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Aaron Undercover
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British wrestling is something
a lot of wrestling fans don’t have
interest in anymore. Fans prefer the
glitz and the glamour of the Americans,
after all WWE is the number 1 promotion
and America showcase some of the most
famous wrestlers in the world. Japanese
wrestling doesn’t produce the fan
base in the UK or get the coverage to
be even considered in this column. So
today I ask what is British wrestling
doing to get a much higher profile?
And what can British wrestling do to
gather more interest in its offerings?
Today I welcome you to join me for
another edition of Aaron Undercover
British wrestling hasn’t been
showcased as a top-wrestling product
since it was taken of the television
screens back in 1988. Gregg Dyke was
then the new head of ITV and decided
a change was needed to turn the flagging
ITV channel around; so British wrestling
became a casualty. By this time the
WWF (WWE) was growing rapidly and had
captured the hearts of all the young
wrestling fans that then looked at British
wrestling to be a very outdated and
boring. With its larger than life characters
and glitz and glamour the WWF had it
Britain, and took away the remaining
fans of British wrestling.
Since the loss of television British
wrestling as become a much forgotten
thing, and lives in a underground world
where the internet as become the only
real place to actually learn about its
existence. However there is one promotion
that tours the country night after night
and keeps British wrestling alive all
over Britain, and that promotion is
All-Star wrestling. Brian Dixon is the
only real survivor of old school wrestling,
and he as been promoting since back
in the 60`s. all-Star promotions mix
British wrestlers with touring Americans
that have featured in WCW or WWE. Currently
P.N News, Jake Roberts & Just Joe
travel with the All-Star group and draw
shows of between 300 of up to 2,000
plus at certain venues across the country.
Of course Britain as its fare share
of promotions and some lucidly claim
to be the country’s top promotion.
FWA stand out as the company who falsely
claim to be the number 1 promotion,
and have now taken their campaign to
American wrestling sites on the Internet,
where they proclaim to be the country’s
top promotion. Sadly some internet fans
have or are falling for the dirty tricks
the FWA are pulling in their campaign
to fool everyone in to thinking they
are number 1.
The FWA get very biased plug in wrestling
magazines that are released in the UK.
But the fact is that the two main wrestling
magazines that are published in the
UK have strong links with the FWA, some
of them work for the FWA and some are
just close friends of the promoters,
and so they go on to rant in their magazines
on how the FWA is the number 1 promotion
and produces the top shows in the country.
I am not saying the FWA doesn’t
offer good shows, what I am stating
is the fact this organisation is lying
to the fans of wrestling, and are falsely
claiming that they are number 1. The
FWA may posses a good roster which included
Flash Barker, Jonny Storm, Jody Fleisch,
Doug Williams & more, but the truth
is that these guys don’t just wrestle
exclusively for the FWA, these guys
actually work for a number of promotions
which include the TWA, All-Star &
Premier Promotions to name a few. The
FWA promotes 1 show a month, and draw
a crowd of between 40 to a few hundred
depending on how well they do. TWA promotes
6 maybe more shows a month and posses
a top roster that includes, Jody Fleisch,
Jonny Storm, Robbie Brookside &
Doug Williams, in matter of fact Jonny
Storm is classed as a TWA wrestler rather
than a FWA wrestler, yet the FWA claim
he is their man, in-fact it looks like
the FWA want us all to believe what
they say. The FWA may think I go out
my way to blacken their name, but the
truth is that I go out my way to make
things clear rather than to just hurt
their promotion. If the FWA started
telling the truth, and stopped promoting
themselves as a top promotion not just
in the UK, but in the world, then I
would have less to say about them. It’s
the fact they go out their way to give
this false impression to the fans.
Same goes with Alex Shane, the FWA
promote him as the number 1 wrestler,
and Alex goes on TalkSport radio every
week proclaiming to b the best and the
number 1 in the country. The fact being
that Alex is one of the worst wrestlers
I have seen, and no matter how hard
he trains and rakes time away from the
sport, the fact remains Alex Shane will
always live in a fantasy world and proclaim
to be the best wrestler in the UK.
Its quite disturbing how the FWA and
Alex Shane can fool people in to believing
they are number 1, and then have the
audacity to claim that they are talking
to their lawyers on suing me. They claim
I lie about them in my columns and go
out my way to slander them. The only
thing I am guilty of is of making the
fans more aware of what they are really
about, and not what they claim and lie
what they are about. I can stand up
in court and dish the dirt on this promotion,
and they could stand up and lie through
their teeth, but at the end of the day
I would be cleared of all charges and
they would more than likely be facing
charges of other counts.
I guess with this column I am trying
to make people more aware of who really
is the top promotion in Britain and
that being All-Star Promotions. The
TWA is another top promotion and I would
have to count that as top candidates
for 2nd place along side the NWA-UK
hammerlock. Should the FWA come in the
top 5 or top 10 I am not going to say,
but they certainly do not come in the
top 3 as promotions are concerned.
British wrestling will always have
its demons, and I am sure the FWA see
me as a demon in the side of British
wrestling, but I must state I have promoted
shows and I will be promoting another
show in September, but I have never
claimed that my shows are the best,
what I do say is that the shows I have
promoted have given the fans value for
money, and have also offered a product
worth shouting about, and not a product
that falsely gives the fans the impression
it was a good show like the FWA do.
For any of our readers that get the
chance to check out British wrestling
shows, I would have to recommend you
see a few company’s and then you
can make your mind up on who was the
best, rather than stick to one promotion,
has each promotion in this country as
a good product to offer.
If anyone would like any information
on British wrestling or have any thoughts
on this column then feel free to email
me at aaron@britwrestling.co.uk
Until next time, I wish you all a safe
and happy times ahead.
Aaron Spencer
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