NWA Pro Australia presents "Zero Tolerance"

NWA Pro – ZERO TOLERANCE

March 20th, 2010

Cosgrove Hall

40-50 York Ave (Just off South Road, 10 minutes from the CBD)

Clovelly Park, SA

Doors 6:45 – Show 7:15

FULLY LICENSED BAR

CANTEEN &; MERCHANDISE ALSO AVAILABLE

Come and support NWA Pro as they bring you another fantastic professional wrestling event right here in Adelaide! Featuring the best wrestlers from across the country, NWA Pro events have become one of the most entertaining spectacles to witness. Come enjoy an alcoholic beverage at our fully licensed bar, or snack on delicious hotdogs and other treats from the canteen. Merchandise is also available at the events, so get yourself a ticket and support NWA PRO! NWA Pro wrestling is a great night out for people all ages, so don’t think about, get your ticket from Venue*tix today!

MAIN EVENT: NWA Australian National Championship Match

Jayson Cooper (c) vs Robby Heart

The NWA Pro Tag League begins to crown the first Australian National Tag Team Champions. Teams confirmed for the tournament so far:

‘The Graham Brothers’ Greg and Joey

The Los Aztecas

Hartley Jackson & ‘Pitbull’ Craig Cole

More information coming soon…

RESERVED:

Front Row $25 (There are only 52 front row reserved seats available for sale, so get in fast!)

GENERAL ADMISSION:

Adults: $18.50

Child: (u14) $12.50

Family: (2a2c) $50

Concession: $16.50

Tickets are available through Venue*tix:

http://www.venuetix.com.au

Search for:

National Wrestling Alliance: Zero Tolerance

Or for the direct link to the ‘buy’ page:

http://eventfeed.eventshop.com.au/public/htmlfeeditemview.php?itemid=6804&userid=39&check=f4ac4122ee48c213eec816f4d7944ea6&affid=venuetix

Pre-purchased GA tickets and will be able to gain entry to the venue fifteen minutes before the official door opening time to secure the best non-reserved seats available. (Pre-purchased entry is 6:30pm. Official entry is 6:45pm. Show starts at 7:15pm)

***SPECIAL OFFER***

General admission discount passes are now available if you book your tickets before the event through VENUETIX.

Adult Double Pass (2): $32

Child Double Pass (2): $21

Child Quad Pass (4): $41

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Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport– The Western Australia – So Cal NWA Connection.

The Western Australian So Cal Connection isn’t the newest tag team appearing for M1Wrestling next weekend. Its been a phenomenon in our wrestling scene that hasn’t been replicated anywhere else in the World. As a Southern California native, when I think of Australians I typically think of Crocodile Dundee, Kangaroos, Koalas, or Outback Steakhouse. When someone mentions wrestling in Australia the feint sound of Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport fills my ears and I reflect on my fond memories of Outback Jack and his appearances for the World Wrestling Federation. However nearly 25 years have passed since Outback Jack and The Australian Wrestling Scene has grown leaps and bounds since then. Western Australia alone has a handful of promotions, but today I’m talking about Explosive Pro Wrestling. In the world of professional wrestling any influx of talent from one wrestling promotion to another is often referred to as an invasion. And the invasion of Southern California wrestling by Australians dates back to late 2005 and since the invasion 15 Australians have used the SoCal Wrestling Scene as a learning excursion and for a short while, called Southern California home.

The Western Australian Connection to SoCal all comes down to a meeting of Explosive Pro Wrestlers, Hartley Jackson (who is actually from Southern Australia) and Mikey Nichols and the NWA. NWA Pro Wrestling had started to gain a foothold in the Southern California wrestling scene with its ties to the World Famous Inoki Dojo. There the Inoki Dojo recruited talent from across the country and across the world. The talent was originally groomed for chances to appear in New Japan Pro Wrestling, which was exemplified by Bryan Danielson, TJ Perkins, Ricky Reyes, Rocky Romero, Tommy Williams, later by Fergal Devitt and Karl “the Machinegun” Anderson. Two wayward travelers, Jackson and Nichols came to the United States for an opportunity to be apart of the famous gym. Unfamiliarity of the local area kept the duo from reaching the dojo right away. It wasn’t until after a miraculous call by Hartley that guided the two to the Dojo. David Marquez remembers “I get a phone call from [fellow NWA Member] Ed Chuman. He tells me, he got a call from two Australians. I don’t even know how they got Chuman’s phone number.” I talked to Jackson and told him how to get to the Dojo. About six hours later and a lot of walking “Jag” and Nichols reach the dojo.” It wasn’t long after joining the ranks of the Dojo Elite, Hartley and Nichols propositioned NWA member and former Vice President of Inoki Sports Management North American Operations David Marquez, about business. At that point there was a meeting with EPW’s Manager Rick Sanders that a deal would be made to not only have EPW join the NWA, but also an open boarder for the Western Australians to work for the NWA in SoCal. Which at the time were strictly the Inoki Dojo Shows and later the Alternative Wrestling Show. A lot of the action from 2006 was filmed for internet only release, soon other Australians would join the Inoki Dojo and the NWA Pro Wrestling Family.

