Wrestle Ropes' Ready for the Weekend: September 2016 Week One - TCW, LCW & IPW:UK

This weekend we are back with another dose of wrestling goodness which shall see us travel to Darlington on Friday night. That is followed by a trip to Leicester on Saturday before a final stop on Sunday to Tonbridge in Kent. Let's get Ready For The Weekend! 

We kick off the weekend on Friday night when TIDAL Championship Wrestling return to The Dolphin Centre in Darlington with Come Out & Play. The event is scheduled to see three of their four championships on the line. 

The first championship defense will be the Tag Team Championship currently held by Caz Crash and Sam Wilder of The Proven. They'll be defending against the relativity new duo of The Service's Sean Only and Daniel James.The Tag Team Championship have been fought for by a number of teams since it's inception but this is the first time that The Service have challenged. The Proven have been worthy champions, picking up a win over Go Team Sports (Ace Matthews & David Graves) at July's High Tide 2016. The Service would really like to become champions as their whole intention in TCW is to cause trouble. Holding gold would be a key component of them achieving that goal. 

The next championship up for grab this Friday is the Women's Championship. The champion, Violet O'Hara maybe be small in stature but she easily makes up for that in fight. She's took on all comers in recent months and in Darlington will face Little Miss Roxxy. LMS has a great foundation as she was trained by current TCW Champion, Rampage Brown and British Wrestling legend, Marty Jones. O'Hara is probably going to need all that fight she has in her this Friday when she faces LMS who will be look for her first championship reign. 

The third and final title being defended in Darlington is the Open Championship which is round the waist of Liam Slater at this present time. His challenger is one of the most highly regarded young stars in British Wrestling, “The Righteous” Joseph Conners. Both these men are looked upon as the next big stars of British Wrestling but for their match this Friday they will be doing things in a more traditional way. Their match will be contested under World Of Sport Rules. The match will be broken down into six 5-minute rounds. A round can be won by pinfall, submission, disqualification, etc. The first man to score 2 falls in the match will be the winner. These matches are the way that champions were decided in previous years and it seems almost fitting that a way of tradition shall decide a champion for the future.

Match Card

World Of Sport Rules (6, 5-Minute Rounds, 2 Falls To A Finish) for Open Championship

Liam Lazarus vs “The Righteous” Joseph Conners

Singles Match for Women’s Championship

Violet O’Hara (c) vs Little Miss Roxxy

Tag Team Match for Tag Team Championship

The Proven (Caz Crash & Sam Wilder) (c) vs The Service (Dan James & Sean Only)

Singles Match

“The Gimmick Killer” HT Drake vs Josh Bodom

Singles Match

JD Boom vs Micky The Dragon

Three Way

Mihai vs “The Mexican Sensation” El Ligero vs Gabriel Kidd

Moving on to Saturday and Leicester Championship Wrestling host Face Off 2016 at their home, Brockington College in Enderby, Leicester. This event will be the last that owner, John Shipley will be in control for as a new owner will take control afterwards. The event certainly won't be a quiet one with numerous championship defences and a Money In The Bank match all taking place. 

One champion who will be action twice is “The Heavyweight House Of Pain” Stixx. Firstly, he'll be defending the LCW Championship against “The Heat” LJ Heron. “The Heat” is a dangerous man who can strike from almost anywhere and with devastating effect. His spear has defeated almost everyone at some point and he'll look to use it against Stixx to win the LCW Championship. 

Whether Stixx does walk away still champion or not, he'll be back in the ring later that night when he joins his partner, Joseph Conner to defend the Tag Team Championship against The Alpha Brothers [Johnny Alpha & Ricky Alpha]. This is the first time that Stixx and Conners will make a championship defense together and they'll hope it to be successful against the brotherly duo of The Alpha Brothers who are gunning for the gold. 

Anyone who is still a champion this Saturday after their matches will have to keep one eye open for the Money In The Bank holder who will be decided this Saturday. Xander Cooper, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Gracie, Chris Tyler, Paul Malen and Jim Hunter will all participate in this year's match with a blend of experience and youth. Anyone in this match is more than capable of winning and no one is a real favoruite. Whoever does win, could well be guaranteed to be a future champion.

Match Card

Singles Match for LCW Championship

“The Heat” LJ Heron vs “The Heavyweight House Of Pain” Stixx (c)

Tag Team Match for Tag Team Championship

The Alpha Brothers vs “The Righteous” Joseph Conners & “The Heavyweight House Of Pain” Stixx (c)

Four Way for LCW Young Guns Championship

White Tiger (c) vs TK Hayward vs Brett Ryans vs Tyler Owens

Six Man Cash In The Bank Ladder Match

Xander Cooper vs Gabriel Kidd vs Alex Gracie vs Chris Tyler vs Paul Malen vs Jim Hunter

Singles Match

Alexis Rose vs Lana Austin

Singles Match

H.C Dyer vs Lee Hunter

Also Scheduled

LCW Owner John Shipley Bids Farewell

We round of the wrestling weekend on Sunday with IPW:UK celebrating their 12th anniversary at The Angel Centre in Tonbridge. 

