{"id":33955,"date":"2018-12-30T20:12:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T01:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=33955"},"modified":"2018-12-30T20:12:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T01:12:32","slug":"andnew-martin-kirby-wins-defiant-internet-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/12\/30\/andnew-martin-kirby-wins-defiant-internet-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Martin Kirby Wins Defiant Internet Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this week&#8217;s episode of <strong>Defiant<\/strong> <strong>Loaded<\/strong>, a new Internet Champion was crowned as <strong>Martin Kirby<\/strong> became the first man in Defiant Wrestling history to pin <strong>WALTER<\/strong>&#8216;s shoulders to the mat to become the seventh Internet Champion in history.<\/p>\n<p>Since <em><strong>Refuse to Lose<\/strong><\/em> in November, Kirby has found a new lease of life in Defiant as he&#8217;s turned his back on the fans to focus solely on himself. Giving himself the moniker of Project Ego (a callback to his old team with &#8220;The Shooting Star&#8221; <strong>Kris Travis<\/strong>) and being cockier than ever, Kirby has clearly had more success since developing this new persona. A victory came over Benji on an episode of <em>Loaded<\/em>, followed by him calling out the fans for no longer supporting him in favour of chanting guys like <strong>David Starr<\/strong> and WALTER. The Ring General chopped Kirby&#8217;s chest clean off after receiving a slap from him, which resulted in general manager <strong>Prince Ameen<\/strong> ordering Kirby to face WALTER for the Internet Championship. If he failed to show up for the match, he would be fired from Defiant Wrestling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Told you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEFIANTwres?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DEFIANTwres<\/a> that I had a plan &amp; was ready for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalterAUT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WalterAUT<\/a>!! Take a good look at you new Internet Champion.\ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Ws7ON7mUy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/8Ws7ON7mUy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Martin Kirby \u30de\u30fc\u30c6\u30a3\u30f3 \u30ab\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc (@MKirbyProEgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MKirbyProEgo\/status\/1079481011329748992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The match itself was mostly a one-sided affair in favour of WALTER, although Mr Kirby came along with a plan &#8211; he covered himself in bubble wrap to escape the wrath of WALTER&#8217;s chops. No matter what WALTER did to keep the gold in his grasp, he was hit with a low blow and the title belt to the head. A three count followed as Martin Kirby was crowned the new Internet Champion to round off 2018.<\/p>\n<p>This win adds the Internet Championship to his ever-growing title cabinet, that also includes the Defiant World Championship and his victories in both the 2017 and 2018 No Regrets Rumble Matches. It was a massive win for Martin Kirby, being the first person to pin WALTER in a Defiant ring, and it will surely do wonders for him going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Loaded can be viewed on Defiant Wrestling&#8217;s YouTube channel every Sunday night at 8pm GMT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this week&#8217;s episode of Defiant Loaded, a new Internet Champion was crowned as Martin Kirby became the first man in Defiant Wrestling history to pin WALTER&#8216;s shoulders to the mat to become the seventh Internet Champion in history. 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