Rough and Ready by name and nature you only have to look at some of the terrible early posters to realise this, but this is the starting point of WIN Wrestling today.
With the support of the Rough and Ready Gym, and a sister organisation in the USA The Superior Pro Wrestling Training Centre / NWL House of Pain Wrestling Federation (HoPWF). The tentatively Northampton School of Professional Wrestling was born. The name didn't last long but the idea was just getting started.
However this also reintroduced the Urban Chaos brand which we still see today, as a welcome historical nod by the then head trainers.
After seeking permission of their former promoter Carol-Ann Bavage As a show of respect and love for their time wrestling for the now closed.
Ultimate Wrestling League (UWL).
With the school going from strength to strength and a bunch of up and coming talent starting to cut their teeth on successful training shows.
WIN Wrestling the wrestling promotion is first introduced under the much longer name of
The Wrestling Institute of Northampton
WIN Wrestling.
Giving the shows and school an new fresh independent identity while also being in keeping to its school based roots.
This was a time of change and growth for WIN following an experimental show at Daventry Leisure Centre's Saxon Suite in partnership with WIN's good friends Gerry Norton Promotions it became obvious that WIN Wrestling was on the rise. With a bigger venue, crowds to match and WIN's first official title belt the new era had begun.
With change in the air both behind the scenes and in the ring, and an eventual change in name with the removal of the Wrestling Institute of Northampton to simply just WIN Wrestling we saw ushering in of The Revolution Era.
It saw turbulent times, hostile takeovers, new talent fighting for a place, established talent trying to stake their claim. While more talent from across the country and around the world were seen in WIN's squared circle than ever before.
Following on from the turbulent times of the Revolution Era the world was experiencing something it had never faced before in the Covid-19 pandemic.
This meant rightly so that wrestling had to take a backseat and that a previously planned show WIN Mania 2 was unable to happen.
Nobody knew what the future may hold. Or if WIN would return at all!
Thankfully although not without challenges for many people, the world has been able to forward from the pandemic. Thanks to the hard work of scientists and health professionals.
While they were working tremendously hard some changes were once again happening with WIN behind the scenes as a new reinvigorated team was formed to carry the promotion forward agreeing that they were in it for the long haul and each small step gained was important... and nearly 2 years after Winception almost to the day began... The Revival Era
