bighead55 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Some random person on the internet recommended this promotion and in particular this one video (im not sure if im allowed to post a link but the video is called EPW HELL OR HIGH WATER 2011 RECAP on youtube) and it looks ABSALOUTLEY SUBLIME. But it got me thinking, whats the crack with australian wrestling ? Does anyone know anything about the aussie end of the buisness ? And if promotions like EPW exist how come we 'in the west' hear so little about them ? These guys could obviously a lot of the yanks and brits a trick or two. (nb: EPW Explosive Pro Wrestling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liverpool1 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 There are some great Aussie wrestlers out there. The ones that I'd recommend that you check out are Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste and Damian Slater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V1mark Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I was in Britwres and now in Australian Wrestling (guesses for who I am) so I'll run it all down you later. Â EPW is the best fed in Australia by far. Â Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls are both currently on their 2nd Pro Wrestling NOAH tour. They are there for 3+ months. Known as TMDK (Team Mega Death Kill). Â More to follow. Feel free to ask questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve rayson Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 For some odd reason I actaully have been following Aussie wrestling for quite a while now and the the scene there is acatully pretty good with great talent. EPW used to have two branches, in Perth and in Adelaide (which is now known as NWA Pro Australia) and over the years it have produced some great local talent, many of them are working in the indies of SoCal and a few also managed to work in Japan for NOAH (Haste and Nicholls) and Zero-One (Robby Heart, Slex, Wreckin' Ball Wilson and Hartley Jackson). Both promotions in my opinion are the best in the land and they pretty much never bring over any workers outside of Australia (only on rare occasions like Dick Togo 2 months ago), they solely depend on there own talent and with that they actaully tend to draw very well with large crowds (http://nwaaustralia.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/thebarton-theatre.jpg). EPW also had a television show back in 2008/09 - "Monday Night Wrestling" ran for two seasons and did a great job showcasing the local talent. Â Outside EPW and NWA Pro I'd say there's around 25 promotions across the country with a few that are doing well, such as: IWA (http://www.iwawrestling.com.au/news.php) that works a Dixon's All-Star style of wrestling with almost the same busy schedule. The promotion is run by Mark Mercedes, a guy who was trained by the Malenko family and some might remember him jobbing to Rick Steiner in WWA's The Reckoning and a few years back he worked for Fujinami's Muga in Japan. AWF (http://www.awfwrestling.com.au/) is the only promotion who regularly bring over international talent, as over the years AWF brought well known names such as Corino, CIMA, NOSAWA, Raven (who held the promotion's title), Sonjay Dutt, Danielson etc. The promotion is run by Greg Bownds, a guy who was trained by Rey Misterio (the original one) and is known as a sloppy talentless wrestler who has no charisma whatsoever as you can see in the promotion's TV show "This is AWF Wrestling" - (just skip to 0:46 to witness the horror). PWA (http://www.pwaaustralia.com/) - don't know much about this promotion, but they tend to draw well and bring over some of the best Australia has to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightningxlock Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I must admit, I have a soft spot for the Australian backyard videos on Youtube. They're the best backyard vids i've seen from anywhere, apart from maybe this US fed that was held in a playground. By all accounts, most of these backyarders are actually pro's (they do seem like it aswell, to be fair) but they do backyard because the scene in Oz sucks. But judging from what you guys have said, it certainly doesn't seem that way.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew "the ref" coyne Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Ace. I'm going to Australia next month, so will be checking this thread in more detail then. Want to see what the Aussie scene has to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve rayson Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 If your going to be in Perth you should really check EPW's Re-Awakening X in Nov 12th - I'd say it's by far the best annual wrestling event in Australia. http://epwperth.com/events/reawakening2011/index.html  I'm also on my way to Australia in 2012 for a year long stay (with a few visits to the near by islands). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckham's Right Foot Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I was in Britwres and now in Australian Wrestling (guesses for who I am) so I'll run it all down you later. Â EPW is the best fed in Australia by far. Â Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls are both currently on their 2nd Pro Wrestling NOAH tour. They are there for 3+ months. Known as TMDK (Team Mega Death Kill). Â More to follow. Feel free to ask questions. Â Did Marcus Kool from the Midlands not go down under? If you're not him, anyone know how he's getting on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew "the ref" coyne Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 If your going to be in Perth you should really check EPW's Re-Awakening X in Nov 12th - I'd say it's by far the best annual wrestling event in Australia. http://epwperth.com/events/reawakening2011/index.html  I'm also on my way to Australia in 2012 for a year long stay (with a few visits to the near by islands).  Going to Melbroune, but I imagine a visit to Perth would be possible at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Showtime Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 If your going to be in Perth you should really check EPW's Re-Awakening X in Nov 12th - I'd say it's by far the best annual wrestling event in Australia. http://epwperth.com/events/reawakening2011/index.html  I'm also on my way to Australia in 2012 for a year long stay (with a few visits to the near by islands).  Going to Melbroune, but I imagine a visit to Perth would be possible at some point. Aye, it's not just a skip and a jump across the road or a cheap bus journey though. A year-long stay is fine but if people are going to Australia for a short period of time there should be a million things on the list ahead of going to see wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve rayson Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I was in Britwres and now in Australian Wrestling (guesses for who I am) so I'll run it all down you later.  EPW is the best fed in Australia by far.  Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls are both currently on their 2nd Pro Wrestling NOAH tour. They are there for 3+ months. Known as TMDK (Team Mega Death Kill).  More to follow. Feel free to ask questions.  Did Marcus Kool from the Midlands not go down under? If you're not him, anyone know how he's getting on?  Marcus is working for Kiwi Pro Wrestling - http://www.kiwiprowrestling.co.nz/Marcus-Kool.1387.0.html There's a few matches of his in KPW on youtube: |  If your going to be in Perth you should really check EPW's Re-Awakening X in Nov 12th - I'd say it's by far the best annual wrestling event in Australia. http://epwperth.com/events/reawakening2011/index.html  I'm also on my way to Australia in 2012 for a year long stay (with a few visits to the near by islands).  Going to Melbroune, but I imagine a visit to Perth would be possible at some point.  Forgot about the Melbroune scene which is quite good with a few great promotions such as: MCW - http://www.facebook.com/melbcitywrestling Wrestlerock - http://www.wrestlerock.com.au/ Warzone - http://www.facebook.com/warzonewrestlingau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo9292 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Yeah Marcus Kool went to New Zealand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew "the ref" coyne Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 If your going to be in Perth you should really check EPW's Re-Awakening X in Nov 12th - I'd say it's by far the best annual wrestling event in Australia. http://epwperth.com/events/reawakening2011/index.html  I'm also on my way to Australia in 2012 for a year long stay (with a few visits to the near by islands).  Going to Melbroune, but I imagine a visit to Perth would be possible at some point. Aye, it's not just a skip and a jump across the road or a cheap bus journey though. A year-long stay is fine but if people are going to Australia for a short period of time there should be a million things on the list ahead of going to see wrestling.  I'm going for two years, and we've got a big Perth visit pencilled in sometime in late 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighead55 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 I just wanted to thank everyone in this thread for their info. Although im a pretty big fan my knowledge of non-uk non-us wrestling is fairly limited. I havent marked out over a promotion for quite a while but have been uberly impressed by EPW and will check out all the other promotions tonight. Lunch break over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighead55 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Wonders if epw dvds have commentry ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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