Burning Heart Pro Wrestling is set to return to Liverpool in the future after a successful weekend in the north west.
The event took place at the Olympia on Saturday, which featured the Burning Heart Pro Wrestling tournament for its first male singles title.
It also featured other matches, including a tag team title match between the Grizzled Young Veterans and FSU.
Lauren Klair, co-founder and chief operating officer of Burning Heart Pro Wrestling, was pleased to be able to showcase there.
She said: “This is such an iconic venue, not just from a live event perspective, but from a Wrestling perspective as well.”
“It’s an honour to us not just to be in Liverpool but in this building.”
The show presented a lot of wrestlers from the north west of England.
Zack Gibson and Harley Hudson were the hometown competitors of the evening.
Ms Klair said this was an opportunity to showcase more of the talent from this area.
“The North West dominates the rest of the country.
“They deserve to be seen by more people and that’s what we are trying to do.”
With the attraction the event was able to bring to wrestlers and the company, the talent that was shown in front of their home fans and the fans being described as ‘Standouts’, Burning Heart Pro are looking to return to the Olympia once again.
“We are working here at the Olympia and with a great team here, they are second to none, and we want to establish a long-term relationship here.”
A career in wrestling
Ms Klair began her career in wrestling 12 years ago in PR for Clear Vision and went on to work with WWE and TNA before moving to make Burning Heart Pro.
In what can be considered a male-dominated sport, Ms Klair said she has faced setbacks, but she has learnt from them.
“I’ve faced adversity, I’ve faced and suffered misogyny, and a lot of women in the business have faced the same thing.
“I’ve not only learnt a lot about wrestling but also about life and how to conduct myself.”
In those 12 years, wrestling has had a lot of up and down moments but currently, wrestling is seeing more light in the mainstream.
With their recent deal with Netflix, WWE has brought wrestling back into the mainstream media.
Ms Klair is hoping that the current buzz can help people see what wrestling truly is.
“It’s not fake. You could turn around to people and say, ‘well what about that soap opera you watched last week that isn’t real’, but it’s an art form.
“It’s a strange form of art, but I think the more mainstream it’s getting, the more people are getting it’s an art form.”
With so many in attendance at the Olympia on the weekend, it’s clear wrestling still has its place in Liverpool.
Although no announcements have been made yet, it’s expected that Burning Heart Pro will return to the Olympia in the future.
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