{"id":19691,"date":"2018-06-05T12:29:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=19691"},"modified":"2018-06-05T12:29:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:29:11","slug":"impact-wrestling-and-the-iwgp-conception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/06\/05\/impact-wrestling-and-the-iwgp-conception\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact Wrestling And The IWGP Conception"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of the course of the past year, Impact Wrestling<\/strong> has worked to create alliances with other promotions around the world. Similar to how WWE works with England’s PROGRESS<\/strong>, Scotland’s Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW)<\/strong> and US super indie EVOLVE<\/strong>, Impact has forged alliances with Mexico’s AAA<\/strong>, US indies like DEFY, Wrestle Pro, Destiny<\/strong> and Border City Wrestling (BCW)<\/strong>, and with Lucha Underground<\/strong>. But some actions over the past few days seem to indicate that Impact Wrestling could be making stronger strides in working with the IWGP Conception<\/strong> more than any time since their first failed attempt back in 2010 and 2011.<\/p>\n

THE IWGP CONCEPTION<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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So what exactly\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the “IWGP Conception”? It’s a term that was coined a few years for the emerging alliance between New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)<\/strong> and it’s allied promotions worldwide that included NJPW, Ring of Honor (ROH)<\/strong> in the US, Revolution Pro Wrestling UK (RevPro)<\/strong> in England,\u00a0Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (<\/b>CMLL)<\/strong> in Mexico, and Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw)<\/strong> in Germany. Since it’s inception in 2015, it has lead to these promotions holding title matches in each others promotions and storylines crossing the borders as part of an international kayfabe. In recent months, it appears that Ireland’s Over The Top (OTT) Wrestling<\/strong> and England’s Defiant Wrestling<\/strong> (formerly WCPW<\/strong>) have also entered into the Conception, as NJPW and ROH stars have competed for large events, including NJPW stars entered in last year’s WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup, ROH World Championship matches on WCPW programming, and NJPW stars competing with more frequency in OTT. Recent appearances of NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis<\/strong> on ROH programming and the NWA vs ROH World title match at ALL IN would also suggest that Billy Corgan<\/strong>‘s National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)<\/strong> is open to working with the Conception as well.<\/p>\n

AUSTIN ARIES<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Oh my goodness! @AustinAries<\/a> just showed up at #ROH16th<\/a> !!!!<\/p>\n

— The Professional \ud83d\udc80 (@RhettTitusANX) March 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n