Texas All-Star Wrestling ( TASW ) is a professional wrestling campaign founded by Bob Murphy in Humble, Texas in 1994. This is the oldest independent promotion in the state of Texas and one in three based in the Greater Houston area along with Realer of Wrestling and Lone Star Championship Wrestling Booker.
This was the first successful wrestling campaign to open in Texas after the World Championship World Championships in 1990, and the Global Wrestling Federation in 1994. It not only remained the only major "indy" promotion in the state during the 1990s but was one from the oldest wrestling campaigns operating in the United States. Promotions have been profiled by both Houston Press and Houston Chronicle . Ken Hoffman, an old columnist for the Chronicle , has participated in several wrestling matches for charity. The Galveston County Daily News has called TASW the best campaign in the state.
Necro Butcher and Shawn Hernandez, both started their careers at TASW. Samoa Joe, Harlem Heat 2000 (Big T and Stevie Ray) from World Championship Wrestling, and Tammy Lynn Sytch, Christy Hemme and Daivari from World Wrestling Entertainment have all made appearances for older promotions and wrestlers like Abdullah the Butcher, Kamala and " Hacksaw "Jim Duggan, who last held a promotional heavyweight title in 2003.
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History
Background and initial history
Texas All-Star Wrestling was started by Bob Murphy, a ten-year veteran who wrestled across Texas during the 1980s, who became frustrated by the unethical business practices of small promoters after the collapse of the NWA region system in the decades. With an undeveloped civilian center, he considered using the Humble High School or elsewhere in the local area. Murphy and his team partners then rented the bingo hall by the US Route 59 in Humble, Texas and promised his owner, Casey Musick, $ 500 plus proceeds from the concession. Renaming the "Humble Bingo Arena" building, they held their first show on January 15, 1994, which was attended by 450 fans and brought in over $ 2,000. This promotion set the first title between December 1994 and December 1996.
Professional wrestling has been very popular in Houston, especially during the 1970s and 1980s, but has greatly declined in the years after the retirement of legendary wrestling personality Paul Boesch in 1987. It was not until the closing of the World Class Championship Wrestling in 1990, and the Global Wrestling Federation in 1994, that Murphy began promoting wrestling events after a few years absence. This was the first successful independent campaign in Texas and, with the exception of several events held by Tugboat Taylor in the Hofheinz Pavilion, has remained the only organization in the state for nearly a decade.
The show soon found spectators with traditional South-style wrestling, rather than "sports entertainment" favored by major promotions like the Wrestling World Championships and the World Wrestling Federation, and formed a strong and loyal following in the Greater Houston area. Many fans were very enthusiastic at the event that many who wanted to participate themselves encouraged Murphy to open a small gym behind the Humble Bingo Arena in 1996. Within two years, this eventually evolved into a training facility today and a wrestling school where many of the top wrestlers in the circuit "indy" Texas will be trained, especially, Shawn "Hot Stuff" Hernandez. Prospective school students are asked to volunteer at events in roles such as arbitration games, escorting wrestlers to the ring as "valet" or acting as security for several months before their first game. The entire training period generally takes six months to a year, although some students graduate within four to five months.
Humongous defended the TASW Heavyweight Championship against Abdullah the Butcher at the Humble Bingo Arena on March 22, 1997. Older veterans such as "Mean" Mike Tatum, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and Kamala the Ugandan Giant also had a short task in the promotion. Both Tatum and Duggan held a TASW Heavyweight Championship during the early 2000s. Despite speculating to be a big promotion, Murphy himself said in an interview that he does not care about corporate expansion and instead wants to focus on developing younger local-based talent and "helping them reach the next level". In addition to the Houston-based list, independent wrestlers Texas Rasta Savage and Necro Butcher also regularly compete in promotions. Then stars appeared over the next decade including Bobby 2-Badd, Mr. Mayhem, Zen-Zen, VooDoo Xecutioner, Nasty Nick Daniels, Dylan Starr and Nark the Nevulon. River City Wrestling's Joey "Super Shot" Spector, a graduate of the Texas Wrestling Academy, also wrestled for promotion early in his career.
