Day 15 of 21.
After so many days being on the road, everything becomes a blur. You’re aware of call times, and going to an after-party sponsor, etc., but as to what day it is, and any sense of a “normal” life schedule, well, it has long been left behind. In its place lie empty protein drink bottles, loose and floating Subway sandwich bags and wrappers of eaten beef jerky from days gone by.
More vehicle troubles have thrown the tour off a smooth route. Injuries are starting to add up on several guys, and I see, almost with each day, somebody limping, horribly bruised up, or sporting athletic tape across the shoulder.
Real life also kicks in, as we lost one of our guys due to a family emergency, and he had to bow out early, and head home.
The other night, after the Medicine Hat show, half of the crew drove onward to Regina to stay the night, and the minivan they were driving in blew a tire, spun out, and criss-crossed the lanes before launching into the tall grass in the soft soil that is beside the highway. That was the text we got at 230 a.m. Their tow truck didn’t arrive til 5 a.m., so you can imagine how the rest of their day went. Some days the reality is, you get NO rest.
Canada is a beautiful, yet unforgiving landscape. Only the strongest will survive physically AND mentally intact. Don’t take my word for it — ask any of the guys who have done this over the years. It’s no secret.
I’ve always tried to make it clear to the young guys that join the tour that this is a different kind of beast, and I can explain it day and night, but until you experience it for yourself, you cannot really know.
The shows have been stellar, because we are jam-packed with world class talent, and feedback from fans have been off the charts. Even for the summer, which is always difficult to draw good houses, we have had out biggest crowds yet, in Calgary, Medicine Hat, and Regina. It’s a great sign that we are making the progress as a company that we have hoped to make!
One of the greatest treats this tour is having Nikita Koloff onboard. He fits in with us like you can’t imagine. I think every one of us has had the chance to sit and talk with him. He’s been watching every single match and offering amazing feedback, and on my end, he sits with a smile on his face while I ramble on asking question after question about the Crockett-era NWA, how business was done, the psychology and style of that time. He is only too happy to go into great detail as we sit day after day, wherever we may be and explain it all. The funniest thing is, me asking a question and it’ll trigger something in him, and he’ll light up and immediately start with “Ahhh, DUDE! Check this out…” before recalling how something was done. I chuckle to myself, because I say the same thing… Ahh, dude!!!
So here we sit, en route to Moosomin, Saskatchewan, where tonight we invade their Civic Centre. Word is one of the locals has 25 pounds of meat that’ll be BBQ’ed for us after the show, so… fingers crossed!!!
Last night was a good night of rest for everyone, so I’m hoping things settle into a good groove, free from injuries. The next few days are pretty short drives, so it’ll be a great time to get more rest, workout, and take in the sights.
Canadian Wrestling’s Elite ON TOUR:
July 31- Stonewall, MB
Aug 1- Roseau River First Nation, MB
Aug 2- Gladstone, MB
Aug 4- Dauphin, MB
Aug 5- Prince Albert, SK
Aug 6- Saskatoon, SK
Aug 7- St. Albert, AB
RESULTS
1) The show kicked off with CWE Tag Team Champions Shane Sabre & Phil Atlas retained against Canadian Unified Jr Heavyweight Champion “Tornado” Tony Kozina & “The Red Ribbon Warrior” Kenji Brea, “Second To None” Alex Anthony & “The King Of Pong” Ethan Price, and Kute Kody & Tasty Travis in Four Corner Survival.
2) “The Crazed Cowboy” Jacob Creed, “Killa” Kaz Karter, & K-Dos defeated “Hotshot” Danny Duggan, The Mercenary, & Real Canadian Wrestling’s Steven Stylez when Creed pinned The Mercenary.
3) ROH Star “The Gatekeeper” Kelly Klein beat “The Last Pure Athlete” Jordynne Grace.
4) CWE Champion “Wrestling’s Strongest Man” Tyler Colton w/NWA/WCW Icon “The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff retained against the debuting Giant Orion in a highly contested true battle of the big men.
5) Top Talent, “Big” Jess Youngblood & Heavy Metal scored the W against ROH Star “The Octopus” Jonathan Gresham & The Canadian Cougar when The Cougar was pinned.
6) Alberta Wrestling Icon Marky was victorious in Four Corner Survival against ROH Star “Last Real Man” Silas Young, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya, & NITE when he pinned NITE.
Aug 8- Springbook, AB
RESULTS
1) Canadian Unified Jr. Heavyweight Champion “Tornado” Tony Kozina retained his title in a Suicidal Six Way Match also including CWE Tag Team Champions Shane Sabre & Phil Atlas, “Second To None” Alex Anthony, Kute Kody, & Tasty Travis when Kozina pinned Travis.
2) “Hotshot” Danny Duggan & The Mercenary defeated Bad Weather (K-Dos & “Killa” Kaz Karter when Duggan pinned K-Dos after a frog splash from The Mercenary.
3) “The Last Pure Athlete” Jordynne Grace was victorious over ROH Star “The Gatekeeper” Kelly Klein.
4) CWE Champion “Wrestling’s Strongest Man” Tyler Colton w/NWA/WCW Icon “The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff retained over “The Crazed Cowboy” Jacob Creed.
5) The 7 foot Giant Orion pinned “The King Of Pong” Ethan Price. 6) ROH Star “The Octopus” Jonathan Gresham & Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya defeated the team of ROH Star “The Last Real Man” Silas Young & “The Red Ribbon Warrior” Kenji Brea when Gresham pinned Brea.
