Grapplemax Seventh Anniversary Show Update #6

There has been one updated match for Grapplemax's Seventh Anniversary Show scheduled for Saturday, November 11th.

 

This fan hasn't followed Grapplemax that long, but there is no love lost between Showtime and Endboss Gregory.  Apparently, this rivalry has gone back nearly six years.

 

For those who haven't seen the latest, please watch the recent match between Endboss Gregory and Simon Siah.  It was definitely an exciting and  good match between a young wrestler with a year's experience and someone who's been with the industry for several years.

 

What happened a few minutes after the match has led to this encounter.  With Endboss being blindsided from behind, Showtime took full advantage of a fatigued Gregory leading up to this match.

 

With Big Dave taking on Hotshot and Jordan taking on Dick Togo, and several other matches, definitely, this will be a great night for pro wrestling in Singapore.

 

Also, this fan wants to mention that You Tube has all the matches from their last show, Amplify in their channel.  Please check it out and subscribe if you haven't already. 

 

The show is a sellout.  Congratulations to Grapplemax on their seventh anniversary!    

ROR #2 Recap

Just got done a couple of days ago watching Ring Of Rebirth's latest show.  It is ROR Wrestling #2.  For those wondering, the show can be viewed on You Tube.  You can also subscribe to Ring Of Rebirth by clicking the SUBSCRIBE box.

 

I was impressed by two wrestlers in the segment at the Goldpine Industrial Building.  Aerial Sniper Nyc has impressed me, especially since coming to Ring Of Rebirth.  He took on a larger opponent in Gotham.  The match was happening both in and out of the ring.  Fans need to watch the match for themselves.  Let's just say that Nyc had an impressive match.

 

Speaking of Nyc, he will be representing Ring Of Rebirth at an upcoming TOP Dojo show in Thailand near the end of the month.  Will have more on this in a future post. 

 

The other match on this segment was Varum Khanna and Brother Bhai.  In ROR Wrestling #1, the former tag team partners were not on the same page as The Big Bad Boyz in their title match for the VPW Tag Team Championship.  It led to a singles match to what normally settles the score.

 

Unfortunately it didn't.  Varun, definitely stronger than he was last year, took the match to Brother Bhai.  It ended up a DQ win for him, not exactly the way he would have wanted it.  However, I don't believe the score has nearly been settled yet.  

 

There was an added segment.  Brownie Suplex. a new sponsor, had an eating competition between Ahmad Arif against BGJ w/The Eurasian Dragon.  This took place between the two matches.

 

From what I saw on the video, I believe everyone there had a good time.  If you don't believe me, please check both ROR Wrestling #1 and #2.  ROR Wrestling #3 will be out soon.

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.

Middle Kingdom Wrestling Update

A super group is being formed and is known as The New Dangerous Alliance.  This group will appear at Middle Kingdon's next show, MKW Bash At The Bay 3.  The event will take place on January 27, 2014 in Shenzen, China.

 

The Japanese Illuminati, Kimura Taisuke and  Syuuou Fujiwara will join forces with Chairman Al, Queen Marie, Uncle Money and Ash Silva at this event.  The Japanese Illuminati have appeared at every Bash At The Bay event.

 

Tickets will be going on sale next month.  However, please continue to check the Middle Kingdom Wrestling page on Facebook for more information.

 

Also, congratulations to Ash and Big Sam for winning the KOPW Tag Team Championship this last weekend!

 

   

New Taiwan Wrestling Update #1

There has been one match signed up for New Taiwan Wrestling's next show, Dragon's Invasion. The show will take place on Saturday, November 18th at 2pm.  The venue is Zhongguang Dojo :No. 20, Lane 20, Sec. 1, Xingren Road, Zhongli District, Taoyuan City (5 mins walk from Neiang Railway Station).

 

Alex Cool will take on Kuangda in the first match that has been signed for the show.

 

For information on tickets and more, please check the NTW page on Facebook.

