Pro Wrestling League

Pro Wrestling League
Country India
Founded 2015

The Pro Wrestling League (PWL) is the initiative of ProSportify owned by Kartikeya Sharma[1][2] 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.[3]

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.”[4] Dabur Chawanprash was the title sponsor of the first edition. The first season became very popular in India and the winner of the first season was Revanta Mumbai Garuda.


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.[3] 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.[3]

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.[5] 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.[5]

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.[5] The full auction list is available in the Official website.[6]

Star Indian Players

1. Sushil Kumar [Uttar Pradesh Warriors] [withdrawn] [7]

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]

Venues

Dilli Veer
Uttar Pradesh Warriors
Haryana Hammers
Punjab Royals
Mumbai Garuda
Bengluru Yodhas
Locations of the PWL Teams
City, State Venue
New Delhi, Delhi K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium
Noida, Uttar Pradesh GBU Indoor Stadium
Gurgaon, Haryana Hyatt Regency[8]
Ludhiana, Punjab Guru Nanak Stadium
Bangalore, Karnataka Koramangala Indoor Stadium

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.

Mangalayatan University Dilli Veer

Owner: GMR Group

Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,77,70,000[6]

Player Country Price
(lacs)		 Category Points Bouts Times

Blocked

 Points/

match

 Win%
Played Won
Vinesh Phogat (Icon Player) India ₹29.7 48 kg [W] 54 5 5 0 10.8 100
Liliya Horishna Ukraine ₹13.0 53 kg [W] 23 3 1 2 7.6 33.3
Elif Jale Yesilirmak Turkey ₹39.6 58 kg [W] 6 4 1 1 1.5 25
Krishan Kumar India ₹4.0 125 kg [M] 12 5 1 0 2.4 20
Ikhtiyor Navruzov Uzbekistan ₹26.0 65 kg [M] 29 4 2 1 7.3 50
Erdenebat Bekhbayar Monaco ₹4.0 57 kg [M] 16 3 2 2 5.3 66.6
Gurpal Singh India ₹4.0 97 kg [M] 12 3 1 2 4 33.3
Dinesh Kumar India ₹4.0 74 kg [M] 11 5 1 0 2.3 20
Nikki India ₹4.0 69 kg [W] 2 3 0 2 0.6 0
Total 165 35 14 NA 4.7 40

Uttar Pradesh Warriors

Owner: Lotus Greens, Rohit Sharma

Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,72,30,000[6]

Player Country Price
(lacs)		 Category Points Bouts Times

Blocked

 Points/

match

 Win%
Played Won
Babita Kumari (Icon Player) India ₹34.1 53 kg [W] 36 5 4 0 7.2 80
Purevjav Unurbat Monaco ₹34.1 74 kg [M] 23 5 2 0 4.6 40
Oleksandra Kohut Ukraine ₹27.0 48 kg [W] 10 3 1 2 3.3 33.3
Satyavrat Kadian India ₹20.0 97 kg [M] 5 4 1 1 1.3 25
Sergey Ratushniy Ukraine ₹13.0 57 kg [M] 3 2 0 1 1.5 0
Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran Mongolia ₹13.0 65 kg [M] 14 2 1 1 7 50
Alina Stadnik Makhinia Ukraine ₹13.0 69 kg [W] 12 3 1 2 4 33.3
Joginder Kumar India ₹7.0 125 kg [M] 8 3 0 2 2.6 0
Sarita India ₹7.0 58 kg [W] 3 3 1 1 1 33.3
Rahul Mann India 65 kg [M] 2 1 0 0 2 0
Ritu Malik India 58 kg [W] 1 1 0 0 1 0
Jaideep India 57 kg [M] 3 2 0 0 1.5 0
Vikash India 65 kg [M] 4 1 0 0 4 0
Total 126 35 11 NA 3.6 31.4

Haryana Hammers

Owner: Olive Global, Bupinder Singh, Budhram Phalwan

Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,96,20,000[6]

