{"id":106577,"date":"2021-12-21T14:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T19:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=106577"},"modified":"2021-12-21T14:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T19:22:34","slug":"matt-angel-destiny-next-generation-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/21\/matt-angel-destiny-next-generation-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Matt Angel Wins Destiny Next Generation Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As many parts of Canada prepare for tougher Covid restrictions due to the Omicron variant sweeping the country, it appears that Canadian independent wrestling will once again find itself slowing down again (and going on hiatus again in some provinces). But on Sunday, December 19, in Mississauga, Ontario, <strong>Destiny World Wrestling<\/strong> held <em><strong>Destiny: Zero Fear<\/strong><\/em> at the Don Kolov Arena, and in a huge title match between Destiny Next Generation Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/08\/07\/indie-watch-aiden-prince-takes-flight-in-prince-city\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Aiden Prince<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Matt Angel<\/strong>, the end result saw Quebec indie veteran Angel score the victory and become the fourth man to hold the title.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DestinyWrestle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DestinyWrestle<\/a> Next Generation Champion ! \ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4VjqweRohH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4VjqweRohH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Angel (@mattangel01) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattangel01\/status\/1472762795682942977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Destiny Wrestling is one of the top indie promotions in the Greater Toronto area, founded in 2014, and in 2019 the company launched a new title, the Next Generation Championship, as its secondary singles title alongside its Destiny Championship (currently held by <strong>IMPACT Wrestling&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong>Josh Alexander<\/strong>). It was first won by another IMPACT star, <strong>Trey Miguel<\/strong>, in a four-way final in 2019 to crown the first champion (against former <strong>NXT<\/strong> star <strong>Jake Atlas<\/strong> and <strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong> stars <strong>Kip Sabian<\/strong> and <strong>Penelope Ford<\/strong>), and has since been held by <strong>Kevin Blackwood<\/strong> and Aiden Prince. The win ends Prince&#8217;s reign at 119 days.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Angel has been one of the Quebec indies&#8217; top stars of the past decade and is the current reigning <strong>North Shore Pro Wrestling (NSPW)<\/strong> Champion in Quebec City. He is also a former <strong>International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS)<\/strong> World Champion in Montreal and <strong>Capital City Championship Combat (C4)<\/strong> Champion in nearby Ottawa, Ontario. This is his first title in Destiny Wrestling.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shoottheindies\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shooting The Indies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h4>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many parts of Canada prepare for tougher Covid restrictions due to the Omicron variant sweeping the country, it appears that Canadian independent wrestling will once again find itself slowing down again (and going on hiatus again in some provinces). 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