February 28, 2017, 09:54 PM 
A representative from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) was in Singapore last month looking for fresh faces.
Vice-president of WWE talent development, Canyon Ceman, paid a visit here in January 2017 to hunt for talent as part of a global search for the sports entertainment giant.
On Sunday Feb. 26, a video posted on WWE’s website showed Ceman attending a Singapore Pro Wrestling (SPW) event, “Unchained In Changi”, on Jan. 27.
Several wrestlers hailing from Singapore were featured in the clip, including SPW co-founder Andruew “The Statement” Tang.
Andruew “The Statement” Tang.
The video also showed WWE visiting other countries in the region, such as Malaysia and the Philippines.
SPW, the local pro wrestling promotion company, was founded in 2012 by Tang and Vadim Koryagin. It was was the first of its kind in South-east Asia.
Tang had finished national service when he and Koryagin, the co-founder of the Independent Wrestling Federation in Russia, wanted to expand the business in Singapore.
Starting out with S$40,000 at a rooftop terrace in Kampong Ubi Community Club, SPW organised 12 major shows in the first three years, the first one attended by a mere 60 people.
It went on to pull an average of 400 people per show, with the biggest, Singapore Night Festival in 2014 drawing a 1,000-strong crowd.
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