NWA Ireland/UK Stars Continue Globe Trotting

Tracey and Devitt are in constant contact but have not seen each other since June. They will unfortunately miss each other by one day in September. They are however, both scheduled to be back in Ireland in December so there is a possibility that the self proclaimed 'Greatest Irish Tag Team' will be re-united in an NWA Ireland Ring before the end of 2006.

First Ever NWA European Champion To Be Crowned In February 2007

NWA Hammerlock Star Tours Norway
Hammerlocks own spiritual advisor the Scottish monster Conscience will be heading out to Oslo in Norway for a 4 day tour while there he will be competing for the Norwegian wrestling federation in front of their usual sold out crowds since his change in appearance and attitude conscience seems refocused and is ready to take on the Norwegians on home soil before heading off to Holland next month and sending a message across Europe that the only thing worse than an angry Scottish monster is an angry Scottish monster that was trained by hammerlock.
 

Yet another Japanese Tour

NWA UK/Ireland's Rebecca Knox is set to embark in yet another tour of Japan. This will be the third Japanese wrestling tour the 19 year old Irish wrestler has done this year, with more planned for the coming months. She will be hoping that her hard hitting British style will help her continue her winning streak as she is yet to be defeated in the "Land of the rising sun".

Rebecca will spend several days training at the famous NEO dojo, and will wrestle for NEO on the 19th of August. On the 18th and 20th she will compete in tournaments run by separate companies.

Rebecca sends her apologies to everyone at the summer camp for not being able to attend now due to the tour but promises to be at an upcoming Hammerlock training camp soon.

Another Special Guest Confirmed For Summer Camp
We have just had confirmation of  yet another special guest for this years summer camp, we are pleased to announce that world famous sports broadcaster and journalist Nick Halling who is well known for presenting American Football and Ice Hockey will be dropping in to the camp for an afternoon one day during the week.

Nick  presents the NFL on Sky Sports and the NHL on Channel Five in the UK.

Special Guest Instructor Confirmed For Summer Camp
Just confirmed is special guest instructor for the week having recently returned from her extensive tour of America and Japan where she has been making a tremendous name for herself is Rebecca Knox.

Fergal  Devitt  Leaves  For  Japan

NWA UK/Ireland Stars Heading Out To Canada

More On Fergal Devitt's US Tour

Eddie Guerrero 1967 - 2005.

A couple of weeks in the life of Fergal Devitt
Amongst many of the NWA UK/Ireland Hammerlock stars making a good name for themselves on the international scene is Irelands Fergal Devitt who is presently on a three month non-stop tour of America, below is a report covering the first two weeks of his tour, more to follow soon from Fergal and others including reports from Rebecca Knox who is currently touring America and Japan.

SEEK 'N' DESTROY RETURN AND IRISH TAG CHAMPS MAKE MEGA IMPACT!

NWA Ireland Tag Team Champions Team Mega were on hand at NWA-UK Hammerlocks Live Event  Friday Night, November 11th in Grays, Essex in the UK. They were both entered as singles wrestlers in a King of the Ring tournament. However the tournament ending took an unexpected twist as you will find out as you read their results and happenings below.

King of the Ring - Round 1:

Danny Butler pinned JP Monroe with a spine-buster, then got hit with a ddt by JP's manager Jezebel post match. Justin Bred pinned Zack Sabre Junior following his 'Clean Liffey Plunge' finishing move, in a tightly contested match.

King of the Ring Semi-Finals:

Danny Butler beat Tony McMillan of Seek 'n' Destroy with a Boston Crab. Justin Bred beat Exodus with help from Danny Butler.

While Team Mega were doing an in-ring promo refusing to go up against each other in the tournament final and declaring themselves joint winners of the King of the Ring Tournament, they were interrupted by the returning home town hero’s Tony and Dave McMillan, better known to NWA-UK Hammerlock fans as 'Seek 'n' Destroy'. They proposed the final match of the tournament be a non-title tag team match with Team Mega facing Seek 'n' Destroy.

In the final match, Seek 'n' Destroy once again showed their in-ring stiffness and power and defeated Team Mega by pin fall. The Irish team were then forced to agree to the stipulation that if they are still NWA Ireland Tag Team Champions when NWA-UK Hammerlock returns to the Civic Hall in Grays, Essex that they must defend their titles against Seek 'n' Destroy.

IRISH IMPACT ONCE AGAIN THIS TIME AT THE TAP 'N' TIN.

At Hammerlock's last show at the Tap N Tin on Wednesday 16th November, a four man tournament involved travelling NWA IRELAND stars 'Juvenile Delinquent' Keith Loughman, who took on JP Monroe in the first round, and Keith’s tag team partner and fellow Finglas Hooligan 'Thunderkid' Robbie Morrissey, who  battled Danny Williams, and although both coming up short in their singles matches, both made a great impression, and Hammerlock looks forward to seeing them compete in the NWA-UK ring very soon. Danny Williams defeated JP Monroe won the final of the tournament, after hitting a picture perfect moonsault.

