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RevPro Epic Encounter 2018 results: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Keith Lee

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Image and report submitted by reader Matt Dagnall

– Adam Brooks defeated Shane Strickland

This started slow, but both men worked hard to get the crowd really into it after 10 minutes. Brooks took the majority of the match and Strickland made sporadic comebacks but was always on the back foot. The match changed when Strickland reversed a fireman’s carry into a double stomp and unleashed a flurry of offense.

Strickland hit a double stomp to the face to the floor and then to Brooks’ back while he was draped across the barrier. Brooks came back with a Canadian Destroyer on the apron to win. Brooks’ heel work was excellent and he has an extremely bright future. This was the perfect opener and a really great match.

– Fred Yehi defeated Josh Bodom

Yehi got little reaction and didn’t seem to be known by large sections of the crowd. He worked at an intense pace and came at Bodom from all angles, lighting up his chest with some fierce chops and leaving Bodom visibly scarred.

Bodom got the better of Yehi towards the end before abruptly losing via submission, although he wasn’t seen to visibly tap and claimed after the match that he hadn’t tapped at all. Not the perfect debut for Yehi in RevPro.

Bodom attacked Yehi after the match but was held back by security, with one of them being RevPro novice Dan Magee. Bodom beat down Magee as Yehi left, but Magee got fired up and attacked back before they were separated.

– David Starr defeated Kurtis Chapman to win the British Cruiserweight Championship

Starr came out and spoke at length about how there is a conspiracy in RevPro against him, and for that reason he hired an independent referee for the bout. The match was a bit sloppy, never really getting out of first gear and having the occasional botch, but the crowd was into it due to the title being on the line.

Starr is so charismatic that it’s impossible to boo him, so he was the crowd favorite here. Chapman was booed heavily — he is very inexperienced and, through no fault of his own, wasn’t a convincing champion. The crowd had seemingly given up on him since High Stakes back in January.

Starr mocked Chapman throughout and Chapman had uninspiring comeback sequences. Starr got the win after a brutal clothesline. He got a massive pop and, despite being a heel, Starr is adored at RevPro.

– Aussie Open defeated (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) defeated The Chosen Bros (Matt Riddle & Jeff Cobb)

Both teams were massively over, getting dueling chants throughout. It started at a steady pace with both teams feeling each other out, then the tempo steadily increased to full-out craziness. The crowd was into every single move — from Cobb suplexing both of Aussie Open to Davis going wild with chops and slaps.

Riddle was outstanding here, being the epitome of enthusiasm and energy as he was itching to get into the match. When tagged in, he went wild with kicks and stiff knees. The crowd bought into two near falls: Riddle’s Bro to Sleep and an agonizing piledriver from Davis. Fletcher then reversed the Tour of the Islands into a roll-up and got the win to the shock of everyone in the building.

This was an outstanding match that the crowd loved. It was a huge win for Aussie Open, and the teams fist-bumped after the match.

– Will Ospreay defeated El Phantasmo

Ospreay came into this at a fast pace but slowed down early, perhaps saving himself for the Best of the Super Juniors. Phantasmo angered Ospreay by mocking his pose. Ospreay seemed to be working heel, which was an odd call. Phantasmo hit a lot of high-flying moves to little reaction, while Ospreay focused on rest holds. Ospreay kicked out of a stolen OsCutter from Phantasmo before hitting a top rope OsCutter and a Storm Breaker for the win.

The match was subpar and, while the action was okay, they had poor chemistry. You would expect a high-flying and fast-paced match given their reputations, but that’s not what this was. It was fine but could have been much more, and it faded into a stacked card.

– British Tag Team Champions Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. defeated CCK (Chris Brookes & Travis Banks) to retain their titles

Suzuki was a crowd favorite and got an ovation during his entrance. CCK attacked both of their opponents as soon as the bell rang and they brawled for a bit on the outside. Back in the ring, both members of CCK attempted to out-chop Suzuki, both comedically failing as expected.

Suzuki had to resist the urge to chop the referee, chasing him around the ring after Sabre was getting frustrated at the ref. With Sabre back in, CCK gained the upper hand until Suzuki tagged back in and dominated. With the referee’s back turned, Sabre and Suzuki both applied a submission on the legal man.

I don’t think anyone bought into CCK winning here, so the near falls weren’t convincing. But the in-ring action was still solid and kept the match from going too far into comedy. Suzuki won with a Gotch-style piledriver.

– British Heavyweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii defeated Keith Lee to retain his title

This was everything it was hyped up to be and more. It was an expertly told story and was just as good as their previous match in RevPro, if not better. Lee was too powerful for Ishii at the start, with Ishii becoming more and more determined as the match went on and Lee becoming more arrogant.

