- British Under 23's Championship
Infobox Wrestling event
name=National Under 23's Championship
promotion=British Wrestling United
brand = Hosted by
date=November 18 ,2006
venue=Drill Hall
city=Ware, Hertfordshire
attendance=100
lastevent=
nextevent=The National (British) Under 23's Championship was an inaugural
professional wrestling event hosted by onNovember 18 ,2006 at the Drill Hall, inWare, Hertfordshire , to crown the first-ever British Under 23's Champion.In what was considered a historic event in British wrestling history, the event would showcase young talent from over 12
United Kingdom promotions and though the event was hosted by IPW:UK it ran under the British Wrestling United (BWU) banner with the intention for the belt to then be defended on various companies' shows around the country for the foreseeable future.British Wrestling United
BWU is the combination of several UK promotions. Though not all the promotions would directly participate in the first event, they have all lent their full support to the project. The promotions are:
*American Wrestling Association: United Kingdom (AWA:UK) - founding promotion of the venue which the event is being held in
*Combat Sports Federation (CSF)
*Celtic Wrestling (C/W)
*Four Front Wrestling (4FW)
*Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA)
* - (FWA:A - FWA's training promotion)
*Herts and Essex Wrestling (HEW)
* (IPW:UK) - hosts
*LDN Wrestling (LDN)
*Leicester Pro Wrestling (LPW)
*Real Quality Wrestling (RQW)
*Real Deal Wrestling (RDW)
*Summit Wrestling (SW)
*Three Count Wrestling (3CW)
*Triple X Wrestling (TXW)
*Varsity Pro Wrestling (VPW)
*World Association of Wrestling (WAW)
*X-Sports: Wrestling (X-S:W)Originally
1 Pro Wrestling , a largely international promotion based in England was supporting the project until they pulled out citing ‘political and logistical problems’. The FWA was brought in to replace 1PW; entering wrestler Spud under their banner. With 1PW’s low ratio of exclusive British under 23 talent, Spud was the probable choice of entrant for 1PW and would clearly be the biggest star in the event.Results
Several "Guest Matches" from promotions took place on the afternoon card before the tournament in the evening, where competitors do not need to meet the Under 23 age qualifier.
Tournament
Eight wrestlers, chosen or qualified from eight separate promotions around the country, will face off in a single-elimination one-night tournament, to ultimately crown the first National British Under 23 titleholder.
8TeamBracket | RD1=Quarterfinals | RD2=Semifinals | RD3=Final
RD1-seed1=small|WAW
RD1-team1=Sam Slam(21)
RD1-seed2=small|FWA
RD1-team2=Spud (21)
RD1-score1=Pin
RD1-score2=
RD1-seed3=small|RQW
RD1-team3=Bubblegum (22)1
RD1-seed4=small|3CW
RD1-team4=Chris Whitton
RD1-score3=Pin
RD1-score4=
RD1-seed5=small|FWA:A
RD1-team5=Aviv Maayan (22)2
RD1-seed6=small|IPW:UK
RD1-team6=Paul Robinson (18)3
RD1-score5=
RD1-score6=Pin
RD1-seed7=small|LDN
RD1-team7=Marty Scurll (18)
RD1-seed8=small|TXW
RD1-team8=Stiro (17)4
RD1-score7=NC5
RD1-score8=
RD2-seed1=small|WAW
RD2-team1=Sam Slam
RD2-seed2=small|RQW
RD2-team2=Bubblegum
RD2-score1=Pin
RD2-score2=
RD2-seed3=small|IPW:UK
RD2-team3=Paul Robinson
RD2-seed4=small|FWA:A
RD2-team4=Aviv Maayan6
RD2-score3=Pin
RD2-score4=
RD3-seed1=small|WAW
RD3-team1=Sam Slam7
RD3-seed2=small|IPW:UK
RD3-team2=Paul Robinson
RD3-score1=Pin
RD3-score2=1 Bubblegum won a 9-Man Elimination match to qualify as RQW’s entrant at RQW Summer Brawl 2006 onAugust 18 ,2006 .
2 Aviv Mayaan qualified in an FWA:A guest match against Ollie Burns during the afternoon show.
3 Robinson qualified as IPW:UK’s entrant after defeating Aviv Maayan at IPW:UK's 2nd Anniversary onSeptember 24 ,2006 .
4 Stiro defeated Zack Sabre, Jr. to qualify as TXW’s entrant.
5 Match ends in a no contest after interference from Aviv Maayan and LT Summers with both men being taken out of the tournament.
6 Aviv Mayaan filled the empty semi final spot.
7 Sam Slam becomes the first British Under 23's Champion.Title history
References
* [http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1158699729.shtml IPW:UK promoter Daniel Edler newspost WrestleView.com]
* [http://www.ipwuk.com/events/archives/nationalunder23s181106.shtml IPW:UK event archive]
* [http://www.ipwuk.com/newsboard/headlines/161906107.shtml IPW:UK newspost]
* [http://www.ipwuk.com/newsboard/headlines/161756571.shtml IPW:UK newspost]
* [http://www.ipwuk.com/newsboard/headlines/160681793.shtml IPW:UK newspost]
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