The event is probably the last time that Noam Dar will be competing for IPW:UK due to him joining WWE's Monday Night RAW roster in the very near future. He'll be going up against “The British Messiah” Timothy Thatcher, the current EVOLVE Champion. Both of these men are flying high in their careers right now and this match will be a great showcase of both men will be a real treat for those attending. 

Back at Royale Rewards in August, Tom Dawkins and Zack Gibson and a blistering match which only ended because they reached the 20-minute time limit. While the match showed that they can match each over at ever instance, we never found out who was the better man that night. Well this Sunday we shall as these two men compete once again but this time with no time limit. This match will go until there is a winner and it's time to see how far these men can go. 

The main event this Sunday will see a situation that has been on-going for a number of months come to a head. Sammy Smooth has been attempting to challenge for the World Championship since winning the Royale Rewards. Be it either Joseph Conners not being in attendance or heat of the moment decisions, Smooth hasn't yet managed to have a fair match. This Sunday while he won't be fighting for gold, he'll be out to prove a point as Smooth, Scott Star and The London Riots (James Davis & Rob Lynch) will face Conners, Jimmy Havoc and The Swords Of Essex (Paul Robinson & Scotty "Essex" Wainwright) in an 8-man no disqualification tag team match. To say there are a lot of variables and opportunities in this match would be an understatement. While Smooth will be looking to get a win over either Havoc or Conners, London Riots could get themselves a shot at the Tag Team Championship if they manage to get the win over The S.o.E. While this Sunday is a celebration for IPW:UK of the previous 12 years, it could also show us where the future is heading.

Match Card

8-Man No Disqualification Tag Team Match

Jimmy Havoc, “The Righteous” Joseph Conners & The Swords Of Essex (Paul Robinson & Scott Wainwright) vs SmoothStar (“Smooth” Sammy Smooth & Scott Star) & The London Riots (Rob Lynch & James Davis)

Singles Match

Noam Dar vs Timothy Thatcher

No Time Limit Singles Match

“Blackbelt” Tom Dawkins vs “Liverpool’s No.1” Zack Gibson

Tag Team Match for Tag Team Championship #1 Contendership

DND (Danny Duggan & Cieran Donnelly) vs Rampage Brown & T-Bone (w/ Sexy Cupid)

Singles Match

Adam “Flex” Maxted vs Kid Fite

Singles Match

Pollyanna vs Leah Vaughan

10,000 Cuban Peso Open Challenge

Cuban Heat (w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) vs ???

That wraps up this week's preview of the weekend's wrestling schedule. Of course, there are many more events taking place over the three days. To find out more about the shows we've highlighted here as well as all the others, check us out at www.wrestleropesuk.wordpress.com for the latest show and match announcements, British Wrestling event list, interviews, exclusive columns, reviews, reports and results!

Words - Andy Scotland 
Images & Editor - James Marston 
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Product Review: August's Wrestle Crate

So I try to change it up a bit each month with my guest blogs and I realise I've done a few Wrestle Crate reviews now... BUT GUYS.  I CAN'T HELP IT.  They're so good.  So here's a review of the August crate; last month was the first month since they started that I've not ordered a crate and it made me hella sad and hella mad seeing what I missed out on, so I made sure that I wasn't going to miss out again... And I wasn't disappointed!

It seems to be a standard that they send you at least either two shirts and a DVD or a shirt and two DVDs with the Ultimate crate... Well this month we've gotten two of each.  What lucky wee sausages we are eh?  In total the Ultimate subscribers got two shirts, two DVDs, a little book, a badge, a coaster and an A4 print (which is another thing that seems to be guaranteed every month).

Let's start with the shirts, shall we?  They're at the usual standard of quality that they usually send out; good quality cotton shirts, a nice quality print and accurate sizing.   

We knew we would be getting a Progress item this month and I was expecting it to be a DVD but finding that it was this nifty t-shirt was just as good; Progress is one of the most popular and fast-growing promotions in the UK and certainly one with a loyal fanbase, so I can imagine a LOT of people were happy to see this when they got their crates.  

The second t-shirt is a tribute to luchador wrestling and a sly dig to THAT Kalisto promo (he's here to make a, uh, eh... Lucha thing).  To be fair Kalisto himself said that WWE should start making Lucha Thing shirts so Wrestle Crate have just gotten in there before him. As nice as the design is I'm not a fan of the bright orange (purely because my hair's usually bright orange so I can't wear it for fear of completely turning into a giant satsuma) and I've been a good pal and donated it to my mate who's a bigger fan of Kalisto than myself.

