IWA Newsletter: BRISCOE BROTHERS ADDED TO NIGHT 2 OF TPI; Upcoming Shows

[James Fannin]

Our fans have asked for a very long time for what many consider to be the best tag team in wrestling today to be on an IWA show. Well, you asked for it and now you will receive it because it has been finalized...THE BRISCOE BROTHERS will be on Night 2 of the TPI.   Maybe even better than the fact that The Briscoe Brothers will be making their debut in IWA is who they will be wrestling that night. The fans in attendance will have the ability to determine what team faces the Briscoes on night two. Each fan will be given a raffle ticket when they enter on NIGHT ONE.  After each first round matchup on Night One, a jar will be made for the loser of the match.  At the end of the night, as you leave, you can drop your raffle ticket into one of the jars for whom you would like to see against the Briscoes.  The top two vote getters will be teamed together to face the Briscoes on night two. You the fans asked for the Briscoes.  You the fans will get to choose who they wrestle. We'll see you September 4th at NIGHT ONE of the TPI!!! ****************************************************************** So You Think You Can Wrestle Friday July 24, 2009 The Bellevue Plaza 325 Bellevue Avenue Bellevue, IL 8 pm Belltime All tickets: $5 IWA Mid-South Tryout Show #4 If you ever thought that you had what it takes to be a ring announcer, manager, valet, ref or wrestler for IWA Mid-South this is your opportunity to prove it. So far, we have had some great success with our tryout shows. We have added The Hooligans, Bill the Butcher, Ryan Phoenix and several others to our active roster through these tryout shows. The last tryout show saw the biggest opportunity earned..."Tokyo Monster" Kahagas was so impressive in his tryout match that he earned an birth into the 2009 Ted Petty Invitational to square off against Roderick Strong. Anyone that was at the tryout show is already anxious to see that hard hitting battle just waiting to happen! There was also an 8 man tag that brought the house down and earned all 8 men at least a future look to earn a spot. This is your opportunity to show that you can be the next CM Punk, Chris Hero, Colt Cabana, Jimmy Jacobs, Delirious, Matt Sydal, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin or one of the other many future superstars in the wrestling business that cut their teeth by working in IWA Mid-South to get their name established. Ready for the twist? We will be running the tryout show just a little bit different. To start with, every match will be given 5 min. to prove their talents in the ring. If the match does well, then they will make it to the 5 min. mark. If the fans decide that the match needs to end before it's 5 min. are up, the bell will ring and the match will end immediately. To makes this a little bit more interesting, after the 5 min. are up, there will be three judges from the IWA Mid South locker room to give their thoughts on the match. A fourth judge will also be asked their opinion, but the fourth judge will be a member of our audience. They will get the chance to be heard on what they liked or disliked and if they thought the fans enjoyed the match. Email Mickie at mickiek...@aol.com with your phone number & name so you can get put on the list for the next tryout show. IWA Mid-South fans...this is your opportunity to voice your opinion on who you believe deserves a chance to be in IWA Mid-South. Your response whether positive or negative will determine who is asked back and who will have to come back and try again on another future tryout show. There will also be a seminar the following afternoon for the tryout performers to get some extra training and advice from Ian Rotten, Mickie Knuckles & other full time IWA Mid-South wrestlers that will be in attendance. Again, contact Mickie at mickiek...@aol.com with your phone number & name to be given a chance of a lifetime! ************************************************************ The Night The Lights Went Out In Bellevue Saturday July 25, 2009 The Bellevue Plaza 325 Bellevue Avenue Bellevue, IL 8 pm Belltime Tickets: $15 & $10 Matches so far.... No Rope Barbed Wire/ Electrified Light Bulb Match IWA Heavyweight Champion: DINGO vs. Ian Rotten This feud has heated up in recent weeks. It started off innocent enough with Dingo siding with Jim Fannin when Fannin told him that Ian was making a mockery out of his title reign by continuously giving Jimmy Jacobs & Drake Younger repeated title shots and letting Jaysin Strife wrestle as The Yellow Dog after Dingo defeated him in an Loser Leaves IWA match. Ian swears that he doesn't know who the Yellow Dog is. It started a series of matches that Dingo