This led us to the much anticipated Strap match for the NO1 contendership to the NWA-UK Heavyweight Championship. Champion Johnny Moss had set the challenge of fighting a mystery opponent for Jon Ryan to earn the right for a title shot. And boy did Jon Ryan have his work cut out, when his mystery opponent turned out to be none other than monster HUGH MUNGUS. A battle from the start, with the strap's obvious use as a weapon not being ignored, Jon Ryan some how managed to overcome the might of Hugh Mungus and pick up the victory. This meaning that at Hammerlock's next show at the tap n tin, Johnny Moss will have to defend his title against the 'Bad Boy of British Wrestling' Jon Ryan.

The Main event of the show, was the much anticipated NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight title match between new Champion Zack Sabre Jr making his first defence against the "Rudeboy" Peter Jay. A match not without history; not only had Peter Jay sneaked up from behind and beat down on Zack and Jimmy Havoc back in September, after both men had just fought over 30 mins in a 4 way elimination match, he and tag team partner Danny Williams last month in October, were seconds away from being defeated, they resorted to cheating to pick up the win, and further add insult to Zack Sabre Jnr and Jimmy Havoc. But back to the match. A highly heated and emotionally charged contest, the match went back and forth until Peter Jay was able to catch Zack with a highly dangerous top rope belly to belly supplex, attempting the same manoeuvre again, but this time Sabre Jnr outsmarted the "Rudeboy" and caught him with a second rope "Sabre Driver", moments away from the 3 count, Danny Williams entered the ring and proceeded to stomp the hell out of Zack causing the match to be declared a Non Contest. After the continuing beat down, injured Jimmy Havoc made his way to ring sending Danny and Peter over op rope. Zack Sabre Jnr retained his title, and you can be sure that this feud is definitely not quite over yet.

Youngest Ever NWA-UK Champion crowned in Whitehaven, Cumbria

Eighteen year old Zack Sabre Jnr defeated the SWA's Falcon in a fine match up. A closely contested match, Sabre Jnr stepped up a notch with a flurry of vicious forearms, a release German suplex and a 'Sabre Driver' to pick up the win. Zack who started his Hammerlock training at the young age of 14 has spent the last four years learning everything he can from the Hammerlock training school in Kent, after the show Zack was over the moon and honoured to become champion, and said that he cannot wait to defend it. Zack will make his first title defence at the Tap 'N' Tin on the 17th November against "Rudeboy" Peter Jay.

In other News from the Recent show in Cumbria

New NWA UK Heavyweight Champion  In Title V Title Match in Nashville, TN, USA

Does the whole world hate the Bad Boy?
NWA-UK’s Jon Ryan is now not only probably the most hated wrestler in the UK, he has managed to upset the citizens of Sanford, Florida as well. The Bad Boy of British Wrestling made his debut for the Florida-based Pro Wrestling Warfare (PWWF) on Friday 26^th August at the Sanford Civic Centre.

Welsh Wrestling Training Sessions Move To New Venue
As of the 2nd October 2005, the professional wrestling training sessions in Wales will no longer take place at Cathay’s C.C but instead at a new venue offering more facilities. sessions will take place every other Sunday starting at Noon through to 3pm. The new venue will be:

Welcome Back To More of Our Established Wrestlers
In addition to Segun Carter returning to Hammerlock rings recently we are also pleased to welcome back to action even more of our established stars in the shape of the ever popular Mike Mendoza, the flamboyant Kassius and  the rule breaking Danny Garnell.

Globe Trotting Segun Carter Returns To Target UK Champion

Tap'N'Tin Photo's
Below are links to some photo's from the Tap'N'Tin shows.

Hammerlock's Travelling Training Camps a Great Success

The Beast In The UK & Ireland This February!  

NWA-UK & NWA Ireland and NWA-UK Hammerlock Wrestling are pleased to announce that Dan ‘The Beast’ Severn will feature on our Live Event and Training Schedules this coming February.

Dan is a former NWA World Champion, a former UFC Champion and Hall of Famer and a former WWE Star and will without doubt be a great addition to our tour. The NWA-UK and NWA Ireland Schedule for February featuring ‘The Beast’ is as follows:

NWA-UK and NWA Ireland February 2006 Events Featuring Dan Severn -

Saturday 18th February at 8pm.

NWA-UK Hammerlock Live Event.

Mote Park Leisure Centre. Maidstone, Kent. UK.

Saturday 18th February at 2pm-4pm

NWA-UK Hammerlock Seminar/Training.

Centrepiece, Bank St, Ashford, Kent (TBC)

Sunday 19th February at 7.30pm.

NWA Ireland Live Event.

Wolfe Tone Community Centre. Bray, Co. Wicklow. Ireland.

Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st February.

NWA Ireland hosts a Two Day Professional Wrestling/Mixed Martial Arts Training Camp featuring Dan Severn.  Venue - NWA Ireland Training Facility. Back of 10 Dublin Road -Bray. Co. Wicklow.

More details on all the above events will be available in upcoming days on: 

www.nwaireland.com and  www.hammerlockwrestling.com

NWA UK Hammerlock show: Cardiff 15th January 2005

The show opened up, as Johnny Moss entered the ring, sporting an England football top, somewhat aggravating the Cardiff crowd. Moss grabbed the house mic and laid down the open challenge for his NWA UK Heavyweight Championship. It was Danny Williams who answered the call as he came out to the ring cheers from the Cardiff fans. Johnny Moss mocked Danny Williams in the ring, setting up their main event match for the NWA UK Championship.

The matches kicked off with the opening round of the 4 man tournament of which the two winners were to face off in a Lumber Jack match at a later point in the show. Peter Jay and Cardiff's own Caiman were first to do battle. This was a hard fought match on both counts. Both men exchanged suplexes, take downs and much, much more, until Caiman caught Jay leaping off the top rope and gained the 3 count after delivering a chokeslam.

Next up was Welsh rookie, Ace Nitro, against, the mysterious, Exodus. This was a great match that the crowd were really in to. Ace Nitro threw everything he had at Exodus, including drop kicks, a hurracanranna and much more, but he came up short and was driven in to the mat by the big man and pinned for the 3 count.

Up next was the dod collar match. In this match, both men were strapped together at the neck, the object of the match being to touch all four corners to gain the victory. Here we saw a hard hitting bout between Kurrupt and Matt Vaughn. Vaughn got the early advantage, but was soon beaten down as Kurrupt made use of the strap attctching them together, by whipping the hell out of Matt Vaughn. Vaughn did manage to gain the upper hand. As he did so, he returned the favour to Kurrupt by whipping him with the strap. Just as it looked that Vaughn was about to bag the win, Kurrupt resorted to a low blow and victory was his, as he tapped all four corners of teh ring.

It was now time for the Lumber Jack match. The lumber jacks were first to come out to the ring, 3 with Exodus (Peter Jay, Kurrupt and Danny Bond) and 3 with Caiman (Ricky Styrass, Ace Nitro and Matt Vaughn). Exodus and Caiman exchanged moves in a sea-saw battle during the match. Caiman gained the upper hand and Exodus was soon to roll to the outside of the ring and seek back up from his lumber jacks. The action was brought back in to the ring until Caiman was sent to the outside via a clothesline over the top rope. Exodus' lumber jacks proceeded to beat down on Caiman as he landed right beside them. Caimans lumber jacks came to his aid as Exodus watched over them all from the ring. The action was finally re-stored and back in the ring. Exodus ran the ropes and was tripped by Ace Nitro. he stumbled and was the driven in to the mat with a DDT. Caiman then climbed to the top rope and connected with a big splash, earning him the win, after the referee hit the 3 count.

The next match was the main event for the NWA UK Heavyweight Championship between  Johnny Moss and Danny Williams. The fans were behind Williams in this match. Right from the start of the match, the action was there. Johnny Moss slid under the bottom rope and was soon greeted by Danny Williams as he flipped on to him, over the top rope. The action was soon brought back on to the inside of the ring and both men exchanged some good technical wrestling. Moss seemed to be over-powering Williams, but Williams had speed on his side. Just as it looked as though Danny Williams was about to gain victory, referee Charlie Fatt got in the way of a cross-body from the top rope and was squashed with the impact. Danny tried to help Charlie back up to his feet, but he was out of it. Stand-by referee, Jonathan Ash, then came out as Williams rolled up Moss, pinning his shoulders to the mat. The referee counted a close 2, as Moss kicked out. Williams quickly climbed to the top rope and flipped backwards at Moss with a moonsault, only to get caught, and practically bent in half, by Johnny Moss and a vicious submission hold. Danny Williams was quick to tap out and quit the match, as Johnny Moss retained the NWA UK Championship.

The show ended with a standing ovation from the fans, as Jonathan Ash, helped carry Charlie Fatt back to the dressing room.

NWA-UK Hammerlock October Tour Report Oct 19th-Oct 31st

NWA-UK Hammerlock kicked off the October 2004 Tour at the Winter Gardens in Margate, Kent on October 19th. The top two contenders squared off for the vacant NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title in a match that pitted Hugh Mungus against Exodus. The 400 plus pound Hugh Mungus won the title after a gruelling contest and left Margate as the new NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title. NWA British Commonwealth Champion ‘Son of Abdullah’ also made a winning return to the United Kingdom with a victory over Jon Ryan.

