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Torch Indy Reporter Chris Vetter travels thousands of miles each year to see dozens of indy shows all over the Midwest. His reports covering the entire U.S. Indy Scene are usually published exclusively here at PWTorch.com every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

WEEKEND PREVIEW, NEWS & NOTES

The HUGE news this weekend is that Ring of Honor, for the first time, heads out West, as ROH debuts tonight in Las Vegas, Nev., then moves to San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday. Lineups for both shows are below. Human Tornado makes his long-overdue ROH debut this weekend. For ROH fans who don’t check out other promotions (Tornado has appeared in IWA-Mid South, PWG, CZW, JAPW, and several other places in the past year), they are in a for a treat when they see Tornado. Lineups for both shows are below.

AAW out of suburban Chicago is really HOT right now, as they are regularly packing their small building with about 200 fans. AAW has another big show on Saturday, with Jerry Lynn vs. Jayson Reign, Arik Cannon vs. Eric Priest, Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley vs. Trik Davis & Conrad Kennedy III, Josh Abercrombie vs. Tyler Black. Check out www.aawrestling.com for more.

In other news…

Congratulations to Conrad Kennedy III & Eddie Venom for appearing on Smackdown last week in a losing effort to Jesse & Festus. Kennedy has appeared in a couple of ROH shows in summer 2006. Venom is tall, and I’ve seen him before in IWA-Mid South and AAW. Both are regulars in the Michigan scene. While I’d love to see these guys get some offense in against the WWE ‘superstars,’ I always think it’s great when I recognize an indy wrestler on WWE TV, and it’s great exposure (and a good payday!) for them.

Likewise, the man that Umaga destroyed on Monday, Andy Simmons, has appeared for PWG in the past during a “European Vacation” trip. Speaking of “European Vacation,” Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is heading back to Europe for three shows next week, and I’ve updated those lineups below.

Planet Championship Wrestling has a show on Nov. 24 in Sarasota, Fla., that includes Sabu, the Nasty Boys, Norman Smiley, Kip James, Big Vito and Barry Horowitz. Learn more at http://planetchampionshipwrestling.com.

And you can always reach me with your indy results at chrisjvetter@hotmail.com. I request that you remember to say date, location (including building, city & state!), and full name of the promotion.

WEEKEND RESULTS

Nothing new to report.

UPCOMING SHOWS

Ring of Honor, Oct. 19, Las Vegas, Nev., the Empire ballroom, with the “Survival of the Fittest” tournament featuring Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson, Austin Aries vs. Delirious, Roderick Strong vs. Brent Albright, Claudio Castagnoli vs. Davey Richards, Rocky Romero vs. TJ Perkins, Chris Hero vs. Karl Anderson. In non-tournament action, the Briscoes vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Necro Butcher, and matches with Human Tornado, Tony Kozina, and Shane Hagadorn.

Mercury 1 Wrestling, Oct. 19, Middleton, Wis., at the Keva Sports Center.

Southern All-Star Wrestling, Oct. 19, Millersville, Tenn., at the arena, with the Naturals vs. Homicidal Tendencies, Pat Tanaka vs. Sean Casey, the Maddox Brothers vs. Chris Michaels & Nore Havoc.

AAW, Oct. 20, Berwyn, Ill., the Eagles Club, with Jerry Lynn vs. Jayson Reign, Arik Cannon vs. Eric Priest, Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley vs. Trik Davis & Conrad Kennedy III, Josh Abercrombie vs. Tyler Black, Ryan Boz vs. Tony Rican, Absolute Answer vs. the Michigan Invasion, and matches with Silas Young, Darin Corbin, Ryan Cruz, Skullkrusher Rasche Brown, Danny Daniels, Krotch, Derek St. Holmes, Bonebreaker Brooks, Tyme Paige, Bryce Benjamin, Shane Hollister and more.

