{"id":19932,"date":"2018-06-08T18:54:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T22:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=19932"},"modified":"2018-06-08T18:54:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T22:54:52","slug":"huge-knockouts-championship-match-announced-for-rise-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/06\/08\/huge-knockouts-championship-match-announced-for-rise-9\/","title":{"rendered":"HUGE Knockouts Championship Match Announced for RISE 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, <strong>RISE Wrestling<\/strong> &#8211; the women&#8217;s developmental promotion based out of the Chicago, Illinois area &#8211; announced that new <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong> Knockouts Champion <strong>Su Yung<\/strong> will be defending her championship at <em><strong>RISE 9: RISE of the Knockouts<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0on July 7. RISE has recently entered into a working alliance with Impact Wrestling, with the first talent sharing taking place this past weekend for the Impact tapings in Windsor, Ontario, Canada that saw <strong>Shotzi Blackheart<\/strong> make her debut in the Impact Knockouts division.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RISEdtwa\/status\/1005117110467645440<\/p>\n<p>At first, her challenger was unknown, but earlier this evening, RISE finally announced who Su Yung&#8217;s challenger would be at <em><strong>RISE 9<\/strong><\/em> and it&#8217;s none other than the First Lady of UK Wrestling, <strong>Sweet Saraya<\/strong>. Sweet Saraya &#8211; better known as Saraya Knight &#8211; is the matriarch of one of the United Kingdom&#8217;s great wrestling families, that includes her husband <strong>Ricky Knight<\/strong> (with whom she co-founded <strong>World Association of Wrestling (WAW)<\/strong> in Norfolk in the early 90s), plus their sons <strong>Roy Knight<\/strong> and <strong>Zak Knight<\/strong> (who tag team as <strong>The UK Hooligans<\/strong>) and their daughter, WWE Superstar <strong>Paige<\/strong>. Alongside multiple UK titles, Saraya is also a former <strong>SHIMMER<\/strong> Champion in the US.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RISEdtwa\/status\/1005211457083015168<\/p>\n<p><em>RISE 9<\/em> will also air LIVE on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/risedtwa\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RISE Twitch Channel<\/a>\u00a0and will feature a cross section of emerging indie talent and Impact Knockouts. Some of the confirmed names include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phoenix of RISE Champion Delilah Doom<\/li>\n<li>Impact Knockout Allie<\/li>\n<li>Impact Knockout Rosemary<\/li>\n<li>Impact Knockout Tessa Blanchard<\/li>\n<li>Impact Knockout Madison Rayne<\/li>\n<li>NEW Impact Knockout Shotzi Blackheart<\/li>\n<li>Thunder Rosa (aka Kobra Moon on Lucha Underground)<\/li>\n<li>Stardom&#8217;s Kris Wolf<\/li>\n<li>Fire &amp; Nice (Chelsea Green &amp; Britt Baker)<\/li>\n<li>Paradise Lost (Dust &amp; Raven Ash)<\/li>\n<li>Plus many more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At <em>RISE 9<\/em>, RISE will also be crowning their inaugural Guardians of RISE Tag Team Champions.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RISEdtwa\/status\/1004900636415135744<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, RISE Wrestling &#8211; the women&#8217;s developmental promotion based out of the Chicago, Illinois area &#8211; announced that new Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Su Yung will be defending her championship at RISE 9: RISE of the Knockouts\u00a0on July 7. 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