DREAMWAVE News & Rumors for
12/14/11
by
Steve Schultz
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- Nick Brubaker shook the DREAMWAVE
universe to it's core with his shocking appearance at The Fight
Before Christmas on 12/3. Brubaker showed up, received the
loudest ovation I have ever heard, and he challenged Austin
Roberts for the World Championship at the end of the show.
I'm told that Costilli left in the middle
of the show to meet Brubaker at an undisclosed location.
The two apparently reached a multi-year deal that will keep
Brubaker in DREAMWAVE for a long time (rumored to be upwards of
three years). Talk about coming down to the wire!
It is my understanding that Roberts v
Brubaker for the World Championship at ANNIVERSARY III on April
7th, 2012 is either a done deal or very close to being done.
According to one source, Brubaker wanted the match at Season
Premiere on 2/4 but Roberts and Repsel wouldn't agree to those
terms due to the injuries Roberts sustained in his First Blood
match with Acid on 12/3. If you ask me it makes perfect
sense to save the biggest match of the year for ANNIVERSARY III,
the biggest stage.
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- Amazing show on 12/3, one of my all time
favorites.
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- In case you missed it, the mysterious
12/3/11 videos turned out to be leading up to the return of
Prince Mustafa Ali. The DREAMWAVE fans seemed to be
thrilled with his return, until he attacked Marshe and C-Red
violently with the microphone at The Fight Before Christmas on
12/3/11. This left many questions: What is Ali's
motivation for this return? Who is he working for? What is his
problem with Marshe and C-Red?
I have it confirmed that Ali returns to in
ring action on 2/4/12 at Season Premiere but it won't be against
Marshe, that match has also been inked for ANNIVERSARY III on
4/7/12. That one could very well steal the show.
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- As of this writing, current DREAMWAVE
title reigns lengths:
World Champion: Austin Roberts, 94
days
(Total time spent as World Champion
including previous reign(s): 394 days)
(Austin Roberts' longest reign as
champion: 301 days)
(Total World Championship reigns: 2)
(Total Defenses during current reign:
4)
Alternative Champion: "Mr. 450"
Hammett, 248 days
(450 Has No previous Alternative Title
reigns)
(Total Defenses during current reign-
5)
Tag Team Champions: The Beck
Family (Cousin Bobby & Cousin Dixie), 10 days
(Total time spent as Tag Team Champions
including previous reigns: 135 days)*
(The Beck Family's longest reign: 126 days)*
(Total Tag Team Championship reigns: 2)*
(Total Defenses during current reign:
0)
* A previous
incarnation of "The Becky Family" (Cousin Bobby/Waylon) were tag
team champion for 126 days from 12/4/10 to 4/9/11.
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- Waylon is said to be devastated
that Mason Beck spoiled his attempt to cash in his Good As Gold
Briefcase at The Fight Before Christmas. Waylon seemed to
have Austin Roberts right where he wanted him before Mason
intervened and took it away in the blink of an eye. I
wonder if Waylon is having second thoughts about leaving his
family for Superval and the DREAMWAVE fans?
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- I can't remember a time that a new
competitor has garnered as much attention as Christian Rose has
recently.
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- Dan Lawrence seems to be frustrated with
his role in DREAMWAVE lately. Rumor has it that Dan feels
he doesn't receive the respect he deserves from his peers, the
fans, or management. Lawrence showed some frustration at
The Fight Before Christmas when he took on Collin Cambridge and
forced the newcomer to say he respected him (Lawrence).
It'll be interesting to see where this goes. Lawrence is
actually one of the most tenured guys in LaSalle's history.
He worked for the previous incarnation of LaSalle wrestling, RCW,
and held both the tag team and Alternative Titles, respectively,
in that company.
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- I have no idea how The Dudesons keep
winning, but they do. They are now 2-0 in tag team
competition. Many backstage are comparing it to Tim
Tebow's success in the NFL. It isn't pretty, but they get
the job done. Could this be a case of divine intervention?
Could the world be "Dudesoning" soon? Oh Lord.
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- I'm told that no announcement has been
made for a March (Road to ANNIVERSARY) guest as of yet because
management has their eyes on a certain individual. Last I
heard the plan was to have a guest, but JC was waiting to hear
back from a certain person. Even if the deal is inked, I
wouldn't expect an announcement until Season Premiere.
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A lot of former WWE performers who are under "Legends" contracts
have been put on notice to be "ready at a moments notice" when
the WWE network launches on April 1st due to the live nature of
a lot of the programming. Vince McMahon has told everyone
to have "all hands on deck" mentality beginning 4/1. This
is already affecting DREAMWAVE, as one of the front runners who
was to be the ANNIVERSARY III guest, had to drop out due to WWE
commitments.
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- Expect one departure following Season
Premiere. Unlike the the Brubaker contract situation, this
is a mutual, logistical decision.
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- Major changes coming to the live shows
beginning in 2012. Particularly to the to pre-show and
coming back from intermission, to make things run much more
efficiently. A company memo circulated this week saying
that the main goal on show day is to cut the intermission times
down drastically. The company directive is to have the
shows end no later than 10 p.m. Central Time.
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- Expect more free matches to be posted on
dreamwavewrestling.com in 2012.
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- Be sure to follow me on Twitter for up to
the minute news and rumors: @dreamwavesteve or www.twitter.com/dreamwavesteve.
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- DREAMWAVE officials are finalizing a
deal that would make the Knights of Columbus it's home through
the 2013 season.
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- The annual roster shake up will probably
take place following ANNIVERSARY III.
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- New DREAMWAVE T-Shirts will debut at
"Season Premiere".
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- Once Acid saw the footage following The
Fight Before Christmas on 12/3 he was said to be furious at Jay
Repsel and was searching the entire building for him, his search
was not successful. Maybe Jay was washing the hot dog smell off?
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- Greg Glover is looking for fans to
design his new T-Shirt! A link will be posted on the front page
when the contest gets under way.
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- DREAMWAVE The Music: Volume 2 is due out
in February. The production department is also planning
some "best of DVD's" for next year.
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- Wrestler's who tried out prior to The
Fight Before Christmas: Jun Hado, Markus Crane, Cecil
Cerveza, and Gunner Franks.
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- In what may be the best news of the
year, The Knights of Columbus had brand new air conditioning
units installed recently that should make the summer shows "much
more tolerable".
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- Three matches have been announced so far
for Season Premiere on 2/4. I'm hearing it's an 8 match
show so 5 more to go Here is whats been announced so far:
Christian Rose v Marshe Rockett
450 v Ace Martino for the Alternative
Title
Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs Prince Mustafa Ali
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- Click here to read an article I wrote on
The Beck Family and their dominance in DREAMWAVE so far
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- I'm currently working on a few year end
articles for the site, should be done soon.
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- What a war Greg Glover and Brian Nelson
went through at the Fight Before Christmas. At some point
those guys have to be thinking about their careers and their
futures. I realize they despise each other and want to
settle this score but they are both young men and have bright
futures ahead of them. The current path they are on is
certainly a career shortener.
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- Interesting numerology:
Zero Gravity's total number of tag team
title reigns: 2
Total days as tag team champions: 539 days
Total losses in DREAMWAVE: 2
Total losses in the month of December: 2
Maybe Zero Gravity should use their vacation
time in the month of December?
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- DTM and Colt Cabana have been pretty
chummy lately. DTM almost seems like he looks up to Cabana
as a "big brother" he is always trying to impress.
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- Year end awards are being figured out
right now by the board of directors.
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- Anyone notice there has been a little
friction amongst the members of P.R.I.D.E. recently?
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- Shane Hollister is expected back in 2012
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