So we have a ROH 14th Anniversary DVD and The Best of LCW Volume 1.  I'll be honest; I don't think I've watched any of the DVDs I've received in my crates, purely because there aren't enough hours in the day to keep up with all the decent wrestling promotions but hopefully I will get round to them one day.  Who knows, I might even make a new blog project out of it. The ROH I imagine will be as good as any other product they've put out before and I've never heard of LCW until now so it's another new promotion to be introduced to which I always love.  They seem to have booked a few big names on this particular DVD so I look forward to watching them... whenever that may be.

Probably one of my favourite items in this crate, an exclusive signed Billy Gunn print by Erle Tompkins.  Erle also done the artwork for my Dusty Rhodes article in Calling Spots (absolute SHAMELESS self-promotion) so naturally I'm a big fan. I love the exclusive prints that we get in the crates, be it drawings or promotional photos; I like collecting them all like Pogs or Pokemon cards (really showing my age here).  I've got mad hoarder tendencies so giving me new things to collect is both a blessing and a curse so cheers Wrestle Crate!

This is a fun and interesting wee book that was also included in the crate.  It's an A-Z of gimmick matches and they didn't hold back on the creativity when coming up with some of these.  My favourites include A, the "anus explosion death match" and Y, the "Yokohoma Piranha death match", both of which are as gruesome as they sound.  Some of them are a lot tamer than those two so if any of you can find any actual real examples of those two matches then hit ya gurl up. 

I sighed when I saw this, not because of what it is but because I can imagine people flipping out at Wrestle Crate daring to include an item relating to what they believe to be the most hated wrestler in the world right now.  If you think that way then well, give yourself a wee shake because there's worse things that could happen to you.  Aaaaanyway, it's a nice wee bit of artwork on a foam coaster and I'll be using it alongside either my Triple H water bottle or my Hart family mug.  The artist wasn't specified but it's a nice art style and hopefully we see more quirky little items like it in future crates.

And last but not least we have this cute little badge!

Playing on the whole "Netflix and chill" patter that all you darned kids are coming out with these days, the badge reads "Network and Chill" (I'd assume it's plain to see but my phone camera is probably boggin because all of these photos came out slightly blurred).  Again, I'll be adding it to my wee collection of badges that I've gotten from crates past; I think we've had 4 so far including this one?  It's definitely the cutest one we've received so far anyway.

And that's all for this month's crate!  It was up to their usual standard of great and varied content and they seem to want to include even more stuff each month for us which is nice.  Although I'm really running out of storage space for DVDs and t-shirts because of it so if they want to include a wrestling themed storage unit in next month's crate then that would be greeeeeat.  

If you like what you see in this crate you can subscribe to the Ultimate Crate for £21.99 a month plus shipping on their website: http://www.wrestlecrate.co.uk.

All content - Lily Lestrange 

Wrestle Ropes' Ready for the Weekend: July 2016 Week 1 - ATTACK!, LCW & RevPro

This week's edition of Ready For The Weekend shall be seeing us firstly heading to Bristol for ATTACK! at The Trinity Centre. Then we're off to Leicester for a stacked LCW event before we round off the wrestling weekend in London at the Cockpit Theatre for RevPro. Phew! Right that's the itinerary out of the way, let's get Ready For The Weekend!

The weekend kicks off on Friday night when ATTACK! Pro Wrestling cross the border into England and head to The Trinity Centre in Bristol for 'RaffleMania II: Stripwrecked'. 

The event will see the continuation of the ATTACK! Championship tournament with an opening round contest between Mike Bird and Zack Sabre Jr taking placing. These men are both well known to the Attack! Pro Wrestling fans with Bird being a foundation of the promotion while ZSJ's star continues to shine brighter with every passing week. Bird has finally put his issues with "Flash" Morgan Webster to bed and will be looking to focus now on winning some championship gold. However, he'll have to bring his all against ZSJ who is currently in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic as well holding the top titles in PWG & RevPro. ZSJ will be looking to add more accolades his to resume but a win for Bird would be a huge statement to everyone else in the tournament. 

Speaking of the tournament, Wild Boar and Eddie Dennis have already secured their place in the next stage of the tournament. They could find themselves as tournament opponents in the near future, but this Friday they shall be on opposing teams when Boar and CCK's Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos face the trio of Dennis and The Brothers of Construction in six-man tag team action. The B.O.C. and CCK also have previous between them. CCK won the Attack! Pro Tag Team Championship from The B.O.C., who have yet to get the chance at getting the gold back. A win for The B.O.C. could slingshot them straight back into the title picture. There is a lot of variables in this match with tournament competitors and tag teams fighting over gold. Could go either way this one. 

