Two things that I learned from this weekend so far

I am doing this and it is about wrestling. So far of this weekend was in favorable for Tim Donst and it had to do with me doing reddit.

What is reddit?

Reddit is a forum that talks about many subjects, including pro wrestling. I did part take in two Ask Me Anything on Reddit within a month and it involved with my two favorite wrestlers, Chris Hero and Tim Donst. About a month ago, I asked Chris about Nick Gage, due to me finding out that Tim Donst would wrestle against Gage and I was wondering if Chris did and he did respond. (Click here to read it.)

I am glad he told me. I did not know who else to turn to. In fact, Chris was right. I found out from Friday night that after Tim Donst beat Nick Gage, Gage attack him. I felt that Gage is a sore loser. However, on Saturday night, it was a different story. Let me go back on Monday night. While everyone was talking about the Monday night thing, I was on Reddit asking Tim Donst about his match against Joe Gacy, when Gacy lost the CZW Wired title at CZW Dojo Wars last Wednesday, Tim was sincere and he wanted to wrestle against Gacy for the CZW Wired title, even though I know that Gacy had to get the title back at the next CZW Dojo Wars. You can see it for yourself. (Click here for part one and part two of the reddit question/answer)

I seen Joe Gacy lose the title to Frankie Pickard on YouTube. But, I read on Twitter on Wednesday night before CZW New Heights that Gacy got the title back at Dojo Wars. With getting the title back and the match set for New Heights, it would be that Gacy would have to deal with a fierce Donst after Donst beat Gage at AIW Absolution Ten. From the fans, it was victory for Donst last night (Despite he cheated and I don't mind). It was for himself because he hasn't wrestled since December, when he won via DQ from Crimson and successfully won the tag team match with the Jollyville Fuck-Its against The Forgotten.

So, from Friday night and last night, beating Nick Gage and Joe Gacy was proven that cancer would not hold Tim Donst down. It makes the fans really happy. It makes him happy. It makes me happy. If you are reading this, you would be happy too. I know it was a promise Tim Donst done in CZW that he said on Reddit to me and it makes me happy.

Plagiarizing Poems...

My friend Valentyna tweeted to warn the poetry community about a twitter user who is plagiarizing poetry.

This is what she tweeted:

I don't condone plagiarizing poems. In fact, I do my own. You can check it out:  http://lindsiestarrpoems.blogspot.com/

Just please do not plagiarize it. This is my poems of my friends, Valentyna, Naomi, Dominique, and our favorite wrestlers. Please do not make me take legal actions. I do own these poems, but, not the names. 

I really make these on my own. It really comes to my mind.

So, please DON'T PLAGIARIZE ANYTHING!

Thank you,

Lindsie Starr

Is EC3 suitable to be TNA World Heavyweight Champion?

Note from Lindsie Starr: If you miss Impact Wrestling last night or will be seeing it this weekend, do not read this. It contain a spoiler.

Last night was really insane, Ethan Carter the 3rd beats Kurt Angle and he's TNA World Heavyweight Champion. I know you are going to say, Lindsie, EC3 is a terrible wrestler! He should not be TNA World Heavyweight Champion!

Sadly, I would agree to it, if I did not know he wrestled against Tim Donst two years ago at AIW Absolution Eight and then again at AIW Hell on Earth Nine. Both men scored a victory in the the shows I named. In fact, you all should know that Michael Hutter (Yes, that's Ethan Carter's real name that he wrestled, I think) is not a bad wrestler at all. In fact, Hutter is finally what he does deserved in TNA then what he did and was when he was in WWE. When I watched Michael Hutter debuting in WWE NXT in 2010 (That a competition show before it became a wrestling show and a brand) as Derrick Bateman, I thought he is a goofy guy who loves America. But, with a few silly storylines, wrestling against Claudio Castagnoli one show and against Chris Hero on another show (just look for Derrick Bateman vs. Antonio Cesaro and Derrick Bateman vs. Kassius Ohno), I felt that WWE made Michael Hutter really stale. WWE released him in 2013.

When Tim Donst followed me on twitter in August of 2013, I end up looking about him and I did came across some videos of him and Michael Hutter as they were going at it at AIW Absolution Eight back in June 2013, I did not expect them wrestling against each other. In fact, when I found a video clip from AIW's YouTube channel, it seems the fans are really were divided between the two men. I did find out that Hutter beat Donst.

