[Shane Daly]

EPW United We Slam 7/19/08
White River Junction, VT
American Legion Hall

Ring Announcer: Shane Daly
Referees: Dan Tanaka, Tony S

1. Ray Diamond defeated "Irish Icon" Clip O'Reilly

2. Ian Conley w/ Henry Conley & Slash Sullivan vs. Rob "the Giant" Arujo went to a double count out

3. The French Connection (Frank "the Natural" Couture & "Black Stallion" Eric Mastrocola) defeated Shane Anderson & Dave Vicious

4. (c) "The 350 lb. Wildman" Kongo w/ Marshall McNeil defeated Dan Freitas w/ Amber Rae in a Last Man Standing Lights Out in White River Junction match to retain the EPW Heavyweight Championship

5. (c) Rocco Abruzzi defeated Guy Alexander to retain the EPW Television Championship

6. "Celtic Crippler" Sid Reeves w/ Clip O'Reilly made "The Upset Kid" Nick Westgate submit to a spinning toe hold

7. Atlee Greene defeated Slash Sullivan w/ The Conleys

8. Johnny Punch & Owen Graichen defeated (c) The Coolers ("Egomaniac" Jonny Idol & "Primetime" Anthony Pacitto w/ Marshall McNeil) to become the new EPW Tag Team Champions

EPW returns to White River Junction, VT on October 18th
ALREADY SIGNED
"The 350 lb Wildman" Kongo vs. Dan Freitas in A 10 FOOT HIGH STEEL CAGE

[Tiger Jackson]

Very classy! Bob Evans has a fake "French Connection".

[sonny]

Is there another "French Connection"?

[Tiger Jackson]

sonny wrote:

Is there another "French Connection"?

Sonny, are you being a jerk on purpose? You know damn well that Tony Roy and Rush have been The French Connection for 8 years. These two newbies need to find their own gimmick and not work off of the hard work of someone else. Why would you ask that? I know you know better.

[enforcer]

French Connection vs French Connection, someone book it now.

[sonny]

I know that Tony did a french aristocrat gimmick at one point & I know that him & Rush teamed up, i didn't know that they were called "French Connection" or maybe I did & didn't remember that i knew. (?)


Sonny

[Del Toro]

If I'm correct, the "French Connection" that worked the EPW show is from Canada. Therefore I would say they have more of a right to use the name than someone from Massachusetts.

[MAV]

I am of Canadian French blood and wish to join.

It's kind of a generic name. There are probably 50 "French Connections" running around the country. It's right up there with "Rapid Fire", "Straight Edge", "Flyin'" or the alternate "Flying" as a moniker/nickname.

[Tiger Jackson]

Del Toro wrote:

If I'm correct, the "French Connection" that worked the EPW show is from Canada. Therefore I would say they have more of a right to use the name than someone from Massachusetts.

If I'm correct, keep your fucking mouth shut! Does Nikita Koloff have the right to be called "The Russian Nightmare"? The French Connection have developed the name and the gimmick for eight years. This is the first time these two kids have tried to use it. Bob Evans is well aware of Rush and Tony and he should be ashamed of himself. As for you, Del Toro, you're a fucking moron with no understanding or respect for the business.

[Tiger Jackson]

MAV wrote:

I am of Canadian French blood and wish to join. It's kind of a generic name. There are probably 50 "French Connections" running around the country. It's right up there with "Rapid Fire", "Straight Edge", "Flyin'" or the alternate "Flying" as a moniker/nickname.

Fuck you. Show me another. There's one French Connection and you know it. MAV, when you start working in front of more than 35 people you can open your mouth.

[Hugh Jass]

Sounds like Tiger Jackson is a worker/promoter with a pretty big bug living in his butt.

[Tauron Nox]

Tiger Jackson wrote:

MAV wrote: I am of Canadian French blood and wish to join. It's kind of a generic name. There are probably 50 "French Connections" running around the country. It's right up there with "Rapid Fire", "Straight Edge", "Flyin'" or the alternate "Flying" as a moniker/nickname. Fuck you. Show me another. There's one French Connection and you know it. MAV, when you start working in front of more than 35 people you can open your mouth.

Amazing how somebody can be such a miserable douche bag, yet not have the balls to let everyone know who he really is.

Pathetic.

[MAV]

Tiger Jackson wrote:

MAV wrote: I am of Canadian French blood and wish to join. It's kind of a generic name. There are probably 50 "French Connections" running around the country. It's right up there with "Rapid Fire", "Straight Edge", "Flyin'" or the alternate "Flying" as a moniker/nickname. Fuck you. Show me another. There's one French Connection and you know it. MAV, when you start working in front of more than 35 people you can open your mouth.

-I have worked in front of far more than 35 people. This weekend alone, I worked in front of 140 of them. A minor accomplishment perhaps...but an accurate one.

