Quote:2009 Ted Petty Invitational
Friday and Saturday night
September 4th and 5th, 2009
511 N. Collins Street
Joliet, IL


The 23 participants confirmed are:
1.(IWA Mid-South World Heavyweight Champion) DINGO
2.(IWA Light Heavyweight Champion) Jason Hades
3.(2008 TPI Winner) "The Psycho Shooter" Drake Younger
4.(2000 Sweet Science 16 Winner) Chris Hero
5.(ROH Star) Delirious
6.(ROH Star, 1/2 The American Wolves, and 1/2 ROH Tag Champion Davey Richards
7.(ROH Star) "Messiah Of The Backbreaker" Roderick Strong
8.(PWG Star) "The New Age Punisher" B-Boy
9.(Former 1/2 ROH TAG Champ,and ROH) Tyler Black
10.(Former IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion and 1/2 Former ROH Champ) Jimmy Jacobs
11.(From The Oscar nominated movie "The Wrestler",2002 KOTDM winner) Necro Butcher
12.(PWG Star ) Human Tornado
13.(Former IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Champion) "Quick" Carter Gray
14.Shane Hollister
15.(Former WWE Star)"One Legged Wonder" Zach Gowen
16.(FIP Star) "Tokyo Monster" Kahagas
17."Mr M-80" Marshe Rockett
18.(Former WWE Star, ROH Star, Former IWA Champ)"Classic"Colt Cabana
19.(Former ROH World Champ, ROH Star, Intentional Star) Nigel McGuinness
20. Ricochet
21. Prince Mustafa Ali

CHANGE IN LINEUP

22. El Generico

El Generico replaces (Former TNA X Division Champion) Sheik Abdul Bashir.

New additions

23. Egotistico Fantastico

Six Way Dance Play In Match - Winner is #24 in TPI
Jon Moxley vs. Michael Elgin vs. Sami Callihan vs. Mike Sydal vs. Keith Walker vs. Ryan Phoenix

We want this TPI to be an event that all of our fans are excited about. It seemed very unanimous amongst you that you did not want Bashir in the TPI so we searched for a replacement that we thought our fanbase might be more happy with. Hopefully this change is met with more approval than the announcement of Bashir was.

First Round Matches
Jimmy Jacobs vs. "One Legged Wonder" Zach Gowen
Roderick Strong vs. "Tokyo Monster" Kahagas

Tickets: $65, $50, $40, & $30 for both nights
GA for 1 night is $20
Belltime @ 8:00 On Friday night & 7:00 on Saturday

The IWA-MS World
Heavyweight Championship will be defended thought the TPI, whether
Dingo still holds the belt or not. Dingo has the spot in the TPI, not
the Championship.

Quote:Our fans have asked for a very long time for what many consider to be the best tag team in wrestling today to be on an IWA show.

Well, you asked for it and now you will receive it because it has been finalized...THE BRISCOE BROTHERS will be on Night 2 of the TPI.

Maybe even better than the fact that The Briscoe Brothers will be making their debut in IWA is who they will be wrestling that night.

The fans in attendance will have the ability to determine what team faces the Briscoes on night two.

Each fan will be given a raffle ticket when they enter on NIGHT ONE. After each first round matchup on Night One, a jar will be made for the loser of the match. At the end of the night, as you leave, you can drop your raffle ticket into one of the jars for whom you would like to see against the Briscoes. The top two vote getters will be teamed together to face the Briscoes on night two.

Quote:DGUSA

Main Event #1 - Japan Ace vs. United States Ace
Open The Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi vs. Bryan Danielson

Main Event #2 - Battle Of The Hard-Hitters
Shingo vs. Davey Richards

Main Event #3
CIMA vs. Brian Kendrick

Rematch from Open The Historic Gate
Dragon Kid vs. Masato Yoshino

Tag Team Grudge Match
Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw vs. YAMATO & Gran Akuma

TPI in June...that's a first yeah?

Yeah, they bumped KOTDM to March, TPI in June... Anny show in October I think, then they shit-canned QOTDM, Double Death, Candido Cup and something else... Trying to spread it out instead of cramming all the shows into the fall is maybe a good idea.

And Cabana is signed up. I can totally imagine him and B-Boy, err.. having car problems by then... but this is good so far.

Straight outta South City
It's your boy Cabana givin Wet Willies

El Burrito Loco and Chris drinking beers at the Mexican House Party is only 3 months away!

Yeah John is hurting bad right now. Everything is early this year.

(03-01-2009 07:52 PM)Pete Goddamn Wrote:  El Burrito Loco and Chris drinking beers at the Mexican House Party is only 3 months away!

