All-Stars of Wrestling [08.08.09]

* The show started with a new face in LARIAT, F. Brocious Cartwright, standing at the Interview Station with a Cheshire Cat grin plastered across the length of his face. He was dressed in an all white suit capped off with a white cowboy hat, and if you’d ever watched an episode of the Dukes of Hazard you could see the influence of Sorrel Booke all over this one. F.B.’s cheeks were red, he was a bit overweight, and as LARIAT would soon find out, he could be a bit huffy and puffy when he needed to be:

“Now listen here! All you boys who think you’re the top dogs here in LARIAT is officially put on notice! Y’see, I’m here for one thing and one thing only: GOLD! That’s right, so me an’ mah boys’re gonna be gunnin’ fer every belt that LARIAT sanctions, and every belt from every other place that’s got the good sense enough to bring me an’ mah boys in to work!

An speakin’ of mah boys…”

Two very large men stepped onto the screen on either side of Cartwright. Both of them had the look of monstrous confidence that comes with that size and power.

“May I introduce to you two of mah boys: To mah right, standing at 6’4” and weighin’ in at almost two-hundred and sixty pounds, Alex Graves! And to mah left, standing at 6’7” and weighin’ two hundred an’ eighty-five pounds, Black Jack Savage! Ladies an gen’lemen, I give you the next Texas Heritage Tag Team Champions: The Nightmare Express!"

Cartwright led his men off of the set, patting them on the backs and going on about how they were going to destroy the Tag Team division.

* The opening match of the night was a traditional Trios styled match. Lucha tag rules were in effect, meaning that a wrestler need only leave the ring to constitute a tag. Thom “Roughhouse” Rhodes led his tecnico team of Mat Byre and Tim Van Pelt against the rudo team of Darren “DQ” Quimbey, Jaret Haskeer, and team captain “Big Time” Tavares Bayle.

The match was fast-paced throughout, and only slowed for a couple of comedy spots, the most notable of which being a five-man chain if head-scissors that ended with Tavares Bayle grabbed Matt Byre’s exposed legs and turned him, and everyone else, over into a Boston Crab.

The match ended in what could easily be described as the High Spot of the Night when the tecnico team had Darren Quimbey singled out inside the ring. Thom Rhodes lifted him up and over with a wheelbarrow suplex into a Lung Blower from Byre. Byre held on while Tim Van Pelt came off the top rope with a beautiful 450 Splash onto the prone Quimbey. Rhodes made the cover as his partners held the Haskeer and Bayle at bay.

* The Lonestar Television Champion, Rich Mahogany, was in his private dressing room backstage. He’d had a metal tub brought in, along with three stools and a case of baby oil. The segment started with a tight close-up of The Ladies Man. He was all smiles and mirrored sunglasses. The camera panned out to reveal the Champion standing in the tub, bare-asssed naked except for the TV Title that was conveniently placed to keep the FCC from shutting the broadcast down. On the stools were three of The Ladies, all armed with bottles of baby-oil and squirting it down at Rich like a shower. It was gross, and creepy.

“Ain’t no doubt about it, brother, The Love Machine is IN DA HOUSE! And speaking of the house, Rich Mahogany likes to play house! Also: Doctor. Actually, scratch house Rich prefers to play Doctor with his sexy nurses! MOVING RIGHT ALONG!”

It would have been about this time that Missouri Valley Wrestling’s Trailer Park Barbi walked into the scene. Barbi had traded in her usual tube-top and micro-skirt for a shirt tied off very high under her breasts and a pair of cut-off white-washed jeans shorts that were just barely long enough to have holes worn in the bottom creases of her ass-cheeks. TPB commenced to rubbing the baby-oil into Rich’s perfectly chiseled abs and pectorals.

“Barbi! I’m so glad you could make it! Listen her Ladies and, well, Ladies… I want to introduce you to my new favorite floozy, you know her from MVW, I know her from a closet in an abandoned old-folks home, TRAILER PARK BARBI!”

The scene continued, but Rich never got around to mentioning LARIAT, his match later on in the evening, or even wrestling in general for that matter. This was an excuse for him to lather up in front of a Television audience, and it worked.

* The next match of the night saw the debuting Nightmare Express take on everybody’s favorite Backyard Heroes the Pine Street Posse. The Posse, as has been their M.O. since LARIAT’s inception, tried to start the match fast and get an exciting pace going. This didn’t happen, though, as Black Jack Savage took away any and all momentum that the PSP would have with one huge STO that nearly sent Suicidal Youth through the ring! After that it became less of a match and more of an athletic exhibition for Savage and Alex Graves. Graves lifted the much larger Rod Fantastico and drilled him with his Grave Digger (Emerald Fusion) finisher to end the match.

* On-screen were several still-shots of wrestling action, cycling by too fast to really get an eye on who was doing what, exactly. Several sets of tag title belts could be seen if you were paying close attention. Finally the montage stopped with a glimmering picture of the Texas Heritage Tag Team titles. An off-screen voice made a declaration:

“Coming to a LARIAT ring on September 5th, the Symbols of Tag Team Wrestling in America. Consider this a challenge ACCEPTED!”

* The Osaka Hate Crime were out to the ring next led by Kazuo Akamatsu. Yahagi and Tendo had their title belts wrapped securely around their wastes as they paced inside the ring while Akamatsu retrieved a microphone.

“This is what we get? The Osaka Hate Crime runs roughshod over the LARIAT tag teams and offer a shot to any team on the planet and we get patronized by an ominous voice? UNACCEPTABLE!

Speaking of unacceptable, my opponent tonight hasn’t won a match in over a year, let alone inside of a LARIAT wrestling ring, and he is to be REWARDED with a trip to Canada to compete in a prestigious tournament? THIS DISRESPECT WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED!"

* Erik Ledger was out to the ring relatively quickly after mention of his name. He was in a foul enough mood with his current losing streak, and the last thing he felt like he needed was to listen to some loud-mouthed tourist run his mouth about respect. Ledger slid under the bottom rope and popped up immediately into Kazuo’s face. Yahagi and Tendo didn’t take very kindly to this and they jumped in front of their leader, but Akamatsu waved them off before thumbing Ledger in the eye to get the match underway.

The bell was rung and Akamatsu took it to “The Epitome,” showcasing the skills taught to him in Japan under the tutelage of the legend Kazuma Fujita. Ledger caught a break when Kazuo stopped focusing on the match and began to spend time berating him and mocking the fans in attendance.

