WWR Singles Top 30 (up to March 1st)

LEVEL ONE REGAINS #1 SPOT FROM HART.  PHOENIX WRESTLING REVOLUTION’S HAWK HENSHAW REJOINS TOP 30

30. 20.1 Victor Hades- Action Packed Wrestling
-APW’s top heel, early contender for heel of the year, cracks the top 30 for the virst time.
29. 20.2 Cobra- Defiance  WfWA
-DQ loss to Joe Drago drops Cobra 8 places down from #21
28. 21.1 Joshua Curtis- Dangerous Championship Wrestling League
-Curtis won DCWL’s Dangerous title at DCWL 12 last week and debuts at #28
26. 21.2 Lane Stevens- Sin City Championship Wrestling
-The River Rat and SCCW champion drops 9 spots to #26 this week.
26. 21.2 Slickie T- World Championship Federation
-Slickie T also tumbles 9 spots this week.
24. 22.1 Robb McBride- Phoenix Wrestling Revolution
-McBride won big at PWR’s Supershow 4, successfully defending his Revolution X title over Chris Chaos and debuts at #24 this week.
24. 22.1 Scarlett Willis- Simcoe County
-The Simcoe County Champion pops back into the Top 30 this week at #24.
22. 22.2 Mr. Fantastic- Viking Wrestling Federation
-Riding wins in the CWC Asension Tournament to move up one spot this week.
22. 22.2 Tyrone Kidd- Universal Wrestling Federation
-UWF Champion debuts in Top 30 at #22
21. 23.1 Muru- Dream Wrestling Federation
-Dream TV Champion loses one spot to #21.
17. 23.2 El Gallego(Hawk Henshaw)- PWR
-After an extended absence, Henshaw blasts back onto the top 30 with two wins at PWR Supershow 4, the biggest being the title win over William.  Debuts at #17.
17. 23.2 Glory Braddock- Global Division of Wrestling
-Braddock won the GDW World Title at Civil War PPV and debuts at #17.
17. 23.2 ‘Triple X’ Sean Stevens- Empire Pro Wrestling
-Stevens holds steady at #17
17. 23.2 Viper- Xtreme World Wrestling
-Viper rides a couple wins to jump back into the top 30 at #17
15. 24.2 Joe the Plumber- New Frontier Wrestling
-Crash 50, where are you?
15. 24.2 Keith Scott Zimmerman – All-Star Championship Wrestling
-KSZ in ACW title mix but drops 2 places from #13.
14. 26.1 Zoey Swan- UWF
-Swan gained a point but lost 3 places.  Go figure.
13. 27.2 Hell- Pure Wrestling
-The Pure Wrestling Champion falls out of top 10 this week.
12. 28.0 Chester Addison- High Impact Wrestling
-Lost HIW title to Katherine Stryfe and drops out of top 10.
11. 29.0 Hecate- Wrestling Midwest
-Successful title defense helps Hecate hold her position at #11.
10. 31.0 Myke Adams- Simcoe County
-Adams slingshots back into top 10 with a pair of wins.
9. 32.1 Johnny Styles- HIW
-The second of three HIW wrestlers in the top 15 inches up one spot from #10.
8. 36.2 Bryan Payne- Sin City Wrestling
-Payne slides down two spots from #6.
7. 37.2 Katherine Stryfe- HIW
-Stryfe won the HIW title from Chester Addison and jumps up 8 places from #15.
6. 38.2 Jim Rooster- Genesis Pro
-Genesis Pro Champion Rooster simply keeps winning.  Two more victories move him up two spots to #6.
4. 44.2 Alias – ACW   FWO
-Trey Vincent keeps upping the ante on the bounty on Alias.  All Alias does is keep winning matches.  However, huge showdown with Shawn Jessica Hart could turn top 5 upside down.  It will also mark the first time that two wrestlers in the top 5 singles meet.
4. 44.2 Valora Salinas- WMW
-What else can you say about Wrestling Midwest’s Queen of Extreme?  She added (with Umbrage) the WfWA World Tag Team title to her WMW Great Lakes belt.
3. 46.1 Alexia- VWF
-And speaking of consistant, Alexia remains steady at #3 yet again.
2. 51.2 Shawn Jessica Hart – LoC  EPW  New Era  ACW
-Hart vs. Alias at ACW.  Clash of the Titans.
1. 54.2 Level One- APW
-Back on top after a two week hiatus.  However, will his recent signing with TFWF change things?