The next night Hammerlock held its debut show at the ‘Tap ‘n’ Tin’ Nightclub in Chatham. This was a particularly bloody card with highlights being a six man tag team match that turned into a six man brawl that spilled all over the club. The main event pitted Chatham’s own Matt ‘Devil man’ Neal against ‘Son of Abdullah’ in a non title match. After a long and violent match ‘Devil man’ upset his Rival to send his hometown supporters home happy.

Grays in Essex was the next stop on Thursday October 21. Hugh Magnus retained his NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title. Kurupt and JP Monroe battled each other in a Submission Match. In what was supposed to be a three on three inter gender match turned into a three on two handicap match with Danny Williams and Zack Zabre Jnr teaming with Jezebel against Irelands Paul Tracey and Fergal Devitt (Tracey and Devitt’s Female partner from Irelands flight had been cancelled earlier in the day). The Irish Team lost the match. Exodus was victorious in his hometown and Danny Garnell was also impressive and came close to defeating ‘Son of Abdullah’.

Saturday October 23rd saw us at Andover Leisure Centre in Hampshire. Hugh Mungus again retained his Title, Paul Vault was victorious as were the team of Psycho Steve and David Deville in tag team action. On almost every show on the tour a Last Man Standing Riot Match is billed and in this match at Andover a large contingent from NWA-UK Hammerlocks Welsh Training School took part and did well.

The Castle Hall in Hertford was our venue on Monday October 25th. Adam Abz retained his NWA Ireland Heavyweight Title with a victory in a Submission Match over Fergal Devitt who was accompanied by his tag team partner Paul Tracey. ‘Son of Abdullah’ defeated Danny ‘Renegade Angel’ Butler in an Anything Goes Match. Danny Williams and Chamera defeated JP Monroe and Jezebel. Justin Bred got the better of Exodus in the opening match but Exodus got the last laugh as he was victorious in the Last Man Standing Riot Match. In the shock of the night Paul Tracey who was accompanied by Fergal Devitt defeated Hugh Mungus to become the new NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Champion.

Tuesday October 26th saw Majik relinquish the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title. Majik has recently been injured and has been unable to defend the title. It is rumoured that on his return, that Majik will be making a serious challenge for the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title. The Hammerlock Office decided that the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title would be up for grabs the following night in Cardiff, Wales and that the winner of the Last Man Standing Riot Match would be declared the new NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Wednesday October 27th in Cardiff, Wales saw Psycho Steve crowned the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Champion as he was victorious in the Last Man Standing Riot Match. Hugh Mungus was as mean as ever. NWA Irelands Chamera impressed again in a mixed tag team match as did the rest of the NWA Ireland team that were in action. Jetta also impressed. Adam Abz again retained the NWA Ireland Heavyweight Title over Cardiff’s own Caiman in a hard fought match. Paul Tracey held onto his NWA-UK Heavyweight Title over Danny Williams with some help from his tag team partner Fergal Devitt. Fergal Devitt also had a great night in Cardiff – Devitt who was accompanied by Tracey challenged ‘Son of Abdullah’ for the NWA British Commonwealth Title in an Anything Goes Match. After a long brawl throughout the venue Fergal Devitt pinned ‘Son of Abdullah’ to become the new NWA British Commonwealth Champion. This rounded off a great few days for the self proclaimed ‘Irelands Greatest Ever Tag Team’ with both Paul Tracey and Fergal Devitt now both holding singles titles.

Friday October 29^th say us return to Mote Park Leisure Centre in Maidstone, Kent. In a Submission Match, Americas Jack Thriller overcame Danny Garnell. Fergal Devitt retained the NWA British Commonwealth Title over Danny Williams and Psycho Steve also retained his NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight title. Chamera and Sean ‘Maxer’ Brennan overcame JP Monroe and Jezebel in Mixed Tag Action. ‘Son of Abdullah’ defeated Paul Tracey in an Anything Goes Match to become the new NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Champion. There was a clause in the contract however that if ‘Son of Abdullah’ was victorious he had to give Tracey a rematch the following night at the Stour Centre in Ashford, Kent. However ‘Son of Abdullah’ was already booked to take on Tracey’s tag team partner Fergal Devitt at Ashford for the NWA British Commonwealth Title and was booked to take on Psycho Steve on the last night of the tour in Steve’s hometown of Rugby in Warwickshire. Tracey and Devitt claimed that ‘Son of Abdullah’ would have to wrestle twice the next night in Ashford. However the new NWA-UK Champion responded that rather than wrestle twice that he would take the Irish team on in a 2 on 1 Handicap Match in a ‘Winner Takes All Match’ – if ‘S.O.A.’ pinned either Devitt or Tracey he won the NWA British Commonwealth Title but if Devitt or Tracey pinned ‘S.O.A.’, the Irish Team would not only have Devitt’s NWA British Commonwealth Title, but also they would have the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title back in their camp. The Irish accepted these stipulations and the match was on for Ashford the following night. In 1995 Andre ‘Sledgehammer’ Baker battled Dan ‘The Beast’ Severn in New Jersey, USA, for the NWA World Heavyweight Title – in the main event at our recent show in Maidstone one of Baker’s top talents squared off against one of Severn’s top talents when ‘Vigilante’ Johnny Moss battled CJ Otis. After a hard fought match it was Moss that emerged victorious. Finally at Maidstone Exodus won a Last Man Standing Riot Match.

