mikemanwba Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Hi Everyone, Mikemanwba here with my new TEW save, Climbing to the APEX. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Friday Wk 1 November ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At the beginning of November 2016, Nigel McGuinness shocked Ring of Honor and the world when he announced he was leaving the company effective immediately. Rumours soon started swirling round the industry that McGuinness was looking to create his own small company. These rumours were soon confirmed when McGuinness himself announced that he was the new owner and General Manager of APEX Pro Wrestling, (APEX for short), based out of the Mid Atlantic region of the US. He also announced APEX would be hosting their first show, APEX I: The Birth of Apex, on Thursday Wk 4 of November, just under 3 weeks away. It remains to be seen what kind of starting roster can be formed in such a short period of time, and we will be providing any updates on this as and when we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanwba Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Friday Wk 2 November ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last Friday we brought you the news that Nigel McGuinness had started his own independent company, APEX, in and around the Mid Atlantic. With just 3 weeks until Apex's first show, McGuinness was going to have to be busy signing talent to fill his initial roster, and it looks like he has working around the clock bringing in some of the best names from across the independent scene. Names we have been able to confirm have signed a contract with APEX so far are: *The Aerial Assassin, Will Ospreay *One of the most Exciting young prospects in professional wrestling, Lio Rush *The experienced tag team of Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish, reDRagon *Fresh from his performance in the WWE CWC, Drew Gulak *Evolve World Champion, Timothy Thatcher There are more names floating about, but it remains to be seen how much stock should be placed in these rumours. We'll bring you further updates as they are announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanwba Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Friday Wk 3 November ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With less than a week to go until the debut show of Nigel McGuinness' new promotion APEX Pro Wrestling, details have been released revealing that the run time for the show will be around 2 hours. Further talent signings include: *Matt and Nick Jackson, The Young Bucks *The new ATTACK! Wrestling Champion, Mark Andrews *The Knockout Artist, Chris Hero *Harv and Gurv Sihra, The Bollywood Boys There are also rumours that contracts have been offered to Matt Cross and Silas Young, although they aren't thought to have responded to these contract offers as of yet. McGuinness has also announced that the match card for the show won't be available until 24 hours before the event itself. We'll look to bring you these matches as soon as they are available, and will be reporting on the action itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanwba Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Thursday Wk 4 November ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The match card for APEX I: The Birth of Apex has been announced, although there is no comment as to the order of the matches, and some names have been deliberately left blank to leave some surprises. The matches announced confirm the signings of both Matt Cross and Silas Young, as well as the signing of Chilean CWC competitor Alejandro Saez. The matches are as follows: *Drew Gulak vs. Matt Cross *The Bollywood Boys, Harv and Gurv Sihra vs. Lio Rush and Mark Andrews, who appear to be going by the name 'A Rush of Lightning' *Chris Hero vs. Timothy Thatcher vs. Will Ospreay *Alejandro Saez vs. Matt Riddle vs. Silas Young *reDRagon vs. The Young Bucks vs. ??? The fact that Lio Rush and Mark Andrews are wrestling under a tag name indicates that McGuinness may be looking to push both competitors into the tag division to begin their time at APEX, although we have no idea how well they will work together as a team as they have no experience of tagging together in the past. It remains to be seen who will join reDRagon and The Young Bucks in that final match, but you can find out when we reveal the match results in tomorrows edition of the Newsletter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanwba Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Friday Wk 4 November ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The results of APEX I: The Birth of Apex are in! *The show starts with Nigel McGuinness in the