Midwest Championship Wrestling - Card Subject to Change

[Clabobby]

In the month of July I had no contracts to renew but I did bring three new guys in. I signed Kirk Jameson, Angel de Mexico and Jared Johnson to pay per appearance contracts. I was hoping the three of them would do well with us. I had also contacted Acid, who was fresh off of a Japanese tour. We talked for a brief period of time before he politely explained that he wouldn’t allow me to make him an offer. He said that a promotion our size wasn’t big enough for him and wouldn’t be able to pay him what he’d require. It was a disappointment, but I respected his decision. Aside from that, nothing else was going on around our parts. Here are the notes I compiled about the month of July.

Recent News
- WEXXV rose to Regional size and PGHW rose to National size.
- As stated previously, Dan Stone Jr. took over as head booker in NOTBPW.
- Devastating Don debuted this month. He is a large superheavyweight and relies on generic big man moves to get by in the ring. There won’t be a shortage of bearhugs or big splashes when this guy is wrestling.
- Cameron Jones graduated the Mid Atlantic Boot Camp and signed a PPA deal with MAW. He is properly seasoned and looks like he could be the next pet project of Rip Chord.
- Spencer Spade graduated from the Supreme Wrestling Academy. He may be one of the best prospects to enter the business in the last decade and looks like he could be a major star down the road.
- Dan stone left the business this month. At the age of 66 he leaves a legacy behind in NOTBPW. In his wrestling career he captured CWF National Championship 3 times from 1974 to 1985, the APWF Heavyweight Title 3 times from 1971 to 1973 and the AAFW Championship once in 1969.
- 36 year old Japanese star Eisaku Hoshino died tragically while doing yard work at his home. Eye witness reports state he slipped on a ladder while trimming a tree and fell into the wood chipper that he had rented.
- Liberty and Danny Jillefski have become friends in USPW.
- RAW signed a pay per view deal with Premier Pay AUS-TV.

Recent Contract News
- TCW signed Danny Jillefski to a written contract.
- NOTBPW went on a signing spree to fill out their roster following their rise in size. Rhino Umaga, Art Lawson, Ryan Powell, Sarah Marie York, Jacob Jett, Greg Gauge, Eric Tyler and Jerome Turner all signed deals with the Canadian company.
- SWF signed Hollywood Bret Starr to a developmental deal and sent him to RIPW.
- Marshall Dillon was brought up to the SWF main roster.
- Steven Parker signed a PPA deal with 4C.
- CZCW signed Champaign Lover and El Diablo
- Alex Braun signed with USPW.
- Rip Chord released another worker into the world when he allowed the contract of Cameron Vessey to expire.

Recent Notable Title Changes (U.S. and Canada only)
- Shane Nelson captured the CGC Canadian Title when he defeated Joey Poison. Joey held the title for nine months.
- Lauren Easter defeated Kristabel Plum to end her eleven month reign as NOTBPW Women’s Champion.
- The RIPW Tag Team Titles remain vacant.
- Bart Biggz captured his first SWF North American Title when he defeated Brandon James to end his ten month reign as champion.
- Joe Sexy came calling for Biggz immediately and started his second stint as SWF North American Champion after defeating Biggz in only his second title defense.
- Harry Allen became a three time TCW All Action Champion when he defeated Edd Stone.

[Clabobby]

Jay and I met at his apartment on the third of August for our creative meeting. We exchanged pleasantries and spoke of our lives outside of MCW. There wasn’t much to talk about. I was still adjusting to the new location and hadn’t started going out to meet new people yet. I did take the time to talk to Jay about a personal endeavor. I had been approached by numerous men since moving to Cedar Rapids, asking how they could get into the business. I had given it a lot of thought and finally gave in to self indulgence; I was a damn fine wrestler. I knew that opening a school associated with the company would be absurd for our size. The cost of operating the school officially would suck the profits away from us. Jay listened with great intent and I laid my plan out. I was going to hold my own class, starting small at first, with a class of five. I had already contacted Hunter’s Town Hall and confirmed that I could use the building twice a week aside from when we’d run the shows. The class schedule would consist of two three hour sessions a week and a six hour session the day of our show. Jay was worried about the costs and I reassured him that I was taking care of the costs. He seemed a little dumbfounded and I simply told him that I could afford it. We also decided that there would be a loose and unofficial relationship between MCW and my class that In had dubbed The Vortex School of Pro Wrestling. Jay laughed when I told him the name, but give me a break, I’m a weather guy.

