Name	Trent Acid
Names	Trent Acid
Height
Weight
Debut	May 20, 1995 After this feud, The Backseat Boyz won the ROH Tag Team Championship by defeating Special K in the final round of a gauntlet match for the vacant title. This made The Backseat Boyz the first team to win both the CZW and ROH Tag Team Championships. Acid and Kashmere lost the title to Special K at the next show. At Bloodymania, Acid and The Young Alter Boys lost a Six Man Tag Team match against the team of Insane Clown Posse and Sabu. The group lost to the Juggalo World Order (Corporal Robinson, Scott Hall, Shaggy 2 Dope, Violent J, and Sid Vicious) in the main event.
Name	Acid, Trent
Date of birth	November 12, 1980
Place of birth	South Philadelphia
Date of death	June 18, 2010
Place of death	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Category:1980 births Category:2010 deaths Category:American professional wrestlers Category:Sportspeople from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Name	Teddy Hart
Names	Teddy Hart (born February 2, 1980), is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He is currently working on the American independent circuit for promotions such as Jersey All Pro Wrestling and Dragon Gate USA. He has also wrestled for the Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and the short-lived Wrestling Society X on MTV, and operates a wrestling school in Calgary.
Name	Hart, Teddy
Alternative names	Annis, Teddy; Hart, Ted
Short description	professional wrestler
Date of birth	February 2, 1980
Place of birth	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian professional wrestlers Category:Canadian people of American descent

Category:People from Calgary

Name	Sam Roberts
Background	solo_singer
Born	October 02, 1974Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Instrument	VocalsGuitar Bass Violin
Genre	Rock, Indie Rock
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2000 - present
Label	Secret BrainMapleMusic RecordingsUniversal Music CanadaCordova Bay UKPony Canyon Records (Japan)Lost Highway Records (USA)
Url	Sam Roberts Band
Notable instruments	Gibson ES-335, Fender Telecaster

Sam Roberts (born October 2, 1974) is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.

Life and career

Born in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, to South African parents, he graduated from Loyola High School and McGill University. Roberts formed the band that was eventually known as William in 1993. The band's name was changed to Northstar in 1996. Although the band gained some notice in independent rock circles, they couldn't break through to a national audience, and broke up in 1999 after failing to release an album. Roberts' bandmate George Donoso went on to significant success in indie rock circles with The Dears, but Roberts struggled for several years afterward.

After disbanding Northstar in 1999, Roberts promptly recorded the full-length and now very collectable independent debut Brother Down at home. In 2001, Roberts recorded and released a six-song EP, The Inhuman Condition, independently. The EP sold slowly at first, but following a re-release of the EP in the summer of 2002 on MapleMusic Recordings, his first single "Brother Down" became one of the biggest Canadian hits of the year, and the second single, "Don't Walk Away Eileen", followed suit in the fall.

Roberts then signed to Universal Music and released his full-length major label debut, We Were Born in a Flame, in June 2003. That album's singles, "Where Have All the Good People Gone?" and "Hard Road", received a large amount of success, though mainly just in Canada.

The band's second album, Chemical City, was released in Canada in April 2006. In Canada, the first single was "The Gate", which quickly shot to number one on Canadian rock radio. The second single in Canada was "Bridge to Nowhere". "With a Bullet", the third song used to promote the album on Canadian radio, received little attention and no video was made for it.

Roberts' most recent album, Love at the End of the World, was released in May 2008. It debuted at the number one position on the Canadian album chart, a first for Roberts. The lead single, "Them Kids", debuted on iTunes on March 4, 2008.

Sam Roberts is trilingual, speaking English, French, and Spanish. He married his high school sweetheart Jen in 2004, and they have two daughters.

Sam Roberts and his bandmates are finished recording their fourth studio album and will release it sometime in 2011.

