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Chris Jericho attacks Will Ospreay at RevPro’s 11th anniversary event

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Chris Jericho made a surprise appearance at Saturday’s RevPro event in London.

After Ospreay defeated NJPW’s Shingo Takagi in the main event, Zack Sabre Jr. came out and challenged Ospreay to a match at NJPW”s Royal Quest III event on October 14. It was then that a masked man jumped Ospreay, nailing him with a codebreaker. Jericho eventually revealed himself under the mask to close out the show.

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Jericho and Ospreay are scheduled to meet at AEW’s All In event on Sunday morning at Wembley Stadium. The two kickstarted their feud earlier this month when Jericho decided against joining Don Callis’ family after he found out that Callis was set to attack him if he had said no. It was then that Ospreay appeared, attacking Jericho to set up their match at Wembley Stadium.

This past week’s Dynamite had a contract signing between the two men. After exchanging words, the two ended up brawling and having to be pulled apart by security.

Other top matches from Saturday’s RevPro show had Michael Oku defeat Trent Seven to retain the Undisputed British Heavyweight title and Alex Windsor defeating Mickie James and Hyan in a three-way to retain the Undisputed British Women’s Championship.

Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi set for RevPro All In weekend event

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Will Ospreay will face Shingo Takagi at RevPro’s 11th Anniversary show this summer. 

RevPro announced this year’s event will be their “biggest show ever” in a video posted to social media on Thursday. It is scheduled for Saturday, August 26, 2023, from the Copper Box Arena in London. Ospreay is also expected to be on the card the following night when AEW presents All In from Wembley Stadium.

Ospreay and Takagi have wrestled five singles matches dating back to the finals of the Best of the Super Juniors in 2019. All of their matches have been awarded five stars or better by our own Dave Meltzer. 

Ospreay vs. Takagi star ratings:

  • 2019 Best of the Super Juniors Finals: 5 and 3/4 stars (Winner: Ospreay)
  • 2020 G1 Climax: 5 stars (Winner: Takagi)
  • 2021 New Japan Cup Finals: 5 and 1/2 stars (Winner: Ospreay)
  • 2021 Wrestling Dontaku: 6 stars (Winner: Ospreay)
  • 2022 G1 Climax: 5.5 stars (Winner: Takagi)

During a Q&A session on Twitter, RevPro also confirmed that Shigehiro Irie, Lance Archer, and Trent Seven are booked for the anniversary show as well. However, no other matches have been announced. 

The Copper Box Arena opened in 2011 and can hold 6000 spectators for basketball and just under 7500 for concerts. In 2019, NJPW Royal Quest took place from the venue and drew over 6000 fans. The show was headlined by Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight title against Minoru Suzuki. 

 

Former NXT UK wrestler Eddie Dennis announces retirement

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A former NXT UK wrestler is stepping away from the ring.

Eddie Dennis retired from in-ring competition at Revolution Pro Wrestling’s Revolution Rumble event in London on Sunday. Dennis said going into the show that he would retire if he didn’t win the Revolution Rumble match.

Michael Oku won the Revolution Rumble. Dennis was eliminated by Connor Mills.

Dennis was released by WWE in August 2022. Most of the NXT UK roster was released at that time, with WWE announcing that NXT UK was ending in its current form and would become NXT Europe.

The 37-year-old Dennis was both a wrestler and a manager in NXT UK. He was part of the Symbiosis faction with Primate and T-Bone.

Dennis, who is from Wales, is a former PROGRESS Wrestling World Champion and Tag Team Champion.

PROGRESS tweeted about Dennis’ retirement: “We didn’t want to believe the news, we didn’t think it could be true.  The reality has set in and now we know this is the end. #ThankYouEddie  We will forever party hard with your amazing memories from what you created with us at PROGRESS.”

Before becoming a full-time wrestler, Dennis worked as a math teacher. “It was a risk giving up teaching altogether to pursue my dream,” Dennis told the BBC in 2022. “It was pretty terrifying… I had a very much established a life, my fiancee and I had a mortgage. I was leaving that to go and wrestle independently.”

PAC to make first AEW All-Atlantic title defense for RevPro

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The AEW All Atlantic Championship will be defended in Revolution Pro Wrestling. 

