IWA Thailand's (SETUP) next show, IWA Thailand: EP02 - Whiplash will be taking place on Saturday, June 28 at The Circus Studio. Bell time is 5:30pm with the doors opening at 5pm.
The Great Kappa will be taking on Jonathan Johnson, the IWA WorldTitle Tournament Winner for the IWA Title.
For tickets and/or for more information regarding the upcoming show, please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page. Thank you.
SETUP's next show, EP22: The Fallen Kingdom will take place on Saturday, May 31st at The Circus Studio beginning at 6:30pm. Here are several matches and some information involving the show.
The winner of the Raku / Nor "Phoenix" Diana match on May 5th will take on Matcha. This will be for the SETUP All Asia Women's Championship!
Zack Sabre Jr. of NJPW will wrestle at the May 31st show. His opponent will be announced as soon as this coming weekend.
Also, it has been announced that Terry Diesel, long time wrestler who is taking a break from wrestling, has reached an agreement to be the General Manager and matchmaker. Congratulations to Terry.
It's been announced that Jeney will appear at The Fallen Kingdom against an opponent yet to be named.
Last, but certainly not least, Real Global Threat's Shivam and Andruew Tang will face Jonathan Johnson and Jake De Leon in a tag team match. This blogger has been told that RGT is not a faction but a "movement." In the coming days and weeks, the world of pro wrestling in Southeast Asia may know more about this "movement."
For tickets and more information, please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page. Thank you.
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Hello everyone.
Pro wrestling has had its share of factions, stables and alliances over the years. When one least expects it, one comes along out of the blue, and is surprising.
This blogger remembers a group back in May 1996 called the nWo. Monday nights were huge in America with the ratings between WWE and WCW. There would be an overlapping of shows so unless you had two televisions, you weren't able to see both at the same time.
The WWE wrestling names of Razor Ramon and Diesel wrestled in their final matches with the company in early May 1996. It has never been determined if their contracts ran out or they jumped ship. The following week, Scott Hall (Razor Ramon) appeared on a WCW Nitro show and created a lot of havoc. He interrupted a match and was creating havoc with Eric Bischoff, the announcer (WCW owner and recently retired from wrestling altogether).
Two weeks later, it was determined that Scott Hall and Kevin Nash (Diesel) had signed with WCW shortly leaving WWE. Nash would appear and at the time, the duo would initially be called The Outsiders. Over time, several wrestlers would join the group led by Hulk Hogan who turned heel. It was then that The Outsiders changed their group name to the nWo.
Over the past weekend at the SETUP Thailand pro wrestling event, EP21 Double Cross, there was a different type of development that has the fans in Bangkok and throughout the Southeast Asia area buzzing.
There was a SETUP Openweight Title Match between the champion, Andruew Tang and Jonathan Johnson. This blogger wasn't there at the show. However, reels show that a third party, SETUP's Shivam, interrupted the referee's count at two by pulling him out of the ring. It so happens that the referee gets knocked woozy by Shivam's blow.
Prior to the show, it was announced by SETUP Thailand's management team that Shivam was to be barred from ringside for the match. This was from an incident involving Shivam, Johnson and Tang at last November's final show of the year.
Shivam enters the ring with both Johnson and Tang still in the ring. Johnson attempts to closeline Shivam, misses, and Shivam nails him coming off the ropes. Eventually, Tang pins Johnson and retains the title.
That wasn't enough however. Shivam would yell out to the crowd that there would be a "takeover" of the local wrestling industry. He and Tang would form an "alliance" known as Real Global Threat. Then, both Shivam and Tang, following the announcement would continue to punish Jonathan. The referee, wrestlers and some staff try to come in and break it up, all to no avail. Finally, Jake De Leon, a wrestler from the Philippines comes in and makes the save. He had appeared at the show and wrestled Shivam in an earlier match that night.
It will be interesting to see how the Real Global Threat situation will play out. You have two wrestlers, Shivam and Andruew Tang, who are both champions. They wrestle for different promotions. The two have faced each other in singles matches, but not as a team before.
Also, it will interesting how SETUP management will deal with this one. It's been recorded that Jonathan Johnson wants a match regarding both wrestlers. Will Jake De Leon return to be Jonathan's partner?
In the meantime, who knows what Real Global Threat night do. There are numerous promotions throughout Southeast Asia. Maybe it could be a future SPW show. Perhaps, they could fly to Vietnam or the Philippines.
It will be interesting. I remember the nWo group lasted roughly four years. This "alliance" might last awhile.
