{"id":8197,"date":"2017-10-03T12:39:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T16:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=8197"},"modified":"2017-10-03T12:39:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T16:39:23","slug":"rise-a-new-stable-in-wxw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/10\/03\/rise-a-new-stable-in-wxw\/","title":{"rendered":"RISE: The Stable of Champions in Germany&#8217;s wXw"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>RISE<\/strong>\u00a0is a new stable in Germany&#8217;s<strong>\u00a0Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw)<\/strong> and they have all the championships. The leader, &#8220;<strong>Bad Bones&#8221; John Klinger<\/strong> is the current wXw World Heavyweight Champion. All wXw championships are currently in the hands of RISE, but who are the men behind this faction ? <\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Das ist John &quot;Bad Bones&quot; Klinger. Er ist RISE.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v-D1GRkXVRs?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 align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en\">RISE consists of the following Wrestlers: <\/span><span lang=\"en\">John Klinger, <strong>Chris Colen<\/strong>, <strong>Ivan Kiev<\/strong>, <strong>Lucky Kid<\/strong>, <strong>Pete Bouncer<\/strong> and <strong>Tarkan Aslan<\/strong>.\u00a0They made their<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en\">\u00a0debuted at <em><strong>Superstars of Wrestling<\/strong><\/em> on May 13th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en\">. Ivan Kiev, Pete Bouncer and Chris Colen attacked the defending champions <strong>A4<\/strong> (<strong>Absolute Andy<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Marius Al-Ani<\/strong>) during a Tag Team match agains the <strong>Young Lions<\/strong> ( <strong>Lucky Kid<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Tarkan Aslan<\/strong>). By the end of the match, the Young Lions had defeated the reigning champions. They are now the current wXw Tag Team champions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">On July 1st, John Klinger won <em><strong>Shortcut to the Top <\/strong><\/em>(which is wXw\u00b4s version of the<strong> Royal Rumble<\/strong>). Klinger left the match when they played out an injury angle, but returned later in the match. Him, Ivan Kiev and Pete Bouncer where the last three man in the Ring when John \u201cBad Bones\u201d Klinger fell to his knees, spread his arms and the other man simultaniously left the ring and revealed Klinger as their leader who\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">had\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">now won an opportunity for the wXw World Heavyweight championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">He eventually won the title in the beginning of August at the Tour opening show where he defeated<strong> Ilja Dragunov<\/strong> and then champion <strong>Jurn Simmons<\/strong> in a three way match.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"So wurde John &quot;Bad Bones&quot; Klinger wXw Champion\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qHREACkIY9Q?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 lang=\"en\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">At that point of time RISE had captured every title except the Shotgun championship, which could be considered similar to an internet \/ television title.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>RISE To The Top<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p lang=\"en\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">On September 1st, Ivan Kiev defeated the ROH star <strong>Flip Gordon<\/strong> and the defending champion <strong>David Starr<\/strong> at the <em><strong>Fans Appreciation Night 2017 <\/strong><\/em>to bring the Shotgun championship into the stable subsequently making the faction the holders of every title in wXw.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RISE Meeting (wXw)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/18cWpbQTMDg?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<h3><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><b>THE MEMBERS OF RISE<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8207\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8207\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/bad-bones.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/bad-bones.jpg 504w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/bad-bones-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/bad-bones-330x420.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: wXw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>&#8220;Bad Bones&#8221; John Klinger<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Debuting in 2004, he is the most well known German Wrestler around the world. He worked for <strong>TNA \/ GFW<\/strong>, <strong>CZW<\/strong>, <strong>WCPW<\/strong> and <strong>Pro Wrestling <\/strong><strong>NOAH<\/strong> just to name a few. In terms of recognition, <strong>WALTER<\/strong> is just shortly behind, as he is currently competing for <strong>EVOLVE<\/strong>, <strong>PROGRESS<\/strong> and <strong>PWG<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Klinger is a three-time wXw World Heavyweight champion (current) and he won the <em><strong>16 Carat Gold Tournament<\/strong> <\/em>in 2008. He has been a constant in wXw since 2005 and he is not even 35 years old.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Before his alliance with RISE, he was known as the &#8220;Lost Rebel\u201c and his theme song was &#8220;I Walk Alone\u201c by <strong>RAW Soulution<\/strong>. So his Gimnick was this lonely warrior kind of guy, for most of the time until RISE was created&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH \u2014 Brian Cage vs. Bad Bones: GWF Grandslam Wrestling\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0MEmExD9pVE?