This Friday will also see a rematch from Attack! Pro Wrestling's last event at Walkabout in Cardiff as Tyler Bate will compete against Travis Banks. These men tore the roof off Walkabout last time so we hope that The Trinity Centre in Bristol have checked theirs as we could see history repeat itself once again this Friday.

Match Card

Attack! Pro Wrestling Championship Tournament Opening Round
‘Ginger Jesus’ Mike Bird vs Zack Sabre Jr

Six-Man Tag Team
CCK (Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos) & Wild Boar vs Eddie Dennis & The Brothers Of Construction (Lee & Jim Construction)

Travis Banks vs ‘Textbook’ Tyler Bate

Bayside High (Nixon Newell & Mark Andrews) In Action

Moving on to Saturday and Leicester Championship Wrestling are at Brockington College in Leicester with 'Summertime 2016'. 

At LCW's last event, 'Aftermath', White Tiger defeated LJ Heron and in the process became the number one contender for the LCW Young Guns Championship. Well now he is going to get his chance to win the championship when he faces TK Hayward this Saturday. The LCW fans have been behind Tiger for a long time and have wanted him to have this chance. Hayward has went to great lengths to remain champion and he'll be looking to do the same on July 2nd. Only time will tell whether Tiger and his unanimous support will be enough to dethrone the current champion. 

Alexis Rose and Toni Storm have been at each other's throats for a number of months now with wins being exchanged back and forth. Rose wants another match with Storm and she's going to get it but with the added elements of Xander Cooper as her partner and Tyler Bate joining with Storm. While Cooper may be a help to Rose, Bate is an equal counter to that advantage. The Rose and Storm rivalry looks set to create another chapter this Saturday. 

The main event this Saturday will see the current LCW Heavyweight Champion; Stixx in action when he joins with Joseph Conners to challenge Cy Gregory and Marc Massa of DNA for the LCW Tag Team Championship. The match was made a few weeks ago after Gregory failed to win the LCW Heavyweight Championship from Stixx. DNA are indeed a very slick team, hence why they are champions, however their opponents have both held the LCW Heavyweight Championship, Stixx being the current champion. DNA winning would be a huge feat for them and something they would no doubt be sure to boast about. If Stixx and Conners win, they could well become the most dominant team in LCW history.

Match Card

LCW Tag Team Championship
‘The Heavyweight House Of Pain’ Stixx & ‘The Righteous’ Joseph Conners vs DNA (Cy Gregory & Marc Massa) (c)

LCW Young Guns Championship
TK Hayward (c) vs White Tiger

Alexis Rose & ‘The Man For All Seasons’ Xander Cooper vs Toni Storm & Tyler Bate

HC Dyer vs Paul Malen

Open Challenge
Ladz Ladz Ladz (Zak Northern & Gabriel Kidd) vs ???

Finally we round off the wrestling weekend in London at the Cockpit Theatre with Revolution Pro Wrestling. Amazingly this will be the tenth event that RevPro have held at the Cockpit Theatre in what seems like still a new venue for the promotion. The match card for the show however feels very familiar with it being stacked full of British stars. 

For a number of weeks, The Legion Of Lords' Rishi Ghosh and Lord Gideon Grey have been campaigning for an Undisputed British Tag Team Championship match. This Sunday they will get their wish when the challenge Charlie Garrett and Joel Redman for the gold. The L.o.L. truly believe they are the best and their run of wins can't be argued with. The champions can't be dismissed easily either though as they defeated the longest reigning champions in RevPro history to become the champions. The L.o.L. want championship gold badly, Garrett and Redman will have a real test of their hands to show they want to remain champions even more. 

Originally at RevPro's last event at the Cockpit Theatre, Mark Haskins was scheduled to face Trent Seven. However due to illness, Haskins was not able to compete and the match did not take place. This Sunday, Haskins is back and he's 100%! Add in the element and Seven also bring his A game any time he's in the ring and we have the makings of a show-stealing match when The Super Don faces The Star Attraction. 

The main event this Sunday will see the current Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion; Zack Sabre Jr join forces with the number one contender to the champion, 'The Villain' Marty Scurll in a reformation of The LDRS. Their opponents will be the duo of Jake McCluskey and Kieran Bruce. McCluskey and Bruce are a slick tag team who have found success in various locations in England. This will be the biggest match of their career but the one chink in the armour of the The LDRS is the relationship between Scurll and ZSJ right now. Scurll's actions of late have been questionable and not to the liking of ZSJ. Scurll has told his partner that there is nothing to worry about but does the champion 100% believe that and trust 'The Villain'? We might find out this Sunday.

