In November 2022 I received funding from Loughborough University to co-host the first wrestling symposium at the Houses of Parliament in conjunction with Playfight Wrestling School and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Professional Wrestling. It was the first time that change-makers from across the wrestling industry (over 60 people attended) have come together to try ..read more

After a year of gathering data, we celebrated the end of the Health and Wellbeing in Professional Event with a roundtable event bringing together key stakeholders from the wrestling community and academia. We discussed the findings of the project and began to sketch out future directions. We were all so encouraged by the conversation and ..read more

“It just took me straight back to when I first started wrestling training, and how beat up I was from that. But…you do develop a kind of callous to it and…you become less sore as time goes on and you get more reps in”.  “I feel like a have…my fascia is kind of like a calloused ..read more

Written by Dr Dominic Malcolm In 2021 concussion in sport began to be taken seriously in British politics. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has staged two concussion virtual summits and appointed its first Ministerial Adviser. The DCMS select committee drew on 5 sessions of hearings (featuring 27 witnesses) and 51 pieces of ..read more

Dr Tom Phillips (Lecturer in Humanities at the University of East Anglia) has published an engaging new article in The Conversation entitled ‘Why it’s time the UK took wrestling seriously’. As well as mentioning Health and Wellbeing project partner Wrestling Resurgence as one of the companies that have been “putting on dynamic, exciting performances that ..read more

Following the publication of the APPG’s Report into Professional Wrestling, wrestling was front page of some of the UK’s leading newspapers and media outlets. You can follow the ongoing conversations on the APPG’s twitter handle @appgwrestling ..read more

We have recently completed the interviews for the Health and Wellbeing in Professional Wrestling project. We have spoken to wrestlers, promoters and referees. Thank you to everyone who has so generously contributed to this project. It has been so encouraging to hear that members of the wrestling community are so committed to improving health and ..read more

British MPs Alex Davies-Jones and Mark Fletcher led the All Party Parliamentary Group for professional wrestling with the express aims of promoting, supporting and raising awareness of professional wrestling; working with the industry to improve it and to build confidence; and to celebrate British success in professional wrestling. Those involved have conducted a comprehensive review ..read more