Cross Promoting

Growing up with pro wrestling in the Territory Era in North America, there was something interesting that this blogger learned early on. 


About two years after first watching wrestling on television, this blogger first came across a wrestling magazine known as The Wrestler.  Remember everyone, back then, there was no internet! 

 

It was a shock to find out that there were actually three promotions in North America and not one!  I grew up in the National Wrestling Alliance territory and thinking it was the only one.

 

However, there were two other promotions in the American Wrestling Association (Midwest Region) and the World Wide Wrestling Federation (East Coast Region).  It would be extremely rare if a wrestler from one region back in 1968 would wrestle in another one.  The only exception I could remember early on was the WWWF's Bruno Sammartino doing a couple of shows against the NWA's Ray Stevens at the Daly City Cow Palace.

 

Things were very tight amongst the heads of the different groups back then.  Definitely, it was big business and up until the 1970s, one promotion would not "invade" another's territory.  The invasion began in 1969 when the American Wrestling Alliance invaded NWA territory with a show in the Los Angeles area (The Forum in Inglewood).  NWA was the territory back then with shows at the Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles.

 

Jumping forward a half century, in Southeast Asia, there are a few pro wrestling promotions throughout the various countries.  Unlike the days of The Territory Era in North America, pro wrestling in Southeast Asia is definitely a breath of fresh air!  The heads of the various promotions are far more receptive in a wrestler from one country visiting another.

 

This blogger has been following a recent pro wrestling tour of Japan involving Jake De Leon (PUSO Wrestling - Philippines), Shivam (SETUP - Thailand) along with Dr. Gore (SPW), Monomoth (SETUP), Chris Brookes and Masa Takanashi (SETUP, DDT Pro Wrestling, ChocoPro).  A couple of fans from abroad were able to attend the tour as well.

 

There were the Baka Gaijin and ChocoPro shows that were definitely memorable.  Then there was the legendary show at Korakuen Hall where many Japanese pro wrestling shows have taken place.  I believe the tour ends in Saitama before the wrestlers return to the respective countries.

 

Over the last few weeks, this blogger has been trying to keep up with several wrestlers.  While I was in the Philippines, Filipino Pro Wrestling's, Chino Guinto took part in a Vietnam Pro Wrestling show at the VAIB Studio.  Before this, Jake De Leon (PUSO Wrestling) and Mike Madrigal (Filipino Pro Wrestling) traveled to Malaysia for an APAC Wrestling show.  The Eurasian Dragon and a couple of other wrestlers from Ring Of Rebirth Singapore wrestled in the show as well.

Earlier in the year, Dexcon Philippines promoted a couple of shows with Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW), Chris Brookes and Masa Takanashi (SETUP, DDT, ChocoPro) appearing. 

 

In about two weeks, September 14th, the Philippines own, Crystal, will be appearing at Middle Kingdom Wrestling's Championship Supercard show in Shanghai.  She will be taking on Yuki Kamifuku for the SPW Queen Of Asia Championship.

 

The point this blogger is making is that the cross promotion of wrestling talent in Southeast Asia is a very healthy one for pro wrestling in the region. It spurs interest, grows the industry and helps the economy.  Friendships are strengthened as well.

 

There is no question in this wrestling fan's mind that the Japan visit was a success!  From what was posted in Social Media, all of the wrestlers had a great time and were receptive positively by the fans who attended.  Definitely, there are exciting times ahead for sports entertainment in the region.  

Ring Of Rebirth's Next Show

Ring Of Rebirth Singapore's next show, ROR Wrestling, was taped on June 30th and will be shown soon on You Tube.

 

The show features a GTFO match with Team Singapore versus Team Asia.  Wrestlers from Ring Of Rebirth, TOP Dojo and Vietnam Pro Wrestling were on the show.

 

This blogger will keep you informed on when the show will be on You Tube.  In the meantime, please check the Ring Of Rebirth page on Facebook for more information.  Thank you.

Enter The Dragon Update

The Eurasian Dragon, from Ring Of Rebirth, defeated NYC and CBK in a Triple Threat Match.  He will now face Shaukat, the champion for the Ambition Wrestling Global Championship.

 

The event is called APAC Wrestling's Enter The Dragon and will take place on Sunday, January 28th.  Bell time is at 8pm and the venue is Spacerubix, Puchong.

 

Also, Nor 'Phoenix' Diana, the undefeated APAC Wrestling Women's Champion, faces off against Japan's powerhouse, Marika Kobashi.

 

For more information on the show and tickets, please check the APAC Wrestling page on Facebook.

ROR Wrestling #5 Results

Here are the results from ROR Wrestling #5 that was held this past September at the Goldpine Industrial Building in Singapore.

 

 The Big Bad Boyz (The Eurasian Dragon and BGJ) d. Damien Wolfe and Khoa Truong and remain the VPW Tag Team Champions.

Brother Bhai and John Day ended up as a no contest.

Aerial Sniper Nyc d. Wam Bam Bellows.

