14.2.09 Portsmouth
Something’s are just not meant to be...... It is with much regret that we have to announce the
postponement of the Pro Wrestling Octane events in May.
Rumours and gossip will of course run rampant but the reason is simply this. The events were created to accommodate the possibly of "supercard" style shows utilizing talent that up until now only A-Merchandise have been able to bring to these shores. With announcements set for the 15th and 27th respectively we were set to announce Pro Wrestling Noah supertalents KENTA, Takeshi Morishima and making his UK debut Katsuhiko Nakajima and DDT, NOAH and ROH star Kota Ibushi's rearranged debut aswell.
Unfortunately Noah officials informed us on Thursday that their April tour has to be extended and will run over the first weekend for may, They have no other option but to pull the guys from our events. Their annual Global Tag League is a very important tour for them and they are unable to logistically work around not having the fighters in the final week. We have a fantastic working relationship with Noah and understand their situation completely.
This however creates a large problem for us with 4 top level talents now unavailable, and the possibility of Doug Williams being included on that tour and with Dragon Gate also confirming a major TV taping that weekend, it is conceivable we may lose pac as well. This is simply not conducive to creating the event we wanted to promote and despite having already reach a financial stability with the event, we spent Thursday and Friday considering all options but it was felt that instead of putting on a card of lesser quality we would postpone the events.
However it doesn't end there.
IPW UK Make the Save
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Paul London vs Bryan Danielson will still happen in the UK on Sunday May 2nd, thanks to IPW:UK and fans will get the chance to witness the show stealing match from night one at an incredible price. The event to take place at the Sittingbourne leisure centre will feature some of the fighters planned for our events and full details will be forthcoming on
www.ipwuk.com shortly.
WXW present an additional night on the Saturday
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Our good friends over at WXW will be adding the appearances of London, Danielson and others creating a super Saturday event the following day from May 1st,please check
www.wxw-wrestling.com for more details.
Important Information
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Refunds!.
If you purchased through the website You will receive a refund via paypal for the full amount paid including postage by the end of play Saturday 14th May.
If you have place an order by card, your refund has already been issued and should show within a few days, (3 people's card's had expired and cheques have been posted already).
It is paramount to us that no one is effected by these events being postponed. If you have BOOKED & PAID for any form of travel on the Saturday, please contact us 0n (023) 9265 2211 and we will discuss the options we have available to us. We will of course require proof of actual bookings prior to this weekend.
if you need to contact us regarding any issues connected with the event then please e-mail me directly at mark@a-merchandise.co.uk
Interesting notes/ramblings :
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Our presales for both events were extremely healthy and was such that we would consider using York Hall again.
The Pro Wrestling Octane Belt was in development phase.
Still be Announced matches for night one would have been Kenta v Ibushi and Morishima vs Nakajima,
The how to get there for the most in-depth section of our website
Tyler Black was going to be one of the other American’s announced
Night 2 matches would have been Nakajima v Kenta in tournament. Pac v Ibushi and Morishima v Matt Cross.
The US names that were approached about the second spot Low Ki, Petey WIlliams, AJ Styles, Chad Colliyer
Another name that was approached was Ultimo Dragon.
We purchased a 20x20 ring for these events
We received incredible backing from FSM, The Sun, The star and WXW, as always have been an unbelievable help.
The February Edition of FSM was set to feature a 3 page ad for the events.
Our advertising campaign would have put the noah events to shame.
Matt Cross is easily one of the most professional people we have ever worked with.
I really liked the event posters, was some of the best we have ever produced
All talent was confirmed as of the 1/1/09 and announcements were staggered to create interest.
We had invested in a circular entrance way and purchased new top level HDV cameras for the event filming.
A promoting partnership with 1PW was formed literally 2 hours prior to Noah's e-mail.
I can't thank everyone enough who worked very hard up until this stage, a special mention goes out to Phil Austin who has been outstanding
Our continued partnership with all companies will be back for October's big event!
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Let me once again apologise for the situation, but we all felt a rehashed card was not our goal and there our financial loss was a lesser evil then failing to deliver than which we have taken money for.
credits: Mark Sloan