National Independent Championship Wrestling (NICW) will hold Holiday Havoc 2 at Patrick & Henry Community College’s (P&HCC) Stone Hall Gym on Saturday, November 23. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the bell for the first match will start at 7 p.m.
NICW owner Scott Rutter, of Rutter’s Martial Arts, said proceeds from the event will go towards the P&HCC Wrestling Team.
“When I host wrestling events, this is probably two years we’ve been doing events in” Patrick and Henry counties, “we’ve always looking for causes and things to give back to,” he said.
When NICW held its first Holiday Havoc last year, Rutter said it coincided with the P&HCC’s wrestling team’s first year.
The team was “in need of some funds and different things to help them out. We did a show last year, helped them raise some money, and we’re doing it again this year hoping we can make it an annual thing,” he said.
Rutter said six matches are on the card including a NICW World Heavyweight Championship match with “Bam Bam” Lance Erikson vs. Mike Mars. A flag match also is scheduled between Team USA as Scott Lee, Tony Ray, and Ace Englund face Viktor Kraus & The Invaders of Team Germany.
Rutter said Ray is a P&HCC student and wrestling team member.
“He’s known as ‘USA Tony Ray,’” he said. “Right now, it’s a big battle between which country is better, you know, Germany or America. They’re building that up really well, so that’s a good match on the card.”
A NICW Mid-Atlantic Heritage Championship match will also take place between Bobby Yela and Chase Bennett.
“There’s two luchador-style wrestlers, a gentleman by the name of Big Bite vs. Santiago for the (NICW) Cruiserweight Championship,” Rutter said, adding the wrestlers will perform using the lucha libre acrobatic style of wrestling.
Martinsville native Daniel Craig and Adam Hex, of Fieldale, will also appear along with Critical Mazz, Shang Hai Pierce Jr., and Douglas J. Wentworth III.
Rutter said “The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff, who wrestled for National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Jim Crockett Promotions, will also make an appearance.
During his wrestling tenure, Koloff, born Nelson Scott Simpson, held various championships including the NWA United States Championship, the NWA World Tag Team Championship, and the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.
Koloff was inducted into the NWA Hall of Fame in 2008.
The show is sponsored by Rutter’s Martial Arts, Boyce-Holland Veterinary Services, Bryant Radio, Friedrichs Family Eye Center, Lawless Welding & Fabrications Inc., John Adams Grocery, Lee’s Tire & Wheels, and Impressive Prints & Designs.
Advanced tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children. Tickets at the door are $15 for adults and $12 for children.
Those five and under are admitted free. Tickets for P&HCC students and staff are $8.
Advance tickets can be purchased at Bryant Radio, Rutter’s Martial Arts in Basset and Stuart, and at the P&HCC West Hall Switchboard.
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