{"id":27260,"date":"2018-10-02T11:21:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T15:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=27260"},"modified":"2018-10-02T11:21:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T15:21:52","slug":"which-australians-could-show-up-at-super-show-down-spoilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/10\/02\/which-australians-could-show-up-at-super-show-down-spoilers\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Australians Could Show up at Super Show-Down? (SPOILERS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Super Show-Down<\/strong><\/em> on October 6th, WWE returns to Australia for their first PPV level event there since 2002\u2019s Global Warning<\/strong><\/em>. With PROGRESS Wresting, New Japan Pro Wrestling<\/strong>, and now WWE all running shows Down Under this year, not to mention the Australian and New Zealand independent scenes blossoming, Oceanic talent is becoming increasingly popular. For Super Show-Down<\/em>, WWE is featuring three Australian performers: Peyton Royce, Billie Kay<\/strong>, and Melbourne\u2019s own Buddy Murphy<\/strong>. But those are not the only Oceanic wrestlers they have. While not announced, there\u2019s a few performers WWE could use for a dark match or two to appeal to the hometown crowd. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the wrestlers from Australia and New Zealand that could show up on Saturday:<\/p>\n

Toni Storm<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Featured in both Mae Young Classics and this year\u2019s NXT UK tapings, Toni Storm<\/strong>\u2019s an Australian that\u2019s made her name in the UK. One of the best female wrestlers today, Storm has performed all over the world, but in recent years has based out of the UK, working mainly for PROGRESS Wrestling<\/strong>. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, but raised in Australia, Storm has also made her impression on Japan, working for the all women\u2019s organization Stardom<\/strong>. Currently, she is signed to WWE\u2019s NXT UK.<\/p>\n

Rhea Ripley<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, Ripley is the former women\u2019s champion at one of the local Adelaide promotions, Riot City Wrestling<\/strong>. Also competing in both Mae Young Classics, Ripley is being featured much more heavily in WWE\u2019s NXT UK Women\u2019s division. Ripley recently won the NXT UK Women\u2019s title<\/a> at their most recent tapings, defeating Toni Storm in the finals of the tournament to crown the inaugural champion. While there\u2019s no immediate plans on airing the tapings, its possible WWE could showcase Ripley and Storm in a one on one situation for the title, either in a dark match, or on a Kick-Off Show.<\/p>\n

The Mighty (Shane Thorne & Nick Miller)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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The Aussie boys Thorne and Miller were formerly members of\u00a0The Mighty Don\u2019t Kneel<\/strong> in Explosive Pro Wrestling (EPW)<\/strong> in Perth, Western Australia and in Pro Wrestling NOAH<\/strong>\u00a0in Japan. Currently working in NXT, The Mighty have been with the company wince 2016, where they were originally known as TM-61<\/strong>. Since turning heel earlier this year, Thorne and Miller have adjusted their style accordingly, toning down the high flying a bit, and finding shortcuts to win.<\/p>\n

Dakota Kai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The New Zealand native debuted for WWE last year at the Mae Young Classic, following her time wrestling in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and the American indies. Following the MYC, she joined the NXT women\u2019s division, and even got a chance to wrestle on the WrestleMania<\/strong> Kick-Off Show, participating in the Women\u2019s Battle Royal. In recent months, she\u2019s been featured often on NXT television, and was also a part of the NXT UK Women\u2019s Championship tournament this summer.<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention: Travis Banks<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Banks, the New Zealander who cut his teeth in Southern Pro Wrestling NZ<\/strong>, but made himself famous wrestling for PROGRESS in the UK, is sadly on the shelf with injury. He\u2019s currently signed to WWE\u2019s NXT UK division, but would be a welcome sight in the first row, showing his support. His work speaks for itself, as his PROGRESS World Title reign was the second longest in the company\u2019s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At Super Show-Down on October 6th, WWE returns to Australia for their first PPV level event there since 2002\u2019s Global Warning. With PROGRESS Wresting, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and now WWE all running shows Down Under this year, not to mention the Australian and New Zealand independent scenes blossoming, Oceanic talent is becoming increasingly popular. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2483,"featured_media":27265,"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":[3317,3],"tags":[514,1703,2042,513,3041,2910,2067,598,780,3392],"class_list":["post-27260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-wwe-universe","tag-billie-kay","tag-buddy-murphy","tag-dakota-kai","tag-peyton-royce","tag-rhea-ripley","tag-the-mighty","tag-tm-61","tag-toni-storm","tag-travis-banks","tag-wwe-super-showdown"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27260","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\/2483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}