This past weekend (Sun. July 2, 2017) former WWE Champion Alberto El Patron (a.k.a. Alberto Del Rio) defeated Bobby Lashley to win the GFW / Impact Championship Unification match at the Slammiversary XV pay-per-view (PPV). Following the match, El Patron decided to cut a promo on the crowd, who was chanting “you don’t deserve it.”
He started off by giving Lashley props for their match and the war they just went through, and said he’d be happy to shake his hand for every day of his life. El Patron then proceeded to put himself over by calling himself a “bad ass mother f–ker” that has wrestled everywhere around the world – “even that f–king company, WWE” which is full of losers.”
El Patron also went off on how Global Force Wrestling (GFW) is filled with ‘wrestlers’ and not ‘sports entertainers’:
“You gave me the battle of my life,” El Patron said. “And for that, and for these fans – the real fans – let’s do it again. Not for you, not for me, for the [inaudible] of pro wrestling, because we’re not f–king sports entertainers! Bobby Lashley and every single wrestler at Impact Wrestling… in this place, we are not sports entertainers, we are f–king wrestlers!”
What Culture Pro Wrestling (WCPW) are celebrating their first anniversary this week. The YouTube based company has had an impressive start in the industry, having produced a number of high profile Pay Per View events including the likes of Kurt Angle, Alberto El Patron, Drew McIntyre, Rey Mysterio and Cody Rhodes.
Recent events concerning YouTube’s ‘Adpocalypse’ has seen WCPW in the news for the wrong reasons. Pro Wrestling is now viewed by the streaming service as ‘non-advertiser friendly’ and WCPW has been struggling to earn ad revenue since the change to YouTube’s policy.
Check out the video below for some interesting tidbits from WCPW’s first year in existence.
Former WWE Superstar and current Impact Wrestling star Alberto El Patron (a.k.a Alberto Del Rio) recently did an interview for Impact Wrestling during the promotion’s tour of India. Del Rio talked about his plans after retirement from pro wrestling, including how he plans to help Impact after he’s done competing in the ring. Here are the highlights:
For a long time, you were constantly linked with Impact Wrestling, and you finally made your debut earlier this year. Can you tell us what the fan reaction meant to you, with you being one of the top acquisitions for Impact Wrestling in the recent past?
“Oh, all the fans’ welcoming made me very happy. All my videos in the first week with Impact Wrestling went viral. We had more than 4 million viewers – people were just happy. People were talking about it for days, for weeks, because nobody expected to see me at Impact, especially because of all the rumors that said that I was going back to WWE. So for me to be there, make an impact and face Bobby Lashley, becoming the champion on the very first night, it was phenomenal.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rXeo8GqA1Q
We previously talked about how long you see yourself as a professional wrestler. You said you’d be in the business for maybe 3 years. Is that still the case for you?
“Yes, definitely. Definitely. I’m not going to be doing this for too long.I’m tired, I’m just tired. I’m going to stop doing so many shows outside of the United States. I’m going to come back to India anytime they need me with Impact Wrestling. But I’m not going to do so many shows in Europe. I just cancelled my – one of the shows in Chile. I think I’m just going to take two weeks off because I want to go home and rest.
“After India, I have to go home. I think I have to be home for two days and I’m going to do some work. I was supposed to go to Chile but I cancelled it, because I want to take my kids to – I have a house in Orlando. So I’m planning on taking my kids to Orlando for the whole month. I need to rest. My brain needs to rest. And I think this is the perfect time, after this Indian tour.
“It looks like everything is going fantastically in India, and I just want it to be a surprise. I want to go home completely happy, be happy at the end of the tour, at the end of the shows. To go knowing this tour was a complete success.”
What does the future have in store for you?
“Well, I’m going to retire from pro wrestling soon. And if everything goes well, I will stay at Impact (Wrestling) working as an agent, a producer. Everybody loves my work, everybody loves my choreography. Everyone talks about the way I structure the matches and how when someone is in the ring with me, I will elevate that someone. So if that is something I can help with once I retire from my wrestling days, I will be completely happy doing it.
