Home town wrestling stars vying for titles at family friendly event in Newmains
Two up and coming home town heroes are heading home to Newmains for a family-friendly wrestling event.
Pro Wrestling Scotland are coming back to the NCT Centre with a brand new for a family entertainment spectacular.
The show gives children and their families the opportunity to see see the amazing, larger than life characters of Scottish wrestling.
Home town hero Ben Rodgers will challenge BT Gunn for the Pro Wrestling Scotland Heavyweight Championship at the show.
Gunn, the current PWS Heavyweight champion, is one of the best the UK has every produced and has had two successful against two of the brightest stars in the UK today in Danny Clarke and Sam Taylor with some help and some underhanded tactics.
Ben Rodgers star has been rising all over the UK. Will the home town boy be able to bring the gold home or will BT Gunn's experience be too much the new star?
Another Newmains wrestling star, Marc Munro, will also have the chance to claim gold when he challenges Daz Black for the PWS openweight championship.
Munro will be looking to take home gold again in his home town after winning the tag team championships 18 months ago. This time he will be looking for singles gold.
Daz Black has been travelling all over the world defending championships on a number of continents.
These men have never faced each other one on one. Will Munro be able to win his first taste of singles gold or will Black continue his almost four year championship reign?
Other bouts on the card include Logan Smith taking on Landon Riley while the likes of Angel Hayze, Danny Clarke and Kid Fite have already been announced to appear.
Tickets for the show on Friday, August 8, start at just £10 and are available from https://www.ringsideworld.co.uk/event6955/pro-wrestling-scotland-live?
Your children will also be given the opportunity to have their photo taken with wrestlers after the event with its Meet The Stars experience.
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