New Japan Pro Wrestling’s October scheduling is usually dominated by the POWER STRUGGLE shows – and 2018 is no different. This year’s lineup of shows will of course feature the ‘Road To’ and Main shows themselves, some of which will be available on NJPWWorld.

Saturday will see the first of the main POWER STRUGGLE shows take place. The main headline grabber for more casual fans is of course the IWGP Intercontinental Championship match between Chris Jericho and EVIL. This will be Jericho’s first NJPW bout in a few months and the build up has been going since Jericho’s bout against Naito for the Championship.

Here’s the full card for the event in Osaka’s Prefectural Gym:

• Soberano Jr, Volador Jr, Tiger Mask and Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger vs Toa Henare, ACH, Chris Sabin and Ryusuke Taguchi
• KUSHIDA, Tomoaki Honma and Togi Makabe vs Robbie Eagles, Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga
• Beretta and Kazuchika Okada vs Bad Luck Fale and ‘Switchblade’ Jay White
• Hiroshi Tanahashi and David Finlay vs Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi
• SUPER Jr. TAG LEAGUE 2018 Triple Threat Final – SHO & YOH vs Shingo Takagi and BUSHI vs El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• NEVER Openweight Championship Match – Taichi (c) vs Hirooki Goto
• Revolution Pro British Championship Match – Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs Minoru Suzuki
• Tetsuya Naito vs Zack Sabre Jr
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match – Chris Jericho (c) vs “King of Darkness” EVIL

RIPTIDE Wrestling will be presenting their ‘Black Water’ event this Friday. The Brighton based company has been building a big underground following in the UK and this stellar card will be held infront of a sold out Brighthelm Centre.

Here’s the full card for the event:

NXT UK Episode 3 aired on the WWE Network earlier this week. The show featured the debut of Jordan Devlin and a big time main event between Zack Gibson and Noam Dar. Here’s the full results from Episode 3:

• Trent Seven b. Saxon Huxley – Seven took the win in around 5 minutes with the Burning Hammer
• Flash Morgan Webster b Mark Coffey (w/Joe Coffey) – ‘Flash’ Morgan Webster took the win in around 6 minutes via crucifix pin
• Danny Burch b. Sam Gradwell – Burch took the win in 4 minutes with a draping DDT
• Zack Gibson b. Noam Dar – Gibson took the win in along twenty plus minute main event with the Helter Skelter

In case you missed them Here’s the full results from Episode 2:

• Ligero b. Mike “The Wild Boar” Hitchman – Ligero took the pinfall win after hitting a Tornado DDT
• Dakota Kai b. Killer Kelly – Kai took the pinfall win after hitting a code red/backstabber move
• A highlight package aired of Zack Gibson winning the last United Kingdom Championship tournament.
• Eddie Dennis appeared for a promo, he refers to Pete Dunne and Mark Andrews.
• Ashton Smith b. Tucker – Smith took the pinfall win after hitting the Ash Cloud
• Tyler Bate b. Wolfgang – Bate took the pinfall win after hitting the Tyler Driver ‘97

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that Taiji Ishimori is currently injured. The Bullet Club member was scheduled to perform at today’s Road To Power Struggle event but was pulled hours before the event.

NJPW confirmed via their English language site NJPW1972.com that “Taiji Ishimori will not participate in the event in Shizuoka at the Twin Messe Shizuoka South Building today, Thursday November 1^st, due to a left ankle injury, which happened during the event in Nagano on October 31^st.”

Ishimori has been teaming with Robbie Eagles for the Super Jr Tag League 2018 tournament. Eagles took part in a singles match against Yota Tsuji for the Shizuoka show. Eagles took the win over Tsuji with a Turbo Back Pack.

The severity of Ishimori’s ankle injury has not yet been revealed. Ishimori was not yet booked in a bout for the upcoming Power Struggle event in Osaka this Saturday. Ishimori and Eagles have already been eliminated from the Super Jr tournament so their involvement in the show would possibly been in a multi-man tag bout at best. We’ll be able to update you further as the story develops.

