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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Jun 30, 2009 23:09:02 GMT
Historical Step for European Wrestling After a lot of work, we are happy to finally announce the first step of history in the making. The start of the Union Of European Wrestling Alliances (or UEWA for short), effectively starting july 1st. As the name says, UEWA is not yet another wrestling promotion but a union of some of the best european wrestling promotions who will work together closely in all their future endeavourments. Much like in the old school days, UEWA is divided into territories with one promotion representing each country. Only exception from the rule is England as the main country of european wrestling today. England will be represented by two promotions. All participating promotions have equal rights with more territories possibly joining in the near future. The following promotions are part of the UEWA at the day of its foundation: - All Star Wrestling (Stoke-On-Trent, England) - Catch Wrestling Norddeutschland (Norderstedt, Germany) - Danish Pro Wrestling (Midtjylland, Denmark) - Italian Championship Wrestling (Milan, Italy) - Premier British Wrestling (Glasgow, Scotland) - Riotgas Wrestling Alliance (Vienna, Austria) - Shooting Star Wrestling (Yorkshire, England) - World Wide Pro Wrestling (Tuggen, Switzerland) UEWA itself will not promote any shows but will sanction all events from its member promotions. The main goal of UEWA is to create a title with credibility which lives up to the name it carries unlike a lot of other titles in the business today. Thus said, we are happy to introduce the European Heavyweight Championship which is a joint venture of all promotions within the UEWA. The first European Heavyweight Champion will be crowned in a sixteen men tournament with the first round taking place in the UEWA member promotions and the winner’s advancing to a big one night tournament taking place in the spring of 2010 in a place yet to be determined to follow the footsteps of famous European wrestlers like Shirley “Big Daddy” Crabtree, Horst Hoffman, Johnny Kincaid and Pat Roach. Who exactly the participants in this tournament are will be announced in the upcoming weeks. As part of the agreement between all member promotions, the newly crowned European Heavyweight Champion is going to defend his title all over Europe in all our partner promotions to prove himself a real, fighting and worthy European Heavyweight Champion. More information regarding UEWA and all its member promotions can be found at www.uewa.eu |
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Jul 17, 2009 1:01:31 GMT
Participant 1/16: “Bad Bones” John Kay for CWN (Germany)
In spring of 2010 there will be one big eight man-one night tournament to crown the European Heavyweight Champion. Until then, it’s a long way as all partners of the UEWA now have the difficult task to nominate their representatives who then will go one on one in the first round to determine who is going to be in the tournament.
The first one’s to announce their first participant are Germany’s Catch Wrestling Norddeutschland. And their first choice is an obvious one: “Bad Bones” John Kay, the 25-year-old powerhouse out of Bitburg, Germany is the current German National Heavyweight Champion so obviously he is the best choice to represent his country.
The first spot is taken… fifteen spots are still available… the second participant will be nominated next week!
Nominees:
- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (CWN)
- #2 - #16 still to come
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Jul 23, 2009 23:18:30 GMT
Participant 2/16: Lupo for ICW (Italy) The second promotion to nominate a wrestler for the big 16 man European Heavyweight title tournament is Italian Championship Wrestling. Known for having a huge amount of self-produced star wrestlers in their roster, it comes to no surprise the first one to be nominated is a graduate of the accomplished ICW Academy. Lupo has been Italian tag team champion twice, as well as a three time inter-regional Italian champion. With four years of experience all over Europe, this Milan-native is a force to be reckoned with. Nominees:- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (Germany, CWN) - #2 Lupo (Italy, ICW) - #3- #16 still to come
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Jul 30, 2009 23:13:27 GMT
Participant 3/16: “The Guv’nor” Martin Stone for PBW (Scotland) Following german powerhouse “Bad Bones” John Kay and Italy’s Lupo into the 16 man tournament for the European Heavyweight Champion is the first brit, nominated by scottish promotion Premier British Wrestling. Graced with a big pool of amazing talent, PBW nominated their current top challenger for their heavyweight title to represent them in the tournament The impressive London-based “Guv’nor” Martin Stone has been a mainstay in various wrestling promotions across Europe and is succeeding wherever he goes. Now Stones ultimate goal is to prove himself the European heavyweight champion. And he’s aiming for not less than that. Nominees:- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (Germany, CWN) - #2 Lupo (Italy, ICW) - #3 „The Guv’nor“ Martin Stone (England, PBW) - #4 - #16 still to come
