Unang Tibok Update #7

Hello everyone!  A couple of things.  My apologies if this is a bit long, but please read it if you have a chance.

As some of you may know, PUSO Wrestling's first show, Unang Tibok is one week away on Saturday, August 17th.  The venue is the Brawl Pit Bulusan beginning at 6pm.

The General Admission and SVIP Tickets are now sold out as of yesterday.  However, a few VIP tickets remain at the 8.8% discount TODAY only!  Please see the PUSO Wrestling Facebook page for more information.  If you are going, plan on purchasing them today.  It is likely that if you wait until next week, you might be disappointed (like no tickets for the shoe left!).  Thank you on this.

Also, this blogger wants to give a shoutout to Dexcon and Solar Sports for last night's showing of the Dexcon Wrestle Storm show on their channel.  From the little I saw, the sound and picture quality was excellent.  Hopefully, those that had a chance to see it will appreciate what is happening here.

Worldwide, including America, it is difficult these days to keep pro wrestling on any channel or network.  With the WWE, both RAW and Smackdown will be leaving USA and FOX by the end of this year.  I'm not sure on this, and will check, but I believe Smackdown is going back to USA.  NXT will be staying on USA for the moment.  Both networks did well with pro wrestling in ratings despite other programing in their various time slots.  

Having Pinoy Wrestling on any kind of cable channel is a plus for the local industry, wrestlers and fans alike.  If anyone has time, please call or even email Solar Sports to let them know how much one appreciates this.  It will mean a lot.  This blogger will do likewise shortly.

Thank you to those with Dexcon and to Solar Sports for making this happen.  It will help the local wrestling industry now and the future!

I will have a couple of more PUSO Wrestling posts next week.  In the meantime, have a good weekend everyone!   
 

Dexcon

This post is long, long overdue.  At the same time, it's important for me to share this with the readers.

 

This blogger first heard of Dexcon a little over a year ago.  It was before the summer visit to the Philippines.

 

I'm not sure when the idea of an organization such as Dexcon began.  However, the fact that the organization organizes pro wrestling in the Philippines is great!

 

This blogger was fortunate to attend a wrestling show and Meet and Greet last August.  As mentioned in a recent post, wrestlers from the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore appeared in the event.  The show that evening at the Brawl Pit Bulusan, in my mind the mecca of Pinoy wrestling, was great!

 

Since the August show, Dexcon has sponsored two other shows, both in 2024.  

 

Wrestle Storm took place in March.  There were some great matches.  The featured match featured CDK (Masahiro Takanashi and Chris Brookes) versus Dabid Ravena and Jake De Leon.  This match is certainly a main event anywhere in Southeast Asia.  If people in North America knew more about the talent in Southeast Asia, this match would be treated as a main event as well.

 

Dexcon Decada, the second event this year, could have not come at an important time in modern day Pinoy wrestling history.  This blogger was told that Zach Sabre Jr., the world's best technical wrestler, was in demand for quite some time.  ZSJ was definitely gracious in appearing in wrestling shows in Thailand in Match and in the Dexcon Decada show.  This blogger has seen part of this match against Jake De Leon.  It may have been the best, if not most memorable in Pinoy wresting history.

 

Right now, it isn't known when Dexcon will have its next show.  However, the organization has set the standard in putting on quality wrestling shows.  The Pinoy wrestling fans and this blogger thanks Dexcon for keeping Pinoy wrestling going!

Masahiro Takanashi

From left to right, Chris Brookes, not sure who the lady is, Chris Brookes and Jake De Leon at the Meet And Greet prior to the Dexcon Wrestle Storm show.
 

 

In doing this post, I'm thinking of everyone who has been affected by Typhoon Carina that hit the Philippines over the past few hours.  My thoughts and prayers are with everyone at this time.

 

I've wanted to do a post on someone who has helped Southeast Asian wrestling over the years.  Tajiri is the first to come to mind.  Before doing one on Tajiri, my second choice, Masahiro Takanashi came to mind as well.

 

Masahiro Takanashi is a wrestler who works for the DDT Pro Wrestling promotion.  The 41 year old veteran has wrestled mostly in Japan.  However, he has also wrestled in the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand among Southeast Asian countries.

 

The two things that blew me away was the fact that he's won a combination 16 titles in his career.  Definitely impressive!

