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class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wrestling_-_Sikeston,_MO_1938_-_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg/175px-Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg/263px-Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg/350px-Wrestling_-_Sikeston%2C_MO_1938_-_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="865" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_professional_wrestling" title="History of professional wrestling">History of professional wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Years_in_professional_wrestling" title="Template:Years in professional wrestling">By year</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_wrestling_championships" title="Early wrestling championships">Early wrestling championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Dust_Trio" title="Gold Dust Trio">Gold Dust Trio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980s_professional_wrestling_boom" title="1980s professional wrestling boom">1980s boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Saturday_(professional_wrestling)" title="Black Saturday (professional wrestling)">Black Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Title_Tournament" title="NWA World Title Tournament">1994 NWA World Title Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_War" title="Monday Night War">Monday Night Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attitude_Era" title="Attitude Era">Attitude Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling_mass_exodus" title="2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus">2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Invasion (professional wrestling)">The Invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wednesday_Night_Wars" title="Wednesday Night Wars">Wednesday Night Wars</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable promotions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Women%27s_Pro-Wrestling" title="All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling">All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling" title="All Star Wrestling">All Star Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association" title="American Wrestling Association">American Wrestling Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consejo_Mundial_de_Lucha_Libre" title="Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre">Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling" title="Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling">Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_Ladies_of_Wrestling" title="Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling">Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions" title="Jim Crockett Promotions">Jim Crockett Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Promotions" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Promotions">Joint Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_Worldwide" title="Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide">Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Wrestling" title="Maple Leaf Wrestling">Maple Leaf Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Noah" title="Pro Wrestling Noah">Pro Wrestling Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soft_Ground_Wrestling" title="Soft Ground Wrestling">Soft Ground Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling" title="Stampede Wrestling">Stampede Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Joshi_Pro-Wrestling" title="Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling">Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UWF_International" title="UWF International">UWF International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_of_Wrestling" title="Women of Wrestling">Women of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wonder_Ring_Stardom" title="World Wonder Ring Stardom">World Wonder Ring Stardom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_promotions" title="List of professional wrestling promotions">Others</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable people</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"><small><b>Early 20th Century</b></small> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Hackenschmidt" title="George Hackenschmidt">George Hackenschmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Gama" title="The Great Gama">The Great Gama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gotch" title="Frank Gotch">Frank Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Sandow" title="Billy Sandow">Billy Sandow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toots_Mondt" title="Toots Mondt">Toots Mondt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lewis_(wrestler)" title="Ed Lewis (wrestler)">Ed Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Pfefer" title="Jack Pfefer">Jack Pfefer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Londos" title="Jim Londos">Jim Londos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvador_Lutteroth" title="Salvador Lutteroth">Salvador Lutteroth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>Mid 20th Century</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_George" title="Gorgeous George">Gorgeous George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Santo" title="El Santo">El Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Muchnick" title="Sam Muchnick">Sam Muchnick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Burke" title="Mildred Burke">Mildred Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fabulous_Moolah" title="The Fabulous Moolah">The Fabulous Moolah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Demon" title="Blue Demon">Blue Demon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Gagne" title="Verne Gagne">Verne Gagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Gotch" title="Karl Gotch">Karl Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan" title="Rikidōzan">Rikidōzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Hart" title="Stu Hart">Stu Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" title="Bruno Sammartino">Bruno Sammartino</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>1970s and 1980s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Race" title="Harley Race">Harley Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Solie" title="Gordon Solie">Gordon Solie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant_Baba" title="Giant Baba">Giant Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_M%C3%A1scaras" title="Mil Máscaras">Mil Máscaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Heenan" title="Bobby Heenan">Bobby Heenan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Col%C3%B3n" title="Carlos Colón">Carlos Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes" title="Dusty Rhodes">Dusty Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Jr." title="Jim Crockett Jr.">Jim Crockett Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree" title="Shirley Crabtree">Big Daddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Kid" title="Dynamite Kid">Dynamite Kid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satoru_Sayama" title="Satoru Sayama">Satoru "Tiger Mask" Sayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Shinma" title="Hisashi Shinma">Hisashi Shinma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Maeda" title="Akira Maeda">Akira Maeda</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>1990s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">The Great Muta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsuharu_Misawa" title="Mitsuharu Misawa">Mitsuharu Misawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenta_Kobashi" title="Kenta Kobashi">Kenta Kobashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiaki_Kawada" title="Toshiaki Kawada">Toshiaki Kawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Onita" title="Atsushi Onita">Atsushi Onita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Antonio Peña">Antonio Peña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Bischoff" title="Eric Bischoff">Eric Bischoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cornette" title="Jim Cornette">Jim Cornette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Scott Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Russo" title="Vince Russo">Vince Russo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Paul "Triple H" Levesque</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>2000s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADstico" title="Místico">Místico</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>2010s and 2020s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Bryan Danielson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Khan" title="Tony Khan">Tony Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Khan" title="Nick Khan">Nick Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">By region</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Australia" title="Professional wrestling in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Cholitas" title="Fighting Cholitas">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Canada" title="Professional wrestling in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_China" title="Professional wrestling in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_France" title="Professional wrestling in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_India" title="Professional wrestling in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Israel" title="Professional wrestling in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Japan" title="Professional wrestling in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_New_Zealand" title="Professional wrestling in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Professional wrestling in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Russia" title="Professional wrestling in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_States" title="Professional wrestling in the United States">United States</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Styles</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="British wrestling">British wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-in_professional_wrestling" title="All-in professional wrestling">All-in style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral-Lord_Mountevans_rules" title="Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules">Mountevans rules</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiserweight_(professional_wrestling)" title="Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)">Cruiserweight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X_Division" title="X Division">X Division</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Hardcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intergender_wrestling" title="Intergender wrestling">Intergender</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Lucha libre</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midget_wrestling" title="Midget wrestling">Midget</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mini-Estrella" title="Mini-Estrella">Mini-Estrella</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Puroresu" title="Puroresu">Puroresu</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_wrestling" title="Shoot wrestling">Shoot style</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/U-Kei_(martial_arts)" title="U-Kei (martial arts)">U-Kei</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_professional_wrestling" title="Women's