SHOW PHOTOS BY:
BRIAN REESE
On Saturday night,May the 14th
All Pro Wrestling
(APW-FL)
held their benefit fundraiser show
at the APW West Pensacola Sportatorium
in Pensacola,FL.
where all of the proceeds from the show that evening
helped raise money
for the family of Nevaeh Walker,
a 12 month old baby girl
who is in dire need of trachea surgery.
At the beginning of the show,
all of the wrestlers and wrestling personalities
of All Pro Wrestling
gathered inside the ring
and all around outside the ring
to conduct a moment of silence
in the memory of
a very good friend of mine
who was a very prominent,strong supporter,
fan and advocate
for independent wrestling
along the immediate Gulf Coast area
"Buttonman" Bob Liddil,
who had passed away
on Monday night,May the 9th
in Pensacola,FL
at the age of 63.
For those like me and others
who knew him and knew him well,
Bob Liddil was a man of many great talents.
He was a wrestling historian,an author,
a poet and a magazine publisher.
Bob also ran gimmick tables
at many Gulf Coast independent wrestling shows
and was confined to a wheel chair
for the past several years
due to numerous health issues
and physical ailments,
issues and ailments
that never once deterred him
from what he loved
and doing what he loved to do.
Bob Liddil was a very active participant
in Gulf Coast independent wrestling
and the creator of the website
Gulf Coast Wrestling.com.
This was one of Bob work's,
a poem that he himself personally had written,
a tribute fitting to a wrestling fan
that has passed on
leaving our world to a much better place
and an even much higher purpose......
A Wrestling Fan In Heaven,
by Bob Liddil
"The arena's a little darker now,
then it was at the last show
and the workers are all walking out,
kinda sad and slow.
The bell is speaking softly
in a sad and mournful way
and the audience is on its feet,
a fan has passed away.
The bell tolls ten for wrestlers
when the final call is made
out of respect and out of love
a ringing homage paid
so many of them are now gone
to join that heavenly show
and now a much beloved fan
has a seat in the ringside row.
A true wrestling fan's in heaven now,
he's in that heavenly crowd
cheering for the great ones,
standing tall and walking proud
while those of us who are left behind
fondly remember him.
he's in heaven's wrestling arena,
working out in God's own gym.
So toll ye bell,for a fan today,
ring farewell and a fond goodbye.
he would want the show to go on,
so we'll cheer rather than cry.
He would want the babyface to win
and the cheating heel to pay
A true wrestling fan's
watching the show from heaven on this day."
Many other people
along the Gulf Coast area
will deeply and sorely miss him
for the loving passion and dedication
that he had for promoting and supporting
Gulf Coast independent wrestling.
I will personally miss this great man
and wonderful human being
for those aforementioned reasons;
also for the esteemed,tremendous,high praise
that he always had given me
for everything and all that I have done
and still continue to do
for professional wresting
I will also miss his wit,
his funny sense of humor,
his unselfishness,his gratitude,
the numerous,countless conversations
that we had about wrestling
and life in general,
his caring,loving kindness
and most importantly of all,
his cherished friendship
that I had been so deeply
blessed,honored and privileged
to have shared with him
a little over throughout
this past decade
and one whom I have been so very proud
to have been called a friend
a little over
throughout this past decade.
R.I.P.
July 4th,1947-
May 9th,2011
MATCH #1:
In the opening bout,
one of the members
of the notorious All Pro Wrestling faction
"The Port City Players"
"The Canadian Superstar"
AEON FLEXX
defeated
"The Ghetto Superstar"
TERRY ALLEN JONES
via 1-2-3 pinfall
as Aeon Flexx rolled up Terry Allen Jones
then placing his feet on the middle ring rope
unbeknownst to the peripheral view
of the referee
to score the winning tawdry victory.
(8:35)
MATCH #2:
"The Fortunate One"
D.J. PRINGLE
who was without the services of his manager
Eddie G. that evening
due to him serving an indefinite suspension
from All Pro Wrestling,
defeated
THE PANTHER
via 1-2-3 pinfall
with a running high-impact clothesline.
(7:30).
MATCH #3:
D.D.G.
(Drop Dead Gorgeous)
defeated
one of the members of the
notorious All Pro Wrestling faction
"The Port City Players"
RICKY
"The Rocket"
ROBERTS
via 1-2-3 pinfall
with a schoolboy roll-up.
(9:38)
After the match,
Ricky "The Rocket" Roberts
was destined to end
the wrestling career of D.D.G.,
first by kicking him
on the back of his
injured left ankle,
then by clamping on an ankle lock
on the injured left ankle
of D.D.G.
The Owner of All Pro Wrestling
Tiny Tiswell
made his way down the ringside area
and warned Ricky "The Rocket" Roberts
on the microphone
to either relinquish his ankle lock of D.D.G.
or else he would be heavily fined and suspended
from All Pro Wrestling,
thus also jeopardizing him
receiving any future title shot opportunities
for the All Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship.
MATCH #4:
In the Semi Main Event Match,
"The Artist Of Astonishment"
KID MATTHEWS
defeated
"The Bruiserweight"
MAZE
via disqualification
as Maze deliberately
delivered a very hard kick
down onto the lower extremities
of Kid Matthews.
(10:45)
MATCH #5:
It began as a Main Event
Over-The-Top-Rope Battle Royal
where the last 3 men
that were left in the ring
competed in a Triple Threat Match,
and in the end
it was
"The Ghetto Superstar"
Terry Allen Jones
who emerged victorious
as he defeated
both "The Bruiserweight" Maze
and "The Artist Of Astonishment"
Kid Matthews
as Terry Allen Jones
finished off Kid Matthews
via 1-2-3 pinfall
with an elevated reverse
STO facebuster.
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