Band members

The members of the Sam Roberts Band as of 2008 are:

Sam Roberts (lead singer, guitar)

Dave Nugent (lead guitar)

Eric Fares (keyboard, guitar)

James Hall (bass)

Josh Trager (drums)

Past band members or roles:

Corey "Cuddy" Zadorozny (drums 2001-2005)

Dan Roberts (keyboards 2001-2002)

Dave Nugent played bass until James Hall rejoined the band in 2002

Eric Fares played lead guitar until James Hall rejoined the band in 2002

Discography

Brother Down (2000)

We Were Born in a Flame (2003)

Chemical City (2006)

Love at the End of the World (2008)

Sam Roberts' fourth studio album (2011)

Awards and nominations

Roberts first single, "Brother Down" received two nominations from the Juno Awards and three nominations from the MuchMusic Video Awards, winning the award for Best VideoFACT. The song "Hard Road", from Roberts' third album We Were Born in a Flame, received six nominations at the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards and received the awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Post-Production. Overall, Roberts has received 11 awards from 24 nominations.

Juno Awards

The Juno Awards is a Canadian awards ceremony presented annually by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Roberts has received four awards from seven nominations.

|- |rowspan="2"| 2003 ||rowspan="2"| "Brother Down" || Single of the Year || |- | New Artist of the Year || |- |rowspan="3"| 2004 ||rowspan="3"| We Were Born in a Flame || Album of the Year || |- | Rock Album of the Year || |- | Artist of the Year || |- |rowspan="2"| 2007 || "Bridge to Nowhere" || Video of the Year || |- | Chemical City || Rock Album of the Year || |- |rowspan="3"| 2009 ||rowspan="2"| Love at the End of the World || Artist of the Year || |- | Rock Album of the Year || |- | "Detroit '67" || Video of the Year ||

MuchMusic Video Awards

The MuchMusic Video Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic. Roberts has received five awards from fourteen nominations.

|- |rowspan="4"| 2003 ||rowspan="3"| "Brother Down" || Best VideoFACT || |- | Best Pop Video || |- | Best Independent Video || |- | Sam Roberts || People's Choice – Favourite Canadian Artist || |- |rowspan="6"| 2004 ||rowspan="6"| "Hard Road" || Best Director || |- | Best Cinematography || |- | Best Post-Production || |- | Best Video || |- | Best Pop Video || |- | People's Choice – Favourite Canadian Artist || |- |rowspan="2"| 2006 ||rowspan="2"| "The Gate" || Best MuchMoreMusic Award || |- | People's Choice – Favourite Canadian Artist || |- |rowspan="2"| 2008 ||rowspan="2"| "Them Kids" || Best Director || |- | Best Post-Production ||

Notable performances

July 31, 2003: Opening performer at Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto, otherwise referred to as SARStock, promoted to mitigate the economic downturn in Toronto following a limited outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

June 12, 2003: National Hockey League's (NHL) NHL Awards ceremony main performer

November 16, 2003: Canadian Football League's (CFL) 91st Grey Cup halftime show in Regina, Saskatchewan.

July 2, 2005: Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ontario.

January 1, 2008: AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic, outdoor ice hockey game in Buffalo, New York.

August 2, 2008: Opened for The Eagles in Moncton, New Brunswick

March 29, 2009: Performed at the 2009 Juno Awards

August 7, 2009: Performed a free concert at Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, in honour of Sidney Crosby and his Stanley Cup win.

February 20, 2010: Performed a free concert at 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

See also

Canadian rock

Music of Canada

References

External links

Sam Roberts Band

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Names	Ric Blade
Height
Weight
Birth place	New Jersey
Resides	Robesonia, Pennsylvania
Billed	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Trainer	John ZandigCZW Wrestling Academy
Debut	February 1999
Retired	2003

Ric Blade is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling, where he was a one time Junior Heavyweight Champion and a one time World Tag Team Champion with Nick Mondo.

Career

In addition to a background martial arts, Blade was trained by CZW owner John Zandig. He would feud to the likes of Mr. Meaner, Mr. Arrogance, and Quicksilver. At Down In Flames, June 19, 1999 in Mantua Township, New Jersey. Ric Blade and Reckless Youth went on a three way against Mike Quackenbush in a rather comedic match, as well as Mike Quackenbush defeated both wrestlers. Ric captured his first Jr. Heavyweight Championship against Justice Pain at Street Fight 99 on July 19, 1999 in Mantua, NJ. At Pyramid Of Hell on August 21, 1999 in a brutal Pyramid Of Hell match, Nick Gage and Zandig defeated Lobo and Ric Blade, Ric turned on Lobo and jumped off an open roof to Lobo into the stack of tables.

