Blog Changes

Recently, this blogger started a blog in addition to this blog.  The title was Pinoy Wrestling History.  It was to share information and results from all the modern day wrestling promotions in the Philippines.  It's an ongoing project, and am doing it, for one reason.

 

This fan loves wrestling history.  I've found that databases such as Wikipedia, Cagematch and Wrestledata are good.  However, at times, they are incomplete!  Well, instead of complaining about it, this fan intends to do something about it.

 

The new blog is actually now incorporated into Pro Wrestling Today.  All the regular posts from the deleted blog are now posted in the pages section of this blog.  If one looks at the top and right second of the blog, you'll see the different pages.  Please feel free to check it out.  That is not all.

 

Other than PWR (which I'm working on currently), most of the results are complete with the exception of FPW (I have partial results there).  Soon, the results will be posted in the pages section as well.  This is not all either.

 

Since this has been a Southeast Asia blog, my intentions are to get as many results from other promotions as possible and get them on this site.  Again, the three databases mentioned are good, but they could be better.

 

For example, there is something incomplete right now regarding the SETUP 24/7 Title.  It isn't a major title.  However, there's a question as to who is the actual titleholder.  This blogger will have the answer probably next week since SETUP Thailand has a show on the weekend!

 

This blogger loves doing this blog and it's for everyone worldwide.  When checking, no one currently is doing a wrestling blog in Southeast Asia.  I'll keep everyone updated on the progress.

 

One final note, and this is important...  If anyone sees an error on any match result, please FM me on Facebook and I'll correct it ASAP!  I want this project to be correct for everyone!

 

Thanks everyone and please enjoy!

SETUP Thailand Update

Within the past few hours, there has been a major announcement regarding SETUP Thailand's upcoming show, EP17 Bangkok Strong Style.  The event will take place on Saturday, March 23rd.  The venue is The Circus Studio, G Village in Bangkok.

 

In cooperation with New Japan Pro Wrestling, superstars, Zach Sabre Jr. and El Phantasmo will take part in a singles match.

 

This match is huge, not just for SETUP Thailand, but the entire Southeast Asia region.  The match alone is a main event one anywhere in the world!

 

For more information regarding the show, please check the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling page on Facebook.  As of this post, there are tickets still available.  However, please check their page first beforehand.  Thank you.

Thank You Everyone!

Wanted to take the time here to thank everyone who has read at least one post here on Pro Wrestling Today.  It is a constant project in progress and hopefully, wrestling fans are enjoying it.  While at the Manila Wrestling Federation show this past Sunday, numerous fans came up to me and thanked me for doing this.  

I've always said that this is not for me, but on the wrestling community no matter where.  If any of you have any comments or suggestions on making it better, please let me know here or on Facebook.  This fan is touched and really appreciated what the wrestling community has said.  Hopefully, I'm doing a little something right to help make pro wrestling a little better in Southeast Asia!  

Anyone can get on the internet and read about WWE, AEW, etc.  However, promotions like Manila Wrestling Federation, Singapore Pro Wrestling, Vietnam Pro Wrestling and 13-15 other promotions in the region deserve more ink!

From that this fan has seen this year, pro wrestling is booming in the region.  Wrestling shows are selling out!  Podcasts based in America are finally realizing that there is a product here.  One specific podcast has interviewed two Asian promotions over the past several months.  Promotions have been able to secure pro wrestling for television.  Pro Wrestling Illustrated has mentioned several Asian pro wrestlers over the past calendar year and have mentioned them in their top wrestlers list.  All these things are long, long overdue but appreciated!  Pro wrestling became global in 1972 when today's New Japan Pro Wrestling was formed.  If people still feel that pro wrestling is only a North American way of sports entertainment, you've been living under a rock!  Get with the program!

Just so I'm not being picky, I didn't know about pro wrestling in Southeast Asia until November 2018.  Finding out from a fellow running friend in the Metro Manila area of the Philippines was the best thing ever to happen.  It took four years before attending my first wrestling show outside North America where I live.  If this fan could only turn the clock back, I wished it would have been much sooner.  However, it is what it is, I guess.  Pro wrestling means much more to me personally today than it did prior to November 2018.

There is one thing I can say in my 55 years of following pro wrestling.  Wrestling IS better today than it was when I first started following in 1968!  Overall, the wrestlers are better.  They are in better shape.  The equipment is better.  Safety is very important.  The training is better than before.  This fan doesn't know what to call this era in pro wrestling but it is a golden time globally!

I'll be taking a brief break until next Thursday.  Being on vacation, there are people that I'm looking forward to seeing.  Sightseeing here in the Philippines, a 5K race this coming weekend and turning 72 years young are on the agenda.  When I get back to America, there will be a lot of items to write before the Christmas/New Year's break.  Here are some of the items.

