{"id":50775,"date":"2019-07-22T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=50775"},"modified":"2019-07-22T05:19:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T09:19:02","slug":"andnew-two-new-champions-crowned-at-pro-wrestling-elite-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/07\/22\/andnew-two-new-champions-crowned-at-pro-wrestling-elite-show\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Two New Champions Crowned At Pro Wrestling Elite Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend saw <strong>Pro Wrestling Elite (PWE)<\/strong>, the promotion that was owned and operated by the recently deceased <strong>Adrian &#8216;Lionheart&#8217; McCallum<\/strong>, host their <em><strong>8th Anniversary Show<\/strong><\/em> in Ayr, Scotland (the Scottish wrestling community came together to ensure Lionheart&#8217;s last booked card went ahead as planned). Throughout the evening, we saw the crowning of two new champions as the promotion&#8217;s Heavyweight Championship, as well as the UEWA European Heavyweight Championship, would see two names leaving the building with slightly heavier suitcases.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>#AndNEW: Grado Wins PWE Heavyweight Championship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the main event of the show, <strong>Grado<\/strong> would capture the PWE Heavyweight Championship for the second time in his career after scoring a pinfall over &#8220;Just Justice&#8221; <strong>Jackie Polo<\/strong>, ending Polo&#8217;s reign at 77 days. His previous run with the title had lasted 511 days, the longest in Pro Wrestling Elite history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gradowrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@gradowrestling<\/a> dethrones <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackiePolo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JackiePolo<\/a> in the main event at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProWrestleElite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ProWrestleElite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mainevent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mainevent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GETuCyTgPW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/GETuCyTgPW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mr David J Wilson \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc63\udb40\udc74\udb40\udc7f (@mrdavidjwilson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrdavidjwilson\/status\/1153002753788133377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite stating that he was honored to be the final PWE Heavyweight Champion, The Chubby Wee Chancer opted to instead lay the title down in the center of the ring, stating that the gold instead belonged to Lionheart. A class touch to end the last year show under the Pro Wrestling Elite banner.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>#AndNEW: Andy Wild Wins UEWA European Heavyweight Championship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After the passing of Lionheart, the <strong>Union of European Wrestling Alliances (UEWA)<\/strong> was left without a European Heavyweight Champion. That all changed here though as <strong>Andy Wild<\/strong> would lift the gold after he defeated <strong>BT Gunn<\/strong> and <strong>Alexander Dean<\/strong> in a Triple Threat Match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pl\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ANDNEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ANDNEW<\/a><br \/>.<br \/>UEWA Heavyweight Champion<br \/>.<br \/>\ud83e\udd81\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mw2vNOzPdL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/mw2vNOzPdL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Roberts (@AndyTheWildman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyTheWildman\/status\/1152679554269556743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Dad Bod God has made it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AndyTheWildman\/photos\/a.275013399192243\/2884921588201398\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public knowledge<\/a> how proud he is to hold a title that&#8217;s previously been held by the likes of <strong>Drew Galloway<\/strong>, &#8216;Bad Bones&#8217; <strong>John Klinger<\/strong>, and <strong>Rampage Brown<\/strong>. He now wants to defend the championship against as many different opponents in as many different promotions as he possibly can.<\/p>\n<p>In other notable happenings from the event, <strong>Leyton Buzzard<\/strong> was victorious over <strong>The Sam Barbour Experience<\/strong> to remain the <strong>Scottish Wrestling Alliance (SWA)<\/strong> Scottish X Champion, <strong>The Purge<\/strong> (<strong>Krobar<\/strong> and <strong>Stevie James<\/strong>) defeated <strong>Liam Thomson<\/strong> and <strong>Kez Evans<\/strong> (replacing an injured <strong>Kid Fite<\/strong>) to hang on to the PWE Tag Team Championships, <strong>Jack Jester<\/strong> pinned &#8220;The King of Benidorm&#8221; <strong>Aaron Echo<\/strong>, and <strong>Debbie Keitel<\/strong> was successful in her match against <strong>Kasey<\/strong>.<\/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>This past weekend saw Pro Wrestling Elite (PWE), the promotion that was owned and operated by the recently deceased Adrian &#8216;Lionheart&#8217; McCallum, host their 8th Anniversary Show in Ayr, Scotland (the Scottish wrestling community came together to ensure Lionheart&#8217;s last booked card went ahead as planned). 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