Some of you are wondering about the title of this post, Hammerlock Pure Wrestling.
Certainly, it's not a Southeast Asia wrestling promotion. It's not in Australia either. It happens to be in Ontario, Canada, northeast of where this blogger lives.
Though this blogger focuses on Southeast Asia, Asia and Australia wrestling, I wanted to share something new. Here is what is leading to this post.
Back in December 2022, I attended my first wrestling show in Southeast Asia and in the Philippines. The show was called Noche Buena that was promoted by the Manila Wrestling Federation.
One of the wrestlers in the show, Ken Warren, would win back the SETUP Thailand 24/7 wrestling championship in a handicap match in which he defeated three wrestlers.
After the show, along with future Filipino Pro Wrestling's LegenDarius, we had the opportunity to meet Ken following a post show press conference.
Ken was not only gracious and professional, but spent time with both of us. We talked about pro wrestling both on the major scale and independent levels. Also, we talked about the Philippines great beaches. It was a memorable moment since he was only the second pro wrestler to AWA legend, Nick Bockwinkel that I met.
Early in 2023, Ken decided to move to Canada and over time, would begin wrestling in a North American promotion called Hammerlock Pure Wrestling. The promotion is based out of London, Ontario. If you look at a map, the city is nearly between Detroit, Michigan and Toronto, Ontario, two major metropolitan areas.
Hammerlock Pure Wrestling was founded in 2022 with their first show, a year later in February 2023. Looking at Cagematch, Ken wrestled in his first Hammerlock show in November.
As I was preparing to do this, Ken has done a couple of promos. What I found was the fact that he did wrestle for three promotions in 2024.
I'm going to share the latest promo that he did which is the link below. In the meantime, all the best to Ken in his future endeavors in North America. I'll post any of his future shows on this blog.
