IWA Newsletter - Update on lineup this weekend; Venue Change on 23rd

[James Fannin]

The tickets for the Double Death Tag Team Death Match Tournament and 13th Anniversary Show which will be held on Oct 2 & 3 in Joliet, IL will be going on sale in the following ways: This weekend - Friday May 15th at 9 am - Sunday May 17th at midnight - you can order your 2 day front row pass for $50 by going to www.paypal.com and sending payment to rotte...@aol.com. You can also purchase your 2 day passes at the May 16th show in Joliet via credit card or cash. Memorial Day Weekend - Friday May 22 at 9 am - Sunday night May 24th at midnight - you can order your 2 day front row passes for $60 by going to www.paypal.com and sending payment to rotte...@aol.com or by going to the shows in Bellevue or Joliet and paying in credit card or cash. Any remaining front row 2 day passes will go back on sale at the TPI on June 5 & 6 for $80. Be sure to get your tickets early in order to save money! **************************************** Bad Blood Rising 2009 May 16, 2009 Hartman Rec Center 511 N Collins Street Joliet, IL Belltime: 8 pm; Doors open: 7:15 pm All tickets $13 in honor of our 13th anniversary...first 30 people = $10 Barbed Wire Madness Drake Younger vs. Ian Rotten vs. Danny Havoc I Quit Match Trik Davis vs. Egotistico Fantastico The bad blood between these two has been fierce so far in 2009. Fireballs, stolen masks and general dislike have plagued the encounters between these two. What will it take to get one of these men to give the satisfaction to the other by saying "I Quit." Jason Hades vs. Ryan Phoenix "Sweet N Sour" Larry Sweeney vs. Michael Elgin Mickie Knuckles vs. Cameron Starr Much more to be added to this show. Stay tuned to the message board for more information. Also at this show, there will be a huge DVD sale. Buy 3 DVDs, Get 2 DVDs free with the DVDs already at a reduced price: $30 for 2 day DVDs and $15 for single night shows. You can partake of this sale via the internet if you are unable to attend the show. The online sale starts on Thursday May 14th and will run through Sunday night May 17th at midnight. You can purchase the DVDs by going to www.paypal.com and sending payment to rotte...@aol.com You can also send a money order made out to John Williams to: IWA Mid-South PO Box 647 Morris, IL 60450 **************************************** Opportunity The Bellevue Plaza 325 Bellevue Avenue Bellevue, IL Belltime: 8 pm; Doors open: 7:15 pm Tickets: $20, $15 & $10 If you had purchased a ticket for the May 1st show, those tickets will be honored at this event. IWA Mid-South World Heavyweight Title Match Dingo vs. Yellow Dog Jim Fannin has guaranteed Dingo that the Yellow Dog is Jaysin Strife. Strife vs. Dingo was a hellacious feud in 2008 that culminated with Dingo winning a loser leaves IWA match at 2008 TPI. Dingo wants his chance to unmask the Yellow Dog and find out if it is indeed Jaysin Strife and God help us all if he finds out that it is Strife! IWA Mid-South World Light Heavyweight Title Match Jimmy Jacobs vs. Jason Hades Former WWF/ECW Superstar returns to IWA Mid-South Al Snow vs. Ryan Phoenix Can the hometown kid Ryan Phoenix pull off the upset and get a huge victory to skyrocket his career or will the long time vet teach the youngster a thing or twelve? Rematch of the most famous Dance Off in IWA History "Sweet N Sour" Larry Sweeney vs. Ian Rotten Last Man Standing Michael Elgin vs. Keith Walker Michael Elgin won a spot in the 2009 TPI by winning a 4 way match that involved Walker. Walker attacked afterwards and a few chokebombs later, Elgin had to be carted out on a stretcher. The next night Elgin still hadn't recovered but tried for revenge and fell prey again to the dangerous Walker. This time Elgin has had time to recover and will attempt to put Walker in his place. Drake Younger vs. Jon Moxley Sal Thomaselli/Ash vs. The Hooligans Plus Prince Mustafa Ali, Mike Sydal, xOMGx, Mark Sterling & more Stay tuned to the message board for further updates. You can purchase your tickets now by going to www.paypal.com and sending payment to rotte...