The duo of Jackson and Nichols would return to Western Australia at the end of May 2006, however Nichols would return in June and would bring with him Bobby Jo Marshall and Ferguson “Psychofett” Block but would return home shortly after. Then in November in 2006, AZ Vegara, Chris Vice would all join the Dojo with the returning Marshall. The initial relationship would bring a total of 6 Western Australians who would compete regularly for the Inoki Dojo, Alternative Wrestling Show, and the Empire Wrestling Federation.

2007 would start off with another influx of Perth wrestlers. Vegara and Marshall made their debuts for the NWA Wrestling Showcase. Marshall would also venture to Arizona for his first shot outside of the SoCal scene. Cameron Wallis would soon make his SoCal debut along with South Australian and EPW Wrestler Damian Slater both wrestling in AWS. Both Marshall and Wallis would appear on the NWA Feista Lucha DVD from Las Vegas, NV. Damian Slater would appear during the NWA Wrestling Summit Tour. Nichols would return to the states spending time in Arizona and SoCal and would later become the first Western Australian to win a championship belt in the States when he pinned Karl Anderson to win the EWF American Championship. Over the next two years the talent trade would continue. SoCal Native Jarek Matthews joined the EPW crew. And former EPW Heavyweight Champion won the Mach One Wrestling title, becoming the second EPW Wrestler to hold championship gold while in the states. As of now, no SoCal Championships have traveled to Western Australia, however the NWA Australian Championship was defended in SoCal when Jayson Cooper of NWA Pro Australia defeated Damien Slater at a SoCal Pro Wrestling Show.

Three years have past since the faithful day that brought Nichols and Hartley to the States and Australians continue to come to Southern California. The list of Western Australians wrestlers to venture to the states has grown to include Shane Haste, Alex Kingston, Dan Moore, Maricus Pitsonopolous, Kiel Steria, and Barry Schmidt. EPW talent would work for the NWA all over Southern California (SoCal Pro Wrestling, Mach 1 Wrestling, Alternative Wrestling Show, and Empire Wrestling Federation. But they didn’t just stop with NWA affiliated promotions, the Australians would work for New Wave Pro Wrestling, MWF Lucha Libre, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. The Western Australians have benefited from the ample opportunities states side and are able to learn different styles to bring back to their country. SoCal benefits by having a dynamic influx of talent bring something a little different to the scene. So the next time you think of wrestling over here in the States, think of all the Australians who’ve impacted the SoCal Wrestling Scene and made it better. Because SoCal Fans have certainly come to appreciate the import of Australian wrestlers and I no longer think of Outback Jack or Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport…

NWA International: Spanning the Globe

Pro Wrestling has been celebrated across the globe in hundreds of wrestling promotions throughout the years.  The National Wrestling Alliance has firmly kept its international roots since its inception well over 60 years ago.  And although over time, the names and faces have changed, the NWA is very much a global wrestling sanctioning body, with offices all across the United States there are other offices that span the globe that include, Canada, Mexico, Scotland, France, Japan, Korea, and Australia.  Often times the coverage of non-North American Wrestling promotions go by the way side.  But here at Alliance-Wrestling we are working to provide coverage on all things NWA, even to our lesser known international promotions.

The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) had announced their newest project much to the chagrin of The Scottish Wrestling Alliance (SWA).  The SWA has been the most active NWA member in the UK and even developed a training/feeder promotion to produce talent for its SWA, title NXT: The Next Generation.  The owner of SWA and NXT released the following comment to the media regarding the WWE announcement.

