{"id":42400,"date":"2019-03-26T17:11:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T21:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=42400"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:11:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T21:11:43","slug":"preview-wrestle-summit-3-29-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/03\/26\/preview-wrestle-summit-3-29-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Wrestle Summit (3\/29\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wrestle Summit<\/strong> is a co-promoted card featuring some of the top companies in professional wrestling. Sponsored by California’s PCW ULTRA<\/strong> in co-promotion with IMPACT Wrestling, Seattle’s DEFY Wrestling<\/strong>, Australia’s Melbourne Championship Wrestling (MCW)<\/strong>, Iowa’s Wrestling Revolver<\/strong>, plus including US indie talent and Japanese freelancers, it goes down this Friday March 29 at the ILWU Memorial Hall (ULTRAtorium) 231 W. C Street in Wilmington, California. The event begins with a Meet & Greet at 5:30 featuring an opportunity for an in-ring photo with Kevin Sullivan for only $25. The Main Event is PCW ULTRA Open Weight Champion Shane \u201cSwerve\u201d Strickland<\/strong> against Mil Muertes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trey Miguel (IMPACT) vs Adam Brooks (MCW)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: PCW ULTRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trained by WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy,<\/strong> Adam Brooks arrives at the Summit to face one of the top cruiserweight prospects in the World. Trey Miguel joined the Rascalz in 2018 and yet another great young talent from Ohio. An emerging star with IMPACT Wrestling, Miguel was out west St. Patrick\u2019s weekend and was in the ring with top west coast stars Chris Bey, Damian Drake, Douglas James, and Matt Vandagriff now faces one of Australia\u2019s best. Adam Brooks of MCW is regarded by some as one of the best grapplers from the Continent. He\u2019s 4X MCW Intercommonwealth Champion, is the current Adelaide Championship Wrestling (ACW)<\/strong> Titleholder, and Brooks has competed outside Australia with PROGRESS, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG),<\/strong> and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Johnny Impact & Taya Valkyrie (IMPACT) vs Daga & Tessa Blanchard (ULTRA)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: PCW ULTRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taya and Tessa had one of the great feuds in IMPACT Wrestling history and get together again in an ULTRA ring in tag action. Tessa is the PCW ULTRA Womens Champ and thwarted Taya\u2019s attempt at dethroning her in January. She teams with Daga to take on the IMPACTWorld Champions. LUCHA UNDERGROUND star is a gifted wrestler, and one of the great teachers in the sport. They\u2019ve been successful as a team recently with wins over Doomfly (Eli EVerfly & Delilah Doom)<\/strong> in January and Jessika Havok & Sami Callihan<\/strong> March 9th<\/sup>. \u00a0This is a heated rivalry that will resemble a fight far more than a wrestling match. Johnny & Taya beat Moose & Tessa on IMPACT in January and recently faced Brian Cage & Jordynne Grace at the TV Tapings.<\/p>\n

REVOLVER Scramble Championship Match:\u00a0<\/strong>Caleb Konley (c) (WR) vs Douglas James (ULTRA) vs Randy Myers (DEFY) vs Kikutaro (JAP) vs Happy Man (JAP)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: PCW ULTRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anytime Ravenous Randy Myers is in a match anything could happen, literally. My friend has been growing out his beard in the hopes that Myers will touch it Friday. That\u2019s the \u201cRandy Myers effect.\u201d Douglas James has seen a great deal of success in a PCW ULTRA ring as a former Light Heavyweight Champ last year, so he brings a home court advantage. Caleb Konley has held the PWR Scramble title in October of last year and defended it March 9 at It\u2019s Always Sunny in Iowa March 9th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Sami Callihan (WR) vs Brian Cage (IMPACT)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: PCW ULTRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Callihan and Cage get together looking for wins at the Ultratorium as Callihan lost to WARBEAST<\/strong> in Tag Team action last time out, and Cage recently lost in his bid to dethrone Shane Strickland. These two stars will leave nothing backstage, and bring the fight. Cage and Callihan will do anything, so I suspect tables, chairs, and the like will somehow get involved in this one. The nastier the match gets the better for Sami as he is the smaller man although you always are against Cage and he\u2019s one of the biggest humans I\u2019ve ever seen in person. Despite his size the athleticism is there. He moves well in the ring and can fly around. With these top-level guys it should be a good one.<\/p>\n