“So, once my in – ring days are over, I will be doing some agent/producer work for the company, and I’m going to continue working with Combate Americas and taking the company to new places, and help that company to grow. I have a lot of plans, a lot of projects outside wrestling, and most importantly, I am going to go home and enjoy with my family.”
Impact Wrestling recently held tapings in Mumbai, India. Alberto El Patron was celebrating in the crowd and was shoved to the ground when the crowd became too aggressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZrRrBqysa8
WWE held a live event in Trenton, New Jersey on June 2nd, 2017. Bayley, Mickie James & Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss, Alicia Fox & Nia Jax. During the match, Mickie James landed several kip ups in a row. Alexa Bliss then tried to do a kip up of her own and failed. Bliss then threw a tantrum as the crowd laughed at her.
Former WWE Superstar and current Impact Wrestling star Alberto El Patron (a.k.a. Alberto Del Rio) recently did an interview with Sports Illustrated’s “Extra Mustard” to talk on a view pro wrestling topics. Here are the highlights:
His work with Impact Wrestling:
“I am so happy to work with Impact Wrestling. I have nothing but respect for them. Unlike another company, who I don’t watch, I don’t follow, and I don’t even look at their tweets. I have some real beef with some of the people in that company.”
WWE being dramatically larger than any other promotion in pro wrestling:
“It’s horrible for the business, but you cannot blame that company. That company is doing what a company is supposed to do—monopolize, get the best talent from everywhere, and try to destroy the competition. They’re smart, you cannot blame them. The problem is with the talent. Just going there to be there with the promise of being on TV, but not even charging good money for your work, is not good business. We as wrestlers need to remember that this is a business. We started because we love the business and we stay in it because we have a lot of passion for it, but you have to be rewarded for your work. I was there and saw some of the main guys, new top heels and new top babyfaces, get paid nothing for their matches. The new talent joining NXT is taking pay cuts to work there, sometimes even 80 percent less. You need to be rewarded for your work in a business.”
What his goals are moving forward in his career:
“I’m planning on retiring in two years. I’m still good to go and I don’t have any major injuries, but I always promised myself I would leave on top. I started wrestling when I was eight years old with the amateur wrestling team in Mexico. I love the business with all my heart, but my body is getting tired. It’s all the travel. I’m going to do my last two years with Impact Wrestling. I’ll continue to do some indie shows here and there, and I have a lot of projects outside the business. I am going to continue running Combate Americas, the MMA company that I work for, and I am going to start a soap opera in Mexico in two months. We also have a reality show produced by Combate Americas that was sold to Amazon. People should be able to see that in three more months. I opened a restaurant and bar in San Antonio in November. We are the place to go on Fridays and Saturdays. God is blessing me. I’m getting married pretty soon. We changed the date twice, but we’re getting married in the last week of July, so I am keeping very busy outside the business.”
WWE Superstar Paige took to Instagram to note that her engagement ring from former WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio had been stolen from their hotel room. Del Rio went out and bought the former Divas Champ a brand new rock as a result, which you can check out below:
“Also he just keeps killing it with these rings. Unfortunately mine got stolen from our hotel room so he knew how heart broken I was and went and got a brand new one! This one is obviously different but it’s even more beautiful. He had me crying on the plane. This is my hubby ladies and gentleman, isn’t he just perfect?!?!?! After over a year and still have butterflies for my man. Always have and always will…”
Impact Wrestling
Airdate: May 11th 2017
Orlando, FL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsV8Fh18fNo
1. X-Division Fatal 4-Way Matt Sydal vs. Andrew Everett vs. Caleb Konley vs. Desmond Xavier
Sydal is doing double duty on both Impact and ROH. Odd, that Sydal and Cody are the only two able to arrange such a deal, but there it is. Fast paced X-division match to start the show. All four were exchanging moves, when Everett hit a Franken-driver on Xavier for the pin. After the match it looked as though Sydal was telling Everett that he had been close to winning the match as well. A friendly rivalry could be brewing there. Winner: Andrew Everett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvliCRp280k
