Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW)
Springfield, IL 4/1/2K
Scott Buckley, former WCPW Webmaster, first inductee of the Rap Sheet HALL OF SHAME!
The moderator of its message board did not like what I wrote about the show, and was very
deceitful about the reasons why he kept deleting the thing off. He made this claim:
"The reason for the deletion is there were some false information reported by you whether it be
a mistake or not it would of led to other WCPW fans and followers who could not make the show
have wrong information."
One I was not attempting to post false information, read: lies. The problem with the recap is that
it was written by someone who had not attended any prior WCPW show and did not know very many
of the wrestlers. Though there may have been mistakes in the observing, I made all efforts to get
the names spelled right. So they change their position and complain about my ignornance. BULL!
But for some reason they didn't like me telling them that it's a problem they will have to deal with
whenever they visit a new town. Now, what I believe was REALLY going on there, was that the
moderator was running a full kayfabe message board. Thankfully the idiot moderator cannot
control rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated. WCPW has not been back to Springfield either,
and I quit posting to their message board.
The wrestling company's name wasn't advertised locally for some reason...and gosh, everyone had to
watch the show in the dark where the ring was not well lighted. Formerly known as the FIRST WCW,
before Ted Turner stole the initials so they had to add a "P". The show was about 21/2 hours long and
a lot of the wrestlers were of course off their rockers. This show was held in the Expo Building at
the IL State Fairgrounds and attendance didn't look like it was over a couple hundred. So lets get on
with the recap...I'm a bit too kind with ratings, certainly Scott Keith "Netcop" would have rating
everything here much differently.
Interview segment--show opens with "Bad Boy" Brett Sanders cussing out the audience cause he has
something against Springfield, didn't want to be here or something...well you gotta start somewhere
don't ya? Eventually he then trashes the "washed-up" ex-WWF/WCW wrestlers Typhoon,
Brutus Beefcake, and especially Greg Valentine. "The Outfit" comes down to the ring, which consists
of Jayson Reigns, Mike Anthony and two other guys and a girl. The guy in the suit Sam DeCero
(a Vince McMahon wannabe) chews out Sanders then starts chewing out the crowd, and Valentine.
The Hammer comes out and wants Sanders, but the guy in the suit says Hammer is not in the middleweight
class, but gives him a League Title Shot against Reigns. Julian comes to the ring to jaw with the Outfit
and the man in the suit makes the Middleweight Title match a triple threat with
Julian vs. Sanders vs. Stone Manson (champ) They all take off, and Sanders spews water at people at
random, and I get splashed...jerk. He'll get his later....
Tag Team Match
Nick "The Sportsman" Brunswick & "Big Time" vs. Mike Masters & "New Thing" Robby Dawber.
Brunswick is the Lightweight Champion and says he's putting up his belt of either of this opponents pins
him...yeah right. "Big Time" takes most of the beating until Brunswick gets sucked into the match...
and eventually gets pinned though he was in the ropes by I think Masters who is handed the belt by the ref.
The heels give a speech, then Big Time steals the belt from Dawber and run to the back with it.
YOU CANNOT DEFEND A SINGLES TITLE IN A TAG MATCH!!! Brunswick, helps take down the ring
after the show is over *smirk*.
WINNERS: Mike Masters & "New Thing" Robby Dawber pin -> *½
Willie "Da Bomb" Richardson w/ "The Diva" Crystal Carmichael vs. Typhoon. Typhoon appears to be the
"heel" here, as "Da Bomb" pumps up the crowd. Well a typical big man match with a lot of stalling at the
start drawing a boring chant, but they eventually start banging into each other. At the end, Typhoon is
stuck in the corner with Carmichael getting up on the apron, splash by Richardson then she stupidly gets
in the ring right next to Typhoon to perhaps interfere, but ends up getting pancaked between Typhoon
& Richardson. Typhoon rolls up Richardson for the win. Moral of the story, don't jump in the ring when
your guy is ahead and next to the opponent--unless you want to get hurt.
WINNER: Typhoon pin -> ½*
WCPW Midget Championship
Match Three--PG-13 1/3 vs. Lone Eagle (c). Rare as they are, yes there are midget titles. PG-13 1/3 is
indeed mimicing JC Ice of the tag team known as PG-13. Lone Eagle is a little indian. The midgets
wrestle either other for a while, but soon start beating on the referee, where Lone Eagle does a sunset
flip from the middle rope on the ref while PG-13 1/3 counts the fall. They're lucky they didn't both get
DQ'ed. After this, the midgets fight each other again, and PG-13 1/3 drops an elbow off the top rope
(midgets jumping off the top rope is quite a rarity it seems...). 2-count later, he tries again, misses,
then get suplex-slammed by Eagle and pinned.
WINNER and STILL champ: Lone Eagle pin -> *
WCPW League Championship
Match Four--Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. "State of the Art" Jayson Reigns (c) w/ The Outfit.
Hammer has to fight the champ who has three other guys and a gal in his corner. Ugh. Reigns appears
to be unable to compete with a WWF vet (thus not state of the art) cause he was dominated for much
of the match. Though Reigns hits Hammer in the legs a lot, the highspot in the match comes when Reigns
positions himself for a moonsault but Hammer shoves him off the top rope, down to the floor face first
into the timekeepers table! The other guys attack Hammer, holding him for a plancha by Reigns, but he
gets away and the hired thugs take the damage. Hammer gets the Figure Four which they all jump in the
ring causing the lame DQ, and beating on Hammer which draws Brutus Beefcake to the ring to chase
them off. And the former WWF tag champs "Dream Team" stand in victory. Reigns if he entered the
WWF or WCW right now probably would be nothing more than a jobber.
WINNER: Greg "The Hammer" Valentine DQ -> **
WCPW Ladies Championship
Drusala w/ Julian vs. "The Diva" Crystal Carmichael (Ladies Champion). I should point out that Drusala &
Julian are part of a group known as "The Warlocks" which resembles "the Brood" as Julian is dressed like
Gangrel. Carmichael appears to be fine after being squashed earlier. Julian for some reason can't stay out
of this match and stands on the apron so Drusala can hold into his arms to block a sunset flip. Richardson
runs out and yanks Julian off the apron allowing Carmichael the pin.
WINNER and STILL champ: Crystal Carmichael pin -> *
Intermission here, I talk to one of the ring attendants to get the names of the people in the ring cause
I could not get them worth a hoot off the loudspeaker. Luckily I could read them off the cards at the
timekeepers table.
Mike Anthony w/ Outfit vs. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake w/ hedgeclippers. Beefcake despite reports
from scoopswrestling.com is NOT retired as they say. Beefcake is back to his last WWF gimmick...
and he's now got blonde/gray hair. Anthony cannot compete with a WWF vet either, and eventually got
hooked into the sleeper hold. Alas I was distracted much of this match by someone with a flashlight looking
for something they lost. Anyway, the Sam DeCero jumps in the ring, Brutus lets go of the hold ready to
fight him. Ref calls for the bell. Beefcake beats the crap out of this guy and sticks him in the sleeper hold.
Then he goes for the hedgeclippers but fails to cut any hair as the Outfit hauls their boss away. Beefcake
threatens to cut the ref's hair, but the ref points out he has hardly any. This Vince McMahon wannabe is
well on his way to being a punching bag.
WINNER: Brutus Beefcake DQ -> *½
WCPW Middleweight Championship
Triple Threat Match, Julian w/ Drusula vs. "Bad Boy" Brett Sanders vs. Stone Manson w/ Brotherhood (c).
The Brotherhood is a motorcycle gang consisting of about five men and a lady. After the match starts there
is one person in each corner of each wrestler. Julian and Sanders generally beat on Manson together but
occasionally beat on each other. Stone Mansion takes out the opposition every so often, and the action
eventually spills outside. Sanders gets bodyslammed through the middle of the table. At the end though,
something very horrible occurs. Two guys armed with baseball bats and chairs storm the ring and smash a
chair into Sanders' head leaving him bleeding very badly on the floor, smash their bats into Julian, and then
beat Stone Mansion with the bats. The other Brotherhood members rush to the ring to make a save, but they
are too late. LAAAAMMMMMEEEEE.
NO CONTEST -> **
The criminals that committed this act are the Furies, Jeffro King and Mitch Blake. As a result of their actions,
the EMTs brought the stretcher to the ring and carted off Stone Manson to the back first, then carted Sanders
who was in bad shape. The guy behind me claimed this guy wasn't really hurt...backyard wrestler he says he is
also and charges admission for shows in their homemade wrestling ring. Bah, I saw the chairshot and all the blood
on the floor...this guy for all his badmouthing of Springfield earlier paid a heavy price for it. Show was delayed
for about 10-15 minutes and the ring announcer asked how you can follow that.
WCPW Tag Team Championship
The BrotherHood vs. The Furies (c)--Only justice here would be the Furies losing their belts and going to JAIL...
no such luck. Brotherhood scream at the Furies to get in the ring with them, (one brotherhood member was in the
ring) when the Furies come, sneak attack by the other guys, and they proceed to beat them heavily until the Furies
manage to regain the upper hand for a while. Unfortunately the ref stupidly stands in the middle of a double-
corner-irish-whip-them-together and gets squashed. Then one Fury member hits someone with a baseball bat off
the top rope, and the Furies pin him. Moral of the story, when you have a cover, keep the opposition in your sights
in case they are wielding a baseball bat. Five title matches, no title changes whatsoever.
WINNER: The Furies pin -> **
Battle Royal 20 men--Some of the guys who fought earlier plus several others that didn't have a match come to the
ring, unfortunately I am unable to discern the names, but Brett Sanders is unable to compete. This doesn't last long,
the ring empties out in about two-three minutes with the WWF vets exiting way early. Sanders was entered into this
one, but obviously could not make it back. Julian made it out despite his beating. Stone Manson is helped to the ring
toward the end taped up when it gets down to just the Furies and Willie Richardson. Richardson is thrown out, and
the Furies proceed to beat on Stone Manson. The other Brotherhood members debate with "fans" in the aisle on
whether to run interferance or not, and I overheard them saying they already had gotten fined $10K in the past
couple of days. Fortunately, Willie Richardson did not leave the ring area and yanked down on the top rope when
the Furies were bouncing off the ropes to do a move and fall out. This battle royal ran very quick not allowing me
to tell who took out who during this thing...and of course not be able to see what anyone could do. Willie Richardson
& the Brotherhood did a victory party for the crowd to send them home.
WINNER: Stone Manson
Verdict--well, this show wasn't great...part of the problem was the fact that everyone except three people were
virtually unknown. Though during the show, executed were a blockbuster, stone cold stunner, and scorpion death
drop. The opening angle was quite similar to what the WWF does, despite there not being cameras. It was quite
unnecessary at a house show for someone to be injured like Brett Sanders was, and gosh...there were pools of
blood around the ring left after the battle royal. As for the wrestling...well, WCPW is one of the triple-AAA
clubs of wrestling...and many guys have been in there for a couple years but not reached the point of joining
the higher level wrestling feds as evidenced by their losses to the ex-WWF/WCW people.
8/27/2001 in Fairbury, IL before 200 fans:
Ivan Manson b Kevin Kostner
The Warlocks b Los Mexicanos
Baltazar b Vic Ferrari
Robby Dawber b Mike Masters
Angel b Drusala in a womens title match
Willie Richardson b Steve Boz to win Windy City title
Terry Allen b Warlocks in handicap match
Mike Masters won Battle Royal
Greg Valentine no-showed.
May 18, 2002
Battle of the Belts
Cicero, IL
* Acid beat Airborne....
* Polish Crippler & Gino Latino & J-Dogg beat Riot & Tank & Chaos...
* Acid Jac & D-Lyte & Danny B. Goode beat Severance & Millennium & J.T. Freeze....
* Crippler & Latino & J-Dogg beat Acid & D-Lyte & Danny B. Goode...
* Great Milkeno beat Robbie Dawber....
* 9-Mil beat Milenko...
* 2000CC beat Los Mexicanos & Naughty By Nature....
* Ivan Manson beat Mike Anthony...
* Vito Fontaine NC Julian....
* Psycho beat DOC...
* Studd Clubb beat Void Effect....
* Pokerface beat Willie Richardson...
* Baltazar beat Terry Allen....
* Ripper Manson beat Steve Boz...
* Acid Jazz won 40 man 2 ring ladder Battle Royal....
September 28, 2002
Chicago, IL
* Acid beat Great Milinko....
* Carnage beat Mike Anthony...
* Baltazar vs Acid ended in a No Contest....
* Vic Ferrari & Fankie Valiant beat Steve Stone & 9-Mil...
* Ripper & Ivan Manson & Severance beat Polish Crippler & Gino Latino & Lil J Dogg....
* Super Loco & DOC vs Polish Crippler ended in a No Contest...
* Terry Allen beat Polish Crippler by DQ....