FPWA, Oct. 20, Pinellas Park, Fla., the boys’ & girls’ club, with the Psychedelics vs. Punk & Disorderly, Mr. Marcus vs. Torcher vs. Scotty Commodity, Lou Cypher & Kahagas vs. Mark Zout & Heater, Austin Amadeus vs. Aaron Epic, Eric Cooper vs. Dagon Briggs, Naphtali vs. Ash Kristansen, Nick Fame vs. Chris Jones.

Mercury 1 Wrestling, Oct. 20, Rockwood, Wis., at the Big Apple.

Northern Lights Wrestling, Oct. 20, St. Paul, Minn., with Travis Hilton vs. Cooter, Shimdog vs. Mike Rollins, and matches with Ian Xavier, Zero Kincaid, Red Lightning, Buddha.

The Wrestling Federation, Oct. 20, Phoenixville, Penn., with Rocky Styles vs. Big Lou, and matches Rockin’ Rebel, Blahdeggo, Kid Kaos, Twisted Tate, Uptown Chris Brown, Frank the Tank, Killer Kramer.

AWA/WSW, Oct. 20, Durham, Conn., with Brian Logan, Matt Turner, Justyn Glory, the Lumberjacks, Shaka the crimson assassin, Junior Alou, Dickie Rodz, Johnny Glitter, Super Zeta.

Ring of Honor, Oct. 21, San Francisco, Calif., at the Cow Palace, as part of “WrestleFanfest.” Nigel McGuinness vs. Jay Briscoe, Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries, Roderick Strong vs. Claudio Castagnoli, Delirious vs. Brent Albright, Davey Richards & Rocky Romero vs. TJ Perkins & Tony Kozina, Adam Pearce vs. Karl Anderson, Chris Hero vs. Human Tornado.

East Coast Pro Wrestling, Oct. 21, Staten Island, N.Y., with Doink the Clown, the Patriot, Legion, Little Tony Moose, Andrew Anderson, Magic, the Owen Brothers.

Action Zone Wrestling, Oct. 24, Waipahu, Hawaii, with Kris Kavanaugh & Sex Bomb Cholo vs. the Rage & Sabaki, Jimmy Jacobs vs. AkuA, Delirious vs. DDB vs. Kaniala vs. Mark Anarchy, Nebulous vs. Nijuu Ninkaku, Devilshock vs. the Old School Outlaws.

GOUGE, Oct. 25, Raleigh, N.C.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Oct. 26, in France! El Generico & Kevin Steen vs. Super Dragon & Davey Richards vs. Arai & Taku Iwasa in a three-way tag match, Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness, Jack Evans vs. PAC, Austin Aries vs. Joey Ryan.

IWA Mid-South, Oct. 26, Plainfield, Ind., “the double death tag team death match tournament.”

Chikara Pro, Oct. 26, Reading, Penn., at the Riverside Beneficial Assoc. Building, with Gran Akuma & Icarus vs. Delirious & Hallowicked, Mike Quackenbush vs. Lince Dorado, Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chuck Taylor, Eddie Kingston vs. Tim Donst, Equinox vs. Mitch Ryder, Jigsaw vs. Dragon Yuki.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Oct. 27, in England! Bryan Danielson vs. Martin Stone, El Generico & Kevin Steen vs. Super Dragon & Davey Richards, PAC vs. Jack Evans, Austin Aries vs. Nigel McGuinness, Joey Ryan vs. Spud.

Chikara Pro, Oct. 27, Barnesville, Penn., at the Ryan Township Fire Hall.

IWA Mid-South, Oct. 27, Plainfield, Ind., “Queen of the Death Matches.”

Jersey All Pro, Oct. 27, Rahway, N.J., the “10th Anniversary Show,” with Low Ki vs. Homicide, Rhino vs. Necro Butcher, A.J. Styles vs. Frankie Kazarian, Jay Lethal & Azrieal vs. Sabian & Ruckus, Eddie Kingston vs. Drake Younger, B-Boy vs. M-Dogg 20 vs. Joker vs. Bandido Jr. vs. Sal Rinauro vs. ???? in a six-way scramble, Grim Reefer vs. Archadia in a ladder match, plus Crowbar Devon Storm and Cryme Tyme.