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s October scheduling is usually dominated by the POWER STRUGGLE shows – and 2018 is no different. This year’s lineup of shows will of course feature the ‘Road To’ shows, some of which will be available on NJPWWorld.

Here’s the full results for the show in Twin Messe Shizuoka on November 1st:

• Robbie Eagles b. Yota Tsuji – Eagles took the win after hitting the Turbo Back Pack
• Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask and Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger b. Ren Narita, Soberano Jr and Volador Jr – Honma took the win after making Narita tap out to the STF
• El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru b. Shota Umino and ACH – Desperado took the win after hitting the Numero Dos on Umino
• Shingo Takagi and BUSHI b. Ayato Yoshida and Ryusuke Taguchi – Takagi took the win after hitting the Pumping Bomber on Yoshida
• Rocky Romero and Tomohiro Ishii b. TAKA Michinoku and Minoru Suzuki – Romero took the win after hitting the La Magistral on TAKA
• Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi b. Toa Henare and Hiroshi Tanahashi – Owens took the win after hitting the Package Driver on Henare
• Super Jr Tag League 2018 Match – SHO and YOH b. Chris Sabin and KUSHIDA – YOH took the win after hitting the 3K on Sabin
• Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Gedo b. Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, Beretta and Chuckie T – White took the win after hitting the Blade Runner on Chuckie T

Becky Lynch has become one of the biggest fan favourite performers in the WWE this year. This, despite WWE’s seemingly asinine attempts to position her as a ‘heel’ character have actually propelled her to the top of the card.

Lynch recently spoke to Sam Roberts and had some interesting comments on her fan reaction. Lynch said “I will say that I think around Money in the Bank was when it kind of came to light and people were behind me and people have really supported me along the way. There was a time when I was down and wasn’t really doing anything. I was doing interviews at WrestleMania, so 2017 wasn’t really my best year.” Lynch followed this stating her plans going forward; “I am trying to change that now. I think that at Money in the Bank 2018 people were caring and people really wanted me to win Money in the Bank. When I climbed that ladder, they were heavily cheering me and it was noticed [by WWE officials].”

Cheered as a Heel

Roberts asked Becky if she was surprised by the crowd reaction given her booking as a heel character. Becky replied by saying “I don’t know how surprising that is to me because, like I said, anybody can identify with that story. Anybody can identify with the story of feeling overlooked and feeling frustrated after doing the right thing for three-and-a-half years and not going anywhere with it.” Lynch elaborated by saying that “you finally realize, you know what I am tired of this crap, I am going to do what it takes because I have been cheated out of championships and cheated out of opportunities because there were lines I wasn’t willing to cross, but now it doesn’t matter. I am willing to cross any line to take what I want.”

Credit to Not Sam Wrestling and h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription

NXT UK will be airing on the WWE Network later this evening with some top bouts already announced.

The feature bout will see Noam Dar face Zack Gibson. Gibson appeared during last week’s episode and labelled Dar an “embarrassment.” NXT UK General Manager Johnny Saint made the match between the two Superstars for this week. Both men are stalwarts of the UK scene and this could be a barnburner, Noam Dar has been criminally underused since joining WWE and Gibson is one of the best heel characters in the world right now.

‘Flash’ Morgan Webster will be taking on Mark Coffey. Webster broke up an assault from The Coffey Brothers on episode 1 two weeks ago, the brothers were attacking Mark Andrews after he challenged Joe Coffey.

Jordan Devlin will also be in action when he takes on Tucker. This will be Devlin’s debut match for the new WWE Network series. The Irish Superstar has been one of the standout performers on the UK independent circuit this year, having blow away matches for Over The Top (OTT) wrestling as their Champion. Devlin has also been in action for PROGRESS, scoring an incredible bout against Will Ospreay for their ‘Got Got Need’ card earlier this year, a potential Match of the Year candidate.

