{"id":11297,"date":"2019-02-17T14:34:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T19:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=11297"},"modified":"2019-02-17T14:35:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T19:35:05","slug":"my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-17th-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/17\/my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-17th-february\/","title":{"rendered":"My Week in Wrestling (week ending 17th February)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

@twf87<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My main wrestling watching this week\ncame in the form of DDT\u2019s Muscle Mania and Judgement, which aired on\nconsecutive nights over the weekend from Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo. Both shows\nwere excellent in different ways. Muscle Mania was absolutely weird, with the\nhighlight probably being a battle royale to determine who would get to join the\nboy band Junretsu, which was won by Andreza Giant Panda, who was subsequently\nkicked out after news of his alleged affair with Ice Ribbon\u2019s Tsukasa Fujimoto\ncame to light. At times the show felt like a literal trip, but it was hilarious\nand surprisingly emotional too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judgement was a more serious show,\nbut as usual for DDT it still featured a lot of comedy. The Ironman Battle\nRoyale was great, but my favourite match was the six person hardcore tag team\nmatch between Sanshiro Takagi, Ryuji Itoh, and Chigusa Nagayo vs. Soma Takao,\nMad Paulie, and Takumi Iroha. The hardcore stipulations in DDT usually end up\nbeing hilarious and this was no different, with a lot of plastic boxes being\nused to violent effect. And Takagi came out body painted as a Gundam. And had a\nrobot made of boxes. Nagayo was one of the most famous joshi wrestlers in Japan\nduring the boom period of the 80s and 90s, and the crowd reaction to seeing her\nback in the ring was amazing. Ultimately Soma pinned Takagi, but this match was\ngreat. The main event between Konosuke Takeshita and Daisuke Sasaki was also great,\nalthough the result that saw Takeshita win the KO-D Openweight title split\nopinion online. Both of these shows were really good, and if you\u2019re a fan of\nDDT definitely go out of your way to watch Judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stardom\u2019s newest member was finally\nrevealed this weekend as being Andras Miyagi, formerly of Sendai Girls (and\nformerly known as Cassandra Miyagi). She should be a good addition to the\nroster, as she had been one of the biggest free agents available this year. It\nalso suggests that a match between Kagetsu and Meiko Satomura may be coming\ncloser to fruition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also took the first step into the\nworld of podcasting this week with an appearance on a bonus edition of The\nPrivate Eyeball Show to talk about the January 20th Seadlinnng show, which\naired this week. The link to the audio can be found here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0fD1gHunvyU<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@TheCiaranJames<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I finally managed this week to catch\nup with NJPW, I won\u2019t go through everything but seeing Jay White capture the\nIWGP Title was great. From hearing his story on the Jericho podcast, to his\nprogression in New Japan, it\u2019s a great story. Seeing him defeat Tanahashi is\nsuch convincing fashion was great, for a company to have their confidence in a\nyoung talent and give him the big push is great to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Sunday I attended Attack Pro\nWrestling in Bristol, my review is available on the site. It was easily a\nfantastic show, every match delivered and hit the right tone. The highlights\nwere Cara Noir vs Eddie Dennis, Timothy Thatcher vs Joshua Joseph and Robbie X\nvs Mike Bailey. The in ring efforts were amazing, Robbie\/Speedball was one of\nthe best live matches I have seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday (16\/2) I attended Pro\nWrestling Chaos, my full review will drop in the next day. This show wasn\u2019t the\nbest, lack of storylines, huge plot holes and lacklustre wrestling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mainly this week I was listening to\nmy PWTorch VIP  content. The reviews of\nRaw & SDLive with Wade Keller and guest were great, it saves me having to\nwatch the product on a weekly basis. The Fix with Todd Martin was the best\nthing on this week, his insight along with Wade Keller is fascinating and their\ndouble act is one of the best. I can\u2019t recommend PWTorch enough<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@Codytweetsstuff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My week in wrestling started with RAW\n(which I remember none of) and Smackdown Live. What a performance in the\ngauntlet match by Kofi Kingston. Kofi hasn\u2019t lost a step over the years and\ncontinues to look amazing in the ring. Whilst I highly doubt Kofi will win at\nthe chamber match, I hope he can make it to the final two. My week ended with\n205 Live which was headlined by a superb