Summer Sizzler
2018 Card Prediction
On Friday 17th August 2018 from the York Hall in
Bethnal Green Revolution Pro Wrestling presents Summer Sizzler 2018, the
Revolution Pro wrestling cards usually include 7 or 8 matches and usually last
for 3 hours. The company has ties with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring
of Honor (ROH) and with Ring of Honor touring the country and even though they
are doing a show in Edinburgh that Friday night, a few ROH wrestlers may make
an appearance, with Rev Pro stars possibly performing in the other ROH events.
Match 1: Dan Magee
vs SANADA
If you have not seen Dan Magee and look at him coming
down to the ring in his black trunks and Rev Pro hoodie, you might not expect
much from him, but he is an extremely talented in ring performer. Over the past
few months, he has improved immensely and this is down to his work rate, always
working ringside at the big York Hall shows and learning from more experienced
wrestlers. Dan’s ongoing feud with Josh Bodom has been straight fire recently,
from epic sequences to Tombstones on the hardest part of the ring and the
reward for Dan’s progression is a spotlight in the York Hall against a very
underrated performer in IGWP Tag Team champion SANADA, SANADA is an extremely
versatile and very talented performer, he won the World Tag League and had also
performed admirably in singles action against Okada and I feel like it would be
a very intriguing singles contest.
Dan arguably has the greatest fan group in Rev Pro at the
moment in the Mageezers.
Match 2: David
Starr vs KUSHIDA
The two New Japan names definitely confirmed for
Summer Sizzler are Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii and
KUSHIDA. The match would be for David Starr’s Undisputed British Cruiserweight
Championship, if he agrees to put the title on the line. Starr’s mic work in
Rev Pro is nothing but a joy to listen too, he is one of the most dynamic
performers in the world and not just because he recognises my signs or tifos,
but also because when he speaks, he speaks with conviction, passion and humour.
His rivalry with Rev Pro booker Andy Quildan has elevated the Cruiserweight
Title to a great height, where it had stalled when the title changed 4 times in
a relatively short time between Global Wars and Uprising. This match with one
of the best Junior Heavyweights in the world in KUSHIDA would be a more
technical showing then a high flying contest, but these two are extremely
talented and popular with the fans and this was be a very intriguing contest.
Match 3: Jamie
Hayter vs Millie McKenzie vs Bobbi Tyler
Jinny lost the title, that happened. Yass queen
took the L and unfortunately, for us as Rev Pro fans that may be the last time
we see her in a Rev Pro ring, which is a shame. I will probably see her at
Progress but she has worked damn hard for this opportunity and I hope she
grasps it at the Royal Albert Hall. I have not seen much of Jamie Hayter, being
more Southampton based, but as the new champion, I expect her to be at more of
the Cockpit shows and to be showcased at York Hall for the first time at Summer
Sizzler. Her match with Jinny was hard hitting and I think that’s her style of
wrestling, I had included Killer Kelly in this match but then realised that she’s
also in the WWE UK event. so I’ve gone with the more logical choices which are
Millie McKenzie fresh off a match with Jamie in Portsmouth and Bobbi Tyler, who
has picked up some big wins in recent times over Killer Kelly and in a tag
match against Jinny. In which signs pointed to her being the next challenger to
Jinny before she dropped the title, having the insanely talented Millie McKenzie
brings a lot to this match, even though the other two are great wrestlers, they would be
known to the more ardent wrestling fans some of the more casual Rev Pro fans
might not know much about them, cc: Fred Yehi.
Match 4: Chris Brookes
VS Josh Bodom
I am honestly going to call this what it should be, a
de-facto Number one contenders match where the winner gets an opportunity at
the British Heavyweight title. These two men have been in relative slumps
lately in Rev Pro, even though they’ve been putting on insane matches, ( see Chris
Brookes vs Fred Yehi, Walter), as well as the Bad Bro’s work with Dan Magee. These
two guys are two of Rev Pro’s better workers and they deserve the billing up
the card towards that British Heavyweight Title seen, Chris Brookes momentum
has rather stalled since Lykos went down with an injury and even looking
further back to the absolute shambles of a 6-man tag match against the Bullet
Club. Whilst the #Voddy #Calisthenics Bad Bro, Josh Bodom has had the worst of
it in his feud with the leader of the Mageezers. The Good Brother’s Amer and
Spencer made a very valid point on Josh Bodom, calling him “The spine of the
heels in Rev Pro”, which is a very valid point and I expect these two to legitimately
be knocking the door down for Title opportunities in the future.