Aug 9- Golden, BC
RESULTS
1) ROH Star “The Octopus” Jonathan Gresham & Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya bested “Killa” Kaz Karter & K-Dos.
2) Canadian Unified Jr. Heavyweight Champion “Tornado” Tony Kozina retained in Four Corner Survival against “The King Of Pong” Ethan Price, “The Red Ribbon Warrior” Kenji Brea, & “Second To None” Alex Anthony.
3) CWE Champion “Wrestling’s Strongest Man” Tyler Colton w/NWA Icon “The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff defeated ROH Star “The Last Real Man” Silas Young.
4) “The Last Pure Athlete” Jordynne Grace beat ROH Star “The Gatekeeper” Kelly Klein.
5) CWE Tag Team Champions Shane Sabre & Phil Atlas retained against “Hotshot” Danny Duggan & The Mercenary, “The Crazed Cowboy” Jacob Creed & The Canadian Cougar, and Kute Kody & Tasty Travis.
Aug 10- Calgary, AB
RESULTS
1) CWE Tag Team Champions Shane Sabre & Phil Atlas retained against ROH Star “The Octopus” Jonathan Gresham & Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya.
2) “The King Of Pong” Ethan Price, K-Dos, & “The Red Ribbon Warrior” Kenji Brea beat The Mercenary, “Second To None” Alex Anthony, & The Canadian COugar when Price pinned Mercenary.
3) ROH Star “The Gatekeeper” Kelly Klein bested “The Last Pure Athlete” Jordynne Grace.
4) CWE Champion “Wrestling’s Strongest Man” Tyler Colton w/NWA Icon “The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff retained in Four Corner Survival against The Giant Orion, “The Crazed Cowboy” Jacob Creed, & “Killa” Kaz Karter.
5) “Hotshot” Danny Duggan & “The Model” Deryck Crosse defeated Kute Kody & Tasty Travis.
6) “The Prodigy” Matt Hart & Armed & Dangerous were victorious over ROH Star “The Last Real Man” Silas Young, Canadian Unified Champion “Tornado” Tony Kozina, & The Big Chief when Hart tapped out Kozina to the Sharpshooter.
Aug 11- Medicine Hat, AB
RESULTS
1) “Hotshot” Danny Duggan, The Mercenary, “Second To None” Alex Anthony, & The Canadian Cougar defeated K-Dos, “Killa” Kaz Karter, “The Red Ribbon Warrior” Kenji Brea, & Tasty Travis in 8 man action when Duggan pinned Travis with a school boy.
2) “Tornado” Tony Kozina retained his Canadian Unified Jr. Heavyweight Title against ROH Star “The Octopus” Jonathan Gresham, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya, & “The King Of Pong” Ethan Price when Kozina pinned Price.
3) ROH Star “The Gatekeeper” Kelly Klein was victorious over “The Last Pure Athlete” Jordynne Grace.
4) CWE Champion “Wrestling’s Strongest Man” Tyler Colton w/NWA Icon “The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff retained against Kute Kody w/Tasty Travis following a deadlift powerbomb.
5) ROH Star “The Last Real Man” Silas Young pinned the debuting “Real Deal” Sydney Steele.
6) CWE Tag Team Champions Shane Sabre & Phil Atlas retained against The Giant Orion & “The Crazed Cowboy” Jacob Creed.
Aug 12- Regina, SK
RESULTS
1) CWE Tag Team Champions Shane Sabre & Phil Atlas retained their titles in Four Corner Survival against “Hotshot” Danny Duggan & The Mercenary, “Killa” Kaz Karter, & K-Dos, & Kute Kody & Tasty Travis when Sabre pinned Travis.
2) ROH Star “The Gatekeeper” Kelly Klein pinned “The Last Pure Athlete” Jordynne Grace.
3) “Tornado” Tony Kozina retained his Canadian Unified Jr. Heavyweight Title in Four Corner Survival against “The King Of Pong” Ethan Price, “The Red Ribbon Warrior” Kenji Brea, & “Second To None” Alex Anthony when Kozina pinned Brea.
4) CWE Champion “Wrestling’s Strongest Man” Tyler Colton w/NWA Icon “The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff defeated The Big Chief to retain his championship.
5) “The Crazed Cowboy” Jacob Creed was victorious over Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya.
6) In a “Showcase Of Honor” Ring Of Honor’s “The American Octopus” Jonathan Gresham pinned fellow ROH Star “The Last Real Man” Silas Young.
Aug 13- Assiniboia, SK
RESULTS
1) CWE Tag Team Champions Shane Sabre & Phil Atlas defended and retained against Kute Kody & Tasty Travis.
2) Canadian Unified Jr Heavyweight Champion “Tornado” Tony Kozina defeated ROH Star “The American Octopus” Jonathan Gresham to retain his title.
3) ROH Star “The Gatekeeper” Kelly Klein bested “The Last Pure Athlete” Jordynne Grace.
4) CWE Champion “Wrestling’s Strongest Man” Tyler Colton w/NWA Icon “The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff pinned Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya.
5) K-Dos & “Killa” Kaz Karter defeated “Hotshot” Danny Duggan & The Mercenary & “The King Of Pong” Ethan Price & “Second To None” Alex Anthony in a triple threat tag team match.
6) “The Crazed Cowboy” Jacob Creed pinned ROH Star “The Last Real Man” Silas Young.
Aug 14- Moosomin, SK
Aug 15- Virden, MB
Aug 16- Souris, MB
Aug 17- Morden, MB
Aug 18- Winnipeg, MB
Aug 19- Thunder Bay, ON
Aug 20- Sault Ste. Marie, ON
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