KM orders pizza, but is not interested in paying for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCNIzukcMb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ea49XBiDOA
EC3 & James Storm Segment
EC3 comes out dressed as a cowboy, mocking James Storm. This brought Storm out to beat him up. EC3 turned the tides and ended up handcuffing Storm to the ropes whipping him, all wearing cowboy chaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdI7v03OPPc
Hakim Zan & Idris Abraham vs. Garza Jr. & Laredo Kid
The luchadors from the Crash Promotion came out looking strong here, with Laredo Kid pinning Zan with a 450 splash from the top. Commentary mentions that a tag team tournament is upcoming. Winners: Garza Jr. & Laredo King
Ava Storie vs. Laurel Van Ness w/Kongo Kong
Van Ness wrestled this match in her wedding dress. She’s now been in that dress longer than the new ownership group has had control of the company. They botched her “big stomp” finish and the match ended. Van Ness kept attacking Storie after the match. When Hepnar went to get Van Ness off Ava, Kongo Kong ran in and rescued her. They are playing up the idea that Kongo Kong is her protector. Winner: Laurel Van Ness
LAX Funeral For Decay
At first it appeared as though LAX was going to respectfully pay respects to Decay, but then they just dumped the ashes on the mat. This brought out the Veterans of War and a melee ensued.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i6niFG7c3s
Impact Grand Championship
Marshe Rockett vs. Moose
Moose took round 1 via unanimous decision. Then he just hit Rockett with a chokeslam and pinned him in round 2. Winner: Moose (retains)
After the match Tyrus came down to ringside to confront Moose. As Moose was preparing for Tyrus’ arrival, Eli Drake hit him from behind. The two of them then beat up Moose. Chris Adonis then hit the ring and put Moose in the Masterlock. Drake then hit Moose with a chair.
Angelina Love vs. Alicia Edwards
The two female counter-parts to Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards battled it out here. The match starts with brawling around the ring area. Alicia hit a DDT, but that brought Richards to the ring apron. With the refs back turned Love hit Alicia with a chain wrapped around her fist. The ref turned around in time to see what Love did and called for the DQ. After the match Richards hit Edwards in the leg with a crutch repeatidly. Winner: Alicia Edwards via DQ
The GWF vs. Impact storyline continues here, as El Patron challenges Magnus for the GWF championship. El Patron had Magnus locked in the armbar, but found a way to roll to the outside. Magnus got the advantage briefly, but Alberto countered a fireman’s carry into another armbar and Magnus tapped. Winner: Alberto El Patron (new GWF champion)
World Association of Wrestling (WAW) will be holding some of the biggest events in company history this weekend when they hit the Epic Studios in Norwich.
You may recognise that venue as the WWE UK tapings took place there last week. Owner of WAW Ricky Knight (WWE star Paige’s father) has publicly stated his anger towards the WWE for running ‘his’ venue.
Rey Mysterio and Alberto El Patron are scheduled to be part of the Weekend shows as well as Mr Anderson, Scott Hall, Dos Caras Jr and Saraya Knight.
The shows will also be available to watch via Fite TV, you can purchase at a per show rate of $9.99 or view the entirety of the weekend’s proceedings for $19.99 as a package deal.
Alberto El Patron became just the second-ever GFW Global Champion by defeating Magnus in the main event of Thursday’s Impact On POP broadcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=589IqURqcl0
Magnus became the inaugural champion back in October 2015 at GFW TV tapings that never aired. The GFW Global Championship appears to be a regular title on Impact Wrestling going forward as GFW and Impact recently merged with Jeff Jarrett’s return to the company.
In the video above, the new Global Champion talks about how he came to Impact looking for a new place to call home and thanks to the fans, he can now borrow a line from fiancee Paige – this is his house. Patron gives props to Magnus and thanks him for the match, then promises to do amazing things for the Impact fans as long as they continue to support him.
Below is video of the match and the post-match celebration with fans at Universal Studios:
Alberto El Patron was expected to be part of WCPW’s latest iPPV ‘No Regrets’ that took place in Newcastle, England last night.
