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Baba ramdev shows his power of yoga in the pro wrestling league
The Pro Wrestling League (PWL) is the initiative of ProSportify owned by Kartikeya Sharma and Wrestling Federation of India, to be held in India.The first season of this league will be among 6 city-based teams, with 66 wrestlers from different countries of the world.
Contents
- Baba ramdev shows his power of yoga in the pro wrestling league
- Pro wrestling league 2015 geeta phogat vs oksana 26th dec cdr punjab royals haryana hammers
- Format
- Bidding
- Star Indian Players
- Teams
- Dilli Veer
- Uttar Pradesh Warriors
- Haryana Hammers
- Punjab Royals
- Revanta Mumbai Garuda
- Bengaluru Yodhas
- Schedule
- Point Table
- Player Statistics
- Points Table 2017
- References
Three-time women's world champion Adeline Gray of USA called the league a "historic move in international wrestling that, by bringing in huge sums of money, has taken a bold step in popularizing the sport at world level."
Pro wrestling league 2015 geeta phogat vs oksana 26th dec cdr punjab royals haryana hammers
Format
There will be six teams, each consisting of a total of 1 Icon and 8 other players. Among them, there will be 5 Indians and 4 foreign players, consisting of 5 men and 4 women. Out of these 5 foreign players, only 4 can be part of a tie. Each tie will be contested based on 7 bouts (and two blocked categories), except for the final, for which all 9 bouts will be played. A total of 18 ties (15 league ties, 2 semifinals, and final) will be played.
There will be 5 weight categories (57 kg, 65 kg, 74 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg) for men, and 4 weight categories (49 kg, 53 kg, 58 kg, 69 kg) for women. Each team can block one weight category before the bout starts. The league will be played on the 'best of nine', and each bout will have 2 rounds of 3 minutes each, separated by a 90 seconds break.
Bidding
The bidding took place on 3 November and was conducted by International Auctioneer Bob Hayton,6 franchises participated. 159 wrestlers participated in the Players Auction, and 101 wrestlers remained unsold. each franchise had a purchasing cap of Rs 2 crore. One Icon Player was stamped at a base price of Rs 33 lakh. Ukraine's Oksana Herhel went for the highest bid of the day, and she was bought or Rs 41.3 lakh by the Team Haryana.
Among the Indian wrestlers, Yogeshwar Dutt was bought for Rs.39.70 lakh by Team Haryana, while Sushil Kumar was bought by Team Uttar Pradesh for Rs 38.20 lakh. The full auction list is available in the Official website.
Star Indian Players
1. Sushil Kumar [Uttar Pradesh Warriors] [withdrawn]
2. Yogeshwar Dutt [Haryana Hammers]
3. Amit Kumar [Haryana Hammers]
4. Bajrang [Bengaluru Yodhas]
5. Geeta Phogat [Punjab Royals]
6. Babita Kumari [Uttar Pradesh Warriors]
7. Geetika Jakhar [Haryana Hammers]
8. Vinesh Phogat [Mangalayatan University Dilli Veer]
9. Narsingh Pancham Yadav [Bengaluru Yodhas]
Teams
In the first PWL season, there will be six Indian city-based franchises, most of them representing the northern-central Indian. Initially each team decided to include 3 Indian men, 2 Indian women, 2 International men and 2 International women wrestlers. However, in the later part of the game, several wrestlers decided to withdraw their names, and the teams were given the opportunity to buy new team members who were previously unsold in the bid.
All the Icon Players representing each team are Indian wrestlers, except for the Mumbai Garuda team.
Dilli Veer
Owner: GMR Group
Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,77,70,000
Uttar Pradesh Warriors
Owner: Lotus Greens, Rohit Sharma
Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,72,30,000
Haryana Hammers
Owner: Olive Global, Bupinder Singh, Budhram Pahalwan
Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,96,20,000
Punjab Royals
Owner:Dharmendra Deol, Trilok Chaudhary, Shamsher Gurjar
Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,85,70,000
Revanta Mumbai Garuda
Owner: Revanta Group(Mr.Ankur Prasad,Mr.Pradeep Sehrawat,Mr.Satender Maan)
Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,78,70,000
Bengaluru Yodhas
Owner: JSW Group
Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,71,40,000
Schedule
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Point Table
Updated on 20 Dec, 2015.
Player Statistics
Only those players who have played minimum 5 matches and have 100% winning record have been included here.
Points Table (2017)
Updated on 3 Jan, 2017.