Scott Commodity stripped of Caribbean Title

Sources have confirmed that D1PW Commissioner J.R. James has been forced to strip Scott Commodity of the Caribbean Title due to injuries that will render him unable to defend the title during the mandatory required timeframe. Scott has suffered a serious back injury that will keep him out of action for an extended period of time. Although D1PW prides itself on championships being won and lost in the ring, the situation here left James with no alternative.

In fairness to both Commodity's manager Fabulous Frank as well as #1 contender The Falcon, the title will be at stake on June 13th in Hollywood. The already scheduled 6 man tag team match pitting Frank's army of Johnny Vandal, Austin Amadeus and Lou Cypher against Falcon, Tommy Vandal and a mystery partner will still take place, with the person scoring the winning pinfall or submission being named the new Caribbean champion.

Unleash the Beast!

GERWECK.NET can confirm that TNA and NBC have come to terms for the use of Matt Morgan for this Season of American Gladiators. Matt Morgan is presently in LA finishing up the tapings for this Seasons Shows. NBC is already airing commercials hyping his entrance into the Gladiator Arena. Matt Morgan will be known on the show as "The Beast". NBC has American Gladiators commercials presently airing that hype a 7", 318 pound Beast coming to American Gladiators. Tune into NBC to catch these commercials. Also be sure to watch American Gladiators, returning to NBC May 12th for the Season 2 Debut.

You can see Matt in action, live on Friday June 13th in Hollywood, as he takes on Bruce Santee, the man who feels that he is a gladiator in his own right and definitely has something to prove on Friday the 13th.

Chaotic Chris Jones wins D1PW Cruiserweight Title

Young Chaotic Chris Jones, known as one half of the Dynamic Duo, has captured his first gold here in D1PW by defeating Craig Classic for the Cruiserweight Title. The match took place on an IWZ event in Homestead, FL. Classic was one of several D1PW stars who came to the ring during the show in an attempt to "take over". IWZ commissioner Rico Casanova ordered Classic to put his title on the line later that evening. A hard fought contest saw Chris emerge victorious and capture the belt. Craig had held the title since its inception when he defeated 5 other competitors in Coral Springs at the Florida United 2 event. Classic even toured Big Japan Pro Wrestling as champion.

Chris had removed the mask that had identified him as one half of the Dynamic Duo in order to symbolically dedicate himself to the pursuit of this title. He had come up just short in a previous encounter in Orlando, and got the job done in Homestead. Fantastic Dantastic is very proud of his young protege, and you can still expect to see the popular pair team up when the Cruiserweight title isnt up for grabs.

With Craig now leaving for another lengthy tour of Japan, a whole list of outstanding cruiserweights have thrown their name in the hat to take their shot at the gold.

D1PW Stars appear at Miami Music Awards

D1PW stars Falcon, Fabulous Frank, Johnny Vandal and Tony Apollo appeared at the Miami Dance Music awards, held at Bongo's Nightclub inside the American Airlines Arena in Miami on March 28th. The event included appearances and performances by musical acts such as Nice & Wild, Expose and many more. The D1PW stars walked the red carpet and conducted numerous media interviews before entering. Later, Falcon and Apollo were on stage to present an award when they were interrupted by Frank and Vandal. Things turned ugly and led to an on stage confrontation that Frank and Johnny got the worst of, before being chased off the stage.

IWZ-D1PW-NRW Press Release

The IWZ has made great strides in bringing South Florida an independent wrestling product they can call their own, specifically in the Miami Dade County area where Independent wrestling events are seldom held in.

We`at The IWZ are proud to announce that the IWZ and Division One Pro Wrestling ( D1PW ) another South Florida Independent promotion have come to terms which will benefit both parties greatly.

D1PW who has been putting on events through out South Florida for over a year and who's events are aired on TV on channel 19 in parts of Dade and Broward county, along with the IWZ and the IWZ's soon to air TV program beginning in May on Comcast channel 99 in Miami, will be closely working together while sharing talent, collaborating on storylines and exchanging video footage for each to air during their individual TV programs.