WCPW posted a tweet claiming that El Patron could not compete due to an undisclosed illness. It may well be the case that El Patron was in fact unable to compete however he posted the following tweet the morning before he was scheduled to face Joe Coffey for WCPW:
And now mama let's toast to that last tweet…. and you marks… just talk about it hahaha ?????? pic.twitter.com/bEax9GJtNX
Alberto El Patron, known in WWE as Alberto Del Rio, seems to be making a habit out of taking jabs at WWE. He has recently gone on a few rants about about WWE and has insulted Triple H. You can check those out by clicking here. Alberto is now posting photos on Instagram that are praising Impact Wrestling and also taking shots at WWE at the same time.
“After 1 hour of sleep, jet lag and nearly missing the flight.. I made it to @impactwrestling I couldn’t be happier. They treat everyone so well.. that’s what a real company does. They take care of everyone. Talent, behind the scenes etc that help their company grow bigger.. now it’s time to get to work and kick some traseros 20 different ways! #sisisi“
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTKfusLAUU2/
“You have to be there tonight amigos, #impactwrestling bringing back this bad boy! They have it all here in this company, giving everyone a chance to shine, not just sitting in catering! #sisisi“
– Alberto El Patron is now officially under contract with Impact Wrestling, according to a report at PWInsider.com. During a recent interview with FightfulWrestling, Alberto revealed that he’s been working for Impact Wrestling under a ‘handshake agreement’ with Jeff Jarrett.
“[Jarrett] was like, ‘Do you want to do a contract just for a week so you can see what we are going to be doing’? I said, ‘No, let’s do it the way gentleman do it. Let’s shake hands and I’ll go work for you. I will trust you. You know me and know I always deliver and what I bring to the table. I will do those four TV tapings and after those TV tapings we will sit down. If you don’t think my work is worth what I’m asking for then you say right there and I’ll give you a big discount’.”
It’s worth noting that Alberto El Patron told Fightful that he intends to retire from active competition when he’s done working for Impact Wrestling.
“At the moment, we are closing the final details of what is going to be my contract,” Alberto said last week. “Then, I will be joining TNA for good and retire in the company.”
– New Japan Pro Wrestling star Kenny Omega spoke with The Irish Mirror prior to competing at Over The Top Wrestling’s ScrapperMania III event in Dublin, Ireland at Dublin’s National Stadium this past Saturday night. When asked about the message the Bullet Club is looking to send, Omega said:
“We always had this message that we wanted to tell the people. To finally spread it to a larger fan-base… to spread our message of what pro wrestling should be, what we think it can be, to more people worldwide, that makes us happy. That makes us want to travel more and give these live performances in places that we’ve never been before.”
Rumours that WWE would like to bring back Alberto El Patron have been circulating lately, though it is doubtful Vince has been following Alberto’s numerous drunken periscope rants directed at his son-in-law.
Late last night Alberto and friends were out at La Cantanita in San Antonio (a bar/restaurant owned by El Patron), when somehow he was up singing with the band as the periscope stream started rolling.
Here is the link to the entire stream (about 4 minutes)
Alberto El Patron Periscope Highlights
Some of El Patron’s comments are a little hard to decipher, but here are the highlights:
“We are happy people, my wife and I. Some people was saying stupid stuff about us, and about me saying stuff about Triple H, Triple H you are a *expletive* p**sy, and I don’t have to be drunk to say this, you’re a pu**y”. You just married well, that’s all you did. You married well and you’re a p**sy. “
Alberto then returns to singing with the band for a moment as Paige awkwardly and silently appears in front of the camera.
“Come to La Cantanita and I’ll say it again. I don’t have to be drunk or sober. You’ve got a big nose and no balls”
Impact Wrestling wrestler Alberto El Patron posted a series of videos on Periscope on Thursday night and pulled no punches while talking about WWE and the “p*ssies” who work there.
Alberto, joined by WWE Superstar Paige, says “thank god” he doesn’t work for that ‘PG’ company anymore.
In the weeks following Paige’s recent privacy breach, Alberto posted a message on Instagram implying that WWE might have been behind the leak in an effort to destroy his ‘baby.’ Alberto continued that line of claims, stating that, “I know it was you, motherf*cker” who did this to him and his baby. He says he’s going to prove it was them.
