JWF History - The Next Generation
A local pair of brothers, well known to different JWF members for different
reasons revealed they had a wrestling ring, from trying to make a wrestling
promotion involving legendary stars of the squared circle. After they had
been let down by a certain star whose name need not be mentioned they
still had this 20 by 20 foot ring. Well what’s a wrestling company without a
ring to do but hire the ring? However the JWF’s luck was consistent as far
as gain a good thing, followed by a bad thing. The Sydney Walter Centre,
The JWF’s second home didn’t have anywhere big enough for the ring, the
biggest room was 20 ½ feet wide, not enough spare at the side to put the
ring up let alone be able to bounce off the ropes (you’d hit the wall). So
the JWF searched and searched for a new home, and finally a venue was
found within a mile of the old Syd was The Glynn Owen Centre, a youth
centre of sorts, connected to a local school. In September 2003 the JWF
held its first event in the ring, after finally erecting the ring for the first
time, a two hour task for a team of about 15 people who had no clue what
they were doing. The event was Battlebowl, a royal rumble won by Jimmy
D’Ranged.
As the months progressed the team got more used to putting
the ring up and the time came down. Things carried on for the company
in leaps and bounds, new members over the months including Farquar,
Grizzly, Toxic Nick, and Phoenix.
A pattern seems to emerge here, things go really well and something goes
catastrophically bad. A lapse in concentration clearing the venue caused
some lights to be left on and windows to be left open. May 2004 and the
JWF was once again homeless. But thankfully the timing was good, the
JWF’s biggest show was due, it was time for Home Is Where The Hurt Is
again, the Wrestlemania of the JWF. This had already been decided it
should be an outside event and so the task was to find a suitable outside
venue. A couple of ideas came up but fell through, then a brainwave at
one of the weekly meetings, still held at the Syd, “Why don’t we do it here”
hmm, someone hasn’t been paying attention, the Syd was too small, on the
contrary, it was too small inside. Out the back of the Sydney Walter centre
was a basketball court enclosed in a 20ft high steel cage. The Venue was
found and the card written two months after the last show, Home Is Where
The Hurt Is 2 took place. A great show which in true Home Is Where The
Hurt Is fashion once more had the police called. They turned up we
explained we had hired the place, they left looking unimpressed; we had a
laugh at their expense.
With a successful show behind us the pattern continued, we got the call
none of us wanted. The Syd had received complaints and we couldn’t use
the venue again. Even after such a good show this was just too much, It
killed the morale. Things were getting bad, two months on and we still had
no venue, and the money in the kitty was running out, so soon the ring
would have to be returned to the owners and the JWF was looking to close.
Then a friend of a couple of members was the saviour of the JWF by saying
he had found somewhere. A boat yard a couple of miles out of town. A few
phone calls later and the next JWF show was organised, Halloween Hell. A
three month hiatus did nothing but provide fuel for a bloody good show from
everyone, including the two new guys Epic and Wraith. Then something
truly wonderful happened, we had a second venue in the same area, the
JWF now has two arenas to choose from and a regular roster of 20
wrestlers. With one show done in each venue both have been deemed ideal
for our needs.
