Premier Cup Qualifying Matches This THURSDAY!!

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For Immediate Release

May 2nd 2005

Premier Cup Qualifying Matches This Week! Five Superstars Join Sabin & Red at X-Raided!

Winnipeg, Mb - Premier Championship Wrestling this week announced the qualifying matches to determine participants for Premier Cup 2005: X-Raided! The qualifying matches will occure this Thursday night at
Manitoba's home of wrestling, The LID Nightclub!

Five matches are scheduled to take place with the winners moving on to the eight man, one night Premier Cup Tournament on June 2nd 2005! Already seeded in the tourney are two former X-Division Champions 'The
Future' Chris Sabin and The Amazing Red. The winners of this week's five qualifying matches will join Sabin & Red to fill all but one spot in the tournament.

The final wildcard spot will be filled by a Premier Rumble on May 26th, giving all interested parties an equal opportunity to qualify for Canada's most prestigious sports entertainment tournament!

It is important to note that no titles will be on the line during the qualifying matches this week! There will be no defensive posturing, only straight forward, outstanding offensive athleticism as ten deserving superstars battle for the five precious spots!

The qualifying matches are as follows:

Rawskillz vs Cisco Satanico

These two competitors are very familear with each other having recently battled over the PCW Tag Team Championship held by Skillz and 'Vicious' Donny Dicaprio. For that series of matches, Cisco enlisted the help of Kenny Omega and may have learned a few things about his qualifying match opponant as Omega and Skillz were former partners.

Young and exciting, Cisco's most glaring negative might be his daredevil move set and stubborn desire to compete. He has been wrestling with injured ribs for weeks and has never taken a backwards step, refusing to lose an opportunity to be in the Premier Cup! This
weeks match represents the greatest opportunity in Cisco's short career.

Rawskillz has been the most decorated man in PCW history. He's a three-time former Junior Champion, two-time former Tag Team Champion and former Heavyweight Champion. He was victorious just last week in an intense six man elimination tag match, pinning Cisco to win the contest.

This match will simply come down to youthful exuberance versus technical expertise. And don't discount the support Skillz may receive from his Elite Squad co-horts, though they are all in qualifying matches themselves and may be eyeing their own best
interests over that of the team.

Antonio Scorpio Jr vs 'Diehard' Greg Romijn

There may not be a more popular wrestler in Manitoba right now then Greg Romijn. Long considered the heart & soul of PCW, this charismatic brawler has spent the last several weeks defending his friends in different circumstances. He came to the aid of Pete Chee when he was victimized by Moses Luke and accepted the challenge of the big man when he dared suggest PCW wrestlers were not on par with his talent. Last week, he saved long time friend Cisco Satanico from a vicious attack at the hands of the Tag Sciences Faculty.

Recent weeks have proved Romijn is not just a good friend and loyal PCW professional, but a talented wrestler as he has put together an impressive series of victories. While his style may not be closely associated with that of Premier Cup participants Chris Sabin and The Amazing Red, Romijn's heart and desire make him a formidable threat.

Antonio Scorpio Jr has achieved more then most in a short period of time. Trained by the current Heavyweight Champion, Scorpio severed ties with his mentor in violent fashion and sought to cement his own
legacy. Currently the PCW Canadian Champion, Scorpio is no stranger to high profile matches. Aligning himself with the veteran Robby Royce and the Elite Squad in recent weeks can only add to his growing wealth of knowledge as he continues to impress observers with his technical and submission skills.

While posessing great talent, Scorpio is still young and prone to bursts of rage. He has been known to abandon his gameplan and resort to brawling. Romijn may be able to incite the Canadian Champion into
fighting his kind of match. In that case, Romijn, who has to be considered the people's choice, may become the dark horse favourite in the Premier Cup and shock the world!

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'Priceless' Chad Tatum vs Chris Raine

Chris Raine can best be described as a huge question mark heading into this match. Coming off perhaps his most successful year in the business, where he was PCW Tag Team Champion for several months setting a record for longevity in the process, he has all but
disappeared from the wrestling scene. Suspiciously absent from several live events, Raine was suspended by PCW's Director of Authority but is now cleared to compete. Speculation is his sudden departure could be related to the serious knee injury suffered in February, but there is little information concerning his medical
status.

One of the most hated men in the business just a year ago, Raine's hard work began to garner appreciation from the fans and he quickly became one of the most popular superstars in PCW. With the Premier Cup considered a showcase for the best and brightest of North America's young prospects, Raine could be a lock for success.

'Priceless' Chad Tatum is most known for his work in tag teams, yet his greatest acomplishment came as a singles competitor when he defeated former Assisted Suicide partner Rawskillz for the PCW Junior Heavyweight Championship. While he holds the dubious distinction of having the shortest championship reign in PCW history, Tatum knows what it feels like to experience singles glory and big match pressure.