professional wrestling">Women's</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Concepts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li>Attire <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_mask" title="Wrestling mask">Masks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_singlet" title="Wrestling singlet">Wrestling singlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_shoe" title="Wrestling shoe">Wrestling shoe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backyard_wrestling" title="Backyard wrestling">Backyarding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling)" title="Blading (professional wrestling)">Blading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship" title="Professional wrestling championship">Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_heavyweight_wrestling_championships" title="Category:World heavyweight wrestling championships">World Heavyweight</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirt_sheet" title="Dirt sheet">Dirt sheet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">Glossary of terms</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">Kayfabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">Gimmick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">Face</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">Heel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_(professional_wrestling)" title="Shoot (professional wrestling)">Shoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heat (professional wrestling)">Heat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling)" title="Job (professional wrestling)">Job</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Push_(professional_wrestling)" title="Push (professional wrestling)">Push</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">House show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types" title="Professional wrestling match types">Match types</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_in_professional_wrestling" title="Music in professional wrestling">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rib_(professional_wrestling)" title="Rib (professional wrestling)">Rib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports entertainment">Sports entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">Tag team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_weight_classes" title="Category:Professional wrestling weight classes">Weight classes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_ring" title="Wrestling ring">Wrestling ring</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Culture</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cauliflower_Alley_Club" title="Cauliflower Alley Club">Cauliflower Alley Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cauliflower_ear" title="Cauliflower ear">Cauliflower ear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wrestling-based_comic_books" title="List of wrestling-based comic books">Comic books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_films" title="Category:Professional wrestling films">Films</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lucha_libre_films" title="Category:Lucha libre films">Luchador films</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_magazines" title="List of professional wrestling magazines">Magazines</a></li> <li>Paintings <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Courbet)" title="The Wrestlers (Courbet)">Gustave Courbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestlers_(Eakins)" title="Wrestlers (Eakins)">Thomas Eakins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Etty)" title="The Wrestlers (Etty)">William Etty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Luks)" title="The Wrestlers (Luks)">George Luks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ribera_Steakhouse" title="Ribera Steakhouse">Ribera Steakhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten-bell_salute" title="Ten-bell salute">Ten-bell salute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_video_games" title="List of professional wrestling video games">Video games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_personalities_in_politics" title="Professional wrestling personalities in politics">Wrestling personalities in politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zubaz" title="Zubaz">Zubaz</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Media outlets</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Botchamania" title="Botchamania">Botchamania</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Box_y_Lucha" title="Box y Lucha">Box y Lucha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Ring" title="Dark Side of the Ring">Dark Side of the Ring</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Spirit_Magazine" title="Fighting Spirit Magazine">Fighting Spirit Magazine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_Audio_Wrestling" title="Live Audio Wrestling">Live Audio Wrestling</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/OSW_Review" title="OSW Review">OSW Review</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Power_Slam" title="Power Slam">Power Slam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BAper_Luchas" title="Súper Luchas">Súper Luchas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter">Wrestling Observer Newsletter</a></i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Controversies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animals_in_professional_wrestling" title="Animals in professional wrestling">Animals in professional wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide" title="Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide">Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart#Death" title="Owen Hart">Death of Owen Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_Transit_incident_(professional_wrestling)" title="Mass Transit incident (professional wrestling)">Mass Transit incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Screwjob" title="Montreal Screwjob">Montreal Screwjob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruiser_Brody#Death" title="Bruiser Brody">Murder of Bruiser Brody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Rikid%C5%8Dzan" title="Murder of Rikidōzan">Murder of Rikidōzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_premature_professional_wrestling_deaths" title="List of premature professional wrestling deaths">Premature deaths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_boy_scandal" title="Ring boy scandal">Ring boy scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaking_Out_movement" title="Speaking Out movement">Speaking Out</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._McMahon" title="United States v. McMahon">United States v. McMahon</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon_sex_trafficking_scandal" title="Vince McMahon sex trafficking scandal">Vince McMahon sex trafficking scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="WWE in Saudi Arabia">WWE–Saudi Arabia relationship</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Lists</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_attendance_records" title="List of professional wrestling attendance records">Attendance records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_championships_by_promotion" title="Category:Professional wrestling championships by promotion">Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_matches_rated_5_or_more_stars_by_Dave_Meltzer" title="List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more stars by Dave Meltzer">Matches rated 5 or more stars by Dave Meltzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_moves" title="Category:Professional wrestling moves">Moves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_promotions" title="List of professional wrestling promotions">Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_rivalries" title="Category:Professional wrestling rivalries">Rivalries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_professional_wrestling_personnel" title="Lists of professional wrestling personnel">Rosters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_television_series" title="List of professional wrestling television series">TV shows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_families" title="Category:Professional wrestling families">Wrestling families</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Related topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Combat_sport" title="Combat sport">Combat sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_professional_wrestling_and_mixed_martial_arts" title="Comparison of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts">Comparison of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martial_arts" title="Martial arts">Martial arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mock_combat" title="Mock combat">Mock combat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankration" title="Pankration">Pankration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shootfighting" title="Shootfighting">Shootfighting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport wrestling">Sport wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amateur_wrestling" title="Amateur wrestling">Amateur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catch_wrestling" title="Catch wrestling">Catch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_wrestling" title="Shoot wrestling">Shoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submission_wrestling" title="Submission wrestling">Submission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_wrestling" title="Lancashire wrestling">Lancashire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luta_Livre" title="Luta Livre">Luta Livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pehlwani" title="Pehlwani">Pehlwani</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stage_combat" title="Stage combat">Stage combat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre" title="Theatre">Theatre</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Professional_wrestling_sidebar" title="Template:Professional wrestling sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Professional_wrestling_sidebar" title="Template talk:Professional wrestling sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Professional_wrestling_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Professional wrestling sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The history of <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestling</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> spans over one hundred years. After a brief spell of popularity for <a href="/wiki/Greco_Roman_wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Greco Roman wrestling">Greco Roman</a> professional wrestling during the <a href="/wiki/Edwardian_era" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian era</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Catch-as-catch-can" class="mw-redirect" title="Catch-as-catch-can">catch-as-catch-can</a> based scene began in the 1930s,<sup id="cite_ref-Garfield16_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garfield16-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when it was popularised under the concept of "<a href="/wiki/All-in_professional_wrestling" title="All-in professional wrestling">All-in Wrestling</a>", which emphasised an "anything goes" style and presentation. Following World War II, the style and presentation of professional wrestling in the UK underwent a dramatic