Wrestlers to keep an eye on:
Brandon Youngblood- PRIME   PTC*
Devin Dice- cWo **
Jamie Lockheart- VWA **
Jason Snow- PRIME *
Desade (Alexandria Pierce)- SCCW
Erick Kennylz- VWA *
Mac Bane- UCWA *
Hector Rodriguez- WCF **
Valerie (Lamb) Belmont- SCW **  PWX **
Impulse- Just Wrestling  NFW   NLW
Taurus Black- PrYde *
Barry Baldwin- Shootfire **
Erik Black- New Era **  EPW
J.T. Cash- SCW **  Simcoe County   NeWA **

Wrestler Spotlight on: Alias – All-Star Championship Wrestling

Alias (c) vs. Scott Riktor- ACW Courage 105
And as Alias stepped into the center of the ring he locked eyes with the Man Known as Rage. The Pulp Champion’s body was tense. This was a man he never would have expected to face tonight, he was very much like Alias, but certainly very different. Alias could only wait for Riktor to make the first move… instead, Scott Riktor nodded his head towards the ACW World title.

“You finally get it?”

The Original Pulp Hero had a confused look on his face, and held it for a moment but then shook it off. Henry Irwonsen raised a hand to begin to lay down the rules for the two combatants but Alias was quick to the punch. Quite literally. Forcing the bell to be wrung as quickly as possible, as Riktor stumbled back into the ropes.

DING, DING, DING

See Riktor had to have some ring rust. Even if he didn’t Alias was NOT in the best shape after last week. So therefore, the Pulp Hero had to take the fight to an opponent that he respected very deeply, as quick as possible.

Alias began to lay in a series of rights to the face, catching Riktor off-guard and knocking him into the ropes. Alias set to whip him across, but Riktor reversed it. The Man Known as Rage put his head down, and Alias leapfrogged him and kept going into the ropes. Riktor got up and turned, and Alias, coming off, leapt into the air and blasted him with a flying forearm. Alias made the cover, but Riktor kicked out quickly, before the count even reached two.

As the two men made it to their feet, Alias immediately dove for the freshly recovering LoC Legend’s knee, but Riktor was able to back out of it and spin through. They then locked up, and Alias sent Riktor into the corner with his slight size advantage. Before Ironsides could make a count, Alias whipped the long-time LoC superstar cross- corner, and followed through with a hard clothesline. Riktor was rocked, but still on his feet. Another cross- corner whip, and another clothesline.

A third cross- corner whip, but as Alias ran in for the clothesline, Riktor got a leg up and kicked the World Champion in the face. Alias, rocked, was turned around and staggered forward a step. Riktor moved quickly, hoisting himself up to the second turnbuckle and bulldogging Alias to the mat. Alias was quick to his knees, but still held his forehead with one hand. SR kept up the offensive, leaning back into the ropes and coming off quickly – dropped a leg on the back of Alias’s neck.

He grabbed him by the arm and pulled him to his feet, and whipped him into the ropes. Alias came off the ropes, and ducked a clothesline. He bounded back, and Riktor leapfrogged over his head. Legend of LoC went for a backdrop, but he dropped his head a moment too soon, and the ACW Hall of Famer was able to put on the brakes and hook his body for a wicked high angle powerbomb, but Riktor fought it valiantly, with his veteran knowledge, hooking his legs behind Alias’s neck, and took him down with a headscissors.

Riktor shot to his feet and began to lay the boots to Alias as he stumbled to his feet. The Man Known as Rage carelessly walked in, as Alias gave him a hard knee to the midsection, causing Scott to bend over, setting him up for a tornado implant DDT. Alias jumped to his feet, lifting his arms in the air… he was starting to get pretty damn pumped. He picked the Riktor up and executed a snap suplex… before dropping down for the cover.

One!

Two!

Riktor kicked out! This was an athletic contest between two well-trained and well-conditioned veteran competitors, and both men knew that they couldn’t forget that in spite of all the additional factors… Alias’s gauntlet of insanely tough challengers to his Championship and Riktor’s one night back into the ring, among others, that there was still a man in front of them that they had to defeat. Simple as that in all of its complications. With that in mind, Alias stalked Riktor as he got to his feet, and when the all-around assassin paused momentarily to shake some of the discomfort out of his leg, Alias pounced, tackling Riktor around the waist and driving him to the mat.

Alias began clubbing Riktor with forearm shots to either side of his face. Lesson two, take down the faster man and keep him down. Submissions where just a little ways away from this, no doubt. Alias rose up and off of Riktor and yet, the Man Known as Rage moved with no hesitation, getting surprisingly steadily to his feet. And it was with no thought for his well-being that he moved into a collar-and-elbow tie-up with Alias. The two men struggled briefly for control, but Alias’s superior strength, as they where both around the same size, combined with punishment he had already doled out, proved to be enough to allow him to take control, pulling Riktor towards him and ducking around behind his challenger before locking in a half nelson on Riktor’s right arm.