In a stunning development, there has been one more match added for the SETUP Thailand EP21 show scheduled for March 22nd at The Circus Studio.
In an IWA Japan World Championship #1 Contender Tournament Qualifying Match, PUSO Wrestling and Mr. Philippine Wrestling's, Jake De Leon will take on the MYPW SEA Champion, Shivam. This match is a major one for both competitors in their wrestling careers!
Jake De Leon just recently came off a huge tag team match in the Philippines where he teamed up with legendary Japanese wrestler, Yoshi Tatsu at the Dexcon show. Their team won a successful match this last weekend.
Shivam is the MYPW SEA Champion and won the title last year at the IWA SETUP 30th Anniversary show at The Circus Studio.
Both JDL and Shivam have seen each other before, at least twice over the past year. The latest was a four way match in Singapore when both wrestlers were wrestling for the SPW SEA Title that is currently held by Da Butcherman with SPW. This match. everyone, is a main eventer anywhere in Southeast Asia. Fans in Thailand should be really excited about this one!
Note** The winner of this match will face Jonathan Johnson and Mikey Wild in a Three Way match sometime later this year.
Here is the rest of the lineup for the show.
Kru Pol vs. Kevin Weng in a Uprising Series Block A Match.
Flame Drake vs. Gunn in a Uprising Series Block B Match.
Jack N' Cheese (BGJ and CBK) vs. The Good Deal (Anont Alonzo and Mr. Suchart) (C) for the IWA SETUP World Tag Team Championship.
Andruew Tang (C) vs. Jonathan Johnson for the SETUP Thailand Openweight Championship. Shivam has been banned from ringside.
Matcha vs. Alexis Lee with the winner receiving a future title shot for the SETUP All Asia Championship.
Jake De Leon vs TBD in the SETUP World Championship Tournament.
Tickets are still available for the show this Saturday. Please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page. Thank you.
There have been several developments since last posting regarding the SETUP Thailand Double Cross show. The event takes place on Saturday, March 23rd at The Circus Studio beginning at 6:30pm.
First off, the voice of Singapore Pro Wrestling, Darren Chua, will be at this coming Saturday's show in one of the featured matches. Darren is one of this blogger's favorite wrestling voices in all of Southeast Asia.
Second......Jonathan Johnson took part in a ChocoPro show this past weekend in Japan. He teamed up with Masa Takanashi in a tag match against Chris Brookes and Munetatsu Nakamura. This blogger is always amazed at the small area the wrestlers perform in. However, the show was enjoyable. Please check out the following link for the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uw9Ue3gmhI
Also, in the past few days, Mr. Suchart wrestled Kru Pol on a television show that was televised in Bangkok. Any time there is something televised live for people to see, that is great for any promotion. Here is the link regarding the match. The show is about 65 minutes long (the wrestling match is around 30 minutes into the segment).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=392Kz8UwrGA
Finally, I'm not sure whether to report this or not since it hasn't yet been posted on the SETUP Thailand Facebook page.
However, there is a new SETUP Thailand All Asia Women's Champion. Raku defeated Pom Harajuku at the TJPW Grand Princess 25 on Sunday at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo. I believe that Raku will face the winner of the Alexis Lee-Matcha match that is this coming Saturday. That will happen at a future date (edited). Since there will be an update or two before Saturday, we will let you know the opponent in the future.
Thanks again everyone for reading the long post. Tickets are still available. Please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page for more info.
My apologies to SETUP, and to Jonathan Johnson on this being late. Jonathan and Masahiro Takanashi will take on Chris Brookes and Munetatsu Nakamura in a ChocoPro Tag Team match tomorrow (Saturday).
This is kind of unusual to this blogger because Takanashi and Brookes are tag team partners (Calamari Drunken Kings). That being said, this will be a good match for Jonathan. Also, we will get to know a little more about Munetatsu Nakamura.
According to sources, he's been wrestling in ring action for a little over two years now. He is 23 years of age but has had a few matches under him with 123 going into this upcoming match. He has wrestled both in singles and tag team competition.
SETUP Thailand's next show, EP21: Double Cross, will take place on Saturday, March 22nd. The venue is The Circus Studio - G Village Bangkok beginning at 6:30pm.
The return match has been set for the SETUP Thailand Openweight Championship. The champion, Andruew Tang from Singapore Pro Wrestling will face previous champion, Jonathan Johnson.
