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Aussie Open (professional Wrestling)
Aussie Open are an Australian professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher. The two began teaming in 2017 whilst working on the United Kingdom independent scene and briefly wrestled under the name The Aussie Assault. The two wrestle as freelancers, working mainly for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where they are members of the United Empire stable and were the inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where they are two-time Undisputed British Tag Team Champions They have also made appearances in Europe for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) and in the US for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), who RevPro and NJPW have working relationships with respectively. History Early career (2007–2016) Both men worked around the Australian independent scene, Davis debuted in 2007 and Fletcher in 2014. Both men worked for independent promotions, such as Melbourne City Wrestling. Formation in United Kingdom (2017-Present) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Davis (wrestler)
Davis Passfield (born 20 August 1990), better known by his in-ring name Mark Davis, is an Australian professional wrestler currently appearing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he was an inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion and Revolution Pro Wrestling, where he is a former two-time Undisputed British Tag Team Champion. Since 2017 he has teamed with fellow Australian wrestler Kyle Fletcher as the tag team Aussie Open and both are current members of the United Empire. They have also made appearances for All Elite Wrestling and British independent promotions such as Progress Wrestling and Attack! Pro Wrestling. Davis commonly made appearances for Australian Independent Promotions from 2007, such as Melbourne City Wrestling, during his early career. Professional wrestling career Early career (2007–2016) Passfield made his professional wrestling debut in 2007, under the name Mark Davis for Professional Wrestling Alliance. He competed on the Australian Independent Wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Wars UK
Global Wars UK is an annual professional wrestling supershow co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and British Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) promotions. The two promotions established a partnership in July 2015 as part of NJPW's "New IWGP Conception." All editions of the show have been archived on New Japan's NJPW World streaming service. Events 2015 2016 Night 1 Night 2 2017 Night 1 Night 2 2018 See also *Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom *List of professional wrestling promotions in Europe This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Europe, sorted by country, and lists both active and defunct professional wrestling promotions. All of Europe Europe Austria Croatia Denmark France Germany Greece Hungary Mal ... References External linksOfficial New Japan Pro-Wrestling website(English)Official Revolution Pro Wrestling website {{New Japan Pro Wrestling events, Global Wars UK Revolution Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanga Loa
Tevita Tu'amoeloa Fetaiakimoeata Fifita (born May 7, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), under the ring name Tanga Loa (タンガ・ロア ''Tanga Roa'') (originally Tanga Roa). Fifita started his wrestling career in WWE's farm territory Florida Championship Wrestling in 2009. He was promoted to the main roster in 2011, where he worked as Camacho in a tag team with Hunico. They worked on the undercard on SmackDown and NXT (WWE brand), NXT for a few years. After he left WWE in 2014, he worked for two years in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the name Micah, where he won the 2015's Gut Check. Later, he left the promotion and joined NJPW as Tanga Loa, joining his brother Tama Tonga as Guerrillas of Destiny, a subgroup of the Heel (professional wrestling), heel faction Bullet Club. In NJPW, he and Tonga are seven-time IWGP Tag Team Champions and former three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions with B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tama Tonga
Alipate Aloisio Leone (born October 15, 1982) is a Tongan-American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Tama Tonga (タマ・トンガ ''Tama Tonga''). He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is also known as a founding member of Bullet Club; he also makes appearances for Impact Wrestling in the United States. Tonga is the nephew and adopted son of professional wrestler Haku and forms the tag team Guerrillas of Destiny (G.O.D) with his cousin/adoptive brother Tanga Loa. He has also worked with NJPW's partner promotion in Mexico, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) where he has held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship twice. Upon winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship at G1 Supercard, he became the third wrestler to have won a championship in NJPW, CMLL, and ROH, behind Rocky Romero and Matt Taven. Early life Leone and his younger brother Taula were adopted by their maternal aunt and her husband, professional wrestler Tonga Fifita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guerrillas Of Destiny
The Guerrillas of Destiny, sometimes shortened to G.O.D., is a professional wrestling tag team and stable which consists of the Tongan-American brothers Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Hikuleo and manager Jado. Tama and Tanga originally began wrestling together in 2008 under the team name Sons of Tonga, a reference to their father, professional wrestler Tonga Fifita. After a seven-year break, the team reunited in March 2016, when Loa joined Tonga in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where they are a record seven time IWGP Tag Team Champions. From 2016 to 2022, they were members of the Bullet Club stable, they are the former three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions with various Bullet Club teammates. In March 2022, during the New Japan Cup; Tonga, Loa, and Jado were removed from Bullet Club and the Guerrillas of Destiny became a stable in NJPW with Jado joining the group. They also appear in the U.S. based promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and Impact Wrestling, where they are forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IWGP Tag Team Championship