* Cortezi & Chris Chaos beat Violator & Damian dunn...
* Robbie Dawber beat Steve Boz by DQ....
* Vito Fontaine beat Julian the Warlock...
Windy City Wrestling on Saturday night (10/26) 2002
in Chicago for a TV taping:
Damian Dunn b Chris Chaos,
Great Milinko won three-way over J-Dogg and Violator,
Carnage b Buddha Thunder,
Ripper Manson and Ivan Manson and Severance b 9-Mil and Steve Stone and DOC,
Acid Jaz b Baltazar-DQ,
Vic Ferrari and Frankie Valiant won over Steve Boz and Terry Allen and Vito Fontaine and Mike Anthony,
Robbie Dawber b Darkman-DQ
March 15, 2003
Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament
Chicago, IL
ROUND ONE
* Robby Dawber beat Acid Jazz...
* Cassius beat Mike Anthony...
* Carnage beat Steve Boz...
* Baltazar beat Terry Allen...
ROUND TWO
* Robbie Dawber beat Cassius...
* Baltazar beat Carnage...
* Vito 2 Fingers beat Ripper Manson by Countout...
TOURNAMENT FINAL
* Baltazar beat Robbie Dawber in the Finals to win the Tournament
--- Notes: Lee Sanders was a wrestler who used the name Sgt. Storm that died from cancer in 2002..
July 19, 2003
Chicago, IL
* Kraz beat Justin Adams....
* Acid Jaz beat Mac Johnson...
* Carnage beat Cassius....
* Special Forces vs The Brotherhood ended in a Double DQ...
* Matt Taylor & Trinity (not TNA/ECW one) beat Vic Ferrari & Sosay....
* Baltazar vs Mike Anthony ended in a Double DQ...
* Terry Allen & Steve Boz beat Cameron Cage & Havok....
* Robby Dawber beat Nick Dinsmore...
July 30, 2003
Kankakee, IL
* Valk beat Ivan Manson and Havok in a 3-Way....
* Gino Latino beat Mike Anthony...
* Acid Jaz beat Bret Douglas....
* Sosay beat Crystal Carmichael in Women's match...
* Special Forces beat The Collection Agency....
* Terry Allen & Steve Boz beat Abbadon & Baltazar...
* Robby Dawber beat Cameron Cage....
* Vito Fontaine beat Jerry "The King" Lawler...
* Jerry Lawler won a Battle Royal....
August 2, 2003
Chicago, IL
* Acid Jaz beat Justin Adams....
* Vito Fontaine beat Carnage...
* Damian Dunn beat Knox....
* Mike Anthony beat DOC...
* Sosay won a Bikini Contest....
* Cameron Cage beat Havok...
* Acid Jaz & Vito Fontaine & Sosay beat Robby Dawber & Krez & Stud Muffin....
* Christopher Valk beat 3M...
* Ripper Manson beat Cassius....
* Mike Anthony beat Tank...
* Terry Allen & Steve Boz beat Bret Douglas & Justin Adams....
* Gino Latino beat Krez...
* Abbadon beat Ivan Manson....
August 27th 2005
The Genesis of Dominance
The impossible was made possible.
A new beginning for Night Breed was set in motion on Saturday night.
Steve Boz has joined forces with Night Breed to form the most dominant
group in Chicago wrestling history....and the best part about it all was no
one seen it coming. Baltazar was victorious over Abyss. This match ended
with the newly formed Night Breed beating, then standing over a fallen
Abyss as they celebrated their new alliance.
October 29, 2005
Monster Bash
* The Night Breed, Steve Boz, Baltazar and Abaddon
d. The Danny Boys with Barney Stone and the
WCPW League Champion Acid Jazz in a six man tag team match up.
November 12 2005
Fall Throw Down
* Steve Boz d. Isasis Velazquez
(Lightweight standout and 2005 Rookie of the year).
* Baltazar and Abaddon d. The Brotherhoods 9 Mil and Babyface Manson.
--Night Breed is Boz, Baltazar & Abaddon
December 10th 2005
*The Danny Boys defeated Night Breed after Night Breed
eliminated The Dunn Brothers to become the New WCPW Tag Team Champions.
Night Breed is Boz, Baltazar & Abaddon
Februrary 10th 2006
South Side Smash
*Abaddon d. Isasis Velazquez with the Tombstone,
* The Warlocks, Curse d. Boz after help from his brood.
* Baltazar defeated Frankie Valiant in a 2 out of 3 Tables Match
when Frankie went thru 2 tables stacked from the ring apron
to the floor.
* Night Breed also introduced their new Manager, Gabriel.
--Night Breed is Boz, Baltazar & Abaddon.
Battle Of The Belts 18
Team Dammit d. The Odd Balls to become the new 6 man Champs.
Nickie Sixx d. Jason Dukes
Isasis Velazquez d. Marshee Rockett & Petey Williams to become the new Lightweight Champ.
Dymond d. Cheeks Manson to become the new Woman's Champion.
Lord Cassius XL d. DTA
Mike Anthony d. Jayson Reign
Vito 2 Fingers d. Monty Brown by DQ.
Frankie Valiant d. Ivan Manson to become the new Bare Knuckles Champion.
The Dunn Brothas d. The Danny Boys to become the new Tag Team Champion.
Abyss d. Baltazar by DQ.
Acid Jaz d. Abaddon
Christopher Daniels d. Steve Boz
Curse won the Gauntlet Battle Royale
WCPW Double Shot Weekend June 24th & 25th 2006
Saturday in Midlothain!
Mr. Walsh d. Tony T Bird
Iaisis Velezquez d. Hazuma
Mitch Blake defeated DTA
Frankie Valiant pinned Luzyver in the Bare Knuckles Match.
Team Dammit was victorious against the C.U.R.E. (w/ the help of DTA)
Ivan Manson got his hand raised in his match with Abyss.
We saw the formation of the "Faction" consisting of Rick Walsh,
Mitch Blake, Ivan Manson, and Frankie Valiant to be managed by Stud Muffin, Psycho, and Cheeks.
Abaddon defeated Acid Jaz and Marshe Rockett to become the new League Champion.
Curse chose now as the opportunity to challenge for the title and pinned Abaddon
to walk out the new League Champion.
Baltazar defeated Vito "2 Fingers' Fontaine to become the new WCPW Heavyweight Champion.
Abaddon won the Battle Royal to become the new Battle Royal Champion.
Sunday in Prospect Heights at Prospect Height Summer Fest
Acid Jaz & DTA were victorious over Marshee Rockett & Lord Cassius
Sean Mulligan defeated Rudo Cortez
Isasis Velazquez had a successful Lightweight Title defense against Carlos Rodriguez.
Curse retained the League Championship against Jason Dukes.
Dameon Dunn and Marshe Rockett (substituting for Devilin Dunn) were
disqualified in their Tag Team Title defense against Willie "Da Bomb"
Richardson and Trauma(but Team Dammit had their heads handed to them afterwards)
Steve Boz and his mystery partner, Abyss, were victorious against Abaddon and Baltazar.
Abaddon won the Battle Royal to retain the Battle Royal Title.
WCPW's Wisc.1
Results from 8/20
The show opened with Stud Muffin saying that he was acting commissioner. ANYWAY!
6-Man Tag Team Championship
(c)Team Dammit(Rudo,Trauma & new member Zom) .vs. The Faction(Mitch Blake,Mr.Walsh & Ivan Manson)
Winner: TEAM DAMMIT
WCPW Ladies Championship
(c) Dymond w/ C. Red .vs. Crystal White
Winner: Dymond
WCPW League Championship
Acid Jaz .vs. (c) Curse
Winner: Curse
Special Challenge Match
Abaddon .vs. Steve Boz w/ Acid Jaz & Justin Adams
Winner: Steve Boz
*(note):that Abaddon claimed to be defending the
WCPW Heavyweight title for his MIA partner,Baltazar.
After Boz wins,Stud Muffin says that he didn't ok the
match & that the belt could NOT change hands.
WCPW Middleweight Championship
(c) Mike Anthony .vs. Justin Adams w/ Steve Boz & Acid Jaz
Winner: Mike Anthony
TEAM DAMMIT's Willie "The Bomb" Richerson .vs. The C.U.R.E.'s Dameon Dunn w/ C.Red, Dymond & Faith
Winner: Willie" The Bomb" Richerson
Battle Royal
Winner: & still Battle Royal Champion.....ABADDON
Wisc.II :8/26/06
Mitch Blake .vs. Jason Dukes
winner: JASON DUKES
Ladies 3-way for #1 contender to WCPW Ladies Title
Cheeks Manson .vs. Misery. vs. Faith
winner: FAITH
Adrian Lynch .vs. Isaias Velesquez
winner: ISAIAS VELESQUEZ (time limit draw)
WCPW Middleweight Title
Sean Mulliagn .vs. Mike Anthony(c)
winner: MIKE ANTHONY
WCPW League Title
Acid Jaz .vs. Curse(c)
winner: CURSE
NightBreed .vs. Marshe' Rockett & Devilin Dunn(of The C.U.R.E)
winner: NIGHTBREED
BattleRoyal Title
winner: ABADDON
Prelude To Pain- (9/02/06)
The FACTION's Mitch Blake d. Waldo
Team Dammit cuts a promo & The C.U.R.E. interupts
Isasis Velazquez and the debuting Manny Ramirez d. Yakucka and the debuting Titan.
Damoen Dunn won the UAPW Tag Team Titles in a 8 man elimination match
featuring Steve Boz, Acid Jaz, Mr. Walsh, Willie Richardson, Rudo Cortez, Trama and DTA.
order of elimination:
Trauma
Mr.Walsh
Acid Jaz & Rudo Cortez(ref counted both mens shoulders down)
Wille Richardson
Steve Boz
DTA
Ivan Manson d. Abaddon in a Hardcore Grudge Match.
Baltazar d. Marshe Rockett in his first WCPW Heavyweight defense.
(afterwards,The C.U.R.E. attacks Baltazar.Abaddon trys to help.
The C.U.R.E. beats on him.The FACTION runs in & saves NightBreed)
GAUNTLET 4 The GOLD
(most of the roster from both WCPW/UAPW)
(last 5 standing & order of them being thrown out)
DYMOND
Willie Richardson
C.RED
ACID Jaz
- Marshe Rockett became the UAPW Inner City Champion after
winning The Gauntlet for the Gold Match. afterwards,
The C.U.R.E(Rockett,Lord Cassius XL,C.Red,Dymond)
beats the life out of Jaz.Acid Jaz is left lying in the
middle of the ring-INJURED!
March 10, 2007
7th Annual Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament
Chicago, IL
ROUND ONE
* Mitch Blake beat Rudo Cortez...
* Curse beat Ivan Manson...
* Baltazar beat Dameon Dunn...
* Acid Jaz beat Steve Boz...
ROUND TWO
* Mitch Blake beat Curse...
* Acid Jaz beat Baltazar...
* "The Bomb" Willie Richardson beat Trauma to retain the UAPW Heavyweight title....
* D.T.A. & Wicked beat Sean Mulligan & Vito Fontaine to retain the WCPW Tag Team titles...
TOURNAMENT FINAL
* Mitch Blake beat Acid Jaz in the Finals to win the Tournament
April 13, 2007
Martha's Mayhem 5
Morton Grove, IL
* "The Fury" Rick Walsh beat 7 Deadly Sins member Don GREED....
* Isaias Velazquez beat Angel Rodriguez to retain the WCPW Lightweight title...
* "The Danny boy" Sean Mulligan beat WCPW League Champion Curse by DQ....
* Rudo Cortez beat Jordan Pryde to retain the UAPW Inner-City title...
* Baltazar beat Wicked to retain the WCPW Heavyweight title....
* Vito "2 fingers" Fontaine beat DTA...
* Abaddon beat "The Fury" Mitch Blake in a Lumberjack Match....
* Steve Boz & Acid Jaz & Ripper Manson beat C-Red & The C.U.R.E (Dymond,Rockett,Dunn)..
May 12, 2007
Battle of the Belts 19
Cicero, IL
* C-Red won a Battle Royal....
* Sam DeCero w/V-Factor beat C-Red in a Special Challenge match...
* Mitch Blake won an 8-Man Bare Knuckles Elimination match to win the Bare Knuckles title....
* Wicked & D.T.A. & Zom beat Jordan Pryde & Thomas Sinclair & Ben Cruise in a 6-Man Tag...
* Trauma beat Ivan Manson in a UAPW #1 Contenders match....
* Dymond beat Faith to retain the Ladies title...
* Gavin Dunn beat Vanity to retain the Middleweight title....
* Rudo Cortez beat Dameon Dunn in a UAPW Inner City Match...
* Isaias Velazquez beat Titan to retain the Lightweight title....
* Curse w/Luzyver beat Sean "Dannyboy" Mulligan w/Barney Stone to retain the League title...
