{"id":74155,"date":"2020-08-09T11:14:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T15:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=74155"},"modified":"2020-08-09T11:14:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T15:14:59","slug":"jamie-tagataese-spwnz-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/08\/09\/jamie-tagataese-spwnz-title\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Jamie Tagataese Wins SPW New Zealand Heavyweight Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <strong>Southern Pro Wrestling (<\/strong><strong>SPW)<\/strong> remerged from their COVID-19 induced hiatus the company saw a dramatic shift at the top of the roster. During night two of the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/08\/06\/preview-spw-southern-rumble-8-7-8-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Southern Rumble<\/em><\/a> event <strong>Jamie Tagataese<\/strong> defeated <strong>Shane Sinclair<\/strong> to capture the SPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship.<\/p>\n<p>During night one of the epic two night SPW showcase event Tagataese competed in the prestigious Southern Rumble match, overcoming 19 other men to earn his championship opportunity. Conversely, Shane Sinclair had to see off a challenge from the returning <strong>NIWA<\/strong>, who had been competing in Mexico in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Night two saw the two big men go to war with Tagataese ultimately coming out on top. The SPW title becomes the second top crown held by Tagataese in New Zealand, having previously held the <strong>Impact Pro Wrestling (IPW)<\/strong> Heavyweight Championship for 413 days. Can the dominate &#8216;Big Man&#8217; surpass that previous title reign with this run at the top of the highly competitive SPW?<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/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. SPW can be seen through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spwrestling.co.nz\/spw-ondemand.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPW On Demand\u00a0<\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerslam.tv\/authors\/southern-pro-wrestling-nz\/11619\/media\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Powerslam TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Southern Pro Wrestling (SPW) remerged from their COVID-19 induced hiatus the company saw a dramatic shift at the top of the roster. During night two of the annual Southern Rumble event Jamie Tagataese defeated Shane Sinclair to capture the SPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship. 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