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COLBY CORINO BENEFITS, WRESTLING OPEN: RHODE ISLAND, GCW HOMECOMING IN AC THIS WEEKEND, LOS ANGELES RUMBLE, WWE HALL OF FAMERS IN MEMPHIS, LAREDO KID AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2025-08-18 08:30:00

There will be a Colby Corino benefit shows on Friday 10/24 in Jacksonville, North Carolina and 11/21 in Philadelphia.

Set for tonight's edition of Wrestling Open: Rhode Island on IWTV:

*IWTV Independent Wrestling World Championship: Marcus Mathers vs. Ray Jaz.

*Bobby Orlando vs. Vinny Scalice.

*TJ Crawford vs. BRG.

*Brad Baylor vs. Aaron Ortiz.

GCW will present their Homecoming weekend this weekend on 8/23 and 8/24 in Atlantic City, NJ at The Showboat.    The lineup for 8/23 features GCW Champion Effy vs. KJ Orso, Drew Parker vs. Marcus Mathers, a six man tag team death match with VNDL48 (Atticus Cogar & Christian Napier & Otis Cogar) vs. Joey Janela & Matt Tremont & a mystery partner, a Death Match with UltraMantis Black vs. Dr. Redacted, Masashi Takeda vs. SLADE, and Matt Cardona vs. Shotzi Blackheart. 8/24 will feature a Death Match with Drew Parker & Masashi Takeda vs. Lil Sicko & Mr. Danger, a Death Match featuring John Wayne Murdoch vs. Ciclope and GCW Ultraviolent Champion Matt Tremont vs. Bear Bronson.

Santino Bros. Wrestling will present a 30-competitor Los Angeles Rumble on TrillerTV on 8/29.

WWE Hall of Famers Jerry Lawler and Jimmy Hart will be appearing on 8/29 at the Selmer Community Center at the Hub City Wrestling event, signing at 6 PM Eastern.  Memphis Wrestling history author Mark James will also be signing his books.

Epydemius Jr vs. Laredo Kid has been announced for the  WrestleRave: Food Fight – Lucha event on 9/6 at The Food Zone in Porter, TX.  Laredo trained Epydemius, so there's a teacher vs. student theme there.

Tommy Rich and Doug Gilbert will be appearing as part of a free event at the Henderson County Fair in Lexington, TN on 9/10, presented by Southern Wrestling Superstars.

The Hardys, former WCW star Gorgeous George and former WWF Hardcore Champion Bobcat (The Hardcore Ho) are the latest names announced for The first-ever Chill Out Expo in Whippany, NJ this October.  Additional celebrity guests have some WWE crossover appeal: WWE Celebrity Hall of Famer William Shatner, Actor and comedian Brad Garrett, who voiced Hulk Hogan in the animated series Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling and Legendary rapper and actor Ice-T, who appeared at Wrestlemania 16, performing The Godfather's theme.  For more, visit www.BigEventNY.com

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