Top UK Talent Signs On In Japan!

[ScottishProWrestling]

From Scottish Pro Wrestling Press Release from Scottish Papers:

SPW Press Release 6/7/11

Scottish Professional wrestling, who have run family friendly wrestling events around the region since 2008 and have created talents that now wrestle all over the UK, are proud to announce that long-term SPW Heavyweight Champion James 'Darkside' Scott, who lives in Dumfries after a move from the central belt last year, has signed with world renowned Japanese promotion Zero-1. Created in 2001 Zero-1 Pro Wrestling, runs weekly tv shows in Japan and is the countrys answer to the USA's World Wrestling Entertainment. They have quickly built a repuation as a proving ground for the upcoming top talent in world wrestling and SPW Owner Paul Geddes feels that James 'Darkside' Scott will do just fine in the competitive world of Japanese strong-style "Puroresu" (Pro Wrestling).

"James is a perfect fit for Japanese wrestling, hes always admired the Japanese strong style and its a lifes dream come true for him. James is the closest thing that the UK has to a Japanese styled wrestler. His style, athletic prowess and natural ability has been wowing crowds all over Europe for years now and its high time the big leagues came calling. Wrestling stars all over Asia will be quaking in thier boots when they see the impact that SPW Champion James Scott will have in Zero-1 Wrestling".

James Scott will begin his first full time tour in Japan at the end of July and will be reporting to the Zero-1 Wrestling Dojo in Tokyo, thankfully we can all look forward to regular returns to the UK to wrestle for Scottish Pro Wrestling in Dumfries and across Scotland and defending his SPW Heavyweight Championship in the future.


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Maybe the odd embelishment here or there but gotta make the papers listen! So yet another of our talents signs up to a featured promotion. Good times for talent in the UK!

Heres a highlight video of James Scott in action:

[Steveweiser]

There's a lot of European talent making their way to Japan, they've obviously seen the success of Prince Devitt in New Japan and want to replicate that.

[Fundertaker]

Thing is that they go to ZERO1. I believe Corino is the only one to even be remotely successful there. Hell, the fact that he participated in quite a few early ZERO1 shows made New Japan turn down on using Samoa Joe in 2003/2004 (because he had "ZERO1 stentch"). Those that go to NOAH have more luck, as it still tours regularly, even if it's stale as a statue, but ZERO1 only does like a couple shows a month excluding on the tournaments (like the Fire Festival).

[kingoftheindies]

why don't people like Zero1? They used to be pretty entertaining back when they first started up

[Fundertaker]

ZERO1 is entertaining... as long as you don't see it all the time

I mean, their top guys have been the same for about 6 years (Masato Tanaka, Shinjiro Otani, Kohei Sato and Ryouji Sai), and that only changes when someone from the outside shows and takes the title (like Yuji Nagata from New Japan, Daisuke Sekimoto from Big Japan, and now The Sheik, who's both ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion and NWA World Heavyweight Champion). Aside from that, their undercard is filled with Jr. Heavys that only get to shine a couple of times a year (with Ikuto Hidaka as Jr. ace, as always (especially since Takaiwa quit), with people like Munenori Sawa and Takuya Sugawara having a "second home" there, but some of their matches are rather uninspired) and the new guys haven't moved beyond opening match duty forever.

So, it's kinda like NOAH: stale with no signs of it really moving foward, taking as few risks as possible. Its highlight right now is Daichi Hashimoto, who seems to have almost unlimited potential (and won't need to rely on his father's name), but I believe it will be a question of time before he comes into New Japan or All Japan (where he really could tap into his true potential, I believe).