The promotion announced on Saturday that Pac will put his title on the line against Shota Umino at RevPro Live In Sheffield. The event takes place Sunday, July 10 from Sheffield, England. 

“BREAKING: @BASTARDPAC returns to RevPro NEXT SUNDAY in Sheffield. He will make his first defence of the @AEW All-Atlantic Championship against @Shooter_us,” the promotion wrote on Twitter. 

Pac won a tournament to determine the inaugural champion. He defeated Buddy Matthews in the opening round and qualified for the four-way finals against Miro, Malakai Black, and Clark Connors at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. Pac then made Connors submit to the Brutalizer to win the belt. 

Umino has been on excursion from NJPW to RevPro since 2019. He won the promotion’s Revolution Rumble in 2020. He recently teamed with Eddie Kingston and Wheeler Yuta at Forbidden Door in a loss to Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Minoru Suzuki. 

Will Ospreay out of RevPro Epic Encounter due to kidney infection

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Will Ospreay is out of Sunday’s RevPro Epic Encounter event in London due to a kidney infection.

RevPro released a statement on their website this afternoon saying on Thursday Ospreay had developed what initially was thought to be food poisoning. As time went on, he became more ill and was eventually diagnosed with the kidney infection. He was scheduled to face Minoru Suzuki on tomorrow’s show.

“We appreciate that there will be disappointment surrounding this announcement, no one was looking forward to the Suzuki Vs Ospreay contest more than us & we will do everything we can to reschedule it for a later date,” they wrote.

RevPro also said in their statement that Suzuki had arrived in the United Kingdom this afternoon and will still be wrestling on the card.

Ospreay recently returned to action after testing positive for COVID-19, and as a result had to miss Wrestling Dontaku on May 1, where he was scheduled to face Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP United States Championship. He later wrestled at NJPW Capital Collision on May 14, where he lost a four-way for the title in a match that also involved winner Juice Robinson, Tanahashi, and Jon Moxley.

Ospreay vs. Suzuki title match set for RevPro Epic Encounter

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Will Ospreay will defend the Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship against Minoru Suzuki at RevPro Epic Encounter on Sunday, May 22.

RevPro announced the match today. Epic Encounter will be held at York Hall in London. 

The bout will be Suzuki’s first for RevPro since 2019. Suzuki is a former Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion, having held the title for 105 days in 2018. 

Ospreay has held the top RevPro title since defeating Zack Sabre Jr. for the belt in February 2020. He has since defended the title against Kyle Fletcher, Ricky Knight Jr., Doug Williams, Shota Umino, and Michael Oku.

2022 is shaping up to be a busy year for Suzuki, who will embark on a tour of the United States in March and April, including appearances at WrestleCon’s SuperShow, NJPW Lonestar Shootout, Joey Janela’s Spring Break, and Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport over WrestleMania weekend in Dallas, plus GCW shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Detroit, as well as NJPW’s Windy City Riot event in April. 

Aussie Open join NJPW’s United Empire at RevPro High Stakes

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Photo: Beyond Gorilla via Will Ospreay on Twitter

The United Empire has two new members following today’s RevPro High Stakes event. 

Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis of Aussie Open joined RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay’s NJPW stable after Ospreay defeated Ricky Knight Jr. to retain the title. 

As Ospreay beat Knight down after the match, Shota Umino ran in for the save. Aussie Open and Young Guns then ran in. Ospreay and Aussie Open then beat down Young Guns and Umino to seal Aussie Open’s defection to the United Empire. 

Fletcher and Davis join Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Aaron Henare as members of United Empire. Only Cobb and O-Khan are currently competing in NJPW’s main unit due to a variety of pandemic-related travel issues and restrictions. Cobb and O-Khan both won their first G1 Climax 31 tournament matches this weekend. 

Bea Priestley, now NXT UK’s Blair Davenport, is a former member of the group. Ospreay turned on her and kicked her out of the group in her NJPW swan song.

Will Ospreay reveals positive COVID-19 test

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Will Ospreay is currently suffering mild COVID-19 symptoms.

On Twitter, RevPro announced that he had tested positive despite being fully vaccinated.