ring, He explains his decisions behind leaving Ring of Honor, why he decided to create APEX and sets out his visions for the future. He also announces that he will be working as part of the commentary team alongside Matt Striker, and that Jim Korderas will be the referee for tonight. Rating: 56|C- *The first match of the night was a tag match that saw A Rush of Lightning defeat The Bollywood Boys in 12:28 when Lio Rush pinned Gurv Sihra following a Tag Team maneuver that I have been told has been dubbed 'Lightning Rush'. An ok match, clear to see that Rush and Andrews are still gelling but there is some chemistry there and it will be interesting to see how they develop as a team. Rating: 42|D *Following this, Matt Cross pinned Drew Gulak following the Death From Above 450 Corkscrew. Gulak was on top for a lot of the match following some early Cross playing to the crowd, but Cross rallied late to pick up the victory. Rating: 50|D+ *The next match was the triple threat pitting Saez, Riddle and Young against each other. With two relatively inexperienced wrestlers in this match, the onus was really on Young to carry this match, and while he was certainly the strongest of the 3, the match ultimately felt quite mediocre. Silas Young picked up the victory, throwing Riddle out of the ring after the latter had performed the GTS on Saez and stealing the pin. This coupled with various little exchanges during and after the match appears to be setting up a small feud between Young and Riddle. Rating: 40|D- *The second to last match was the other triple threat, which saw Will Ospreay pin Chris Hero following a 630 splash. This was performed after Hero hit Thatcher with a devastating Elbow that knocked him out of the ring, and Ospreay hit the Springboard Cutter on Hero. All 3 guys looked good and the crowd was solidly behind this one. Rating: 52|D+ *The main event, and undoubtedly the best match of the night, was the main event which saw reDRagon defeat The Young Bucks and the surprise team of Matt Sydal and Ricochet, reDRagon picking up the win over Matt Jackson following their 'Chasing the Dragon' tag maneuver, hit after The Young Bucks landed a Meltzer Driver on Matt Sydal. It appeared that Nick Jackson was harbouring a slight injury which caused him to have a limited involvement on the match and ultimately limited what could have been a top class match. Rating: 60|C Final Show Rating: 57|C- While far from perfect this is a solid base from which APEX can build their company. They will be hoping that their footage of the show will be enough to encourage a deal with any potential broadcasters looking to air future APEX events, as the production value on show looked like APEX want to challenge the top companies in the region, as well as your more well known companies like NXT and of course McGuinness' former employers, Ring of Honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel726 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Looks like you put together an interesting roster, and congrats on getting your first show written. When will championships start coming into play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanwba Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Diesel726" data-cite="Diesel726" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42926" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Looks like you put together an interesting roster, and congrats on getting your first show written. When will championships start coming into play?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Titles will start appearing over the next few shows, just need a few more guys and a bit of story building before hand</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanwba Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 <p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Tuesday Wk 2 December</p><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> </p><p> The title for the second APEX Wrestling show has been announced. APEX II: New Year, Same Attitude, will be held on Thursday Wk 2 of January 2017 and owner Nigel McGuinness will be hoping to build on a successful first show. Fans will be hoping many of the stars from the first show will be regulars and not only one-off stars to kick off the company. McGuiness has said he is remaining tight-lipped on the card for the event, but if we find out any matches we will let you know.