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SHANGHAI (June 26, 2019) – Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE), the China based wrestling promotion headlined by members of the Stronghearts, today unveiled the UK Championship Tournaments.
Hot on the heels of All Elite Wrestling’s Double or Nothing event in Las Vegas featuring OWE’s Stronghearts, OWE are pleased to announce that they are expanding to the UK.
OWE are looking to raise the bar even higher as they aim to not only tour in the UK but also launch OWE United Kingdom. This sister promotion will feature not only OWE China talent, but also those from Japan, Taiwan, United Kingdom and further afield.
Dragon Fu, President of OWE will reveal spectacular new signings, exciting new partnerships, ticket on-sale information and surprise special guests over the coming weeks. “We have today signed two of the UK’s top talent to OWE contracts “Filthy Gorgeous” Rob Sharpe and Scotland’s own Lou King Sharp; they will travel to China today to begin touring with us and get a better understanding of our Kung-Fu style of professional wrestling. In addition, we have appointed Sean McMahon as SVP of OWE United Kingdom and Jay Apter as Head of Creative.”
Billed as 6ft 4in, 240lb’s, Rob Sharpe from Leicester, is filthy, gorgeous and the man with the golden tan. Pound for pound one of the strongest up and coming heavyweight wrestlers around today. Don't let his pink ring attire fool you, as he uses mind games and filthy ways to lure in his opponents, before unleashing his power, strength and aggression in full force upon his opponents.
Trained by Stixx, Rob’s career highlights include winning the Frontline Puro European Openweight Championship, IPW’s Z Force and Tag Team Championships, and has wrestled against top talent such as Shigehiro Irie, Matt Taven, Mark Haskins, Jimmy Havoc, David Starr, Kip Sabian, Jody Fleish, and Chris Brookes. Rob also competed in the IPW event in New York for WrestleMania week.
Arriving next week in Shanghai, Rob Sharpe will be not coming alone and he will be bringing his “Big Brother” and Scotland’s own Lou King Sharp.
Although billed as 5ft 4in and 12 stone, Scotland’s Lou King Sharp is one wrestler not to mess with. He has earned the moniker of the “Blood Tourist” due to his savage and un-relentless approach in the ring in over 10 countries including Denmark, Italy, Norway, and the USA. Lou King Sharp has a unique blend of comedy, hardcore and high flying ability.
A main-stay of ICW in Scotland and trained by Kid Fite, Lou King Sharp’s career has seem him compete against some of the best in the business, including The Young Bucks, D-Von Dudley, The Briscoe Brothers and even Grado, Viper and Hornswoggle.
Sean McMahon added “This is an incredible opportunity for the UK. In true OWE style, fans can expect a slice of the unexpected with all this talent on one stage. The United Kingdom is a hotbed of pro-wrestling and OWE United Kingdom will bridge the gap between the East and West. One thing is for sure, the dream matches that everyone thought not possible will now become a reality.”
Catch up with the latest news and information via @orientalwrestl1 (Twitter), /OrientalWrestlingEntertainment (Facebook) and @OWEUnitedKingdom (Instagram). Fans can also interact on all these platforms using the hashtag #OWEUK.
“We will change the wrestling landscape in the United Kingdom” said Michael Nee, OWE Executive Vice President. “Our international roster is growing every day with recent signings including Rob Sharpe, Lou King Sharp and Shigehiro Irie. We are gathering incredible momentum among our fanbase, and we’re poised to release tickets to our UK events very shortly We plan on holding Championship Tournaments to crown our first tag team champions, UK champion and women’s world championship. I cannot wait to unveil who will be joining us for these events, it’s incredible. Tickets are now available online at orientalwrestlingentertainment.com/uk ”
Michael echoed the OWE tweet sent out earlier today “This is an open challenge to the world and to the United Kingdom to bring your very best, your elite, to compete against OWE China in the UK as East meets West.”
Stay tuned for more info via :
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OrientalWrestlingEntertainment
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/oweunitedkingdom/
or the OWE website at OrientalWrestlingEntertainment.com
About Oriental Wrestling Entertainment:
Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE) is a Chinese Professional Wrestling promotion based in Shanghai and founded in 2017. The shows combine kung-fu style professional wrestling, not seen outside of China, with dance, c-pop and wushu performances.
Chinese film director Fu Huayang created Oriental Wrestling Entertainment by starting a talent search from around 200,000 applicants that had martial arts backgrounds, before selecting a final group of 50 to be professionally trained.
On May 7th 2018, Dragongate, Japan main-stays Cima, El Lindaman, T-Hawk and Takehiro Yamamura, collectively known as The Stronghearts, announced they would be relocating to China to join OWE with Cima taking up the role of Head Coach.
On January 8th 2019, the newly created All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced a partnership with OWE that would include talent exchanges between the two promotions. AEW’s tag team SCU appeared at OWE’s event in Shanghai in May 2019 with The Stronghearts appearing at AEW’s debut event, Double or Nothing, in Las Vegas.
About Sean McMahon
Sean McMahon, although no direct relation to WWE’s owners, is no stranger to professional wrestling having headed up Extreme Dwarfanator Wrestling’s 2017 and 2018 tours of the UK, which grabbed headlines around the world with a huge UK media tour covering multiple TV, Radio and Newspapers including ITV’s Good Morning Britain with Pier Morgan. Sean, with a public relations and events background, is also the founder of the on-demand indy wrestling and film channel, Nothing Else On TV.
About Jay Apter
Jay Apter is the owner and promoter for TNT Extreme Wrestling promotion in Liverpool as well as the family friendly version TNT Ignition. Their shows continue to feature the very best in UK and international talent which those already appeared include Walter, Pete Dunne, David Starr, Penta Jnr, Pac, Rey Fenix, El Phantasmo, Grizzled Young Veterans and more.
About Rob Sharpe
Billed as 6ft 4in, 240lb’s, from Leicester, he is filthy, gorgeous and the man with the golden tan. Pound for pound one of the strongest up and coming heavyweight wrestlers around today. Don't let his pink ring attire fool you, as he uses mind games and filthy ways to lure in his opponents, before unleashing his power, strength and aggression in full force upon his opponents.
Trained by Stixx, Rob’s career highlights include winning the Frontline Puro European Openweight Championship, IPW’s Z Force and Tag Team Championships, and has wrestled against top talent such as Shigehiro Irie, Matt Taven, Mark Haskins, Jimmy Havoc, David Starr, Kip Sabian, Jody Fleish, and Chris Brookes. Rob also competed in the IPW event in New York for WrestleMania week.
About Lou King Sharp
Although billed as 5ft 4in and 12 stone, Scotland’s own Lou King Sharp is one wrestler not to mess with. He has earned the moniker of the “Blood Tourist” due to his savage and un-relentless approach in the ring in over 10 countries including Denmark, Italy, Norway, and the USA. Lou King Sharp has a unique blend of comedy, hardcore and high flying ability.
A main-stay of ICW in Scotland and trained by Kid Fite, Lou King Sharp’s career has seem him compete against some of the best in the business, including The Young Bucks, D-Von Dudley, The Briscoe Brothers and even Grado, Viper and Hornswoggle.
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