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SLAM! Wrestling expands to Sweden

Posted: April 2, 2025 in Professional Wrestling, SLAM Wrestling Finland
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This coming weekend on Saturday, April 5, my company SLAM! Wrestling debuts in Sweden with Stockholm SLAM! at Telefonfabriken.

This event will feature premiere European wrestling talents from ten different countries in action, in seven diverse and thrilling matches.

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The question, then: Why SLAM! in Sweden?

Well, it has always been a goal of mine to expand to new markets. You only live once. And as Walt Disney once said, “If you dare to dream, dream BIG!”.

Sweden has a much larger population base than Finland and Estonia combined; markets that we now serve and have done so since our inception in 2018. Before that, COVID sabotaged any means of moving forward and cast everything into muddy waters.

Now, however, is a new day. This is carpe diem for SLAM! Wrestling here in 2025.

With the release of Dark Side of the Ring’s Ludvig Borga episode yesterday on the worldwide stage, wherein I play a key role, the timing couldn’t be any better.

The match card has been specifically booked to offer a real plethora of interesting bouts for the whole family, featuring: a SLAM! Women’s Championship match, a Triple Threat match, tag team matches and men’s singles matches.

If you want to see professional wrestling presented with a sports-based feel, with high quality talent and international flavor, then Stockholm SLAM! is for you. Ten different nationalties in action, seven diverse and thrilling matches on the card.

Tickets available in limited quantities as the capacity is quickly filling up, so I would advise acting quickly: billetto.se/en/e/stockholm-slam-biljetter-1165479

Wrapping up Wrestle Aid 2019

Posted: July 6, 2019 in Entertainment, Professional Wrestling, SLAM Wrestling Finland
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One week back, on June 29 in Rauma, Finland, we held the most significant international pro wrestling card in all of Northern Europe this summer, entitled Wrestle Aid 2019.

With top talents flying to Finland to take part in this big event, in the end we had wrestlers from 10 countries represented: Japan, USA, Puerto Rico, Spain, England, Estonia, Holland, Ireland, Canada and Finland.

This all was done to help raise charity funds for the Finnish Muscular Dystrophy Association, Lihastautiliitto, to help those with ALS and Duschenne Muscular Dystrophy to take part in wheelchair-assisted sports.

Wrestle Aid wrestlers with Riku

The entire concept of Wrestle Aid came about as the brainchild of one of the event organizers, Riku Forsström of Rauma, where the event was held.  Riku is a long-time Duschenne patient, eclipsing the typical lifespan of contemporaries with his condition by well over 10 years.  It was at the express request of Riku that I booked all of the talent that was on hand at Wrestle Aid, allowing the man to live his dream and see the top-notch international stars that we had at the event live.

In the opening cruiserweight match, “MDogg” Matt Cross (Son of Havoc from Lucha Underground) defeated Finland’s “Luchadore of Lapland” Jami Aalto in 7:49 following a picture-perfect Shooting Star Press off the top rope.

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The second match featured tag team action, with Carlos Zamora of Spain and Mikk Vainula of Estonia besting the Finnish tandem of Polar Pekko and Patrik Mieto in 8:28 when Vainula delivered a thunderous Jackhammer to Mieto for the winning pinfall.

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In what was billed a Medieval Rules match sans disqualifications and countouts, Finnish “Wildman” Heimo Ukonselkä defeated Holland’s big man, Jurn Simmons, in a wild brawl after a big boot out of nowhere in 10:29.

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Ireland’s phenomenal 18-year-old sensation Scotty Davis fell to Finland’s Viktor Tykki in 7:48 of match time after a ring-shaking backpack slam.

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Local son of Rauma, Toni Tamminen, bested long-time Finnish ring veteran Stark Adder in 12:31 after nabbing a crucifix pin in mid-action.

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“The Japanese Buzzsaw” TAJIRI overcame arch-rival “The Rebel” StarBuck after 20:02 via pinfall upon finally delivering a successful Buzzsaw Kick to the Finnish pro wrestling pioneer’s head.

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Meiko Satomura of Japan defeated Ivelisse Velez of Puerto Rico and Sadie Gibbs of England in 10:10 in a heated women’s Triple Threat match when she pinned Ivelisse following her renowned Death Valley Driver.

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All of the action and excitement of Wrestle Aid 2019 will be available for one more week on ISTV through www.is.fi as a streaming service, so be sure to check out this stellar event through your device of choice and also follow SLAM! Wrestling Finland in Instagram, Facebook and Twitter as we deliver photo galleries of each match-up this coming week daily.