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Press Release: Renee Michelle & Zeda Zhang Form Alliance
The Chairshot was sent along the following by Team Vision Dojo:
Since being released, Zeda Zhang has been training alongside Renee Michelle at the Team Vision Dojo and this past Sunday, the two formed an alliance.
First, Zeda continues her undefeated submission streak in Melbourne, FL with the help of Renee Michelle over Sofia Castillo. In the semi-main event, Renee challenged Impact Knockout Amber Nova for the RIOT Women’s Championship. Zeda helped behind the refs back to secure Renee the championship.
Amber Nova vs. Renee Michelle (full match – FREE) https://youtu.be/4irDuUIgiiw
Amber Nova had a busy weekend as aside from having the RIOT Women’s title taken away, she also won a battle royal to become the CWE Vixen’s Champion this past Friday. However, in the main event, she unsuccessfully defended it against Singapore’s Alexis Lee.
#WomensWrestling was in full force this weekend. The duo of #WWE #MaeYoungClassic competitors #ReneeMichelle w/ #ZedaZhang captured the #RIOTPro #WomensChampionship w/ some chicanery f/ #AmberNova, who also won & lost the #CWE Vixen's title. Plus, #SofiaCastillo won the GW title. pic.twitter.com/3MY56o6sL4
— Team Vision Dojo (@TeamVisionDojo) June 18, 2018
Also, if you watched Undercover Boss Friday night, you saw Amber Nova at the WWE Performance Center. While it appears her scene was cut along with another indepdent wrestler standing with the group, she looked great on camera and it was a really heartfelt episode that Stephanie McMahon was great on.
Next live event featuring all these women and the top independent wrestlers in Florida will be on Friday, July 6 at 8pm at the Team Vision Dojo in Orlando, FL for I Believe in Wrestling. Also, the Dojo will be holding their next open house for potential students on Tuesday, July 10 at 7pm for potential students to attempt a first day’s pro wrestling class.
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Did your picks win points?
The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!
Here are your Gold League standings!
- Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
- Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
- Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
- Rush: 0-1, 0 points
- Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
- Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points
Here are your Blue League standings!
- Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
- Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
- Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
- Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
- Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
- Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete
My Thoughts:
Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.
Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.
In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.
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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”
Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:
Blue League
- Bryan Danielson
- Andrade El Idolo
- Brody King
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Daniel Garcia
- Eddie Kingston
Gold League
- Jon Moxley
- Swerve Strickland
- Rush
- Mark Briscoe
- Jay Lethal
- Jay White
Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:
- Every match has a 20 minute time limit
- The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
- EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action
Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!
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