During the rest of 2013, I was watching Impact Wrestling and notice a huge promo, I did not know what was going on, until I find out Michael Hutter was debuting in TNA as Ethan, which it was revealed that he was Ethan Carter the 3rd, Dixie Carter's "nephew". It was really kinda annoying since he brags about being Dixie's nephew and he beats wrestlers. Even though he was being a pain, Hutter did return to AIW for Hell on Earth Nine against Tim Donst, but lost. In fact, Michael Hutter did praise Tim Donst, which it was really nice. In my opinion, for someone like Michael Hutter to do that, while being a character in TNA, really make me like him. However, it would be taking time to prove that Ethan Carter is not a awful wrestler, despite doing crazy storylines on tv and on TNA's YouTube Channel, including using Rockstar Spud as his lapdog, wrestling against legends and former TNA talent, and not to mention having a huge hatred for Robbie E on TNA's webshow, The Spin Cycle.

Everything really change for Ethan Carter, when he turned on Rockstar Spud, bring Tyrus as his bodyguard, and not to mention work his way (despite some cheating along the way) to becoming the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Title, which it was hold by Kurt Angle. Even though, he did not get his title shot, until last night was really crazy. Ethan had to wait, due to Rockstar Spud was going for Option C (I call it the Austin Aries rule) and Austin Aries was cashing his Feast or Fired Briefcase at the same time, which Angle accepted both men and defeat about two weeks ago, Ethan did attack Angle and he wanted his title shot, which it brings to us last night.

I was amazed that both men fought real hard, but, sure enough, Ethan Carter got the victory against Kurt Angle. Ethan Carter is the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion.

Of course, the question will remain, is Ethan Carter going to bring the TNA World Heavyweight title to AIW? Only time would tell.

Did I forget that he still wrestles at AIW? Yeah, Michael Hutter still does (as EC3) and he is set to be in a ten man tag team Cleveland Streetfight match, teaming up with Raymond Rowe, Zema Ion, Matt Cross, and Samoa Joe, known as Dudes on TV (Hutter and Ion represent TNA, Rowe represent ROH, Cross represent Lucha Underground, and Joe represent WWE) against Johnny Gargano, Josh Prohibition, Alex Daniels, and Young Bucks, known as Team AIW at AIW Absolution Ten in eight days! That match is really cool!

So, bottom line, despite that he is a heel, Ethan Carter is a suitable TNA World Champion.

You can follow Ethan Carter on twitter, @EthanCarterTNA

Lindsie Starr

Tim Donst: The man, the wrestler, and cat owner...

Well, I want to tell a subject and I am...

I guess I could be in trouble with Nick Gage, but until he beats the 27 year old at Absolute Intense Wrestling Absolution X, he's not the man. Tim Donst is.

You are wondering, Who is Tim Donst?

Mike Hopes also known as Tim Donst, is a 27 year old pro wrestler who is currently wrestling for Absolute Intense Wrestling and will be in Combat Zone Wrestling on July 11th. He used to wrestle for Chikara Pro in 2007 until June of 2013, which it was his last match was against ring announcer Gavin Loudspeaker (Also known as Louden Noxious of Kaiju Big Battel), which Donst lost. Donst has been trained by Mike Quackenbush, Chris Hero, and Skyada. He started his training in 2004 until he debut in Chikara in 2007.

Tim had been in stables like the Order of the Neo-Solar Temple (UltraMantis Black's stable) and Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (Originally formed by Ares, now under the leadership of Jakob Hammermeier) during his time in Chikara. He team up with Hydra while part of the Order of the Neo-Solar Temple and after they both left the stable (They used the name Order of the Neo-Solar Temple when they team up and wrestled against tag teams like Dr. Cube's Posse from Kaiju Big Battel and then they known as the SeaDonsters after they left), because in the storyline, Tim was acting in front of UltraMantis Black in order to get details for Mike Quackenbush. One of the promos I saw on YouTube that Tim Donst was trying to figure out what UltraMantis Black wanted, which, Hydra tries to tell Tim, UltraMantis Black wanted the Eye of Tyr, a talisman that controlled wrestlers.