You can check out the results from weeks 1 and 2 here:

• NXT UK Week 1 Results
• NXT UK Week 2 Results

RIPTIDE Wrestling has announced Chuck Mambo’s first Brighton Championship defence. Mambo will be heading to RIPTIDE’s ‘Black Water’ event this Friday to face NXT UK Superstar Eddie Dennis.

Dennis has been one of the highlights of the UK scene over the past year. Since ending his career as a school headteacher Dennis has moved from strength to strength, culminating in an incredible bout against Mark Andrews for PROGRESS’ Wembley Arena event back in September. Huge appearances for the likes of ATTACK and his featured promo slots on NXT UK have put Dennis on the map in the United Kingdom.

Mambo also has excellent momentum during a stellar 2018. The Brighton Champion also appeared for PROGRESS at Wembley Arena and won the pre-show Battle Royal, eliminating Spike Trivet. Mambo won the Brighton Championship back in August at the Brighton Championship Tournament. Interestingly Mambo actually defeated Spike Trivet at the event to become the inaugural champion. Fans swarmed the ring following the match and actually crushed it under their weight.

Other matches confirmed for the show this Friday include Kris Wolf vs. Kurtis Chapman, Cara Noir vs. Mike Bailey, Chris Brookes vs. David Starr, Gideon Grey vs. Jordon Breaks and Aussie Open appearing in an open challenge.

https://twitter.com/RIPTIDEwres/status/1057368472546623488

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s October scheduling is usually dominated by the POWER STRUGGLE shows – and 2018 is no different. This year’s lineup of shows will of course feature the ‘Road To’ shows, some of which will be available on NJPWWorld.

Here’s the full results for the show in Nagano Athletic Park Gymnasium on October 31st:

• ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi b. Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji – ACH took the win after hitting a German Suplex Hold on Tsuji
• Shingo Takagi and BUSHI b. Ren Narita and Shota Umino – Takagi took the win after hitting the Pumping Bomber on Narita
• Toa Henare, Tiger Mask and Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger b. Ayato Yoshida, Chris Sabin and KUSHIDA – Henare took the win after hitting the TOA Bottom on Yoshida
• Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga and Bad Luck Fale b. Chuckie T, Beretta and Hirooki Goto – Fale took the win after hitting the Grenade on Beretta
• SHO, YOH, Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii b. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, TAKA Michinoku and Minoru Suzuki – Yano took the win by pinning TAKA with a Schoolboy
• Tomoaki Honma and Hiroshi Tanahashi b. Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi – Tanahashi took the win after hitting the High Fly Flow on Owens
• Super Jr Tag League 2018 Match – Soberano Jr and Volador Jr b. Robbie Eagles and Taiji Ishimori – Volador Jr took the win after hitting an Avalanche Frankensteiner on Eagles
• Jay White and Gedo b. Rocky Romero and Kazuchika Okada – Gedo took the win with a Clutch Hold on Romero

PROGRESS has announced the main event for their Chapter 78 show ’24 Hour Progress People.’ PROGRESS World Champion WALTER will be taking on the Number 1 contender Mark Haskins for the coveted title.

Haskins became the number 1 contender after this past week’s ‘Pumpkin Spice Progress’ show. Haskins defeated both Chris Brookes and Jimmy Havoc to earn this shot at the Austrian powerhouse.

PROGRESS Wrestling has also announced a top international bout for Chapter 78. wXw Unified Champion Ilja Dragunov will be heading to the O2 Ritz on November 11th to take on ‘The Product’ David Starr.

This will be Dragunov’s second bout for the UK promotion. Former promoter of Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) Christian Michael Jakobi appeared during PROGRESS Wrestling’s Super Strong Style 16 event earlier this year and challenged the reigning WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne to a bout against the wXw World United Heavyweight Champion. This match took place at Wembley Arena and Dunne was victorious via submission.

