{"id":58593,"date":"2019-11-25T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=58593"},"modified":"2019-11-25T13:12:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T18:12:01","slug":"michael-oku-british-j-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/11\/25\/michael-oku-british-j-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Oku\/O.J.M.O Wins British J Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/11\/16\/indies-not-dead-uk-ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rising stars in British Wrestling the O.J.M.O<\/a>, known in <strong>RevPro<\/strong> as Michael Oku, has won the prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/11\/19\/british-j-cup-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British J Cup<\/a>.\u00a0 Becoming the first British wrestler to do so.\u00a0 To win Oku had to defeat some of the best Junior Heavyweights in the world like\u00a0<strong>Rocky Romero, Robbie Eagles, El Phantasmo\u00a0<\/strong>and &#8220;The Bastard&#8221;\u00a0<strong>PAC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The British J Cup winner is British, black and from London. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud. <\/p>\n<p>You deserve it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOJMO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheOJMO<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d8kmgTaFtv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/d8kmgTaFtv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben | KingKicks Gaming (@KingKicks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingKicks\/status\/1198711461377388544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Debuting in 2017 Oku has been making his way up the cards in British Wrestling with many tipping him for success from the start.\u00a0 2019 has been the year that he has started to realize that potential making his successful debut for <strong>Over The Top (OTT) Wrestling<\/strong>, becoming a big part of\u00a0<strong>PROGRESS Wrestling&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>stellar second-half of 2019 and has been trusted by RevPro to wrestle some of the world&#8217;s best like\u00a0<strong>Shingo Takagi<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>David Starr, <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Shigehiro Irie<\/strong>.\u00a0 2018 was the year Oku made people take notice but in 2019 he has become truly undeniable with his sights set on becoming one of the biggest stars on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Oku becomes the third winner of the\u00a0 British J Cup following in some big footsteps as previous winners include\u00a0<strong>Jyushin Thunder Liger\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0El Phantasmo.\u00a0 He is someone that RevPro have been building up ever so slowly and this win caps off his push to the top.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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.\u00a0 And make sure to watch the replay of RevPro\u00a0<em>British J Cup<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rpwondemand.pivotshare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revolution Pro Wrestling\u2019s Subscription Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest rising stars in British Wrestling the O.J.M.O, known in RevPro as Michael Oku, has won the prestigious British J Cup.\u00a0 Becoming the first British wrestler to do so.\u00a0 To win Oku had to defeat some of the best Junior Heavyweights in the world like\u00a0Rocky Romero, Robbie Eagles, El Phantasmo\u00a0and &#8220;The Bastard&#8221;\u00a0PAC. 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