Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) recently announced a huge International match for their Fear & Loathing XI event. Former TNA World Champion James Storm will be taking on Grado.
An extra stipulation has now been added to the much anticipated bout. WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett will be the Special Guest referee when the two former IMPACT stars collide. Grado made some interesting comments recently on his Fear & Loathing opponent, you can check these out here.
Fear & Loathing XII will be taking place on December 2nd at the SSE Hydro. If you’re an ICW fan you know that the ‘Loathing event is ICW’s biggest in the calendar year and last year’s iteration featured Rey Mysterio, Kevin Nash and Rob Van Dam amongst the homegrown talent.
Insane Championship Wrestling has also announced that British Strong Style will be heading to ‘Fear & Loathing XII.’ This will be first time that the BSS stable has appeared as a unit in ICW. Trent Seven is a former ICW World Champion. More interesting is that Pete Dunne actually defended his WWE United Kingdom Championship in the company previously. British Strong Style are arguably the most popular stars from the thriving UK scene. All three are featured heavily on the WWE UK brands and NXT television.
ICW has also announced a huge Women’s Championship match for their Fear & Loathing XI event. Women’s Champion Viper will be facing challenger Kay Lee Ray. Both stars are considered to be amongst the World’s best and have been a featured part of the weekly WoS programme on ITV/STV.
Tickets are available to purchase via Ticketmaster now.
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has announced a huge International match for their Fear & Loathing XI event. Former TNA World Champion James Storm will be taking on Grado.
Insane Championship Wrestling has also announced that British Strong Style will be heading to ‘Fear & Loathing XII.’ This will be first time that the BSS stable has appeared as a unit in ICW. Trent Seven is a former ICW World Champion. More interesting is that Pete Dunne actually defended his WWE United Kingdom Championship in the company previously. British Strong Style are arguably the most popular stars from the thriving UK scene. All three are featured heavily on the WWE UK brands and NXT television.
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has also announced a huge Women’s Championship match for their Fear & Loathing XI event. Women’s Champion Viper will be facing challenger Kay Lee Ray. Both stars are considered to be amongst the World’s best and have been a featured part of the weekly WoS programme on ITV/STV.
Fear & Loathing XII will be taking place on December 2nd at the SSE Hydro. If you’re an ICW fan you know that the ‘Loathing event is ICW’s biggest in the calendar year and last year’s iteration featured Rey Mysterio, Kevin Nash and Rob Van Dam amongst the homegrown talent.
Tickets are available to purchase via Ticketmaster now.
WoS/World of Sport Episode 3 aired earlier this evening on ITV 1. The main event featured the WoS Champion Rampage defending his title against a very worthy opponent in Justin Sysum plus we had the continuation of the Tag Team Championship tournament.
Here are the full results:
Grado b. Sha Samuels – Grado took the pinfall win after hitting a mid air Cutter on Samuels. Grado started the bout wrestling in a suit and tie
Martin Kirby b. Joe Hendry – Kirby took the pinfall win whilst using the ropes for leverage, this feud is far from over
WOS Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter Final Match – BT Gunn & Stevie Boy b. CJ Banks & Brad Slayer – The two ICW veterans Gunn and Stevie Boy took the pinfall win to advance in the tournament, they will face ‘Superbad’ Kip Sabian and Iestyn Rees
Crater b. Gabriel Kidd – Crater took the win after hitting a standing splash, Kidd was then taken out on a stretcher
WOS Championship match – Rampage (w/ Sha Samuels & CJ Banks) b. Justin Sysum – Rampage took the win via count-out after CJ Banks held Sysum by the leg during the referee’s ten count
WoS/World of Sport’s first show of their re-debut took place tonight on Britain’s biggest mainstream channel ITV. The programme is set for a 10 show stint running into October and is available to every television set in the United Kingdom.
The stars of the show took to Twitter after the event to react to pro wrestling returning to British television, including Davey Boy Smith Jr, Will Ospreay, Grado, Stu Bennett, SoCal Val and Kip Sabian.
— Harry Smith, “Davey Boy Smith JR” (@DBSmithjr) July 28, 2018
With so much packed into that 1hr show (we don’t do ‘filler’ at @WOSWrestling..) it was impossible to give our incredible female athletes the platform they DESERVE in episode 1. All I’ll say is DON’T MISS EPISODE 2 ???
Gutted to have lost the title (after holding it for 574 days, on my 1st defence ???)…. BUT delighted British Wrestling is back on the telly and it looks like the response has been SUPERB ?
