Friday 1 August 2014

AWBA: Upcoming Scottish Shows

Disclaimer: I canny afford all this!! I really canny afford all this!!! But what I can do is promise you full previews coming up shortly. For now, here is a huge amalgamation of what is happening for the rest of the year as of right now!! (PS... someone please pay me, I really, really, really canny afford all this!!)
2014

It's been a cracking year so far, hasn't it? Fierce Females is back, Insane Championship Wrestling is on the rise, we've had Fergal Devitt, big Drew is back home. All sorts is going on, so here's a wee bit aimed at keeping track of it all...


AUGUST



The big news is Insane Championship Wrestling's "Everything's Coming Up Milhouse" month long event at the Edinburgh fringe. ICW were offering reduced price "Season Tickets", another groundbreaking idea from the company, but these have of course Sold Out. Some individual tickets remain for the shows, hosted in Edinburgh's Studio 24, and you have the following matches confirmed:

Sunday 3rd August - Get Mendoza!
Grado v Colt Cabana
BT Gunn v Tommy End
Dickie Divers v Dante
Joe Coffey v Darkside v Kid Fite v Noam Dar - Winner receives and ICW Heavyweight Title shot at the August 10th show
This event has SOLD OUT

Sunday 10th August - You Have The Right To Remain Dead!
Nikki Storm v Viper
Joe Hendry v David Devlin (the man formerly known as Yum Yum)
Damo v Lewis Girvan
Jack Jester is confirmed as appearing (presumably against the winner from the August 3rd show... presumably)
Grado and Colt Cabana will also be there in some fashion
Tickets still available at £12.50 via Ticketmaster

Sunday 17th August - Suspect Is Hatless (Repeat, Hatless)
Carmel & Sara v The Owens Twins
BT Gunn v Red Lightning
Chris Renfrew v Jamie Feerick
Grado, Jack Jester, Colt Cabana and Sha Samuels will also be there in some fashion
Tickets still available at £12.50 via Ticketmaster

Sunday 24th August - Ice To See You
Zero matches announced, as ever Grado, Jack Jester and Colt Cabana will be appearing
Tickets still available at £12.50 via Ticketmaster



In addition to all this, Colt Cabana will be hosting "The Art Of Wrestling" at Studio 24 a few hours before each show, tickets priced at £5 each via Ticketmaster.






If, like me, you can't make all the shows (I personally will only be going to Ice To See You - see you there), Breaking Baws are hosting another wrestling night at The Ark on Sunday August 10th. Come along to see Money In The Bank 2011 on the big screen, enjoy some cheap food and drink and a great atmosphere. Excellent place to meet fellow wrestling fans, that's The Ark at 46 North Frederick Street, Glasgow, G1 2BS (http://www.screampubs.co.uk/thearkglasgow) and the Facebook event page is https://www.facebook.com/events/352829214871432/



Also on the not-strictly-live-wrestling events front, World Wide Wrestling League (or W3L as it's known) is hosting a WWE Summerslam afterparty on August 17th/18th at Sportsters in Edinburgh. More details available here.





If you want to venture a bit further afield than Glasgow or Edinburgh, Dundee's Scottish Wrestling Entertainment are offering two shows in August for you:

Saturday 23rd August - SWE Uprising "Hellbound"
2pm show for all ages from Kirkton Community Centre, Derwent Street, Dundee, DD3 0AX
Colt Cabana v Grado
Contract signing for Chaz Phoenix v Steven Magners (Steel Cage, career v career match)
and more
Tickets are £12 for adults or £9 for under-14s via http://www.sweonline.co.uk/shop.html

Saturday 30th August - SWE "Hell For Lycra XI"
6.45pm show for all ages from Bonar Hall, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN
Ian Ambrose (c) v Martyn Stallyon (SWE Championship)
The legendary "Road Warrior" Animal v Damo O'Connor
Former TNA star Doug Williams v Joe Hendry
Chaz Phoenix v Steven Magners (Steel Cage, career v career match)
Marty Jones & Jay The Jackal v Johnny Saint & Felix Fortune
The Butcher Scott Renwick & The Trident v Mr News & Williams & Claymore & L.J.T. (8-man tag match)
Tickets are £17 via http://www.sweonline.co.uk/shop.html and include an autograph signing starting at 2pm





Staying on the family-friendly front we have British Championship Wrestling presenting the Homecoming on Friday 29th August at the Grand Hall, 1 London Road, Kilmarnock, KA3 7AA (or Palace Theatre, KA1 3BN, sat-nav should get you to the same place). On that card we have the return of Drew Galloway (WWE's Drew McIntyre and former BCW Champion), former NXT stars Martin Stone (previously Danny Burch) and Oliver Grey (previously Joel Redman) and the BCW Tag Team Title will be defended with Champions "Just Uz" (BT Gunn & Stevie Xavier) vs "The Models" (Joey Hayes & Danny Hope).

Tickets are £25 (Front Row & Meet and greet with Drew & Poster & pre-show match), £15 (2nd Front Row & Meet and greet Martin and Oliver & Poster & pre-show match) or £10 (General Admission) or £30 (4x General Admission) from 01563 554 900.




