INDY
Good afternoon all. There is plenty o' indy news and results to get to in this installment of the latest Indy Report, so I'll get to it asap.

Thus, while good quality indy events can be found nationwide for sure (of course, I'm not going to dare forget about the eastern hotbeds as well), for my Badger State-lovin' self, you can't beat some of the events and shows that are put on through the calendar year in the State O' Beer and Cheer! I heartily encourage ALL Midwestern indy fans to come up here once and give a WI promotion a chance (yes, even Illinois fans)!

Now, after my shameless plug, I go to the news:

RESULTS

Combat Zone Wrestling, "Déjà vu 2," 7/20, Viking Hall - Philadelphia PA
Rebel's Army (Rebel & Greg Matthews w/ Derek Frazier) defeated Z Barr & Scott Chong. Broad Street Boozers ("Always Trashed" Adam Flash & "Double Shot" Ian Knoxx) defeated Jon Dahmer & Cory Kastle. In a Gauntlet match for the right to challenge for JC Bailey's IWA Mid-South Wrestling Light Heavyweight Title, Sonjay Dutt defeated GQ, Nick Berk, Niles Young, Chri$ Ca, Derek Frazier, and Deranged. Anarchist Arik Cannon defeated Chaos Cody O'Neill. NWA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles defeated Jimmy Rave in a title match. In a mixed tag match, CZW Iron Man Champion "Sick" Nick Mondo & Simply Luscious defeated HIV Member Johnny Kashmere & Rain. IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Champion JC Bailey defeated Sonjay Dutt to retain the title. Big Japan Death Match Champion "The Future of Hardcore" Nick Gage defeated HIV Member Nate Hatred to retain the title. Tony Mamaluke defeated Jimmy Rave. HIV Members Trent Acid & B-Boy defeated Homicide & Mafia. Ian Rotten defeated Zandig in a Lumberjack Taipei Death Match.

National Wrestling Superstars, 7/23, Seashore Day Camp - Long Branch NJ
Dave Webb pinned Rob Eckos after hitting the 619. Tommy Force defeated Antonio Malave. The Baghdad Bullies beat JT Highlander and Jerry Doring when Hasheem Ali hit Highlander with two "Xperiences" for the pin. In a three way dance between Big Shot Bryan Sexton, JC Kruthers and Damian Adams, Sexton pinned Kruthers after both kicking Adams out of the ring, Adams caught Sexton by surprise for a pin. In the Main Event for the Jersey Shore Championship, J.L. Superstar faced current NWS Heavyweight champion Biggie Biggs (accompanied by Dapper Johny Falco and the Evil Hooded Patriot) where Bigg's title was not on the line; J.L. Superstar pinned Biggs to become the new NWS Jersey Shore champion.

National Wrestling Superstars, 7/24, Seashore Day Camp Gym - Long Branch NJ The opening contest was a 12-Man Over The Top Battle Royal with the winner to face The Wall for the Jersey Shore Championship [the participants were Big Tony Dukes, Ice Box, Jerry Doring, JT Highlander, TNT, Big Shot Bryan Sexton, Antonio Malave, Psycho Steve, Damian Adams, Rob Eckos, KC Koresh and J.L. Superstar]; JL Superstar won the match. Damian Adams wrestled Rob Eckosto a 15 minute draw. Hasheem Ali and S. Insane (with manager Mohoward Gottheheaves al-getz) were defeated by The Patriot and Ace Darling when The Patriot hit Insane with a neck-breaker and rolled him up for the pin. J.L. Superstar pinned The Wall. The French-Canadian Connection (Tommy Force and Josh Daniels) were defeated by Mike "Kid" Kruel and Dave Webb when Kruel caught Force in a reverse neck-breaker for the pin. In the main event, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka (w/ Captain Lou Albano and IAMA's John Gizzi) defeated JC Rage (w/ Dapper Johnny Falco) when Snuka dove on top of him with his patented high flyigng splash for the pin.

World Pro Wrestling, 7/25, Head of the Lakes Fair - Superior WI
Blake Kruel beat Doink the Clown. Enigma beat The Dekin. Heinrich Volkoff beat Michael Kaos. Lady Victoria beat Crystal Carmichael. Jerry Grey beat The Great Akbar. Hacksaw Jim Duggan beat The Honky Tonk Man. Buff Bagwell beat Virgil.

