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Here are quick results of APW's "Gym Warz" show from
the APW Garage in Hayward, Ca. held on Friday June 7th as
reported by APW Senior Media Editor Jeremy "Jermz" Medeiros:

Another fantastic show put on by APW last night at the
world famous APW Garage in Hayward, Ca. This show was tons
of fun, and had a little bit of everything in it. The
crowd was very hot, and the action in the ring was even
hotter! Here are the quick results and some thoughts on
each match...

In a pair of Amateur Showcase matches, Mike Thornton
defeated David Agate and Jameil Hemphill defeated Vince
Shipman. Shipman & Hemphill have been in the amateur
matches for the past few months now, and are really looking
good in there. Remember the names, because they may be the
next pro's to come out of the Boot Camp.

-"The Bomb" Robert Thompson (with Nikki) vs. "Mr.
Personality" JoJo Fantastico
This was an excellent match! JoJo had most of the
crowd behind him (except myself...who will ALWAYS be a
Bomber mark) :P Robert taught the rookie a lesson though,
as he wiped up the ring with Mr. Personality. JoJo has a
ton of charisma, and you can't help but love the guy. His
ring enterance, his dancing, his facial expressions and
just the way he carries himself is priceless. JoJo is
definately a crowd favorite.
Great Gym Warz Moment Of The Night # 1: Thompson
makes one of JoJo's most vocal "cheerleaders" from the
audience, stand in the corner with Nikki, and cheer for
JoJo. Thompson literally forced the guy to get out of his
seat and become JoJo's official cheerleader for the rest of
the match. The guy did a good job too, and was a really
good sport about it. Very funny moment.
In the end, Thompson forced Fantastico to submit to a
camel clutch submission hold. Bomber is the man!

WINNER: Robert Thompson ( * * * )

-Larry Blackwell vs. James Watkins
Before the match, Blackwell explained that he was
upset about losing his Universal Title Match against Robert
Thompson in DeAnza, and blamed it on James Watkins not
being able to watch his back. Blackwell asked for this
match, to test Watkins and see if he is still worthy of
being his partner.
The match was pretty good, and had a little more
wrestling than you would think from these two bruisers.
These are two mean dudes who just battled it out for a good
8 to 10 minutes. At one point in the match, they began
slugging it out...back and forth...until referee Max
Marquez got in the way and got nailed by both men. Marquez
called for the bell and declared the match a double
disqualification. Blackwell told Watkins that he has
proven he is tough enough to be his partner, and the two of
them raised each others hand, and left the ring to the
boo's from the fans.

WINNER: Double Disqualification ( * * 1/2)

Great Gym Warz Moment Of The Night # 2: While the beautiful
ring announcer for the night, Mistress Betty, was filling
time between matches, she called some kids to the ring for
a dance contest. This led to some big clunky Dustin Rhodes
lookin' guy from the crowd who got in the ring and busted
out a few dance moves of his own (if you can call them
dance moves ;P Anyway, this led to JoJo Fantastico making
an appearance and showing the audience member how it's
really done! JoJo danced for a minute, and this led to
ROBERT THOMPSON coming to the ring, looking totally
disgusted that JoJo was dancing in "his ring"! But JoJo
got lucky, and Robert must have been in a good mood,
because instead of knocking JoJo's lights out...he asked
JoJo to show him how to do the JoJo Dance! It was
hilarious!!! Just a very funny moment that I thought I
should share with everyone. Robert's dancing gets 4.5
stars!

-Bobby Quance vs. James Choi
This was a match that I was really looking forward to
seeing, and I was not disappointed one bit. What a great
high-energy match this was. It came complete with all of
the jaw-dropping excitement that you would expect from
these two. If you haven't seen James Choi yet, you are
missing something...and if you haven't seen Quance yet, you
are REALLY missing something. Quance is good enough to
work the 2002 KOI, and Choi looks like he may be ready for
2003 edition. I am predicting Choi to be a big star in
indy wrestling. He has a great look & good body, excellent
facial expressions & selling and he's got tons of talent.
This match is one that I hope APW decides to put up on the
internet, because fans need to see these two work
together. Choi has a cool handspring-elbow and a nice spin-
kick...while Quance can mat wrestle, high-fly and toss just
about any kind of suplex in the book (even some that I have
never seen before). When this great match was all said and
done, it was Quance coming out on top after his Shooting
(5)-Star Press for the pinfall victory.

WINNER: Bobby Quance ( * * * 1/2)

-"Kamikaze Kid" Jardi Frantz vs. Kafu
Pretty good match by these two, continuing the trend
of the night; very solid one-on-one matches. Nothing
spectacular, and not the best either guy has done, but
still a very nice little match. Kafu might have the
hardest chops the Garage has seen since Jason Clay tore the
place up 5 years ago. Jardi did a lot less high-flying
than we are used to seeing him do, but still worked nicely
on the mat. Jardi is getting very good all-around, and is
just polishing his skills now. He can put together the
craziest high-flying stuntshow you have ever seen, and blow
you away with high-spots galore...then he will turn around
the next night and put on a mat wrestling clinic. His
psychology work is improving as well. Kafu is loved at Gym
Warz already, as his t-shirts look to be hot selling items
(I usually see a few of them being worn at every show).
The end of the match came after Jardi hit his super
cool 450-splash to get the victory over the popular Kafu.

WINNER: Jardi Frantz ( * * )

-Nikki vs. Melissa
I was excited seeing these two in the main event of
the night. APW's first all-girl main event since Gina &
Brenda's catfight in 1997...and that is a far cry from what
we saw last night from Melissa & Nikki. No hair pulling,
no eye gouging and no lesbian kisses this time...just pure
wrestling. They started off slowly trying to get a feel
for each other, working into a fast paced exciting ending.
Melissa is still the far better wrestler, but that doesn't
mean that Nikki isn't getting pretty good as well. We may
be blessed to have two of the best women in US Indy
wrestling today. Melissa nailed an awesome spear that
popped the crowd. She is going to be a huge hit overseas.
Melissa ended up winning with a roll-up on Nikki after a
very good match.

WINNER: Melissa ( * * * )

*Farewell To Melissa...
After the match, APW Officials Jason Deadrich, Doug
Anderson & Gabe Ramirez got into the ring and made the
announcement that this would be Melissa's final match with
APW, as she was going to Japan to work for ARSION. Melissa
would be teaming up with MTV Tough Enough's Taylor during
her time overseas. It was a very emotional moment, as the
APW fans gave Melissa a standing ovation, and tossed
confetti and streamers into the ring (Japanese style) :)
All the wrestlers came to the ring to wish Melissa well and
give her a proper sendoff. Head Camp Instructor Robert
Thompson told Melissa how proud he is that she is going to
Japan, and how proud he is that he (and American Dragon)
played a part in training her and helping her prepare for
her Japanese tour. The night ended when Melissa was
presented with a plaque signed by all of the APW wrestlers,
and hoisted onto the shoulders of some of the wrestlers
while the fans let out a huge "APW" chant.
Good luck Melissa, we will miss you in APW, but
everyone is so proud of everything you have accomplished.
You will always be a part of the APW family. Good luck in
ARSION!!!

Credit: Jeremy Medeiros