If you were a big ECW fan like I was you’re sure to want to check out this reunion show with lots of interactive ticket options for the REAL hardcore fans. One of those options is to tape a promo with the star of your choice for 40 bucks or you can do a “fantasy”seminar with Raven I’m unsure what makes it a fantasy Raven has surely been around long enough to have some knowledge to pass on to the next generation.
The Apocalypse Wrestling Federation is invading HEAVY T.O with their HEAVYWEIGHT series and not only will Ontarios finest be represented but several ECW stars will be in action as well. Joe E. Legend will also be in action making his return to Ontario action which is something worth paying to see by itself. He posted on facebook he hasn’t looked forward to an event like this one EVER so you know he’ll show the Ontario fans what we’ve been missing for years. The AWF ALWAYS delivers entertaining shows as well so the combination of talents should make for a night of hardcore you won’t forget.
BUT if thats not hardcore enough for ya the festival also includes the top metal bands of the last twenty years including…
Marilyn Manson
SlipKnot
System of a Down
5 Finger Death Punch
Deftones
Lamb of God
Trivium
Cannibal Corpse
Suicidal Tendencies
OverKill
GoatWhore
Killswitch Engage
and many, many more!
I would personally bill Marilyn first(even though he hates Canada) followed by The Deftones but that could be because I’ve seen The Deftones 12 times(last time was with Korn at Ontario Place and I banged a skeez in the seats lol TMI?) and think Slipknot are one hit wonders. I’d love to see The Deftones again given the chance though so who knows you might see me in the pit after all. Check out ticketmaster.ca for tickets.
The greatest diva of all time and my favorite fitness mag teamed up this month. Thought I’d share.
Saturday, June 23: Oshawa, ONT
Think you’ve got what it takes to become the next big star? Then it’s time for a “Gut Check” – your first step in becoming an IMPACT WRESTLING superstar! Gut Check is coming to Oshawa, ONT – visit TNAGutcheck.com to register now!
Oshawa, ONT will host the TNA IMPACT WRESTLING World Tour on Saturday, June 23 at General Motors Centre at 7:30 pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 11 at generalmotorscentre.com or charge by phone at 877-436-8811. Fans that purchase a $50 ticket will receive a special meet and greet with IMPACT WRESTLING Superstars at 5:30 pm!* (Redeemable with ticket the night of the show; offer only applies to $50 tickets.)
Appearing live and in person will be:
– IMPACT WRESTLING Superstar Bobby Roode
– Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle
– “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles
– IMPACT WRESTLING Knockouts
– and more!
*Times
Meet and Greet 5:30PM (Only applies to $50 tickets)
Doors open 6:30PM
Showtime 7:30PM
Sunday, June 24: Hamilton, ONT
Hamilton, ONT will host the TNA IMPACT WRESTLING World Tour on Sunday, June 24 at Hamilton Convention Centre at 6:00 pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 11 at ticketmaster.ca or charge by phone at 855-872-5000. Fans that purchase a $50 ticket will receive a special meet and greet with IMPACT WRESTLING Superstars at 4:00 pm!* (Redeemable with ticket the night of the show; offer only applies to $50 tickets.)
Appearing live and in person will be:
– IMPACT WRESTLING Superstar Bobby Roode
– Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle
– “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles
– IMPACT WRESTLING Knockouts
– and more!
*Times
Meet and Greet 4:00PM (Only applies to $50 tickets)
Doors open 5:00PM
Think you’ve got what it takes to become the next big star? Then it’s time for a “Gut Check” – your first step in becoming an IMPACT WRESTLING superstar!
TNA Gut Check is a two-hour seminar that will cover multiple aspects of professional wrestling and participation in these ongoing seminars will be very limited. Prospective professional wrestlers, announcers, managers, valets and referees will be evaluated through promos, drills, simulated matches and in-ring work by TNA Head Agent D-Lo Brown.
Additionally, the Gut Check seminars will allow for management to scout up-and-coming talent to appear on the “Gut Check” segment of the monthly Open Fight Night on the hit Spike TV show IMPACT WRESTLING. This will give aspiring wrestlers & other talent the kind of instruction and advice they can’t receive anywhere else in the industry.
Current TNA Superstars that are Gut Check alumni include Crimson, Anthony Nese, Alex Silva and Jesse Sorenson.
In order to apply, you must complete the form and send footage of your matches and recent photos. All the details are below. There is a $20 non-refundable application fee that must be paid when you submit your application. If you are accepted into Gut Check, you will be notified via email no later than 7 days prior to the event. At that time, you will be required to pay the remaining balance due ($230) and sign the liability waiver as well as a media release.
