Weekend Wrap-Up: TODD PETTENGIL LIVES

9th Anniversary Show Headliners

- ROH's 9th Anniversary Show was Saturday night, and it was curious if just for match placement. The show was headlined by the Briscoes vs. The World's Greatest Tag Team. All 3 title matches (Roderick Strong retaining over Homicide, Kings of Wrestling retaining over the All-Nite Express, Eddie Edwards drawing Christopher Daniels, allowing Daniels to retain) featured retains, with the World Title match coming before intermission and the Tag Title match being third from the top, behind the aforementioned main event and the TV Title match. Weird. Anyway, Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin picked up the win over the ROH mainstay Briscoes. By virtue of that win, the former Team Angle picked up a Tag Title shot for WrestleMania weekend. Also on the card, Strong jumped El Generico after the Generic Luchador's win over Michael Elgin, Sara del Rey beat MsChif and got a face full of green mist for her troubles, Mike Bennett won a four-way featuring Steve Corino, Grizzly Redwood and Kyle O'Reilly and in the curtain jerker, Davey Richards bested Colt Cabana.

- Clash Wrestling's Contender's Cup event also took place Saturday, headlined by its Champion, "GQ" Gavin Quinn defending his title successfully against Petey Williams. Also on the card, "Swagg Star" Dave Manzo earned a future shot at Quinn by defeating five other wrestlers, including intergender superstar Mena Libra, Bus Driver purveyor Tommy Treznik and former (current?) TNA wrestler Shark Boy, to win the titular Contender's Cup.

- AIW didn't run an event this weekend, but they were in the news as they announced they were hosting the TPI. No, not the Ted Petty Invitational as what those initials usually stand for but the Todd Pettengil Invitational. I think I like that tourney name way better, although cue the indie fanboys getting their panties in a twist in three... two... one... Anyway, the tournament's going down May 20th and 21st in Lakewood, OH, and three names have been announced thus far: Sonjay Dutt, Tim Donst and Mad Man Tim Pondo, the latter two who will face off in a first round grudge match. Twenty-one other names will be announced, and the winner will receive an open contract to the Absolute Championship, currently held by Johnny Gargano.

- Ole Anderson broke his arm and cracked several ribs in a fall over the weekend. The former Horseman is 69. Here's to a speedy recovery.

- Finally, PWG is back this weekend with its annual DDT4, which is a single elimination Tag Team Tournament. My guess is since ¡Peligro Abejas! aren't entered into this year's tourney, the booty will be a shot at their PWG Tag Team Championships rather than the belts themselves. Anyway, it's a loaded field, and I'll have a bigger preview for the March 4th event coming up later in the week, but if you're in SoCal or don't mind making the road trip out there, go get tickets for this event. PWG, for my money, is the second best fed in America going right now, slightly behind Chikara for me.

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