Torch Today SATURDAY EVENTS: ROH & NWA Title matches, Goldberg, meet Fairplay & Maria, Steiner, Goldust, Hardy & Sky; Reports Wanted
May 18, 2013 - 10:29:15 AM
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Saturday, May 18
- WWE Supershow (Evansville, Ind.): Full Preview HERE.
- ROH (Richmond, Va.): Jay Briscoe is scheduled to defend the ROH World Title against B.J. Whitmer and donate his pay to charity following insensitive Twitter remarks earlier this month. Also scheduled is Kevin Steen vs. Jimmy Jacobs and a six-man tag match featuring ROH tag champs ReDRagon. [ Event Details HERE at ROHWrestling.com ]
- NWA Smoky Mountain (Kingsport, Tenn.): Ricky Morton will challenge current NWA World Hvt. champion Rob Conway for the NWA Title. This is billed as Morton's final shot at the NWA Title. [ Event Details HERE at NWASmokyMountain.com ]
- PWS (Queens, N.Y.): Pro Wrestling Syndicate returns to action with Scott Steiner vs. Davey Boy Smith, Jr., plus former WWE wrestler Trent Barreta, 2 Cold Scorpio, Marty Jannetty, Homicide, Shelly Martinez, Sami Callihan, and Necro Butcher. [ Event Details HERE at BedofNailz.com ]
- Goldberg Signing (Middletown, N.Y.): Former WWE/WCW champion Bill Goldberg is scheduled for a rare wrestling appearance at the "Wrestling Spectacular." Goldberg is slotted from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. [ Event Details HERE at WrestlingSpectacular.com ]
- Signing (Myrtle Beach, S.C.): Johnny Fairplay and former WWE Diva Maria Kanellis will be signing autographs at Xcon. Fairplay is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. At 4:45 p.m., there will be a screening of "Ghost Trek" episodes 1 and 2 featuring Fairplay, Disco Inferno, and Colt Cabana. [ Event Details HERE at XConWorld.info ]
- Hardy & Sky (Hayward, Calif.): Matt Hardy and Reby Sky are scheduled to appear at All Pro Wrestling's weekend tour Friday through Sunday. [ Event Details HERE at AllProWrestling.com ]
- Goldust (Kalkaska, Mich.): Former WWE wrestler Goldust is scheduled for the main event of tonight's "Mr. Chainsaw Pro Wrestling" show. [ Event Details HERE - http://bit.ly/12j06lq ]
- UCW (Bay City, Mich.): TNA wrestler Joseph Park and former WWE tag team Demolition headline the latest Ultimate Championship Wrestling show at the Prime Event Center. [ Event Details reported HERE at MLive.com - http://bit.ly/12iYZ5v ]
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