Turning so that his back was to the nearest corner, Alias launched Riktor through the air, intent on sending his foe crashing into the turnbuckle. However, it wasn’t meant to be, as Riktor had pushed off of the canvas as Alias was suplexing him, which gave him enough momentum that he could flip backwards and land a la Spider-man on the second rope, almost slipping but still luckily keeping his footing. And as a shocked Alias turned, he was met with a hard kick to the stomach.

So much for ring rust, after all.

Scott Riktor, letting go of the top rope that he had used for balance, leapt off of the turnbuckle and drove the Pulp Champion’s head into the ground with a sudden and epic crack of a leaping DDT from the top rope.

Riktor Scale

NEW WORLD CHAMPION?!

Immediately rolling Alias over for the cover, Riktor urged the senior referee to get into position, but he was still only able to get a two-count before Alias draped his foot across the bottom rope.

Irwonsen motioned Riktor off of Alias, and Riktor obliged. Staggering to his feet, Alias turned to find his opponent, only to see his faster and ultimately fresher opponent somehow miraculously on his feet and charging at him. Alias ducked, fearing the worst, but Riktor leap-frogged him. And before the more technical of the two could move, the Riktor’s superlative speed came into play, as he bounced off of the ropes and charged back, leaping into the air and landing on Alias’s neck with a variant on the Thesz press.

Alias tried to brace himself, but the combination of Riktor’s 200-plus pound frame and the momentum of his jump was more than even the weathered fighter’s muscles could stand. Having felled his opponent decisively, Riktor scaled the top rope, hoping perhaps to land the coup de grace that was necessary for him to put Alias away once and for all. When the three-time ACW World Heavyweight champion finally regained his vertical base however, he charged the corner upon which Riktor was perched, only to have the Man Known as Rage sail over his head and catch him with a flipping neckbreaker.

Upon impact, Riktor quickly rolled back to his feet and stalked Alias until he stood back to his feet, only to bring him back down with a scissor kick across the back of his neck. Further hurting his neck. This time, however, Riktor pulled Alias back to his feet and sent a boot into his stomach that kept the Heart and Soul of ACW doubled over. Pushing down on Alias’s head, Riktor placed a knee on the back of the Pulp Hero’s neck, before leaping into the air…and being caught in a cradle for a twisting fisherman’s suplex. However, Alias couldn’t maintain the cradle for a cover, due to size and otherwise stamina restrictions, and both men were forced to lie on the mat and try to regain their wind.

Alias sat up and rubbed at his neck, trying to regain the feeling. Riktor slowly rose up, too, holding his back from the suplex. Alias came to his feet and what he wasn’t expecting was Riktor’s second wind. Alias called for a test of strength, inspired by Riktor’s surely resurgent spirit… and Riktor obliged him. The two men struggled to no avail for several seconds, but then Alias’s slight size advantage once again won out, and he began to force the former member of the Cowboys From Hell to his knees. However, before that could happen, Riktor delivered a hard kick to the side of the Original Pulp Hero’s knee, sending him down instead.

Now enjoying the advantage once more, Riktor wasted no time in leering over Alias, forcing down with all his might and bending the now once again singularly World Champion’s wrists back painfully. He didn’t get this advantage often enough and was taking full advantage. A small smile creased Riktor’s face as he realized that he had this match exactly where he wanted it, but it quickly vanished in the wake of a headbutt to the solar plexus from Alias. Positioning his shoulder in Riktor’s armpit, Alias drove his challenger into the mat with a double-armed Northern Lights suplex. Bridging for the cover, Alias managed the first definite near-fall of the contest, earning a staunch two-count before Riktor could force the bigger man’s bulk off of him.

Both men were quickly back to their feet, and they began to circle one another as the Manchester crowd roared at the clinic that was underway, as each man looked for another opening. Alias quickly shot in for an amateur style takedown, but Riktor sprawled, forcing his entire weight down on Alias’s upper body. Alias powered in through it with a tight latch on waistlock, Alias executed a German suplex, rolling through and executed another one in a breathtaking variation of the traditional sequence.

Before he could execute a third suplex, however, Riktor grabbed his left arm and executed a seated switch, countering directly into an armbar. Wrenching back on Alias’s shoulder, Riktor worked the hold for all it was worth, but due to the weak way the hold was locked in, Alias was able to shift his weight quickly and release himself from the hold.

