When Empire State Wrestling returns to its traditional stomping grounds in Niagara Falls this Friday, it will do so in a groundbreaking fashion with 1 FALL!.
“Bringing in the best talent to the Buffalo area is one of my biggest priorities,” said ESW promoter Brett Stymus. “And I think we hit the nail on the head with this tag match considering the amount of buzz surrounding it.”
Price and Oliver previously wrestled in singles matches at ESW events, but this will be the first time they tagged together at ESW. The last time they each wrestled in an ESW ring was in May 2024 when both partners took part in a six-way scramble match.
Empire State Wrestling presents 1 FALL
This will be Miracle Generation’s first match in ESW since 2023, when they took on CXR. Since then, they wrestled for promotions like GCW, Deadlock Pro, Beyond Wrestling, and Ring of Honor.
Another noteworthy match is a special 2 Belts, 1 Fall match. ESW Heavyweight Champion “Invincible” Vince Valor and ESW Women’s Champion “Courageous” Christina Marie will team together against The Production – Katie Arquette and Derek Dillinger. Whichever team scores the win goes home with all the gold.
The match came about after The Production jumped Valor recently. You can watch it here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19c1mRzDGH/ This came about after Valor successfully defended the belt against Dillinger in July.
Thus Arquette’s last match in ESW was in May 2024 when she took part in a 4-way scramble to determine the first ever ESW Women’s Champion – which was won by Marie.
In Marie’s latest ESW bout, she successfully defended the title against TNA Wrestling star “Wild Child” Jody Threat.
Another match with title implications is a scramble match to determine the new No. 1 Contender for the ESW Interstate Championship.
This 5-way bout will feature “The Shot” Cal Keaton, Brennen The First, “Red Hot” Vinnie Moon, “V Guy” Vaughn Vertigo, and “Wallless” Adam Wacker.
Keaton, Moon, Brennen and Wacker all took part in the Everything To Gaine Rumble in July, with Moon doing double duty challenging for the ESW Tag Team Champions To Infinity & Beyond with his partner Will Calrissian. At the same event, Vertigo made his ESW debut, scoring an impressive victory over Mexican star Arez.
The bad blood between “Ya Boy” Matt McCoy and “The Native Wolf” Groff will boil over on Friday when they take part in a street fight.
The two squared off in July with the match ending in McCoy being disqualified for using a chain. Groff’s manager “Agent of Chaos” Brian DeVille spoke about the upcoming match here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/176NkYKvMr/
NWA’s Spencer Slade is scheduled to compete at 1 FALL! The former ESW Interstate Champion was set to issue an open challenge but it was immediately answered by “Hardcore” Channing Decker. You can see how it went down in this video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1JT4aQJ1W7/
Slade beat “Blue Thunder” Jay Freddie at his last ESW match in May. Meanwhile, Decker faced off against GCW star Atticus Cogar on the same night.
In singles action, “The Unstoppable Force” Jeremiah Richter will face Calrissian. Both competitors wrestled mainly in the tag team division recently with RIchter’s last ESW action involved tagging with Edge of Hope stablemate Darren Crowe in a 4-way tag match in May which Calrissian was also a part of.
Richter had a lot of things to say in this video about the upcoming bout: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/12Lqqt4VGj4/
Several other wrestlers are scheduled to appear including ESW Intestate Champion “The Holy Hand Grenade” James Sayga, 2025 ETG Rumble winner “Big League” John McChesney and Puf who made his shocking return to ESW in July.
On top of the in-ring action, ESW will also host a non-perishable food drive for The Little Free Pantry: North Tonawanda. Anyone that brings a non-perishable food or grocery donation will be entered into a drawing for an autographed 1 Fall! 8×10 photo.
Front row tickets are sold out, but second row and general admission seats are still available at ESWTIX.com. Ticket prices rise by $5 at the door. The official 1 FALL! After Party will be held at Mooney’s in Tonawanda.
