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Hearts Of Texas

LIFE IMITATES ART, AS TWO TOP GRADS OF BOOKER T’S WRESTLING ACADEMY BATTLE ACROSS THE LONE STAR STATE

THE BEST RIVALRY Texas wrestling has seen in years owes its fire—its exclamation point—to British wrestling star Will Ospreay. Ospreay and Michael Oku were having an insanely personal, violent feud in Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), culminating in a match that saw Ospreay repeatedly strike Oku in the head with his Hidden Blade sliding clothesline. As if the actual maneuver wasn’t hard enough, Ospreay would lift Oku’s shoulders off the mat after each pin attempt, just to inflict more damage.

That match, in all its competitiveness, athleticism, and pure , inspired New Texas Pro star Hyan, who, at the time, was competing across

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