shift, as the <a href="/wiki/Admiral-Lord_Mountevans_rules" title="Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules">Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules</a> were introduced to make British professional wrestling appear much closer to a legitimate sport. Professional wrestling entered the mainstream British culture when the newly-formed independent television network <a href="/wiki/ITV_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Network">ITV</a> began broadcasting it in 1955, firstly on Saturday afternoons and then also in a late-night midweek slot. Domestically produced professional wrestling was at its peak of popularity when the <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> show <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Sport_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="World of Sport (UK TV series)">World of Sport</a></i> was launched in the mid-1960s, making household names out of <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Street" title="Adrian Street">Adrian Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mick_McManus_(wrestler)" title="Mick McManus (wrestler)">Mick McManus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giant_Haystacks" title="Giant Haystacks">Giant Haystacks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Pallo" title="Jackie Pallo">Jackie Pallo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree" title="Shirley Crabtree">Big Daddy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Rocco" title="Mark Rocco">Mark Rocco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Veidor" title="Steve Veidor">Steve Veidor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Kid" title="Dynamite Kid">Dynamite Kid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Thornley" title="Peter Thornley">Kendo Nagasaki</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hodgson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hodgson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An upmarket rebrand of ITV's sports coverage,<sup id="cite_ref-Litherland_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Litherland-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> alongside the entry of the American <a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wrestling Federation">World Wrestling Federation</a> into the market in the late 1980s, contributed to a decline in support for domestic British wrestling and stars.<sup id="cite_ref-Hodgson_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hodgson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Sept_2017_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Sept_2017-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WON_Bradley_2018_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON_Bradley_2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Litherland_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Litherland-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985, <i>World of Sport</i> ended,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a subsequent stand-alone wrestling programme lasted until the end of 1988. Without mainstream television access, domestically produced professional wrestling would struggle in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-Hodgson_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hodgson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Sept_2017_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Sept_2017-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WON_Bradley_2018_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON_Bradley_2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Litherland_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Litherland-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nonetheless, the largely untelevised live circuit survived and at times thrived with some promotions featuring the traditional British style of wrestling,<sup id="cite_ref-fsmdixoninterview_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fsmdixoninterview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-freemantle_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freemantle-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while others adopted the contemporary American independent style. </p><p>In the 21st century, mirroring the growing strength of the <a href="/wiki/Independent_circuit" title="Independent circuit">Independent circuit</a> in the United States, support for domestic professional wrestling once again began to grow, leading to the rise of several prominent and stable independent wrestling promotions throughout the United Kingdom. This, combined with strategic partnerships with Japanese professional wrestling promotions, allowed for a new generation of professional wrestlers such as <a href="/wiki/Will_Ospreay" title="Will Ospreay">Will Ospreay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zack_Sabre_Jr." title="Zack Sabre Jr.">Zack Sabre Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pete_Dunne" title="Pete Dunne">Pete Dunne</a> to rise to prominence internationally. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Folk-wrestling_roots_and_Greco_Roman_wrestling_boom">Folk-wrestling roots and Greco Roman wrestling boom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Folk-wrestling roots and Greco Roman wrestling boom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For many centuries, there have been wrestling tournaments (for example in <a href="/wiki/Cornish_wrestling" title="Cornish wrestling">Cornish wrestling</a> or <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Backhold" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Backhold">Scottish Backhold</a>) throughout the British Isles where individual prizes have been comparable to yearly salaries and where monarchs and lords have been in the audiences or indeed participated.<sup id="cite_ref-JED1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JED1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TMI1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TMI1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Romance_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Romance-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Frenchstuff_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frenchstuff-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MMA1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMA1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the start of the 20th century, wrestling was introduced to the public as part of a <a href="/wiki/Variety_act" class="mw-redirect" title="Variety act">variety act</a> to spice up the limited action involved in the bodybuilder strongman attractions. One of its earliest stars was a <a href="/wiki/Cornish_people" title="Cornish people">Cornish</a>-<a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> ex-<a href="/wiki/Miner" title="Miner">miner</a> named <a href="/wiki/Jack_Carkeek" title="Jack Carkeek">Jack Carkeek</a> (world <a href="/wiki/Cornish_wrestling" title="Cornish wrestling">Cornish wrestling</a> champion in 1886<sup id="cite_ref-Carkeek_Article_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carkeek_Article-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Carkeek_Article2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carkeek_Article2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WPioneers_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPioneers-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), who would challenge audience members to last ten minutes with him in the ring. </p><p>The development of wrestling within the UK brought legitimate <a href="/wiki/Greco-Roman_wrestling" title="Greco-Roman wrestling">Greco-Roman</a> grappler <a href="/wiki/Georg_Hackenschmidt" class="mw-redirect" title="Georg Hackenschmidt">Georg Hackenschmidt</a> who was born in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> to the country, where he would quickly associate himself with promoter and entrepreneur <a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Cochran" title="Charles B. Cochran">Charles B. Cochran</a>. Cochran took Hackenschmidt under his wing and <a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#B" class="mw-redirect" title="List of professional wrestling terms">booked</a> him into a match in which Hackenschmidt defeated another top British wrestler, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cannon_(wrestler)" title="Tom Cannon (wrestler)">Tom Cannon</a>, for the <a href="/wiki/European_Greco-Roman_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship">European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship</a>. This win gave Hackenschmidt a credible claim to the world title, cemented in 1905 with a win over <a href="/wiki/American_Heavyweight_Championship" title="American Heavyweight Championship">American Heavyweight Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jenkins_(wrestler)" title="Tom Jenkins (wrestler)">Tom Jenkins</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. Hackenschmidt took a series of bookings in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> for a then impressive £150 a week. Noting Hackenschmidt's <a href="/wiki/Legit_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Legit (professional wrestling)">legitimately</a> dominant style of wrestling threatened to kill crowd interest, Cochran persuaded Hackenschmidt to learn showmanship from Cannon and wrestle many of his matches for entertainment rather than sport; this displayed the future elements of "<a href="/wiki/Sports_entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports entertainment">sports entertainment</a>". </p><p>Numerous big-name stars came and went during the early inception of wrestling within the UK, with many, like Hackenschmidt, leaving for the US. The resulting loss of big-name stars sent the business into decline before the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> in 1914 halted it completely. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1930s:_All-in_wrestling">1930s: All-in wrestling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1930s: All-in wrestling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/All-in_professional_wrestling" title="All-in professional wrestling">All-in professional wrestling</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_1" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm/200px--Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="200" height="113" data-durationhint="112" data-mwtitle="Atholl_Oakley_vs_"Bulldog"_Bill_Garnon,_circa_1930s,_London.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon,_circa_1930s,_London.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm/Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm/Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm/Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm/Atholl_Oakley_vs_%22Bulldog%22_Bill_Garnon%2C_circa_1930s%2C_London.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /></video></span><figcaption>A professional wrestling match between <a href="/wiki/Atholl_Oakeley" title="Atholl Oakeley">Atholl Oakeley</a> and "Bulldog" Bill Garnon, circa the early 1930s in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England. In this match, Oakeley and Garnon emphasise a grappling-based style intended to suggest the match is a legitimate wrestling contest rather than a performance.