Ledger gained several near-falls, most notably after hitting his Jersey Turnpike (Sunset Piledriver) finisher on Akamatsu, but he made the cover too close to the ropes and Mitsuru Yahagi pulled Akamatsu’s foot underneath the bottom rope to break up the pin attempt.

Ledger didn’t take too kindly to this and he popped up, hooked the top rope, and launched himself up and over with a plancha that took out the Tag Team Champions, but as he rolled into the ring Akamatsu had recovered and went on the attack. The end came when Akamatsu caught Ledger on his shoulders and drilled him with Go 2 Sleep and then covered him for the victory.

After the match Yutaka Tendo and Mitsuru Yahagi joined Akamatsu in the ring for a celebration and the obligatory post-match shenanigans where the continued the assault on Ledger.

* Backstage Dusty Griffith and Wyatt Bronson share a locker room. Dusty wraps a final bit of tape around his wrists as Wyatt pulls on his chaps as they make the last preparations for their tag team match with Rich Mahogany and Frank Dylan James.

Dusty: You ready to do this?

Wyatt: *grunting* MmmHmph. You just keep that big bastard Frank outta mah way while ah tear Mahogany in half…

Dusty: You bet’cha.

Wyatt: Let’s go.

Bronson put his signature Stetson hat on his big Texas head and the duo left their dressing room prepared for war.

* “Stranglehold” played and Frank Dylan James was on his way to the ring. His usual demeanor of hooting and hollering was gone, the time for fun and games were through for the Redneck Rampage until he had the Pride of Texas Heavyweight Title in his possession. He plodded bare-foot down to the ring where he circled it, eyeballing fans and intimidating ringside attendants until his partner’s music played.

Rich Mahogany was out next, followed by MVW’s Trailer Park Barbi. Rich did his general spiel, gyrating for The Ladies and stealing kisses wherever he could. This didn’t sit especially well with TPB, but aside from glaring at those women that Rich took kisses from she paid it no heed. The two walked hand in baby-oil-soaked hand to the ring where Rich climbed in, making it a point to hump the middle rope as he stepped through.

ZZ Top’s “La Grange” played out Griffith and Bronson, and the duo wasted no time as they made a bee-line to the ring and slid under the ropes. The bell was rung and the match was on as Frank and Dusty picked up where they left off last week, swinging wild punches and chops at eachother with reckless abandon.

Mahogany, scared for his life, ducked out of the ring and squealed like a little girl as he took off running. Bronson followed him out and around the ring, chasing the TV Champion for everything he was worth until Rich found Trailer Park Barbi and jumped behind her. Wyatt stopped in his tracks, never daring to hit a lady, or a tramp for that matter, and Barbi quickly slapped Wyatt across the face causing the big Texan to get even madder. He grabbed her by the hair and put his finger in her face, yelling that she needed to “stay the hell in the back with the rest of the rats.” This was all the distraction that Rich needed for a perfectly placed eye-rake followed by a kick to the groin that the referee didn’t see because he was too busy trying to keep Dusty and Frank in some semblance of control.

Inside the ring Frank took the advantage and began pounding on his former partner, lighting him up with a punch/chop combo that would have put a normal man in a coma. Frank kept up the heat, while on the outside Rich took every cheap shot he could figure out to keep The Lonestar Lariat from eating him for lunch.

Bronson had had enough. He screamed in Mahogany’s face, sending bits of spittle and chewing tobacco into his face in a way that only the Texas crowd could laugh at. Rich again squealed like a girl and took off. He left Barbi to fend for herself as he ran up the aisle and into the back so fast he’d have won a medal in the Olympics. TPB, left with only her feminine wiles to protect her, immediately tried to turn on the charm and seduce the big grappler. Wyatt was non-plussed and he pie-faced her on his way into the ring to save his partner.

Barbi ran off to console her man and Wyatt rolled into the ring, turned Frank around, and flattened him with his Lonestar Lariat. He picked the Hillbilly Jesus up and gave him another out of frustration before dropping down and making the pinfall.

08/08/09 @ The Wrestle-Plex [268 fans]

1. Rhodes/Byre/Van Pelt def. Quimbey/Haskeer/Bayle (17:15)

2. Nightmare Express def. Pine Street Posse (7:49)

3. Kazuo Akamatsu def. Erik Ledger (12:12)

4. Dusty Griffith/Wyatt Bronson def. Frank Dylan James/Rich Mahogany (8:14)

LARIAT Newswire [08.07.09]

* Angus Skaaland made an unscheduled appearance on AM 1300 The Zone’s morning show the Wake Up Call this morning when he called in to announce that LARIAT would be holding their first event outside the Wrestle-Plex on the campus of the University of Texas on Saturday September 5th when the promotions invades The Range at the legendary Mohawk Austin! That wasn’t all, though, as the main event would be a “restart” of the Pride of Texas Heavyweight Title Tournament final between Dusty Griffith and Frank Dylan James! However, due to the events surrounding their last match, the two would clash inside of a fifteen-foot high STEEL CAGE and the title belt would be awarded to the first man to escape the cage!

On top of that, Angus said that he’d taken a special interest in the Lonestar Television Champion, Rich Mahogany, and said he’d made it his personal mission to teach “The Love Machine” some respect! For starters, he was ordering another rematch for the 9/05 event as Mahogany would defend his title against Wyatt Bronson one more time! As an extra-added bonus since Rich couldn’t seem to keep from getting himself counted out or disqualified in all of his title match, this match would be a Texas Bullrope Match!

That wasn’t it, however, as Angus also announced that since he had to open his big mouth about Pacific Wrestling: Canada and their upcoming Canadian Air Assault ‘09 event that he’d gotten in touch with PW:C promoter Matt Saunders to negotiate Rich’s appearances himself! That’s right, “The Thrust Muffin” would indeed be competing in the tournament, and if that weren’t bad enough Skaaland has even gone so far as to make each of Rich’s matches in the tournament a legitimate defense of the Lonestar TV Title! Rich might not even make it to his strap match with the title still around his waist!

In the final bit of his segment, the LARIAT boss again thanked the fans in Austin for their tremendous support of the fledgling company, and to show his appreciation he was going to be bringing in more and more top wrestlers from around the Pro-Wrestling world to entertain the growing fan-base!

* As if on cue the internet dirtsheet 2smart4marks.com posted a link to a video from a longtime road agent and talent coordinator for pretty much any major promotion to come through Texas in the past decade by the name of F. Brocious Cartwright. Cartwright was dressed in like some kind of modern day cowboy, complete with pristine white cowboy had and black bola-tie around his neck.

