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Tears of Joy: Saraya Shares Her Dad's Homecoming
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The Mone/Safire match is up on YT and it's a great watch. I enjoyed that they got their star babyface involved in the story as well. MM is tearing it up in the Indies and will leave a hell of a legacy behind when she's done.
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England’s Wrestling Church seeks converts with baptisms and body slams
> Sitting around a wrestling ring, churchgoers roared as local hero Billy O’Keeffe body-slammed a fighter named Disciple. Beneath stained-glass windows, they whooped and cheered as burly, tattooed wresters tumbled into the aisle during a six-man tag-team battle. > >This is Wrestling Church, which brings blood, sweat and tears — mostly sweat — to St. Peter’s Anglican church in the northern England town of Shipley. It’s the creation of Gareth Thompson, a charismatic 37-year-old who says he was saved by pro wrestling and Jesus — and wants others to have the same experience. > >Thompson says the outsized characters and scripted morality battles of pro wrestling fit naturally with a Christian message. > >“Boil it down to the basics, it’s good versus evil,” he said. “When I became Christian, I started seeing the wrestling world through a Christian lens. I started seeing David and Goliath. I started seeing Cain and Abel. I started seeing Esau having his heritage stolen from him. And I’m like, ‘We could tell these stories.’” > > … > > At a recent Wrestling Church evening, almost 200 people — older couples, teenagers, pierced and tattooed wrestling fans, parents with excited young children — packed into chairs around a ring erected under the vaulted ceiling of the century-old church. > > After a short homily and prayer from Thomas, it was time for two hours of smackdowns, body slams and flying headbutts. The atmosphere grew cheerfully raucous, as fans waved giant foam fingers and hollered “knock him out!” at participants. > >Some longtime churchgoers have welcomed the infusion of energy. > > “I think it’s absolutely wonderful,” said Chris Moss, who married her husband Mike in St. Peter’s almost 50 years ago. > >“You can look at some of the wrestlers and think” — she scrunched her face in distaste. But talking to them made her realize “you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.” > > … > > Only a handful of people have gone from watching the wrestling to attending Sunday-morning services at St. Peter’s, but Wrestling Church baptized 30 people in its first year. Thompson, whose brand of born-again Christianity is more muscular than many traditional Anglicans’, plans to expand to other British cities. One day, he says, he may start his own church.
Pro-wrestler aiming to convert Glasgow chapel into 'Church of Wrestling'
> A pro-wrestler is aiming to convert a former chapel in Glasgow into a dedicated wrestling venue. > >David McCallum, known by the ring name Ravie Davey, has launched a fundraiser to help support the renovation of the building in the city’s Linthouse area into a “Church of Wrestling”. > >The GoFundMe page has so far raised £2,305 of a £10,000 target. > >McCallum, who has been involved in the sport for over ten years – taking part in events across Europe and the UK – founded the Glasgow School of Wrestling with his partner Georgia Nesbit. > >The school offers 19 weekly training sessions for kids as young as five to practise WWE-style wrestling, which is a mix of sport and theatre. > > The couple also runs Community Pro-Wrestling, which brings family-friendly shows to local communities. > >They recently acquired the old church and aim to renovate it into a permanent base for the school and a venue for future events. > > … > > You can donate to the fundraiser here: Fundraiser by David McCallum : The Church of Wrstling! [https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-church-of-wrstling]
Sadiq Khan "remains determined" on WWE WrestleMania in London
> The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is not giving up on bringing the biggest WWE show of the year to the city despite the recent updates that have angered some fans in the United Kingdom. > >In July 2024, WWE President Nick Khan and Chief Content Officer Triple H met with the Mayor to discuss a potential UK WrestleMania, which would also be the first time that the Show of Shows would be held outside of North America. > > … > > With WrestleMania 41 confirmed for Las Vegas in April 2025, the earliest show that could take place would be in 2026 as no official announcement has been made. However, with recent reports indicating that New Orleans will be the host city for WrestleMania 42 after previously hosting the event in 2014 and 2018 and Indianapolis is heavily rumoured to host the event in 2027, some fans in the UK have expressed their displeasure that they would have to wait even longer for the biggest show of the year to make its way across the pond. Despite this, according to a follow-up statement, there is still hope that one day the show will come to the city. > > In a statement issued by a spokesperson for Sadiq Khan to The Daily Star, The Mayor of London is still looking to bring some of the biggest sporting events to the capital: > >>“London has great pedigree in hosting the biggest international sporting events from around the globe. The Mayor remains determined to bring even more sports from around the world to London, including the first international WrestleMania hosted by the UK, and continues to discuss future opportunities. The Mayor wants to cement London’s reputation as the undisputed sporting capital of the world, as we work together to build a better London for everyone.”