DEFY World Championship:\u00a0Artemis Spencer (c) (DEFY) vs Zachary Wentz (IMPACT)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: PCW ULTRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DEFY Champion Artemis Spencer beat Shane Strickland to win the Title in 2018, and has successfully against Wentz\u2019 BFF Dezmond Xavier in January, MJF in February and former DEFY Tag Champ Ethan HD in March. Spencer doesn\u2019t have moves that excite you, but the 32 year-old certainly gets the job done. Wentz is one of the most exciting talents in wrestling today. When he\u2019s part of the Rascalz or in singles he\u2019s high energy and can make any contest \u201cmust see\u201d He\u2019s one of the best tag team wrestlers today and a major Indie singles belt could go a long way in proving he\u2019s not a \u201cone trick pony.\u201d<\/p>\n

PCW ULTRA ULTRALight Championship:\u00a0\u201cSuperstar\u201d Jake Atlas (c) (ULTRA) vs Dezmond Xavier (IMPACT)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: PCW ULTRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This match is going to steal the show. This is a big test for the Champion early in his Title reign. Jake Atlas may have had his \u201cdream come true\u201d trying out for WWE last year, but the PCW ULTRA Championship Committee wasn\u2019t looking to grant any wishes. \u00a0Xavier is one of the top stars in IMPACT\u2019s X-Division and one of the best Tag Wrestlers on Earth. The speed advantage is Xavier\u2019s and he always looks a step ahead of his opponents to a spot. Atlas though is very good at using his size and will want to utilize the high-level strikes in his arsenal to keep the Rascal grounded.<\/p>\n

PCW ULTRA & DEFY Tag Team Titles Match, Title for Title:\u00a0\u00a0WARBEAST (Almighty Sheikh & Jacob Fatu) (c) (ULTRA)\u00a0 vs Sent 2 Slaughter (Dan Maff & Shawn Donavan) vs One Percent (Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson) (c) (DEFY)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: PCW ULTRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Isaacs and Nelson are coming off a weekend that saw them get victories over SCU (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian)<\/strong> in Fresno, and a pinfall over the Rascalz and\u00a0 Reno Scum<\/strong> at MECCA IV in Las Vegas. This is another huge test for the duo as WARBEAST hasn\u2019t lost in over 800 days at fight time. Once again \u201cAll violence is legal\u201d and the advantage certainly sits with the current Major League Wrestling (MLW)<\/strong> stars (where they’re known as CONTRA<\/a>). As always with a match like this, Sent 2 Slaughter is the team nobody\u2019s watching and could sneak out with four belts.<\/p>\n

PCW ULTRA Championship:\u00a0<\/strong>Shane \u201cSwerve\u201d Strickland (c) (ULTRA) vs Mil Muertes<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: PCW ULTRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shane Strickland has held PCW ULTRA\u2019s Light Heavyweight Title (Now called ULTRA light), and beat Heavyweight Champ Pentagon Jr. to win both belts. Now as Swerve prepares his departure from the Indie scene he\u2019ll want to close out his ULTRA run on top. Strickland played Killshot<\/strong> with Lucha Underground (LU), and now that he\u2019s gotten that situation sorted it\u2019s time to move on. For the first time ever he\u2019s facing Mil Muertes who is arguably the emblem of Lucha Underground. Played by none other than 4x AAA Mega Champion and CMLL star El Mesias, Muertes is one of Mexico’s top wrestlers and one of Puerto Rico’s best. While a large presence in the ring, Muertes can be agile and mix it up with everybody. From wrestling top names like AJ Styles<\/strong> to delivering classics with Ricochet, Muertes has all the potential on having a solid match.<\/p>\n

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