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On March 26 2005, Raven vs Alex Shane headlined the biggest ever wrestling event to be held in Morecambe - FWA War on the Shore I. The show also included Max Voltage vs Mark Sloan, Stevie Knight vs Stevie Lynn, Doug Williams and Aviv Maayan vs James Tighe and Mark Belton, Spud vs Jack Storm, Jack Xavier vs Declan O'Connor of The Manchester Massive (with Joey Hayes) and appearances by Dr Dirk Feelgood with Nurse Stephanie Scope, Greg 'The Truth' Lambert and Stixx. Referees were Mike Bishop and Lance Lenahan, and ring announcer was Chris Brosnahan. On this episode of The Morecambe Wrestling Podcast, to mark the 20th anniversary, Greg Lambert and SilentMark look back at that historic event at The Dome, which was broadcast in its entirety on The Wrestling Channel on Sky TV. Topics include: The FWA in decline Alex Shane Supershows Creative roadblocks As Good as it Gets Mick Foley hits the UK Morecambe's Rumble in the Jungle Dann Read=Alex Shane The Monty Python cult Mark Sloan's paper round Training Drew McIntyre Facials Flippy openers White grandad shirt Divorced dad just after court The Dome's velvet curtains and FWA turnbuckles Ferreting about Raven signed my booking sheet A tight eight The FWA Open Invitational Disaster The giant booking team The Mystery Attacker Max and Ivan Purposefully dull Aviv Maayan is not Welsh The Clown Suit match Slapping fans in the teeth Bite to the willy The Great Kestrel Dodgems vs Log Flume Fat-shaming The British Dean Malenko The Pavement Slam "You need a partner Aviv!" Flip camera phones The longest tie in wrestling Spud's Sum 41 phase Barry Charalambous and SAS The Loughborough Heavyweight Champion You can't have two J Storms The FWA Flyweight Title Tournament News of the World tabloid sensationalism Burberry and yellow pants Joey Hayes on the rob The Manchester Massive theme tune Thrown through the guard rail Where's Donna? Killing chavs The Dr Dirk Feelgood experiment Raven vs CM Punk Raven in Hitchens Cousin David Raven Slept in my Bed Seven minutes of brawling The Dome bar shutters Stixx cameo Quoting the Raven 'Good show old bean'

Greg Lambert and SilentMark take a look at some of the new matches announced for Odyssey Pro Wrestling's 20th anniversary of War on the Shore, taking place on Saturday April 12 2025 at Alhambra Live in Morecambe. We also learn which former Morecambe Wrestling champion is now a functional breathing instructor, which video clip of a Morecambe Wrestling legend got 2.1 million views on YouTube, and that Mark doesn't know his Dojos from his Virals. Topics include: Social conscience Big Daddy Cool Deezer Stephanie McMahon Heinous Six anger emojis Calling out Johnny Phere 2.1 million views as Phere arm wrestles a kid Functional breathing Wiggling in the chair Morecambe Bay potted shrimps Hit us up on Patronus The real reason Meat Wagon weren't at Overboard Rumble Journalist vs Shambles Mark Kay's Bryan Danielson intervention Evil Lewis hosts The Morecambe Raffle Who has photos of Danielson in Morecambe? Stallion likes Judge Judy Great Khali vs Rey Mysterio Hot approaching Alexander Grey the Musketeer Anger management Lucky Prison Daniel Benjamin Jeffreys The masked dude in The Referendum Live Correction Section Shout out to the Eric Bartholomew pub The Viral Dojo Mark's memory See through onesies

Picture the scene. It's Saturday March 1 2008. Wrestling promoters Greg Lambert and Mark Kay are sitting in Morecambe McDonalds, hours before their XWA show at the college across the road. Greg's phone rings. On the line, is the best wrestler in the world. Bryan Danielson aka Daniel Bryan is not on the show. But he wants to be. He wants to wrestle in Morecambe. What happened next? Find out on this episode! Topics include: He's deeper than I thought Podcasts in the shower SilentMark denied a MaccieD's McPlants are acceptable The We Love Will club Askhimrefaskhim Google That Wrestler Producer of Lovejoy Les Kellett - Britain's Funniest Psycho Going off script against Mick McManus Steve Logan lived in Morecambe Hand like a shovel Photogenic wrestlers Early 2000s Derren Brown Johnny Phere and block capitals Leaning to the side Isiah Quinn You lost me at Blackpool Findlay Martin aka Charlie Brown and Dangermouse Losing weight for War on the Shore Karat-Ace The Correction Section Five Star Flash vs Johnny Phere The Obligatory FWA Show First-Half Angle The tale of DJ Pep SilentMark's Robbie Williams at Knebworth story D-Lo Brown in Crystal Ts nightclub Nuffink and Like It Oddjob in Kendal Tag Team Typhoon Match James Greenwood's bow tie The honourable Meat Wagon Greatest Morecambe heel turns We just loved shapes First ever Morecambe 'This is awesome' chant Best of the North West Cup The Milanfield Connection That phone call £60 plus exes The world's tiniest dressing room American Dragon and the mask Bryan gets deported Lloyd Boner The world's weirdest wrestling show souvenir The tag team name that took six months to come up with Luke Baxter and tattoos Axl Rage and dinosaurs The angle Greg would like to forget A big schmozz