</figcaption></figure> <p>While various styles of <a href="/wiki/Amateur_wrestling" title="Amateur wrestling">amateur wrestling</a> continued as legitimate sports, grappling as a promotional business did not return to Britain until the beginning of the 1930s<sup id="cite_ref-Garfield16_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garfield16-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when the success of the more <a href="/wiki/Work_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Work (professional wrestling)">worked</a> aspects of professional wrestling in America, like <a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#G" class="mw-redirect" title="List of professional wrestling terms">gimmickry</a> and showmanship, were introduced to British wrestling.<sup id="cite_ref-Glenday_2013_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glenday_2013-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was with this revival that the more <a href="/wiki/Submission_wrestling" title="Submission wrestling">submission</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Catch_wrestling" title="Catch wrestling">Catch As Catch Can</a> wrestling style, which had already replaced Greco Roman wrestling<sup id="cite_ref-Glenday_2013_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glenday_2013-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the dominant style of professional wrestling in the United States back in the 1890s, became the new dominant style in Britain. With <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> catch-as-catch-can already a major amateur sport particularly in Northern England, there existed a ready-made source of potential recruits to professional wrestling. </p><p>Amateur wrestler, <a href="/wiki/Atholl_Oakeley" title="Atholl Oakeley">Sir Atholl Oakeley</a> got together with fellow grappler Henry Irslinger to launch one of the first promotions to employ the new style of wrestling which was coined "All-in" wrestling. Though, like many wrestlers throughout the business, Oakeley would claim his wrestling was entirely legitimate, his claim was highly dubious. Under the British Wrestling Association banner, Oakeley's promotion took off with wrestlers such as Tommy Mann, Black Butcher Johnson, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Pye" title="Jack Pye">Jack Pye</a>, Norman "the Butcher" Ansell, "College Boy", and Jack Sherry on the roster, while Oakeley himself would win a series of matches to be crowned the first <a href="/wiki/British_Heavyweight_Championship" title="British Heavyweight Championship">British Heavyweight Champion</a>. </p><p>The business was reaching one of its highest points at the time, with the best part of forty regular venues in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> alone. The great demand for wrestling, however, meant there were not enough skilled amateurs to go around, and many promoters switched to more <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">violent styles</a>, with weapons and chairshots part of the proceedings. Women wrestlers and mud-filled rings also became common place. In the late 1930s, the <a href="/wiki/London_County_Council" title="London County Council">London County Council</a> banned professional wrestling, leaving the business in rough shape just before <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-toomuch_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toomuch-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1940s:_Mountevans'_committee"><span id="1940s:_Mountevans.27_committee"></span>1940s: Mountevans' committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1940s: Mountevans' committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Admiral-Lord_Mountevans_rules" title="Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules">Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commander_Evans_5126121136_99388b2868_o.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Commander_Evans_5126121136_99388b2868_o.jpg/200px-Commander_Evans_5126121136_99388b2868_o.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Commander_Evans_5126121136_99388b2868_o.jpg/300px-Commander_Evans_5126121136_99388b2868_o.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Commander_Evans_5126121136_99388b2868_o.jpg/400px-Commander_Evans_5126121136_99388b2868_o.jpg 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans" title="Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans">Baron Mountevans</a> headed up a committee which created rules for British professional wrestling. These rules were used to legitimatise wrestling to the public as an actual sport, but their actual purpose was to radically alter the style of presentation used.</figcaption></figure> <p>After the war, attempts to relaunch the business in 1947 failed to catch on with journalists, who condemned the gimmickry of professional wrestling as "fake". The revelation of this, and the general chaos which had surrounded "All In" Wrestling prior to the War prompted <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans" title="Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans">Lord Mountevans</a>, a fan of the sport, to collaborate with <a href="/wiki/A._B._Campbell" title="A. B. Campbell">Commander Campbell</a> (a member of the popular <i><a href="/wiki/The_Brains_Trust" title="The Brains Trust">The Brains Trust</a></i> radio panel show), <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">member of parliament</a> <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Webb_(politician)" title="Maurice Webb (politician)">Maurice Webb</a> and Olympic wrestler <a href="/wiki/Norman_Morrell" title="Norman Morrell">Norman Morell</a> to create a <a href="/wiki/Committee" title="Committee">committee</a> to produce official rules for wrestling. These rules became known as <a href="/wiki/Admiral-Lord_Mountevans_rules" title="Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules">Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules</a>. </p><p>The most notable action of the committee was to create seven formal weight divisions, calling for champions to be crowned at each weight. These weight divisions included <a href="/wiki/British_Lightweight_Championship" title="British Lightweight Championship">lightweight</a> (154-pound limit), <a href="/wiki/British_Welterweight_Championship" title="British Welterweight Championship">welterweight</a> (165), <a href="/wiki/British_Middleweight_Championship" title="British Middleweight Championship">middleweight</a> (176), <a href="/wiki/British_Heavy_Middleweight_Championship" title="British Heavy Middleweight Championship">heavy middleweight</a> (187), <a href="/wiki/British_Light_Heavyweight_Championship" title="British Light Heavyweight Championship">light heavyweight</a> (198), <a href="/wiki/British_Mid-Heavyweight_Championship" title="British Mid-Heavyweight Championship">mid heavyweight</a> (209), and <a href="/wiki/British_Heavyweight_Championship" title="British Heavyweight Championship">heavyweight</a>. Many of these rules diverged heavily from those used in American Wrestling – five-minute rounds (three minutes for title matches), two public warnings for rule breaking before a disqualification, "knockouts" (countouts) and disqualifications counting as automatic two falls in best of three falls matches (which were predominant), and no follow-up moves allowed on a grounded opponent. Similar rule systems were adopted by most major promotions in mainland Western Europe (although <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_France" title="Professional wrestling in France">French wrestling</a> abandoned rounds early on.) </p><p>The existence of the committee was readily acknowledged by promoters who used its existence to counter any accusations of wrongdoings within the business. It was the promoters themselves, however, who revolutionized the business. During this time, under the guise of an alliance of promoters attempting to regulate the sport and uphold the committee's ideas, the promoters created a cartel based on America's <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> territory system that was designed to carve up control of the business among a handful of promoters—which it did in 1952 under the name of <b>Joint Promotions</b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Joint_Promotions">Joint Promotions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Joint Promotions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org"><b>Joint Promotions/<br />Ring Wrestling Stars</b></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Private_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Private company">Private</a> 1969–1995<br /><a href="/wiki/Cartel" title="Cartel">Cartel</a> 1952–1969</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">Professional wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sports_entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports entertainment">sports entertainment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1952 (cartel formed as Joint Promotions)<br />1969 (merged into single company after <a href="/wiki/Buyout" title="Buyout">buyout</a>)<br />1991 (rebrand as Ring Wrestling Stars)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">1995</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Retirement" title="Retirement">Retirement</a> of final owner</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_West_Yorkshire" title="Halifax, West Yorkshire">Halifax</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Max_Crabtree" title="Max Crabtree">Max Crabtree</a> (owner 1986–1995)<br /><a href="/wiki/William_Hill_(bookmaker)" title="William Hill (bookmaker)">William Hill PLC</a> (corporate owner early 1970s-1986) <br /><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Astaire" title="Jarvis Astaire">Jarvis Astaire</a> (owner 1969 – early 1970s)<br />Jack & John Dale, Les Martin, Billy Best, Arthur Wryton, Norman Morrell, Ted Beresford, George de Relwyskow, Arthur Green (partners in cartel 1952–1969)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Joint Promotions was represented in London by the <b>Dale Martin</b> promotion, which had incorporated in 1948, and involved Les Martin, and the brothers Jack, Johnny and Billy Dale. Other promoters included Norman Morell and Ted Beresford in <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>, Billy Best in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, Arthur Wright in Manchester and George de Relywyskow in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, with Arthur Green the secretary of the group. By agreeing to rotate talent and block out rival promoters, Joint Promotions was soon running 40 shows a week, while leaving wrestlers with little bargaining power. The financial advantages of this arrangement helped the members survive the tough conditions caused by a post-war <a href="/wiki/Tax" title="Tax">tax</a> that took 25% of all entertainment revenue. Other promoters were not so successful. The closure of <a href="/wiki/Harringay_Arena" title="Harringay Arena">Harringay Arena</a> in 1954 was the last straw for Atholl Oakeley, and Joint Promotions were the only major player left to benefit when <a href="/wiki/Chancellor" title="Chancellor">Chancellor</a> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Thorneycroft" title="Peter Thorneycroft">Peter Thorneycroft</a> abolished the entertainment tax in the 1957 budget. </p><p>From a press report, some wrestlers decided to go on strike against the Joint Promotions cartel and formed the <i>Wrestlers' Welfare Society</i> for hardship relief but also to act as an employment agency. <a href="/wiki/Bill_Benny" title="Bill Benny">Bill Benny</a> ('Man Mountain', 1918, Cornwall - 1963, Manchester) wrestler, promoter and nightclubs owner, was a founder and was quoted, "We're the pirates".