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PROGRESS & ICW wrestlers part of WWE WrestleMania Axxess

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Some of the best European-based wrestlers in the world will be appearing in a WWE ring for the first time during WrestleMania weekend.

WWE announced on Tuesday that wrestlers from NXT, 205 Live, PROGRESS Wrestling, and ICW, as well as some from the UK tournament, will be wrestling in matches at WrestleMania Axxess. NXT matches have been part of the attractions at Axxess over the last few years.

Of those that WWE is advertising, Jimmy Havoc, Mark Haskins, the South Pacific Power Trip (TK Cooper, Travis Banks & Dahlia Black), Toni Storm, and Jinny are from outside of the company. They will be in Orlando for the show PROGRESS is running on March 31st, which is part of WWN’s weekend of events.

The current schedule of Axxess matches is:

Thursday, March 30th —

  • Rich Swann vs. Brian Kendrick
  • TJ Perkins vs. Drew Gulak
  • More from Hideo Itami and others

Friday, March 31st —

  • WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate defending against Mark Haskins
  • Pete Dunne vs. Mark Andrews
  • More from Jimmy Havoc, TK Cooper, Travis Banks, Dahlia Black, Toni Storm, and Jinny

Saturday, April 1st (8 a.m. ET) —

  • Akira Tozawa vs. Ariya Daivari
  • Pete Dunne vs. Wolfgang
  • WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate defending against Joseph Conners
  • More matches

Saturday, April 1st (1 p.m. ET) —

  • Heavy Machinery vs. The Vaudevillains
  • Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss vs. The Ascension
  • More from Liv Morgan, Daria Berenato, and others

Saturday, April 1st (6 p.m. ET) —

  • Akira Tozawa vs. Steve Cutler
  • Trent Seven vs. Noam Dar
  • TJ Perkins & Mustafa Ali vs. Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss

Sunday, April 2nd —

  • Trent Seven vs. Wolfgang
  • WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate defending against Pete Dunne
  • More from Mark Haskins, Jimmy Havoc, TK Cooper, Travis Banks, Dahlia Black, Toni Storm, and Jinny

PROGRESS joins loaded WWN WrestleMania weekend schedule

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The World Wrestling Network has announced next year’s schedule for their annual WrestleMania weekend events, and the 2017 edition in Orlando, FL looks to be the biggest weekend in company history.

Britain’s PROGRESS Wrestling will promote its first stateside events for WWN as part of the weekend, with a standalone show on March 31st and a co-branded EVOLVE vs. PROGRESS edition of WWN’s annual Mercury Rising Supershow on April 1st.

Though they didn’t run a show, PROGRESS was part of the WrestleMania 32 festivities in Dallas earlier this year with a title match between Marty Scurll and Will Ospreay on the WrestleCon Supershow.

EVOLVE will promote two standalone events with shows on March 30th and 31st.

Beyond Wrestling and CHIKARA will also join WWN’s weekend events for the first time. And SHIMMER and Kaiju Big Battel will return with shows.

The full schedule is:

Will Ospreay returns to action

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Despite missing a show on Saturday because of a possible shoulder injury, Will Ospreay returned on Sunday for PROGRESS Wrestling at The Electric Ballroom in London.

Ospreay faced Mark Haskins on the show in a match to determine the number one contender for the PROGRESS Wrestling Championship. According to a report, Ospreay’s shoulder was strapped up heavily.

There was concern about Ospeay’s health after he had to pull out of a show on Saturday for NORTH Wrestling, but Ospreay’s quick return for PROGRESS would seem to indicate that the potential injury won’t cause him to miss other big matches in the future.

The 23-year-old Ospreay has battled several injuries despite being only a few years into his career. He has recently dealt with a knee injury, and Dave Meltzer wrote that in just his short career Ospreay has suffered “two slipped discs, seven concussions, a dodgy shoulder that is prone to separation, two fractured heels, and sciatica which leads to numbness in his foot.”

Ospreay had posted the following on his Facebook page on Friday:

“To anybody attending North Wrestling I have the unfortunate news that I will not be able to attend due to injury.

Nothing to North Wrestling at all I took a nasty knock to my shoulder during the WCPW shows and I’m hoping it’s not bad but I’m booking a appointment with my doctors & pysiotherapist to see what the damage is.”