Match Card

The LDRS (Zack Sabre Jr & ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll) vs Jake McCluskey & Keiran Bruce

Undisputed British Tag Team Championship
Legion Of Lords (Lord Gideon Grey & Rishi Ghosh) vs Charlie Garrett & Joel Redman (c)

‘The Bruiserweight’ Pete Dunne vs Noam Dar

‘The Knightsbridge Fashionista’ Jinny vs Zoe Lucas

Trent Seven vs ‘The Star Attraction’ Mark Haskins

'The Phoenix' Jody Fleisch vs Josh Bodom


That wraps up this week's preview of the weekend's wrestling schedule. Of course, there are many more events taking place over the three days. To find out more about the shows we've highlighted here as well as all the others, check us out at www.wrestleropesuk.wordpress.com for the latest show and match announcements, British Wrestling event list, interviews, exclusive columns, reviews, reports and results!

Wrestle Ropes' Ready for the Weekend: May 2016 Week 1 - HOPE, LCW & ICW

We're back once again for another busy weekend in the British Wrestling. This week we are heading off to HOPE Wrestling in Mansfield then travelling over to Leicester for Leicester Championship Wrestling before finally heading to Glasgow for Insane Championship Wrestling. Once again, let's get Ready For The Weekend!

friday

hope evolution xxxv: how the west was won and where it got us

forest town, mansfield, england

Firstly on Friday night, HOPE Wrestling host their first of three shows this weekend, this event taking place in Mansfield at the Forest Town Arena. The main event of the evening shall see Jack Jester defending the HOPE Championship against fan favourite, Martin Kirby. Jester has had a lengthy reign since becoming the inaugural champion back in July last year, Kirby is without  doubt one of the most talented wrestlers in Europe so this could be the biggest challenge that Jester has faced in the last 9 months. The winner of the main event will immediately have to set their sights on the next challenge as the number one contender to the HOPE Championship will also be determined this Friday when CJ Banks, Pete Dunne, Joseph Conners and Jake McCluskey compete in a fatal four-way match. All four men would be a worthy challenger for the HOPE Championship so it really will come down to the man who capitalises on the opportunities presented to them and also their own skill and talent to walk away the number one contender. Friday will also see a rematch from last weekend's event as Chris Tyler shall once again face El Ligero. Their meeting last weekend ended in controversy as Tyler won via disqualification after Ligero accidentally struck the referee. Ligero's anger at the decision resulted in the official being on the receiving end of an attack from Ligero, something not often seen from 'The Mexican Sensation'. HOPE Wrestling have therefore scheduled this match between the two in an attempt to rectify the controversy.

evolution xxxv: how the west was won and where it got us match card

HOPE Championship

Jack Jester (c) vs Martin Kirby

HOPE Championship Number One Contender

‘The Lifetrain’ CJ Banks vs ‘Young And Bitter’ Pete Dunne vs ‘The Righteous’ Joseph Conners (w/ Violet Vendetta) vs ‘The Moonsault King’ Jake McCluskey

‘All Day Star’ Ryan Smile vs Burchill

‘The One And Only’ Chris Tyler vs ‘The Mexican Sensation’ El Ligero

Triple Threat

Alex Windsor vs Leah Owens vs Violet Vendetta

Sam Goodison vs Blake

Flex Buffington vs Joey Ozbourne

Six-Man Tag Team

White Tiger, ‘The Primate’ Jason Prime & Lucas Archer vs LJ Heron & Filthy Gorgeous (Robert Sharpe & Kyle Kingsley)

saturday
lcw mayhem - 5th anniversary show
enderby, leicester, england

Moving on to Saturday and Leicester Championship Wrestling are at their usual haunt of Brockington College with 'Mayhem'. The event will see every championship defended. The Hunter Brothers have been chasing the LCW Tag Team Championship for a number of months. The current champions, DNA's Cy Gregory and Marc Massa have managed to hold back the challenge so far but this time the challenge will be even greater. This time they shall be defending the LCW Tag Team Championship in a ladder match. As Hunter Brothers quest to win has not waned, the inclusion of ladders may be the catalyst to propel them to another championship reign. Also on the line will be the LCW Young Guns Championship which is going to be defended in a fatal four-way match. The champion; TK Hayward will defend against Paul Malen, White Tiger & Alex Gracie. A fatal four-way match is a difficult enough task for a champion but this one will be even harder as all three challengers are or have been a champion within LCW. If Hayward can walk away still as a champion, he'll have gone further than he's ever gone before to do so. The main event this Saturday in Enderby will see 'The Man For All Seasons' Xander Cooper defend the LCW Heavyweight Championship against former champion, 'The Heavyweight House Of Pain' Stixx. After interference in previous encounters, it has been announced that this match shall be a first for LCW, a Lumberjack match. While Cooper will have his DNA members present during the match, Stixx shall also have back up in selected allies as he attempts to dethrone Cooper and once again become the LCW Heavyweight Champion.