Lee’s athleticism was on display, hitting a slingshot crossbody over the top rope and a hurricanrana. Ishii tried to suplex Lee to no avail, and Lee just kept on hitting him right in the face. As the match went on, Ishii started to wear down Lee and was able to suplex him and take him down with massive lariats. Lee became frantic and frustrated that Ishii was matching him, and he took it to the top rope, hitting a superplex. But not even a Spirit Bomb and jackhammer could put Ishii away.

They kicked out of each other’s finishers at one to the delight of the crowd, leading to “fight forever” chants. After a long sequence of headbutts, chops, and clotheslines, Ishii finally won with a brainbuster.

This was incredibly action filled and the crowd lapped it up with dueling chants. It wasn’t just a spot fest — the storytelling was masterful and this was the perfect end to Lee’s RevPro journey. He was the most popular man on the show and took in a farewell standing ovation following the match.

Zack Sabre Jr. signs new deal with NJPW

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Zack Sabre Jr. has signed a new deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Last night on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer reported that Sabre is heading to NJPW full time after recently signing a new contract. He has been with the promotion for the last year, but has gotten a big push in the past few months, defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the New Japan Cup and then challenging Kazuchika Okada at one of New Japan’s biggest spring events, Sakura Genesis.

Sabre lost the EVOLVE Championship to Matt Riddle in New Orleans on April 5. In a video posted to the EVOLVE Twitter account, Sabre said he was stepping away from the promotion for now but was sure he’d be back one day. Last night, he lost the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship to Tomohiro Ishii. Sabre had held both titles for well over a year before losing them this weekend.

Meltzer said that this doesn’t necessarily mean that Sabre will no longer be doing independent dates going forward, but his focus for now will be New Japan.

Ibushi teaming against Ospreay in RevPro six-man tag

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Revolution Pro Wrestling has announced Kota Ibushi’s match for WrestleMania week in New Orleans.

Ibushi will be teaming with Flip Gordon & Shane Strickland against Will Ospreay, Rocky Romero & Chuck Taylor on Friday, April 6th. This will be the second time Ibushi and Ospreay have been in the ring together — and the first time was also during a WrestleMania week six-man tag. Ibushi, Johnny Gargano & TJP defeated Ospreay, Marty Scurll & Tommy End for WWN in 2016.

In addition to RevPro, Ibushi will be in action at ROH’s Supercard of Honor XII and WrestleCon’s Supershow in New Orleans. He’s facing Hangman Page for ROH and teaming with Kenny Omega against Taylor & a partner (after Trent Barreta was removed from the match due to injury) at the Supershow.

RevPro’s event is in conjunction with WrestleCon and will take place at The Sugar Mill at 4 p.m. Central time. The other matches that have been announced are: Zack Sabre Jr. defending his Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship against Tomohiro Ishii, Minoru Suzuki vs. Jeff Cobb, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson vs. Aussie Open, and Martin Stone vs. David Starr.

RevPro High Stakes results: Bate & Seven vs. Suzuki & ZSJ

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Image and report submitted by reader Matt Dagnall

– British Cruiserweight Champion Kurtis Chapman defeated Rob Lias to retain his title

Eddie Dennis came out and distracted Lias. This was somewhat sloppy and the crowd found it hard to get into it.

– CCK (Travis Banks & Chris Brookes) defeated Zack Gibson & Josh Bodom

Before the match, Dennis stayed at the ramp and had a pull-apart brawl with Gibson and Bodom before CCK came out. Gibson cut a promo about how the fans only care about New Japan talent and should really care about him and Bodom.

The match was fast paced and had some hard-hitting elements. Banks was the most over guy in it. After some cheating from Gibson, Kid Lykos evened the odds by hitting Bodom with a tray. CCK got the win and Bodom and Gibson argued afterwards, with the latter walking out furious.

– Adam Brooks defeated Ryan Smile

This was a terrific match that went for over 20 minutes. It started quickly with a brawl all over the arena. Both men were equally over and got dueling chants from the crowd throughout.

Things got really good in the latter stages with a series of very convincing near falls for Smile. Brooks came back with a flurry of offense and several big moves to put Smile away. This match had everything and the crowd was super into it. Smile was left in the ring to soak up the applause as he waved goodbye.

– SANADA & EVIL defeated Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher)

There was a huge reaction for SANADA and EVIL, but Aussie Open were almost as popular. There were again dueling chants throughout. It looked early on like SANADA may have gotten hurt but he continued the match.

