News: NWA Ring Warriors announces main event plus tournament pairings for December 14th ‘Inaugural Brawl’

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – NWA Ring Warriors announced today that on Wednesday night, December 14th, the NWA World Tag Team Champions, the Dark City Fight Club, will defend their titles in the main event of the “Inaugural Brawl” in Fort Lauderdale against two members of pro wrestling’s most heralded and often controversial stables – Degeneration X.

“For DX members ‘Bad Ass’ Billy Gunn and Sean ‘X-Pac’ Waltman, this will be their first shot at NWA gold together,” said NWA Ring Warriors Chief Operations Officer (Talent) Larry Brannon.
“And I fully expect them to bring everything they have with them in order to walk out of the Fort Lauderdale Armory as the new NWA World Tag Team Champions.”

Brannon explained that a win against Dark City, however, would not be an easy task as the reigning champs for the most part have held their titles since November 2010, except for a two week period this past May.

“There is a reason why Jon Davis and Kory Chavis are the NWA World Tag Team Champions,” Brannon said. “Simply put, they are a very tough team to beat. They have all the attributes that a team must have to be called champions and as such they have successfully turned back every challenge thrown at them … and that includes some very impressive Indie and NWA-based duos.”

But is it enough to turn back the challenge of two seasoned, savvy competitors like DX?

“We’ll find out soon enough,” Brannon said, emphasizing that this will be their first in-ring meeting and fans can expect “just about anything to happen.”

In addition to the main event tag team title match, Brannon also released the first round pairing for the upcoming NWA Ring Warriors Grand Championship Tournament. The first round matchups are:

• Wes Brisco vs. Steve “Moose” Madison
• Francisco Ciatso vs. Cassidy Riley
• J.D. Maverick vs. “The Marquee” Bruce Santee
• The Giant Titan vs. Vordell Walker

As previously announced, there will also be a highly-anticipated first ever meeting on the card as current NWA National Heavyweight Champion “The Dark Child” Chance Prophet puts his title on the line against “The Tokyo Monster” Kahagas.

The “Inaugural Brawl” will be held at the Fort Lauderdale National Guard Armory, 400 S.W. 24th Street (State Road 84).

For tickets and more information, including special discounts, visit NWA Ring Warriors online at http://www.nwaringwarriors.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/ringwarriors.

A Little About Me and A Little About This New Column

I know who I am. The question is, who are you?

The Dalai Lama walks into a restaurant and the person behind the counter asks: “What would you like?”

The Dalai Lama responds, “Make me one with everything!”

If you get it, keep reading. If you don’t, keep reading anyway and maybe one day you will.

When it comes to pro wrestling, I’ve done just about everything there is to do except get into the ring and actually work a match. Hey, I even took a couple fo bumps: one at the hands of the whole F’n Show, Rob Van Dam and his ECW cohort Sabu; the other at the hands of former NWA World Tag Team Champs Bad Attitude, Rick Michaels and David Young.

As the former president of the National Wrestling Alliance (1996-2001), I’m proud to have recently rejoined the organization and even prouder to be using the name Ring Warriors in conjunction with my membership, as the late, great Hiro Matsuda and I produced a TV show in the mid-90s called Ring Warriors that became the number one rated pro wrestling program across the European continent and the nuber one program on Eurosport.

This column will be used as a forum for me to get up on my soapbox every now and then and for my periodic musings on all things wrestling-related. Although I’ll focus on the NWA and in particular, NWA Ring Warriors, don’t be shocked if I happen to spout off about WWE, TNA or Indy wrestling in general.

Whatever happens to be on my mind at the time, will be in this column.

Now, make me one with everything …

News: NWA Ring Warriors names final four participants for its Grand Championship tournament

(October 21, 2011) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – NWA Ring Warriors Chief Operations Officer (Talent) Larry Brannon today named the final four participants for the upcoming NWA Ring Warriors Grand Championship tournament, scheduled to kick off on December 14th at the Fort Lauderdale National Guard Armory, 400 S.W. 24th Street (State Road 84), as part of the group’s “Inaugural Brawl” event.

The final four competitors named for the tournament are:

Wes Brisco – If family lineage is a factor in determining who will wrestle their way to the Grand Championship, then Brisco would have the edge. Growing up in Tampa, Fla., he watched his WWE Hall of Fame father and uncle, Gerry and Jack Brisco, claim countless titles not only in the Sunshine State, but across the globe, including the NWA World Junior and NWA World Heavyweight titles respectively. With a strong amateur wrestling background, Brisco has also had his share of success in the pro ranks as he won the Florida Tag Team Championship in 2010 with his partner, Xavier Woods, for the World Wrestling Entertainment’s Florida Championship Wrestling development territory.

J.D. Maverick – As the lone Canadian in the tournament, Maverick has been a lifelong athlete, performing more than 10 years in the squared circle for almost 60 wrestling organizations across North America and Europe. Included in that run has been a two year stint with the WWE's Ohio Valley Wrestling development territory. Maverick has held nearly a dozen regional titles throughout his career, including the OVW Television Title and OVW Tag Titles twice. Maverick has also worked several matches for WWE, including a highly competitive contest in 2010 against current WWE kingpin Alberto Del Rio.

“The Marquee” Bruce Santee – Another Florida native who calls St. Petersburg his home, Santee made his pro wrestling debut in 2000 and since 2005 has been one of the Sunshine State’s marquee performers; thus his nickname. Aside from being a former NWA Florida Heavyweight and NWA Florida Tag Team Champion, the 6-foot 4-inch 245-pound Santee has competed for virtually every major Florida promotion including AWA World 1 South, Full Impact Pro Wrestling and IPW Hardcore, has performed in the Dominican Republic for Dominican Wrestling Entertainment and has been featured on Total Non-Stop Action (now Impact Wrestling).

The Giant Titan – At 7-feet tall and 318 pounds, this menacing figure has not only wrestled across the Sunshine State where he dominates his opponents, but throughout the Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago), in Mexico, Canada and Japan where he has competed for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Hustle and Zero-One. Born in Japan, but of American heritage, Titan not only has a strong wrestling background, but he is trained in both kickboxing and jiu-jitsu. Initially trained by pro wrestling legend Dory Funk, Jr., Titan has also wrestled for the WWE’s Florida Championship Wrestling development territory.

With Brisco, Maverick, Santee and Titan, the eight man field is now complete as they will join the previously announced foursome of Francisco Ciatso, Steve “Moose” Madison, “The VIP” Cassidy Riley and Vordell Walker in the tournament.

In addition to naming the final four tournament combatants, Brannon also said one more match for the “Inaugural Brawl” will soon be announced and that it will be another major NWA title bout. While Brannon offered no hints on which title might be defended on the card, he did say he was wrapping up negotiations and hopes to get final confirmation from the match opponents “any minute now.” It should be noted that Brannon has gone on public record stating that NWA Ring Warriors will be proactive in booking all of the NWA’s major title holders at some point.

To learn more about NWA Ring Warriors, visit their Web site at http://www.nwaringwarriors.com/