Player Country Price
(lacs)		 Category Points Bouts Times

Blocked

 Points/

match

 Win%
Played Won
Yogeshwar Dutt (Icon Player) India ₹39.70 65 kg [M] 21 4 4 1 5.3 100
Oksana Herhel Ukraine ₹41.3 58 kg [W] 16 4 2 1 4 50
Amit Dahiya India ₹30.1 57 kg [M] 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tetyana Kit Ukraine ₹30.0 53 kg [W] 12 2 1 3 6 50
Livan Lopez Azcuy Cuba ₹20.0 74 kg [M] 27 4 3 1 6.7 75
Hitender India ₹11.1 125 kg [M] 11 4 2 1 2.8 50
Geetika Jakhar India ₹10.0 69 kg [W] 6 5 2 0 1.5 40
Yuri Maier Argentina ₹10.0 97 kg [M] 1 3 0 1 0.3 0
Nirmal Devi India ₹4.0 48 kg [W] 14 4 1 1 3.5 25
Nitin India 57 kg [M] 15 4 2 0 3.7 50
Andriitesey Valerii 97 kg [M] 2 1 1 0 2 100
Total 125 35 18 NA 3.6 51.4

CDR Punjab Royals

Owner:Trilok Chaudhary CDR Group and Brand Ambassador

Dharmendra Deol

Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,85,70,000[6]

Player Country Price
(lacs)		 Category Points Bouts Times

Blocked

 Points/

match

 Win%
Played Won
Geeta Phogat (Icon Player) India ₹33.0 58 kg [W] 26 5 3 0 5.2 60
Vasilisa Marzaliuk Belarus ₹40.2 69 kg [W] 20 4 3 1 5 75
Vladimer Khinchegashvili Georgia (country) ₹35.3 57 kg [M] 28 4 4 1 7 100
Yana Rattigan Ukraine 48 kg [W] 23 3 0 2 7.6 0
Jargalsaikhan Chuluunbat Mongolia ₹17.0 125 kg [M] 19 5 3 0 3.8 60
Mausam Khatri India ₹16.0 97 kg [M] 24 4 2 1 6 50
Parveen Rana India ₹13.1 74 kg [M] 18 4 3 1 4.5 75
Rajneesh India ₹7.0 65 kg [M] 11 3 1 2 3.6 33.3
Priyanka Phogat India ₹7.0 53 kg [W] 8 3 0 2 2.6 0
Total 178 35 19 NA 5.1 54.3

Revanta Mumbai Garuda

Owner: Revanta Group(Owner-Ankur Prasad, Pradeep Sehrawat, Satender Maan), Garudacharya

Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,78,70,000[6]

Player Country Price
(lacs)		 Category Points Bouts Times

Blocked

 Points/

match

 Win%
Played Won
Adeline Gray (Icon Player) United States ₹37.0 69 kg [W] 47 5 5 0 9.4 100
Amit Dhankhar India ₹29.3 65 kg [M] 19 3 1 2 6.3 33.3
Rahul Aware India ₹26.6 57 kg [M] 23 4 3 1 5.7 75
Elizbar Odikadze Georgia (country) ₹19.2 97 kg [M] 24 4 3 1 6 75
Levan Berianidze Georgia (country) ₹17.0 125 kg [M] 6 2 2 1 3 100
Odunayo Adekuoroye Nigeria ₹17.0 53 kg [W] 40 4 4 1 10 100
Ritu Phogat India ₹14.1 48 kg [W] 14 3 2 2 4.6 75
Sakshi Malik India ₹12.9 58 kg [W] 13 3 2 2 4.3 75
Pardeep India ₹5.6 74 kg [M] 9 5 0 0 1.8 0
Giorgi Sakandelidze Georgia (country) 125 kg [M] 20 2 2 0 10 100
Total 215 35 24 NA 6.1 68.6

Bengaluru Yodhas

Owner: JSW Group

Total amount of money spent in the bid: ₹ 1,71,40,000[6]