Fletcher eventually found himself caught in a submission and was forced to tap. SANADA and EVIL got a standing ovation afterwards and both teams were more over following the match.

– British Women’s Champion Jinny defeated Bea Priestley and Millie McKenzie to retain her title

Priestley had an elaborate entrance, very similar to Finn Balor’s demon one. McKenzie was extremely over and was the highlight of the match. She went wild with some German suplexes, even suplexing both women at the same time.

There was a crazy dive from Priestley from the ring post onto McKenzie, who was draped across the barrier. McKenzie also botched a dive badly to the outside but was okay. She then hit a move from the top rope on Priestley, which looked incredibly dangerous, but Jinny stole the pin to retain. 

– Will Ospreay defeated Mark Andrews

Ospreay came out to a superstar reaction and the crowd was incredibly hot for him. The match started at a quick pace, with both doing dives right away. This was everything you would expect from Ospreay and Andrews, with moonsaults, shooting star presses, and plenty of Frankensteiners. It was a real spectacle to watch with reversal after reversal.

Ospreay eventually won with the OsCutter. This felt like a premature ending and the match could have gone on longer. Andrews endorsed Ospreay afterwards, but Adam Brooks came out and laid out both. He cut the Australian flag off Ospreay’s ring gear.

– Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) to win the British Tag Team Championship

This was the match of the night by a large margin. Everyone involved performed excellently, especially Suzuki. The match was a total war. Everyone got huge reactions, but it was clear that Suzuki was the main attraction. Bate and Seven wore towels around their heads to mock him.

Suzuki traded chops with Seven early on, with Suzuki laughing at Seven’s efforts before striking him down with just one chop. Bate tagged in and got in some signature offense before he was worn down by Suzuki’s power. Sabre Jr. tried multiple submissions on Bate, then Suzuki did too before Seven made the hot tag. He lit up Sabre Jr. with some fierce strikes in the ring while Suzuki and Bate brawled on the outside.

Suzuki laughed at Bate’s strikes before firing back himself much harder. After some nice sequences from both teams in the ring, Bate hit the Tyler Driver — only for Suzuki to kick out. Things really got good from here, with some more crazy sequences before Suzuki and Sabre got the win to a huge reaction.

The new champions beat down Moustache Mountain, who were sent packing. CCK came out to face off with Suzuki and Sabre but were too scared to get in the ring and left the champs to soak up the applause.

RevPro Global Wars UK results: Minoru Suzuki vs. Matt Riddle

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Image: @RevProUK. Report submitted by reader Noel Rattigan.

Revolution Pro Wrestling presented the second of their two Global Wars UK shows in Walthamstow last night, headlined by a first-time meeting between Minoru Suzuki and Matt Riddle and Will Ospreay challenging for Zack Sabre Jr.’s Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship.

– CCK (Travis Banks, Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos) defeated Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo

This was a good opener. The finish saw Lykos do a dive over the top onto YOSHI-HASHI, Goto, and Brookes, leaving Banks to hit the Kiwi Buzzsaw on Gedo for the win. CCK are really good.

– Toru Yano defeated Zack Gibson

They had a really good comedy match. Gibson cut his promo at the start, with him getting his usual tons of heat. He pretended that smart fans make him sick and referenced Dave Meltzer/the Observer. Referring to Yano, he said most of the audience were thinking that Grado looks like a different person.

Yano responded by mocking Gibson and saying that his DVD is number one. Yano took out a car stereo from under the ring near the finish. He didn’t use it, but it led to him doing two low blows and a roll-up for the finish.

– Josh Bodom defeated Rocky Romero

Good match. The action was on the outside for a period of time, with Bodom hitting a moonsault to the outside on Romero while landing on his feet. Bodom got a near fall from a powerbomb backstabber/draping Pedigree spot after dragging Romero back into the ring.

For the finish, Romero hit an arm drag from the top rope and went to lock on an armbar, but Bodom rolled through for the pin.

– Tomohiro Ishii defeated Dave Mastiff

This wasn’t anywhere near as good as Ishii vs. Keith Lee from the night before, but that’s to be expected. The crowd was trying to get into it, with the action mostly being strike exchanges. Ishii won with a brainbuster.

– Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion Ryan Smile defeated El Desperado to retain his title

After some brawling on the outside early, Smile was thrown over the first row of seats. Desperado then started working on his leg. Smile hit a plancha over the top to the outside but kept selling the leg.

Desperado worked over Smile’s leg with a submission, and Smile did a good job of selling as the crowd bought that as the finish. Smile eventually hit a frog splash for the win, though he kept selling his leg after the match.

– Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI defeated Yuji Nagata & Keith Lee

They had a good match with a lot of spots throughout. BUSHI spat mist into Lee’s eyes near the end of it and Naito hit two Destinos for the pin.

– Minoru Suzuki defeated Matt Riddle

Excellent match that went about 15 minutes. They exchanged chops early, brawled on the outside, and Suzuki threw Riddle over a few rows of chairs. Riddle did some nice suplexes after there was a bit of Suzuki-gun interference.

After a ref bump, El Desperado spiked Riddle with a chair to the head and Suzuki hit the Gotch-style piledriver for the victory.

– Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Will Ospreay to retain his title

This was the match of the night. There were lots of great spots throughout, the crowd was hot for the whole thing, and it was constantly back and forth. Sabre ended up retaining with a bridging submission move where he yanked Ospreay’s arms badly and there was a verbal tap.

RevPro Global Wars UK results: Ishii vs. Keith Lee steals the show

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Image: @RevProUK. Report submitted by reader Paul Martinovic.

In collaboration with NJPW, the first of Revolution Pro Wrestling’s two Global Wars UK shows took place last night. York Hall in London hosted a show-stealing match as Tomohiro Ishii faced off with Keith Lee, then Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay teamed against Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. in the main event.

– Ryan Smile defeated Josh Bodom and BUSHI to win the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship

This was a really fun opener. There were some big high spots, including Smile doing a crazy tope con hilo over the turnbuckle and Bodom doing a moonsault to the floor. 

BUSHI hit the mist on Bodom, which allowed Smile to get the pin and win the title after an RKO/frog splash combo.

– Toru Yano & Gedo defeated Lord Gideon Grey & No Fun Dunne (Damian Dunne)

As expected, this was an entertaining comedy match. It began with the heels opening Yano’s powder-gimmicked DVD. There was lots of nonsense from there, with Yano getting the pin on Dunne with a low blow and a roll-up.

– Matt Riddle defeated El Desperado

Riddle is adored in the UK. The match was very good. Riddle hit some big chops and strikes early, then Desperado came back and worked on his knee. Riddle sold that really well, staging a comeback and finishing the match with a tombstone and the Bromission.

– Tetsuya Naito defeated Marty Scurll

The crowd was incredibly torn here, though Scurll played the clear heel and worked over Naito’s arm. Both guys were very protected. Scurll was about to lock in the chicken wing when BUSHI distracted him. There was also a great near fall towards the end where Scurll hit Naito with his umbrella and tried to pin Naito with his feet on the ropes.

A ref bump led to Scurll being distracted and Naito hitting the Destino for the win. This was fun because both are so over and charismatic, but they were both wrestling well within themselves.

– Yuji Nagata defeated Zack Gibson

As he usually does, Gibson got booed out of the building. Nagata looked a bit slower than in the past but was still great. The match was slow paced, with the story of it being Gibson disrespecting Nagata. Nagata ended up beating him with a backdrop suplex, though the finish seemed to come a bit out of nowhere.

– CCK (Travis Banks & Chris Brookes) defeated Rocky Romero & YOSHI-HASHI

This was a fun tag match with some great and innovative tag moves from CCK. Romero didn’t get much of a reaction when he came out, but the crowd got really into him. They didn’t seem to care about YOSHI-HASHI, though.

For the finish, Banks pinned Romero with the Kiwi Buzzsaw.

– Tomohiro Ishii defeated Keith Lee

This was the best match I’ve seen live — better than Ishii’s previous RevPro matches against Riddle and Chris Hero. It was expertly laid out, had insane heat, massive strikes, and some remarkable feats of athleticism.

They started off with Lee no-selling Ishii’s offense, which played well since the York Hall crowd is used to seeing Ishii dominate. Lee then laid in some absolutely heinous chops. The story of the match was all about Ishii trying to find an opening and wearing Lee down, while Lee got increasingly smug.

After teasing a suplex on Lee for a long time, the place came unglued when Ishii finally got him up and held him in place. The pace picked up from there, with more strikes, kick outs at one, and fighting spirit. Lee missed a second rope moonsault, then Ishii chopped him down with lariats and hit the brainbuster to win.

– Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay defeated Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.

While they had a really difficult job trying to follow Ishii vs. Lee, they put on a really fun main event. The clash of styles worked surprisingly well, and for a Suzuki match it had almost no interference.

Suzuki’s facial expressions are amazing live. He and Sabre did lots of great heel tag team work. At one point, Sabre had two submissions on Goto and Ospreay before Suzuki followed it up with a double kneebar on them both.