* Baltazar vs. Willie "The Bomb" Richardson ended in a No Contest for the WCPW/UAPW title....
* Larry Zbyszko beat Vito "Two Fingers" Fontaine...
* Chris Sabin beat Marshe Rockett and Acid Jaz in a 3-Way....
* Samoa Joe beat Steve Boz...
* Christopher Daniels beat Abaddon....
June 23, 2007
East Side Little League Fundraiser
Chicago, IL
[Cancelled due to Rain]
June 24, 2007--Windy City Pro Wrestling - Summer Fest in Prospect Heights, Illinois:
July 21, 2007--Windy City Pro Wrestling - Festival of the Lakes in Hammond, Indiana:
October 6, 2007--Windy City Pro Wrestling - Dinner with the Stars in Chicago, Illinois:
*****
May 20th 2006
Cicero Stadium 1909 Laramie
Cicero IL
Battle of the Belts 18
Team Dammit d. The Odd Balls to become the new 6 man Champs.
Nickie Sixx d. Jason Dukes
Isasis Velazquez d. Marshee Rockett & Petey Williams to become the new Lightweight Champ.
Dymond d. Cheeks Manson to become the new Woman's Champion.
Lord Cassius XL d. DTA
Mike Anthony d. Jayson Reign
Vito 2 Fingers d. Monty Brown by DQ.
Frankie Valiant d. Ivan Manson to become the new Bare Knuckles Champion.
The Dunn Brothas d. The Danny Boys to become the new Tag Team Champion.
Abyss d. Baltazar by DQ.
Acid Jaz d. Abaddon
Christopher Daniels d. Steve Boz
Curse won the Gauntlet Battle Royale
ARTICLES
1988
Frank "King Kong" Brody, outlaw wrestler
By Lon Grahnke Entertainment Editor
Frank "King Kong" Brody, 41 the last of the big-time wrestling "Outlaws" died
Sunday morning in Puerto Rico. According to early reports from wrestling insiders,
Mr. Brody was fatally stabbed Saturday night in a locker-room altercation.
Mr. Brodys real name was Frank Goodish.
Also known to fans throughout the world as "Bruiser Brody", the bearded wild man
who barked like a mad dog and attacked his opponents with steel chairs was often
quiet and reserved when away from the ring. An intensely private man, he shunned
crowds and public acclaim, even though he was among the top 10 international stars
in the wrestling business. He was paid more than $14,000 dollars a week as a
main event attraction in Japan.
Throughout his 15 year career, Mr. Brody was considered an outlaw. Because he
refused to sign contracts with any promoters or organization. Mr. Brody could have
made more money working for the
World Wrestling Federation or the National Wrestling Alliance, but the 6-foot-5 inch,
275 pound Texan preferred to drift alone, like a hired gun from town to town.
A favorite with Chicagos hardcore wrestling fans, Mr. Brody was scheduled to appear
at The Amphitheater on August 12 in the main event of a show promoted by
Windy City Wrestling. He was to battle Nord the Barbarian.
1991
Lee Banaka
Sam DeCero
DeCero is the founder and promoter of Windy City Wrestling, a Chicago-based wresting promotion.
His office, where this 1991 interview took place, is decorated with posters from his wrestling tours
of Japan, publicity stills of wrestlers who work for him, and a big screen television. A wrestling ring
is right outside the office, and evening trainees practice their moves. After our interview, DeCero
plays an "MTV-type" video that he has just completed, which shows his top tag-team wrestlers riding
in a limousine with beautiful women on their arms. DeCero is a compact, muscular man who proudly
describes his work in the wrestling business in a gruff but soft-spoken manner. Windy City Wrestling
is still going strong in 2000, drawing 2,500 fans to a recent show in Indiana.
[I've lived in] Chicago all my life. I've been watching wrestling since I was old enough to know what
it was all about, when my parents took me to the International Amphitheater to see the likes of Bruiser,
Crusher, the Vachon Brothers, Hercules Cortez, all those types of people. I continued going to all the
matches all through my life.
I went into music in high school instead of sports. I went into a heavy metal band when I was 16, stayed
in that until I was 22, so I figured that was going to be my career. Still, I went to all the matches.
I only weighed 165 pounds all through high school. And one day, just for the hell of it, we recorded our
first album in a studio. It was a demo tape. And then the band started going on the outs. After the most
important thing finally came our way, everything started going sour. So I went to a wrestling match to
blow off steam. I waited outside afterwards and asked a guy by the name of Paul Krusky how hard it
was to get into the business. I said I'd been watching it all my life. And he said, more or less,
"Go away son. When you get up to 200 pounds, give me a call someday." So I quit the band and started
working out.
I figured, "OK, I'm determined to do this." I got up to 200 pounds in about 3 months. I was eating
10,000 calories a day. My diet was a shake in the morning with protein powder, two eggs, two bananas,
and then I'd go out and have breakfast. Then I'd have a snack, then I'd have lunch, usually two Whoppers,
two Big Macs, something like that. Then I'd have another snack in the afternoon. Then I'd go train.
Then I'd have another protein shake. Then I'd come home and have dinner, which was usually a steak,
five baked potatoes, a whole can of corn, or beans, or peas, or something like that. And I'd have a snack
before bedtime, like a sundae or something. So I was really piling it in. I got up to 200 pounds, went back
to see him, and he couldn't believe I was the same guy, because I wasn't fat, I was muscular. I was working
out six days a week, real hard.
So I paid him to get into the business, just like you have to pay to get into this school. He took me down to
Kentucky, and that's where Randy "Macho Man" Savage trained me. Him and his dad, Angelo Poffo, and
Lanny Poffo. So I learned down there for about eight months, then I went to work for Dick the Bruiser.
I wrestled against Dick the Bruiser, a guy I watched when I was a little kid. I never dreamed of locking
up with him. From that point on I met Mad Maxx. He became my tag team partner. We became the Maxx
Brothers, and that's how I became Super Maxx. My first name was Sammy Derro, then I became Super
Maxx, and we were bad guys. Then we went to work for the AWA, Verne Gagne. From there I went to
Japan, toured overseas a few times, came back.
They train seven days a week out there [in Japan]. They use karate and everything in their matches.
We went out there, and we wouldn't let them intimidate us. We just started banging heads, and we
ended up having good wrestling matches, and they respected us. As soon as they started throwing chops
in, or kicks or something, to our stomachs, we'd just label them right in the face. That would set them back.
[Japanese fans] are rowdy, but they're afraid of Americans. We used to carry a whip, snap the whip and
wrap it around their neck, so they'd panic, go nuts. And if they hit one of us, and one of the chaperones
and one of the Japs saw that, they'd take him in the back and practically beat him to death for hitting us.
They were real strict. It was really a unique culture. I really enjoyed it out there. It was clean, a lot cleaner
than it is in this country. They mop the damn sidewalks in the morning. People are clean, restaurants were
spotless. Man, you don't even see a crumb on the table. It makes it real pleasant to eat, and just to be there.
It's real expensive, though.
When I was wrestling, I had to wrestle Bruiser Brody, Adrian Adonis, Dick Murdoch, Jesse Ventura, Saito,
Nick Bockwinkel. I wrestled some tough guys when I first started, and they kicked the shit out of me.
That was my first year. They were beating the hell out of me most of the time. But I learned a lot. They liked
me because they saw that I had the business in my blood. They took time and talked to me afterwards, helped
me along and gave me pointers. Without that kind of help, you don't make it in this business. You just don't.
I worked with the city, too. I worked a regular job. And I fell off the top of a truck on a labor job. Landed
on a steel plate and ruined my back and my career. I went in for surgery, had a disc removed and two fusions.
When I was lying in the hospital bed, the doctor told me, "You're gonna be fine, but you'll never wrestle again."
So I figured, "How am I going to stay in the business? I can be a manager maybe, a referee maybe, but, naah,
I'm smarter than that. I'll start my own business." I got out of the hospital, and between my parents, my brothers,
my best friends, my boss at work, I rounded up investors. I got a good amount of money put together, started
Windy City Wrestling, and this is our fourth year now.
I started the training school on the South Side in an old barn. In the winter we had to use a torpedo heater just
to keep it warm. The was air coming through all the wood. There was no siding or anything. Now we're in this
beautiful cement building, a 1,500-square-foot building. And now we're opening up a second school on the
South Side. The promotion itself, we've had over 80 shows. We've done fund-raisers for Toys for Tots,
Muscular Dystrophy, Maryville City for Youth. The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless show we just did at the
Amphitheater had 4,000 people there, and it raised a lot of money for them. So we're getting recognition for
doing charity work.
Plus, we have, as far as I'm concerned, the best wrestlers in the business. These guys work their asses off.
I mean, seriously, they really train hard. And they're not like anything else you'll see on TV. What's on TV now,
as far as I'm concerned, is bullshit. What I brought back into the business is what used to happen years ago at
the Amphitheater with the Bruiser and the Crusher. Ours is real. Their's isn't. WWF is a circus. Carnival crap.
You have to see our show to know what I'm talking about. We use chairs and blood and, I'm mean, it's happening.
We're giving people their money's worth, plus a show they can't see anywhere else. That's why we're attracting
so much attention now. Magazines are picking us up, newspapers. We were just on Channel 32.
Our television show's been on the air for three years. It's a half-hour format. We're on five markets now.
I edit it, produce it, direct it. I'm even the cameraman on some of the parts. I didn't go to school for any of this.
I just fell into it. When I went into music, I had to learn how to play music. When I went into television,
I just picked up a camera and started rolling, with a few pointers on how to focus and color balance and things
like that. I picked it up instantly. I just did my first music video. It came out real nice.
What we're trying to give the fans, not only their money's worth, and a different show, but.... I've just about had
it with people saying how phony the business is, because it isn't. The WWF's phony. You can see it. They don't hide
it. They say, "Yeah, we're phony. Come and see us anyway." But, now the people have just about had enough of that.
They're not drawing big crowds anymore. [Hulk] Hogan's practically dead. His time's ran out. He might be a big
movie star now, but the wrestling part of it is over. The NWA's practically out the door already. They have nothing.
They don't even have a leg to stand on, anymore, really.
I met Mike Gretchner when I was in my first year in the business, and he helped me get around and meet people.
He became my number-one investor when I decided to start this business. Now he's General Manager and my best
buddy.
[To attend the wrestling school], you have to be 18 years or older, and you have to pay the tuition fee: $2,500.
And then we make them a pro wrestler. And they don't work until they are good like I want them to be. We have
divisions, we have lightweight, middleweight, heavyweight. We're the first promotion to ever do that. So anyone
can come in. If you weigh 169, you can be in the lightweight division. If you're 260 and over, you're in the
heavyweight division. Anywhere between is middleweight.
If a fund-raising organization buys a package from us, we supply the print material, posters, flyers, etc. We get
them tickets, so they have tickets to sell, plenty in advance of the show. And then Mike does the booking.
He puts the matches together, he contacts the talent and makes sure they're there that night at a certain time.
We supply the organization with television advertising on our show, get press releases out, and the rest is usually
on them. They have to hustle tickets, make sure the posters get up. And then the night of, we bring the whole show
to them. We bring the talent, sound, everything.
Right now we are under the impression from our peers and other promoters in the country that we rank fifth.
Fifth in the country. The WWF's number one, the NWA's number two, and we're the fifth. I think, with our goals
and what we're trying to accomplish, I think we'll be number one at one point in time. The WWF's just gonna ...
I think they're gonna go in a different direction. The NWA, like I said, are on their last legs. Portland is ready
to close. So I think we can take over.
1991
Trevor Blanchard
Introduced as a "bad guy" by Windy City Wrestling general manager Mike Gretchner, Blanchard sits down for
this 1991 interview with some wariness. He is a bulky man of average height who appears to be in his early 20s.
Blanchard went on to hold the Windy City Wrestling Lightweight title for a short time in 1993, wrestled for
World Championship Wrestling in 1998, and continues to wrestle today for independent promotions.
I'm originally from San Antonio, but I moved here to Chicago when I was younger. I got involved through a
cousin, a third or fourth cousin by the name of Tully Blanchard. He used to wrestle in the NWA. The last time
I talked to him was just before I started, about a year ago. I told him that I was starting with Sam [DeCero].
That's pretty much it. I've been in it a little over a year, working to get the big bucks and the titles. It's been
something I've wanted to do. I went, when I was younger, to the Amphitheater
.
About the age of 12 was when I finally decided I wanted to do it.
Tully, besides being a relation, has helped me a lot. Not just with physical things, but with mental things.
Because it is a strain traveling from town to town, four- and five-hour trips, whether it's by yourself or if
you bring a lady friend or whoever. As far as other idols, I'd say Ric Flair is another, Arn Anderson,
Curt Hennig, Bobby Eaton.