“F.B. Cartwright has been working for peons and ijits for TOO LONG! But no more, y’see in all my years in this business I’ve developed and helped the careers of several young, grateful wrestlers, and now it’s time to step into the spotlight and lead these men to the top of the Wrestling World!”

* Osaka Hate Crime members Yutaka Tendo and Mitsuru Yahagi are undefeated in LARIAT competition as they defeated every team on the roster in the inaugural Texas Heritage Tag League to win the Tag Team titles! As such, the Japanese duo has exclaimed that no one inside of LARIAT has even a remote chance of defeating them, and they demand a challenge from someone! The team has signed an open contract to face any team in the world, on any LARIAT event, in order to further prove their dominance in Tag Team Wrestling!

* Rich Mahogany has been the subject on many people’s minds inside the business lately, as his dastardly deeds in the ring have been almost as well documented as his sleazy deeds in the bed! When confronted by several members of the press “The Ladies Man” had the following to say:

“Ain’t no doubt about it, baby, Rich Mahogany is on the tips of everybody’s tongue brother! And I mean that exactly the way you think, too! Nevermind this silly little bullrope match and nevermind that stupid tournament in Canada, have you people been watching the Lovely Ladies of Missouri Valley Wrestling? There’s nothin’ that the Rich-Man loves more than watchin’ a couple of sweet sexy tarts get all scantily-clad and oiled up so they can roll around on the mat for half an hour! Not to say that any of them can wrestle, but I sure would like to go a few rounds with that Trailor Park Barbi, if ya know what I mean! KA-CHING!”

No one from MVW was available for comment at the time.

* Last but not least, the Dusty Griffith official website has just released a statement from the Boise State Brawler. Dusty has been out of the public eye since his disqualification in the Pride of Texas Tournament Final bout with Frank Dylan James, but it’s said that he’s doubled his training efforts for the rematch to come. The following was taken from his statement:

“First of all I want to apologize to the referee in that last match. I had no right to put my hands on him as the man was clearly only doing his job. Not only have I paid the fine levied down by Angus Skaaland, but I’ve doubled it, my personal apology to the referee in question. I would also like to apologize to the fans who I’ve let down by sinking down to Frank’s level. This is something that I wouldn’t tolerate from any other wrestler, and something that I won’t tolerate from myself, either.

However.

I’ve been notified that on September 5th Frank and I will get in the ring one more time, with the Title on the line, inside of a cage. I can’t say that I’m fully happy with this decision as I believe that a title should be wrestled over with honor inside the confines of an officiated wrestling match, but I also know that we’ve already been down that road and it didn’t go so well. And that’s fine. You want to put me in a cage with Frank, tell the referee’s to stay in the back, and let us kill eachother?

It won’t be the first time I’ve been inside of a cage, and it probably won’t be the last time, but you can guarantee that it’ll be the last time that Frank Dylan James pisses on this sport that I love! I’m coming for you, Frank, and I’m gonna show you what it’s like when you’ve pissed off the Face of Pro-Wrestling and left him with no other options than to give you a good ol’ fashioned ass-kicking!”

Reporters looking for a response from the Hillbilly Jesus were warned away from his front door when the drunken wrestler stumbled out the front door of the trailer he’s been inhabiting on the outskirts of Austin wearing only a ratty bathrobe and carrying a shotgun in one hand and a jug of corn whiskey in the other. He had one thing to say:

“GIT OFFA MAH LAND HIPPIES!”

* That’s the news for today, remember to keep it locked here and to the E-Wrestling Torch for all the news that matters, and check out LARIAT’s official website for the brand new line of merchandise that goes on sale at the next All-Stars of Wrestling television taping!

LARIAT Newswire [08.02.09]

HOLY CRAP!

That’s all I can say after watching how the 7/25 edition of All-Stars of Wrestling went down! We’ve got new Texas Heritage Tag Champions, and we’ve got CONTROVERSY about the Pride of Texas Heavyweight Title! We cover all this and more on today’s LARIAT Newswire!

* It was announced earlier today that Solomon Grendel and Petey Garrett of the Superior FT would be leaving for Japan for their upcoming tour with Pro-Wrestling: FURY sooner rather than later. When asked after a recent workout session Grendel said that the team was anxious to get some time in working in Kazuma Fujita’s dojo before they made their in-ring debuts later this month for FURY.

When Kazuo Akamatsu heard the news he was said to have been furious, going on a rampage about the disrespect shown to him and his partners in the Osaka Hate Crime from their former teacher Fujita. The following was taken from the OHC’s official Twitter site:

“How much more disrespect are we supposed to swallow with a smile? Fujita-san sends myself, Yahagi, and Tendo out of the country for ‘seasoning’ and then he brings the very team that my partners JUST defeated to win the Texas Heritage Tag League? UNACCEPTABLE!”

* And speaking of the Texas Heritage Tag League, here is the final points table:

1. Osaka Hate Crime (25pts)

2. Superior FT (16pts)

3. Hell Riders (13 pts)

4. Pine Street Posse (10pts)

5. The Firebirds (8pts)

6. Dirty Rydas (5pts)

And as a reminder, from here on out every tag match inside of a LARIAT ring will be worth one point to the winner, and the loser will drop down to zero if they had previously accrued any points. To receive a title shot a team needs to secure three points of contention!

* On his weekly YouTube show earlier this week Rich Mahogany touched on several wrestling related subjects. Most notably he berated Wyatt Bronson for not being man enough to take the Lonestar Television Title from him in their recent match. He touched on several other subjects, including his thoughts on the Missouri Valley Wrestling Association’s all-female roster, and he had the following to say about the upcoming Canadian Air Assault ‘09 event that his name has been attached to:

“Ain’t no doubt about it, brother, the Rich-Man is NOT interested in driving up to the Great White North to deal with a bunch of little flippy homos doing a bunch of flippy homo shit to win some flippy homo trophy! The only trophy that the Thrust Muffin requires is already wrapped securely around his waist, and outside that all I need is the precious Vagoo of all The Ladies!”