Suzuki distracted the ref a lot, and there were some great striking battles between him and Goto and Sabre and Ospreay. Finally, Goto got the upper hand on Suzuki on the outside, which allowed Ospreay to hit the OsCutter on Sabre for the win.

RevPro Summer Sizzler results: Rey Mysterio vs. Marty Scurll

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Submitted by reader Peter Hitchcock

Revolution Pro Wrestling presented their Summer Sizzler 2017 event at York Hall in London on Thursday night. It was a fun and enjoyable evening despite an odd looking card on the surface for a York Hall show, although there were no classic matches.

– Martin Stone defeated Eddie Dennis

This was two unrelated storylines coming together. Stone has a feud going with Sami Callihan, who was recently injured, while Dennis is looking for his first win in RevPro and has recently gone full-time as a wrestler.

The match was a fun opener. Stone won in a somewhat underhanded manner but cut a promo after putting over Dennis and how that first big win will be worth it.

– Bully Ray defeated Sha Samuels

This was a no DQ, falls count anywhere match, but it ended in the ring after a top rope splash from Bully Ray. There was a nice moment after as RevPro trainee Rob Lias jumped both and ended up being hit with the “Wassup” by both Bully Ray and Samuels (playing D-Von) and put through a table.

Bully Ray then invited a kid into the ring and gave him a big piece of the broken table in a cool moment.

– Zack Gibson defeated Dalton Castle

As usual, Gibson got a lot of heat. He worked the arm in a fun match. After Castle went into the ring post, Gibson locked on the Shankly Gates for the surprisingly clean submission win.

– The Briscoes defeated Ryan Smile & Shane Strickland

This was the final match before intermission. I think the crowd was ready for a break as they were definitely quieter for this.

– Jay White defeated Travis Banks

Banks is a tag champ in RevPro and White has done a number of shows as part of his excursion. They had a good technical match with hard chops, though it suffered by being the first match after intermission. White won with the Liontamer.

– RPW Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion Josh Bodom defeated Jushin Thunder Liger to retain his title

Good match that played off of their earlier bout at the British J-Cup, with Bodom winning this time. Liger was incredibly over and got a standing ovation after the match despite Bodom winning clean.

– RPW Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Chris Brookes to retain his title

They had the best match of the night in my view. It was a good technical bout. Brookes is a tag champ with Travis Banks and this was probably his highest profile singles match to date. He did very well, but Sabre won with a gnarly submission with elbows and kicks thrown into the mix.

– Marty Scurll defeated Rey Mysterio

Mysterio absolutely still has it, though he’s obviously older and works smarter. It was a fun match with Scurll winning clean with a finisher I hadn’t seen before, not the chicken wing.

Scurll has always been too over to be a heel, but since joining the Bullet Club he was on another level at this show. He was more over than Mysterio and was probably the most over guy on the show.

Scurll and Mysterio cut promos after putting each other over as an inspiration and hero (Mysterio) and part of the future (Scurll) for a nice feel good ending to the show.

RevPro British J-Cup results: Matt Riddle vs. Tomohiro Ishii

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Image: @RevProUK. Report submitted by reader Nick Wright.

– Marty Scurll defeated Tiger Mask IV in a British J-Cup tournament match

This was a fun match. Scurll had the crowd in the palm of his hand, with them loving and hating him whenever he wanted them to. There were lots of good comedy spots and they both got their big moves in before Scurll won.

– Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Josh Bodom in a British J-Cup tournament match

Liger was really over, though everyone expected Bodom to move on given that he’s RevPro’s British Cruiserweight Champion. But to the delight of the crowd, Liger shocked Bodom within three minutes and won with a brainbuster.

– KUSHIDA defeated Kyle O’Reilly in a British J-Cup tournament match

You could tell that this was going to go long after the last match, and it ended up being 20 minutes of intense action. KUSHIDA is just so awesome and O’Reilly played a subtle heel in this one. It had lots of chain wrestling and back-and-forth action. KUSHIDA hit the Back to the Future to win a high-quality contest.

– Will Ospreay defeated Ryusuke Taguchi in a British J-Cup tournament match

This was another fun match that had a lot of comedy, especially around Taguchi’s posterior-based offense. There was a great bit where Taguchi was running the ropes for a lariat and Ospreay kept ducking. Taguchi eventually got tired and Ospreay gave him a Red Bull, then he ran the ropes again and Ospreay ducked again.

Ospreay ended up advancing after hitting the OsCutter.