Alias got to a complete vertical base and Riktor charged and delivered a knee lift to his opponent’s chin, sending Alias back to the mat. Pulling the Pulp Hero back to his feet, Riktor went for a snap suplex, the first of three of what he called The Hat Trick, but Alias blocked with his foot and pushed away, countering with a twisting belly-to-belly suplex of his own. Alias went for the cover from it but didn’t hook the leg of his challenger.

One!

Two!

Th-No!

Yeah, you know he should have hooked that leg. Hindsight is 20/20, I suppose. The crowd was very much behind Alias, but still surprisingly behind Riktor. With Riktor down, Alias had an upper hand. Still clutching his neck, Alias picked the Riktor up, and locked him for a Dragon suplex. He nailed the move, tossing Riktor back quite a few feet in the process on the roll afterwards. Alias lifted his body up and slumped towards the man who had been specifically picked for to make $300,000 from Trey Vincent if he could defeat Alias. He made a cover.

One.

Two.

…

Three!

…

No dice, at least not yet. $300, 000 and a World Championship still in play.

Riktor kicked out, despite what Alias thought was a slow count. Alias voiced his concerns with Irwonsen while he picked up the Riktor. He continued to talk at the senior referee while he tossed Riktor in the corner. Alias laid in some deadly chops into the Riktor’s chest. The Manchester crowd yelled “WHOO!” at each chop. Ahem.

Chop.

WHOO!

Chop.

WHOO!

Chop.

WHOO!

Alias, after a few chops, whipped Riktor across the ring. Riktor hit the turnbuckles chest-first, and then stumbled back. Alias was waiting; he locked him for another german suplex. He nailed it, holding Riktor in the move. The two got up, and Alias picked Riktor up. He placed him on the top rope. What you thought he was going for another german? He’s already gone and done that foo! Alias was going to try something dangerous.

Alias climbed to the top second rope, and started locking the Riktor in for a super fall-away slam. However, the Man Known as Rage seemed to have woken up during this time. He began to hit the Original Pulp Hero with various rights. Alias, who didn’t like this, began to hit back. However, Riktor got the upper hand, as he pushed Alias off the second rope. Alias fell off, landing on his back. Scott readied himself… then flew off the top with a 360 splash. However, Alias was waiting.

He rotated as Riktor hit him and countered it into a small package.

One!

Two!

Thre-No!

The LoC Legend once again kicked out at the last possible second, sending the electric English crowd into a wall of cheers. The two battered warriors got to their feet and once again sized each other up. Scott Riktor smiled, before growling.

“You finally got it.”

“Thank you.” Alias coughed, in reply.

Tonight had been a rough and tumble 17 straight minutes between the two ring warriors. It was then that Riktor took the quick advantage with a kick to the gut, but Alias countered that by sweeping Riktor’s feet from under him.

Riktor was back up in a flash however, and just in time to duck a hard clothesline from Alias. Now behind Alias, Riktor applied a full nelson and lifted Alias straight up, only to have him fall back forward and throw Riktor over with a well-executed arm drag. Riktor, though, was still not all too far gone, and rolled back to his feet. He rushed Alias once more, and reacted instinctively once again with a side kick, only to have Alias catch it and lock him up for a leg capture suplex.

Riktor went up and over, landing on his back once more tonight. Thinking on his feet, Alias pulled Riktor up and grabbed a hold of his waist. The challenger ran forward, towards the rope trying to break the waistlock but Alias held on and rolled out backwards. He was quick onto his feet, and Riktor charged. He was kicked in the stomach.

A-BOMB!

Reversed!

THE FINISHING TOUCH!

Alias reversed that! Then the Pulp Hero sent another harsh knee in Riktor’s gut, he had just taken away Riktor’s last effort… so Alias had to set up the Anarchy’s Lullaby. How about…

High Angle Powerbomb.

Sit-down with a bit of a spike on the end.

Riktor, however, wasn’t going to have any of that. He wanted to go out on top. He hooked his legs around Alias’s head when he was lifted up and powered him over with a hurracanrana-type move, only just not as graceful.

Stamina is a bitch.

Especially when she leaves you.

ONE!

TWO!

Wait, a hand reached out from ringside, unseen from the senior referee, but it yanked at Riktor’s hair, giving Alias the momentum to roll through, pinning Riktor’s shoulders down! Catching the Man Known as Rage completely off guard!

One!

Two!

Three!

As then saw the man who had deemed it his job, to assist the Original Pulp Hero in retaining his title.

Shawn Jessica BLEEP’n Hart!

The Original Pulp Hero was shaking his head, yelling towards the man would be facing him in just a matter of days at the For Queen & Country PPV, ACW’s first PPV in several years. Hart rolled into though, and as a shocked Riktor also got to his feet, he turned to confront SJH.