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of Joint Promotions' first moves was establishing (and controlling) the championships called for by the Mountevans' committee. At first, this proved a profitable venture, with title matches leading to raised ticket prices. However, perhaps inevitably, attempts to extend this success by bringing in additional titles led to overexposure. While the World and British titles had some credibility (particularly as they were often placed on the more legitimate wrestlers), the addition of European, Empire/Commonwealth, Scottish, Welsh, and area championships got out of hand, and at one point there were conceivably 70 different titleholders to keep track of within Joint Promotions alone. In practice, the British, European and World titles were given most prominence. The "regional" titles were mainly honorific, with only the "southern Area" titles actually being fought for. The Empire/Commonwealth titles were a "long stop" title, being used by promotions outside of the Joint monopoly, for the most part. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s:_Introduction_of_British_wrestling_to_television_audiences">1950s: Introduction of British wrestling to television audiences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1950s: Introduction of British wrestling to television audiences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>But while titles had some success, it was television that took British wrestling to the next level. The first show aired on ABC and ATV (the weekend franchise holders on <a href="/wiki/ITV_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Network">ITV</a>) on 9 November 1955, featuring <a href="/wiki/Francis_St_Clair_Gregory" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis St Clair Gregory">Francis St Clair Gregory</a> (9 times <a href="/wiki/Cornish_wrestling" title="Cornish wrestling">Cornish wrestling</a> heavyweight title holder<sup id="cite_ref-M_Tripp_Thesis3_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_Tripp_Thesis3-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and father of <a href="/wiki/Tony_St._Clair" title="Tony St. Clair">Tony St Clair</a>) versus <a href="/wiki/Mike_Marino" title="Mike Marino">Mike Marino</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cliff_Beaumont&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cliff Beaumont (page does not exist)">Cliff Beaumont</a> versus Bert Royal live from <a href="/wiki/West_Ham" title="West Ham">West Ham</a> baths. The show was successful, and wrestling became a featured attraction every Saturday afternoon from autumn to spring each year. In 1964, it went full-time as part of the <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Sport_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="World of Sport (UK TV series)">World of Sport</a></i> sports compilation programme. </p><p>Televised wrestling allowed wrestlers to become household names and allowed personality to get a wrestler <a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#O" class="mw-redirect" title="List of professional wrestling terms">over</a> just as much as size. The exposure of wrestling on television proved the ultimate boost to the live event business as wrestling became part of mainstream culture. By the mid-1960s, Joint Promotions had doubled their live event schedule to somewhere in the region of 4,500 shows a year. Every town of note had a show at least once a month, and at some points more than 30 cities had a weekly date. </p><p>The style of wrestling at the time was unique – not only in terms of the rule system, but also for the strong emphasis on clean technical wrestling.<sup id="cite_ref-toomuch_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toomuch-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heels made up a minority of the roster, with most shows containing an abnormally high proportion of clean sportsmanly matches between two "blue-eyes" (as <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">faces</a> were known backstage in the UK). This continued for several decades. Gimmick matches were a rarity, and <a href="/wiki/Midget_wrestler" class="mw-redirect" title="Midget wrestler">midget wrestling</a> failed to catch on, while women were banned by the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London Council">Greater London Council</a> until the late 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">Tag wrestling</a>, however, did prove to be popular, with televised tag matches happening a mere eight or so times a year to keep them special. </p><p>The success of wrestling on television did however create a better opportunity for the independent groups. The opposition to Joint came from the Australian-born promoter, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Lincoln" title="Paul Lincoln">Paul Lincoln</a>. Having promoted shows in the 1950s with himself in the main event as masked heel Doctor Death, Lincoln led a consortium of independent promoters under the British Wrestling Federation (BWF) whose name was used for a rival championship, built around Heavyweight champion <a href="/wiki/Bert_Assirati" title="Bert Assirati">Bert Assirati</a> who split away from Joint Promotions in 1958 while still champion. Although Joint Promotions considered the title vacant and held a tournament for a new champion (won by Billy Joyce), Assirati continued to claim it within the BWF. </p><p>The group later built itself around a new champion in <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree" title="Shirley Crabtree">Shirley Crabtree</a>, a young bodybuilder who won the title after it was vacated by Assirati while injured in 1960. The BWF faded away in the late 1960s after a campaign by a disgruntled Assirati (vastly superior as a <a href="/wiki/Catch_wrestling" title="Catch wrestling">shooter</a> to Crabtree) in the form of unsolicited appearances and challenges to his successor at BWF shows, eventually resulting in the abrupt retirement of Crabtree in 1966. Lincoln's own promotion was bought out and amalgamated into Joint Promotions at the end of the 1960s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s–1980s:_Max_Crabtree_and_Big_Daddy"><span id="1970s.E2.80.931980s:_Max_Crabtree_and_Big_Daddy"></span>1970s–1980s: Max Crabtree and Big Daddy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1970s–1980s: Max Crabtree and Big Daddy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1975, the stranglehold of Joint Promotions had almost crumbled, with many of its founding members retiring and the company being bought out several times, leading to the wrestling industry being run as a private subsidiary of state-run <a href="/wiki/Bookmakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookmakers">bookmakers</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Hill_(bookmaker)" title="William Hill (bookmaker)">William Hill PLC</a>, a public company whose staff had little experience of the unique business. Finally, promotions were left in the hands of <a href="/wiki/Max_Crabtree" title="Max Crabtree">Max Crabtree</a>, the brother of <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree" title="Shirley Crabtree">Shirley</a>, who was headhunted by Joint as the most experienced booker still in the business. </p><p>Crabtree produced the next boom in British wrestling by creating the legend of <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree" title="Shirley Crabtree">Big Daddy</a>, the alter ego of Shirley, who had been unemployed for the best part of 6 years before joining Joint in 1972 as the heel "Battling Guardsman" and then being rebranded as Big Daddy two years later. After an initial transition period as a <a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">heel</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#T" class="mw-redirect" title="List of professional wrestling terms">tweener</a> in the mid-1970s (most notable for his tag team partnership with future arch-rival <a href="/wiki/Giant_Haystacks" title="Giant Haystacks">Giant Haystacks</a> and a heel vs heel feud with legendary masked wrestler <a href="/wiki/Peter_Thornley" title="Peter Thornley">Kendo Nagasaki</a>, whom Daddy unmasked during a 1975 televised bout), from the summer of 1977 onwards, Big Daddy became a larger-than-life fan favourite of children and pensioners alike. That he was no longer a bodybuilder youth, rather an overweight man in his forties, did not seem to be an obstacle as every major heel in the country was defeated by Daddy. This was usually in short order with Daddy gaining quick wins in his few singles matches and cleaning up quickly when tagged into his more frequent tag matches. Disgruntled contemporaries such as <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Street" title="Adrian Street">Adrian Street</a> have attributed this to Shirley's lack of conditioning, although Max in response insisted that this was what people wanted to see.<sup id="cite_ref-Garfield_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garfield-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Big Daddy became one of the best-known wrestler in British history and even had his own comic strip in <i>Buster</i> comic. Due to his popularity, Crabtree's run was extended by carefully positioning him in tag matches, allowing a host of young partners (which included <a href="/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith" title="Davey Boy Smith">Young David</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Kid" title="Dynamite Kid">Dynamite Kid</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Adams_(wrestler)" title="Chris Adams (wrestler)">Chris Adams</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Satoru_Sayama" title="Satoru Sayama">Sammy Lee</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Akira_Maeda" title="Akira Maeda">Kwik Kick Lee</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/William_Regal" title="William Regal">Steve Regal</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-goldenmile_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goldenmile-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to carry the match before tagging Daddy in for the finish. </p><p>Basing a whole cartel around one performer, however, though good for television, produced mixed results for live events. While Big Daddy was a massive draw in terms of family audiences, in equal part he alienated much of the existing adult fanbase for wrestling. Many wrestlers shared the adult fans' dislike of the Big Daddy phenomenon. They were dissatisfied with their position within the Joint Promotions and soon looked elsewhere for exposure mainly outside the UK as a whole. As a result, there was a rise in <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling" title="Stampede Wrestling">Stampede Wrestling</a>'s junior-heavyweight divisions, both of which had their roots in British wrestling of the time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s–1990s:_End_of_ITV_era_and_aftermath"><span id="1980s.E2.80.931990s:_End_of_ITV_era_and_aftermath"></span>1980s–1990s: End of ITV era and aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1980s–1990s: End of ITV era and aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One English promoter that benefited from the backlash against the Crabtrees was Merseyside promoter Brian Dixon, operator of <a href="/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling" title="All Star Wrestling">All Star Wrestling</a> which began capitalizing on this disaffection by taking many of Joint Promotions' top stars and running shows head to head with them on the same night in the same town. </p><p>Professional