A local wrestling show has become a staple in Salford, selling out every show so far, including the next one due on April 10.
Salford City Wrestling have promised to entertain with new storylines and set pieces in the coming year, continuing on from their previous successes.
Alex Francis, co-owner of Salford City Wrestling, says the company has now become fully self-financing.
Alex said: “We have a very high return customer rate. We sell out at 170, but we do end up letting more people in. So of the between 170 and 180 who come every time, I’d say 120 of those are regulars.
“So, they’re all very invested. I feel like we’ve told very good stories. Our main focus when we started was to tell logical stories that everybody could follow.
“And that seems to have worked. We are also just making sure the wrestling is of a quality we want it to be.”
Alex said: “The money me and Boylan [other co-owner] put in when we started, we managed to take out after two shows. The company is fully self-functioning financially.
“If for some reason we sold no tickets for two or three shows, we’d have enough to pay all the talent, which is our main priority. I’d say it’s mainly a passion project for us.”
Alex is a wrestler himself, known as Bentley, the Vigilante of Professional Wrestling. However, he also lives a normal life like anyone.
He said: “Some days I don’t think about it at all, other days I’ll be texting all day because there’s something to sort. It’s in a healthy position, I’d say at the moment.
“We’ve had to rewrite storylines for the year. But we’ve actually enjoyed that process because we feel like sometimes when you write all these stories for the first time, and you don’t revisit them, you think it’s not always your best ideas either.”
The next show is on April 10, Pendlebury Social Club. For more details go to Salford City Wrestling.