Cheers to all of you who tuned in (& sent such WONDERFUL tweets & feedback) in support of the first @WOSWrestling episode on @ITV! More action to come next week! Same time, same channel! ????#itv#woswpic.twitter.com/PF8tyDSWNx
Former NXT performer Bull James will be making his ICW debut on Sunday July 9th. James will be facing Grado as part of ICW’s Fight Club tapings. The show will be available to view via the Fite TV app as well as ICW’s On Demand Service.
Scottish based ICW has been making some big announcements recently, including the return of WWE contracted star Noam Dar. Kevin Nash has also been advertised for ICW’s Fear & Loathing event later in the year and he will act as a special guest enforcer for the show.
ICW has made a huge announcement for their July 29th PPV event ‘Shug’s Hoose Party 4.’ Current 205 Live/RAW Cruiserweight roster member Noam Dar will be returning to his ‘home’ promotion for the very first time since signing with WWE.
ICW has previously announced appearances with the likes of Finn Balor and Mick Foley in ‘commissioner’ type roles however the prospect of a contracted, main roster WWE talent coming back to the UK indies to wrestle is very intriguing.
An ICW show on the WWE Network has been speculated for months now and while the talk has died down somewhat this announcement could indicate that an official partnership is closer than previously thought.
ICW has an official on demand service that is available for only $6.99 per month featuring the likes of Kurt Angle, Finn Balor, Grado, Trent Seven, Wolfgang and more.
World of Sport Heavyweight Champion Grado appeared in a very unlikely place last night……
Infamous YouTube channel ArsenalFanTV is a soccer (football) channel known for lengthy rants and controversial opinions. It has become a hit in the UK during this year’s soccer (football) season.
The channel uploaded a video last night after Arsenal’s game against Leicester and it featured a face very familiar to wrestling fans…..you can check out the video below. Please be forewarned that there is strong language in this one.
Several matches for Barramania III were announced at this week’s ICW Fight Club taping in Manchester including a blockbuster main event: ICW World Heavyweight Champion Trent Seven will be defending his title against the ‘Iron Man’ Joe Coffey.
Other matches announced include:
Grado vs Wolfgang
Last Man Standing Match – Chris Renfrew vs Stevie Boy
Lionheart vs Joe Hendry
The Marauders Vs Rampage Brown & Ashton Smith
Barramania is one of ICW’s biggest shows of the year and this year’s iteration is set to be the biggest yet.
You can check out a 30 minute condensed version of the ICW Fight Club show for FREE on the Fite app every Thursday as well as the full version on the ICW On Demand service which you can subscribe to monthly for $6.99.
WCPW will be hosting their latest live event on Monday 20th from the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester, England.
Dubbed ‘Bulletproof,’ the show is a Bullet Club themed event and several bouts have already been announced including:
WCPW Title Match: DREW GALLOWAY vs JOE COFFEY
ADAM COLE vs ZACK SABRE JR
Magnificent Seven Match: RICOCHET vs DOUG WILLIAMS vs MARTY SCURLL vs BT GUNN vs MARTIN KIRBY vs TRAVIS BANKS vs EL LIGERO
VIPER vs LANA AUSTIN
RAMPAGE vs DRAKE
GRADO vs PRINCE AMEEN
What Culture have now announced that the WCPW Tag Team Titles will be on the line in a very special 4-way bout. The Young Bucks, Swords of Essex, Prospect and the team of Matt Riddle & Liam Slater will be looking to prove they are the best team in What Culture Pro Wrestling.
The event will be available to view live via the What Culture Extra service at 7pm GMT (that’s 3pm Eastern and 12pm Pacific): whatculture.com/extra.
WCPW have announced that their Bullet Club themed March 20th event ‘Bulletproof’ will now be moving to a larger room in the Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester. The venue change has prompted the company to release more tickets for sale in what promises to be a star-studded event. Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wcpw-manchester-march-20th-live-wrestling-tickets-31029100876.
The announced performers and matches for the event are as follows:
WCPW World Title Match – DREW GALLOWAY vs TBC
Ring of Honor World Title Match – ADAM COLE vs ZACK SABRE JR
WCPW Women’s Title Match – BEA PRIESTLEY vs TBC
WCPW Internet Title Match – CODY RHODES vs TBC
WCPW Tag Team Title Match – SWORDS OF ESSEX (Will Ospreay/Scott Wainwright) vs TBC
WWE recently announced that a two day tournament will be held in Blackpool, England to crown a new WWE UK Champion on January 14/15. The British wrestling scene has experienced a huge growth in popularity this year and the announcement demonstrates the buzz that the UK has been generating. Several UK based companies and performers have been commenting on the WWE’s plans:
There’s a new promotion in the WrestleMania weekend indie show mix, and it’s a surprising one. WhatCulture Pro Wrestling, the new UK-based promotion, announced on Monday that it will be running a show in Orlando on the afternoon of April 1st.