Saturday, June 23, 2012 – Oshawa, ON
Time: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Eastern
General Motors Centre
99 Athol St. East
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1J8
DEADLINE: Monday, June 11, 2012 1 p.m. Eastern
…I copied this from the Onario indy board the gut check thing looks like it would be an interesting experience but I don’t know who form the area would do it. Last tiem Impact tried running Hamilton it was a disaster as well one has to wonder if returning to the steel city was a good idea.
This Friday at the Toronto Underground Cinema home to Ontarios own WRESTLECRISIS hardcore legend and notable author Mick Foley takes the stage and will milk every cheap pop he can no doubt. Its 20 bucks a person and more info is easily found on facebook. If you don’t go but live in the Toronto area the Underground cinema is a fun spot to check out regardless for a good retro movie vibe.
ARRIBA!!!
Classic Championship Wrestling made its yearly return to the Tillsonburg fair Saturday night. A fan in the audience told me of a past encounter at the fair between Tyson Dux and Jake O’Reilly which he thought was the best wrestling match he’d seen live. No doubt the good folks at CCW would try and outdo that show with the nights action. Every match but the first happened in some degree of rain, a dark cloud passed over during the Lancastershire cup match in a pretty scary “o shit are we gonna get wet” moment. The rain held off until just before the main event a CAGE MATCH I was hoping could be turned into an ELECTRIFIED CAGE MATCH but no such luck.
The first match was a gauntlet match for CCW womens champion Cherry Bomb who first beat Ianna Titus with a lone superkick in about 5 seconds. The second fall was Cherry pinning Courtney Rush. This part of the match was the best wrestling wise with some nice exchanges. The last fall was Cherry dropkicking a bent over in the turnbuckle Evilyn for a quick 3.
CEZAR won the newly vacated Lancastershire cup over Jake O’reilly. The l cup rules are not very fan friendly as soon as this match was announced a number of fans in the audience sounded pretty pissed off saying these matches are always boring. They have a rounds system with multiple falls and I agree its not that interesting I don’t know where the gimmicks going either.
The Big money titans lost to Adam Jacobs and his mystery partner who turned out to be Tito Santana. The Titans had control for most of the match even with some help from Big Money but couldn’t get past Tito once he got a hot tag.
Sabu beat Michael Elgin
Freak Show vs. Bloody Bill Skullion was the next match and they did pretty much the same stuff as the last time I saw them wrestle last September. It was good then and good still I know they’re wrestling more times in the next month maybe they’ll change it up a little more next time. The finish was Freakshow reversing a move onto a flaming chair Bill had set up.
CCW champion Daemon Reznor defended his title in a wild last man standing match that was originally advertised as a first blood match. The two fought into the stands and eventually Deaner got hit with a chair got back up before the ref could notice as Evilyn knocked Deaner back down causing him to lose.
As they set up the cage for the main event CCWs favorite army official came out and challenged anyone in the crowd to do 20 push ups. I went to the washroom at this point as I know anyone can do 20 push ups lol. I also went to check out the petting zoo which had baby monkeys,those inbred mini goats you’ve gotta feel sorry for and some Australian critters that were pretty cute (if your into that kinda thing)
In the main event Jay mcDonald beat Danger boy Derek Wylde in a cage match this match was held because Wylde had kicked a camera out of Mcdonalds wifes hand at the last Tillsonburg CCW show. At one point Wylde tried escaping out of the cage but got the door slammed on him by Jays wife. Someone in the crowd behind me tapped me and said I sell a better slam than Mcdonald but I didn’t know how to feel about that. Its cool he saw my youtube chop video BUT if your comparing my slam to his I know mine was really the shits lol. He teaches a school too apparently maybe the locals should save their money and try and go to London to train with Wylde or hit up Windsor for Dux. Anyways the finish saw Jay climb the cage Wylde fought him off a little but sent him to the outside of the cage. Where CCWs president fell through a ringside table from the top of the cage. I hadn’t seen a spot like that in awhile was good to see some hardcore being put throughout this show. The end was a good finale to a night of hardcore wrestling with some classic style wrestling thrown in as well.
After the show I went and did an interview with legend Tito Santana you can catch here soon. Altogether this show was one of the best I’d seen in awhile being a fan of the hardcore wrestling genre. Lots of shows have one specialty match and leave it at that,I liked this one had a few specialty matches and no lag in entertainment. I would’ve put the womens match and Sabus match later but those are the only changes I would’ve made and maybe some more time and offense for Elgin. Their next show will be hard to top this but I’m sure their upto the challenge check out http://www.classic-championship-wrestling.com for more info on the promotion and upcoming fair dates near you hell they might even be free.
