Irish Whip Wrestling
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Irish Whip Wrestling is an Irish
owned independent
professional wrestling promotion
established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony
, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of Ireland
. The company has appeared on Sky One
, RTE
, TV3, The Wrestling Channel, and recently had a weekly show on Buzz TV
.
in Tallaght
, which featured wrestler Tatanka
. After these two shows, IWW returned to the ESB National Basketball Arena on October 9 for a show that was headlined by Jake "The Snake" Roberts
. During one match at the show, Roberts defeated Flatliner.
IWW continued to promote shows around Ireland through 2003 and 2004, which featured the debuts of several wrestlers including Mad Man Manson, Red Vinny, Vic Viper, Bam Katraz, Sheamus O'Shaunessy, Dave Zero and Joey Cabray. On December 2, 2004 IWW held a show in Lucan, Dublin
, and the main event featured an FWA British Heavyweight Championship
match in which Alex Shane
pinned O'Shaunessy with the help of Vinny.
Also in 2004, IWW opened up their 'Lock-up' training school in Dublin. Trainers at this school have included Blake Norton, "Middleman" Lee Butler and "The Pukka One" Darren Burridge
. Several graduates of the school also went on to become trainers there, such as Bam Katraz, The Ballymun Bruiser, and Bingo Ballance
. On occasion guest trainers have made appearances at the school, including D'Lo Brown
, A.J. Styles
, Kid Kash, Doug Basham
, and Tracy Smothers
. The training school has also been host to the company's Gym Wars shows which gave up and coming trainees a chance to show their skills to IWW management and to a crowd.
in Dublin before 500 fans. This show featured wrestlers A.J. Styles
, Christopher Daniels
, Chris Sabin
, Bam Katraz, Red Vinny, Mad Man Manson, Johnny Storm and Jody Fleisch
. Four days later, IWW held a show in The Forum in Waterford which was headlined by Raven
, who teamed with Sheamus O'Shaunessy to defeat Red Vinny and Vid Vain in the main event. On March 28, O'Shaunessy was crowned the first ever Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Champion which he defeated Darren Burridge
in the tournament final. He held the title until May 29 of that year when he was defeated by D'Lo Brown, who then held it for five months before losing it back to O'Shaunessy on October 2. It ran its last show of the year in SFX City Theatre on November 14. At the show, IWW International Heavyweight Champion O'Shaunessy defeated Vampiro
to retain his title.
Also in 2005, IWW got its own TV show called Whiplash TV, which was broadcast on The Wrestling Channel on Sky Digital
. The show ran for two seasons. Throughout May and June 2006, IWW taped several episodes of its Whiplash TV show in the Laughter Lounge in Dublin City. On August 27, 2006 at International Intermingle, Drew Galloway
beat O'Shaunessy to become IWW International Heavyweight Champion, ending a near year long title reign title. From August to October 2006, the first ever King of the Gym tournament was held over the course of four Gym War events. Wayne Daly beat Mandrake
in the finals to become the first King of the Gym.After the bell, IWW Trainers Bingo Ballance
& Bam Katraz came to the ring to congratulate their trainee.
in the finals of a tournament, which also involved Kid Kash, Red Vinny, Brother Skelly, Bam Katraz & El Ligero
. Three days later, the IWW International Heavyweight Championship was declared vacant after Drew Galloway was unable to make several championship defenses. Therefore a four-way match was made to decide the new champion with Vic Viper overcoming Mad Man Manson, The Ballymun Bruiser and Kid Kash to become the new champion. Bingo Ballance also made his first defense of his newly won, Zero Gravity Title on the show. He collided with Bam Katraz, after fans had voted on a poll on the official IWW website to determine the number one contender. Bingo won a hard fought victory.
In March IWW held its second supershow, and in the main event, Vic Viper defeated Christopher Daniels
to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Championship. Bingo Ballance retained the IWW Zero Gravity Championship in a Four-Way Donnybrook match, and Nigel Mcguinness
defeated Bam Katraz. In May, IWW ran shows featuring independent women wrestlers like Lexie Fyfe
and Portia Perez
. On June 23, Bam Katraz beat Bingo Ballance to win the IWW Zero Gravity Championship. Pro Wrestling Noah
wrestlers Takeshi Rikio
and Ippei Ota also wrestled on the show. On July 6, IWW returned to the Forum in Waterford for its Global Impact show, which was taped for DVD sales. The match between the Ballymun Bruiser and Doug Williams
was featured on TV3's Diary of a Sportstar program. In addition to regular IWW roster, this show also featured Doug Williams
, CIMA
, Dragon Kid
, Takeshi Rikio, Ippei Ota, and Kid Kash.
IWW ran its largest tour to date in late October 2007. It ran 12 shows between the October 19 and 28, which featured Kid Kash, Tracy Smothers, El Generico
, Bam Katraz, Mad Man Manson,Vic Viper, Bingo Ballance
, Red Vinny, Lupin Matsutani, and Keni'chiro Arai
. On October 20, Red Vinny defeated Bingo Ballance to become the new IWW Zero Gravity Champion. Vic Viper also successfully defended his IWW International Heavyweight Championship against Mad Man Manson in a Dog Collar match. Several matches on the tour were taped for the International Hits, Vol. 1 DVD.
, René Duprée
and Pierre Carl Oulette to Ireland for the first time. During the tour, Vic Viper successfully defended his IWW International Heavyweight Championship against Eugene. At one show, however, Mandrake pinned Eugene in a triple threat match involving Viper to become the new Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Champion. Mandrake's victory celebration was cut short when Dupree marched to the ring demanding to be the first challenger for the title, which Mandrake accepted. In the match, Mandrake successfully defended his title. Also on this show, Viper rebounded from his International Heavyweight title loss by becoming the Irish Whip Wrestling Zero Gravity Champion by defeating Red Vinny, Bam Katraz, Bingo Ballance, Liam Thompson in a five-way match. Bam Katraz, having turned heel in the weeks leading up to the show, accepted a pay off from Viper to aid him in winning the title. The show in Cork City
featured Man Man Manson defeating Vic Viper in a non-title chain match. Mandrake also successfully defended his title against Pierre Carl Oulette in the main event. The next night, Mandrake once again defeated Rene Dupree to retain his title.
On June 1, Gym Wars returned after an 10 month absence, and trainees Big Top Mongo and Working Class John made their debuts. The main event had Keith Connolly square off with Andy Barton. Another Gym Wars was held on June 22 in which a battle royal
was held to determine the number 1 contender to Mandrake's International Heavyweight Title; the match ended in a draw with Rugged Dillon Jones and Harry Hardshaw's feet both hitting the floor at the same time. As a result, Jones and Hardshaw had a match at the last Gym Wars on August 24, which ended in a double count-out. In the main event, Keith Connolly won a 12 man Battle Royal to become the 2008 King of the Gym.
