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  • SMASH vs Progress Night 1 Results

    SMASH vs Progress Night 1 Results

    Here are the results from Night 1 of the SMASH vs PROGRESS events emanating from Toronto:

    – Mark Andrews b. Scotty O’Shea

    – Mike Rollins b. Jack Gallagher

    – The London Riots (James Davis & Rob Lynch) b. The Overdogs (John Greed & Sebastian Suave)

    Smash Wrestling Title #1 Contendership Ladder Match
    -Kevin Bennett b. Facade

    – Evil Uno b. El Ligero

    – Zack Sabre Jr. b. TARIK

    Smash Wrestling Title Match
    – Mark Haskins (c) b. Brent Banks

  • SMASH vs. PROGRESS: Full Cards Announced For Both Supershows

    SMASH vs. PROGRESS: Full Cards Announced For Both Supershows

    The Canadian based SMASH Wrestling promotion will be hosting three supershows on September 16th/17th pitting their talent against the best of UK promotion PROGRESS. The cards for the three nights have been announced and will be as follows:

    PROGRESS Vs SMASH “Uncensored” 9/16 in Toronto

    Mark Haskins vs Maybach Beta

    Mark Andrews vs Brent Banks

    Jack Gallagher vs Evil Uno

    Sebastian Suave vs Jewells Malone

    Hardcore Match: The London Riots vs Façade & Space Monkey

    Hardcore Match: Jesse Amato Vs Jaxon Jarvis

    PROGRESS Vs SMASH Night 1 9/16 in Toronto

    SMASH Wrestling Championship Match: Mark Haskins (c) vs Brent Banks

    Zack Sabre Jr vs Tarik

    El Ligero vs Evil Uno

    Jack Gallagher vs Mike Rollins

    Mark Andrews vs Scotty O’Shea

    The London Riots (James Davis & Rob Lynch) Vs The Overdogs

    Ladder Match: Façade Vs Kevin Bennett

    PROGRESS Vs SMASH Night 2 9/18 in Toronto

    Zack Sabre Jr vs Tyson Dux

    Mark Haskins vs Mike Bailey

    Mark Andrews vs Kevin Bennett

    El Ligero vs Franky The Mobster

    Jack Gallagher vs Sebastian Suave

    Fans Bring the Keyboards Match: Brent Banks Vs Scotty O’Shea

    The London Riots (James Davis & Rob Lynch) vs Super Smash Bros (Evil Uno & Stupefied) vs Well Oiled Machines (Mike Rollins & Pepper Parks)

  • PWG BOLA 2016: Night 3 Results (Battle Of Los Angeles)

    PWG BOLA 2016: Night 3 Results (Battle Of Los Angeles)

    Here are the results from the third and final night of PWG’s annual BOLA Tournament:

    BOLA Tournament Quarter Final Matches

    Trevor Lee b. Dalton Castle – Trevor Lee took the win via pinfall after hitting a Canadian Destroyer 

    Ricochet b. John Bennigan – Ricochet hit the 630 splash to advance in the tournament

    Marty Scurll b. Cody Rhodes – Scurll hit a low blow and followed with a quick roll up to secure the pinfall victory

    Mark Andrews b. Chris Hero – Andrews reversed a cradle attempt to take the victory in a rematch from PROGRESS’ Super Strong Style 16 tournament

    Mark Haskins b. Kyle O’Reilly – Haskins took the win via submission

    Will Ospreay b. Zack Sabre Jr – Ospreay took the win after reversing a European Clutch into a pinfall

    PWG Tag Team Title Match: The Young Bucks (c) b. Pentagon Jr & Fenix

    BOLA Tournament Semi-Final Matches

    Trevor Lee b. Mark Andrews – Lee took the win after hitting a small package driver

    Marty Scurll b. Mark Haskins – Scurll took the submission win after applying the Crossface Chickenwing

    Will Ospreay b. Ricochet – Ospreay hit the OsCutter to win via pinfall in this Best of the Super Juniors rematch