After that was out of the way we moved on to our main objective; business. I started out by giving Jay a copy of the financial report. We looked it over and enjoyed the $5800 profit that was reported at the bottom of the page. We were beginning to roll out new company t-shirts, DVDs and posters so merchandise sales were good this month. Next we looked towards the state of the economy and the industry. The economy was rated at 62% strength compared to 65% last month and still on the decline. The industry on the other hand was still rising at 73% strength compared to 70% in July. We moved on to discuss the creative plans for the future. We quickly decided on a second big match for Revolution, which left two members of our roster that would work each other by process of elimination. It sounds like a rough way to come up with an idea, but these two guys would still do good things. Jay and I quickly realized that we had more set for our big show than we had initially thought. We moved on to more immediate plans and the proper ways to sow the seeds for the matches we had planned. It was kind of funny how things worked out. One of our big matches was going to have major build up, another would have medium build up and the third wouldn’t have much at all. Alas, we had our event planned and I went to work designing the poster after Jay left.

Midwest Championship Wrestling presents Fury
Wednesday Week 4, August 2010
From Hunter’s Town Hall in Central City, Iowa (Midwest Region)

Main Event - MCW Heavyweight Title - Career vs. Title
Steve Flash vs. Fumihiro Ota(c)
After months of sneak attacks, Steve Flash has put his career on the line for a chance to regain the Heavyweight Title, but more importantly a shot at redemption. Tension between these two grizzled veterans couldn’t be higher and it all comes to a head at Fury.

Special Attraction Match
Frankie Perez vs. Steven Parker
Frankie Perez is fresh off a huge victory against Jack Griffith last month. This month he goes up against the man with the biggest head of steam after his win at the Road to Glory. Which of these young men will continue their rise to stardom?

??? vs. Jack Griffith
Jack Griffith has announced that he will issue an open challenge to the youth of MCW. He’s hell bent on proving that the youngsters have no respect for the veterans. Which member of the MCW roster will answer this challenge and be the next to stand up to Griffith’s ways?

MCW Alternative Title
Kirk Jameson vs. Mainstream Hernandez(c)
Coming off a strong showing in his debut, Kirk Jameson gets a shot at the Alternative Title. After a couple of verbal attacks from Matthew Keith will Mainstream Hernandez come into his title defense with a clear mind? Will Kirk Jameson take advantage and pull off the upset?

Angel de Mexico vs. Matthew Keith
Matthew Keith is building up a head of steam as he continues on a quest to capture the Alternative Title. This month he gets relative newcomer Angel de Mexico. Will the masked Mexican put a stop to Keith’s march to the title? Or will Matthew keep on rolling?

*CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE
No video cameras allowed
Doors Open: 6 P.M.
Bell Time: 7 P.M.

Quick Match Listing
Steve Flash vs. Fumihiro Ota(c)
Frankie Perez vs. Steven Parker
??? vs. Jack Griffith
Kirk Jameson vs. Mainstream Hernandez(c)
Angel de Mexico vs. Matthew Keith

[Emark]

Steve Flash vs. Fumihiro Ota(c)
Frankie Perez vs. Steven Parker
??? vs. Jack Griffith
Kirk Jameson vs. Mainstream Hernandez(c)
Angel de Mexico vs. Matthew Keith

[Clabobby]

Still time to get predictions in! The show probably won't go up until late tomorrow or early Friday. I've got date obligations with girlfriend tomorrow evening. So get em in!

RC2

[TakerNGN74]

Steve Flash vs. Fumihiro Ota(c)
Frankie Perez vs. Steven Parker
??? vs. Jack Griffith
Kirk Jameson vs. Mainstream Hernandez(c)
Angel de Mexico vs. Matthew Keith

[serotonin187]

Steve Flash vs. Fumihiro Ota(c)
Frankie Perez vs. Steven Parker
??? vs. Jack Griffith
Kirk Jameson vs. Mainstream Hernandez(c)
Angel de Mexico vs. Matthew Keith

[Clabobby]

I figured I should drop in with an update. I woke up Friday morning with a ridiculous head cold and its kicking my butt. Its weird but I lose my motivation to write when I'm sick. I've been fiddling around with the show off and on, but haven't really made a ton of progress. My girlfriend just left and I feel a bit better. Hopefully tomorrow I'll wake up and feel a lot better so I can come home from work and get this thing finished up tomorrow night. Thanks for bearing with me!

