Message #8531

[Joseph_D]

Change of plans!

The APW World Wide Internet Championship Return Match between the Champion, "Double D" Dave Dutra and challenger, "Out of Control" Matt Carlos, has been changed due to an injunction filed by "The British Messiah" Timothy Thatcher.

Claiming that he was not awarded his opportunity at the Internet title as per the return clause in his contract, All Pro Wrestling has spent the better part of a week in discussion with Thatcher's lawyers.

This is not the first time that Thatcher has used lawyers to get his way. A few months back after losing the Internet title to Mr. Wrestling #4, the title was awarded back to Thatcher due to the interference of the referee, Shane "OMEGA" Patterson. Since then, Thatcher has lost the title to Dave Dutra. Matt Carlos, who won the 2010 "Pick The Winner" Battle Royal, was awarded an automatic opportunity to challenge for the Internet title. Last month at Gym Wars, he went one-on-one with Dutra, and nearly had won the title before slipping from the top turnbuckle and injuring his ankle during an apparent high-risk maneuver, causing the match to end in a time-limit draw. The match drew praise from APW fans as well as many others as an early Match-of-the-Year candidate, and because of this, All Pro Wrestling booked the two to face off once again.

Now, because of the injunction filed by Thatcher, the match has been rebooked by APW Commissioner J.J. Perez as a Triple-Threat Elimination Match: "Double D" Dave Dutra to defend the APW World Wide Internet Championship against BOTH "Out of Control" Matt Carlos and "The British Messiah" Timothy Thatcher!

These matches are rare in APW, and immediately drew comparisons with one of the all time classic matches: A Three-Way Dance between Erin O' Grady (a.k.a. Crash Holly), Chris Cole, and Donovan Morgan for the APW Light Heavyweight Championship on June 7, 1997.

The first match between Dutra and Carlos has been regarded as an Instant Classic, and with Timothy Thatcher now in the mix, will this match live up to expectations?

Don't forget, there is also the battle between two former APW Universal Heavyweight Champions, as Dylan Drake will take on "The Boss" Derek Sanders, and much more still to come!



Triple-Threat Elimination Match
APW World Wide Internet Championship
"The British Messiah" Timothy Thatcher  vs.
"Out of Control" Matt Carlos  vs. 
APW World Wide Internet Champion "Double D" Dave Dutra



Singles Match
Dylan Drake  vs.  "The Boss" Derek Sanders



Also Scheduled to Appear:
APW Universal Heavyweight Champion Malachi
Jeckles The Jester with Freckles
The Reno SCUM  ("Rock Legend Scum" Adam Thornstowe  &  Luster The Legend)
Late Night Prime Time  ("Wrestling Personified" Rik Luxury  &  "Mr. Prime Time" MPT) w/ Markus Mac
"The Nice Guy" Vinny Massaro
"The Mountain from Stone Mountain" Larry Blackwell w/ Matthew Theall
"Big Country" Jody Kristofferson
"The Hangman" Dalton Frost
OMEGA
Corvus
Mr. Wrestling #4
Vennis DeMarco
Tyson Thompson
...and So Much More!



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