Seeing the video, and seeing the aspirants, including several women, it looked to be very successful.
This fan has been told that it can vary from weeks to months and to possibly over a year for someone to become a wrestler. As noted, or been said, it takes a lot to become what a Jake De Leon, Fabio Makisig, Crystal, Chelsea Marie and what the MWF locker room had to accomplish to get where they are today.
It's nice to see factories like this throughout various Southeast Asia promotions. This fan has read numerous posts on Facebook and sees the results. Pro Wrestling, no matter where in the world, needs to continue to grow. Whether it's the road to WWE's NXT or the Manila Wrestling Federation, there is always a need for wrestlers, male and female!
Just the fact that numerous people took the first step.....and took part in the MWF Factory is the most important one. Hopefully, this will be the first of many!
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.
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.
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Zombie Dragon, who was to be part of a six person mixed tag team match, suffered a broken foot and has withdrawn from the match.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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.