How am I "bad"? I don't like signing autographs. I just go to the arena. I go in the locker room, I put my boots,
my kneepads, my trunks, my tape on. Then I go in there to win. I don't go there to sign autographs, I don't go
to take pictures. Most of the time I don't talk to [the fans]. If they say, "You had a good match," I'll nod my
head. I won't talk to them. I might give them some eye contact, but as far as putting up with them, I don't
really care to. They tend to pull on you, to tug on you for autographs. If you give one, you're gonna have to
give them all. The one soft spot is, I have signed a couple to kids in wheelchairs. That's my soft spot. Because
a couple of friends of mine, their kids aren't as fortunate as others. So that's where I draw the line. If they
can walk and tug on me, that's where I draw the line. But if there's somebody that's hurting, a kid that's hurting,
then I'll stop. But there's only a couple of times where that's happened.
If we're here in Illinois, in Chicago I remember an instance. I don't like the Bulls. Now they won the
championship, fine. I'm mostly a Boston fan, so when the Bulls won, it was right before we had a match in
Hillside [Illinois], the Saturday after they won it. And I told [the crowd], "I'm gonna beat this guy like the
Lakers should have beat the Bulls." If we go back to some places ... where they know of me, then they'll start
on me first.
There's not enough independent [wrestling] for the smaller towns. I've noticed, especially with the
NWA/World Championship Wrestling, even their pay-per-views, they don't get a lot of big crowds
like they did in the mid-80s, like 85, 86, 87. In 87 it started going down for them. Because they
don't go to the small towns enough. It's amazing when you go to a smaller town, 9 times out of 10 it's
sold out because wrestling doesn't get there. They see it on cable, and even though they may not know
any of us from TV"Hey, wrestling's going to be here Saturday!" There have been a couple of
instances where we haven't had a real good crowd, but usually something else has been going on
besides that. But as far as going to the smaller towns, that's a big thing. Because if you can do well on
them, then if you go back there, then they'll go and see you. Or they'll go see the organization.
I've noticed lately that World Championship Wrestling has been going to somewhat smaller towns,
but the WWF isn't. The WWF just sticks to New York, or the Rosemont Horizon here in Chicago,
you know, some of the bigger arenas that can hold more than 5,000 people.
In five years I hope to be a little bigger as far as size and weight. I want to get up to about 220,
240without steroidsand hopefully be doing it full-time. Any issue the media gets hold of, they
blow it out of proportion. My personal thoughts on steroids is I'm against them. I've seen what it's
done to Lyle Alzado. Sixteen or seventeen years of taking them and he's got brain cancer and he's
probably not going to be around much more than two years. I know you can usually tell who takes
them in the wrestling business, but as far as me taking them, I would probably never. About the
only thing bad that I may do is eat fried food once in a while.
I want to travel city to city, be in a different city every night. Right now I'm just getting started,
and you can't go full-time without having some experience underneath your belt. Five years from
now, like I said, I hope to be doing it full-time. It's something I've wanted to do since I was 12.
You know, I've just gone by steps. I came in here, talked to Mike and Sam, andnot to be rude toward
them or the people that come in here, but most of the time when someone comes in and says,
"I want to become a wrestler," they have to take it with a grain of salt. Until they come in here and
put down a deposit, you can't take them seriously. Sometimes three or four guys will come in here,
and not one of them will come back.
It's just something that I've wanted to do. Some kids grew up wanting to be a police officer, and
they go through the test and everything. Me, it's just about something that I wanted to do. My parents
aren't real happy about it. They're starting to cope with it now. The initial reaction was that they
weren't real happy. The first match they saw me in, I wound up getting hit with a chair, and they
were sitting in the front row. I heard it from my brother. My mother was in tears. They're coping.
My dad doesn't show it as much, but my mother does. [It's like,] if you were doing something that your
mother didn't like, and she went with it because she knew you wanted to do it. They're coping with it
a lot more now. They've seen the improvement. They don't go to all of [my matches], but they go to most
of them, and they have seen an improvement within the last year. Actually, within the last four or five
months.
I'm sure you've heard stories about groupies, or "arena rats." If something [like that] should come
along the way, and if she wants to, shall we say, go on a ride with me and go from city to city, then
fine. But that's something that's gonna have to be dealt with by her. It's something that she'll have
to adapt to. I'm not going to change anything for her. I date, but not too much. If I'm not at the gym
or here, then I'm usually working. That takes a lot out of my time. If I'm not working or working out,
then I'm usually at home, relaxing.
1992/93/94?
Windy City Wrestling Promotions, Inc. v. World Championship Wrestling, Inc.
(N.D.Ill.)
Represent Turner Broadcasting Company against trademark infringement claims,
brought by Windy City Wrestling against World Championship Wrestling over use of
WCW designation. Trademark Infringement Nine months Settled, following mediation.
2000
WINDY CITY WRESTLERS WAGE A BATTLE FOR THE BELTS
by Tom Lounges
WRESTLING has been called ...the sport of kings! It's also been called
a sham and a sideshow!
Regardless of which your personal take on the subject may be - "sport"
or "entertainment" - there is no denying that professional wrestling is doing
really big numbers these days as it continues to rack up fans of all ages.
Decked out in a black leather vest, combat boots and dark glasses, the
boisterous Ritchard T. Sin is sitting in my office. The buttons on his vest
almost burst as he throws his shoulders back and puffs out his barrel chest
to decry my attempt to snag a quote about professional wrestling being a
pre-planned spectacle.
RITCHARD T. SIN, the region rocker turned wrestling manager, gave Midwest
Beat Magazine the low down on the smack down being held May 20 at the Hammond
Civic Center:
"Don't try to push me into a corner during this interview Lounges," he
sternly warns with a finger pointing in my face. "I'm not here to pull the
back curtain and expose some kind of wizard and feed your misconceptions.
You can think what you want and I don't care. If you think that the world of
professional wrestling is all fake and farce, than I challenge you to step
into the ring and see how you feel the next day...if there is a next day for
you!"
Ouch! There I was squared-off with an outspoken, goatee-sporting,
ring-rumbling malcontent who eschews any labeling of his profession as
"sports entertainment". "To us it is still a fight because we are putting
the punches in there and beating the heck out of each other," he defends.
"You won't catch me of anyone from WCPW using the term 'sports entertainment'
and I hope you don't refer to us as that in your article either."
During the course of our interview, Sin often pounds my helpless desk and
slams his clenched fist into his open palm to emphasize his points, as he
prattles on about how his current managerial charge, The Polish Crippler,
will be smashing and thrashing anyone who comes to within an arm's length of
him.
Sin - the dark and slightly eccentric alter-ego of the more passive and
kinder Dave Richardson - is to say the least, very keyed-up about the
impending "Battle of the Belts 2000" being presented by Windy City
Professional Wrestling (WCPW) on May 20 at the Hammond Civic Center. Bell
time is 6:30 p.m.
WAGING A ROYAL BATTLE...
"We're gonna romp and stomp all over the place," he says with eyes
flashing. "We're gonna have an unprecedented 120 man 'Battle Royal' at the
end of the night. There will be 120 men slamming it down in three rings in
what will be the biggest and grandest 'Battle Royal' that has ever been
presented in wrestling history to my knowledge."
For those of you unfamiliar with ringside terminology - "Battle Royal"
- means a collective group of brawlers fighting to the last man. "In a nut
shell, the Battle Royal is where we will put 120 guys of all ranks and sizes
into three rings at one time with all three rings going on simultaneously. We
let them all beat the holy heck out of each other until only one guy is left
in each ring," explained Sin. "It's an elimination contest, you fight it out
until you are tossed out of the ring. Once you are tossed out of the ring
you are eliminated from the competition. Then, those three finalists from
each of the rings will get together and slam it down until only one is left
standing..."
Whereas past 'Battle Royal' events topped off at 60 men, this one is
doubling that figure. "You want to know why? 'Why?' You have to ask?
Because we want to create a grand spectacle for wrestling fans here in the
region. We want to show how WCPW can pull off something that no one has ever
done before," said Sin, shooting me a look of disdain at my apparent
ignorance.
Even though he contains himself to mostly outside of the ring work in
management these days - Sin exclusively handles WCPW Heavyweight Champion The
Polish Crippler and the WCPW Bare Knuckles champion Xtreme - he plans to be
one of those 120 guys stepping into the ring on May 20. "It's the biggest
and baddest Battle Royal ever, man...how could Ritchard T. Sin not be in
there in the thick of it all, kicking some butt and showing these new kids
what a real wrestler is all about," he proclaimed.
POUNCING WITHOUT PROFANITY...
Sin may live large, talk loud and embrace the boastful badass public
image that has come to epitomize professional wrestlers since the glorious
days when Dick The Bruiser, Farmer Brown and Dr. X thrilled us in the 1960s,
as his incessant motormouth bravado spills forth it is devoid of the
profanities so common in today's wrestler world. When asked about this, he
smiles.
"Stone Cold Steve Austin made the cursing and spiting and stuff like that
popular and it's just gotten out of hand I think," said Sin. "It's gotten to
the point where of parents have to wonder if they should let their kids watch
wrestling because that stuff. At WCPW what we try to offer is all the
entertainment, all glitz and all the glory, but without the foul-mouthed
aspects. We are very old-school in that way. I grew up watching wrestling on
television with my dad, you grew up watching wrestling on television with
your dad, and kids today are growing up watching wrestling... We watch our
mouths and what we do because we know there are little kids watching us.
Using the 'F-word', grabbing your crotch, spitting on people and giving the
finger doesn't make you more of a man and it certainly doesn't make you a
better wrestler..."
A lack of profanity does not mean a duller show. "We're not choir boys,"
laughs Sin. "We still have a very sexy show with our valets who escort the
wrestlers to the ring and our Windy City Gems (card girls) walking around
looking gorgeous. We get loud and walk proud and there's a lot of violence
in the ring naturally. We just respect the fact that there are young people
in the audience who do not need to hear all the cursing and vulgarities..."
PLAYING DRESS UP...
While the reason for the recent rise in popularity for professional
wrestling remains a mystery to many, Sin believes it is the overt carnival
atmosphere and the fantastical imagery that wrestling has taken on in recent
years. He feels that it is because pro wrestlers have taken on an almost
'superhero' stature and appeal for people.
"Look at wrestling. It's a bunch of guys and girls who dress up in these
outrageous costumes, who paint their faces, and who seem to live this really
colorful, superhuman existence," he said. "We're like a comic book that you
don't have to read. For a lot of people it's kind of like playing dress up,
they are living vicariously through the wrestlers. We are like living and
breathing comic book superheroes. Most sports, while fun to play, are really
pretty dull to sit and watch. Wrestling is fun to watch, because it's a
spectacle. Wrestlers are Kiss of the sports world..."
THE BELT EVENTS...
Aside from the crowning 120 man Battle Royal, there will be many
other events on the card that day.
It's called the "Battle of the Belts" because there are title matches for
all the divisions that day as the reigning WCPW champions have to defend
their titles in the ring.
Ladies Wrestling Champion Crystal will compete; as will Heavyweight
Champion The Polish Crippler, Middleweight Champion Stone Manson (of The
Brotherhood tag team), Lightweight Champion Nick Brunswick, and Tag-Team
Champions, The Furies (who borrow their schtick from the fictional gang in
the cult-classic film, "The Warriors").
Sin was not sure at the time of our interview who would be challenging
the reigning champs, but he assured me that each will have to square off
against an opponent who is hungry and ready to win. "Getting the belt is
every wrestler's dream, so naturally, the opponents will have been working
and training hard all year for their shot to claim it," said Sin.
One of Sin's personal favorites on any wrestling card are the midget
matches. "We don't call them 'little people' or any of that politically
correct stuff," he mused. "We call 'em midgets and we'll have midgets on the
card wrestling on May 20."
A special guest on May 20 will be Road Warrior Hawk, of the infamous
AWA tag-team, The Road Warriors (who used to enter the ring to the strains of
Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" and who are credited as being the first tag team
to ever paint their faces). "Hawk will be stepping into the ring and that's
something to see," said Sin. "Hawk rocks!"
THE WCPW ORIGINS...
" Battle of the Belts 2000" is the thirteenth such annual event for WCPW,
an organization that has grown in leaps and bounds since being founded by
former pro wrestler, Sam DeCero, who once slammed the canvas as part of the
Max Brothers tag-team for the Midwest-based American Wrestling Association
(AWA), the same federation that spawned the likes of Terry "Hulk" Hogan, Dick
The Bruiser and Bob Luce.
"Sam is the CEO of our organization," said Sin. "Sam is an old-school
wrestler who really loves the sport. When he left the ring because of a back
injury, he didn't want to let it go. He wanted to stay in the sport of kings,
so in 1988, Sam formed his own independent promotion company and school -
Windy City Professional Wrestling."