Later that month, IWW returned to the National Basketball Arena
in Tallaght, Dublin
for the first time in six years. The show involved international wrestlers such as Raven, Daivari
, Nigel McGuinness
, Chad Collyer
, Balls Mahoney
, Dave Moralez, and Andy Boy Simmonz. All the matches were taped for IWW's television show on Buzz TV
. In July, IWW ran a eight show tour around Ireland, during which Mandrake successfully retained his IWW International Heavyweight Title numerous times against Doug Basham
. Mandrake also retained his gold against Balls Mahoney
in Waterford on July 12. Bingo Ballance also left the Summer Heat Tour still the IWW Zero-Gravity Champion despite competition from LA Warren, Keith Connolly, Red Vinny, Wade Fitzgerald, and T-Bone. English wrestler Joel Redman also wrestled on this tour. In Clonmel on July 11, Mahoney took on T-Bone in a falls count anywhere match.
IWW hosted a tournament in honour of Danno O'Mahony
in August in O'Mahony's hometown of Ballydehob
. On September 18, IWW tag team
The Hurling Heroes (Captain Rooney and Conor Hurley) won the Celtic Wrestling Tag Team Championship by defeating Celtic Wrestling's Method and Madness tag team in Aberfan, Wales
. During the annual October tour, The Hurling Heroes successfully defended their Celtic Wrestling Tag Titles against Celtic Wrestling representatives T-Bone and Jules Lambrini. They also defended their tag titles on October 27 against LA Warren and Lambrini. Bingo Ballance successfully defended his IWW Zero Gravity title against Vic Viper, Keith Connolly and Billy Boy Meehan throughout the tour. In his hometown of Clondalkin
on October 26, Working Class John defeated The Ballymun Bruiser. Also, Mandrake continued to retain the IWW International Heavyweight title against Bobby Fish
and Vic Viper.
IWW ended 2008 with shows in Enniscorthy, Wexford
on December 6 and Balbriggan
on December 7. On December 6, Mark Haskins
defeated The Ballymun Bruiser, Vic Viper and Red Vinny (the reigning RQW Cruiserweight Champion
) in a four-way match to become the new champion. The next night was Fan Appreciation Night, and Bingo Ballance beat LA Warren in the main event in a two out of three falls match.
, Dungarvan
, Waterford and Cashel
, Tipperary from January 30-February 1. At the Rathcoole show, Bingo Ballance lost the Zero Gravity Championship to LA Warren. Bingo received re-matches in Dungarven and Cashel but was unsuccessful in regaining the championship. Also Captain Rooney defeated Indian Wrestler Prince Mohammend Ahmeen throughout the tour and Mandrake successfully defended his IWW International Heavyweight Championship against No1 Contender Conor Hurley in a best of 3 falls match.
In February, Irish Whip Wrestling held a multi-date tour around Ireland featuring Doug Basham
and Big Vito and also the UK's T-Bone and Joel Redman in addition to the usual IWW Roster. It began with a show in Lucan, County Dublin on February 7. This show saw the team of the Hurling Heroes (Conor Hurley and Captain Rooney) split up. They faced off in a three way match involving Zero Gravity Champion LA Warren in which Warren pinned Rooney. Post match Warren and Hurley vicious beat down Rooney. Warren and Hurley also got involved later on in the night in a last man standing match between IWW International Heavyweight Champion Mandake and Doug Basham
. Post match Basham challenged Warren and Hurley to a tag match with Mandrake as his partner in the main event which saw Basham and Mandrake win. Also on the show Mad Man Manson defeated the Ballymun Bruiser and Bingo Ballance beat The Supermodel to become number 1 contender to the Zero Gravity Championship. IWW continued its February tour with a show in Drogheda
, Co. Louth on February 12. In notable happenings Doug Basham defeated The Supermodel and IWW International Heavyweight Champion successfully defended his title against former WCW and WWE Superstar Big Vito. In Carrick-on-Suir
, Co. Tipperary on February 13, Big Vito defeated Doug Basham in the first ever match between both competitors. Plus in a six man encounter Mad Man Manson, Joel Redman and Conor Hurley beat The Supermodel,T-Bone and The Ballymun Bruiser. On February 14 IWW returned to the Forum in Waterford
City. Highlights included a match in which LA Warren successfully defended his Zero Gravity Title against Joel Redman. Also on the show Mad Man Manson defeated Big Vito and Mandrake beat Doug Basham in a Best of Three Falls match to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Championship.
From March 12–17, 2009 Irish Whip Wrestling held a six day tour. LA Warren successfully retained his Zero Gravity title against a variety of opponents including former champion Bingo Ballance, Joel Redman, Vic Viper and Red Vinny. Conor Hurley also defeated Big Vito at the Tallaght show on March 14. In addition Mandrake successfully fended of the challenge of Doug Basham throughout the tour and retained his IWW International Heavyweight Championship. In April 2009 Irish Whip Wrestling ran shows in Cork, Donegal and Mount Mellick, Loais. On the shows Captain Rooney defeated The Supermodel. Also LA Warren successfully defended his Zero Gravity title against Scottish
wrestler Angus J. Rotanda. In addition there was a rematch between Conor Hurley and Big Vito. Finally Mandrake defeated English wrestler Joel Redman to retain the Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship.
In late May/early June Irish Whip Wrestling ran a multi-date tour featuring Kevin Thorn. Throughout the tour, several dates were cancelled due to very weak ticket sales, but Mandrake retained the IWW title against the likes off Joel Redman and Kevin Thorn. LA Warren also fought off some stiff competition against Vic Viper, Bingo Ballance and The Supermodel and Joel Redman. In other news from the tour, a one match show, of an 8 man tag elimination tag, took place in Portloaise, the match came down to just Working Class John and Kevin Thorn with Working Class shockingly pinning Thorn to get the win for his team.
July 2009 saw Irish Whip holding a show in Ennis,Clare, two shows in Dublin and two in Donegal. On the Dublin shows Captain Rooney defeated Bam Katraz in Raheny, Hometown Hero Working Class John avenged a loss to LA Warren earlier that evening when he teamed with Captain Rooney to defeat Warren and Conor Hurley. Also on the Dublin shows and on the weekend of the Donegal shows Mandrake saw off the challenge of the Supermodel in a series of best of 3 falls matches.
On 1 and 2 August, IWW ran two shows as part of the Daingean
Festival in Daingean,Co. Offaly. The next day it ran a show as part of the Tinahely festival. On 8 August The Supermodel won the second annual Danno Mahony Tournament. He defeated The Ballymun Briuser, Captain Rooney and Working Class John in separate matches in the tournament to win the trophy. IWW rounded its string of summer shows with shows in holiday towns Ballybunion
,Kerry and Kilkee
, Co Clare. In notable happenings Matt Vaughan and Angus J Rotanda beat The Supermodel and LA Warren in Ballybunion and LA Warren who won the King Of Kilkee Tournament in Kilkee beating Matt Vaughan in the final.
