LastStopTour Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Central States Wrestling Friday 4-12-1989 from the Casa Loma Ballroom Announce Team: Jay French and "The Professor" Marty Goldstein Match #1 Kevin Clark rolled up Don Allen. Match #2 Jason Sterling defeated Jimmy Jannetty. Match #3 The Sandman & Ray Odyssey w/Miss Peaches beat The Interns w/Downtown Bruno. Promoter Bob Geigel with several announcements for upcoming shows as well as TV in the very near future. He promised Central States Wrestling would bring the very best in professional wrestling to the territory. Lou Albano ran down the crowd before turning his attention towards Ricky Santana. Santana kept his cool the whole time which turned out to be nothing more than a distraction. Tim Renesto Jr. attacked him from behind. Match #4 Ricky Santana won by disqualification over Tom Renesto Jr. Despite the early advantage for Renesto, Santana fought back and frustrated him to the point that Renesto threw him over the top rope for the DQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autistic Dragon Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Central States has arrived! Looks like Captain Lou has an interest in Santana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Love the Surfers tag team with Sandman and Apollo. Can't wait to see what you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Welcome back! I'm excited to see what you do with Central States. Renesto's the man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control21 Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 Welcome back! I enjoyed reading your previous work and I'm excited to see what you can do with CSW. I'm already liking some of your pairings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowBlowPodcast Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Appreciate having you back. This should be a fun venture with a hot area for wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet-Left Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 Fun show to kick things off, with the potential for a great feud right off the bat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastStopTour Posted April 22 Author Report Share Posted April 22 This Week ... in Central States Wrestling #1 - While the Central States territory has been largely vacant minus the occasional spot shows here and there, promoter Bob Giegel has moved forward with giving the area a go. Iowa, Kansas and Missouri appear to be the target states for the territory, at least to begin with. - The former St. Louis promotion brought in bigger names which may have been one of the reasons for it's downfall. Geigel has decided to go with the unknown and younger talent route. If the want for wrestling is there, bigger names (ie. higher paid talent) can always be brought in but Giegel said "It's an easier pill to swallow if no one comes out to the matches rather than what St. Louis tried, blowing the bank on just a couple of wrestlers". - As a test over the past week, Central States has been putting on house shows, testing the market as well as setting up their weekly circuit. To not oversaturate the first week's "blitz" of shows, Geigel's been running short cards to create some buzz. As has been found, the gates have been good so the interest is certainly there for the time being. Geigel says "Wrestling fans are a fickle sort, so you have to strike when the iron is hot." - Two programs have been featured on the shows. The main event has been the handsome high flying Ricky Santana and the ring veteran Tom Renesto Jr. but the "star" of this program has been manager Captain Lou Albano. If you ask, Lou will be happy to tell you himself that he's the star of the whole promotion and maybe he's got something there as the fans have flocked to him, no matter what he's done. Lou's been all over the place promoting himself as well as doing whatever he can to help Renesto win. Though it hasn't worked out well for Renesto every time, he has picked up some victories thanks to his manager! - The second feud has been between the babyface Surfers, Ray Odyssey and The Sandman with Miss Peaches against Downtown Bruno's Interns. Bruno has done what he can to help his men win but Miss Peaches has often been the equalizer, keep Bruno out of the picture. - With successful house shows, television would be the next step for the promotion. A weekly show does wonders in drumming up business for the road. No word yet as to when it might happen but rumors have been swirling of preliminary talks with station KDNL, Channel 30 with Friday evenings being the target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autistic Dragon Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 Good job laying the ground work for the new era of Central States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastStopTour Posted April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 Wrestling at the Chase Central States Wrestling Friday 4-22-1989 from the Chase Park Plaza Hotel St. Louis, Missouri Announce Team: Jay French and "The Professor" Marty Goldstein Match #1 Jason Sterling pinned Kevin Clark. The barefoot Canadian and son of the Missing Link proved to be a tough individual against an equally tough opponent. Following the match, the two shook hands in a show of good sportsmanship. Match #2 The Cuban Assassin and Omar Atlas brawled to a Double Disqualification. Both veterans refused to listen to the referee. Match #3 Anthony Durante & Gary Wolfe defeated The Allen Boys. Tag team action with two very young teams. Promoter Bob Geigel came out during a break in the action and announced the main event as a title match for the Central States Heavyweight Belt. In honor of all those who have wrestled at the Chase in the past, the match would be a purely scientific affair! Match #4 The Interns w/Downtown Bruno lost to The Sandman & Ray Odyssey w/Miss Peaches. It could have gone either way but Miss Peaches took Bruno out of the picture which pushed her boys to victory. Match #5 Central States Heavyweight Title Match Tom Renesto Jr. w/ Lou Albano won over Ricky Santana to become the CSW Champion. One would have thought a scientific match would be more advantageous to Renesto but Santana was up to the task and showed his mat skills. Back and forth the two went with several near pinfalls to get the fans out of their seats. Albano with some trickery, passed a roll of quarters to Renesto before distracting the referee to allow Renesto to cold cock Santana. Ricky Santana was not going to kick out of this one. Tom Renesto Jr. won the title. The fans did their best to inform the referee but to no avail as Albano yanked his man from the ring before someone changed their mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autistic Dragon Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 I didn't know Link had a son. Seems to know what he's doing. Atlas and the Cuban get heated. Durante & Wolfe look like a couple of Pitbulls. Miss Peaches certainly seems to have Bruno's number. Captain Lou skirts the stipulation to hand Renesto the gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastStopTour Posted April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 7 hours ago, Autistic Dragon said: I didn't know Link had a son. Seems to know what he's doing. Shocker in the main event as Captain Lou turns on his man to hand the title to Renesto. He actually had two sons that wrestled. I don't remember seeing the other brother, but I do remember seeing Jason wrestle in Texas. Not the biggest guy but do remember him being pretty good. Opener/lower mid-card guy but was always a decent match. That certainly is a shocker to me because Capt. Lou has ALWAYS been the manager of Tom Renesto Jr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autistic Dragon Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 5 hours ago, LastStopTour said: That certainly is a shocker to me because Capt. Lou has ALWAYS been the manager of Tom Renesto Jr. Alright I fixed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted Friday at 11:40 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 11:40 PM Really enjoying the realism you have brought to Central States. Interesting thing is that Lou Albano's brother taught in my school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted Saturday at 10:54 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:54 PM Once again, it's so great to see you bring the old school territory back to life. I think Geigel is playing this smart. Also, props to you for giving the lesser known guys a spotlight. Always great seeing any formation of the Interns. Gotta love Bruno. Captain Lou knows talent when he sees it. The man Renesto is now the champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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