It’s been a week since Tri-State Wrestling invaded the Vincennes Eagles Club for Tag Team Warfare and we’re still reeling from the excitement.

We are doing something a little different for our podcast this week. Normally, we find a performer and get them to come on and do a one-on-one interview about real life and wrestling, but this week we wanted to change that up and try something new. It’s a little more Kayfabe based and a whole lot of fun. So much fun, in fact, we invited a special friend and pulled one of our behind the scenes guys into the limelight to create an analyst panel.

Who are these two mystery people, you ask? Well, one is everyone’s favorite Apostolic Clown, Johnnie Watts. The other is best known as my brother-in-law, Eric Mosier.

We went match by match, down the list, just analyzing what we saw and giving our unique perspectives on the events of last Saturday’s show.

This is something we’d like to do more often, but we’d like to see how this one goes over. So if you like what you’re hearing, send us an email to 10countblog@gmail.com.

Be sure to check out our friends at Rollek, their song Snorkelling Into Oblivion is our official theme and they allow us to use it for free. So we pay it forward by asking you to go an download their newest album – which they’re also giving to you for free. Be sure to also check out their upcoming event, the Rollek Frollek, an annual event where several local and area artists take over the Riverfront Pavilion in Vincennes, Indiana.

We must also mention that we are listener and fan supported. We bring you this podcast for free every Saturday, because we love it and because we love our fans.  So be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and then share those like crazy. If you click on the menu button in the top left hand corner you’ll find our Area Indie Promotions page, and also our social media and podcast page. Be sure to subscribe to the 10 Count Podcast on iTunes as well as Soundcloud.

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What a crazy week for 10 Count! Great things are happening for us and we had several of them come to fruition all at once.

First and foremost, we are now on iTunes! So be sure and subscribe to the podcast and have it pushed to your Apple device every week. Click on the button below to check it out or search 10 Count Podcast in the iTunes store.

Another great thing that happened this week is that we were given the exclusive rights to reveal the completed and finalized match card for this weekend’s Tri-State Wrestling Tag Team Warfare event. We decided to go with a predictions article that you can read here.

We’ve also added a couple pages to the website. If you click on the menu button in the top left hand corner you’ll find our Area Indie Promotions page, and also our social media and podcast page. We’ve linked to all of the great indie promotions in the area and also our own social media and podcast sites, making it easier than ever to find 10 Count.

So, what now?

Well, we move on and this week, our guest is one of the hottest wrestlers in the area – Will Bray. He’s a great talent and I look for him to be on my TV screen before too long. This interview was a blast and we talked about everything from tattoos to pokemon to drunkenly loving Ryback.

Random fact – Will was at one time a world ranked Yu-Gi-Oh card game player.

Be sure to support Will by buying some Strong Style merch and using Will Bray as a promo code. You can also catch him on Twitter.

Before we move on, be sure to check out our friends at Rollek, their song Snorkelling Into Oblivion is our official theme and they allow us to use it for free. So we pay it forward by asking you to go an download their newest album – which they’re also giving to you for free. Be sure to also check out their upcoming event, the Rollek Frollek, an annual event where several local and area artists take over the Riverfront Pavilion in Vincennes, Indiana.

We must also mention that we are listener and fan supported. We bring you this podcast for free every Saturday, because we love it and because we love our fans.  So be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and then share those like crazy. We’re trying to get to 100 likes before bell time at Tri-State Wrestling’s Tag Team Warfare event TONIGHT! If we get to 100 in time we’re giving away a pretty sweet prize package. We’ll be at Tag Team Warfare with live coverage so stay tuned to social media.

You can also write for us! Send your submission to 10countblog@gmail.com and we’ll consider putting it up for the entire world to read.

Enjoy the Podcast!

Holy crap! We still have a print format?

Yes, yes we do. Thanks to everyone who has supported our podcast over the last few weeks. It’s been a blast to put it together and do some really interesting interviews. We look forward to the exciting things that are to come.