Ring Of Rebirth #4 Results

Here are the results from ROR Wrestling #4s show that took place several months ago. 

Aerial Sniper NYC defeated Khoa Truong (VPW).

Damien Wolfe (VPW) defeated Kuhan Bluestar.

The Big Bad Boys (The Eurasian Dragon and BGJ) defeated (Geylang Syndicate) Mr. Geylang and Alfred and retain the VPW Tag Team Championship.

Wam Bam Bellows defeated Brother Bhai.

Next ROR Wrestling #2 On Sunday!

Looking forward to watching the next Ring Of Rebirth show on You Tube.  It will be shown this coming Sunday, November 5th at 8pm Singapore time.

 

Please look out for it!

Ring Of Rebirth One Plus Years Later

Last year, when doing the blog, this fan came along a new promotion in Singapore.  Ring Of Rebirth would become the third wrestling promotion in the country.

 

I had an opportunity to message The Eurasian Dragon about the new promotion.  Certainly, there would be challenges getting this started.  Already in the country was Singapore Pro Wrestling and Grapplemax Pro Wrestling Singapore.  However, The Eurasian Dragon had and still has a vision for the company.

 

Doing the shows in a studio format was great!  It reminded this fan of the early days back in The Territory Era.  I remember locally the days of Friday Night Wrestling in a television studio.  A little more recent was Gordon Solie with the NWA out of Atlanta, Georgia with the Superstation TBS when cable television was getting off the ground.

 

The first ROR show was called Press Start that took place in July 2022.  The venue was the Goldpine Industrial Building.  There were four matches including a Passport Match, something very creative.  Ring Of Rebirth has put all of their shows on You Tube.  All that wrestling fans need to do is to subscribe and to watch the shows.

 

Wrestlers from outside the area have appeared on the shows.  Aaron O'Malley, The Wonderboy, Ho Ho Lun and Duncan Solaire are among those.  Also, wrestlers from the other two promotions have appeared.  In fact, several ROR wrestlers have appeared in SPW shows and have helped out there.

 

Early this year, in March, ROR sponsored a two day series of matches with the Dragon Gate promotion going up against the Singapore All Stars with a positive success coming out of it.

 

In June, a team known as The Big Bad Boyz with The Eurasian Dragon and BGJ went to Vietnam and wrestled.  Despite an injury, The Eurasian Dragon competed.  The team won the Vietnam Pro Wrestling tag team championships.  They held the titles for over 120 days and defended it several times.  Though losing it in a fatal four way match in Vietnam last Saturday, the team held the belts with honor.  If it didn't put Ring Of Rebirth on the map before, it did now.

 

The roster has improved in the months since July 2022.  Seeing Aerial Sniper Nyc on video for the first time was great.  Looking forward to seeing him help the promotion. 

 

Early this week, Ring Of Rebirth began their second year with the first of several shows on You Tube.  There is a slight change to the program.  The title of the shows will be called RoR Wrestling.  The first show that is airing now is called RoR Wrestling #1.

 

The Eurasian Dragon has a lot of creativity with the shows right now.  It will be very interesting what we will see in year two.  All this fan can say is please support Ring Of Rebirth and continue watching!         

RoR Wrestling #1

Here are the results from RoR Wrestling #1 show.  The event took place at the Goldpine Industrial Building in Singapore on July 14th.

 

Also, the show is now available on You Tube.  Please check and subscribe to Ring Of Rebirth.  Thank you.

 

Aerial Sniper Nyc d. Kuhan Bluestar.

Caramel Prata d. Ahmad Arif.

The Big Bad Boyz (The Eurasian Dragon and BGJ) (C) d. Brother Bhai and Varun Khanna to retain the VPW Tag Team Championship.

ROR Raya Results

Here are the results from Ring Of Rebirth's show, ROR Raya.  The event took place on April 16th at the Goldpine Industrial Building in Singapore.

 

The Eurasian Dragon d. Riky Malek.

Erfie and John Day ended up as a no contest.

Caramel Prata and Jacky Ng d. Brother Bhai in a two on one handicap match.

BGJ and The Eurasian Dragon (w/Mehar Singh) d.

Erfie and John Day.

Ring Of Rebirth

Ring Of Rebirth is the newest wrestling promotion in Singapore.  The company was founded by The Eurasian Dragon, a wrestler who performed (and still performs) for Singapore Pro Wrestling in the country.

 

The shows are done in a studio-type format.  Their first show took place on July 9, 2022 with the event known as ROR - Press Start.  It took place at the Goldpine Industrial Building in Singapore with four matches.

 

In the year plus, there have been 13 total shows with the promotion.

 

As the post is being written, there are no Ring Of Rebirth Championships.  However, there is a championship that is with two wrestlers, The Eurasian Dragon and BGJ.  It is the Vietnam Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship.

 

For more on Ring Of Rebirth, please check for the ROR page which can be found on the top and the right hand side of this blog.  Thank you.