IWA SETUP EP02 - Whiplash Update #4

Hello everyone.

 

Since this blogger's last post, there have been two matches added for the Whiplash show.  The event will take place on Saturday, June 28th, The Circus Studio, G Village,  beginning at 5:30pm.

 

In a crucial match in the Uprising Series - Group B, Pondhub (2 pts) will take on Gunn (1 pt) in a 10 minute singles match.  Gunn needs to win the match outright to move on while Pondhub only needs to draw, or win of course.

 

In the other scheduled match, set up as a GM Terry Diesel Special Match, the challengers, Gatekeeper and Flame Drake will take on The Good Deal for the IWA Setup World Tag Team Championship.

 

Tickets are still available for the show as of this post.  Please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page for more information.  Thank you.

SETUP Thailand EP22: The Fallen Kingdom Results

Hello everyone.

 

Here are the results from SETUP Thailand's show, EP22: The Fallen Kingdom.  The event took place last Saturday, May 31st.  Thank you to SETUP Thailand's Facebook page for sharing the results.

 

-International Special Single Match:  

Anont Alonzo d. Sage Matthews.

 

-Uprising Series Block A Decision 3-Way Match:

Kru Pol d. Jeney and Blick Drewz.

 

-International Special Singles Match:

Gunn d. Steve The Teacher. 

 

 -Champion vs Champion : International Special Singles Match:

AWGC Tag Team Champion - Michael Su d. IWA SETUP World Tag Team Champion - Mr. Suchart.

 

  -Uprising Series Block B Decision 3-Way Match:

Pondhub d. Flame Drake.

Pondhub vs. Gunn in the next group match. 

 

 -SETUP All Asia Women's Championship Match:

Matcha d. Raku (C).  Matcha becomes the 4th champion.

 

 -Main Event  : International Special 6-Man Tag Team Match:

Team RGT (Shivam & Andruew Tang & Emman Azman) d. Team SETUP (Jonathan Johnson & Zach Sabre Jr. & Jake De Leon).

Jake De Leon turns on TEAM SETUP & Jonathan Johnson to help Team RGT for the win.

 

Next SETUP Thailand wrestling show is IWA Thailand Episode 2 : Whiplash at The Circus Studio on Saturday, June 28th beginning at 5:30pm.  Please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page on tickets and information.  Thank you.

SETUP Thailand EP21 Double Cross Results

Hello everyone.

 

Here are the results from SETUP Thailand's show, EP21 Double Cross.  The show took place this past Saturday night, March 22nd at The Circus Studio.  Normally, I don't do a recap unless this blogger was at the event.  However, this recap is important in various ways.

 

The show began with a tribute to Masa Takanashi by playing his intro song.  He took part in SETUP's very first show back in January 2020 and is a very familiar face to the fans in Thailand and throughout all of Asia.

 

Takanashi suffered an unfortunate neck injury a few days ago at a show in Japan.  All of us who have read about, or know him, we're thinking, praying, and are hoping for the best.  Our thought and prayers are with him at this time.   

 

On to the show, this blogger heard, read and saw some clips.  It was wild to say the least.  A loud and boisterous crowd of 141 fans saw some great action.   The second, third and fourth matches were a part of the Uprising Series which will give everyone some much needed experience.

 

The final three matches had some great action and also, very interesting endings.  None of the SETUP Titles changed hands, but there were interesting developments that happened.  This blogger wasn't there, but word does get back, especially from about 12,800 kilometers away...

 

There was a chair shot that ended one match.

 

There was a referee, for some reason, that stopped a count in a tag match.  Heard some rumor going around that the referee was paid.

 

And then there was some interference from a wrestler who wasn't supposed to be at ringside.  Not only that, he aligned with another wrestler after the match to become a group called the Real Global Threat.  Am hearing that RGT want to take over the local wrestling industry.