Everyone at the Scottish Wrestling Alliance is honoured that WWE have decided to name their latest product after SWA’s feeder programme, NXT. We would like to assure our fans that the original NXT is still leading the way for trainees in Scotland and the shows on 6th February, Spittal Community Centre, Rutherglen, 19th February, Bargarran Community Centre, Erskine, March 6th, Viewpark Community Centre, Uddingston and March 19th, Links Community Centre, Cumbernauld are all still due to go ahead as advertised.”   After long and careful planning, SWA:NXT made it’s debut in January 2007 as a promotion designed to showcase up and coming talent within Scotland in conjunction with SWA’s Area 52 wrestling school. In 2009
NXT Wrestling split from the Scottish Wrestling Alliance to stand on it’s own two feet, taking it’s own creative direction in September 

The situation was resolved when PJ Murphy, owner of the SWA stated on the SWA Website that the “WWE was proactive in working with us to come to mutually agreeable terms on the release of the NXT trademark once it learned of the potential conflict. The timing was right for us as we were planning on renaming the NXT brand to SWA:Source to be closer aligned with the SWA parent brand”  Scottish Wrestling Alliance presents: Live Pro Wrestling in Erskine, Renfrewshire on Feb.19th 2010.  The NWA Scottish Heavyweight Champion is “The Butcher” Scott Renwick, The Laird of the Ring Champion is Damien O’Conor, and the SWA Tag Team Champions are the STI.

NWA France has completed a newly designed Website for their fans. They have already announced two live events for the month of March, with the first event being March 7th, featuring NWA European Women’s Champion Bulla Punk. International Catch Wrestling Alliance has the distinction of being the home promotion for both the NWA France championship: Greg Fury, the NWA European Championship: Fritz Hellmeister, and the NWA European Tag Team Champions: East Connection. The ICWA also recognizes its own champions in former WWE wrestler Joe. E. Legend as the Heavyweight Champion and Booster Rocket as the Extreme Champion.

The country of Australia might be heading towards a cooling off season, but the wrestling in Australia is anything but. There are two promotions representing the National Wrestling Alliance in the land down under. NWA Pro Wrestling Australia Perth, Western Australia. NWA Pro Australia has recently announced that they will be creating a new tag team division, the NWA Pro Tag League begins to crown the first Australian National Tag Team Champions at Zero Tolerance. Teams confirmed for the tournament so far: The Graham Brothers’ Greg and Joey, The Los Aztecas, Hartley Jackson & “Pitbull” Craig Cole and the Australian National Championship will be defended. Zero Tolerance will be taking place March 20th. EPW has started its second season on Loco TV with its Monday Night Wrestling program, becoming Friday Night Wrestling on Loco TV. The first episode features a hardcore match up between Kracker Jack and former NWA Pro Wrestling M1W Heavyweight Champion: Bobby Marshall. This match took place at EPW’s Evolution 2009 and was brutal. This was prior to Bobby Marshall being exiled from Australia after being suspended by EPW Officials. Marshall was recently exiled from the US after losing his M1W Heavyweight Championship, one has to believe that Marshall is set to take his revenge on Richter and the entire Darkest Hour. EPW’s next big event is entitled GOLD RUSH 3 which is set to take place on April 17th. at the Cyril Jackson Rec Centre, Fisher St, Bassendean.

The NWA continues to span the globe and at Alliance-Wrestling.com, we plan to follow it. 

NWA Pro Australia presents: Meltdown 2010

MELTDOWN

Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Cosgrove Hall (40-50 York Ave, Clovelly Park)

Doors open 6.45pm – Show Starts 7.15pm

BAR, CANTEEN & MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE

Live Pro Wrestling returns to COSGROVE HALL on Saturday, the 16th of January as NWA Pro presents: MELTDOWN 2010. Coming off a hugely successful event at Thebarton Theatre, it’s time again for Australia’s new breed of superstars Jayson Cooper, ‘Jag’ Hartley Jackson, Damian Slater, Robby Heart, The Graham Brothers and Wreckin Ball Wilson to do battle in the squared circle. The new generation of Australian wrestlers will be making their mark and will kick of 2010 in ferocious style.