 

Also, if Cagematch is correct with the statistics, Masahiro Takanashi has wrestled in 2374 matches!  That is impressive considering he has wrestled since 2003.  Despite the years missed due to covid, he has averages over 100 matches per year or once every four days.  Any wrestler who has done that has to be durable.

 

This blogger talked with some fans who were at the Dexcon Wrestle Storm show earlier this year.  Takanashi along with Chris Brookes were the featured match in the show.  They took on a very quality team in Jake De Leon and Dabid Ravena.  It was a weekend to remember for Pinoy Wrestling fans. 

The Rescue

Last night, this blogger had an opportunity to watch a wrestling video on demand.   This was not just a normal wrestling video either.  The timing of the VOD could not be any better!

 

The video known as Dexcon Wrestle Storm was definitely a very good show and a very good video.  The show took place back in March.  The two day event had a Meet And Greet with local and international wrestlers on Saturday.  Sunday was the actual show.  The venue was the Brawl Pit Bulusan in Quezon City, Philippines.

 

This blogger had an opportunity to see a Dexcon show last August at the same location.  The Meet And Greet along with the show was on the same day, a Monday.  It was a holiday in the Philippines that day.

 

For those of you that don't know Dexcon, hopefully I'll explain this well.  The organization is a group of Pinoy Wrestling Fans that love wrestling.  Whether it's on the local scene in the Philippines or Internationally in the Southeast Asia region, the group works tirelessly to bring in talent from Singapore, Thailand, wherever.  Along with local talent from the former Manila Wrestling Federation and World Underground Wrestling Philippines, the group, more than puts in the effort, to bring quality wrestling to the fans.

 

As mentioned, I had a chance to see the August 2023 Dexcon show and came away impressed.  Alexis Lee and Steve The Teacher among others were performing that evening.  A small but enthusiastic sellout crowd had a great time that night!

 

This blogger has shared posts from the three shows since the first one watched.  It's great to be in contact with Rosh, Cholo and the staff who are great promoters and ambassadors in PH.  Along with matchmaker, Linus and the rest of the staff, wrestling is doing well there.  This blogger is convinced that with their input, enthusiasm and love for the Pinoy and international wrestling will continue to grow and prosper.

 

The last Dexcon show, Dexcon Decada, was a life saver and definitely an emotional one.  The event celebrated 10 years of modern Pinoy wrestling.  The show had been planned and scheduled well before the sudden end of the Manila Wrestling Federation last month.  From some videos, pictures and numerous stories, the show was, definitely, more than a successful one!

 

This blogger has been told that there will be a World Underground Wrestling show sometime in July.  Also, the sense of this blogger has it that Dexcon could very well be involved in shows again.  Saying this. is not at all, to put any pressure on them.  However, there are a faction of wrestling fans in the Philippines that love what Dexcon, World Underground Wrestling - PH, and for that matter, Filipino Pro Wrestling are providing.  This blogger feels the same way.

 

To my friends at Dexcon, thank you for providing pro wrestling in the Philippines.  You guys know how this blogger feels about Dexcon, World Underground Wrestling and Filipino Pro Wrestling. It's something that this blogger supports, and more!

Dexcon Wrestle Storm Results

Hello everyone!

 

Here are the results from Dexcon's event, Wrestle Storm.  The event took place on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at the Brawl Pit Bulusan in Quezon City.  The reason for the delay was we wanted people to watch the stream version of the show.

Also, hope everyone enjoys Dexcon Decada.  The event celebrating 10 Years Of Modern Day wrestling in the Philippines will take place Sunday, May 26th at the Brawl Pit Bulusan in Quezon City.

 

Pinoy Bulldog d. Kappa World Order in a dark match.

TZK (Saint John Martin and Ken Cifer) d. The Gemini Kings (Main Maxx and ROMEO) to retain the WUW Tag Team Title.

Chelsea Marie d. AFAM Steve.

Zera d. Razael in tribute to the 6th anniversary of Cheyza Brown Wolf.  Zera would unmask himself after the match.

The Machine d. Silent D.  There was a tease about a possible match between The Machine and SJM afterwards.

Shivam (SETUP Thailand) d. Robin Sane in an International Dream Match.

CDK (Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi - DDT, Chocopro and SETUP) d. OPM (Jake De Leon and Dabid Ravena) to retain the IWA SETUP Tag Team Titles.