27 July 1999
IWA 'Destruction in Dee Why'
1. Tyrone Townsend declared a one man tournament between Mark Mercedes and a new #1 contender ( it turned out to be Andrew Sommers ) Mercedes pinned Sommers to claim ownership of the new IWA belt - Enter Vulcan who demanded he be granted a title match and said he was the true #1 contender. The Vulcan Vs Mercedes bout was sanctioned for later that afternoon.
Mehdi Basiri pinned Brian Cannon ( Cannon now has blue hair & Blue lips )
Tag Team Event ZZ Hook & Ash Phoenix beat The Dozer & The Jewel
ZZ Hook has the best physique in Australian Pro Wrestling - he is pumped up and chiseled out ! Dozer is a 6' 5" 350lb powerhouse with the power of a bulldozer The Jewel & Ash Phoenix are the 2 most highflying daredevils in Australia
Big Phil Picasso Pinned Frank
The Tank Semi Main Event
AJ Freely pinned Stephen Swann AJ overpowered the Swan and demonstrated several new moves from his dynamic arsenal.
Main Event Vulcan beat Mark Mercedes by DQ - Mercedes keeps the new belt ! - Vulcan had Mercedes pinned the ref Fozzie bear counted 1-2---? he was yanked outside by AJ Freely who interupted a certain 3 count then while the ref was outside Tyrone smashed Vulcan in the head with a breif case and dragged Mercedes' arm on top of Vulcan for a cover. AJ threw ref Fozzie back in , he counted 1-2-3 ! Mercedes won - Then the Swann came tearing out he grabbed Tyrone. Vulcan & Swanny whipped Tyrone into the ropes & gave hime a double clothesline that almost took his head off ! all I can say is WOW !
Also Hollywood Brett, Percy Sludge & Ace Mad dog Megastar were on hand to call the action ! NEXT IWA SHOWS Double header this weekend !!! FRIDAY JULY 30th - Central Coast Leagues Club - 8pm - Located Dane Drive Gosford - Tickets $5 SUNDAY August 1st - Bankstown Trotting Club 2:30pm - 178 Eldridge rd, Bankstown - Tickets Adults $4 Members/guests $2 info for members and guests - visitors welcome !
20 July 1999
HRCW in Sydney
The Night started out in front of a disappointing crowd. (I'd say about 800) but with a pretty good atmosphere in what is a great arena for wrestling .
The first match was announced to be The Canadian Tiger, A luchadore type high Flying Wrestler, then Artifos was announced. But to the surprise of everybody Mark Mercedes (IWA owner and most prolific Champion) came out instead of Artifos He got a huge pop and rightly so. The match was going slowly until TCT started to go up to the top rope a bit and do some more high flying. The match was a series of near falls, with even Mercedes getting the crowd going with some high flying any Luchadore would be proud of. (That's really good considering a man of his…stature) The match was really getting going when the announced the Ten Minute time limit was reached, much to the disappointment of the crowd.
Winner: Drawn Time limit reached.
The Second Match of the night was a tag team encounter, involving the Headhunters Vs Zoro and Sultan (Cedman) Neither group got a huge pop but The headhunters did manage to generate a lot of heat. This match was a pretty quite match with Zoro having A LOT of damage inflicted on him, having to seek a medical attention after a drop on the head. There was some very good teamwork by both Teams, especially the headhunters, not bad considering Sultan and Zoro are new partners.
Winners. The match in the end was awarded to the headhunters via a pinfall to Zoro.
Match 3 was one of the best of the night. It featured Primo Canera and brute force (ECW's John Kronus)
Primo Canera got a huge pop and BF got a lot of heat. Especially after he started whining to the referee. The match was going back and forth until Brute Force decided to take the match outside in which Primo took a lot of punishment, against Steel chairs, stairs, briefcase, beer cans, walls and bins. The wrestled all over the arena giving everyone a great show.
Winner: Primo Canera
Interim
Match 4 was the HRCW titles match Featuring Nailz: The Strangler and Luminous: The High Risk Warrior.
An ok match, Luminous (I'm refusing to call him the warrior) is powerful and explosive and a times good. But I imagine that Nailz is really hard to work against, as a brawler, and not much else he failed to put on a good match inside the ring. When it went outside Nailz did have a good repertoire and delivered a lot of punishment to Luminous. Upon returning to the ring Luminous went for a quick pin and got it.
Winner: Luminous via pinfall.
Match 5 the Main Event, Featuring DOA and the Pitbulls. DOA got Mega heat on the way out especially after they abused one crowd members and then told Sydney That they were the worst crowd ever. The Pitbulls came out huge pop. Very good match "ECW" chants and "We want blood" Dominated the proceedings. The match was going at a very good pace and went outside the ring on 3 separate occasions during that times Pitbulls #2 received a lot of blood coming from his forehead. The match went all around the ring and arena giving most of the crowd a really good show. The match ended after about 20mins with a double count out.
Winner: Double DQ/count out.
The crowd was disappointing and was spoiled by a few idiots. The wrestlers really took some crap from a lot of uneducated fools who where expecting WWF. All in all I think the matches were pretty good. I would of liked to see run ins and more mike work buy all the wrestlers. DOA was great and may I congratulate Mark Mercedes on a great match. Good to see you there Mark. Well done HRCW and hope to see you in two weeks.
19 July 1999
HRCW in Melbourne
Zoro vs a Artifos. These two cruisers put on a 20 minute match that never slowed down. These guys had so many moves in their arsenal. Zoro (Juvi look alike), is the best talent I have seen in a long time. He should be in the big two. After a top rope powerbomb and a corkscrew plancha, Zoro pinned his opponent with a three count.
The Headhunters vs Canadian Tiger, and a Sultan (Cedman). The Headhunters worked for the WWF in the mid 90's. They are these two identical small fat guys from Africa. The Canadian Tiger was trained under Stu Hart and worked in the dungeons. Good match, with the Hunters the crowd fav's.I t went in the crowd, and 'ECW' chants started up. After a top rope moonsault from one of the three hundred pound Headhunters, they scored the three count. After the match the Headhunters beat on their opponents until the Pitbulls (ECW), ran in to make the save.
3)The High Risk Warrior vs The Wild Turk. The HRW is a replica of The Warrior, but wears black and white. I think the Wild Turk has wrestled in the WWF before. Boring match. HRW won when The Wild Turk hit the referee. (Show went off the air) Other matches scheduled were:
-The Pitbulls vs The DOA (Skull and 8-ball)
Winners Pitbulls via DQ
(WWF) -Primo Canera III The Italian Giant(6 feet 10) vs Nailz.
Winner PCIII