On a busy night at the Stour Centre in Ashford, Kent - Psycho Steve retained his NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title over Paul Fury. Paul Vault battled Jack Thriller and CJ Otis squared off against Peter Jay in a Submission Match. Zack Zabre Jr was in mixed tag action teaming with Chamera against the team of Black Widow and Devilman. Zack and Chamera were victorious. ‘Vigilante’ Johnny Moss defeated Sean ‘Maxer’ Brennan. In an Anything Goes 2 on 1 Winner Takes all Handicap Match with both the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight title and the NWA British Commonwealth Title on the line ‘Son of Abdullah’ overcame Paul Tracey and Fergal Devitt when he pinned the then NWA British Commonwealth Champion – Fergal Devitt to hold both belts. There was a clause with the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title however that ‘S.O.A’ had to give either Tracey or Devitt a NWA-UK Hammerlock Title rematch within 30 days. ‘S.O.A.’ was booked to take on Psycho Steve on the final night of the tour and was then scheduled to leave the UK and wrestle in Australia so he since he was unable to defend the title within the designated 30 days, Tracey and Devitt demanded that ‘Son of Abdullah’ be stripped of the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title. Referee Mike Hunter obliged and stripped ‘S.O.A.’ of the title and took the Championship belt from him leaving the Ashford audience very unhappy at the outcome. Exodus again won the Last Man Standing Riot Match at Ashford last eliminating Jekkyl.

The final night of the tour say us at the Benn Hall in Rugby, Warwickshire – Following intense discussions the Irish Team put Fergal Devitt forward as the Number One Contender for the NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Title. The NWA-UK Office decided that the Number Two Contender for the belt was ‘Vigilante’ Johnny Moss. The two battled for the title with Moss emerging victorious and leaving Rugby the new NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Champion. ‘Son of Abdullah’ retained his British Commonwealth Title when he beat Psycho Steve in an Anything Goes Match. Exodus suffered a broken collar bone in his match with Jack Thriller. Sean ‘Maxer’ Brennan lost out to CJ Otis in a Submission Match. Hugh Mungus Battled Paul Vault. In Mixed Tag Action Chamera, Blaze and Danny Williams overcame Jetta, Black Widow and Danny ‘Renegade Angel’ Butler. Psycho Steve returned to win the Last Man Standing Riot Match to send his hometown crowd home happy.

NWA-UK Hammerlock Wrestling would like to thank all of our fans who attended our shows during the tour and we look forward to seeing you all again in the very near future.

Back on TV

NWA UK Hammerlock's very own wrestling and martial arts expert Sledgehammer Andre Baker who was at one time regularly seen on TV on various programmes featuring himself, Hammerlock or his protégés has after a lengthy absence due to injury returned to our TV screens in style, two very popular national programmes to be precise, he and Gravesend based star Gary Steele along with various other Hammerlock stars and trainees from Hammerlock Wrestling's Sittingbourne training facility are featured in an edition of "Ultimate Warriors" series which was aired again last week, the series is being aired several times over on Bravo during the year and also features Dan "The Beast" Severn and Terry Funk.

In addition Andre is also featured on the Channel 4 series "That'll Teach Em" where he trains the unruly bunch of lads who are living school life as it would of been if they were attending school in the sixties, unfortunately on the day of the competition the health and safety consultant would only allow the lads to do groundwork so the competition had to be ground fighting only which meant that the training footage which included a lot of throws etc was not shown which was a great pity as there were some very funny and dramatic footage filmed during the training sessions

Both programmes are very popular and attract good viewing figures, further details can be obtained by visiting the channel 4 website at www.channel4.com

September crowning of the first ever NWA Ireland Champion.

NWA Ireland is pleased to announce that we will make NWA History by crowning the first ever NWA Ireland Champion on Sunday September 26^th in front of our hometown audience at Wolfe Tone Community Centre in Bray, Co. Wicklow. The night before on Saturday September 25th we will return to Kildare where we will be holding another Live Event at the CYMS Hall in Kildare Town. More details regarding our Live NWA Ireland Championship Event in Bray on September 26th will be announced soon.

Devitt and Tracey to Canada, then back to the United Kingdom this coming October.

Paul Tracey and Fergal Devitt will once again be travelling across the Atlantic this coming October. This time however they are heading for Canada.

‘Irelands Greatest Ever Tag Team’ as they constantly refer to themselves when teaming on the NWA-UK Hammerlock circuit will be heading for Quebec where they will spend four days touring with ‘Son of Abdullah’ Dru Onyx, wrestling on shows for Canadian Independent Promotions and also running Professional Wrestling Training Seminars at Dru Onyx’s Training School.