wrestling as a whole seemingly began to fall into disarray as the true nature of wrestling began to fall into question as many <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">newspapers</a> tried to expose the worked aspects of the sport. However, this trend did not ultimately harm the industries as the <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">suspension of disbelief</a> was all too easy to maintain for fans, even if they knew the truth. On 28 September 1985, the Crabtrees received another blow when <i>World of Sport</i> was taken off the air. Wrestling instead got its own show, but the time slot changed from week to week, slowly driving away the regular audience. Far worse for Joint Promotions, however, was that with their contract up for renewal at the start of 1987, they were forced to share the TV rights as part of a rotation system with All Star Wrestling and America's <a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wrestling Entertainment">World Wrestling Federation</a> (WWF). </p><p>The introduction of American wrestling to the UK and the eventual axing in 1988 by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Dyke" title="Greg Dyke">Greg Dyke</a> of Wrestling shows on <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrestrial TV">terrestrial TV</a> saw the eclipse of Joint Promotions from its dominant position in the British wrestling scene. The promotion, renamed Ring Wrestling Stars (RWS) in 1991, continued to tour the old venues with Big Daddy in the headline slot until his retirement in December 1993 after suffering a stroke. Even then, <a href="/wiki/Max_Crabtree" title="Max Crabtree">Max Crabtree</a> continued to tour, using the same business model, with British-born former WWF star <a href="/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith" title="Davey Boy Smith">"British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith</a> replacing Daddy as the headlining household name, until Smith was lured back to the WWF in the summer of 1994. Thereafter, RWS went into decline and eventually ceased promoting in 1995. </p><p>By contrast, All Star had used its two years of TV exposure to build up a returning <a href="/wiki/Peter_Thornley" title="Peter Thornley">Kendo Nagasaki</a> as its lead heel and established such storylines as his tag team-cum-feud with <a href="/wiki/Mark_Rocco" title="Mark Rocco">Rollerball Rocco</a> and his "<a href="/wiki/Hypnotism" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypnotism">hypnotism</a>" of <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Brookside" title="Robbie Brookside">Robbie Brookside</a>. The end of TV coverage left many of these storylines at a <a href="/wiki/Cliffhanger" title="Cliffhanger">cliffhanger</a> and consequently, All Star underwent a box office boom as hardcore fans turned up to live shows to see what happened next, and kept coming for several years due to careful use of show-to-show storylines. Headline matches frequently pitted Nagasaki in violent heel vs heel battles against the likes of Rocco, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Finlay" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Finlay">Dave 'Fit' Finlay</a>, Skull Murphy (Peter Northey) and even <a href="/wiki/Giant_Haystacks" title="Giant Haystacks">Giant Haystacks</a>, or at smaller venues teaming with regular partner "Blondie" Bob Barrett to usually defeat blue-eye opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Garfieldkendo_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garfieldkendo-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many British wrestlers also continued to appear on television, alongside French, German and other talent, via France's TV show <i>New Catch</i> which originally debuted on French terrestrial channel <a href="/wiki/TF1" title="TF1">TF1</a> in 1988 before being transplanted to satellite channel <a href="/wiki/Eurosport" title="Eurosport">Eurosport</a> upon its early 1989 launch, where it would continue into the early 1990s. All Star's post-television boom wore off after 1993 when Nagasaki retired for a second time. However, the promotion kept afloat on live shows at certain established venues and particularly on the <a href="/wiki/Holiday_camp" title="Holiday camp">holiday camp</a> circuit and remains active right up to the present.<sup id="cite_ref-fsmdixoninterview_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fsmdixoninterview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, the WWF continued on <a href="/wiki/BSkyB" class="mw-redirect" title="BSkyB">Sky television</a>, while its chief rival back home in America, <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW) made the jump from late-night ITV to British Wrestling's old Saturday afternoon ITV timeslot, where it stayed until moving to <a href="/wiki/NBC_Europe" title="NBC Europe">Super Channel</a> at the end of 1995 and then <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a> on Friday evenings from mid-1999 until WCW's demise in 2001. Both major 1990s US promotions made several arena tours of the UK while the WWF held the pay-per-view event <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(1992)" title="SummerSlam (1992)">SummerSlam 1992</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley Stadium</a> before a crowd of around 80,000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s–2000s:_"Old_school"_and_"New_school""><span id="1990s.E2.80.932000s:_.22Old_school.22_and_.22New_school.22"></span>1990s–2000s: "Old school" and "New school"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1990s–2000s: "Old school" and "New school""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:150px;max-width:150px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:196px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Doug_Williams,_2010_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Doug_Williams%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.JPG/148px-Doug_Williams%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="148" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Doug_Williams%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.JPG/222px-Doug_Williams%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Doug_Williams%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.JPG/296px-Doug_Williams%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="773" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:138px;max-width:138px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:196px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigel_McGuinness,_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Nigel_McGuinness%2C_2007.jpg/136px-Nigel_McGuinness%2C_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="136" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Nigel_McGuinness%2C_2007.jpg/204px-Nigel_McGuinness%2C_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Nigel_McGuinness%2C_2007.jpg/272px-Nigel_McGuinness%2C_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="1150" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flow-root"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center">Prominent British wrestlers in the 2000s included <a href="/wiki/Doug_Williams_(wrestler)" title="Doug Williams (wrestler)">Doug Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nigel_McGuinness" title="Nigel McGuinness">Nigel McGuinness</a>; they characterised a new generation of performers who would split their time between the UK and the United States.</div></div></div></div> <p>Following the demise of Joint Promotions and the slowdown at All Star, several of British wrestling's old mainstay attractions chose to retire, while many younger stars such as <a href="/wiki/William_Regal" title="William Regal">Steve Regal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Taylor_(wrestler)" title="Dave Taylor (wrestler)">Dave Taylor</a> as well as veterans like Finlay and Haystacks emigrated to the United States to continue their careers. Nevertheless, several Independent promoters attempted to capture what remained of the domestic market. Some, such as All Star, Steve Barker's Rumble Wrestling (active 1984-2001 and 2019-present) John Freemantle's Premier Promotions (active 1987-present),<sup id="cite_ref-freemantle_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freemantle-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Scott Conway's The Wrestling Alliance (TWA, active 1989-2003), continued to preserve the traditional British wrestling style while many newly created promotions rejected the Mountevans rules and technical style of wrestling entirely in favour of the American variant. Features such as timed rounds and multiple falls were dropped in favour of American "one fall to a finish" matches. </p><p>Conditions in the British scene would remain at a low ebb (with some smaller promoters resorting to "WWF <a href="/wiki/Tribute_act" title="Tribute act">tribute</a>" shows<sup id="cite_ref-Greenberg_2020_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenberg_2020-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) until the early-2000s, when a new generation of domestic stars would emerge, amongst them <a href="/wiki/Doug_Williams_(wrestler)" title="Doug Williams (wrestler)">Doug Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nigel_McGuinness" title="Nigel McGuinness">Nigel McGuinness</a>, who would split their time between performing in the United Kingdom and appearing for American promotions such as <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a> (TNA). For example, TNA's "2004 X Cup" featured All Star Wrestling wrestlers James Mason, <a href="/wiki/Dean_Allmark" title="Dean Allmark">Dean Allmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Dynamite" title="Robbie Dynamite">Robbie Dynamite</a> and Frankie Sloan as <a href="/wiki/Team_Britain" title="Team Britain">Team Britain</a> while McGuinness would become highly prominent in <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a> (ROH), first as their <a href="/wiki/ROH_Pure_Championship" title="ROH Pure Championship">ROH Pure Champion</a> in 2005 before becoming their <a href="/wiki/ROH_World_Championship" title="ROH World Championship">ROH World Champion</a> in 2007. In addition to British stars increasingly performing in the US, likewise, this period saw the increasing use of American stars on British shows. There was also an increasing degree of crossover between the traditional "Old School" and Americanised "New School" promotions after one of the latter, <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Wrestling_Alliance" title="Frontier Wrestling Alliance">Frontier Wrestling Alliance</a> featured an invasion storyline featuring traditional veterans from the former faction. </p><p>New promotions such as <a href="/wiki/One_Pro_Wrestling" title="One Pro Wrestling">One Pro Wrestling</a> and the FWA commonly featured a mixture of British and American performers, beginning a trend that would continue for the decades to come. By the early 2010s, wrestling stars such as <a href="/wiki/PAC_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="PAC (wrestler)">PAC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saraya_Bevis" title="Saraya Bevis">Britani Knight</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Burch" title="Danny Burch">Martin Stone</a> continued to gravitate towards immigrating to the United States, however not before having spent several years performing in the UK first. Digital TV channel <a href="/wiki/The_Wrestling_Channel" title="The Wrestling Channel">The Wrestling Channel</a>, later rebranded The Fight Network, ran for five years in the United Kingdom combining