Sin likens the regionally-based WCPW as being "a farm team" for
professional wrestling. "It's a great place where young, talented wrestlers
can really learn their chops and move up the ranks," he said. Among those
who began their careers at WCPW and have gone on to bigger events are the
infamous Texas Hangmen, who now tour the world. Paul E. Hemen, the savvy
promoter who founded and now owns the popular Philly-based bloodfest known as
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), began his career as Paul E.
Dangerously, then a manager with WCPW.
MORE THAN A "COOKED-UP" PERSONA...
Sin is a shining example of how an everyday Joe can move up the ranks
quickly. In only a few years, this now thirty-something Hoosier harbinger of
harm, went from being a curious onlooker and fan to managing some of the top
talents in the trade. He also hosts his own weekly television wrestling progr
am (but more on that later) and frequently does ringside color commentary a
la Howard Cosell. "Wrestling has opened a lot of doors for me personally,"
he said. "I never in a million years thought I would be on television
hosting a show..."
On most days, from 9 to 5, Dave Richardson creates a variety of edible
art masterpieces as a professional chef, a trade he has plied for years. But
once he leaves the kitchen and once he steps into the grievous persona of
Ritchard T. Sin, the Hammond native easily transforms from someone who
gingerly breaks eggs and folds ingredients to someone who venomously breaks
heads with folding chairs.
" Ritchard T. Sin is very much an extension of who I am," he explained.
"Yes, it is kind of a role in a sense, but it is not so much a made-up
character as it is my dark side being allowed to emerge. It's not an evil
side, but it is a dark side of who I am. Each and everyone of us have a dark
side, but we all don't have the opportunity to let it come out publically like
I do."
Richardson's ominous alter-ego first slinked his way into the public eye
in the early 1980s, when the (then) college student formed the punk/metal
band, The Gruesomes. Richardson played off of his real surname to create
the Ritchard T. Sin moniker for his newly forged punk persona.
Wild and unpredictable as he churned to the slamming power chords and
thundering drums of his band, Sin would stalk stages and taunt his audiences
with verbal assaults. As he would berate them and chide them for being a
flock of mindless sheep who bleated in accordance to society's whims and Big
Brother's wishes, more often than not, Sin would raise the ire of those in
his audience to nearly fighting levels.
"Sin has stepped up to the next level with WCPW," said Richardson
speaking of himself in the third person. "Now, he gets to be physical as
well as verbal and it's a whole new dimension."
After The Gruesomes disbanded in 1996 (they reformed only last month and
have announced their intent to return to live performing and recording),
Richardson/Sin was bored and looking for some kind of motivation for his
creative juices. "I have always been a wrestling fan and I saw an ad on
television one day while watching Windy City Wrestling," he said. "It was
about the school that Sam (DeCero) has for wrestling. My buddy Milo told me
that he thought I'd be a good wrestler and that I should try it."
He passed on the idea, until a few months later, when he saw the ad
again. "This time I decided to give it a shot," he said. "The funny thing
is, a few weeks earlier I had purchased those Tony Robbins motivational tapes
from one of those infomercials and I'd been listening to them. Then I saw
that ad for the school again was motivated to make the call."
The first step was attending WCPW's 'Pro Wrestling Fantasy Camp.' "There,
you learn to run the ropes, you do wrestling drills and you get to really
experience first hand what professional wrestling is all about. It's really a
fun and eye-opening thing to do," said Sin, "but it is quite a workout!"
Cost for a weekend visit to the grueling fantasy camp is $200. Sin says
many who attend the camp discover that wrestling is in their blood and stay
to train with the WCPW. "That's what happened with me," he said. "I tried
it and I loved it! I loved the challenge it offered me."
GETTING COLORFUL...
Ritchard T. Sin spent only a short time in the ring before deciding that
managing was something he wanted to do. "I still wrestle, but I really like
doing the management and I'm damn good at it," he crows. "I handle two of
the current champions - The Polish Crippler and Xtreme - so I must be doing
something right."
A year ago, Sin parlayed his experience as a stage performer into a gig
as co-host for "Sports Entertainment Live", a live weekly AT&T cable program
that originates in suburban Hickory Hills and is broadcast at 7 p.m. every
Wednesday night throughout Cook County, Illinois on Channel 4.
Taped delayed versions of the show are broadcast at various times in
various areas of Illinois and N.W. Indiana. Dupage County, Illinois gets the
show on Thursdays and Fridays at 6 p.m. on Channel 4, South Side suburban
communities wired to AT&T in Oak Lawn get it Wednesdays at 5 p.m. on Channel
43 and Orland Park gets it at the same time, except on Channel 4, South Side
communities wired to AT&T in Dolton get the show on Thursdays at 9 p.m., and
Hoosiers across the state line can catch the show every Saturday at 7 p.m.
via AT&T of Lake County on Channel 3.
Sin landed the job after meeting up with the show's producer, Rashad
Darwish, at some WCPW matches where Darwish guested doing some play by play
announcing. The two men hit it off and now co-host the second half of "Sport
Entertainment Live" each week. The first half of the hour-long show covers
general sports and the second half is dedicated solely to wrestling.
To see the best professional wrestling the Midwest has to offer, one need
only to point their vehicle toward the Hammond Civic Center (5825 Sohl St.)
on May 20 for the "Battle of the Belts". WCPW will also be doing matches at
Balmoral Race Track (26435 Dixie Hwy.) in Crete, Illinois on May 26, 27 and
28.
For information on either wrestling event or for more details on either
the WCPW Fantasy Camp or the WCPC Wrestling School, call the WCPC 24-Hour
Hotline @ (312) 490-WCPW or the WCPW Training Center at (773) 978-7317.
The Zephyr
August 8, 2000
''Number one, Knox County rocks!'' proclaimed the behemoth in the ring to the cheers of about 400 fans
gathered at the Knox County Fairgrounds for Saturday night's Windy City Pro Wrestling show.
''Number two, I'm gonna put you down, punk!'' he growled at his opponent across the ring.
And with that, ''King Kong'' Chris Bundy, a 450-pound mass of humanity, began defending his
superheavyweight title against the Polish Crippler, a massive man in his own right.
Windy City Professional Wrestling is a small, independent wrestling promotion that has been based
out of Chicago for the past dozen or so years. While the big two federations, Vince McMahon's World
Wrestling Federation and Ted Turner's World Championship Wrestling, are filling major arenas around
the country, Windy City plays to the smaller venues like high school gyms and local fairgrounds.
Sam Decero, a former professional wrestler, is the head of the group which manages to keep itself busy
on most weekends. Decero also runs the training school where most of the wrestlers learn the ins and outs
of pro wrestling. Most of his shows feature new talent from the school as well as veteran wrestlers who
are no longer marketable in the bigger markets.
King Kong Bundy is a prime example. Once a headliner in the WWF where he wrestled in the
main event against Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania II, Bundy now earns his money before small crowds on the
independent circuit. In his match Saturday night, he took little time in defeating his opponent, ending the
match with his trademark ''splash.''
Greg ''the Hammer'' Valentine was another veteran wrestler on the show, taking on the Windy City
Champion, The Ghetto Superstar Willie ''DaBomb'' Richardson. Valentine has been wrestling for the better
part of 30 years, holding many titles including the Intercontinental Championship in the WWF. His match
Saturday night went to a ''No Contest'' as two other wrestlers ran into the ring, breaking up the match,
and attacking Richardson. At 48, Valentine's prime is well behind him and even this short match left the
wrestling legend breathing pretty hard.
The rest of the card featured wrestlers that few, if any, locals had ever heard of. The finale featured
a 40-man battle royal, and the parade of talent to the ring looked much like a grade-school Halloween parade
with a variety of sizes, costumes, and demeanors. Each wrestler has gone through a rigorous training
regiment under the careful guidance of former pro wrestlers. ''We don't even let someone get in the ring
until he can bench (press) his own weight,'' explained Terry Hopper, Events Coordinator for WCPW.
Most of those who come to WCPW to be trained dream of making it to the big time wrestling of the
WWF or WCW. Training costs anywhere between $2,000-2,500 and gives the hopeful wrestler unlimited
time at the training facility. It is there that they are taught how to fall, how to throw and take a punch,
how to work a crowd, and how to stay in character both during the show and after. Some prospects come to
the training school with an idea of what kind of image they want to portray while others have no clue.
''We help them develop ideas,'' said Hopper.
Wrestlers then start at the bottom of the card and work their way up depending on their in-ring
abilities as well as their ability to ''get over'' with a crowd. ''Some of us got it, and some don't,'' said one
of the wrestlers after the show. He refused to give his name but had worked in the battle royal and was now
helping to tear apart the ring. ''Someday...'' he said, dreaming of the possibilities.
Wrestlers at this level are comparable with minor league baseball players. They work their butts off to
learn their craft and advance in their careers. They are also anxious to please the fans in attendance and seem
genuinely concerned about what fans thought. Oftentimes WWF or WCW wrestlers just go through the motions
of a wrestling match. Doing that at this level can be a career killer.
''You gotta give 100 percent all the time,'' said one wrestler. ''If you don't you're gonna hear about it from
Sam [Decero] or the fans, and either way, that's not good.''
Some of the WCPW wrestlers were very candid about their careers in pro wrestling, while others had
repeated their own hype so many times, they've begun believing it themselves. Jeffro King and Mitch Blake
comprise a tag team known as ''Fury.'' They come to the ring in baseball uniforms, lugging bats, and wearing
face paint. After the show, the two explained how they got into the business. According to the story they've
concocted, they were best buds growing up before going off to play minor league baseball together in the
Phillies organization. Their hot tempers got them banished from baseball and so they tried wrestling instead.
They couldn't remember if it was during a minor league game or if it was just during open tryouts that the
alleged fight between Mitch and another player took place, but that's probably due to one too many shots to
the head with steel chairs.
Mike Masters came to pro wrestling in a more conventional way. He started as a bouncer in his native
Pittsburgh and was asked to try out by other wrestlers. A full-time, custodial parent, he wrestles as much as
he can, fitting shows around his daughter. His hope is to move up to the major federations soon.
''Big Time'' is a little different. He doesn't look like your typical wrestler at 5'10 and 180 pounds, but
he still holds the ''Battle Royal Championship'' in the promotion. He attended Columbia College and earned a
degree in filmmaking. One night, while attending a WCW event in Chicago, he dressed up like Hulk Hogan.
He was given a flyer advertising the WCPW training school and he checked it out. The rest, as they say, is
history and he began his wrestling career, using his filmmaking background as the basis of his ring persona.
Big Time is realistic about his chances of ever making it to either of the big groups. ''Right now, the money is
there for the guys who know how to talk,'' he said excitedly. ''I know how to do that. That's my strong point.
I may never be a wrestler there but I can manage.'' Anyone who watches either of the professional wrestling
shows on Monday nights knows that the emphasis has shifted from actual wrestling to the soap opera-like plot
lines that are carefully weaved around the matches in the ring. Because of this shift, Big Time is right.
Those who can act and who can give a decent interview will be the ones who make it in the 21st century.
If for some reason Big Time doesn't make it in the big time, the 24-year-old can always fall back on his film
career, or even the Baskin Robbins store which he says he co-owns. Right now, he keeps himself busy five nights
a week, perfecting his craft at the WCPW school, or working shows.
Meanwhile, Windy City Professional Wrestling will continue to push on in their quest. Plans are being made
right now for wrestlers from the group to visit inner city schools in Chicago to give students positive black role
models to look up to. Hopper explained, ''We want kids in those schools to know what is possible if you work hard.
This is an area we can cover better [than the WWF or WCW].''
The show Saturday night may have lacked the pizzazz and pyros of their larger and more popular cousins.
It may have had a few wrestlers who were lost in the ring and didn't know quite what to do next. It may have had
a lot of missed punches and kicks, but it did have nearly 40 wrestlers who were all busting their butts to entertain
the fans who paid $8-12 to show up. And that's something the WWF and WCW can't say about themselves.
*****
It said Aug 1, 2007, but not sure. Check year that REIGN was in Super 8....
Brett Schwan
2000
10 Questions With . . .
Jayson Reign
Jayson Reign began training at Windy City Pro Wrestling (WPCW) School under Sam DeCero
in April of 1998. He had his first match in July of that same year. Since then, Jayson has worked
in numerous promotions, including a dark match with the WWF. He will be competing in the
ECWA Super 8 Tournament on February 24th. The Super 8 is THE premiere independent card of
the year and features 8 of the best in the business. Jayson was kind enough to take time out of his
schedule to do "10 Questions" for us. So, without me blabbing any more, here's Jayson Reign...
1. Why did you decide to become a professional wrestler?
REIGN: I have watched wrestling since I was a kid and at about 12 I knew that I wanted to at least
make an attempt at being a wrestler.
2. Who trained you? What promotion was your first match for and who was it against?
REIGN: Quite a few people trained me. I trained at Windy City Pro Wrestling under Steve Boz,
Sam DeCero, Mike Anthony, and Mike Gratchner. They taught me the basics of it all.