* Last but for sure not least, Angus Skaaland is said to have been furious with the way the last episode of All-Stars of Wrestling went down. From Mahogany’s getting himself intentionally disqualified, to the over-abundance of cheating in the Tag Title match, and especially the non-finish in the Main Event for the Pride of Texas Heavyweight Title. It’s public knowledge that five-thousand dollar fines were levied against both Dusty Griffith and Frank Dylan James for putting their hands on a referee, but the bit story is LARIAT is without a champion, and the tournament is without a winner! He had this to say to us before shooing us out of his office this morning:

“You know what, I don’t know what the hell’s going on right now, but I do know this. There will be resolution, and we will crown a champion! I’m still finalizing a few things, but if everything goes the way I want it to expect me to have some big announcements on the upcoming edition of All-Stars of Wrestling.”

* That’s the news for today, keep it locked to the E-Wrestling Torch for all the latest news from around the Globe, and keep it on lariat.ewtorch.com for all of the hottest news out of Texas as it pertains to Pro-Wrestling: LARIAT!

All-Stars of Wrestling [07.25.09]

* Texas Heritage Tag League

The Pine Street Posse and Firebirds were in the ring to start the night off hot, and neither team were there to disappoint! These two fan-favorite teams were both out of contention to win the tournament, but they were no less motivated to win the match and put on a good show. The highlight of the night saw a series of dives from the Firebirds and Suicidal Youth followed up by the three-hundred and twenty-five pound Rod ‘the Bod’ Fantastico show why he calls himself the World’s Largest Luchador when he launched himself off of the top ropes with a flipping tope onto both of his opponents and his partner that took everybody out. Rod rolled Phoenix II and Suicidal Youth into the ring and then the PSP hit the Pine Street Plunge for the win and the five points.

* The Dirty Rydas were at the Interview Station, mean-mugging anyone and everyone. Angus Skaaland came over to ask a few questions, but Gutshot bullied the microphone out of his hands and said what he’d come to say:

Gutshot: “Lemme tell you bustas somethin’! You bitches think jus’ ‘cuz your ride dem ugly ass bikes dat makes ya hard? Spen’ a day in my shoes nucca, bangin’ an’ slangin’ in da hood, livin’ hard wit’ da killer instict! Tell ‘em Shank!

Shank: “Sheeeeeeeeeyit! Like I be sayin, dem bitches don’t know nuttin’ bout dis game son-”

Shank was cut off when the Hell Riders hit the scene and a brawl immediately erupted between the two teams. Skaaland called for the entirety of LARIAT’s referee squadron to try and coral the four men over at least near the ring. It wasn’t easy, though, as the Rydas and Riders managed to fight their way around to the floor seating and up toward the concession stand where they tore the whole thing apart before finally brawling their way down toward the ring.

* Texas Heritage Tag League

It took nearly ten minutes of crowd brawling before both teams made it to the ringside area, and the referee called for the bell as soon as Doomsday tossed Shank Nasty under the ropes and into the ring. All four men were winded at this point but the brawl continued. Apache dropped off the apron and went around and pulled Gutshot down and plastered him with a hard right hand before sending him hard into the guardrail and jumping into the ring where he and Doomsday hit their Go2Hell finisher and Doomsday made the cover for the pinfall victory.

* Backstage Rich Mahogany climbed out of a hot tub wearing only an electric-blue banana-hammock and leaving behind three of The Ladies to pine for his quick return from wrestling. The Love Machine pulled on his only slightly more concealing wrestling trunks, slicked his hair back into a ponytail, and grabbed the Lonestar Television Title off of a nearby table and headed for the ring.

* Lonestar Television Title Match

Wyatt Bronson was out first with his bullrope in tow. He took off his ten-gallon hat and leather vest and ran wild in the ring, slapping the ropes and the mat and almost the referee, demanding that Rich Mahogany get out to the ring and fight like a man. Otis Redding’s “Love Man” played the Champion out, and as usual he made a big deal out of pandering to The Ladies, but Wyatt was having none of it this time. He left the ring and barrel-assed up the aisle and wrapped his bullrope around Mahogany’s neck and drug him to the ring, slung him under the bottom rope, and followed him in.

The referee was quick to unwrap the rope from around the choking Champion’s neck, and since all of this happened before the bell rang he had no choice but to start the match as Wyatt began stomping the mess out of Rich. The champ flopped around on the mat, screaming like a six year old girl, and trying to get away from Bronson to the best of his ability. Bronson put a stop to the floundering, though, with a very well placed elbow drop to the gut of the Champ that knocked all of the breath out of him.

Bronson continued kicking the crap out of Rich for quite a few minutes, with the champion never getting in any offense except for the occasional eye-rake or toe-stomp that only infuriated Wyatt that much more. Bronson set Rich up for a powerbomb, looking to flatten the champion and end the match, but The Love Machine had one last trick up his sleeve as in plain sight of the referee Rich gave Bronson the low blow to end all low blows. The official had no choice but to call a disqualification, and Rich rolled out of the ring, grabbed his title belt, and high-tailed it away from the enraged Texan screaming at him from the ring.

* Dusty Griffith paced the floor of his locker room. His tournament final with Frank Dylan James for the Pride of Texas Heavyweight Title was coming up in a few short minutes and he seemed to be mentally preparing himself for what he knew would be a war. He said nothing, never even acknowledged the camera, he just paced. The look of determination etched across his face was a familiar sight, though, and you could tell that he was running his game plan one last time before the big match.

* Texas Heritage Tag League

Kazuo Akamatsu led the Osaka Hate Crime to the ring, and from the looks of things Akamatsu had his men ready. They kept the hijinks to a minimum for once, knowing that with only a four point lead on the Points Table that they could still very much lose this tournament.

Solomon Grendel and Petey Garrett were out next, and both men had the same steely looks of determination on their faces as their opponents had. They too knew that the points were close. They knew that three points weren’t going to get it done this week, they had to pin or submit either Yutaka Tendo or Mitsuru Yahagi in order to with the Tag League and the Texas Heritage Tag Titles.

Everyone was on edge except Kazuo Akamatsu, he berated both members of the Superior FT as well as the fans before the referee forced him out of the ring and rang the bell.

The two smaller men, Garrett and Tendo, started the match out for their teams, and they started it out quickly. Both men were known for their speed, agility, and striking, and with the tournament and the titles on the line you could bet they were both out to get an early advantage for their teams. Neither man could score an advantage though, and eventually both tagged out to their partners.