Future Stars of Pro Wrestling, 7/25, Bradenton FL
Son of Sicily beat Flatline. Ricky Romeo defeated Heater. Chasyn Rance beat Josh Rich. Baddboy topped Tarantula. Deathrow Jethro & Mace bested Devious Danny & Mister Saint Laurent. Chasyn Rance defeated Ricky Romeo. Baddboy bested Son of Sicily. Leon Scott beat Mark Zout. Chasyn Rance defeated Baddboy. Bonez defeated Barney Rumble.

Independent Wrestling Revolution, "Independents Day 2003", 7/26, Sunnybrook Golf & Bowl - Sterling Heights MI [attn: 104]
"The Unpredictable Juggernaut" Deranged pinned "Gigolo" Mark Gjoka (w/ "The First Lady of Revolution" Miss Natasha) after a Gutwrench into a Sickening Piledriver. "The Midwest Maniac" Mr. Insanity pinned "Mr. Numbers" Bobby Bambino after an inverted F-5. In a special Toughman Rules Contest (where the winner must knock out his opponent or make him submit), "Supafly" Andy Muscat defeated "The Drunken Toughman" Justin Toxicated after making Toxicated tap-out to a unique Surfboard combined with a Full-Nelson using the legs. Jay the Cable Guy pinned "The Hype" Jimmy Shalwin after a Sit-Down Powerbomb. "The Symbol of Excellence" CK3 (w/ "The Chancellor of The Threat" Bubba McKenzie) pinned "The Technically Insane" Gutter after The Chump Change; after the match, Gutter made a challenge for the Warped Tour show. "The IWR's Bad Seed" Jaimy Coxxx cut a promo. His former partner, Frankie the Face, did not show up as scheduled. In an IWR King of the Independents Title match, "The Next" Breyer Wellington won the title from "Barbaric Berzerker" Jimmy Jacobs after a powerbomb; after the match, Wellington shook Jacobs' hand, but The Threat attacked Jacobs until Gavin Starr ran in for the save. In an IWR Tag Team Title match Gavin Starr revealed his mystery partner to be none other than Jimmy Jacobs, and they went to a 15 minute time limit draw with champions The Threat (Anthony Rivera & Truth Martini) at first. Yet, in the Tag Title match, the fans chanted for 5 more minutes and the Threat reluctantly agreed. In the additional minutes, Jacobs & Starr ended The Threat's tag team championship title reign after Jacobs pinned Rivera. In an IWR Heavyweight Title match, "The Real" N8 Mattson successfully defended the title against mystery challenger Mr. Insanity after hitting his finisher dubbed the M-80.

New Era Wrestling, 7/26, Shelbyville IN
D' Lo Brown beat Jonhhy Rayz for the NEW World Title. Cru Jones beat Brad Anderson for the new US Title. Simply Marvoulous beat Xplicict Content for the new Tag Titles. Blade beat Troy Van Zant in a Bull Rope match.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Unique Championship Wrestling: 8/2
Notice - Unique Championship Wrestling comes to Knoxville, TN on August 2nd. From Noon until 11:00pm will be a "UCW ‘Fun Day & Wrestling'" event. This event will be located at Inskip & Norwood Ball Park. From Noon until 7:00pm, there will be games, a live band, a dunking booth, food, much more. Then, at 8:00pm, the UCW card will begin. The card will be as follows: In the Main Event, there will be a cage match pitting Matt "Knuckles" Talent vs. UCW Cruiserweight Champion Jamie North Star for the Cruiserweight Title. UCW Tag Team Champions the Death Riders (Chic White & Equalizer) vs. Thunder Valley Express (Jason Thunder & Chris Gorgeous) for the Tag Team Titles. USA Heavyweight Champion Bobby Blassie vs. The Crosseye Freak. The Demon vs. Buck Wyld. Danny Lee & a mystery opponent vs. Team USA (Scott Bishop & Blaz' Of Glory).

Combat Zone Wrestling: 8/9
Notice - CZW's upcoming show will be titled "Aftermath". It will be held on Saturday, August 9th at Viking Hall (on the corner of Swanson & Ritner in South Philly, PA). The event will have a 7:30 PM bell time. The announced card is as follows: "F% the IWA" Four Way match where the stipulations are to be made by CZW Owner Zandig: Ian Rotten vs. the Necro Butcher vs. Corporal Robinson vs. "Spyder" Nate Webb. In a CZW Junior Heavyweight Title match: Ruckus (c) vs. HIV Member B-Boy. And, in a Tables match: HIV Member Nate Hatred vs. "The Future of Hardcore" Nick Gage. Tickets are now available, and may be reserved by calling (856) 742-7061, by emailing beaners_13@yahoo.com or by using the CZW Online Ticket Reservations System at
http://www.czwwrestling.com/Tickets/uvtod2.html.(Once bandwidth is restored). General admission tickets are also available

International Championship Wrestling: 8/10
Press Release - International Championship Wrestling is proud to announce that they are returning for a second year at the Grays Harbor County Fair, with a show on Sunday August 10th at 12:30 pm. See the stars of ICW perform the action of family oriented professional wrestling. ICW is a local organization based in Bremerton and has monthly shows in Tacoma along with shows throughout Western Washington. A key feature to this show is that it is part of the Les Schwab Main Stage free entertainment. For more information on ICW, fans should go to their website at www.wrestlingwarriors.com . For more information on the Grays Harbor County Fair, fans should go to www.ghcfairgrounds.com.