Northeast Wrestling, Oct. 27, Milford, Penn., at Delaware Valley High School, with Kurt Angle appearing, Jerry Lawler vs. Joey Matthews, Abyss vs. Romeo Roselli, Jason Blade vs. Xavier, Josh Daniels vs. Ricky Landell, and a midget match.

Pro Wrestling Unplugged, Oct. 27, Philadelphia, Penn., at New Alhambra Hall, with Too Cold Scorpio vs. Devon Moore, Trent Acid vs. Justice Pain, Johnny Kashmere vs. Hellfire, TJ Cannon vs. Bruce Maxwell, Amy Lee vs. Annie Social.

P.R.O. Wrestling, Oct. 27, Fairview Heights, Ill., with Brandon Keith vs. Adam Evans, Ricochet vs. Trik Davis, Chuck Taylor vs. Silas Young, Danny Daniels vs. Tyler Black.

Blackball’d Wrestling Organization, Oct. 27, Phoenixville, Penn., with Rockin’ Rebel & Killer Kramer & Bill Bain vs. Eric Cooper & Kage & IB Green, Massive Mike & Twisted Tate vs. Alan Cross & Jason Gotti, Din Mak vs. Kid Kaos vs. Mat Bomboy vs. Antonio Blanca, Chris Brown vs. Blahdeggo vs. Boy Boy.

Independent Wrestling Federation, Oct. 27, West Paterson, N.J., with Tito Santana & Tony Torres & Kevin Knight vs. Franciz & Travis Blake & Aaron Stride, Biggie Biggs vs. Bryan Harley in a strap match, Antonio Rivera vs. Chris Steeler, Steve Camacho vs. Justin Corino, Kareem West vs. Frank Scoleri.

Lethal Wrestling Alliance, Oct. 27, House Springs, Mo.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Oct. 28, in Germany! Bryan Danielson vs. El Generico, Jack Evans vs. Ken Steen vs. PAC vs. Super Dragon, Absolute Andy & Steve Douglas vs. Thumbtack Jack & Bad Bones.

Independent Wrestling Federation, Oct. 28, West Paterson, N.J., with Tito Santana & Biggie Biggs & Antonio Rivera vs. Justin Corino & Frank Scoleri & Bryan Harley, Tony Torres vs. Franciz, Kevin Knight vs. Travis Blake, Steve Camacho vs. Chris Steeler, Jason Roberts vs. Dan Schwartz.

Ring of Honor, Nov. 2, Philadelphia, Penn., the armory, with Mitsuharu Misawa & KENTA vs. Takeshi Morishima & Naomichi Marufuji, Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries, Jack Evans & Ruckus & Jigsaw vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black & Necro Butcher, Roderick Strong vs. Mike Quackenbush.

Ring of Honor, Nov. 3, New York, N.Y., the Manhattan Center, with KENTA vs. Mitsuharu Misawa.

Northeast Wrestling, Nov. 3, Scranton, Penn.

Pro Wrestling Unplugged, Nov. 3, Feasterville, Penn., at the Sportsplex.

Insanity Pro Wrestling, Nov. 3, Indianapolis, Ind., the Salvation Army Community Center, 7 p.m., with a super junior tournament featuring Josh Abercrombie vs. Jake Crist, Dustin Rayz vs. Billy Roc, Scotty Vortekz vs. Hallowicked, JC Bailey vs. Die Hard Dustin Lee, Louis Linaris vs. Dave Crist, Hex Gage vs. Drake Younger. In non-tournament action, Dave Davidson vs. Carlton Kaz, and Joey Owens vs. Ryan Rich.

Minnesota Independent Wrestling, Nov. 3, Chanhassen, Minn., at the American Legion, with Mitch Paradise, Brody Hoofer, Pete Huge, Matt Burns.