“Will Ospreay has tested positive for Covid-19. He is fully vaccinated, only has mild symptoms & is otherwise healthy. He will be following protocols and will be out of this weekend’s shows. He is still expected to be able to compete at September 19th’s High Stakes,” RevPro’s statement reads.

“I’m sure I’ll be back in no time so other than that, I hope everyone is well,” Ospreay said in a video. “I can’t go to the RevPro shows this weekend, so unfortunately, you’ll have to deal with only really good wrestling, not the best wrestling, because the best wrestler is currently battling COVID. I’m going to beat COVID and why? Because I am on another level.”

Ospreay recently returned after four months due to a neck injury, appearing at NJPW’s Resurgence event last month. He was scheduled to team with The Young Guns to take on Brendan White, Doug Williams, and RKJ at RPW’s Live at the Cockpit 53 event on Sunday.

Will Ospreay vs. Doug Williams set for RevPro 9 Year Anniversary

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A British Heavyweight title match between Will Ospreay and Doug Williams has been announced for this weekend’s RevPro event.

Ospreay on Twitter posted a picture of the match graphic, writing “Lamb to the slaughter. Come watch Doug’s 2nd retirement match. I’m bringing both belts”. The show will take place at the Manchester Victoria Warehouse in England on August 21.

The news comes as Ospreay made a surprise appearance at NJPW Resurgence this past weekend, declaring that after four months of inactivity due to a neck injury, he was medically cleared. He said he would be staying in New Japan Strong, taking out the IWGP World Heavyweight title he never lost. He said that current champion Shingo Takagi was an interim champion and he would defend his own title going forward.

Ospreay also considers himself the current British Heavyweight Champion, the top title in RevPro. He hasn’t appeared on a RevPro card since November of 2020. Ricky Knight Jr. was awarded the title back in July due to Ospreay’s neck injury.

Williams originally retired back in 2018. However, back in March, Williams announced his return to wrestling, competing for the likes of RevPro and ICW.

Jamie Hayter, Skye Smitson getting WWE NXT UK tryouts

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Image: Jamie Hayter

Top UK indie promotion Revolution Pro announced Sunday that British Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter was offered a tryout for WWE NXT UK and thus, they are vacating the title.

Their upcoming July 4th event at Marylebone, London’s Cockpit will see Zoe Lucas vs. Gisele Shaw for the vacant title. Hayter was set to defend against Skye Smitson at the event which necessitated the change as she is getting a tryout as well.

The 26-year-old Hayter (seen above) has been with RevPro since 2015 in addition to Pro Wrestling Eve and Stardom. She’s made an NXT UK appearance before, losing to Piper Niven on a January 2020 episode of the show.

She also worked two AEW Dynamite dates in 2019, losing to Britt Baker on the fourth-ever show and teaming with Emi Sakura in a win over Riho and Shanna two episodes later.

The 30-year-old Smitson has been a pro since 2016 and was unsuccessful in wresting the title away from Hayter on two recent RevPro shows.

Will Ospreay wins RevPro British Heavyweight title at High Stakes

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Will Ospreay is the new RevPro British Heavyweight champion.

Ospreay defeated Zack Sabre Jr. at today’s High Stakes 2020 event at York Hall in London, England to capture the championship for the first time. He has previously won the Cruiserweight title twice and the Undisputed British Tag Team title once.

Ospreay and Sabre have been feuding over the title in New Japan Pro Wrestling in recent weeks. Earlier this month, Sabre defeated Ospreay to retain the title on the second day of New Beginning in Sapporo.

Following that match, Ospreay was able to score the win over Sabre in an elimination match featuring members of CHAOS and Suzuki-gun on the February 4 Road to New Beginning show. Ospreay then challenged Sabre to a match at High Stakes on Twitter, saying the win was proof that he could pin Sabre’s shoulders.

Two other titles changed hands today at High Stakes. Oku defeated ELP to win the Cruiserweight championship, while Gisele Shaw defeated Zoe Lucas to win the Women’s championship.

ZSJ vs. Ospreay British title rematch set for RevPro High Stakes

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The main event of NJPW’s Road to the New Beginning show this morning set up a British Heavyweight Championship rematch for Revolution Pro Wrestling.

British Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. will defend his title against Will Ospreay at RevPro’s High Stakes event at York Hall in London, England on Friday, February 14. It’s a rematch from NJPW’s New Beginning in Sapporo night two, where Sabre defeated Ospreay to retain his title.

Chaos (Ospreay, Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH) faced off with Suzuki-gun (Sabre, Taichi, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) in an elimination match at today’s Road to the New Beginning show. The match came down to Ospreay and Sabre, with Ospreay pinning Sabre after hitting the Stormbreaker.

After pinning Sabre, Ospreay cut a promo where he challenged Sabre to another British Heavyweight title match. Ospreay also posted a tweet hyping up the match: “Tonight I proved I can put Zack’s shoulder to the mat. My 7 year journey will come full circle in the place it all begun. Friday 14th February • York Hall • Bethnal Green, London • Main Event Big Match Billy. Time to come home @RevProUK”

Sabre has been RevPro British Heavyweight Champion four times, while Ospreay has never held the title.

PAC to face Amazing Red in first round of RevPro British J-Cup

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With all eight wrestlers for the tournament announced, Revolution Pro Wrestling has revealed the first matchup for this year’s British J-Cup.

PAC will face Amazing Red in the first round of the one-night tournament. It’s taking place at York Hall in London, England on Sunday, November 24.

PAC, Amazing Red, Robbie Eagles, El Phantasmo, Barbaro Cavernario, Michael Oku, Rocky Romero, and Senza Volto are the eight wrestlers who will be taking part in the tournament.

This will be RevPro’s third annual British J-Cup. Jushin Thunder Liger won the inaugural tournament in 2017, and Phantasmo won it in 2018.

Two non-tournament matches have also been announced for the British J-Cup. Tessa Blanchard will make her RevPro debut against Kanji, and Ren Narita will take on Brendan White.

Amazing Red returned to the ring at NJPW’s Super J-Cup earlier this year and lost to Will Ospreay in the main event of night one of the tournament.

PAC vs. Jon Moxley is set for this Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite.

PAC announced for RevPro British J-Cup, full list of participants set

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The full lineup for this year’s British J-Cup is now set.

Revolution Pro Wrestling has announced that PAC will be taking part in the eight-man tournament. It’s being held at York Hall in London, England on Sunday, November 24.

Robbie Eagles, Amazing Red, El Phantasmo, Barbaro Cavernario, Michael Oku, Rocky Romero, Senza Volto, and PAC are the eight wrestlers in the tournament.

This is RevPro’s third annual British J-Cup. Phantasmo won the tournament last year, while Jushin Thunder Liger won it in 2017.

Tessa Blanchard will make her RevPro debut against Kanji at the British J-Cup show. Another non-tournament match is also set, with Ren Narita facing Brendan White.

PAC will face Jon Moxley on AEW Dynamite next Wednesday (October 23). PAC & Moxley teamed together against Hangman Page & Kenny Omega on this week’s episode. After PAC stopped Moxley from using a barbed wire weapon so they wouldn’t get disqualified, Moxley gave PAC a Paradigm Shift DDT and walked out of the match.

Amazing Red announced for RevPro British J-Cup

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After returning to the ring last month, Amazing Red is set for another J-Cup tournament.

Revolution Pro Wrestling announced today that Amazing Red will be taking part in this year’s British J-Cup. It’s being held at York Hall in London, England on Sunday, November 24.

Amazing Red returned to face Will Ospreay in the opening round of NJPW’s Super J-Cup in August. Red lost to Ospreay in the main event of night one before wrestling in non-tournament action on nights two and three. He teamed with Jushin Thunder Liger against Rocky Romero & YOH on night two. On night three, Red, Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi & TJP took on Robbie Eagles, Romero, SHO & YOH.

Eagles is the only other entrant that’s been announced for this year’s British J-Cup thus far. Tessa Blanchard will make her RevPro debut at the show. She’ll face Kanji in a non-tournament match.

This will be RevPro’s third annual British J-Cup. Liger won the junior heavyweight tournament in 2017, while El Phantasmo won it last year.