worldwide wrestling programming with coverage of selected current British promotions as well as extensive rescreenings of vintage 1970s/1980s ITV footage (branded as <i>World of Sport</i> after the segment's parent show),<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> exposing the history of British wrestling to a new younger audience. After the channel's 2008 closure, the repeats continued on other stations such as <a href="/wiki/Men_and_Movies" class="mw-redirect" title="Men and Movies">Men and Movies</a>. Much of this footage, as well as original ITV broadcasts of matches, has since been uploaded to YouTube, further expanding classic British wrestling's outreach to international wrestling fandom </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s:_Attempts_to_return_to_ITV_and_WWE's_NXT_UK"><span id="2010s:_Attempts_to_return_to_ITV_and_WWE.27s_NXT_UK"></span>2010s: Attempts to return to ITV and WWE's NXT UK</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2010s: Attempts to return to ITV and WWE's NXT UK"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:372px;max-width:372px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" 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style="width:121px;max-width:121px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:159px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jamie_Hayter,_March_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jamie_Hayter%2C_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/119px-Jamie_Hayter%2C_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="119" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jamie_Hayter%2C_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/179px-Jamie_Hayter%2C_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jamie_Hayter%2C_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/238px-Jamie_Hayter%2C_March_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1589" data-file-height="2119" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flow-root"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>Top:</b> The 2010s saw many British professional wrestlers spending a prolonged period developing their skills in the UK before departing for the US, such as <a href="/wiki/Pete_Dunne" title="Pete Dunne">Pete Dunne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saraya_Bevis" title="Saraya Bevis">Saraya</a>, and <a href="/wiki/PAC_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="PAC (wrestler)">PAC</a>.</li><li><b>Bottom:</b> While wrestlers such as <a href="/wiki/Will_Ospreay" title="Will Ospreay">Will Ospreay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zack_Sabre_Jr" class="mw-redirect" title="Zack Sabre Jr">Zack Sabre Jr</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Hayter" title="Jamie Hayter">Jamie Hayter</a> advanced their careers using newly-built connections between the UK and Japan.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div> <p>The mid 2010s saw an increasing drive to return British Wrestling to ITV. A pilot for <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Sport_Wrestling" title="World of Sport Wrestling">World of Sport Wrestling</a></i> (branding itself as a direct revival of the old slot on the <i>World Of Sport</i> programme) was filmed at the <a href="/wiki/Fairfield_Halls" title="Fairfield Halls">Fairfield Halls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a> in 2013, however it was not picked up by ITV.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another attempt was given an airing by ITV on New Year's Eve 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A follow-up series of 10 episodes was due to be filmed at <a href="/wiki/Preston_Guild_Hall" title="Preston Guild Hall">Preston Guild Hall</a> in May 2017 but this was postponed<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until a year later. Around this time, WWE also took an active interest in the local UK wrestling circuit, organising a <a href="/wiki/WWE_United_Kingdom_Championship_Tournament_(2017)" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2017)">WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament</a> in Blackpool in January 2017, which crowned the inaugural <a href="/wiki/WWE_United_Kingdom_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE United Kingdom Champion">WWE United Kingdom Champion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Announcement_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Announcement-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several professional wrestling journalists reported that the WWE's renewed interest in the region was to prevent the <i>World of Sport Wrestling</i> programme from succeeding.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>World Of Sport Wrestling</i> TV revival resumed production<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in May 2018 and was broadcast on ITV between 28 July and 29 September 2018. In July 2018 WWE announced that they would be launching <a href="/wiki/NXT_UK" title="NXT UK">NXT UK</a>, a new development promotion to be based directly in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately, the attempted revival would flounder and in 2019 a frustrated ITV moved on from the project, opting instead to begin airing programming from the newly created American promotion <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 September 2022 the final episode of NXT UK aired, with WWE folding the entire NXT UK project.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2010s were also characterised by increasing cooperation between British promotions such as <a href="/wiki/Progress_Wrestling" title="Progress Wrestling">Progress Wrestling</a> and <a href="/wiki/RevPro" class="mw-redirect" title="RevPro">RevPro</a> with Japanese promotions such as <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="New Japan Pro Wrestling">New Japan Pro Wrestling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through these partnerships, professional wrestlers such as <a href="/wiki/Zack_Sabre_Jr" class="mw-redirect" title="Zack Sabre Jr">Zack Sabre Jr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Will_Ospreay" title="Will Ospreay">Will Ospreay</a> were able to split their time between performing in the UK and Japan, helping to develop their prominence in both countries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the American professional wrestling market became more competitive following the creation of All Elite Wrestling in 2019, this resulted in American companies taking a renewed interest in directly securing the British market. In 2020, at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_36" title="WrestleMania 36">WrestleMania 36</a>, Scotland's <a href="/wiki/Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a> became the first British wrestler to win the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a> and in 2022, McIntyre headlined <a href="/wiki/WWE_Clash_at_the_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Clash at the Castle">WWE Clash at the Castle</a>, which took place in front of 62,296 paid attendees in Cardiff, Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year saw All Elite Wrestling hold <a href="/wiki/All_In_(2023)" title="All In (2023)">AEW All In 2023</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a>, London, England before 72,265 paid attendees.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Excluding SummerSlam 1992, these were the largest professional wrestling events to ever be held in the UK. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nations_of_the_United_Kingdom">Nations of the United Kingdom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Nations of the United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wales">Wales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> had a strong foothold in British Wrestling, dominated by <a href="/wiki/Orig_Williams" title="Orig Williams">Orig Williams</a> from the mid/late 1960s onward up to the 21st century. Williams' British Wrestling Federation produced Welsh-language television wrestling programmes for the bilingual <a href="/wiki/S4C" title="S4C">S4C</a> channel in the 1980s and 1990s under the title <i>Reslo</i>. One compilation from the early 1990s was released on VHS (in English) as <i>Wrestling Madness</i>. As with old ITV footage on the Wrestling Channel and elsewhere, copious old <i>Reslo</i> footage has also been repeated on <a href="/wiki/S4C_Digidol" class="mw-redirect" title="S4C Digidol">S4C Digidol</a> and uploaded to Youtube. Since Williams' death in November 2009, he was succeeded by Alan Ravenhill, who operates Welsh Wrestling. Other promotions in Wales include <a href="/wiki/Attack!_Pro_Wrestling" title="Attack! Pro Wrestling">Attack! Pro Wrestling</a>, Britannia Pro Wrestling (BWP), FUSION Pro Wrestling, Slammasters Wrestling, Basix, Pro Wrestling Karnage, Exist, Exposure Wrestling, and Creation Pro. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scotland">Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> was represented as part of Joint Promotions by Relwyskow Promotions, run by the family of <a href="/wiki/George_de_Relwyskow" title="George de Relwyskow">George de Relwyskow</a>. Relwyskow Promotions was not included in the buyouts of Joint Promotions in the 1960s-1980s and remained under its original management while continuing to receive a proportion of Joint Promotions' TV coverage. It remained active until the retirement of Ann Relwyskow in 1994. In 1990 and again in 1993, television tapings were held in Scotland and matches screened on <a href="/wiki/Grampian_Television" title="Grampian Television">Grampian Television</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grampian_Television" title="Grampian Television">STV</a>. During the 1960s, World Lightweight champion <a href="/wiki/George_Kidd_(wrestler)" title="George Kidd (wrestler)">George Kidd</a> was a successful television broadcaster, hosting his own chat show in Scotland's ITV regions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_Ireland_(and_Republic_of_Ireland)"><span id="Northern_Ireland_.28and_Republic_of_Ireland.29"></span>Northern Ireland (and Republic of Ireland)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Northern Ireland (and Republic of Ireland)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dominant promoter in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> in the 1960s/1970s was former Irish national Olympic coach David "Fit" Finlay Senior who promoted wrestling on both sides of the border and trained such stars as his son <a href="/wiki/Dave_Finlay" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Finlay">Dave Finlay</a>, Eddie Hammill and Sean "Rasputin" Doyle. Due to <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>, in the 1970s and 1980s these wrestlers and others would migrate to mainland Britain and find success there (in Hamill's case, under a mask, billed as Kung Fu.) The younger Finlay would become a multiple champion and later succeed in America.