Sky Blue Sam Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Really sad news. Not only was Trav a great pro wrestler, one of the best in the country, he was a real fighter and his shortlived comeback last year was a real feel-good story. Aside from that, he also did so much to raise money for his local cancer hospital who'd looked after him, and the outpouring of love from all over the wrestling world is a sign of how respected he was. I personally only met him once, but he was a delight, even as I fumbled with my phone en route to taking the world's worst selfie. RIP 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RIPPA Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Damo is working ACH next weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) Hidden behind a spoiler, because it's long, here are April & May's dates in the UK... APRIL Apr 09 - CHAOS, Bristol (with Jay Lethal vs Mark Andrews for the ROH title & Drew Galloway vs Eddie Dennis for the TNA title) Apr 09 - FutureShock, Prestwich Apr 09 - HOP:E, Nottingham Apr 09 - KAPOW!, Waterlooville Apr 09 - NGW, Beverley Apr 09 - SWA, Motherwell Apr 09 - Southside, Sheffield (Joseph Conners vs Eddie Kingston for the Southside title) Apr 09 - UKPW, Gillingham Apr 09 - WrestleZone, Fraserburgh Apr 10 - Dragon-Pro, Newport Apr 10 - Discovery, Edinburgh (Lethal vs Joe Coffey) Apr 10 - HOP:E, Leighton Buzzard Apr 10 - IPW:UK, Swanley Apr 10 - PROGRESS, Manchester (T-Bone vs Big Daddy Walter in the Atlas League)Apr 15 - Absolute, Gateshead Apr 15 - BCW, Kilmarnock Apr 15 - Britannia, Penyffordd Apr 15 - Fight Club:PRO, Wolverhampton Apr 15 - Lucha Britannia, Bethnal Green Apr 15 - UPW, Weymouth Apr 15 - WrestleForce, Harlow Apr 16 - 4FW, Thatcham Apr 16 - Absolute, Gateshead Apr 16 - PBW, Airdrie Apr 16 - RevPro, Reading Apr 16 - WrestleForce, Chelmsford Apr 16 - WrestleZone, Westhill Apr 16 - WWE, Birmingham Apr 17 - Absolute, Gateshead Apr 17 - Just Do, St Helens Apr 17 - NWA: Fight!Nation, Weymouth Apr 17 - PWA, Plymouth Apr 17 - PW4U, Newcastle-under-Lyme Apr 17 - RevPro, Sittingbourne Apr 17 - WWE, Nottingham Apr 18 - WWE Raw, London Apr 19 - WWE SmackDown, London Apr 19 - WWE, Manchester Apr 20 - WWE, Newcastke Apr 20 - WWE, Belfast Apr 21 - WWE, Dublin Apr 22 - 4FW, Portishead Apr 22 - PCW, Preston Apr 22 - VII Pro, Telford Apr 22 - WWE, Sheffield Apr 23 - 4FW, Bristol Apr 23 - AWW, Brierley Hill Apr 23 - Britannia, Denbigh Apr 23 - Full House, Peterborough Apr 23 - PCW, Preston Apr 23 - South Midlands, Wolverton Apr 23 - WWE, Glasgow Apr 24 - PROGRESS, Camden Apr 24 - Tidal, Leeds Apr 29 - GOOD, Wolverton Apr 29 - HOP:E, Derby Apr 29 - Kamikaze-Pro, Bourneville Apr 30 - Britannia, Rhyl Apr 30 - PBW, Greenock Apr 30 - Reckless Intent, Glasgow Apr 30 - Southcoast, New Milton Apr 30 - Southside, Nottingham MAY May 01 - AMP, Bedworth May 01 - EAW, Rushden May 01 - HOP:E, Bedford May 01 - IPW:UK, Tonbridge May 01 - RevPro, Marylebone May 01 - Southside, St Neots May 06 - EBW, Wath-upon-Dearne May 06 - GPWA, Glasgow May 06 - Heroes!, Leeds May 06 - HOP:E, Mansfield May 06 - Lucha Britannia, Bethnal Green May 07 - 4FW, Swindon May 07 - Grapple, Leeds May 07 - GWA, Grimsby May 07 - HOP:E, Buckingham May 07 - PWElite, Ayr May 07 - RCWA, Rainham May 07 - Reckless Intent, Livingston May 07 - UBW, Bedford May 07 - WrestleForce, Witham May 07 - WrestleZone, Stonehaven May 08 - ICW, Glasgow May 08 - NGW, Pudsey May 08 - PWPride, Penzance May 13 - Grand-Pro, Hindley May 13 - IPW:UK, Chatham May 13 - Main Event, Newcastle May 14 - 4FW, Thatcham May 14 - Cornish-Pro, St Austell May 14 - Empress-Pro, High Wycombe May 14 - EWA, High Wycombe May 14 - FuturePro, Sutton May 14 - HOP:E, Wellingborough May 14 - SWA, Paisley May 14 - WAW, Norwich May 15 - ENDVR, Highbury Corner May 15 - HOP:E, Chesterfield May 15 - IPW:UK, Harlow May 15 - PWPride, Bideford May 15 - Bellatrix, Norwich May 20 - Chikara, Newport May 20 - Lucha Britannia, Bethnal Green May 21 - Chaos!, Yate May 21 - Chikara, Wolverhampton May 21 - Fight! Nation, Eastbourne May 21 - PCW, Liverpool May 21 - WrestleForce, Dagenham May 21 - WrestleZone, Aberdeen May 22 - BEW/Stardom, Tooting May 22 - Chikara, Shepherds Bush May 22 - Fight! Nation, Stepney May 22 - Futureshock, Stockport May 22 - HOP:E, Market Warsop May 27 - NGW, Northalleton May 27 - Tidal, Darlington May 28 - Chikara, Manchester May 28 - GWA, Grimsby May 28 - House of Pain, Nottingham May 28 - NGW, Hull May 28 - SWA, Dundee May 28 - Vertigo-Pro, Cardiff May 29 - Chikara, Newcastle-upon-Tyne May 29 - HOP:E, Leighton Buzzard May 29 - House of Pain, Nottingham May 29 - ICW, Glasgow May 29 - PROGRESS, Camden May 29 - PWA, Plymouth May 30 - Chikara, Glasgow May 30 - PROGRESS, Camden May 30 - WrestleForce, Melksham Edited April 8, 2016 by RIPPA All of it is now spoilerized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Has anyone watch this match yet? (This is the hype video for it) I plan on doing it this weekend but am convinced I will be sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I was there live - Black Flag shirt in the front row! - and it is brutal and heavy and... has some obvious flaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 The April 16th RevPro show is shaping to be insane: - Ricochet & Matt Sydal vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Marty Scurll - Roderick Strong vs. Big Damo - Michael Elgin vs. Will Ospreay Please tell me you're going to this, Linus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I am not, sadly. I have this weird thing about not seeing shows in leisure centres because the atmosphere is awful and the empty space distracts me. I