Pro Wrestling World Cup

Pro Wrestling World Cup
PromotionWhatCulture Pro Wrestling
DateAugust 23, 2017–August 26, 2017
CityNight 1: Milton Keynes, England
Night 2: Manchester, England
Night 3: Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
VenueNight 1: Planet Ice Arena Milton Keynes
Night 2: Bowlers Exhibition Centre
Night 3: Sport Central
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The Pro Wrestling World Cup was a professional wrestling tournament and livestreaming event produced by WhatCulture Pro Wrestling (WCPW) which took place on August 23, 2017 at Planet Ice Arena Milton Keynes in Milton Keynes, England, August 24, 2017 at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester, England, and August 26, 2017 at Sport Central in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. All three nights of the tournament were streamed live on YouTube.

Production

Background

On February 13, 2017, WCPW announced the Pro Wrestling World Cup, a 64-man single elimination tournament with various qualifying matches taking place from March 21-July 22, 2017 in Nottingham, England, Motherwell, Scotland, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Berlin, Germany, and Manchester, England.[1] The finals were also announced to take place on August 23, 2017 at Planet Ice Milton Keynes in Milton Keynes, England, August 24, 2017 at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester, England, and August 26, 2017 at Sport Central in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England and would feature Rey Mysterio, Jr., Kenny Williams, Kushida, Ricochet, Will Ospreay, Mike Bailey, Angelico, Hiromu Takahashi, Penta El Zero M, and Jay Lethal as competitors in the tournament.[2]

On May 22, 2017, WCPW announced that they would cancel several tapings for Loaded in Manchester, England scheduled for June 16, 2017, June 23, 2017, June 30, 2017, July 14, 2017, July 28, 2017, August 4, 2017, August 11, 2017, and August 18, 2017 and stated in the press release that their content on YouTube was deemed "non-advertiser friendly" after changes to the platform's guidelines were implemented due to a large number of advertisers pulling their ads from the platform after it was reported that ads for major companies were being played next to videos displaying extremist content.[3][4][5][6][7] In response, WCPW announced Fight Back which addressed and protested against wrestling content on the platform being demonetized.[8] Fight Back was held on June 2, 2017 at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre and aired the following day on YouTube. The show also featured a speech from WhatCulture personality Adam Blampied at the beginning of the event.[9] After the show had aired, WCPW was issued a community guidelines strike which forced the event's broadcast to be taken down briefly by YouTube before being put back up after an appeal by the promotion.[10][11]

Storylines

The Pro Wrestling World Cup featured professional wrestling matches that involves different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[12] Storylines were produced on WhatCulture Pro Wrestling's various events and on their weekly internet show WCPW Loaded.

Participants

Wrestler Country
Angelico Mexico
Bad Bones Germany
Hiromu Takahashi Japan
Jay Lethal USA
Joe Coffey Scotland
Joseph Conners England
Kenny Williams Scotland
Kushida Japan
Lucky Kid Germany
Mike Bailey Canada
Penta El Zero M Mexico
Rey Mysterio
Ricochet USA
Travis Banks New Zealand
Will Ospreay England

Results

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentators Dave Bradshaw
James R. Kennedy
Alex Shane
Ring announcer Stevie Aaron
Ryan Devlin
Night 1 - August 23, 2017
No.Results[13][14]Stipulations
1DPrimate defeated David Starr by pinfallSingles match
2Mike Bailey defeated Travis Banks by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup first round match
3Penta El Zero M defeated Bad Bones by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup first round match
4Marty Scurll and War Machine (Hanson and Ray Rowe) defeated The Prestige (BT Gunn, El Ligero, and Joe Hendry) by pinfallSix-man tag team match
5Hiromu Takahashi defeated Lucky Kid (with Tarkan Aslan) by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup first round match
6Ricochet defeated Angélico by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup first round match
7Joseph Conners defeated Joe Coffey by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup first round match
8Kushida defeated Kenny Williams by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup first round match
9Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Jay Lethal by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup first round match
10Will Ospreay defeated Rey Mysterio by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup first round match
D – this was a dark match
Night 2 - August 24, 2017
No.Results[15][16]Stipulations
1Ricochet defeated Penta El Zero M by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup quarter-final match
2Joseph Conners defeated Hiromu Takahashi by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup quarter-final match
3Will Ospreay defeated Mike Bailey by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup quarter-final match
4Kushida defeated Zack Sabre Jr. by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup quarter-final match
Night 3 - August 26, 2017
No.Results[17][18]Stipulations
1Kushida defeated Joseph Conners by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup semi-final match
2Will Ospreay defeated Ricochet by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup semi-final match
3Penta El Zero M defeated Mike Bailey by pinfallSingles match
4El Ligero defeated Rampage by pinfallMagnificient 7 briefcase match
5Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Alex Gracie by pinfallWCPW Internet Championship #1 contendership match
6Joe Hendry (c) defeated Jack Swagger by pinfallSingles match for the WCPW World Championship
7Kushida defeated Will Ospreay by pinfallPro Wrestling World Cup final match
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ↑ Moorehouse, John (February 13, 2017). "WCPW Announces Pro Wrestling World Cup: JR, Rey, Alberto, ZSJ, Galloway, More Big Names Involved". Fightful.
  2. ↑ "WCPW launches the 2017 Pro Wrestling World Cup in the UK". F4WOnline. February 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Solon, Olivia (March 25, 2017). "Google's bad week: YouTube loses millions as advertising row reaches US". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Csonka, Larry (May 22, 2017). "What Culture Pro Wrestling Cancels Several Events Due to Youtube Policy Changes". 411Mania.
  5. ↑ Jordan, Paul (May 22, 2017). "YOUTUBE POLICY CHANGES LEADS TO WHAT CULTURE PRO WRESTLING CANCELING MULTIPLE SHOWS". PWInsider. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017.
  6. ↑ "WCPW Weekly Loaded Tapings In Manchester Cancelled". WCPW. February 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ Bergonzi, Ezequiel (May 25, 2017). "A raíz de importantes pérdidas económicas, piden firmas para que la lucha libre deje de ser catalogada como «contenido ofensivo» en Youtube" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas.
  8. ↑ "Watch WCPW Fight Back Free On YouTube This Saturday". WCPW.
  9. ↑ "WCPW Fight Back". Cagematch. June 2, 2017.
  10. ↑ "WCPW Fight Back Now Available On YouTube". WCPW.
  11. ↑ Csonka, Larry (June 6, 2017). "WCPW Appeals YouTube, Full 'Fight Back' Show Back Online". 411Mania.
  12. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  13. ↑ Csonka, Larry (August 25, 2017). "Csonka's WCPW World Cup Third Round Review". 411Mania.
  14. ↑ "WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup - Tag 1". Cagematch.
  15. ↑ Csonka, Larry (August 26, 2017). "Csonka's WCPW World Cup Quarterfinals Review". 411Mania.
  16. ↑ "WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup - Tag 2". Cagematch.
  17. ↑ Csonka, Larry (August 26, 2017). "Csonka's WCPW World Cup Finals Review". 411Mania.
  18. ↑ "WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup - Tag 3". Cagematch.
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