    10 Man Tag: Jushin Thunder Liger, Chuck Taylor, Jeff Cobb, Tommy End & Cedric Alexander b. Tommaso Ciampa, Sami Callihan, Matt Riddle, Pete Dunne & Brian Kendrick – Liger hit the Brainbuster on Pete Dunne to secure the pinfall win for his team

    https://twitter.com/MartyScurll/status/772673384039780352

    BOLA Tournament Final Match

    Marty Scurll b. Will Ospreay & Trevor Lee – Ospreay is the first to be eliminated after a Chickenwing/Stomp combination from both Scurll and Lee. Scurll wins the tournament by making Lee tap to the Chickenwing.

     

  • PWG BOLA 2016: Night 1 Results (Battle Of Los Angeles)

    PWG BOLA 2016: Night 1 Results (Battle Of Los Angeles)

    Here are the results from night 1 of PWG’s annual BOLA Tournament:

    – Marty Scurll defeated Pentagón, Jr.  Scurll took the win after applying the Crossface Chickenwing.

    – Ricochet defeated Jeff Cobb. Ricochet reversed Cobb’s finishing move Tour of the Islands into a Small Package for the pinfall win.

    – John Hennigan (Johnny Mundo) defeated Matt Sydal. Hennigan hit the Starship Pain to take the victory via pinfall.

    – Will Ospreay defeated Fénix.  Ospreay took the pinfall win after hitting the OsCutter.

    – Zack Sabre, Jr. defeated Tommy End. ZSJ defeated his fellow PROGRESS roster member via submission.

    – Chris Hero defeated Jushin Thunder Liger. Hero took the pinfall win after a series of brutal elbow strikes.

    Night 2 will feature Cody Rhodes making his PWG debut against Sami Callihan.

  • Two CWC Competitors Face off for the Final Time at PROGRESS Chapter 36

    Two CWC Competitors Face off for the Final Time at PROGRESS Chapter 36

    When PROGRESS first announced that they would be returning to the O2 Academy in Brixton for their biggest show of all time they teased a final battle between two of the company’s best performers.

    The stipulation has now been made official: Zack Sabre Jr and Tommaso Ciampa will compete in a 2 out of 3 Falls match in what will be Ciampa’s final UK independent date before becoming a full time member of the NXT roster.

    Other bouts for the biggest show in PROGRESS’ history are being announced in the following days.

  • Zack Sabre Jr. Talks About Joining NXT, Daniel Bryan’s Influence On His Career

    Zack Sabre Jr. Talks About Joining NXT, Daniel Bryan’s Influence On His Career

    WWE Cruiserweight Classic competitor Zack Sabre Jr. recently spoke with ESPN.com about Daniel Bryan’s influence on his career and the possibility of joining NXT full-time.

    Sabre had the chance to wrestle Daniel Bryan back in 2008 in front of about 80 people at a pub in Coventry, England. It was one of the early highlights in the wrestling business. “People started to take notice of me more when I wrestled him. But also, when you’re in ring with someone so natural who understands professional wrestling so well like Daniel Bryan, you can’t help but have some of that rub off on you,” Sabre said.

    When he was still new to the sport, Daniel Bryan was somebody he really looked u to. Now, he works with Bryan in the Cruiserweight Classic and picks his brain for advise on how to improve his act.

    As one of the standout CWC competitors, Sabre would be a great candidate for NXT or even the RAW brand’s new cruiserweight division. When asked if he sees himself in WWE, ZSJ said the prospect is “definitely appealing.”

    “What NXT has become, I could definitely see myself in that environment,” he said. “I would benefit from it. But I do have a personal journey as a professional wrestler that I want to travel.”

    “There are a lot of things I want to achieve. There are still some bits and pieces that I’ve got on coming up. I’m very happy doing what I’m doing now. I have other aspirations, so we’ll just see what happens.”

    Other topics discussed include working with Kurt Angle and his goals in the business.

