Michael Oku: RevPro Really Felt Like I Was Given Opportunities Based On The Hard Work I Was Putting In

Michael Oku shares how he became one of the top stars in Revolution Pro Wrestling.

Michael Oku reflects on making his Revolution Pro debut.

Oku, who is the current Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion, began in the promotion like any other contender in 2018. Since then he has captured several championships in the promotion and across Europe as his stock continues to rise, including with a debut for All Elite Wrestling during All In 2024 weekend.

While speaking during the new RevPro: How To Start A Revolution documentary that was recorded during the weekend of RevPro’s 12th Anniversary show, Oku explained how the late Kurtis Chapman helped bring him into the promotion and how his stock in the promotion grew from there.

“RevPro really felt like I was given opportunities based on the hard work I was putting in. My debut was in 2018. Kurtis Chapman would always go to Andy and say, ‘Michael’s really good. I thought my friend Michael, he’s really good,’ and I ended up being in a squash match against Great-O-Khan the next day and I said, perfect, wonderful, that’s fine. I made the most of those two minutes and I pressed Andy enough within those two minutes of getting beaten up that he wanted to give me more opportunities. I came out to the contenders music and I wasn’t even a contender. It was just music. It’s like, when I’ve been giving you music years in the Indies, from being a maybe contender to try and work and earn a spot in the contender division, all the way to winning literally everything in RevPro and defeating the Great-O-Khan to become the British Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. It really felt like all the steps that took me there via RevPro was because I put in the work and I showed that I’m worth something.”

RevPro: How To Start A Revolution premiered on RevPro’s YouTube channel on December 26th, and you can check out the full documentary above.

Elsewhere in the documentary, RevPro owner explained what his philosophy was when starting the promotion. You can read more about that here.

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