– The Tempura Boyz (Yohei Komatsu & Sho Tanaka) defeated Kurtis Champion & Josh Wall

The match had decent action, with Champion playing a good face in peril. But there was a big gulf in class and the Tempura Boyz picked up the win with a combo piledriver.

– CCK (Travis Banks & Chris Brookes) defeated Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI by DQ

Another decent bout here. Takahashi is great and so charismatic. It ended when Banks got misted by BUSHI and the ref called for the bell.

– Tomohiro Ishii defeated Matt Riddle

There was brutal, brutal action in this one. It had one of the most electric starts that I’ve ever seen. There was a chop fest and Ishii followed with an awesome German suplex, then Riddle popped up and Ishii gave him a German suplex of his own. Ishii popped up right after and the place became unglued.

There were so many chops, forearms, big suplexes, and it was utter carnage. Ishii eventually won with a brainbuster. They have to have a rematch because everyone loved it.

– Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Marty Scurll, Will Ospreay, and KUSHIDA in a fatal four-way elimination match to win the British J-Cup

You could have expected this to have a hard time following the last match (and there were a few technical issues with the introductions), but it was a great contest. There were lots of clever spots.

Scurll superkicked Liger about five times to leave him out of the action for the majority of it. Scurll first eliminated KUSHIDA to the disappointment of the crowd, but they were picked up by a few fantastic sequences between Ospreay and Scurll. Eventually, Scurll pinned Ospreay to leave him with a wounded Liger.

Just when you thought Liger was done, he found something extra and emerged as the first winner of the British J-Cup after a Liger Bomb and a brainbuster.

Bodom attacked Liger after and then had a pull-apart with the legendary Marty Jones (who was giving Liger the trophy and had given a great speech earlier in the night). Half of the roster for the show came out to get Bodom out of the ring. It will be Bodom vs. Liger at RevPro’s Summer Sizzler in August.

RevPro Epic Encounter results: The Elite in action

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Image: @RevProUK. Report submitted by reader Noel Rattigan.

– Undisputed British Tag Team Champions CCK (Chris Brookes & Travis Banks) defeated Sami Callihan & Martin Stone to retain their titles

This was a fun opener. There were a few comedy spots outside the ring, one involving Callihan taking a chair from the front row. CCK won in about 10-11 minutes.

Stone cut a passionate promo afterwards talking his career and subtly mentioning WWE. Callihan then turned on him and cut a promo directed at him. Stone was laying on the mat for a period of time.

– Jay White defeated Angelico

They had another good match. The finish came when White teased going for a Razor’s Edge style buckle bomb, then Angelico tried to counter into a hurricanrana but White locked him in a Boston crab and eventually a Liontamer for the submission win.

– Hirooki Goto (w/ Will Ospreay) defeated Zack Gibson

Gibson had nuclear heat with the crowd before the match started, partly because he’s from Liverpool. He cut a pre-match promo and you couldn’t hear it over the negative reaction. Goto was over huge as well.

There were loud chop spots. Gibson grabbed a foreign object from the outside (which looked to be a car radio) and Ospreay tried to take it from him but failed. Gibson missed Goto with it and Goto got the win.

– Hiromu Takahashi defeated Marty Scurll

Scurll was a god to this crowd. The vast majority got out of their seat and started taking pictures/videos when he entered. Takahashi was popular as well.

They ended up on the stage at about the 10 minute mark. When they got back into the ring, Scurll did the finger break spot and transitioned into the chicken wing. Takahashi got out and hit his finisher for the win.

– Interim British Cruiserweight Champion Josh Bodom defeated Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion Will Ospreay to become the new Undisputed Champion

Ospreay had his back taped and looked to be in real pain. He was selling his back a lot. At one point he was getting attention on the outside and Bodom went on the ring post and did a senton to him on the outside. Bodom won with a draping Pedigree type move.

This was a good match and Gibson interfered to help Bodom win. Ospreay looked like he really struggled through it.

– James Castle defeated Sha Samuels in a no DQ match

Samuels hit a moonsault to Castle on the outside for a large pop. He began slapping the ref as it was no DQ. The finish came when Castle kneed a chair into Samuels’ face. Samuels cut Castle’s spiked green hair after the match.

– Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defeated KUSHIDA to retain his title

The majority of this match was grappling, with some impressive submission spots. KUSHIDA went for a moonsault and Sabre caught him in an armbar. The crowd got into it towards the end, but the pace was pretty slow. Sabre won with a bridging pin.

– The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks) defeated Ryan Smile, Shane Strickland & Lio Rush

The Elite were mega over. Their appearance pretty much made it worth the admission fee. The match was mainly just fun with no psychology at all and there were some comedy spots that didn’t connect with me. The Elite hit a dual Meltzer Driver for the win.