  • Full Card for Rev Pro ‘Uprising 2016’ – Vader vs Ospreay (12/8)

    Full Card for Rev Pro ‘Uprising 2016’ – Vader vs Ospreay (12/8)

    Here is the full card for this Friday’s (12/8) ‘Uprising’ event presented by Revolution Pro Wresting:

    • Vader vs Will Ospreay

    • Zack Sabre Jr vs Jeff Cobb (Matanza Cueto)

    • Marty Scurll vs Chris Hero

    • Ricochet vs Pete Dunne

    • Jay White vs Josh Bodom

     

    • Big Damo vs Sha Samuels

    The event will be available on demand around a week after the event through Rev Pro’s excellent on demand service: rpwondemand.pivotshare.com

  • Rev Pro Announces IWGP Intercontinental Champion For Global Wars Shows

    Rev Pro Announces IWGP Intercontinental Champion For Global Wars Shows

    Revolution Pro have announced that IWGP Intercontinental Champion ‘Unbreakable’ Michael Elgin will be performing at the two Global Wars events taking place on November 10th/11th, he joins the already announced Jushin Thunder Liger, Tomoaki Honma, Tetsuya Naito, WIll Ospreay and Zack Sabre Jr.

  • Rev Pro: Live at the Cockpit 11 Results

    Rev Pro: Live at the Cockpit 11 Results

    Rob Lias b. Josh Wall – Lias took the win via submission

    Jake McCluskey & Kieran Bruce b. Dan McGee & Kurtis Chapman – McCluskey and Bruce took the win via pinfall

    Jinny b. Xia Brookside – Jinny took the win via pinfall, Lucas delivered a Dragon Suplex to Jinny after the match

    Jeff Cobb (Matanza Cueto) b. Big Damo – Cobb took the win via pinfall, after the match Damo challenged Zack Sabre Jr to put his title on the line against Cobb at Uprising on August 12th if he defeated Trent Seven in the main event

    Josh Bodom b. Ryan Smile – Bodom took the win via pinfall

    Marty Scurll B. Jay White – Scurll took the win via submission

    Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship Match: Zack Sabre Jr b. Trent Seven – ZSJ took the win via submission to retain his championship, he then agreed to defend his title against Cobb at Uprising this Friday

  • PROGRESS Announce First Two Matches for Chapter 34 – ‘Keep It Unreal’

    PROGRESS Announce First Two Matches for Chapter 34 – ‘Keep It Unreal’

    Chapter 34 – ‘Keep it Unreal’ takes place at the O2 Ritz in Manchester on August 14th and the first two matches have been announced.

    Arguably two of the most talked about British wrestlers on the planet collide when New Japan Pro Wrestling BOSJ Champion Will Ospreay takes on WWE CWC Competitor Zack Sabre Jr in a potential Match of the Year Candidate.

    A Mixed Tag bout has also been announced with PROGRESS Champion Marty Scurll teaming with Jinny to take on Number 1 Contender Mark Haskins and Laura Di Matteo.

  • Two Big UK Names Confirmed for Rev Pro/NJPW Global Wars Events

    Two Big UK Names Confirmed for Rev Pro/NJPW Global Wars Events

    Having already announced NJPW talents Jushin Thunder Liger, Honma and Naito for the November 10th/11th Global Wars shows, Revolution Pro have released a promotional poster featuring Will Ospreay and Zack Sabre Jr who have both confirmed via Twitter that they will be appearing at the two night event.

    Their opponents are yet to be named however with the event focusing on inter-promotional bouts there are bound to be some one time only unmissable match-ups.

    Tickets are still available for the event here: https://www.gigantic.com/revolution-pro-wrestling-york-hall-2016-11-10-18-30

  • CWC Preview For Tonight, Full List Of Second Round Matches

    CWC Preview For Tonight, Full List Of Second Round Matches

    This week’s WWE Cruiserweight Classic saw the following wrestlers advance: Zack Sabre, Jr. (over Tyson Dux), Drew Gulak (over Harv Sihra), Tony Nese (over Anthony Bennett), Brian Kendrick (over Raul Mendoza).