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On January 16, 1999, at TASW's 6 year "Rumble in Humble" supercard, Houston Chronicle columnist Ken Hoffman made his pro wrestling debut against The Jester in the opening battle; he not only lost the match but had to be taken out of the ring on a stretcher. Hoffman has previously covered promotions during the mid-1990s and will continue to make occasional appearances over the next few years donating his prize money to charity. The reporter signed with a series of Texas-style Death matches, in the absence of the referee and "whatever happened," against The Jester. The match was held at Silverwings Ballroom in Brenham on February 13th, Civic Center in Diboll on March 5, Humble Bingo Arena on March 6, at Port Lavaca on March 13 and at Spring High School in Spring, Texas on March 20, 1999. Winners Miss Hooters Girl 1999 Alisa Wong is her valet for this match.
That summer, the promotion began producing weekly late-night series that was broadcast on KNWS-TV. Hoffman also made a comeback in "Rumble in Humble" where he suddenly won the TASW Cruiserweight Championship in Three-Way Dance with Bones and "Loverboy" Joey Corman. He is aided in his victory due to interference from Alisa Wong and his manager, Sean "The Cablinasian" Pendergast. Hoffman also entered "Humble Rumble", a 20-man battle royale for $ 15,000 and a title shoot against TASW Heavyweight Champion "Mean" Mike Tatum, but quickly got rid of him after entering the ring. He defended his title in a rematch with Bones on February 12 and managed to defend his six-month title against opponents such as Brother Icarus, Bonez and Jester until finally handing the title to TASW promoter Bob Murphy that summer.
21st century
In 2000, TASW regularly draws between 300 and 800 fans every month in its home arena in Humble and also promotes performances in other cities outside Harris County and Houston including Texas City, Baytown, Port Lavaca, Brenham and El Campo. In August of that year, a story about Murphy and TASW was featured in Houston Press and profiled some of his top stars including the female wrestlers Skyler and Nadia Payne, Big Daddy from Cincinnati, Mini Stuff, Mr. Fu Ku, Spanish Fly, "Playboy" Joey Corman, Rasta Savage, Necro Butcher and Shawn Hernandez. The story got a positive response from readers, however, the World of Wrestling promoter wrote a letter to an editor criticizing the article for "lack of research and professionalism" and TASW for his inappropriate fan behavior. He asked the newspaper to give "the same exposure" and invited the author, Jesse Washington, to attend the upcoming show.
A year later, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan wrestled for promotion during the summer and early fall of 2001. During his first task with TASW, Duggan fought the Harlem Heat 2000 (Big T and Stevie Ray) of World Championship Wrestling. Kamala and Mike Tatum presented the TASW event at the Humble Bingo Arena on February 22, 2003. Later that year, the promotion held a memorial for one of the former stars and the official announcer, Brother Icarus, in the arena on October 4, 2003. Ken Hoffman, who has wrestled with him two years earlier, wrote a column to commemorate his death. He remembered in a later column that during the game he secretly owns Jim Adler, a celebrity TV attorney known as "Tough Texas Lawyer", meddling in the game on his behalf. He orders Brother Icarus to stop attacking Hoffman, who has strangled him and pulled his hair, and threatened to catch Icarus for attacks and batteries. When fans began to jeer, Adler threatened to call the entire audience as a witness. This disruption allows Hoffman to roll his opponent to victory and quickly run away with his belt.
The promotion was praised by The Galveston County Daily News, the oldest newspaper listed in the state of Texas, as "the best-run independent group in the state" and crediting Bob Murphy for keeping TASW out of a well-publicized dispute between them. matches Texas promotion. Scott E. Williams, a daily journalist for The Galveston County Daily, wrote in early 2004 that TASW "is arguably the top independent wrestling group in the entire state". On January 10, 2004, several TASW wrestlers participated in a show for High Impact Wrestling at Nessler Center Texas City entitled by Johnny Blade and Kamala. The event also served as a professional wrestling debut Scott E. Williams who agreed to participate as a special guest referee at the main event in exchange for a donation to fund United Way The Daily News. On June 5, Tom Prichard, the best talent scout for World Wrestling Entertainment, conducted a "no-hold" clinic at the TASW wrestling school in Humble. Also that summer, Jim Duggan returned to promotion and, on the supercard "Tomball Streetfight" August 7, defeated TASW Heavyweight Champion Zen-Zen for the title. At the 11th anniversary of the 2005 "Humble Rumble", Williams wrote "In addition to being one of the country's longest independent states, TASW has been the best in Texas".
