This Week in HWA History: Oct. 22nd - 28th
Welcome to another edition of This Week in HWA History! This week covers October 22nd - 28th as we get into the heart of the Halloween season. Several big shows in the historical results section, a wild title change at a 2003 HWA Showcase and a match of the week from the HWA developmental era!
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Match of the Week -
Brian Adams (Crush) vs. Steve Bradley (HWA TV, 10/27/01)
Here’s a fun little match from when Brian Adams, aka Crush, had a brief stint in HWA when it was part of the WWF developmental system.
Title Changes
*October 25, 2005 (HWA Adrenaline TV Taping in Cincinnati, OH) - Matt Stryker & Tack defeat HWA Tag Team Champions Foreign Intelligence (Ala Hussein & Quinten Lee) to win the titles
*October 28, 2003 (HWA Showcase in Cincinnati, OH) - El Temor def. HWA Cruiserweight Champion Quinten Lee to win the title. Following the match, El Temor unmasked himself to reveal he was Rory Fox in disguise. Quinten Lee then received an immediate rematch from the HWA Executive Committee where he defeated Fox to win the title back.
Historical Results
October 22, 2008 - HWA A Fight at the Opera - Sorg Opera House in Middletown, OH
* Aaron Williams def. Dustin Rayz in Match #4 of the Best of Seven Series. The series is tied 2-2.
* JT Stahr def. Deja Vu
* Dave Crist def. Matt Taylor by DQ
* Jon Moxley def. Random Dragon
* Benjamin Kimera def. V-Rad
* HWA Heavyweight Champion Jake Crist def. Dick Rick
October 23rd - No events held
October 24, 2006 - HWA Adrenaline TV Taping - HWA Arena in Cincinnati, OH
* Chris Carnage def. Andre Heart by DQ
* Super Zeta def. Deja Vu
* Dave Crist & Ganger def. The Mavericks (Aaron Williams & Alan Wasylychyn)
* Scottie Murray def. Pompano Joe and JT Stahr in a Three Way Match
* Pepper Parks & Dick Rick def. Chad Collyer & Brian Jennings
October 25, 2005 - HWA Adrenaline TV Taping - HWA Arena in Cincinnati, OH
* Jon Moxley def. Alan Wasylychyn
* Brad Smith & Ganger def. Brian Jennings & Benjamin Kimera
* Cody Hawk def. HWA Television Champion Rory Fox by DQ
* Gotti def. Brian Beech
* Matt Stryker & Tack def. HWA Tag Team Champions Foreign Intelligence (Ala Hussein & Quinten Lee) to win the titles
October 25, 2011 - HWA Adrenaline - Great Miami Event Center in Hamilton, OH
* Lightning Tim Lutz def. Moondog Mooney
* The American Wrestling Warriors (Jeff Mayhem & Troy Marcum) def. Hijack Meeks & Jamie Northstar
* Gerome Phillips def. Jon Murray
* Dave Crist def. Dre Jacobs and Kevin Frost in a Three Way Match
* Chris Hall def. Clark Konnor
* Remi Wilkins def. Jake Crist
October 26, 2004 - Main Event TV Taping - HWA Arena in Cincinnati, OH
* Necessary Roughness (Jon Moxley & Jimmy Turner) def. Brian Johnson & Ooga Booga
* Deuce def. Gotti
* Ala Hussein def. Tyler Dunning
* HWA Television Champion JT Stahr def. TJ Dalton
* Cody Hawk & Matt Stryker def. Kliff Hanger & The Prophet
October 27, 2000 - Grand Victoria Casino in Rising Sun, IN
Featured Ricky Steamboat doing an in-ring interview that was interrupted by Brock Guffman and the A-Squad. Cody Hawk and Anthony McMurphy came to the aid of Steamboat during the segment.
* Logan Caine def. Bennie the Bookie
* Shark Boy & P.O.D. def. Rory Fox & Private Half-Pint
* King Kong Bundy def. BJ Whitmer
* HWA Heavyweight Champion Race Steele def. Chad Collyer (w/ Hellena Heavenly)
* Tony Atlas def. Bobby Casanova (w/ GQ Masters III)
* Cody Hawk & Anthony McMurphy def. The A-Squad (Chet Jablonski & Pepper Parks) (w/ Brock Guffman) in a Best of Three Falls Match
October 27, 2001 - Red Barn Flea Market in Batavia, OH
* Gotti & Shark Boy def. Human Time Bomb & The Hussla (w/ Jaxon Breeze)
* HWA Tag Team Champions Evan Karagias & Shannon Moore def. The A-Squad (Chet Jablonski & Dean Jablonski) (w/ Brock Guffman)
* Lash LeRoux def. Charlie Haas
* Cody Hawk & Pepper Parks (w/ Brock Guffman) def. Jimmy Yang & Kaz Hayashi
* The Island Boys def. Haku & Reno in a No DQ Match
* Eddie Guerrero def. Jamie Noble and Matt Stryker (w/ Hellena Heavenly) in a Three Way Match
* D'Lo Brown, Race Steele & Val Venis def. EZ Money, Kwee Wee & Mike Sanders
October 28, 2000 - National Guard Armory in Hamilton, OH
* Matt Stryker (w/ Hellena Heavenly) def. The Hussla
* Human Time Bomb def. Bennie the Bookie
* Cody Hawk def. The Xtremist
* The A-Squad (Chet Jablonski & Pepper Parks) (w/ Brock Guffman) def. Future Shock (BJ Whitmer & Logan Caine)
* Anthony McMurphy def. Bobby Casanova (w/ GQ Masters III)
* Race Steele & Shark Boy def. Chad Collyer (w/ Hellena Heavenly) & Chip Fairway
* Tony Atlas def. Rory Fox
October 28, 2003 - HWA Showcase - HWA Arena in Cincinnati, OH
* Crazy J def. Rory Fox
* The Hussla def. Mike Slade
* The Riggs Brothers def. Hoss & Gotti by DQ in a European Rules Tag Match
* El Temor def. HWA Cruiserweight Champion Quinten Lee to win the title. Following the match, El Temor unmasked himself and revealed he was Rory Fox. Quinten Lee then received an immediate rematch from the HWA Executive Committee
* Quinten Lee def. HWA Cruiserweight Champion Rory Fox to win the title
* TJ Dalton, JT Stahr, Drew "the Don" Johnson & Brother Clay def. Black Militia #1 (Shawn Osbourne), Black Militia #3 (Brian Jennings), Black Militia #4 (Unknown) & Big Al
October 28, 2005 - HWA To Hell and Back - HWA Arena in Cincinnati, OH
* Jon Moxley def. Alan Wasylychyn
* AJ Sparx def. Hellena Heavenly by DQ
* HWA Television Champion Rory Fox def. Pepper Parks
* Lotus def. Crazy J
* Brian Beech def. Gotti
* HWA Tag Team Champions Matt Stryker & Tack def. Benjamin Kimera & Brian Jennings and Foreign Intelligence (Ala Hussein & Quinten Lee) in a Three Way Match
* HWA Heavyweight Champion Cody Hawk fought NWF Heavyweight Champion Chad Allegra to a no contest in a Lumberjack Match
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