But for right now, let’s focus on this Saturday night. Tri-State Wrestling presents Tag Team Warfare from the Vincennes Eagles Lodge on Willow Street and it’s sure to be a fantastic show. We’ve been given the great honor of being allowed to reveal the entire match card for this weekend and rather than just put together a Facebook post or tweed with the list, we’re going to go all out and provide some pre-show predictions.

So, hang on baby Jesus, it’s gonna get bumpy.

Match 1: Singles Match Scheduled for one fall – Exodus the Executioner Vs. X Calibur

What a way to kick off the show. This is a rematch from February’s Proving Grounds and I have a feeling X Calibur is going to be looking for a little payback. In case you missed it, the last time these two met, Exodus, realizing he was in trouble, pulled out a set of brass knuckles and clocked the high flyer – leading to his disqualification.

Don’t look for a no finish this time around. X Calibur knows his game now and will be prepared for whatever the blood spitting big man will throw at him. Look for some high-flying, up-tempo offense from X to keep the big man off-balance and once he gets him down, that signature standing moonsault which I’m going to dub the “X-Sault.”

Jason’s Prediction – X Calibur via pinfall.

Eric’s Prediction – X Calibur

Match 2: Singles Match Scheduled for one fall – The Banshee vs. Venum

I’ll be completely honest, I haven’t seen too much out of either of these performers, but their reputations alone make this one a big match. Banshee is coming off a tag-team loss to the Southern Shiners in March and you can bet that he’s going to be seething. Venum is going to have his hands full. Look for some really technical wrestling in this one and some big moments.

Jason’s Prediction – Banshee via pinfall

Eric’s Prediction -Banshee

Match 3 – Tag Team Match Scheduled for One Fall The Devil Dogs Sargent Stanley Roberts and Private Roberts vs. The Axis Abdual Merrick and Yusev Bey Merrick

If I’ve learned one thing in my life, it’s that you do not piss off a United States Marine. Abdual and Yusev poked the dragon last month at Proving Grounds by bringing in the Sarge’s son and if there’s one thing you can believe, it’s that Stanley’s going to come out fired up. It’s one thing to disrespect a man’s flag, beat him with a chair and cheat him out of his title, but the Merricks made it personal when they attacked his family.

The Merricks are going to try to play dirty with some help from Sweet Daddy B, and in the paraphrased words of the immortal Undertaker “They’re gonna have to.” Stanley is going to be a starving bulldog let off the chain the minute he sets foot in this match. The Sarge has also been working daily with Private Roberts to get him ready for this test and I wouldn’t be surprised if he is right there beside dad the entire time. If the Roberts’ can neutralize outside interference, they’ll be tough to beat because an angry Marine is a Dangerous Marine.

Jason’s Prediction – The Devil Dogs and Private Roberts gets the pinfall.

Eric’s Prediction – The Devil Dogs

Match 4: Tag Team Match Scheduled for One Fall – Will Bray and Hunter Love vs. Zach Hogan and Matt Diamond

Will and Zach opened the show with the match of the night in March for the TSW World Heavyweight Championship. It was a barn burner. Will seemingly won the title, but in the midst of the celebration, the match was restarted because Sweet Daddy B and Bareback Jack pulled Zach’s foot under the ropes.

They get their rematch this month, but also get to showcase their ability in a tag match. Will is teamed up with Hunter Love who’s fresh off a loss to Terrance for the TSW Southern Championship. He’s going to be looking to rebound and get back in the title hunt so expect him to go all out in this match. Zach is teamed up with Matt Diamond, who’s also fresh off a loss last month in which he subbed in for the injured Patrik Taylor in the Chaos Carnival vs Johnnie Watts and Dawn.

Look for some high-flying, big spots, and some interference from Sweet Daddy B and Bareback Jack. If Will and Hunter can overcome that adversity, I look for this match to burn the place down.

Jason’s Prediction – Will and Hunter via pinfall

Eric’s Prediction – Will and Hunter (but with interference from outside)

Match 5: TSW Southern Championship Open Challenge – Terrance vs. ???

Terrance got out of March’s Proving Grounds with a win over Hunter Love in his latest title defense and this month he’s issued an open challenge to anyone in the locker room who believes they’re up to the challenge.

