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NIWA Summer Stampede is a supershow put on by the National Internet Wrestling Alliance. The inaugural event took place in 2009.

History[]

2000s[]

The inaugural Summer Stampede was held on August 30, 2008 at the General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia. There were in ten matches on the card in total. One of those matches had title on-the-line and that event had the semi-finals and finals of the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship. Zangief and "007" James Bond advances to the finals by beating "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH and The Punisher. Then in the finals, Zangief defeated "007" James Bond in a Ladder Match to become the first ever NIWA World Heavyweight Champion.

Summer Stampede 2009 was held on August 30, 2009 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There were in eight matches on the card in total. Five of those matches had titles on-the-line. At Hot as Hell, Waluigi won a battle Royal to become the first NIWA Venue Champion. Waluigi first defense was against the raising superstar Johnny Bravo, but he wasn't able to get the job done as he fell in defeat to Waluigi. Three months earlier at Annualversary, The Socialites (Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie) were able to defeat The Princesses (Princess Peach and Princess Daisy) due to interference from Pauline to become the first NIWA World Women's Tag Team Champions. The Socialites continued their winnings ways by defeating Tanya and Sareena to retain the NIWA World Women's Tag Team Championship. Xena, Warrior Princess was stopping all challengers to the NIWA World Women's Championship that she won at the very first Clash of the Titans. It looked as if she was going to continue her winning ways as champion, but Sonya Blade was going to stop until she defeated Xena in which she did to become the first multiple time NIWA World Women's Champion. After defeating "The Trendkiller" Fozzie Osbourne for the NIWA Brass Knuckles Championship and retaining his Money in the Bank briefcase, "007" James Bond would face his biggest opponent to date as the NIWA Brass Knuckles Champion in Zangief. But the big Russian was too much for Bond as Zangief became the next NIWA Brass Knuckles Champion. The main event saw Chuck Norris defending the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship against the Elite Mafia's Blitz in a No Disqualification Match. Fellow Elite Mafia member Zangief would have help Blitz become the next NIWA World Heavyweight Champion by taking out Norris with a chair.

2010s[]

Summer Stampede 2010 was held on August 30, 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The event featured six matches with four of those matches being title matches. The first match saw The Punisher defending the NIWA Brass Knuckles Championship against fellow Elite Mafia member, Blade. Blade was poised to capture the title when Kimbo Slice interfered in the match which allowed The Punisher to pick up the victory and retain the title. The problems between "The Narcissist" Blossom and Buttercup, it continued on that night. Blossom was challenging Joanna Dark for the NIWA World Women's Championship when Buttercup attacked Blossom giving her the win via disqualification. Dark retained the title as a result. Johnny Bravo defeated Max Payne on the August 7 edition of Saturday Night Showdown to become the number one contender for the NIWA Venue Championship. Bravo would defeat "The Angry Video Game Nerd" James Rofle and Tigers in a Triple Threat Match at EMW SummerJam 2K10 to win the NIWA Venue Championship when Bravo pinned Woods. Woods would get a singles match against Bravo for the title at Summer Stampede, but would fall in defeat. The main event was a Championship Eliminator Challenge for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship. "007" James Bond defended the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship against Mr. Clean, Blitz, Link, "Mr. WrestleMania" JTH, Chuck Norris, Drew McIntyre, Terrell Owens, "The Trendkiller" Fozzie Osbourne, and Zangief. JTH was able to win the title by last eliminating Drew McIntyre.

Summer Stampede 2011 was held on August 26, 2011 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. The event featured seven matches with six of those matches being title matches. The first match saw Chad Ochocinco defending the NIWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Link, Spiderman, and Speed Racer in a Fatal 4-Way Match. Spiderman was gonna win the title as he got the cover on Ochocinco, but Link comes off the top turnbuckle and gives a Diving Headbutt to Spidey and takes him out and Link makes the cover on Chad and gets the 3 and Link quickly rolls out of the ring and stole the NIWA Junior Heavyweight Championship. Peter Pan retained the NIWA North American Championship in his first defense as champion after a hard fought victory over James Bond. The Dudley Nephews want to show that they were the best tag team not only in NIWA, but in EMW as well. So a title unification match was made between them and the Avengers. The Avengers were gonna win until Ace Dudley drilled Captain America in the back of the head by using his vibranium shield while the referee was distracted as he and his "brother" win the Unified NIWA/EMW World Women's Tag Team Championship. Ever since winning the NIWA World Women's Championship from the clutches of Megan Fox at Clash of the Titans II, Xena continues her dominance in the NIWA Women's Division, but a new challenger was calling to her title and her name was former EMW Starlet "Ms. OSN" Blaze Fielding. Both ladies was going toe-for-toe until Blaze hit a Underhook Tiger Bomb followed by a second Frog Splash to end Xena's third reign as champion. Johnny Bravo faced not one, but two problems in the name of EMW's "AVGN" James Rolfe and Luis Lopez in a Triple Threat Match for the NIWA Venue Championship. All three men went all out until Bravo hit the Man I'm Pretty Slam on both men and cover them at the same time as well. The main event was an Elimination Chamber Match for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship. Ganondorf defended the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship against Drew McIntyre, "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH, Shelton Benjamin, and his two lackies, Mario & Luigi. Ganondorf was able to retain the title by last eliminating Drew McIntyre.