One interview with a huge Pinoy wrestling fan that this fan did prior to the MWF Noche Buena show.

An interview with Mr. Geylang of Ring Of Rebirth/Singapore.

Results from Todos Los Wrestling (MWF)

Results from Vietnam Pro Wrestling's last show (and yes, the Chris Jericho appearance at the end of the show).

Results from Malaysia Pro Wrestling's show.

Grapplemax Pro Wrestling's Upcoming show (Singapore).

Update on Middle Kingdom Wrestling's show in January in China.

and

More on the 2023 MWF Noche Buena show, an observation (no results because I'm no spoiler) and the new venue for pro wrestling at UP Dillman in Quezon City.

So to those who read this.......please be patient!  A little relaxation is needed by this fan.  Getting recharged makes the posts and the blog better too.

Anyway, please be safe everyone and will post again next week!   

Cooperation Amongst Promotions

This wrestling fan may have shared this before under a previous blog, but he wants to share this again.

 

It is a welcome sight in this world of ours when, for example, a promotion such as the Manila Wrestling Federation invites some wrestlers from Hong Kong Pro Wrestling Federation to their show.  

 

Hopefully, I don't get into trouble here, but it is good for pro wrestling locally in a Southeast Asia country and worldwide.  Wrestling fans, who may not be able to see a Ho Ho Lun, Michael Su and/or a Bitman because they are unable to travel to Hong Kong, have a chance to see them locally like in the Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.

 

Since starting this blog a couple of years ago, it appears that every promotion in Southeast Asia is now doing it.  It sends the right message, not only for the promotion, but wrestling fans alike.

 

Up until a couple of years ago here in America, you would not see the big three promotions here in WWE, AEW and Impact (TNA in 2024) doing any cross promoting.  Then, AEW and Impact tried it in 2021.  I don't know if the pandemic had anything to do with it.  However, it created excitement for the wrestling fans in America.  There was the moment when Kenny Omega of AEW won both the titles.  Impact, I believe, had their best ratings in years because of it. 

 

To this day, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Impact, along with AEW, still have some cross promoting going on at times during the year.  

 

However, any cross promotion with WWE and anyone else won't happen, and won't happen anytime soon.  Right now, there is too much of a problem and egos between Tony Khan and whoever is running WWE at the moment.

 

Back to the cooperation in Southeast Asia, it's great to see wrestlers from ROR Wrestling at a Vietnam Pro Wrestling show.  New Taiwan Wrestling will make an appearance at a Grapplemax (Singapore) show in a couple of weeks.  The cooperation between NTW Wrestling and Middle Kingdom Wrestling is especially huge. A couple of times this year, there were wrestlers from other promotions at Filipino Pro Wrestling and World Underground Wrestling - Philippines shows.

 

As this fan sees it, promotions in Southeast Asia pro wrestling understand and see the big picture. The question is, does America based promotions?  I'll leave that question unanswered for the time being.

Frequently Asked Questions

This blogger has been asked lately with the new blog why are there no longer posts on various promotions.  There was a promotion from Finland, one from Australia and the local independents near where I live.

 

The answer is simple.  This fan wants to focus on Southeast Asia, simple as that.  I've also been asked about why are you doing one with Wrestle Square (India), Hong Kong Pro Wrestling Federation, New Taiwan Wrestling and Middle Kingdom Wrestling (China) when they are not Southeast Asia countries.

 

Again, the answer is simple.  Wrestle Square, New Taiwan Wrestling and Middle Kingdom Wrestling are very much involved with Southeast Asia wrestling.  Though Wrestle Square is inactive currently, they have several championships in several Southeast Asia countries.  Regarding New Taiwan Wrestling, Hong Kong Pro Wrestling Federation and Middle Kingdom Wrestling, all three promotions work with the numerous Southeast Asia promotions.  I know this from my research and the following.  All three have contacts that I communicate with.  They will very much be a part of this blog.

 

Regarding the promotions in Finland and in Australia, there were fans that wanted me to put the various promotions on this blog.  After one and maybe two posts, things rapidly deteriated.  There were, at times, communication issues with getting results.  There were times just trying to find out the date of a show.  This has happened on several occasions.  Instead of continuing to get a lack of responses from people, it was this fan's decision to disconnect from the promotions involved.  Perhaps, if there is a complete change with the various promotions, then this blogger may reconsider. 

 

As it is right now, of the 15-16 promotions I do posts on, all but two promotions have been cooperative in the year plus of this blog.  With the two that are being uncooperative, perhaps very soon, those two will likely be deleted off the list.  Don't blame this blogger if your favorite wrestling promotion is not on here!