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Aug 7, 2009 16:17:34 GMT
Participant 4/16: “The Prodigy” Paul Malen for SSW (England) The fourth party to nominate a wrestler is Englands upstart promotion Shooting Star Wrestling. Having a well mixed roster there is one person who really sticks out and emerged to be the key player for this young group. “The Prodigy” Paul Malen has yet to wrestle outside of England and thus is widely unknown to fans outside of England – but the self-confident brit considers this not a weakness but his big chance as most of the other wrestlers in the tournament don’t know him – but he knows them. Paul Malen might not be the bookmaker’s favourite for winning the title; but he’s in the tournament to make a statement and to stir up the European wrestling scene. Nominees:- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (Germany, CWN) - #2 Lupo (Italy, ICW) - #3 „The Guv’nor“ Martin Stone (England, PBW) - #4 „The Prodigy” Paul Malen (England, SSW)
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Aug 8, 2009 21:45:45 GMT
Pro Power Wrestling to join UEWA, representing Wales !The Union Of European Wrestling Alliances is less than six weeks old and already growing. Starting out with eight promotions on july 1st, ever since then the UEWA has been approached by various promotions from all around Europe about the possibility of joining. Still being in negotiations with some promotions, we can now proudly announce to have come to terms with one promotion to make it a total of nine UEWA promotions at this time. Pro Power Wrestling has been considered Wales’ number one promotion for the past three years holding monthly shows all over the country of Wales. Promoter Alan Ravenhill has been a protege of the legendary Orig Williams and continues his path of promoting shows, focussing on the local markets. While promoting Power Pro Wrestling, Alan Ravenhill has also been a local promoter for the welsh shows of LDN wrestling using the best welsh talent as well as talent from all over the United Kingdom. UEWA is proud to announce PPW as the ninth member, joining effectively august 1st. We at the UEWA are sure, PPW will make us proud and spread the UEWA-thought all over Wales. Thus saying, the following promotions are part of the UEWA at the day of this announcement: - All Star Wrestling (Birkenhead, England) - Catch Wrestling Norddeutschland (Norderstedt, Germany) - Danish Pro Wrestling (Midtjylland, Denmark) - Italian Championship Wrestling (Milan, Italy) - Premier British Wrestling (Glasgow, Scotland) - Pro Power Wrestling (Porthcawl, Wales)- Riotgas Wrestling Alliance (Vienna, Austria) - Shooting Star Wrestling (Yorkshire, England) - World Wide Pro Wrestling (Tuggen, Switzerland) As the tournament for the European Heavyweight Championship is already fully planned, PPW will not be part of the tournament itself. Nevertheless, PPW will of course be present at the show as will all members at the time of the show, distributing a talent to non-tournament action. More information regarding UEWA and all its member promotions can be found at www.uewa.eu
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Aug 15, 2009 15:40:10 GMT
Participant 5/16: Chaos for DPW (Denmark) Half the promotions within the UEWA have already nominated their first wrestler, second half starts out with our scandinavian friends from Danish Pro Wrestling. DPW has proven themselves to be one of the busiest promotions in Europe nowadays with 15-20 shows a year. They are drawing more and more fans to the shows, mainly because of the biggest danish wrestling star, Chaos - Chaos has been Danish champion twice and has held on to the title all through 2009 so far. So obviously, there is no better choice to represent Denmark than Chaos. Nominees:- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (Germany, CWN) - #2 Lupo (Italy, ICW) - #3 „The Guv’nor“ Martin Stone (England, PBW) - #4 „The Prodigy” Paul Malen (England, SSW) - #5 Chaos (Denmark, DPW) - #6 - #16 still to come
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Aug 21, 2009 21:49:33 GMT
Participant 6 & 7/16 for WWPW (Switzerland)
World Wide Pro Wrestling out of Switzerland have decided to have two qualifying matches for their spots in the European Heavyweight Championship tournament which will take place at their upcoming show on August 28 in Häselgehr, Austria. Those two qualifying matches also mark their first round match at the same time, as WWPW decided to have a “Beat The Clock” contest between four of their wrestlers. The first match will pit the alp cowboy “Rebel” Damon Brix in the ring with Steve Allison. The second match will have Austria’s newcomer Fritz Keller answering the challenge of swiss powerhouse, “The Hellvetic Warrior” Jamie Gardner. Who ever wins his match will be representing WWPW in the tournament – who ever beats the clock and wins his match faster will be declared winner of the first round match and thus continue to the huge one night tournament for the title.
