In an unprecedented series of events, VWA Unified Heavyweight Champion Joey Davino has declined to defend his title at Pride Of Wrestling's "Brand New Violence" event on November 1st. This announcement comes on the heels of a seemingly nasty fallout between VWA directors and Pride Of Wrestling President James Gallagher.
While the details we are getting seem sketchy, what we do know for certain is that VWA and POW have had a working relationship since mid-2006, when Matt Turner began defending the VWA championship on POW (at the time VCW) showcases. Then-president Ritch Howe secured the championships again in May of 2008, and President Gallagher seemed to accept the deal at face value when he assumed the office in mid-June 2008. Right around July, however, things went sour.
Announced plans for a VWA Tag-Team tournament were scrapped as Pride Of Wrestling opted to recognize it's own tag team champions. The eventual winners of the POW tournament, Core and Roberts of The Violence Party, are not VWA-oriented competitors, and have refused to defend their newly won titles anywhere except POW.
In retaliation, VWA has refused to make VWA Champion Joey Davino available for the important November 1st charity event. Attempts by Gallagher to sway Davino's stance ultimately proved to be fruitless; Davino will be defending the VWA Championship on November 1st, however, it will not be in Nanticoke or with POW for the current forseeable future. We hope to have more information available soon.
-POW
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