 

This fan, while doing this post is supposed to be unbiased here.  However, thanks to this blogger's regional wrestling hero, JDL, he stopped RGT before any further damage was done.  This blogger hears that our regional wrestling hero will team up with Jonathan Johnson and have challenged RGT to a match scheduled this coming May.

 

AND.......if some things can be worked out back in America, this blogger WILL be visiting Thailand AND will be at the May show!  I want to thank several fans who shared some insights with the show as well as sharing pics, reels and more.  Also, thank you to SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling, to Pumi, the staff, and to all the wrestlers and fans involved.  It makes doing this post a whole lot easier to do.

 

Here are the results... 

 

Anont Alonzo d. "Gatekeeper" Hyde in an open challenge.  

Kevin Weng d. Kru Pol.

Flame Drake and Gunn wrestled to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Pondhub & Blick Drewz d. Chalee & Admin Oak.

Shivam d. Jake De Leon in the #1 contender's qualifying match for the IWA Japan World Heavyweight Title.  Shivam will face Jonathan Johnson and Mikey Wild in the tournament final.

Matcha d. Alexis Lee and is the #1 contender for the SETUP All Asia Women's Title.

The Good Deal d. Jack N' Cheese and remain the IWA SETUP World Tag Team Champions.  They successfully defended it for the fourth time.

Andruew Tang d. Jonathan Johnson in Tang's first defense of the title and remains the SETUP Openweight Champion.

SETUP Thailand Double Cross Update #9

Hello everyone.

 

SETUP Thailand just announced one more match for its show, EP21 Double Cross.  The show will take place tomorrow (Saturday), March 22nd at The Circus Studio in Bangkok.

 

A Exhibition Tag Team Match will feature Chalee and Admin Oak vs. Pondhub and Blick Drewz.  

 

Both Pondhub and Blick Drewz are part of the Uprising Series participants who are in Block A and B respectively.

 

For Chalee and Admin Oak, this will give both wrestlers much needed experience and a great opportunity in a show format.

 

Very few tickets remain.  Please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page.  Thank you.

SETUP Thailand's Pondhub

Hello everyone.

 

Hope all of you are enjoying the Uprising Series feature on all six of SETUP Thailand's wrestlers in the upcoming tournament.

 

The next wrestler this blogger would like to mention is Pondhub.  The following information is factual and is what this blogger sees in, what is, an up and coming as well as an improving wrestler. 

 

(NOTE - Please Facebook message me at SF Wayne regarding anything good or otherwise on this post). 

 

The first time this blogger saw video of Pondhub was in May 2023 at the EP13 show.  It was a match I've seen on You Tube several times and, believe me, it was impressive.  It was the first match on the show and it was a tag team match that featured four up and coming stars on the SETUP Thailand promotion.

 

Pondhub caught my eye right away.  His build when you see him in the ring is similar to this blogger.  However, he has great agility, moves around the ring quickly and is very athletic.  

 

There were other things noticable.  Pondhub has a great character which the SETUP Thailand wrestling fans picked up on right away.  The interaction was tremenduous.  This came at a time when pro wrestling defeinitely needed it.  That was coming back from a pandemic that affected sports entertainment nearly worldwide.

 

Pondhub showed a lot of wrestling skill for someone that was very new to sports entertainment.  The assumption is that he likely started training once the pandemic was lifted. Anyway, Pondhub, along with his partner, Akaradeth (today known as Kevin Weng), won the match that day.

 

A couple of months later, Pondhub would gain some more experience in a tag team match against The Good Deal at the EP14 event.  The success led to Pondhub being part of the IWA Japan SETUP Tag Team Championship tournament in September.  He would wrestle twice that day, a great experience for any young wrestler.

 

Pondhub would be involved in several more matches as a tag team partner.  There would be a great rivalry with Pondhub and his partner, Kevin Weng facing the current IWA Tag Champions in The Good Deal.  In their last encounter, the team known as St. John's Innocent College would win in a Triple Threat match.

