FPW: Astig Update

FPW: Astig will be returning to the PMC Spotlight Blackbox Theater on Sunday, February 11th in Circuit Makati at 2pm.  The first match has been made and it is a main event!

 

Undefeated and FPW Champion, Mike Madrigal, will put the title on the line against the Gym Bro, and rising star, Thiago.

 

This is the first time the two wrestlers have faced each other in competition.  This fan has seen both wrestlers compete at last August's FPW: Astig and was impressed with what he saw.  According to a couple of wrestlers, it has been said to watch out for Thiago!  He is improving by the day.  This fan is sure that Madrigal isn't taking his opponent lightly either.  This will be Mike's third defense of the FPW Championship Title.

There will be matches added in the coming days.  Tickets are still available on early bird rates until January 31st.  For more information, please see the FPW - Filipino Pro Wrestling page on Facebook and/or check the ticket2me for tickets.  Thank you.

As soon as there are more matches announced, I will add them on a separate post.

NTW Show Update

Want to update everyone on New Taiwan Wrestling's next show to take place this coming  Saturday, January 20th.  The venue is Zhongguang Dojo :No. 20, Lane 20, Sec. 1, Xingren Road, Zhongli District, Taoyuan City (5 mins walk from Neiang Railway Station).  The time of the show is at 2pm with the doors opening at 1:30pm.

 

Here is the lineup of matches on the show as of this post.

 

TJ vs Lucifer

Hiroki vs Black Ho

Ghost Wolf vs Ghost Fight 獒

Alex Cool & 剛田魁 vs OZ & VK

Mr. Yee & Karas vs Sky & Sinn

The Joker vs DDT

 

For more on the show including tickets, please check the NTW page of Facebook.  Thank you.

 

 

 

MKW Bash At The Bay Update

There has been an update regarding MKW's Bash At The Bay 3 show to be held in Shenzen, China on Saturday, January 27th.

 

The MKW World Championship has been vacated.  It has been announced that a Triple Threat Match will decide a new champion.

 

It will be The Slam vs. Franco Varga vs. Coldray for the prestigious belt.

 

Also, Alexis Lee will take on Hibiscus Lii for the CWE Vixens Championship.

 

Zombie Dragon, who was to be part of a six person mixed tag team match, suffered a broken foot and has withdrawn from the match.  

 

For more on the show and tickets, please check the Middle Kingdom Wrestling page on Facebook. 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.

Wrestle Storm Update

Dexcon's event, Wrestle Storm, will take place the weekend of Saturday/Sunday, March 23-24th.

 

Matchmaker, Linus Santos, who is becoming one of the top matchmakers in the region, has come up with another tag team match for the March 24th show!

 

The team of Oro Plata Mata (MWF Pinoy Wrestling Champion, Jake De Leon and teammate, Dabid Ravena) will face the Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi) in the second of two tag matches.

 

CDK as they are known, and as of this post, are the SPW Southeast Asia Tag Team Champions.  The team has wrestled throughout portions of Southeast Asia and has been a team to reckon with.

 

This is not to sell Oro Plata Mata short.  The Pinoy Wrestling fans, particularly at Manila Wrestling Federation shows know the capability of Jake De Leon and Dabid Ravena.  They are excellent singles wrestlers.  I've been told by sources that the two have tagged on occasions.  If I were CDK, this is a team not to be overlooked.

 

The other tag team match is for the WUW International Tag Team Championship.  TZK (Saint John Martin and Ken Cifer) will put the titles on the line against reunited Gemini Kings (ROMEO and Main Maxx).

 

There will be a Meet and Greet on Saturday, March 23rd at 12 noon at Unbox Greenhills.  The wrestling show will take place on Sunday, March 24th at Brawl Pit Bulusan in Quezon City at 6pm.

 

For more information on the show and tickets, please check the Dexcon page on Facebook!  Tickets are going well.       

SPW Champions Never Yield 2 Update

Here is the updated card for Singapore Pro Wrestling's event, Champions Never Yield 2.

 

 

Main Event

SPW Southeast Asia Tag Team Championship

The Horrors vs Masahiro Takanashi & HARASHIMA

 

SPW SEA Championship

Aiden Rex (C) vs Seigo Tachibana vs Big T

 

SPW Singapore Championship

Shivam (C) vs Black Arrow

 

Special Singles Match

The Statement Andruew Tang vs Kuroshio TOKYO Japan

 

SPW Queen of Asia Number One Contender's Match

Mizuki vs Alexis Lee

 

SPW Singapore Championship Number One Contender's Gauntlet Match

Sayn RH vs Riz vs Emman vs CK Vin vs Meta vs Trickster

 

Singles Match

Destroyer Dharma vs Riky Malek

 

The Midnight Bastards will also be on the show.

