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Awesome Championship Wrestling (ACW) will return to nan MJN Center successful Poughkeepsie, New York, for its Reckoning arena connected Saturday nighttime successful what’s expected to beryllium a star-studded affair.
Recognizable names successful pro wrestling for illustration IWGP world heavyweight champion Andrade, NWA world historical middleweight champion Flip Gordon, ACW women’s champion Steph De Lander, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) prima Indi Hartwell, Major League Wrestling (MLW) Lady Frost arsenic good arsenic apical names connected nan independent segment for illustration Richard Holliday and Ben Bishop will each beryllium featured connected nan card.
The ACW tag squad champions will besides beryllium among those competing astatine nan event. Vik Dalishus and Hale Collins, nan duo known arsenic The Now, will take sides nan titles successful a alloy cage lucifer against Sent 2 Slaughter – nan squad made up of Danny Maff and Shawn Donovan.
Vik Dalishus and Hale Collins make their measurement down nan ramp for an Awesome Championship Wrestling match. (Jay Adam Photography)
Dalishus and Collins dream to extremity their feud pinch Sent 2 Slaughter.
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"Guys we’ve had to woody pinch successful nan past twelvemonth and a half and our feud has really extended extracurricular of ACW," Dalishus said. "We’ve feuded successful respective different promotions each passim nan Northeast."
Dalishus added that Maff and Donovan collapsed his wedding, turning up nan somesthesia connected nan feud.
"And they’re each bitter because we stole, well, we won their tag titles astatine WrestlePro," Collins said, adding that their tag squad opponents moreover collapsed his Hall of Fame ceremonial astatine Johnny Rodz’s wrestling school.
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"It’s a very individual rivalry. They really collapsed my wedding," Dalishus continued. "They showed up unannounced. They’ve made it very individual and we’ve responded accordingly. The very first clip we were successful a alloy cage pinch them, they had our head (Josh Shernoff) successful their backmost pocket.
"He really turned connected america … What this alloy cage is really each astir is redemption to correct nan incorrect that happened to america past clip we were successful a cage. We’ve said this was going to beryllium nan last section – whoever wins, wins, and whoever loses, that’s it."
Hale Collins, left, and Vik Dalishus locomotion pinch nan Awesome Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship. (Smoothlenz photography)
Dalishus and Collins are nan promoters down ACW, which has drawn precocious praise from wrestlers who competed successful their events. They stressed why having a spot for illustration nan MJN Center is simply a captious constituent of nan promotion’s success.
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Dalishus recalled going to tapings of WWE's "Monday Night Raw" successful nan 1990s and watching a Sensational Sherry and Luna Vachon spell astatine each different arsenic good arsenic Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore getting started successful nan building.
"That building and our careers and our lives person really intertwined successful nan craziest measurement and we’re very fortunate that Awesome Championship Wrestling has been this point that has kinda caught connected successful this area and really been nan adjacent activity of master wrestling. The WWF and nan WWE coming present successful nan 70s, 80s and 90s and past ECW and past location was immoderate section independent wrestling that was moving nan building trying to do a bully occupation pinch providing large stars successful nan area but location was a existent large spread successful nan past fewer years pinch pro wrestling and bringing TV stars into this area.
Hale Collins, left, and Vik Dalishus airs for a photo. (Lifelumens - Edward-Daniel Simons Jr.)
"NXT had tally nan building, TNA had tally nan building a fewer times and nan crowds were a small spot underwhelming and we knew erstwhile we were going to commencement Awesome Championship Wrestling that we wanted to do thing a small spot different but besides cater to each of nan wrestling fans – supply thing for everyone."
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As ACW has been credited pinch being conscionable supra a regular independent promotion pinch its lighting, camera activity and professionalism backstage, Collins and Dalishus highlighted nan awesome maturation they’ve made since their first show successful January 2025.
"The first show, we almost mislaid our butts, and past we had a awesome locomotion up," Collins told Fox News Digital. "It was almost for illustration nan movie ‘Field of Dreams’ – ‘if you build it, it will come.’ All of a sudden, 2, 3, 400 group walked up and it was awesome. Ever since then, we’re going day-by-day, but we person goals successful mind."
Dalishus said they’ve been "really smart" pinch really they’ve taken nan basal steps to get much eyes connected their shows, including pinch a YouTube show that showcases its past matches and highlights upcoming events.
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The Now bring nan symptom successful Awesome Championship Wrestling. (Smoothlenz photography)
"Who knows wherever it tin really go? The thought for america is to thrust this roller coaster for arsenic agelong arsenic we tin and spot what happens," Dalishus said. "Does it go a marque that starts to circuit astir nan country? We dream so. We dream that it’s thing that we’re capable to do and we’re capable to return ACW to different markets. Right now, nan point we’ve been capable to leverage is that nan building here, nan MJN Center, is successful business pinch america and that we’ve been capable to really turn pinch a partner that’s wanting to spot america win conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic they want to spot success. So, it becomes a large consequence to commencement walking extracurricular of this location area because of nan things we’ve been capable to leverage pinch our friends and our business connections and our partnerships that we have.
"We spent a batch of clip successful nan past twelvemonth surrounding ourselves pinch immoderate of nan group that we’ve known passim our clip successful wrestling that we trust, that are really awesome minds for pro wrestling and that they’re guys who bring thing to nan array that will thief america turn astatine a large rate. Being capable to return this point connected nan roadworthy would beryllium thing that I’d really for illustration to spot america do."
Collins added that going connected nan roadworthy was "definitely a goal."
"Everything we do, moreover if it’s thing elemental for illustration getting nan apron branded, that’s nan goal. The branding is beautiful bully correct now truthful let’s spell to nan adjacent goal. Now, we tin return nan show, put it successful different building, but it’ll still look for illustration ACW. We’re reasoning of each facet and being observant arsenic we do. As of correct now, I deliberation we’re connected to thing really cool and immoderate we take, we put it backmost into nan company."
Reckoning will return spot Saturday nighttime and will see "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Mike Bell’s inductions into nan MJN Center’s Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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The last paper looks for illustration this:
Brian Cage vs. Hammerstone vs. Flip Gordon vs. Mance Warner vs. a enigma force erstwhile world champion successful a five-way endurance lucifer to go nan No. 1 contender for nan ACW National Championship.
Zack Clayton (c) vs. Dante "El Jaguar" Casanova for nan AEW National Championship.
"Big Trouble" Ben Bishop vs. "Firework" Foxx Vinyer.
Leo Sparrow (c) vs. The Phoenix GKM vs. Liamo successful a triple-threat lucifer for nan AEW Cruiserweight Championship.
Steph De Lander and Indi Hartwell vs. Vicious Vicki and Lady Frost.
Vincent and Dutch (The Righteous) vs. Yoscifer (w/Shir’rak) and Wrecking Ball Legursky.
Andrade vs. Richard Holliday.
Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
