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ISLE OF PUERTO RICO: SAVIO VEGA IN WWL?, INSURRECTION THIS SATURDAY, TEMPERS FLAIR AT PRESS CONFERENCE; WWC CROWNS NEW PUERTO RICO CHAMPION, HERNANDEZ ATTACKS GONZALEZ, ANIVERSARIO 41 NOTES, AND MORE

World Wrestling League (WWL)

World Wrestling League (WWL) will hold their first event in Puerto Rico in over a year, INSURRECTION, this coming Saturday October 18th at the “Pepín Cestero Arena” in Bayamón, PR. Bell time for the event will be 8:00PM. All eyes are in this event this coming Saturday as the company has guaranteed this will be the so-called “resurgence of Puerto Rican wrestling”. If we judge by their TV product, we could say that they have been delivering up to this point. Their “trial-by-fire” will be this Saturday’s event, where they have to deliver on what they have been advertising.

The show has a very attractive card for the fans here in the island, as it provides a mix of veteran names that the fans are familiar with and young talent that should get the proverbial “rub” from said stars. We will see if they deliver this Saturday. We will have coverage of the event here on the site. Not sure yet if I will be able to do live reporting or if the report will go up after the event, as we are working on getting a good network connection. Either way, you will definitely be able to find out what takes place on the event right here. We will also be covering the press conference taking place after the event.

And speaking of press conference, WWL held one this past Monday during the morning hours. The following press release from the company talks about what took place there and also includes information and links to their TV episodes from this past weekend:

WWL Insurrection Press Conference

Former WWF/E Superstar, Savio Vega, is the new WWL Director of Operations.

(San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday October 15th, 2014) - World Wrestling League’s (WWL), president, Richard Negrín, held a press conference on Monday October 13th at the Nihon Sushi Bar restaurant in Guaynabo, alongside several of the WWL’s talent. The conference was masterfully hosted by "El Rudo de los Rudos" Axel Cruz. This conference comes in advance of the company’s event INSURRECTION, taking place this Saturday October 18th at the Pepín Cestero Arena in Bayamón; with a bell time of 8:00PM. During the so-called “Insurrection”, the WWL’s World title will be up for grabs, when current champion Monster Pain, with Mistress Glenda Lee, faces Shane “The Glamour Boy”.

There will also be two new champions crowned during the evening. The first being the new America’s title, which will be decided with an “International Triple Threat” match involving Laredo Kid from México, "El Latino Dorado" Joe Bravo from Dominican Republic and "El Fenómeno" BJ from Puerto Rico; all wanting to become the first ever America’s champion, with "El Hacedor de Campeones" José Chaparro looking to offer his managing services to one of them. The other debuting belt is the WWL’s Extreme championship, which will be disputed between two ECW ORIGINALS, Sabu and Balls Mahoney.

The question that we all have been asking is: who is the Director of Operations? Well, during the press conference we it was announced that Savio Vega is the person that will hold the position in World Wrestling League.

The press conference was abruptly interrupted by "La Mina de Oro" D-Nniss Rivera, who was involved in a heated argument with WWL’s president Richard Negrín and Savio Vega, Director of Operations.

D-Nniss Rivera arrived at the press conference looking for answers to all his questions, and he was faced with the reality that his own brother, was the Director. Things escalated in a matter of seconds between Savio Vega, D-Nniss Rivera and Richard Negrín. Savio Vega mentioned that he was hired to do a job and he will do just that. “Si tengo que despedir a mi hermano, lo haré” (If I have to fire my brother, I will do it), the “Boricua Mayor”, Vega stated.

Tickets for the event “WWL INSURRECTION”, scheduled to take place on Saturday October 18th at the Puerto Rican wrestling’s Cathedral, the “Pepín Cestero Arena” in Bayamón, are on sale by accessing www.prticket.com at “La Gran Discoteca” in Sears Plaza Las Américas, or at (787) 303-0334.

The rest of WWL INSURRECTION’s card will be as follows:

WWL World Tag Team Title Match
“La Artilleria Pesada" Thunder & Lightning vs Mr. E & “Mystery Partner”

Tag Team Challenge
‘La Mina de Oro’ D-Nniss Rivera & Mr. Big vs ‘Los Dioses del Olimpo’ Atlas & ‘El León’ Apolo w/ “La Reina” Habanna

Generational Clash
‘Sensacional’ Carlitos vs ‘Mr. 450’

“Batalla de Fieras”
Ivelisse Velez vs ‘La Rosa Negra’ (Black Rose)

Battle Royale for independent wrestlers, looking for the newest superstar. Participats:
Aquiles, Dimes, Erik Scorpion, Joseph RPM, Barbie Boy, “Los Arabes”, Prince Xander

Plus "El Rudo de los Rudos" Axel Cruz and "Su Magestad" El Profe.

