{"id":38863,"date":"2019-02-20T16:29:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=38863"},"modified":"2019-02-20T16:29:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:29:38","slug":"uk-star-kip-sabian-joins-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/02\/20\/uk-star-kip-sabian-joins-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Star Kip Sabian Joins AEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;SuperBad&#8221; <strong>Kip Sabian<\/strong> was announced as an entrant in the Over The Budget Battle Royal for <strong>All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<strong>Double Or Nothing<\/strong>.\u00a0 This was unveiled on\u00a0<strong>Cody<\/strong>&#8216;s Road To Double or Nothing series which last broke the news of <strong>Jimmy Havoc\u00a0<\/strong>joining AEW.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AEW - The Road to Double Or Nothing - Episode 04\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2rNWR2-9b58?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>Following the videos release, Beyond Gorilla photographer Robyn Goding (who filmed the Sabian vignette for the episode) revealed that Sabian was joining AEW and another indie promotion that employs Sabian mentioned he had signed with the new company.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ICYMI: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKipSabian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheKipSabian<\/a> has joined @AEWrestling and will be debuting in the over the budget Battle Royale at Double Or Nothing!<\/p>\n<p>Absolute pleasure to collaborate with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyRhodes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CodyRhodes<\/a> and AEW on this video.<\/p>\n<p>Full Road to double or nothing episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SwVzdvFVPM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/SwVzdvFVPM<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cgCMNqXAlz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cgCMNqXAlz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Beyond Gorilla &#8211; Robyn Goding (@BeyondGorilla_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeyondGorilla_\/status\/1098292575025262593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BWR Cruiserweight Champion, Kip Sabian has signed with AEW. We are so grateful and appreciative of all that Kip has given to BWR and our fans. We&#39;d like to congratulate him and wish him nothing but success in this exciting next chapter of his career. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BWR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BWR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GrimsbyGraps?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GrimsbyGraps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cW5L3C8gYr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cW5L3C8gYr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BWR &#8211; British Wrestling Revolution (@BritWresRev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BritWresRev\/status\/1098270556183580675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sabian was trained by the Knight family and even earned a cameo in their upcoming feature film\u00a0<strong>Fighting With My Family<\/strong>.\u00a0 Like most Knight family graduates Sabian worked mostly for\u00a0<strong>World Association Of Wrestling<\/strong> and from 2010 to 2016 never managed to break outside of his home promotion.\u00a0 He did though have success in WAW as he was a three time\u00a0<strong>WAW World Tag Team\u00a0<\/strong>champion, a two time\u00a0<strong>Open Light Weight Heavyweight\u00a0<\/strong>champion and a former\u00a0<strong>WAW U23\u00a0<\/strong>champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zak Zodiac vs Alex Young vs Kip Sabian\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6VC6Oe_ShQ?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>In 2017 Sabian had his breakout year thanks to\u00a0<strong>Lucha Forever<\/strong>, in it&#8217;s short time LF introduced many new stars to a bigger audience as newer talent like Sabian got to regularly share a card with the likes of\u00a0<strong>Pete Dunne<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Tyler Bate<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Travis Banks<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>CCK\u00a0<\/strong>and many more.\u00a0 What helped the young Sabian stand out was the fact that he was the total package.\u00a0 At the time BritWres was dominated by a core group of wrestlers but Sabian stood out with his look, promo ability, character and the great heat he could draw.\u00a0 It&#8217;s no coincidence that this was the year where he made his way to other high level companies like\u00a0<strong>Southside Wrestling Entertainment\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<b>Internationale\u00a0Pro Wrestling: UK\u00a0<\/b>among others.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH - Kip Sabian vs Ashley Dunn (Z-Force Championship) (IPW Brutalism, 11th April 2018)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NKVKiFR5eeo?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>With his name on people&#8217;s lips Sabian set out to take over in 2018 and he had a career year.\u00a0 He was one of the better parts of the return of\u00a0<strong>World Of Sport\u00a0<\/strong>and captured the tag team championships alongside <strong>Iestyn Rees\u00a0<\/strong>on national television.\u00a0 On the independent circuit he became IPW:UK World Champion and debuted for indie giants\u00a0<strong>RevPro,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>PROGRESS\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Over The Top Wrestling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ur8amUpMtX8&#038;t=10s<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a long climb for the 26 year old to reach the level he has but over the last two years he&#8217;s made his mark on the UK scene.\u00a0 AEW is getting someone that has been considered a &#8220;must have&#8221; prospect for years and someone that is the total package when it comes to professional wrestling.\u00a0 As WOS proved he loves the camera, oozes charisma and can work a crowd with a mic in his hands.\u00a0 AEW is about to get SuperBad!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cats finally out of the bag then&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Looks like @AEWrestling just got <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Superbad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Superbad<\/a> \u270c\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yYUjotoHEE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/yYUjotoHEE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 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