Recent years
On May 20, 2007, this promotion had the first card at the Armadillo Event Center where he held 10 "Hardcore Street Fight" inside the steel enclosure as the main event. Her promotions and school were re-displayed in the Houston Chronicle three months later. Scoby Scrooge, three times TASW Hardcore Champion, interviewed for the story. On October 13, Ken Hoffman also made a re-appearance as a superstar "SlamFest '07" TASW where he and Sean Pendergast won the TAG Tag Team Championship from Scoby Scrooge & Bones in Triple Threat with Nate Slater & amp; Rocco Carmanooch at Humble Bingo Arena. Like his previous win, Hoffman was assisted by Alisa Wong's valet and manager Sheik Ali Ramzanali. Both men donated their prize money to charity. On December 8, 2007, Tammy Lynn Sytch appeared in the supercard "Seasons Beatings" at the Humble Bingo Arena. That same month, The Houston Press covered the TASW event at the Armadillo Events Center featuring Spider Boy, referred to by the author as "the laziest Spider-Man in the world", in a match with Steve "Bones" Monckton.
In February 2008, the Houston Chronicle also covered the 15th Texas All-Star Wrestling "Humble Rumble" event where photos were taken from Bubba Lee Travis's "BLT" and an 8-year-old boy who attended the event with his father. The show boasts a sold-out crowd and is one of the biggest promotional events of the new year. The next month in "Scar Wars", Daivari was originally there for signing the signature but was later involved in a change with Dylan Starr which led to an impromptu match between the two. Later that night, he was involved in a post-game fight after Starr intervened in Triple Threat matches between Hector Montoya, Nasty Nick Daniels and TASW Cruiserweight Champion Chip Dumas causing the contest.
This promotion celebrates the 16th anniversary of 2009's "Humble Rumble" at Humble Bingo Arena on January 10, 2009. At the end of the year, TexasIndyWrestling.com ranked Texas All-Star Wrestling # 5 out of ten wrestling promotions in Texas.
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Championship
TASW Heavy Class Championship
TASW Heavyweight Championship is a professional heavyweight wrestling championship at Texas All-Star Wrestling. This is a major championship title set up at TASW, which was introduced in 1995, and remains the oldest active championship in the state of Texas.
The maiden champion is Humungous (Bob Murphy), who beat Dynamite Dixon in the final of the tournament on 18 November 1995 to become the first TASW Heavyweight Champion. Mr. Mayhem holds the record for most governments, with three. He also holds the distinction of being the only champion who has never been pinned for the title. In 735 days, ZenZen's second government was the longest in the history of the title. The only Bret Basics government is the shortest in the history of the title because it was held less than a month after he won it. He is the youngest wrestler ever to hold the title. Overall, there are 32 joint governments between 26 wrestlers, with seven vacancies.
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TASW Cruiserweight Championship
The TASW Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship at Texas All-Star Wrestling. This is a major championship championship established at TASW, which was introduced in 1994, and remains the oldest active championship in the state of Texas.
The maiden champion is Rico Suave, who beat Witchita Willie in the final of the tournament on December 22, 1994 to become the first TASW Cruiser Class Champion. Willie also holds the record for most governments, with three. Ken Hoffman, reporter for the Houston Chronicle is a former champion and donates his prize money to charity. He successfully defended the title for six months before handing the belt over to promoter Bob Murphy. In 427 days, the third reign of Estrella Galactica was the longest in the history of the title. The first and only government Thunder Jet is the shortest in the history of the title stripped of the belt just 7 days after winning the title. Overall, there are 46 governments divided between 37 wrestlers, with eight vacancies.
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TAG Tag Team Championship
The TASW Tag Team Championship is a professional title tag wrestling champions contested at Texas All-Star Wrestling (TASW). It was the third of four championship titles set up at TASW, which was introduced in 1996, and remains the oldest active tag championship team in the state of Texas.
Its first champion is Natural Born Killers (Rico Suave and G.Q. Knight), who defeated Top Guns (Ace and Jag) on ​​December 7, 1996 to become the first TAG champion in Team TAG. No team has ever won the championship more than once. Scoby Scrooge, however, has the most individualized government with 3. In 813 days, Ryan Davidson and his first and only government Rockstar Robbie were the longest in the history of the title. Brutality Inc. (Ken Hoffman and Sean Pendergast) only in power is the shortest in title history that lasts only 35 days. Both are reporters from the Houston Chronicle and donated their prize money to charity after winning the title. In total, there are 29 joint governments between 26 wrestlers, with five vacancies.
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References
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External links
- TASWwrestling.com
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