The Top Wrestlers in San Antonio

As with last year, the San Antonio Independent Wrestling Scene will present end-of year recognition for the Promotions, Wrestlers and other Workers who entertained the fans in San Antonio during the year 2008. In late December, fans will be encouraged to vote for their favorite wrestlers. Any wrestler appearing on any independent show in Bexar County will be eligible for the title of “San Antonio’s Top Wrestler.” To assist in voting, the Scene will recognize all wrestlers confirmed to have worked on 10 or more shows in Bexar County.

The list for 2008 is shaping up to be quite different than last year as Anarchy Championship Wrestling, which presented over 30 shows in San Antonio in 2007 has cut back their shows and is splitting time in Austin, will only run 7 San Antonio shows during 2008. River City Wrestling also will run significantly fewer shows in 2008 than they did in 2007. With SCW running mostly outside Bexar County (The Adkins shows are the only in-county shows) and TWE continuing to run shows both in and out of the county, many wrestlers who might be considered to be among the best working in Texas have found themselves working fewer shows in Bexar County without actually cutting back on their overall workload.

The shows which run in San Antonio more often, i.e. TWA, MAW, PWI, IPW, W4CW and TnT tend to use talent who live and work primarily in the South Texas area. This is not to imply anything about the level of talent of these workers, merely to point out that fewer North Texas and out-of-state wrestlers are likely to earn recognition for having worked 10 or more shows in Bexar County during 2008.

That being said, so far, through the end of September, the San Antonio Independent Wrestling Scene has been able to confirm the following wrestlers as having worked 10 or more shows during 2008. I have missed several shows and have not always been able to get results from every show, so if you believe any wrestler not listed has worked the requisite number of shows, please contact me (bayou_926@hotmail.com) with the information. The list is in alphabetical order. Thank you all for everything you have done to entertain San Antonio wrestling fans.

ACH
Quinten Allen
Mr. B
Chief Battu
Big Dogg
Black & White
Berry Breeze
Brindis del Aire
"Cowboy" James Claxton
Cobra
Dick Dallas
Andy Dalton
"One Man" Mike Dell
Devorador
Don Juan
Dragon X
Rory Fox
Gabe the Babe
"New Style" Ben Galvan
"Lunar Eclipse" Junior Garza
Gato Diabolico
"Dynamite" Danny Gee
Rudy Boy Gonzalez
el Ilegal
"Mad Dog" Ken Johnson
Ryan Johnston
Rey Lancer
el Latino
Lemus II
Chris Marval
Rocky Morocco
Mr. Muerte
Piloto Suicida
Chino Reyes
Mr. Right
Ronnie the Red
Rudy Russo
The Great Ryu
Sicodelico Jr.
Skitzo
Joey Spector
"Mr. Showtime" Scot Summers
Texas Renegade
Brett Thunder
Vince Vile
Mark Von Erich
CJ Xavier