GWF Legacy: Celebrating 30 Years Of Modern German Indy Wrestling
Foto Credit: Jan Philip Welchering & A. Lauer Back in 1995 founding an indy-wrestling promotion in Germany was not only incredibly ambitious, back in the day some might have called it downright crazy. For that you have to know that in the Mid-90s wrestling was dead in Germany. The WWF was only slowly moving towards to boom period of the Attitude Era and this would not happen until two years later, WCW and ECW were getting fans to watch wrestling. But all that was developing miles away across the Atlantic Ocean. Wrestling in Europe, by Europeans? Not a familiar sight. Wrestling in Germany? Practically non-existent. But this did not stop the two brothers Ahmed and Mike Chaer and their idea of the "German Wrestling Federation" in the heart of Germany's capital Berlin quickly became a hit. 1997 they added a training school and sky was the limit after that. Today the GWF is one of the biggest promotions in Germany and by far the oldest to hold monthly events. Wrestling ...