Summer Stampede 2012 was held on August 31, 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The event featured eight matches with six of those matches being title matches. The first match saw Link defending the NIWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Blitz. The match ended with Blitz pinning Link for a 3 count, Link's foot was on the bottom rope that went unseen by the referee until the count. The referee reversed the decision which angered Blitz as he had the title in hand, this allowed Link to grab Blitz from behind to lock on the Triforce Lock which led to the submit victory. Blitz is furious after the match as he is kicking things at ringside as Link leaves. The second match was an impromptu match for the NIWA World Women's Championship after Buttercup won the no. 1 contendership for that title over Buffy Summers and Blossom. It was one hell of a women's title match and in the end, Buttercup defeated Xena, Warrior Princess by ending her 10-month reign and becoming the new NIWA World Women's Champion. The next match was a bonus attraction for the NIWA Brass Knuckles Championship as Fozzie Osbourne defended against Johnny Bravo. Bravo walked out with the championship and started his first reign as Brass Knuckles Champion. The Super Mario Bros. defended the Unified NIWA/EMW World Women's Tag Team Championship against Spiderman and Peter Pan. Both teams gave it their all, but the Super Mario Bros. reign supreme as the tag champs. Tommy Vercetti retained the NIWA North American Championship against a very hungry Shelton Benjamin. The main event was a Fatal 4-Way Match for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship. Shadow the Hedgehog defended the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship against Drew McIntyre, James Bond, and "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH. Shadow the Hedgehog was able to retain the title by he nailed a Chaos Kick onto James Bond as McIntyre and JTH was out of the match earlier.

Summer Stampede '13 was held on August 30, 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The event featured six matches with four of those matches being title matches. The first match saw Angry Video Game Nerd defeating "Las Vegas" Link for the NIWA Junior Heavyweight Championship to earn his first title reign in NIWA. The second match was Blossom against her sister, Buttercup for the NIWA World Women's Championship, but ended in no contest dued to the surprising return of Sheik. The third match of the event was for the NIWA North American Championship where Fozzie Osbourne got a sure win over Goldar. The fourth match was James Bond defending the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship against Ganondorf and defeated the King of Evil with a aid of a lead pipe. The fifth match was the grudge match between "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH and "The Wrestling Badass" Shelton Benjamin. Benjamin tried to win the match via forfeit due to his sneak attack on JTH earlier, but failed due to JTH arriving to the ring even being injured. JTH tried to put up a valient fight, but it wasn't enough due to the injury he suffered and in the end, Shelton came out of the match victorious. In the main event, Chuck Norris face Shadow the Hedgehog in a hellacious 60 Minute Ironman Match for the No. 1 Contendership for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship. Both individuals went to hell and back to gain advantage throughout the entire match and use their individual finishers to finish each other. In the end, the match ended in a draw due to both beings collasped in the ring due to fatigue and exhaustion showing no signs to be able to continue in sudden death overtime.

Summer Stampede 2K14 was held on August 29, 2014 at the Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. The event featured eight matches with four of those matches being titles match. The first match saw The Shredder retaining the NIWA North American Championship by defeating Terrell Owens. The second match shown Sheik continuing her dominant reign as NIWA World Women's Champion by retaining her title in a Six Pack Challenge. "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH defeated both Angry Video Game Nerd and Tommy Vercetti in a Triple Threat Match for the NIWA Junior Heavyweight Championship. Drew Galloway defeats Shadow the Hedgehog in the fourth match of the event after powerbombing him into an exposed turnbuckle. The fifth match was a Grudge Match between former tag partners and friends as Spider-Man got revenge over Link. The sixth match was a special bonus match as Hugo & NIWA Venue Champion Fozzie Osbourne won a shot at NIWA/EMW Unified Tag Team Championship by beating EMW's Chase Brothers and Agent J & Carlton Banks in a Triangle Tag Team #1 Contender's Match. The seventh match was a "David vs. Goliath" matchup as Ganondorf made James Bond tap out to the Ganon Claw. In the main event, "The Wrestling Badass" Shelton Benjamin defends the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship against "Badass" Bart Simpson in what NIWA called "Badass vs. Badass". Shelton won the match via a lowblow but Bart get the last laugh by giving the champ a brutal beatdown and send him onto a stack of tables via a vicious chair shot.

Dates, venues, and main events[]

Event Date City Venue Main Event
Summer Stampede August 30, 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada General Motors Place "007" James Bond vs. Zangief in a Ladder Match of the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Finals for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship
Summer Stampede 2K9 August 30, 2009 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center Chuck Norris (c) vs. Blitz in a No Disqualification match for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship
Summer Stampede 2K10 August 30, 2010 New York, NY Madison Square Garden "007" Jame Bond (c) vs. Mr. Clean vs. Blitz vs. Link vs. "Mr. WrestleMania" JTH vs. Chuck Norris vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Terrell Owens vs. "The Trendkiller" Fozzie Osbourne vs. Zangief in a Championship Eliminator Challenge for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship
Summer Stampede 2K11 August 26, 2011 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena Ganondorf (c) vs. Drew McIntyre vs. "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Mario vs. Luigi in a Elimination Chamber Match for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship
Summer Stampede 2K12 August 31, 2012 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Shadow the Hedgehog (c) vs. Drew McIntyre vs. "Mr. Wrestlemania" JTH vs. James Bond in a Fatal 4-Way Match for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship
Summer Stampede 2K13 August 30, 2013 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center Chuck Norris vs. Shadow the Hedgehog in a 60 Minute Ironman Match for the #1 Contendership for the NIWA World Heavyweight Championship
Summer Stampede 2K14 August 29, 2014 New York, NY Madison Square Garden "The Wrestling Badass" Shelton Benjamin (c) vs. "Badass" Bart Simpson in "Badass" vs. "Badass" 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
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