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“Doug has been a standard bearer for 10 years or so in British wrestling and deserves every success he has had,” admitted Mastiff.
“This match will truly be two talented wrestlers giving everything they have.
“There should be something for everybody at this show, it’s held in a great venue and there will be some great talent appearing.”
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The former TNA X-Division champion will appear for 1PW as part of their star studded card at the new Divide on Saturday May 29th, which will take place at the Liverpool, Olympia – a venue capable of housing up to 1,600 spectators.
Appearing alongside Williams are TNA stars The
Pope D’Angelo Dinero, Beer Money, Desmond
Wolfe and former WWE star Kevin Thorn.
Williams, who reigned as the X-Division champion for 3 months until being unfairly stripped of the title, will take on one of the UK’s biggest and best known wrestling talents, ‘The Human Hate Machine’ Dave Mastiff.
The last time these two faced each other it was Mastiff who came out on top and Williams will be hoping that the result will be in his favour this time around.
“I am looking forward to this match immensely because I consider Dave to be one of the new breed of UK Wrestlers with real talent as well as a unique look” he told The Wrestling Press.
“Dave’s got a good chance to make it somewhere like WWE or TNA. As long as he can stay focused and patient he’ll be OK.”
Mastiff believes that this contest against Williams will be one of his greatest tests to date and the bout is something that he eagerly awaits.
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or many years, Doug Williams has been one of british wrestling’s finest talents, and since 2009 Reading born Williams has regularly appeared for
Since the last encounter, Mastiff, who was featured in TWP issue 6 on his trip to train with US promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling, has been using every bit of knowledge he gained at OVW to improve and he will look to prove himself against Williams.
“I have an open invite to return any time I would like,” said Mastiff. “It was a great experience for me but at the present time I have other avenues to explore in wrestling, and have no plans to return in the immediate future.”
When asked to express his thoughts on the talent in the UK, Williams was optimistic about the calibre of British wrestlers.
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“There are a lot of very talented wrestlers at the moment, it’s just a shame there is nowhere here where any of them can make a proper fulltime living from it.
“I think it needs to be on television to move forward from what it is now. Unless somebody is prepared to invest millions of pounds into it, that’s just not going to happen.
Williams believes that 1PW stand out from other promotions in the UK now as they are the only company that bring over talent from the USA on a regular basis. Williams was however quick to stress that having wrestlers from abroad does not necessarily guarantee a sell out crowd.
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