Nominees:
- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (Germany, CWN)
- #2 Lupo (Italy, ICW)
- #3 „The Guv’nor“ Martin Stone (England, PBW)
- #4 „The Prodigy” Paul Malen (England, SSW)
- #5 Chaos (Denmark, DPW)
- #6 “Rebel” Damon Brix (Austria) or Steve Allison (Switzerland, WWPW)
- #7 “Hellvetic Warrior” Jamie Gardner (Switzerland) or Fritz Keller (Austria, WWPW)
- #8 - #16 still to come
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Aug 28, 2009 15:11:40 GMT
Participant 8/16: Rampage Brown for ASW (England)
With Martin Stone and Paul Malen already part of the tournament and three’s the charm, it’s time to reveal the third english wrestler, representing his home promotion All Star Wrestling. He collected a lot of experience in 2008 with wrestling in Germany and Denmark, which helped Rampage Brown to skyrocket on top and becoming the British Heavyweight Champion in may 2009, carrying a promotion with a vast history on his young shoulders. Having made a name for himself in the past year, Rampage Brown is considered one of the favourites in becoming the European Heavyweight Champion.
Nominees:
- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (Germany, CWN)
- #2 Lupo (Italy, ICW)
- #3 „The Guv’nor“ Martin Stone (England, PBW)
- #4 „The Prodigy” Paul Malen (England, SSW)
- #5 Chaos (Denmark, DPW)
- #6 “Rebel” Damon Brix (Austria) or Steve Allison (Switzerland, WWPW)
- #7 “Hellvetic Warrior” Jamie Gardner (Switzerland) or Fritz Keller (Austria, WWPW)
- #8 Rampage Brown (England, ASW)
- #9 - #16 still to come
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Sept 5, 2009 0:16:19 GMT
Winner of first round match, going to the finals for WWPW!
On August 28 in Häselgehr, Austria, WWPW held their qualifying matches for the European Heavyweight Championship tournament under “Beat The Clock” rules. While current WWPW champion ”The Hellvetic Warrior” Jamie Gardner was the better man in his contest with the aspiring Fritz Keller from Austria winning in 16:08 minutes to become WWPW’s first man in the tournament, “Rebel” Damon Brix defeated swiss hopeful Steve Allison to become WWPW’s second representative. Unfortunately for the big guy from Switzerland, Austria’s alp cowboy Damon Brix was a little faster in beating his opponent in 16:02 to not only win the “Beat The Clock” contest but also advancing to the one night tournament, eliminating Jamie Gardner in the first round.
