PAID Promotions Wrestling: Golden Chance - Winter Gardens, Morecambe

[Victor Is God]

 

PAID PROMOTIONS WRESTLING ANNOUNCEMENT

 

WRESTLING RETURNS TO WINTER GARDENS, MORECAMBE

 

Professional wrestling is returning to the Winter Gardens in Morecambe after an absence of 40 years.

 

On Sunday, August 31 2014, a live professional wrestling event will take place inside the beautiful Grade II* listed theatre on Morecambe seafront.

 

 

This is a massive coup for promoters PAID Promotions Wrestling and a historic event no wrestling fan will want to miss.

 

"For as long as I've been involved in professional wrestling as a promoter, manager and performer, I've wanted to run a wrestling show at the Winter Gardens," said Greg Lambert, majority shareholder in PAID Promotions Wrestling.

 

"It is a spectacular building and steeped in the history of wrestling in this country.

 

"To bring professional wrestling back to the Winter Gardens in Morecambe is something very special indeed.

 

"It will be a privilege to link the past with the present by bringing the fans an incredible night of athleticism and entertainment from the new generation of British professional wrestlers, in such a beautiful, atmospheric and historic venue."

 

The Winter Gardens was a hotbed of British pro wrestling in the early to mid-20th Century, particularly during the 1950s, 60s and early 70s.

 

Fans would pack the Lancashire seaside theatre on a daily basis during the height of Morecambe's summer season to watch some of the biggest names in old-time British professional wrestling like Jackie Pallo, Jimmy Breaks, Johnny Saint and Jim Hussey, father of the great Marc 'Rollerball' Rocco.

 

The ITV cameras also visited the Winter Gardens regularly during this period of time, airing two shows during the week when England won the football World Cup in 1966.

 

Award-winning designer and TV celebrity Wayne Hemingway, organiser of the upcoming Morecambe Vintage-by-the-Sea festival, has often said his earliest memory was of being paraded in the Winter Gardens wrestling ring by his father, the Native American chief and top professional wrestler Billy Two Rivers.

 

The Winter Gardens closed in 1977 but, thanks to the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers , is slowly being restored to its former glory. A new bar, toilets and other facilities have been installed and the theatre is now able to offer a programme of events to the public, including the return of professional wrestling.

 

So to mark this stellar occasion, on Sunday, August 31, PAID Promotions Wrestling will host a one-night 'Golden Chance Trophy' tournament featuring eight of the very best of the new generation of British wrestlers.

 

"The eight names in the Golden Chance Trophy tournament have been hand picked to ensure the return of wrestling to the Winter Gardens will be a memorable one,"  said Lambert.

 

"These are eight of the very best in this country but in the end, only one will take home the Golden Chance Trophy and earn themselves a guaranteed shot at the PAID Promotions British Heavyweight Championship."

 

The eight competitors are:

 

'Shooting Star' Kris Travis (Sheffield)

 

'The Juice' CJ Banks (Southport)

 

'Delicious' Danny Hope (Tassletown)

 

Ryan Grayson (Edinburgh, Scotland) accompanied by his beautiful valet Serenity

 

Martin Kirby (Thirsk, North Yorkshire)

 

The 350lb  'Toxic Terror' Cyanide (Manchester)

 

Ricky J McKenzie (Blackpool)

 

Bubblegum (Manchester)

 

Also on the card will be a special singles challenge match pitting the former British Champion, Joey Hayes (Manchester) against Chris Ridgeway (Barrow-in-Furness).

 

The current reigning British Heavyweight Champion 'The One Man Riot' Craig Kollins (Barrow-in-Furness) will also be in attendance.

 

The draw for the first round of the one-night Golden Chance Trophy Tournament is as follows:

 

 

 

Ricky J McKenzie vs Bubblegum

 

Plus Semi-Finals and Final, and Joey Hayes vs Chris Ridgeway in a non-tournament match

 

 

Tickets for the show are available from www.paidpromotionswrestling.co.uk 

 

Only limited VIP front row tickets remaining.

 

The show takes place at The Winter Gardens, Marine Road Central, Morecambe, Lancashire. (For longtime Morecambe wrestling fans, the Winter Gardens is opposite where The Dome used to be.)

 

Doors open 4pm. Bell time 4.30pm. All welcome.

[Victor Is God]

Findlay Martin from Power Slam magazine website did this interview with Martin Kirby ahead of this Sunday's show.

 

http://www.psmag.co.uk/updates/60/The-Power-Slam-Online-Interview-Martin-Kirby.htm

[Victor Is God]

RESULTS from yesterday's show at The Winter Gardens, Morecambe, in front of PAID Promotions' record crowd of 290.

 

Golden Chance Tournament first round

 

Ricky J McKenzie pinned Bubblegum with a TKO. As a result, this means Bubblegum will never receive a PAID Promotions Title shot again, as stipulated by PAID Promotions majority shareholder Greg 'The Truth' Lambert, who was watching the show with PAID Promotions Champion 'One Man Riot' Craig Kollins and his hired heavy 'Mr Big' Shaun Vasey from a VIP balcony.

 

After the match, 'Mr Big' Shaun Vasey attacked RJM with several chair shots to the ribs. Dangerous Damon Leigh, who was not booked on the show, ran through the crowd to attack Vasey. Lambert demanded that security eject DDL from the building as he was trespassing. As DDL was escorted from the venue, Vasey cheap shotted him from behind...which led to security dragging an infuriated DDL out of the venue, much to Vasey, Lambert and Kollins' amusement.

 

Cyanide pinned Martin Kirby after a big splash

 

'Delicious' Danny Hope pinned Ryan Grayson after a super kick. After the match, Grayson angrily fired his valet Serenity.

 

CJ Banks pinned Kris Travis after a running knee.

 

In a non tournament match, Joey Hayes pinned Chris Ridgeway following a JKO. Craig Kollins then laid Hayes out with an ASBO roaring elbow. Lambert informed Hayes that he would never receive a title shot again either.

 

Golden Chance Tournament semi-final

 

CJ Banks defeated Danny Hope by forfeit when Hope did not emerge from the dressing room for the match.

 

RJM upset Cyanide by countout

 

Golden Chance Tournament final

 

RJM pinned CJ Banks after a TKO following interference from Vasey, Kollins and Joey Hayes, who attacked Kollins at ringside. McKenzie now has a guaranteed title shot which he can cash in at any time over the next six months.

 

After the match a furious Kollins accepted Hayes' challenge and they will face each other for the PAID Promotions Title at Retribution, back at the Winter Gardens, Morecambe, on Sunday, September 28.