no disqualification match between Noam\nDar & Tony Nese. Both of those men threw everything and the kitchen sink at\neach other. I\u2019ve been pretty busy this week and haven\u2019t been able to watch much\nwrestling but I am very much looking forward to Elimination Chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@RoxBlackburn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raw this week was painful. I’ve already forgotten what\nhappened. I haven’t got round to Smackdown or NXT UK yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve loved reading our new contributors articles. In\nparticular, Brett’s Impact Review and Iwan’s EVE review. I didn’t know EVE\nexisted until recently and I find this world of amazing UK promotions opening\nup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m currently sat watching waaaay old NXT, where the rookies\nhad a pro as a mentor. It’s the season with Derek Bateman (better known as EC3)\nFandango, Byron Saxton and Connor of The Ascension. Thankfully they stepped\naway from this, what I can only refer to as, public hazing. Some of this is\ncringeworthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you see one of the Uso’s got in a spot of bother this\nweek? It irritates me when people like this make public prat’s of themselves\nbecause it could undo all their hard work, making WWE less likely to put them\nin the limelight. Hopefully the repercussion won’t be too harsh. I’m just\ndisappointed in him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m looking forward to the Elimination Chamber, particularly\nthe Smackdown match and the crowning of the women’s tag team champions. I\nreally want to see The IIconics or Riott Squad do it but I can’t help but think\nit’s gonna be Sasha Banks and Bayley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@Iwanmack<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week started off with a trip down to Caterham for\nBattle Pro’s debut show there. A fun show overall with the highlights being a\nvery good match between Connor Mills and Roy Johnson. Not a totally blowaway\nshow but fun none the less. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day was EVE’s Global Women Strike 2 which I\nhave reviewed in full, can be found at the website. But just to give a few\nhighlights: Su Yung’s surprise appearance was amazing to be a part of as well\nas her match with Charlie Morgan. Couple that with both of Mercedes Martinez’s\nmatches (which were both fantastic) made this one of the best EVE shows I’ve\never seen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final show of the weekend was Triple L’s ‘Heartbreaks\nand Headlocks’ which despite me being tired AF, I still dragged myself out and\nended up really enjoying the show overall. Their characters like Evan Lee\nUnited are fantastically entertaining which is a real draw for me as well as\nsupporting the up and coming talent. The main event between Callum Newman and\nMauro Chaves was a great match and one to check out when it drops on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@BiekoDaniel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick Aldis vs Marty Scurll announced for the NWA heavyweight\nchampionship at The Crockett Cup The Undertaker retiring, I think he deserved\nto go out on a high and as a winner. Kofi Kingston for WWE Champion, he has\nheld every title bar this one, and why not I say? Far less talented people have\nheld it. And finally Colt Cabana, technical wizard. His match with ZSJ at Bound\nby Honor was epic – a must see for any technical wrestling fan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@tvtimelimit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first live wrestling of 2019 saw me attend Riptide \u2018Deep\nSix\u2019 in Brighton. With what was perhaps a slightly weaker card on paper than\nsome they have offered in 2018, they still managed to put on a pretty strong\nshow. The atmosphere was a little subdued at times at the start, but did manage\nto pick up towards the end. My piece \u2018Boo Heels, Cheer Faces\u2019 covers one of the\nmore unsavoury moments of the night in more justice than I can do here. My\nfriend who came enjoyed himself, so that was a sign of approval at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I bought a Cara Noir t-shirt to show my appreciation for his\nwork as he has been an underrated (by myself, primarily) factor as to why these\nRiptide shows have been enjoyable. I do find it funny that a face turn has\nprompted him to wear proper leggings rather than the see through tights that\nmeant you often got an unfortunate eyeful of his crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next Riptide show is the Riptide Rumble, but it also\nfalls on the weekend of the Brighton marathon. As I\u2019m taking part, I\u2019m not sure\nthat standing around watching wrestling on a Friday night is the best\npreparation, so I\u2019ve decided to see how things lay come payday (next Friday).\nIf there are tickets still available at that time, I\u2019ll buy one then. If not,\nthen c\u2019est la vie. Everyone loves a good Rumble so hopefully it delivers\nwhether I\u2019m there or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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