 

In May 2024, Pondhub would defeat his former partner, Kevin Weng in a singles match.  Both wrestlers actually did well that day.  There was a rift between the two from the previous show.  Some fans and bloggers like myself look at it, perhaps a little different as a singles wrestler seeing what they can do alone.  Pondhub won.  

 

It would set up a Triple Threat match in the next show that had Pondhub, Kevin Weng and Kru Pol, the teacher.  Kru Pol would win in his debut.  What this fan noticed however is how all three participants have improved since their very beginnings in the promotion.

 

Pondhub has wrestled twice since this match.  He took part in the 20 Person Rumble in November in which he did quite well.

 

Then there was the four way intergender match at SETUP's last show in January.  From watching the match on You Tube, this may have been Pondhub's best showing.  Fatal Four matches are difficult to judge, at times, but there was a lot of good with him that came out of the encounter.

 

The brackets for the Uprising Series have been made and Pondhub is in the B bracket.  Personally, that should not make any difference to him or perhaps anyone in this tournament.  Some people, not myself, may feel that he's a darkhorse to win.  My gut feeling (only my opinion here) is that all six work hard in practice and the results have, and are showing.  

 

Whenever you see improvement in each wrestler in this tournament, it's very rare when someone who doesn't work out at all has tons of ability.  Working out provides better results and that is what each one has.  Pondhub definitely is another wrestler to watch, and not just in the Uprising Series.  There is quite a future ahead for him!   

SETUP Thailand's Kevin Weng

Hello everyone.

 

The next wrestler that this blogger will talk about will be taking part in SETUP Thailand's Uprising Series beginning in March.  The wrestler that this blogger is referring to is Kevin Weng.

 

Over the last few weeks, this fan has changed messages with him.  He's been great sharing his experiences in wrestling.

 

Kevin got into pro wrestling with SETUP Thailand about the middle portion of 2021 in a very difficult time for all of us.  Eventually, he became a referee with the promotion about a year later. 

 

The first time learning about Kevin Weng was back in January 2023.  Under the name "Akaradeth", Kevin wrestled in what, this blogger believes, was his first match.  He would wrestle again in May in a tag match and was victorious.

 

In July, Kevin and Pondhub would become part of a tag team known as St. John's Innocent College.  They would be joined by Professor Pol (Kru Pol). 

In September 2023, St. John's Innocent College would improve by winning a semi final match for the IWA Japan Tag Team Championship.  They would lose in the Championship Round to the current champions, The Good Deal.  However, the team gained a lot of experience as they went through some experienced teams in the tournament.

 

St. John's Innocent College and The Good Deal would face each other several more times with Kevin and Pondhub winning on one occasion, a Triple Threat Match, in the first show in January 2024.

 

There would be a singles match that Kevin took part in the month of March.  He would defeat Terry Diesel, which was a huge victory on National Smiles Day.

 

Then came an event in March at The Circus Studio.  Kevin, with his partner Pondhub, and Kru Pol in their corner, faced the Gym Bros, a very experienced tag team in Southeast Asia.  The match didn't go quite the way that they expected it to.  The Gym Bros would win the match but there seemed to appear to be a rift between the two.

 

The rift would eventually turn into a singles match in May at the Cash Of The Titans show.  Kevin would face Pondhub with Kru Pol being the Special Guest Referee.  Pondhub won the match in a very unusual fashion (please see You Tube).

 

However, Kevin would gain some more singles match experience, in a losing effort, when facing Shivam at the Santo Slam show.

 

Then, at the Chaophraya Voyage October show a couple of days later, a Triple Threat Match between Kevin Weng, Pondhub and Kru Pol had Pondhub being eliminated fro the School because he was pinned.  The three are now singles wrestlers.

 

The following month, at November's Year End Climax show, Kevin would take part in the 20 Person Setup Rumble which he did well in.  The effort in the match would elevate him to a January show.  Also, Kevin has become the SETUP 24/7 Champion.