WWL Presenta: / “Ídolos del Ring” Episode #14 Part 1 – Who is the Director of Operations? Goddess Match: Ivelisse Velez vs Mia Yim from WAR Ecuador. A very important message from WWL’s President Richard Negrín regarding the company’s search for new talent. Everything that has happened around "La Mina de Oro" D-Nniss Rivera’s quest to start a resistance movement and to find the Director of Operations. Atlas explains his decision to disobey Apolo’s direction and attend the Director of Operations meeting. Stefano reacts to the revelation of the identity of the Director of Operations. El Paparazzi tells us the reasons for his actions last week. With the “play by play” and comments from "El Rudo de los Rudos" Axel Cruz and Héctor "ModdyJack" Mélendez: http://youtu.be/O8hUrcRGU5w

“Ídolos del Ring” #14 Part 2 – A very well known past – The return of Shane “The Glamour Boy” to Puerto Rican wrestling in order to face World Champion Monster Pain. WWL’s President Richard Negrín informs “La Artillería Pesada” of his decision regarding the Tag Team championship match at INSURRECTION; match: Mr. 450 vs Steven Walters. Shane meets with “Agent Quiñonez” from Immigration and receives a great surprise; "El Fenómeno" BJ sings a tune to "Latino Dorado" Joe Bravo. "El Sensacional" Carlitos is the guest in the segment “Hablando Claro”, where he expresses his feelings about the person that was named Director of Operations by Richard Negrín; Thunder & Lightning discover the identity of the Director of Operations and they analyze how the potential explanations as to why Shane and them received a different envelope. More questions surrounding “El León” Apolo’s interest in the new Director of Operations; Match: “Los Fantásticos” BJ & “El Sensacional” Carlitos vs Mickey Ocean & Mike Dennis; we’ll see through "La Mina de Oro" D-Nniss Rivera’s eyes the moment that changed everything for him and why the “La Rabia” movement is so important to him. We will also go back in time to something that happened four months ago that will bring more questions and potential dangerous consequences for INSURRECTION, Saturday October 18th at the “Pepín Cestero Arena” in Bayamón, PR: http://youtu.be/Ydx0nF2rIUY

“WWL Presenta” comes to life every Saturday at 2:30PM, as well as the program “Ídolos del Ring” every Sunday at 7:30PM on CW Puerto Rico. You can watch CW Puerto Rico on the following channels locally: DIRECTV Channel 178, DISH NETWORK Channel 17 in Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands, LIBERTY Cable Channel 96, CHOICE Cable Channel 148 & 34, CLARO TV Channel 22, and on digital antenna via Channel 18.3.

Also in Puerto Rico, every Saturday afternoon at 2:00PM on WVQS-TV “Retro Channel”, digital antenna via Channel 50.2.

You can also watch “Ídolos del Ring” every Saturday at 12:00PM noon on “Súper Canal” throughout the national territory of Dominican Republic via channel 33, and in the different cable television companies in the country.

In the United States it can be watched on Dominican View, which is distributed by the following cable television companies: Verizon Fios channel 1548 in Los Angeles (CA), Dallas (TX), Washington (DC), Baltimore (MD), Richmond (VA), Norfolk (VA), New York (NY), Syracuse (NY), Buffalo (NY), Philadelphia (PA), Boston (MA), Tampa (FL), Fort Wayne, Pittsburgh (PA), Providence (RI), Harrisburg (PA); CABLEVISION channel 213 in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut. Internationally via TDS channel 464 in Curaçao.

World Wrestling Council (WWC)

The big WWC news that circulated toward the end last week was that Savio Vega left the company to go join WWL. His departure came on the heels of the company making the announcement last week that Alberto “El Patrón” (Del Río) would appear during their Aniversario 41 events either. It definitely has been a couple of rough weeks for the company, but as they approach their biggest event of the year, they continue to make adjustments in an effort to give the fans the kind of event they always accustomed to have.

WWC had a show last Friday October 10th at the “Yabucoa Arena”. With no Savio Vega, Carlito defended his WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight title against “The Precious One” Gilbert. Gilbert defeated Carlito and became the new Puerto Rico champion that evening with the help of his protégé “Big Daddy” David Montes.

The next night, they held a house show/TV taping at the ““Pepín Cestero Arena” in Bayamón, PR. The following are the results from the card:

1. Rikochet retained his WWC Jr. Heavyweight title after he defeated Samuel Adams.

2. “Bouncer” Bob defeated Jay Vélez.

3. “El Templario” William De La Vega defeated Mike Mendoza, after ASH distracted the referee and De La Vega hit Mendoza with a foreign object.

