{"id":12524,"date":"2019-05-12T20:41:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T19:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=12524"},"modified":"2019-05-12T20:42:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T19:42:08","slug":"my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-12th-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/12\/my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-12th-may\/","title":{"rendered":"My Week in Wrestling (week ending 12th May)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Nothing can really be spoken about when it comes to My Week\nin Wrestling except for the death of Silver King on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fancying a chance to watch the Fighting Cholitas, my\ndaughter (whose mother was born in Bolivia) suggested we get tickets to the\nshow. She chose \u2013 I wanted to go to the matinee but didn\u2019t voice it; she booked\nfor the evening. I\u2019d been to see one of this Lucha Libre World shows several\nyears ago with Dr Wagner Jr. one of the more notable names on the card. Having\nthoroughly enjoyed that, I was happy to part with the cash for this show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019d both been enjoying the show, though my concern \u2013 as ever\nwhen I\u2019m in London \u2013 was getting home at a reasonable hour. Things were running\nlate, but it had been good, pantomime-esque fun with a willing audience of\nadults and children. Many had bought masks to imitate the luchadors they were\ngoing to see that evening. Nothing had been amazing, but everything had engaged\nthe crowd. An eight man battle royal contest had been staged in order to decide\nthe ranking of a series of singles matches in the second half and had given the\nfans a chance to see all the big name for that evening in one place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Cassandro beat Cara Noir (the first two eliminated\nfrom the eight man contest earlier), it was Silver King versus Juventud\nGuerrera up next. At the time, the finish seemed like a complete mess, but I\njust assumed it was the occasionally wacky world of lucha libre, with even a\ntease that Black Terry, the official, wasn\u2019t going to count Silver King down.\nIt wasn\u2019t helped by the ending to the aforementioned battle royal \u2013 it had also\nended in confusion for many, so this didn\u2019t feel as out of place as it may have\ndone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought King was still moving after Guerrera had won;\nperhaps it was more to do with gravity than actual movement. The ring\nannouncer, scrabbling around, announced a second intermission. This was shortly\nsuperseded by a man over the PA system stating that the show was cancelled. By\nthis point, CPR was openly being administered in the ring and the Roundhouse\nwas practically silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we left, two rapid response police cars and an ambulance,\nall with lights on, arrived at the arena. I had to get a train; King\u2019s death\nwas reported somewhere around 45 minutes to an hour later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been some judgement passed on Black Terry and\nGuerrera for how they handled the situation. It definitely wasn\u2019t handled well,\nbut I think it was an unfortunate by-product of the \u2018uber-masculine\u2019 world that\nwrestlers live within. Injuries, KOs, concussions are all things to be shrugged\noff or worked through. Too much focus was on protecting the business rather\nthan the health of a fellow wrestler, yet it is the former which they have\ndrilled into them from day one. It is a tragedy that doesn\u2019t need fingers to be\npointed in such a fashion, though people inevitably will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would have seen Silver King in WCW; I can\u2019t attest to much\nmore knowledge of his work outside of that due to my scattered knowledge of\nLucha Libre. However, even on this night you could tell that he was a guy who\nknew what he was doing, knew how to engage the crowd and had more of a presence\nthan many of the men on the card. Such a shame that it was in this arena that\nhis life would come to such a tragic end. RIP Silver King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I return to my week! Why, because I’ve\nfound time at last. After failing to review the 3 shows I watched last weekend,\nI’ve managed to clear my workload and contribute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GCW’s shows I watched last weekend\nwere full of great wrestling, death matches and comedy. The highlights over the\ntwo nights were the ever impressive Tony Deppen, who since I saw him for the\nfirst time over Wrestlemania weekend has become one of the my favourite\nindependent wrestlers. Deppen faced and defeated the phenomenal Jonathan\nGresham, who I think is one of the best wrestlers walking the earth in 2019,\nfrom his entrance to ring work, Gresham is just flawless to watch. Dan Maff vs\nChris Dickinson was also a wild brawl, overkill was the word of the match but\nyou couldn’t help but be entertained, although the chair shots to the head were\nscary. I have become an avid GCW fan since watching Bloodsport, they have\nquickly become one of my favourite promotions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Saturday I also attended Evo\nWrestling in Gloucester, the card was stacked and featured some fantastic\ntalent, however it’s a shame the company can’t appeal to a more adult audience.\nIn one of the best matches of the evening the audience were either on their\nphones or talking between themselves, such a disappointment considering the\ntalent in the ring. The standouts from the evening the ever reliable and hugely\ntalented Hunter Brothers, Dragon Pro graduates Beano, Jay Joshua and Josh Holly.\nThe one wrestlers who most impressed was Brendan White, another Dragon Pro\ntalent, who since the beginning of the year has become one of the fastest\nrising wrestlers on the independent scene. Brendan currently reigns as the Evo\nChampion, and he does a great job as the heel champion. He is a name to watch\nright now, and someone every promotion should book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday 10\/5 I attended Kamikaze Pro\nLive 18, which is a showcase  for their dojo graduates mixed with a few\nwell known independent names. The talent on offer was fantastic, the opening\ncontest between fan favourite Deno Babic and Ender Kara was very good from\nstart to finish, two names to definitely look out for. Other notable talents\nwere Levi Muir, Chantal Jordan and their Kamikaze Pro Live Champion Luke\nDouglas. Other more well known names on the card were the Hunter Brothers, the\namazingly talented NIWA and Kamikaze Pro MVP The Elliot Jordan Experience, who\nfor me is one of the best characters on the scene, the atmosphere is raised as\nsoon as he steps through the curtain. The matches ranged from average, very\ngood and excellent, the talent exhibited by the younger wrestlers was very\npromising and of course the veterans were on form. Kamikaze is unarguably one\nof the most consistent wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom, I have never\nbeen to a bad show and nearly always the shows are pretty flawless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Super excited for BOSJ 2019, which\nstarts tomorrow. The event always delivers and the talent included this year\ncertainly should live up to all expectations. The least said about WWE the\nbetter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The downward spiral of WWE continues. Unfortunately I had\nanother week where I couldn’t finish Raw. I didn’t even attempt Smackdown Live.\nI even had a friend on Facebook complaining about NXT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did managed NXT UK this week and I was happy to see them\nback on home soil. NXT UK does not work when it is filmed at WWE Axxess. The\ncrowd aren’t hyped. There’s no pop or investment in it. Thankfully, the\nScottish Crowd were on fire and the show was lively and fun to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WWE are on my side of the pond this week and it’s the first\nWWE May tour I’ve missed in years. Given the state of things, I’m probably not\nmissing much but it’s also hard breaking the habit of a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been compiling a list of the best wrestling songs again.\nLoving the stroll down memory lane with bands like Powerman 5000 and Nonpoint.\nWe’d love to hear your favourite wrestling themed songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess for WWE, it’s a limp towards Money in the Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of that, we have Double or Nothing on the horizon, which\nshould be, simply awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also if anyone is up for homegrown musical talent, head over\nto Spotify and check out Hunter & The Bear. Saw them live again this week\nand they’re about to drop a new album and take over the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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