Total Backyard Wrestling
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |[www.youtube.com/tbwvids Youtube Channel] <br> [http://www.twitter.com/TBWonline Twitter Feed] |
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| - | === The Early Days === | + | === The Early Days (2007 - 2010) === |
| - | TBW was formed in England by underground wrestlers Ry and Alex Harte. The two decided to create a backyard wrestling federation after gaining a successfully large amount of views over a series of 4 YouTube videos, highlighting a wide variety of executed wrestling moves on the ground. TBW's roster began to deminish and multiple members of the roster began to break off | + | TBW was formed in England by underground wrestlers Ry and Alex Harte. The two decided to create a backyard wrestling federation after gaining a successfully large amount of views over a series of 4 YouTube videos, highlighting a wide variety of executed wrestling moves on the ground. TBW's roster began to deminish and multiple members of the roster began to break off. TBW would run in England for 2 years, with the company going on indefinite hiatus throughout most 2010 because of many individual reasons. Most of the original roster began to explore new ventures, many going off to either UBW or SNW. This left just Ry, Josh, Alex Harte and Violent Vicky (Ry's girlfriend) as active participants on the roster, who would also control the masked wrestlers and this was not nearly enough wrestlers to continue so Total Backyard Wrestling was put up for sale. |
| - | === The Buyover | + | === The Buyover === |
On 23rd October 2010, [[The Empire]], a faction of British wrestlers led by wealthy investors, bought over TBW along with [[HomeGrown Extreme Wrestling]] and [[Nairn Wrestling Entertainment]] as part of their 'UKBYW Conquest'. TBW was now moved to Inverness, Scotland and had a completely new roster and booking team supplied, allowing for a completely new TBW. Ry and Alex Harte have both expressed intent in coming to wrestle for the new side of the promotion. TBW look to hold one episode of [[TBW - Full Force]] before beginning the winter off-season. | On 23rd October 2010, [[The Empire]], a faction of British wrestlers led by wealthy investors, bought over TBW along with [[HomeGrown Extreme Wrestling]] and [[Nairn Wrestling Entertainment]] as part of their 'UKBYW Conquest'. TBW was now moved to Inverness, Scotland and had a completely new roster and booking team supplied, allowing for a completely new TBW. Ry and Alex Harte have both expressed intent in coming to wrestle for the new side of the promotion. TBW look to hold one episode of [[TBW - Full Force]] before beginning the winter off-season. | ||
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| + | === The New Era (2010 - Present === | ||
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| + | TBW has started a fresh, with new talent, a new host and a new professional image. TBW has set it's sights on total UKBYW domination. The 'New Era' of TBW has begun. | ||
[[Category:Backyard federations]] | [[Category:Backyard federations]] | ||
Revision as of 16:27, 26 October 2010
| Total Backyard Wrestling | |
| Details | |
| Acronym | TBW |
| Established | 2007 |
| Management | Feature Shock Entertainment |
| Style | Variety |
| Location | Scotland England |
| Announcers | Jeff Jefferson Stanley Sprott |
| External links | [www.youtube.com/tbwvids Youtube Channel] Twitter Feed |
Total Backyard Wrestling is a backyard wrestling internet based federation founded in 2008 and located in the United Kingdom. Originally based in England, TBW was bought over and moved to Scotland under a new management with a new roster.
The federation has ties to Ultimate British Wrestling (UBW) and SNW Wrestling (SNW) in the UK.
Contents |
History
The Early Days (2007 - 2010)
TBW was formed in England by underground wrestlers Ry and Alex Harte. The two decided to create a backyard wrestling federation after gaining a successfully large amount of views over a series of 4 YouTube videos, highlighting a wide variety of executed wrestling moves on the ground. TBW's roster began to deminish and multiple members of the roster began to break off. TBW would run in England for 2 years, with the company going on indefinite hiatus throughout most 2010 because of many individual reasons. Most of the original roster began to explore new ventures, many going off to either UBW or SNW. This left just Ry, Josh, Alex Harte and Violent Vicky (Ry's girlfriend) as active participants on the roster, who would also control the masked wrestlers and this was not nearly enough wrestlers to continue so Total Backyard Wrestling was put up for sale.
The Buyover
On 23rd October 2010, The Empire, a faction of British wrestlers led by wealthy investors, bought over TBW along with HomeGrown Extreme Wrestling and Nairn Wrestling Entertainment as part of their 'UKBYW Conquest'. TBW was now moved to Inverness, Scotland and had a completely new roster and booking team supplied, allowing for a completely new TBW. Ry and Alex Harte have both expressed intent in coming to wrestle for the new side of the promotion. TBW look to hold one episode of TBW - Full Force before beginning the winter off-season.
The New Era (2010 - Present
TBW has started a fresh, with new talent, a new host and a new professional image. TBW has set it's sights on total UKBYW domination. The 'New Era' of TBW has begun.
