We’re back to the sparsely-attended warehouse in Newcastle for the fourth episode of the WhatCulture wrestling show, as we entered the “go-home” show for next week’s first special event.
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Three months after their debut, PROGRESS returned to The Garage in Islington, London for their second event, entitled “The March of PROGRESS”. Featuring an increased roster of 18 wrestlers (only four of which appeared on the first show), show two headlined with a best-of-three falls title match between Nathan Cruz and Marty Scurll, and also had the PROGRESS debut of a 19-year-old Will Ospreay.
A few weeks back, we reviewed the first show from the English promotion GOOD Wrestling. It took a while for their second show to emerge, after a late postponement, but their May event, entitled “2 GOOD 2 Glorious” is now up on YouTube, free for everyone to watch. So we did.
This past Sunday, Revolution Pro Wrestling held its annual “Summer Sizzler” spectacular, with a seven match card highlighted by the appearance of two of New Japan’s finest: Tomohiro Ishii and Katsuyori Shibata. We were there live, here’s our full review…
Held on May 1st, Rev Pro Wrestling’s “Live at the Cockpit 8” played host to their WWE Cruiserweight Classic qualifier, between Noam Dar and Josh Bodom. With the Classic starting tomorrow, it’s time to see how their man got into the tournament, along with the rest of a card that featured Zack Sabre Jr. defend his British Heavyweight Title against Big Damo.
After three weeks, it’s probably still too early to make a final judgment on the new WhatCulture Pro Wrestling promotion from the North East of England, but it’s fair to say that the early signs have been mixed to say the least. Let’s see what they’ve learned this week.
Based out of the English town of High Wycombe, Empress Pro Wrestling is the latest in a line of women-only promotions. They’ve only been around since the start of 2015, and with four shows to their name (as of time of writing), it’s fair to say that they’re not rushing things either.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve spent big money on a “supercard” style show. Not counting the WWE and TNA shows I’ve been to, you’d have to go back to one of 1PW’s dying days. From a live perspective, this was a totally different crowd to what you’d usually see from, say, a PROGRESS event. Sure you had your chants, and the infernal “one fall” gimmicks. But nevertheless, this was a fun show to watch, aided by the names on display.