We also take a look at the events of SWA in Uddingston and Source in Erskine, looking at how the events have shaped up and what Source Stars are stepping up to the plate. Another match has been added in full to Live! In Colour!, a former NWA Scottish champion has become our star of the moment, plus we take a look at SWA co-owner PJ Murphy’s new autobiography, ‘The Grappling Gourmet’.

As always we have the usual SWA features such as Six of the Best, take a look at the best entrance music in SWA and we have new blogs this month including thoughts from Eric Canyon and CJ Hunter!

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Having dominated the east coast of Scotland as well as making an impact in the West, Mike Musso is a former W3L Heavyweight Champion who’s tackled some of Scotland’s top headliners such as former NWA Scottish Champion Wolfgang in stellar matches, as well as SWA’s own NWA British title hopeful Damien O’Conor and Scottish fan favourite and Gathering regular, Darkside.

Lionheart himself is a former NWA Scottish Champion and has held several other Heavyweight titles in his career. Aside form being in the main event at the past two Gatherings, he’s been a regular in the NWA Scottish title scene for several years now.

With these two experienced and accomplished heavyweights in the ring opposing each other, we’re guaranteed an exciting match added to August 28th in Viewpark Community Centre, Uddingston.

The Uddingston event will also feature Nikki Storm versus Sara, The Disco Biscuits challenging STI for the SWA Tag Team Championship and in the main event, Liam Thomson challenging Scott Renwick for the NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship in a Lumberjack match!

You can also expect to see more of your favorite SWA stars including BT Gunn, Damien O’Conor, Joe Coffey and Falcon!

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With the support of SWA co-owner and his talent relations manger Charles Boddington and their financial backing for his training regime, Thomson has an obvious advantage. The SWA Committee feel that with the absence of Peter Murphy, perhaps he’ll have too much of an advantage and have decided to make things fair.

To ensure both men are allowed to face each other with no foul play, no interference and no distractions the stars of SWA will line the ring in Lumberjack rules. Standing guard to make sure no one gets in, and no one gets out.

The Canyon administration may have to keep it’s attention elsewhere, as the dynamic due of Magic Mackie and Freddie Da Funk – The Disco Biscuits – become the next team to try and topple the champs. The cruiserweights have a reputation for constantly fighting back to their feet with sheer will and determination making them a heck of a challenge for STI.

Also scheduled, we’ll see Nikki Storm back in Uddingston! After her defeat over Viper at Source on Friday 13th, she’ll be able to get her hands on Sara and exact some revenge from her being attacked and eliminated from the Femme Fatal Fourway at Battlezone!

Lionheart, Joe Coffey, Damien O’Conor, BT Gunn and more will be in action. Keep your eyes on SWA Online for further updates!

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SWA Tag Team Champion Dickie Divers has been whining and moaning that he doesn’t get enough opportunities to prove himself not only to Eric Canyon, but to the SWA fans that he is one of the best in the UK today. Not only is he a record breaking SWA Tag Champion, but he’s the most athleticly gifted wrestlers in the World! The SWA committee have decided to call Divers bluff by putting him against one of the participants in the NWA:UK British Heavyweight Title Tournament, the former SWA Laird of the Ring and Tag Team Champion, Damian O’Connor. Divers will certainly have his hands full as he goes up against the Aggressive Technician O’Connor. Especially considering the history between the two, whereby Divers screwed O’Connor out of the Tag Titles, and helped Red Lightning screw O’Conor out of the Laird Title. We can assume then that O’Connor will relish the opportunity to get his hands on the devious Divers, and could very well close Divers’ big mouth once and for all! This should prove to be one hell of a match up between the Aggressive Irishman and one half of Eric Canyon’s record breaking Tag Team Champions!

Speaking of Co-Owner Eric Canyon, although fully confident in his abilities and fully confident that he could easily take out Scott Renwick when the Gathering rolls around, he has decided he will use the Source product to challenge someone he has never beaten in his long illustrious career. This could lead to all kinds of prospects when we roll into Erskine considering the long list of talented individual’s Canyon hasn’t managed to topple in his career. This could prove to be quite a challenge!

As a result of Vyper’s interference during the closing stages of the Womens Femme Fatale Four Way at Govan, Sara managed to walk away with the spot at the Gathering 4, costing the Area 52 Prodigy Nikki Storm her rightful place on the event. Storm has been livid since, and took out her frustrations on Sara’s best friend Carmel at After Hours. But at Erskine, Nikki gets an opportunity to take on Vyper in a one on one match up, and if she wins, she gets to take on Sara for her Gathering spot August 28th in Uddingston! Alot will be riding on this match up and Nikki Storm will have to be at the top of her game to defeat the Vyper!

