A new champion was crowned at the RevPro Summer Sizzler event in Wolverhampton.
In the penultimate match of the July 25 show, Ricky Knight Jr. defeated Michael Oku to become the new Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion, winning the title for the second time in his career. The closing moments of the match saw RKJ hit a top rope spike piledriver to pin Oku and bring his 217-day reign as champion to an end.
After the match, Knight Jr. stated that the fans didn’t have to like it, but they did have to get used to it.
With Oku losing the title, rumours have once again circulated that the former champion might be AEW bound given his previous appearance at the Dynamite taping in Cardiff, which saw Oku compete in a dark match against Serpentico. Additionally, Oku has had multiple matches on ROH TV and Tony Khan has remained tight lipped when asked about the possibility of Oku joining the promotion.
Oku and Knight Jr. previously faced off at Global Wars 2024 in Doncaster, which saw Oku emerge the victor to become the new number one contender for the Undisputed Championship, which was held at that point by Luke Jacobs.
The main event of the show saw Undisputed British Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone make her return to the UK to defend her title against Safire Reed. Mone previously put the championship on the line against Kanji back in April at the High Stakes show in Doncaster.
RevPro Summer Sizzler Results:
- Sha Samuels def. Jay Joshua
- Great British Tag League Block B: CPF (Danny Black & Joe Lando) [3] def. Sons Of Southampton (David Francisco & JJ Gale) [0]
- Trent Seven def. TK Cooper
- Great British Tag League Block B: Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) [3] def. Young Guns (Ethan Allen & Luke Jacobs) [3]
- Beast Mortos def. Robbie X
- Los Tranquilos de Japon (BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito) def. Kieron Lacey & Mark Trew
- RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship: Ricky Knight Jr. def. Michael Oku (c) to win the title
- RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Championship: Mercedes Mone (c) def. Safire Reed
Featured image: RevPro.