RC2

[TheEffect]

Originally Posted by Clabobby

I figured I should drop in with an update. I woke up Friday morning with a ridiculous head cold and its kicking my butt. Its weird but I lose my motivation to write when I'm sick. I've been fiddling around with the show off and on, but haven't really made a ton of progress. My girlfriend just left and I feel a bit better. Hopefully tomorrow I'll wake up and feel a lot better so I can come home from work and get this thing finished up tomorrow night. Thanks for bearing with me!

RC2

So it was your girlfriend making you ill.......interesting.

[Clabobby]

It was as relaxing of a day before the show as I was used to. My class met for their 6 hour session for the first time. This was only the fifth time we had met so we were still doing basic bumps. It was just physically draining “yelling” at these guys and showing them the proper techniques over and over again. Six hours of bumping in the ring was bad enough, but I still had to wrestle that night too. The class ended at 4 P.M. and I “invited” the students to help set up the chairs and run the gimmick tables. They were in the back and got to experience the backstage atmosphere for the first time. Steve Flash was in rare form, keeping everyone entertained with some hilarious road stories including one about The Stomper, a McDonalds and a lifetime ban. I’ll spare the man his dignity by not repeating the details, but it was a funny story. Before we knew it the bell time was upon us and we all got ready to go to work.

[Clabobby]

I did have two contracts to deal with this month; one of major importance and one of medium importance. I re-signed Fumihiro Ota for a small increase in pay, securing him to our company for at least another year. I also re-signed Davis Ditterich, whom I think could end up being a fantastic play-by-play guy in time. Other than that, I concentrated most of my time in August to my class and was happy that the first five guys were doing well. I took some time to go through the happenings of August and here’s what I jotted down. Oh, one side note; I fought the urge to call up Tommy Cornell and poke a little fun. I finally caught today that he’s been holding his Saturday Night Showcase TV show on Mondays. Silly Brit. Recent News - TCW rose to be classified as Global. I’m sure a mess of new contracts are going to follow. - Remmy Honeyman entered the wrestling scene today. He is very dependable, able to make any opponent look good. His downfall is his lack of charisma, but he should never be short of work. - Buzz Reid debuted this month as well. He plays a Georgian enforcer type and uses his big size to brawl his way through matches. - Morgan Malone graduated from the 4C Combat Academy. He’s well rounded and could go on to do great things given a chance. - Elijah Harris, a former one time holder of the SCCW Championship back in 1999, retired from active competition this month at the age of 47. - Travis Century retired at the age of 47. He held the NYCW Tri-State Regional Title in 2005 and the WEXXV Blood Brothers Titles with Larry Wood in 2009. - Matthew Keith let it slip during a TV interview that he and Eddie Peak don’t get along, based on the fact that Peak thinks Sam is the only reason Matthew got a TCW contract. - NOTBPW signed a new deal with Canada On-Air to debut their new show, SuperTV. - Elijah Harris may have retired from competition, but he’s not leaving the business. He opened the Harris Dojo and plans to train the next generation of superstars. Recent Contract News - As expected, TCW signed a slew of new workers. They included Danny Jillefski, Des Davids, Fox Mask, Jack Griffith and Jez McArthuer. - Mitch Naess signed a pay per appearance deal with USPW. - The Natural signed with CGC on a pay per appearance deal. - Jean Cattley signed a pay per appearance deal with RIPW. - Casey Valentine parted ways with MAW when his contract expired. This was unexpected and I hope that I can provide him a decent enough place to work. Recent Notable Title Changes (US and Canada Only) - The RIPW Tag Team Titles continue to sit vacant.

[Clabobby]