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnmt Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 That's an awesome roster. This is striking me as something like AAW, just an indy putting on the best possible cards with a surprising amount of talent. It doesn't seem like ROH, doesn't seem wacky like CHIKARA or funny like PWG. I wonder if you will try to develop more of an identity or if you will stick with something like the super indy cards. Still, I'm definitely interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanwba Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 <p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Monday Wk 1 January 2017</p><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> </p><p> Happy New Year everyone, and since it's the first day of 2017, it's time to recap 2016 with our End of Year Awards.</p><p> </p><p> Referee of the Year: Earl Hebner</p><p> Colour Commentator of the Year: UltraMantis Black</p><p> Announcer of the Year: Mauro Ranallo (2nd time)</p><p> Manager of the Year: Paul Heyman</p><p> Card of the Year: NJPW Power Struggle (83 Rating)</p><p> Match of the Year: Yuji Nagata NO CONTEST vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW Forsaken Tour (99 Rating)</p><p> Company of the Year: NJPW (8th Time, 5th in a row)</p><p> Female Wrestler of the Year: Aki Kambayashi</p><p> Veteran Wrestler of the Year: Yuji Nagata</p><p> Young Wrestler of the Year: Will Ospreay</p><p> Tag Team of the Year: Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma</p><p> And finally.....</p><p> Wrestler of the Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi (4th time)</p><p> </p><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> The PWI 500 was really bizarre this year. Only two WWE superstars made it on the entire PWI 500. Two. Dolph Ziggler. And Simon Gotch. At #22 and #108. Nobody from NXT made it on the list. Kenny Omega was the first none Japanese wrestler at #10. TNA had 5 wrestlers, Drew Galloway, Grado, Jessie Godderz, Extreme Tiger (Tigre Uno) and Braxton Sutter. APEX have 8 wrestlers in the 500, Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson, Ricochet, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, Matt Sydal, Will Ospreay and Chris Hero.</p><p> </p><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> </p><p> After typing all that I looked at it again, scrolling down to the bottom and for some reason, there are only 139 wrestlers on the list. Bizarre.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanwba Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 <p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Thursday Wk 2 January 2017</p><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> </p><p> It's the day of APEX II: New Year, Same Attitude and we've finally found out the match card for the event, although we don't now the order yet. The main news is it announces the debut of local tag team The South Carolina Cavemen (AKA TNA's The Helms Dynasty).</p><p> </p><p> * A Rush of Lightning vs. The Bollywood Boys vs. The South Carolina Cavemen</p><p> * Bobby Fish vs. Ricochet</p><p> * Kyle O'Reilly vs. Matt Sydal</p><p> * Jay Lethal vs. Tyson Dux vs. Will Ospreay</p><p> * Matt Cross vs. Timothy Thatcher</p><p> * Matt Riddle vs. Silas Young</p><p> </p><p> Feel free to comment what you think the results to these matches will be down below!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLegsGaming Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 <p>* <strong>A Rush of Lightning</strong> vs. The Bollywood Boys vs. The South Carolina Cavemen</p><p> * Bobby Fish vs. <strong>Ricochet</strong></p><p> * <strong>Kyle O'Reilly</strong> vs. Matt Sydal</p><p> * <strong>Jay Lethal</strong> vs. Tyson Dux vs. Will Ospreay</p><p> * Matt Cross vs. <strong>Timothy Thatcher</strong></p><p> * <strong>Matt Riddle</strong> vs. Silas Young</p><p> </p><p> Good stuff so far Mike lad, strong first show there</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanwba Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 <p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Friday Wk 2 January 2017</p><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> </p><p> It's the day after APEX II: New Year, Same Attitude and the match results are in.</p><p> </p><p> *The show starts with Silas Young beating Matt Riddle after hitting him with a lowblow when the referee was distracted by a foreign object in the ring.</p><p> <strong>Rating: 45|D</strong></p><p> </p><p> *The next match was Matt Cross vs. Timothy Thatcher, which Thatcher won by making Cross submit to The Thatcher Stretch.</p><p> <strong>Rating: 49|D+</strong></p><p> </p><p> *Following that match, Thatcher cuts a promo in-ring. He calls out the company and Nigel McGuinness for not having a Championship title, and that since he is the EVOLVE World Champion and the best wrestler in the company, he should be become the first APEX Champion. McGuinness comes out and says that although Thatcher is correct that APEX needs a Champion, the first champion will be decided over a 7 event Round Robin tournament containing 8 of the best wrestlers in the company. All of the non-tag matches tonight will be qualifiers for this tournament.