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Sorry this is late it took me a while to watch everything I wanted to for this week;
Wrestler of the Week, Week 7 (Feb 13-20)

5. Cody
Cody continues to prove himself as AEWs Ace, landing a memorable win over in AEWs first cage match in the main event of Dynamite to lock in place his match with MJF at Revolution.

4. Broserweights (Matt Riddle/Pete Dunne)
The broserweights have been NXTs greatest success in recent weeks, displaying chemistry rarely seen on WWE screens and even drawing a few genuine laughs for their vignettes on NXT TV (less so the Bobby Fish singalong at Takeover) before winning the NXT Tag Titles at Takeover: Portland in another in a long string of fantastic Takeover tag title matches.

3. Shingo Takagi
If youve been reading this from the beginning, I already told you to look out for Shingo to make a lot of appearances in this space, especially since capturing the NEVER Openweight Title from Goto last month. Well, he wasted no time in starting to defend that belt, this week putting on a classic against Tomohiro Ishii that, for my money, even outdid their outstanding match in the G1, and that I have sat right behind Okada/Naito as my Match of the Year. Since then he has entered himself in the New Japan Cup and, as I predicted in this space a couple of weeks ago, seems destined for a showdown with a newly Heavyweight Will Ospreay soon.

2. Will Ospreay
Speaking of which You would be forgiven for not realizing that Ospreay had never held the British Heavyweight Title before, as someone who had been one of the top stars of BritWres for a number of years before making his move to New Japan Pro Wrestling. While he was a champion in Progress, in Rev Pro he never ascended above Cruiserweight status. So to finally dethrone perennial champion, Zack Sabre Jr, in what is essentially home for both men, in front of a rabid crowd that had been starved for top level competition in the UK for the past couple of years, was equal parts a crowning moment for Will and a signal of hope for wrestling on these shores. To add to all that, Will declared afterwards that this marked a full time move to Heavyweight for him, which will lead to more exciting matches for him in New Japan this year.

1. Michael Oku
Ive been the slowest man in the UK to get behind Michael Oku, as far as I can tell. I had not sought out a lot of his work prior to his Wrestlemania Weekend clash with Brian Cage last year, and that match was not a great impression on new eyes, lets say. And so, my mind was made up at that point I was not going to be an Oku fan. And as the months passed in 2019, and Oku would go from one well-reviewed performance to another, and I would roll my eyes at what I perceived to be the usual fare with BritWres people grow to like a guy (and God knows, Id never have said Oku wasnt likable), and at that point he is near and dear to their hearts and they start convincing themselves (and even others) that the guy is, you know, Actually Good. I was less sure.

So, this week, I am standing here holding an enormous L after Okus match with El Phantasmo at High Stakes. In front of a hot, full crowd, on a show with the world's attention due to the Ospreay/Sabre main event, Michael Oku truly arrived. Between winning the British Cruiserweight Title and having this many eyes on his match, including a rave review from Dave Meltzer in this week's Observer, Oku has no doubt launched his career to the next level and is someone you're not going to stop hearing from in 2020.

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