FIGHTS: via James Roy Daley and BOOKS of the DEAD PRESS blog: The Giangregorio Saga

I just thought I'd reblog this story from a colleague of mine named James Roy Daley.

Considering it is a kind of FIGHT from a girl trying to get her foot in the door and getting hosed, I thought it would be right to help spread the word on her (and others) behalf.

This story makes me feel very fortunate that I found people like Travis Adkins, Jacob and the boys and girls at Permuted Press, and Dr. Pus of Twisted Library Press.  I speak only for myself in that they have been fair and square with me, provided me a professional opportunity, and are all people I can trust.

With the new publishing technology, its sad to see that this Giangregorio guy is taking advantage of people just like me who are just trying to share the stories in their head with anyone who would give them a chance.  We're just trying to put our best foot forward for the opportunity, and I'm sad that people take advantage of other people's art.

Please read and share the blog below from James Roy Daley's 'Books of the Dead Press' blog.

BOOKS of the DEAD PRESS: When Publishing Goes Wrong: A writer friend on mine - Mandy DeGeit - (a wonderful girl) had a bad experience with a publisher called Undead Press , which is run by a m...

FIGHTS: PCW returns in south Texas

by Bowie Ibarra

Wrestling fans who have been keeping up with the Texas indy scene over the years, some might remember Professional Championship Wrestling that ran out of Dallas, Texas.  They had a run for several years.

Apparently, they went away for a while but resurfaced this weekend in Fischer, Texas, where they put on an event at the Cowboys For Jesus arena.  I happened to be driving near the area and thought I'd give it a visit.  Here's some notes on what went down.

One of the people helping to get PCW off the ground was one of its featured stars, Jeromy Sage.  Sage put together a card to see who would be the best wrestlers to vie for the vacant PCW title.

-- 'The Party' took on a dude from Iowa.  It was speed vs. power, with the speedy 'Party' taking the victory.

--- LANCE HOYT was one of the headliners for the event.  Here he is before is opening round match against  'The Lumberjack' BOBBY LAMBERT.

But before the match could get off the ground, a contingent of Branded Outlaw Wrestling competitors showed up.  The infamous Ray the Voice led JAYKUS PLYSKIN, ANDY DALTON, and JAX DANE into the arena.  They called Fischer, Texas part of their territory, and demanded PCW show respect to the fledgling promotion.

That's when the gloryhound 'One Man' Mike Dell came to the ring to take the side of PCW.  With Dell and Dalton in their gear, Sage sanctioned an impromptu match between the two.

Dell put Dalton to the test.  In his signature fashion, Dalton got under the skin of not only Dell, but the crowd as well.

Though Dell dazzled Dalton with a high-impact attack, Dalton won via holding the ropes for leverage.

ACW star Matt Palmer showed up taking on D3.  The experienced Palmer put D3 to the test.

Palmer slaps on a Camel Clutch on D3.

Palmer slams D3.

In the end, the sneaky D3 pulled off the victory.

A ladies match was also on the card, pitting ANGEL BLUE versus the Kentucky menace MISS MAULIE. Blue has never endeared herself to the crowd, and the always stunning Maulie garnered the support of the crowd.

The girls worked science early and often, including groundwork that focused on attacking the ankles and knees.  In the end, Angel took the victory.

The impromptu main event rolled around after the BOW wrestlers bargained with Sage to mention the upcoming BOW show in SA in exchange to have Hoyt and Lambert face Dane and Plyskin.  It was a simple choice and the two tag teams threw down.

Dalton was still at ringside, and he took every opportunity to cheap shot the PCW duo.

Plyskin snapmares Lambert out of the corner.

It's been a while since I've seen Dane, and it seems like he's gotten even bigger since the last time I saw him. He's a beast.

Hoyt hits a clothesline on Plyskin.

Things quickly got out of hand and the BOW guys too advantage of Hoyt and Lambert.  But Mike Dell returned to the ring to even the odds, smashing Dalton with a solid spear tackle.

With the other two BOW members out of the ring, Lambert hit is 'Timber' Delayed Suplex for the victory.

And in the end it was all smiles for PCW, having defended the land they claimed from BOW's alleged territory.

But I imagine the BOW crew will be back to lay siege to PCW in the future to reclaim the land they believe was taken from them.  And considering Plyskin had to be assisted out of the ring, they might be back sooner than later.  Word comes it was a stinger.  You hate to see that happen.  But fact is Plyskin picked the fight, and sometimes injuries are the price of admission.

Here's hoping he gets well soon, because I'm ready to pay another 10-15 bucks to watch someone else beat him up again soon.

All in all it was a fun event.  The new wrestling crowd needed to get warmed up at first.  But with great wrestling talent and antagonists like Dalton and Angel Blue, it didn't take too long for everyone to have a good time.

Here's to continued success with PCW and whatever direction they choose to take the company in the future.

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Bowie Ibarra is the author of the 'Down the Road' zombie horror series from Permuted Press and Simon and Schuster.  His latest upcoming book, "Pit Fighters: Baptism by Fire", is a combat-sports themed book featuring as one of the fighters a Mexican luchador who crosses over into MMA.  It will be available in paperback, Kindle, and other e-reader versions.

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FIGHTS: Lucha Libre USA rolls through San Antonio

by Bowie Ibarra

Lucha Libre USA took its wild show on the road and made its way to San Antonio, Texas.  I was looking forward to this for weeks now ever since River City Wrestling mentioned the show and stated that it would be collaborating with the promotion.  I walked up to the legendary boondoggle we call The Alamodome and was ready for some fun lucha action.

Here's some notes and pics from the event.  And this blog is dedicated to REBY SKY, who Tweeted me and other fans for pics and viddys for the event.  Well, Reby, thanks for the Tweets (heart attack, heart attack once I discovered who she was and her role at the event).