 

In January at the Bangkok Navigation show, Kevin wrestled very well against an experienced Daz Black.  It was for the Premier British Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship.  Though disappointed with the outcome, Kevin showed the ability that he can fight with the best that the promotion has to offer.  The fans at The Circus Studio and those, including this blogger watching You Tube, saw the effort.

 

This brings to this coming March.  The Uprising Series that SETUP Thailand has is six capable wrestlers that can win the tournament come June's show.  All six have the potential to step up their game and gain some added experience.  This blogger would never count anyone out, especially Kevin Weng.  Definitely he won't!

SETUP Thailand's Kru Pol

Hello everyone.

 

Next month, in March, SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling is doing a tournament as part of their show, EP:21 - Double Cross.  The tournament is called the Uprising Series.

 

According to the SETUP Facebook page, the series has six wrestlers divided into two blocks, an A and a B block.  Please check the Facebook page regarding how the tournament is going to be handled.

 

In the meantime, this blogger wants to promote the tournament and the wrestlers that are going to be involved. Since the blog gets new readers all the time, with Thailand being no exception, people may be unfamiliar with the participants.  

 

Beginning with this post, this fan talk about one of the participants, Kru Pol.  Before doing this, I wanted to be sure that I get permission from the participant.  Also, before the post goes public, each participant will see the post for approval.  Several of the participants I don't know as of yet so please be patient if you don't see then right away.

 

First off, Kru Pol has been great as far as contributing to this blog.  He's mentioned several times that he reads posts whether it's SETUP or another promotion in Southeast Asia.  

Kru Pol mentioned to this fan recently that he decided to begin training as a wrestler soon after attending Wrestlemania 39 in Hollywood in mid - 2023.  

 

Moving forward, the first time I heard about Kru Pol before  the SETUP EP18 show, Clash Of The Champions.  Kru Pol, the teacher, and not yet wresting in shows, was part of a tag team group called St. John's Innocent College.  Since this post, the blogger learned that Kru Pol actually was in the corner of the tag team group back in July 2023.

 

St. John's Innocent College and the current IWA Japan/SETUP Thailand tag team champions, The Good Deal, had some good matches.  However, St. John's would encounter another team at the EP17 show in The Gym Bros. 

 

What happened was in the show, there was a difference of opinion between members, Kevin Weng and Pondhub in the EP17 show, Bangkok Strong Style.  Kru Pol, in their corner, saw what happened.  As a result, there would be a match between the two in which Kru Pol, the teacher, would be a Special Referee.  

 

What happened in that match was Pondhub would win in an unusual way (please see You Tube). It would eventually set up a Triple Threat Match in October at the EP19 Chaoparaya Voyage show.  This would be Kru Pol's first match, I believe.  He would come up victorious against Kevin Weng and Pondhub.  It's something that any wrestler in their debut would cherish.

 

Since that time, Kru Pol has been involved in three more matches with the 20 person SETUP Rumble, a two on one handicap, and a fatal four way match.  I've seen video since his first match and Kru Pol continues to improve each time.  This fan sees that with all the young SETUP wrestlers.

 

Kru Pol has other interests as well.  Though I didn't understand the words to the song that he sung around his birthday and children's day, the song meant volumes to everyone!  He can definitely sing.  And he's pretty good at being SaySci in videos too!  Whenever this fan hears his walkup song when entering the ring, it's gives this fan chills.    

 

Whoever the opponent is for Kru Pol's first singles match, this blogger knows he will do well.  He's training and definitely he wants to improve and it's more than talk.  Actions speak louder than words and he has proven that.  Chatting with him on social media, he has the fire, just as everyone with SETUP.  He has a great future, no question about it.  The fans who pack The Circus Studio each time, I'm sure they feel the same way!