Following on from this they will head straight to Winnipeg, Manitoba where they will wrestle on the NWA 56^th Anniversary Show which is being hosted by Ernie Todd and NWA/CWF. The NWA Anniversary Shows and Convention run through the weekend of October 15th - 17th. Tracey and Devitt will then fly directly back to the United Kingdom where they will take part in NWA-UK Hammerlocks October Tour starting on October 19th and finishing on October 31st.

Although Fergal and Paul have been at the last two NWA Anniversary Shows in Corpus Christi, Texas and Parkersburg, West Virginia, this will be the first time they will be competing as a tag team at an NWA Anniversary Show. On previous Anniversary Shows they have both wrestled NWA/CWF star Spyder for the British Commonwealth Title. Their only previous appearance as a tag team in the USA was on an independent show in Oakhill, West Virginia where they defeated the team of Muscles Mansfield and former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Vinnie ‘Star’ Viagra after hitting their front slam/dropkick combination on Vinnie Viagra.

Morrow and O’Rourke also to Canada.

Devitt and Traceys opponents at this years NWA Anniversary Show will be none other than NWA Irelands Carl ‘Shooter’ O’ Rourke and Paddy ‘Suicide Machine’ Morrow.

Both Carl and Paddy have been making great names for themselves on the NWA Ireland circuit recently with great performances on recent shows. Thet have both also been impressing people with good solid performances on NWA-UK Hammerlock Shows in England. Most recently on June 19th at the Stour Centre in Ashford, Kent in a NWA-UK  V  NWA Ireland Card, O’Rourke reached the final of a King of the Ring Tournament where he narrowly lost to ‘World Class Athlete’ Paul Vault. On the same card Morrow was in an Eight Man NWA-UK  V  NWA Ireland Tag Team Match when he teamed with NWA Irelands Phil ‘The Thrill’ Boyd, Danny ‘Renegade Angel’ Butler and Paul Fury against the NWA-UK team of Tank, Danny Williams, David Deville and Zack Zabre Jr.. Prior to this event O’Rourke was last wrestling in the UK on NWA-UK Hammerlocks Live Event in Cardiff on June 5th while Morrow was on NWA-UK Hammerlocks Live Event in Margate, Kent on April 19th.

Both Carl and Paddy are looking forward to travelling to Canada this coming October and all at NWA Ireland wish them well. This will undoubtedly be their first trip of many to compete across the Atlantic.

Back on TV

There will also be an NWA-UK Hammerlock match at this years Anniversary Show. Former NWA-UK Hammerlock Heavyweight Champion ‘Vigilante’ Johnny Moss will take on up and coming young British star Byron Black. Moss who has wrestled in the USA on many times before is also looking forward to travelling to Canada and this match should be a good one.

Female Fighting Frenzy!!

Get ready for the most explosive female fighting tournament ever to hit the UK. NWA UK are looking for eight brave young women who will take part in a unique competition, part wrestling, part tough woman, part MMA, part street fight, to find out who really is the toughest of them all. There’s never been anything quite like the Female Fighting Frenzy!

The event is to be held in the comfortable surroundings of a martial arts dojo in Kent, and will be staged in a pro-style ring. There is a licensed bar onsite, so that spectators can relax as they watch the action. And what action it promises to be! Eight women will be paired off against each other in four first-round matches. The winners will meet in the semi-finals, with the two winners from there battling it out in the Grand Final.

The format of the fights is like nothing ever seen in the UK before. There will be a referee on hand to ensure the safety of the combatants, but there will be no pins. Matches will be decided on best-of-three submissions only, no time limit. As in MMA matches, rules are kept to a minimum. There is no gouging, scratching, kneeing or closed-fist punching, but apart from that, anything goes! With hair-pulling, face slapping and even kicking allowed, these fights will get rough. They won’t be for the faint hearted.

Space is limited, and its strictly first-come first served. With seven fights guaranteed, it’s should be one of the best value afternoons of female combat in the business. Ladies! Interested in testing yourself in serious sporting competition?

Find out how you can be a part of this unique event, and the rewards for taking part by e-mailing us at for details <nwauk@hammerlockwrestling.com </nwauk@hammerlockwrestling.com nwauk@hammerlockwrestling.com

World Class Yet Again

Hammerlock wrestling are pleased to announce that Paul Vault The World Class Athlete, one of Hammerlocks most decorated wrestlers is flying out to the USA to compete in an unique invitation only "Lord of the Rings" tournament on August 14th, at the Newville Area Community Center in Newville. 

