Michael Oku
Michael Oku (born 1993), is an English professional wrestler, notable for his work on the British Independent circuit, particularly with Revolution Pro Wrestling, where he is the current Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship, after defeating Great-O-Khan on 9th July 2023.
| Michael Oku | |
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| Born | 1993 London, England |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Michael Oku OJMO |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Billed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
| Billed from | London, England |
| Trained by | Eddie Dennis |
| Debut | 2017 |
Professional wrestling career
Revolution Pro Wrestling (2019–present)
Oku debuted for Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) on January 6, 2019 where he fought for Team ELP and lost a eight man tag team match against Team David Starr. He soon started having a losing before defeating the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion El Phantasmo in a non title match, which earn him a title match at RevPro Summer Sizzler, which he failed to win. On November 24, Oku defeated Rocky Romero in the first round and made El Phantasmo submit in a 4-Way Elimination Match to win the 2019 British J-Cup. After the match, he was attacked by Pac. He would get his revenge, by defeating Pac at Uprising on December 15.
On February 14, 2020 at High Stakes, Oku beat Phantasmo for the British Cruiserweight Championship. On September 13, 2020 at Epic Encounters 2, Oku defeated Ricky Knight Jr. to unify the title with the Southside Speed King Championship. He soon started appearing in tag matches with Connor Mills as Destination Everywhere and, after Great British Tag League over Dean Allmark and Lee Hunter, won the British Tag Team Championship on The Legion (Lucian Phillips and Screwface Ahmed) in the finals to win the vacant titles. After three months, Destination Everywhere lost their British Tag Team Championship to Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) in a winner takes all match, where Aussie Open's PWA Tag Team Championship was also in the line. After an two-year reign, with a number of title defences, Oku lost the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship to Luke Jacobs, ending his reign at 890 days.
Oku ended up winning the 2023 RevPro Revolution Rumble, earning a match for the Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship, which he won by defeating Great-O-Khan on July 7, 2023 at Epic Encounter. Oku made his first title defence on August 26 at RevPro 11th Anniversary Show, defeating Trent Seven. On September 23, Oku made another defence, defeating Hechicero at RevPro/CMLL Fantastica Mania UK night 2. On October 23 at British J-Cup, Oku defended his title against Gabe Kidd. A month later, Oku defended his title against Luke Jacobs and made his final title defence of the year, against Zack Gibson.
Oku made his first title defence of 2024, defeating Will Ospreay at High Stakes, in Ospreay's final match with the company. The match was acclaimed and received a six-star rating from Dave Meltzer, making it the first six-star match of Oku’s career.
New Japan Pro Wrestling (2022, 2023)
Oku made his New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut at Royal Quest II on October 1, 2022, teaming with Ricky Knight Jr. defeating United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Gideon Grey). The next night, he and Robbie X was defeated by Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Douki).
On October 14, 2023 at Royal Quest III, Oku returned to New Japan Pro-Wrestling teaming with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Strong Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston defeating United Empire members TJP, Henare, and Jeff Cobb.
Championships and accomplishments
- Battle Pro Wrestling
- BPW Championship (1 time)
- Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea
- Lucha Libre Barcelona
- LLB Absolute Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 97 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2023.
- Purpose Wrestling
- Purpose Wrestling Championship (1 time, current)
- Revolution Pro Wrestling
- Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
- Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Undisputed British Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Connor Mills
- British J-Cup (2019)
- Third Triple Crown Champion
- Riot Cabaret Pro Wrestling
- Riot Cabaret Championship (1 time, current)
- Southside Wrestling Entertainment
- SWE Speed King Championship (1 time)
References
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