mayhem - 5th anniversary show match card

LCW Heavyweight Championship – Lumberjack Match

‘The Man For All Seasons’ Xander Cooper (c) vs ‘The Heavyweight House Of Pain’ Stixx

LCW Young Guns Championship – Fatal Four-Way

TK Hayward (c) vs Paul Malen vs Alex Gracie vs White Tiger

LCW Tag Team Championship – Ladder Match

DNA (Cy Gregory & Marc Massa) (c) vs The Hunter Brothers

Alexis Rose vs Toni Storm

The Alpha Brothers (Ricky & Johnny Alpha) vs Ladz Ladz Ladz (Gabriel Kidd & Zak Northern)

Chris Tyler vs HC Dyer

sunday
icw friday night fight club taping
glasgow, lanarkshire, scotland

Finally the weekend finishes with Insane Championship Wrestling tape another edition of 'Friday Night Fight Club' in Glasgow at The Garage. This edition of 'Friday Night Fight Club' could well be the biggest yet as there is a lot on the line on May 8th. Firstly, Joe Coffey shall be facing Jack Jester with the stipulation that if Joe Coffey wins he'll receive an ICW World Heavyweight Championship match at Shug's Hoose Party III on July 31st. However a loss for Coffey will result in him quitting Insane Championship Wrestling. Coffey needs to go through a former champion to get a championship match or it shall indeed be the end of his time at ICW. This Sunday shall also see the start of the ICW Tag Team Championship tournament. May 8th shall see two quarter-final matches take place as The 55's Kid Fite and Sha Samuels will face Alexander Henry and Jason Prime of The New Nation while The Rich Kids Of Instagram competing against Davey Boy and Joe Hendry of The Local Fire. All four teams will be looking to make their intentions clear right from the start and show others they are in it to win it. Sunday will also see a new number one contender to the ICW World Heavyweight Championship decided as Chris Renfrew faces Grado. Both these men have been champion before. Indeed it was Renfrew who ended the reign of Grado earlier this year so there is prior conflict between these two men. However, while the winner will be named the number one contender, the loser will not only record a loss, they will never challenge for the ICW World Heavyweight Championship ever again. While the reward for the winner will be great, the repercussions for the loser will alter their entire future in ICW.

friday night fight club taping match card

ICW Zero-G Championship

Lionheart (c) vs ‘Liverpool’s No.1’ Zack Gibson

If Joe Coffey Wins He Receives An ICW World Heavyweight Championship Match At ‘Shug’s Hoose Party’. If He Loses, He Quits Insane Championship Wrestling

‘Iron Man’ Joe Coffey vs ‘Big Kink’ Jack Jester

ICW World Heavyweight Championship Number One Contender. Loser Never Receives A Championship Match Again

Chris Renfrew vs Grado

ICW Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter-Final

The New Nation (‘Class Apart’ Alexander Henry & ‘The Primate’ Jason Prime) vs The 55 (Kid Fite & ‘The East End Butcher’ Sha Samuels)

ICW Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter-Final

The Local Fire (‘Local Hero’ Joe Hendry & Davey Boy) vs The Rich Kids Of Instagram (Austin Osiris & Kyle Khaos)

BT Gunn vs Kay Lee Ray

‘The Vigilante’ Johnny Moss vs ‘The Deity Of Deviance’ Mikey Whiplash

‘The Bollocks’ Kenny Williams vs Wolfgang

That wraps up this week's preview of the weekend's wrestling schedule. Of course, there are many more events taking place over the three days. To find out more about the shows we've highlighted here as well as all the others, check us out at www.wrestleropesuk.wordpress.com for the latest show and match announcements, British Wrestling event list, interviews, exclusive columns, reviews, reports and results!

Wrestle Ropes' Ready for the Weekend: February 2016 Week 1

As we fast approach another weekend in the British Wrestling calendar, we head to Wolverhampton for Fight Club: PRO before heading south to Bristol for Pro Wrestling Chaos' first show of 2016. We'll also have a brief look look at a few other shows coming up. Let's get Ready For The Weekend!