This unique tournament features 2 rings, side by side. A singles match starts in both rings simultaneously. When a wrestler wins his match, he enters the other ring where that match becomes a 3 Way Match until there is one winner from that "match set." There are 10 match sets consisting of 40 wrestlers. At the end of the 10 match sets, the 10 winners split up into groups of 5 and two Battle Royals are held in the rings to narrow the field down to the finalists. A special hardcore match determines the overall LOTR Champion, who walks away with a beautiful 5 ft. engraved trophy. This year's list of contestants includes former 3 time WWE World Tag Team Champion Headshrinker Samu  former ECW Tag Team Champions The Super Destroyers, former NWA Tag Team Champion John Rambo, Morgus the Maniac, also appearing will be WWE Hall of Famer "Luscious" Johnny Valiant, former ECW World Tag Team champion Super Destroyer, Big Slam Vader, lady wrestling star AmyLee. There will be a total of 28 matches and 55 wrestlers in the pre-torunament and tournament matches. top indy stars from various independent promotions, and all the NWL/HoPWF stars. ! Last year's show was an awesome event, and this year's show is shaping up to be even more exciting.  

NWA Mid-Atlantic all set for the Great Brawl of China

Charlotte, N.C. – In December 2003 NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling made history as the first-ever professional wrestling organization to present shows in the People's Republic of China in the city of Guangzhou.

From August 15 to September 10, 2004, NWA MACW will change history as they present The Great Brawl of China, the first-ever national tour of the People's Republic, including an inaugural show in Beijing under the shadow of the Great Wall of China titled The Brawl at the Wall.

With 18 shows scheduled over a four-week period, NWA MACW will be presenting events in such diverse cities as Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

Scheduled to appear on the month-long tour are: Former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Barry Windham, former WWE superstar Dustin Rhodes, former WCW superstars The Barbarian and Glacier, NWA MACW Junior Heavyweight Champion Rikki Nelson, former champ Chris Hamrick, Andrue Bane and Bruiser Bradley.

Not to be outdone, for the first time ever ladies wrestling will debut in the People's Republic of China as Malia Hosaka, Brandy Wine, Jenny Taylor and Amber Holly will step inside the squared circle to engage in action. However, they will not be the only ladies making their way to the ring. While the Marilyn Monroe of NWA MACW Dakota returns to the PRC, Vanessa Harding and So-Cal Val will make their NWA MACW debuts.

With everything set to go, The Great Brawl of China should be nothing short of spectacular for our fans in the PRC.

For show updates and results, be sure to visit the NWA MACW Web site at

 http://www.midatlanticwrestling.com

Cardiff Sellout

NWA UK Hammerlock held a sell out live event at the Cathay's Community Centre, near the city centre of Cardiff, Wales on Saturday the 5th of June, the show was well received by all in attendance.

Featured in the show were some of the Hammerlock established wrestlers such as Tank, Paul Vault, Danny Garnell, Exodus, Kurupt, Danny Williams, David Deville & Devilman, in addition there was a team of five representing NWA Ireland lead by Fergal Devitt and Paul Tracey, a team from Midlands Pro Wrestling lead by Psycho Steve and eight of the trainees from Hammerlocks Welsh training facility made their debut on the show.

Hammerlock will return to Cathay's Community Centre with another live event soon, in the mean time training sessions take place at the centre on the first Sunday of every month from 12 noon until 3.30pm.

Tradition Now Comes In Tartan!
 

NWA (UK) Hammerlock are proud to announce the opening of its Scottish training centre in association with Scottish championship wrestling the centre based just outside Glasgow will feature a permanent ring large matted area and free weights classes will be available 12-5 Saturday (advanced class) 12-5 Sunday (beginners class) with mixed classes Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday nights the head instructor is NWA (UK)'s own spiritual advisor,WWE tryout camp attendee and Former Scottish heavyweight champion CONSCIENCE who is a fully qualified IBF instructor and he will be assisted by Hammerlock graduates Eric Canyon and Adam Shame the grand opening is scheduled for the 1st of April 2004.

Welsh Wrestling Training

The recent NWA (UK) Hammerlock wrestling training session that took place in Wales on Sunday the 1st of February was a great success, there was an excellent turn out for what was a very productive and enjoyable session.

The Hammerlock team in attendance were Danny Garnell, Mike Mendoza, Tank, Andre Baker & Irelands Feral Devitt & Paul Tracey.

We intend to hold training sessions on the first Sunday of every month whilst gradually expanding our activities further in to the area with live events being held there in the near future.

The training sessions are held on the first Sunday of every month from 12noon until 3.30pm at:

The Cathays Community Centre
Cathays Terrace
Cathays
Cardiff
Wales

For further details please Click Here

Hammerlock would like to thank Karl Griffiths for all his assistance with this vent

NWA Tour China

NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling made a historic trip to China from the December 27, 2003 to January 4, 2004, NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling signed an exclusive agreement with the Chinese government to hold the very first professional wrestling tour in the People’s Republic of China.

