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The Wrestler - Official Trailer - Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler (Full Song) - Mickey Rourke - Marisa Tomei
Wednesday, March 18, 2009WNC "Wrestler Of The Week" KoKo B. Ware Wrestler Of The Week is the one and only KoKo B Ware. Koko will be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame on April 4th in Houston Texas.
 Koko B. Ware (born James Ware on June 20, 1957) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler who made his professional wrestling debut in 1979. He gained most of his popularity in the World Wrestling Federation when he was known as the Birdman. Ware came to the ring with his macaw, Frankie, flapping his arms like a bird before and after his matches while dancing.
Before joining the WWF Ware worked as a part of several tag teams, first with Bobby Eaton in Memphis and then later on with Norvell Austin as one half of the The P.Y.T. Express in several promotions. On April 4th, 2009, he will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
 Koko spent his early days in the sport in the Mid-South, Georgia and other NWA territories where he impressed fans enough to vote him the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year in 1979. Early in his career, Koko Ware (as he was then known) did not find great success, learning the ropes and paying his dues both in Jerry Jarrett’s Continental Wrestling Association and Nick Gulas’ territory in the south.
It was not until late in 1980 that Koko’s fortune changed when he participated in a battle royal to crown the first ever Mid-American Television Champion. The crowd favorite was Jimmy Valiant, who Koko accidentally knocked into Danny Davis and eliminated Valiant. Moments later, Koko dumped Davis to the floor and won his first title.After the match, Jimmy Valiant returned to the ring and beat Koko down. Koko’s feud with Jimmy Valiant was quickly expanded to include the heel Tojo Yamamoto and Koko ally Tommy Rich. When Dutch Mantel returned to the CWA in early 1981 he quickly defeated Koko for the TV title making Koko’s first run with the gold a short one.  Koko floundered until September 1981 when he was chosen to referee a Southern Heavyweight Championship title match between Jerry Lawler and “The Dream Machine". Ware unfairly counted Lawler out to give the Dream Machine the victory, a decision that did not sit well with Lawler nor the fans in Memphis. 
Koko quickly aligned himself with manager Jimmy Hart and his First Family and changed his name to Sweet Brown Sugar. Sugar never got the best of Lawler but did taste tag-team success alongside Steve Keirn and then with Bobby Eaton. Eaton & Sugar won the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship.
After leaving the WWF, Koko made a few appearances for the American Wrestling Federation but did not become a regular before going into semi-retirement in 1995. Koko was interviewed briefly during the 1999 wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat.
In 1999, Koko made a short-lived return to the World Wrestling Federation where he put on the “Blue Blazer" mask during the Owen Hart angle. When Hart died, the angle was dropped and Koko’s services were no longer needed.
In 2003, Koko returned to the spotlight competing once again in the Memphis area for the Memphis Wrestling promotion. He also competed at the “World Wrestling Legends" PPV on March 5, 2006 where he defeated Disco Inferno. He also appeared at "WWE Homecoming", Raw's return to the USA Network, on October 3, 2005. He fought (and was defeated by) Rob Conway on the October 28, 2005 edition of WWE Heat. In April 2007, he wrestled in a tag match (while managed by special guest Slick Rick) and lost at Ultimate Clash of the Legends '07 headlined by Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Wight.
On June 8, 2008, Koko made a special appearance at TNA's Slammiversary as a groomsman in the wedding for "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal and So Cal Val, along with George "Animal" Steele, Kamala, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
On the March 9, 2009 edition of RAW, it was announced that Koko B. Ware will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by The Honky Tonk Man.