When Tim went heel in Chikara, he had to get rid of Hydra and then he was back in the Order of the Neo-Solar Temple as Vökoder, a mask man, who no one know who he was, until the November 22nd, 2009 Chikara show (It was the season 8 Chikara Finale entitled, Three-Fisted Tales), which Tim revealed himself as Vökoder (There was a second Vökoder, but that one was never been unmasked, but it was revealed to be the late Larry Sweeney), after he, Ares, Tursas, Pinkie Sanchez (Who returned to BDK sometime last year), Claudio Castagnoli, Sara Del Ray, and Daizee Haze, attack the face wrestlers. Tim ended up becoming the Young Lions Cup holder after beating Player Uno of the Super Smash Brothers in early of 2010. After Ares was out of Bruderschaft des Kreuzes and Claudio was signed to WWE after 2011, Tim was in charge, but, with Jakob Hammermeier, Steve "The Turtle" Weiner, and Veronica Ticklefeather, but, it was referred to as The Nest of Donst, but, when I tweeted to Tim Donst, almost two years ago about his PWI rank, well, I let you see his response (Click here)

Tim got more serious in 2012 in Chikara and refueled a feud against Eddie Kingston and Hallowicked (Pre-Eye of Tyr usage). Tim also won the Torneo Cibernetico in 2012. Also Tim was interviewed and made very uncomfortable to Leonard F. Chikarason. But, in 2013, up to Chikara last show before their hiatus, Tim had a rivially against Gavin Loudspeaker which led a match at Chikara final show of 2013, Aniversario: Never Compromise, which it was a hair vs. hair match. Gavin prevaled to defeat Tim, after Tim was betrayed by Jakob. That match was Tim's last match in Chikara. Tim was seen in Chikara's movie, The Ashes of Chikara, which they done it in video clips before the movie. In Tim's scene, he was working at a furniture store, when Icarus went to see him and tried to convince him to rally to get Chikara to return, but, Tim refused. That was Tim's final appearance in the promotion. Tim tweeted days later that he was no longer would be in Chikara.

Well, that was the Chikara story of Tim's career, now, I tell you about Tim in Absolute Intense Wrestling.

Tim debut in Absolute Intense Wrestling in 2011 and got into matches and feuds, including trying to get a title shot against then Absolute Champion. Johnny Gargano, going up against a stable called NIXON, still feud against Eddie Kingston, and also got into many matches, mostly against Michael Hutter (Also known in TNA Wrestling as Ethan Carter) at Absolution 8 (June 2013) and Hell on Earth 9 (November 2013), Chris Hero at Dead Presidents (December 2013) which I see that match as a downloaded video (I watch it in January 2014) and Tim really got sick that night, Danny Havoc at TGIF (February 2014), Eddie Kingston at Gauntlet for the Gold 9 (March 2014), Alex Shelly at Nothing But A "G" Thang (April 2014), Michael Elgin at Absolution 9 (June 2014), and Josh Alexander at Failure by Design (August 2014).

Tim also capture the Absolution two times, first one in July 2012 against Eric Ryan, Johnny Gargano, and Zema Ion (It was spelled differently according to the AIW website), and Tim's second came at WrestleRager Night 3 (September 2014) as he beat Josh Alexander for the vacated Absolute Title that Michael Elgin vacated the title for a rumor reason was that he was denied back to the United States. Tim also had defended the Absolute Title (second reign) outside of AIW in October 2014 against Matt Tremont and Nokken (He is a pseudo version of Tursas, but no beard and he can really talk and is Jakob Hammerier's right hand man). Tim defended the Absolute Title against Rickey Shane Page, Tyson Dux, and Josh Alexander at Hell on Earth 10 (November 2010) and Crimson at Charge it to the Underhills (December 2014) as a DQ due to Crimson's cohorts, BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs attacking Donst, which Russ Myers and T-Money came to save Tim and turn it into an impromptu six man tag match between The Forgotten (Crimson, Whitmer, and Jacobs) vs. The Jollyville Fuck-Its (Myers and T-Money) and Tim Donst, which Donst and the boys of Jollyville defeated the Forgotten after a combination of maneuvers by the men on Crimson.

