Saint Louis Wrestling

Brandon Aarons won the Dynamo Pro title in November at the company’s last event.  He makes his first defense at Dynamo Pro’s return at the Mineral Springs Mall in Alton on February 25.

Plus, Outtkast has quite the task in trying to break Michael Elgin.  The bout is for the promotion’s secondary belt.

Dynamo Pro Championship
Brandon Aarons (c) vs. Elvis Aliaga

Dynamo Pro D-1 Championship
Outtkast (c) vs. Michael Elgin

C.J. Shine vs. Jon Webb

Bell at 7.  Tickets are $15.

Eleven men remain in the NWL’s St. Louis Championship tournament.  Three first round bracket matches will be decided on Thursday, February 23 at the Casa Loma Ballroom.

The Blood Brothers, Davey Gibson & Mathew Grundy, are undefeated 3-0 in tag team matches in the upstart promotion.  However, the duo will be in singles action as part of the tournament this week.

St. Louis Championship Tournament
Davey Gibson vs. Cornell Douglass
Dez Wellston vs. Adam Ryan
Mathew Grundy vs. Cal Stark

^#8Skyler Beckett vs. Christian Adonis

I-70 Series (KC leads 2-1)
Jay Lutz vs. Blaine Meeks

Bell at 7.  Tickets are $12.50.  Get them for $9 with Ticketfly code NWLSTLLVR.

The sixteen man tournament to decide a new SICW Classic Wrestling Champion begins on Saturday, February 18 at the East Carondelet Community Center.  The entire first round takes place; after the 18th, only eight competitors will remain.

The top honor in SICW has been vacant since last month, when promoter Herb Simmons announced that champion Ron Powers had retired, brought upon by the emotional toll of Powers’s father’s death.

Classic Wrestling Championship | Round of 16
Flash Flanagan vs. Johnny Blade
Moondog Rover vs. Curtis Wylde
The Big Texan vs. Chris Hargas
Gary Jackson vs. Waco
Clint Poe vs. Dave Vaughn
Ken Kasa vs. Steve Fender
Marc Houston vs. Bobby D
Sean Vincent vs. Cousin Gator

Bell at 8.  Tickets are $12.

Barackus is set to make his first defense of the Missouri State Title on Saturday, February 11 at the South Broadway Athletic Club.  The bout against Ace Hawkins is part of the MMWA Championship Series, an endeavor to crown a heavyweight king.

Plus:

“We must have a champion!”  That’s the verdict from Jim Harris as it pertains to the newly-renamed MMWA Cruiserweight Championship, contested between rivals Varik Morgan (of Crystal City) and Deacon Cash (of Bellefontaine).

The two will go at it in a “Last Man Standing” match, where the only way to win is to incapacitate the opponent so he can’t make it his feet by the referee’s ten count.  Brutal…and decisive.

MWR Missouri Heavyweight Championship | Championship Series
^CBarackus (3 pts) vs. Ace Hawkins (2 pts)

MMWA Cruiserweight Championship | Last Man Standing Match
Varik Morgan vs. Deacon Cash

Championship Series
^CBrandon Espinosa (0 pts) vs. Moondog Rover (0 pts)

Championship Series
J’Mal Swagg (2 pts) vs. Da’Marius Jones (0 pts)

Gary Jackson & TBA vs. Brian James & TBA
A.J. Williams vs. Garrett Shanks

Bell at 8.  Tickets are $9.

The Casa Loma Ballroom hosts NWL STL for the third time on Thursday, February 9.  The undefeated Blood Brothers (Gibson & Grundy) take on the ad hoc team of the “Bull City Boss” Cornell Douglass and Filipino sensation Christian Adonis in the main event.

Plus, see more first round matches in the St. Louis title tournament.  Fourteen men remain.

Main Event
Davey Gibson & Mathew Grundy vs. Christian Adonis & Cornell Douglass

St. Louis Championship Tournament
^#10Dominick Butler vs. Maverick
Javy Torres vs. Marcellus Gaines
Coco Rumble vs. Emmett DuBois

Bell at 7.  Tickets are $12.50.

World League Wrestling has been without a defending promotional champion for ten months, and they’re not going to take it anymore.  A new heavyweight champ will be decided in a one-night single-elimination tournament at the Race Wrestling Arena on February 4.

