Category: Wrestling

Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Dublin Open Freestyle Tournament 2019

Results

GradeGoldSilverBronze
Senior Female 58KgLisa FarrellyDeirdre BegleyDanni Neilan
Senior Male 86KgSean SweetmanNicolae Doncila
Senior Male 100+KgDominik BodoMatthew SheehanRonan Campbel
[Reference: 2]

Report

Lisa Farrelly took Gold in the Senior Female 58Kg Grade at the Irish Amateur Wrestling Association’s Dublin Open Freestyle Event in 2019. Sean Sweetman won Gold in the Senior Male 86Kg Grade and Dominik Bodo won Goldin the Senior Male 100+Kg Grade.

Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Stock Photo [Reference: 3
Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Stock Photo [Reference: 3]

About the IAWA

The Irish Amateur Wrestling Associatin is the National Governing Body of Olympic Wrestling, Pankration and Grappling Sports. It was founded in 1947, and comes under the World Governing Body of United World Wrestling. It is officially recognised by and part funded by Sport Ireland (formerly the Irish Sport Council) and the Olympic Committee of Ireland. The Associations responsibilities, other than at grassroots level, include the selection and preparation of Ireland’s teams that compete at Continental and World Championships, and Major Multi-Discipline Games (e.g. The Olympic Games and European Games).

References

Websites

[1] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2019) Results: Dublin Open 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/downloads/events/2019-Dublin-Open-.pdf [Accessed 28 December 2020]

[2] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2020) About Us [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/about [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Images

[3] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2019) about_us [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/img/about_us.jpg [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ciaran Simms.

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 28 December 2020

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Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Irish Open 2019

Irish Open 2019 Results

GradeGoldSilverBronze
Mini Boy 26kgBastian WronaNikita SergejevsAbubakr Musaev
Mini Boy 28kgEgors SocnevsMuhammand MusaevAaron Cromwell
Mini Boy 30kgIsah YasinHarry CameronSenjay Stepanovs
Mini Boy 33kgJoel MorrissonYunus MagomayevAleksander Monko
Mini Boy 35kgAbdul-Rahman PatelTimotyhy OlandSaifulla Magomayev
Mini Boy 49kgRichard PaulovicsBenas Petrulis
School Boy 33kgFilip CiupinskiAlex GibbKacper Pawlowski
School Boy 40kgJustinas JankauskasAndrew KalantaiArvydas Padreza
School Boy 43kgDylan LoughlinAironas AndriuskaAidan Kasparian
School Boy 46kgIsmael MagomayevBrandon BlakeBradley Legge
School Boy 50kgKiril StepanovsDaniel StepanovsJacy Jones
School Boy 75kgGabriel BrymRyan Gee
Mini Girl 30kgKayden DaltonCadhla GilhooleyMolly Collins
Mini Girl 40kgWiktoria MrozBlanca WronaOlivia Babiarz
Mini Girl 47kgRebecca MaxwellJodie McCarthy
Mini Girl 64kgApril McGuiganElisha Brady
Cadet Male 55kgLewis RedicanMarwan El MoudenEoghan Masoliver
Cadet Male 65kgKircho IllievCiaran MaskeyIarlaith Peelo
Cadet Male 72kgMax LallyCian LoughlinAugustin Castravet
Cadet Male 92kgStefan AndrianAlex Flood
Cadet Female 50kgAine HanleyCharlotte McGuigan
Female 60kgLisa FarrellyDaina CardwellDanni Neilan
Junior Female 65kgDaina CardwellZoe HurtWeronika Urbanik
Senior Female 80kgLisa FarrellySamantha Russell Morelli
Senior Male 65kgLewis ByrneJamie BissettGerard Corr
Senior Male 70kgFranko GruberMarcus PhelanKon Fennelly
Senior Male 74kgDarren McCormackIoan NascuRowan Prendiville
Senior Male 86kgMatthew SheehanMark GallivanPatrick Montgomery
Senior Male 92kgJozef KlimcakRonan DrumgooleHussein Moustafa
Senior Male 97kgPeter NewtiZbigniew KazlonaRonan Campbell
Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Irish Open 2019 [Reference: 2]

Report

Lisa Farrely won the Irish Amateur Wrestling Association’s Irish Open 2019 Senior Female 80kg category, while Lewis Byrne (65kg), Franko Gruber (70kg), Darren McCormack (74kg), Matthew Sheehan (86kg), Jozef Klimcak (92kg) and Peter Newti (97kg) won the Senior Male Categories. In all there were 10 Male, 4 Female, 4 girls and 12 boys Categories.

Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Event
Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Event [Reference: 3][Picture Credit: IAWA]

About the IAWA

The Irish Amateur Wrestling Associatin is the National Governing Body of Olympic Wrestling, Pankration and Grappling Sports. It was founded in 1947, and comes under the World Governing Body of United World Wrestling. It is officially recognised by and part funded by Sport Ireland (formerly the Irish Sport Council) and the Olympic Committee of Ireland. The Associations responsibilities, other than at grassroots level, include the selection and preparation of Ireland’s teams that compete at Continental and World Championships, and Major Multi-Discipline Games (e.g. The Olympic Games and European Games).

References

Websites

[1] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2019) Results: Irish Open 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/downloads/events/Results-Irish-Open-2019.pdf [Accessed 23 November 2020]

[2] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2020) About Us [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/about [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Images

[3] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2019) about_us [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/img/about_us.jpg [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ciaran Simms.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 23 November 2020

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Lucha Libre AAA Triplemania XXIV 2018

Lucha Libre AAA Logo [Reference: 1]

Results

EventChampionRunner-Up
Main EventPsycho ClownPagano
MegacampeonatoTexano JrBrian Cage
Lucha Underground UniverseTeam Rey MisterioMatanza Cueto
Campeonato LatinoamericanoJohnny MundoPentagon Jr
Parejas AAA (Pairs)Aerostar & Drago3 other teams
WomensUncontested
Copa TriplemaniaAustralian SuicideDaga
Lucha Libre AAA Triplemania XXIV 2018 [Reference: 2-3]

Report

In the most recent Lucha Libre AAA Triplemania Event (as of 5 October 2020) – Triplemania XXIV, held in Arena Ciudad Mexico City, Psycho Clown won the main event, after beinf betrayed by Dr. Wagner Jr, by finally beating Pagano, taking the barber to Pagano’s hair, and pummeling each other with various objects in a bloody fight. Dr. Wagner Jr challenged Prsycho Clown after the event to a fight at Triplemania XXIV.

Triplemania XXIV started off with the Copa Triplemania Event, where Australian Suicide defeated Daga. This was followed by the anticipated Mens versus Womens fight, but El Apache, who was invited to be referee by Averno and Chessman, betrayed them to support his daughters Mary and Faby Apache and after the fight Ricky Marvin appeared and the three Rudos massacred the family, an act which merits revenge.

Next up was the Pairs (Parejas) where Aerostar and DRago were crowned Champions, and then it was on to Campeonato Latinoamericano AAA, where Johnny Mundo finally captured the belt with a victory over Pentagon Jr, after the blond Taya turned his back on Pentagon Jr, fouling him and betraying Los Perros del Mal by siding with Johnny Mundo.

The next Event was Lucha Underground, where Rey Misterio came back to Mexico and AAA, and led his team, Prince Puma and Aztec Drago Jr to victory over Matnza Cueto, Marty “The Moth” Martinez and Mil Muertes. This was followed by the semifinal bout, where Texano Jr, despite being beaten, retained the MegaCampeonato de AAA, after defeating Brian Cage, and with that Dr. Wagner Jr, who finished covered in blood. After the match he received a severe beating from Team Trump, which couldn’t be countered even with the appearance of several “Tecnicos”.

The Main Event finished up the evening with Psycho Clown, despite being betrayed by Dr. Wagner Jr, and being severely beaten, took the barber to Pagano’s hair, finally defeating him. After the event, Dr Wagner Jr challenged Psycho Clown to the belt at Triplemania XXV, which was accepted by the Tecnico.

Psycho Clown takes to air against Pagano during Lucha Libre AAA Triplemania XXIV [Reference: 4][Photo Credit: Lucha Libre AAA]

About Lucha Libre

Lucha Libre is Mexico’s answer to American Wrestling, or for that matter Greco-Roman Wrestling (the version favoured by the Olympics). Characters are usually dressed in vibrant colours, and what makes it stand out compared to WWE, is that the wresters usually wear masks.

References

Logos

[1] Lucha Libre AAA (2020) logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/beta/wp-content/themes/aaa-luchalibre/img/ui/logo.png [Accessed 5 October 2020]

Websites

[2] Lucha Libre AAA (2020) THE WORLD AT HIS FEET AT TRIPLEMANIA XXIV [Internet] Available from: http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/en/johnny-mundo-campeon-triplemania-xxiv/ [Accessed 5 October 2020]

[3] Lucha Libre AAA (2020) PSYCHO CLOWN TRIPLEMANIA XXIV BIG WINNER! [Internet] Available from: http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/en/psycho-clown-gran-ganador-triplemania-xxiv/ [Accessed 5 October 2020]

Images

[4] Lucha Libre AAA (2020) TriplemanĂ­a-XXIV-15 [Internet] Available from: http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/en/psycho-clown-gran-ganador-triplemania-xxiv/ [Accessed 5 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Kane.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 5 October 2020

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John Gunning Irish Sumo Wrestler

John-Gunning-Sumo-Wrestler
John Gunning – Irish-born International Sumo Wrestler [Reference: 4]

John Gunning

John Gunning hails from Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, and while on holidays in Japan in 2000, fell in love with the place, started teaching English and took up Sumo Wrestling.