RRO Yearbook 2008 Me and Ricky just can't believe at some of the stories published in The 2008 RRO Yearbook,lol. Be sure to check it out!! Go to rasslinriotonline.com for more info on how to purchase the book.WrestlingNewsCenter.com RRO 2008 Website Of The Year Thanks to everybody who voted for wrestlingnewscenter.com to be RRO 2008 "Website Of The Year". Tia Blaylock excepted the award at ASWF in Tuckerman Ark. Saturday night. Thanks to Tia for keeping this website up and all her hard work. Also a thank you to Axeman, D-Rock, David Burcham, Brian Reese, Billy Russ, Timothy Kendrick, Hoss Williams, Rich, for all the stories they report on each and everyday. Most of all THANKS to all the readers who come here each and everyday!! Tuesday, March 17, 2009EWE Results for 3\14\09Commissioner Baker comes out to address about 90 in the crowd. Baker makes a comment about the video clip that was played last week that showed Kevin White was going to be in Ripley tonight. He says that the video was not intended to be played last week, that it was supposed to play tonight, so Kevin White will not be here. The music of "Mr. Big Stuff" Gary White, Kevin's father, hits as he comes down the ramp. He asks Baker if he made a mistake, then says the company, as well as Commissioner Baker, sucks. He says Baker made a mistake, and that Kevin White isn't coming to EWE. Gary says he does the booking for Kevin White and Kevin will come when he wants him to come. Stan Lee makes his way to the ring and says that it's probably a good thing they had a misunderstanding because if he showed up, Stan would have given him a title match and would have done the same thing he did to "The Golden Boy" last week. Gary says that he'll be there and it'll be for the title, because he won't come down to Ripley for nothing less than that. Stan gets the mic and tells Gary that if he doesn't get out of the ring, he'll whip him too. Stan starts to count down and Gary rushes out of the ring. Stan Lee starts to exit the arena, then K.C. Gold comes out and meets Commissioner Baker in the ring. He says that he is out scouting new talent, and Baker should let him or else his team of lawyers will come down on him for assault. Baker tells K.C. that he can go sit in his corner and watch, but he reminds K.C. that he didn't get to Commissioner without a few scars along the way, and if he thinks last week was bad, to just try something tonight. Commissioner Baker exits the arena and K.C. Gold takes his seat next to Mark Tipton.
Tommy Jones def. J.R. Manson via disqualification. Krisis comes out and attacks Tommy Jones as J.R. looks on, then gets dropped to the mat by Krisis. Jon Michael def. Idol Bane via pinfall. The Badd Guys def. Greg King Jr. and Cody Melton via pinfall. This win gives The Badd Guys the #1 contender position for the tag team campionship, currently held by Picture Perfect. Scott Adams def. Michael Gilbert via pinfall. After the match, Scott Adams calls Jon Michael out. Scott says that he doesn't like it when people get in his way, and Jon got in his way and stood up to him. Jon says that if Scott wants, they can settle it right here right now. Jon goes up to the ring but is held back by Tommy Jones, Christian Jacobs, Chris O'Neal, Cody Melton and Greg King Jr. as Scott is held back by J.R. Manson, Idol Bane and K.C. Gold. Both wrestlers are escorted to the locker room. Christian Jacobs, Chris O'Neal and Stan Lee def. Eric Wayne, Kid Nichols and Matt Justice in a 3 man tag team match via pinfall. Credit: http://www.elitewrestlingentertainment.com/
Jackie Fargo returns to TN and sets records The biggest name in Tennessee Wrestling History "Fabulous" Jackie Fargo made rare appearances this weekend in Tullahoma and Lewisburg,TN. He set attendance records for both SWF and ASW. Mr. Fargo signed pictures in both towns for well over an hour to make sure everyone got a chance to meet him.
We will have a youtube of The often imitated but never duplicated Jackie Fargo up soon from Friday night as he clean house only as he can do. Tullahoma - 400 , several car loads of people turned away maybe as many people that were in the building were turned away
Pictures are now up from ASWF! The WrestlingNewsCenter.com was in attendance at the ASWF show at the Valiant Arena in Tuckerman, Arkansas. Pictures are now up from the event!
