On The Mat Wrestling New Zealand

It was masterminded by wrestling promoter steve rickard who was one of the presenters.

On the mat wrestling new zealand. This is the whole episode of the classic new zealand wrestling show on the mat from july 29 1980 enjoy. One of the most popular and the longest running weekly sports series in the history of new zealand the show featured some of the country s top wrestlers and. On the mat legendary professional wrestling tv show on the mat ran from 1975 until 1983. Auckland nz the biggest professional wrestling event in the history of new zealand will take place on saturday november 12th at the trusts arena as sakura events new japan pro wrestling present on the mat charity pro wrestling.

Professional wrestling in new zealand has been promoted in the country from the early 20th century. King curtis samoan. Many of the wrestlers on this show later appeared in the home grown version the brain child of wrestler promoter steve rickard who was an. This is the whole episode of the classic new zealand wrestling show on the mat from march 17th 1981 includes a great mark lewin promo he s coming to get you sheik.

Each half hour show featured wrestling matches accompanied by commentary. The larger than life wrestlers were a mix of american imports and local characters. In 1919 gisborne katene became the first national heavyweight champion though the title was not recognized by the national wrestling association until 1925 and promoter walter miller began running events under the dominion wrestling union banner ten years later. On the mat was a professional wrestling television program for the national wrestling alliance affiliated all star pro wrestling aspw or simply nwa new zealand that aired on television new zealand s tv2 from 1975 to 1984.

Here new zealand wrestlers brute miller and sweet william who became famous in united states pro wrestling circles as the bushwackers team take on lu leota and samoan joe.