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- WWC held their weekly house show/TV taping last Saturday in Ponce, PR. WWC
Universal Champion Noriega defeated a masked "mystery wrestler" with the help of
Huracan Castillo. During the intro for the mystery wrestler, he took the mic
and stated that "Tonight, the karats will shine in Ponce". The crowd went nuts
as that is the catch phrase of Ponce's own "Abbad", who has been out of the
wrestling scene for quite some time. He did keep the mask during the entire
match, so his "true identity" was never revealed. "Lightning" defeated Ray
Gonzalez via DQ after "La Familia" interfered in the match. "Thunder" came in
to help him, but was soon beaten down. Out of the locker room comes a bloody
Orlando Colon and cleans house. Colon was originally supposed to face Gonzalez
but never showed up at bell time. We should be able to see the entire backstage
angle on this Saturday's TV show. In other match results Thunder & Lightning
defeated Bad Boy Bradley & Johnny Ringo; D'Jour Twins defeated "Los Adorables";
and Tommy Diablo defeated Rico Suave with help from his bodyguard and Avriela.
- IWA-PR was also in action last Saturday in Bayamon, PR. "Los Duenos de la
Malicia" Dennis & Noel retained their tag team gold after defeating "Cruz del
Diablo" Cruzz & Diabolico in a steel cage match. In this bout, there was
interference from "Faces of Fear" Spectro & Rainstein, which allowed for Dennis
and Noel to escape the cage and keep their belts. In other matches Bison Smith
defeated Giant Manson, who had cost Smith the IWA title last week when he
interfered in his match against Joe Bravo. Also, Onix became the new IWA
Cruiserweight Champion after defeating Death Warrant; "La Rabia" (Niche & Xteffy)
defeated Hardam Kadafi y Zaeir Arafat; Chicano & Blitz defeated "Faces of Fear"
Spectro & Rainstein; and the Superstar Romeo vs Richard Rondon match never got
underway as they never made it to the ring. They fought all over the arena and
into the crowd, thus the ref declared it a "No Contest".
- Savio Vega did an interview with local newspaper "Primer Hora". He talks
about his new job at with TNA. Dutch Mantel was the point of
contact for him to get the offer to go to work for them. He stated that in his
position as an agent he is tasked with working with the women's division as well
as helping the production of the "Xplosion" show. During the interview he talks
about different subjects, including the state of the wrestling business in
Puerto Rico, his thoughts about Shane and Ray Gonzalez working for WWC, Mario
Savoldi and much more. Since the it was for a paper in Puerto Rico, the
interview was in Spanish. In any case, if you'd like to read it, you may find
it by clicking
here.
- Local wrestling site LuchaLibreonline.tv has posted an interview with the
promoter of one of the new companies that will debut in the island soon. As I
stated last week, Nonstop Wrestling Entertainment (NWE-PR) is scheduled to have
their first show in 4 to 6 weeks. The promoter, Osvaldo Ruiz, was the person
that brought TNA to the island a while back. He stated that, as we mentioned
here last week, there will be a mixture of young talent and veterans, and will
also incorporate some international talent as special attractions.
- Our friend Javier Gonzalez, from LuchaLibreonline.tv, has reported that
longtime IWA color commentator Axel Cruz has signed with Extreme Wrestling
Organization (EWO), which is the other new company that will be holding their
first event on August 31st at Arena Pier 10 in San Juan, PR. This is a huge
blow to the IWA announcing team, as Cruz has been the only constant face and
voice of the team throughout the years. Also, his partner, Nelson Centeno, has
also signed a deal to work with this new company. This gives the company a good
announcing team from the start. Photos of the contract signing were included in
the story. Others that have also made the jump from IWA to EWO have been
referees Pelayo Vazquez and E