got tricked into one last month and it just reinforced everything I'd thought. Shockingly, I know, but you gotta have your thing, right? I'm missing the Sabre Jr vs Angle show, too, but I will be at the Shibata show in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 On 8 April 2016 at 7:42 PM, RIPPA said: Has anyone watch this match yet? (This is the hype video for it) I plan on doing it this weekend but am convinced I will be sad Did you end up watching this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I know I keep plugging German shit on here and it's annoying, but I also know people like free stuff. You can currently get another full show for free, if you use promo code "he5vimeo". This promotion is closely tied to Alex Wright's wrestling school, so most of the wrestlers on this show were trained by him. I know there are some Wunderkind fans on this board, so maybe that's a reason to check it out. This is only available until the end of the day (our time, so another 11 hours or so from now). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Joe Hendry had a tryout with ROH this past weekend Interested to see where that leads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 So Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll had yet another match against each other for wXw in Hamburg today. I've already seen two reports of people who say it was the best wrestling match they have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I drove 90 miles to see a small indy show last night, after doing the same for the same promotion two months ago. I'm ridiculously in love with the British scene at the moment - so many ace talents. One weird thing: the promotion are doing a summer spectacular and announced a "very special guest": Ospreay! He's reached that point now. Aces. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I've managed to get a ticket for Progress tomorrow at the last minute! It's the first time I'll have ever been and I'm so excited I can barely sit still! I'm going to the RevPro show at the Cockpit next weekend as well, which means that as far as I'm aware I'm going to see all the UK qualifiers for the Global Cruiserweight Series that have been announced so far? Unless there were any at the last RevPro shows in Reading and Sittingbourne or something. Isn't professional wrestling in 2016 so utterly surreal? I've picked these shows almost at random and now I'm going to get to see matches with genuine WWE implications. What a time to be alive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Ooh, come say hi! I'll be the on the front row (hopefully in my usual seat, bar-side) wearing a Will Ospreay t-shirt! And, yes, 2016 in all wrestling is weird, but BritWres is very, very weird. And great. Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 16 hours ago, Linus said: Ooh, come say hi! I'll be the on the front row (hopefully in my usual seat, bar-side) wearing a Will Ospreay t-shirt! And, yes, 2016 in all wrestling is weird, but BritWres is very, very weird. And great. Yay! Ah I'm really sorry I missed you! Didn't check this thread before I left. I am aiming to ramp up the amount of shows I go to this year so maybe we'll bump into each other some time! What did you think of the show? 4 hrs is too long for any card I feel, but I really enjoyed the majority of it. Marty Scurll vs. Tommy End was terrific and I thought the eight man tag had a ton of energy and ambition. Two of my favourites are through in the Cruiserweight Series as well! Marvellous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I think it was possibly one match too long, and the crowd were tired by the main event. But it was a great show and I was so into the main event that I think I have legitimate heat with Mikey Whiplash now The pop for Elizabeth coming out was great - a year-long storyline finally paying off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 On 4/12/2016 at 6:38 AM, Linus said: Did you end up watching this? Yes - but I am withholding comment for review related reasons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 RevPro's June show at the York Hall sold out today. They announced ONE match: Sabre Jr vs Angle. 1200 tickets. Healthy scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Was Angle's retirement some sort of work, or has he officially unretired already and I missed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 What Angle claims he said is that he told TNA he is taking a year off from them and then he would revisit in a year So basically he is on a break from TNA Which reading between the lines was always "Oh please God - take me back WWE" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Rev Pro has started to announce matches on the Sabre/Angle card now that it is sold out Will Ospreay vs. Speedball Mike Bailey Big Daddy Walter vs. Big Damo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I'm going to pull a Randy Marsh covered in ectoplasm once I get through Ospreay/Bailey. Walter vs. Damo also sounds fantastic. The UK scene is almost as lit as hockey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Just signed up for Progress on Demand, where's the best place to start for someone who's watched little or nothing from them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 56 minutes ago, Boon said: Just signed up for Progress on Demand, where's the best place to start for someone who's watched little or nothing from them? Assuming they have a search function - type in the words "Rampage Brown" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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