This collaboration will benefit both companies greatly and both agree that it assures both D1PW and The IWZ that each product would reach a much wider audience with much more exposure for both companies as combining our TV and efforts we will now be able to be seen in all major cities in Dade County and in parts of Broward.

Such collaboration is not only healthy for the business, but it's smart business, The IWZ along with D1PW will also be working closely with " New Revolution Wrestling " out of Orlando, a company which took a brief hiatus who will be making it's return in May in Orlando with an amazing line up of talent on their card, which include the return of Scott Hall, Heidenreich, Amazing Kong, Matt Morgan, and many of Florida's top talents like Bruce Santee, The Sheik, Vordell Walker, Chasyn Rance and many more who will soon be announced.

The IWZ and it's affiliates D1IPW & NRW's goal and not just as Independent wrestling company's is to create a working relationship with individuals and companies who do business in and around Florida and with those who are highly committed to the welfare of communities found through out the state.

One such individual is Dean Santoro who is a long time wrestling fan and who is running for Congress for District 21.

Santoro will be on hand on April 5th as a special guest ring announcer during The IWZ's debut event " Wrestlephoria " in Homestead ( Miami ) Florida which features such stars as Konnan, Heidenreich, Norman Smiley and many more.

For more on Dean Santoro please visit www.SantoroForCongress.org

South Florida beverage company " Power Trip Energy Drink " has signed on with the IWZ and it's affiliates as a sponsor as well as South Florida's top Hip Hop and Urban music website 305HipHop.com who have been influential in the success and careers of such Hip Hop stars " Pitbull" and " Rick Ross " as well as others through out the Florida music scene.

Popular local DJ personality Keys Dan has joined the IWZ as it's official announcer.

www.305.TV will be handling all video production for the IWZ and it's affiliates.

For more visit, www.TheIWZ.com , www.D1PW.com , www.PowerTripBev.com , www.305HipHop.com , www.KeysDan.com

The IWZ has also been sanctioned by the NWA and will be working closely with the National Wrestling Alliance in the months to come.

Erick Stevens wins 2007 Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year

The readers of the Wrestling Observer, the longstanding premier wrestling publication, have voted frequent D1PW competitor Erick Stevens as the rookie of the year for 2007. Past winners of this award include Barry Windham, The Road Warriors, Jushin Liger, Bam Bam Bigelow, Brian Pillman, Steve Austin, Rey Mysterio Jr., The Big Show and Goldberg. The knowledgeable readers of the Observer have generally been very accurate in predicting future greatness for the past recipients. From the outstanding in ring action we have seen from Erick here in D1PW, as well as the FIP and Ring of Honor promotions, we certainly agree and look forward to big things in the future for Mr. Stevens.

Heartbreak Express are new AWA World Champs

D1PW is proud to announce that The Heartbreak Express have competed in and won an 18 team tournament to become the brand new AWA World Tag Team champions. The Heartbreak Express - Sean and Phil Davis were crowned the new AWA World Tag Team Champions Saturday night October 6 in Shawano, Wisconsin in the heart of the old AWA territory.

They defeated Jake " the Milkman" Milliman and Frankie Defalco representing AWA Brew City Wrestling in the semi finals and then defeated Team Ellite from AWA New England in the finals.

18 teams were entered in the two night tournament including teams from Hawaii and Montreal.

The Heartbreak Express are scheduled for their first defense of the titles on the afternoon of October 21 on the special AWA Superclash event at the legendary Cow Palace in San Francisco, California as a part of the Wrestling Fan Fest 2007.

The AWA Tag Title lineage dates all the way back to 1960 and has seen the belts held by many of the greatest tag teams of all time. Prior champions include The Road Warrios, The Midnight Rockers(Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty), Curt Hennig & Scott Hall, Nick Bocwinkle & Ray Stevens, The Crusher & Dick the Bruiser, Jesse Ventura & Adrian Adonis and many more.

D1PW congratulates Sean and Phil on this tremendous accomplishment.