Alberto says people used to think that Paige was the crazy one, but Paige jokes that she’s actually the normal one in the relationship. Alberto says he used to be very angry when he worked in WWE, claiming that most of the people who work there are “a bunch of p*ssies” – including ‘the one with the big nose.’
Impact Wrestling star Alberto El Patron has announced that he and WWE Superstar Paige are getting married this week. He also took aim at the ‘haters’ who are trying to destroy Paige and their relationship.
“I doesn’t matter how many times you try to break us… is not gonna happen… we were harassed by a company we still are… cause you don’t fool me MF’s I know I was you trying to destroy us… destroy my baby… she’s better stronger than all of you pieces of [poop emoji] We are getting married Wednesday … Have a nice [day] and go and F… yourself hatters”
Impact Wrestling star Alberto El Patron has cancelled his WrestleCon bookings for WrestleMania Weekend in Orlando to be with his fiancee Paige as she deals with the fallout from a recent invasion of privacy.
Alberto issued a statement this week and made his first comments since the incident with Paige last week.
Below is the full statement issued to the media on Thursday:
“Due to the invasion of our privacy, I need to be home with the person that needs me more at the moment and our family. Thanks for your support and I’ll be seeing you next time.”
Bruce Pritchard and Dutch Mantell convince El Patron to vacate the Impact Wrestling world championship he won last week due to all the chicanery involved in his match with Bobby Lashley. They also inform him he can’t have a title rematch unless Lashley agrees to it.
El Patron Calls Out Lashley, Gets EC3
El Patron calls out Bobby Lashley for a title match, but EC3 comes out to challenge him instead. El Patron refers to EC3 as “the b**ch*. It is later announced that EC3 and El Patron will wrestle tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbU8s5kPyxk
After viewing a highlight package of Decay stealing the tag titles from the Hardys via teleporting through time and deleting them, we go back to the Impact Wrestling boardroom where management discusses the need to make some decisions over who the tag belts belong to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c4TiXfX21A
Eli Drake and Tyrus vs. Laredo Kid and Garza Jr.
Before the match we are shown a video package detailing Drake and Tyrus’ history together. Laredo Kid and Garza Jr. are both from the Crash promotion, and had recently defected there from AAA. Garza Jr. rolled up Eli Drake for the pin.
Winners: Laredo Kid and Garza Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAQqIR3huRg
Video highlights of Moose, Eddie Edwards and James Storm in Japan wrestling with NOAH.
Kacey Quinn vs. Brandi Rhodes
Just before the match starts Cody comes to the ring with his Global Force Wrestling title belt. Cody says the match isn’t going to happen, and then offers Quinn $45 to leave the ring. He runs down Moose a bunch, and then says he wants to take on Moose for the Impact Grand Championship.
Then everyone left the ring and there was no match for some reason. Winner: No Contest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lddCWETNeFg
We come back from commercial and Rosemary is beating up Kacey Quinn. She gives her “Red Wedding”, her music played and the segment ended.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDztYZw_e8k
3. Alberto El Patron vs. EC3
For the second week in a row El Patron faces a top talent on Impact. After a back and forth match with Patron concentrating on EC3’s arm, it looked as though EC3 was going to use a chair and get himself DQ’ed. He had second thoughts however, and his hesitation was just the opening Patron needed to hit a kick to the face and lock him in the arm bar. EC3 tapped and commentary played up that he has never done that before.
After the match El Patron clapped for Ec3 and the fans chanted for him. El Patron says that EC3 gave him one of the best matches of his career. Winner: El Patron via submission
Backstage: Reno Scum cut a promo backstage, say they are in Impact to win the tag team championships. They then said “Oi!” into the camera several times.
