by: Bob Magee

Are you dreading seeing more of Rena Mero, the very same born again Christian who sued the WWF for $110 million, in some sort of bizarre quasi-lesbian angle with Torrie Wilson?
 
Is your mind boggled by the prospect of a weekly interview segment from Roddy Piper, the man who said Vince McMahon would morally corrupt his son, who swore he'd never come back to the WWF...who is doing exactly that?

The Piper story took a life of its own this weekend when, in a stranger than fiction moment, Piper attacked "certain other wrestlers who NEVER drew any money, plus punks who live vicariously through the wrestlers" for pointing out what they view as his hypocrisy. Then, just a day later, his management made an almost comical attempt to withdraw the remarks and blame "a mystery man from Norway who hacked their e-mail account" when WWE complained about the remarks.

Unfortunately for those attempting to withdraw the remarks, Dave Meltzer came out just hours later on Wrestling Classics and stated:

"Roddy's people, after WWE freaked out about the e-mail which just so happened to have the dates he agreed upon to work...write back to all the same people that their site was hacked (not to mention all the e-mails to all the people they send e-mails to in the exact order that they send
e-mails to them in the past) by a mysterious man from Norway".

I will note that Piper's spokesperson David Penzer e-mailed me and insists this is all legitimate, so you can make your own decisions, I suppose.

In any event, if you're tired of overage divas and online fiascos... and you live in the Philadelphia area, or can get to the Philadelphia area, you have a major weekend of quality wrestling (remember what that is?) in store for you.

First, on Saturday, April 12, Ring Of Honor kicks the weekend off at the Murphy Recreation Center with a 5:00 pm belltime.

Matches scheduled:

•  "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson vs. Paul London  (Ring Of Honor was informed April 4th that the originally booked Low Ki has been forced to stay in Japan due to his Zero-One commitments and will have to miss the event. American Dragon replaces Low Ki.)
•  Homicide vs. Christopher Daniels
•  ROH Tag Team Title Rematch - The Briscoe Brothers vs. AJ Styles and The Amazing Red
•  Hotstuff Hernandez vs. Samoa Joe
•  I Quit Bunkhouse Riot - Dusty Rhodes, Homicide & his crew vs. CW Anderson, Jack Victory, "The Messiah Of The Spinebuster" David Young and others
•  Reckless Youth vs. Matt Stryker vs. Colt Cabana vs. ??? (was to have been American Dragon, to be announced).
•  Da Hit Squad vs. Backseat Boyz
•  CM Punk vs. BJ Whitmer

Others scheduled include: Carnage Crew, Mikey Whipwreck and Special K, Alexis Laree, Dunn and Marcos.

Tickets are front row $30 (Note front row tickets are almost all sold out, so order now); 2nd and 3rd row reserved $20; General Admission $15.  Tickets are available online via the ROH online ticket reservations site, or by calling (215) 891-9404 (credit card orders only).

Then, approximately 30 minutes after the end of the Ring of Honor show, CZW returns to the ECW Arena for the third annual Best of the Best junior heavyweight tournament.

The lineup for Best of the Best 3 is:

•  Bracket 1: Trent Acid vs. Ric Blade vs. NWA-Wildside's Tony Mamaluke
•  Bracket 2: Sonjay Dutt vs. Ruckus vs. Chris Ca$h
•  Bracket 3: B-Boy, Lil' Cholo, and Jersey All Pro Wrestling's Deranged
•  Bracket 4: NWA-Wildside's Jimmy Rave, Jason Cross, and AJ Styles

In two non-tournament matches:

•  Nick Gage issues a challenge to The Messiah for his CZW Heavyweight Title.
•  The yearly BOTB Battle Royal, with this year's featuring all CZW wrestlers, with the winner getting a match for his championship of choice.

Tickets for Best Of the Best 3 are available, by calling (856) 742-7061, by emailing beaners_13@yahoo.com or by using the CZW Online Ticket Reservations System at www.czwwrestling.com/BOB/Tickets/tickets.html.

First through fifth row tickets are SOLD OUT. Only General Admission tickets remain.

General admission tickets are also available at these remote ticket locations:

Pennsylvania outlets

•  Somerton Beverages, 13510 Bustleton Avenue, Philadelphia, PA - Call (215) 673-1900 for information
•  Ontario Street Comics, 2235 Ontario Street, Philadelphia - Call (215) 288-7338 for information.
•  Bulls-eye Dart Supply, 4740 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia - Call (215) 831-0860 or (877) 409-3591 for information.
•  Berwyn Tavern, 625 West Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn, PA - Call (610) 889-9352 for information.

New Jersey outlets

•  Hall of Heroes
  Echelon Mall - Call (856) 772-9703 for information
  Cherry Hill Mall - Call (856) 662-9329 for information
•  Play With This Collectable Toys / Pennsauken Mart- Call (856) 486-4556 for information.
•  Innersoul Body Piercing, 2c Creek Road, Brooklawn, NJ (across from West Brook Bowling Alley) - Call (856) 742-7001 for information.

There will be bus trips from Boston and Philadelphia for both April 12th shows:

Boston

Pro Wrestling Tours will run a bus from the Boston area. After leaving Boston the bus will arrive in South Philly at the Murphy Recreation Center for the Ring of Honor event with a special start time of 5:00 PM. At the conclusion of the show, fans will board the bus and head over to the ECW Arena for the CZW Best of the Best 3 Tournament. At the conclusion of the CZW event, the bus trip will head back to Boston.

For reservations and information regarding the Boston trip, email  prowrestlingtours@hotmail.com.

New York

One of A Kind Tours will be running a New York City bus trip, leaving from the Modell's behind the Queens Center Mall at Noon. The cost of the trip will be $65, which includes transportation and tickets to both shows.

For reservations and information regarding the New York trip, email AgentCLPT@aol.com.

Then, after you get some sleep following what will likely be a marathon April 12th...

PWF will return to action on Sunday at Pottstown's Academy Hall for"Destiny".  Doors will open at 6:30 pm with a 7:30 pm belltime.

Matches scheduled:

•  FIRST TIME EVER: Justin Credible vs. "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels
•  The Amazing Red (with Allison Danger) vs. Wonderkid" Jonny Storm (Low Ki, originally advertised as part of this match, will be fulfilling Zero-One commitments, and will miss this date and the previous day's ROH show)
•  C.W. Anderson will defend the Television title
•  8 teams, 1 night, Single Elimination Tournament to crown new PWF Tag Team Champions

Teams announced to date: The S.A.T., Josh Daniels/Matt Striker, Da Hit Squad, Rapid Fire Maldonado/Chi Chi Cruz, Joey Matthews/Chris Hamrick, The Solution, Rockin Rebel and a partner to be announced.

Tickets: Ringside (Row 1 SOLD OUT) Row 2 available $15/General Admission $12/Kids under 12 $6. Tickets are available by calling (215)793-6823, emailing PWFTickets@aol.com. Tickets will also be available at the door the night of the show.

Until next time...

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(If you have comments or questions, I can be reached by e-mail at bobmagee1@hotmail.com)