Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) return to the Thornbury Theatre with the 8th annual Ballroom Brawl this weekend. This year’s event will carry with it an extra aura of prestige, akin to a Wrestlemania, as MCW welcome aboard special guest hosts, comedy group Aunty Donna. Aunty Donna is an Australian absurdist comedy group from Melbourne who […] READ MORE
As Southern Pro Wrestling (SPW) remerged from their COVID-19 induced hiatus the company saw a dramatic shift at the top of the roster. During night two of the annual Southern Rumble event Jamie Tagataese defeated Shane Sinclair to capture the SPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship. During night one of the epic two night SPW showcase […] READ MORE
When COVID-19 arrived on the shores of New Zealand their government, and in particular Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern, implemented very strict lockdowns and quickly eradicated the virus. Now that the country is free of COVID and healthy again, wrestling can finally return! This weekend, to celebrate the return of wrestling, Southern Pro Wrestling (SPW) are […] READ MORE
Southern Pro Wrestling NZ (SPW) returns to the adventure capital of the world for Queenstown WrestleFest. Here, their annual event will take place this Saturday. Recently, it was announced that SPW and Impact Pro Wrestling (IPW) would partner up. Said news makes this show year’s installment of Queenstown WrestleFest the biggest and rowdiest yet. ‘Cool […] READ MORE
The two biggest wrestling promotions in New Zealand have announced the formation of a formal partnership. Southern Pro Wrestling (SPW) and Impact Pro Wrestling (IPW) will continue to operate independently. However, championships will now be recognised across promotions and talent will be shared much more regularly. Behind the scenes, these two promotions have had a longstanding […] READ MORE
SPWNZ plays host to a big Fight For Gold show. With two titles on the line and the titular fight for gold briefcase up for grabs, this is sure to be an exciting show that could have long term ramifications on the title scene. ‘Loverboy’ Lochy Hendricks vs ‘Hooligan’ Marcus Kool In a rematch of last weekend’s […] READ MORE
During the annual Halloween Haunting event, Southern Pro Wrestling (SPW) saw two new champions crowned. First up was the crowning of new SPW New Zealand Tag Team Champions in the form of Will Power and Hammer. This was then later followed by a new SPW New Zealand Champion, Shane Sinclair, ascending to the throne in […] READ MORE
After a hard-fought tournament, Danny Psycho has claimed the vacant MCW Intercommonwealth Championship. The tournament began after Slex vacated the championship on May 11. Slex chose to vacate the championship in order to give other MCW athletes an opportunity to shine since he was at the time holding also holding the MCW World Heavyweight Championship. Following […] READ MORE
During the huge Southern Pro Wrestling (SPW) Southern Rumble main event a new SPW New Zealand Champion was crowned as Slex became a double champion. In a champion versus champion encounter where both titles were on the line the current Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) World Heavyweight Champion Slex added to his collection of championship gold […] READ MORE
Southern Pro Wrestling (SPW) returns this weekend with their annual stadium-sized event Southern Rumble. Whilst last year’s event relied heavily on the presence of Will Ospreay, Bea Priestly and Tenille Dashwood as the major draws for the event this year the event has a much more homegrown feel. The 2019 Southern Rumble will see SPW […] READ MORE
Jamie Apps has been working as a newspaper editor for a number of years covering everything from music, comedy, theatre, film and wrestling in Sydney, Australia.
Jamie has been following the Australian independent wrestling scene for a decade, and as such will give you unparalleled insight into the blossoming scene down under.