To view the entire gallery, go to HollywoodJimmy.com under Picture Gallery!           To view the rest of the photos, go to HollywoodJimmy.com under Picture Gallery! Monday, March 16, 2009EPW Card for This Saturday Night in Booneville, MS This Saturday night EPW presents "Double Ring Wars." There will be two rings in the house! Card includes a fans bring the weapons match, no DQ, last man standing - The Asylum vs. Pure Destruction vs. 24/7 vs. Bonecrusher & Soultaker. That will be WILD! Also Tag Titles vs. Tag Titles in a 3-way tag team match - EPW & TFW Tag Team belts on the line - Sons of the South (Chris Styles/Josh Matthews) vs. TFW Tag Team Champions Syn & DJ Stunner vs. EPW Tag Team Champions PHAT Foundation (Justin Rhodes/Big Daddy Neno). It all happens THIS SATURDAY NIGHT at the EPW Arena (Old Dodds Gagage Building) on Hwy. 145 in Booneville. Bell time is 7:00. Don't miss it! Which Version of "The Asylum" Was/Is Better?The following question was emailed to me two days ago. Interesting question - so, I decided to post it here as a discussion topic. You can answer the question and make whatever comments you would like by leaving a comment below. Come on, readers in the Mid-South area, what is your opinion?
"Axeman, I remember the Asylum as being Psycho & Raith and they were awesome. I remember them kicking butt in DWA, DCW, All Pro, & XOW. Now I read about this new Asylum, Psycho & Pappy, and I am sure they are awesome. I have only seen them once, but I know they are in demand all over the mid-south area so I know they have to be good. I read about them kicking butt all over the place, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi.... My question is - which team do you think was/is better, Psycho & Wraith or Psycho & Pappy?" (Question submitted by John Todd). BTW, John, FYI - it's "Wraith," not "Raith." RPW Results from 3-13 in Metropolis, IL BLACK ICE W/RED RUM HUSSEIN BEAT GINO SYDAL. THE REAL BONECRUSHER BEAT KROSS. JUSTIN RHODES DEFEATED BUZZ HARLEY. RICKY MURDOCH BEAT CHRISTOPHER JADESEMI. OUTLAW DON BASS & SUNSHINE BASS W/GENTLEMAN JIM CASEY BEAT TOJO YAMAMOTO JR AND DUSTIN STAR W/MR. KRYPTONITE. MAIN EVENT: RPW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION BIG NASTY BILL BASS W/GENTLEMAN JIM CASEY BEAT THE LATINO THUG JOSE GUERRERO. AWF Results from 3-13 in Loxley, AL Alabama Wrestling Federation was in Loxley, AL on March 13th. Cameron McAllister defeats Carlos D'Angelo. Mr. Jimmy defeats General Payne. The Honkey Tonk Man defeats Doink The Clown by DQ when McAllister ran in and attacked Honky. D'Angelo ran in for the save. 2 Quick defeats Nathan Crown by countout. The Honky Tonk Man & Carlos D'Angelo defeats Cameron McAllister & Doink the Clown. Credit: Brian Slack @ GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com Christian Responds to Internet Rumors Christian recently updated his Myspace page to address recent stories that he and his wife were splitting up. He wrote, "I am getting upset about the rumors about me and my wife splitting up. We are NOT Splitting up. I don't know who started this rumor but me and my wife are fine." Credit: WrestlingInc.com Bonaduce Cleared to Wrestle @ TNA's Lockdown PPV During his radio show today, Danny Bonaduce stated today that he has received permission from Celebrity Championship Wrestling to both appear and wrestle at the TNA Lockdown PPV. Credit: WrestleView.com Brooke Hogan Seen Pole Dancing at Miami Festival Brooke Hogan was seen pole dancing on stage at the Calle Ocho music festival in Miami over the weekend. Brooke's father Hulk Hogan was also in attendance with his "Brooke-alike" girlfriend Jennifer and was sporting crutches due to his recent back