Yessssir!

Glove City

Joliet again? Damn. Im not making any decisions until the first round of guys pull out.

Necro Butcher has been added as #3.

B-Boy? Dude has been terrible since '05...why does Ian continue to think he's a draw in the midwest?

And hasn't he retired a few times? That bothers me if you aren't Terry Funk

(03-01-2009 08:33 PM)Green Cyn Wrote:  Joliet again? Damn. Im not making any decisions until the first round of guys pull out.

Did you not like Joliet because it was too far away from the Chicago airport to get to? I have to say having been to a few different IWA venues and cities, Joliet is pretty damn nice. I think Highland was the best, but I'd rather have this with the extra 30 minute drive than the shithole of Midlo.

(03-02-2009 08:23 AM)Pete Goddamn Wrote:  And hasn't he retired a few times? That bothers me if you aren't Terry Funk

I think he only retired once actually and this was his comeback recently.

Highland was damn nice. Just in the middle of nowhere enough to be cool, but close enough to civilization for white castle & kb toy works

That city was awesome, esp. since that main strip had everything we needed.

Midlo was hard to get to, the hotel was the definition of a dump, and everything was scattered around. You missed out on that Derek.

Joliet... it's a little hard to get to, but we managed better than usual (isn't it our gimmick to get lost every year?), the hotel was nice, and it's close to awesome places to eat.


Make the trip, all of you Texas assholes

I miss TPI trips. Blargh.

We were just laughing about the ill-fated KFC run where we ate before you even ordered. I don't know if you ever got this in your anger haze, but when we were in line, Chris looked at his phone and dude in front of us goes "What are you doing?" Are you taking my picture?" It was very odd.

TPI is less about the show and more about the trip lately.

(03-02-2009 09:45 AM)Pete Goddamn Wrote:  

(03-01-2009 08:33 PM)Green Cyn Wrote:  Joliet again? Damn. Im not making any decisions until the first round of guys pull out.

Did you not like Joliet because it was too far away from the Chicago airport to get to? I have to say having been to a few different IWA venues and cities, Joliet is pretty damn nice. I think Highland was the best, but I'd rather have this with the extra 30 minute drive than the shithole of Midlo.

Yeah, that was pretty much it. It seemed like a bit of a distance to drive in a state I'd never been to. I dont know, I might make it this year though.

I need to plan out a few things first, but I'll hit you up about it when I gather some more details for our own trip.

Hero, Kingston and Tornado... nice nice.

I can't wait for the rash of Jayson Hades's, OMG's and Thumbtack Jacks to be announced.

Two more names.... not too shabby

Shiima does good work.

yay for Shiima.

This is looking to be quite the line up. Wonder what it'll actually turn into..

shiima's hairspray gimmick doesnt work with his shorter hair. this isnt a bad list so far though. put me down as a possible attendee.

Until Cassandro is announced I will still be on the fence.

Glove City

My phone is dead so I can't text you, and this is a good place for it...

I am currently eating lunch from a Mexican joint by work, and it almost puts El Burrito Loco to shame. We're getting this on WM weekend if we watch TPI08. It's also a store, so it has all these authentic Mexican gimmicks... I got a bag of Kettle cooked Habanero chips. Holy moley, you'd love em

Roddy Strong and Shawn Spears added today? Not bad...

Shawn Spears...eeeehhh

I have no idea who Shawn Spears is.

Gavin Spears from ECW.

Ah, that explains it. I dont watch ECW. Youtube here I go.

So this is like a half hour from me. I am DEFINITELY going.

14. Michael Elgin
15. Shane Hollister

according to the chicago pro wrestling board.

Best place for this... I'm currently watching TPI06 and it's pretty stacked in retrospect. Awesome Quack commentary and plenty of lolz that I didn't catch live

did you get tickets for TPI yet? do you know if theres still front rows still available?

I have no idea.

And last year, we just got GA and stood there the whole time.

And.... someone said Roddy Strong is on the FIP show that weekend. Here we go....

It's getting bad, quick.

C'mon Sweeney!

At this point, theres no real stars. Like theres some decent people but at the same time no easy picks for the finals. With it being this late, I doubt anyone big will show up.

yeah, they go big with the first few.. and the first batch is a very good list. Then it is filled out with local guys usually. But there are still a lot of names out there that could be in it, like Chuck Taylor? If it holds as is, and you add Sweeney, I can deal with it. If/when people like Roddy start to drop, then it's bad

also let the record show that last year may have been the worst tourney of the ones I have gone to, but it may have been the most fun trip... which is now how we think of it. The show is really secondary to the rhetoric and hilarity that ensues