Nominees:[/u]
- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (Germany, CWN)
- #2 Lupo (Italy, ICW)
- #3 „The Guv’nor“ Martin Stone (England, PBW)
- #4 „The Prodigy” Paul Malen (England, SSW)
- #5 Chaos (Denmark, DPW)
- #6 “Rebel” Damon Brix (Austria, WWPW, already qualified for one night tournament)
- #7 “Hellvetic Warrior” Jamie Gardner (Switzerland, WWPW, eliminated by Damon Brix on August 28, 2009 in Häselgehr, Austria)
- #8 Rampage Brown (England, ASW)
- #9 - #16 still to come
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Sept 5, 2009 0:35:28 GMT
Norwegian Wrestling Federation to join UEWA, representing Norway !Only two months in the business, the Union Of European Wrestling Alliances can happily announce its tenth member, the Norwegian Wrestling Federation or Norges Wrestlingforbund as it is known in their home country of Norway joins UEWA and helps the Alliance to grow all over Europe. Norwegian Wrestling Federation was established in 2001 by norwegian wrestler Erik Isaksen and has had about 10 shows per year ever since then making it the longest running promotion in the Nordic region NWF has a roster of about 15 of their own wrestlers with many of them wrestling not only in Norway but in other countries like England or Denmark as well. UEWA is proud to announce NWF as the tenth member, joining effectively september 1st. We at the UEWA are very happy to call NWF our newest partners and are sure they will make us proud and help us spreading the UEWA-thought all over Europe. Currently, the following promotions are part of the UEWA at the day of this announcement: - All Star Wrestling (Birkenhead, England) - Catch Wrestling Norddeutschland (Norderstedt, Germany) - Danish Pro Wrestling (Midtjylland, Denmark) - Italian Championship Wrestling (Milan, Italy) - Norwegian Wrestling Federation (Oslo, Norway)- Premier British Wrestling (Glasgow, Scotland) - Pro Power Wrestling (Porthcawl, Wales) - Riotgas Wrestling Alliance (Vienna, Austria) - Shooting Star Wrestling (Yorkshire, England) - World Wide Pro Wrestling (Tuggen, Switzerland) As the tournament for the European Heavyweight Championship is already fully planned, NWF will not be part of the tournament itself. Nevertheless, NWF will of course be present at the show as will all members at the time of the show, distributing a talent to non-tournament action. UEWA videocast launched!Furthermore, this month sees the debut of a new internet exclusive UEWA videocast. In the debut episode, We take a look at two of the promotions involved in the UEWA project, Catch Wrestling Norddeutschland (Germany) and Shooting Star Wrestling (England) as we catch a special bout in Rotherham, England as Brett Valentine takes on Danny Hope while over in Germany, Eric Schwarz teams up with Bad Bones to take on Pierre Carl Ouellet & Thunder. Coming up in future months will be more matches and exclusive footage, including next month as we take a look at ICW (Italy) and PBW (Scotland). You can find all UEWA videocasts at our YouTube account www.youtube.com/user/UEWAWrestling. More information regarding UEWA and all its member promotions can be found at www.uewa.eu
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Sept 21, 2009 16:36:49 GMT
Participant 9/16: Michael Kovac for RWA (Austria)
The final promotion to announce their first wrestler for the tournament is Austria’s Riotgas Wrestling Alliance. Their nominee is easily the most experienced and most successful among all wrestlers that have so far been announced for the tournament so far. With over 15 years of experience and matches in more then 20 countries, Michael Kovac is a name well known to all wrestling fans from Europe. Coming out of the famous CWA, Kovac has wrestled the best wrestlers in the world and is now heading for what he calls his destiny: Crowning his successful career with the gold of the European Heavyweight Champion.
Nominees:[/u]
- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (Germany, CWN)
- #2 Lupo (Italy, ICW)
- #3 „The Guv’nor“ Martin Stone (England, PBW)
- #4 „The Prodigy” Paul Malen (England, SSW)
- #5 Chaos (Denmark, DPW)
- #6 “Rebel” Damon Brix (Austria, WWPW, already qualified for one night tournament)
- #7 “Hellvetic Warrior” Jamie Gardner (Switzerland, WWPW, eliminated by Damon Brix on August 26, 2009 in Häselgehr, Austria)
- #8 Rampage Brown (England, ASW)
- #9 Michael Kovac (Austria, RWA)
- #10 - #16 still to come
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Sept 27, 2009 18:21:38 GMT
Participant 10/16: Lionheart for PBW (Scotland)
September 18th, the current Scottish heavyweight champion Lionheart successfully defended his PBW championship against Brad Fusion. Still being the champ, it was an easy choice for Premier British Wrestling to nominate the dominating force in scottish wrestling for the tournament.
Lionheart has been a champion for almost ten months now and is aiming for becoming the longest reigning Scottish champion of all time but there is one big challenge in his way. “The Guv’nor” Martin Stone has qualified for being top contender for the title. Both men will meet in the main event of PBW’s biggest show of the year, Maximum Impact 2009 on october 17th in Irvine, Scotland. But the Scottish championship is not the only prize up for graps, the winner will also qualify for the European Heavyweight Championship tournament. With all this on the line this is sure to be one explosive contest featuring two ot the very best heavyweight wrestlers britain has to offer – but only one can progress into the second round of the European Heavyweight Championship tournament!