Yahagi’s strong style and Grendel’s submission wrestling were both teams strength, and the two of them worked eachother over for a while before Grendel took the advantage simply by frustrating Yahagi’s attempts to power his way to victory. After a while Tendo tagged back in, made a quick flurry of offense but eventually the Suicide Stretching Machine forced his will on the high flyer by grounding him. From there the SFT worked as a well oiled machine, keeping Tendo in their corner and tagging in and out, they worked Tendo for a good while before Kazuo Akamatsu could cause a distraction by jumping on the apron, thus causing the referee to be out of position for a tag by the SFT, and in position for Tendo to make a desperation tag to Yahagi.

The OHC took over, using sheer brute force along with the numbers game to keep the advantage and work over the tiring Petey Garrett in their corner. Grendel attempted to save his partner several times, even breaking up a few pinfalls, but for the most part all it accomplishes was taking the official’s attention away from the action so that Tendo, Yahagi, and Akamatsu could work over Garrett while the ref admonished him.

Petey finally made the hot tag, and Grendel came in and played his part as he cleaned house, even getting a good shot in on Akamatsu at one point when he climbed onto the apron to cause another distraction.

In the end, Grendel had Tendo locked in his Crossed Arm Cobra Clutch finisher, and Tendo looked like he was just about to tap. Yahagi came in to make the save but Garrett cut him off with a springboard missile dropkick. The SFT were about to win it all when Akamatsu pulled Tendo’s foot onto the rope. The referee was forced to make Grendel break the hold, but then he got up and made the call to kick Akamatsu out of the ringside area! It was too late though, because Tendo used the final distraction to roll Grendel up, and with a handful of tights he held Grendel down for the referee’s three count.

By a score of 25pts to 16pts, the Osaka Hate Crime had won the Texas Heritage Tag League, and in doing so had earned themselves the Texas Heritage Tag Team titles. Angus Skaaland was out after the match to award the new champions their newly minted belts, and Akamatsu and his boys celebrated the victory inside the ring while Garrett and Grendel made their way back up the aisle, disappointment marring their faces.

* As Akamatsu and the Osaka Hate Crime left the ringside area, Angus took a microphone from a ringside attendant and decided to address the crowd before the main event. He thanked all of the tag teams who’d participated in the Tag League for all of their hard work and congratulated the winners, though he did throw in a warning that in the future so much interference would not be tolerated in title matches within the LARIAT ring. He also made the official announcement that the Pine Street Posse and Firebirds would be heading to Missouri in the very near future to compete in the innovaPRO promotion’s tournament to crown it’s tag team champions, and he wished both teams luck there. Finally, he explained to the crowd and the wrestlers just exactly how the Texas Heritage Tag Title contenders would be decided, giving a run down on how the division would work from this point on:

“It’s really rather simple. In order for a team to challenge for the titles, they’ll need to accrue three points. Each tag-team match in LARIAT will be for points, regardless of the stipulations or participants. Each successful pinfall or submission victory will earn a team one point toward title contention, but any loss will automatically drop a team back to zero points. It is my hope that this will promote the most possible competition, and the best possible contenders for the Tag Titles in the future!”

He then again thanked the fans, and thanked them for spreading the word, as each event that LARIAT has held has brought more fans than the last. He talked about continued growth and even hinted that the first LARIAT show to be held outside of the Wrestle-Plex was in the works.

* Pride of Texas Tournament Final

Finally, the match that wrestling fans had been waiting on since Dusty Griffith left Wrestle Coast: Cascadia last year was about to take place. Not only that, but the Pride of Texas Heavyweight Title was going to be on the line as the Boise State Bronco clashed with his former partner and current nemesis Frank Dylan James.

Dusty was out first. He slapped hands as he made his way toward the ring, but he was all business. He was inside the ring and had his ring-jacket off and was being checked out by the referee before Frank’s music even had a chance to play. When the first chords to Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold” scratched through the building’s sound system things went haywire. The crowd was hot, mostly pro-Griffith but you’d best believe that Frank’s hillbilly insanity had it’s fair share of fans.

Frank hooted and hollered, his eyes wide with rage and his feet bare as the day he was born. He charged out of the dressing room and into the ring. He got to his feet and got into Big Dusty’s face immediately, something that Dusty didn’t appreciate one bit. Frank stuck his finger in Dusty’s face, and Dusty slapped it away. The two gorilla-sized grapplers went forehead-to-forehead for a second and the bell was rung to get the main event underway.

Frank didn’t hesitate, smashing his own notoriously hard head into Dusty’s. All this did was draw the former PNW Heavyweight Champ’s ire as Griffith returned in kind. Frank threw a wild right, Dusty answered, the behemoth’s stood trading punches in the middle of the ring. It took a lot, but eventually Dusty got the advantage with his lunchbox-sized fists, but not to be the one to lose a fist fight Frank went dirty and gave Dusty an Asiatic Spike right to carotid artery in the side of the throat.

And that was all it took for the Hillbilly Jesus to take the advantage. I dropped bombs on Dusty, forearms and kicks to the back and ribs, vicious chops to the chest, and teeth-rattling punches. Dusty blocked a punch and returned in kind, but Frank only grinned and smashed his head into Dusty’s face. As Griffith’s nose bent sideways a gush of blood came rushing out, and Frank pressed the advantage even more by forcing the now bleeding grappler out to the floor.

The referee had been instructed to be as lenient as possible with this particular match, so he never even started a count on them as he followed them out to plead for them to bring it back into the ring. Frank would have nothing of it, though, instead preferring to send Dusty flying hard into and through the ring-steps.

They battled around the ringside area, mostly with Frank in command, but Dusty did get his licks in, at one point putting Frank over his head with a nasty looking Tiger Suplex on the floor. He went for the half-and-half to finish Frank off, but the hillbilly mule-kicked him. The referee almost called it just as he called it on Rich Mahogany earlier, but he let it go.

They continued their brawling, Frank took the advantage again by reaching into the crowd and getting himself a chair to smash Griffith over the head with. Dusty recovered though, bulling Frank’s back into the guard rail before unleashing a devastating Rolling Elbow that not only rocked the Redneck Riot, but busted him open as well.

Finally Dusty got enough separation and rolled back into the ring. Frank shook the cobwebs loose and followed suit, and as soon as both men made it to their feet they were slugging it out again. Frank grabbed Dusty’s neck and choked him back into the corner. The referee counted but to no avail as Dusty grabbed Frank by the neck too and the two grapplers tried to strangle eachother. They took turns sending punches in, but they had gotten themselves tangled in the top rope and the referee finally decided to step in.

For his troubles he got shoved away by both men. He got involved again, yelling for them to let go, but this time he got two giant fists to either side of his head as both men punched him at the same time in the heat of the fight.

