{"id":26010,"date":"2018-09-15T10:56:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T14:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=26010"},"modified":"2018-09-15T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T14:56:38","slug":"match-point-ultimo-dragon-vs-pentagon-jr-9-15-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/09\/15\/match-point-ultimo-dragon-vs-pentagon-jr-9-15-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Point: Ultimo Dragon vs. Pentagon Jr. (9\/15\/18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Match Point is an on-going series at Last Word on Pro Wrestling, where we look at intriguing matchups in indie wrestling and beyond. They may be dream matches, first-time\u00a0matchups,\u00a0or hotly anticipated rematches.\u00a0<\/em><em>Today\u2019s edition focuses on a generational dream match in California on Saturday night, where Japanese\/lucha legend Ultimo Dragon faces off against Penta El 0M (Pentagon Jr.) at SoCal Pro Wrestling (SCP).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SoCal Pro Wrestling (SCP)<\/strong> is a West Coast indie that&#8217;s been running in the San Diego area of California since 2007 and on Saturday September 15 SCP is holding<em><strong> Super Clash X<\/strong><\/em>, with a stunner of a main event. For the first time ever, we&#8217;ll see former Japanese and WCW Legend <strong>Ultimo Dragon<\/strong> face off against one of the hottest indie stars in the world, <strong>Penta El 0M<\/strong> (aka Pentagon Jr).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26012\" style=\"width: 383px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26012\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/09\/Dm-m2tsUwAAr857-e1537022067416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"550\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: SCP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>ULTIMO DRAGON<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26013\" style=\"width: 489px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26013\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/09\/ULTIMO-e1537022885658.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"550\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 31-year veteran of the pro wrestling business and an absolute legend, Ultimo Dragon has returned to North America in the past several months, after working primarily in Japan with <strong>All Japan, Michinoku Pro, DDT Pro<\/strong>, and other Japanese promotions for the last decade. He&#8217;s been working the UK scene the past five years, working with the likes of <strong>IPW:UK, Preston City Wrestling (PCW), RevPro<\/strong>, and <strong>Southside Wrestling Entertainment (SWE<\/strong>), but he had been shying away from North America, following huge runs in the likes of WCW, WWE, CMLL and others. He returned last year, working <strong>F1RST, All American Wrestling (AAW)<\/strong> and <strong>Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR)<\/strong>, and this year he&#8217;s added more US dates throughout the year, including matches against <strong>Joey Janela<\/strong> this summer for <strong>Wrestle Pro<\/strong>, <strong>Shane Strickland<\/strong> in <strong>Next Generation Wrestling (NGW)<\/strong>, and <strong>Mike Quackenbush<\/strong> with F1RST, and it continues on Saturday with a huge match against Penta El 0M.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[FULL MATCH] Ultimo Dragon vs Joey Janela - WrestlePro\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DVWYKSmPRi8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A former 2x WCW Cruiserweight Champion and 2x WCW World Television Champion, Ultimo Dragon will be accompanied on Saturday by his former WCW manager, <strong>Sonny Onoo<\/strong>. He&#8217;s also a 5x <strong>Universal Wrestling Association (UWA)<\/strong> World Middleweight Champion in Mexico, All Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/04\/14\/belt-collecting-the-legend-of-the-j-crown-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">former J-Crown Champion<\/a> (where he famously held ten titles at once).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26014\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/09\/ULTIMO2-e1537022902325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<h3><strong>PENTA EL 0M (PENTAGON JR)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26016\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26016\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/09\/PENTA1-e1537023348854.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: IMPACT Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whether he goes by Penta El 0M or Pentagon Jr., there&#8217;s no mistaking the man behind the mask who has zero fear. Penta is currently featured on three weekly televised wrestling programs &#8211; <strong>Lucha Underground<\/strong> on El Rey Network on Wednesdays, <strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> on PopTV on Thursdays, and <strong>Major League Wrestling (MLW) <em>Fusion<\/em><\/strong> on BeIN Sports on Fridays &#8211; where he&#8217;s a main eventer for all three. A former IMPACT World Heavyweight Champion, he&#8217;s also the current reigning Lucha Underground Champion (as Pentagon Dark), 2x <strong>PCW ULTRA<\/strong> Heavyweight Champion, and a former AAA Latin America Champion, AAW Heavyweight Champion, and <strong>The Crash Lucha<\/strong> Cruiserweight Champion. Alongside his brother <strong>Fenix<\/strong> (or Rey Fenix) as <strong>The Lucha Brothers<\/strong>, they&#8217;re also dominating the tag team divisions around the world &#8211; they&#8217;re the current reigning MLW World Tag Team Champions and the <strong>Wrestling Alliance Revolution (WAR)<\/strong> Tag Team Champions out of Ecuador, South America, as well as former <strong>Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (<\/strong><strong>PWG)<\/strong> World Tag Team Champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Match Point is an on-going series at Last Word on Pro Wrestling, where we look at intriguing matchups in indie wrestling and beyond. They may be dream matches, first-time\u00a0matchups,\u00a0or hotly anticipated rematches.\u00a0Today\u2019s edition focuses on a generational dream match in California on Saturday night, where Japanese\/lucha legend Ultimo Dragon faces off against Penta El 0M [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":26011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[1840,535,2540],"class_list":["post-26010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-north-america","tag-penta-el-0m","tag-pentagon-jr","tag-ultimo-dragon"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}