But, Chris Daniels (also WCPW Alumni) really taught me the "art" of wrestling, both in and
out of the ring. My first match was for WCPW against "Tenacious" Terry Allen in July of 1998.
3. What promotions have you worked for?
REIGN: I've worked for WWF, WCPW, MCW (Midwest Championship Wrestling),
WWA (World Wrestling Association), SPCW (St. Paul Championship Wrestling),
LWF (Lunatic Wrestling Federation), PPW (Packerland Pro Wrestling),
WPW (Wolverine Pro Wrestling), PCW (Pro Championship Wrestling) and a few others
I'm sure I'm forgetting...sorry.
4. What would you consider the highlight of your career thus far?
REIGN: I would have to say working my first WWF Dark Match. The nervousness, the excitement and
the larger than life arena are sensory overload! I've worked with them since, but the first time
can never be replaced in your mind. It is something that will stay with you for the rest of your life.
My dream as a kid was to just step in a WWF ring one day. Now that I have done that, everything else
that I achieve is extra credit.
5. You have been invited to participate in this years' ECWA Super 8 Tournament.
Had you heard of it prior to being invited? What was your reaction when you were asked to participate?
Do you know how Jim Kettner heard about you?
REIGN: I knew of the Super 8 before. I knew it as the best of the best...kind of like Top Gun for wrestlers.
I was very excited to find out that I would be invited to this year's tournament. I was even more excited
to find out that I was the first participant invited. Jim heard about me through Chris Daniels. Chris played
a huge role in helping me get in touch with Jim. When Vic Capri competed in last year's tournament I sent
a tape with him (we're good friends and broke into wrestling together at WCPW). A year later I got "the call".
6. How did it feel the first time you saw your name listed in the PWI 500? (Granted, PWI is a shell of what it used to
be BUT the 500 is still one of the most talked about issues they put out each year).
REIGN: It was a great feeling to be in the 500. 2000 was my debut year at 336 which I thought was'nt too bad at all.
I mean these are the top 500 wrestlers in the world, to be among them is quite an honor. With the year I'm having
already, I can't wait to see where I rank this year.
7. What wrestlers do you enjoy watching or have been inspirations for you?
REIGN: I've always been a Rob Van Dam fan. But, I love watching Japan work. Great Sasuke, Cima, Hayabusa, Tiger Mask
are just some of my favorites. Chis Daniels has always been an inspiration though. He has really done a lot for me
and still continues to. I think he is what most workers should be...professional and a talent.
8. If you could step in the ring with ot against anyone (alive or dead) who would it be? Why?
REIGN: That's a tough one! I would love to wrestle a guy like RVD...It would be a true teast of my abilities. I would also like
to wrestle The Great Sasuke. One match with him would be a lifetime of experience...and high spots!
9. How can fans, or promoters, learn more about you or contact you? (webpage? email? etc.)
REIGN: I have a webpage at www.jaysonreign.com or I can be reached at jaysonreign@hotmail.com
10. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
REIGN: You know my Dad used to ask me this same question. 5 years...hmmmm. Hopefully on your television set!
Proper credit goes to Cactusb and the Wrestling Clothesline at
clothesline.iwarp.com Questions? Comments? Results? Wrestling Related items? Send them to Cactusb@juno.com.
*****
Christopher Daniels
After being trained by Sam DeCero, Mike Anthony and Kevin Quinn,
Daniels made his April 1993 debut for Windy City Wrestling,
coming out on the losing end of a tag match with Titan against the Manson
Brothers (Ripper and Skull). A month after his debut, May 22, 1993, he defeated Trevor
Blanchard for the Windy City Pro Wrestling Light Heavyweight Championship.
After wrestling in Chicago for a while, Daniels traveled to Puerto Rico
where he teamed with his trainer, Kevin Quinn (with whom he also won the
Windy City Wrestling Tag titles), to defeat Invader #1 & Hurricane Castillo Jr.
for the World Wrestling Council Tag Team titles on May 23, 1995.
Back in Windy City, Daniels defeated Bret Sanders for the organization's
Middleweight Championship on May 1, 1997. It was shortly after the victory
that Daniels began to enlarge his wrestling scope, wrestling for such independent
promotions as World Power Wrestling and the Empire Wrestling Federation,
claiming the Heavyweight titles from both organizations in September 1997.
The original idea was for Daniels to portray Vampiro's dark master,
Syndrome, but his debut kept getting pushed back to the point where Daniels
returned to the independent scene, returning to his roots in Windy City Wrestling,
Daniels would return to WCW in early 2001, battling Mike Modest to a draw on the
January 23rd edition of Monday Nitro, but nearly broke his neck when an attempted
moonsault went wrong. Daniels was cut from WCW shortly before the company went
out of business. Daniels would make several appearances on WWE Jakked during
the spring of 2001, losing to Jerry Lynn and, with Scoot Andrews as his partner,
to Kaientai in a tag match.
From there, Daniels returned to the indies. Among other appearances,
he would team with Reign to win the Midwest Championship Wrestling
Tag Team titles.
- 2000..maybe 2001,check..20 May while Chris Daniels strikes Jayson Reign and
gains the Windy City For Wrestling League title;
the 13 September to Ultimate For Wrestling, to Truth or Consequences,
Kurt Angle strikes Christopher Daniels.
- 29 Settembre 2001 Chris Daniels and Reign strike Low Ki and Airborne
winning the Midwest Championship Wrestling Tag Team title;
- 24 February 2002, to the World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA),
in a six-pack elimination match, against Nova, Low Ki, Shark Boy, AJ Styles,
and Tony Mamaluke, Daniels comes then eliminated from Aj Styles, defeated
from the winner of the contesa, Nova.
- The 29 June 2002, Chris Daniels strikes Danny Doring and gains the Healthy title it NWA.
*****
George Nottoli
At 6 4", 245 pounds, Geroge Angelo Nottoli II is a formidable rugby player. Equally adept on offense
and defense, George played lock for the Lincoln Park (Chicago) RFCs A-side for 17 years. For most people,
fitting a successful rugby career into their busy lives presents enough of a challenge, but George is not
most people. Always looking for adventure and never one to shy away from an "opportunity," George Nottoli
is also a husband and father, a trained stunt man, a professional wrestler and a third-generation sausage
maker with a thriving Italian deli.
Dedication and hard work have been the key ingredients to Georges recipe for success, as he managed
to lead the Lincoln Park RFC to the final of the 1994 Mens Division II National Club Championship while
rapidly expanding his sausage business at the same time. Staying late into the night on Fridays and getting
to work at 6am on Saturdays, George did whatever it took to ensure that his business flourished while he
played rugby on Saturday, his stores busiest day.
Sausage at Every Social
The Original Nottoli and Son, a small sausage shop in Chicago, has been producing quality sausage since
1947. Taking over the shop, George has expanded Nottolis to sell prepared meals, homemade sauce and
giardiniera (pepper sauce). They sell online, have recently begun catering functions, and have provided 3040
pounds of sausage for every Lincoln Park rugby social for the past 20 years. One time in 1992, Lincoln Park
hosted Rockford, a club famous for its wonderful post-match food spreads. Eager to please, Lincoln Park decided
to break from sausage tradition and serve something fancier. Rockford was completely disappointed.
"One Rockford guy [who wasnt able to play due to injury] drove two hours just to get the sausage at the social!"
says Nottoli. They have been serving it at every social since.
Quality Product
Georges business has succeeded and grown over the years because hes proud to make a quality product.
"Its kind of nice to have your name on a product people like. I enjoy making sausage," says Nottoli. The shop,
which cranks out 800 pounds of sausage per day in the winter and up to 3000 pounds per day on summer grilling
holidays, is successful because George buys high quality meat and trims it properly.
George Discovers Rugby
George has worked in the family store since he was a child, learning the sausage business from his father,
Anthony. Not knowing whether he would take over the business, George attended St. Johns University in
Minnesota as Liberal Arts major. He was wandering around at a party during freshman year when a rugby player
encouraged him to attend a practice. Initially wary of joining a group that involved strict discipline and
commitment, George quickly found his new passion in life. While confused at first, the former football and
hockey player loved the physicality of the sport and has been involved ever since. George played rugby all four
years at St. Johns before returning to Chicago to work in the family store. He gradually took on more
responsibility at Nottoli and Sons and thought his rugby days were over. In the early 80s, however, when rugby
was even more underground, George discovered the Lincoln Park RFC at a recruitment party. The club was
delighted to have a player who became their captain, three-time MVP, all time leading scorer, long-term club
president and provider of sausage for their socials. "Although Ive retired and only play old boys games, my
sausage is still served after all home games." In homage to the longtime member, the club has divided their
social memberships into three categories, the highest of which is "sausage."
Getting the Nottolis to Accept Rugby
Georges never-give-up attitude made him a natural leader on the rugby pitch. "George is a really good
player. He took tackles really well and ran through a lot of people," says former teammate Wayne Borgert.
"He just loved playing the game." His dedication to rugby was new to his family, who were worried that he
would suffer an injury and concerned that rugby was taking too much time away from the family business.
"I always made sure everything was done," says George of his going in early and staying late after matches.
"My father was not a fan of rugby. He didnt like the sport because it got in the way of work."
While Anthony Nottoli grew up with the mindset that business comes first, it never stopped George from
successfully running the business and committing himself passionately to rugby. George eventually won his
father over somewhat by proving that he would do whatever it took to get his work done and still play rugby.
Stunt School
After implementing several successful expansions to his business, George was looking for a new challenge.
In 1989, a rugby teammate suggested he try stunt school and George signed up. Stunt school involved a level of
physicality that turned most people away. Having played rugby for close to a decade, however, George was no
stranger to bumps and bruises. "We did a lot of bar room fighting and were lit on fire and stuff. It was fun!"
Unphased by the fire suit, George enjoyed the excitement of the stunt training. He was dragged by, hit with and
jumped from moving cars. The only thing he was a little wary of was falling from two and three story buildings.
"Im kind of scared of heights," admits the stunt man. After completing basic stunt training, George attended an
advanced stunt class. Several months later, George appeared as an extra in several small films and performed as
a stunt man in a local Chicago film. While he enjoyed the thrill of stunt work, pursuing a career as a stunt man
would occupy a large chunk of time that Nottoli would rather put into rugby and work. Back at the sausage shop,
George expanded his business, working with his wife on web management and online sales. He continued his
involvement with Lincoln Park, was chosen for the CARFU select side, played on several CARFU champion sevens
sides and toured internationally. "George was always the life of the party," said Lincoln Parks Wayne Borgert
on playing with George. "People remember him for his crazy antics."
The Next Challenge
By 1997, Nottoli needed a new challenge in life. Always a pro wrestling fan and having dabbled in wrestling
with his rugby teammates, George met with a local promoter. "It was just like discovering club rugby when I got out
of college," George says of the Chicagos relatively underground pro-wrestling scene. As it turned out, there are
several wrestling schools in Chicago and George signed up for training. Rugby practices conflicted with wrestling,
so at the age of 35, George retired from active play with Lincoln Park to become Vito "Two Fingers" Fontaine.
Considered a dinosaur in the wrestling world because of his age, George knew he had the physicality and the
fitness to do well. "I told my mother I had decided to retire from rugby and she said Finally! Youve gotten some
sense! And then I told her I was retiring from rugby to become a professional wrestler."
Vito "Two Fingers" Fontaine
In the ring, George became Vito "Two Fingers" Fontaine. An old school wrestler, Vito wears simple black boots
and black trunks and hails from Las Vegas, the hometown of numerous mobsters and tough guys. "I wanted Vito to be
from Vegas, which has a lot of corruption and had a better, showier sound than Chicago." With his aptitude for
contact sports, wrestling was just the challenge George was looking for. "Contact was never a problem, but learning
the moves and learning to take the moves took some getting used to." With former WWF wrestler King Kong Bundy
as his manager, Vito did well in his first match and began training for a second. Vitos one-match win streak quickly
ended, however, as he suffered a serious neck injury practicing for a match against the Polish Crippler.
"A lot of people think wrestling is fake, but you are hitting people with real chairs. I was out for two years!"
The Windy City Professional Wrestling group didnt think Vito would be able to come back from his injury but George
rose to the challenge. George (Vito) spent his recovery time coaching Lincoln Park, who were in a bit of a slump at the
time, and he was just what the team needed to regain their competitive edge. Coaching allowed George to concentrate
on his rehabilitation, yet still remain involved in rugby with no danger of injury. When he returned to wrestling,
his hard work paid off in a Bare Knuckles championship title, one that Vito would hold for two years. Bare Knuckles
wrestling is hard core wrestling with no disqualification for using props like steel trash cans and tables.
Similar to rugby, professional wrestlers must be fearless when it comes to physical contact. "People think you saw the
tables beforehand, but you really put people through real tables, " said George. "You really do take a pounding and get
knocked around. The mat is basically plywood with a piece of foam on top."
