A History of British Wrestling

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Professional wrestling is booming in the UK in 2024. Promotions like RevPro and Progress sell thousands of tickets every week, ...

Luke Jacobs’ 5 Best Matches In His Career, Ranked

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Luke Jacobs is rapidly becoming one of the top young stars in British wrestling. At just 23-years-old, he has become ...

Johnny Saint inspired Bryan Danielson and even wrestled him once

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Johnny Saint is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. The technical wizard spent over 20 years as the ...

Michael Oku’s 5 Greatest Matches In His Career, Ranked

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Michael Oku has broken out in the last few years as one of the top young stars of the UK ...

Eddie Dennis’ favourite match was clash with Mark Andrews in Progress

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Eddie Dennis has revealed that his match against Mark Andrews at Progress’ Hello Wembley! is his favourite match. The pair ...

Will Ospreay wrestled his last British indie match against Michael Oku

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On February 18th 2024, Will Ospreay bid farewell to the British indie scene after carrying it on his back during ...

World of Sport (2018): What Happened To The Wrestlers?

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In 2018, ITV broadcast a ten-part series of a professional wrestling show to be broadcast on Saturday Nights. This was ...

How ITV can make the World of Sport reboot work in 2024

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Wrestling was taken off television in the UK in 1988, and stayed buried in the darkness following the cancellation of ...

Professional Wrestling was banned in the UK during World War II

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Allegations of match fixing and increasing violence caused professional wrestling to be banned in the UK during World War II, ...

January 14th – On This Day In British Wrestling

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Welcome to the January 14th edition of “On This Day in British Wrestling“, where we take a nostalgic journey back ...

Mark Dallas has stepped down from ICW role amid big changes to the promotion

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Several months after he stepped away from the promotion, Insane Championship Wrestling have confirmed that Insane Championship Wrestling founder and ...

Ricky Knight Jr shocked the world with 5 star match against Will Ospreay

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Revolution Pro Wrestling‘s 10th Anniversary show saw long time British Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay vs Ricky Knight Jr in an ...

William Regal Wrestled With A Broken Neck For 12 years

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William Regal wrestled for over 12 years with a broken neck, the former WWE King of the Ring revealed. In ...

How Finlay stoked the fires of The Troubles when wrestling in the UK

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William Regal and Finlay are two of the biggest stars to come out of British Wrestling in the 1980s and ...

The forgotten World of Sport reboot failed to impress ITV in their bid for wrestling’s revival

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ITV has tried to bring wrestling back into the mainstream numerous times, with the 2018 World of Sport wrestling series ...

The Truth About Johnny Saint’s 20-Year World Championship Reign

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There is no doubt that Johnny Saint is one of the greatest wrestlers to ever come out of the United ...

Mick McManus vs Jackie Pallo Full Match Discovered

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The full match of Mick McManus vs Jackie Pallo has been discovered. The bout took place before the FA Cup ...

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