Match 5: El-Phantasmo
Vs Marty Scurll
One of the matches that may not happen would be El-P facing
off against the Villain as the show clashes with ROH in Edinburgh and dependant
on if Marty is the ROH Champ it would be very hard to see him wrestle on this
card. Make no mistake about it El-Phantasmo has been on a tear recently, I mean
his entrances have been on point, even in full lighting, he debuted for
Progress and he has been having high calibre matches with Zack Sabre Jr, Cody,
David Starr and Will Ospreay and he was in that 8 man tag match with Legion of
Lords. Honestly though the guy has come on leaps and bounds over the past 6
months and what a way to continue the momentum of having big matches then to
have him face up to the (Andy Quildan voice) “Only man in Revolution Pro
Wrestling, to hold the triple crown, THE VILLAIN, MARTY SCURLL). Marty would
get a fantastic reception as he has not been in a Rev Pro ring in over 6 months
and the crowd would be really hot for this and I think these two would put on a
show and I feel it would further showcase the talent that EL-P has. I am not
going to say that he is better than Angelico because Amer and Nick will hang me
off the side of the York Hall Balcony but further down the line they can meet
up and have a banger.
Match 6: Will Ospreay
VS Adam Brookes
Adam Brookes has tried to get this feud over so well, Will
Ospreay just sends Instagram stories of them two hanging out, can someone
please check on Kayfabe please. The night “Loose Ledge” debuted in Rev Pro, he
not only had a good match with Ryan “Give us a” Smile ( Seriously mate please
come back) but he also made a statement by attacking the Human Elastic Band,
Mark Andrews and Bea Priestley’s 3rd Favourite Wrestler behind SHO
and YOH, Will Ospreay. Loose has done some great stuff in Australia and in PWG,
but I really think the best is yet to come from Brookesy, he has picked up
several wins set up by a low blow kick to the groin, I like to call Ball
Tampering. He attacked Ospreay and stole the Australian flag of his trunks, he
attacked Jody Fleisch for inspiring Ospreay, he has faced Ospreay’s friends in
Ryan Smile and Shane Strickland and now he wants Ospreay one on one and I am
expecting a banger before Ospreay’s eventual confrontation with Kota Ibushi
possibly at Global Wars, please Andy Q.
Match 7: Aussie Open
VS Suzuki-Gun
Aussie Open are “sneaky huge” (Amer and Spencer,2018) they
have a very polarising relationship with the Rev Pro fans, there are large
pockets of very loyal Aussie Open fans ( Shout out to Alex, Rayner, Beth,
Maxine and Nicole) and then there are some fans who don’t dislike Aussie Open but
are don’t get the uniqueness of the pairing. Kyle and Mark are two top guys, I
mean one day they nearly broke my hand, but that asides they are extremely
talented, sneakily agile and have a lot of time for their fan base (The Aussie
Openers). Kyle and Mark have both impressed in single competition recently and
I think they are ready to step up and take their spot at the top of the tag
division as I cannot see Suzuki and Sabre holding them for much longer,
considering their incredibly busy schedule in Japan. a win here would rocket
Aussie Open to new heights, but even a competitive showing would really put
them in the spotlight against two extremely tough, technical and frankly high
level wrestlers and to be honest it’s an honour to see Suzuki and Sabre in a
ring.
Match 8: Tomohiro
Ishii VS WALTER
If Ishii is champion, he will be defending the title, was
the tag line for this event. That leads me to believe that he will be putting
the title on the line against Zack Sabre Jr at SSE which would make sense as
Sabre has not had his one on one rematch, WALTER returned to Rev Pro picking up
the win in a classic against Chris Brookes. After the match Andy Q said he
would love to see Ishii vs WALTER for the title, oh do you mate. Well give your
old chestnut Chris Roberts a call and say matey boy can you book Ishii vs
WALTER please for York Hall. This would be a banger, big, Hench mans wrestling at
its finest, the chops (Alex Chop video needed), the hard hits, the pure
technical and brute action would be unreal and to see how Ishii would go about
trying to brainbuster WALTER would be intriguing. WALTER is pure class, he just
conducts himself like a pro, an absolute gent but put him in the ring with
anyone and he will lay the worst beating you have seen in your life on you.
