Empire State Wrestling returns to Niagara Falls for its first event of 2022 with “Spring Breakdown” on Saturday, March 5 at the Frontier Fire Hall at 2176 Liberty Drive, Niagara Falls. This will be the second consecutive event held at Frontier Fire Hall by Empire State Wrestling (ESW).
Spring Breakdown will include many independent wrestling stars from across the Northeast U.S. that possess extensive experience wrestling overseas. They will be featured on the card alongside the best wrestlers based in Western New York.
Matches and wrestlers that will be at Spring Breakdown include:
• A battle between former close friends when ESW Heavyweight Champion “The Aesthetic Crippler” Kevin Blackwood defends the title versus “The Remix” Kevin Bennett.
• Former Ring of Honor Television Champion “The Last Real Man” Silas Young returns to ESW to face “Blue Thunder” Jay Freddie.
• Former Impact Wrestling X-Division Champion Jake Crist will debut against North Tonawanda’s Vinnie Moon.
• All-Japan Pro Wrestling tag team The Saito Brothers will make their ESW debut versus one of the top tag teams in America To Infinity & Beyond.
• 2021 Ilio DiPaolo Cup winner “Invincible” Vince Valor will be in action against the returning longtime Erie, Penn.-based independent wrestling star “Big League” John McChesney.
• A tag team match featuring “The Big Bang” Jerk Cockins and “Courageous” Christina Marie against “Tasty Boy” Keenan Moore and the debuting “Number One Angel” Notorious Mimi.
• A triple threat match featuring top independent wrestling stars making ESW returns: New England-based J.T. Dunn, former Ring of Honor star LSG and deathmatch wrestling upstart Atticus Cogar.
• A six-person tag match with “A Cut Above the Rest” Gavin Glass and High Seas (ex-ROH star Cloudy and “Your Captain” Nick Ando) against the current and longest reigning ESW Interstate Champion Frankie Feathers, former ESW Tag Team Champion James Sayga and Corning’s T.J. Epixx.
• One half of the ESW Tag Team Champions Gregory Iron will be in action, as well as the behemoth Jermeiah Richter plus several of ESW’s regular stars.
Stay tuned to ESW’s social media outlets for further match announcements. First row and second row tickets are sold out. Pre-sale general admission tickets are available for $20 and increase $5 on event day. Tickets can be purchased at ESWtix.com. Doors open at 5 p.m. with a bell-time set for 6 p.m.