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ThunderBolt Wrestling, commonly abbreviated to TBW, is an Irish virtual professional wrestling promotion that was founded in 2022. The promotion mixes video game pro wrestling and Other games. ThunderBolt Wrestling showcases the best talent and also brings in renowned stars from overseas. Events take place primarily in Dublin and in Belfast. TBW also runs shows from Cape Town, Las Vegas, Houston and Tokyo. Weekly shows occur at Dublin. 'Runner Up' billed shows featuring up and coming local talent are run from Belfast. In 2022, ThunderBolt Wrestling expanded into Las Vegas and Houston and in 2023, the organisation expanded further to Cape Town and Tokyo.

History
Founded in 2022 as an alternative to the normal virtual and real wrestling promotions we see around the world,TBW was aimed at a mature audience with the intention of giving mature wrestling fans something grittier and unhinged to enjoy, with a shift away from a PG product. Initially the show focused mainly on local talent. The show was initially composed of wrestlers trained by Main Stage Wrestling like WWE, AEW, TNA, OTT, etc. As the promotion evolved it attracted more renowned stars from abroad including the likes of Bray Wyatt, Jon Moxley, Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega, Maximum Male Models and Will Ospreay.

The Start
After 2 years of thinking about pushing the wrestling promotion TBW started on 13 July 2022 with "Friday Night Massacre". This show seen the unification of the TBW Title held by RezzCalibur and the vacated WTC World Heavyweight Title in a match won by RezzCalibur to become TBW World Champion. A Tag tournament was also held due to The Brotherhood vacating their titles. The tournament finals seen The Black Rock (Nick Michael & Loco Connors) beat Die Antwoord (Samurai al & Swart Moerfok) win to the belts for the first time.

The following shows saw the promotion of a number of the Runner Up roster including Leon Lockhart, and Kylarplayz (simply known as “Kylar”) who won the TBW Tag Team Titles with TSG on his main roster. Joe Spark also became a regular on the shows as a manager for Leon Lockhart and later made his in-ring debut on Runner Up Rising, the first Pay-Per-View since the start of the promotion. This card also introduced Looksee to TBW. Joe Spark defeated Leon Lockhart for the TBW Irish Title at the All Black Pay-Per-View in Belfast, becoming the first title change to happen by accident in the company.

October 2022 began with a double header of Saturday and Sunday shows "TBW Thunder Realm". This weekend saw long time heel RezzCalibur turn face after losing the World title and helping Josh Martin fight Die Antwoord. They became a Tag Team called Retro Fire. Leon Lockhart was unable to make Massacre in Dublin due to personal issues, as a result an impromptu main event was made for the TBW Tag Team Championships which saw Retro Fire beat TSG and Kylar to win the titles for the first time. This show also set up a number of matches for the Plaza of Pain Pay-Per-View.

The Following month seen a soft revamp of TBW in Dublin as they upgraded the arena and got a new logo. A returning Sabri overcame Josh Martin to become the TBW World Champion. The following month saw the retirement of RezzCalibur in a career v title match against Swart Moerfok, The formation of the faction "Die Donker Antwoord" Samurai al, Swart Moerfok and Ryan Amari) and a heel turn by babyface Josh Martin to join Die Donker Antwoord. 2022 ended with Die Donker Antwoord holding the Tag Team Titles, Twitch & Lightning Championships.

Expansion
ThunderBolt Wrestling expanded into Las Vegas & Houston after the revamp, booking shows in The Allegiant Stadium. On New Year Weekend 2023, a notable piece of history was made. Five titles changed hands on the same night. Las Vegas saw its first championship switch when Johnny Thunder captured the TBW Irish Title. The next Match Kylar won the TBW World Championship, Then The Brotherhood began their third tile reign as TBW Tag Team Champions, In the Bang Rumble we saw newbie gn0shi become TBW Women's Champion marking her first title reign and we saw Ryan Amari lose his Twitch title to a debuting Ryback in the main event of the Big Bang Pay-Per-View. In May 2023, TBW announced that they would be having an event in Tokyo & Cape Town, marking the first show outside of Ireland and the USA.