You can check out our exclusive interview with Mark Haskins here. The top UK star discusses his run in PROGRESS, plans for Japan, Vicky Haskins and his ideal independent opponent.

It's official. @ThisIsHaskins vs @WalterAUT for the PROGRESS World Championship at #Chapter78. We're expecting another instant main event classic! pic.twitter.com/HFGLcX69IV

— PROGRESS Wrestling (@ThisIs_Progress) October 30, 2018

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the tour dates for 2019’s Fantastica Mania. The yearly NJPW/CMLL co-promoted tour will be returning in January following the Wrestle Kingdom and New Year’s Dash events.

Here’s the full schedule for Fantastica Mania 2019:

• FRI. JANUARY. 11. 2019 | 18:30 OSAKA PREFECTURAL GYM #2 (EDION ARENA OSAKA)
• SAT. JANUARY. 12. 2019 | 18:00 Ehime Texport Imabari
• SUN. JANUARY. 13. 2019 | 17?00 Kyoto KBS HALL
• MON. JANUARY. 14. 2019 | 16?00 Gifu Gifu Industrial Hall
• WED. JANUARY. 16. 2019 | 19:00 Chiba Makuhari Messe
• FRI. JANUARY. 18. 2019 | 18:30 TOKYO Korakuen Hall
• SUN. JANUARY. 20. 2019 | 18:30 TOKYO Korakuen Hall

• MON. JANUARY. 21. 2019 | 18:30 TOKYO Korakuen Hall

The following stars of Mexico’s CMLL have been confirmed for the tour:

Tecnico (Face)

• Atlantis
• Mistico
• Caristico
• Volador Jr.
• Dragon Lee
• Titan
• Angel de Oro
• Soberano Jr.
• Flyer
• Audaz
• Altantis Jr.

Rudo (Heel)

• Ultimo Guerrero
• Terrible
• Gran Guerrero
• Barbaro Cavernario
• Sanson
• Cuatrero
• Forastero
• Okumura
• Templario

?? ELLOS INTEGRARÁN LA GIRA FANTASTICAMANÍA 2019 ??

Estos son los luchadores que tendrán el honor de representar al CMLL y a México en la gira anual más importante de la lucha libre mexicana fuera de las fronteras nacionales: Fantasticamanía 2019…https://t.co/OVrvo8PbfI pic.twitter.com/57p6kYUoQV

— Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) October 27, 2018

PROGRESS Wrestling has announced a top international bout for Chapter 78. wXw Unified Champion Ilja Dragunov will be heading to the O2 Ritz on November 11th to take on ‘The Product’ David Starr.

This will be Dragunov’s second bout for the UK promotion. Former promoter of Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) Christian Michael Jakobi appeared during PROGRESS Wrestling’s Super Strong Style 16 event earlier this year and challenged the reigning WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne to a bout against the wXw World United Heavyweight Champion. This match took place at Wembley Arena and Dunne was victorious via submission.

OOOH ARRRR ILLLJA. After an absolute barnburner at #HelloWembley, @UNBESIEGBAR_ZAR will take on @TheProductDS, a man determined to return to form in singles action. Dragunov or Starr; who will be your winner? #Chapter78 pic.twitter.com/b4n9QhXP7u

— PROGRESS Wrestling (@ThisIs_Progress) October 29, 2018

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced that Doug Williams will be heading to the promotion for one final bout. The British wrestling legend appeared in a retirement bout for PROGRESS at Wembley Arena back in September.

Williams spoke to SportBible before the retirement bout against Trent Seven and made these comments:

“It was more their decision than mine,” Williams said. “They approached me with doing a different kind of storyline, which was a disgruntled veteran that was bitter about the new guys taking over. But I switched it on them and said I’m thinking about retiring next year anyway, why don’t we do a storyline that could culminate in that possibly happening?”

