monster pro wrestling: kaiju big battel (sic)

photo from varmazis

This is the most fantastically silly thing I've heard about for ages. Essentially, men in Godzilla and Ultraman (70's Japanese rubber suit monster movies) do pro wrestling, but with added props, such as cardboard cities to destroy.

Here's a highlight reel of a Brooklyn event:

link to youtube

I'm utterly enthralled, and with my new found unemployment, I'm keen to get an event (albeit a very small one) going in the UK. It's another great example of the mix of film, entertainment and sport that's springing up at a grassroots level all over the world - it's the kind of thing brands should be doing, rather than paying people to find out about and copy.

I find it a fantastic mix of cultures, from US pro wrestling, Japanese Monster movies, and I think it would fit really nicely with the whole England summer festival vibe - perhaps first demo bout at Bestival this year?

If you'd like to help organise an event, please get in touch. We need:

Atheletes - people with wrestling, MMA, martial arts or gymnastics backgrounds, but most of all with a love of pro wrestling.

Costume and prop builders - balsa wood, pvc, theatre costumes, ring builders, all sorts

Creatives - with an interest in the genre to help with character concepts, storylines and general shenanigans.

Enthusiasts - anyone from ring girls, to spectators, to just helping out.


Please get in touch if you're interested, or pass on to people you think might dig this kind of silliness. We'll be starting low key - think 4 atheletes and simple rope ring with mats and a cardboard London Eye and Big Ben to destroy.

Remember, Tokyo wasn't destroyed by monsters in a day!