Kendo Nagasaki & the hilarious Disco Ladder match
> Wrestling was in a state of flux in 1987 and Kendo Nagasaki had a slightly faulty vision for how All-Star Wrestling could compete with the glitz and glamour of the WWE. > >If one word could describe Joint Promotions’s presentation, it might be ‘traditionalist’. Indeed, its conservative approach saw few real characters, white meat goodies take on black trunk baddies and a heavy focus on the grappling component. > > With this in mind, the infamous All-Star Wrestling’s Disco Ladder match, the main event of their first TV slot in 1987, looked positively otherworldly! > > … > > A first for British audiences, it is thought the ladder match was brought over by Nagasaki, who had wrestled in Canada’s Stampede Wrestling at the same time as the first-known ladder match. > >In this sense, Britain outdid America, which did not have a nationally televised ladder match until WrestleMania X in 1994. > >The ladder match in Britain was more limited, with the wrestlers using a one-sided step ladder and thus ruling out fights atop of the ladder. Both men would try to retrieve a charity golden record. > > As it was Christmas time, the golden record was secured with gold tinsel. Notably, the match would not air until January 3rd – well after Christmas Day – and was recorded on the 27th. > >An addition to the ladder concept was the disco element in which a light and music show would accompany the action in the ring. > > … > > Elsewhere, respected wrestling journalist David Bixenspan added: “I’m not sure if anyone knows how Brian Dixon’s brain decided to book this, but it’s one of the strangest matches in the history of wrestling and a lot of fun to watch.” The match [https://youtu.be/iJcdtuZJKFo]
Brit MP demands government steps in to stop Netflix's WWE British pub ban
> The UK government is being urged to act now to allow British wrestling fans to watch big WWE shows in bars and pubs. WWE’s move to Netflix happens on January 1 which will signal an end to “watch parties” across the country, where wrestling lovers gather inside pubs and bars to watch WWE’s big monthly Premium Live Events – or PPVs for the older crowd. > >And with WWE launching all of its live content on Netflix on January 6, the parties at pubs and bars will end as they are not allowed to show Netflix-streamed content in the way they were allowed to show content on Sky Sports or TNT Sports Box Office in the past. > >One of the main organisers of the watch parties, Hooked on Wrestling, announced that their last set of events took place on last month with the Survivor Series War Games event, which saw fans launch a petition in a bid to force WWE to act on the issue. > >And now MP Mike Reader – who has taken part in wrestling training in the past and is a diehard wrestling fan – has backed calls for WWE to make a deal with Netflix and the UK’s pub industry. > >Speaking to the Daily Star, he said: “ Watching wrestling with friends and fellow fans can be inspiring. It isn’t only a social good but economically important too. > >“I support the campaign to ensure wrestling watch events can continue. I know the issue is being looked at by government officials, and will keep a close eye on this.”