I could dig and find out the exact year this was but I care not too even though my ticket was signed by Tatanka,the bushwhackers and dan the beast severn lol. Pictured are Carlos Ortega splashin a debuting(?)ERIC YOUNG,Duke the dumpster Droese(former mr 500 lol),the new Headshrinkers,Dan the beast (whos mustache I always found to be more Freddy Mercury then the magnum I think he was trying for)w/his NWA title and the funniest faced fan I’ve ever seen lol. That guy was nuts and REALLY drunk screaming for “ARMBARS” “RAKE HIS BACK,RAKE HIS BACK” also Ontario indy mainstay of the time King Kong Bundy wrestled Geza Kalman on this show too winning with his patented 5 count.
WTFH!?!wrestling 
MONSTER BRAWL review
Posted in commentary, Ont.indy, x big league SUPA-STARS!! on October 21, 2011 by wtfhwrestlingLast night I made my way out to the UNDERGROUND CINEMA(home to WrestleCrisis)to catch Toronto After Darks premier of MONSTER BRAWL. The 7 o’ clock show sold out in three days so they added a second showing which was still well attended.
Before the movie the director Jesse T. Cook offered the Monster Brawl title to the man who put T.A.D together. One of the actors and local wrestler/YTV personality R.J Skinner/City seemed offended by this and went on to cut a promo as to why he’s the star of the movie and should have the belt. This lead to a rock version of REAL AMERICAN playing and Jimmy Hart and Robert Mailet(formerly WWE’s Kurrgan)coming out and giving the belt back to the rightful person after a RJ got choked by the former 300 Oddity who he starred in the movie with.
The movie had a warm up attraction in the form of a short musical called LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM. This little movie had it all music,violence,monsters,people on fire all in a neat little package. Kids sometimes can make or break a movie with their acting and this one was definitely well done with well directed kids stealing the show.
The main(maim?) event came next MONSTER BRAWL!!! A monster movie kumite of sorts. Complete with UFC ref Herb Dean and Art Hindle an x undead champion and Dave Foley doing his best Howard Cosell(sp?) impression. Other b celebs featured were Jimmy Hart,Kevin Nash and the voice of Lance Henrikson. Some Ontario wrestlers were involved as well stealing their scenes most of the time. I thought this movie was 3/5. It had continuity errors that annoyed more often than not(how is their an x champ who’s an old man yet the owners a kid starting out? etc.) bad edits from scene to scene only once with a MB logo that would’ve made sense the whole time. A B story with a likable female or a storyline about the ring girls could have been interesting as well if done well to add more to the drama/sex appeal. The finish wasn’t as satisfying either I sat through an hour and a half that felt like just over 2 hours for no real finish..I deserve more lol.
The seemingly mandatory cameos seemed unneeded and phoned in especially Kevin Nashs Zombie(not “Zombie man”)which barely seemed like a zombie at all. I can understand him being a “stage one” zombie but come on now.
I liked RJ Citys performance the most out of the movie. His vignette to set up his beef with monsters was the best part of storytelling and was the only really engaging character. Whereas most were just wacky or predictable he brought life to what could have been a stale cliche. The scene where he puts on his boots and gets ready for war was an example of making a connection with what could have been cliche. I heard he had some input into his role,I wondered how much he brought to the table and what they had initially had in store for him.
The Witch Bitch and Lady Vampire were both well played and entertaining as well. With her midget manager I was pulling for Witch Bitch early due to her facials alone. I thought the winners of their matches were supposed to fight as well but instead their characters just disappeared which sucks. Both for continuity and for the lack of Lady Vampire who won me over as well with her match and vignette. The wrestlers really brought their craft to this flick in a big way. They all seemed more natural and “on” than any of the other people named on the poster(minus Kurrgan). Maybe they just understood how to give what was needed for their roles more than the others being this was a wrestling movie.
All in all I was entertained but wanted more gore,something to shock me,more continuity and more atmosphere that only seemed to be in the woods scenes with RJ. I like b movies and wrestling but I expected more maybe a Jimmy Hart slashing leading to a human stalker chasing the ring girls leading to him in a all out rumble with all the zombies and contenders. Leading to a deranged human champ or something a little less paint by numbers I guess. I liked the effort camp and some of the jokes in this but it wasn’t the calibre I expect from the great Dave Foley or a b movie I would rent while high lol.
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