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This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Great Britain and Ireland, including England, Scotland, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the Isle of Man and lists both active and notable defunct professional wrestling promotions from the 1950s to the present day.
Only three NXT UK TakeOver events were produced: Blackpool and Cardiff in January and August 2019, respectively, and Blackpool II in January 2020. A fourth, Dublin, was planned for April 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began in March, it was ultimately canceled and no further UK TakeOvers were scheduled. In late 2021, the main NXT's ...
NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool: NXT UK: Empress Ballroom: Blackpool, Lancashire, England: Pete Dunne vs. Joe Coffey for the WWE United Kingdom Championship: 31 August 2019 NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff: NXT UK: Motorpoint Arena Cardiff: Cardiff, Wales: Walter vs. Tyler Bate for the WWE United Kingdom Championship: 12 January 2020 NXT UK TakeOver ...
The history of professional wrestling in the United Kingdom spans over one hundred years. After a brief spell of popularity for Greco Roman professional wrestling during the Edwardian era, the first catch-as-catch-can based scene began in the 1930s, [1] when it was popularised under the concept of "All-in Wrestling", which emphasised an "anything goes" style and presentation.
NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II was a 2020 professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by the American promotion WWE. It was the third and final NXT UK TakeOver event, and subsequently the second and final NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, and took place on 12 January 2020 at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool , Lancashire , England .
Glasgow remains the area in Britain with the lowest female life expectancy, with a baby girl born in 2021-23 currently likely to live for 78.3 years, followed by the Scottish local authorities of ...
Blackpool Blackpudlians (demonym), Black Puddings, Sand Grown 'Uns, Seasiders, Donkey Lashers / Botherers (the town has been rumoured to feature a donkey brothel) [11] Bloxwich Bollockers Blyth Sparts (after the Blyth Spartans A. F. C. football club), Blitherers Bognor Regis Boggers, Bog Buggers (pejorative, alludes to the last words of King ...
H. V. Burlingham was a British coachbuilding business based in Blackpool, Lancashire from 1928 until 1960 when they were taken over by London-based rivals Duple Motor Bodies. Duple initially renamed Burlingham as Duple (Northern) but in 1969 they closed their Hendon factory and concentrated production in Blackpool. Duple coach bodies were built ...