AIW News: Two Big Shows Announced & More
Posted on July 7, 2009 by V.L. Stricklett
Two Shows Announced
Absolute Intense Wrestling is proud to announce two shows coming up at the West Park Party Center.
The first show is on August 28th, 2009 which has yet to be named but already signed to appear for the event is no stranger to AIW…Sonjay Dutt makes his return to AIW. Officials have not released who his opponent will be just yet but as soon as it’s released the information will be on AIWrestling.com. In the coming days we will release more matches on the return card as AIW kicks off its fifth year in operation.
The next show announced is on October 10th, 2009 which also hasn’t been named yet but this is going to be the 2nd All Female event AIW has put on. Hailey Hatred is scheduled to defend her AIW Women’s championship and some new faces are being negotiated with as we speak. The details of this show are shaping up and as soon as everything is final the information will be posted on AIWrestling.com.
AIW Retro Releases On DVD
Now that all current releases are out on DVD the AIW Home Video team is working on releasing some older shows that have not been put out on DVD yet. The first two releases to be put out are “Campus Invasion” and “Absolute Redemption.” Campus Invasion took place on 9/21/2007 in Athens, OH at a Frat Party for Ohio University students. This show was wild and includes some racy footage in addition to the action. The Honky Tonk Man took part on the show as he faced off against Nick Belushi’s alter ego, The Savage. Absolute Redemption took place on 6/23/2007 and was the last show AIW had in Taylor, MI. The Honky Tonk Man once again took part in the show as well as the first Intense Division Title defense by Tyler Black. There is also an All Japan Pro Wrestling match featuring Akira Raijin taking on Brute Issei.
Cleveland All Pro Wrestling DVD Archives Aquired By AIW
Absolute Intense Wrestling was created in 2005. Prior to that, the leader in Sports Entertainment in the city of Cleveland was Cleveland All Pro Wrestling. CAPW paved the way for all the wrestling you see in Cleveland today. For over 16 years, JT Lightning has ran events in and out of the Cleveland area. Sometimes allies, sometimes rivals, AIW and CAPW have come together to offer wrestling fans a unique opportunity to reach into the depths of the CAPW Video Archives. Throughout the next few weeks, months and years, AIW Home Video will be releasing matches and cards from CAPW’s amazing archive.
Over the past 16 years, CAPW has seen the likes of greats such as: Cactus Jack, Harley Race, Abdullah The Butcher, Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Tommy “Wildfire” Rich, Sabu and many more. CAPW saw many Southern stars like the likes of Tracy Smothers, Chris Hamrick, Doug Gilbert and more. CAPW booked the likes of Edge, Christian, Mickie James, CM Punk, Rhyno, Beth Phoenix and more when they were just up and comers. CAPW even has a wild side with hardcore wrestling with the likes of New Jack, Madman Pondo, The Necro Butcher, Ian & Axl Rotten and many more. On the other hand, it’s technical side is something to behold with the likes of Chris Hero, AJ Styles, Claudio Castagnoli, Homicide, Samoa Joe, “The American Dragon” Bryan Danielson and many more. Not to mention CAPW started the careers of a ton of the local talent you see on shows such as Johnny Gargano, Josh Prohibition, “MDogg20″ Matt Cross and many more.
In this unique partnership, the first release is of a recent CAPW event. HOMERUN FOR THE KIDS is from earlier this year and features the likes of Mitch Ryder, “Superstar” Bill Dundee, Jaime “JC ICE” Dundee, “The Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez and Virgil coming together to benefit a local baseball team. This release is just the start of many more releases to come from CAPW and AIW Home Video. If you have any favorite CAPW moment or show specific in mind that you would like to see come out on AIW Home Video, please email us at aiw@aiwrestling.com.
