Saudi Arabia has its own wrestling promotion. Here’s how you can watch their latest event
When the words pro wrestling and Saudi Arabia are used in the same sentence, most fans first thoughts surely go to the WWE’s string of events that they’ve held in the middle eastern kingdom over the last few years. What most fans don’t know, including us here at WrestleMap until very recently, is that Saudi Arabia has its own local pro wrestling promotion.
Saudi Pro Wrestling was established back in the summer of 2019 and their Instagram account shares that the SPW wrestlers have had an opportunity to learn in seminars from Mark Henry and Lloyd Anoa'i (Alofa). On July 1st of 2022, SPW held just their sixth live event.
SPW 6 took place from a Harley Davidson showroom in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with a good sized, energetic crowd on hand. The show featured four different singles matches, all of which are available on the SPW YouTube page.
In the night’s first match, the dominant and monstrous Gathoum made quick work of the masked El Forty.
Karam and Bader squared off in a singles match. Despite some of his antics and aggression shown toward the fans, the crowd was still behind Karam due to his fighting spirit and no-nonsense attitude. Both wrestlers exchanged a lot of strikes and hard hitting offense in this with the fans chanting “this is awesome!” at times.
In this no holds barred match, SPW Champion Naif Al-Mutairi defended his belt in a wild brawl with MK. This one includes all sorts of hardcore wrestling staples: tables, chairs and even fluorescent light tubes. Lots of carnage in this one and the fans were behind it every step of the way.
In the fourth match uploaded from SPW 6, Makke and M-ZEE duked it out. Makke showed a lot of charisma, coming out to the ring wearing a Lego head, and was adored by the fans. This match was fast paced and featured some of the most high flying action on the card. Following the match, Makke’s cornerman Rakan turned on him and aligned himself with the monstrous Gathoum, setting up an uphill battle for the charismatic, fan favorite Makke in the months ahead.
It’s likely that the WWE’s repeated trips to Saudi Arabia have influenced both the wrestling fan base and wrestlers in the country to go out and start their own wrestling scene with homegrown talent. This is very cool to see and one undeniable positive of live pro wrestling being introduced to the Middle Eastern nation. It will be exciting to see where the future brings SPW and the Saudi wrestling scene. Because as of now, they’re off to a promising start.