Williams will be taking part in a Special single match against Ogawa Yoshinari. The bout will be taking place on December 16th at Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium. This will be Doug’s first bout in NOAH in around a decade.

Doug Williams’ 25-Year Career

Williams started working as a teenager in the 90s with NWA UK Hammerlock. He was then a member of the Ring of Honor roster started their first year in 2002. He would remain with the promotion until 2007.

By 2009, he had already appeared with Impact Wrestling a few times. The promotion would then make the UK a bigger priority and Williams was cast in the British Invasion faction.

Earlier this month, Williams had a chance to earn an NWA World Heavyweight Championship match against Cody but lost to Nick Aldis.

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— ?????????? ?PRO WRESTLING NOAH (@noah_ghc) October 30, 2018

German based promotion wXw has announced that Axel Dieter Jr will be returning for one night only. The former Ringkampf stable member will be joining the 18th Anniversary show on December 22nd in Oberhausen.

Dieter Jr left wXw back in April of 2017. The German Superstar made his way to NXT but as of yet has not been heavily featured on the WWE Network programme. Dieter Jr finally made his NXT debut in August of this year in a losing effort against Keith Lee.

As well as his time in wXw, Dieter Jr had an impressive run for the UK’s PROGRESS promotion. Bouts against The London Riots, The South Pacific Power Trip (TK Cooper and Travis Banks) and The Hunter Brothers alongside WALTER gained him a strong following. Dieter Jr also faced British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) alongside Timothy Thatcher and WALTER.

Axel’s opponent has not yet been confirmed for the show. A headline grabber against one of his former Ringkampf stablemates could be on the cards. If wXw do decide to go down this route then a match against WALTER or Timothy Thatcher could be a potential match of the year candidate. We’ll update as and when wXw confirm Dieter’s involvement this December.

https://twitter.com/wXwGermany/status/1057253866004234241

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s October scheduling is usually dominated by the POWER STRUGGLE shows – and 2018 is no different. This year’s lineup of shows will of course feature the ‘Road To’ shows, some of which will be available on NJPWWorld.

The headline grabbing matches start with the Super Jr Tag League bout. Soberano Jr and Volador Jr will be taking on Robbie Eagles and Taiji Ishimori. Kazuchika Okada will get another chance to take on his former manager Gedo and new foil Jay White. The ‘Rainmaker’ will be teaming up with Rocky Romero for a tag team bout in Nagano on Wednesday night.

Here’s the full card for the show in Nagano Athletic Park Gymnasium on October 31st:

• ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi vs Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji
• Ren Narita and Shota Umino vs Shingo Takagi and BUSHI
• Toa Henare, Tiger Mask and Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger vs Ayato Yoshida, Chris Sabin and KUSHIDA
• Chuckie T, Beretta and Hirooki Goto vs Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga and Bad Luck Fale
• SHO, YOH, Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii vs El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, TAKA Michinoku and Minoru Suzuki
• Tomoaki Honma and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi
• Super Jr Tag League 2018 Match – Soberano Jr and Volador Jr vs Robbie Eagles and Taiji Ishimori
• Rocky Romero and Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White and Gedo

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s October scheduling is usually dominated by the POWER STRUGGLE shows – and 2018 is no different. This year’s lineup of shows will of course feature the ‘Road To’ shows, some of which will be available on NJPWWorld.

Here’s the full results for the show in Miyagi on October 29th:

• Ayato Yoshida and Yuya Uemura b. Yota Tsuji and Tomoaki Honma – Yoshida took the win after hitting a Back Drop on Uemura
• Soberano Jr, Volador Jr and Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger b. Shota Umino, Chris Sabin and KUSHIDA – Soberano Jr took the win after hitting the La Soberana on Umino
• El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru b. Ren Narita and Tiger Mask – Desperado took the win after hitting the Numero Dos on Narita
• Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa b. Chuckie T, Beretta and Toru Yano – Fale took the win after hitting the Grenade on Chuckie T
• Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii b. TAKA Michinoku and Minoru Suzuki – Goto took the win after hitting the GTR on TAKA
• Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi b. Toa Henare and Hiroshi Tanahashi – Owens took the win after hitting the Package Driver on Henare
• Super Jr Tag League 2018 Match – Shingo Takagi and BUSHI b. ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi – Takagi took the win after hitting the Rebellion on ACH
• Jay White, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori and Robbie Eagles b. Kazuchika Okada, Rocky Romero, SHO and YOH – White took the win after hitting the Blade Runner on Rocky Romero

wXw has announced the first name for 2019’s 16 Carat Gold tournament. The company has confirmed that Daisuke Sekimoto will be making his way to Germany. The Japanese star will be appearing in Oberhausen March 8th-10th to take part in the prestigious event.

Sekimoto is a legend in Big Japan Pro Wrestling. The Japanese star is a three-time BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion and has previously held the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship. Sekimoto has also had stints for Chikara, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Zero1, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and EVOLVE. Sekimoto has also received critical acclaim from Tokyo Sports, winning the Fighting Spirit Award in 2013, the Best Tag Team Award alongside Yuji Okabayashi in 2011 and 2016.

wXw’s 16 Carat Gold tournament is regarded as one of the most prestigious in European wrestling. Several top WWE/NXT stars have appeared in and won the event. These include Aleister Black, Sami Zayn and Kassius Ohno. WALTER and Zack Sabre Jr are also synonymous with the event.

The 2017 and 2018 iterations of the tournament are widely regarded as two of the greatest in European wrestling history, you can check them out now on wXw’s on demand service, it certainly matches up to the annual New Japan G1 and PROGRESS Super Strong 16 tournaments on quality.

https://twitter.com/wXwGermany/status/1056516041327681537

PROGRESS held their 77th Chapter event Pumpkin Spice Progress this past Sunday. The show took place at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, London. Here are the full results from the show:

• Timothy Thatcher b. “Present” William Eaver – Bill Eaver appeared with a new gimmick, he is no longer a preacher and kept stating that ‘today is the day.’ Tyler Bate was originally scheduled to face Thatcher but was pulled due to injury
• Millie McKenzie vs Isla Dawn – this bout ended in a no contest when Jinny and Laura Di Matteo attacked the pair
• ATLAS Championship Open Challenge Match – Trent Seven b. MCW Champion Gino Gambino – Seven defeated the debuting Gambino to retain his title
• PROGRESS World Tag Team Championship Match – Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) b. The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) & The 198 (“Flash” Morgan Webster & Wild Boar) – Aussie Open won the bout to retain their titles at the first time of asking
• Paul Robinson b. Mark Andrews – Robinson took the win after his devastating loss against Jimmy Havoc at the Wembley Arena show
• Mark Haskins b. Jimmy Havoc & Chris Brookes – Haskins took the win to become the PROGRESS World Championship Number 1 contender. Drew Parker appeared and attacked Havoc during the match
• PROGRESS World Championship Match – WALTER b. Zack Sabre Jr – WALTER took the win after hitting the Thunder Driver on ZSJ to retain

WWE’s controversial Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia is now less than a week away. We reported previously that John Cena may not be appearing at the event and we may well have an update.

Nothing has changed regarding Cena’s status for Crown Jewel according to Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer. Meltzer stated that WWE may confirm Cena’s status on tonight’s RAW show. WOR are claiming that WWE creative and staff elsewhere in the company are not even aware of what is happening with Cena in regards to Crown Jewel, but that we should have an answer after tonight’s RAW. Cena was scheduled to take part in the ‘World Cup’ tournament on the Crown Jewel card.

A potential rumored replacement for Cena’s World Cup spot is Bobby Lashley. Lashley is currently dealing with a shoulder injury that he is working through as long as possible.