Early 2000, Ric feuded with Lo Ki or Mercury, and still retained his Jr. Heavyweight Championship, at A Night of Main Events on February 5, 2000, he would have a brutal match with Mercury, still retaining the title by leg dropping Mercury into a table below. Then lost the title to Justice Pain on Winner Takes All, the Jr. Heavyweight battle between two CZW original graduates; Ric Blade and Justice Pain was taking poll position. A stretcher match hadn't brought the hatred to an end the month before at "Living Hell", so it was time for both men to come through again with another insane and brutal match up to settle it once and for all; a Scaffold Cage match. At CZW They Said It Couldn't Been Done, Blade fought Trent Acid for the CZW Junior Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Blade went for a swan dive off the top of a rental truck, but he misjudged his jump and only the top of his head made connection with his opponent. However, Blade won the match as well as the title. A few months later he teamed up with Nick Mondo and fought the Backseat Boys (Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere), which saw Blade at the end of the match after a Senton bomb off the Champs Arena wall through two stacked tables with Acid on top, and Kashmere under. Mondo would turn on his partner.

The feud would still go on as at Crushing The Competition on February 10, 2001 in Sewell, NJ, Blade would team up with Super Crazy to take on Mondo in a Handicap 3-way Ladder Match. The feud would end in a "Barbed Wire Ladder Match" as well a huge swanton a off the Champs Arena wall on to Mondo through a table, As well as breaking Mondo's nose during the match. Blade was involved in a Gauntlet Match against Johnny Kashmere, Ruckus & The Briscoes in Destruction in Dover. At Un F'N Believable, Blade would at be in a 3-Way Dance against Trent Acid and Reckless Youth, Reckless Youth was eliminated when Z-Barr and Hurricane Kid interfered, Trent Acid & Ric Blade brawled to the parking lot where Blade did a Swanton off the truck on Acid through a table, Neither man made it back to the ring and it was declared a Double Count Out, At Stretched In Smyrna, he would be in Tag Match with the The Briscoes and defeated The S.A.T. and Amazing Red. He competed at Best of the Best but eliminated in the first round by Amazing Red and Winger.

Blade was injured at CZW's first TV Taping "Take 1" On June 8, 2001. In the main event, a four way match between Lobo, Justice Pain, Nick Gage and Blade, Ric Blade attempted a senton from one of the walls of Champs Arena. (He has performed this move many times before of the same wall). Ric overshot the table that Pain was lying on. He landed straight on his leg, and his shin bone actually protruded through his ankle, At Cage of Death 4, in 2002 he competed in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match, vs. the Backseat Boys with Mondo as his partner. But ended up losing, The Backseats won in the end with the Acid Bomb with Blades head in the ladder. Blade in early 2003 he would feud with Johnny Kashmire, during the match with Ric Blade defeating GQ, After the match, Johnny Kashmere reappeared and attacked Ric Blade with a baseball bat. During the Jr. Heavyweight Title match with Ruckus defeating Trent Acid, Johnny Kashmere repeatedly interfered and eventually was banned, and dragged out by Blade. He competed in Best of the Best 3 on April 12, 2003, , Nick Gage He had also who refereed the Jr. Heavyweight Title Ladder Match.

Championships and accomplishments

Combat Zone Wrestling

*CZW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*CZW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nick Mondo

Jersey All Pro Wrestling

*JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

;General

;Specific

External links

Online World of Wrestling Profile

Match History at Indy Wrestling News

Category:American professional wrestlers Category:Combat Zone Wrestling Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people

Names	NOSAWA RongaiNOSAWANOSAWA MendozaNOJANozawaSpace Lone WolfKazushige NosawaSuper CacaoParka Guerrera
Height
Weight
Birth date	December 17, 1976
Billed	Ichikawa City, Chiba, Japan
Trainer	Negro Casas
Debut	December 27, 1995

, better known by his ring names NOSAWA and NOSAWA Rongai, is a Japanese freelance professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions.

Career

NOSAWA spent most of his early career training and wrestling in Mexico. Most notably with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. In the U.S indy scene, NOSAWA has competed for such promotions as Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and Xtreme Pro Wrestling. Along with MAZADA and TAKEMURA, they created the group "Tokyo Gurentai".