Here it was.  Ground Zero for Lucha USA action.  It took place in the 'Alamodome Illusion Theatre', which was a draped off portion of the actual mammoth dome.  I think it was put together okay.  I sat in the sixth row with some other rowdies and we had a good time.  However, I think they could have scooted everyone much closer.  But I imagine with all the high flying that goes on, they wanted to leave room for the wrestlers without injuring fans.

They have clearly never gone to an Anarchy Championship Wrestling show, where the action pretty much spills into the crowd every time.

Many, many people in the crowd were masked.  I saw a lot of Rey Mysterios, Dr. Wagner, Jrs., and other stars as well, including Pierroth.  A very hot Pierroth, who was not the fat Puerto Rican I remember one of the Pierroths used to be, was in attendance.  Or was it Dominican?  Whatever.

She was in attendance with 'Rey Mysterio, Jr' and 'Psicosis'.  Rey's let himself go during this whole 'health and wellness' policy violation.

Being so far from the ring, I couldn't capture some good snaps.  But here's those general notes I mentioned.

-- The pre-show sucked.  At first, that is.  The guy that was an announcer got an earful from me every time he came out.  Fortunately, he was able to keep some fan cred by having REBY SKY (who was named 'Reyes) at his side as well.  Reby was challenged to a fan dance-off against another team leader who was none other than ROCKY ROMERO.  Wrestling fans might know that Romero was part of the grand Japanese tradition of 'Black Tigers', specifically 'Black Tiger IV'.  When I shouted to confirm that fact at Romero, who was walking through the audience to pick team members, he pointed back at me and said "Yes.  And you're a bad ass for knowing that."  Talk about making this wrestling fan proud!

-- RCW stars Bigg Dogg, Joey Spector, Honkey Kong, RCW Champ AJ Summers, and Galvan participated in the opening Royal Rumble Match.  And RCW refs 'Weird Guy' and Howie were officials for the night.  The winner was LLUSA's 'The Firewall', who took out AJ Summers as the last competitor.

-- There was 'Minis' action, featuring Mini Octagon, Mini Park, and Mini Halloween.

-- LIZMARK, JR., was in action, and the announcers did a good job getting us to tell him 'You Shut Up'.  Though I feel we would have said it anyway without prompting.  Sometimes people aren't used to live shows like I am.

--  There was a father 'shushing' his kid when he was getting loud.  I thought it was cute, because the kid ended up getting louder and louder as the event went on and the shushes become less and less.  We're not watching Tennessee Williams at the Majestic here.  This is a participatory experience!

--  Ambulance chaser Wayne Wright and Associates helped sponsor the lucha action, and for that I'm thankful.  We were treated to commercials featuring 'Nelda' and 'Jose' and how they won their injury case because of Wayne Wright's legal magic.  Lucha needs to get the respect it deserves, and we demand it.  Thanks for bringing LLUSA to SATX, Mr. Wright.

-- I, personally, would have liked to see LLUSA book a match between Wright and 'The Texas Hammer' Jim Adler.

--  Chavo Guerrero, Jr. was on the card as well.

--  I'm pretty sure MAGNO was also on the card as well.  Wrestling fans might remember Magno as being one of Hunico's friends when Hunico was Incognito.  He wrestled a guy that might as well have been 'Dr. Pepper Man'.  His name was 'EL NUEVO MACHO', and he was a corporate shill for PepsiCo and part of the 1%.  So I boo'd him.

But yet Dr. Pepper is a Texas-born beverage, so maybe I should cheer him.  He also got his powers by drinking a Dr. Pepper 10, the discriminatory beverage that only men can drink, apparently.  It was a fun match, and I cheered for him in the end.  I'm a sellout, but he did a good job.

-- RJ BREWER was in the main event with BLUE DEMON, JR.  RJ Brewer made videos featuring 'luchadores' crossing the border illegally.  He claimed was doing his best in and out of the ring to protect the US and send who he considered wetback luchadores back to Mexico.  

He was accompanied to the ring by 'The Firewall'.  

And here is a pic of me touching the hand of the son of a man who fought Dracula, the Wolfman, Dr. Frankenstein, and zombies/Las Momias de Guanajuato with El Santo and Mil Mascaras.  Your arguments are invalid.

And I don't know about you, but even though RJ Brewer hates Blue Demon and lucha libre, you know he's putting this rivalry down on his resume.

Blue Demon, Jr. vs. RJ Brewer.

Though the fans were encouraged to chant 'Mexico, Mexico', I thought chanting 'Texas, Texas' might have been just as appropriate.  Brewer was representing Arizona after all.  And we all know Texas is better than Arizona!  ;)

In the end, Brewer lost the wager (Career vs. Having to wear a mask like a luchador), and Blue Demon, Jr. made him put on a lucha mask to humiliate him.  On all the video promos, Brewer talked about his mother raising him right, but never mentioned his father.  I took note of that, and so did Blue Demon, who had some choice words for Brewer after the match.  You can see the video for the end of the match here.

In the end, it was a good time.  I think the politics injected into the event was curious, and would love to see it play out in places north of Texas.  Hell, in places IN north Texas.  But it was a lot of fun and worth the ticket.

If you have a chance to go see Lucha Libre USA, do it.  It was a lot of fun.

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Bowie Ibarra is the author of the 'Down the Road' zombie horror series from Permuted Press and Simon and Schuster.  His latest upcoming book, "Pit Fighters: Baptism by Fire", is a combat-sports themed book featuring as one of the fighters a Mexican luchador who crosses over into MMA.  It will be available in paperback, Kindle, and other e-reader versions.

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