That’s the day before WrestleMania 33, and if past years are any indication, WCPW will likely be running shows opposite WrestleCon, WWE Fan Axxess, Shimmer, possibly Evolve, and probably various local promotions. Announce so far are Joseph Conners, Joe Hendry, Martin Kirby, El Ligero, Grado, Primate, Drake and “Many more yet to be confirmed!” In other words, WCPW’s core wrestlers are committed but not any outside talent as of yet.
WCPW got a lot of attention for an internet pay-per-view a few weeks back that included very expensive fly-ins like Minoru Suzuki, Kurt Angle, Bret Hart as a surprise, and the commentary team of Jim Ross (during college football season, no less) and Jim Cornette (who never flies except for offers he can’t refuse). The response was mixed, in large part due to streaming issues on the WCPW side (FITE TV’s stream was unaffected).
Analysis: WrestleMania weekend is already a crowded space, to the point that this only makes sense if a lot oft he costs (staff flying in for WrestleMania weekend, the wrestlers working other shows and having promoters split the costs of flights, etc) are already taken care of in large part. Maybe this will have a unique appeal to the throng of British fans in town, but they also could decide they’d rather see different wrestling if they’re traveling abroad.
Nashville-based model and branding specialist McKenszie Mitchell is now handling the weekly Impact Breakview segment, looking back on this week’s episode.
Following Impact, here’s the final card for Sunday’s Slammiversary PPV:
TNA Champion Drew Galloway vs. Bobby Lashley (Submission or KO only)
Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy (Full Metal Mayhem)
Knockouts Champion Jade vs. Sienna
Tag Team Champions The Decay vs. The Bromans
X-Division Champion Trevor Lee vs. Eddie Edwards vs. DJ Zema vs. Andrew Everett
King of the Mountain champion Eli Drake vs. Bram
Mike Bennett vs. EC3
Maria Kanellis vs. Gail Kim
Grado & Mahabali Shera vs. The Tribunal (with Al Snow)
Despite previous reports to the contrary, the rumored TNA Heavyweight Championship match between Kurt Angle and Ethan Carter III will not be happening at the upcoming TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view on June 28th.
Instead, the Angle-EC3 match is booked for the July 1st edition of Impact Wrestling and the contract signing for the bout will take place on this coming Wednesday’s episode. The match is currently scheduled to be taped at the Impact Wrestling tapings later this month, which is actually before the Slammiversary pay-per-view.
Speaking of TNA Slammiversary, while there is only one official match at this point — Magnus vs. James Storm — other matches rumored for the show include The Wolves vs. The Dirty Heels for the TNA Tag-Team Titles, Low Ki vs. Grado vs. Tigre Uno for the vacant TNA X-Division Title and Brooke vs. Awesome Kong vs. Taryn Terrell for the TNA Knockouts Title.
– The eighth annual Destination X special edition of Impact Wrestling airs tonight at 9e/p on Destination America and will feature two World Heavyweight Championship bouts, a Knockouts Championship match and three 3-way qualifying matches for the X Division Championship. Josh Mathews and The Pope break down the show in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXbvvPYsdds
– Through Twitter, Grado is hyping his return to Impact Wrestling tonight.
TNA performer Grado (aka Graene Stevely) has launched a social media campaign with the goal of convincing pop artist Madonna to allow him to use her song, “Like A Prayer” for his pro wrestling ring entrance.
“This Friday on American telly I was getting the go-ahead for my match with Al Snow from The Hydro [in Glasgow] to be shown in full, with the “Like A Prayer” entrance — I was over the moon,” wrote Grado on his official Facebook page.
Grado noted that he received an email stating that the song was “denied on behalf of Madonna.” He would follow that up by launching the aforementioned social media campaign called the “#SayYesMadonna” campaign.
For more on the story, which has been generating a lot of buzz in the U.K., visit BBC.co.uk.
As we reported earlier this evening, Drew Galloway (a.k.a. Drew McIntyre) made his TNA debut at the Impact Wrestling television taping in Glasgow, Scotland on Thursday.
Galloway made his debut after the main event of the second show that was taped this evening, which is scheduled to air on Friday, February 20th on Destination America. Galloway made the save for Grado, who was being attacked by the BDC after he defeated Al Snow in the final match of the evening. For video footage of Galloway’s TNA debut at the Impact Wrestling taping, click here.
According to a new PWInsider.com report, Galloway has been in talks with TNA for the past four-to-five weeks. He has officially signed a deal with the promotion and will be working the rest of the TNA U.K. tour dates.
You can read a complete spoiler report for both the Feb. 13th and Feb. 20th Impact Wrestling shows by clicking here.