In the last encounter, as the fans know by now, Andruew Tang became the new champion with the assistance of SETUP's Shivam. This led to SETUP management adding a stipulation to the match in fairness to both competitors. Shivam is to be banned from ringside!
More on both competitors here. Andruew Tang is regarded as the most decorated wrestler in Southeast Asia pro wrestling history. He has won multiple titles in his career and has been the current SETUP titleholder for 87 days as of this post.
SETUP's Jonathan Johnson, the previous titleholder held the belt for 315 days and defended the belt multiple times in Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines. Southeast Asia wrestling fans have had an opportunity to see one of the top wrestlers in the region.
Tickets are still on sale for the upcoming show. Please visit SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling's Facebook page for more information. Thank you.
This blogger would like to give a shout out to a wrestling group based in the Philippines. You may have heard about a group called Dexcon Pro Wrestling.
This may have been mentioned before on this blog. The group has done everything to make pro wrestling in the Philippines and throughout Southeast Asia and Asia better for everyone!
Their first sponsored pro wrestling show was in August 2023. This fan was very fortunate to attend it at the Brawl Pit Bulusan. It featured wrestlers from the former Manila Wrestling Federation, World Underground Wrestling - Philippines and wrestlers from other countries such as Singapore, Japan and Thailand.
In nearly two years, Dexcon has brought in wrestlers such as Alexis Lee, Poppy, Yuki Kamifuku, Kojio Akumu, CDK (Chris Brookes and Masa Takanashi), Shivam, AFAM Steve (aka Steve The Teacher), Jonathan Johnson, Monomoth and The Horrors just to name a few.
In March, Dexcon will have their next show and the group has really come up with a find. Yoshi Tatsu, legendary Japanese wrestler with DDT, NJPW and a brief stint in the WWE will appear. Who knows what Dexcon will come up with next. Within 24 hours after the announcement, general admission tickets for the event were sold out!
Thank you to the staff at Dexcon for all you've done in the Philippines and throughout Asia. One day, this blogger hopes to see another Dexcon event. The first one at the Brawl Pit Bulusan was entertaining and wild!
Here's the link to Dexcon if anyone is interested in their shows past, present and future! Thank you.
https://www.facebook.com/DexconPH
Hello everyone!
Here are the results from SETUP Thailand's show, Bangkok Navigation. The event took place this past Saturday, January 18th at The Circus Studio G Village in Bangkok. A full house of 256 enthusiastic, compassionate and energetic fans were there for s great show!
A lot of thank yous beforehand. Thank you to SETUP as always for the prompt results. Also, thank you to Derick and everyone in the instagram BKK wrestling group for the welcome and all the chats! Though this fan wasn't there for the show, it almost felt like being in the vicinity of The Circus Studio. Definitely, a lot of wild and unpredictable action, heel turns and outcomes. We will be hearing all of this in the weeks to come.
SETUP mentioned that their next show is on 23 March. Will share more about it in the coming days and weeks. Here are the results. Thanks everyone!
Intergender 4-way match between Pondhub, Kru Pol, Gunn and Matcha was won by Matcha.
The upcoming post will be about two important singles matches that haven't been covered. This may be a little long, but please be patient.
Before sharing it, there's one important clarification regarding the blogger's last post on Steve The Teacher.
Per several sources, and since I wasn't there for the show, something important was not mentioned about the SETUP Rumble. Mikey Wild was officially not a part of the match which changes the complexion of what happened that day. There were other things that happened in the Rumble, but that is for another time.
The Steve The Teacher-Mikey Wild match next Saturday is definitely one that wrestling fans at The Circus Studio need to see!
This blogger stresses that what is posted here on the blog IS factual as much as possible. I don't do this to be a Dave Meltzer nor the dirt sheets that you see on social media. Not into that!
Thank you to the sources who messaged me regarding this. There is nothing wrong with messaging when something written needs correcting! It's not taken as criticism but a learning experience. Definitely, am not and never will be a know it all! Most important, it's appreciated here! Thank you as always.
Moving forward, SETUP Thailand and wrestling fans should really be excited about the upcoming show. Besides Paksa vs. Naomichi Marafuji, Kevin Weng vs. Daz Black and Steve The Teacher vs. Mikey Wild, there are these two singles matches.
Masa Takanashi vs. Jonathan Johnson
Shota vs. Monomoth
Masa Takanashi has been busy wrestling in Japan for various promotions since August both in singles and tag team action. He was last in a SETUP ring at the 30th anniversary show when the Calamari Drunken Kings (w/Chris Brookes) lost the IWA SETUP Tag Team Title in a 3-way match.