-You can't even get over with 1/10th of the 30 people who post here on a regular basis...so while there are plenty of people around whom I should take some advice from, you ain't one of 'em.

Mav

[MAV]

I just googled the words "French Connection wrestling". I double dog dare anyone to do the same and see what comes up for results. As a warning...homophobes may not want to run this search

[enforcer]

Tiger Jackson wrote:

Bob Evans is well aware of Rush and Tony and he should be ashamed of himself.

Do Rush and Tony have the name copyrighted? Seriously, unless you're doing it for the sake of trolling, why does it matter so much to you?

[Tauron Nox]

MAV wrote:

I just googled the words "French Connection wrestling". I double dog dare anyone to do the same and see what comes up for results. As a warning...homophobes may not want to run this search

You should try googling Canadian Tea Party.

[MAV]

Tauron Nox wrote:

MAV wrote: I just googled the words "French Connection wrestling". I double dog dare anyone to do the same and see what comes up for results. As a warning...homophobes may not want to run this search You should try googling Canadian Tea Party.

...or "Ookie Cookie".

[Tauron Nox]

MAV wrote:

Tauron Nox wrote: MAV wrote: I just googled the words "French Connection wrestling". I double dog dare anyone to do the same and see what comes up for results. As a warning...homophobes may not want to run this search You should try googling Canadian Tea Party. ...or "Ookie Cookie".

I've always wondered who the depraved individual was that came up with that one.

[MAV]

Not me...I'm responsible for "rusty trombone".

[maddogms]

When we worked in PA, we thought Draven was the only guy using that name. One night we were booked with a guy named Draven McKnight. Now I see the Draven name used almost enough to call it a common name in wrestling. I don't know how many times teams have been called Sudden Impact or something of that idea.

I'll admit, when I at first looked at the results that I was surprised that EPW had the French Connection in (thinking Tony & Rush). Then I saw it was different guys. Lets face it, EPW's few hundred fans in White River Junction probably haven't seen or heard of the other version and didn't feel cheated in the least (or victims of false advertising thinking they might have seen someone they didn't).

If they were Slamtech students debuting, which they might be, maybe then Bob would think to offer other suggestions for a name locally to avoid unwanted confusion. If they were from Canada, like Sonny said, which makes sense considering the proximity of the show making it easier for French-Canadians to travel, then that could be the original gimmick name for these kids.

I think I am in agreement with those who say no harm no foul... that is until EPW debuts a couple Canooks calling themselves Team Nightmare

[Del Toro]

Tiger Jackson wrote:

Del Toro wrote: If I'm correct, the "French Connection" that worked the EPW show is from Canada. Therefore I would say they have more of a right to use the name than someone from Massachusetts. If I'm correct, keep your fucking mouth shut! Does Nikita Koloff have the right to be called "The Russian Nightmare"? The French Connection have developed the name and the gimmick for eight years. This is the first time these two kids have tried to use it. Bob Evans is well aware of Rush and Tony and he should be ashamed of himself. As for you, Del Toro, you're a fucking moron with no understanding or respect for the business.

Does Ric Flair have the right to use the nickname "Nature Boy"?
If we go by your genius standards of pro wrestling "etiquette", then Ric Flair should be taken to task for stealing Buddy Rogers original gimmick. Rocky Maivia should be flogged for biting off Don Muraco. What about the "Hollywood Blondes"? What about the more succesful "French Connection" of Jacques Rougeaus & Pierre Oullette?

"Tiger Jackson", you might want to think about what you say, instead of just making feeble attempts to generate "heat" on a message board.

[Slamtech]

Wow, what a stupid subject.

For the record, those guys used that name. That was a tryout match with 3 guys from VT and another guy from Kevin Landry's school in a tag. I really didn't have a lot to do with that match other than tell them they were on third.

Actually, I believe one of them was part of Jacques Rougeau's school mentioned on this site earlier.

We'll change the name next time if I use them again.

And Tiger, Mav worked in front of tens of thousands of people in WWF and WCW TV matches. He's also worked in front of nearly a thousand people several times in high-level independent shows. Don't you remember? You were in the crowd, paying to see him.

Bob

[Skip McGee]

looks like EPW and FRW wont book tiger jackson either. maybe if you left your computer and hit a gym someone might book you tiger. i bet it really burns you up that even on a messageboard people dont give a shit about you, not just in the ring

[Tiger Jackson]

Skip McGee wrote:

looks like EPW and FRW wont book tiger jackson either. maybe if you left your computer and hit a gym someone might book you tiger. i bet it really burns you up that even on a messageboard people dont give a shit about you, not just in the ring

I don't think you understand, Skipper. I'm actually in great shape but promoters don't seem to want to use a vertically challenged competitor. I refuse to work other midgets and truthfully most full sized competitors are too scared of my shin kicks and ankle bites.

[Ian Daniels]

I don't know about his partner, but Eric Mastracola has been wrestling for about ten years or so and has done WWE dark matches.