Juggalo Championship Wrestling

On March 16, 2003, Nosawa defeated "Ritchie Boy" Breyer Wellington to win the JCW Heavyweight Championship. Later that year, he was featured on JCW Vol. 3 in a match where he again defeated Wellington. In July 2004, Nosawa lost the championship to Kid Kash at the Gathering of the Juggalos.

SlamTV!

In 2007, Nosawa went on tour with JCW to film the internet wrestling show SlamTV!, where he was one of the main veteran heroes. However, he started off SlamTV! with a string of loses, going 0-5 in his first five matches. After receiving a letter from his storyline mentor The Great Muta, saying that Muta was coming to JCW to check up on his pupil, Nosawa stepped up his game and began a winning streak. By the following week however, The Great Muta had left. Nosawa continued his winning streak into episode 14, where he faced Ron Zombie. At that years Hallowicked After Party, on October 31, Shaggy 2 Dope was introduced as a member of the group. After the main event of the night, special guest referee Nosawa ripped off his referee shirt to reveal that he, too, was a member of the JWO.

Theme music

:*"Dragula" by Rob Zombie (JCW)

Championships and accomplishments

All Japan Pro Wrestling

:*AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Minoru Suzuki

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

:*CMLL World Welterweight Championship (2 times)

Dramatic Dream Team

:*DDT Extreme Division Championship (1 time) :*DDT KO-D Openweight Championship (1 time) :*DDT KO-D Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Takashi Sasaki :*UWA World Trios Championship (2 times) – with FUJITA and MAZADA

El Dorado Wrestling

:*UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with MAZADA

International Wrestling Revolution Group

:*IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with MAZADA :*IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship (1 time) - with MAZADA and TAKEMURA

Juggalo Championship Wrestling

:*JCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Other titles

:*Arena Azteca Budokan Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) :*Guerrero State Welterweight Championship (1 time)

Luchas de Apuestas record

Personal life

NOSAWA is widely known for being a Juggalo, or a fan of the Insane Clown Posse. Among his many tattoos, he has the , a Dark Lotus cross, and the Hatchetman, which is the logo of Psychopathic Records.

References

- NOSAWA's Old Blog

- NOSAWA's Current Official Blog

- NOSAWA/MAZADA/TAEKMURA Site

External links

- Profile on All Japan's Official Site

- Profile on bodyslamming.com

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Name	Nick Berk
Names	Nick BerkNicky Benz
Height
Weight
Birth date	May 11, 1980
Birth place	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Billed	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Trainer	Don MontoyaMike KehnerReckless YouthAfa Anoa'i
Debut	March 16, 1997

Nicholas K. "Nick" Berk (born May 11, 1980), also known by his ring name Nicky Benz, is an American independent professional wrestler, best known for his work in Combat Zone Wrestling, where he is a former CZW World Heavyweight and Iron Man Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Berk was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a regular worker for Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as Force One Pro Wrestling, under his real name and sometimes under the stage name Nicky Benz. He was featured in the documentary "On the Road with Raven", where he and Raven are shown setting up an angle and later having a match. In 2005, Berk, had several tryout matches with World Wrestling Entertainment. None of these tryouts resulted in any contractual interest by the company.

In wrestling

Finishing moves

:*Berkocet (Spinning lifting double underhook facebuster) :*Elevated cloverleaf :*Sitout Death Valley driver

Signature moves

:*Cloverleaf leg laced Boston crab :*Inverted STF

Nicknames

:*"The Midnight Idol"

Championships and accomplishments

Blackball'd Wrestling Organization

:*BWO Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

Championship Wrestling from Florida

:*NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Z-Barr

Combat Zone Wrestling

:*CZW Iron Man Championship (1 time) :*CZW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Thunder Zone Wrestling

:*TZW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

USA Xtreme Wrestling

:*UXW Xtreme Championship (1 time, current)

References

External links

#Profile at CageMatch.de #OWW Profile #CZW Roster Profile #Nick Berk MySpace #Hardway Wrestling at Solie.org

Category:1980 births Category:American professional wrestlers Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Name	Johnny Kashmere
Names	Johnny KashmereKashmir
Height
Weight
Birth date	November 06, 1978
Resides	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Trainer	The Pitbulls
Debut	1999

Johnny Kashmere (born November 6, 1978) is an American professional wrestler, best known as one half of The Backseat Boyz, along with the late Trent Acid. Kashmere has competed in Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Unplugged, Combat Zone Wrestling, Assault Championship Wrestling, Premier Wrestling Federation and in Japan.