The bell was rung as officials flooded ringside with Angus Skaaland behind them directing traffic. Dusty and Frank has rolled their way to the outside of the ring again and continued their fight as officials were tossed by the wayside any time one of them got in the way. The fight went over the guardrail and into the crowd and Skaaland and his officials couldn’t gain control of the situation. The match was announced as a Double Disqualification but neither men stopped to recognize it.

They continued fighting as the show went off the air.

07/18/09 @ The Wrestle-Plex [270 fans]

1. Pine Street Posse def. The Firebirds (7:49)

2. Hell Riders def. Dirty Rydas (2:21)

3. Wyatt Bronson def. Rich Mahogany (11:37)

4. Osaka Hate Crime def. Superior FT (22:14)

5. Dusty Griffith DDQ Frank Dylan James (9:12)

LARIAT Newswire [07.17.09]

* On Angus Skaaland’s weekly YouTube update he confirmed that PW:C promoter Matt Saunders had indeed contacted him about the possibility of having a couple of LARIAT’s Junior Heavyweight’s come up to Canada to compete on the Canadian Air Assault event at the end of August. He also added that he’d been in talks with innovaPRO spokesman Ryan Corey about sending a team or two from LARIAT’s Tag Team division out to Missouri to get some extra exposure.

* Wyatt Bronson was on Austin’s AM 1300 The Zone’s morning Wake Up Call this morning. Wyatt spent a good while discussing the Texas Longhorns incoming recruiting class before a listener called in and asked him about his Lonestar TV Title match with Rich Mahogany scheduled for tomorrow’s All-Stars of Wrestling telecast. The former Defensive Tackle of the Longhorns replied with a hefty laugh and the following statement:

“Lemme tell ya somethin’ ‘bout Rich Mahogany. That pencil-necked little twerp thinks he’s gonna pull another fast one on th’ Lonestar Lariat, but that boy ain’t as quick as he thinks! I’m gon’ squash ‘im like bug right dead in th’ center o’ the rang an’ thar ain’t nuthin nobody can do about it!”

* The tag team division that has developed in LARIAT has been a pleasant surprise, as team wrestling has long been deemed a dead art. The Texas Heritage Tag League has spotlighted six of the best teams on the independent circuit over the past two weeks, but it’s become apparent that mathematically Saturdays match between the OSAKA HATE CRIME [Mitsuru Yahagi, Yutaka Tendo] and the Superior FT [Solomon Grendel, Petey Garrett] will be the match to decide the winner of the League and the first Texas Heritage Tag Champions!

Texas Heritage Tag League Points Table:

1. Osaka Hate Crime (20)

2. Superior FT (16)

3. Hell Riders (8)

- Firebirds (8)

5. Dirty Rydas (5)

- Pine Street Posse (5)

* Frank Dylan James was livid at the close of the last episode of ASoW. Once everyone had returned to the dressing room after the main event Frank walked up to Nü Violence Express leader Kazua Akamatsu and challenged him to a fist fight. Yutaka Tendo and Mitsuru Yahagi both jumped to Akamatsu’s sides and a slugfest almost broke out in the locker rooms! Sources close to the Hillbilly Jesus say that he was embarrassed when he had to be “saved” by Dusty Griffith and wanted give all three members of the NVE personal receipts for their antics.

Griffith steered clear of the backstage drama as he apparently left directly after his involvement in the Main Event. It would appear that the Boise St. Bronco has once again picked up his globe-trotting habits and had a trans-pacific flight to catch early the next morning.

One way or the other, Frank and Dusty will both be at the Wrestle-Plex on Saturday for their final round match of the Pride of Texas Heavyweight Title Tournament, but whether or not this will be the end of their difficulties is anyone’s guess, as these kinds of issues of respect can turn ugly fast!

* Be sure to check out all this action and more this week on All-Stars of Wrestling, and if you’re in the Austin area come on out to the Wrestle-Plex where it’s always $5 general admission and $10 front row seating!

All-Stars of Wrestling [07.11.09]

* Once again the show started off with promoter Angus Skaaland in the ring. He talked about the Pride of Texas tournament and how it was coming along, he talked about the Tag Team division and how it was heating up, and he talked about Rich Mahogany and his dastardly tactics involving the Lonestar Television Title. Much to the chagrin of those male wrestling fans in attendance this brought out The Ladies Man himself with the gold strapped around his waist. Once he finally made it into the ring he took a microphone and had this to say:

“Listen up, brother, there’s a little thing called the Champion’s Advantage when it comes to wrestling! Now, is it the Love Machine’s fault that none of your hand-picked challengers can pin these sexy shoulders to the mat for a three count? I didn’t think so!”

Angus replied that Rich’s luck wasn’t going to last him forever, and his little act was getting tired with the LARIAT fans. Rich postured a bit before leaving the ringside area citing that he had the night off. Angus thanked the fans in attendance for showing support to LARIAT and then left the ring himself so the show could get going.

* Texas Heritage Tag League

The Pine Street Posse was out first, both of the former backyard wrestlers had serious looks of trepidation on their faces as they knew that they were about to face two of the biggest, baddest angriest hombres on the entire LARIAT roster in the form of the Hell Riders. While neither team was yet mathematically eliminated from the Tag League, all four participants knew that the loser of this match was pretty well done and the winners would still have to hope and pray for a lot of luck as it pertained to the other teams in the League losing key matches this week and next week.

Once the Hell Riders hit the ring all hell literally broke loose. Apache and Doomsday were in no mood to play and nothing Rod Fantastico or Suicidal Youth could do put a dent in the high powered offense of the Riders. It was over quickly, thankfully, when Apache stuffed SY with a serious powerbomb and held on for the pin.

* After the match the Dirty Rydas stormed onto the interview set where they made fun of Angus Skaaland for being a skinny little honky despite the fact that both Shank Nasty and Gutshot were white themselves. Angus asked the Rydas why they decided to cost the Hell Riders points last week, Gutshot answered like a true thug:

“Sheeeeeeeeeeyit! Dem bitches done crossed up against da wrong set a’ Gangstas! Me’n my nucca Shank, we was sendin’ dem hoes a message ya heard? Jus’ like tonight we gon’ send dem Superior FT hoes a message! An’ next week we gon’ ride out on dem motorcycle-ridin’ beyatches! DUMP DUMP!”