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<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8208\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/image.png 223w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/image-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Chris Colen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The veteran in the group, having 13 years of ring experience. He is from Austria and is also known in WXW since 2005. Despite his height \/ weight of 6\u00b41 and 220 lbs\u00a0he is very agile and a profound technician.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8211\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8211\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/32-11390234_452081401620274_5151169623361670996_n-e1507048307845.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: wXw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>The Young Lions (Tarkan Aslan &amp; Lucky Kid)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lucky Kid has 9 years of experience while just being 24 years old. He is a High Flyer \/ technician. Tarkan Aslan has debuted in 2003. They both had been booked for WCPW before. They are the current WXW Tag Team champions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8209\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8209 \" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/ivan-kiev-e1507048354941.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"369\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: wXw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Ivan Kiev<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The current WXW Shotgun champion. Another young wrestler with many years of wrestling in his body: 11 years of experience at the age of 28. Also known as the &#8220;Ukrainian Snake&#8221;, he had an upset win over WALTER during the Summer when the <em><strong>We Love Wrestling Tour<\/strong> <\/em>stopped by in Hamburg.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8210\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8210\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/petebouncer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/petebouncer.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/petebouncer-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/petebouncer-253x420.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Maximum Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Pete Bouncer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The highly charismatic 30 year old with the cold eyes is the least experienced of all the RISE members with 5 years of experience in the ring. He and Colen are the only members of RISE with no title around their waist.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>RISE To The Future<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8212\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8212\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/C_uJoaUXcAEtzw6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/C_uJoaUXcAEtzw6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/C_uJoaUXcAEtzw6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/C_uJoaUXcAEtzw6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/C_uJoaUXcAEtzw6-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/C_uJoaUXcAEtzw6-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/C_uJoaUXcAEtzw6-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/C_uJoaUXcAEtzw6-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/C_uJoaUXcAEtzw6-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: wXw Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">RISE consists of the ones who consider themselves as the forgotten, the ones who got no respect. Now, they have all the gold. Next weekend (October 6 &#8211; 8) the <em><strong>wXw World Tag League 2017<\/strong> <\/em>is scheduled, where they have to defend the Tag titles in a tournament when international teams try to capture the Tag titles. Some names competing for them are:<strong> The Briscoes<\/strong>, <strong>The Rottweilers<\/strong> (<strong>Homicide<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Low Ki<\/strong>), <strong>Massive Product<\/strong> (<strong>Jurn Simmons<\/strong> &amp;<strong> David Star<\/strong>) and former WWE Tag Champs <strong>The Spirit Squad<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Next year the <em>16 Carat Gold Tournament 2018<\/em> will happen, where RISE are going to be dominant&#8230;or are they ? <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In some recent\u00a0<em><strong>Shotgun<\/strong><\/em> episodes (<\/span><\/span>Shotgun is a weekly\u00a0television series where wXw storylines and matches are explained and developed. It contains matches, backstage segments, vignettes, promos etc.,\u00a0and each episode is approximately 50 minutes long. It can be watched as part of WXW\u00b4s streaming service on Vimeo, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wxwnow.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wXw Now<\/a>). <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Chris Colen seemed not too happy about his position in RISE and his role behind John Klinger. Maybe there is some tension\u00a0within the\u00a0RISE&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><i style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagematch.net\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/i><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RISE\u00a0is a new stable in Germany&#8217;s\u00a0Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) and they have all the championships. The leader, &#8220;Bad Bones&#8221; John Klinger is the current wXw World Heavyweight Champion. All wXw championships are currently in the hands of RISE, but who are the men behind this faction ? 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