Meltzer also commented on the rumors of Daniel Bryan not appearing at Crown Jewel. According to WOR no announcement will be made by WWE about Bryan not appearing at the event. It is likely that an angle will be shown on the day of the event or at this week’s Smackdown taping to explain Bryan’s absence. Bryan’s status for the show is very much “up in the air” but will not be addressed until closer to the event either way.

Revolution Pro (Rev Pro) has announced that PAC will be returning to the promotion. The former WWE Cruiserweight Champion will be appearing at the Portsmouth Guildhall on November 22nd. Tickets for the show are available to purchase via Rev Pro’s official website here.

The company has not yet announced PAC’s opponent for the show. The Portsmouth shows for Rev Pro are big events but not on the level of their York Hall extravaganzas. It is likely that PAC will be in a top feature match but not on the level that you would expect at a venue like York Hall. With Rev Pro’s New Japan links it would be ideal for PAC to take on one of the top NJPW stars but it is more likely that he faces a Rev Pro ‘homegrown’ talent such as El Phantasmo or Josh Bodom.

In other PAC/Neville related news Japan’s Dragon Gate promotion recently confirmed their new streaming service which featured PAC in a short promo package hyping the new over the top service alongside his RED stablemates. Fans will be able watch live/past shows for just over $13 a month. PAC made his return to the company earlier this year after leaving WWE’s 205 Live brand.

Ireland’s Over The Top Wrestling (OTT) promotion has also announced a huge return for PAC. The company has not confirmed what date the high flying superstar will return but have confirmed that it will NOT be in November.

Portsmouth Guildhall we return Thursday November 22nd and PAC IS BACK!

General admission tickets go on sale Monday at https://t.co/LhHedYxXS8 pic.twitter.com/Yw7cy7PC92

— Revolution Pro (@RevProUK) October 27, 2018

Revolution Pro (Rev Pro) debuted on FreeSportsUK just over a week ago on Friday 19th. The UK based company will be using the nationwide channel as the home for their new TV show going forward. FreeSportsUK made the announcement back in August via Twitter where the channel announced that the show initially would be airing “later in September.”

Here’s the results of Episode 2:

• Colt Cabana b. Greg Burridge
• Roppongi 3k (SHO and YOH) b. HxC (Dan Head and James Castle)
• Chris Brookes b. El Phantasmo – Brookes took the win after a distraction by his CCK stablemate Jonathan Gresham

You may remember FreeSports as the channel that hosted the ill-fated 5 Star Wrestling earlier this year. Rev Pro is an extremely well established promotion comparatively and will relish the opportunity to be available in UK homes.

You can check out the exclusive interview we conducted with Rev Pro owner Andy Quildan here. When we discussed the timing of the new show Andy confirmed that “WoS had no impact on our decision. In all honesty whilst I watch as much product as possible from WWE, ROH, NJPW, CMLL to all the indies here in the UK, aside from learning best (or at times worst) practice I try not to let what others are doing dictate the way I choose to run my business.”

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s October scheduling is usually dominated by the POWER STRUGGLE shows – and 2018 is no different. This year’s lineup of shows will of course feature the ‘Road To’ shows, some of which will be available on NJPWWorld.

Here’s the full results for the show in Fukushima on October 28th:

• BUSHI and Shingo Takagi b. Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji – BUSHI took the win after making Uemura tap out to the Boston Crab
• ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi b. Ren Narita and Shota Umino – ACH took the win after hitting a German Suplex Hold on Narita
• Toa Henare, Soberano Jr and Volador Jr b. Ayato Yoshida, Chris Sabin and KUSHIDA – Henare took the win after hitting the TOA Bottom on Yoshida
• Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa b. Chuckie T, Beretta and Hirooki Goto – Fale took the win after hitting the Grenade on Beretta
• Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii b. TAKA Michinoku and Minoru Suzuki – Yano took the win after pinning TAKA with a Schoolboy
• Tomoaki Honma and Hiroshi Tanahashi b. Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi – Tanahashi took the win after hitting the High Fly Flow on Owens
• Super Jr Tag League 2018 Match – El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru b. Tiger Mask and Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger – Desperado took the win after hitting the Pinche Loco on Liger
• Jay White, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori and Robbie Eagles b. Kazuchika Okada, Rocky Romero, SHO and YOH – White took the win after hitting the Blade Runner on Rocky Romero

