By Chad Murphy

I wanted to wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas, and an early Happy New Year's. Hope Santa brought everyone what they wanted, and that you had a safe and happy holiday.

It's been a little over a week since I've posted a report, and I apologize for the delay. Between Christmas stuff and being busy preparing for a big tennis tournament next week I haven't found the time to post much on the site. I have a couple of video reviews coming up, so keep an eye out for those.

Also, this Saturday's a big day in Philadelphia wrestling. CZW is running their show at 1 PM at Viking Hall, and 3PW and ROH are both running shows that evening. CZW and 3PW are running a deal where if you show a CZW ticket stub at the door at 3PW, they're giving $3 off your ticket. Seems like a good deal and a good day of wrestling. I'm looking for correspondent reports on all three, so please send them to me at the address below.

And as usual, please send all indy news, results, and feedback to me at indynews@pwtorch.com.

Indy Results

Eastern Wrestling Alliance. December 20, 2002. Southbridge, Massachusetts.

Aaron Stevens defeated Kenn Phoenix. Dr. Heresy, Steve Ramsey & Vince Vicallo defeated "Flash" Nick McKenna, Larry Huntley & "Rugged" Rick Daniels. Mikazi defeated Malibu Mark. John Walters defeated Adam Hastey to win the EWA New England Title. Rated G defeated Evil Nick & Chris Camaro (w/Masked Janitor). EWA Heavyweight Champion Adam Booker (w/Miss Kristy) defeated Cueball. Dr. Heresy, Steve Ramsey & Vince Vicallo defeated Chris Hamrick, Kid Krazy & Frankie Armadillo.

NWA Wildside. December 20, 2002. Cornelia, Georgia.

Scott Cage & Kaos defeated Masada & Don Juan. Kevin Harden defeated Jason Blackman. Shadow Jackson defeated Jeremy V. ManSlaughter defeated Kevin Harden. Slim J defeated Fast Eddie. The Lost Boys defeated TnT.

Major League Wrestling. December 21, 2002. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Norman Smiley and Hack Myers fought to a no contest. Hot Commodity defeated Nosawa & Masada. Fuego Guerrero defeated Super Crazy and Christopher Daniels. Steve Williams & P.J. Friedman defeated Jimmy Yang & Mike Sanders. CW Anderson & Simon Diamond defeated Joel & Jose Maximo. Sabu defeated La Parka. Mike Awesome defeated Jerry Lynn. Steve Corino defeated Dusty Rhodes and Terry Funk. Satoshi Kojima defeated Vampiro to retain the MLW Championship.

American Pro Wrestling. December 21, 2002. Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Buckshot defeated Viper. Micky Richards defeated Dark Lion. Dirty defeated Lotus to keep the Carolinas title. AJ Frost fought to a double disqualfication with Nick Fury. Dillon Rage defeated Superstar Slick. EZ Money (Jeremy Bragg) defeated Derik Flair. Scott Youngblood, Wachee, Section 8 & Jay Eagle defeated Pvt. Playboy, Pvt. Gump, Pvt. Hurt & Sgt. Boomer Payne in a Wargames match when all the heels submitted to figure four keglocks applied by each face. Power Crew defeated Sonny Landel & Buckshot to keep the Tag titles.

All Access Wrestling. December 21, 2002. Lafayette, Louisiana.

Joe Kane defeated Jorge Estrada. Jacey North defeated Eddie Atlas. Sonny Siaki defeated Kevin Northcutt. Low Ki defeated Elix Skipper and Hotshot Cassidy in an Elimination match. David Young defeated A.J. Styles Joey C. defeated Rugged Rod Price (w/Skandor Akbar). Hacksaw Jim Duggan fought Malice (w/Skandor Akbar) to a no contest for the AAW Title.

Indy News

ACW Press Release: LEWISTON, ME — American Championship Wrestling, a new professional wrestling company based out of Lewiston, will present its first show in Maine on Saturday, January 4, 2003 at the Gardiner Armory in Gardiner, ME.

The show marks the debut of "Firefighter" Steve Rupard, a real-life firefighter by day for the town of Gorham, ME. Rupard has been working behind the scenes in wrestling for a couple years, but after several months of training, January 4 will mark his debut. Rupard was one of the many Maine firefighters that helped clean-up efforts at ground zero following the events of Sept. 11 in New York City.

Other wrestlers scheduled to appear include: Alex Arion, Kevin Matthews, The Damned, Larry Huntley, The Egomaniacs, Valentina, Aaron Morrison and more.

The event will be a TV taping for the organization's new television show that will debut in central Maine on Jan. 16 via Adelphia Network, Channel 9. American Championship Wrestling hopes to put on shows through Maine following the airing of the first episodes of their show on television.

Tickets for the event will be available at the door the day of the show at $10 for adults and $7 for children under 12. The doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins promptly at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.acwwrestling.com

AWF Press Release: As we march full steam ahead into what, for many, is the busiest time of the year the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation would like to wish all of you a very happy, healthy and safe holiday season. From the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation family to yours...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We hope to see you all at our first show of the new year; "2003: Year of the Jaguar" at the Birchmount in Toronto on Sunday Jan. 12th @ 4 PM.

In addition to appearances by the fabulous lady wrestlers of the AWF (AWF Ladie's Champion Kiki Malaya, 'The Bombshell' Macaela Mercedes and the 'Fabulous Firebird' Phoenix) the AWF is busy putting together an old fashioned 'ring-a-ding-dong-dandy' to kick the New Year off right!

