British Wrestling Experience

The year is 2021. Wrestling worldwide has been decimated by the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. Wrestling fans around the world have rejected empty arena wrestling and viewing figures have plummeted. Every major wrestling company across the world has gone bankrupt, from WWE to AEW to NJPW. 

As a result, every contracted wrestler on the planet is now a free agent.

With the recent discovery of a vaccine for COVID-19, however, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Travel within European countries has once again been deemed safe, but non-nationals are still banned from the US and Japan. Arena wrestling will soon once again be viable.

Four wealthy wrestling promoters have come to the fore, determined to once again make Europe the hottest territory on the planet. They are:

1. Former pro wrestler, Martin “The Sheffield Rattlesnake” Bushby. His career ended abruptly by a gruesome knee injury, Bushby has been careful with his money over the years and invested it wisely. Swapping the wrestling ring for the booker’s chair, he hopes that his promotion BPW (Brigadier Pro Wrestling) will return British Wrestling to its former glories. 

Ground rules have been agreed between the four, in order to ensure a fairer distribution of talent so that the monopoly enjoyed by WWE can never happen again.

On the latest edition of the British Wrestling Experience, the European Wrestling Transfer Window will open. Live on air, the four participants will pit their wits against each other to select the best possible roster for their respective promotions.

 The rules are as follows:

•       There will be twenty rounds, with one pick each per round

The four participants will then come up with a PPV card to showcase their roster and they will be posted on twitter this Monday (5/18/20) in a vote to determine the winner! 

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Martin is back with Benno and Jamesie to review one of the last British wrestling shows of 2020, Riptide Wrestling’s “The Storm”. They rundown the whole show including Travis Banks vs. Chuck Mambo and Spike Trivet vs. Jordan Breaks.

They also discuss Marty Scurll’s appearance on the ROHStrong podcast, the latest with Drake Maverick, shows that should have been happening in April including NXT UK TakeOver: Dublin and the latest version of the Total Extreme Wrestling online game.

Photos Courtesy: Riptide

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Benno & Jamesie welcome Joe Lemon from GRAPPL Spotlight to review Ring of Honor's 2006 UK debut show Unified. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:50:44]

They discuss all the highlights including Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson and Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. The Briscoe Brothers. They also chat about their own live experiences, their ROH fandom at the time, and how they all met one another due to this show.

The three also chat about the huge news of WWE's massive cuts this week, with discussion of the likely impact on NXT UK, the firing of Drake Maverick and the WWE TV debut of Tim Thatcher. 

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With no shows currently happening in European Wrestling, Martin, Benno & Jamesie take a look back in time at The Wrestling Channel supershow International Showdown from 2005, one of the biggest wrestling events to take place in the UK during the 2000s. They share their live experiences and discuss the highlights including CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe, AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels and a NOAH 6-man featuring a rare UK appearance from Mitsuharu Misawa.

The three also discuss Jimmy Havoc in AEW, this weekend’s WrestleMania and are joined by Andrew Ogden for the latest edition of Going Undergraps as Andrew reviews one of the few British shows to happen in March, PCW Road To Glory 2020.

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Martin, Benno & Jamesie are back to talk about the implications of the worldwide COVID-19 crisis on the European Wrestling scene, with a slew of cancelled cards and an uncertain forthcoming few months for wrestlers, promoters and fans. 

The three also chat Will Ospreay's "no fans" WresleTalk Showcase (Will Ospreay vs. Bea Priestley) and Martin's trip to RevPro in Sheffield for Risky Business (Jay Lethal vs. Shota Umino) 

Finally, Benno and Jamesie do a full rundown of all the major stories coming out of wXw 16 Carat, with the news of David Starr's dramatic exit from the promotion, Cara Noir's debut tournament win and other highlights including Daniel Makabe's big win in the wXw Ambition tournament. 

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Martin & Benno are joined by PWTorch’s Will Cooling to rundown the last month or so in European wrestling.

The three chat RevPro High Stakes (Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr.), Progress Chapter 103 (Cara Noir vs. Mark Andrews) and NXT TakeOver: Portland.

They also preview wXw 16 Carat, OTT ScrapperMania 6 (David Starr vs. Jon Moxley) and talk about the NXT UK TakeOver: Dublin announcement, Chris Brookes in DDT,  the return of Ryan Smile and more.

Andy Ogden is back with his segment Going Undergraps to chat the latest shows from PCW, Futureshock, TNT & Tidal.

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Jamesie is joined by owner and promoter of RIPTIDE Wrestling, Josh Bevan for an in-depth interview.

They discuss running a wrestling promotion in 2020, the unique “Cinematic Independent Wrestling” look they’ve created, the pros and cons of WWE on the UK wrestling scene, the responsibilities of being a promoter and much, much more.

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Martin, Benno and Jamesie are back to discuss the last month and a bit in European wrestling.

The three talk Progress Chapter 101 & 102 (Progress title 4 way, Bill Eaver), NXT UK/NXT Worlds Collide (Moustache Mountain vs. D.I.Y), OTT Take Me To Your Leader (David Starr vs. LJ Cleary), Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre JR from NJPW and the latest with Rev Pro.

They also chat about the latest signings by NXT UK, Christian Michael Jacobi’s statement on WXW, Marty Scurll resigning with ROH, WWE on Channel 5 and Benno gives a live report from the TNT DOA death match tournament.

Finally, Andy Ogden is back to discuss with his bi-monthly segment Going Undergraps to talk PCW, Schadenfreude & Friends, GPW & Catch.

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Martin is back with Benno and Jamesie to discuss their favourite matches, moments and memories from the 2010s of European wrestling.

The three discuss how the scene changed in the first few years of the decade and the rise of such promotions as Progress, Rev Pro and OTT. They also discuss the big moments for companies such as PCW, ICW, EVE and the many other companies that have started in the 2010s.

They also talk about promotions that aren’t around anymore such as WCPW and DragonGate UK.

Finally, they look back at some of their favourite matches and talk Martin’s trip to Japan.

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With Martin away after his trip to Japan, Benno and Jamesie are joined by Benno’s co-hosts on the GRAPPL Spotlight podcast, JP Houlihan and Joe Lemon to discuss the third NXT UK TakeOver, from Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom. They chat all the highs and lows from the show with a top to bottom review and talk about the current state of NXT UK as it goes into the BT Sport era.

The four also take your feedback from the POST forums, talk the British involvement in Wrestle Kingdom 14 and what it means for Rev Pro, and discuss the news breaking during the show of Marty Scurll signing a new contract with Ring Of Honor.

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