British National Championship

The British National Championship was a year long professional wrestling tournament, organised by International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, that started in September 2007, with the final being held at The Great Hall in Bromley on October 26, 2008.

There were 54 wrestlers participating in six rounds of matches, with the overall winner being crowned the new holder of the British National Championship. Due to the National status, reigning and defending All-England and National Under-23 Champions were also required to defend their titles in each round; however, the reigning champions (Andy Boy Simmonz, Terry Frazier, Sha Samuels and Sam Slam) were seeded through to the second round automatically. As a result, Terry Frazier, the winner of this tournament, also finished as the All-England Champion; however he was not eligible to become the Under 23's Champion due to age restrictions. As IPW:UK is a subordinate promotion under the Real Quality Wrestling banner, the title can be defended on their shows.

Tournament Participants

‡ A reigning IPW:UK Champion at start of tournament, and therefore awarded a bye through to the second round

Results

First Round

¹ McGuiness was disqualified after using brass knuckles
² Special match held at 3 Count Wrestling's Remembrance Day show
³ Thunder failed to show, leaving Summers advancing to the 2nd Round via forfeit

Second Round

¹ Sam Slam retained the All-England Title during this match
² As part of a Real Quality Wrestling Jon Ryan £10,000 Submission Challenge

Third Round

¹ 2 out of 3 falls match - Head won first fall, Samuels won second fall, but was then disqualified for the third fall after Gilligan Gordon and Ieysten Rees interfered on his behalf. Head awarded a bye into Semi-Finals
² Last Ninja traded his Third Round spot to Jules Lambrini for a makeover
³ Substitute for Mark Sloan
⁴ Sam Slam retained the All-England Title during this match

Quarter Finals

¹Johnny Moss also became the new All-England Champion by winning this match

Semi Finals

¹Johnny Moss retained the All-England Championship during this match

Final

¹Terry Frazier also became the new All-England Champion after winning this match