Perhaps Tatum's greatest asset is his ability to adapt. After a long and successful stint in Assisted Suicide, Tatum moved on to join MVP - one of Canadian wrestling's most infamous cliques. After a brief retirement, Tatum re-entered the spotlight with Mike Angels, forming a punishing tag team - the Tag Sciences Faculty. Though there appeared to be some disention among the partners last week, it is believed Tatum will have Angels in his corner for this career match. One has
to wonder, however, if Angels will support his partner's singles aspirations should he advance to the Premier Cup tournament.

'Showtime' Robby Royce vs 'Vicious' Donny Dicaprio

This match has all the drama and intrique one can imagaine. For weeks, Robby Royce has been stalking Mentallo and the PCW Heavyweight
Championship while prematurely declaring himself the eventual Premier Cup Champion! His arrogence has known no bounds as he spewed egotistical venom at everyone from Mentallo to Kenny Omega to Chris
Raine and many others. Royce has drawn a proverbial line in the sand with him and his Elite Squad on one side and everyone else on the other.

Unfortunately for Royce, the luck of the draw now pits him against one of those Elite Squad members, Tag Team Champion 'Vicious' Donny Dicaprio!

Dispite always being at the centre of controversy and never far from the main event, it took Dicaprio until March of this year to win his first PCW gold. However, the most frightening aspect of Dicaprio's ability is his Mixed-Martial Arts skills. Seemingly rising to the level of his challengers, Dicaprio recently crushed one hapless
opponant and took UFC Superstar Dan 'The Beast' Severn to the limit in 2003! While certainly posessing the ability to cripple opponants, Dicaprio's weakness may be his loyalty.

Content to support his friends at the expense of personal career gains, Dicaprio was well known as a charter member of MVP and was brought in as the special enforcer of The Four wh**esmen last year.
Though he's currently a champion, Dicaprio has again put himself in the midst of a super-clique and has taken direction from his opponant of this week, Robby Royce.

When the match was announced, both men appeared stunned, but quickly agreed that the contest worked for both of them while eyeing each other suspiciously. While Robby Royce appears ready to make war with
the world, the irony may be that his ultimate downfall comes from within his own circle of friends...if Dicaprio can finally put himself ahead of others.

Mentallo vs Kenny Omega

On the rare occasions that these two men cross paths, there is no match with more anticipation from fans and industry insiders alike! Observers often point to both of them when asked to pick Canada's top prospect.

Friends, training partners, allies and occasional opponants, Mentallo and Omega know each other as well as any two men in the business. Their history together paints a picture of 5-star greatness.

In March 2002, they were tapped to set the tone of PCW as the first match on the new promotion's debut event. Nearly 2000 people were on their feet from beginning to end and no contest came close to matching
their breathtaking display as fans voted it Match of the Year 2002.

Crossing paths again in 2003 lead to the same result - Match of the Year.

By 2004, Kenny Omega was the PCW Heavyweight Champion and these two again met in the ring as a special tribute to PCW's anniversary in March of that year. That encounter was 2004's runner-up to Match of
the Year.

Now, Mentallo is the top man in the business, holder of the PCW Heavyweight Championship! But this week, friendly competition will be put aside as both men battle for a spot in the Premier Cup. When the tournament was announced, many fans chose Mentallo and Omega as the early favourites. Certainly, seeing these two men face each other in the finals was a very real possibility, but one man will be sorely disappointed after this week.

The anticipation and desire of both men has even crossed promotional boundries as Mentallo and Omega crossed paths in a tag team tournament in Saskatchewan this past weekend. That physical encounter will surely be fresh in their minds as they meet one on one this Thursday Night!

When the dust settles, one man will be in the Premier Cup tournament and one man will be out! If Mentallo and Omega are Canada's top prospects, the only questions left to be answered this Thursday is, which man will be the Premier Cup's top prospect? And which man's growing legion of supporters will be crushed by their tragic exclusion from this oustanding measure of excellence?

Premier Cup Qualifying Matches take place this Thursday Night at the LID Nightclub! Premier Cup 2005: X-Raided happens live from the LID Nightclub on June 2nd 2005! In addition to the eight man Tournament to determine the best of the best in North American professional wrestling, fans will be treated to the first ever inductions to the PCW Hall of Fame!
'Class Act' Chris Parys and 'Playboy' Will Damon, two of Manitoba's most iconic superstars will be honoured for their acomplishments and will have their legacies cemented forever in the annals of PCW history!

Stay tuned for further announcements.

Tickets to this outstanding event are only $10 and are on sale now. Fans are urged to secure their tickets as soon as possible as seating is limited and going fast! Tickets are available at all PCW live events, via PCW Superstars or by contacting the PCW office!

Premier Championship Wrestling is Manitoba's leader in
sports-entertainment, combining a high level of professional integrity with unmatched in-ring talent.

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