the 1990s and was extremely close with Paul Roma, who works behind the scenes as an exec here and teamed with Hernandez as Power and Glory. Hernandez, who had runs in the WWF, WCW and tons of territories, passed away in March 2004. The promotion has crafted a special Hercules Championship belt for the victor.
Officially announced as appearing at the event:
Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Gangrel
Kahagas
Afa Jr.
Lloyd Anoai
The Slambinos
The Dirty Blondes
Micah & Tracey Taylor
Chase Stevens
Storm Taylor
Showtime Marcell Williams
The House of Payne, Hakim Ali & Nick Payne
Blood Hunters with manager Kevin Sullivan
The Indian Nightmare Vineesh
The Manager of Champions Chazz Moretti
Plus Special Appearances by Paul Roma, Mario Mancini, Cyndi Snow, Big Guido and Tony Capone.
Lizzy vs Roxxy (RISE: Underground)
A look back at the first clash between Lizzy Evo (formerly Lizzy Styles) and Little Miss Roxxy. Filmed at the Temple of Boom.