Updated: April 02, 2015, 12:00 AM
Introducing ... THE DUBAI WRESTLING ACADEMY
LORD SOCRATES Entrance music – Riverboat Song (Ocean Colour Scene) Finishing move – Figure-four leglock Favourite wrestler – Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart What he says - “All hail, Lord Socrates.” Pawan Singh / The National
BLUE LIGHTNING Entrance music – Knights of Cydonia (Muse) Finishing move – Sliced bread No 2 Favourite wrestler – CM Punk What he says - “I’m fast as lightning.” Pawan Singh / The National
JOELLE Entrance music – The Flood (The Haunted) Finishing move – Arm bar Favourite wrestler – Sheamus What she says - “I’m weird, a little bipolar. Sometimes I snap.” Pawan Singh / The National
SAVAGE SAM Entrance music – Asylum (Disturbed) Finishing move – Choke slam Favourite wrestler – Batista What he says - “I love being barbaric. I live for brutality.” Pawan Singh / The National
KENJI MUSHERO ‘THE FIST OF THE NORTH STAR’ Entrance music – Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood) Finishing move – Fist of the North Star Favourite wrestler – Shawn Michaels What he says - “I’ll destroy the house with my charisma and kill ladies with my charm.” Pawan Singh / The National
As he says, Savage Sam, right, likes to keep it, well, ‘savage’, as Lord Socrates finds out during a practice at The Champions Club in Jumeirah Lake Towers in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
Blue Lightning has a "lighter personality" than Savage Sam. Pawan Singh / The National
Savage Sam seems to take Blue Lightning lightly. Pawan Singh / The National
Joelle has her prey, Blue Lightning, in quite a bind during practice at The Champions Club in Jumeirah Lake Towers in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
Listen up, UAE! ONE MORE TIME! This is your DUBAI WRESTLING ACADEMY! ROLL CALL! (Left to right) - Blue Lightning, Joelle Hunter, Savage Sam, Kenji Mushero (the Fist of the North Star) and Lord Socrates are among the 20 members of the team in action at The Champions Club. The Dubai Wrestling Academy will be in action 7pm-9pm, April 3 at The Champion Club in Jumeirah Lake Towers, Icon 2, L Cluster, Dubai. Admission is Dh50. Find them on Facebook at facebook.com/dubaiprowrestling or call 56 680 4846. Pawan Singh / The National