</p><p> <strong>Rating: 50|D+</strong></p><p> </p><p> *Following on from that was the Triple Threat Tag Match, where the new young tag team A Rush of Lightning pick up another win over The Bollywood Boys and the debuting South Carolina Cavemen, when Andrews pinned Gurv Sihra following The Lightning Rush.</p><p> <strong>Rating: 43|D</strong></p><p> </p><p> *The next match was a triple threat qualifying match for the APEX Championship Tournament where Will Ospreay defeated Jay Lethal and Tyson Dux when Ospreay pinned Dux following a Springboard Cutter.</p><p> <strong>Rating: 62|C</strong></p><p> </p><p> *The Semi Main Event was an APEX Championship Tournament Qualifying match between Kyle O'Reilly and Matt Sydal which saw O'Reilly defeat Sydal by pinfall with a Brainbuster.</p><p> <strong>Rating: 58|C-</strong></p><p> </p><p> *The Main Event was also an APEX Championship Tournament Qualifying match, between Bobby Fish and Ricochet where Ricochet pinned Fish after a Shooting Star Press.</p><p> <strong>Rating: 67|C+</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Final Show Rating: 64|C</strong></p><p> A very solid second show by APEX, a nice improvement from the first show with the beginning of some storyline aspects and the creation of a championship tournament to crown their first champion.</p><p> </p><p> The 8 Participants in the APEX Championship Tournament are:</p><p> *Timothy Thatcher</p><p> *Will Ospreay</p><p> *Jay Lethal</p><p> *Ricochet</p><p> *Kyle O'Reilly</p><p> *Silas Young</p><p> *The winner of a fan vote</p><p> *An unnamed wildcard</p><p> </p><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Fan Vote: You Decide</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><a href="http://www.strawpoll.me/11692874" rel="external nofollow"><strong>http://www.strawpoll.me/11692874</strong></a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanwba Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 <p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Thursday Wk 3 January 2017</p><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> </p><p> With a week to go until APEX III: APEX Championship Tournament Week 1, the full match card has been released!</p><p> In no particular order:</p><p> </p><p> *The Young Bucks vs. The Debuting War Machine</p><p> *Kyle O'Reilly vs. Silas Young</p><p> *Jay Lethal vs. Will Ospreay</p><p> *The Fan Vote Winner, Marty Scurll vs. Ricochet</p><p> *A Rush of Lightning vs. The South Carolina Cavemen</p><p> *Nigel McGuinness' Wild Card vs. Timothy Thatcher</p><p> </p><p> As you can see from the card, there will be 4 debuts at this show, Raymond Rowe and Hanson of War Machine, The Villain Marty Scurll and whoever Nigel McGuinness' Wild Card ends up being. He has made no announcement on the identity of this Wild Card, with the only hints being that he is a former World Champion, and that he has not yet appeared in the company.</p><p> We'll look to bring you any news on the identity of this Wild Card, and we'll see you Friday Wk 4 Jan to recap the results.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamDale98 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 <p>*The Young Bucks vs. The Debuting <strong>War Machine</strong></p><p> *Kyle O'Reilly vs. <strong>Silas Young</strong></p><p> *Jay Lethal vs. <strong>Will Ospreay</strong></p><p> *The Fan Vote Winner, <strong>Marty Scurll</strong> vs. Ricochet</p><p> *A Rush of Lightning vs. <strong>The South Carolina Cavemen</strong></p><p> *<strong>Nigel McGuinness' Wild Card</strong> vs. Timothy Thatcher</p><p> </p><p> Got a feeling I am unbelievably wrong on this but hey ho</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLegsGaming Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 <p>*The Young Bucks vs. The Debuting <strong>War Machine</strong></p><p> *<strong>Kyle O'Reilly</strong> vs. Silas Young</p><p> *<strong>Jay Lethal</strong> vs. Will Ospreay </p><p> *The Fan Vote Winner, <strong>Marty Scurll</strong> vs. Ricochet</p><p> *A Rush of Lightning vs. <strong>The South Carolina Cavemen</strong></p><p> *<strong>Nigel McGuinness' Wild Card</strong> vs. Timothy Thatcher</p><p> </p><p> Predicting Kurt Angle or ZSJ to be the wild card</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLegsGaming Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Hi mate, was really enjoying this dynasty, just wondering when you are going to be posting updates again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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