After performing at a festival in County Cavan in September and following a succeessful debut in Wales the following month. Irish Whip Wrestling ran a 4 day tour in Dublin. The show on October 9 in Finglas drew a packed house of 500 people. The show was headlined by Mandrake defending his title against the Supermodel in a best of 3 falls match. This led to a last man standing match the next night in Rathcoole. On the Ballyfermot show on 10 October LA Warren defeated Red Vinny in Loser Leaves IWW Match to retain the Zero Gravity title. Also on the show Working Class John defeated IWW newcomer Swiss Luca. Swiss Luca is a former trainee of the Storm Wrestling Academy and Team 3D Academy also. Catain Rooney wrestled and beat the Supermodel on the Ballyermot show as well. Angus J Rotanda challenged for the IWW International Heavyweight Title in Ballyfermot and the next night in Terenure but was not able to win the title on both occasions.
On 25 October at a show in Portlaoise, Angus J. Rotanda beat LA Warren's Zero Gravity Championship and declared the new champion.
On November 7 IWW Zero-Gravity Champion Angus J. Rotanda made an appearance backstage on Monday Night Raw as a security guard during the show. The next night he received a try out match on ECW in a losing effort against Vance Archer
Irish Whip Wrestling ran its last show of 2009 on December 4 in Blancherstown. Notable events included Vic Viper defeating Working Class John and Angus J. Rotanda and Mandrake retaining their championships against The Supermodel and T-Bone respectively
, Wexford
and Dungarvan
, Waterford
on January 29 and 30. The following weekend a five day tour took place. The big news coming out the tour was Mandrake becoming the new Zero Gravity Champion unifing it with the International Heavyweight Championship. The tour seen the debut of English wrestlers Kaleb Hughes and Devon Starr who clashed throughout the tour. In other notable events Paddy Whack (formerly Harry Hardshaw) and Former Zero Gravity Champion La Warren returned to Irish Whip Wrestling. Captain Rooney defeated the Supermodel in Rooney's hometown, T-bone also saw off the challenge of Working Class John on 2 occasions on the tour and finally Mandrake won The Thomas Doyle Tournament in Limerick. He defeated T-Bone and Angus J.Rotunda in a triple threat final.
In March IWW ran a week long tour starting on March 6 in Dublin and wrapping up in Tipperary on March 14. It returned to Tipperary on April 9 and the following night ran a show in Cork.
IwW held shows in June July & August. In October that year they ran 11 shows in 9 days. They ended the year with more shows in November & December.
IwW completed what was the largest tour possibly every seen in Ireland with 40 shows between July 2011 - Aug 2011. The first weekend began with shows in Kerry & Waterford & took IwW all around Ireland & Northern Ireland. The Tour was a massive success and ended with the annual Danno O'Mahony memorial tourniment in Co. Kerry which was won by crowd favourite Captain Rooney.
On September 25th, IWW went to Oriel Park in Dundalk and held a huge show where hometown hero Skaterboi Jeebus challenged the current champion Mandrake for the IWW zero gravity championship in the main event. It was a true tale of David vs. Goliath. The rookie Skaterboi Jeebus showed great heart to overcome the greatest challenge in his young life and become the IWW Zero Gravity champion.
2007 Winner
2008 Winner
Irish people
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owned independent
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established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony
Danno O'Mahony
Danno O'Mahony was an Irish professional wrestler. His surname was usually spelled "O'Mahoney" during his wrestling career...
, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of Ireland
Ireland
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. The company has appeared on Sky One
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, RTE
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, TV3, The Wrestling Channel, and recently had a weekly show on Buzz TV
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.
Early years (2002–2004)
Irish Whip Wrestling (IWW) ran its first two shows in June 2002 in the National Basketball ArenaNational Basketball Arena
National Basketball Arena, also known as Tallaght Arena or the ESB Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Tallaght, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is used mainly for basketball events...
in Tallaght
Tallaght
Tallaght is the largest town, and county town, of South Dublin County, Ireland. The village area, dating from at least the 17th century, held one of the earliest settlements known in the southern part of the island, and one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres.Up to the 1960s...
, which featured wrestler Tatanka
Tatanka
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. After these two shows, IWW returned to the ESB National Basketball Arena on October 9 for a show that was headlined by Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Jake Roberts
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. During one match at the show, Roberts defeated Flatliner.
IWW continued to promote shows around Ireland through 2003 and 2004, which featured the debuts of several wrestlers including Mad Man Manson, Red Vinny, Vic Viper, Bam Katraz, Sheamus O'Shaunessy, Dave Zero and Joey Cabray. On December 2, 2004 IWW held a show in Lucan, Dublin
Lucan, Dublin
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, and the main event featured an FWA British Heavyweight Championship
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match in which Alex Shane
Alex Shane
Alexander Daniel Spilling is a British professional wrestler who is best known by his ring name "The Ascension" Alex Shane. Spilling also works as a promoter and wrestling teacher.-Early career:...
pinned O'Shaunessy with the help of Vinny.
Also in 2004, IWW opened up their 'Lock-up' training school in Dublin. Trainers at this school have included Blake Norton, "Middleman" Lee Butler and "The Pukka One" Darren Burridge
Darren Burridge
Greg Burridge is a semi-retired British professional wrestler. He is best known for his work on the independent circuit throughout the United Kingdom.-Professional wrestling career:...
. Several graduates of the school also went on to become trainers there, such as Bam Katraz, The Ballymun Bruiser, and Bingo Ballance
Bingo Ballance
Gary Ballance BCL is a professional wrestler from Dublin, Ireland, who is better known by his ring name Bingo Ballance. Ballance lives and competes in Ireland, and is perhaps most well known for his four year stint with Irish Whip Wrestling...
. On occasion guest trainers have made appearances at the school, including D'Lo Brown
D'Lo Brown
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, A.J. Styles
A.J. Styles
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, Kid Kash, Doug Basham
Doug Basham
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, and Tracy Smothers
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. The training school has also been host to the company's Gym Wars shows which gave up and coming trainees a chance to show their skills to IWW management and to a crowd.
