England’s 1PW kehrt im Oktober zurück / Christian Cage, Rob Van Dam, Ruby Soho & Mickie James bereits bestätigt / Komplettes Match (AJ Styles vs. PAC) veröffentlicht

Mit One Pro Wrestling (1PW) kehrt im Oktober eine sehr interessante Promotion im vereinigten Königreich nach 11 Jahren zurück. Dies berichtet der PWTorch exklusiv. Am 01.10.2022 heißt es 1PW „A New Twist of Fate“ im Doncaster Dome in Doncaster, England. Das Event wird etwa eine Woche später auf FITE.tv ausgestrahlt. Bereits bestätigt: Christian Cage, Rob Van Dam, Ruby Soho und Mickie James.

Der PWTorch sprach mit 1PW Gründer und Manging Director Steven Gauntley darüber, warum gerade jetzt die richtige Zeit für das Comeback ist.

I have always had a passion and love for what 1PW was able to achieve many years ago. It completely changed the landscape of the wrestling business in the U.K., and myself and my team just really feel, as I’m sure many people can agree, that the timing is perfect for 1PW to come back and fill the void at the top of British wrestling again. There is not really a premium brand right now in the U.K. that has capturing people’s imaginations the way 1PW did before, and so I think the market place is wide open and desperate for a freshly envisioned 1PW to lead to way to a new renaissance in British wrestling.

Weiter geht Gauntley auf die Partnerschaft mit FITE.tv ein und erhofft sich dadurch eine größere Reichweite:

The deal with Fite TV will enable fans from all over the world to experience the 1PW magic via pay per view and so we are marketing our product at a global audience. We have formed working relationships with AEW and several other hugely successful promotions that we will announce over the coming weeks, all with our vision to bring totally unique lineups for U.K. fans to experience live, whilst providing fans the world over with an incredible unrivaled independent wrestling lineup.

Auch FITE.tv Digital Director Paul Owen kommentiert die Partnerschaft in einer Pressemitteilung .

We couldn’t be happier to be partnering with 1PW and supporting their relaunch in the British Professional Wrestling market. The content landscape has changed dramatically since 1PW held their last show and we’re excited to bring their events to a worldwide audience and deliver their extensive professional wrestling catalog to our growing offering for FITE+ subscribers.

In diesem Video seht rare Bilder aus der Vergangenheit. 1PW hielt 2005 bis 2011 Events in England ab und präsentierte Namen wie AJ Styles, El Generico (Sami Zayn), Abyss, Samoa Joe, Christian Cage, Steve Corino, sowie Bret „The Hitman“ Hart. Aber natürlich auch Stars aus der britischen Szene wie PAC, Zack Sabre Jr., Doug Williams, Spud (Drake Maverick) Jody Fleisch, Sterling James Keenan (Corey Graves), sowie die deutschen Ulf Hermann und „Bad Bones“ John Klinger.

Gauntley berichtet weiter, dass in den kommenden Wochen sowohl weitere Informationen, als auch zwei große Events aus der Vergangenheit veröffentlicht werden:

Over the course of this year the entire back catalogue will go up. We launch with two huge events from back in 2006 and I think the thing that will surprise people is the absolutely unique world class lineup that we had back then with talent from TNA (Impact Wrestling), Japan, Ring of Honor (ROH), and beyond. Right away fans will be able to see the absolute classic AJ Styles vs. PAC match up, which was the match that introduced a young Pac to the world stage, as well as matches featuring Bryan Danielson, Samoa Joe, Abyss, Nigel Mcguiness, SJK (now known as Corey Graves), Spud (WWE’s Drake Maverick), and more.

PWTorch fragt weiter, welches Match die Fans überraschen wird.

I would absolutely recommend fans to check out the No Ropes Barbed Wire Hell match between Steve Corino and Abyss for the 1PW world title, which was a European first, and stands to this day as an absolutely shocking and uniquely brutal bout held in front of an electric crowd.

Außerdem betont Gauntley Bilder aus den frühen Karrieren von WWE Kommentator Corey Gravey und dem ehemaligen WWE Superstar Drake Maverick.

Additionally there are chances to see the early careers of such as WWE’s Corey Graves and Drake Maverick back when 1PW was giving them their platform to burst onto the global stage and establish their careers.

1PW veröffentlicht zwei volle Events auf FITE+ (FITE.tv) – „Invincible 2006“ und die „First Anniversary Show“.

Hier die jeweiligen Matchcards:

1PW – One Pro Wrestling
„Invincible 2006“
19.08.2006 – Fite+ Kunden können diesen Event hier schauen

Damned Nation (Dragon Aisu & Majik) vs. The Chavs (Harry Mills & Tommy Langford)

6 Man Tag Team Match
Austin Aries, Matt Sydal & Roderick Strong vs. Darkside & The Briscoe Brothers (Mark & Jay Briscoe)

Jimmy Rave vs. El Ligero

Andy Boy Simmonz (w/ Domino) vs. Martin Stone (Danny Burch)

Martin Stone (WWE’s Danny Burch) vs. Iceman

Bryan Danielson vs. SUWA

Samoa Joe vs. Jay Phoenix

British Master Class
Doug Williams vs. Nigel McGuinness

1PW World Tag Team Championship
Jody Fleisch & Jonny Storm vs. Team Shag (Colt Cabana & Darren Burridge)

Tag Team Match
Matt Hyson (Spike Dudley) & Sterling James Keenan vs. Spud (Drake Maverick) & Teddy Hart

Survival of the Sickest Elimination Match
Chris Hamrick, Spud (Drake Maverick), Steve Corino, Teddy Hart & Tracy Smothers vs. Abyss, Dave Moralez, Jack Storm, Matt Hyson (Spike Dudley) & Sterling James Keenan (Corey Graves)

1PW – One Pro Wrestling
„First Anniversary Show“
10.10.2006 – Fite+ Kunden können diesen Event hier schauen

El Generico (Sami Zayn) vs. El Ligero

Mad Man Manson vs. Jamie Brum

Tag Team Turmoil Match
Teams: The Damned Nation (Dragon Aisu & Majik), Maximum Head (Dan Head & Max Voltage), The EntouRAGE (Mark Sloan & Ollie Burns), Pain Inc. (Joey Hayes & Ruffneck) und The Chavs (Harry Mills & Tommy Langford) (w/Dan James)

Goldustin (Dustin Rhodes) vs. Curry Man (Christopher Daniels)

European Death Match
Ulf Herman vs. Iceman vs. Martin Stone (Danny Burch)

Dream Partners Tag Match
SJK & Team Supreme (Dave Moralez & Jack Storm) vs. Samoa Joe, Spud (Drake Maverick) & Darkside

AJ Styles vs. PAC

Ladder Match
1PW World Tag Team Championship
Jonny Storm & Jody Fleisch vs. Colt Cabana & Burridge vs. Tracy Smothers & Chris Hamrick

No Ropes Barbed Wire Hell
1PW World Heavyweight Championship
Steve Corino vs. Abyss

Außerdem veröffentlicht FITE.tv kostenlos auf YouTube das komplette Match zwischen WWE Superstar AJ Styles und AEW Superstar PAC.

(Quelle: PWTorch/Fite.tv)