Terrence is a great technical wrestler and has some big moves in his arsenal. But I’m curious how that’s going to help him when he’s had no way to prepare for what’s coming.

Initially, my inclination was to say that X Calibur would answer the call, since he’s fresh off a victory in the first ever proving grounds match – but that would require him to pull double duty and that would be a tall order after going toe to toe with Exodus.

Another guy who I could see stepping up to take a shot is Anderson Grimm. Or maybe the Don Tony V. It’s a tossup.

The only real question here, though, is who do you take; Terrance or the field?

Jason’s Prediction – Terrance

Eric’s Prediction – The Field

Match Six: Singles Match for the AWA Memorial Title – Cliff Compton Vs. Benny Bray

Word on the street is that Benny Bray paid to have Cliff Compton come take a shot at the title. And while normally, I would call it the epitome of foolishness to put your title on the line against a former WWE Superstar, something about this match intrigues me.

Maybe it’s the fact that they worked together in OVW, or that Benny is riding high after his dominant title defense against Tony V last month. Whatever it is, it takes balls to put your title on the line against a man of Cliff’s pedigree – especially when you know that if he wins, its gone. And we take nothing away from Benny. He’s a bruiser and knows how to beat guys down. You can’t forget that his resume looks damn good in comparison. I look for this to be a candidate for match of the night and possibly match of the year.

Jason’s Pick – Benny Bray

Eric’s Pick – Cliff Compton

Match Seven: Tag Team Warfare – The Juggernauts (Michael Madrox and Mike Blitz) vs. Dawn The Ref and Johnnie Watts vs. Big T Thomas Moore and Shawn Franklin vs. The 381 Family (D.O.C and Rough Rider Roy).

It’s the return of Michael Madrox and if history is any indicator, this one could get ugly. Don’t believe me? Check out this video posted to our Facebook page.

Don’t count out Johnnie and Dawn either. A lot of people don’t realize that Dawn could be the sleeper in all of this. Most don’t remember or just don’t know she’s got connections to the Moondogs and that could be an x factor in this match – and don’t forget Johnnie Watts may be silly, but he’s a beast in the ring. I hear he’s got one heck of a Canadian Destroyer in his arsenal.

DOC and Rough Rider Roy will be an interesting dynamic. They’re coming off a friendly match in February with the Southern Shiners and they’re well rested. I know I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of one of DOC’s chops.

Big T is going to be in a bad mood too. He got screwed in the Proving Grounds match last month when Anderson Grimm made it look like he got knocked out with the cowbell. I look for him to channel his inner Stan Hansen and really make some noise.

Jason’s pick – Johnnie And Dawn

Eric’s Pick – 381 Family

Main Event – Tag Team Street Fight for the TSW Tag Team Championships Chaos Carnival (Blaine Black and ???) Vs. The Southern Shiners (Matt Dawson and Luke Wilder)

The first question we have to ask about this match is who is going to fill in for the Injured Patrik Taylor. We all know Blaine is an animal that is just as likely to tear his partner apart as he is his opponent. So, we ask who would be brave enough to try to mitigate that risk for a shot at glory? Just like in the Southern Championship open challenge, there are a lot of possibilities. The Don, Grimm, Phuzz Malakai, Xander Kelly, the Reaper. All are viable contestants. Maybe even Bareback Jack – in an attempt to stack the deck a little.

The Shiners are hungry. The last two Proving Grounds, they’ve had their hands on the gold. They can almost taste it like the DewShine they have at their merch table and whatever is in that jar they bring to the ring.

I look for Blaine to use anything and everything he can get his hands on and shoulder most of the responsibility for defending the tag titles. Add in the street fight element and this one could get out of hand quick. If he does, the Shiners will have an opportunity to capitalize and walk out with the belts.

Jason’s Pick – Southern Shiners

Eric’s pick – Southern Shiners

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It’s been a lazy week for wrestling fans. While the standard WWE TV shows were trending upwards, there really hasn’t been any big news to speak of. It certainly looks like WWE is beginning to take tag team wrestling more seriously, although maybe their hand has been forced a little considering, arguably, their best performers right now are the New Day. Either way, it seems like WWE has been on the upswing since Wrestlemania and that’s the positive we choose to take away.

