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World Wrestling Council (WWC)
On Sunday March 30th, in front of a good crowd of over 1,500, WWC presented
their event ‘La Hora de la Verdad’ (Moment of Truth) at the Ruben Rodriguez
Coliseum in Bayamon, PR. The following are the results from the show:
- J.C. Navarro & O.T. Fernandez defeated ‘Double Image’.
- ‘Mr. San Juan’ Tommy Diablo retained the WWC Jr Heavyweight title after
defeating ‘El Principe’.
- In a grudge match, referee Angel ‘Fashion’ Perez defeated Rikochet.
- Next, there was a tribute to new WWE Hall of Famer Carlos Colon. Out came play
by play announcer Willie Urbina to introduce Colon to the crowd. Colon came out
to the tune of some live music. He thanked the fans once again for their support
for the last 40 plus years. Carlito came out and told him how proud he is of
him. He also stated that he had been long overdue for this honor because Carlos
Colon is a true legend. Right on cue, Chicky Starr’s music played and the crowd
popped. Starr grabs the mic and states that Colon is a legend indeed, but that
he was being inducted into the Hall of Fame because of Starr. If it had not been
for someone as him, he would not be the legend that he is. Starr continued by
saying that he brought in some of the biggest names into the island to fight
Colon; people like Ox Baker, ‘Sadistic’ Steve Strong, Stan Hansen, Bruiser
Brody, Leo Burke and many others. He then steps in front of Colon and tells him
that he finally is going to do something that he has wanted to do. He reaches
out and extends his hand and shakes hands with Colon. He congratulates him on
being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. He then turns to Carlito and tells him
that he has very big shoes to fill, that it will not be easy but if anyone has
the talent to do it is him. He tells him that he can count on him if he ever
needs anything, even tonight when he faces Invader. Really cool moment for those
present in the crowd. There were also a couple other recognitions made for Colon
by representatives from government.
- Chicano & Xix Xavant retained the WWC Tag Team titles when they defeated ‘Los
Templarios’ – William de la Vega & ‘Superstar’ ASH w/ manager Juan Manuel
Ortega. During the match Chicano suffered a groin injury and after the match he
was taken back to the locker room on a stretcher. He definitely was in pain and
could hardly walk.
- Carlito was able to save his hair once again by defeating Invader #1. In the
final moments of the match there was a referee bump, Carlito was trying to cover
Invader but out came ref Angel ‘Fashion’ Perez, who proceeded to get Carlito off
from Invader, only to receive a kick from Carlito which sent him to the floor
out of the ring. Carlito then turns and receives Invader’s heart punch. He goes
down and Invader goes to cover, but there is no referee available. All of the
sudden ‘Fashion’ steps back in the ring to make the count, only for the original
referee of the match to grab him by the hair, they then brawled for a bit until
the ‘legal’ referee sends ‘Fashion’ over the top rope to the ground. Carlito
sees Invader was setting up for another heart punch, moves and gets him with a
‘back-stabber’ for the win.
- We have a new WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight champion in the person of T.N.T.,
who defeated ‘El Leon’ Apolo. During the match, T.N.T. used different tactics to
work on Apolo. He even channeled his inner ‘Abdullah The Butcher’ by bringing a
fork and using it to inflict pain on Apolo, making him bleed profusely
throughout the match. The finish came with Apolo going to the locker room to
look for a new referee as the original one was KO’d. He comes out with the new
ref, only to be received by T.N.T.’s pain-killer sidekick for the pin.
- Miguel Perez defeated Slash Venom in a Hardcore Match
- Ray Gonzalez retained his WWC Universal Heavyweight title after defeating
Mighty Ursus w/ Jose Chaparro. After the match, while Gonzalez was celebrating
his victory, Mighty Ursus and Chaparro attacked him. Ursus and Chaparro brought
him over to the corner and nailed a couple of ‘senton splashes’ on Gonzalez.
Carlito and Xix Xavant came out for the save, making Chaparro and Ursus retreat
to the locker rooms to end the show.
WWC is moving quickly to their next event “Camino a la Gloria†(Path to Glory),
which is currently scheduled to take place on Saturday April 19th at the ‘Pepin
Cestero Arena’ in Bayamon, PR. Bell time set for 8:35PM. Three matches have been
announced for this show:
WWC Universal Heavyweight Title – Rematch
“Mr. Ray-tings†Ray Gonzalez (c) vs Mighty Ursus w/ Jose Chaparro
WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title Rematch
“El Leon†Apolo vs “El Karateca Ninja†T.N.T. (c)
WWC World Tag Team Title Rematch
“El Chico Ilegal†Chicano & Xix Xavant (c) vs “Los Templarios†– William de la
Vega & “Superstar†ASH
The topic of discussion for the last few weeks in the island has been the Carlos
Colon’s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. All three major newspapers have
interviewed him. His legacy has been talked about in local wrestling sites,
radio and TV shows, with every fan in the island being able to re-live all his
career accomplishments. One of the major TV newscasts, WAPA’s ‘Noticentro’ sent
a reporter and a camera crew to New Orleans to document last week’s events,
following him all over the place, all the way up to the WWE Hall of Fame
ceremony. We should be seeing the footage during this week in the different
editions of their newscast.