Supershow; Whiplash TV; Gym Wars (2005–2006)
In 2005, IWW ran over 30 shows. On March 20, it presented its first ever supershow, held in the SFX City TheatreSFX City Theatre, Dublin
City Theatre Dublin is a theatre in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1984. It is currently just a producing company that puts on over 300 shows each year in over 50 venues around the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland...
in Dublin before 500 fans. This show featured wrestlers A.J. Styles
A.J. Styles
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, Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels
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, Chris Sabin
Chris Sabin
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, Bam Katraz, Red Vinny, Mad Man Manson, Johnny Storm and Jody Fleisch
Jody Fleisch
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. Four days later, IWW held a show in The Forum in Waterford which was headlined by Raven
Scott Levy
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, who teamed with Sheamus O'Shaunessy to defeat Red Vinny and Vid Vain in the main event. On March 28, O'Shaunessy was crowned the first ever Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Champion which he defeated Darren Burridge
Darren Burridge
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in the tournament final. He held the title until May 29 of that year when he was defeated by D'Lo Brown, who then held it for five months before losing it back to O'Shaunessy on October 2. It ran its last show of the year in SFX City Theatre on November 14. At the show, IWW International Heavyweight Champion O'Shaunessy defeated Vampiro
Vampiro
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to retain his title.
Also in 2005, IWW got its own TV show called Whiplash TV, which was broadcast on The Wrestling Channel on Sky Digital
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. The show ran for two seasons. Throughout May and June 2006, IWW taped several episodes of its Whiplash TV show in the Laughter Lounge in Dublin City. On August 27, 2006 at International Intermingle, Drew Galloway
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beat O'Shaunessy to become IWW International Heavyweight Champion, ending a near year long title reign title. From August to October 2006, the first ever King of the Gym tournament was held over the course of four Gym War events. Wayne Daly beat Mandrake
Mandrake (wrestler)
Garth Kidd is a professional wrestler from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, more prominently known by his ring name Mandrake. Mandrake wrestles mostly for Irish Whip Wrestling where he is a former IWW International Heavyweight Champion and IWW Zero-Gravity Champion. Mandrake has also worked in...
in the finals to become the first King of the Gym.After the bell, IWW Trainers Bingo Ballance
Bingo Ballance
Gary Ballance BCL is a professional wrestler from Dublin, Ireland, who is better known by his ring name Bingo Ballance. Ballance lives and competes in Ireland, and is perhaps most well known for his four year stint with Irish Whip Wrestling...
& Bam Katraz came to the ring to congratulate their trainee.
Birth Of The Zero Gravity Championship, The October Tour (2007)
At the beginning of 2007, the Irish Whip Wrestling Zero Gravity Championship was created, and a tournament was held to crown the first champion. Bingo Ballance defeated PacBen Satterly
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in the finals of a tournament, which also involved Kid Kash, Red Vinny, Brother Skelly, Bam Katraz & El Ligero
El Ligero
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. Three days later, the IWW International Heavyweight Championship was declared vacant after Drew Galloway was unable to make several championship defenses. Therefore a four-way match was made to decide the new champion with Vic Viper overcoming Mad Man Manson, The Ballymun Bruiser and Kid Kash to become the new champion. Bingo Ballance also made his first defense of his newly won, Zero Gravity Title on the show. He collided with Bam Katraz, after fans had voted on a poll on the official IWW website to determine the number one contender. Bingo won a hard fought victory.
In March IWW held its second supershow, and in the main event, Vic Viper defeated Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels
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to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Championship. Bingo Ballance retained the IWW Zero Gravity Championship in a Four-Way Donnybrook match, and Nigel Mcguinness
Nigel McGuinness
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defeated Bam Katraz. In May, IWW ran shows featuring independent women wrestlers like Lexie Fyfe
Lexie Fyfe
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and Portia Perez
Portia Perez
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. On June 23, Bam Katraz beat Bingo Ballance to win the IWW Zero Gravity Championship. Pro Wrestling Noah
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wrestlers Takeshi Rikio
Takeshi Rikio
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and Ippei Ota also wrestled on the show. On July 6, IWW returned to the Forum in Waterford for its Global Impact show, which was taped for DVD sales. The match between the Ballymun Bruiser and Doug Williams
Doug Williams (wrestler)
Douglas Clayton Durdle is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Doug Williams. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Douglas Williams...
was featured on TV3's Diary of a Sportstar program. In addition to regular IWW roster, this show also featured Doug Williams
Doug Williams (wrestler)
Douglas Clayton Durdle is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Doug Williams. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Douglas Williams...
, CIMA
CIMA
-Acronyms:*Canadian Independent Music Association, formerly the Canadian Independent Record Production Association*Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, Cayman Island's primary financial services regulator...
, Dragon Kid
Dragon Kid
Dragon Kid is a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestles for Dragon Gate.-Professional wrestling career:...
, Takeshi Rikio, Ippei Ota, and Kid Kash.
IWW ran its largest tour to date in late October 2007. It ran 12 shows between the October 19 and 28, which featured Kid Kash, Tracy Smothers, El Generico
El Generico
Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico...
, Bam Katraz, Mad Man Manson,Vic Viper, Bingo Ballance
Bingo Ballance
Gary Ballance BCL is a professional wrestler from Dublin, Ireland, who is better known by his ring name Bingo Ballance. Ballance lives and competes in Ireland, and is perhaps most well known for his four year stint with Irish Whip Wrestling...
, Red Vinny, Lupin Matsutani, and Keni'chiro Arai
Keni'chiro Arai
Keni'chiro "AraKen" Arai is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate.-Biography:Keni'chiro Arai, also known as AraKen, is a second term graduate of Ultimo Dragon's Toryumon Japan group, and has been a mainstay on the roster ever since. He participated in FMW before joining Toryumon...
. On October 20, Red Vinny defeated Bingo Ballance to become the new IWW Zero Gravity Champion. Vic Viper also successfully defended his IWW International Heavyweight Championship against Mad Man Manson in a Dog Collar match. Several matches on the tour were taped for the International Hits, Vol. 1 DVD.
Tours; Gym Wars; Memorial tournament (2008)
IWW ran a five day tour in March 2008, which attracted EugeneNick Dinsmore
Nicholas "Nick" Dinsmore , better known by his ring names Eugene and U-Gene, is an American professional wrestler...
, René Duprée
René Goguen
René Goguen better known by his ring name René Duprée, is a French Canadian professional wrestler. Goguen is best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he is a one-time World Tag Team Champion with Sylvain Grenier as the tag team La Résistance and a one time WWE Tag Team...
and Pierre Carl Oulette to Ireland for the first time. During the tour, Vic Viper successfully defended his IWW International Heavyweight Championship against Eugene. At one show, however, Mandrake pinned Eugene in a triple threat match involving Viper to become the new Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Champion. Mandrake's victory celebration was cut short when Dupree marched to the ring demanding to be the first challenger for the title, which Mandrake accepted. In the match, Mandrake successfully defended his title. Also on this show, Viper rebounded from his International Heavyweight title loss by becoming the Irish Whip Wrestling Zero Gravity Champion by defeating Red Vinny, Bam Katraz, Bingo Ballance, Liam Thompson in a five-way match. Bam Katraz, having turned heel in the weeks leading up to the show, accepted a pay off from Viper to aid him in winning the title. The show in Cork City
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
featured Man Man Manson defeating Vic Viper in a non-title chain match. Mandrake also successfully defended his title against Pierre Carl Oulette in the main event. The next night, Mandrake once again defeated Rene Dupree to retain his title.
