Flaming Pearl Oracles: A Look At Europe

Shawn takes a look at Europe as he awaits more results from the Asian Pacific!

Right now, we have results for one event which took place on Wednesday.  The bulk of events throughout Asia are scheduled to take place late on Saturday 30 March 2019.  Results from those matches will begin to trickle down to the public on Tuesday or Wednesday, as a result I will be submitting two ‘Flaming Pearl Oracles’ next week.

In the mean time, I have had several fans request more information regarding independent promotions in Europe.  Who are they and Where are they at?  That is what we will discuss in this article.  I will not be covering the United Kingdom mainly because there are hundreds of promotions and by the time I research one another five are founded.

While Asia has its share of big men, the majority of the talent are considered cruiserweights.  Each Asian promotion has its own flavor with a mixture between acrobatics and the popular martial arts of that region.  Europe resembles more U.K. and American styles, a Baskin Robbins of characters and wrestling profiles.  Do you enjoy watching a behemoth performing power moves that destroy his opponent? How about ‘Independent Professional Wrestling (IPW)’ Russia’s Ivan ‘Locomotive’ Markov.  You want to see dark characters? Northern Storm Wrestling’s talents Shaman and Litana have you covered.  Do you remember ‘Boogie Woogie’ Jimmy Valiant? Well, Romanian Wrestling Alliance has Sugar Dunkerton to dance his way into your heart.

So, here is a listing of promotions I’ve discovered in Europe.  Each promotion will have the next event, champions, and a few names to lookup on youtube.

Danish Pro Wrestling (Midtjylland, Denmark)

• Next Event: 30 March 19; Rampage.  1 June 19 Battlefront
• Champion: Michael Dante
  • Mark Kodiak
  • Mot Van Kunder (the Fem-Male version almost Joey Ryan) comedy
  • Sara Elektra
  • Danny Love
  • Axl Star

Association les Professionnels du Catch (FRANCE)

• Big Star: Tom La Ruffa
• World Champion: Chris Raaber
• FFCP Champion: Tristan Archer
• Women’s Champion: Amale Winchester
• Tag Team Champions: Vacant
• Top Stars:
  • A Buck
  • Carmel Jacob
  • El Matador
  • Faith Lehaine
  • Gianne Leone

Maximum Mayhem Wrestling (Kiel, Germany)

• World Champion: Kay Jutler
• World Tag Teams: The Purge Club
• European Champion: ‘Ikonet’ Erik Isaksen
• Top Stars:
  • Miss Liss Kiss
  • Nitro Green
  • Zack Gibson

Italian Championship Wrestling (Paiva, Italy)

At various times, this promotion uses 43 different international freelance wrestlers.

• Next Event: 6 April 19: WrestleRama
• Champion: Nick Lenders
• Tag Team: Conners and Black
• Inter Regional” Psycho Mike
• Women’s Champ: Jokey
• Top Stars:
  • Taurus
  • Andy Manero
  • Paxxo
  • Queen Maya
  • Mary Cooper
  • UKONSELKA (Freelance)
  • Cannonball (Freelance)

Total Combat Wrestling (Italy)

Next Event; 13 April 19

Champion: ????

If you like super nuts psycho clown horror stuff…it’s on YouTube.  In Italian of course.

Mayhem Wrestling (Italy)

Next Event: 11 May 19

• Champion: ???
• Top Stars:
  • A.B. Knight
  • Matt Disaster
  • Steve McKee

Milan Wrestling Federation (Italy)

Next Event; 20 April 19 Freedom Town

Federation Italian Wrestling (FIW)

Next Event: Unknown

• Top Stars:
  • Tempesta
  • Fabio Ferrari
  • Roland

Norwegian Wrestling Federation (Oslo, Norway)  No info

Romania Wrestling Alliance

• Next Event: 11 May 19
• Notable wrestlers:
  • Future Shock Top Fullerton
  • Lorgu Aggressor
  • Rock n’ Roller Sugar Dunkerton

Independent Pro Wrestling; Russia

• Next Event: 20 April 19
• Champion” Ivan ‘Locomotive’ Markov
• Other notable wrestlers: 
  • Nanatka: Is wrestling’s version of the masked Mr. X on the old Speed Racer episodes.
  • Joker Pavel Kurkin
  • Vladimir Kulakov: Former Champion is currently injured and out for about a year.
  • Bonnie: is beautiful but violent.  She is the current women’s champion.
  • Ramona: Is a tough cookie and if you’re not good, she’ll put you in the Hartlock or Yoko geri.

Northern Storm Wrestling (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Stockholm: Freedom Pro Wrestling

• Next Event 13 April 19
• Champion: Viggen
• Other notable wrestlers:
  • Viktor Tykki is known for his violence and his appearance looks very viking as well
  • Jack Lumber reminds me of the 1970s with the big frame of an old legend Joe Le Duc
  • Patrik ‘Crusher’ Mieto – The Finnish Grappler
  • Allis Ink: The name certainly describes this feisty female.  With her decorated sleeves on her limbs. She is Sweden’s MMA warrior and this smaller sized female punches a powerful kick.
  • Frank Rattel: He is a smaller guy in this land of giants, but he has the pure mean streak of the old school days and is known for eating ears off of his opponents.

Well gang, that is all I was able to come up with.  I did not cover the Iberian Peninsula or UK.  I leave you to enjoy the list, until the Asian results start coming in.