{"id":12573,"date":"2019-05-19T19:15:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T18:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=12573"},"modified":"2019-05-19T19:16:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T18:16:09","slug":"my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-19th-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/19\/my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-19th-may\/","title":{"rendered":"My Week in Wrestling (week ending 19th May)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Due to long hours at work, and other \u2018stuff\u2019 that was needed to be done as life gets in the way as usual, my consumption of wrestling this week was down from what I would like it to be. However I did fit some wrestling into my schedule, albeit minor with my weekly habit of MLW Fusion, which for me is a great way to spend an hour of my time. Problem is, as the weekly contributor to this show I was not able to find time to write up the review! Next week\u2019s coverage therefore will also provide a small summary of last week\u2019s edition. Just a note though from that show and the emergence of Jacob Fatu, who as the son of the former WWF wrestler the Tonga Kid, and also trained by his uncle, Rikishi is a star in the making. For his size he is very athletic and agile as his on-going feud with Barrington Hughes, a man who weighs in at a whopping 469 lbs saw Fatu simply squash the big man on this edition ending his hyped up undefeated streak and putting over Fatu big time which had the crowd going nuts as a star was made! Simple wrestling booking on how to make a star by simply beating an undefeated power house, not difficult really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One full show that I did get around to finally seeing was\nthe Sendai Girls Korakuen show from April 16th. A seven match card I had heard\nand seen on twitter many people putting over this show and one match in\nparticular! As a fan of Joshi wrestling I did not need convincing to watch the\nshow, and I am so glad I found some time to watch as this was a really great\nshow. Running in at just south of two hours, due to the show being a Samurai TV\nbroadcast this was non-stop throughout, an easy watch and was not clipped other\nthan a couple of matches not showing their entrances. Millie McKenzie retained\nher Junior title in a good match with Manami although Millie would lose her\ntitle the next day to Command Bolshoi at a house show in Nagoya. The main event\nfeatured a successful Sendai Girls world title defence for Chihiri Hashimoto\nagainst Jordynne Grace in a match that had two powerhouses colliding. The match\nof the show though was between Meiko Satomura and Sareee that was a showcase of\nhow great Women\u2019s wrestling can be when delivered like it was in this match\nwith Sendai joint owner Satomura putting over Sareee in what some saw as a five\nstar match. This show alone is worth checking out if only to see that match\nitself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an avid Podcast listener, mostly wrestling I guess but I\ndo tend to stray onto other specialist podcasts, Vince Russo is someone I do\nenjoy listening too. Love him or hate him, Russo does entertain and one his\nmany shows is a podcast he does with Matt Koon called \u2018Truth with\nConsequences\u2019. This show has been running since last autumn and is similar to\npodcasts such as the Bruce Pritchard and Eric Bischoff podcasts that sees them\nlooking back at their glory years with various promotions. This week saw Matt\nKoon announcing that he will no longer be hosting the show, however there is no\nfalling out with Russo, he just does not want to do a show that monetary wise\nhe does not need to do. True or not one cannot help but feel there could be\nheat between them, Koon is friends with Dave Meltzer and Wade Keller and maybe\nRusso\u2019s \u2018Castrating the Marks\u2019 show that mocks statements by the aforementioned\nmay have put Matt in an awkward position, who knows! I will still enjoy\nlistening to Russo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick note on Podcasts and the news of \u2018switch on, tag in\u2019 a\npodcast broadcasted from the West Midlands is to join Pro Wrestling Journal.\nThe four guys who host the show really do a good job, and cover all Kamikaze\nPro shows, almost immediately after the show so be sure to check them out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pleased to see Chris Brookes finally getting a tour of Japan\nas today saw him announced for some shows for the DDT promotion, a promotion\nthat I follow and really enjoy. Suited for this kind of promotion I have no\ndoubt and look forward to his arrival in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Not a lot has been happening wrestling-wise to me this week.\nIt is the perils of being a teacher (especially an English teacher) during exam\ntime and when deadlines for A-Level coursework are upon us. I’m already a bald\nman, otherwise I think I’d have been tearing my hair out most of this week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the few things I have been in a position to check out\nand enjoy has been some of the World Class footage from the tail end of 1983.\nIn particular, it is when Terry Gordy returned from wrestling for All Japan.\nWith the Freebirds often on the losing end of matches against the Von Erichs,\nit takes an illegal headbutt from Buddy Roberts (wearing a loaded headgear to\nhide that he lost his hair to Iceman King Parsons months previously) to give\nthem a win over the brother trio. With the belts now around the waists of the\nFreebirds, the Oriental Spike submission that Gordy \u2018brought back\u2019 from Japan\nis put over as a ridiculously impactful manoeuvre as he uses it to take out\nBruiser Brody, David Von Erich and Chris Adams in short order. Such a simple\nstoryline suddenly makes the Freebirds that much more dangerous as champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having fallen off the wXw wagon a little bit in recent\ntimes, I watched the first hour or so of True Colours today. Expect the review\nto go up tomorrow, alongside a review of their most recent show (which has a\none night tournament if I\u2019m correct) in the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I have this week reached the conclusion that I cannot watch\nNXT UK any more. I don’t pretend to know the ins and outs of indy wrestling but\neven I can recognise that this just isn’t right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some incredibly talented performers in the roster,\nRhea Ripley, Mark Andrews and The Grizzled Young Veterans but there are some,\nparticularly in the women\u2019s division, who are not ready for the WWE Spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bray Wyatt and JoJo welcomed a baby boy into the world this\nweek, which is lovely. Congrats to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finn Balor has a crush on a TV presenter and is hilariously\ntrying to woo her over twitter. Go Finn!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tragic news about Ashley Massaro this week. I truly hope\nshe’s at peace. Bless her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saudi Arabia card is being built. I’m a little irritated\nthat they’ve started doing this as it takes away from Money in the Bank. Demon\nBalor v Andrade for the Intercontinental title, to me, makes it seem that neither\nwill win the MITB contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are we excited for MITB? Not massively if I’m honest and it\nmakes me sad as it’s normally one of my favorite PPV’s. Lacey Evans hasn’t done\nenough to be considered a legit contender for a title but part of me thinks\nshe’ll beat Becky anyway. Then Becky will beat Charlotte and BAM!! Another\nblonde is put over as the strongest woman in WWE. Yaaaawn!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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