But, Tim ended up relinquish the Absolute title in February of 2015 as fans learned why he rushed to the hospital on February 13th, 2015 and was there for five days, plus seeking a second opinion. It was revealed at I Choo-Choo-Choose You, Tim was diagnosed having a tumor on his right kidney. I was in shock and I cried about it. Not only that was told, but, also, wrestlers came to give their support to Tim including Mick Foley, Tommy Dreamer, Kevin Steen (Also known as Kevin Owens in WWE), and Ryan Drago (Also known as Simon Gotch in WWE).

It was revealed on an article done by Pocono Record (A local newspaper) on their website that not only it shown his real name, but, when Tim was schedule to have surgery after a charity variety show that donations go to Children's Cancer Association, with his friend, Jimmy Viola. Tim had surgery and it was successful. It was revealed on another website called Newsworks (A website own by WHYY a local Public Broadcast System Network) which the reporter Maiken Scott for The Pulse (A radio show for WHYY) revealed that Mike Hopes does not need further treatment as the tumor only confide to his kidney. I was glad to hear it. But, it was no word on the return of Stroudsburg's favorite son to wrestling, until it was revealed at the AIW JT Lighting Tournament Night Two last month, after being rudely interrupted by Nick Gage, that Tim Donst is returning to wrestling at AIW Absolution Ten next month.

Even though Tim wrestled at AIW, he wrestled a few WWNLive shows (And I wish to see more of him mostly at Evolve) last year as well as Ring of Honor's Future of Honor show. I know fans are also wanted to see Tim in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla too. But, for now, Tim is also scheduling the next night after AIW Absolution Ten, Tim will be debuting at Combat Zone Wrestling New Heights against CZW Wired Champion, Joe Gacy, which it was planned to take place at CZW Sixteen, but, since Tim having a tumor on his right kidney was going on, the match was on hold, but at CZW Tournament of Death 14, it was revealed by both men that they will go at it at CZW New Heights.

I told you about Tim Donst as the wrestler and the man, but, I did put in my title, cat owner. Yes, besides Tim being nice to his fans, wrestling his opponents, Tim is a cat owner. His cat, Hallowiskers, is a female Calico cat. He named her after his opponent, Hallowicked. I am guessing Tim got Hallowiskers during his feud against Hallowicked in 2012 and she got big when he took a picture of her and post it on Instagram. In fact, Tim has a tee of himself and Hallowiskers on ProWrestlingtees.com.

So, that's it. You can follow Tim Donst on twitter @tdonst. Also check out AIW on twitter for Absolution Ten at @AIWrestling and CZW for New Heights at @CombatZone. Also, want to buy tees of Tim Donst? Go to ProWrestlingtees to see his tees and others! Also, you can ask Tim anything on July 6th on Reddit. Details: (Click here)

Thank you for reading.
Lindsie Starr

I maybe blogging about pro wrestling for Wrestling Heads.

(6/7/2015) As of 2:39am, I, Lindsie Starr, will be blogging for Wrestling Heads. I am going to be sorting this out with Skits, who runs the website with some others. I feel I am betraying some wrestlers I won't mention, but, I don't know.

I maybe going to talk about independent wrestling. I maybe talking about TNA Wrestling. I don't know yet. I will update maybe.

(Update: 6/11/2015) I post my first blog and I will share with you what I said:

Hello Wrestling Heads fans!

My name is Lindsie Starr. I am a pro wrestling fan. I watch mostly TNA Impact Wrestling for the past nine years, but, I used to watch WWE programs for almost 15 years, but sadly, I had to quit due to the storylines were not good and they released my favorite wrestler, who we all know him as Chris Hero. I do have interest of the independent scene and I been followed on twitter by some of the promotions in Illinois, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. I could list who are my favorite wrestlers, but, I will mention some when I am going to give my thoughts about WWE Superstars Goldust and Stardust’s father, Dusty Rhodes, who pass away this morning.

I knew much of Dusty on WWE RAW, since his sons are on the main roster and I learned that he did appear in TNA during the early days before TNA got a TV deal. I am sure that Dusty really love his sons. I remember Dusty was on commentary with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler on RAW back on December 10th, 2007, when his son, Cody (Stardust) team up with Hardcore Holly and going for the WWE World Tag Team Titles that was held by Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. Dusty watched and said about his son, his tag partner, and their opponents. I am sure Dusty was proud of Cody, since Cody and Holly won that night.

