Refuse to Lose (2016)

Refuse to Lose
PromotionWhatCulture Pro Wrestling
DateOctober 6, 2016
CityNewcastle Upon Tyne, England
VenueNorthumbria University
Attendance1,000
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Refuse to Lose was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WhatCulture Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It took place on October 6, 2016 at Northumbria University in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England and was streamed live on FITE TV.

Production

Background

On May 25, 2016, WhatCulture announced on their website and their Twitter account that they would be starting their own professional wrestling promotion called WhatCulture Pro Wrestling (WCPW).[1] The first event was announced to take place on June 16, 2016 at Warehouse 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and was titled Built to Destroy. However, due to increasing demand, a second show the night before was scheduled which served as tapings for their weekly YouTube show Loaded and featured Simon Miller and Ross Tweddell as commentators for the first two episodes which aired on June 27, 2016 and July 4, 2016 respectively with the first episode featuring a #1 contendership match for the WCPW World Championship with Big Damo fighting Joe Hendry[2][3] The second episode also featured Jay Lethal taking on El Ligero in a #1 contendership match for the ROH World Championship.[3] Built to Destroy, which aired on July 25, 2016 also featured two championship matches. The first being Jay Lethal defending the ROH World Championship against Noam Dar and the second being Big Damo fighting Rampage to become the inaugural WCPW World Champion.[4] On August 11, 2016, WCPW announced that their first pay-per-view titled Refuse to Lose would take place on October 6, 2016 at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and would be streamed live on FITE TV.[5] In addition to the announcement of Refuse to Lose, WCPW announced that 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist and multi-time WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling champion Kurt Angle, Cody Rhodes, Jay Lethal, and El Ligero were scheduled to be featured wrestlers for the event along with commentary being provided by veteran wrestling commentators Jim Ross and Jim Cornette.[5] WCPW also confirmed that Alberto El Patron, Joe Hendry, and Minoru Suzuki would be featured wrestlers at the event.[6][7][8]

Storylines

Refuse to Lose 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.[9] Storylines were produced on WhatCulture Pro Wrestling's various events and on their weekly internet show WCPW Loaded.

Results

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentators Jim Ross
Jim Cornette
Alex Shane
Ring announcer Ryan Devlin
Referees Steve Lynskey
Sean McLaughlin
No.Results[10]StipulationsTimes[11]
1Minoru Suzuki (with El Desperado) defeated Joe Coffey by pinfallSingles match10:36
2El Ligero defeated Alberto El Patron and Travis Banks by pinfallThree-way match to crown the inaugural WCPW Internet Champion7:36
3Cody Rhodes defeated Doug Williams by pinfallSingles match9:05
4Rampage defeated Adam Blampied (with Alex Gracie, Big Damo, Drake, James R. Kennedy, and Lucas Archer) by pinfallStreet fight9:19
5Nixon Newell (c) defeated Kimber Lee by pinfallSingles match for the WCPW Women's Championship6:54
6Joseph Conners (c) defeated Martin Kirby by pinfallSingles match for the WCPW World Championship23:54
7Kurt Angle defeated Joe Hendry by pinfallSingles match9:24
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ↑ "WCPW Announcement - WhatCulture Starts Wrestling Promotion". Twitter. May 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ "WCPW Loaded #1". Cagematch. June 15, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "WCPW Loaded #2". Cagematch. June 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WCPW Built To Destroy". July 25, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Kurt Angle, Cody Rhodes, Jim Ross, Jay Lethal advertised for WCPW iPPV event". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. August 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ Harris, Jeffrey (August 13, 2016). "Kurt Angle, Cody Rhodes, Jay Lethal, and More Set for WCPW Refuse to Lose iPPV". 411Mania.
  7. ↑ "WhatCulture Pro Wrestling's Adam Clery on their first iPPV & star-studded weekend". F4Wonline. October 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (September 5, 2016). "Daily Update: BOLA finale, Sasha Banks has news, more on Paige & Del Rio". F4Wonline.
  9. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  10. ↑ Cook, Ryan (October 6, 2016). "WCPW Refuse To Lose Results". Fightful.
  11. ↑ "WCPW Refuse To Lose". Cagematch.
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