MELTDOWN is set to explode, featuring a must see main event tag team grudge match where the NWA Australian National Champion, Jayson Cooper, and the #1 contender for that very title, Robby Heart, team up to take on the seemingly unbeatable duo of Damian Slater and Slex. Can Cooper and Heart remain friends and work as a team, knowing that they will face off against each at some stage during the year for the championship, or will the continuing ego problems between Slater and Slex cause that final rift to see the team self destruct? Find out at MELTDOWN 2010!
NWA Pro Australia: MELTDOWN 2010
Main Event:

Jayson Cooper & Robby Heart
vs
Damian Slater & Slex w/Rohan

RESERVED:
Front Row $25

GENERAL ADMISSION:
Adults: $18.50
Child: (u14) $12.50
Family: (2a2c) $50
Concession: $16.50

Tickets are available through Venue*tix:
http://www.venuetix.com.au
Search for:
National Wrestling Alliance: MELTDOWN
Or for the direct link:
http://eventfeed.eventshop.com.au/public/htmlfeeditemview.php?itemid=6767&userid=39&check=f4ac4122ee48c213eec816f4d7944ea6&affid=venuetix

Reserved Front Row:
These tickets will give you the best seats in the house where you will witness all the pro wrestling action up close and personal right in front of your face. No need to line up early, as your seats will be secure and waiting for you the moment you arrive. Ticket prices for front row reserved seats at Cosgrove Hall:
Front Row Reserved Seats: $25

General Admission:
Pre-purchase your general admission tickets and you will be able to gain entry to the venue fifteen minutes before the official door opening time* to secure the best non-reserved seats. Any front row seats that are not marked with a reserved sign will be available for general admission seating, so be sure to pre-buy your tickets and get their early for your chance to secure an excellent spot. Ticket prices for General Admission at Cosgrove Hall:
Adults: $18.50
Child: (u14) $12.50
Family: (2a2c) $50
Concession: $16.50

*Official door opening time is 6:45pm, you will be able to enter the building at 6:30pm.

(Courtesy of NWA Pro Wrestling Australia)

NWA Pro Australia presents: Meltdown 2010

Courtesy of the Caged Chronicles:

Live Pro Wrestling returns to COSGROVE HALL on Saturday, the 16th of January as NWA Pro presents: MELTDOWN 2010. Coming off a hugely successful event at Thebarton Theatre, it’s time again for Australia’s new breed of superstars Jayson Cooper, ‘Jag’ Hartley Jackson, Damian Slater, Robby Heart, The Graham Brothers, ‘Wreckin Ball’ Wilson, plus many more, to do battle in the squared circle. The new generation of Australian wrestlers will be making their mark and will kick of 2010 in ferocious style. MELTDOWN is set to explode, featuring a must see MAIN EVENT TAG TEAM GRUDGE MATCH where the NWA Australian National Champion, Jayson Cooper, and the #1 contender for that very title, Robby Heart, team up to take on the seemingly unbeatable duo of Damian Slater and Slex. Can Cooper and Heart remain friends and work as a team, knowing that they will face off against each at some stage during the year for the championship, or will the continuing ego problems between Slater and Slex cause that final rift to see the team self destruct. Find out at MELTDOWN 2010!

Other bouts will feature the best wrestlers across the country in some spectacular match-ups. Become a part of the resurgence of Pro Wrestling in Australia and don’t miss out on this must see event!

MAIN EVENT – Tag Team Grudge Match

Jayson Cooper & Robby Heart vs Damian Slater & Slex w/Rohan

More match information coming soon…

Reserved Front Row:

These tickets will give you the best seats in the house where you will witness all the pro wrestling action up close and personal right in front of your face. No need to line up early, as your seats will be secure and waiting for you the moment you arrive. Ticket prices for front row reserved seats at Cosgrove Hall:

Front Row Reserved Seats: $25

General Admission:

Pre-purchase your general admission tickets and you will be able to gain entry to the venue fifteen minutes before the official door opening time* to secure the best non-reserved seats. Any front row seats that are not marked with a reserved sign will be available for general admission seating, so be sure to pre-buy your tickets and get their early for your chance to secure an excellent spot. Ticket prices for General Admission at Cosgrove Hall:

Adults: $18.50

Child: (u14) $12.50

Family: (2a2c) $50

Concession: $16.50

*Official door opening time is 6:45pm, you will be able to enter the building at 6:30pm with pre-purchased tickets.

TO PURCHASE TICKETS:

Phone Venue*Tix on 8225 8888 or visit the Venue*Tix website direct at http://www.venuetix.com.au and search for the NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE

TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR ON THE NIGHT (Unless sold out)

**Card subject to change