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PWI Recognizes IWTV & PAWD Titles As World Championships
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 PWI RECOGNIZES IWTV & PAWD TITLES AS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) has officially conferred World Championship status on The IWTV Independent Wrestling Championship and Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Championship. The announcement came just hours before IWTV 100, where IWTV Independent Wrestling World Champion Wheeler Yuta made the 100th defense of the title against current number one contender Daniel Garcia. The Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Champion, Trish Adora, was also in action as she teamed with Lee Moriarty against AEW’s Orange Cassidy and Kris Statlander. The tradition of PWI assigning World Championship status to major titles goes back decades, tracing its origins to the early years of wrestling and boxing magazines, who used the designation as a way to signal to readers which championships were most significant. PWI has been highly selective over the years in applying the World Championship distinction, in effect serving as a neutral sanctioning body for wrestlers, wrestling promotions and fans. Reached for comment, PWI Editor-in Chief Kevin McElvaney explained the publication’s decision. “Both the IWTV and PAWD belts are traveling symbols of wrestling achievement and greatness. Like the original NWA World heavyweight championship, they cross territorial and promotional lines, inviting the very best wrestlers to earn the right to hold them. For that reason, these prizes are spoken of with reverence by competitors the world over.” What’s Streaming On IWTV? |
Orange Cassidy & Kris Statlander Team At IWTV 100
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Orange Cassidy & Kris Statlander team at IWTV 100! IWTV will celebrate the 100th defense of the IWTV Independent Wrestling Championship on Sunday, August 8th in Williamstown, New Jersey at the H2O Wrestling Center with a special live event – IWTV 100. While the title match has yet to be confirmed, two matches have been announced featuring four former IWTV Independent Wrestling Champions. Orange Cassidy & Kris Statlander vs Lee Moriarty & Trish Adora WARHORSE vs John Wayne Murdoch The Independent Wrestling title was established in 2017 and as of this moment, has been defended 97 times. Current champion, Wheeler YUTA, will make his second defense of the title and the 98th overall, on Thursday July 1st at Beyond Wrestling. Tickets for IWTV 100 are now on sale. Tickets for IWTV 100 |
IWTV Officially Launches Roku Channel
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IWTV Officially Launches Free & Premium Roku Channel
IWTV’s new Roku app is officially live!
In addition to making improvements to the original beta version, the new app allows you to sign up for IWTV directly through Roku and immediately jump into our extensive catalog.
Roku users can enjoy free content from our library including:
- the Independent Wrestling Championship reign of “Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams
- “The Road to Americanrana 2019” featuring the rivalry between Joey Janela and David Starr
- Orange Cassidy vs Stokely Hathaway’s GRAMMY Street Fight and more!
Our development team is now focusing on making similar improvements to the Apple TV app.
Roku users can enjoy free content from our library including:
- the Independent Wrestling Championship reign of “Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams
- “The Road to Americanrana 2019” featuring the rivalry between Joey Janela and David Starr
- Orange Cassidy vs Stokely Hathaway’s GRAMMY Street Fight and more!
Our development team is now focusing on making similar improvements to the Apple TV app.
Beyond Wrestling’s Uncharted Territory, Episode 15 Streams Live Tonight At 8 PM EDT On IWTV.LIVE
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First Look: The NEW IWTV Independent Wrestling Championship pays tribute to Promotions that host Defenses
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In a relatively brief amount of time, the IWTV Independent Wrestling Championship has emerged as a unifying force on the indie wrestling scene. Though the championship has only been around for a year and a half, in that time it has been defended 37 times in 15 promotions, in 13 different states, against dozens of different opponents.
Three wrestlers have held the IWTV Independent Wrestling Championship:
- Jonathan Gresham: 126 Days, 7 Defenses
- Tracy Williams: 309 Days, 17 Defenses
- Orange Cassidy: Current Champion, 13 Defenses
All of them have been excellent representatives of independent wrestling and their combined efforts have served to make the IWTV Championship what it is today.
Recently IWTV debuted a new title design for the Independent Wrestling Championship. This new design honors and reflects the history of the championship, as promotions that have hosted championship defenses are featured on plates affixed to the title. New plates will continue to be added as defenses are made in new places, making the championship an evolving monument to its own history.
Replay Wrestlemania Week from The Collective on IWTV.Live!
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Replay Mania Week from The Collective on IWTV!