Reckless Intent also have a pair of wrestling shows in August featuring:

Saturday 9th August - Cruel Summer
The RI Unit, Unit 9, Knightsridge Industrial Estate, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 8RA
Mikey (c) v Jackie Grady (Reckless Intent UK Title match)
Rawlins (c) v Lowblow (Reckless Intent World Title match, if Lowblow wins he is back in the company)
Falcon v Joe Hendry
and featuring Colt Cabana
Tickets are £5 from http://www.reckless-intent.com/buy or at the RI Unit Wed & Sun between 6pm and 10pm or through GM John Long on 07775 424425

Sunday 24th August - Sunday Slam
The RI Unit, Unit 9, Knightsridge Industrial Estate, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 8RA
A family friendly Sunday afternoon show from 1pm
Tickets are £5 or Family Of Four for £15 from http://www.reckless-intent.com/buy or via admin@reckless-intent.com




Saturday 30th August brings us Wrestlezone's "Battle Of The Nations 2014" at Aberdeen Beach Leisure Centre, Sea Beach, Aberdeen, AB24 5NR - the first event to be held there since Big Daddy & Giant Haystacks graced it in 1991. The card features:
Jack Jester v Crusher Craib (Wrestlezone Undisputed Title), Drew Galloway v Andy Wild (Battle Of The Nations) and Mr P v Red Lightning.
Tickets are £12 via http://www.wrestlezonescotland.co.uk/ or 01224 641122 showtime of 7pm, limited tickets also available at the venue itself.





Finally, the month will be rounded out with a double-header on Sunday 31st August with the following two events on at the same day, thankfully at different times so there's no excuse for not attending both:

Fierce Females - Strewth Sheila
Walkabout, Glasgow, 2pm
Confirmed: Nikki Storm gets to choose Kay Lee Ray's opponent, and Kay Lee Ray gets to choose Nikki Storm's opponent, in a "Pick Your Poison" double main event.
Tickets are £8 from Rufus T Firefly's on Hope Street, or from FierceFemales.co.uk



ICW - 1.21 Gigawatts Great Scott!
The Garage, Glasgow, 7pm
Confirmed: Drew Galloway will make his in-ring return to ICW, his opponent (and the rest of the card) to be announced shortly.
Tickets are £17 via TicketMaster






SEPTEMBER


Pro Wrestling Elite host "Fallen Angel" starring of course Christopher Daniels vs Noam Dar. Also scheduled for the Saturday 13th September show at the Ayr Town Hall, New Bridge Street, Ayr, KA7 1JX is a Tag Team Championship match between Project Ego and The Coffey Brothers. Tickets come in Platinum (£40 gets you entry at 5pm for a meet and greet with Christopher Daniels and pre-show bonus match), Silver (£15.75 each or £52.50 family, early entry for a pre-show bonus match) or General (£12.75 or £42.50 family) via http://www.prowrestlingelite.com/shop/event-tickets




Pride Wrestling the follow with "We Love It When A Plan Comes Together" on Saturday 20th September from Bridgeton Community Centre, 68 Dale Street, Glasgow, G40 4TL. The event features Joe Hendry (c) v Lewis Girvan in a rematch for the N7 Championship, and Pride Champion Glen Dunbar is scheduled to defend. Tickets are available via http://pridewrestling.co.uk/tickets/ for £10 General, £8 Concession or £38 for a family of four.... or my friends at BREAKING BAWS have an exclusive promo code if you click this link and head over to their site to enjoy 25% off your tickets. Result.





The very next day Insane Championship Wrestling gives us "Spacebaws" from The Garage in Glasgow (that's Sunday 21st September in case you're skim-reading). Tickets are £10 via Ticketmaster, TicketsScotland or Triple-G Music and the bill features all the up-and-coming talent including Viper & Bete Noire v The Owens Twins, and showings from ICW Zero-G Champion Mark Coffey, Joe Hendry, Kenny Williams, Solar, "International Sex Hero" DCT, David The Beloved, Christopher Saynt, Lou King Sharp, Saqib Ali, Lewis Girvan, Bobby Roberts, and Switch N Flick.




Reckless Intent also have a pair of wrestling shows in September, all current details are as per their posters:

Sunday 7th September - Party In The Park




Saturday 20th September - Unleashed





OCTOBER & NOVEMBER

There are a whole raft of shows coming up in October & November which I will talk about in more detail nearer the time, but here are some highlights:

Premier British Wrestling have 7 events planned from Larbert, Alloa, Edinburgh, Greenock, Airdrie, Dumbarton and Barrhead. Click this link to see more but it will feature the likes of former TNA stars Christopher Daniels and Kazarian.

Scottish Wrestling Alliance are spending October building to Battlezone. Click here for details but October 18th is the date to keep in your diary - a 30 man rumble and a Tables Ladders Chairs match between Mikey Whiplash and SWA Co-owner John "The Bomb" Graham.

Discovery Wrestling have their debut show in Edinburgh on October 11th. Already boasting Chris Sabin, Crime Time and Mike Mondo it is bursting with imported talent, but importantly will also see UK stars Grado, Damien O'Connor, Sammi Jayne, Rampage Brown, Shanna, Damien Daniels and Marty Scurll. It looks huge for a debut show, event page can be found here.

Reckless Intent have five further events planned, taking them right into December in fact, all viewable here.

Insane Championship Wrestling are hosting their annual Fear & Loathing event, the 7th in company history, on November 2nd from the BARROWLANDS in Glasgow. Expect huge things, the even can be viewed here.

W3L will be hosting Wrestlution VIII on 21st November in Musselburgh, showcasing Mikey Whiplash v Nathan Reynolds for the latter's W3L Heavyweight title. Events page is here.

Finally, Fierce Females will be building up to the 23rd November where they will host Come & Say G'day from the Walkabout in Glasgow. Event can be viewed here, expect to see some intense action if Mad Maxine was anything to go by, and afterwards there will be the Survivor Series afterparty.



PS Big thank you to everyone on Facebook for pointing out any shows that I've missed. Any other details you think need added/updated get me at AWBAblog@gmail.com or @AWBAblog on Twitter.

PPS I'm also sure that SWA have a "Showcase" event on August 29th but can't find any details right now. I do however have a link to their other "Showcase" events throughout September and October - http://scottishwrestling.co.uk/events/ - enjoy.

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