Rising star of the Area 52 training facility Joe Coffey will be returning to Erskine, to take on the masked sensation, Black Samurai Jr. Joe Coffey is eager to showcase the skills he has developed working alongside “Prince” Fergal Devitt over the past year, and the Japanese Enigma will be more than happy to comply. In what will be an aggressive, fast paced match up, it will be interesting to see who will prevail.

The card so far:
- SWA Tag Team Champion Dickie Divers vs. Damian O’Connor
- Joe Coffey vs. Black Samurai Jr.
- Eric Canyon Challenge; Eric Canyon vs. ???
- Ladies Grudge Match; Nikki Storm vs. Vyper

Also confirmed!:
- Adam Shame
- Private First Class Ricky Gibson
- “The Superstar” Glen Dunbar
- Glasgow Kiss Barry Miller

And many more!

SWA Source!
Bargarran Community Centre, Erskine
Doors 6:30pm
Tickets £8 Adult, £5 Child. Family of Four £20. Click here to reserve tickets!

Without being able to guarantee our efforts to bring the Gathering in full force this year, it is with heavy heart and a lot of disappointment that we have decided to postpone the event until early 2011.

Culture & Sport Glasgow have had a hard time keeping normal services through these industrial actions this year over several venues such as the Tramway & Mitchel Theatres, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, City Halls and many others including the home of the Gathering; The Kelvin Hall. As the unions involved with CGS are still in negotiations and are still planning further strikes, we don’t want to invite fans to the biggest event of our calendar only to find out the doors are closed. The risks of going ahead with the event as planned are just too great at this time.

We understand any disappointment this may raise, and at this time all we can do is apologise to our fans and promise to you that the Gathering will go ahead once Culture & Sport Glasgow can guarantee this situation is over with.

If you have purchased tickets for this event, please contact us at fanaccess@scottishwrestling.co.uk with your order numbers and we will ensure they are refunded in full.

SWA’s events outwith CGS supported venues will go ahead as planned. Such as our August events; 13th in Erskine and 28th in Uddingston as well as further dates which are available on our events calendar.

More information on the Source events will be available soon, but expect to see NWA Scottish Champion Scott Renwick, Damien O’Conor, Adam Shame, Falcon and more including all your favorite stars from the Source Roster and Area 52!

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Two of his talents, Liam Thomson and SWA Tag Team Champion Dicky Divers found themselves at opposite corners proving their worth to Canyon with Charles Boddington overseeing the match, but the crowd were on Divers’ side as Thomson upped his game to make Divers bleed to win.

SWA Laird of the Ring Champion, and another of Canyons acolytes, Red Lightning was not as successful as Thomson however, finding himself defeated by Joe Coffey despite Jam O’Malley’s distraction tactics.

In a change to the scheduled main event, BT Gunn found himself up against fellow British tournament quarter finalist Jester. If you’d never seen an After Hours main event before, this was your perfect introduction. The two battled hard around the venue, exchanging insults, exchanging strikes and generally battering each other black and blue before Gunn pulled out an amazing victory, seeing both men celebrate in the ring!

The night also saw Chris Renfrew answer Kid Fite’s open challenge and the fiesty Nikki Storm gain a win over Carmel.

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Quick Results
- Chris Renfrew defeated Kid Fite
- Red Lightning (w/Jam O’Malley) defeated Joe Coffey
- Liam Thompson (w/Charles Boddington) defeated ‘Tricky’ Dickie Divers in a First Blood Match
- Nikki Storm defeated Carmel (w/Sara)
- BT Gunn defeated Jack Jester in a Singapore Cane match

Possibly the most talented and frighting individual to enter a ring in Europe today, the genetic monster Johnny Moss, has put forth his demands to SWA that his next match in the NWA British Championship tournament takes place in the harsh environment of After Hours! With Moss obviously confident heading into the match, he’ll find himself drawn against an opponent who’s more than meets the eye!

That man? The highly popular, death defying and hugely talented former NWA Scottish Champion BT Gunn! Gunn has been on a roll lately and after a string of challenges he faces his toughest yet against the former British Champion Johnny Moss.

Laird of the Ring Champion Red Lightning has recently proven to be a worthy, if not arrogant, champion in recent months but when he enters After Hours on the 25th, he’ll have his hands full with a challenge that could likely bring that to an end when he takes on two former Scottish Champions, Wolfgang and the Ministry of Bizarre’s Jack Jester, in a three way dance for the title.

Plus we’ll have the energetic Nikki Storm in action and Kid Fite ready to bring the pain in his open challenge!

Current line up:
+ British Tournament Second Round; Johnny Moss versus BT Gunn
+ Laird of the Ring 3 Way: Red Lightning vs. Wolfgang vs. Jack Jester
+ Kid Fite open challenge.
+ Nikki Storm in action.

Entry to this event is £10 on the door. Alternatively, you can order online at TicketWeb.co.uk.

After Hours is an adults-only environment. Please be aware that this event is for over 18’s only. Full details will be added to our events section closer to the event.