As a slight change of pace, we decided instead of giving one man the open mic this month, we’d ask around the locker room and find out what they all thought about the current situation of SWA under the banner of animosity.

Can you guess who’s saying what?

“This group Murphy and Canyon are assembling could devastate SWA, and they may have the numbers game, but they haven’t counted on the fact that we are twice the wrestlers they ever were, even in their prime.”

“The SWA circle of power doesn’t care about me. Why should I care about them?”

“I think they’re petty, vindictive and pathetic. They’ve lost their focus on what we are all about. Competition. They want to monopolise the world of wrestling? Fine. Go to the US and have fun. When they couldn’t be bothered to be around we made an enviroment where competition is the prime factor again and they had to cheat to get anywhere. Enough is enough. I’ll be on the front line of the war if it means saving this company from selfish men.”

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Ladies and gentleman, fans of the Alliance, lend me your ears. Take a note of that as these are the only manners that i care to fashion you with, or for that matter you all deserve.

Last Saturday night, I achieved my dream. I stood on the biggest stage in Scottish wrestling as a champion. As YOUR T-Division champion(a fact that you all constantly seem to forget). What should have been my crowning glory of the last 8 years of my life, instead found me lying on the floor of a dressing room because a sore loser by the name of Ricky Gibson couldn’t leave well enough alone, after he speared me. I can’t help it that I proved myself smarter than him, and that I showed him I will do anything to keep what is rightfully mine. But he continues to be a thorn in my side, night in, and night out.

But what galled me the most, out of everything I have personally had to put up with in the last 12 months since i found my true self, is that YOU reward people like Gibson for this behaviour. Now, i realise how that looks and sounds, but this is a not personal attack on whichever internet milkbottle-foureyed geek is currently reading this. I speak of every single person in this company, this fanbase, and this country. For whatever reason, once again I have been forsaken. It was bad enough 4 years ago when I was busting my ass for your enjoyment, that most of you were more interested in where my brother was. I once again defend my title, my championship, only to find out that I now have to defend my T-Division title against Ricky Gibson(now 3 time loser) and Lewis Girvan(loser period) in a triple threat match, where i don’t even need to be pinned to lose my title? HOW IS THIS FAIR? HOW IS THIS RIGHT?…………I get punished for winning, and the losers(just because they are your heroes) get their unjust rewards to suit the fans.

Let me spell this out for you so as not to have ANY misunderstanding. For the last 8 years I have done everything necessary to make sure I got ahead in this game. I kissed ass, I took names, I ground out win after win after win. I’ve held the SWA Tag Team Championship on two occassions, I am now in the 5th month of my glorious T-Division title reign(of which I have been undefeated in that time I might add). I have pinfalls on no less than FOUR Scottish Heavyweight Champions(you’re a geek so i’m sure checking stats won’t be a problem). I have better credentials, more experience, and damn it, a right to be next in line than some other so called “challengers”…I don’t deserve a shot at Joe Coffey, I don’t deserve a shot at Eric Canyon, I’VE EARNED MY SHOT. How many men do I have to pin, how many men do i have to injure, how many men do i have to beat before this company will take me seriously? This is supposed to be my year, the T-Division championship being the base of my rise to the superstardom that i have earned in the last 8 years of sweat. But, nooo, this company denies me my birthright because they care about the fans. They care more about the people who come through the door, instead of the one man who built the house.

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Video blog by Jam O’Malley

Blog post by Marty Michaels

In the three years since I became the ring announcer for the SWA, I’ve stood as witness to some of the most turbulent times in the history of Scottish wrestling. I don’t have to list them; anyone who attended SWA shows in the last three years knows exactly what I’m talking about. But I can’t think of any time in SWA that has been quite as turbulent as the past few months.

We’ve seen the Source re-brand, we’ve seen young members of the SWA roster become genuine stars and we’ve seen SWA become bigger and better than ever before. So what does the future hold for the Scottish Wrestling Alliance? Honestly, I don’t know; I couldn’t even guess. But I do know one thing: you can be damn sure that I’ll be there to see it, and I know that you, our fans, will be there too.

Let’s start with some facts. 2010 has been, without a doubt, the most exciting year in the history of the Scottish Wrestling Alliance. Each and every SWA show this year has been filled with more twists than Chubby Checker in a blender. And it’s not looking likely to change anytime soon. Our next show, at Viewpark Community Centre on May 15th is sure to be one you don’t want to miss. I’m going to be there, and I hope you will be too – if you want to keep up with the best wrestling action in Scotland, then you can’t afford not to be.