    Matches for next week include:

    • Noam Dar vs. Gurv Sihra
    • Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano
    • Rich Swann vs. Jason Lee
    • Fabian Aichner vs. Jack Gallagher

    Second round matches begin airing on 8/10. The following have been confirmed:

    • Kota Ibushi vs. Cedric Alexander
    • Drew Gulak vs. ZSJ
    • Tajiri vs. Gran Metalik
    • Tony Nese vs. Brian Kendrick
    • TJ Perkins vs. winner of Gargano vs. Ciampa
    • Akira Tozawa vs. winner of Richner vs. Gallagher
    • Lince Dorado vs. winner of Swann vs. Lee
    • HoHo Lun vs. winner of Dar vs. Sihra

    Here are post-match interviews from last week’s show with Gulak, Kendrick, Nese and ZSJ:

  • Big Names Announced for Co Branded PROGRESS/Smash Wrestling Events in September

    Big Names Announced for Co Branded PROGRESS/Smash Wrestling Events in September

    PROGRESS have broke the news that Zack Sabre Jr, El Ligero, Mark Andrews and the London Riots will be a part of the co-branded shows with Smash Wrestling this September.

    Former Smash Wrestling Champion Jonny Gargano appeared at PROGRESS Chapter 32: ‘5000-1’ and lost his title to Mark Haskins, so expect Mark to also be on one of the 3 shows taking place in Canada.

  • Revolution Pro Wrestling Announce Co-Branded Shows with NJPW

    Revolution Pro Wrestling Announce Co-Branded Shows with NJPW

    RPW have announced that the second annual Global Wars events will be taking place on November 10th/11th at the world famous York Hall in Bethnal Green and Walthamstow Assembly Halls respectively.

    Although no talents have yet been confirmed last year’s events saw Okada, Tanahashi, Jushin Thunder Liger, Ishii and KUSHIDA perform, Shibata has all but already been confirmed for a rematch against British Champion Zack Sabre Jr.

    Tickets will be on sale July 31st to all RPW newsletter subscribers, you can sign up through their website here.

  • Two Top Lucha Underground Stars Announced for Rev Pro Uprising 2016

    Two Top Lucha Underground Stars Announced for Rev Pro Uprising 2016

    Revolution Pro have announced that Jeff Cobb (Matanza Cueto) and Ricochet (Prince Puma) will be performing at the August 12th ‘Uprising’ event.

    Cobb will be taking on the current British Champion and WWE Cruiserweight Classic competitor Zack Sabre Jr, Ricochet will be facing The ‘Brusierweight’ Pete Dunne.

    As previously reported on Sescoops the main event of this show sees Will Ospreay taking on Vader in a feud that started on social media over a match between Ospreay and Ricochet at the NJPW BOSJ tournament. With Ricochet booked to appear at Uprising there has been speculation that he may get involved in the main event in some capacity and potentially set up a match between himself and Vader.

  • PROGRESS Release CWC Qualifying Matches for Free on YouTube

    PROGRESS Release CWC Qualifying Matches for Free on YouTube

    With the WWE Cruiserweight Classic set to start tonight on WWE Network, PROGRESS have released full videos of both their qualifying matches from Chapter 29 – ‘Practically Progress in Every Way.’

    If you’ve never had the opportunity to check out the production style, the talent and the ‘unique’ British crowds then this is your chance.

    The two bouts are Zack Sabre Jr vs ‘Flash’ Morgan Webster and Pete Dunne vs ‘Gentleman’ Jack Gallagher.

  • Rev Pro ‘Summer Sizzler 2016’ Results

    Rev Pro ‘Summer Sizzler 2016’ Results

    Here are the full results from Revolution Pro Wrestling’s Summer Sizzler event that took place at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London.