Brotherhood
Taking a pounding together forms a special bond among wrestlers. "The brotherhood in wrestling is similar to
rugby," George says of the camaraderie. "I wrestled Ripper Manson on Saturday night and was out drinking beers
with him later on." You give your all in a rugby match or in the ring and afterward you meet your opponents as friends.
George lists the biggest difference between rugby and wrestling is the need to entertain the crowd. "You cant just
focus on yourself, you must always keep the crowd in mind." The large crowds at wrestling events are very different
from the spectators at a rugby game. "The crowd adds a whole new element," George says. "Learning the moves and
figuring out your next step is one thing, but making your wrestling entertaining for the audience is another."
Always the life of the party, George had no problem with the performance aspect of wrestling. "In rugby, people
recognized me as the guy with crazy wild hair," says Nottoli. While George starts matches with his hair tied back,
it doesnt stay that way for long. "I look like a crazy man," says George.
Are You Chicken?
When preparing for a Christmas wrestling show, George decided to dress as Santa and throw presents to the kids.
He had already decided to hide an 8-foot Christmas tree beneath the stage to wail his opponent, but when looking for
Santa suits he discovered what would become his signature prop: the rubber chicken. "I thought it would be hilarious to
hit someone with a rubber chicken!" He hid the chicken and a garbage can under the stage, and hit his opponent with both.
The crowd loved it and fans started coming to matches waving their own rubber chickens. Kids started calling Vito
"the chicken guy." WCPW reigning heavyweight champion Ripper Manson has been hit with the chicken several times.
"The feet hurt more than the beak. I hate that thing," Ripper says. The chicken delivers a more painful blow than a larger
object because of the whipping effect of rubber. "Its not a blunt impact like a table would be."
Crowd Pleaser
Vito Fontaine and his chicken quickly became fan favorites in Chicago. In 2002, he was chosen as Hardcore Wrestler
of the Year and was voted Most Popular Wrestler in the WCPW by his fans in 2003. In addition to his Bare Knuckles belt,
Vito went on to claim the Tag Team Belt (twice), the Urban American Belt, and the Battle Royal Belt. A proud moment in Vitos
career came in the summer of 2003 when he wrestled and defeated Jerry the King Lawler, a popular professional wrestler
since the 1970s and current WWE announcer. Windy City Professional Wrestling draws several hundred fans to its weekly
matches, with up to 2500 for their large Wrestle Mania events. The matches are televised on local cable networks and
George enjoys being a double celebrity, well-known for great wrestling and great sausage.
Spreading the Sausage
George has introduced his sausage to his wrestling brothers by giving samplers as holiday gifts. Ripper Manson swears
by Nottolis sausage. "Thats the best stuff I ever had," Ripper says, "Vito gave me a five pound sampler one Christmas and I
had to find out where I could get my hands on the stuff." Manson serves Nottoli sausage at all his parties. He jokes that he
should put signs outside reading "This party is endorsed by Nottoli and Sons." George is using his current notoriety to promote
his next challenge: breaking the Guiness World Record for longest sausage. Teaming with the Morton Grove Lions Club for a
Special Olympics fundraiser , Nottoli and Sons will try to produce a 70-foot sausage. The Lions are building a special
70-foot grill for the event and plan to sell sandwiches to benefit the charity. After breaking the record, Vito will take part in
a wrestling show in the local park.
The Road Ahead
At the age of 43, George Nottoli has a passion for life and fantastic dedication to his endeavors. His next challenge is
to figure out what to do when he retires from pro wrestling. "Im not ready to retire to golf yet," says George.
"Im looking for a new avenue. It might be salsa dancing."
*****
2001
Friday's 3/23 show was a repeat of the 1/27 show
WCPW Middleweight Champion Jethro King in the ring.
Jethro King managed to win that title in the midst of losing a match,
and then did a little disappearing act, angering everyone
- including his Furies tag team partner Mitch Blake.
Sam Decero is out to complain about that disappearing act.
King hasn't defended the title once since he's got it and he's
been ditching bookings. Tonight, Sam's gonna - well, first,
he's gonna call out Mitch Blake (w/bat). Jethro seems happy
to see his partner, so I guess he hasn't been watching this
TV during his vacation. Jethro goes for a high five and is
ignored. Mitch gets the mic. "Jethro, You...you suck!"
Mitch wants Jethro gone, since he's such a punk.
Sam has a better idea, since Mitch is here, why not a title
defense right now. Jethro tries to beg out of the defense.
Mitch seems okay with it, but he wants to do it "man to man."
Handshake offered, and accepted. Mitch is stupid and turns
his back - Jethro has the bat ready and smacks Mitch with it
as he turns around. Your announcers are YELLING VERY LOUD.
Jethro celebrates. I guess the match isn't now.
Willie "The Bomb" Richardson and someone I can't identify run
Jethro out of the ring, but he's still pretty happy with himself.
Battle of the Belts 2000 video - buy it now before the new show happens!
WCPW Hotline is 312-409-9279
Mitch Blake vs Middleweight Champion Jethro King (w/bat)
for the Middleweight title - Mitch wants to attack Jethro before the bell,
but the ref is keeping him in the ring. Jethro takes his sweet time getting
in the ring. Your announcer is Richard T. Sin. These guys were tag team
champions. But not now. Face off, push by Jethro, Mitch comes back with
a spear, punches, stomps, throwing him out, plancha off to top turnbuckle
to King on the floor. Blake beats him on the outside, but gets a whip
reversed into the stairs. Blake climbs the guardrail - missile dropkick!
King with a right to knock Blake down, roll in and out to reset the count,
throw Blake in and cover for 2. Your ref is Terry Hopper.
A right knocks Blake to the apron, but he rolls back in - whip, clothesline,
relaxing cover for 2. Argue over the count, schoolboy roll up for 2.
Choke by King. Stomps by King. Push in the corner, open hand slap.
Yell at the crowd and another slap. Right, not it's block and Blake is
fighting back with a right, right, right, yell, looking at King on the mat,
picking him up by the mohawk, whip, clothesline misses, King turns around
and hits a kick wham Blake pushes him away into the ropes and knocks him
down with a big boot. Blake going to the top - flying knee drop misses.
King right up - well, I don't know what King was trying there, but Blake rolls
out of the way. Both quick up, Blake's kick is caught, enzuiguri is not.
Blake rolls out to the floor and gets a chair - that's probably be a DQ and
- people start randomly running in? Huh? Apparently, someone decided that
the match had gotten out of control when Blake got the chair, despite the fact
that he hadn't got himself actually DQed yet, nor had the ref actually called
for help. (No Contest 4:31) Anyway, the wrestlers break it up, but then can't,
because they want each other THAT bad. "Brothers in Paint - I think NOT!"
Okay, that was kinda funny. There they go again. Now they're broken up,
but we keep looking at them so yea, here they go again. They're finnaly taking
Mitch Blake to the back - someone (Sin says Anthony Ziack, that must be the
commoner) takes the mic and says that on April 3rd, they'll get a rematch in
a lumberjack match. The heel guys are celebrating with Jethro on retaining his title, ha.
Urban America Pro Wrestling - 12/17/01
Battle of the Belts 2000 to see one of the stars of UAPW in action:
Willie "the Bomb" Richardson vs the Polish Crippler.
Richard T. Sin is the ineffective manager of Crippler.
Bomb hits his top rope legdrop and wins the title;
he'd hold it till that match at the 2001 Battle of the Belts we saw last week.
Upcoming Events:
WCPW, 12/30, 115 Burbon Street
UAPW, 1/12, VFW Post 9323 Lake Station, IN
2000CC vs Los Mexicanos vs WCPW's Warlocks from Battle of the Belts 2001
Los Mexiacnos are Rudo Cortez and Eddie Cruz...
2000CC (Cassius and Carnage) and Neo Blackman.
Sam tells us about 9mil and how his lightweight title was changed to the
Innercity Title so now he has to defend against any weight class.
2002
Killer Khalsa Singh - Desi Wrestler
Its impressive to see a Desi representing in the world of Pro Wrestling
- but there is more to this big guy, he's outspoken and a decent actor as well.
What does the future hold for Killer Khalsa Singh?
by Rajiv Ramdeo
If you've seen Bollywood Hollywood yet, you might've witnessed the Killer make
his special guest appearance in the popular film. His presence is commanding,
his personality endearing (really), and his talent - huge! Raj caught up with Killer
Khalsa and escaped with a few minor cuts and scratches.
Rajiv Ramdeo: How's it going man?
Killer Khalsa Singh: Going good. Been very busy with wrestling and acting.
RR: How long have you been a wrestler?
KKS: I've been wrestling 4 years now. My good friend Tiger Ali Singh,
(friend of the family) got into wrestling with WWF (now WWE). I was excited;
I always wanted to be an entertainer, so when he came to Chicago to do a show at
the All-State Arena, I went to go see him. Back stage I met everyone there and I
really enjoyed what they did and how they entertained. I told Tiger I wanted to
do this, but he said "no man you don't know the ropes." So after he left I started
to look for wrestling schools and found one here in Chicago called WCPW
(Windy City Pro Wrestling) run by Sam DeCero from the Max Brothers.
There I was trained by The Iron Sheik and Steve Boz and it all started from there...
" There is no Khalistan on the Map so why should I? "
RR: Dam, The Iron Sheik? He is a true wrestling legend. But you know I have to ask,
most Indian mothers want their sons to be doctors and engineers and so on. How did
your family react when you said I am going to be a wrestler?
KKS: At first they were excited. Then when I got injured (broken rib) they all got
worried and asked if it was worth it. But my wife puts up with it and supported me all
along. Monica is the best thing that ever happened to me. After I met her my career
just took off. She helps me all the time.
RR: I'm a wrestling fan, been one basically all my life. It's no secret that professional
wrestlers are athletes, and put their bodies through serious exercising and dieting
routines. How do you keep in shape?
KKS: Well my wife should get the credit for that; she makes the best high protein food,
and I eat lots of Protein. I train very hard, with two and half hours in the gym, and three
hours in the ring, four days a week, every week. It's tough but when you have the drive,
you want to do more and more.
RR: Now here is a bit of a controverisal topic, your wrestling gimmick. Whats behind the
wrestler, "Killer Khalsa Singh"?
KKS: Well I'm Indian as you can see (laughs)... Well my gimmick was very hard to decide,
but my brother-in-law (Amit Bhatia) thought of this. First of all I'm a Sikh, I'm big and
I'm Indian so I wanted to mix all that up and then bring up the Indian FLAG to top, so I
called my self "Killer Khalsa Singh." Killer being tough and Khalsa meaning pure, true and
freedom. So it all came together as a Freedom Fighter.
RR: I hear that some people don't take to the name very well...
KKS: Well, I have lots of bad comments to why I call my self Khalsa and not have the Khalsa
Flag. I believe that we are all Indians, so why not have the Indian flag? There is no
Khalistan on the Map so why should I?
RR: OK, I have a wrestling fan question & I know you're going to enjoy this one.
What was your most memorable match?
KKS: Ohhhhh well, it was with "Iron Mike Sampson," a very big guy whose been in the
business for over 10 years. I was to go against him for the
WWA (World Wrestling Association) title. It was a good match but I came out on top
to became the first Indian in wrestling to be a World Champ... it's on my site.
RR: So that is the title your holding in the picture, cool. You mentioned to me before you
were going on tour to India soon with the likes of X-Pac & King Kong Bundy. Any cities
confirmed for that tour.
KKS: Yes we are putting together a tour for India where we will start in Bombay than
New Delhi, Punjab and Etc. So far it's a green light but still in the works.
RR: You mentioned a few minutes ago about getting injured, a broken rib. You know a lot
of people out there who criticize wrestling do it on the basis of it being all fake. They
say stuff like, "It's not a real punch" or "they know how to fall." What do you say to
people like that?
KKS: Well they only see what they want to see. If they really want to experience the
fakeness, all I have to say to them is, step in the ring and than speak after that.
Step in my shoes for one day. You know wrestling is not for everyone, there are some
that fail after one day... it's very tough.
RR: Let's move on to the acting, recently you had a cameo in Deepa Metha's new movie,
"Bollywood/Hollywood" released in theatres all over Toronto on October 26th and in
the US on November 22nd. What was that like?
KKS: Deepa is great director, you must go see it. It's a romantic comedy and I did a
guest appearance, played a prospective groom. A very funny movie, Deepa has never
done a comedy movie before so this is good. It also stars Lisa Ray and Raul Khanna,
who are both great actors.
RR: Wrestling and acting, I guess that makes you almost a Desi version of The Rock.
Speaking of The Rock, will we be seeing you on WWE programming any time soon?
KKS: Well I'm working to get there; it's actually in the works as we speak.
Well... might be facing Kurt Angle soon, just to try the new angle out by me being
Indian and him as the true American. It will be good...
