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Professional wrestling in Australia makes up a small part of Australian culture.Unlike the North American or Japanese products which have large, globally renowned organisations such as WWE, AEW, New Japan Pro-Wrestling or Impact Wrestling with several hundred smaller promotions, Australia only has approximately 30 smaller independent circuit promotions which exist in all Australian states and ...
A tradition of combining wrestling and showmanship may originate in the early 1800s in Western Europe, Britain, and Ireland, when showmen presented wrestlers under names such as ""Herculean" Flower" [5] and "Edward, the steel eater", "Gustave d'Avignon, the bone wrecker", or "Bonnet, the ox of the low Alps" and would wrestle one another and challenge members of the public to attempt to knock ...
In 1978, the Nine Network ceased coverage of WCW; with no TV coverage, promoters were facing financial ruin, leading to the decline of professional wrestling in Australia. The "World Championship Wrestling" name was reused in 1982 by Georgia Championship Wrestling in the United States for its own TV program, which became the roots of the ...
i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling: All over Australia: Andrew McManus: 2000–2001 Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance: New South Wales: Madison Eagles. Ryan Eagles 2007–2013 Was affiliated with Pro Wrestling Australia and Shimmer Women Athletes. PWWA was Australia's only all women's Pro Wrestling Company. World Championship Wrestling: All over ...
WWE Super Show-Down was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands. It took place on October 6, 2018, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia [18] and featured ten matches including two involving Australian wrestlers, Buddy Murphy and The ...
Weber remained champion until the First World War disrupted professional wrestling in Australia. After the war Billy Meeske attempted to revive professional wrestling and in 1920 he challenged Weber for the heavyweight championship, however he was advised Weber had officially retired in 1913 and as such claimed to hold the title by default. [13]
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The NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship was the top singles professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1972 until the promotion's 1978 closure. [1] WCW had joined the National Wrestling Alliance in August 1969, [2] still recognizing its IWA World Heavyweight Championship title as its world ...