Now Available On Demand:
Beyond Wrestling
Uncharted Territory Series Premiere
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IWTV.Live
Family Reunion
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Inter Species Wrestling
Boner Jam IV: Balls Out
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CHIKARA
Once upon a Beginning
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Black Label Pro
Adventures in Wrestling
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Game Changer Wrestling
Orange Cassidy is doing Something, or Whatever.. who knows?
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International Wrestling Syndicate
Unstoppable
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Here’s What’s Streaming LIVE during WrestleMania week on IWTV
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UPDATED IWTV WRESTLEMANIA WEEK SCHEDULE FROM THE COLLECTIVE
Plus, for the first time ever a Game Changer Wrestling event will be streaming live here on IWTV as GCW presents Orange Cassidy Is Doing Something Or Whatever, Who Knows??? on Saturday, April 6 at 12pm EDT from The Collective in Jersey City, New Jersey.
New Subscribers: Use promo code MANIAWEEK and you’ll get your first 20-days for free!
Wendesday 4/3:
Beyond Wrestling, Uncharted Territory, Episode One (8pm EST)
- Masato Tanaka vs David Starr
- So Cal Uncensored vs Chris Dickinson and LAX (Ortiz & Santana)
- Orange Cassidy & ??? vs Jordynne Grace & ???
- Plus: Maxwell Jacob Friedman and more TBA
Thursday, 4/4:
IWTV, Family Reunion (12pm EST)
- European Rounds for the IWTV Independent Championship:
Orange Cassidy (c) vs Jonathan Gresham - PWA Black Label presents
Jack Bonza & Mick Moretti & Unsocial Jordan vs Robbie Eagles & Caveman Ugg & Bel Pierce - St Louis Anarchy presents “Last Man Standing”
Gary Jay vs Jake Parnell - Women’s Wrestling Revolution presents
Shazza McKenzie & Jessica Troy vs Kimber Lee & Kris Statlander - Alpha-1 Wrestling presents
Space Monkey & Shane Sabre & BMD vs Justin Sane & Kody Lane & Kobe Durst - ACTION Wrestling presents for the ACTION Championship
AC Mack (c) vs Fred Yehi - Southern Underground Pro presents
O’Shay Edwards & Mr Brickster & Cabana Man Dan vs Kevin Ku & Dom Garrini & Brett Ison - Plus more TBA featuring CTW Portugal’s Red Eagle, F1RST Wrestling’s Arik Cannon and more!
Inter Species Wrestling, Boner Jam IV: Balls Out (7:30pm EST)
- Fans Bring the REDACTED Death Match for the King of Crazy Championship:
Addy Starr (c) vs Matt Tremont vs Jeff Cannonball vs Nick Gage
REDACTED = you know, the brightly colored toy blocks that we can’t legally mention - Sexxxy Eddy vs Swoggle
- Team Tremendous vs Gym Nasty Boys
- Chris Dickinson vs Chris Brookes
- Tony Deppen vs Jigsaw vs Werewolf of Wallstreet vs Sanchez
- Kickin N Stompin vs The Butcher & The Blade
- Jae Rukin vs Daniel Makabe
- Fluffy vs LSG
- Bastian Snow International Food Fight Invitational
Friday, 4/5:
CHIKARA, Once Upon A Beginning (12pm EST)
- Ladder Match for the CHIKARA Grand Championship:
Mr Touchdown vs Dasher Hatfield - Golden Dream Atomicos Match:
Thunderfrog & Jigsaw & Razerhawk & Chuck Taylor vs Arik Cannon & Hermit Crab & Cam Zagami & Hallowicked - Trios Action:
The Colony vs FIST - For the Young Lions Cup:
Still Life with Apricots and Pears (c) vs Carlos Romo - CCK vs Crummels & Defarge
- A-Kid vs Air Wolf
Black Label Pro, Adventures In Wrestling (3:30pm EST)
- Street Fight for the BLP Championship:
Ethan Page (c) vs Kobe Durst - Nick Gage vs Swoggle
- Yoshino vs Jonathan Gresham
- Orange Cassidy vs Bryan Alvarez
- For the BLP Tag Team Championship:
Space Pirates (c) vs Team Whitewolf vs Tre Lamar & Jake Lander vs Sammy Guevara & Robbie Eagles - Team International vs Team USA:
Shazza McKenzie & Charli Evans & Jessica Troy & Indi Hartwell & Zoe Lucas vs Jordynne Grace & Kylie Rae & Nicole Savoy & Shotzi Blackheart & Samantha Heights - Jake Parnell & Chris Dickinson & Rory Gulak vs Gary Jay & AJ Gray & Curt Stallion
- Manny Fernandez & Tank vs Sadkampf (Kevin Ku & Dom Garrini)
- Wrestling with Wregret presents Brian Zane’s Million Dollar Battle Royal
Saturday, 4/6:
Game Changer Wrestling, Orange Cassidy Is Doing Something Or Whatever, Who Knows??? (12pm EST)
- Shinjiro Otani vs Jonathan Gresham
- One Minute Time Limit:
Chuck Taylor vs Trent? - Yuletide Death Match
Nick Gage vs Ultramantis Black - Five O’Clock Somewhere – Last Person Standing Match:
Nate Webb vs Session Moth - Teddy Hart’s Reading Rainbow
- … and more to be announced, maybe?
