Unique Legal Status Helping Nepal Ring Wrestling Association To Thrive And Grow
Nepal Ring Wrestling Association has been in the world wrestling news quite a bit as of late. Whether it’s been crowning a new National Heavyweight Champion or holding a hugely successful Nepali New Year’s Day event that saw spectators watching wrestling action from a mountainside, the South Asian company has been on a roll of late.
X-Hero goes high risk on his way to victory in the opening match at NRWA’s New Years Day event Summer Slam
The growing crowds and popularity of the promotion come mostly from the hard work and dedication to pro wrestling that all of the NRWA’s wrestlers and staff have. But a unique legal status within Nepal is also helping to make this success possible.
The NRWA is not the only wrestling promotion in Nepal. The pro wrestling scene is developing at a steady pace within the country. Along with the NRWA, long time pro from Nepal, Himalayan Tiger, heads up the Himalayan Tiger Pro-Wrestling Association. Nepal’s first female wrestler, Unika, has established an all female wrestling promotion, the Nepal Women Wrestling Foundation, just six years after debuting as the first female Nepali pro wrestler. However, the NRWA holds a unique legal status that the rest of these promotions do not.
Thagu busts a light tube across The Yuv’s face at Summer Slam
The NRWA is the only promotion in Nepal to be registered with the Nepal National Sports Council. And by law, only one wrestling promotion in the country can have this status. What exactly does this status mean and how is it helping the NRWA?
First off, funding and venue selection. The sports commission in Nepal can assist the NRWA by securing venues that may only be deemed fit for sporting performances. All other wrestling promotions in the country are operating as private entertainment companies. The difference in these statuses can certainly play a role in the types of venues that the companies can operate their events out of.
Deelasha breaks up a pinfall attempt during the women’s triple threat match on April 14th in Suryachour
However, this status can also provide some difficulties at times for the NRWA. As a body that’s recognized by the Nepal Sports Commission, the NRWA must be very careful when planning out their events as they have several rules and regulations regarding safety and performance that must be met at all times. While it’s a challenge, the NRWA has been able to meet these challenges so far and the opportunity to grow as the only wrestling promotion in Nepal to be recognized by the sports council is something that the company has seized. This success can clearly be seen in the massive turnout they had at their Nepali New Year’s Day Summer Slam event.
With this type of recognition by the sports council also comes a certain level of prestige. Qualifying for the opportunities that the NRWA does creates a big time wrestling environment with professional facilities and production, making it a desired destination for all of Nepal’s wrestlers and other wrestlers in the South Asia region. In this case, being on the top in the NRWA means you are essentially on the top of pro wrestling in Nepal which is certainly a position most Nepali pro wrestlers would love to be in.
Nuwakote Tiger suplexes Chattan onto the mountain soil during their heavyweight bout at the NRWA’s Nepali New Year Event
Along with this unique legal status, the NRWA has relationships outside of Nepal that have proven to be very beneficial. One of these relationships is with Japanese promotion Zero1. Working with an established Japanese pro wrestling company has provided opportunities for the NRWA’s wrestlers to compete in Russia and learn from very established Japanese pro wrestlers. Wrestlers from Zero1 will also occasionally wrestle in the NRWA, bringing in special attractions that can solidify any wrestling card and make it that much more desirable to be seen while also providing some additional great wrestling into the mix. The NRWA has also collaborated with China’s Middle Kingdom Wrestling multiple times, giving their wrestlers a chance to travel to and wrestle in China and to also bring MKW’s wrestlers to Nepal to be featured.
It will be exciting to watch the NRWA continue to grow and thrive. Their status as the only wrestling promotion that’s recognized by the sports commission in Nepal will only help to make that growth possible. All of us here at WrestleMap are very excited to see what the NRWA will do next.