NEPW, Nov. 3, Painesville, Ohio, at the Hide Out Roller Rink, with Chris Cronus vs. Kwan Chang, Jesse Burke & Ryan Miller vs. Ray Rowe & J-Rocc, Aaron Draven vs. Zac Vincent, Sassy Stephanie vs. Viki Gambino vs. Angel Dust, Mickey Gambino vs. Jabari.

IWA Mid-South, Nov. 4, Joliet, Ill., the Hartman Rec Center, 1 p.m. show.

Maryland Championship Wrestling, Nov. 4, Dundalk, Md., with the Sandman! Also, Adam Flash vs. Christian York, Joey “Mercury” Matthews vs. the Bruiser, Danny Doring vs. Danny Jaxx, Patrick Brink vs. Tyler Hilton, the Ghetto Mafia vs. Tom Brandi & Jimmy Cicero, and matches with Derek Frazier, Josh Daniels, the Slackers, Ruckus, Sabian, Ryan McBride, Teddy Stigma.

EWF, Nov. 9, Marion, Ind., with WWE’s U-Gene.

Combat Zone Wrestling, Nov. 10, Philadelphia, Penn.

ECWA, Nov. 10, Newark, Del., “The Super 8” tournament, with Jerry Lynn, Rob Conway, Matt Cross, Human Tornado, Billy Bax, Rob Eckos, Brian Fury, and Matt Logan.

International Wrestling Cartel, Nov. 10, Elizabeth, Penn., the Court Time Sports Center.

World Women’s Wrestling, Nov. 11, Somerville, Mass., the Good Time Emporium with 3 p.m. belltime.

Chikara Pro, Nov. 16, Reading, Penn.

Chikara Pro, Nov. 17, Hellertown, Penn.

Pro Wrestling Unplugged, Nov. 17, Philadelphia, Penn., at New Alhambra.

Heavy On Wrestling, Nov. 17, Duluth, Minn., with Jake Roberts vs. Steve Stardom, Junior “Rikishi” Fatu vs. Mike Rollins, Christy Hemme & Brody Hoofer vs. Mitch Paradise & Ann Brookstone, Darin Corbin vs. the midget Bad Boy Brian, and Nate Bash vs. Ben Sailer vs. Joey Envy.

Chikara Pro, Nov. 18, Philadelphia, Penn.

Atomic Championship Wrestling, Nov. 23, Denver, Penn., with Glen Osbourne, Kage, Rockin Rebel, Twisted Tate, Rick Havoc, Shatter, Evan Leppy, Louis G. Rich, Alan Cross, Massive Mike, Vince Bono, Pretty fly 4 a White Guy, Dark Angel, Mikey X, Sgt. Steve, Big Poppa Chill, Frank the Tank, Johnny Law, Matt Real.

Pro Wrestling Unplugged, Nov. 23, Philadelphia, Penn., at New Alhambra Hall.

IWA Mid-South, Nov. 24, Midlothian, Ill., the Don Preston Rec Center, with Too Cold Scorpio, Brent Albright, and Eddie Kingston.

AAW, Nov. 24, Berwyn, Ill., the Eagles Club, with Tyler Black vs. Danny Daniels, and the return of Austin Aries.

FLWA, Nov. 24, Bloomington, Minn., the VFW, with Mitch Paradise vs. Big Brody Hoofer, Arya Daivari vs. Shimdog, JB Trask vs. Chadwick Wentworth III, Sammy Savard vs. Buck Zumhofe, Kenny “Sodbuster” Jay & Korrina Jay vs. Dan Jesser & Louisa Liece.

IWA East Coast, Nov. 24, Charleston, W.Va.

In Your Face Wrestling, Nov. 24, Rutland, Vt., at the Holiday Inn.

Planet Championship Wrestling, Nov. 24, Sarasota, Fla., the Robards Arena, with Apollo vs. Brent Dail, Sabu vs. Eddie Colon in a hardcore match, Nasty Boys vs. Norman Smiley & Hack Myers, Kip James vs. Big Vito, Mark Zout vs. Hector Guerrero, Ricky Santana vs. Barry Horowitz.

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