On June 1, Gym Wars returned after an 10 month absence, and trainees Big Top Mongo and Working Class John made their debuts. The main event had Keith Connolly square off with Andy Barton. Another Gym Wars was held on June 22 in which a battle royal
Battle royal (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...
was held to determine the number 1 contender to Mandrake's International Heavyweight Title; the match ended in a draw with Rugged Dillon Jones and Harry Hardshaw's feet both hitting the floor at the same time. As a result, Jones and Hardshaw had a match at the last Gym Wars on August 24, which ended in a double count-out. In the main event, Keith Connolly won a 12 man Battle Royal to become the 2008 King of the Gym.
Later that month, IWW returned to the National Basketball Arena
National Basketball Arena
National Basketball Arena, also known as Tallaght Arena or the ESB Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Tallaght, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is used mainly for basketball events...
in Tallaght, Dublin
Tallaght
Tallaght is the largest town, and county town, of South Dublin County, Ireland. The village area, dating from at least the 17th century, held one of the earliest settlements known in the southern part of the island, and one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres.Up to the 1960s...
for the first time in six years. The show involved international wrestlers such as Raven, Daivari
Shawn Daivari
Dara Daivari is an Iranian American professional wrestler, currently performing on the American independent circuit as Shawn Daivari. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment as simply Daivari and with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Sheik Abdul Bashir.-Career:Daivari...
, Nigel McGuinness
Nigel McGuinness
Steven Haworth is an English professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Desmond Wolfe and Nigel McGuinness. As McGuinness he first gained notoriety working for Ring of Honor in the United States and Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...
, Chad Collyer
Chad Collyer
Chad Collyer is an American professional wrestler. A Heartland Wrestling Association mainstay, Collyer is perhaps best known for his appearances with Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Career:...
, Balls Mahoney
Balls Mahoney
Jonathan Rechner better known by his ring name Balls Mahoney , is an American professional wrestler...
, Dave Moralez, and Andy Boy Simmonz. All the matches were taped for IWW's television show on Buzz TV
Buzz TV
Buzz TV was an Irish user-generated television channel that was launched in June 2008, it closed 2 years later in July 2010. The channel allowed viewers to upload their own content, as well as focusing on independent productions, and broadcast on cable and Internet protocol TV...
. In July, IWW ran a eight show tour around Ireland, during which Mandrake successfully retained his IWW International Heavyweight Title numerous times against Doug Basham
Doug Basham
This article is about the wrestler, for the talk show host see Doug Basham Lyle Douglas "Doug" Basham, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, He is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between 2002 and 2007, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name...
. Mandrake also retained his gold against Balls Mahoney
Balls Mahoney
Jonathan Rechner better known by his ring name Balls Mahoney , is an American professional wrestler...
in Waterford on July 12. Bingo Ballance also left the Summer Heat Tour still the IWW Zero-Gravity Champion despite competition from LA Warren, Keith Connolly, Red Vinny, Wade Fitzgerald, and T-Bone. English wrestler Joel Redman also wrestled on this tour. In Clonmel on July 11, Mahoney took on T-Bone in a falls count anywhere match.
IWW hosted a tournament in honour of Danno O'Mahony
Danno O'Mahony
Danno O'Mahony was an Irish professional wrestler. His surname was usually spelled "O'Mahoney" during his wrestling career...
in August in O'Mahony's hometown of Ballydehob
Ballydehob
Ballydehob is a coastal village in the southwest of County Cork, Ireland, located on the N71 national secondary road.-History:Ballydehob is a microcosm of Irish local history, and legends and folklore abound in the locality. At the dawn of the Bronze Age , copper was mined on Mount Gabriel, just...
. On September 18, IWW tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
The Hurling Heroes (Captain Rooney and Conor Hurley) won the Celtic Wrestling Tag Team Championship by defeating Celtic Wrestling's Method and Madness tag team in Aberfan, Wales
Aberfan
The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip that occurred in the Welsh village of Aberfan on Friday 21 October 1966, killing 116 children and 28 adults.-Mining debris:...
. During the annual October tour, The Hurling Heroes successfully defended their Celtic Wrestling Tag Titles against Celtic Wrestling representatives T-Bone and Jules Lambrini. They also defended their tag titles on October 27 against LA Warren and Lambrini. Bingo Ballance successfully defended his IWW Zero Gravity title against Vic Viper, Keith Connolly and Billy Boy Meehan throughout the tour. In his hometown of Clondalkin
Clondalkin
-Today:Modern Clondalkin is a busy satellite town of Dublin, with a population of 43,929 in 2006. Retail facilities include Tesco Ireland- and Dunnes Stores-led shopping centres, and Aldi and Lidl stores on the Fonthill Road and New Nangor Road respectively, and the village centre is a base for...
on October 26, Working Class John defeated The Ballymun Bruiser. Also, Mandrake continued to retain the IWW International Heavyweight title against Bobby Fish
Bobby Fish
Bobby Fish is an American professional wrestler, who is best known for wrestling with Ring of Honor, Evolve Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan. Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him #280 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2009, up from number #303 the previous year...
and Vic Viper.
IWW ended 2008 with shows in Enniscorthy, Wexford
Enniscorthy
Enniscorthy is the second largest town in County Wexford, Ireland. The population of the town and environs is 9538. The Placenames Database of Ireland sheds no light on the origins of the town's name. It may refer either to the "Island of Corthaidh" or the "Island of Rocks". With a history going...
on December 6 and Balbriggan
Balbriggan
Balbriggan is a town in the northern part of the administrative county of Fingal, within County Dublin, Ireland. The 2006 census population was 15,559 for Balbriggan and its environs.- Name :...
on December 7. On December 6, Mark Haskins
Mark Haskins
Mark Haskins , is an English professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He is also known for his appearances in Dragon Gate.-Total Nonstop Action Wrestling :...
defeated The Ballymun Bruiser, Vic Viper and Red Vinny (the reigning RQW Cruiserweight Champion
RQW Cruiserweight Championship
The Real Quality Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship in Real Quality Wrestling. The title was established in 2007 and is the second highest ranked championship in the company. Title reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches with different...
) in a four-way match to become the new champion. The next night was Fan Appreciation Night, and Bingo Ballance beat LA Warren in the main event in a two out of three falls match.
Festivals, Big Tours and The Debuts of Big Vito and Kevin Thorn (2009)
Irish Whip Wrestling started 2009 with shows in RathcooleRathcoole
Rathcoole may refer to:* Rathcoole, Dublin, a village in south Dublin, Republic of Ireland* Rathcoole , a large housing estate in Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK* Rathcoole Aerodrome Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland...