Nominees:[/u]
- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (Germany, CWN)
- #2 Lupo (Italy, ICW)
- #3 „The Guv’nor“ Martin Stone (England, PBW)
- #4 „The Prodigy” Paul Malen (England, SSW)
- #5 Chaos (Denmark, DPW)
- #6 “Rebel” Damon Brix (Austria, WWPW)
- #7 “Hellvetic Warrior” Jamie Gardner (Switzerland, WWPW)
- #8 Rampage Brown (England, ASW)
- #9 Michael Kovac (Austria, RWA)
- #10 Lionheart (Scotland, PBW)
- #11 - #16 still to come
First Round Matches[/u]
CWN: “Bad Bones” John Kay vs. TBA
ICW: Lupo vs. TBA
PBW: “The Guv’nor” Martin Stone vs. Lionheart (October 17, 2009, Irvine, Scotland)
SSW: “The Prodigy” Paul Malen vs. TBA
DPW: Chaos vs. TBA
WWPW: “Rebel” Damon Brix vs. „Hellvetic Warrior“ Jamie Gardner (August 26, 2009, Häselgehr, Austria)
ASW: Rampage Brown vs. TBA
RWA: Michael Kovac vs. TBA
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Oct 1, 2009 23:49:13 GMT
Participant 11/16: Jon Ryan for CWN (Germany)
On September 11th, british roughhouse "The Bad Boy Of British Wrestling" Jon Ryan won the fourth edition of CWN's prestigious Norddeutschland Cup. Once holding the cup in his hands, he asked for more competition and the chance, to finally hold some 'real gold' in his hands and thus applied for a spot in the European Heavyweight Championship tournament. After lots of talk within CWN, the officials decided to give the second spot indeed to the ruthless and yet undefeated technically sound bully from Kent, England to represent CWN.
Nominees:[/u]
- #1 "Bad Bones" John Kay (Germany, CWN)
- #2 Lupo (Italy, ICW)
- #3 "The Guv'nor" Martin Stone (England, PBW)
- #4 "The Prodigy" Paul Malen (England, SSW)
- #5 Chaos (Denmark, DPW)
- #6 "Rebel" Damon Brix (Austria, WWPW)
- #7 "Hellvetic Warrior" Jamie Gardner (Switzerland, WWPW)
- #8 Rampage Brown (England, ASW)
- #9 Michael Kovac (Austria, RWA)
- #10 Lionheart (Scotland, PBW)
- #11 "Bad Boy Of British Wrestling" Jon Ryan (England, CWN)
- #12 - #16 still to come
First Round Matches[/u]
CWN: "Bad Bones" John Kay vs. "Bad Boy Of British Wrestling" Jon Ryan
ICW: Lupo vs. TBA
PBW: "The Guv'nor" Martin Stone vs. Lionheart (October 17, 2009, Irvine, Scotland)
SSW: "The Prodigy" Paul Malen vs. TBA
DPW: Chaos vs. TBA
WWPW: "Rebel" Damon Brix vs. "Hellvetic Warrior" Jamie Gardner (August 26, 2009, Hõselgehr, Austria)
ASW: Rampage Brown vs. TBA
RWA: Michael Kovac vs. TBA
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Post by Jon Von Diesel on Oct 10, 2009 21:21:39 GMT
UEWA VideoCast Episode 2 (October 2009) The second ever episode of the UEWA VideoCast as arrived. This month's episode contains another two exciting matches from Scotland and Italy. First up, Scotland's PBW brings a great bout between Darkside and BT Gunn to your screens. Then, Italian Promotion ICW shows us what their women's division is all about when Lisa Schianto defends her Womens Title against Queen Maya. Next month, We'll have more matches from the promotions of the UEWA as well as news regarding the "Dawn of Europe" special that will be available in December. For more information please visit www.uewa.euHow to watch! Tonight from 8pm - www.hybrident.tv/ or click "VIDEOCAST" in the navigation. |
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