{"id":43757,"date":"2019-04-08T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T19:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=43757"},"modified":"2021-11-13T14:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T19:51:29","slug":"smash-wrestling-bringing-progress-and-wxw-to-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/04\/08\/smash-wrestling-bringing-progress-and-wxw-to-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Smash Wrestling Bringing PROGRESS and wXw to Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Smash Wrestling<\/strong>, one of Canada&#8217;s premier indie promotions and based out of Toronto, has announced a huge four-day event at the beginning of August that will see Smash team up with London, England&#8217;s <strong>PROGRESS Wrestlin<\/strong>g and Germany&#8217;s <strong>Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw)<\/strong> for a series of special events.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">O hai there TORONTO. August 7th and 8th. Info at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7bKY388m85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/7bKY388m85<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThisIsPROGRESS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ThisIsPROGRESS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Va4erYDtG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/8Va4erYDtG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PROGRESS Wrestling (@ThisIs_Progress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIs_Progress\/status\/1115328548233936897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wednesday, August 7 &#8211; PROGRESS x SMASH 8pm<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Smash and PROGRESS have hooked up before. Back in 2016, at the beginning of the UK indie boom, the Canadian promotion hosted PROGRESS&#8217; first foray into the North American scene in a 3-night series of events in Toronto and Oshawa. It featured stars like <strong>Zack Sabre Jr., Mark Haskins, Ligero, Jack Gallagher<\/strong>, and more against Canadian\/Smash stars like <strong>Tyson Dux, Brent Banks, Tarik<\/strong> and more, it exposed many Candian fans to their first taste of PROGRESS.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Thursday, August 8 &#8211; PROGRESS\u00a0\u00a08pm<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43761\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43761\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/progress-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/progress-logo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/progress-logo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: PROGRESS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday night, PROGRESS will be holding their first PROGRESS Chapter show in Canada, with a stand-alone event for the UK promotion.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Friday August 9 &#8211; wXw 4pm<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43762\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43762\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/wXw_Logofb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/wXw_Logofb.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/wXw_Logofb-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: wXw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s wXw is heading to Canada for their first ever Canadian date, months after making the US debut this past WrestleMania week in New York City. wXw is the home promotion for the likes of WWE UK Champion\u00a0<strong>WALTER<\/strong>, as well as\u00a0<strong>David Starr, Timothy Thatcher, Lucky Kid\u00a0<\/strong>and many more.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Friday August 9 &#8211; Smash Wrestling: Super Showdown VII 8pm<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43760\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43760\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/adel4E2G_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/adel4E2G_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/adel4E2G_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/adel4E2G_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Smash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Smash then runs their own stand-alone event on Friday night, which will undoubtedly still feature stars from wXw and PROGRESS\u00a0competing alongside the stars of Smash Wrestling. <em><strong>Super Showdown<\/strong><\/em> is Smash&#8217;s biggest show of the year, so expect a lot of international flair to compete against Smash&#8217;s stunning homegrown talent.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Saturday, August 10 &#8211; Magen Boys Supershow<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43759\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43759\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/10734209_10152310218731580_7299745684956069546_n-e1554751155594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Magen Boys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Magen Boys is an entertainment company that specializes in big parties, and to close out the week, they&#8217;ll be throwing a Supershow party. Details are still being finalized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smash Wrestling, one of Canada&#8217;s premier indie promotions and based out of Toronto, has announced a huge four-day event at the beginning of August that will see Smash team up with London, England&#8217;s PROGRESS Wrestling and Germany&#8217;s Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) for a series of special events. O hai there TORONTO. August 7th and 8th. 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