On another note, Carlos Colon announced during an interview last week that he
will be having ‘one last farewell tour’ the weekend of May 30th to June 1st. It
was also stated that the Saturday May 31st show will take place at brand new
Multi-use Coliseum located in Humacao, PR. This will be the first ever wrestling
event in this building, which is said to be state of the art. Colon also stated
that he will be refereeing a match during the weekend, but would not disclose
who would be participating on said match.
Puerto Rico Independent Wrestling Scene
Extreme Wrestling Organization (EWO)
The EWO presented their event ‘Renacer 2014’ last Saturday March 29th at the
‘San Juan Bosco Oratorium†located in Santurce, PR. They had a great crowd for
this event, which surpassed a lot of fan expectations. The following are the
results from the show:
- ‘El Cubano’ Rodrigo Garcia defeated ‘El Rapero’ J.P.
- ‘Los Patriotas’ defeated ‘Los Extraordinarios’
- Special Delivery’ Matthews defeated ‘Death Dealer’ Raziel
- ‘El Cartel de la Lucha Libre’ became the new EWO World Tag Team champions
after they defeated ‘Doom Patrol’
- ‘El Hombre Bestia’ Angel defeated Masamba, Manny Ferno and Manny Cruz, and by
doing so he became the first ever EWO Caribbean champion.
- Ladies Match: ‘La Chica de la Actitud’ Roxy defeated Ashanty, Sweet Nancy and
Kristal
- ‘Sexy Boy’ Christopher retained his EWO TV title after defeating Tony Ice
- ‘Two Face’ became the new EWO Puerto Rico champion after he defeated Jack
Daniels, Jamal and Syko in a Fatal Four-Way match.
- In a special challenge match ordered by the Board of Directors, ‘Mano de
Piedra’ Luis Estilo defeated Papi Nieves. However, due to Estilo having punched
the referee, the decision was reversed, thus giving Papi Nieves the victory.
- In a Triple Threat Match, for the EWO World Heavyweight title, ‘The Natural’
Chase Stevens became the new champion after he defeated ‘El Demonio’ Slugga (c)
and ‘La Estrella’ Mike Piconose.
- In what was deemed as a ‘Respect Match, the team of ‘Neo & Montana’ defeated
‘La Milicia’ (Guevara & Zapata). After the match and event though they had won,
Neo turned on his long time partner Montana, joining the faction of ‘El Cartel
de la lucha libre’.
Here are a couple of links regarding EWO: the first is Neo explaining why he
decided to join ‘El Cartel de la lucha libre’ betraying his long time partner
Montana in the process
(http://www.youtube.com/embed/jB7KKrJ6244); and the second one are the first
statements made by the new EWO World Heavyweight champion, ‘The Natural’ Chase
Stevens (http://www.youtube.com/embed/W-QJDhgxPg8).
The next EWO show is scheduled to take place in Guaynabo, PR on Saturday April
12th, with a bell time of 8:30PM. You can learn more about this promotion by
visiting their website: www.ewopr.com.
Lucha Libre – IGWA
IGWA held their event ‘WAR ZONE: Tiempos de Guerra III’ last Sunday March 30th
in Ciales, PR. The show was attended by a little over 200 fans. The following
are the results from the event:
- The show starts with the announcement that a new wrestler will debut tonight.
Out comes ‘El jibarito’ Panchito representing the Puerto Rican cultura, only to
be completely decimated by Chief Attakullakulla. And we are off to the races
with IGWA WAR ZONE 2014!
- ‘El hijo de la violencia’ Rey Luis defeated Darkness Sinner.
- We have new IGWA Tag Team champions as ‘La Resistencia’ defeated ‘Los Reyes
del Teke’ w/ Lo Máximo.
- Sgt. Kelly defeated Tank.
- ‘Los Abominables Soul Krashers’ Némesis & ‘La Máquina’ Kronoss defeated Jeff
Razzor & Oscar Candelaria Moreno. After the match, Jeff Razzor and his new
manager Van Kayser beat down his partner Oscar Candelaria as he was upset about
losing the match to the ‘Soul Krashers’.
- Venum defeated Rey del Aire Mágico. After the match, the both shake hands,
which brought out a loud cheer from the crowd.
- Agorath defeated Malignus.
- ‘La Furia’ Sammy Rivera defeated Frankie Rivera in a street fight.
- Chief Attakullakulla becomes the new IGWA World Heavyweight champion after he
defeated Chicky Starr. The match ended in a very controversial manner with the
inteference from a referee that Attakullakulla had brought with him from the USA
in what is now being called the “Ciales Puerto Rico Screw Jobâ€. He is now taking
the belt back to the mainland with him. ‘Dragón Supremo’ gets into an argument
and demands that Chief Attakullakulla retracts and apologizes to the crowd after
the very controversial finish to the match. He stands by Chicky Starr and is
supporting him after what just happened, when the Director of Operations Jan
Carlos Rosado tells him that it is in his best interests to not have anything to
do with Starr and to back off or he will suffer the consequences, even to the
point of threatening him that they will hurt his family.
Some notes from the company… ‘Hardcore Bam Bam’ will undergo knee surgery
sometime in mid-April. No information was shared as to how long he will be out.
The promotion will be holding try-outs in the near future. It is expected that
they will provide all the information in the next few weeks.
The next announced event is ‘IGWA Rebellion 2014†which is scheduled to take
place on Saturday April 12th at the ‘Jose De Leon Auditorium’ in Florida, PR. We
will have more information about this event as soon as the card is announced.
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