Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jan 30, 2016 17:01:20 GMT -6
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NJPW-BOUND WILL OSPREAY LOSES PLANNED TNA PUSH - UPDATED
BY DAVE MELTZER | @davemeltzerwon | JAN 30, 2016 10:35 AM
Will Ospreay, one of the United Kingdom's most talked about young wrestlers, debuted tonight with TNA but ended up losing in just five minutes in what was either a dark match or a match taped for Xplosion against Mark "Mandrews" Andrews.
Apparently, the plan was to push Ospreay but TNA found out that he had signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling and decided not to put him on the main show. It is not certain when Ospreay will debut with New Japan other than he had been scheduled to be in this year's Best of the Super Juniors tournament in May and June.
Those in Japan have said that Ospreay has not been signed, but did confirm he would debut with the company at the Invasion Attack PPV on 4/10 at Sumo Hall in Tokyo and is working the Best of the Super Juniors tour.
Rockstar Spud on Twitter claimed it wasn't true and that there was just a time cue messed up and the Ospreay vs. Mark Andrews opener (which was not taped for Impact, it was either a dark match or an Xplosion match) was supposed to go longer. I'm not sure how that's relevant to the story unless they messed up the finish and he was supposed to win that match.
The 22-year-old Ospreay has mainly worked in Progress, IPW-UK, and RPW, and competed in the 2015 PWG Battle of Los Angeles, advancing to the semifinals.
Jimmy Havoc and Big Damo, the other U.K. stars scheduled to debut on this tour, as of right now are expected to be on the Impact shows taped tomorrow at Wembley in London.
The dates listed in Stephen Lyon's report for the shows may not be correct. Jeremy Borash said to the live crowd several times that the shows taped would air on 2/2 and 2/9 in the U.S. and 2/7 and 2/14 in the U.K.
That may be accurate, except there is still one more week of television taped in Bethlehem, PA that hasn't aired, which features the Trevor Lee X division title win over Tigre Uno. If that show does air, then the dates would move to 2/9 and 2/16 in the U.S. and 2/14 and 2/21 in the U.K.
NJPW-BOUND WILL OSPREAY LOSES PLANNED TNA PUSH - UPDATED
BY DAVE MELTZER | @davemeltzerwon | JAN 30, 2016 10:35 AM
Will Ospreay, one of the United Kingdom's most talked about young wrestlers, debuted tonight with TNA but ended up losing in just five minutes in what was either a dark match or a match taped for Xplosion against Mark "Mandrews" Andrews.
Apparently, the plan was to push Ospreay but TNA found out that he had signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling and decided not to put him on the main show. It is not certain when Ospreay will debut with New Japan other than he had been scheduled to be in this year's Best of the Super Juniors tournament in May and June.
Those in Japan have said that Ospreay has not been signed, but did confirm he would debut with the company at the Invasion Attack PPV on 4/10 at Sumo Hall in Tokyo and is working the Best of the Super Juniors tour.
Rockstar Spud on Twitter claimed it wasn't true and that there was just a time cue messed up and the Ospreay vs. Mark Andrews opener (which was not taped for Impact, it was either a dark match or an Xplosion match) was supposed to go longer. I'm not sure how that's relevant to the story unless they messed up the finish and he was supposed to win that match.
The 22-year-old Ospreay has mainly worked in Progress, IPW-UK, and RPW, and competed in the 2015 PWG Battle of Los Angeles, advancing to the semifinals.
Jimmy Havoc and Big Damo, the other U.K. stars scheduled to debut on this tour, as of right now are expected to be on the Impact shows taped tomorrow at Wembley in London.
The dates listed in Stephen Lyon's report for the shows may not be correct. Jeremy Borash said to the live crowd several times that the shows taped would air on 2/2 and 2/9 in the U.S. and 2/7 and 2/14 in the U.K.
That may be accurate, except there is still one more week of television taped in Bethlehem, PA that hasn't aired, which features the Trevor Lee X division title win over Tigre Uno. If that show does air, then the dates would move to 2/9 and 2/16 in the U.S. and 2/14 and 2/21 in the U.K.