Pakistan’s Revolution Eastern Wrestling and Botswana Pro Wrestling Entertainment reach working agreement
That drive for international growth is continuing now as REW has announced a new working relationship with Botswana Pro Wrestling Entertainment.
Shemeikka wins Finnish Heavyweight Title at Finland’s biggest event of the year
In the night’s main event, one that FCF themselves had called their most anticipated Talvisota main event in over a decade, Shemeikka was able to score a submission victory over King Kong Karhula, winning the FCF Finnish Heavyweight Championship in the process.
Finland’s FCF Wrestling to hold yearly flagship event this weekend
Finland’s FCF Wrestling is gearing up for their yearly flagship anniversary event, Talvisota (which translates to Winter War), which is to be held this Saturday, December 11th at Valkoinen Sali (the White Hall) in Helsinki, Finland starting at 5 PM (17:00) Helsinki time. FCF is Finland’s oldest active pro wrestling promotion and has featured top wrestlers from Europe and the Scandinavian region throughout their existence.
Ottawa’s C*4 to broadcast live on IWTV tonight
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada’s own Capital City Championship Combat will broadcast one of their events live around the world for the first time tonight on IWTV starting at 7:30 PM EST!
Nepal Women’s Wrestling Foundation draws big crowd for multinational event
This past Sunday, the Nepal Women’s Wrestling Foundation held a big, outdoor, multinational event in Kathmandu. Competitors at the event included female wrestlers from the NWWF, wrestlers from Pakistan’s Revolution Eastern Wrestling and American pro wrestler JC Storm.
Argentina’s Duelo de Leyendas welcomes crowd back for final show of 2021
Duelo de Leyendas closed their year with a show with an audience for the first time in a while. The Villa Tesei-based promotion had a year with a lot of ups and downs, but they managed to have a great show, with a lot of remembrance for the past while also giving a spot to younger talent.
Catch Argentino returns with first of three consecutive weeks of action
Catch Argentino took the covid lockdown in stride. Deprived of live audiences, the Floresta-based promotion began 2021 with an ambitious project, The Condor Tournament, which only served as the preamble to a very productive year for them.
After several attempts, Argentina’s Legion Nueva Era successfully holds event that has been marred with bad luck
After multiple attempts and several cancellations, Legion Nueva Era Argentina’s latest event Mufamania (once called Pandemania) finally happened.
Big arena show scheduled for Sunday December 5th in Brazzaville
Brazzaville’s Nicole Oba Gymnasium will be rocking on Sunday, December 5th as some of Brazzaville’s best pro wrestlers take the ring for a rare indoor arena show. The event, titled Super Show Down, will feature wrestlers from Catch Club Tempete Du Desert facing off against wrestlers from Catch Club Dragon Rouge and Catch Club La Main Noire.
Recent video releases to check out from 10 different countries
We come across and watch a lot of wrestling content from around the world here on WrestleMap. Unfortunately, we don’t always have time to do full write ups of everything that we watch or come across but we still wanted to come up with a way to share some of this content here on the site. So here are a few recent match and event videos that we wanted to share that are worth your time.
Multinational event planned for Saturday December 4 in Nepal
Pro wrestlers from Nepal, Pakistan, India and the United States are set to converge on Kathmandu, Nepal on December 4, 2021 for a major pro wrestling event with some big implications for the South Asian wrestling scene.
Pakistan’s Wrestling Revolution Global releases full video of what they’re calling Pakistan’s best pro wrestling event ever
While the opinion about Wrestling Revolution Global’s recent event November Nitro being called “the greatest pro wrestling event to take place in Pakistan” is surely not held by everyone, there’s no doubting that WRG put on a banger at the Avenue Mall in Lahore a couple weekends ago.
Romanian Pro Wrestling raising funds to bring one of wrestling’s most popular vampires to Transylvania
Romanian Pro Wrestling is currently in the process of attempting to raise funds to bring Gangrel, one of pro wrestling’s most famous vampires, to Transylvania for the first time.
Botswana Wrestling Federation releases 2022 schedule featuring several pro wrestling events
The Botswana Wrestling Federation, the national body headed up by Dr. Moagi Sharp that oversees every level of wrestling in Botswana (pro, amateur, and otherwise), has released their proposed schedule for 2022 and early 2023. The calendar has a fair number of pro wrestling events listed which is a good sign for the Southern African country’s young pro wrestling industry.
Title changes and major Pakistani pro wrestling star debuts in third episode of Revolution Eastern Wrestling television
We continue our look at Revolution Eastern Wrestling’s first season of their Venus War television program. Just as a reminder, this is the first Pakistani pro wrestling program to be aired on Pakistani television, with Venus War playing every Saturday at 3 PM and re-airing every Sunday at 5 PM Pakistan time on Venus HD TV.
Nigeria’s Alexandra The Queen featured in full page interview spread in popular Nigerian newspaper
The female Nigerian rookie wrestler taking the country’s wrestling scene by storm is crossing over into the mainstream! Alexandra The Queen was featured in a full page spread in the Saturday Telegraph for Today.
5 takeaways and all the video we could find from the Nigeria Professional Wrestling Federation’s 40th Anniversary
The Nigeria Professional Wrestling Federation celebrated a big anniversary seldom seen in the often volatile world of pro wrestling. The federation celebrated their 40th anniversary with a four match card in Lagos on Sunday, November 21st. The big event featured multiple championship title belt matches and some interesting results that could use some more analyzing. We’ll take a look at our five big takeaways from the event below.
Middle Kingdom Wrestling announces long term project, "MKW Belt & Road Championship Tour"; remains committed to promoting pro wrestling through China's Belt and Road initiative
Since the initial announcement of the "MKW Belt & Road Championship" in 2018 - the first pro wrestling championship ever coined after the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) - Middle Kingdom Wrestling (MKW) has been producing events and activities with the goal of demonstrating the positive aspects of pro wrestling to go along with the unique qualities of China's Belt and Road initiative. The BRI is an ambitious global infrastructure strategy that has resulted in dozens of major international projects across nearly 70 countries -- all aimed towards bringing on a new age of connectivity through economic trade routes and intercultural people-to-people bonds.
WrestleMap’s Olusesan Olukoya receives Top Promoter award for work with Pro Wrestling Africa
Olusesan Olukoya, a member of the African pro wrestling scene for over 30 years in various capacities including promoter, journalist, historian, and more, has been awarded with the African Promoter of the Year award by Revue Du Catch Belge/Africain.
Wrestling Revolution Global takes over Lahore mall for high impact November Nitro event
On November 21st, Wrestling Revolution Global had the Avenue Mall in Lahore, Pakistan rocking with their November Nitro show.
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