surgery. Brooke performed a few songs and had several backup dancers working with her. Credit: WrestlingInc.com Some Names Revealed for 25-Diva Battle Royal @ WrestleMania On this week's edition of WWE Raw a graphic for the Miss WrestleMania 25-Diva Battle Royal match was shown featuring WWE Women's Champion Melina, WWE Divas Champion Maryse, Mickie James, Gail Kim, Michelle McCool, The Bella Twins, Alicia Fox, Kelly Kelly, Maria, Eve Torres, Katie Lea Burchill, Beth Phoenix, Layla El, Rosa Mendes, Candice Michelle, Natalya Neidhart, Jillian Hall and Tiffany. This leaves six spots left for WWE Divas from the past. Credit: WrestlingInc.com News on TNA Stars Kip James & Jacqueline Kip James (who normally accompanies The Beautiful People) and Jacqueline (who normally accompanies Beer Money, Inc.) did not work last night's TNA Destination X PPV in Orlando, FL. ProWrestling.net is reporting that there was some talk within TNA that the company would not be renewing Kip's contract. As for Jacqueline, she did work company house shows this past weekend although there has been some rumblings among people in the company questioning her spot given the number of wrestler contracts that were not renewed. Credit: WrestleView.com TNA Star Injured at Destination-X PPV Consequences Creed reportedly suffered a bad concussion at last night's Destination X PPV during the Ultimate X match according to a report by PWInsider. There remains no word on how much time he will miss. Credit: WrestleView.com Update: To follow up on our earlier report, Consequences Creed has been pulled from wrestling at tonight's Impact taping in Orlando, FL reports PWInsider. Creed is said to have very little memory of the Ultimate X match after being knocked out from a suplex and suffering a bad concussion. Credit: WrestleView.com MACW Results from 3-14 in Gastonia, NC On 3/14/09 Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling was in Gastonia, N.C at the National Guard Armory in front of a capacity crowd! Once again MACW rocked the house !! The weather was nasty but the crowd and the match's were "hot"...The Nature Boy Ric Flair once again received standing ovation's from the crowd !! Here are your result's : 1. "High Flying" Chris Hamrick defeated Donnie Dollar$ to retain his Hardcore Title. 2. Amber O'Neal defeated Persephone. 3. Andru Bane defeated JW Boss. 4. "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton defeated Trooper Jeff Justice. 5. Ricky Morton & Reid Flair, with "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair in their corner, defeated Buff Bagwell & Rikki Nelson. Credit: WrestleView.com IZW Results from 3-14 in Lawton, OK Impact Zone Wrestling March 14th 2009 Impact Arena Lawton,Oklahoma 1)Blake Albright beat 'High Energy' Jermaine Johnson by pinfall 2)Revolution{'Sensational'Seth Allen/'Great'Dane Griffin} beat 'Vulture' Kenny Campbell by pinfall in a Handicapp Match 3)'Celtic Warrior' John O'Malley beat Bernie Donderwitz by disqualification 4)'Widowmaker' Angel Williams beat Montego Seeka by pinfall 5)'Real Deal' Aaron Neil and John Zorthos fought to a No Contest in a Lumberjack Match http://www.izwrestling.com Credit: Dawayne Capshew @ WrestleView.com UPWA Results from 3-14 in Shalotte, NC The fastest growing wrestling promotion in the southeast invaded the National Guard Armory in Shallotte, NC for the first time ever with an action packed show when UPWA rolled into town on March 14th. In the Main Event, Tito Rains defeated UPWA Heavyweight Championship The Destroyer via countout. As both men were outside the ring, Rains sprayed his mist into the Destroyer's face. He could not find his way back to the ring by the 10 count and lost..