EC3 is upset backstage after his loss, Bruce Pritchard attempts to calm him down but we don’t get any audio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIRJ9CYACZs
4. X-Division Championship Match
4-Way
Suicide vs. Andrew Everett vs. Braxton Sutter vs. Trevor Lee (c) w/ Shane Helms
Several back and forth X-division spots were followed by Laurel Van Ness coming to ringside, still in her wedding dress. She waved and blew kisses at Allie until Sienna came to the ring. Sienna told the Allie and Braxton Sutter they would meet their “tragic demise”.
Tag Team Division Turmoil
Bruce Pritchard came out to address the tag team title situation, which brought out several teams from the division. Pritchard announced that in 2 weeks there would be 4 teams competing for the championships. Reno Scum, Laredo Kid & Garza Jr, and Decay were already out there so there was only one spot left.
The returning LAX crashed the party and took out everyone in the ring. This new version of LAX includes old members Konnan and Homicide along with new members Mike Draztik, Angel Ortiz and Angel Rose.
Alberto El Patron has surrendered the Impact Wrestling World Championship. Last week on Impact, Patron made a surprise debut and scored a pinfall victory Bobby Lashley. However, he got the win after smashing Lashley in the face with the title.
During a meeting with Impact Wrestling board members including Bruce Prichard and Dutch Mantell, it was decided that El Patron’s victory be overturned due to the controversial nature of the finish. El Patron resisted at first, but admitted it was the right thing to do when prompted to consider how his father, Mexican wrestling legend Dos Caras, would handle the situation. He agreed to give up the title with the assurance that he’ll get a rematch against Lashley. Prichard and Mantell said he can have a rematch if Bobby Lashley agrees to it. (See below)
Many fans have been speculating this storyline will serve as an opportunity for Impact Wrestling to introduce a new championship belt that does not feature the retired “TNA” name on it. Tune in to Impact Wrestling this coming Thursday on Pop for the latest.
Former WWE Champion Alberto El Patron has officially joined Impact Wrestling. Alberto made his debut at Thursday night’s TV tapings and made a serious impact that you can watch on next week’s episode. We held off on mentioning the surprise debut to avoid spoilers, but Impact broke the news themselves this afternoon:
Alberto was referred to “Alberto De Patron” at last night’s tapings, but it seems he’s back to El Patron (?).
Earlier today, Alberto El Patron / De Patron / El Presidente posted the following on photo and message on Instagram. It sounds like he’ll be sticking around for a while, as he talks about Impact Wrestling being his new home. He also said it’s nice to not “wake up miserable” due to an unpleasant work environment and put the Impact Wrestling locker room over as being supportive of each other and watching each others matches backstage.
– Jack Swagger’s first opponent post-WWE will be his WrestleMania 29 opponent, Alberto El Patron. The match will take place in Norwich, England on March 11th for the UK-based World Association of Wrestling (WAW). The WAW promotion is owned by Ricky Knight, father of WWE Superstar Paige.
– Speaking of Jack Swagger, his former tag team partner Cesaro thanked him on Twitter. The duo teamed together as part of the “We The People” storyline back in 2014.
– Former WWE, TNA and ROH writer and producer Dave Lagana did an hour-long interview on the Solomonster Sounds Off podcast discussing why Vince McMahon hates sickness, the ridiculous pitch for the funeral of Al Wilson that never happened and has never been told before, the origin of the Tim White Lunchtime Suicide skits, why Beth Phoenix belongs in the WWE Hall of Fame, his resignation from TNA and thoughts on Dixie Carter, the genesis of the Broken Matt Hardy character and his friendship with Billy Corgan.
This was a fun interview we did last night. Thank you @solomonster. We talk at a high level above the normal "who should get pushed" talk. https://t.co/9kIIDZHU8E
Former WWE Superstar Alberto El Patron (Alberto Del Rio) made his TNA debut at tonight’s Impact tapings in Orlando and later defeated Bobby Lashley to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.
Their match should air as the main event of next Thursday’s episode.
Below are photos and spoiler notes from the match. Stay tuned for full spoilers from Orlando.
Scoop #54: 2 ref bumps and probably a dusty finish, stay tuned
The upcoming wedding between WWE Superstar Paige and Alberto El Patron is tentatively scheduled for this coming May, schedules permitting. Paige proposed to Del Rio in the ring during a wrestling show Puerto Rican last October.
