{"id":12171,"date":"2019-04-21T22:08:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T21:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=12171"},"modified":"2019-04-21T22:15:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T21:15:21","slug":"my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-21st-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/21\/my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-21st-april\/","title":{"rendered":"My Week in Wrestling (week ending 21st April)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

The Superstar shake up saw Finn Balor move to Smackdown\nLive. This is a good move for Balor and I’m hoping it will open up a whole new\nlandscape for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roman Reigns Superman punching Vince McMahon was a bit….\nodd. Are we going to see a bit of a heel turn from Reigns? Are WWE learning the\nlessons they failed to learn with John Cena? I remain hopeful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s all gone quiet on the Sasha Banks front and with Bayley\njumping from Raw to Smackdown, it looks like they are preparing for life\nwithout her. I personally don’t think she’ll leave WWE and I hope she returns\nfrom her time off feeling reinvigorated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next weekend I’m heading over to Liverpool for a wrestling\nconvention. I can’t wait to hear some of the stories in the panels and maybe\nget a high five off some top notch legends. But more than anything, I can’t\nwait to see my husband turn into a teenage fangirl when he meets The\nUndertaker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also if you fancy listening to a really insightful podcast,\nhead over to weare113.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

A new stable in NXT UK, Imperium. I can see them clashing\nwith Gallus and British Strong Style. I’m also super stoked about the impending\ndebut of Kushida, let’s hope WWE don’t ruin him as he is a next level talent. Matches\nagainst Gargano and Velveteen dream have to be a must. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In ROH, it\u2019s all gearing up to the Crockett Cup and the\n‘Battle of Britain’ between Marty Scurll and Nick Aldis. Personally, I’d like\nto see Jeff Cobb vs Willie Mack although they were recent tag partners, still\nwould be a good match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The match recently announced that ‘The Natural’, Dustin\nRhodes will take on his younger brother Cody at the upcoming \u2018All or Nothing\u2019\nevent will no doubt be one to watch. Hopefully, Dustin can go out on a high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Superstar Shakeup missed the boat to bring up some\ntalent or return Bray Wyatt. Finally, I’m a little shocked about Luke Harper,\nhe deserved better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ciaran James@<\/strong>TheCiaranJames<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the slog that is WrestleMania weekend, I took a break\nfrom watching too much wrestling. I did however make sure to watch NXT and\nattend Attack on Wednesday in Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My wrestling week of sorts started of last Sunday as I\nattended Kamikaze Pro\u2019s, Rise of an Empress tournament. Which was a one night\ntournament to crown their first women\u2019s champion. Every match delivered, each\nwomen gave it their all and produced some memorable matches. Eventual winner\nShanna was terrific all evening, the final with Chantal Jordan was full on and\nreceived a standing ovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did actually try and sit through the superstar shakeup but\nit was just too hard, the amount of confusion and pointless skits was\nridiculous. The wrestlers that did move needed a change of a scenery, plus\nRoman\u2019s move was surely to placate the move to FOX in September. Apart from\nthat the only other noteworthy news was the change of name of the War Raiders,\nthey debut on Raw as \u2018The Viking Experience\u201d welcomed it was not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday 17\/4, I attended Attack Pro \u201cWednesday\nWristlocks\u201d in Cardiff. This was unarguably one of the best cards I\u2019ve seen in\n2019, the calibre of matches and wrestlers was fantastic. The main event match\nbetween Chief Dunne and Will Ospreay also recurved much attention, Ospreay\u2019s\nperformance was flawless. I must also give a nod to Dragon Pro graduate Jay\nJoshua, his shoot\/strong style character is great and he stands out on the\nIndy\u2019s amongst the very much copied junior heavyweight style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will also been tuning into MLW this week as their main\nshow is now on Freesports, via Sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

My week in wrestling was kicked off with the first superstar\nshakeup episode, RAW. I don\u2019t remember what happened on RAW (as usual) but I do\nremember that AJ Styles has been drafted to RAW which is cool, hopefully he can\nbe involved in some decent feuds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up comes SmackDown Live, again, I don\u2019t remember too\nmuch but there are a few memorable moments. Particularly, Big O (Kevin Owens\nteaming up with the New Day) as well as Roman Reigns being drafted to\nSmackDown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

205 Live followed SmackDown as always with a fatal four-way\nmatch and an incredible farewell match for Cedric Alexander where his feud with\nOney Lorcan came to an end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I ended up my week in wrestling with NXT, featuring a\nbrilliant Buddy Murphy vs Velveteen Dream match and the end to Kairi Sane\u2019s NXT\nventures. I believe that\u2019s it, some excellent action this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

As is often the way following Wrestlemania, I kept my oar in\nwith WWE long enough to see what happened on the road out of the big PPV. Lacey\nEvans finally paying off on her random appearances with an attack on Becky\nLynch was definitely interesting, whilst we finally got the big debut of Lars\nSullivan. Sullivan still feels to me like someone who was born in the wrong\ngeneration \u2013 he is a territorial heel through and through, rather than a guy\nwho works on a week to week basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I watched some old school matches this week as I was on\nholiday and barely had time to really sit down and watch a full show. One of\nthe more interesting ones I watched was from Houston in 1985: Jake Roberts\nversus Lord Humungous in a steel cage. Roberts, ever the psychological master,\nwore a mask akin to Humungous, but it ended up getting ripped off. The fans\npopped huge for the DDT, but it only got Roberts a one count. Just as it seemed\nlike Roberts wasn\u2019t going to be able to defeat the monster, The Nightmare (one\nof the Moondogs in a different gimmick) chucked in a chair for Humongous to\nuse. Naturally, it ended up with Roberts landing his second DDT onto the steel\nfor the win. A fun six minute match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, I was contacted by PROGRESS to cover Super Strong\nStyle 16 following last year in which I got to see the first show. This time, I\nhave tickets to all three (and Kaiju Big Battel), so will be availing myself of\ntheir media hospitality. Should be a great weekend \u2013 expect a preview in the\nnext few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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