In wrestling

Finishing moves

*Cradle Breaker (Cradle suplex lifted and dropped into an elevated cradle neckbreaker)

*Full nelson slam

Signature moves

*Frog splash

*Spear

*Springboard moonsault

*Sunset flip powerbomb

Championships and accomplishments

Assault Championship Wrestling

:*ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Trent Acid

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

:*BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Combat Zone Wrestling

:*CZW Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Robby Mireno (1) and Trent Acid (4)

East Coast Wrestling Association

:*ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Trent Acid

Hardway Wrestling

:*HW Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Trent Acid

Jersey All Pro Wrestling

:*JAPW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Trent Acid

National Championship Wrestling

:*NCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Trent Acid

Phoenix Championship Wrestling

:*PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Trent Acid

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI ranked him #319 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010

Ring of Honor

:*ROH Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Trent Acid

Other titles

:*POW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) :*PWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

References

External links

Johnny Kashmere

Pro Wrestling Unplugged

Wrestle Reality

Category:American professional wrestlers Category:Living people Category:1978 births

This page is about the English footballer. For the Woody Allen movie, see Broadway Danny Rose. Daniel Lee "Danny" Rose (born 2 June 1990) is an English footballer currently playing for Bristol City on a season long youth loan from Tottenham Hotspur.

Club career

Leeds United

Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Rose is a product of the Leeds United youth academy. During the summer of 2006 Rose was embroiled in a transfer scandal involving Chelsea when Leeds chairman Ken Bates accused Chelsea of 'tapping up' Leeds' academy players, Rose's Leeds academy teammates Tom Taiwo and Michael Woods left Leeds to join Chelsea, but Rose decided to remain at Leeds.

Rose was named on the bench for the Leeds first team against Barnet in the League Cup on 20 September 2006. The manager who named Rose on the bench, Kevin Blackwell, was sacked immediately after the game. Rose was not involved again in a squad for Leeds that season despite fan pressure at the new manager Dennis Wise asking him to start games, Leeds were subsequently relegated from The Championship to League One, and with the club entering administration Rose was to be sold to raise some much needed money for the club.

Tottenham Hotspur

On 25 July 2007, Rose signed for Tottenham Hotspur for a transfer fee in the region of £1 million.

A regular for both the Tottenham Hotspur Academy and Reserves, Rose was named as an unused substitute for the league fixture against Sunderland in January 2008. His progress was temporarily curtailed, however, by a serious knee injury in September of the same year.

In March 2009, Rose went on loan to Watford for the remainder of the 2008–09 season. Watford manager Brendan Rodgers described Rose as a "highly talented, committed player", who possesses "good energy and real intelligence with the ball". He made his debut in Watford's 2–1 away victory at Doncaster Rovers on 4 April.

On 29 September 2009, Rose joined Peterborough United on loan until January 2010. He then went into that night's team where they played Plymouth Argyle, losing 2–1 at home. Rose returned to Tottenham on the 11 November 2009, following the departure of Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson.

Rose made his full debut for Spurs in 2–2 FA Cup draw against his former club Leeds United. Rose was booed by the fans of his former club for all the game after leaving under a sour note until he was substituted.

Rose made his league début against Arsenal, scoring the first goal of the game after ten minutes as Tottenham won 2–1 in the Premier League on 14 April 2010. The goal was subsequently described as "a volley so thunderous that you could hear the whack off his boot above the din of the raucous crowd" in The Times. Rose won goal of the season votes run by Sky Sports and by the Tottenham website.

On 9 September 2010 Rose joined Championship side Bristol City on a season long loan deal subject to a recall clause which becomes active after 28 days at the club. 13th November Rose came on as a second half substitute against Leeds United and was booed. The game was the first time he had played at Elland Road after leaving the club.

International career

On 1 June 2009, he was called into the England Under-21 for the European Championships taking place later in the month when Danny Welbeck was ruled out through injury. He made his debut with a substitute appearance in a 7–0 friendly win over Azerbaijan on June 8.

Rose scored the only goal, his first for England U21's, on 14 November 2009 in a 2011 European Championship qualifier against Portugal.

