{"id":34981,"date":"2019-01-11T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T20:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=34981"},"modified":"2019-01-11T15:38:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T20:38:06","slug":"the-school-of-irish-wrestling-set-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/01\/11\/the-school-of-irish-wrestling-set-to-open\/","title":{"rendered":"The School Of Irish Wrestling Set To Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced by\u00a0<strong>Over The Top Wrestling (OTT)\u00a0<\/strong>owner <strong>Joe Cabray<\/strong> on Friday that a brand new training school would be opening in Ireland.\u00a0 On the same day we got <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/01\/11\/nxt-uk-performance-centre-officially-confirmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a UK-based WWE Performance Center<\/a>, Irish Wrestling got a place to produce more of its own talent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Proud to announce the next step for Irish Wrestling <br \/>Feb 2nd The School Of Irish Wrestling, W <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulTraceyLOTM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PaulTraceyLOTM<\/a> as head coach, @Jordan_Devlin1 @sean_guinness_ and myself also taking classes. Featuring a new ring, promo room, matted area. More info soon ! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IrishWrestling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#IrishWrestling<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EhM2ghqb5R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/EhM2ghqb5R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cabray (@Joey_Cabray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joey_Cabray\/status\/1083782222514188290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Head trainer\u00a0<strong>Paul Tracey\u00a0<\/strong>has been involved in the Irish wrestling scene since 2002. He was involved in training people alongside\u00a0<strong>Finn B\u00e1lor\u00a0<\/strong>since the mid 00s and is a former\u00a0<strong>NLW Champion<\/strong>.\u00a0 He is joined by an all star team of coaches\u00a0Cabray himself,\u00a0<strong>Jordan Devlin<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Sean Guinness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34986\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34986\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/Dtm9nSvW0AAIp6--e1547238568258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finn Balor and Paul Tracey in their early career together in Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cabray was a successful wrestler as <strong>Luther Ward<\/strong>, he had a run in NXT and was the figurehead of OTT in its early days.\u00a0 Guinness has spent time in Japan with\u00a0<strong>Pro Wrestling Zero-One\u00a0<\/strong>and can bring his expertise of their training methods to the new school.\u00a0 Arguably the biggest coup is NXT UK star Jordan Devlin.\u00a0 Devlin has become the best wrestler in Ireland and one of the best in Europe over the last two years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34988\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34988\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/skysports-jordan-devlin-wrestler-wwe_3865660-e1547238755741.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All four coaches bring experience and expertise to the table as Irish wrestling gets another school to produce talent.\u00a0 The current generation of Irish wrestling talent is still making their name known, with a new school opening up the next generation\u00a0is set to get even better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced by\u00a0Over The Top Wrestling (OTT)\u00a0owner Joe Cabray on Friday that a brand new training school would be opening in Ireland.\u00a0 On the same day we got a UK-based WWE Performance Center, Irish Wrestling got a place to produce more of its own talent. 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