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Revolution Pro Wrestling Tournaments
Revolution Pro Wrestling has held a variety of different professional wrestling tournaments competed for by professional wrestlers that are part of their roster. Sporadic tournaments Extreme Measures Extreme Measures was an eight-man tournament, in which wrestlers competed in four singles matches and the winners competed in a four-way elimination match in the final. The tournament took place at Christmas Cracker on . British Cruiserweight Championship Tournament A four-man tournament for the vacant British Cruiserweight Championship was held at the inaugural Live at the Cockpit event on after previous champion Andrew Everett vacated the title due to injury. British Women's Championship Tournament A two-night tournament to crown the inaugural British Women's Champion was held in 2018. The first round was contested at Live at the Cockpit 24 on and the semifinals and the final round were held at Live at the Cockpit 25 on . Undisputed British Tag Team Championship #1 Cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolution Pro Wrestling
Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro/RPW) is a British professional wrestling promotion founded on 26 August 2012 by Andy Quildan after separating from International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom. Revolution Pro Wrestling currently has partnerships with several internationally based promotions including US-based All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Japan's New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexico's Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). American independent company Global Force Wrestling (GFW), also has worked with RPW in the past.GFW Global Partners . Top international wrestlers who have worked for RevPro, include WWE performers Kurt Angle, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinny (wrestler)
Jinny Hahn (née Sandhu, born 28 September 1987) is a retired English professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Jinny. Early life She was born in London, England, where she grew up in Knightsbridge district of West London. She was trained by Progress Wrestling and was the first female graduate of Progress's ''Projo''. She graduated with a BSc in psychology from Birmingham City University in 2012. Professional wrestling career Early career (2015–2021) In January 2015 she had her first singles match at Progress ENDVR:8, defeating Pollyanna. At ENDVR:12, Jinny defeated Toni Storm. At ENDVR:15, Jinny defeated Leva Bates. At Chapter 28, Jinny defeated Toni Storm. At Chapter 34, Jinny and Marty Scurll defeated Laura Di Matteo and Mark Haskins. At Chapter 36, Jinny, Alex Windsor and Dahlia Black defeated Pollyanna, Nixon Newell and Laura Di Matteo. In August 2017, Jinny and Deonna Purrazzo defeated Dahlia Black and Dak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiserweight (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a cruiserweight is a wrestler who competes in a Cruiserweight division. The term was first coined in United States in 1996 by World Championship Wrestling. Prior to this, the terms "Light Heavyweight" and "Junior Heavyweight" were more commonly in use. The older term junior heavyweight is still favored in Japan, where many titles for lighter-weight competitors are called junior heavyweight titles. Prominent titles include New Japan Pro-Wrestling's IWGP, Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC, and All Japan Pro Wrestling's World championships. The weight limit used by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Japanese promotions is "up to 225 lbs" (100 kg), while WWE currently uses 205 lb (93 kg) as its weight limit. Due to the scripted nature of professional wrestling and that the billed weight of wrestlers can be changed, weight classes usually are not strictly enforced as they are in professional boxing and mixed martial arts. New Japan and Noah also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yota Tsuji
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Early life Before wrestling, Tsuji had played baseball, American football and had done Taekwondo. In March 2012, he graduated from Yokohama Tateno high-school. In March 2016, Tsuji graduated from Nippon Sport Science University. Professional wrestling career New Japan Pro Wrestling (2017–present) In April 2017, Tsuji was signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling under New Japan's " young lion" system. A year later Tsuji as well as fellow young lion, Yuya Uemura, made their pro-wrestling debuts at Lion's Gate Project 11 where Tsuji was defeated by Tomoyuki Oka. In Yota's second match he was defeated by Ren Narita. During night one of Wrestling Dontaku 2018, Tsuji and Shota Umino were defeated by Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi of Bullet Club. At Lion's Gate Project 12, Tsuji and Yuya Uemura went to a time-limit draw. At Lion's Gate Project 13, Tsuji and Uemura wrestled to a draw. On Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NJPW Royal Quest
Royal Quest was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on August 31, 2019 at the Copper Box Arena in London, England and was streamed live on FITE TV. It was the first-ever event independently promoted by NJPW in the United Kingdom. Eight matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Kazuchika Okada retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Minoru Suzuki. Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to win the British Heavyweight Championship, Kenta defeated Tomohiro Ishii to win the NEVER Openweight Championship, and the Guerrillas of Destiny retained the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Aussie Open – the winners of Revolution Pro Wrestling's Road to Royal Quest tournament. Production Background Royal Quest was the first-ever professional wrestling event independently promoted by NJPW in the United Kingdom. It was the first UK event produced by NJPW after Strong Style Evolved UK o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IWGP Tag Team Championship
The is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of the NJPW's governing body, the . The title was introduced on December 12, 1985 at an NJPW live event. The IWGP Tag Team Championship is one of two tag team titles contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW. According to NJPW's official website, the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered the "IWGP Heavyweight Class", while the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "IWGP Jr. Tag Class". Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Title changes usually happen at NJPW-promoted events; although the title has only changed hands twice at a non-NJPW event, it has been defended in several other promotions. History Before the IWGP championship system was created, New Japan Pro-Wrestling featured the NWA North Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tag Team
Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name and identity. In most team matches, only one competitor per team is allowed in the ring at a time. This status as the active or legal wrestler may be transferred by physical contact, most commonly a palm-to-palm tag which resembles a high five. The team-based match has been a mainstay of professional wrestling since the mid-twentieth century, and most promotions have sanctioned a championship division for tag teams. History The first "World" tag team championship was promoted in San Francisco in the early 1950s. Tag matches with three-man teams were developed, and in some territories, a championship division was instituted for these teams, but the concept failed to become wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Storm
Jonathan Whitcombe (born 19 April 1977) is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jonny Storm. He has worked for many independent promotions across the United Kingdom, including the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Real Quality Wrestling and One Pro Wrestling. He has also worked in the United States, for promotions such as Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Combat Zone Wrestling, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, as well as working in Japan. Professional wrestling career British and other European promotions At the start of his career, Storm became a mainstay in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA). He also competed for All-Star Wrestling. Storm began wrestling for Irish Whip Wrestling in March 2005, where he had a series of matches against M-Dogg 20. Storm was one of the trainers for ITV's '' Celebrity Wrestling'' in 2005. Although the show was considered a failure, Storm enjoyed it and said it was "a really good experience". Storm h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jody Fleisch
Jerome Fleisch (born 2 April 1980) is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jody Fleisch. He is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, One Pro Wrestling and Real Quality Wrestling. He is currently working for independent promotions all over the world. Professional wrestling career Fleisch studied Taekwondo, Ninjitsu and jujutsu for three years before joining wrestling. When Fleisch finally made his wrestling debut for NWA UK Hammerlock at the age of 16, he formed a tag team with Jonny Storm. Fleisch continued wrestling in the UK for many years as well as in the Netherlands and other countries. Fleisch made his first appearance for Michinoku Pro in Japan where he wrestled in the Fukumen World League 1999 as "Dakko Chan". In the finals, Dakko Chan lost his mask in a mask vs. mask match against the "White Bear" (Jason Cross). In summer 2001, he went down with a very serious elbow injury, suffered after an unsuccessful shooting star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Machine
Sunshine Machine is a British professional wrestling tag team consisting of Chuck Mambo (real name Gareth Snelling) (born 16 September 1992, Newquay, England) and TK Cooper (real name Tasman Bartlett-Masina) (born 18 April 1993, Auckland, New Zealand) currently signed to the English professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. They also perform on the List of professional wrestling promotions in Great Britain and Ireland, British independent scene and for various other promotions. Professional wrestling career British independent scene (2018–present) Due to mainly evolving as freelancers, Mambo and Cooper are known for competing in various promotions from the List of professional wrestling promotions in Great Britain and Ireland, British independent scene. They made their debut as a team at ‘’Empire The Gauntlet”, a house show promoted by the Empire Wrestling promotion on 23 September 2018, where they competed in a Professional wrestling match types, gauntlet tag t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aussie Open (professional Wrestling)
Aussie Open are an Australian professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher. The two began teaming in 2017 whilst working on the United Kingdom independent scene and briefly wrestled under the name The Aussie Assault. The two wrestle as freelancers, working mainly for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where they are members of the United Empire stable and were the inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where they are two-time Undisputed British Tag Team Champions They have also made appearances in Europe for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) and in the US for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), who RevPro and NJPW have working relationships with respectively. History Early career (2007–2016) Both men worked around the Australian independent scene, Davis debuted in 2007 and Fletcher in 2014. Both men worked for independent promotions, such as Melbourne City Wrestling. Formation in United Kingdom (2017-Present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roppongi 3K
Roppongi 3K was a professional wrestling tag team made up of Japanese wrestlers Sho and Yoh, active from 2013 to 2021 in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team division. They were managed by Rocky Romero from late 2017 till their breakup . They are former five-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. After training together in NJPW's dojo since February 2012, the two begun wrestling in the federation as young lions under their full names Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu in November of the same year, starting a feud with each other the following month. They became tag team partners on March 3, 2013, until the promotion sent them on an overseas learning excursion in January 2016 which notably saw them wrestle in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the names Raijin and Fujin, and in Ring of Honor (ROH) as The Tempura Boyz. The duo returned to NJPW as Roppongi 3K during the King of Pro-Wrestling event on October 9, 2017, now managed by Romero an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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