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.

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This is possibly the most surreal news I have had to post on this website since reporting on the UK scene.

Popular 90’s Children’s Television personality Dave Benson Phillips will be heading to RIPTIDE Wrestling on August 3rd as part of the Brighton Championship Tournament weekend. Benson Phillips will NOT be challenging for any title but instead teaming with ‘Session’ Moth Martina to challenge the Anti-Fun Police (Los Federales and No Fun Dunne).

Dave Benson Phillips is probably most well known to fans in the UK as the presenter of the BBC game show Get Your Own Back. The show ran between 1991 – 2003 and was a big hit featuring people getting ‘gunged’ on a frequent basis. More recently Benson Phillips was the victim of a death hoax claiming that he had passed in a car accident in 2009.

Tickets for the Brighton Championship Tournament Weekend are available to purchase via RIPTIDE’s Official website.

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UK based promotion RIPTIDE Wrestling has announced a huge David vs Goliath battle for their ‘International Waters’ event that takes place Friday July 6th from the Brighthelm Centre Auditorium in Brighton, England.

‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey will be facing former PROGRESS ATLAS and wXw Unified Heavyweight Champion WALTER. You may have seen WALTER’s name appear sporadically in the news recently, he has been heavily linked with a move to WWE/NXT in the near future alongside fellow independent star Keith Lee. Whilst Lee has reportedly signed a deal WALTER has continuously denied the rumours. If WALTER does indeed make his way to NXT he will be joining his former wXw colleague and Ringkampf stablemate Axel Dieter Jr.

Only one other match has been confirmed for ‘International Waters,’ CCK leader and former PROGRESS Tag Team Champion Chris Brookes will be taking on Naoki Tanizaki in what is sure to be a stellar technical affair.

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UK based promotion RIPTIDE has begun announcing the stars for their upcoming RUMBLE event which will be taking place from The Brighthelm Centre Auditorium on June 1st.

Here are the currently announced names for the RUMBLE match which will confirm the final entrant in the company’s Brighton Championship Tournament:

• Sierra Loxton
• Federales Santos Junior
• Elijah
• Drew Parker
• TK Cooper
• Roy Johnson
• James Castle
• Amir Jordan
• Chakara
• ELIJAH
• Fraser Thomas
• Gideon Grey
• Ashley Dunn
• Big T Justice
• Rhia O’Reilly
• Chuck Mambo

The upstart promotion from Brighton, England have been building a huge underground following ever since their first event in June of 2017 (Beers. Bands. Wrestling). With a unique presentation style and some of the best names available on the UK and European independent scene RIPTIDE look set to build upon their already impressive following way before even their first anniversary as a company.

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UK based promotion RIPTIDE has announced the main event for their upcoming ‘International Waters’ event on July 6th from Brighton, England.

Leader of CCK (#CCK) Chris Brookes will be taking on Naoki Tanizaki, this will be Tanizaki’s debut match for the upstart UK company who continue to make waves on the hotly contested British scene.

Tanizaki is most known for this time as part of the Japanese Dragon Gate promotion, he has held the Open The Brave Gate Championship on one occasion (other notable Champions of the title include Matt Sydal, CIMA, WWE’s Neville, Ricochet, Akira Tozawa, Flamita and Dragon Kid) and the Open the Triangle Gate Championship (Trios Championship) Six times.

Chris Brookes is one of the most in demand stars on the UK circuit right now, his hugely successful run alongside Kid Lykos in #CCK has seen him catapulted into the ranks of PROGRESS wrestling’s main event scene and he is tipped as one of the favourites to win the Super Strong Style 16 tournament this weekend. Since Lyko’s most recent injury Brookes has once again been establishing himself as a legitimate singles star and this main event will only help build his profile as one of the nation’s best.

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UK based promotion RIPTIDE Wrestling has confirmed that 205 Live Superstar and former PROGRESS World Champion Mark Andrews will be making his way to their Spring Break event on Friday May 4th from The Brighthelm Centre and Auditorium in Brighton, England.

Andrews will be taking on one of the most beloved stars in both RIPTIDE and the UK scene; Jack Sexsmith. The ‘Pansexual Phenomenon’ has been building his profile over the past few years and is now in line for a huge PROGRESS Wrestling World Title bout (at their 69th Chapter event) as well as high profile matches for up and coming independent companies such as RIPTIDE.

The currently confirmed card for Spring Break is now as follows:

• WALTER vs Wild Boar

• Jimmy Havoc vs Jinny

• Mark Andrews vs Jack Sexsmith

• Maverick Mayhew vs Spike Trivet

• Sierra Loxton vs Chakara vs Sammi Jayne

• TK Cooper vs Drew Parker vs Elijah vs Danny Jones

• Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) vs Kip Sabian & ??? vs Team White Wolf vs Anti-Fun Police

Tickets for the event are now available to purchase via RIPTIDE’s official website.

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UK based promotion RIPTIDE Wrestling has announced that they will be hosting their first ever RUMBLE event this June.

The upstart promotion from Brighton, England have been building a huge underground following ever since their first event in June of 2017 (Beers. Bands. Wrestling). With a unique presentation style and some of the best names available on the UK and European independent scene RIPTIDE look set to build upon their already impressive following way before even their first anniversary as a company.

No names have yet been announced for the ‘RIPTIDE RUMBLE’ but you can expect company regulars such as Chris Brookes, Kid Lykos, Chief Deputy Dunne, Drew Parker, Jimmy Havoc, British Strong Style (Pete Dunne & Trent Seven) and Aussie Open to potentially make an appearance.

If you’ve never had the chance to watch a RIPTIDE bout then check out the match below from BRIGHTON SPIRIT between #CCK member Chris Brookes and Jonah Rock:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I9XW3mgGXo&t=351s

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Welcome to a new weekly post here on SEScoops. We’ve been covering the booming scene in the United Kingdom for the past year and now we’re looking to extend that coverage, starting with our weekly look at some of the best wrestling to emerge from the British Isles.

Our first featured match comes from the relatively new promotion RIPTIDE Wrestling and it features two of the finest independent wrestlers on the scene currently; Travis Banks and ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey. The match took place as part of RIPTIDE’s ‘Deep Six’ event back on February 2nd and the company has now released the footage for free on YouTube.

One of the most striking elements of the bout is the presentation, RIPTIDE have managed to craft a wholly unique style and the production quality is absolutely sublime. Check out the match below and let know your thoughts in the comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYH7oXjS5bg&feature=youtu.be

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