Jonathan Johnson had a great 2024. He held the SETUP Thailand Openweight Championship for 315 days, longer than any wrestler on record. In his last match, he lost in controversial fashion. Please check You Tube on what happened. You can say in the case of both wrestlers here, both are looking to get back into the win column as soon as next Saturday.
In the other singles match, Shota is a wrestler that this blogger believes is exciting to watch from some video. He wrestles for several promotions in Japan. I don't recall if he's wrestled in Thailand before, but remember him at a Vietnam Pro Wrestling show last May. Fans there were impressed with his performance.
What can this blogger say about Monomoth! In 2024, Monomoth, not only wrestled before sell out crowds at The Circus Studio, but also in the Philippines, Japan and in America with the GCW Promotion at a Philadelphia show. One can say that this singles match will be exciting to watch as well.
For more on tickets (front row is sold out as of this post), please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page. Thank you.
Congratulations to SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling! Five years ago on January 11th, SETUP Thailand hosted their first pro wrestling show at The Circus Studio before 232 fans, a sellout.
There were eight matches on the show (Bangkok Showdown) with four of them, title matches (per Cagematch)! The show was a collaboration with India's Wrestle Square. Current SETUP wrestlers, Jonathan Johnson, Shivam and Paksa were in the show. Other names to mention were Emi Sakura, Andruew Tang, Alexis Lee, Ho Ho Lun, Zombie Dragon, and others in the Southeast Asia area, were a part of one memorable show that day.
Thank you to Panuwat for the reminder on this. Also, thank you to Pumi who has been tremendous with the wrestling scene in Thailand!
Tomorrow, will do another SETUP post regarding a couple of major matches at next weekend's Bangkok Navigation. Have a good weekend everyone!
My apologies for this event being posted late. Here are the results from the two day Graveyard Shift / Jam Of The Joshis show. The two day event took place on October 12-13 at the Brawl Pit Bulusan in Quezon City, PH.
Congratulations and thank you to the staff at Dexcon for putting on a memorable show and the results!
Graveyard Shift results:
TZK (Saint John Martin & Ken Cifer) d. Kappa Chans (SETUP) and retain the World Underground Wrestling - Philippines Championship.
Monomoth (SETUP) & Patricia Ligaia d. Robin Sane & Joey Rosas.
Jonathan Johnson (SETUP) d. Crystal, Jake De Leon, Dabid Ravena to retain the SETUP Openweight Championship.
Alexis Lee (SPW) d. Joya to retain the CWE Vixens Championship.
Jam Of The Joshi's Results:
The Horrors (Dr. Gore & Da Butcherman) (SPW) d. The Superfriends (Super P & El Kapitunero) for the SPW Tag Team Titles.
Yuki Kamifuku (TJPW) d. Chelsea Marie for the SPW Queen of Asia/ VPW Women's Titles.
Graveyard Shift
Nigel "Swagplex" "Hotdog" San Jose d. Joey Rizz-as.
Jomar The Zombie d. Butch Herman the Journalist.
Mega JDL/WonderPatricia vs. Dr. Gore Black/Supervillain P went to a time limit draw.
The Horrors (Dr. Gore & Da Butcherman) d. Aaron Liwanag/Jake De Leon.
SETUP Thailand's next show, Bangkok Navigation is coming up soon. The date is Saturday, January 18 at The Circus Studio, G Village.
A huge match has been made between two former champions. Johnathan Johnson will take on Masa Takanashi in an IWA Japan World Title Tournament Dream Match. This encounter is a main event anywhere in Southeast Asia.
For more information, including tickets, please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page. Thank you.
Robin Sane, legendary Filipino wrestler and SETUP Thailand's Monomoth, will be taking on The Good Deal. The match will be for The International Wrestling Association Japan x SETUP World Tag Team Championship.
The event will take place on Saturday, November 30th at SETUP Thailand's next show, Year End Climax. The event takes place once again at The Circus Studio, G Village Bangkok, beginning at 6:30pm.
Also on the show, here are the other matches scheduled....
Jonathan Johnson (c) vs. "The Statement" Andruew Tang for the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Openweight Championship.
Gunn vs. The Debuting International Wrestler in a singles match.
Matcha (c) vs. Pom Harajuku for the SETUP All Asia Women's Championship in a No Disqualification match.
Paska vs. G Sharpe in a Special Singles match.
Also, a SETUP Thailand Openweight: Rights To Challenge Anywhere, Anytime Fantasy Rumble Over The Top Rope Match.