In matches signed so far for "2003: Year of the Jaguar", Internationally travelled superstar 'The Sexy Monkey' Robin Knightwing returns home from across the pond and he will try to get right back into the hunt when he goes one on one against Asylum! Talk about hard hitting action to kick off the New Year. This one has the potential to be one of the most physical match ups in AWF history!

In a re-match for the AWF Championship, Jaguar Vijay Singh (3 time AWF Champion) gives former champion Slade his re-match for the gold on Jan. 12th at the Birchmount.

Two big tag team matches have been signed so far for 'Year of the Jaguar'! In one The Un-Canadians (El Hiney and Zaquary Springate III) take on a team that is sure to be one of the AWF's most popular pairings ever, Jerrick 'The Thriller' Miller and Internet voted AWF 2002 Rookie of the Year, the man they call S.I.L.K! And in the other tag team match the New All Knighters (Joey Knight and Arizona) will get it on against Sparkling James Champagne and the ever popular Canadian cult hero the 'Codfather' Billy Flynn!!

Others scheduled to be part of the AWF's Jan. 12th card include the Squeegee Kid, former WWE star Jason Sensation, Ghetto Wizard' Kevin Grace, The 'Club Studd' Tony Mack and many, many more.

For the most up to date information on the AWF available anywhere don't forget to make www.AWF.ca part of your daily Internet surfing habits. And, for the very best in Canadian professional wrestling training, look no further than Ron Hutchison's Pro Wrestling Gym at www.WRESTLINGTRAINING.com -- Canada's critically acclaimed pro wrestling training school.

Happy Holidays everyone! See you at the Birchmount on Jan. 12th as the AWF 'does it up' with '2003: Year of the Jaguar!'.

IPW Press Release: IPW Hardcore Wrestling & NWA Florida team up once again to present The Aftermath, on Saturday January 25, 2003. After the huge success of Independent Armageddon, the entire crew is back to tear the roof down once again!

Already announced for the show are:Former ECW World Champion, and WWE, WCW Superstar Mike Awesome, The NWA WORLD CHAMPION, The Chosen One Jeff Jarrett, from Big Japan Pro Wrestling...O.D.D. Jeff Bradley, WWC Superstar Carly Colon The Alliance of Defiance...Rod Steel, Billy Fives & Naturally Marvelous NWA Florida Champion and former ECW Star Danny Doring The Awesome Shane Twins The Strong Brothers.

Once again we will be offering a great V.I.P. package which will let fans in at 6pm for a meet and greet autograph session with all of their favorite stars. This also allows you to choose your seat before the general crowd is let in!

VIP Tickets are $20.00 in advance and $ 25.00 the day of show Ringside Seats are $ 15.00 in advance and $ 20.00 day of show General Admission is $ 10.00 in Advance and $ 12.00 day of show 2 exciting matches have been announced so far and more will follow over the next 2 weeks!

Maine Event Wrestling Press Release: Maine Event Wrestling Christmas Chaos will take place this Friday, 12/27 in Waterville, ME at the Waterville Armory, with Syxx-Pac and Saturday 12/28 in Saco, ME at Howard Sports Center headlined by "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.

Both shows also feature Chris Hamrick, Julio Dinero, Mike Quackenbush, Reckless Youth, Mike Preston, Chi Chi Cruz, John Roselli, Don Montoya, Jeff Starr, Kappa Tappa Kegga, Johnny Curtis, Dino Devine, Miss Kristy, and more.

Tickets prices for Waterville are $10 & $12
Tickets prices for Saco are $8 & $10
Tickets to both events are available through all Bull Moose Music stores throughout Maine.
Tickets will also be available at the door.

Syxx Pac will be doing a meet and greet in Waterville from 7 to 8
Hacksaw Duggan will be doing a meet and greet in Saco from 6 to 7

For more info: www.MaineEventWrestling.com

WWN Press Release: The World Wrestling Network (WWN) is excited to announce that it has signed three new content providers. United States Wrestling Alliance (USWA) of Alabama, Pure Organic Wrestling (POW) of Portland, Oregon and Irish Whip Wrestling (IWW) of Dublin, Ireland. We are happy to welcome these great organizations to the WWN family of programming. Visit us at www.wwn.tv

Our base channel streams at 128K and is FREE to all WWN members. Initially features three (3) hours of new wrestling content every week on a 24-hour schedule for FREE! Some of the wrestling organizations featured this week on the WWN Live! Include IPW-Hardcore Wrestling, Christian Wrestling Federation (CWF), Future of Wrestling (FOW), NWA Florida, Pro Championship Wrestling (PCW) and Wrestling Resource TV.

Our premium channel streams at 300K, initially features twelve (12) hours of new wrestling content weekly and bi-weekly on a 24-hour schedule and will grow as the WWN grows. Members who purchase the X channel will receive a license to view all of the content on WWN Live! As well as additional wrestling programming for the low monthly fee of $19.95. Some of the federations featured on WWN include Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Highspots.com, RF Video, Ring of Honor, Mike Graham Presents Championship Wrestling from Florida, Jersey All-Pro Wrestling (JAPW), Phoenix Championship Wrestling, Premier Wrestling Federation (PWF), Premier Wrestling Federation Northeast, NWA Wildside, and Island Xtreme Wrestling Federation (IXWF)

Our VOD site has been updated to feature the hottest independent wrestling action found anywhere. Now members can either download their selected programming or get it delivered to them on CD-ROM.

WOHW Press Release: World Of Hurt Wrestling - www.worldofhurtwrestling.com. December 27, 2002. Doors open: 6:15pm. Bell time: 7:00pm. Draper Center. Corner of Guilderland Ave. & Vischer Ave, Rotterdam NY. Only $5 at the door!

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