UK and New Japan based star Will Ospreay has bolstered his Frontline Wrestling promotion. The ‘Aerial Assassin’ confirmed via Twitter that he would be taking over the running of the RCWA promotion. RCWA is based in his hometown of Rainham, Essex.

Ospreay confirmed that RCWA will be re-branded as Frontline. Ospreay stated that “starting in 2019, Frontline Wrestling will open up ‘Frontline: NEXGEN’ to open more opportunities for the Young Lions, J-1 League & Wrestlers that we’d like to give a run on our shows.”

Will Ospreay has been sidelined with an injury and has been pulled from several events recently. The former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion was expected to take on Taichi for the NEVER Openweight Championship in November but this has since been scrapped. Taichi will be defending his title against Hirooki Goto. Ospreay has confirmed that the Frontline promotion will also be hosting shows across the UK, their initial 2 events were held in London.

Reloaded Championship Wrestling Alliance (RCWA) has been running for nearly 11 years. The company will be celebrating their last ever show on December 8th.

https://twitter.com/WillOspreay/status/1056925201089417216

Roman Reigns recently relinquished his WWE Universal Championship due to his ongoing second battle with Leukemia. WWE COO recently appeared on the Elvin Duran Show and discussed Roman’s decision to make his condition public and the reasons why his first battle with the disease was not made public.

Triple H stated that “Very few people knew about [his first battle]. He and I had spoken about it and this was something that he didn’t want to put out there until he had reached a certain point in his career because he didn’t want people to feel like he was being pitied or given things for a certain reason.” The Game elaborated further and claimed that “He wanted to be able to come out at the end and say, ‘Look, I’ve dealt with this the whole time. You can do anything. This is not an end sentence.‘“

Triple H also spoke about RAW on Monday and what he and Roman discussed during the show, stating that “As we talked about on Monday, [I told him] ‘Life is what happens when you’re busy making plans.’ The rest of the stuff happens and it didn’t work out the way he thought it would. It’s back and now’s the time to spread that message.”

Credit to the Elvis Duran Show and h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription

Pro Wrestling: EVE has announced the blocks for their upcoming SHE-1 tournament. This is the second year of the SHE-1 and is set to be an absolutely massive event. Current EVE Champion Charlie Morgan won the first iteration of the tournament and went on to beat Sammii Jayne for the belt at Wrestle Queendom.

One of the biggest names confirmed for the tournament is NXT UK’s Toni Storm. The Australian star is in the final of this year’s Mae Young Classic and will be taking part in the Evolution Network event this Sunday. Also confirmed are NXT UK Superstar Jinny, WoS/World of Sport’s Viper, Jetta, Rhia O’Reilly and Joshi wrestling legend Command Bolshoi.

Here’s the blocks for the tournament:

BLOCK A 

• Jamie Hayter
• Viper
• Madison Eagles
• Millie McKenzie

BLOCK B

• Kasey
• Kris Wolf
• Charli Evans
• Rhia O’Reilly

BLOCK C

• Toni Storm
• Jinny
• Jetta
• Command Bolshoi

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Pro Wrestling: EVE also recently released their Wrestle Queendom show on YouTube for free. The event took place on May 5th earlier this year and featured some of the most critically acclaimed bouts in Women’s wrestling in 2018. Japanese legend and Mae Young Classic competitor Meiko Satomura, Aja Kong, Viper/Piper Niven, WoS Star Kay Lee Ray and more can be seen on this incredible card.

Check out the full show below:

https://youtu.be/ETBcUtaO7uY