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NIWA St. Patrick's Day Beatdown is an annual supershow put on by the National Internet Wrestling Alliance. The inaugural event was held in 2009.

History[]

2000s[]

The inaugural St. Patrick's Day Beatdown was held on March 27, 2009 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. In total, there were seven matches on the card with three of them being title matches. The Warios (Wario and Waluigi) defeated the Super Mario Brothers (Mario and Luigi) in a Ladder Match to be crowned the inaugural NIWA World Tag Team Champions. Sonya Blade for a second straight supershow defeated Sheik as she retained NIWA World Women's Championship. Blade won the match via disqualification after Xena, Warrior Princess attacked Blade. Zangief defeated Chuck Norris, "007" James Bond, Terrell Owens, "Mr. WrestleMania" JTH, and Link in an Elimination Chamber Match. Zangief pinned Norris to retain the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship.

2010s[]

St. Patrick's Day Beatdown 2011 was held on March 27, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. In total, there were seven matches on the card with three of them being title matches. The Dudley Nephews retained the NIWA World Tag Team Championship for a third event in a row against the Kings of MMA. "The Trendkiller" Fozzie Osbourne defeated Johnny Bravo in a Hardcore Match to retained the NIWA Brass Knuckles Championship. Peter Pan defeated Jerry Lynn to win the NIWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship for a second time.

St. Patrick's Day Beatdown 2012 was held on March 23, 2012 at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC. In total, there were six matches on the card with three of them being title matches. James Bond defeated Speed Racer to become the first ever double champion in NIWA by retaining the NIWA North American Championship and winning the NIWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. Johnny Bravo retained the NIWA Venue Championship by beating EMW's Chuck Liddell. "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH defeated both Blitz and Drew McIntyre to win the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Match by pinning Blitz.

St. Patrick's Day Beatdown 2013 was held on March 22, 2013 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. In total, there were five matches on the card with four of them being title matches. Zangief retained the EMW World Heavyweight Championship agasint Tommy Vercetti, Blossom defeated Faith Lehane, but Lehane retained the NIWA World Women's Championship by way of DQ, Las Vegas Link retained the NIWA Junior Heavyweight Championship against Peter Pan, and Chuck Norris defeated Blitz and retained the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship.

St. Patrick's Day Beatdown 2014 was held on March 21, 2014 at the FedexForum in Memphis, TN. In total, there was five matches on the card with two of them being title matches. "The Wrestling Badass" Shelton Benjamin retained the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship once again, this time over "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH and Agent J retained the NIWA North American Championship over The Punisher.

Dates, venues, and main events[]

Event Date City Venue Main Event
St. Patrick's Day Beatdown 2009 March 27, 2009 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Air Canada Centre Zangief (c) vs. "007" James Bond vs. Link vs. Terrell Owens vs. "Mr. WrestleMania" JTH vs. Chuck Norris in an Elimination Chamber Match for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship
St. Patrick's Day Beatdown 2011 March 27, 2011 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion Chuck Norris, "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH, & Drew McIntyre vs. Mr. Clean, Ganondorf, & Blitz in a Six Man Tag Team Match
St. Patrick's Day Beatdown 2012 March 23, 2012 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena Blitz (c) vs. Drew McIntyre vs. "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH in a Triple Threat Match for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship
St. Patrick's Day Beatdown 2013 March 22, 2013 Denver, CO Pepsi Center Chuck Norris (c) vs. Blitz for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship and the 20 Man Royal Rumble
St. Patrick's Day Beatdown 2K14 March 21, 2014 Memphis, TN FedexForum "The Wrestling Badass" Shelton Benjamin (c) vs. "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship
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Current Supershows: Breakdown · Night of Death · St. Patrick's Day Beatdown · Clash of the Titans · Annualversary · Beach Wars · Fight at the Fair · Summer Stampede · A Change of Seasons · Hardcore Halloween · Battle For Glory · Christmas Catastrophe
Previous Supershows: Hot As Hell (2008 · 2009) · Ultimate Ultimatum
Co-Promoted Supershows: EMW/NIWA Disturbing the Peace · EMW/NIWA Supreme Showdown
Current Championships: NIWA World Heavyweight Championship · NIWA World Women's Championship · NIWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship · NIWA World Tag Team Championship · NIWA Women's Tag Team Championship · NIWA Venue Championship · NIWA North American Championship · Money in the Bank
Previous Championships: NIWA World Brass Knuckles Championship
Associated Promotions: Extreme Madness Wrestling

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