* Pride of Texas Tournament [Round Two]

Last week Dusty Griffith joined forces with Wyatt Bronson in the Flag Match and they were victorious, this week Dusty and Wyatt stood on opposite sides of the ring. The two behemoths shook hands in a show of the friendship that they’d developed since the inception of LARIAT, but as the referee called for the bell you could tell both men had slipped into “business mode” and the fight was going to be on. Dusty took the early advantage as he was clearly the better wrestler of the two, but it didn’t take long for “The Lonestar Lariat” to turn it into a brawl where he more than evenly matched up against Dusty’s power game.

The two big bulls went at it hard and heavy, neither man willing to give an inch. Each of them throwing some of their best shots and barely getting near falls out of it. At the eleven minute mark Rich Mahogany sauntered out to ringside doing his usual shtick of kissing the girls and handing out roses and hotel keys. Wyatt was distracted for a moment, yelling at Rich about being a “yella-bellied bastard,” and when he turned around he’d given Dusty enough time to recover so that when Bronson threw his Lariat, Dusty evaded the blow and hooked him up in a full nelson. Griffith pulled the big man up and over with a monstrous Dragon Suplex and held on for the three count.

Dusty, being the man that he is, immediately checked on his opponent before standing to scald the Lonestar TV champion. Bronson shook the cobwebs out and made his way to his feet before demanding a microphone:

“Ya sonuvabitch! Ya cost me this tournament! I oughta-”

As it turned out, Rich had a microphone of his own:

“Shaddap ya big baby! You’re just pissy because not only can you not get any attention from The Ladies, but you can’t get your big ugly mitts on a title belt here in LARIAT either!”

Angus was goading the big man, and everyone knew it. Inside the ring both Dusty Griffith and Wyatt Bronson were irate and begging Mahogany to come into the ring. From his vantage point at the Interview Station, Angus Skaaland got on his own microphone and put his two cents in:

“You know Rich, I told you that your luck was going to run out, and it just did. Next week, right here at the Wrestle-Plex, you’re going to defend that TV Title against Wyatt Bronson one more time!”

The fans loved it, Wyatt Bronson loved it, and Rich Mahogany’s jaw dropped in abject terror. Apparently The Ladies Man never actually thought he’d have to face the music when he was poking and prodding at the big man over the past couple of weeks. He made his way to Angus and proceeded to beg the promoter to change his mind, to which Angus laughed in his face and told him to get ready to be LARIAT’s first former champion!

* Texas Heritage Tag League

The next match of the evening was the Superior FT taking on the Dirty Rydas. Petey Garrett and Solomon Grendel were in no mood to deal with the shenanigans that Gutshot and Shank Nasty were quickly becoming known for and it showed with their double tope-suicida’s to get the match under way before the bell was rang. The SFT boys had to make up some points due to the last two weeks worth of getting half-points due to circumstances out of their control.

Once inside the ring the Rydas tried slowing things down, and Gutshot beat on Garrett for a couple of minutes before the Hell Riders showed up. The Riders took up positions on either side of the ring and the referee had to try to have eyeballs in the back of his head because he knew exactly what happened last week between the Riders/Rydas. However, the Riders proved not to be a factor in the ending of the match as Garrett and Grendel caught Shank Nasty in the center of the ring with the Black Obsidian Driver, Garrett then sent Gutshot to the floor with a nasty Yakuza kick while Grendel held on for the pin and the five points. As soon as the bell was rang, however, Apache and Doomsday made their move and attacked the Dirty Rydas. They wouldn’t get their revenge though, as the sneaky Dirty Rydas made a quick exit through the crowd before any real damage could be done.

* Texas Heritage Tag League

The OHC were out first with Kazuo Akamatsu leading the way. Before the match started Akamatsu took a microphone to tell those in attendance to watch as the New Violence Express showed Texas, the United States, and that hypocrite Kazuma Fujita who sent them to America for “seasoning” rather than letting them onto the full roster of FURY so that they could show dominance in their home country. The Firebirds were out next to a very solid crowd reaction as they raced into the ring and got things under way with a flurry.

The match was fast paced throughout, with the Firebirds enjoying an early advantage because of their break-neck style of all out aerial offense. The tide turned when Akamatsu climbed onto the apron and distracted Phoenix II, allowing Yutaka Tendo to crotch him on the top turnbuckle and then take the advantage by DDTing him hard off the turnbuckle for a two count. The OHC then went on a very formulaic offensive, cutting the ring in half and tagging in and out quickly to keep the fresh man in and keep the pressure on. After several attempts to tag out to Phoenix I were stopped, Phoenix II _finally_ managed to make the hot tag to his partner who came in and cleaned house, taking the advantage back for his team.

It wasn’t to last, though, as Akamatsu’s continued distraction of the referee would eventually lead to Phoenix I getting dumped outside hard into the railing, and Phoenix II falling victim to a Spanish Fly from the Osaka Hate Crime which led to an easy pinfall.

* Frank Dylan James was at the Interview Station, pacing back and forth. Angus Skaaland knew better than to try and stick a microphone into the angry hillbilly’s face, and as such he was nowhere to be found. Frank had his own though, and his thoughts were simple:

“Lookit these little flippy baysterds, talkin’ all kinds’a shit that ya cain’t even understand! Ah’m gon’ go in thar’n crush that Shakazulu sum’bitch, an’ then Ah’m a gon go whip Dusty Griffith’s big ass next week an’ earn me that perty little Pride a’ Texas title belt!”

The irony of Frank not being able to understand Akamatsu was very likely lost on the Hillbilly Jesus, but everyone found it hilarious. So long as they weren’t within earshot of him…

* Pride of Texas Tournament [Round Two]

Kazuo Akamatsu was in the ring already, his men at his side, and they dared the Mastodon from the Mountains to step into the ring with them. This was a stupid idea, because as anyone who’s followed the career of FDJ could tell you, three-on-one is still good odds in his favor. Frank slid in under the bottom ropes and was immediately attacked by all three men. The referee tried to break it up, but as the bell hadn’t officially been rang there was little to nothing he could actually do.

The one thing that the New Violence Express weren’t counting on was Frank’s love of a good fight. He weathered the storm long enough to get to his bare feet before leveling Tendo and Yahagi with haymakers, sending them rolling to the outside of the ring. The referee called for the bell and the match was on! Akamatsu attempted to get the jump on Frank to no avail whatsoever as the big man from the mountains punched him hard in the face, sending the Japanese stalwart to the mat hard. Frank laid in a series of kicks to the ribs before picking him up and giving him a Bionic Elbow that put Akamatsu on Dream Street early. Frank backed him into the corner and started waylaying him with a repeated punch-chop-punch-chop combo that made even the biggest barfighters in the crowd cringe.

