wrestling trainning

Question
hi I'm Steph and I'm 16 and i really want to become a wrestler, i live in south west Wales and i am still in school, i was wondering if there were any schools in this part of Wales for girls to learn how to wrestle and also if there are more than just push ups and sit ups to do to help me get in shape and fit enough for the wwe

Answer
Well obviously there are many work outs women can do, one being PARKOR, you've got Yoga, aerobics, etc. And these are all things you can do outside of a gym. Inside a gym you can do a ton of things with weights and other junk. Trust me, there are a ton of work outs one can do in and out of a gym.

Now, at 16, guys I feel should stay out of training, simply because they are still growing. For girls, it's different, you ladies stop growing pretty early, about your age now. The one thing I always worry about with women is if they can take having a period issue, then going through with training. From 13 to about 20, girls have said their periods were worse. Now, as a guy, I could never know about these things, and I'm glad. But, for guys, this is no issue and I never worry about them when they get 18 or 20 and start training.

Girls though, will have an issue with this. And you can't always plan training around it, because all girls aren't on the same cycle obviously. So, wrestling schools don't plan for girls to come in on certain days. Mostly all wrestling schools have everyone in at the same time for training. It's usually every week, around 2 to 4 days. So I want you to think about this before jumping into wrestling.

I'm not trying to be some kind of sexist pig here, I'm just giving you a heads up to think about when you start wrestling training, and wrestling period.

Now, there aren't many places that are ALL girl schools, most are mixed. There are plenty of all girl wrestling promotions, but not many schools. And the one's that are all girl aren't great schools. Here are some regular schools which are great in Wales. Now, I can give you all of the best UK schools, but I can't say all are in Wales, cause they aren't.

This is a website for NWA Wales, now I've heard that it is currently down for development, but that may have changed by now. The school is in Newport. When the site is up, the main site is at http://www.hammerlockwrestling.com/  and the NWA UK Wales' Training School page will be on it. It's in the south east part of Wales I've heard, not sure as I don't know the area.

In central South Wales, Pro Power Wrestling's Training School is nice. Pro Power Wrestling do not currently maintain a website. You should contact Ravenhill Promotions (link here: http://www.ravenhillpromotions.com/ContactUs.html), which is the parent company of Pro Power Wrestling. You can ask them for details on how to attend and what not.

Celtic Wrestling- which is not Celtic Pro Wrestling(trust me, people make that mistake a lot)- also has training sessions in Newport and Cardiff. For more information, you'll have to go to their forums at this link: http://www.celticwrestling.mirrorz.com/

A friend told me of some of these, as I don't know the Wales area very well. I've heard off all the schools mentioned and checked on their credibility, all are great and any you choose to go to will pay off.

Now, I'd also advise you try to take acting classes to help you out in that field. The WWE is purely entertainment based and while wrestling is HIGHLY important to them, their entertainment part is even more important. The WWE female talent go through the developmental program there very quick, sometimes within a year, before they hit the main rosters. Men take over a year and many have to go through two or more, before going up. Some like your Bryan Danielson's of the world were only there for a short time because they asked to be. Danielson thought he needed to keep in ring shape until the WWE had a plan for him, so he worked in FCW. So, he was never signed to a developmental deal like Wade Barret, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater and all the other NXT rookies were. In fact, as I mentioned before, all spent a good amount of time in developmental, all averaged over a year, some almost 3.

In any case, acting is very important to the WWE, so taking those classes will help. Try and get involved in your theater program at school!

Hope this helped, if you have any other questions, just ask!