Shigehiro Irie’s “American Excursion” Comes to Hollywood!
DDT Pro star will challenge “The American Kaiju” Devin Sparks!

 

The United Wrestling Network is pleased to announce that Japanese star wrestler Shigehiro Irie will be making his debut for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood this coming Sunday at the Oceanview Pavilion!Known by his tongue-in-cheek nickname, “The Wrestling Teddy Bear”, Irie had wrestled for Japan’s vaunted DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion, where he experienced a great deal of success.

 

As a member of Team Drift, he became the promotion’s inaugural winner of their trailblazing King Of DDT 6-Man Tag Team Championship belts. He and Team Drift would go on to capture that title a total of 6 times before vacating the belts and disbanding earlier this summer. He has also held the promotion’s traditional Tag Team Championship twice, their Openweight Championship once and has had two reigns with the much-publicized Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship.

He is a strong-style heavyweight and is best known for his tag team wrestling accolades. In addition to the championships he accumulated at DDT Pro, he also has held All Japan Pro Wrestling’s distinguished All Asia Tag Team Championship as well as the Tag Team Championship in Big Japan Wrestling.

 

After coming up just short with a semi-final elimination in the vaunted King of DDT Tournament this year, a disappointed Irie announced that he needed to grow stronger as a wrestler and as a human. He declared that he could only do so by training and competing outside of Japan – and thus began his “American Excursion”.

 

Once he reached America, he began to hear of the so-called “American Kaiju” Devin Sparks’ boastful and oft-repeated claims that Sparks is one of the biggest wrestlers in Japan (despite seldom being seen outside of Southern California). Irie’s curiosity about the veracity of Sparks’ claims caused him to reach out to Hollywood matchmaker Nikko Marquez, who gladly extended the invitation Irie’s way. The two will compete this Sunday.

 

The action will be filmed for CWFH’s weekly, internationally-syndicated television program Sunday, September 25 at 3pm at the Oceanview Pavillion (575 Surfside Drive – Port Hueneme, CA). Admission is free!

GETTING READY FOR MILESTONE:
United Tag Team Championship Match

 

The Classic Connection vs. The Friendship Express (c)
(Levi Shaprio & Buddy Royal  vs. Jervis Cottonbelly & The Hobo)

 

BACKGROUND

• For months, Jervis and Hobo have had a rough time with The Classic Connection. Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro have jumped the Friendship Express every chance they have had. When the champions were at ringside to inquire upon the health of an injured fellow wrestler, the duo savagely struck there as well.
• At Red Carpet Rumble, the odds were stacked against the champions in a Fatal Four Way, but they managed to pin The PAC-3 to retain and escape with their titles.
• The Classic Connection contended that, since they were not pinned themselves, they still haven’t received their fair shot at the belts. That shot comes at Milestone.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

• Guts, Gold and Glory – The Classic Connection has terrorized the champions for weeks. The Friendship Express held on to their titles without pinning Classic Connection. Something’s gotta give.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• Cruelty – The Classic Connection have turned over a new, vicious and (appropriately) old-fashioned leaf in their torment of the champions. Their contempt for Hobo and Jervis could be their edge, but could it also distract them?
• Flying Bunny Rabbits?? – Jervis has long been known for his fear of the top rope – a fear he conquered to retain the belts at Red Carpet Rumble. With this added element to their arsenal, have The Friendship Express put the belts out of reach for the locker room?

GETTING READY FOR MILESTONE:
The Lariat War 

“The Lariat God” DJ Hyde vs. Big Duke

 

BACKGROUND

• Big Duke had been on quite the roll – he had vanquished Eli Drake after an epic months-long feud. Drake hasn’t been since.
• DJ Hyde, a mainstay of the ultra-violent Combat Zone wrestling in PA made his debut and began making short work of his opponents, going on a roll of his own.
• Hyde, the self-proclaimed “Lariat God” declared Duke a “False God” given that Duke’s “Killshot” lariat resembled his own.
• Duke eliminated DJ from the Red Carpet Rumble.
• DJ eliminated Duke from CWFH altogether, administering a savage beating that left DJ suspended and Duke hospitalized.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

• Pure hatred. – A timeless grudge match between two guys who were born to hate each other, born to fight each other, born to destroy each other. In a million different universes on a million different timelines, DJ Hyde and Big Duke are fighting to their last breath in every single one of them.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• Violence – DJ’s reputation followed him west. Once a guy learns to survive a death match, that guy learns how to make every match a death match. Duke has stepped up his aggression match DJ’s, but will it be enough?
• The Referee – Neither man has an ally. Neither man has a friend. Neither man has a title. Neither man has anything to lose. It is impossible to conceive of a scenario where the official will have an easy time containing this contest to the regulations of standard competition.

GETTING READY FOR MILESTONE:
CWFH Originals vs. CWFH New Blood – 8-man Tag Team Match

Ricky Mandel, Ryan Taylor, Sasha Darevko and Eric Watts vs.
Suede Thompson, Julius Coleman, JR Kratos and Espiritu

On CWFH’s birthday, some of it’s oldest stalwarts and youngest stars will battle for the Hollywood spotlight.

BACKGROUND

• The Originals are a once-in-a-lifetime collection of CWFH mainstays. Between them there are Hollywood Heritage Champions, Tag Team champions, Television championships, Percy Pringle III Cup Winners and more.
• The New Blood, while low on accolades, are strong in performance, victories and potential – they represent the hungriest of the new talent infusion led by Nikko Marquez.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

• One side has been on top since the beginning. For the other side, this IS the beginning. Who will be on top at the end?

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• Dirty Tricks – The Originals boast some of the dirtiest players in CWFH history – from Darevko’s Russian Chain, Watts’ sinister manager Ty Matthews, Mandel’s obsession with victory and all the tricks Taylor picked up in Vermin over the years – the match hardly feels like a fair fight and it hasn’t even started yet.
• “The Newcomers Advantage” – The advantage of being new is that you are quite hard to prepare for. Each member of the New Blood team has impressed in singles competition lately – can they make a statement in a match that is bound to elevate their status should they prevail?