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89" title="RTÉ">RTÉ</a> never had a wrestling show of its own, in the mid-1980s, a major championship match between <a href="/wiki/John_Quinn_(wrestler)" title="John Quinn (wrestler)">Mighty John Quinn</a> and Haystacks in <a href="/wiki/Claremorris" title="Claremorris">Claremorris</a> was publicised with a contract signing ceremony on <a href="/wiki/Derek_Davis" title="Derek Davis">Derek Davis</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/Davis_at_Large" title="Davis at Large">Davis at Large</a></i> show. Later in the 1980s and 1990s, transmissions of Williams' <i>Reslo</i> programme on S4C could be received in much of the southern and eastern <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> and Williams organised several tours of Ireland with his show's roster during this time. In the 21st century, the dominant promotion in Ireland had been <a href="/wiki/Irish_Whip_Wrestling" title="Irish Whip Wrestling">Irish Whip Wrestling</a> before being replaced in popularity by <a href="/wiki/Over_The_Top_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Over The Top Wrestling">Over The Top Wrestling</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/48px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/64px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_Kingdom" title="Portal:United Kingdom">United Kingdom portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_professional_wrestling" title="History of professional wrestling">History of professional wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_attendance_records_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of professional wrestling attendance records in the United Kingdom">List of professional wrestling attendance records in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotions_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom">Professional wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">These shows saw British wrestlers performing as imitations of WWE characters, something considered highly unusual and frowned up within professional wrestling. Acts included the "UK Undertaker" and the "Big Red Machine" who imitated <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">the Undertaker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenberg_2020_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenberg_2020-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One such tribute performer, "British Bushwhacker" Frank Casey, eventually teamed with his originals <a href="/wiki/The_Bushwhackers" title="The Bushwhackers">The Bushwhackers</a> in six-man tag matches when they toured the UK in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-frankcasey_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frankcasey-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The name "All In" was coincidental and was not a reference to the "All-In" British wrestling style of the 1930s</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Garfield16-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Garfield16_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Garfield16_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"All In was introduced to Britain in 1930 by <a href="/wiki/Atholl_Oakeley" title="Atholl Oakeley">Atholl Oakeley</a>, a professional wrestler turned promoter" <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestling" title="The Wrestling">The Wrestling</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Garfield" title="Simon Garfield">Simon Garfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Faber_%26_Faber" title="Faber & Faber">Faber & Faber</a> 1996 edition page 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hodgson-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hodgson_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hodgson_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hodgson_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHodgson" class="citation news cs1">Hodgson, Richard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbarchers/html/A978348">"Legends of British Wrestling"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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in China</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Israel" title="Professional wrestling in Israel">Professional wrestling in Israel</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" 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Mid-Heavyweight Championship">Mid-Heavyweight</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–1981, 2002–present)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Light_Heavyweight_Championship" title="British Light Heavyweight Championship">Light Heavyweight</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1920s–2004, 2014–present)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Heavy_Middleweight_Championship" title="British Heavy Middleweight Championship">Heavy Middleweight</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1953–1990s)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Middleweight_Championship" title="British Middleweight Championship">Middleweight</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1930s–2005)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Welterweight_Championship" title="British Welterweight Championship">Welterweight</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1938–present)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Lightweight_Championship" title="British Lightweight Championship">Lightweight</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–present)</span></li> 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Team Championship">NXT UK Tag Team Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-Wrestling:_EVE_Championship" title="Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship">Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PWP_Heavyweight_Championship" title="PWP Heavyweight Championship">PWP Heavyweight Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_Wrestling_Atlas_Championship" title="Progress Wrestling Atlas Championship">Progress Wrestling Atlas Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PROGRESS_World_Championship" title="PROGRESS World Championship">PROGRESS World Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PROGRESS_Tag_Team_Championship" title="PROGRESS Tag Team Championship">PROGRESS Tag Team Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Cruiserweight_Championship_(RevPro)" class="mw-redirect" title="British Cruiserweight Championship (RevPro)">RevPro British Cruiserweight Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Undisputed_British_Heavyweight_Championship" title="Undisputed British 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href="/wiki/Grand_Pro_Wrestling" title="Grand Pro Wrestling">Grand Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_Britannia" title="Lucha Britannia">Lucha Britannia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Generation_Wrestling" title="New Generation Wrestling">New Generation Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_City_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Preston City Wrestling">Pro Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_Wrestling" title="Progress Wrestling">Progress Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolution_Pro_Wrestling" title="Revolution Pro Wrestling">RevPro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TNT_Extreme_Wrestling" title="TNT Extreme Wrestling">TNT Extreme Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Association_of_Wrestling" title="World Association of Wrestling">World Association of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_of_Sport_Wrestling" title="World of Sport Wrestling">WOS Wrestling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ireland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fight_Factory_Pro_Wrestling" title="Fight Factory Pro Wrestling">Fight Factory Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Over_the_Top_Wrestling" title="Over the Top Wrestling">Over the Top Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Whip_Wrestling" title="Irish Whip Wrestling">Irish Whip Wrestling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scotland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Championship_Wrestling" title="British Championship Wrestling">British Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insane_Championship_Wrestling" title="Insane Championship Wrestling">Insane Championship Wrestling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wales</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attack!_Pro_Wrestling" title="Attack! Pro Wrestling">Attack! Pro Wrestling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_professional_wrestling" title="Women's professional wrestling">Women's promotions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellatrix_Female_Warriors" title="Bellatrix Female Warriors">Bellatrix Female Warriors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-Wrestling:_EVE" title="Pro-Wrestling: EVE">Pro-Wrestling: EVE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct promotions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5_Star_Wrestling" title="5 Star Wrestling">5 Star Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atholl_Oakeley" title="Atholl Oakeley">British Wrestling Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lincoln" title="Paul Lincoln">British Wrestling Federation (Paul Lincoln et al version)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orig_Williams" title="Orig Williams">British Wrestling Federation (Orig Williams version)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_de_Relwyskow" title="George de Relwyskow">Relwyskow Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Wrestling_Alliance" title="Frontier Wrestling Alliance">Frontier Wrestling Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Promotions" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Promotions">Joint Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Pro_Wrestling" title="One Pro Wrestling">One Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Elite" title="Pro Wrestling Elite">Pro Wrestling Elite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Pride" title="Pro Wrestling Pride">Pro Wrestling Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XWA_(professional_wrestling)" title="XWA (professional wrestling)">XWA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Pro_Wrestling:_United_Kingdom" title="International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom">International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct <br />governing bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Superstars_Live" title="Wrestling Superstars Live">AWA Superstars of Wrestling</a> (2005–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Professional_Wrestling_Alliance" title="Global Professional Wrestling Alliance">Global Professional Wrestling Alliance</a> (2006–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Wrestling_Alliance_territories" title="List of National Wrestling Alliance territories">1993–2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Wrestling_Network" title="United Wrestling Network">United Wrestling Network</a> (2016–2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Promoters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lionheart_(UK_wrestler)" title="Lionheart (UK wrestler)">Adrian McAllum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling" title="All Star Wrestling">Brian Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dallas" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Dallas">Mark Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Crabtree" title="Max Crabtree">Max Crabtree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atholl_Oakeley" title="Atholl Oakeley">Atholl Oakeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lincoln" title="Paul Lincoln">Paul Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orig_Williams" title="Orig Williams">Orig Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Astaire" title="Jarvis Astaire">Jarvis Astaire</a></li></ul> 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