    • Joel Redman & Charlie Garrett b. Jonny Storm & Jody Fleisch, Rishi Ghosh & Lord Gideon Grey and The Bruce & Jake McCluskey to retain their Revolution Pro Tag Team Titles
    • Tomohiro Ishii b. Josh Bodom via pinfall
    • Sha Samuels b. Moose via pinfall
    • Will Ospreay b. Pete Dunne to become the NEW Revolution Pro Cruiserweight Champion
    • ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll b. ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey via submission
    • Matt Sydal b. Big Damo via pinfall – Damo appeared to be giving a farewell speech to the crowd when he was attacked by Sha Samuels
    • Zack Sabre Jr b. Katsuyori Shibata via submission to retain his Revolution Pro British Championship

  • EVOLVE Nixes Cody Rhodes Match, Announces Two New Opponents

    EVOLVE Nixes Cody Rhodes Match, Announces Two New Opponents

    EVOLVE has announced that Cody Rhodes vs. Johnny Gargano has been pulled from the 8/19 EVOLVE 66 event in Joppa, MD due to Gargano having a prior commitment. Cody’s new opponent for that night will be Zack Sabre Jr.

    EVOLVE also announced that Cody’s opponent for EVOLVE 67 on 8/20 in Brooklyn will be Chris Hero.

    They issued the following today:

    July 5th: Johnny Gargano is now unable to attend the August 19th event due to another commitment. We apologize for having to change the scheduled Cody Rhodes vs. Johnny Gargano match. We will push this match back to September. This means that Cody needs a new opponent for his first post-WWE match. We’ve lined up one of the best going today….

    July 5th: Cody Rhodes vs. Zack Sabre Jr. is now set for EVOLVE 66 on August 19th in Joppa, MD! This first-time-ever match will be a true test for both athletes.

    July 5th: We all saw Cody Rhodes’ list on Twitter. Chris Hero’s name was on it. On August 20th, Cody can cross Hero off the list. It will be Cody Rhodes vs. Chris Hero on August 20th at EVOLVE 67 in Brooklyn, NY. This event has a special 3pm belltime so you can make it a double header with NXT at the Barclays Center that night!

  • Rev Pro: Angle vs. Sabre Jr Now Available On Demand

    Rev Pro: Angle vs. Sabre Jr Now Available On Demand

    The highly anticipated dream match between Kurt Angle and Zack Sabre Jr is now available to view on demand at rpwondemand.com, other bouts available on the show include:

    • Chris Hero vs Josh Bodom
    • Will Ospreay vs Mike Bailey
    • Marty Scurll vs Noam Dar

  • Video & Results From Kurt Angle vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (RPW)

    Video & Results From Kurt Angle vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (RPW)

    The following are results from Sunday’s Rev Pro “Angle vs. Sabre” event, courtesy of Indy Corner:

    – Marty Scurll defeated Noam Dar via submission with the chicken wing

    – Pete Dunne def Martin Stone with a low blow followed by a drop dead facebuster after distracting the ref

    – Damo defeated Walter via submission

    – Will Ospreay defeated Speedball Mike Bailey following the OsCutter after Bailey kicked out of an imploading 450

    – Josh Bodom defeated Chris Hero after a roaring elbow following a low blow

    – Charlie Garrett and Joel Redman def The Revolutionists (Sha Samuels & James Castle) to win the Rev Pro tag titles

    – Kurt Angle def Zack Sabre Jr via submission by the ankle lock with the leg grapevine.

    For the upcoming Summer Sizzler event on July 10th, Rev Pro announced: Sabre Jr vs Shibata, Ospreay vs P Dunne, Scurll vs Bailey and Bodom vs Ishii.

    https://twitter.com/senorlariato/status/742085547057905665

  • Update On ZSJ’s Upcoming Indie Dates Including 6/12 Against Kurt Angle

    Update On ZSJ’s Upcoming Indie Dates Including 6/12 Against Kurt Angle

    There has been speculation surrounding the status of Zack Sabre Jr, he recently had to cancel a number of independent dates due to an arm injury sustained in Germany:

    https://twitter.com/zacksabrejr/status/733370866344599553

    Zack recently spoke to the SPLX apparel website and had this to say on his schedule:

    “I want to sincerely apologise to everyone for having had to cancel my upcoming dates for the next 3
    weeks; to miss my first PWG title defence, debuting in North Carolina for PWX, returning to
    CHIKARA as part of their UK tour, debuting for OTT in Dublin, attempting to add the PROGRESS
    SSS16 to my tournament accolades, competing in Wales for the first time in years for my good
    friends ATTACK, aiming to finally win back the wXw World title and my first singles bout against
    Mike Bailey at the wonderfully intimate Cockpit Theatre in London for Rev Pro.”

