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Press Release: Larry Zbysko Teaches Class, More From Team Vision Dojo
Updates from the Team Vision Dojo in Orlando!
Things over at the Team Vision Dojo in Orlando, Florida remained steady this week despite the passing of one of its former students, Rex Bacchus (read more on that here).
This past week, WWE Hall Of Famer was back at the Dojo lending a helping hand and today The Chairshot was issued the following press release with details. Additionally, more information on Rex Bacchus is also included:
Larry Zbyszko was helping run class at the Team Vision Dojo Thursday:
Brief clip of the @LivingLegendLZ #LarryZbyszko going over some #wrestling with the students. Larry will be appearing at the February 1 @iBELIEVEinWRSTL. We'll have an #OpenHouse next Tuesday following @RealIvelisse's 4pm class $50 drop in, 7pm free trial class, 8pm #BELIEVE177 pic.twitter.com/PybnI3YNQQ
— Team Vision Dojo (@TeamVisionDojo) January 18, 2019
Great class on a sad day with the @LivingLegendLZ #LarryZbyszko. More photos & videos will be posted soon. We were thinking about you Rex #RIPRex pic.twitter.com/aaDQKap14U
— Team Vision Dojo (@TeamVisionDojo) January 18, 2019
Few shots from #ProWrestling #Training w/ @LivingLegendLZ. Class resumes Monday with #WomensWrestling at 6pm followed by beginner's class at 7pm. Tueaday, FREE @iBELIEVEinWRSTL event at 8pm & prior, @RealIvelisse 4pm class & FREE #OpenHousehttps://t.co/BaaRSOaEgf pic.twitter.com/W7Ppk6XyhU
— Team Vision Dojo (@TeamVisionDojo) January 18, 2019
Larry Zbyszko will be back back at the Team Vision Dojo on Friday, February 1 for the I Believe in Wrestling event. Ivelisse Velez, Santana Garrett, Renee Michelle, Hector Guerrero, and more will be at the Dojo this coming week.
Rex Bacchus; who is a graduate of the Team Vision Dojo, still trained, and wrestled the BELIEVE events; had his picture held up in the group shot. Roommate and fellow graduate CT Brown came down to feel better and provide information. Rex will be cremated and on Monday, they will be scheduling the funeral arrangements.
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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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