In other action, The debuting Nigerian Nightmares defeated the Garcia Brothers via pinfall. The duo look impressive in the match and showcased moves usually only seen by men three quarters their size. A.T.L. defeated Mikal Mosley in a No DQ match to win the UPWA Carolinas Title. Mosley had the match in hand before his sister Ebony and Jessie Jordan attacked Mosley for his interference in their earlier match. Christopher Shane defeated Exotic Adrian Street via pinfall. T.L. interefered as Donald Brower distracted the ref. He hit Street with a heart punch to help Shane get the win. Beast defeated RTG via pinfall. Newcomer Cold Cash D defeated Goliath via pinfall. Jessie Jordan vs Ebony Mosley was thrown out as special referee Mikal Mosley attacked both women midway through the match. UPWA returns to the Shallotte Armory on April 11th with an action packed card. For more information visit www.theupwa.com. Credit: WrestleView.com NBW Results from 3-14 in Newbern, TN Jason Reed made his return to NBW with an in ring interview to start off the show. Reed stated that he was there for one reason.....to challenge for the heavyweight title. High Risk Champion Brandon Barbwire comes out and gets in Reed’s face wanting to know why he thinks so highly of the heavyweight title, and that to him, the High Risk belt means more. Reed tells Barbwire that he already has enough on his plate because right now he is just another check mark on Jeremy Moore’s Hitlist. Just then, Moore runs in the building, thru the crowd into the ring and attacks Barbwire. NBW security enters the ring and pulls them apart. Meanwhile NBW Heavyweight Champion Mark Justice comes out. Justice tells Reed that while he has been gone, Justice has been beating everyone that NBW has put in front of him to earn what he has gotten, and that from where Justice stands, Reed has got to start from the bottom and work his way up because he is not getting a title shot until he earns it. NBW owner Jeff McDonald comes out of the sound booth and asks Justice when he started making decisions around here. Jeff sets up 2 matches tonight.Both being non-title matches. The 1st one is Jason Reed against Brandon Barbwire. If Reed beats Barbwire, he gets a shot at any belt, anytime. The 2nd match being Mark Justice against Jeremy Moore. If Moore wins, he gets his hands on Barbwire, one last time. NBW Tag-Team Champions Jon Roberts & Tommy Redneck defeated Norrin Radd & Christian Morrikomi to retain the titles Redman defeated Ozwick & The Kid in a handicapped match. Redman beat the hell out of the Kid giving him 3 piledrivers in a row, followed by a sitdown powerbomb for the win while Ozwick was thrown to the outside "One Man Wrecking Crew" TANK defeated Ricky Andrews in a "Triple 5 Challenge" after a "Detonator". The ring announcer said the time of the match was 4:58 while Jeff said that his stopwatch shows just a few seconds after the 5 minute mark. So as of right now Tank was declared the winner of the match, but not without some controversy. "Superman" Jason Reed defeated NBW High Risk Champion Brandon Barbwire after a superkick so as of now, Reed can challenge any title holder to a match at any given time. NBW Heavyweight Champion "Enforcer" Mark Justice w/ Mad Money Mike defeated "Upset Kid" Jeremy Moore This match erupted out on the arena floor. While the referee was trying to get Justice back in the ring, Brandon Barbwire ran out and nailed Moore with the High Risk title. Money Mike paid him off with a wad of cash as Barbwire made his way back to the locker room. Justice got Moore back in the ring, nailed him with the "Hard Justice" and got the 3 count. After the match, Barbwire came back out and along with Justice and Money Mike, began beating on Moore. This brings out Jason Reed and owner Jeff McDonald to clear the ring. Jeff sets up a tag match for next week. Mark Justice and Brandon Barbwire managed by Mad Money Mike facing the team of Jason Reed and Jeremy Moore being managed by Big Money Gripp. Notes: 80 - 90 people in the building. Ricky Andrews got the loudest pop of the night followed closely by Jason Reed…Everything is building towards NBW's next big show, Spring Break-Out on April 11th. Credit: NBWNewsguy @ www.rasslinriotonline.com Posted by Axeman at 9:10 PM 0 comments
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