From Alfred Feliciano: 2022 was full of losses in the wrestling world, in Puerto Rican, Mexican Lucha Libre and here in America. We rememb...
2022 was full of losses in the wrestling world, in Puerto Rican, Mexican Lucha Libre and here in America. We remember those who have passed on and are no longer with us: Two time WWE Hall of Famer and founding member of the NWO Scott Hall, former AWA and WWC Puerto Rico's Women's Champion Candi Devine, CMLL legends Starman and Super Muneco, WWC Co-Founder "El Gigante de San Lorenzo"Jose Rivera,Sr., Mexican lucha legend "El Nino Travieso" Humberto Garza, AAA Lucha Libre commentator: Arturo "Rudo"Rivera, Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Boxing and Wrestling Commission Gerardo Mora Pagan, WWE Tough Enough winner Sara Lee, IWRG Mexico Future Projects Director Ivannia Moreno Tolsa, Melanie Pillman, "El Tigre Colombiano" Bill Martinez, former boxing referee Mills Lane, former UFC Fighter Stephen Bonnar, former NWA X Division Champion Jaysin Strife, Scrapyard Dog and former Impact Wrestling announcer Don West. On behalf of everyone at Georgia Wrestling History News and Notes, I send our prayers and condolences to those mentioned who passed away throughout 2022.
Rodney Kellerman aka Dru Onyx. Bahamian born Canadian wrestler has 23 Years of experience in the Squared Circle, trained by Tokimitsu Ishisawa (Kando Kashin) at the New Japan Pro Wrestling's Inoki Dojo in Los Angeles, where he also trained with current NJPW Superstar Rocky Romero and his future NWA opponent Fergal Devitt (WWE Superstar:Finn Balor). In 2004, Onyx started Torture Chamber Pro Wrestling Dojo in Montreal, which he still owns and operates. Since the dojo began, many trainees from Montreal and all across the Great White North have graduated in its 18 Year history. Kellerman (Onyx) still has seminars throughout the USA, Canada, Europe (United Kingdom and Spain), and the Dominican Republic. in 2011, Onyx was invited to train at Florida Championship Wrestling as well as being a part of their house shows, In 2016, Onyx was a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center which lead to trainees from Torture Chamber Pro Wrestling Dojo receiving WWE tryouts. Onyx still trains and promotes wrestling shows from the Dojo. the championships being defended at Torture Chamber Pro are the British Commonwealth and Canadian Tag Team Championships, both which were a part of the NWA throughout the late 1990's. Current titleholders are Chocolate City (Moustapha Jordan and Wilson Colas), the current TCPW Canadian Tag Team Champions, Bjorg Haaken, the TCPW British Commonwealth Champion and Victor Castella, the TCPW British Commonwealth Cruiserweight Champion. Their upcoming event is called January Jackpot from the Metro Montmorency, 1000 Boulevard of The Future,Laval,Quebec. Bell time at 4:00 PM. If interested in going to their first event of 2023, send an email to druonyx@gmail.com.
Former WWE Superstar Jacques Rogeau's Lutte Academie with coaches Sexxy Eddy and Martin "The Crow" Villenueve, also located in Montreal, started their association with Cody Rhodes' Nightmare Factory in 2022. The four winners in the first season of Wrestling Academy were Matt Black, Jeremy Prophet, Chris Dillon and Jessika Black. During the second season of Wrestling Academy in 2023, three winners will represent the Lutte Academie. They will receive $10,000 each and a tryout at the Nightmare Factory with QT Marshall. For more info on what is going on, send an email to jrougeau@jacquesrougeau.ca and to Nightmarefitness@gmail.com.
Here are the videos from Jacques Rougeau and QT Marshall talking about the upcoming wrestling academy and the unveiling of the participants.
In 2014, the now defunct Entertainment Wrestling Organization, alongside the still dormant New Borinquen Pro Wrestling and Comerio's CWA promotion were the three former member promotions for the Allied Independent Wrestling Federations based in Mount Airy, North Carolin. At the time. "The Natural" Chase Stevens beat then EWO Puerto Rico World Champion Luis Barreto for the coveted title. This wasn't the first time Stevens had won gold in PR. Stevens and Andy Douglas won the IWA Puerto Rico World Tag Team Championships on two occasions in 2007 and 2008. Then owner Neo was upset that Stevens by the law had to either defend the title or to be stripped. Barreto won back the EWO Puerto Rico World Championship, only to see a video from Nashville's "The Headliner" Chris Michaels put down the Puerto Rican wrestling scene, stating the promotions In PR including WWC were afraid of him. Michaels challenged Barreto for the title, which lead to the war between EWO Puerto Rico and the newly formed EWO USA, headed by Michaels and Stevens, Michaels won the belt and took it to his home in The Music City, where he burned it and replaced it with the EWO USA World Championship. That made the fans and people working in EWO Puerto Rico even more furious. In the almost two years of the war, many stars who were part of the EWO USA faction came to the Island for the first time, including AIWF Krazy 8 Winner James Anthony, the Puerto Rican Hound Dogg, the SWAG Team (the now retired Papi Nieves and former Florida Heavyweight Champion Hot Rodz) who held both EWO Puerto Rico and House of Lucha World Tag Team Championship, former longest running AIWF World Champion Damien Wayne, Eric Wayne (son of "The Nightmare" Ken Wayne), and former WWE NXT Superstar Michael Tarver. Sadly, after the EWO Puerto Rico vs. EWO USA storyline ended. the promotion folded in 2016. folded.
Below is the recap and two matches from Torture Chamber Pro Wrestling Dojo's Showcase Sunday 20, episodes of Jacques Rougeau's Lutte Academie's 2022, special episodes of EWO Puerto Rico in their war against EWO USA, and special year end episodes of WWC, AEW Dark and Dark Elevation, IWA Puerto Rico, OVW, Ground Zero Wrestling, Events from +Mas Luchas YouTube Channel and more.
