TheShield Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Other/ASWbigphoto_zpsd611d6a3.jpg All Star Wrestling is a British independent wrestling promotion based in Liverpool, England. It is the second most well known promotion in British wrestling history, second to the coalition of promotions known as Joint Promotions. The promotion was originally founded under the banner Wrestling Enterprises, it remained that way from 1970 - 1984 before being taken over and repackaged as All Star Wrestling. In the mid to late 80's they were part of the biggest promotion war ever seen in professional wrestling when they went head to head with Joint Promotions, All Star Wrestling stole many champions and top performers from Joint Promotions including their World Champion at the time, Johnny Saint. Eventually Joint Promotions lost their television deal with ITV due to massive slumps in the ratings and this allowed ASW to snap up the television deal and put on a weekly show, prime time on one of the biggest networks in England. Eventually the boom period in British professional wrestling wore off and ASW television deal ended. By this time they had built a large fan base and continued getting record attendance figures for several years while Joint Promotions kept gradually losing more and more money. In 1993 the biggest draw in ASW, Kendo Nagaski hung up his boots and ended all ongoing storylines, the retirement show drew great attendance but following the show the fan base off ASW quickly deteriorated and they soon found themselves in a worse position than before they capitalized on the boom period. In 1994, Joint Promotions is currently on a part time schedule and have very little money with the threat of bankruptcy scaring of many workers and investors. NWA UK Hammerlock has been running for over a year but has failed to build up much of a fanbase. The third an final British promotion, ASW has lost most worker to retirement or the Japanese, Mexican and American wrestling scenes due to the much higher pay scale foreign promotions can offer them. ASW has lost a huge chunk of it's fanbase and is in a bad financial position, someone needs to bring the British Indy scene up from the ashes, ASW once again needs repackaging. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Other/Backstory_zps06c44f6b.jpg With ASW in need of a new owner, Brian Dixon cut ties with all current workers, auctioned off all memorabilia and assets and declared the promotion as up for sale. On July 1st 1994 the announcement was made that a small fee was agreed between Brian Dixon and unknown fan Dana White and the ownership change was made official. Dana White, currently living in Las Vegas is the co-owner of three successful gyms, he is quite well known in America for being a trainer/manager for several MMA fighters. He did a short interview for ITV news where he declared he is a massive wrestling fan and this is going to be a part time project of his, he declared he wants to get ASW to the level it was during the boom period for British wrestling. He close the interview by answering a question about the style of wrestling he will bring to ASW, he answered saying he wants the best wrestlers from all around the world competing in this one promotion, he wants a large range of different styles to keep fans intrigued. He guaranteed by this time next year ASW wrestling will be the home to the best Indy wrestlers from all over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShield Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Other/Roster_zps314b17b2.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Wrestlers/regal_zps421ca7de.jpg Name: Steven Regal Push: Main Eventer Alignment: Heel Steven Regal, the first wrestler drafted in by Dana White, has a growing following all over the world. He spent over nine years learning his craft in the Indy scene in Britain, he was a big name during ASW's run on ITV in the late 80's and had rivalries against Robbie Brookside and Fit Finlay which made him a national star in England. In 1992 he was given his chance when WCW signed him, he started of a clean cut babyface and failed to impress anyone until he was turned heel and became 'Lord' Steven Regal. He caught the eye of the upper management when he delivered an amazing promo early on in his WCW carear where he stated: "Do you know what my New Year's resolution is going to be? To wake up a half an hour earlier so I can hate you more." He is the current holder of the WCW Television Championship, a title which he has held once before. Regal is sure to be a big star in the resurrected ASW. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Wrestlers/FitF_zps2ce24d28.jpg Name: Fit Finlay Push: Upper Midcard Alignment: Heel The second superstar to sign for ASW, another former wrestler of the organisation Fit Finlay. He started his career in 1974 and wrestled throughout Ireland until 78, in 78 he moved to England and signed for Joint Promotions and had much success winning the British Middleweight title twice, the Light heavyweight title and the World Middleweight title. He signed for ASW when they got the rights to ITV's World of Sport wrestling show and has remained with the promotion ever since, he was eager to continue wrestling here when Dana White was revealed as the new owner and quickly put pen to paper. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Wrestlers/RobbieB_zpsc969d9c8.jpg Name: 'Wildcat' Robbie Brookside Push: Upper Midcard Alignment: Face British Indy mainstay returns to ASW, a company which established him as a big time British independent wrestler with a feud against Steve Adonis that put him on the map. Brookside has since wrestled around England and has went on to win the British tag team titles with Frank Sloan. Brookside becomes the third man to join White's revolution. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Wrestlers/DaveT_zpsa6ba14cd.jpg Name: Dave Taylor Push: Upper Midcard Alignment: Heel Dave Taylor, a second generation wrestler and successful amateur wrestler turned pro in 1978. Taylor wrestled in small Indy promotions for many years before joining ASW in 1987, he had several high profile feuds including ones against Kendo Nagasaki and Rollerball Rocco. Taylor became the British Heavyweight champion in 1991 and held the title for over two years. Dave Taylor joins the list of well known British wrestlers to sing for the new ASW. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Wrestlers/JohnnySmith_zps6b1d602e.jpg Name: Johnny Smith Push: Midcard Alignment: Heel Johnny Smith made his wrestling debut aged 16 in 1982, between then and 1986 he struggled to get exposure only having a few televised bouts. In 1985 he was endorsed by Davey Boy Smith and signed for Stampede Wrestling being billed as Davey Boy's brother, from there he went onto tour with New Japan and All Japan Pro Wrestling. He tag teamed with Dynamite Kid many times during several over seas tours in the late 80's - early 90's. He was recently in talks with Extreme Championship Wrestling but after hearing about the revival of ASW he jumped straight on board. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Wrestlers/GiantWarrior_zps6caf16c9.jpg Name: Giant Warrior Push: Midcard Alignment: Heel Giant Warrior is one of the most decorated big men in professional wrestling, debuted in 1987 for Jim Crockett promotions but soon moved on to other American Indy promotions. In 1988 he signed for CMLL and was given a big push until he was fired after receiving an injury. Throughout the early 90's he worked many Indy promotions and became known as 'The Giant Warrior', he went on to complete several successful tours in Japan. In Mexico he was portrayed as a dominate heel and had a two year rivalry with El Canek over the title which included a match which drew over 26,000 fans. He then signed for ASW and returned to his homeland of South Africa for a sold out tour which he main evented. He continued joining ASW for once a year tours to South Africa but mainly worked in Mexico through 1993 having legendary rivalries with Danie Voges and Lance Von Erich. Giant Warrior competed briefly for the WWF but they failed to generate a set gimmick and he soon asked for his release. AT the end of 1993 he made history when he wrestled The Barbarian in front of the largest Indian wrestling crowd in history, he defeated Barbarian in front of 75,000 which has solidified him as the biggest draw in wrestling history in Africa and India. Warrior has returned to ASW but this is the first time he has agreed to work in the UK, can he be as big of a star here? http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Wrestlers/Chrisb_zps27371be1.jpg Name: Chris Benoit Push: Lower Midcard Alignment: Heel Chris Benoit, good friends with the Hart family was trained and started wrestling for Stampede Wrestling in 1985, in 1986 he won his first title, the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship. During he rest of his four year tenure with Stampede he won he won four International Tag Team and three more British Commonwealth titles, he also had a lengthy rivalry with other ASW signing Johnny Smith over the British Commonwealth title. When Stampede started to lose money he began touring with New Japan Pro Wrestling and when Stampede closed, he moved there full time. He was known as Pegasus Kid and was one of the stars of the Junior Heavyweight division, in 1990 he got his biggest win to date, he won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship from Jushin Liger. He also went onto win the Best of the Super Juniors tournament twice and the Super J Cup. He is one of the best technical wrestlers on this planet and is one of the hottest properties on the Indy market today, can he transform his success overseas to the UK? http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Wrestlers/DannyBC_zps7eeab5dc.jpg Name: Danny Boy Collins Push: Lower Midcard Alignment: Face Collins debuted on ITV's World of Sport in 1983 and was seen very rarely in losses, he was then given his final chance to win a match, which he did by beating Jim Breaks for the British Welterweight Title. Collins then went on tours all over Europe including Spain and France, whilst touring he won the European Welterweight Championship. In 1988 he moved to ASW and went on to have even more success defeating Fit Finlay for the British Heavy-Middleweight Championship only a few months after debuting. He won the World Middleweight Championship in 1991 and remained in the title picture up until the title became defunct in 1994. Collins is now returning to ASW as one of the most over babyfaces, largely due to him portraying that his whole career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShield Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Other/Showhistory_zps624f09ff.jpg Coming Soon! http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag102/TheShield2013/ASW/Other/DVD1_zpse5e852a4.jpg All Star Wrestling will start the revolution this July with there first Event and you can purchase it on DVD the next day for only £9.99, the event will be classic, already confirmed to appear: Steven Regal, Fit Finlay, Robbie Brookside and many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerful_Fox Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Really good so far mate, anything to do with Old-School British wrestling has my vote. Very easy to read too, always a bonus. Good work so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistaken Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 i paid my £9.99, wheres my show! <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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