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If you haven't seen it yet, The Google homepage today is celebrating the 99th birthday of El Santo with a very cool lucha libre-themed doodle.
WWE NXT star Johnny Gargano will be having his final appearance on the independent scene tonight, facing his wife Candice LaRae for Absolute Intense Wrestling, which is a hell of an independent promotion. For complete details, visit www.AIWrestling.com. We've had Gargano in the Elite section of PWInsider.com for interviews a lot over the years and he's always been really fun to chat with. It's really nice to see the work ethic he has paying off for him. Ditto for Tommaso Ciampa, who has a hell of a story to tell about his departure from WWE developmental and eventual return after remaking himself and maturing as a talent. These are the guys who are hopefully going to have incredible storybook careers in the years to come.
Little Guido, Robbie E and Pat Buck are working for BBW in Livingston, NJ tonight.
The Monster Factory announced the following: "The MFPW returns to action this Saturday, September 24th at the World Famous Monster Factory (541 Mantua Ave, Paulsboro NJ) with a scheduled 7:00 PM bell time. Already confirmed for the event is former Heavyweight Champion of The MFPW Matt Riddle vs. former NXT talent Josh Woods, The MFPW's Supersonic Champion Leon St. Giovanni vs. Ring of Honor's "Brutal" Bob Evans, Cruiserweight Classic participant Anthony Bennett vs. Impact Wrestling's Robbie E, and a match for The MFPW's Tag Team Championship pitting champions the Beast Cartel (Nick Comoroto & "The Wildman" Kongo) against challengers "Michigan Muscle" Cody Vance and, making his return to The MFPW, "The Monster" Abyss. Tickets are available now at the following link. The MFPW will also run next Saturday, October 1st at the World Famous Monster Factory. Information on matches and tickets for the event will be made available in the days ahead. "
When Championship Wrestling from Hollywood holds their next TV taping this Sunday 9/25 at the Oceanview Pavillion, DDT star Shigehiro Irie will be appearing, wrestling Devin Sparks. For details on the free taping, visit www.HollywoodWrestling.com.
Hornswoggle and JTG will be appearing for New England Championship Wrestling this Sunday as part of the debut of Nick's Comically Speaking. For details, visit www.NicksCS.com.
Global Force Wrestling champion Nick Aldis aka Magnus is in Canada this week defending the belt for Danny Duggan's Canadian Wrestling Excellence. Sean "Val Venis" Morley is working for the promotion in November.
Rob Russen and Sal Corrente are reviving their old IWA promotion with events on 11/25 in Hamburg, PA at the historic Hamburg Fieldhouse (a long-time WWF TV taping venue) and 11/26 in Paulsboro, NJ at the Monster Factory. Russen, after leaving Verne Gagne's AWA, ran a ton of international tours under the IWA banner, so it should be interesting to see what comes of the revival. For more, visit www.IWAProWrestling.com.
The legendary Bill Apter, one of the nicest men you can ever hope to meet, will be doing an appearance and reading of his autobiography at the Barnes & Noble in Bayside, Queens on 10/22 which also happens to be his birthday.
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