Friday night sees the weekend kick off in Wolverhampton with Fight Club: PRO All The Best 2016 at The Planet Nightclub. The event will see the 2014 Infinity winner, Chris Brookes compete against a new face to the Fight Club: PRO ranks, Travis Banks. Brookes had a change of mind since winning the Trophy, being as dangerous as he ever has been. Banks, originally from New Zealand has been making a name for himself all over the UK in the past few months. His debut at Fight Club: PRO may be his most challenging debut yet as his opponent will have no problem in making his first match his last. From one former Infinity champion to the current champion, Pete Dunne. Dunne's rise during 2015 had the entire British Wrestling community talking. His opponent, Tyler Bate is another man who has gone from strength to strength in the last 12 months. While Dunne is constantly getting better, his momentum could be stopped by a man who has his own ambitions for 2016 and one of those is becoming the Infinity champion. While Fight Club: PRO is stacked with home-grown talent, there'll also be some international flavour on Friday as 'The Carolina Caveman' Trevor Lee makes his return to face Trent Seven. Last time, Trevor Lee defeated fellow American, Andrew Everett, this time however he faces Trent Seven, a man who holds the record for the longest Fight Club: PRO Championship reign. While Lee has had success before, and currently holds TNA's X Division Championship, he now faces a man who is part of the foundations of Fight Club: PRO, 'The Super Don' Trent Seven.

full card

*KYS Open Invitational Challenge*

KYS (MK McKinnan & Damian Dunne) vs ???

Travis Banks vs Chris Brookes

Tyler Bate vs ‘Young And Bitter’ Pete Dunne

Dan Moloney & Wild Boar vs The Hunter Brothers (Lee & Jim Hunter)

Trent Seven vs ‘The Carolina Caveman’ Trevor Lee

Moving on to Saturday and Pro Wrestling Chaos are back at the BAWA Club in Bristol with Everyone Must Stand Alone. The event will see the beginning of the Knights Of Chaos Tag Team Championship tournament. The first quarter-final match will see Massive Party's Chuck Cyrus & Robbie Caine face the duo of Eddie Dennis & Alex Steele. Cyrus & Caine have had tag team success in other promotions and will be looking to continue that success in Pro Wrestling Chaos. Their opponents, Dennis & Steele have been a part of Pro Wrestling Chaos since it's inception and will be keen to be a part of another piece of the promotion's history. Speaking of history, February 6th shall see a first time ever meeting between Pete Dunne and British Wrestling legend, Johnny Kidd. As we have already mentioned, Pete Dunne is a man on the rise right now. That rise is partially due to his style which combines hard hitting offence with a more traditional World Of Sport technicality. When it comes to World Of Sport technicality, there are few who can match Johnny Kidd. This is very much a match of New School vs Old School but a winner is impossible to predict.  The main event this Saturday will see the winner of the Chaos Rumble, Jeckel waste no time in utilising his number one contender status as he challenges Wild Boar for the King Of Chaos Championship. Jeckel has been tearing through the Pro Wrestling Chaos ranks for months with no-one safe from the heavyweight. Boar on the other hand has been involved in a war with Mike Bird for the past few months with him eventually ending the war with the King Of Chaos Championship. However as one battle ends, another looks to begin in the shape of Jeckel. Both these men are harsh, heavy hitters who will go to any lengths to win. With Jeckel also having the new Pro Wrestling Chaos owner, Pariah Khan in his corner, Wild Boar faces a big challenge in Bristol.

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*King Of Chaos Championship*

Jeckel vs Wild Boar (c)

‘Flying’ Mike Bird vs ‘The Carolina Caveman’ Trevor Lee

Johnny Kidd vs Pete Dunne

*Knights Of Chaos Championship Tournament Quarter Final*

Massive Party (‘Mr Massive’ Chuck Cyrus & ‘The Fame’ Robbie Caine) vs ‘The Pride Of Wales’ Eddie Dennis & Alex Steele

Flash Morgan Webster vs Panda Cub

Gideon vs Big Grizzly

Grado In Action

Also this weekend, Preston City Wrestling are holding their annual Road To Glory tournament over three shows this Friday & Saturday. The shows will see a plethora of international names such as Matt Hardy, Billy Gunn and Tajiri to name a few along with some of the best of British. Some very intriguing match ups include Noam Dar vs Timothy Thatcher, Chris Dickinson vs Rampage and Drew Galloway vs Martin Kirby. A whole variety of potential quarter-final, semi-final and final are possible and it is a tournament for anyone to win. Future Pro Wrestling also have a show this weekend. On Saturday they will host 'Reloaded 5.0' at The Thomas Wall Centre in Sutton. A number of matches are scheduled with The GZRS challenging The London Riots for the FPW Tag Team Championship, Jimmy Havoc defending the FPW Championship against Paul Robinson plus the continuation of the FPW Zero-G Championship tournament. There will also be the annual Reloaded Rumble with the winner earning a future FPW Championship match. Speaking of rumble matches, Leicester Championship Wrestling will also be holding their annual rumble match at Brockington College. Along with the rumble where the winner earns a championship match there are four other matches scheduled, three of them for championships. The LCW Tag Team Championship shall be defended in the fatal four-way match, Chris Tyler is defend the LCW Young Guns Championship against Jurgen Heimlich and Xander Cooper will have the odds against him as he defends the LCW Heavyweight Championship in a triple threat match against former champions, Alex Gracie and Joseph Conners.

