{"id":82931,"date":"2021-01-15T09:09:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=82931"},"modified":"2021-01-15T09:09:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:09:08","slug":"kurt-johansson-show-sheikh-el-sham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/01\/15\/kurt-johansson-show-sheikh-el-sham\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Johansson Show Presents: &#8220;Best Interview Yet&#8221; With Sheikh El Sham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Kurt Johansson Show is an interview series that sees host Kurt Johansson talk to professional wrestlers from all over the world including France, Denmark, China, Singapore, the UK, the US, and many more.\u00a0 In this edition, Johansson is joined by the &#8216;Middle Eastern Millionaire&#8217; Sheikh El Sham of the UK wrestling scene in what the host has described as his FAVORITE interview to date!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheikh El Sham on NXT UK, NXT India - Racism, Religion &amp; Culture - PCW &amp; All Star and Speaking Out\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NC5n5Jirflw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They talk about a lot of personal and real topics, on his struggles as a Pakistani male, pursuing wrestling against his family&#8217;s culture and wishes. Racism in wrestling and how religion and culture is treated, as well as the speaking out movement.<\/p>\n<p>They also talk about his career on the UK scene, talking stories and career highlights for <strong>All Star Wrestling<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Preston City Wrestling<\/strong> and the upcoming Heavyweight Classic to South West Wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>We discuss his <strong>NXT UK<\/strong> tryout and what&#8217;s next for Sheikh El Sham and also talk if NXT India is something he would like to do, and much more.<\/p>\n<div>You can find audio versions of Johansson\u2019s interviews over at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thekurtjohanssonshow.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PodBean<\/a>, and anywhere else you get your podcasts.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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