Revolution Pro Wrestling live results: Matt Riddle vs. Shibata

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Submitted by reader Abdulkerim Unal from York Hall

–  Josh Bodom def. Ryan Smile to win the interim cruiserweight title

Pretty good match for what it was with good action throughout. At one point there was a “knockoff Lesnar” chant at Bodom.

– RPW Tag Champions Charlie Sterling and Joel Redman def. War Machine

WM got a pretty big pop while Sterling and Redman got no response. There was some good back and forth action with WM having the upper hand for most of it. There was a point when Hansen had Sterling and Redman in opposing corners and proceeded to uppercut them for about a good minute. The crowd chanted “one more time” so he proceeded to do it again for another 30 or so seconds. Eventually, Sterling and Redman took over and won the match. Afterwards CCK came out and took out Sterling and Redman.

– Yoshi Hashi def. Pete Dunne

Dunne came out to a pretty big pop and the biggest up to that point. This was a pretty good match with Dunne taking off his mouth guard a few times which got some good crowd reaction. Dunne was more over than Yoshi although there was good support for Yoshi. The crowd chanted a few times “please don’t go” at Dunne. Hashi won in what was a good match.

– Zack Sabre Jr. def. Marty Scurll

Scurll was probably the most over guy on the whole show and got a bigger pop than Zack. This was a great match with constant back and forth action and a lot of submission holds. At one point, Zack was hurt in the ring and Marty stepped outside and appeared to be grabbing something from under the apron. It turned out to be some rope which he then used to pull back on Zack’s finger with Zack selling his hand as being really hurt.

Ref teased DQ’ing Scurll but decided against it. Sabre took out the ref which led to Scurll getting his umbrella and attacking Zack. Later, both guys were outside and the ref was holding Scurll back which gave Zack time to bandage up his bad hand. There was more back and forth and the crowd was really into the match with everyone on their feet. Scurll had the upper hand but in the end, Zack managed to pick up the win in a 40+ minute match.

– Trent Seven def. Trevor Lee

Lee challenged Seven to a dance-off. Lee did some dancing and Seven started to dance but was jumped, getting some boos. This was a fairly short match with some good action. Lee shouted “I’m a TNA superstar” which led to anti-TNA chants. He kept doing the “delete” chant but the crowd didn’t really do it. Seven picked up the win after hitting a rainmaker and a tombstone piledriver. 

– Jay White def. Martin Stone

– RevPro Champion Shibata def. Matt Riddle

Riddle was extremely over with constant singing throughout and lots of “bro” chants. Shibata got a good reaction as well. This was a very good match with Riddle having the upper hand to start, but Shibata made a comeback. Eventually, Matt gave Shibata a hard chop in the corner with Shibata no selling it which led to another hard chop with absolutely no selling by Shibata and with him just casually walking to the next corner and telling Matt to do it again.

Another chop again with no selling and walking to the next corner which he did for another two corners, eventually leveling Matt. The crowd started really getting into the match by this point. Matt hit Shibata wih a Bro 2 Sleep. Back and forth elbows for a good while and eventually Shibata got Matt in a chokehold and got what for me was a surprise tap in around 10 minutes.

Revolution Pro Wrestling live results: Vader vs. Will Ospreay

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– Jay White defeated Josh Bodom

Bosom’s been given a prominent spot in Rev Pro this past year, especially after his big win over Chris Hero at the June show. These guys really clicked in this opening match. Everything Jay White delivered was crisp and he sold well for Bodom. White really got over with the York Hall crowd as he picked up the victory with the Liontamer. 

– Sha Samuels defeated Big Damo

Samuels played a cowardly sneaky heel, while Damo just looked pissed off throughout the entire match. Samuels won after applying a chokehold with a scarf, making Damo pass out. Fun match.

– Chris Hero defeated Marty Scurll 

This was awesome. From a work standpoint it was easily the match of the night. Scurll got a huge reaction from the York Hall crowd. It was a split crowd throughout the match. It started slow with both guys exchanging holds, but it built upon the early work and the intensity increased the longer the match went.

The approach here with both guys outsmarting one another’s signature spots really clicked. Hero used Scurll’s “just kidding” superkick spot, instead delivering an elbow smash. Scurll then followed up by using one of Hero’s signature piledrivers.

Plenty of great near falls in this one, culminating with Hero putting Scurll away with a huge piledriver from the top rope. Both men got a great ovation at the conclusion of the match. 