References

External links

Danny Rose profile at the Tottenham Hotspur website

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in 2005.]] Bill Apter is a journalist specializing in professional wrestling and best known for the kayfabe or so-called "mark" magazines for which he edited and photographed matches from the 1970s to the present. The magazine he became most prominently known for was Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Apter was so closely associated with these popular magazines that they were often known colloquially as "Apter mags."

Biography

Early career

Apter was a successful reporter-writer-photographer for several wrestling and boxing magazines published by Stanley Weston, including The Wrestler and Inside Wrestling. He eventually moved up to the top editorial spot at Weston's wrestling properties. When wrestling boomed in popularity in the 1980s, Apter's (actually Weston's) magazines rode the wave, commenting and expanding on the storylines of the World Wrestling Federation, Jim Crockett Promotions and the American Wrestling Association in addition to a multitude of smaller companies, plus providing readers with a wealth of exclusive interviews and photographs.

Success

Apter directed his publications at the common fan and usually operated under the premise that professional wrestling was not in any way scripted or predetermined. The editors of the magazines had the mentality that they were covering wrestling just like Sports Illustrated covers other sports. Despite Apter's reluctance to let his readers in on wrestling's "big secret" (both Apter and his mentor Stanley Weston were trusted by wrestlers and promoters, and were given information about match outcomes ahead of time), fans who bought the so-called "Apter mags" became more informed about the business than most casual wrestling viewers, especially if they were fans of the dominant WWF, which tended to act as if other promotions did not exist.

Apter also hosted a TV segment, the PWI Scouting Report, on Best of World Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett's NWA TV show broadcast weekly on Ted Turner's WTBS, as well as a stint with the nationally syndicated Pro Wrestling This Week TV news magazine, and segments on dozens of other televised wrestling shows. He was also the co-host of Pro Wrestling's very first commercial video (distributed by Vestron) called "Lords Of The Ring." His co-host was the "Walter Cronkite of Pro Wrestling" Gordon Solie.

In 1991, Apter helped compile the PWI 500, a detailed ranking of the top 500 wrestlers in the world (according to Pro Wrestling Illustrated). PWI has published the list every year since its inception, and it has been and remains quite influential. Although Apter never wrote the actual list, he was one of the members of the staff who influenced the rankings.

Starting in the mid-1990s, the wrestling industry went through a radical transformation. As the Internet became more and more popular, more fans gained access to news and information on the inner workings of the wrestling business. Promotions were no longer able to openly claim or imply that wrestling was legitimate competition, and ultimately, neither was Apter. Eventually he left his kayfabe magazines and accepted the editorship of WOW Magazine, a new glossy publication that assumed its readers knew the truth about wrestling. He also was a regular contributor on 'Sunday Night Slam', a wrestling talkshow on WCKG in Chicago from 1999 to 2000.

2000s

Apter is now a feature columnist for Fighting Spirit magazine. Apter also contributes to the Italian wrestling magazine called "Tutto Wrestling Magazine" in a section called "Apter's Alley." He is the main face of wrestling website 1wrestling.com and has recently signed on with The Wrestling Federation (TWF), a league about to launch an internet-based show. Apter is also the Commissioner of Hawaii Championship Wrestling and several other International promotions.

Return to PWI

Apter made his return (freelance) to the Pro Wrestling Illustrated family of magazines in Volume 20, 2008 of The Wrestler with a 90 minute question and answer session with Tammy Sytch. Apter has also done an interview with Nick Bockwinkel for another edition of "The Wrestler" magazine. He is a periodic contributor only and not an employee of the PWI family of magazines.

Apter works for www.1wrestling.com. He also does award presentations and broadcasting (play-by-play and color commentary) for many promotions (including overseas for groups such as German Stampede Wrestling). He is a frequent host and guest at wrestling conventions all over the United States.

Other careers

Along with former wrestler "Concrete Cowboy" Paul Swanger (aka "Paul Big Bear") Apter sings and does comedic work in an "old school" nightclub act. Apter also works for a non-profit company, AHEDD in Pennsylvania as an Employment Specialist. The company helps find jobs for people with disabilities and job coaching. In February 2008, Apter met with the CEO of Vip Talent Connect and, after helping book talent and host one of their events, was named Vice President of Talent Relations and Marketing.

External links

1wrestling.com

Apter's TWF bio

The Wrestler Volume 20, 2008

ahedd.org

viptalentconnect.com

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