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Pro Wrestling Ulster
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31-10-2008 2:21pm#1Well with all the furore over NLW/AWR and the Irish wrestling scene in general on here at the moment, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the country's forgotten promotion; Pro Wrestling Ulster.
Many of you may have at least heard of Ulster Championship Wrestling, Belfast's long-running wrestling promotion fronted by Dunkan Disorderly, Stevy Shaker and others. UCW developed a terrible reputation down here for supposedly being a back-yard promotion using poorly trained wrestlers, UCW's cards would invariably host a variety of injuries as many of its clueless stars attempted to wrestle a hardcore style that they were evidently not cut out for, meaning the promotion could only put on a handful of shows per year. Drawing anywhere between 400-1000 fans at their height, UCW would end up only attracting a core audience of about 200 hardcore fans at its later shows.
In 2006, UCW began to take a different direction. Beginining to book more accomplised/reputable stars like Joey Cabray, Antony Idol and Alex Breslin on its shows, the group slowly began to move away from hardcore and began wrestling safer style. Meanwhile, its top stars The Machine, Tron, RODD, Bobby Lee Harm and (its most talented/proficent wrestler, having trained with NWA Hammerlock since he was 14) Dunkan Disorderly began to get booked on the newly formed No Limit Wrestling cards.
Despite this progress, due to a mitigation of political issues, UCW would fall apart by 2007. Some would continue to get booked bu NLW, some would disapear from the wrestling world altogether. And then some would stay behind and form Pro Wrestling Ulster.
Although I've read mixed reviews about the group (the good from PWU fans, the bad from jaded-ex UCW fans), it has gained credibility in my eyes by using respected Southern stars such as Sean South, Danny Butler, Kev Rocks and others on its cards.
I'd be pretty keen to hear the opinions of fans more educated on the group than me, and would also like to check the group out myself someday, just so I can make my own mind up.
Anyway, they've got two cards coming up in November, Locked and Loaded and Redemption: http://www.prowrestlingulster.co.uk/events.html
Here are the results of their most recent show "Aggression".Aggression Results
Non-Title Tag Team MatchRSA def. Kev Rocks + Danny Butler
Terry Thompson declared himself as special referee for this contest. But it was Terry who cost the Tag Champs the victory when he inadvertently hit the Glam Rock Superstar with RSA's South African Flag.
Limited Editon Challenge - PWU Championship
'Limited Edition' JDP def. The Arabian BanditLimited Edition JDP dominated this contest but a mistake on the champ's part seen the mysterious Arabian Bandit go for his 'Super Juice'. Just as he was about to reach for it Crafty Veteran The Machine appeared from backstage and stole it from him. JDP then took advantage of the distraction to hit the JDT for the 3 count.
'Supernatural' Johnny Coole def. Ian 'Dynamo' Kelly w/ Father SoulIn a match of North vs South. Former PWU Champion Johnny Coole pulled out all the stops to pick up the victory with his Acid Reflux.
#1 contendership for PWU Title
Tron def. Andi Phoenix w/ Father SoulAll Irish Champion Andi Phoenix looked to set his sights on more gold as he competed with the 7ft monster for a shot at JDP. Tron had other plans. Even though Andi got the big man down to his size it was Tron who picked up the victory.
Machine def. Amy VoltageAmy looked to pick up the win as The Arabian Bandit distracted Machine as he reclaimed his 'Super Juice'. But it was Machine's in-ring experience that earned him a victory by using the ropes as an assist to catch a 3 count. Things weren't over for Machine as The Arabian Bandit re-appeared dressed as Hulk Hogan. The Bandit then 'Hulked up' delivered a 'Big Boot' and finally the 'Immortal leg drop' to the fallen Machine. He then encouraged not only Amy Voltage, and The Tag Champs to hit their own leg drops, but PWU referee Tommy McNulty to deliver one as well.
T.M.A def. Sanchez + C.K, Stash + Tucker, Damien Corvin + JC Williams
Stash + Tucker would get revenge over Corvin and Williams as Tucker kept Williams down with a crucifix pin. But T.M.A put in a solid performance to knock out Johnny Stash. But In the conclusion to this match El Torro Sanchez attacked his partner Chad Kingston giving the win to T.M.A. It wasn't over for Kingston as Sanchez removed his mask and powerbombed him through a table. Sanchez then declared himself aligned with T.M.A.
Anyway hopefully this proved to be an interesting little read for anyone who had never heard of wrestling up North before, or for those who just forgot about it (as I had until Stevy Shaker was brought up in the Irish promotions sticky topic).
Thoughts/comments (positive and negative) are encouraged.
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