– Ricochet defeated Pete Dunne

This match came alive whenever Ricochet was on offense, but it was a little subdued at times. Dunne used lots of rest holds and constantly looked to ground Ricochet. This worked since Ricochet’s offense really got over whenever he changed the pace of the match.

The ending saw Ricochet pick up the win with the Benadryler. Following the match, both guys shook hands, but once Ricochet turned his back, Dunne beat him down. This played into the Vader vs. Ospreay match later in the show. 

– Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Jeff Cobb 

This was a really strange match. The approach here worked at points with Sabre looking to use his wrestling to outsmart Cobb. When on offense, Cobb was using lots of power moves that really got over with the crowd. As the match went on, Sabre seemed to receive more boos from the crowd as the cheers for Cobb increased big time.

The conclusion of the match was a little confusing. Sabre delivered a number of Penalty Kicks to Cobb, with Cobb managing to get back to his knees after each. The kicks didn’t seem to receive much reaction from the crowd with no one really sensing the end was on the horizon.

Sabre got the win, but Cobb got a shoulder up just after the referee had counted the pin. The crowd did not like the ending at all. Upon leaving the ring, Sabre received a chorus of boos. He looked very confused but played it up by interacting in a heelish manner with members of the crowd.

As he was leaving, Scurll ran up behind Sabre and the crowd sensed a beatdown. But Scurll held Sabre’s arm in the air as the boos increased. Cobb then received a standing ovation while the crowd chanted for him to come back. Promoter Andy Quildan then confirmed Cobb appearing at the Rev Pro show over Mania weekend.

– Vader defeated Will Ospreay

Incredible heat for the match. Vader had nuclear heat during his entrance and played it up big time. Ospreay was over huge as a babyface here. Vader took it to Ospreay before the bell had rung and even took out referee Chris Roberts.

Both guys fought up the ramp, leading to security getting involved. It was being booked as if Vader was shooting on the officials and the crowd really bought into it. Vader chokeslammed Ospreay through the announce table. Ospreay sold this for a long time, but as security restrained Vader, Ospreay did a dive from the ramp on top of Vader and the security team.

Crowd was molten by this point, and as it looked like Ospreay was about to pick up the win, Pete Dunne interfered. He took out Ospreay and shook hands with Vader. This led to Ricochet interfering, first taking out Dunne, and then double-teaming Vader with Ospreay. This played into how the Vader/Ospreay feud originally began after Vader’s Twitter comments criticizing Ospreay vs. Ricochet at NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors.

Vader kicked out of both guys maneuvers to the surprise of the crowd. Dunne then got involved again. Vader followed by chokeslamming Ospreay twice and scoring the win. 

The crowd was shocked at the ending. Ospreay cut a promo, referring to it as a “pipe bomb” as he sat in the middle of the ring. Ospreay cut a great promo, seeming genuinely pissed off about doing the job. He cryptically implied that Vader refused to lose the match as he spoke about egos in wrestling. 

RevPro Wrestling live results: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shibata; Marty Scurll vs. Speedball Mike Bailey

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– Charlie Garrett and Joel Redman retained the British Tag Team Championships in a Fatal 4 Way tag match over British Young Bloods, Legion of Lords, and Johnny Storm and Jody Fleisch

Fun but kinda sloppy, Fleisch/Storm and the Young Bloods took each other out and disappeared halfway through. Redman hit a second rope Tombstone on Grey of the Lords and Garrett followed up with Spiral Tap.

– Tomohiro Ishii defeated Josh Bodom with a Brainbuster

Fun, hard hitting match which got a lot better as it went on. Bodom continues to improve.

– Sha Samuels pinned Moose with his feet on the ropes

Decent match. Moose’s dropkicks are awesome. The “Moose” chant got over in all subsequent matches.

– Will Ospreay won the British Cruiserweight Championship from Pete Dunne following an Os Cutter

Great, lengthy match. Both guys looked great, probably not as good as the Speedball/Ospreay match from last month. Dunne is an underrated performer.

– Marty Scurll beat Speedball Mike Bailey via chicken wing submission

Great match, much better than Scurll/Noam Dar from a month ago. Scurll ripped Speedball’s hand apart and also snapped one of his toes.

– Matt Sydal beat Big Damo with a Shooting Star Press

Decent and fun match. Damo began to cut a promo afterwards thanking RevPro, very heartfelt but was ambushed by Samuels. Looks like Damo’s last program in the company.

– RevPro Champion Zack Sabre Jr retained over Katsuyori Shibata by reversing a rear naked Choke into a pin

Great match with a lot of split crowd heat. This is clearly leading to another match perhaps at Uprising in a month.