 

If you have any questions, please message me on Facebook.  This blogger will listen to all concerns.  Never say never.

 

Other than this, since the blog restarted last week, more people appeared to be reading it than ever before.  Thank you to everyone who takes the time and to take a peak.  This has never been about me, but for the wrestling fans, wrestlers and those behind the scenes.  I don't look this as a job but a hobby.  And this fan feels it is a fun one!

A Few Months Later

It's been quite a few months now since beginning a blog on Southeast Asia wrestling.  Obviously, there has been a lot to learn.  There have been obstacles.  And yet, there is much more to learn in all of Southeast Asia, even with the countries this fan knows a little more than others.

 

The idea of this actually happened to being the day after watching seeing my worst wrestling show.  In 2019, this fan went to see a PLE WWE event known as Hell In A Cell in Sacramento, California. Without going into gyrations about the show, it was poor, especially the WWE Championship Match.  Also, the wrestling fans that paid for a ticket at the Golden One Center were rather disgusted.

 

There were other signs too.  A small amount of wrestling fans in America would bash anything from wrestling shows, to wrestlers and to promotions.  This fan needed to step back and, perhaps, make a change. 

 

I thought about never attending a wrestling show in America again.  Well, the pandemic of 2020-21 changed a lot of things.

 

Watching You Tube and watching various promotions from the Philippines to Singapore to Vietnam were things I was doing each day.  It was learning who the different wrestlers were and the history.  By 2022, the mindset was totally different than it was in late 2019.

 

The idea of a blog became a reality.  Yes, there have been some hicups (as well as a deletion and a rebuild).  However, I'm happy with it not more than ever.

 

I felt that Southeast Asian wrestling needed a voice, not just in the region, but worldwide, especially in America.  Today, when I see shows either live or on video stream including You Tube, I see people that appear to be from outside the region there.  I don't know if it was this blog that directed them there but it doesn't hurt having something to bring them to an arena or studio.

 

There will be some additions to the blog.  For the time being, this blogger wants to keep this as a Southeast Asia blog.  There are around 20 different promotions and it's a chore to keep up and to remember upcoming shows.  Certainly, a 14-17 hour time difference is a challenge.  However, it is something that this blogger cherishes.

 

I still watch the major promotions today.  Whether its WWE, AEW, TNA Impact and/or New Japan Pro Wrestling, I'll watch it.  However, this fan knows that there is a lot more than these companies. 

 

Please continue to support this everyone.  For those who have followed this from the very beginning and today, thank you!  Pro Wrestling in Southeast Asia is growing and fast.  It's global, and is no longer just a North American way of entertainment.   

Manila Wrestling Federation

This fan's first wrestling show in Southeast Asia was a memorable one.  It happened on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at the Peta Center in Quezon City, Philippines.

 

The event was the 2022 MWF Noche Buena show. A very near sellout crowd packed the venue and saw nine terrific matches including one for the MWF Pinoy Wrestling Championship.  Fabio Makisig defeated the previous Champion, Jake de Leon for the championship.

This coming Sunday, October 22, the two will stage the rematch for the title at the MWF Todos Los Wrestling event.  The venue is at Mandala Park in Mandaluyong.

 

The promotion since the end of the pandemic early in 2022 has skyrocketed.  Thanks to the team of Veronica Litton, William Elvin, Tarech El Tayech, Patricia Ligaia, Sonny Go, Romeo Moran and Mr. Sy, MWF is leading the way in the Philippines.  The major shows are happening three times a year with (Republika, Road To Fate and Noche Buena).  Several other shows like Todos Los Wrestling and Tuloy Ang Laban, for example, are shows that lead up to the major ones.

 

Early this year, the Manila Wrestling Federation secured a television spot on a new channel in the Metro Manila area.  It is known as Rock Of Manila TV.  Roughly most of the population of the Philippines can see MWF a couple of times a week now.

 

Also, GANK, a streaming service, will show current and past MWF shows.  One needs to be a subscriber of the streaming service.

 

Also today, the shows are happening at the PMC Spotlight Theater in Circuit Makati and Mandala Park in Mandaluyong.

 

For more regarding the title and champions, please look for the MWF page that is listed on the top and on the right side of the page. 

 

Manila Wrestling Federation - MWF can be found on the Facebook page.  Also, all Southeast Asia promotions will be listed on the blog both at the top and the right side.  

Welcome!

Welcome everyone to the new and improved version of Pro Wrestling Today.

 

This blog will be about pro wrestling in Southeast Asia only.

 

The pro wrestling scene in Southeast Asia has been booming since the end of the worldwide pandemic.  It crippled sports entertainment and pro wrestling.  Now with the easing of the crisis, wrestling is better today than ever.

 

Hope all of you enjoy the blog!