 

For more on tickets, please check the SPW page on Facebook.  Thank you.

SETUP Thailand Show Update

Here is an update to SETUP Thailand's show, Bangkok Showdown.  The event will take place a week from Saturday, January 20th at The Circus Studio G Village in Bangkok.  According to the Facebook page, the event is SOLD OUT!  However, please check the page to see if there are any changes.

 

Shivam (C) vs. Skyler for the SETUP Thailand Openweight Championship.

 

Bital (C) will defend the Wrestle Square Hardcore Championship against DMan and Venomous.

 

Just added...Avi vs. Crypto Bro (Grapplemax) vs. Jordan (C) (Grapplemax) vs. Alpha G for the Wrestle Square Cruiserweight Championship.

 

Emi Sakura, Baliyan Akki and Mei Suruga vs. Mona, Kevin Malik and Mefisto in a Mixed Tag Team match.  

 

Rubber Man and Masa Takanashi will be in a three way match against St. John Innocent College and The Good Deal. (This match has changed because Chris Brookes is recovering from surgery per the SPW Facebook page).

   

WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Matcha vs Jeney vs Kylie.

 

 

 

Chris Vice will put the Zero-1 World Heavyweight Championship up against Jonathan Johnson.

 

 

The Statement - Andruew Tang will take on Monomoth.

The Next Title Defense

It is about three months away from Manila Wrestling Federation's next event.  The event will be Kasaysayan on Sunday, April 14th.  It will take place at the UP Film Institute in Quezon City.

 

With Jake De Leon now as the two time - MWF Pinoy Wrestling Champion, this fan has been asked who his first opponent will be for the title.

 

I'm not a matchmaker here.  This blogger can say that "Danger" Rex Lawin did win the Number One Contenders match against Ho Ho Lun at Noche Buena.  Normally, that would be the next match.

 

Fabio Makisig deserves a return match for the belt.  I say this especially since he wasn't pinned by Jake De Leon.  He was pinned by Oro Plata Mata teammate, Main Maxx.

 

Main Maxx, being in the final pairing against Jake De Leon, deserves a title shot as well, especially how the match concluded.  For those that haven't seen it, the match, in its entirety is on You Tube.   Please check the Manila Wrestling Federation page, and more important, please subscribe!  There are close to 5,000 subscribers!

 

There are more wrestlers in line such as Dabid Ravena, Nigel San Jose, Kurt Jiminez, Robin Sane and more wanting to get a shot at the title.  When one is a champion, you are more likely to be hunted than being the hunter!

 

Back to Fabio and to Main Maxx for a moment, both have interesting situations going forward.  

 

Fabio likely has Danny Zamora on his mind.  Is Danny out of the stable after what happened at Noche Buena? 

 

With Main Maxx, it's perhaps more than one wrestler since he was a part of Oro Plata Mata.

 

However, recently, Main Maxx is reuniting with R O M E O as part of a tag team known as The Gemini Kings.  They will be wrestling in an event sponsored by Dexcon called Wrestle Storm in March.  Their opponents will be the WUW International Tag Team Champions in Saint John Martin and Ken Cifer.  Will one or both teams be a part of MWF going forward in 2024?

 

We will learn more in the next few weeks.

FPW Astig's Next Show!

Filipino Pro Wrestling and FPW Astig will be returning next month!

 

The show will take place on Sunday, February 11th at the PMC Spotlight Blackbox Theater in Circuit Makati.  Time is TBD (probably 2pm).

 

There was a mention on whom FPW Champion, Mike Madrigal should wrestle on the upcoming show.

 

Definitely, this blogger is not a matchmaker.  Mike did defeat Ralph Imabayashi and Cali Nueva in the finals of a tournament last year to win the belt.

 

He defended it successfully against Duke Ortega in a banger of a match that I saw live last August. 

 

Looking back at the FPW:Astig series, he wrestled nearly everyone on the roster and defeated everyone.  

 

Perhaps they could run through the series again starting with Mharckie.  However, though I wasn't at any of the tapings, he hadn't faced the likes of Quatro and Dax Xaviera per the 11 week series in which the fans saw on You Tube.

 

However, this fan knows that Mike Madrigal will be ready. no matter the opponent.  He and the FPW locker room have had a long enough off season to see how the 2024 season will be like.

 

This fan is definitely looking forward to an exciting year.  Am sure the fans cannot wait to watch the action at the PMC Spotlight Blackbox Theater at Circuit Makati.  Tickets are now available on the ticket 2 me website.  However, please check the FPW - Filipino Pro Wrestling for more information.  

