End of Month Thoughts and Rankings

As recently as one year ago, the San Antonio wrestling landscape was pretty barren. Several promotions had shut down, leaving only ETW to put on small shows in front of only a couple dozen avid fans. This last month is indicative of the phenomenal growth seen in one year’s time.

During April, the San Antonio area (including Devine, Texas) saw 5 different promotions present 8 wrestling cards. In all, 65 different wrestlers competed in the 46 matches at the 8 shows. Congratulations should go out to all the wrestlers as well as the Promoters for making April the most successful wrestling in San Antonio in recent memory. Hundreds, probably even thousands of fans enjoyed the product of your efforts.

Local Wrestlers achieved national success as RCW Champion Hotstuff Hernandez returned to TNA TV as a member of the LAX and TWE TV Champion Milano Collection AT made it to the Semi-Finals of the prestigious ECWA Super 8 Tournament.

New Champions were crowned during the month. Darin Childs (technically in March) won the ACW Texas Title. Child’s partner Jacob Ladder won the AWE Heavyweight Championship. PWE named two new singles champions in one night. Mad Dog Ken Johnson is the new Heavyweight Champion and Ricky Rhodes the new US Champion. Johnny Rage won the Southern Thunder Heavyweight Title in his hometown of Devine. TWE filled their vacant Tag Titles with the team of Hector Navarro and Skitzo, despite the fact that Brett Thunder started the match as Skitzo’s partner instead of Navarro.

Perhaps the biggest news of the month is the announcement by River City Wrestling that TNA’s Latin American Xchange (LAX) – Konnan, Homicide & Hotstuff Hernandez, will be headlining a show in May. With 8 different cards scheduled for May, the month may actually surpass April for San Antonio fans.

Rudy Russo Wrestler of the Month

With matches on four of the cards presented in San Antonio during the month, not counting his match in Devine (matches outside the city limits do not count in these rankings,) “Mr. Beautiful” Rudy Russo is the wrestler of the month for April. Rudy’s 13 points barely beat Mad Dog Ken Johnson who earned 12 points for his two matches in which he won and successfully defended the PWE Heavyweight Title.
Russo’s work ethic is well known throughout Texas and he is respected for his willingness to travel anywhere for a fight. Although not the biggest competitor on the card, he is probably the most memorable in his ability to get a reaction from the crowd the moment he walks through the curtain. Congratulations Rudy…. Beautiful!

13 Rudy Russo
12 Mad Dog Ken Johnson
10 Ikaika
10 Don Juan
10 Ricky Rhodes
10 One Man Mike Dell
9 Jacob Ladder
9 Darin Childs
9 Johnny Ender
8 Hector Navarro
8 Skitzo
8 Bull Harley
8 Ryu
8 Tito Sanchez
8 “Titan” Quinten Allen
7 Milano Collection AT
7 Hotstuff Hernandez
7 Spector
7 Bigg Dogg
7 Fast Eddie Vegas
7 Chris Marval
7 Andrew Dalton
7 J.T. LaMotta
7 Vega
7 Tommy Gunn
6 Texas Renegade
6 Johnny Rage
6 Martin Styles
6 Mojo
6 El Latino
6 Brett Thunder
6 Virus
6 Dragon X
6 Crazy Jimmy
5 Prince
5 Cowboy James Claxton
4 Kris Kronie
4 Jared Steele
4 Showtime Summers
4 Raiden
3 Rudy Boy Gonzalez
3 Vicki
3 Nathan Sin
3 Tesla
3 Chris Cody
3 Rumble
2 Cobra
2 Spiro
2 Wind Walker
2 Logan Hallowmass
2 Joseph Hallowmass
2 Azteca de Oro
2 Rayo de Plata
2 Crusader Pop’N
2 Crusader Lock
2 Simply Luscious
2 Bulldozer Graham
2 Convict
2 Ozzy Manson
2 Berry


Wrestlers receive 1 point each for: Appearing at a card
Appearing in a match
Winning the match
If the match is a main event
If the match is for a title
Starting the night with the title
Ending the night with the title

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