The Redneck Riot continued his assault for several minutes, whipping Akamatsu from pillar to post and just beating him up. To his credit Kazuo took it all and kept coming back for more, but it wasn’t until Tendo and Yahagi hopped onto the apron and caused the referee to be out of position that Akamatsu could take an advantage with a thumb to the eye followed by a very stiff kick to the groin that put Frank on the mat in pain.

Akamatsu took over with a relentless assault, stomping at the bare feet of the bigger man while keeping him wrapped up in every excruciating submission hold that he could muster. Frank screamed in pain and frustration until he managed to push Akamatsu off of him long enough to create some space and go back on the offensive. Once he had Akamatsu back in the corner he barrel-assed his way in for an Avalanche Splash in the corner, but Akamatsu moved at the last second as he also managed to pull the referee into the corner to take the blow. The ref was out, and that was all it took for Mitsuru Yahagi and Yutaka Tendo to jump into the ring and take a two man advantage once again.

Frank took a beating while the referee struggled to recover, and things were looking bad for the Hillbilly Jesus, but then the crowd popped hard as the face of pro wrestling today, Dusty Griffith, sprinted to the ring. Dusty didn’t hesitate, he grabbed Tendo from behind and destroyed him with a release German Suplex! Yahagi saw this and charged, but Dusty evaded a clothesline and absolutely leveled him with a rolling elbow that busted Yahagi open over the right eye and sent him rolling out of the ring. Big Dust rolled Tendo out as well, and then grabbed the referee and tossed him like a sack of potatoes back into the ring.

Frank, knowing better than to look a gift-horse in the mouth, re-took the advantage from Akamatsu with several absolutely brutal headbutts to the Japanese opponent. He then scooped him up, yelled out “SCOOP SCRAM!” before dumping him onto his head on the mat very precariously in what might have been considered a scoop slam in some alternate dimension. Frank ascended the ropes shakily and hopped off, landing with both knees square in Akamatsu’s chest before making the cover. The referee, still mostly out of it, counted a very long three count and awarded the victory to Frank Dylan James.

Frank stood up and glared down the aisle at Dusty, meanwhile Griffith could only smile at helping his former partner out of yet another jam as he backed away making the international sign for a title belt around his waist as he left the ringside area.

07/11/09 @ The Wrestle-Plex [224 fans]

1. Hell Riders def. Pine Street Posse (4:34)

2. Dusty Griffith def. Wyatt Bronson (11:45)

3. Superior FT def. Dirty Rydas (9:12)

4. Osaka Hate Crime def. The Firebirds (14:15)

5. Frank Dylan James def. Kazuo Akamatsu (11:52)

LARIAT Newswire [07.06.09]

* The early buzz on the internet as it pertains to LARIAT has been overwhelmingly positive. It’s not often that a brawling product gets any respect outside of the deathmatch circles on the notoriously workrate-starved internet forums, but LARIAT seems to be the exception as of late! It’s not as if the roster is full of guys who’d rather stab someone than suplex them, but it’s still great to be accepted by a notoriously picky crowd.

* Dusty Griffith was asked today upon exiting a local Gold’s Gym what he thought about the E-Wrestling Torch’s Wrestler of the Week segment that was recently released on the internet. Smiling, the face of pro-wrestling spoke easily:

“It’s great to know that there are people out there going out of their way to make sure that all of the great promotions out there get the coverage they deserve! With that said, it’s an honor to be mentioned in the company of a group of great wrestlers from all over the World.”

In a follow-up question the former PNW Heavyweight Champion was asked about his former partner and friend Frank Dylan James. His notoriously chipper mood seemed to drop a bit at the mention of Frank:

“You know, I’m really starting to get tired of answering the same questions about him over and over again. No, I don’t blame myself for his change in attitude, and no, I’m not going to apologize for taking some much needed time off to heal some nagging injuries that I picked up while running back and forth across the Pacific Ocean twice a week for two years. Frank’s a grown man, and I’m not going to babysit him forever. If he can’t understand that, then I’ll just have give him a good ol’ fashioned ass-whippin’ like he’s been handing out to everyone he’s ‘wrestled’ for the last two years!”

* “The Love Machine” Rich Mahogany debuted his internet show “Fifteen Minutes and Out the Back Door” on youtube yesterday, and among taking calls from all of The Ladies of Austin he said a few words about Wyatt Bronson:

“I don’t know why that big gorilla thinks he’s gonna get his peter-pullers on the my Lonestar TV Title! Pay attention, brother, the big lout hasn’t done anything in years!”

On the rest of the LARIAT roster:

“The Rich-Man just ain’t impressed! We got Dusty “I got scared of success after I won forty-zillion matches in a Row” Griffith running around like he’s still in Portland where he mattered! Pah! And don’t even get me started on those silly little yellow dudes, I can’t understand anything any of them even say! Pfft, past me LARIAT’s nothin’ but a bunch of rednecks and foreigners, it’s no wonder there’s so many of The Ladies at our shows, daddy, because all the fat retarded ‘wrestling fans’ are too busy with ACW and NFW to bother with a bunch of Texas rasslin’!”

* The once highly-touted rookie Erik Ledger can’t seem to catch a break! He’s been a glorified job-guy since making a splash on the indy scene a few years ago all the way through the entire run of Wrestle Coast: Cascadia. LARIAT is probably Ledger’s last chance at “making it” somewhere before he just gives it all up, and fans at the last TV taping said that he seemed a bit dejected after both being eliminated from the Pride of Texas Tournament and then getting just beaten up by Wyatt Bronson in the Main Event Flag Match. He’d better do something soon, there’s too many young hungry wrestlers in Texas who’d love to take the spot that “The Epitome” thinks he deserves!

* In today’s last bit of news, the semi-final bracket to the PoT tournament has been posted along with the current Points Table for the Texas Heritage Tag League:

Pride of Texas Tournament

Semi-Final Brackets

1. Dusty Griffith

5. Wyatt Bronson

6. Kazuo Akamatsu

2. Frank Dylan James

Texas Heritage Tag League

Standings after Week 3

1. Osaka Hate Crime (15)

2. The Firebirds (8)

3. Superior FT (6)

4. Pine Street Posse (5)

- Dirty Rydas (5)

6. Hell Riders (3)