, Dungarvan
Dungarvan
Dungarvan is a town and harbour on the south coast of Ireland in the province of Munster. Dungarvan is the county town and administrative centre of County Waterford. The town's Irish name means "Garbhan's fort", referring to Saint Garbhan who founded a church there in the seventh century...
, Waterford and Cashel
Cashel, County Tipperary
Cashel is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 2936 at the 2006 census. The town gives its name to the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. Additionally, the cathedra of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly was originally in the town prior to the English Reformation....
, Tipperary from January 30-February 1. At the Rathcoole show, Bingo Ballance lost the Zero Gravity Championship to LA Warren. Bingo received re-matches in Dungarven and Cashel but was unsuccessful in regaining the championship. Also Captain Rooney defeated Indian Wrestler Prince Mohammend Ahmeen throughout the tour and Mandrake successfully defended his IWW International Heavyweight Championship against No1 Contender Conor Hurley in a best of 3 falls match.
In February, Irish Whip Wrestling held a multi-date tour around Ireland featuring Doug Basham
Doug Basham
This article is about the wrestler, for the talk show host see Doug Basham Lyle Douglas "Doug" Basham, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, He is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between 2002 and 2007, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name...
and Big Vito and also the UK's T-Bone and Joel Redman in addition to the usual IWW Roster. It began with a show in Lucan, County Dublin on February 7. This show saw the team of the Hurling Heroes (Conor Hurley and Captain Rooney) split up. They faced off in a three way match involving Zero Gravity Champion LA Warren in which Warren pinned Rooney. Post match Warren and Hurley vicious beat down Rooney. Warren and Hurley also got involved later on in the night in a last man standing match between IWW International Heavyweight Champion Mandake and Doug Basham
Doug Basham
This article is about the wrestler, for the talk show host see Doug Basham Lyle Douglas "Doug" Basham, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, He is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between 2002 and 2007, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name...
. Post match Basham challenged Warren and Hurley to a tag match with Mandrake as his partner in the main event which saw Basham and Mandrake win. Also on the show Mad Man Manson defeated the Ballymun Bruiser and Bingo Ballance beat The Supermodel to become number 1 contender to the Zero Gravity Championship. IWW continued its February tour with a show in Drogheda
Drogheda
Drogheda is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 56 km north of Dublin. It is the last bridging point on the River Boyne before it enters the Irish Sea....
, Co. Louth on February 12. In notable happenings Doug Basham defeated The Supermodel and IWW International Heavyweight Champion successfully defended his title against former WCW and WWE Superstar Big Vito. In Carrick-on-Suir
Carrick-on-Suir
Carrick-on-Suir is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. As the name – meaning "the rock of the Suir" – suggests, the town is situated on the River Suir. The of the town gives the population as 5,906 and shows that it has grown by 5.7% since 2002...
, Co. Tipperary on February 13, Big Vito defeated Doug Basham in the first ever match between both competitors. Plus in a six man encounter Mad Man Manson, Joel Redman and Conor Hurley beat The Supermodel,T-Bone and The Ballymun Bruiser. On February 14 IWW returned to the Forum in Waterford
Waterford
Waterford is a city in the South-East Region of Ireland. It is the oldest city in the country and fifth largest by population. Waterford City Council is the local government authority for the city and its immediate hinterland...
City. Highlights included a match in which LA Warren successfully defended his Zero Gravity Title against Joel Redman. Also on the show Mad Man Manson defeated Big Vito and Mandrake beat Doug Basham in a Best of Three Falls match to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Championship.
From March 12–17, 2009 Irish Whip Wrestling held a six day tour. LA Warren successfully retained his Zero Gravity title against a variety of opponents including former champion Bingo Ballance, Joel Redman, Vic Viper and Red Vinny. Conor Hurley also defeated Big Vito at the Tallaght show on March 14. In addition Mandrake successfully fended of the challenge of Doug Basham throughout the tour and retained his IWW International Heavyweight Championship. In April 2009 Irish Whip Wrestling ran shows in Cork, Donegal and Mount Mellick, Loais. On the shows Captain Rooney defeated The Supermodel. Also LA Warren successfully defended his Zero Gravity title against Scottish
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
wrestler Angus J. Rotanda. In addition there was a rematch between Conor Hurley and Big Vito. Finally Mandrake defeated English wrestler Joel Redman to retain the Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship.
In late May/early June Irish Whip Wrestling ran a multi-date tour featuring Kevin Thorn. Throughout the tour, several dates were cancelled due to very weak ticket sales, but Mandrake retained the IWW title against the likes off Joel Redman and Kevin Thorn. LA Warren also fought off some stiff competition against Vic Viper, Bingo Ballance and The Supermodel and Joel Redman. In other news from the tour, a one match show, of an 8 man tag elimination tag, took place in Portloaise, the match came down to just Working Class John and Kevin Thorn with Working Class shockingly pinning Thorn to get the win for his team.
July 2009 saw Irish Whip holding a show in Ennis,Clare, two shows in Dublin and two in Donegal. On the Dublin shows Captain Rooney defeated Bam Katraz in Raheny, Hometown Hero Working Class John avenged a loss to LA Warren earlier that evening when he teamed with Captain Rooney to defeat Warren and Conor Hurley. Also on the Dublin shows and on the weekend of the Donegal shows Mandrake saw off the challenge of the Supermodel in a series of best of 3 falls matches.
On 1 and 2 August, IWW ran two shows as part of the Daingean
Daingean
Daingean , formerly Philipstown, is a small town in east County Offaly, Ireland. It is situated midway between the towns of Tullamore and Edenderry on the R402 regional road. The town or townland of Daingean has a population of 777 while the District Electoral Division has a total population of...
Festival in Daingean,Co. Offaly. The next day it ran a show as part of the Tinahely festival. On 8 August The Supermodel won the second annual Danno Mahony Tournament. He defeated The Ballymun Briuser, Captain Rooney and Working Class John in separate matches in the tournament to win the trophy. IWW rounded its string of summer shows with shows in holiday towns Ballybunion
Ballybunion
Ballybunion or Ballybunnion is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Kerry, Ireland, from the town of Listowel. There are castle ruins near the town, although all that remains is a single wall, and two golf courses in the area including the famous Ballybunion Golf Club, a top class Links...
,Kerry and Kilkee
Kilkee
Kilkee is a small coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is located midway between Kilrush and Doonbeg on the N67 road. The town, one of the most famous resorts in Ireland, is particularly popular as a seaside resort with people from Limerick City...
, Co Clare. In notable happenings Matt Vaughan and Angus J Rotanda beat The Supermodel and LA Warren in Ballybunion and LA Warren who won the King Of Kilkee Tournament in Kilkee beating Matt Vaughan in the final.
