Back
in July 2024, this blogger first heard of TOP Dojo or Thailand Origin
Pro Wrestling. It was through The Eurasian Dragon, a well known
wrestler from Singapore that heads the Ring Of Rebirth promotion.
Ring
Of Rebirth sent several wrestlers to the Bangkok area of Thailand for a
show. What I noticed right away was a little of my short background in
high school. That was wrestling on a mat.
This
blogger will always appreciate pro wrestling whether the promotion and
event is staged on a mat or a ring. Several promotions in Southeast
Asia began their quests with pro wrestling on a mat format. Vietnam Pro
Wrestling, for example, has done that.
It
wasn't until recently on Facebook when I became friends with TOP Dojo Ring
Announcer, Jason. He shared some things about the promotion, the promotion's major show, as well as
the country of Thailand. Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia are places I
would like to visit one day.
It appears that the groundwork for TOP Dojo began in late December 2019.
Led by P-Nutz and Golem Thai, TOP Dojo's first show, Reborn, would take place on February 29, 2020. Along with the two mentioned, Jibsy, a top woman wrestler in Thailand wrestled in the show along with Blick Drewz, Kuma, Jay Yuu, Hideo (who's birthday is the same day as this blogger) and Oath took part. The event was held at the Motorway Dojo, just east of the downtown area of Bangkok.
Unfortunately, less than a month later, the Covid pandemic set in and crippled pro wrestling throughout the world. TOP Dojo would do a show late in December. However, it wouldn't be until February 2022 before another show took place.
Also, because of the pandemic, several wrestlers who were at the initial show back in February 2020 are no longer wrestling currently.
P-Nutz, the owner and the first King Of Thai Wrestling Champion, has a very good roster. Golem Thai, one of the original members is still an active member along with Kuma and Jay Yuu. One of my favorites, Flame Drake, is very active. Bobby, Jonathan Wolf, K.H.J, Earth and Mickey Rawz have made some appearances.
The remainder of the roster is Prince Benny (the current King Of Thai Wrestling Champion), Silver Bullet, Wassana, B. Jirawat, JT, Bahopia (a trainee) and Best Boonpa. Jason continues to be the ring announcer and does a great job at it. If there is anyone I missed, please message or contact me and will add them here.
The promotion also has stables (groups) like what you would see at New Japan Pro Wrestling. Wassana, a masked wrestler in the promotion is a member of FREE CLANS. P-Nutz and Golem Thai are currently BAD COMPANY. Silver Bullet and Kuma are KAIJU and Flame Drake and Prince Benny are REVOLUTION SQUAD.
TOP Dojo's major show is Siam Fighter. The latest version took place in November and was in a ring format. Their other shows include Reinforce, Unleash, Nuclear Reaction and Overheat. Most of the mat shows take place at the Motorway Dojo, located east of the center of Bangkok.
For more on TOP Dojo, please visit the TOP Dojo - Thailand Origin Pro Wrestling page on Facebook. Also, they can be found on You Tube. Please subscribe to them. Thanks everyone!