NWA Jersey / All Star Pro Wrestling: 8/13 & 8/20
Press Release - September 8th, 2001 in Wildwood, NJ was the last time NWA Jersey played this resort town. Wednesdays August 13 & 20, All Star Pro Wrestling returns with two mat events per date, with one at 6pm and the second at 8:30pm. The cards will feature: Amazing Power Company Twins, Kevin Knight and The Patriot. Tickets are for adults and all kids under 12 are free courtesy of the Wildwood Tourism Development Commission. The card will be held on the beach and Schellenger Avenue at the grandstands. NWS has been hired to handle tickets and information. Thus, fans should call 732-888-1704 for tickets.

World Of Hurt Wrestling: 8/23
Notice - WOHW will present "Fusion" on August 23rd. The card will be held at the Knights Of Columbus, which is located at 188 Main Street, Hudson Falls, NY. The event will have a 7:00pm bell time. Tickets will be at the door. The card will be announced in the future.


MISCELLANEOUS

Combined Promotions: MMWA & Marquee Wrestling
Press Release - Promoters "Iron" Mike Galloway and Jim Hall are pleased to announce that they have reached a joint operating agreement between their two promotions. Galloway's MMWA (www.mmwa.com), which formerly stood for Mid-Michigan Wrestling Association, has agreed to work with Hall's Marquee Wrestling (www.marqueewrestling.com) to jointly promote a series of shows under the new MMWA - Michigan Marquee Wrestling Association banner. According to Galloway, "This agreement allows us to present an additional facet of wrestling to our great fans. The ‘Marquee style' focuses on a more workrate-oriented product. This will make a great addition to our shows. Each show will feature one or two ‘Marquee Match-Ups,' generally involving the Marquee title belt. Marquee Champion N8 Mattson has regularly appeared on our shows with the belt, now he will be able to defend it in front of our fans." Hall added, "The MMWA represents a tremendous opportunity to expose our product to a much broader fan base. Combining the popularity of the MMWA live shows with the success of our videotaped product will allow us to entertain an even larger audience. The live shows will continue in the Cadillac area to retain the rapport that has developed with the fans in the area. The shows will be broadcast on Cable Channel 2 in Cadillac. Videotapes will be available from www.highspots.com. Both websites will remain in operation, focused on addressing the interests of their respective audiences.
NOTE: The first show to be jointly presented under the new MMWA banner will be the Total Chaos show Saturday August 16th at the Marion High School in Marion, MI. Ticket information is available on-line at www.mmwa.com.

IWR Upcoming Events & Other News Bits
-The 7/26 IWR show was IWR's last show at the Sunnybrook Golf & Bowl after a mutually beneficial 18 plus months.
-The next IWR show is Sunday, August 3rd at the Warped Tour.
-IWR will debut at a new venue in September. Details are forthcoming via www.PWRhotline.com
-Sodie Pop Productions once again filmed Independents Day 2003 for Highspots.com distribution for future Video/DVD release.
-Friday, August 2nd two IWR regulars will wrestle at IWA: Mid-South's 'King Of The Death Match' event. Mr. Insanity will face Necro Butcher in a tournament match & Jimmy Jacobs will face Jerry Lynn in a non-tournament match.
-On Saturday, August 9th, IWR Tag Team Champion "The Barbaric Berzerker" Jimmy Jacobs will wrestle on Ring of Honor's Dayton, Ohio show. He will team up with another Michigan wrestler, Alex Shelly to face Colt Cabana & Ace Steel known as the Second City Saints.
FULL NWA TNA RESULTS
- The show began with a video package highlighting all three matches involving AJ Styles and D'Lo Brown from last week with the NWA World Heavyweight Title on the line. Scott Hudson was then shown near a limo containing AJ Styles, Sonny Siaki and Trinity.

- Jerry Lynn defeated "Prime Time" Elix Skipper, winning the first fall very quickly with a la magistral cradle. Skipper then got on the mic and said he wanted to make the match best two out of three falls. Lynn got the second fall when Skipper went to use his scale but Lynn kicked it back into his face to get the pin.

