Paid Members Linus Posted September 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 15, 2018 Looking at the photos, and thinking back to the question of when the āoriginalā FWA ended, iādĀ be tempted to say, āwhen the orange canvas and blue apron went.ā š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted September 16, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2018 Iām not an Instagram user, but following the links @elisarcabreraĀ has put on here has not only led me to seeing some great old FWA photos, but also to learning that Jody Fleischās username on there is ākingofengland2002ā, which is just wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Those photos on the Facebook group are awesome. As the rings were mentioned I was wondering who owned them and were the 3 generations of rings blue, red white and blue, red roped to try and be more specific the same ring with different roles or three different rings. I assumed they resided at the academy. Last time I saw the truly FWA ring was either New Frontiers 2005 or possibly an IPW show in swanley where they had a cage match and I recall it being the academy cage and the old battered up remains of the fwa ring. Also if anyone knows is the frame work still often used as a stage/entrance way for ipw/rev pro and many more possibly still the same bit of kit the FWA used or is someone making these for each promotion ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elisarcabrera Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 If you have photos from shows feel free to add them to the Facebook group with a note from which show they are from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Freddyjoe Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) On 9/16/2018 at 1:42 PM, simonworden said: Those photos on the Facebook group are awesome. As the rings were mentioned I was wondering who owned them and were the 3 generations of rings blue, red white and blue, red roped to try and be more specific the same ring with different roles or three different rings. I assumed they resided at the academy. Last time I saw the truly FWA ring was either New Frontiers 2005 or possibly an IPW show in swanley where they had a cage match and I recall it being the academy cage and the old battered up remains of the fwa ring. Also if anyone knows is the frame work still often used as a stage/entrance way for ipw/rev pro and many more possibly still the same bit of kit the FWA used or is someone making these for each promotion ? I do believe that Len Davies bought what was left of the rings from Mark Sloan including a 6 sided ring who then āgave themā to Ricky Knight? Iām sure he could confirm thisĀ He also was given the tri light trussing that Len also bought off Mark.Ā Edited September 18, 2018 by Freddyjoe More information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Ah i'd forgotten about that 6-sided FWA ring the academy used always disappointed I never got to see it used or got to check out an academy show but Portsmouth was always a bugger on the train and everything was all over by the time I had a car.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elisarcabrera Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn9nddkno6x/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=nilihh8awlek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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elisarcabrera Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 ON THIS DAY 20 YEARS AGO: The FWA launched on the British wrestling scene. Share with us what your first FWA memory was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uklaw Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Itās been 20 years so canāt recall exactl details, but here we go: I came acrossĀ the FWA (pre-Frontier Wrestling Alliance meaning) in January 1999 as part of a growing interest in U.K. wrestling after keeping an eye on Hammerlock since the summer of 1998- and running up my folkās phonebill listening to Dean Ayass on their hotline.Ā That was mainly because the 2 young guys tearing it up in Hammerlock-Jody and Jonny- were going to be on the show. I think thatās how I remember it. I kept up with it since then. Not (the most) exciting, but there you go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 27, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 27, 2019 Think mine was seeing Corino show up completely unannounced at New Frontiers 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted February 27, 2019 Awards Moderator Share Posted February 27, 2019 It will have been something shown on The Wrestling Channel previews. Might have been a match, like Jonny vs Jody, Jonny vs AJ Styles at Uprising 1, or Doug vs Daniel Bryan in the American Dragon mask, but it could very easily have been quick highlight footage like Jody moonsaulting off a ladder onto Flash Barker,Ā Low Ki kicking the shit out of James Tighe at Frontiers Of Honor, or Burchill annihilating both members of Double Dragon simultaneously before hitting the C4. Whatever it was, it made me a fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 A school friend who liked wrestling rounded a few of us up and asked if we wanted to go to a show at Walthamstow - canāt remember for the life of me the card but I do remember Ulf Herman dragging a fan out of the crowd and hitting a pilediver,Ā It was loads of fun but it didnāt make me a huge fan, the next one I went to was about a year later, FWA Seasons Beatings at Broxbourne Civic HallĀ which was headlined by a triple threat of Jerry Lynn Vs AJ Styles Vs Doug Williams The final show I went to I took my young nephew who was into wrestling at the time, it took place at Enfield Southbury Leisure Centre and had CM Punk and Colt Cabana on the card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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