 

 

Vietnam Pro Wrestling Immortal Glory Update #1

Here is an update regarding Vietnam Pro Wrestling's show, VPW: Immortal Glory.  The event will take place on Saturday, December 2nd at the VAIB Studio.  

 

Viva Van, Vietnamese born wrestler who is wrestling in California, and now with NJPW, will make her VPW debut against Sumie Sakai for the PCW Ultra Women's Championship!

 

This fan had a chance to see her live in Northern California at a Big Time Wrestling show last month.  She successfully defended the BTW Women's title at the show.  For fans who have never seen her live, she is the real deal.

 

For tickets, please check the Vietnam Pro Wrestling page on Facebook.

New KOPW Tag Team Champions

The team of Big Sam and Ash DeSilva defeated The Lion Dance Brothers and are the new KOPW Tag Team Champions.

 

The win occurred this past Saturday, November 4th at a King Of Pro Wrestling show in Foshan, China.

Grapplemax Seventh Anniversary Show Update #5

Grapplemax's Aussie Aussie Aussie (YC and Shawn) will be taking on New Taiwan's A-Yong-Go and The Joker in one additional tag team match for Grapplemax Pro Wrestling's Seventh Anniversary show.

 

The date is Saturday, November 11th beginning at 7:30pm.  Doors to the Grapplemax Studio at UBI 55. 55 UBI Ave 1, #04-12 open at 6:30pm.

Grapplemax Seventh Anniversary Show Update #4

There has been one added match for Grapplemax's Seventh Anniversary show scheduled for this coming Saturday, November 11th.

 

The team of Simon Siah and Ryan will take on Jullian of Showtime Inc. and their newly added intern in Kelvin in a tag team match.

 

Once again, the show will begin at 7:30pm at 55 Ubi Avenue with the doors opening one hour prior.  The event is sold out.  If there are any changes with the show, this fan will update it here on the blog.

 

Congrats to Grapplemax on its seven year anniversary!

KOPW Event On Saturday

This fan just learned that there is a match tonight involving KOPW Chinese Pro Wrestling.

 

If I have this correct, The Lion Dance Brothers (Jason Wong and Shen Fei) will take on Samuel Burgess and Ash DeSilva in a tag team match.  The match will take place on Saturday, November 4th in Foshan, China.  The show will begin at 6pm local time.  The KOPW Tag team Titles that The Lion Dance Brothers have are on the line.

 

As soon as I get more information, I'll update this post.

Shiho

Shiho about to pin Jin Gae Sung in a match in August 2022.

 

 

Not too many people in Southeast Asia have heard the name, Shiho, a pro wrestler in South Korea.  In fact, I didn't know about him either.  That certainly changed when this blogger started following some video late last year.  I started following the promotion, PWS Korea that he wrestles in.

 

Shiho is a pro wrestler, promoter and trainer for the South Korean promotion.  According to Cagematch, he is 5'7" tall and weighs 170 pounds.  From videos that this fan has seen of him, he is as tough as nails when it comes to the squared circle.  He's quick, strong, has an aerial attack and has won more than his share of matches.  He has wrestled in Korea, America, Japan and China.

Shiho has won his share of titles such as the PWS Title on a couple of occasions.  However, bringing in wrestlers from within and outside the country is one of his major attributes.

 

The first video I saw of Shiho was on You Tube back in October 2018, about five years ago.  The event was PWS Domination 2.  Shiho faced a tough hombre in Big Money, part of today's Regnant Stable with Middle Kingdom Wrestling in China.

 

Despite a height and weight disadvantage, Shiho, more than earned this fan's respect.  He wasn't intimidated nore feared by the challenger.  In fact, he went toe to toe with him for portions of the match.  Big Money, thinking he had an easy win before the match ever started, learned some other things that day.  Shiho won by a count out, something that he would have preferred winning by pin or submission.  However, a win is a win.

 

The promotion he began, PWS Korea, had their first show back in January 2018 with an event, PWS First Show.  Their upcoming event will be PWS Pub Brawl on Saturday, November 18th.  All the best to Shiho and to PWS Korea going forward.