The trip to china was very successful and the NWA team performed in front of over 17,000 people during three shows the NWA name was on front page of every newspaper the whole time it was there.

One of these events was televised lived across China on state run television .

"This is a proud moment for our group," said NWA MACW CEO David Baucom. "Although we have run shows all over the world with the USO, breaking new ground to a potential fan base of more than 200 million people is an exciting proposition."

As part of the exclusive agreement, NWA MACW will run between 30 to 40 shows in China during 2004.

First ever NWA Ireland Champion to be crowned in 2004

NWA Ireland is pleased to announce that the first ever NWA Ireland Champion will be crowned later this year. There will be a tournament to crown our first champion most likely to be held in mid 2004. Further details will be announced in upcoming months.

Paratrooper returns from Iraq War To Wrestle Gangsters

NWA (UK) Hammerlock wrestler Stevie Majors is making his long awaited return to the ring after returning from fierce front line action in Iraq as a member of the elite Parachute regiment.

Stevie's eagerly awaited come back is being sponsored by none other than infamous bad boy celebrity gangster Dave Courtney. Earlier this month Stevie was taken to visit Dave Courtney by his good friend and mentor Andre Baker, during the meeting Baker explained the situation to Mr Courtney, who being Fiercely patriotic and whose own house is decorated with war memorabilia past and present was only to willing to help.

Whilst there Courtney made available a few of his doorman for Stevie to spar with under the expert guidance of Baker a holder of black belts in eight different martial arts.

Starting wrestling at the young age of fourteen Stevie enjoyed much success before putting his dream on hold to follow in his grandfathers footsteps and serve with the elite Parachute regiment. When returning from the war the flame was reignited and is now burning brighter than ever. Lee is hoping that the fierce grit and never say die attitude that the rest of the paratroopers used to maximum effect during the second Gulf war will carry over in to the squared circle this time round.

Another Monster Joins Hammerlock

NWA Ireland and NWA (UK) Hammerlock Contingent return from USA

Paul Tracey, Fergal Devitt and Muscles Mansfield, along with 'Vigilante' Johnny Moss and Beautiful Benny B in a non-wrestling capacity, recently returned from Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA where they were for the NWA 55th Anniversary Shows and Convention.

On the Friday Night Show Fergal Devitt was robbed of a victory by Spyder in a match to determine the British Commonwealth Champion. Spyder who defeated Paul Tracey for the same title at last years Anniversary Show was very lucky to leave with the Championship and needed the help of a dubious decision of a Canadian referee from his home promotion NWA/CWF to beat Fergal Devitt. Both Paul Tracey and Fergal Devitt complained about the outcome to NWA/CWF promoter Ernie Todd at the commentary table the following night and it looks like we haven't seen the last of this situation as Tracey and Devitt have vowed to someday take the title back to the UK. Check back for future developments.

Also on the Friday Night show Paul Tracey defeated Muscles Mansfield in an NWA Ireland V NWA (UK) Hammerlock Challenge Match following a low blow which referee Tony Wolfe didn't see and a top rope elbow drop.

It was a successful trip all round for NWA Ireland and NWA (UK) Hammerlock Wrestling and photos will be posted here very soon.

Tracey and Devitt make their Tag Team Indy debut in the United States

On an Independent Show in Oakhill, West Virginia on Tuesday 15th of October 2003, regular NWA-UK and Ireland Tag Team stars of Fergal Devitt and Paul Tracey made their United States Tag Team Debut defeating the Team of Muscles Mansfield and NWA World Junior Championship Contender Vinnie Viagra with their Top Rope Dropkick/Front Slam Combination. They will now travel to the UK for more Tag Team action at the 10th Anniversary Tour.

NWA Ireland on Irish National Television

Saturday October 11th saw the National Television Debut of NWA Ireland. On the Network 2 Saturday morning programme 'Sattitude' brought to the airwaves the latest match in the long running feud between 'The Inve$tment' Ross Browne and Beautiful Benny B. In a very entertaining match 'The Inve$tment' got the win leaving this feud set at two victories a piece. This feud will no doubt continue at upcoming NWA Ireland live events. The ratings for the NWA Ireland segments on the TV show were reportedly good and who knows - the door may be open for NWA Ireland to return to National Television in the not too distant future. Stay tuned !

NWA (UK) Hammerlock's Continued Success On US TV

We are pleased to be able to report that due to the success of the “Faking It” series on American television it is to be aired again several times on BBC America including the edition featuring NWA (UK) Hammerlock and top UK ballet dancer Kasper Cornish (aka) "The Highwayman” that was originally aired in the UK on Channel Four and then again several times on E4 before being aired in the United States back in June this year.

BBC America will be airing this edition of "Faking It" again on the following dates and times:

Sunday 0ctober 5th at 1pm

Thursday October 30th at 9pm

Friday October 31st at 12am and again at 4am

For more details go to the BBC America website

Press Release
From/On Behalf  of  NWA (UK