Player Country Price
(lacs)		 Category Points Bouts Times

Blocked

 Points/

match

 Win%
Played Won
Narsingh Yadav (Icon Player) India ₹34.50 74 kg [M] 37 5 5 0 7.4 100
Bajrang Punia India ₹29.5 65 kg [M] 19 4 2 1 4.8 50
Pavlova Oliynyk Ukraine ₹29.0 97 kg [M] 16 4 3 2 5.3 66.6
Davit Modzmanashvili Georgia (country) ₹18.1 125 kg [M] 16 3 2 2 5 66.6
Alyssa Lampe United States ₹13.0 48 kg [W] 35 4 2 1 8.8 50
Sandeep Tomar India ₹10.3 57 kg [M] 14 5 1 0 2.8 20
Lalita Sehrawat India ₹4.0 53 kg [W] 11 5 1 0 2.2 20
Navjot Kaur India ₹10.0 69 kg [W] 3 2 0 3 1.5 0
Yulia Ratkevich Azerbaijan ₹20.0 58 kg [W] 26 4 3 1 6.5 75
Total 177 35 19 NA 5.1 54.3

Schedule

[] bouts won

Match

#

 Date Team 1 Team 1

score

 Team 2

score

 Team 2 Categories

Blocked

 Venue Details
1 10 Dec Revanta Mumbai Garuda 43 [5] 25 [2] Punjab Royals 48 kg [W], 65 kg [M] K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium [9]
2 11 Dec UP Warriors 19 [1] 36 [6] Bengaluru Yodhas 69 kg [W], 125 kg [W] K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium [10]
3 12 Dec Dilli Veer 30 [2] 25 [5] Haryana Hammers 53 kg [W], 57 kg [M] K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium [11]
4 13 Dec Punjab Royals 36 [6] 20 [1] UP Warriors 48 kg [W], 57 kg [M] Guru Nanak Stadium [12]
5 14 Dec Revanta Mumbai Garuda 41 [5] 19 [2] Bengaluru Yodhas 97 kg [M], 58 kg [W] Guru Nanak Stadium [13]
6 15 Dec Dilli Veer 38 [3] 35 [4] UP Warriors 69 kg [W], 65 kg [M] Guru Nanak Stadium [14]
7 16 Dec Haryana Hammers 26 [4] 42 [3] Bengaluru Yodhas 48 kg [W], 125 kg [M] Guru Nanak Stadium [15]
8 17 Dec Revanta Mumbai Garuda 52 [5] 21 [2] UP Warriors 48 kg [W], 125 kg [M] Hyatt Regency [16]
9 18 Dec Dilli Veer 34 [3] 31 [4] Punjab Royals 97 kg [M], 53 kg [W] Hyatt Regency [17]
10 19 Dec UP Warriors 31 [3] 30 [4] Haryana Hammers 58 kg [W], 97 kg [M] GBU Indoor Stadium [18]
11 20 Dec Bengaluru Yodhas 52 [5] 44 [2] Punjab Royals 65 kg [M], 69 kg [W] GBU Indoor Stadium [19]
12 21 Dec Dilli Veer 20 [2] 47 [5] Revanta Mumbai Garuda 58 kg [W], 57 kg [M] K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium [20]
13 22 Dec Haryana Hammers 20 [2] 43 [5] Punjab Royals 53 kg [W], 74 kg [M] K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium [21]
14 23 Dec Bengaluru Yodhas 28 [3] 43 [4] Dilli Veer 69 kg [W], 97 kg [M] Koramangala Indoor Stadium [22]
15 24 Dec Revanta Mumbai Garuda 32 [4] 24 [3] Haryana Hammers 53 kg [W], 65 kg [M] Koramangala Indoor Stadium [23]
SEMIFINALS
SF1 25 Dec Revanta Mumbai Garuda 5 2 Bengaluru Yodhas 58 kg [W], 57 kg [M] K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium [24]
SF2 26 Dec Haryana Hammers 4 3 Punjab Royals 48 kg [W], 57 kg [M] K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium [25]
FINAL
Final 27 Dec Revanta Mumbai Garuda 7 2 Haryana Hammers NA K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium [26]

Point Table

Updated on 20 Dec, 2015.[27]

Rank Team Match Wins Losses Bout

Points

 Bouts

Won

 Bouts

Lost

 Bouts

Difference

 Match

Points

 Comments
1 Revanta Mumbai Garuda 5 5 0 215 24 11 13 10 Qualified for SF
2 Punjab Royals 5 3 2 178 19 16 3 6
3 Haryana Hammers 5 3 2 125 18 17 1 6
4 Bengaluru Yodhas 5 2 3 177 19 16 3 4
5 Dilli Veer 5 1 4 165 14 21 -7 2
6 UP Warriors 5 1 4 126 11 24 -13 2