That wraps up this week's preview of the weekend's wrestling schedule. Of course, there are many more events taking place over the three days. To find out more about the shows we've highlighted here as well as all the others, check us out at www.wrestleropesuk.wordpress.com for the latest show and match announcements, British Wrestling event list, interviews, exclusive columns, reviews, reports and results!

Wrestle Ropes' Ready for the Weekend: December 2015 Week 2

This week's edition will be slightly different from normal as we won't be looking at one show from Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Instead we'll have a brief look at all the shows taking place. Let's get Ready For The Weekend!

On Friday night, Rock N Wrestle will be at the Ironworks in Inverness with Winter Slam 2015. The show will feature TNA & NXT star, James Storm who will be facing Kid Fite. Grado shall also be in action on December 11th as he competes against Liam Thomson. Fans will get to be involved as they choose the stipulation of the match between Aspen Faith and Crusher Craib. The Rock N Wrestle Highland Champion, Jack Jester, Big Damo & BT Gunn are also scheduled to appear during the show.


Heading south to Bristol and Pro Evolution Wrestling will be at the Merchant's Academy. Pro Evolution Wrestling have had a great year, delivering shows month in, month out. At their last show, Justin Sysum defeated Joel Redman to become the new Pro EVW Heavyweight Champion, proving that anything can happen at any show.


Another promotion that has had a killer year has been Britannia Wrestling Promotions. On Friday night they will host the last show of 2015, which marks their 7th year as a promotion. Lots of feuds and lots of fights have taken place this year. Chances are that more will take place on December 11th in the Penyffordd Legion.

Moving on to Saturday and RAD:PRO Wrestling are back at the Chuter Ede CA in South Shields with the season finale, EmbryoniX 3.9. The show will feature Mr Society defending the EmbryoniX Championship against an opponent to be announced on the night. The winner of that match will want to keep an eye on the over the top rope battle royale as the winner will be the new number one contender to the EmbryoniX Championship. December 12th will see former allies Paddy Flannagan and Vulture face off after Vulture joined the Social Order. All those matches plus James Scott, Steve The Pirate and a lot more will be in action.


Pro Wrestling Elite are at the Citadel Leisure Centre in Ayr on Saturday night with Jingle All The Galloway. They have a packed card with the main event seeing Drew Galloway face Dave Mastiff. Grado will also be in action defending the Pro Wrestling Elite Heavyweight Championship against Joey Hayes. Speaking of heavyweight, Damo, Joe Coffey, Iestyn Rees & Noam Dar will also compete in a four-way match. Action from NXT's James Storm, Wolfgang, Chris Renfrew, Mark Coffey, El Ligero and Joe Hendry guarantees a cracking show in Ayr.


Not content with one nigh of action, Pro Evolution Wrestling move on to Worchester on Saturday night with another show. As we said before, Pro Evolution Wrestling have had a great year and they'll look to end it on another high, this time at Perdiswell Leisure Centre.

Leicester Championship Wrestling are at the home of Brockington College on December 12th with their final event of the calendar. Christmas Cracker 15 will see all of LCW's championship on the line with Joseph Conners defending the LCW Heavyweight Championship against Alex Gracie. The Hunter Brothers will challenge DNA's Cy Gregory & Mark Massa for the LCW Tag Team Championship. Finally, Chris Tyler will be in action as he defend the LCW Young Guns Championship against Paul Malen. Even more action takes place with Stixx, Xander Cooper and many more in competition.


Finally finishing up the weekend and Tidal Wrestling host Silent Nightmare – End Of Days at the Leeds University Union. The show will be main event by Dara Diablo defending the TCW Championship against Liam Lazarus and El Ligero. This match would be show-stealing on any show but with the added dynamic that there shall be no DQ or count out in the match, this may indeed be the End Of Days. Speaking of championships, Sam Wilder will be defending the TCW Open Championship for the first time. His opponent is the ever growing and evolving Chris Ridgeway. If Wilder is successful in his defence then his Proven partner, Caz Crash will then defend the championship against Dan James later on in the night. It's another packed show from Tidal Wrestling with Tommy End, Rampage Brown, Martin Kirby, Nathan Cruz, Pete Dunne and Joseph Conners being just a few of those in action.


That wraps up this week's preview of the weekend's wrestling schedule. Of course, there are many more events taking place over the three days. To find out more about the shows we've highlighted here as well as all the others, check us out at www.wrestleropesuk.wordpress.com for the latest show and match announcements, British Wrestling event list and more!