- Sonny Siaki did a promo in the ring saying that if it wasn't for him, D'Lo Brown would have beat AJ Styles last week to become the NEW NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Styles then came out and brought up that "their deal" was that he was the one who carried the belt and Siaki was the one who carried the bags. Both men argued over who Vince Russo liked the most. Styles slapped Siaki and called Trinity a rat, turning face in front of the hot TNA crowd. D'Lo Brown then came out and challenged Styles to a match. Styles agreed and the two shook hands. Siaki and Trinity then attacked Styles and Brown but Styles turned heel once again and helped Siaki/Trinity beat down Brown. The new head of authority in TNA Erik Watts came out and announced that next week, Sonny Siaki and Trinity would be barred from ringside and that Russo would be handcuffed to him to prevent any interference whatsoever in the NWA Title Match between D'Lo Brown and AJ Styles in a Steel Cage.

- Scott Hudson was show in Raven's Lair. Raven mentioned that CM Punk wasn't at the show tonight so the match would then be a 3 on 2 with Raven and Julio Dinero facing Shane Douglas and The New Chuch by themselves. Alexis Laree then said she would join the team to help them tonight.

- The Sandman defeated Edward Chastian. Sandman got the win when he hit Chastian with a cane shot followed by the famous Russian Leg Sweep with the cane for the win. Don Callis was also doing commentary with Mike Tenay and Don West at ringside. Following Chastian's lost against Sandman, Callis fired him.

- Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger defeated Shark Boy & Norman Smiley. Diamond and Swinger got the win when they hit the double-team DDT on Smiley and gave Shark Boy a flapjack, with Diamond getting the pin on Shark Boy for the win. Following the match, Glenn Gilberti hit the ring and told Diamond and Swinger to attack Jeremy Borash. America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm) hit the ring and took out Diamond and Swinger.

- Mike Tenay did a sit down interview with Vince Russo. Russo mentioned that S.E.X was on the backburner until he destroyed Jeff Jarrett. Russo said he has all the power in TNA now since AJ Styles (his champion) is now the NWA World Heavyweight Champion.

- Chris Sabin defeated Michael Shane to retain X Division Championship. Frankie Kazarian was the special guest referee in the match announced by Erik Watts. The match ended when referee Rudy Charles hit the ring and took over the referee duty when Kazarian and Sabin got into a brawl. While Charlies and Kazarian were arguing, Sabin took out Shane with the X Title and got the pin to retain.

- A video clip aired on Mad Mikey (aka Crash Holly). It put over that he didn't like breakfast, his roommates, his computer monitor (which he tossed out of a window) and attacking someone at a fast food window who put cheese on his burger.

- Kid Kash defeated Ricky Morton (w/ Sara Lee & Corsica Joe). The match ended when the referee was distracted and Abyss gave Morton a torture shoulder backbreaker drop, allowing Kash to get the pin.
- Another 3 Live Crew segment aired involving BG James, Ron "The Truth" Killings and Konnan. All three men went to a Mexican bar. James eventually got the runs and left to the bathroom while Killings got drunk. Next week: a trip to the trailer park.

- Lollipop and April challenged the Bitch Slap Girls. Nurse Veronica and Valentina came out along with Trinity. Trinity didn't go to the ring however. Lollipop and April hit Valentina on the butt with belts to finish the segment.

- Shane Douglas & The New Chuch (Slash & Brian Lee) defeated Raven, Julio Dinero & Alexis Laree in a Falls Count Anywhere Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match. Like last week, a person dressed in all white pulled Raven under the ring. This left Laree taking a beating from all three men. Raven eventually came back out from under the ring but Douglas pinned him on the floor right away to get the pin.

- Jeff Jarrett defeated (Joe E.) Legend in a Pole Match. The match ended when Legend went up to the top rope to use his bat against Jarrett. As Legend jumped down, Jarrett nailed him with the guitar over the head, breaking it everywhere in a very impressive sight. Jarrett got the pin.

After the match, Christopher Daniels hit the ring and attacked Jarrett. Legend eventually came to and held Jarrett for Daniels who came off the top rope and nailed Jarrett with the bat. Looked to setup Jarrett vs. Daniels in the coming weeks.

MATCHES ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT WEEK:


AJ Styles (c) vs. D'Lo Brown - Cage Match for NWA World Title (Russo, Siaki, Trinity banned)

Chris Sabin vs. Frankie Kazarian - X Division Title

America's Most Wanted vs. Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger - Rawhide Strap Match