I read about Dusty ended up working with NXT talents before his passing. From Chris Hero (Who is in Japan for Pro Wrestling NOAH tour entitled Mitsuharu Misawa Memorial Tour) tweeted (Who was in WWE for 22 months):

Wow. At a loss. Dream was always great to me & I’ll forever cherish the time I was fortunate to have spent listening to him. RIP.

Also, WWE Champion Seth Rollins tweeted with a photo of him, Dusty, and Triple H the night he was crowned as the first WWE NXT Champion.

I do remember watching an episode of WWE NXT when then US Champion, (Antonio) Cesaro (Better known as his real name Claudio Castagnoli) wanted to wrestle against then WWE Champion, Alberto Del Rio (Now Alberto El Patreon), but, Dusty came out and mistakenly said that Cesaro was from Sweden before Cesaro said he was from Switzerland. The cameraman showed Cesaro’s face and he was mad, before Dusty revealed that Cesaro would be wrestling against then WWE NXT Champion, Big E.

We will miss you Dusty! Thank you for being so kind to Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli and rest in peace “American Dream”!

Lindsie Starr

Follow me on twitter: @MsLindsieStarr

Thanks,

Lindsie

Smash Wrestling charity event

So, today Smash Wrestling is going to give wrestlers to go up against the Indy legend, Chris Hero. Why? Oh it's a charity. We the fans raise $3315CAD (or roughly $2663.83USD as what Google currency converter says) and Chris Hero will be wrestling for three hours for charity. It will go to ALS of Canada. If you know about Chris Hero's wrestling career, you recall that Chris wrestle for 93 minutes (or 1 1/2 hours plus three minutes for you want to be more serious) at IWA Mid-South against CM Punk (here comes the boos!) for the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight title. Actually you can see the match!




Yes, that's from IWA Mid-South's YouTube channel. As you know Chris was way different 12 years ago to now. I will say ring gear is one, but, look at his face and hair. If you are a woman like me, you will get it.

I know Chris can do it! :)

Lindsie Starr

Follow me on twitter: @MsLindsieStarr
Follow Chris on twitter: @TheChrisHero
Follow Smash Wrestling: @smashwrestling

Nick Gage has made a huge mistake going after Tim Donst (DONST RETURNS TO ABSOLUTION)

I was in shock Saturday night. I was not hoping it was going to be true. But, it is. I was on twitter and see this tweet:

IM BACK! Nick Gage VS Tim Donst AIW #Abso10 #iamwrestling

— Tim Donst (@tdonst) May 24, 2015

 I was in shock. My mind comes up thinking, Nick Gage made a huge mistake going after Tim Donst.

But, I had to know, what cause this match to happen. Well from what I can tell from fan, Reece Theberge in his blog entry of what went down Saturday night at AIW JT Lightning Tournament:

Then came the JT Lightning Memorial Tournament this weekend. I was happy to see Donst at the commentary station, seeing a possible future of his as a commentator should he retire. I sat in front of the booth for all the matches on the second day, and hearing his commentary was cool and funny as hell (Do not skip the first match on the upcoming GNO 15 DVD. The commentary by Donst makes it. #LikeAWreckingBall). After intermission, he requested mic time from Pedro De Luca and entered the ring, thanking everyone for the support. He said that if he were to retire today, he would have been happy, being able to be in the BDK, a two time champ, etc. But then Nick Gage (who is terrifyingly jacked) came out and told Donst to shut up and said that he was the man, not Tim. But then Tim dropped the bombshell and announced he is not retiring and is now cleared to wrestle and will beat Gage’s ass at Absolution.

 Well, it seems that who is the better man, Nick Gage or Tim Donst will be settled at Absolution 10 on July 10th. Follow AIW on twitter for tickets and information.

Follow everyone on twitter:

AIW: https://twitter.com/aiwrestling
Reece Theberge: https://twitter.com/RVDinator
Tim Donst: https://twitter.com/tdonst
Me: https://twitter.com/MsLindsieStarr

Lindsie Starr