Andre Dekker has gone from undesirable to Unforgettable! In this exclusive interview, the Odyssey Pro Wrestling Champion tells his inspiring story of how he rose from unremarkable beginnings to become the man in Morecambe Wrestling, as he prepares to defend his title for the first time at the 20th anniversary of War on the Shore. Topics include The origins of Dekker Meeting Craig Kollins Training with Grayson and Ryan Hunter The Stunt School Rockstar Spud' Crisps-gate The world's worst steward The coldest venue of all Charles Nelson Riley and AOW The principles of Morecambe Wrestling Interrupting Marty Jones A debut to forget Working with Sam Gradwell and James Drake The Old Rookie Crafting a character, putting in the work The Bottle and the Angry Drunk Hellbound and Alton Thorne Playing the heel Morecambe Wrestling fans The demise of Alpha Omega Target The UK's most underrated The Odyssey outsider Secret ways into the Alhambra The Spotlight The ultimate heel turn T-shirts in the bin Becoming the babyface Poetry and resilience Ready for War Doing the title proud

In April 2004, an episode of the weekly FWA TV show was filmed at the Morecambe Dome to air on Sky TV's The Wrestling Channel. Greg Lambert reminisces on this show, while Silentmark experiences it for the first time. Does it hold up, 21 years on? Topics include: Chris the ring announcer Roughage Morecambe's only undefeated pro wrestler Tyson Fury Big Daddy's nephew worked with Youngy at BT The Night The Pants Were Split Morecambe newsagents and Power Slam magazine Findlay Martin loves the plantpot incident Big Daddy in a car The James Greenwood Defence One handsome boy and an old man The Great Tony Knox Andre Dekker - WWE Champion Craig Kollins' chip Greg's FWA history lesson On a Thursday night Alex Shane the grown-up Out of body experience Burchill's Monster Moments Flaming crucifixes Hardcore John Getting on Famously with They Might Be Giants Two out of three falls The Phoenix Club The Dome manager and crowd barriers Chris Curtis and the Camp of Pain Five Star Flash Chad Gable uses Doug's move The Queen with tea and crumpets The FWA website Hade Vansen The shopping trolley incident Andy Quildan Waitrose in Morecambe Doing something different Alex Shane's Platoon sell The story of the XPW European Championship D'Lo Brown in Morecambe The beautiful Dome ceiling Imports Our episodic Dad joke The Young Doctors Booking tips for tag teams

'The Wonderkid' Jonny Storm is a British wrestling legend, or according to his new book he's 'The Unofficial Legend!' In Morecambe, the high-flying and charismatic star was the first ever XWA Champion, beating Robbie Brookside in front of a sold out Morecambe Dome on Easter Saturday 2007. Beloved by the Morecambe fans, this true trailblazer of the UK scene sat down with Greg Lambert to reminisce on some of his favourite Morecambe moments. Topics include The Unofficial Legend Rik Mayall The secret of youth Love of the Morecambe fans Scott Conway and TWA On a beach in Thailand/Morecambe FWA vs All-Star The night the title belt was stolen Working with Brookside Everton penalty kicks Chelsea trouncing the Shrimps Botched finish The Psychotic Trumper Connecting to the audience Steve Corino Music, movies and film Lord of the Rings Morecambe makes the cut Qatar Amen to that Returning to Morecambe

In part 2 of this week's episode, Greg Lambert and SilentMark give their thoughts on the Odyssey Pro Wrestling Overboard Rumble. Featuring interviews with former OPW general manager Ethan Edwards and super-fan Adam! Topics include: Unsung hero Bryan Fulton The Scout Master Aiden Powell SIlentMark like a ferret up a trouser leg Will Carter's emotional speech Hollie Barlow not Holly Barlow Leah Raven v Lana Austin Ethan's anger Weasely work colleagues The Seth Rollins of Morecambe Beard Bingo The Heavyweight King and Waynetta RPD vs Rick Markus Super-fan Adam The Plant Pot Incident (again) Mike Lovejoy Recognising Wildfire Nate Reece Forever blowing bubbles A big surprise for Greg Dekker and the Morecambe Wrestling championship Ethan Edwards interview Revealing our first star guest XWA War on the Shore VII Joel Redman is a hoss...not a horse Paige/Saraya wrestled in Morecambe The royal footman

The first proper episode of The Morecambe Wrestling Podcast tells the story of TNA Champion and WWE Royal Rumble entrant Joe Hendry's stint in Morecambe from 2015-16. Topics on this episode include: Chris the ring announcer....announcer Thank you for your support William Regal's WWE UK scouting mission PCW owner Steven Fludder asks for Stallion The Empire Arena A tale of two Greg Valentines SilentMark knows nothing about wrestling The tragic story of King Kong Kirk Ace Ramon Trainee shows in a school owned by a Hollywood stuntman Baby CM Punk Dirk Feelgood James Drake celebrates Rockstar Spud's birthday The first ever wrestling match in Morecambe Greg's embarrassing Pat Roach story How Joe Hendry made Morecambe better PAID Promotions vs Alpha Omega The Plant Pot Incident And much more! Don't forget to listen to Part 2 as well!

On this episode, a special preview of this weekend's Overboard Rumble, as Mark educates Greg on Odyssey Pro Wrestling, while Greg educates Mark on almost everything else. Topics include: Tweed Why do a podcast on Morecambe Wrestling? It's not Blackpool Walking in the shoes of Laurel and Hardy Theatre in spandex Morecambe's Jerry Lawler Pin drop The origins of Real in Morecambe Turkey does a lot for people Tears in the front row A cross between Rosie Ramsey and Sarah Millican The two Alans Evil Lewis The Morecambe Dome roof Why X? Rockstar Spud catches his plums on the top rope 'He's only 15 years old!' Is Rick Markus from Barrow? Little Ant and Dec Raven and Leah Raven Big lads slapping meat Nikki Cross and Piper Niven Lots and lots and lots of beards Bri Jitsu James Drake hated his first wrestling name Hot dogs and Gizmos Andre the Giant in Crystal T's Ring invasion 17 years on And much much more!