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals Final
25 December–K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium, Delhi
 Mumbai Garuda 5  
 Bengaluru Yodhas 2  
 
27 December–K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium, Delhi
     Mumbai Garuda 7
   Haryana Hammers 2
26 December–K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium, Delhi
 Punjab Royals 3
 Haryana Hammers 4  

Semi-finals

Semifinal 1 Weight

category

 Semifinal 2
Bout Revanta Mumbai Garuda Point 1 Point 2 Bengaluru Yodhas Bout Haryana Hammers Point 1 Point 2 Punjab Royals
1 Odikadze Elizbar 7 2 Pavlova Oliynyk 97 kg M 1 Andriitesey Valerii 5 4 Mausam Khatri
2 Aamit Dhankar 4 10 Bajrang Punia 65 kg M 2 Vishal Rana 2 12 Rajneesh
3 Ritu Phogat 10 4 Alyssa Lampe 48 kg W 3 Nirmal Devi Blocked Yana Rattingan
4 Odunayo Adekuoroye 10 0 Lalita Sherawat 53 kg W 4 Tatyana Kit 5 4 Priyanka Phogat
5 Pardeep 0 7 Narsingh Yadav 74 kg M 5 Livan Lopez Azcuy 5 1 Parveen Rana
6 Adeline Gray 10 0 Navjoy Kaur 69 kg W 6 Geetika Jakhar 0 4 Vasilisa Marzaliuk
7 Giorgi Sakandelidze 7 4 Davit Modzmanashvili 125 kg M 7 Hitender 1 5 Jargalsaikhan Chuluunbat
8 Rahul Aware Blocked Sandeep Tomar 57 kg M 8 Nitin Blocked Vladimer Khinchegashvili
9 Sakshi Malik Blocked Yulia Ratkevich 58 kg W 9 Oksana Herhel 4 0 Geeta Phogat
Total Points 48 27 Total Points Details Total Points 22 30 Total Points
Bouts won 5 2 Bouts won Bouts won 4 3 Bouts won

Final

Revanta Mumbai Garuda Point 1 Weight

category

 Point 2 Haryana Hammers
Aamit Dhankar 12 65 kg M 0 Vishal Rana
Sakshi Malik 4 58 kg W 4 Oksana Herhel
Pardeep 6 74 kg M 11 Livan Lopez Azcuy
Adeline Gray 10 69 kg W 0 Geetika Jakhar
Giorgi Sakandelidze 10 125 kg M 0 Hitender
Odunayo Adekuoroye 9 53 kg W 0 Tatyana Kit
Odikadze Elizbar 6 97 kg M 4 Andriitesey Valerii
Ritu Phogat 4 48 kg W 4 Nirmal Devi
Rahul Aware 6 57 kg M 3 Nitin
Total Points 67 26 Total Points
Bouts won 7 2 Bouts won

Player Statistics

Only those players who have played minimum 5 matches and have 100% winning record have been included here.

Player Country Team Bouts

Played

 Win% Total

Points

 Points/

match

 Win by

Technical Superiority

Adeline Gray United States Revanta Mumbai Garuda 7 100.00 67 9.5 6
Odunayo Adekuoroye Nigeria Revanta Mumbai Garuda 6 100.00 59 9.8 4
Vinesh Phogat India M. U. Dilli Veer 5 100.00 54 10.8 3
Vladimer Khinchegashvili Georgia (country) CDR Punjab Royals 5 100.00 28 7 1
Narsingh Yadav India Bengluru Yodhas 6 100.00 44 7.3 0

Awards

Award Category Wrestler Nation Team
Wrestler of the series Woman Vinesh Phogat India M. U. Dilli Veer
Wrestler of the series Odunayo Adekuoroye Nigeria Revanta Mumbai Garuda
Wrestler of the series Man Narsingh Yadav India Bengluru Yodhas
Icon Mentor NA Yogeshwar Dutt India Haryana Hammers

External links

References

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