@aol.com **************************************** We just found out today that the Moose Lodge in Galesburg has gone out of business and is up for sale. This show has been moved to Joliet as it was either that or cancel the show. We hope everyone has enough notice to plan accordingly to be in Joliet to meet Al Snow. The card stays the same...just the venue has changed. A Cold Day in May Saturday May 23, 2009 Hartman Rec Center 511 N. Collins Street Belltime: 8 pm; Doors open: 7:15 pm Tickets: $20 & $15 IF YOU ATTEND THE MAY 16TH SHOW IN JOLIET & BRING TICKET STUB TO THIS SHOW, YOU GET IN FOR $15 OR $10 IWA Mid-South World Heavyweight Title Match Dingo vs. Ian Rotten IWA Mid-South World Light Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Jacobs vs. Larry Sweeney Drake Younger vs. Michael Elgin First match signed for our big debut show in Galesburg: Former WWE/ECW superstar Al Snow vs. Former WWE Light Heavyweight Champion Gillberg Al Snow will be making his first return to IWA Mid-South this weekend since 1997. We hope our fans come out to give him a very well deserved welcoming back into IWA. Gillberg is a blast from Ian's past that was part of Ian's initiation into the business while being trained by Axl and shortly after getting into the business. As a former WWE Light Heavyweight Champion, Gillberg will be plenty of competition for Al Snow. Much more to be added to this event. Stay tuned to the message board for more details. You can purchase your tickets for this event by going to www.paypal.com and sending your payment to rotte...@aol.com **************************************** 2009 Ted Petty Invitational Friday & Saturday June 5 & June 6, 2009 Hartman Rec Center 511 N. Collins Street Joliet, IL 2 Day passes: $65 front row (other prices TBA) Front Row Two Day Passes go on sale on March 6th...the 1st day of the KOTDM. In order to be fair to those of our fans that live out of state/country and can't be at the KOTDM, the front row tickets will go on sale at 9 AM central time on March 6th (10 AM eastern time.) You can purchase starting March 6th by going to www.paypal.com and sending payment to rotte...@aol.com Remaining tickets will be available at the door at KOTDM. 2009 TPI will be a 2 night 24 person tournament  1. B-Boy - 3rd TPI - 2003 & 2006  2. "Classic" Colt Cabana - 7th TPI/Sweet Science 16 - 2000 - 2003, 2005 (non tournament), 2006  3. The Necro Butcher - 4th TPI - 2002 & 2006 (non tournament), 2008  4. Chris Hero - 2000 Sweet 16 Champion, Entrant in every TPI  5. Eddie Kingston - 5th TPI - 2004 & 2006 - non tourney, 2007 & 2008  6. Human Tornado - 2nd TPI - 2007  7. Kenny Omega - 1st TPI - ROH & Japan star  8. Shiima Xion - 1st TPI -  9. Egotistico Fantastico - 2nd TPI - 2008 ] 10. Spyder Nate Webb - 6th TPI - 2002 - 2005 & 2007  11. Ruckus - 1st time entrant in TPI Just added: 12. Roderick Strong 13. Shawn Spears (former WWE Developmental guy) 14. Michael Elgin 15. Shane Hollister 16. Jason Hades 17. DJ Hyde 18. Drake Younger Stay tuned for other announcements for this show. **************************************** Sunday June 7, 2009 Hartman Rec Center 511 N Collins Street Joliet, IL Belltime: 2 pm; Doors Open: 1 pm All Tickets: $10 This show will be to help raise money for Da Soul Touchaz's Acid Jazz to help with the bills related to his ankle injury suffered at Candido Cup. Stay tuned to the message board for further information on this event. ****************************************