The SETUP 24/7 Title Experience

From left to right, LegenDarius (FPW), Ken Warren (then with MWF) and yours truly.  This followed my first pro wrestling show in Southeast Asia.  Ken allowed us to hold the SETUP 24/7 belts.  It was my first experience holding a belt.  To my friends at SETUP: I took care of it and actually kept the face of the belt polished.  It was a great experience and one not to be forgotten!

 

Hello everyone.

 

SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling, one of this blogger's favorite pro wrestling promotions, came up with a title during the COVID-19 pandemic.  It was something similar to what WWE did.  The promotion came up with a new title which they still have today, the SETUP 24/7 title.

 

The 24/7 title is a mid card type title which allows everyone in the promotion involved as long as there's a referee present.  The idea of this was started by WWE wrestling legend, Mick Foley.  By no means it was never to be a major title.  However, when you least expect something that happens at a pro wrestling show, someone can win a title anywhere in the building.

 

At my first Southeast Asia pro wrestling show, Manila Wrestling Federation's Noche Buena, one of Pinoy wrestling's best performers, Jomar Liwanag, was the champion.  He would defend the title later in the evening against the previous champion, Ken Warren at the Peta Center in Quezon City.

 

There were 10 matches that evening.  From around the third to the eighth match of the evening, there would be times when the SETUP 24/7 title changed hands during the show.  It was a very clever idea from the MWF writers how they did it.  Here were the title changes that happened that night....

 

Tarek El Tayech (employee) d. Jomar Liwanag.

Veronica Litton (employee) d. Tarek El Tayech.

Danny Zamora & Razael d. Veronica Litton.

Bahay ng Liwanag d. Razael.

Ken Warren d. Bahay ng Liwanag in a 3-1 handicap match to win the SETUP 24/7 title.

 

Ken Warren would keep the title until he returned to Thailand.  Prior to the match in Thailand, he would announce that he would be leaving the Philippines and relocate in Canada.  

 

Anyway, back in Thailand, Mr. Suchart of SETUP Thailand would get his rematch and would win back the title.  Basically, the title, for the most part, has stayed in Thailand. At last count, around 50 people have had the title at one time or another.

 

Currently, Kevin Weng has the title.  He is one of the bright future stars in the SETUP promotion.  It will be interesting how long he holds on to the belt.

Hammerlock Pure Wrestling

Some of you are wondering about the title of this post, Hammerlock Pure Wrestling.

 

Certainly, it's not a Southeast Asia wrestling promotion.  It's not in Australia either.  It happens to be in Ontario, Canada, northeast of where this blogger lives.

 

Though this blogger focuses on Southeast Asia, Asia and Australia wrestling, I wanted to share something new.   Here is what is leading to this post.

 

Back in December 2022, I attended my first wrestling show in Southeast Asia and in the Philippines.  The show was called Noche Buena that was promoted by the Manila Wrestling Federation.

 

One of the wrestlers in the show, Ken Warren, would win back the SETUP Thailand 24/7 wrestling championship in a handicap match in which he defeated three wrestlers.

 

After the show, along with future Filipino Pro Wrestling's LegenDarius, we had the opportunity to meet Ken following a post show press conference.  

 

Ken was not only gracious and professional, but spent time with both of us.  We talked about pro wrestling both on the major scale and independent levels.  Also, we talked about the Philippines great beaches.  It was a memorable moment since he was only the second pro wrestler to AWA legend, Nick Bockwinkel that I met.

 

Early in 2023, Ken decided to move to Canada and over time, would begin wrestling in a North American promotion called Hammerlock Pure Wrestling.  The promotion is based out of London, Ontario.  If you look at a map, the city is nearly between Detroit, Michigan and Toronto, Ontario, two major metropolitan areas.  

 

Hammerlock Pure Wrestling was founded in 2022 with their first show, a year later in February 2023.  Looking at Cagematch, Ken wrestled in his first Hammerlock show in November.

 

As I was preparing to do this, Ken has done a couple of promos.  What I found was the fact that he did wrestle for three promotions in 2024.

 

I'm going to share the latest promo that he did which is the link below.  In the meantime, all the best to Ken in his future endeavors in North America.  I'll post any of his future shows on this blog.

 

   https://fb.watch/wWNAAGdQDj/

MWF Kasaysayan 2023 Flashback

Hello everyone.

 

As part of the ten year anniversary of the modern day Philippines wrestling, here were the results of last year's MWF Kasaysayan event.  The venue was the Fitness Playground PH. on Sunday, March 5th. 

Danny Zamora d. Main Maxx.

Nigel San Jose and Fabio Makisig d. Jake De Leon and Ken Warren.

Crystal d. Aaron Liwanag.

Fabio Makisig d. Migs Valdez in a non title bout.

Jake de Leon d. Ken Warren in Jake's 100th career match.

Chilly Willy Wrestling Cup:

Ken Cifer d. Zera.

Razael d. Ace Clark.

Dabid Ravena d. Pablo Salvacion.

El Kapitunero d. Dante Guinoo.

Ken Cifer d. Razael.

Dabid Ravena d. El Kapitunero

Ken Cifer d. Dabid Ravena.

Sunny Z vs. Bro. Jonar Liwanag.

 

 

There were a lot of memories that happened that day.  First off, this was the first MWF event of the year, and it happened at the Fitness Playground PH., I believe for the first time.

 

 

The first Chilly Willy Wrestling Cup took place with Ken Cifer winning it.  There were a total of 13 matches that day, probably a Manila Wrestling Federation record for one show.

 

 

Fabio Makisig would wrestle in a match for the first time after winning the MWF Pinoy Wrestling Championship.

 

 

Jake De Leon would wrestle his tag team partner, Ken Warren in what would be Jake's 100th wrestling match.  Also, the event would be the last time that Ken Warren would wrestle in the Philippines.  Ken is now living in Canada and still wrestling for a promotion currently. 

SETUP Thailand: EP9 Results

Results from SETUP Thailand's EP9 show from August 20 2022.  There are no results on CAGEMATCH but found this on You Tube.  Here is the lineup that I found on their Facebook page.

 

1. AWGC Jr. Heavyweight Championship : Ho Ho Lun vs Shivam (c) won by Shivam.

2. Single Match : Kappa Kozo (UMA Corps) vs Jonathan Johnson won by Jonathan Johnson.

3. SETUP UNDISPUTED 24/7 Championship : Ken Warren (c) vs P'Suchart (c) won by Ken Warren.

4. Wrestle Square Hardcore Championship : Jake De Leon vs Paksa (c) won by Paska.

5. Intergender Match : Bital Hasdin vs Matcha won by Bital Hasdin.

6. SETUP Thailand Openweight Championship : Jacky 'Funky' Kamei (Dragon Gate) vs Monomoth vs Terry Diesel (c) won by Terry Diesel.

7. SETUP RUMBLE MATCH won by Monomoth.