For more, including tickets, please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page. Thank you.
Here are the results from SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling's IWA Japan 30th Anniversary Show - Hardcore Forever. The event took place this past Saturday at The Circus Studio in Bangkok.
The show was streamed on You Tube. This blogger definitely enjoyed it. Every once in awhile, it was a little hard to follow but definitely knew what was going on. The final match was a little confusing and chaotic. Thank you to SETUP Thailand for the stream. All the best in the upcoming September show!
Jonathan Johnson d. Monomoth and Thanomsak Toba to retain the SETUP Thailand Openweight Championship.
Paska d. John Day in a No Disqualification match.
Gym Bros (Sunny Z and Benji) d KWO in an IWA SETUP Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Match.
August Artois d. Shivam to retain the FIP World Championship.
Matcha d. Wondergirl to retain the SETUP All Asia Women's Championship.
Shivam d. The Wonderboy to win MYPW Southeast Asia Championship!
The Good Deal d. CDK and UMA Corp to win the IWA SETUP World Tag Team Championship in a three way match.
Ultramantis Black d. Chris Brookes for the IWA Japan World Heavyweight Championship.
There has been an update on one of the matches for the show.
Tanomsak Toba, a pioneer wrestler with DDT Japan will become part of, what's now, a Triple Treat Match. It's SETUP Thailand Openweight Champion, Jonathan Johnson, Monomoth and Toba for the coveted belt. This has the makings of being a superb main event!
In the coming days, more matches will be added to the show. Thank you.
The event is called IWA Japan 30th Anniversary - Hardcore Forever. It's Thai Wrestling Big Battle of July.
Here are the matches lined up for the show as of this post.
CDK (champions) vs. The Good Deal vs. UMA Corp for the IWA Japan SETUP Tag Team Championship in a Three Way Hardcore Match.
August Artois (champion) vs. Shivam for the Full Impact Pro Heavyweight Championship.
John Day (Singapore) vs. Paska (Thailand) in a International Singles match with No Disqualification.
Gym Bros. vs. KWO in a number one contender's match for the IWA Japan SETUP Tag Team Championship.
Jonathan Johnson (champion) vs. Monomoth for the SETUP Thailand Openweight Championship.
Matcha (champion) vs. The Wondergirl for the SETUP All Asia Women's Championship in an Extreme Riles Match.
For more information on the show, and ticket availability, please visit the SETUP Thailand page on Facebook. Thank you.
Here are the results from SETUP Thailand's show, SETUP EP: 18: Clash Of The Titans. The event took place this past Saturday, May 25th at The Circus Studio, Bangkok.
SPECIAL REFEREE MATCH MYPW SOUTH EAST ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP IWA JAPAN SETUP WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP NO.1 CONTENDER MATCH INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL SINGLE MATCH - Loser Leaves Town Match MYPW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL : SETUP ALL ASIA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MAIN EVENT : SETUP THAILAND OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Matcha, the All Asia Women's Champion, and first female wrestler from Thailand, will defend the title against Princess Pistachio, Taiwan's first female pro wrestler.
Also, in the last post, we mentioned about Zach Sabre Jr. and El Phantasmo from NJPW making their way to Thailand to wrestle in the show.
Sabre Jr. will face "The Ace Of Thai Wrestling", Shivam in one of the two Double Main Event matches.
The second match will have El Phantasmo going up against the SETUP Thailand Openweight Champion, Jonathan Johnson.
The fans in Bangkok will be treated to a very special night of pro wrestling.
For more on tickets and the show, please check the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling page on Facebook. Thank you.
THREE-WAY TAG TEAM MATCH : St.John Innocent College (Kevin Weng & Pondhub) vs The Good Deal (Anont Alonzo & Mister Suchart) vs Rubber Man & Masa Takanashi. WRESTLE SQUARE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP ‘RUMBLE MATCH’ INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL SINGLE MATCH SETUP ALL ASIA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 3-WAY MATCH. 
Matcha กลายเป็นแชมป์คนแรก !!! ZERO-1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH WRESTLE SQUARE HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH WRESTLE SQUARE vs GATOH MOVE : 6-PERSON TAG MATCH MAIN EVENT : SETUP THAILAND OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Jonathan Johnson ใช้สิทธิ์ Cash-in ระหว่างแมตช์ การแข่งขันจึงถูกปรับเป็นแบบ 3 เส้า ก่อนที่จะเอาชนะ Shivam ไปด้วย Swanton Bomb (15.42)