World Gravy Wrestling Championships

Joel Hicks (aka Stone Cold Steve Bisto) wrestling Danny Carr at the 2009 event

The World Gravy Wrestling Championships is an annual event held in the village of Stacksteads, Lancashire.[1] The first championship was held in 2007.[2]

Bouts last two minutes, and participants wrestle a shallow pool filled with "Lancashire Gravy".[3] This was initially an actual gravy prepared with meat juices and vegetables,[4] but after it was found to attract wasps it was replaced with a mixture of cornflour and caramel colouring.[1]

Bout winners are decided not only on their wrestling skills, but also whether the participant has a better fancy dress costume.[5]

Money raised by the Championship is donated to local charitable organisations.[2] [6]

Video clips from the 2010 event was featured on Australian television on The Footy Show in 2017, with a discussion about Aussie Rules ex-player panelists that should feature in it.[7] Gravy wrestling championship results were included in the Guinness World Records in 2019.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Pidd, Helen (1 September 2015). "Gravy wrestlers battle it out for world title". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 "What's on: World gravy wrestling championship, Stacksteads, August 27". Lancashire Telegraph. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "World Gravy Wrestling Championship held in Lancashire". BBC News. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "World Gravy Wrestling Championship takes place in Lancashire". The Irish Times. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Helen (22 August 2019). "Contestants battle it out in the annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Scoring brownie points in gravy wrestling". BBC News. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. ↑ The Footy Show (AFL) 2017 Ep 4 Part 1 Dailymotion
  8. ↑ Glenday, Craig (20 September 2019). "Gravy wrestling joins shin-kicking, wife-carrying and pillow-fighting in the record books". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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