30 Aug 2024

A New Golden Age of Wrestling - an AUT Documentary

From Assignment, 5:00 am on 30 August 2024
Wrestlers train at the Valley Professional Wrestling Academy in Lower Hutt.

Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas

The golden age of professional wrestling in New Zealand ended after “On the Mat” ended in 1984.  Since then, wrestling in the country has been a sleeping giant with an underground scene ready to explode.  Jack Horsnell speaks to those on the frontline of the sports revival. 

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