- 02/03/2012 (11:11:05 pm)
- Bob Mulrenin
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In the latest edition of "Part of the Universe" with theScore's Arda Ocal, ESPN SportsCenter anchor Robert Flores describes the relationship between WWE and ESPN in terms of former talent working there (Jonathan Coachman and Todd Grisham), how being a fan of WWE is perceived in the building, and when WWE highlights would ever make SportsCenter (including Flores wanting Kofi Kingston's hand walk elimination dodge at the 2012 Rumble to be part of that evening's "Top Ten")
You can listen to the entire interview here:
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Former East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) Unified Tag Team Champions Matt Saigon & Damian Dragon, known as FUSION DS, were recently featured in a music video, "Lucha Libre" by Italian rock band NUV
To View the video click here :
http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q35h3ZE0YIcSaigon and Dragon won the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance (TWA) Tag Team Titles from the Best Around, Bruce Maxwell and TJ Cannon, in January 2011 in Voorhees, NJ.
In May 2011, FUSION DS defeated Christopher Rockwell and Sam Shields, the Midnight Sensations, for the vacant ECWA Tag Team Tiles and also to unify both the TWA and ECWA Tag Team Championships to become the first ECWA/TWA Unified Tag Team Champions.
FUSION DS defended the championships throughout 2011 and were ranked the number 10 tag team in the world several weeks by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Magazine online at
www.pwi-online.com. This marked the first time ever that any ECWA champion(s) had ever been ranked in the PWI overall top ten, which is usually reserved for WWE, TNA, NWA and international wrestlers.FUSION DS's title reign ended at the ECWA K-CUP Tag Team Tournament in Newark, DE in Nov 2011 when they were defeated by Asylum and Matt Burns, the Flatliners, in the quarter-final round. The Flatliners then lost the championship to the Matt & Bryan Logan in the semi-finals. The Midnight Sensations, old rivals of FUSION DS, then defeated the Logan Brothers in the finals for the Unified Tag Team Title and the K-CUP trophy.
Following their loss at the K-CUP, FUSION felt slighted by the fans who began to rally behind the Midnight Sensations and voted the Sensations ECWA Tag Team, Match and Moment of the Year in ECWA's Year End Awards in on-line voting.
In January 2012, FUSION DS saved the Midnight Sensations after the Sensations defeated the Nigerian Nightmares in a very tough title defense and a brutal post match attack by the Nightmares. After chasing the Nightmares off with chairs, FUSION helped the Sensations back to their feet only to brutally attack them with a series a chair shots!!!
With the roles now reversed, and the Sensations now the favorite of the ECWA fans, FUSION DS has vowed their new attitude will lead them to become the first ever 2-time Unified ECWA Tag Team Champions. However, the defending champions, who bill themselves as time traveling, karate aliens from the Triton Moon sent from the future to save tag team wrestling, say different and promise to send FUSION DS away empty-handed.
The Midnight Sensations have 2 title defenses scheduled against FUSION DS, first at ECWA SPRING BATTLE!, Mar 3, 2012 in Newark, Delaware and then at the YMCA of Salem County, Mar 10, 2012 in Carney's Point, NJ.
For tix and info cal 609.220.5598
ECWA Web Page:
www.ecwaprowrestling.comECWA FACEBOOK PAGE:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/124627284251717/"ECWA ... become a fan all over again!"
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New Era Wrestling
presents
Headlocks and Heartbreak
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Boys' Club
710 South Miller Street
Shelbyville, IN 46176-2406
Doors open at 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM Bell Time
Tickets: $15.00 Front Row (limited seating)
$10.00 in advance, $12.00 at the door
Kids 5 and under are FREE
Steel Cage Match - NEW Tag Team Championship
Natural Born Talent (Bobby Black & Dylan Bostic) (c)
vs.
Rush Wrestling Enterprises (Troy Van Zant & Jon Wall)
Women's Steel Cage Match
Camron Star vs. Miss Heidi
Plus.. much more!
Tickets available at:
Dons Pizza and Pasta
Chapperal Cafe
The Vibe (Formerly Karma Music)
For More info. log on to
(Card subject to change)
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Thanks to Devin
Spike TV will be airing The Marine 2 starring Ted DiBiase on Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 11 PM (immediately after Impact Wrestling).
WWE Vintage Collection on February 3rd, 2012 featured these matches:
The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Young Pistols
WCW Superbrawl I
Billy Kidman vs. Vampiro
WCW Superbrawl 2000
Scott Steiner vs. Diamond Dallas Page
WCW Superbrawl IX
Thundercage Match
Steve Austin, Paul Orndorff & Rick Rude vs. Dustin Rhodes, Brian Pillman & Sting
WCW Superbrawl IV
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WAR Wrestling based in Lima, OH has officially purchased majority
ownership of F.E.W. based in Ft. Wayne, IN. Both WAR and Scott Johnson,
former majority owner of FEW have declined to comment on what percentage
WAR purchased, but both have confirmed that it was enough to be the
controlling interest. Says WAR "We've worked with Scott from the
beginning in the development of F.E.W.. He has done all the right things
and worked hard to build a successful business. Fort Wayne has had a
lack of quality professional wrestling for many, many years. We feel
that with the base built by Scott and our experience and track record
that we will deliver the type of product that Ft. Wayne deserves and
will support." Johnson had this to say " I came into this business with
poor training and a poor grasp on what it was going to take to make a
wrestling group successful. WAR immediately stepped up and has given me
great guidance about how to conduct myself in and out of the ring. The
business was beginning to stagnate and I was becoming overwhelmed with
trying to find ways to re invigorate it. I think WAR's experience,
leadership and creativity are exactly what F.E.W. needs to make the leap
to the next level. WAR has already built what is, in my opinion, the
best independent wrestling organization in the midwest, To have them
bring everything they bring to the table full time to the F.E.W. is
truly an honor." F.E.W. announced the first of what they promise will be
big changes just last night with the addition of Tammy "Sunny" Sytch to
the upcoming Family FEWd event scheduled for March 10th. WAR Wrestling
will be kicking off their first event of the year, No Love Lost this
Saturday, Feb. 4th in Lima.
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