Bangkok Showdown Update

 SETUP Thailand's next show will take place on Saturday, January 20th.  The event is called Bangkok Showdown and will take place at The Circus Studio beginning at 6:30pm.

 

Here is an update of the matches so far....

 

Shivam (C) vs. Skyler for the SETUP Thailand Openweight Championship.

 

Bital (C) will defend the Wrestle Square Hardcore Championship against DMan and Venomous.

 

CDK (Chris Brookes and Masa Takanashi) will put the IWA Tag team Championship on the line in a three way against St. John Innocent College and The Good Deal. (This match is subject to change because Chris Brookes is recovering from surgery per the SPW Facebook page).

   

WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Matcha vs Jeney vs Kylie.

 

 

BEST BROS (Mei Suruga & Baliyan Akki) will be in action.

 

 

Chris Vice will put the Zero-1 World Heavyweight Championship up against Jonathan Johnson.

 

 

The Statement - Andruew Tang will take on Monomoth.

 

 

For more involving the show and tickets, please check the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling page on Facebook.

Events Page

This blogger has decided to add an EVENTS page on the blog.

 

If you check under the title of the blog, you will see the word EVENTS.  By clicking it, you will go to a page with all the Southeast Asia events that are mentioned on their Facebook page.  The page will be updated often.

Dexcon Wrestle Storm Update

A few hours ago, there was a major announcement regarding Dexcon Wrestle Storm's next show.  The event will take place on Saturday/Sunday, March 23-24.  More on this later in the post.

 

The announcement began with my friend, Linus Santos.  The announcement was turned over to WWE Hall Of Famer, and one of this fan's favorite wrestlers in Tito Santana!  Tito looked great in the video and hopefully, he's enjoying life after the great years he had in WWE.

Anyway, TZK (Ken Cifer and Saint John Martin) will defend the WUW International Tag Team Championship for the first time at the event.  Their opponents will be a very familiar tag team in Philippines pro wrestling history.  

 

The Gemini Kings (R O M E O and Main Maxx) will be reuniting to take on TZK.

 

For those who are wondering about the two tag teams, here is some history regarding both teams.

 

TZK have been part of World Underground Wrestling - Philippines for several years.  Ken Cifer and Saint John Martin have trained together and probably have faced one other in matches.  Last month, at the 2023 Noche Buena Show, TZK won the WUW International Tag Team title from Zera and Umezawa.  Zera was a last minute replacement for Sansyu who was unable to fly in from Vietnam the day of the event.

 

The Gemini Kings were the last of the Philippine Wrestling Revolution tag team champions.  Under Main Maxx and SANDATA, the team won the PWR titles from The KakaiBros (Kh3ndrick & Mh4rckie) on January 26, 2020.  The event was held at the PMC Spotlight Theater in Makati.  The team would hold the belts until July 31 when they left PWR.  Per some info from Cagematch, Main Maxx and ROMEO have been a tag team since July 2019.

 

Regarding the weekend, this is the details I have so far.  On Saturday, March 23rd, there will be a Meet And Greet at Unbox Greenhills beginning at 12 noon.

 

On Sunday, March 24th, the show will take place at 6pm at the Brawl Pit Bulusan.  More on both the events will be in future posts.  Please check the Dexcon and World Underground Wrestling - Philippines pages for further updates.  

 

 

SPW Update

Singapore Pro Wrestling will be having their next show on Friday, January 19, 2024 with the event SPW: Champions Never Yield 2.  The event will take place once again at the Foo Chow Building beginning at 7:30pm.

 

Here is an update of matches as of this post.

 

Aiden Rex vs. Big T vs. Seigo Tachibana for the SPW Southeast Asia Championship.

Mizuki vs. Alexis Lee in a #1 Contenders Match for the Queen Of Asia Championship.

The Horrors vs. Masa Takanashi and Harashima (C) for the SPW SEA tag Team Championship. Harashima is replacing Chris Brookes who is recovering from surgery.

Shivam vs. Black Arrow (Part 2) for the SPW Singapore Champioship. 

The Statement - Andruew Tang vs. Kuroshio.

The Midnight Bastards will be in action against an opponent to be named.

Riky Malek vs. Destroyer Dharma.

 

For more on ticket availability and a show update, please check the SPW page on Facebook.

Grapplemax Pro Wrestling Singapore Schedule

Grapplemax Pro Wrestling Singapore has just released their pro wrestling schedule for 2024.  It is listed above the paragraph.

 

For more information on any of their shows, please check their Facebook page at Grapplemax Pro Wrestling Singapore.

 

Thank you Grapplemax as always!