After performing at a festival in County Cavan in September and following a succeessful debut in Wales the following month. Irish Whip Wrestling ran a 4 day tour in Dublin. The show on October 9 in Finglas drew a packed house of 500 people. The show was headlined by Mandrake defending his title against the Supermodel in a best of 3 falls match. This led to a last man standing match the next night in Rathcoole. On the Ballyfermot show on 10 October LA Warren defeated Red Vinny in Loser Leaves IWW Match to retain the Zero Gravity title. Also on the show Working Class John defeated IWW newcomer Swiss Luca. Swiss Luca is a former trainee of the Storm Wrestling Academy and Team 3D Academy also. Catain Rooney wrestled and beat the Supermodel on the Ballyermot show as well. Angus J Rotanda challenged for the IWW International Heavyweight Title in Ballyfermot and the next night in Terenure but was not able to win the title on both occasions.
On 25 October at a show in Portlaoise, Angus J. Rotanda beat LA Warren's Zero Gravity Championship and declared the new champion.
On November 7 IWW Zero-Gravity Champion Angus J. Rotanda made an appearance backstage on Monday Night Raw as a security guard during the show. The next night he received a try out match on ECW in a losing effort against Vance Archer
Irish Whip Wrestling ran its last show of 2009 on December 4 in Blancherstown. Notable events included Vic Viper defeating Working Class John and Angus J. Rotanda and Mandrake retaining their championships against The Supermodel and T-Bone respectively
2010
Irish Whip Wrestling began the year in EnniscorthyEnniscorthy
Enniscorthy is the second largest town in County Wexford, Ireland. The population of the town and environs is 9538. The Placenames Database of Ireland sheds no light on the origins of the town's name. It may refer either to the "Island of Corthaidh" or the "Island of Rocks". With a history going...
, Wexford
Wexford
Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network...
and Dungarvan
Dungarvan
Dungarvan is a town and harbour on the south coast of Ireland in the province of Munster. Dungarvan is the county town and administrative centre of County Waterford. The town's Irish name means "Garbhan's fort", referring to Saint Garbhan who founded a church there in the seventh century...
, Waterford
Waterford
Waterford is a city in the South-East Region of Ireland. It is the oldest city in the country and fifth largest by population. Waterford City Council is the local government authority for the city and its immediate hinterland...
on January 29 and 30. The following weekend a five day tour took place. The big news coming out the tour was Mandrake becoming the new Zero Gravity Champion unifing it with the International Heavyweight Championship. The tour seen the debut of English wrestlers Kaleb Hughes and Devon Starr who clashed throughout the tour. In other notable events Paddy Whack (formerly Harry Hardshaw) and Former Zero Gravity Champion La Warren returned to Irish Whip Wrestling. Captain Rooney defeated the Supermodel in Rooney's hometown, T-bone also saw off the challenge of Working Class John on 2 occasions on the tour and finally Mandrake won The Thomas Doyle Tournament in Limerick. He defeated T-Bone and Angus J.Rotunda in a triple threat final.
In March IWW ran a week long tour starting on March 6 in Dublin and wrapping up in Tipperary on March 14. It returned to Tipperary on April 9 and the following night ran a show in Cork.
IwW held shows in June July & August. In October that year they ran 11 shows in 9 days. They ended the year with more shows in November & December.
2011
Irish Whip Wrestling continued running shows in 2011. On Saturday April 30 in Birr, Co. Offaly, Mandrakes 3 year heavyweight championship run came to an end when he was defeated by The Supermodel. The Zero Gravity championship was un-unified with the International Heavyweight Championship and Mandrake was crowned Zero Gravity champion.IwW completed what was the largest tour possibly every seen in Ireland with 40 shows between July 2011 - Aug 2011. The first weekend began with shows in Kerry & Waterford & took IwW all around Ireland & Northern Ireland. The Tour was a massive success and ended with the annual Danno O'Mahony memorial tourniment in Co. Kerry which was won by crowd favourite Captain Rooney.
On September 25th, IWW went to Oriel Park in Dundalk and held a huge show where hometown hero Skaterboi Jeebus challenged the current champion Mandrake for the IWW zero gravity championship in the main event. It was a true tale of David vs. Goliath. The rookie Skaterboi Jeebus showed great heart to overcome the greatest challenge in his young life and become the IWW Zero Gravity champion.
Wrestlers
- MandrakeMandrake (wrestler)Garth Kidd is a professional wrestler from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, more prominently known by his ring name Mandrake. Mandrake wrestles mostly for Irish Whip Wrestling where he is a former IWW International Heavyweight Champion and IWW Zero-Gravity Champion. Mandrake has also worked in...
- The Supermodel (IwW Heavyweight Champion)
- Captain Rooney
- Tattoo Charlie
- Soultaker Salem
- Skaterboi Jeebus ( IwW Zero Gravity Champion)
- Biffo Meehan
- Walter Alexander
Other personnel
- Mandrake - trainer
- Ian Meehan - trainer
- Eamon D'Arcy - commentator
- Jason Lynch - head referee
- Justin Slamen - referee
Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship
The Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship is the primary title for IWW. The championship was created in 2005. A tournament was held in Naas, Co. Kildare in March 2005 to crown the first ever champion. The former champion Mandrake was the longest reigning champion in history of the company. On February 5, 2010, the Zero Gravity Title was unified with it and it became known as the Irish Whip Wrestling Unified Heavyweight Championship. On April 30, 2011, The Supermodel defeated Mandrake for the IWW International Heavyweight championship. The Zero Gravity championship was un-unified with the International Heavyweight Championship after this match.| # | Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1 | Sheamus O' Shaunessy | 1 | March 28, 2005 | Naas Naas Naas is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. With a population of just over twenty thousand, it is also the largest town in the county. Naas is a major commuter suburb, with many people residing there and working in Dublin... , Kildare, Ireland |
Defeated Darren Burridge Darren Burridge Greg Burridge is a semi-retired British professional wrestler. He is best known for his work on the independent circuit throughout the United Kingdom.-Professional wrestling career:... |
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| 2 | D'Lo Brown D'Lo Brown Accie Julius Connor better known by his ring name D'Lo Brown , is an American professional wrestler. Well known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment, he is currently working as an agent for Impact Wrestling.Connor has held forty-eight championships in various promotions during... |
1 | May 29, 2005 | Dublin, Ireland | ||||
| 3 | Sheamus O' Shaunessy | 2 | October 2, 2005 | Newcastle, New South Wales Newcastle, New South Wales The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas... |
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| 4 | Drew McIntyre | 1 | August 27, 2006 | Balbriggan Balbriggan Balbriggan is a town in the northern part of the administrative county of Fingal, within County Dublin, Ireland. The 2006 census population was 15,559 for Balbriggan and its environs.- Name :... , Dublin, Ireland |