Having become an International Sumo Wrestler, and represented Ireland at three World Championships, he now writes a Sumo column for the Japan Times, as well as writing articles for American Football International, his other main Sport.

John Gunning in Action during the 2007 World Sumo Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand [Reference: 5]

 References

Websites

[1] Irish Times (2018) The Roscommon Man who became a Sumo Wrestler in Japan  [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/the-roscommon-man-who-became-a-sumo-wrestler-in-japan-1.3717609 [Accessed 1 February 2020]

[2] Irish Independent (2019) Irish Expats in Japan on Sumo wrestling, the death of Office Culture… and why the party always ends by 9pm [Internet] Available from: https://www.independent.ie/life/irish-expats-in-japan-on-sumo-wrestling-the-death-of-office-culture-and-why-the-party-always-ends-by-9pm-38510317.html [Accessed 1 February 2020]

[3] The 42: Steve O’Rourke (2018) ‘I thought it was fat guys in nappies pushing each other around’ – Meet the Roscommon Sumo Wrestler [Internet] Available from: https://www.the42.ie/irish-sumo-wrestler-john-gunning-3965883-Apr2018/ [Accessed 1 February 2020]

Images

[4] Irish Independent (2019) John Gunning [Internet] Available from: https://cdn-02.independent.ie/life/d5719/38510314.ece/AUTOCROP/w620/2019-09-21_lif_53264469_I3.JPG [Accessed 1 February 2020]

[5] The 42 (2018) Gunning in action during the 2007 World Championships in Chiang Mai Thailand [Internet] Available from:http://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2018/04/unnamed-6-62-390×285.jpg [Accessed 1 February 2020][Image: John Gunning]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Kane.

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 1 February 2020

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WWE World Wrestling Entertainment Irish Wrestlers 2001-Present

WWE Logo [Reference: 3]

WWE Irish Wrestlers

WWE NameReal NameBornJoined WWETitles
Women
Becky Lynch “The Man”Rebecca QuinLimerick2015Women’s Smackdown 2015
Velvet McIntyre??IrelandWomen’s Tag Team Champion (x2)
Women’s Champion (x1)
Men
Finn Balor “Demon King”Fergal DavittBray, co. Wicklow??Universal Champion 2016
SheamusStephen FarrellyDublin2009World Champion (x4)
USA Champions (x2)
Raw Tag Team Champion (x4)
Danno O’Mahony??Ballydehod, Co. CorkNone
FinleyDave FinlayBelfast2001United States Champion (x1)
Killian DaneDave MackleBelfast2018NXT Tag-Team Champion (x1)
Irish WWE Wrestlers [Reference: 1]

Report

Six Irish-Born wrestlers have won titles with WWE World Wrestling Entertainment, the most notable of which are Becky Lynch (aka “The Man”) who won the inaugural Women’s Smackdown Championship in 2016, Finn “Demon King” Balor who beat Seth Rollins to win the inaugural Universal Championship, and Sheamus, who won the World Title four times.

Beck Lynch – Irish-born WWE Champion [Reference: 2]

References

Websites

[1] The Circular (2018) 5 Irish Wrestlers who achieved mainstream success with WWE [Internet] Available from: http://thecircular.org/5-irish-wrestlers-who-achieved-mainstream-success-with-wwe/ [Accessed 21 September 2019]

Images

[2] Becky Lynch WWE Facebook (2020) Photo, January 21, 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p960x960/83001548_2496579183941929_2963653989746343936_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ohc=W6fCHcHC8QQAX-8Ppo8&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&_nc_tp=6&oh=bcae12c1ab5debedd9ee7a1af08ac971&oe=5EC9334D [Accessed 1 February 2020]

[3] Pinterest (2020) WWE Logo [Internet] Available from: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/34/bb/f7/34bbf762319412d2c8a0759fa7417adc.png [Accessed 1 Febraury 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville, Conor Lynch, Maurice Lynch, Robert Byron & Dylan Brennan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 1 February 2020

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You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.