 

Here is the link to Kru Pol's first wrestling match last September.  Please enjoy everyone!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS_Ai0BL8Fc

SETUP Uprising Series Update

Hello everyone.

 

SETUP Thailand has announced, in the past few hours, an Uprising Series involving some of the newer talent in the promotion.  The following information below is from the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page.

 

  

* BLOCK A

- Blick Drewz

- Kru Pol

- Kevin Weng

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* BLOCK B

- Flame Drake

- Pondhub

- Gunn

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!! ️The above brackets will allow each show to have 1 wrestler from both blocks with no tournament line up. So we will have both wrestlers match up to face 2 other Rookies in a Tag Team style alternating until the tournament is over.

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* TOURNAMENT RULES

* Wrestlers will be divided into 2 groups, namely Block A and Block B. All compete in a similar match.

* Every match is scheduled for 1 round of 10 minutes. It is a single match wrestling with the standard wrestling rules.

* Winner gets 2 points / Draw gets 1 point / Loser gets 0 points / Loser gets Falw or Count Out gets no points.

* The group stage matches will take a total of 3 shows (1 pair per show from both groups).

* The highest scorer of each block will go to the final in June 2025.

* The winner of the tournament will be eligible for SETUP Thailand Openweight Single Match at any time for 1 year. (Must be a wrestling match only, cannot Cash-In as the winner of SETUP Rumble).

 

 

This tournament will begin with the Saturday, March 22nd show, EP21: Double Cross which will take place at The Circus Studio, G Village in Bangkok.  Doors will open at 6pm with the first match beginning at 6:30pm.  For tickets and more information, please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page.  SETUP Thailand can also be found on other social media platforms such as Instagram and You Tube.  Thank you.

SETUP Thailand Bangkok Navigation Update #6

Hello everyone!

 

SETUP Thailand's next show, Bangkok Navigation, will take place on Saturday, January 18th, a little over two weeks away.  One match has been added for the show and it's another big one!

 

A special intergender fatal four way match featuring Kru Pol, Pondhub, Gunn and Matcha has been added.

 

This, once again, is a great opportunity for each competitor.  All four competitors are coming off defeats in their last matches.

 

Fatal four way matches, no matter where they are in the world, are as unpredictable as rumble matches.  This blogger certainly won't predict who might come out on top, but it certainly will be interesting.  All four wrestlers have something to prove.

 

The event will take place at The Circus Studio G Village at Bangkok.  For more, including tickets, please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page.  Also, SETUP can be found on You Tube!

Thank you and have a good weekend ahead!

SETUP EP.18 : Clash Of The Titans Results

Hello everyone!

 

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.

 

 

TAG TEAM MATCH

Thanachai (Trainee) & Gatekeeper vs Gym Bros (Benji & Sunny Z)

WINNER : Gym Bros (9.32) - Double Elbow Drop

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SPECIAL REFEREE MATCH

Kevin Weng vs Pondhub

WINNER : Pondhub (9.28) - Claymore Kick

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MYPW SOUTH EAST ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP

Jeney vs Wonderboy (c)

WINNER : Wonderboy (8.18) - Rounding Body Press

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IWA JAPAN SETUP WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP NO.1 CONTENDER MATCH

Mister Suchart vs Ho Ho Lun

WINNER : Mister Suchart (6.50)

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INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL SINGLE MATCH - Loser Leaves Town Match

‘American Lowlife’ Mikey Wild vs Paksa

WINNER : Paksa (13.42) - Jumping Knee

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MYPW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Anont Alonzo vs Carlo Cannon (c)

WINNER : Carlo Cannon (12.20) - Diving Body Press

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SEMI FINAL : SETUP ALL ASIA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

Mizuki (TJPW) vs Matcha (c)

WINNER : NO CONTEST (11.53)

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MAIN EVENT : SETUP THAILAND OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Shivam vs Jonathan Johnson (c)

WINNER : Johnson (20.11) - Swanton Bomb