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| 5 | Vic Viper | 1 | January 17, 2007 | Baldoyle Baldoyle Baldoyle is a small coastal area on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the part of the historic County Dublin now administered as Fingal.-Location and Access:... , Dublin, Ireland |
Defeated Mad Man Manson, Kid Kash, and Ballymun Bruiser | |||
| 6 | Mandrake Mandrake (wrestler) Garth Kidd is a professional wrestler from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, more prominently known by his ring name Mandrake. Mandrake wrestles mostly for Irish Whip Wrestling where he is a former IWW International Heavyweight Champion and IWW Zero-Gravity Champion. Mandrake has also worked in... |
1 | March 15, 2008 | Donnycarney Donnycarney Donnycarney or Donnycarny is a Northside suburb in the city of Dublin, Ireland. It is bordered by Beaumont, Artane, Killester and Marino, and lies in the postal districts of Dublin 9 and 5.... , Dublin, Ireland |
Defeated Vic Viper and Eugene Nick Dinsmore Nicholas "Nick" Dinsmore , better known by his ring names Eugene and U-Gene, is an American professional wrestler... ; renamed Unified Heavyweight Championship after Mandrake wins the Zero Gravity Championship on 5 February 2010. |
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| 7 | The Supermodel | 1 | April 30, 2011 | Birr Birr Birr is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Once called Parsonstown, after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earls of Rosse. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.... , Offaly, Ireland |
UnUnified with the Zero Gravity Championship. |
Irish Whip Wrestling Zero Gravity Championship
The Irish Whip Wrestling Zero Gravity Championship is professional wrestling championship in IWW. The Championship was created in 2007. The first champion was decided via a tournament held in Balbiggan Combined Community Centre in January 2007. On February 5, 2010 It was unified with the IWW International Heavyweight Championship and retired. It was later reactivated, after Mandrake lost the IWW International Heavyweight Championship.| # | Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bingo Ballance Bingo Ballance Gary Ballance BCL is a professional wrestler from Dublin, Ireland, who is better known by his ring name Bingo Ballance. Ballance lives and competes in Ireland, and is perhaps most well known for his four year stint with Irish Whip Wrestling... |
1 | January 14, 2007 | Balbriggan Balbriggan Balbriggan is a town in the northern part of the administrative county of Fingal, within County Dublin, Ireland. The 2006 census population was 15,559 for Balbriggan and its environs.- Name :... , Dublin, Ireland |
Defeated Pac | |||
| 2 | Bam Katraz | 1 | June 23, 2007 | Balbriggan Balbriggan Balbriggan is a town in the northern part of the administrative county of Fingal, within County Dublin, Ireland. The 2006 census population was 15,559 for Balbriggan and its environs.- Name :... , Dublin, Ireland |
Defeated Bingo Ballance. | |||
| 3 | Bingo Ballance | 2 | July 6, 2007 | Waterford, Ireland | Defeated Pac and Bam Katraz | |||
| 4 | Red Vinny | 1 | October 20, 2007 | Kilkenny, Ireland | ||||
| 5 | Vic Viper | 1 | March 15, 2008 | Donnycarney Donnycarney Donnycarney or Donnycarny is a Northside suburb in the city of Dublin, Ireland. It is bordered by Beaumont, Artane, Killester and Marino, and lies in the postal districts of Dublin 9 and 5.... , Dublin, Ireland |
Defeated Red Vinny, Bam Katraz, Bingo Ballance, and Liam Thompson | |||
| 6 | Bingo Ballance | 3 | June 14, 2008 | Tallaght Tallaght Tallaght is the largest town, and county town, of South Dublin County, Ireland. The village area, dating from at least the 17th century, held one of the earliest settlements known in the southern part of the island, and one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres.Up to the 1960s... , Dublin, Ireland |
Defeated Vic Viper, Red Vinny, and Metal Master | |||
| 7 | LA Warren | 1 | January 30, 2009 | Rathcoole Rathcoole Rathcoole may refer to:* Rathcoole, Dublin, a village in south Dublin, Republic of Ireland* Rathcoole , a large housing estate in Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK* Rathcoole Aerodrome Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland... , Dublin, Ireland |
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| 8 | Angus J. Rotanda Angus J. Rotanda Jason Rotanda is a Scottish professional wrestler who is best known under the ring name Angus J. Rotanda. he is perhaps best known for his work at Irish Whip Wrestling where he won the Zero Gravity Championship.-Premier British Wrestling :... |
1 | October 25, 2009 | Portlaoise, Laois, Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... |
Defeated LA Warren | |||
| 9 | Mandrake Mandrake Mandrake may refer to:* Mandrake , a plant of the genus Mandragora* Mandragora , in occultism* Mandrake Linux, former name of Mandriva Linux, a computer operating system... |
1 | February 5, 2010 | Newry Newry Newry is a city in Northern Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, formed the historic border between County Armagh and County Down. It is from Belfast and from Dublin. Newry had a population of 27,433 at the 2001 Census, while Newry and Mourne Council Area had a population... , Down Down Down may refer to:* Relative direction, where down is the direction towards the centre of gravity of a celestial object.* Railroad directions, where down and up have locally significant meanings... , Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west... |
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| February 5, 2010 | Newry Newry Newry is a city in Northern Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, formed the historic border between County Armagh and County Down. It is from Belfast and from Dublin. Newry had a population of 27,433 at the 2001 Census, while Newry and Mourne Council Area had a population... , Down Down Down may refer to:* Relative direction, where down is the direction towards the centre of gravity of a celestial object.* Railroad directions, where down and up have locally significant meanings... , Northern Ireland |
Championship was unifed with the IWW International Heavyweight Championship and retired | ||||||
| 10 | Mandrake Mandrake Mandrake may refer to:* Mandrake , a plant of the genus Mandragora* Mandragora , in occultism* Mandrake Linux, former name of Mandriva Linux, a computer operating system... |
2 | April 30, 2011 | Ireland | Title reactivated with Mandrake as Champion | |||
| 11 | Skaterboi Jeebus | 1 | September 25, 2011 | Oriel Park, Dundalk, Ireland | ||||
King Of The Gym Winners
2006 Winner- Wayne Daly
2007 Winner
- Brother Skelly
2008 Winner
- Keith Connolly
Danno Mahony Tournament Winners
- 2008 Winner
- MandrakeMandrake (wrestler)Garth Kidd is a professional wrestler from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, more prominently known by his ring name Mandrake. Mandrake wrestles mostly for Irish Whip Wrestling where he is a former IWW International Heavyweight Champion and IWW Zero-Gravity Champion. Mandrake has also worked in...
- Mandrake
- 2009 Winner
- The Supermodel
- 2010 Winner
- MandrakeMandrake (wrestler)Garth Kidd is a professional wrestler from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, more prominently known by his ring name Mandrake. Mandrake wrestles mostly for Irish Whip Wrestling where he is a former IWW International Heavyweight Champion and IWW Zero-Gravity Champion. Mandrake has also worked in...
- Mandrake
- 2011 Winner
- Captain Rooney