{"id":45404,"date":"2019-05-04T10:34:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T14:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=45404"},"modified":"2019-05-11T10:31:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T14:31:02","slug":"canadian-indie-star-el-phantasmo-makes-njpw-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/05\/04\/canadian-indie-star-el-phantasmo-makes-njpw-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Indie Star El Phantasmo Makes NJPW Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vignettes had been popping up for months announcing that a new member was coming to join <strong>Bullet Club<\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/03\/08\/el-phantasmo-joins-bullet-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it was quite easy to recognize as Canadian indie star <strong>El Phantasmo<\/strong><\/a>, who has become a breakout star in the UK indie scene the past year. At night two of <em><strong>NJPW Wrestling Dontaku<\/strong><\/em>, El Phantasmo finally made his debut, teaming with fellow Bullet Club member <strong>Taiji Ishimori<\/strong> in tag team action against <strong>Will Ospreay &amp; Dragon Lee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>NJPW Debut: Canadian Indie Star El Phantasmo<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0\u3069\u3093\u305f\u304f 2019\u6700\u7d42\u65e5\uff01\u7b2c5\u8a66\u5408 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BulletClub?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BulletClub<\/a> \u306e\u65b0\u30e1\u30f3\u30d0\u30fcX\u304c\u767b\u5834\uff01\u306a\u3093\u3068X\u306e\u6b63\u4f53\u306f\u30a8\u30eb\u30fb\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30bf\u30ba\u30e2(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elpwrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@elpwrestling<\/a>)\uff01<br \/>\u767b\u9332\uff06\u8996\u8074\u25b7<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JuYZMse323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/JuYZMse323<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njdontaku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njdontaku<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpwworld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpwworld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WajvX9Bln0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/WajvX9Bln0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; njpwworld (@njpwworld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwworld\/status\/1124575601518493696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>El Phantasmo is a 14-year veteran of the Canadian indies, primarily with Vancouver&#8217;s <strong>Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW)<\/strong>, where he&#8217;s a former 3x ECCW Champion. In 2017, he began to work heavily in the UK, with the likes of <strong>IPW:UK, ATTACK! Wrestling, Defiant Wrestling, Southside Wrestling Entertainment (SWE), Fight Club: PRO<\/strong> and more, including becoming a regular with <strong>Revolution Pro (RevPro)<\/strong>, the UK affiliate of NJPW.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PAC Vs El Phantasmo - Lights Out Highlights!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_wvXVPHxOZo?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>Last fall, he he defeated Ring of Honor&#8217;s <strong>Bandido<\/strong> and then New Japan legend <strong>Jushin Thunder Liger<\/strong> en route to <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/09\/09\/el-phantasmo-wins-british-j-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">capturing the RevPro British J Cup<\/a>, defeating <strong>KUSHIDA, Rocky Romero<\/strong>, and <strong>Rich Swann<\/strong> in the finals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BulletClub?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BulletClub<\/a> el phantasmo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elpwrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@elpwrestling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ELP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ELP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Olk2lGhQZe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Olk2lGhQZe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tama Tonga (@Tama_Tonga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tama_Tonga\/status\/1124673394295824385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vignettes had been popping up for months announcing that a new member was coming to join Bullet Club, and it was quite easy to recognize as Canadian indie star El Phantasmo, who has become a breakout star in the UK indie scene the past year. 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