I was elated that the September creative meeting was at my apartment. I had heard that traffic was backed up for numerous reasons and Jay had to come across town in it. When he got to my place, he wasn’t in the best of spirits, but once we sat down and started talking about business, his mind drifted from the road and got into the game. We spoke first about the first month of my class. Things were progressing well with the five guys that had signed up. None of them seemed to be slow at learning and none were whining about the punishment. We had gotten over the basic bumps and were finally starting to get into the meat of how to put a wrestling match together. I had actually written up a syllabus for the class and Jay was impressed with all the aspects of wrestling I was going to try to cover. We spoke of a timetable for the class and I let him know the full course would last about a year, but I thought the kids would have enough to start working come January. Time would tell though. We transitioned into MCW business and the first thing we looked at was our financial report for August. Merchandise sales were down a bit, but we were still able to turn a $3400 profit. Jay was happy with the performance and told me to keep up the good work. As usual, we moved onto the economy and the business next. The economy was rated at 59% strength compared to 62% the previous month and was still trending downward. The industry on the other hand had seemed to have peaked for the time being at 74% strength and had slowly begun its own downward trend. It was still fairly strong now, but it could pose problems in the future. We discussed the potential repercussions of both the economy and the industry tanking, but eventually decided we’d cross that bridge when we came to it. Next up was our creative plans. Our three big matches for Revolution were in place and the seeds would be planted this month. With nothing to talk about for the future, we started planning the exact card for our September event, Ground Zero. I mentioned bringing in some talent from other promotions using our talent trades and Jay agreed. We tossed ideas around for an hour or so and finally settled on a card. Jay left around 8 P.M. and I went to work drawing up the poster in Photoshop. Midwest Championship Wrestling presents Ground Zero Wednesday Week 4, September 2010 Hunter’s Town Hall in Central City, Iowa (Midwest Region) Main Event - MCW Heavyweight Title Antonio Marquez vs. Steve Flash(c) MCW contacted CZCW and asked for a worthy challenger to the title. Antonio Maxi Marquez was suggested. The Mexican soap opera star comes in to challenge for the title. Will he astound everyone with a victory? Or will Steve Flash retain his title? Special Attraction Match Matt Sparrow vs. Steven Parker Matt Sparrow added his name to the list of CZCW wrestlers coming in for the show and asked for a challenge. Steven Parker is what MCW has to offer. Parker is marching towards his title match at Revolution and a victory over the CZCW star would lead him into that match nicely. Grudge Match Aaron Fujita vs. Jack Griffith Jack Griffith emerged victorious in their match last month, but a rematch has been signed. Can Aaron Fujita claim retribution? Or will Jack Griffith continue on his crusade for respect with a victory? Frankie Perez vs. Fumihiro Ota Both men are coming off tough losses last month and could use a big victory to get their path straightened out. Will Ota continue his fall from the title with a defeat at the hands of Frankie Perez? Or will Frankie fall to the former champion? MCW Alternative Title The Cannonball Kid vs. Mainstream Hernandez(c) The third and final man coming in from CZCW is The Cannonball Kid, Sam Pratt. He looks to challenge Mainstream Hernandez for the Alternative Title. Will he be victorious? Or will Mainstream roll on to defend his title another day? Plus more! *CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE No video cameras allowed Doors Open: 6 P.M. Bell Time: 7 P.M. Quick Match Listing Antonio Marquez vs. Steve Flash(c) Matt Sparrow vs. Steven Parker Aaron Fujita vs. Jack Griffith Frankie Perez vs. Fumihiro Ota The Cannonball Kid vs. Mainstream Hernandez(c)

[Emark]

Antonio Marquez vs. Steve Flash(c)
Matt Sparrow vs. Steven Parker
Aaron Fujita vs. Jack Griffith
Frankie Perez vs. Fumihiro Ota
The Cannonball Kid vs. Mainstream Hernandez(c)

[Clabobby]

Still time to get the predictions in. I'm really going to try to get it up tomorrow between work and heading out to see The Dark Knight Rises. So predict if you would like to please .

RC2

[TakerNGN74]

Quick Match Listing
Antonio Marquez vs. Steve Flash(c)
Matt Sparrow vs. Steven Parker
Aaron Fujita vs. Jack Griffith
Frankie Perez vs. Fumihiro Ota
The Cannonball Kid vs. Mainstream Hernandez(c)

[Clabobby]

What a LONG weekend. Sorry for the inactivity as of late. I came home from work Thursday and intended to take an hour nap, get up and get the show posted before The Dark Knight Rises. I ended up sleeping for three and a half hours. When I woke up, my nephew asked me to take him fishing, so that took up the rest of the night before the movie. Fast forward to 5 AM after an epic movie, destroying a whole mess of food at Denny's and the longest 40 minute car ride home, I collapsed into bed and slept for 5 hours. I've been working and trying to catch up on sleep since. The good news is the show is written. The bad news is I'm way too tired to code it tonight. Coding only takes a half hour or so, so the show will be up tomorrow morning! Thanks for hanging in there guys!

RC2