--The Fight Network has a free preview going on now on most carriers in Canada. Tomorrow they have a Kenta Kobashi Power Block with an unedited version with no commercial interruptions of the 2005 match of the year with Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe at 1 p.m.. At 3 p.m. will be the top matches from the 2005 NOAH Tokyo Dome show with Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki in what won the Japanese match of the year award for that year, plus Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada in their final meeting and KENTA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

--ROH in Detroit tonight has at the Michigan State Fairgrounds:
*Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley
*Nigel McGuinness & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico
*Mark & Jay Briscoe defend ROH tag titles against Kota Ibushi & Austin Aries
*Jack Evans & Ruckus vs. Brent Albright & Chris Hero
*Necro Butcher vs. Delirious falls count anywhere
*Joey Matthews vs. Jigsaw
*Adam Pearce vs. Silas Young

 

--AAA over the weekend airs at 4 p.m. Saturday, overnight at 3 a.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. (thanks to Dominick Valenti)

--CMLL won't be on Sunday due to soccer on Fox Sports Espanol, nor will it be on the next few weeks. For the next three weeks starting today, it'll air at 5 p.m. on Fridays

--The MSG Network will be bringing back the very popular MSG Classics wrestling shows in May.

--Paul Jones will be named to the Mid Atlantic Hall of Heroes at the August convention in Charlotte at the Hilton University Place Hotel. He will be inducted by Jack Brisco, a former rival in Florida. Ivan Koloff will also be honored. For more info go to www.nwalegends.com/2008/banquet.htm

--The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have a wrestling night promotion featuring Brian Knobs tomorrow night

--EWA on 4/20 in Parkville, MD at Tall Cedars Hall at 7 p.m.

--Mr. Hughes and Tommy Rich headline for Independent Wrestling Network tonight in Columbus, GA at the Fishcrow Arena

--Alternative Pro Wrestling tonight in Royston, GA at the Royston Gym

--Championship Wrestling Overload in Tennille, GA at the Barn

--NWA Anarchy tomorrow night in Cornelia, GA at the NWA Arena

--Today is the 18th anniversary of the death of Salvador Gori Guerrero and the 6th anniversary of the death of Wahoo McDaniel

--Rich Tate's Atlanta wrestling nostalgia
75 years ago today: Ray Steele, then known as Pete Sauer, beat Ivan Vakturoff in 52:00 before 4,500 fans at the old City Auditorium
74 years ago: Dick Shikat, a former world champion, beat Doc Sarpolis, who some claim invented blading, at the City Auditorium
39 years ago: El Mongol beat Assassin #1 to win the Georgia title and the Kentuckians (Luke Brown & Grizzly Smith) beat Dale Lewis & Skandor Akbar
31 years ago in Augusta: Georgia champion Paul Jones beat Dick Slater in the main event
30 years ago in Warner Robins: Mr. Wrestling II beat Stan Hansen via DQ so Hansen kept the Georgia title while AWA champion Nick Bockwinkel retained the title beating Tommy Rich
26 years ago at the Omni: Dusty Rhodes beat Ole Anderson in a lumberjack match, while Bob Armstrong & Tommy Rich & Dick Slater beat Roddy Piper & Great Kabuki & Gary Hart in a Canadian strap match, and Bad Leroy Brown beat National champ Ron Bass via DQ and Kevin Sullivan no contest with Buzz Sawyer

--Tuesday night in Guadalajara: Thunder Boy b Milenio, Idolo b Danger, Lider b Asesino Negro-DQ, Metal Blanco & Metalik b Loco Max & Vaquero, Malefico & Toxico b Gallo & Leon Blanco, Lizmark Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero b Hector Garza & Marco Corleone-DQ

--Tonight in Tijuana has Gronda & Intocable & La Parka vs. Konnan & Zorro & Electroshock plus a three-way bull terrier match with Abismo Negro vs. Psicosis vs. Mr. Niebla and Charly Manson & Chessman vs. Halloween & Extreme Tiger.

--Tonight in Tampico has Porky & Cassandro & Pimpinela Escarlata vs. Decnis & Scorpio Jr. & Zumbido (thanks to Kris Zellner)

--Complete first round matches in the 7th annual IWC Super Indy tournament on 4/25 in Elizabeth, PA at the Court Time Sports Center has Ricky Reyes vs. Hentai, Troy Lords vs. Davey Richards, Luke Hawx vs. Shiima Xion and Jerry Lynn vs. Jason Gory. Also Sandman vs. Dennis Gregory,Larry Sweeney, Bryan Alvarez, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley and Awesome Kong vs. Daizee Haze

 

Credit: A1 Wrestling Newsletter/Wrestling Observer