Congratulations To Dexcon And To Zack Sabre Jr & Jake De Leon!

 

Photo and the first paragraph courtesy of the Dexcon Facebook page!

 

Congratulations to Zack Sabre Jr. and Jake De Leon for securing the impressive #49 spot in the Voices of Wrestling Match of the Year 2024 rankings! This recognition is a testament to their outstanding performance, as they’ve surpassed several legendary bouts from the past year.

 

The match that is being referred to is the Dexcon Decada event.  It was the main event of the show on 26 May 2024 at the Brawl Pit Bulusan in Quezon City, Philippines.  This match was rated higher than Samy Zayn defeating Gunther at last year's Wrestlemania as well as Will Ospreay defeating MJF last August!

 

Dexcon has been nothing but an amazing group of knowledgeable and great wrestling fans sharing a dream.  Now, in their third year, they are providing the best possible product for the fans, not only in the Philippines, but those in Southeast Asia who want to attend their shows.  It's not every day when one can see such talent as Zack Sabre Jr., or, soon, Yoshi Tatsu, entertaining wrestling fans in Southeast Asia.

 

Check out the list here: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/.../voices-of.../

Looking Back - Second Of A Series

Outside of the Pacelli Event Center in Daly City, CA.

 

Hello everyone!

 

The second version of Looking Back, hopefully, is a good one for all of you reading and watching.

 

Japanese wrestling, and wrestlers, have always been one of this blogger's favorites in pro wrestling.  In the West Coast of America where I live, there were two excellent wrestlers that performed and were main event talent.  This was before the formation of what is now New Japan Pro Wrestling in 1972.

 

Kinji Shibuya and Mr. Saito (Masa Saito) were excellent AWA Tag Team champions back in the late 1960s.  They would face all comers in the area.  Mr. Saito would go on to the WWF and finish his career there.

 

In the 1970s-1980s, it would be The Great Fuji (later Mr. Fuji).  From the West Coast, he would continue on in the WWF not only as a wrestler, but also a manager.

 

In the 1980s, when the American Wrestling Association came to our area, Jumbo Tsuruda would have a brief stint as the AWA World Champion.  In the one show, this fan saw something that he never saw before, a belly-to-back suplex.  The move wasn't that common back then.

 

In the 1990s and 2000s, there would be more.  Fans reading this will recognize the names of Tajiri and Yoshi Tatsu!  This fan would see them on television and they would light up the arenas!  They were that good and electric during shows.

 

This fan never had the chance to see Tajiri live.  I  was a little more fortunate to see Yoshi Tatsu.  It was in May 2016.  All Pro Wrestling, a local independent promotion in Daly City, about 10km from San Francisco hosted an event.  It was called Friday The 13th!

 

This would be my first ever independent show!  Besides Yoshi Tatsu, the names of Marty Janetty (WWE - The Rockers), MVP (WWE and AEW who was wrestling in a 4 way match for the APW Universal Title) and a young Jeff Cobb (FPW Champion, AEW and NJPW) were on the show.

 

Yoshi Tatsu wrestled Joey Ryan, a familiar local wrestler with the promotion.  There were 10 matches on the evening.  The fans, in every match, were loud and enthusiastic!

 

Dexcon, wrestling fans in the Philippines, and in Southeast Asia, are in for a treat on March 16th!  You will have a chance to see the legendary Yoshi Tatsu in action.  Very few tickets are left for the show so please visit the Dexcon Facebook page for tickets!

 

Back to the Pacelli Events Center, to this fan's recollection, it holds 150-200 fans for wrestling events.

 

Believe it or not, this fan found the Yoshi Tatsu-Joey Ryan match on You Tube.  A courtesy thank you to Bar Wrestling and to You Tube for showing this.  The link is below so please click if you would like to see this!  Thank you.

 

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpnvuJTp9fY

SETUP Thailand Update

Hello everyone.

 

Have just been informed that the SETUP Thailand Training tryout that was scheduled for Saturday, February 1st, has been canceled.  Please visit the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Facebook page if you have made a payment for the tryout.  There are instructions on how to get a refund.

 

Also, tickets for the EP21 show, Thai Wrestling Battle For The Month Of March (Saturday, March 22nd) will be sold at a special price!  The offer is  effective until Sunday, February 2nd.  Then, tickets will, once again, be sold at the normal price.  Once again, please visit the SETUP Thailand Facebook page on this and other informational things.

 

If there are any updates, am certain that SETUP will share it with everyone.  

 

SETUP can be seen on various social media platforms such as Instagram and You Tube.  Thank you.

VPW Spring Bash Update #3

Hello everyone!

 

Vietnam Pro Wrestling's next show, Spring Bash, will take place on Saturday, February 22nd.  The venue is VAIB Studio, D7 beginning at 7pm.

 

One match, a hair vs. hair match between Rocky Huynh and The British Horror has been set as the Main Event.

 

However, there may very well be another match made soon!

 

At the December show, Immortal Glory, the team of Khoa Truong and Sid Nguyen were about to defeat the team of Vortex Rebellion (Kira & KPY). This blogger hasn't officially seen the video, but an unlikely participant, Long Xiumin Long, interfered and cost Khoa Truong and Sid Nguyen the match.  Long Xiumin, has since, become the fourth member of Vortex Rebellion.

 

Khoa Truong & Sid Nguyen are looking for redemption, and have challenged Vortex Rebellion to a rematch for the upcoming show.  As of this post, there hasn't been an answer but we'll likely have one soon!

 

In the meantime, for more information on the show, and tickets, please visit the Vietnam Pro Wrestling Facebook page.  VPW can also be viewed on other social media outlets such as Facebook and You Tube.  Thank you.