Toni Tamminen, hailing from the Western Coast of Finland from the town of Rauma, just got featured in Finland’s leading newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat. Tamminen just wrestled recently for SLAM! Wrestling at our Quarantine Combat event, and his match is available to view on our YouTube channel. Tamminen also wrestled for SLAM! last summer in his hometown at Wrestle Aid 2019. See the new HS article HERE.
SLAM! Wrestling founder “The Rebel” StarBuck will be live at 21:30 (local Finnish time) this Wednesday night, June 24 on Ylilyönti Live, on Twitch. Tune in and join the conversation! The interview will be in the Ylilyönti podcast archives to view on Twitch for the next two weeks.
Ylilyönti is Finland’s leading MMA podcast, headed by Jani Mesikämmen and Jaakko Dahlbacka – check out their podcast here or on Spotify.
Finland’s largest newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, just ran a piece on our SLAM! Pro Wrestling Boot Camp. It’s in Finnish, but be sure to check it out and read all about it!
THQ and Bugbear Entertainment have created a smash hit video game entitled Wreckfest, which has caught on like wildfire around the world. The creators of this game reached out to SLAM! Wrestling and asked to have Finnish pro wrestling pioneer ”The Rebel” StarBuck star in their latest Wreckfest gaming campaign. Check out the crazy trailer with StarBuck playing Wreckfest to understand what all the hype is about!
Here in the COVID-19 era, our world has changed quite a bit, at least for the short term and immediate future. In light of this pandemic and it’s far-reaching consequences on society, as it pertains to public events of any kind, we at SLAM! Wrestling will be organizing a dark event, entitled Quarantine Combat.
SLAM! Wrestling’s Quarantine Combat will be a very unique event in a very unique location, with a select number of matches on the card, each showcasing something special for the online audience watching at home or on the device of their choice, wherever you might be. There will be no tickets available for the event, which will be more like a TV production.
More news on Quarantine Combat will be shortly upcoming, along with matches that will be announced for this special dark event. Subscribe now to our Youtube channel and be the first to see it!
Estonia’s Õhtuleht newspaper recently interviewed SLAM! Wrestling’s Mikk Vainula, telling about how he started in pro wrestling, his motivation, plans for the future, talking about injuries and what it takes to be pro wrestler.
Read the article here (in Estonian language only).
SLAM! Wrestling comes to NAHH KLAFFEN in Põltsamaa, Estonia with big matches taking place on August 15, and Mikk Vainula will also be in action at the event!
Perhaps the first ever virtual wrestling con? That just might be the case here! During these exceptional times of empty arenas and working remotely, there will be an online wrestling con this coming weekend, on May 2–3, with two full days of pro wrestling personalities and authors. It’s an interactive live broadcast on social media and it’s all free! According to our latest info, you will also see the broadcast on Fite TV.
As if all that isn’t plenty enough reason to join in, we’re delighted to announce that SLAM! Wrestling Finland’s very own ‘The Rebel’ StarBuck is going to be one of the speakers on Sunday, May 3rd at 1 pm Eastern Standard Time (8 pm local Finnish time). The topic at hand will be his biographical book, Battleground Valhalla, and his 26-year career in the game.
Join in right here and tune in for a wealth of wrestling-related conversation throughout the entire weekend!
The first recognised world champion in professional wrestling, Estonian-born George Hackenschmidt, is commemorated today in Estonian news media, Delfi, today.
SLAM! Wrestling will be coming to Estonia once again this year, as we bring back the professional wrestling game in honor of Hackenschmidt and his achievements in our genre.
Take a look at the Delfi article here and break out your Google Translate tool if you aren’t fluent in Estonian!