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Kendo Nagasaki becomes the second-oldest male wrestler in history, oldest mask wrestler ever
>The mysterious masked wrestler wowed fans during the heyday of British wrestling. He was a consistent draw for Joint Promotions and All Star Wrestling and was a mainstay on World of Sport on ITV for decades. > >His matches against stars like Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks made him a household name, as did his infamous unmasking ceremony on TV in 1977. Millions up and down the country clamoured to see the man behind the mask, although Kendo Nagasaki later put it back on a few years later. > >The British legend retired from wrestling numerous times over the years, most recently in 2008. However, he announced later this year that he was returning to the ring one final time to make sixty years since his debut in wrestling, all the way back in 1964. > > … > > Last night at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls, Kendo Nagasaki set foot in the wrestling ring for one final time. Adorned in his traditional cape and carrying the sword gifted to him by Kenshiro Abbe, he wrestled in a six-man tag team match for the fans of the LDN promotion. > >Kendo Nagasaki teamed up with Dead Gorgeous (Ben Nelson & Jordan Nelson) to defeat the trio of DD Crooks, Sanjay Bagga & Stevie Fee. We’re still waiting on specific details for this match, but we do know that Kendo Nagasaki and his team picked up the victory in his final outing. > > … > > His appearance in the match broke one record. Kendo Nagasaki became the oldest masked wrestler ever, beating Mil Mascaras who wrestled his last match in 2019 at the age of 76. He also has the honour of being the second-oldest male wrestler ever, only beaten by Dory Funk Jr who wrestled in a Double Hell Current Explosion Death Match earlier this year. > >Meanwhile, Mae Young’s match against LayCool on Raw in 2010 made her the oldest wrestler ever at the age of 87.
The history of women's wrestling in Great Britain
> The rise of All-In Wrestling in the 1930s was the reason for wrestling’s scrutiny in this decade. The sport became increasingly violent as more holds were introduced and fewer restrictions were placed on the wrestlers. > >However, due to a lack of a governing body, different promoters saw the “All-In” style as a free-for-all, discarding any restrictions and giving them a license to do whatever they wanted, no matter how brutal and bloody. > > This led do weapons being used in professional wrestling for the first in Britain. The matches became less of a sport and more of a spectacle, with less emphasis on the physical skill and talent of the performers. Fans would chant “We Want Blood!”, and objects like stools and water buckets were regularly used. Matches were more like the hardcore-style bouts from ECW than what you’d imagine from the early-20th century. > >This change actually caused a boom in the wrestling business, with it becoming more popular than ever. That included women’s wrestling, which the British public first saw in a tour of German lady wrestlers in 1867. > >Women’s wrestling soon became a draw, although there were much fewer all-woman matches than their male counterparts. The first intergender bout was in 1880, while Ivy “Blonde Tigress” Russell vs Peggy “Brunette Bearcat” Parnell drew thousands of fans in 1934. > > However, the scene would take a huge hit in 1938 when the Entertainments Committee of the London County Council banned women from wrestling in public matches in London, while “All-In” wrestling wasn’t banned until 1944. > >While other cities in the country didn’t stop the women wrestling, losing out on the biggest market was a huge detriment, not to mention the effect the outbreak of the Second World War had on the scene just a year later. Wrestling continued during the war in cities like Newcastle, Manchester and Liverpool, but the business took a huge hit due to a large number of the population leaving for war. > > After the Allies achieved victory over Hitler’s Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers, there would be a new world of professional wrestling built in Britain, although one that did not welcome women. The British Wrestling Board of Control was formed in 1946, with Admiral Lord Mountevens and company creating the rules that would govern the sport for decades. > >These Mountevans Rules codified what wrestling should be and took the sport away from the lawless world that the All-In rules had descended it into. > >This change created a more sanitised and professional sport, with the creation of Joint Promotions in 1952 starting a boom period never seen before. However, Joint Promotions didn’t see the value in women’s wrestling. > > Max Crabtree, who took over booking for Joint Promotions in the 1970s, perfectly encapsulated the higher-up’s view on women’s wrestling with this quote from his chat with Simon Garfield. > >>“I never promoted them I’m a male chauvinistic pig,” Crabtree said. “But no matter who they were, and I say this respectfully,” he said, disrespectfully, “there was never a place for them in the history of British wrestling. I think that if I had attempted to put them on television, ITV would have instantly taken it off [the air].”
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