The is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of the NJPW's governing body, the . The title was introduced on December 12, 1985 at an NJPW live event. The IWGP Tag Team Championship is one of two tag team titles contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW. According to NJPW's official website, the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered the "IWGP Heavyweight Class", while the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "IWGP Jr. Tag Class". Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Title changes usually happen at NJPW-promoted events; although the title has only changed hands twice at a non-NJPW event, it has been defended in several other promotions. History Before the IWGP championship system was created, New Japan Pro-Wrestling featured the NWA North American T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NJPW Royal Quest
Royal Quest was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on August 31, 2019 at the Copper Box Arena in London, England and was streamed live on FITE TV. It was the first-ever event independently promoted by NJPW in the United Kingdom. Eight matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Kazuchika Okada retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Minoru Suzuki. Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to win the British Heavyweight Championship, Kenta defeated Tomohiro Ishii to win the NEVER Openweight Championship, and the Guerrillas of Destiny retained the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Aussie Open – the winners of Revolution Pro Wrestling's Road to Royal Quest tournament. Production Background Royal Quest was the first-ever professional wrestling event independently promoted by NJPW in the United Kingdom. It was the first UK event produced by NJPW after Strong Style Evolved UK on June 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sha Samuels
Shaaheen Hosseinpour (born 27 February 1985) is an English professional wrestler. He is mostly known for his time in WWE where he performed on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Sha Samuels. Professional wrestling career Insane Championship Wrestling (2014–present) Sha Samuels debuted for Insane Championship Wrestling in 2014 in London, teaming alongside Rob Cage & Jackie Polo, in a losing effort against Grado, Wolfgang & Noam Dar. Samuels quickly become embroiled in a rivalry against Grado, with Sha tormenting Grado for months, leading to a singles match between the two at Fear & Loathing VII at the Barrowland Ballroom. Sha would be victorious in this match, after Martin Stone became involved in the contest. The following year, Sha aligned himself with James R. Kennedy's faction, The 55, composed of Sha, Kid Fite, Timm Wylie, Martin Kirby & Bram. Often acting as hired mercenaries for The Black Label, the team of Samuels & Kid Fite would eventually target Polo Promotions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack Sabre Jr
Lucas Eatwell (born 24 July 1987), better known by his ring name Zack Sabre Jr. (Katakana: ザック・セイバーJr, ''Zakku Seibā Jr.''), is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Outside NJPW, Sabre performs for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Ring of Honor (ROH), Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), and Progress Wrestling (Progress). Sabre is a former NWA United Kingdom Junior Heavyweight Championship winner and a product of the NWA-UK Hammerlock training school. He started training with NWA-UK Hammerlock at the age of 14, under the guidance of Jon Ryan and Andre Baker. Sabre's offensive moveset includes a wide array of intricately complex technical wrestling holds and pinning combinations, harsh strikes (stemming from his love of puroresu), explosive athleticism and dazzling acrobatics. The readers of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' voted Sabre the Best Technical Wrestler of the year for seven consecutive years (2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minoru Suzuki
(born June 17, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a freelancer. In NJPW, Suzuki has held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship as well as twice holding the NEVER Openweight Championship. Suzuki also wrestles for NJPW's international partners - most notably Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Ring of Honor (ROH). In RevPro, he is also a former British Heavyweight Champion and co-holder of the Undisputed British Tag Team Championship alongside fellow Suzuki-gun stablemate, Zack Sabre Jr. In ROH, he is a former ROH World Television Champion; this was his first title in a U.S. based promotion. Suzuki was the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations in the world. During the 1990s, he was widely considered one of the best fighters in the world and was the second List of Pancrase champions#Openweight Championship, King of Pancrase world champion. Suzuki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunther (wrestler)
Walter Hahn (born 20 August 1987) is an Austrian professional wrestler and trainer. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Gunther and is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion in his first reign. Hahn has appeared in a number of independent promotions around the world, predominantly wrestling mononymously as Walter (stylized in all capital letters), most notably Westside Xtreme Wrestling, becoming a three-time wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he is a former one-time PWG World Champion, and Progress Wrestling, where he is a former Progress Unified World Champion. Overall, Walter is a five-time world champion in wrestling and the first Austrian to compete in WWE. After signing with WWE in early 2019, he debuted on the NXT UK brand before moving over to the primary NXT brand in 2022, where his ring name was changed to Gunther. He is a former NXT United Kingdom Champion for which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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