Egypt has one of the biggest professional wrestling fanbases in the Middle East. It was the first Arab country that introduced Pro wrestling media and programs hosted by the late legend Mamdouh Farag. Therefore, the interest of Egyptians in the sport was also reflected in the first pro wrestling academy, PWO.
The academy was founded by captain Walid Fathy who had a wide career with several wrestling and pro wrestling companies, in addition, he has a huge network of connections with famous and veteran wrestling stars.
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Fathy's dream is to make Egypt a shining destination for wrestling shows, and performances in the whole MENA region, alongside introducing qualified and well-trained Egyptian wrestlers. Therefore, he brought one of the most popular names in the industry to carry the responsibility of training those young and rising talents who is Ricardo Rodriguez.
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Rodrigues has a long and impressive inside-ring career, in addition, he is known for his work as an announcer and commenter for WWE, and AEW.
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Fathy told SEE News: "Rodrigues is a real-life friend of mine, and I selected him because he has a great career in this business, and he is a well-known name."
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He added that the current AEW's Latin-American commentary star is one of the safest trainers in this industry, and he knows well how to preserve the safety and the fitness of the trainee with him.
Fathy talked about Rodrigues reaction when he came to Egypt, describing that the professional star liked Egypt, and everything he experienced in the country, in addition, he admired the talents he met and trained in the academy.
Moving to the future plans of PWO, the founder highlighted that there is an ambitious plan for launching the shows and the performances of the academy, including bringing famous names to participate in the shows from professional corporations, and indies.
One of the highly anticipated names that would participate in the upcoming shows of the company is AEW's TNT Champion Sammy Guevara.
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Guevara was introduced to the fans here in Egypt in a huge press conference, and a number of interviews that one of them was aired on the state-owned-channel Nile Sport.
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In addition, two of the famous ex-WWE stars participated in the opening show of the academy who are Carlito, and Chris Masters.
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After that, Fathy expressed to SEE News the process of training, in addition, he invited the SEE News reporter to attend one of the academy's training and meet the talents.
Also, one of the names the PWO brought to Egypt was Rey Calitri. He is a professional wrestler who worked for a wide range indie shows such as ECPW, and he is the current Lightweight Champion.
See News had the chance to talk to Calitri and his manager Soraya
He told us that he is really happy to be in Egypt for the first time and to cooperate with the Egyptian PWO, after he performed in several countries such as Mexico, the US, and Canada.
Calitri arrives at PWO academy in Egypt to train and help him prepare for his big match up the 20th of November back in the US for Titan Championship Wrestling for The Middleweight title.
Next, Calitri said that he headed the performers' training this morning, and he was delighted by the power and the passion that the young performers have.
After that, Puerto Rico's wrestling star asserted that he dreams to win the PWO Academy title, asserting that he met the current champion Ahmed Ragab and started challenging him for the title.
On her side, Soraya expressed that she is really happy about Calitri's PWO debut here in Egypt.
After that, she commented on the women's stand in today's professional wrestling, asserting that women need to be backed and supported, they should follow their ways.
Regarding the style of training, the team of the PWO's roaster is training in prestigious and well-qualified public clubs, in addition, all measures of safety are taken and strictly applied inside and outside the ring of training. Captin Fathy is carrying the responsibility of training the rising talents in coordination with Rodrigues.
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Once the roaster of the academy is ready to have official in-ring performances, the process of PWO's championships tournaments will take place. There are five championships of the academy: PWO Championship, PWO World Heavy Weight, PWO World Tag Team Champions, PWO Women's Championship, and PWO Hardcore Championship.
However, the academy started the competitions of the PWO Academy Championship between two of the most talented faces inside the company: The Pharaoh Tameem, and The Relentless Wolf Ahmed Ragab.
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One of the rising talents that showed great power, and determination during the training was Islam Sayed. He is 16 years old and joined the academy a few months ago.
He told us that his family somehow wasn't convinced with the idea of wrestling training, but, they allowed him to participate in it.
Sayed expressed that a lot of movements thought at first that they are easy to be performed on the stage, however, every step inside the ring needs more practice, asserting: "It is not easy as I thought."
He then opened thoughts about his favorite WWE superstars such as Seth Rollins and Triple H, in addition, he praised NXT star Matt Riddle who is one of the Raw Tag Team Champions and Damian Priest who holds the WWE US Championship.
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Commenting on Priest's career, the young performer said that the US Champion is a hard worker, especially he started his wrestling career in his early 30s.
Sayed revealed his future signature move which is the Spanish Fly.
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After that, SEE News interviewed PWO's Inner Circle-like: Tayson, Moustafa Abdel Fattah, Ahmed El Gazar, and Mohamed.
The four of them are the oldest performers in the academy, and they used to train themselves and apply various movements with each other, for example, one of them carries his colleague and executed The Undertaker's Tombstone Piledriver.
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Those talented guys discussed several Pro-wrestling related issues for example the stand of WWE Universe Roman Reigns, the competition between the WWE and the AEW, the injuries, and the hardships that face the Pro Wrestling industry in Egypt.
Mohamed highlighted that there are various poor trainers in Egypt who had a strong background, and a qualified arena for wrestling practice. After that Tayson praised the presence of Rodriguez due to his professionalism and experience. Next, they shared their thoughts about several movements and issues related to training.
Finally, the wrestlers hope to see more support from Egyptians for their talents, and performances, in addition, they look forward to their soon to happen live shows.
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