Given El Patron’s rocky relationship with WWE, it will be interesting to see if this wedding airs on Total Divas.
Alberto El Patron continues to wrestle on the independent circuit, competing against Kurt Angle this past weekend at WCPW’s True Destiny event. He serves as the figurehead of the Combate Americas MMA promotion where goes by the name Alberto El Presidente.
Paige has been recovering from neck surgery and is already back in the gym. On social media we’ve seen her training MMA and boxing. She recently told TMZ that she’s considering an MMA career and could make her MMA debut later this year when Combate Americas looks to hold their first pay-per-view-event.
The WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup looks set to be one of the biggest events of the year and the entire event will be available to watch for free via the WCPW Youtube channel.
There will be 8 nations represented in the tournament and the performers in the English, Scottish, Mexican and German qualifying rounds have been revealed:
England – March 21st in Nottingham, England
Rampage
Zack Sabre Jr
Marty Scurll
Will Ospreay
Martin Kirby
Zack Gibson
Jimmy Havoc
Nick ‘Magnus’ Aldis.
Scotland – March 23rd in Motherwell, Scotland
Drew Galloway
Joe Coffey
Lewis Girvan
Kenny Williams
Joe Hendry
Mark Coffey
BT Gunn
Liam Thomson
Mexico – April 30th in Coventry, England
Rey Mysterio Jr
Alberto El Patron
Caristico
Penta El 0m
Rey Fenix
El Hijo del Dos Caras
Drago,
El Ligero
Germany – July 2nd in Berlin, Germany
Bad Bones
Axel Dieter Jr
Juvenile X
Crazy Sexy Mike
Cash Money Erkan
Lucky Kid
Tarkan Aslan
Pascal Spalter
The US, Japanese, Canadian, and Rest of the World groups will be revealed at a later date.
What Culture Pro Wrestling held their True Destiny iPPV over the weekend. SEScoops correspondent Mike Hogan was in attendance for the event and will be sending in a live report this week, so stay tuned for that. The show was headlined by the first-ever match between Kurt Angle vs. Alberto El Patron. Jim Ross and Matt Striker called the action.
Here are the results and some reactions from Angle, El Patron and JR.
– Ricochet defeated Will Ospreay
– Rampage defeated Primate in an I Quit Match
– Drago defeated El Hijo de Dos Caras
– Zack Sabre, Jr defeated Travis Banks
– Scott Wainwright & Will Ospreay defeated Tag Team Champions Johnny Moss & Liliam Slater vs. El Ligero & Gabriel Kidd vs. Prospect (Archer & Gracie) to become the new Champions.
– Nixon Newell defeated Bea Priestly
– Drew Galloway defeated Joe Hendry to retain the What Culture PW Championship
– Kurt Angle defeated Alberto El Patron via submission when El Patron tapped out to the Ankle Lock. After the match, Joe Hendry came out and got in the ring to congratulate Kurt Angle. Hendry praised Angle as one of the best of all-time. He extended his hand for a shake and instead attacked Angle. Hendry hit Angle with the Angle Slam as the PPV went off the air.
Amigo it was an honor for me to share that ring with you, thanks for the match and all the fun. God bless you everyday of your life https://t.co/grmuqUCq0F
– During a recent edition of his popular Something To Wrestle With podcast, former WWE & TNA employee Bruce Prichard shed some light on why WWE has never done a War Games match.
“[McMahon] hates the double ring. He hates the double ring thing. I tried to sell the two-ring battle royal for years. He hated the double ring thing. He didn’t like the guys going in at intermittent times and the way it was always done with the heels having the favor of the babyfaces, but then you fast forward to Elimination Chamber. It was just one of those things. It was a WCW creation and he didn’t care for it.”
Follow Bruce on Twitter @BrucePrichard.
– Alberto El Patron and Paige will be hosting a Royal Rumble party his La Cantinita Mexican restaurant this Sunday in San Antonio. The venue is approximately 20 minutes away from the Alamodome. In the event poster below, the venue advertising “the Superstars of WWE” after the Rumble is over.