RR: Kurt Angle? Now that should be a good match. (Kurt Angle is the 1996 Olympic
gold medal winner in wrestling). Where can your fans see you in the meantime?
KKS: They can see me on TV here in Chicago, Wisconsin & Indiana. Keep checking
the web site for updates to see if I'm in your town.
www.killerkhalsa.com,
the schedule is to be posted.
RR: Do you have any final comments for you fans?
KKS: Thank you for supporting me and let's keep India alive. Remember from East
to West Killer Khalsa Singh is the Best... love and peace.
RR: Well thank you for you time, we here at DesiClub.com wish you the best of luck
in your wrestling and movie career.
If you would like to contact Killer Khalsa Singh, you can visit his web site at
www.killerkhalsa.com, he has promised to respond to you all.
Do you have any thoughts on this? Feel free to send Rajiv an e-mail @ Rajiv Ramdeo.
2004
Former pro wrestler prefers Hollywood ring
Chicago Sun-Times, Nov 21, 2004 by Cindy Pearlman
The year was 1988 and the place was Chicago's International Amphitheater.
Oak Lawn native Tony Montana was playing a villain on the Windy City Wrestling circuit.
"I had a long ponytail and this Mafioso personality," says the man who shares the same name
with Al Pacino's infamous "Scarface" character.
Tony from Chicago didn't shoot people. He simply beat them up.
"When some big guy would throw a good-guy wrestler out of the ring, I'd hit him in the head
with a violin. That was my part of the show," says Montana, who at the time was an aspiring actor.
One night the fans sought vengeance and Montana was tossed into a rather savage audience.
"Suddenly, a whole bunch of fans at the Chicago Amphitheater started punching me and kicking
me like they were possessed. I was getting really hurt, so I got loose from there and just ran."
Montana eventually ran all the way to Hollywood, where he directed the documentary "Overnight,"
which opened Friday. The film is about the rise and fall of bartender and wannabe filmmaker
Troy Duffy. This time, the ring is Hollywood and the theme of the piece is about the hard knocks,
punches and kicks delivered by the movie business.
"Wrestling was down and dirty," Montana says. "It helped prepare me for the movie business."
If you want him to elaborate, he says aspiring filmmakers should take note: "You can't learn the
movie business in film school. You can't read about it in a book. You gotta just live it."
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At first, he moved to New York City to study acting and then to Los Angeles with the intent of
getting a few roles. "Shortly afterward, I met Troy Duffy. We became friends. Half a year
later, I was shooting a documentary about the man." For many, the name Troy Duffy is not familiar.
He's one of those great entertainment stories in that he was your standard twentysomething guy
working as a bartender. You know the type. He was the guy who told all of his customers that
someday the script he was writing would be made into a movie and he would make it big in Hollywood.
Uh-huh.
In 1997, Duffy struck gold when Miramax hired him to direct a $15 million movie called
"Boondock Saints," based on his script. What's the old saying about something sounding too good to
be true? Miramax eventually threw the project into turnaround (aka movie purgatory) and Duffy's
dreams landed with a thud. Montana and his partner, Mark Brian Smith, have directed a documentary
based on the behind-the-scenes action of the movie biz as it applied to the Duffy fiasco. At the time
the documentary began, Montana was still thinking of his own acting career but was intrigued with
the idea of producing and directing a movie. One meeting changed his acting aspirations.
"Troy invited me to a casting meeting at the William Morris Agency," Montana says. "It was unreal.
All the agents hug you like they love you because I was with Troy. But then I listened to the way agents
talked about actors. Like pieces of meat. They talked about how interchangeable stars are - even the
ones with long resumes and who had done great things. "I was sitting in a room where an actor would
never be sitting, and it was very intellectually stimulating."
Even more stimulating was filming Duffy's story.
"The quote at the end of our film says it all: 'Success doesn't change you. It acts like a truth drug
and brings out what was always inside of you.' By showing Troy's behavior, we demonstrate that."
Montana thought he might have to wait forever for his movie to be seen. It was screened in Seattle
in 2003 as a work in progress and eventually landed at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was a
Midnight Movie standing-room-only sensation.
"Prior to Sundance, we set up a courtesy screening for Harvey Weinstein. He saw it. Since then
he has never commented on it. And that's fine. Our film came to the surface when the book Down
and Dirty Pictures came out. I guess he was feeling a little bit beat up by the book," Montana says.
"I think that was the reason he didn't talk about our movie."
ThinkFilm eventually picked up the rights to the project.
"From the beginning, we hoped for a theatrical release. Now that it's happening, it's very rewarding
and challenging," Montana says. "On one hand, we had a bunch of friends in the room recently watching
the 'Ebert & Roeper' review. We were cheering when we got two thumbs up.
"Five seconds later, we got a business call that was very negative and it changed the mood. I don't want
to make the same mistakes Troy Duffy made. I want to handle things as professionally as I can."
These power moments weren't the expected lifestyle of the Oak Lawn High School grad whose real last
name isn't Montana. "That was my grandfather's stage name. He was a vaudevillian. I took his name when
I got into show biz many years ago," he says. Yes, it's the same name Al Pacino has in "Scarface."
"People ask me about it all the time, but at least they remember the name," he says. And he always wanted
to be a name. "I grew up in Oak Lawn, but I always knew that I didn't want the kind of life where I went
to work, came home and watched TV in my den. "At 11, I started going to movies and editing them in my
head while I watched them," he says. "I just always had an inkling I'd do something in Hollywood because
I'd watch a film and think, 'No, no, no, cut here.'" He attended Loyola for 21/2 years. "But the only class
I really liked was political science," he says. "I always liked watching how politicians handle very
stressful problems and keep their composure. It was another good lesson for dealing in Hollywood
someday."
As for his film, he says, "I don't think the public has any clue about the real workings of show
business. The entertainment shows make it seem like one big red carpet with celebs kissing and hugging.
There is another, far nastier side of business that people don't get to see, but it's just as interesting."
These days, Montana is working on a new idea and he won't quit even though he dubs the new project
"another controversial one."
"You have to stick it out," he says. "Most people leave Hollywood after two years of trying to make it.
The veterans will tell you that you need to put in 15 years. I've done 12 already. "I've been told that you
must have a high threshold to deal with the negative while you put in your time." Has he made it?
"I've arrived," he says, cautiously. "Made it? I don't know. All I know is that I have a high threshold,
so time will tell."
Wrestler: Dipshit
Real Name: James K. Duck
Trained by: Sonny Rogers (Pro Wrestling International)
Sam DeCero (Windy City Pro Wrestling)
Debut: 1997
WCPW Battle Royal Champion -- Won Largest Battle Royal in wrestling history (3 rings, 120 people);
WCPW Tag Team titles w/Vic Ferrari defeating The Warlocks -Lost them 5 minutes later in an impromptu rematch- ();
WCPW Most Hated Man of the Year 2000 & 2001 (stripped of 2001 award due to leaving the company 6 days earlier);
WCPW Manager of the Year 2001 (stripped of award due to leaving the company 6 days earlier);
Dawber had called Dipshit and told him to come join him in WCPW. Dipshit went and checked it out, worked out a
contract with Sam DeCero, and Dipshit was suddenly the most anticipated talent in WCPW
The negotiations between Dipshit and DeCero are rumored to be legendary and also rumored to be the start of a
very strained business relationship between the 2
Dipshit went toe to toe with Terry Allen in their first in ring encounter in WCPW
Dipshit suddenly managed to replace Kingpin as the manager of then WCPW Lightweight champion
Nick "The Sportsman" Brunswick
Dipshit dubbed the new group Sports Entertainment in April 2000
Dipshit then paid top dollar for the services of then WCPW Tag Champs The Furies
Dipshit, the smallest man in the contest, ended up winning the 3 ring 120 man Battle Royal to become the first
ever WCPW Battle Royal Champion
Dipshit went on to manage the man who defeated Brunswick for the Lightweight title, Mike Masters, and get
him to co-exist with Brunswick who he had defeated just one day earlier
When The Furies lost the tag straps to Road Warrior Hawk and Brett Sanders, Dipshit fired them
WCPW then started a new fed that focused on Ethnic Talent. This new fed was called Urban American Pro Wrestling.
Dipshit saw this as an opportunity to spread his empire into the urban market. He went out and scoured Hollywood for
the best African American Talent and brought them in for an Urban flavored Sports Entertainment
Dipshit got the career of Germel GQ Quinn started in WCPW/UAPW
Dipshit took Willie "Da Bomb" Richardson to new limits, almost winning the UAPW heavyweight title from him
Dipshit put the Battle Royal title on the line in a singles match against Steve Boz while WCW talent scout Jim Barnett
sat in the crowd watching. Boz had come off a string of WWF dark matches and Barnett was there to possibly offer
him a contract with WCW. Dipshit pinned Boz and WCW never offered him Boz a contract
Boz would have revenge later in the night as he put an end to Dipshit's 6 month Battle Royal title reign
Dipshit added longtime friend, the incomparable Vic Ferrari, a highly trained stage actor, to Sports Entertainment
Dipshit was dominating several WCPW media outlets such as their hotline, their tv show, radio appearances, and live shows
DeCero flexed his promoting muscle and kept Dipshit on the lower half of the card for the rest of his WCPW career.
Dipshit fired back by flexing his creative muscle and creating the crown jewel of Battle of the Belts 13, that being the
never before seen match of the Badder Ladder Royal, otherwise known as the Stacked Ring Battle Royal
Even though Dipshit created the main attraction of the show, DeCero had booked Dipshit to be in the opening match that
would pit Dipshit's Sports Entertainment against Wrestlers from UAPW in their WCPW debut
Dipshit would have the last laugh of Battle of the Belts 13 whereas one week later, Rob Van Dam, the events Big Name Guest,
complimented Dipshit's Badder Ladder Royale concept on his web page in what proved to be his last update before joining
The WWF
Dipshit briefly wins WCPW tag titles with Vic Ferrari
Dipshit managed Macaela Mercedes (WWE Star Jillian Hall) throughout the summer of 2001 at WCPW fair shows
Dipshit gets put on probation in WCPW for responding to internet critics
Dipshit gets suspended from WCPW for saying "hell, damn, and ass" several times during a promo
Frustrated and angered, the situation came to a head at a WCPW meeting 2 months later when Dipshit walked out of the
meeting and leaves WCPW when DeCero had revealed he had been lying to the company about a working arrangement
with rival indy fed MCW
UAPW
REBIRTH results - 2006?
The Urban Legend Acid Jaz vs The Urban Beast Dameon Dunn vs Willie "Da Bomb" Richardson
Winner: Acid Jaz
UAPW Unified Championship Match
The Urban Nightmare Devilin Dunn vs "The Urban Efficancy" Cassius 'XL'
Winner: New UAPW Unified Champion Cassius 'XL'
Isaias Velazquez vs Tony Rican
Winner: Tony Rican
A 20-Man Battle Royal
Winner: Zom
UAPW Tag-Team Championship Match
DTA and V-Factor vs "The Urban Idol" Marshe Rockett and "The Sensational" C.Red
Winner(s): New UAPW Tag-Team Champions DTA and V-Factor
Carlos Rodriquez vs Ultimo Akira.
Winner: Carlos Rodriquez
Trauma vs Alto
Winner: Alto
UAPW's "The Show of shows"
Trauma d. Rudo Cortez
Isasis Velazquez d. Alto
Mike Anthony d. Killer Khasala Singh
DTA d. Devlin Dunn by disquification for #1 contendership
Carlos Rodriguez & El Super Loco d. Abaddon & Baltazar of Night Breed
Lord Cassuis XL(w/ C.Red & Dymond) d. Willie "Da Bomb" Richardson(w/ Cinnimon) to retain the UAPW unfied title
Marshe' Rockett(w/ C.Red & Dymond) d. D-Ray 3000
Acid Jaz d. "Primetime" Elix Skipper(w/ C.RED)
"The Alpha Male" Monty Brown d. Dameon Dunn
Polynesian Championship Wrestling from '86.
Flair defends against Samu/Sam Anoai as during this
Ross Ivs Madd and Super Maxx (Sam DeCero)
with Moore there then the announcers...
*****
WINDY CITY PRO WRESTLING
Windy City Pro Wrestling has released a list of some of its show dates for 2005. WCPW will run the second Saturday of most months at Slag Valley Studios, 103rd and Commercial in Chicago, starting in February. Those shows are as follows:
February 12th
March 12th
April 9th
May 14th
June 11th
July 9th
August 13th
September 10th
October 8th
December 10th
Other Show Dates include:
January 22nd Markham
February 19th Maywood
March 5th Lee Sanders Memorial Chicago
April 15th Morton Grove
May 21th Battle of the Belts 2005 TBA
July 2nd Morton Grove Summer Fest
October 29 Monster Bash Slag Valley Studios Chicago