decided to turn into brawls and go right after Ian. After winning a "straight" wrestling match and then winning a Texas Death Match rematch when Fannin used ether to knock out Ian...the stage is set for the next encounter. Can Dingo continue walking the high wire now that he has succeeded in becoming the longest reigning IWA Mid-South World Heavyweight Champion in history or will he rest on his laurels and allow Ian Rotten to regain the heavyweight title for the first time in almost 9 years? IWA Mid-South World Lightheavyweight Title TLC Match Jason Hades vs. Ryan Phoenix Ryan Phoenix had a light heavyweight title shot lined up earlier this year against Jason Hades but Hades lost the title to Dingo before the match happened and Ryan Phoenix had to wait 7 months to get another chance at the title and Jason Hades. That came this past weekend in Bellevue at Battle of the Future Stars 2. Phoenix asked Hades to make the tournament matchup a title match since he never got that shot he was promised back in January. Hades, being the fighting champion that he is, agreed. The match ended in controversy though as a German Suplex resulted in a double pin. The night was just beginning though as they ended up having to team together in the next round. The tag team was doomed from the start due to bickering and one upsmanship that developed. They lost and then the fighting really started. A long pullapart ensued where no one could keep the two apart long enough to stop it until this match was made. Even that didn't keep the peace though as another brawl broke out in the 8 man tag lethal lottery match. They fought before the match and left the building, came back in, left again...fighting the whole time. This TLC match might not even be enough to stop this war as Ryan Phoenix desperately tries to make a giant splash on the independent scene by becoming the IWA Mid-South World Lightheavyweight Champion. Strong Style Showdown "The New Horror" Sami Callihan vs. Keith Walker Keith Walker has put Michael Elgin out of action with a neck injury after several choke bombs over the course of several attacks. Walker was not happy that he lost a 4 way dance to Michael Elgin with an entry into the 2009 TPI hanging in the balance and the first vicious attack followed. Elgin & Walker have crossed paths a few times since then but Walker always ends up leaving Elgin laying in the wake of choke bombs. Sami Callihan is Elgin's partner in the Grits N Gravy team so it would appear that he is coming to the aid of his partner by stepping into the ring with Walker and trying for revenge. However, the Grits N Gravy team have not been on the best of terms of late in IWA and there seems to be a rivalry developing between Sami & Elgin on who is the weaker link of the team. Is Sami trying to help his partner or is Sami trying to prove that he is better than Elgin by beating Walker AND walking away healthy? The Reunion Of The WSX Tag Team "The Trailer Park Boyz" Nate Webb & Josh Raymond vs. The Hooligans Plus many more to come in the following days! ********************************************************* 2009 Ted Petty Invitational Friday & Saturday September 4 & 5, 2009 Hartman Rec Center 511 N. Collins Street Joliet, IL 21 of the 24 participants already announced: Delirious Davey Richards Roderick Strong Tyler Black Human Tornado B-Boy Jason Hades Chris Hero Jimmy Jacobs Carter Grey The Necro Butcher Shane Hollister Drake Younger Dingo Marshe Rockett Zack Gowen "Tokyo Monster" Kahagas "Classic" Colt Cabana Nigel McGuiness (Former TNA X Division Champion) Sheik Abdul Bashir Ricochet First Round Matchups: Jimmy Jacobs vs. Zack Gowen "Tokyo Monster" Kahagas vs. Roderick Strong Night Two - The Briscoe Brothers ************************** 2009 Double Death Tag Team Death Match Tournament Friday October 2, 2009 Hartman Rec Center 511 N. Collins St. Joliet, IL First Team Announced: Masada & Yuko Miyamoto ***************** IWA's 13 Year Anniversary Show Saturday October 3, 2009 Hartman Rec Center 511 N. Collins St. Joliet, IL 7 pm belltime General Admission: $20 (other ticket availability depends on two day passes for Double Death/Anny Show) Old School ECW Showdown SABU vs. Al Snow Also Appearing: TERRY FUNK!!!!, Masada & Yuko Miyamoto 13 HUGE matches in all for our 13th Anniversary ********************************************************* Keep up with all things IWA Mid-South wrestling: Join the IWA Mid-South Group Google Newsletter: http://groups.google.com/group/iwamidsouthwrestling Visit the IWA Mid-South Discussion Board http://iwamidsouth.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=IWA Join us on Myspace: www.myspace.com/iwamidsouth Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22469600628