All the action from last night's event at Just For Laughs London

Edinburgh hit The Wrestling made a triumphant return last night, with its first London show coming as part of the Just For Laughs festival at the Indigo venue at The O2.

Here’s what went down, with photos from Claire Haigand there’s a fuller report as part of our round-up of the festival.

Rachel Parris sings The Wrestling Anthem.

Flo and Joan, Nick Helm and Jazz Emu kick things off with a theme tune.

Your ring announcer, Suzi Ruffell.

The commentary team: Aisling Bea. Iain Stirling and Nish Kumar

Greg Davies makes an unannounced visit to take on reigning champ Rosie Jones…

…and he embraced his role as a heel.

After dispatching Davis with a bit of cheating, Jones falls victim to a sneak attack by Prince of Mumbai Rishi Ghosh. 

Another view of that drop-kick from photographer Rob Brazier.

Jones is stretchered off after the ambush.

Sarah ‘Little Keys’ Keyworth makes her entrance…

… and stikes a pose

Her opponent Nina Samuels

Things get real.

Kicking a woman when she’s down.

Ed ‘The Gamble’ Gambler makes his entrance.

Some tension with his teammate Levi Muir

Gamble under attack from Max & Ivan, who devised The Wrestling format.

Gamble delivers a suplex to former pro Max Olesker – ring name Max Voltage (this picture by Rob Brazier)

Olesker leaps from the top rope.

Muir holds Max in a vertical duplex

Gamble goes full-on Hulk as he grans Ivan Gonzalez by the ear.

Abi Clark as he Ringfluencer making her entrance.

Phil ‘Phil Wang’ Wang makes his entrance. Don’t look too closely…

Incredibly right-wing comedian Joe Lycett makes his entrance, as manager to Tory Glen Morgue.

Rishi Ghosh returns for the eight-way finale.

Alex ‘The Raging’ Horne arrives via longboat…

…and he’s ready for action.

A stunned commentary team after Wang is slammed through a table.

Clark makes a dramatic dive out of the ring.

Wang is stretched away.

Olga ‘Rock Hard’ Koch defeats Glen Mourge

Wang backstage after securing the championship belt.

And all this on the birthday of the producer, Owen Donovan, from Berk’s Nest.

Published: 6 Mar 2023