4. Xix Xavant defeated “Big Daddy” David Montes.

There was a live “La Opinión de Gilbert” segment with Chicano as his guest. Gilbert started to mock Chicano’s boxing and music careers. When Chicano takes the mic and goes to defend himself, he is attacked by David Montes and Gilbert until he is able to leave the ring. He then takes the mic and challenges Gilbert to a match anywhere, any place he wants, whenever he wants.

5. “Mr. Ray-tings” Ray González defeated Gilbert when Chicano sneaks-up to the ring and hits a KO punch on Gilbert.

6. Huracan Castillo defeated Chicano after interference from Gilbert, who distracted the referee in order for Castillo to hit Chicano with the ring-bell for the win.

7. Carlito and Mighty Ursus went on to a “No Contest” as the match got out of hand and the referee could not control it. They were brawling all over the arena until several referees and wrestlers came out to separate them.

Ricardo Rodríguez came out with a Mexican flag in hand and insulted the fans. This brings out Ray González who confronts him. Rodriguez insulted González too and gets him to start to beat him and prepare him for the figure 4, when none other than former TNA star, “Superman” Hernandez, comes out of nowhere and beats up González. He then sets up a table and hits González with a power-bomb through it. The referees come out to the ring and are able to get Hernandez and Rodriguez to back off and leave, while González was taken out on a stretcher.

The results from these two shows last week help set up the path for Aniversario 41. Speaking of WWC’s biggest event of the year, “Aniversario 41” is being dedicated to none-other than “EL Rey de la Lucha Libre” Chicky Starr. The company has added one more date to the now three day tour: Friday October 24th at the “Francisco ‘Paquito’ Montaner Stadium” in Ponce, PR; Saturday October 25th at the “Hector Solá Bezares Coliseum” in Caguas, PR; and now Sunday October 26th at the “Luis T. Díaz Coliseum” in Aguadilla, PR. Friday and Saturday shows have a bell-time of 8:00PM, and Sunday’s show has a bell-time of 5:00PM.

Here is the announced card for the Friday show in Ponce, PR:

Main Event
Invader #1 & “Mr. Ray-tings” Ray González vs Mighty Ursus & “El Macho de 7 Suelas” Bronco #1

Semi-Main Event
Carlito vs “Mexican Superman” Hernandez

Six Man Tag Team Action
WWE’s “Los Matadores” & “El Torito” vs “Los Templarios” & Juan Manuel Ortega

Special Challenge Match
“El Malcria’o” Miguel Pérez vs “The Precious One” Gilbert

“El Chico Ilegal” Chicano vs Huracan Castillo

The main show of the weekend tour will take place on Saturday October 25th in Caguas, PR. Here is the card as it has been announced, taking into account what took place at these past weekend’s house shows:

Revenge Match
Invader #1 vs “El Macho de 7 Suelas” Bronco #1

WWC Universal Heavyweight Title Match
Carlito vs Mighty Ursus (c) w/ “El Magnate” Juan Manuel Ortega

Puerto Rico vs Mexico
“Mr. Ray-tings” Ray González vs “Mexican Superman” Hernandez

Grudge Match
“El Malcria’o” Miguel Pérez vs “El Mostro” Huracan Castillo

WWC World Tag Team Title Match
WWE’s “Los Matadores” w/ Torito vs “Los Templarios” ASH & William De La Vega (c) w/ “El Magnate” Juan Manuel Ortega

WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title Match
“El Chico Ilegal” Chicano vs “The Precious One” Gilbert (c) w/ “Big Daddy” David Montes

Battle of the Referees
Pelayito Vázquez vs Angel “Fashion” Pérez w/ Vanilla Vargas

Tickets for the event are currently on sale at the following locations: “Ahorro Muebles Furniture Store” in Caguas, Cayey, Mayagüez, Ponce and Yauco; “JM Fast Keys” in Bayamón (Plaza Del Sol, Plaza Rio Hondo, Santa Rosa Mall), San Juan (Señorial Mall) and Hatillo (Plaza del Norte); and for ringside tickets in advance you can call the WWC Offices at (787) 304-0850.

Ticket price ranges for the Friday show at the “Francisco ‘Paquito’ Montaner Stadium” in Ponce, PR:
- General Admission - $15.00
- Children Under 10 Years Old - $10.00;

…and for the Saturday show (main show) at the “Hector Solá Bezares Coliseum” in Caguas, PR:
- Ring Side - $25.00
- General Admission - $15.00
- Children Under 10 Years Old - $10.00

No word yet on ticket prices for Sunday’s show in Aguadilla, PR.

The “Aniversario 41” show for Saturday night will also be made available for fans in and out of Puerto Rico via live iPPV. The iPPV price will be $15.00. More information will be shared in the next few days about how to access it.

Jose Perez can be contacted for comments and/or feedback at josepwinsider@gmail.com

 

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