{"id":41596,"date":"2019-03-27T11:57:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=41596"},"modified":"2019-03-28T21:28:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T01:28:09","slug":"wrestlemaniaweek-preview-wrestle-pro-does-funny-equal-money-4-3-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/03\/27\/wrestlemaniaweek-preview-wrestle-pro-does-funny-equal-money-4-3-19\/","title":{"rendered":"#WrestleManiaWeek Preview – Wrestle Pro: Does Funny Equal Money? (4\/3\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Jersey’s WrestlePro<\/strong> is the baby of indie veteran Pat Buck<\/strong>, co-owner of the Create-A-Pro Wrestling School<\/strong> alongside WWE’s Curt Hawkins<\/strong>. They have two events running over WrestleMania week, including one of the kickoff shows on Wednesday, April 3 at 8pm at the Rahway Recreation Center in Rahway, New Jersey. It’s an all-comedy card featuring some comedic pioneers and some hungry young stars, in what should be a fun way to kick off a week-long\u00a0wrestling mecca. It’s airing live on Fite.tv<\/a><\/p>\n

Bird Box Match: Shawn Donovan vs. Buster Jackson<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: Wrestle Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Based on the Netflix movie phenomenon\u00a0Bird Box<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>the first ever Bird Box Match will see not only both competitors blindfolded but the referee as well. Shawn Donavan<\/strong> is an 18-year pro and longtime veteran of New Jersey’s Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF)<\/strong>, where he’s a 2x IWF Heavyweight Champion and 3x IWF Tag Team Champ. He’s been working with WrestlePro since 2016.\u00a0Buster Jackson\u00a0<\/strong>is a New Jersey native who started out with Pro Wrestling Syndicate (PWS)<\/strong> before moving to WrestlePro in 2016 as well.<\/p>\n

Matt Macintosh vs. Johnny Clash vs. Jake Manning vs. Anthony Bowens<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: WrestlePro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This fatal four way sees four very different personalities in the ring. Matt MacIntosh<\/strong> was a former PWS Heavyweight Champion before Pat Buck created WrestlePro out of PWS’ ashes. When WrestlePro was started, he became the inaugural WrestlePro Champion. He’s also worked for such other promotions as Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), House of Glory (HOG)<\/strong> and more. Johnny Clash<\/strong> is a student from Buck’s Create-A-Pro, where he’s the reigning and 2x CAP Champion.\u00a0Jake Manning\u00a0<\/strong>is a 15-year pro from Iowa, who has been a long time regular with Northeast Wrestling (NEW)<\/strong> and Mid Atlantic’s Premier Wrestling Xperience (PWX)<\/strong>, where he’s a former PWX Heavyweight Champion. Anthony Bowens<\/strong> is another PWS alumn who moved over to WrestlePro, where he’s a former 2x WrestlePro Champion himself.<\/p>\n

Streetfight: Swoggle vs. Dan Maff<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: Wrestle Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former WWE Superstar Swoggle<\/strong> has a lot of crazy matches over WrestleMania week, and on Wednesday he kicks it off with a streetfight against one of the toughest men on the US indie scene in big Dan Maff<\/strong>. A 20-year ring veteran of the New York scene, he also worked for Ring of Honor<\/strong> in the mid-2000s as part of The Prophecy<\/strong> with BJ Whitmer<\/strong>, where he was a 2x ROH World Tag Team Champion. He’s also been a part of Da Hit Squad<\/strong> with Monsta Mack<\/strong> for over a decade, winning tag gold around the indies. But as a singles wrestler, he’s just as punishing and Swoggle is in for a tough contest.<\/p>\n

Tag Team Gauntlet Match \u2013 Kevin Matthews & Fallah Bah vs. Blue World Order (Hollywood Nova & Blue Meanie) vs. Team Espa\u00f1a (Jos A & Jos B) vs. Shook Crew (Bobby Orlando, Bryce Donovan & Max Caster) vs. Breakfast Club (CPA & Francis Kipland Stevens) vs. Massage Force (VSK & Dorian Graves)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: WrestlePro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A 6-team gauntlet match featuring some tandems that are known to inject some comedic elements into their gimmicks and matches. The IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> pairing of Kevin Matthews<\/strong> and Fallah Bah<\/strong> seemed an odd duo initially, but the two have achieved a cult-like fandom the past year and become fan favorites. ECW’s Blue World Order (bWo)<\/strong> reunites with Hollywood Nova (Super Nova<\/strong>) and Da Blue Guy (Blue Meanie<\/strong>) representing the faction.\u00a0Team Espa\u00f1a<\/strong>, former WrestlePro Trios Champions, are one of WrestlePro’s most popular duos, while the\u00a0Shook Crew\u00a0<\/strong>are CAP students ready to break out.\u00a0The Breakfast Club\u00a0<\/strong>are also CAP students and former CAP Tag Team Champions, who have been honing their craft for a few years now and are just breaking out with the likes of WrestlePro and Carolina Wrestling Federation (CWF) Mid Atlantic<\/strong>.\u00a0Massage Force<\/strong> are a tandem that has worked quite regularly with Beyond Wrestling<\/strong> since 2014, as well as WrestlePro and CAP.<\/p>\n

“Buzzkiller” Pat Buck vs. Santana Jackson<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: Wrestle Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The head honcho himself, Pat Buck is in action on Wednesday night as well. Apart from being the WrestlePro owner and co-owner of CAP, Buck is a 16-year veteran of the indies himself, with Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC)<\/strong> and much more. He faces a wrestler who’s part Michael Jackson impersonator in\u00a0Santana Jackson<\/strong>. Jackson went viral last year with the video of him executing his “moonwalk DDT”.<\/p>\n