On a slightly related note, is Irish wrestling similar to the American wrestling style?
Nah. The Irish style tends to involve more fights, alcohol, and the color green.
At a show I went to a couple years ago there was genuinely a match set-up over one wrestler spilling the others drink in a pub. Pre-match promo was hilarious.
In actuality it depends which promotion you go to. NWA Ireland was set-up by Prince Devitt (top Irish wrestler in NJPW) and is mostly mat wrestling. Irish Whip Wrestling has a bit of everything. Fight Factory is mostly brawls but has a couple good high fliers. Dublin Championship Wrestling is also a lot of different styles.
NWA Ireland stick to themselves and only hold like a couple events every six months, with some guys going off to England. IWW has had a lot of "big names" appear, Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles, Nigel McGuinness. Most of the other promotions hold joint shows. We have a lot of British talent appearing, Zack Sabre Jr, Rockstar Spud (before TNA), Blossom Twins, Noam Dar etc.
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