Through The Ropes
By Josh Stewart

To prove that there is a more than World Wrestling Entertainment, it seems a good time to list all of the great wrestling events within driving distance in the coming weeks. Although the venues may be small and the py-rotechnics nonexistent, the chance to see some great action up close will be well worth the cramped quarters and simpler productions.

Mike Johnson at pwinsider.com is reporting that former American Wrest-ling Association World Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel will be making his first American appearance since his retirement on June 6 at the Wrest-ling Reunion Convention at the Holiday Inn in Carteret, NJ. Martel retired after a short run in World Championship Wrestling in the mid-’90s. He also had a long run in the World Wrestling Federation with the Can-Am Connec-tion and Strike Force tag teams, and later a solo run as "The Model."

Other stars appearing at the convention are Stan Hansen (who defeated Martel for the AWA champion-ship), a Killer Bees reunion featuring Jim Brunzell and B. Brian Blair, Ivan and Nikita Koloff, "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton, Johnny Valiant, Ivan Putski, referee Dick Woerhle and Ken Patera.

For further information on vendor tables and tickets to the Wrestling Reunion Convention, visit www. Wrest-lingReunion.com.

There will be a bus trip from New York City to the convention and to the Jersey All Pro Wrestling event that same evening in Rahway, NJ. For de-tails, e-mail agentclpt@aol.com.

In other events (please contact the venue for more information):

• National Wrestling Superstars will be at the senior high school in Vineland, NJ on May 8. Former WWE superstar the Patriot will be in action.

• For all you Extreme Champion-ship Wrestling aficionados, "The Fran-chise" Shane Douglas will take on Raven in a cage match for the USA Pro Wrestling Title at Club Amazora in Queens on May 14. Other matches include: Simon Diamond & Matt Striker vs. SAT’s for the tag-team titles; Sabu vs. Homicide; Low-Ki vs. Teddy Hart; Deranged vs. Sonjay Dutt for the Xtreme title; Jack Evans vs. Red; Grim Reeper vs. Louie Ramos

• Bam Bam Bigelow, "Dangerous" Danny Doring and Chris Candido will be at the Pine Village in Browns Mills, NJ on May 15 for a WWSA event.

• On that same date, at the Italian American Family Association in Clif-ton, NJ, Stars & Stripes Champion-ship Wrestling will feature Damian Adams vs. Kevin Matthews for the heavyweight title. Simon Diamond will be the special guest referee for the main event, and Al Snow will also be making an appearance.

• "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Chris Candido and the Patriot will be at Keansburg (N.J.) High School on May 22 for a National Wrestling Superstars Event.

• The Cyberspace Wrestling Fed-eration returns to the PAL in Wayne, NJ on June 26 for its Independents Day card. The following matches are already signed: Tracy Brooks will face April; in a Tag-Team Turmoil Tourna-ment, the United Nations will defend against five other teams; National Wrestling Alliance-Total Nonstop Act-ion star Michael Shane will defend the CruiserXWeight Title against a No. 1 contender to be decided and an-nounced on the CSWF Web site in the weeks to come. For more information, log on to cswfol.com.

You can contact Josh Stewart at throughtheropes1@cs.com.

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