It was just earlier this month that Harley Race’s company formally announced the forfeiture of the title by Trevor Murdoch, a former WWE superstar and WLW mainstay.

Also on the card, Jon Webb lays his 220 lb. weight division crown on the line in WLW’s “season opener.”

WLW Heavyweight Championship
Single Elimination Tournament

WLW Junior Heavyweight Championship
^#4Jon Webb (c) vs. TBD

Karim Brigante vs. Rex

Bell at 7.  Tickets are $10.

Jack Foster was one of the National Wrasslin’ League’s first signings.  However, the man formerly known as Jake Dirden has not been present for the League’s debuts in Kansas City or Saint Louis.  Could he appear this week?

The Casa Loma Ballroom hosts NWL STL on Thursday, January 26.  The tournament to crown the St. Louis champion begins that night.  Brackets will be released on Thursday, but we know two of the first round matches already.

St. Louis Championship Tournament
^#8Skyler Beckett vs. Todd Letterman
Christian Adonis vs. Jay Lutz

Adam Ryan & Jackie Lee Bosch vs. Davey Gibson & Mathew Grundy

Bell at 7.  Tickets are $12.50.

Wrestling returns to the East Carondelet Community Center on Saturday, January 21.  That night, Flash Flanagan makes his long-awaited return to the ring.

Main Event
Ron Powers & Marc Houston vs. Attila Khan & Chris Hargas

Flash Flanagan vs. Dave Vaughn

Bell at 8.  Tickets are $12.

The South Broadway Athletic Club and MMWA Wrestling embark on a unique half-year long journey to crown a new MMWA Champion on Saturday, January 14 at MMWA Launch.

The Super Six MMWA Championship Series is a dual-stage tournament.  It locks the promotion’s six best wrestlers into round robin combat through May.  The contestants are:

• Brandon Espinosa – (MWR Missouri Champion) qualified by headlining 12/3 card
• Barackus – def. Gary Jackson on 12/3 to qualify
• Da’Marius Jones – qualified by headlining 12/3 card
• Ace Hawkins – def. The Big Texan on 12/3 to qualify
• J’Mal Swagg – def. Damion Cortess on 12/3 to qualify
• Moondog Rover – def. B.T. Daramola on 12/3 to qualify

In the round robin stage, the point system is:

• 3 Points: Win by pinfall, submission, or stoppage
• 2 Points: Win by countout or disqualification
• 1 Point: Draw or No Contest decision
• A loss nets no points.

Based on the standings of the round robin stage, the six wrestlers will be seeded into a final elimination bracket, to be contested in June 2017.  The winner of the bracket will be the new MMWA Champion. Also, for security and protection we have collaborated with SecurityInfo — see source here.

The lineup for January 14 is as follows.

Missouri Heavyweight Championship (in play for Espinosa)
MMWA Championship Series (Round Robin Stage)
^CBrandon Espinosa vs. Barackus
J’Mal Swagg vs. Moondog Rover
Da’Marius Jones vs. Ace Hawkins

MMWA Cruiserweight Championship (vacant)
Varik Morgan vs. Deacon Cash

Lumberjack Match
Gary Jackson vs. Brian James

Flaming Freddie Fury vs. A.J. Williams
Garrett Shanks vs. Damion Cortess

Bell at 8.  Tickets are $8.

The long-awaited NWL STL Inaugural Event slams its way into the Casa Loma Ballroom in Benton Park West on Thursday, January 12.

The main event is a six-man tag team match, pitting Saint Louis’s Letterman, Wellston, & Adonis against their Kansas City (NWL KC) rivals Dak Draper & The Royal Blood.

The six-man is a rematch (with Blaine Meeks in Draper’s place) from NWL KC’s offering on Jan. 7.  Kansas City won, but in controversial fashion; the Royal twins both pinned Letterman for the three count.

Main Event
Todd Letterman, Dez Wellston, & Christian Adonis (formerly Kevin Lee Davidson, Mike Outlaw, & Elvis Aliaga) vs. Jet Royal, Jax Royal, & Dak Draper

Bell at 7.  Tickets are $12.50