Carolyn Kellogg has some fantastic pictures from KSWA Night.
That’s fake blood in his mouth. At this point, I believe I raised my beverage and screamed “Stage Makeup!”
People turned and looked at me.
Tee hee.
As I exited the building for the bathroom, I ran into the Latin Assassin (pictured above, with me, courtesy of Carolyn). He asked me if I was “Spanish.” I replied that I was Mexican-Colombian. He got very excited about running into another “Latin” and we started chatting in Spanish. He was really nice. Introduced me to his wife Julia, noting her whiteness (“This is my wife, Julia. She’s white.”).
Hilarity ensued.
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Double A/Kaida Boot Camp Match, Demolition Ax Looks To Tear Into VIP’s At FanFest
By Trapper Tom, Ring Announcer
For the past few years, the highlight of the professional wrestling scene in Pittsburgh has routinely been the KSWA’s FanFest. In addition to the holiday season being kicked off with extraordinary cards, FanFest has been responsible for netting hundreds of toys for local, needy children. This year is no exception.
All year long, the KSWA Heavyweight Champion, Double-A Anthony Alexander has been battling the Number One Contender for the belt, Ali Kaida. At Autumn Annihilation, Alexander decided that enough-is-enough and he wants Ali Kaida in the ring one-on-one to definitively settle the score. Thus, he has challenged the Afghani Assault Weapon to an anything goes Boot Camp Match. Alexander predicts that he will remain the KSWA Champion, while Ali Kaida has been training harder than ever to emerge from FanFest as the World Title Holder.
It was revealed in October that WWF Legend Demolition Ax has been setting his sights on the KSWA, and the VIP’s, “The Enforcer” Shawn Blanchard, “Dr. Devastation” Lou Martin and their Advisor, Frank Durso specifically. Ax has been sending ominous videos to warn the VIP’s that he was coming. At Autumn Annihilation, KSWA Owner Bobby O declared that Blanchard, Martin and Durso had been running roughshod over the KSWA for too long and that Ax would partner with Kris Kash in Tag Team competition.
The wrestling world was shocked when La Lucha surprisingly returned to the ring as Anthony Alexander’s mystery tag team partner in October. La Lucha, out for many months due to a heinous fireball attack from Ali Kaida, was thought to be completely done with in-ring action. However, after some radical, experimental procedures, La Lucha’s eye was healed and he returned to the squared circle, without much ring rust. In fact, his return was so remarkable that Bobby O announced that La Lucha would challenge Big Mike Malachi for the Golden Triangle Championship. Malachi, still confident that the Mayor of Mexico City’s best are behind him, is considering the challenge to be a “walk in the park.” It seems that the Irish Bear is looking to bury La Lucha’s career once and for all at FanFest.
Another member of the VIP’s, “The Future” Shane Starr, is looking forward to humiliating Justin Sane once again. The Camden, New Jersey hooligan nearly cut Justin’s hair after a match a couple of months ago. Seeing that Starr is so infatuated with Justin’s scalp, Bobby O announced that the thick and luxurious hair atop Shane Starr’s head is now on the line against Justin’s at FanFest. As an added stipulation, “Mark” from the “In The Ring” podcast has been recruited to shear the loser’s locks. Mark’s brother “Wild Bill” has also been tapped as the Guest Ring Announcer for that match. Starr’s Advisor Frank Durso may want to protect his impressive mane as well on December 6. It should be a crazy time.
The KSWA Tag Team division has never been this competitive and entertaining. In the past few months, the Latin Assassin and the Blood Beast, the “Best Tag Team Ever,” consisting of Alex Arcadian and Ric Rumsky, as well as Biker Al and Vinnie Stone have all held the tag titles. Now, a Triple Threat Tag Team Match will decide who holds the gold going into the New Year. Will it be the defending champions, Al and Vinnie? Will the upstarts Alex and Ric regain the gold they held so briefly, or will Latin and Beast grab the belts once again? All three teams are at the top of their respective games and this “barn burner” could steal the entire show.
For months now, “The King” Del Douglas has been battling “The Drunken Luchadore” Joey Quervo over his stolen crown. Quervo absconded with the trophy a number of events ago and has been able to keep in post-match. Douglas challenged Quervo to a match for ownership of the crown at Autumn Annihilation. Mr. Puniverse Bob Atlas, who has also entered the fray that is this rivalry, also wanted a “piece” of the action, and he has been granted a slot by Bobby O. So, the Triple Threat Match between Del Douglas, Joey Quervo and Bob Atlas will be for custody of the crown.
The highly-intense and quite entertaining feud between Zero and the Great Toyota comes to a conclusion at FanFest. In the best-of-three series, Zero has put his KSWA contract up against Great Toyota’s mask. Toyota, the masked martial arts maven of the KSWA, has been an incredible fan favorite. Zero, the Mauler from Munich, had failed in his attempts to lure Toyota into the International Thugs, thus crushing the enthusiasm of the KSWA Krazies. Now he wants to banish Toyota forever. Toyota won the first match between the two in convincing fashion, and largely with the help of manager Gentleman Joe Perri, Zero rebounded with a must-win in October. Now the pivotal third match is on the card. Will Zero see his last KSWA event, or will the Krazies see Toyota’s face?
KSWA FanFest/Toy Drive 2008 will be held at the Lawrenceville Moose, 120 51st Street, in the Lawrenceville neighborhood within the city of Pittsburgh, on December 6. Bell time is at 7:30 p.m. There will be a special Chinese Auction for the fans and all fans are asked to bring a new toy to be donated to the Holiday Project Allegheny County Department of Human Services. Tickets are only $5 per person. Card subject to change. For more information, call 412-726-1762