Anywho… this week’s guest on the 10 Count Podcast is Bareback Jack. Most people know him as the stetson dawning enforcer for Sweet Daddy B in Tri-State Wrestling, but you also may know him as the first ever TSW champion. He’s a man with many faces or hats or whatever you want to say, and he dives a little deeper into that for us a little later in the podcast.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!! Jack says some stuff that most fans may not realize. He doesn’t reveal any story line or anything like that, but he does break down the fourth wall for us – or more like, takes a wrecking ball to it. So listen at your own risk.

Before we move on, be sure to check out our pals at Rollek, who allow us to use their music as an opening theme for free. So we pay it forward by asking you to go an download their newest album – which they’re also giving to you for free. Be sure to also check out their upcoming event, the Rollek Frollek, an annual event where several local and area artists take over the Riverfront Pavilion in Vincennes, Indiana.

We must also mention that we are listener and fan supported. We bring you this podcast for free every Saturday, because we love it and because we love our fans.  So be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and then share those like crazy. We’re trying to get to 100 likes before TSW’s Tag Team Warfare event on April 23rd. So help us get some likes.

You can also write for us! Send your submission to 10countblog@gmail.com and we’ll consider putting it up for the entire world to read.

Enjoy this week’s episode with Bareback Jack!

Another Wrestlemania is in the books and, if you’re like us, you’re feeling a little underwhelmed. While we did get Shane O Mac falling 2 stories through an announce table, the inaugural match for the second coming of the WWE Women’s title  (which was easily the match of the night) and the Long Island Broski taking the IC title only to have it taken the next night, there was still something left to be desired – like a good Roman Reigns.

But the moving finger hath writ and having done so moves on. So we’ll follow suit and resolve ourselves to look forward to the next year of wrestling action on the big stage.

But for right now, we’re going to focus smaller scale and get into this week’s episode of the 10 Count Podcast. Our guest this week is one half of the Tri-State Wrestling Tag Team Champions, Patrik Taylor. He’s gonna share some great stories about his life pertaining to wrestling including his pursuit of a better body and the perfect story. He’s also going to talk a little bit about his current status, because he’s out til October thanks to a concussion sustained at the February Proving Grounds event.

Special thanks to Rollek, who allows us to use their music as an opening theme for free. So we pay it forward by asking you to go an download their newest album – which they’re also giving to you for free.

We must also mention that we are listener and fan supported. We do this for free, because we love it and because we love our fans.  So be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and then share those like crazy. We need you to help us grow!

You can also write for us! Send your submission to 10countblog@gmail.com and we’ll consider putting it up for the entire world to read.

Without further ado, here is our interview with Patrik Taylor.

It’s Wrestlemania week! The week when all sports entertainment fans around the world mark out and the rest of the world accommodates us – here’s looking at you Sportscenter.

We had a great kick off on Friday night with NXT Takeover Dallas, and I have to say, the main roster is really going to have to step up to compete. It was a great show and Match of the evening honors go to Shinsuke Nakamura and Sammi Zayn. That was everything you could have ever expected from the debut of the King of Strong Style. Match of the year contender in my opinion.

I guess we should get to the real point here. We’re excited to bring you our third episode of the 10 Count Podcast. This week our guest is the Tri-State Wrestling booking manager/in-ring worker Steven Mitchell a.k.a Zane Arkham.

There are a couple special things I want to make sure we mention. The local indie scene lost one of their biggest fans to cancer on Easter – Eric Marlow. The TSW family will be inducting him into the hall of fame later this year. Until then, please if you have some spare cash, donate and help out with his final expenses.

Also, Steven himself, as you’ll hear in the podcast is dealing with cancer himself. He’s too classy to beg for money, but we’re not. He’s set up a gofundme account for his medical expenses and if you have a little bet extra, go check it out and see if you can help him out a little.

Check out Rollek, and be sure to download their newest album for free.

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