IWS, Unstoppable (4pm EST)
- Matt Tremont vs Nick Gage vs The Green Phantom
- Alcobrawl Match:
Sexxxy Eddy vs Arik Cannon - For the IWS Womens Championship:
Addy Starr vs Solo Darling vs Veda Scott - Ophidian vs Kevin Blanchard
- Benjamin Tull vs Rory Gulak
- More TBA soon!
Wednesday, 4/10
Beyond Wrestling, Uncharted Territory, Episode Two (8pm EST)
- Already Announced: Aussie Open and former WWE Superstar Gangrel!
New Subscribers: Use promo code MANIAWEEK and you’ll get your first 20-days for free!
Powerbomb.TV Break The Barrier 2017 Reaction
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By Nicholas Jason Lopez
May 15, 1999 was a historical day for independent wrestling as the former ECW Arena hosted an event called “Break The Barrier.”
BTB I was put together by Al Isaacs, Remy Arteaga and Barbi Bistrowitz of “Scoopswrestling.com,” as a way to showcase the best independent wrestlers as the card represented 12 different promotions.
Talent like “Lightning” Mike Quackenbush, Lou Marconi, Joey Matthews, Christian York and Nick Gage appeared and made names for themselves.
History repeated itself this year on Jun. 11 in Old Forge, PA., as Powerbomb.TV – a streaming service that provides 267 hours of content from 41 promotions as of press time – hosted “Break The Barrier 2017” in a similar supercard that included the likes of Colt Cabana, John Silver, Dasher Hatfield, Ophidian and Desean Pratt.
With Bryce Remsburg back and forth between commentary, pre-show duties and officiating, the broadcast had a CHIKARA-esque feel with a logical edginess.
Without much further ado, we’ll assess just how “Broken” this “Barrier” was nowadays.
June 11th: Powerbomb.TV Hosts Indie Wrestling Festival In Northeast PA
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Break The Barrier was a professional wrestling supercard held at Viking Hall, better known as the ECW Arena, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 15, 1999. The event was organized by the founders of Scoopswrestling.com, Al Isaacs, Remy Arteaga and Barbi Bistrowitz, and brought together some of the top independent wrestlers from around the country.
Powerbomb.TV presents
Break the Barrier 2017:
Independent Wrestling Festival
Streaming LIVE!
On Sunday June 11th, Powerbomb.TV will host “Break the Barrier 2017” – an independent wrestling festival – starting at 3:00PM at the GSW Arena in Old Forge, PA (conveniently located between Philadelphia and New York City). The event will also stream live through Powerbomb.TV.
Tickets are on sale now for $15 and if you’re a Powerbomb.TV Subscriber, you can reserve your ticket for free!
https://www.powerbomb.tv/gettickets
Confirmed Promotions participating in “Break the Barrier 2017” include C*4 Wrestling in Canada, Cara Lucha Promociones in Mexico, IWRG in Mexico, Georgia Premier Wrestling, Deep South Championship Wrestling, Grand Slam Wrestling, Tier 1 Wrestling and Top Rope Promotions.
Already confirmed for Sunday, June 11th:
Tiger & Puma vs Guerrero Maya Jr & Triton (CMLL)
Joey Janela vs Buxx Belmar (C*4 Wrestling)
Colt Cabana vs Orange Cassidy
Plus: Chuck Taylor, Fly Warrior, Jigsaw and more to be announced soon!
Bryce Remsburg & Joe Sposto will be providing live commentary to Powerbomb.TV
Powerbomb.tv is an independent wrestling video streaming network available on Web and Mobile Devices featuring over 30 promotions and 165 events. The company plans to launch on Roku and Apple TV for their Grand Opening event on Sunday, June 11th.
Start your 10-day free trial today by visiting
https://www.powerbomb.tv
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