    Rev Pro have already announced the replacement for the Cockpit show on June 5th and it is Josh Bodom:

    The scheduled Dream Match bout with Angle on June 12th has now been officially been given the go ahead by Revolution Pro and Sescoops will be at the building to give a full analysis of proceedings:

    Zack is still expected to be ready for the WWE Cruiserweight Classic tournament that takes place on the following dates:

    6/23

    7/14

    8/26

    9/14

  • Zack Sabre Jr. Injured, Pulled From PWG: Prince

    Zack Sabre Jr. Injured, Pulled From PWG: Prince

    Pro Wrestling Guerrilla announced this afternoon that PWG World Champion Zack Sabre Jr. is injured. As a result, he will be unable to compete at Friday night’s PWG: Prince show from Reseda, California. Sabre will be replaced by Kamaitchi, who will now face Michael Elgin.

    Here’s the updated card for PWG: Prince:

    • Michael Elgin vs. Kamaitachi
    • Andrew Everett vs. Trevor Lee
    • Dalton Castle vs. Adam Cole
    • Drew Galloway vs. Brian Cage
    • “Mr. Athletic” Jeff Cobb makes his PWG against Chris Hero
    • Mark Andrews vs. Marty Scurll
    • Sami Callihan vs. Roderick Strong
  • Zack Sabre Talks WWE CWC In New Documentary, Luke Harper, Big Cass

    Zack Sabre Talks WWE CWC In New Documentary, Luke Harper, Big Cass

    – Big Cass cut a pre-match promo and then defeated D-Von Dudley at Friday’s WWE house show in Greenville, NC. WWE camera crews were filming Cass during the match and as he went to the back after.

    – Luke Harper tweeted the following today, referencing the unofficial reports that he is out with a torn ACL:

    – Below is a recent documentary from Suplex Apparel on Zack Sabre. He gave these comments on The WWE Cruiserweight Classic to their blog:

    “It’s a genuine honor to be apart of a tournament of this kind. The cruiserweight style of wrestling has always had a profound influence on me, so competing alongside such a high standard of international talent is very special and also being able to represent the British Wrestling scene on a scale of this magnitude is huge for me.”

  • Finn Balor Q&A: Wrestling Cena & Lesnar, Joining The Main Roster, Cruiserweight Classic

    Finn Balor Q&A: Wrestling Cena & Lesnar, Joining The Main Roster, Cruiserweight Classic

    Prior to Saturday’s NXT live event from Tulsa, OK, Finn Balor took part in a live Facebook Q&A session hosted by Tom Phillips. Here are some highlights:

    – Balor be interested in wrestling Brock Lesnar. They met in NJPW over 10 years ago but never wrestled each other. He feels much more confident in his abilities now and thinks he can take down the beast.

    – Balor named John Cena as his dream opponent. His favorite NXT female star is Eva Marie, and favorite main roster stars are Karl Anderson and Becky Lynch.

    – He praises Zack Sabre Jr. and picks him to win the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, saying he should be signed for NXT.

    – He said he would already be on the main roster if the decision was his but he’s happy to be in NXT as they are having fun and building one of the best brands in wrestling

  • ‘Global Cruiserweight Series’ Participant Announced For PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 Tournament

    ‘Global Cruiserweight Series’ Participant Announced For PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 Tournament

    PROGRESS have announced the next participant in the Super Strong Style 16 tournament, and it is Zack Sabre Jr, he now joins the following competitors in the two day event:

    • Sami Callihan
    • Mikey Whiplash
    • Mark Haskins
    • Tommy End
    • Pete Dunne
    • Rampage Brown
    • Matt Cross (Son of Havoc)