"The PWL Players' Auction will be a big landmark in the
history of sport. It will give the six franchises the opportunity to bid for
the best players and complete their squads," said Mr Singh. "The
player pool is so rich in talent that after the auction we will have six squads
to offer highly competitive action for wrestling lovers."
About 100 top international wrestlers from 25 countries,
including Olympic and World Championship stars, and over a 100 Indian wrestlers
will come under the hammer. The wrestlers include more than 20 medal winners
from the World Wrestling Championship held in Las Vegas last month. There are current
European Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games champions and other
international medal winners.
Indian film Industries’ rocking Deol family and GMR Group,
who also won the Delhi Daredevils IPL team, are among the six PWL Franchisees.
An elated Star Dharmendra said: “I’m extremely happy
that Wrestling is being presented in a world class manner at a global
platform, with Pro Wrestling League. I’m sure that Indian wrestling
lovers will get abundant opportunities at a grass-root level.
“I’m personally very fond of Wrestling as a sport as I
played it in my youth and now I embark on a new journey through Pro Wrestling
League”, added Dharmendra, Owner of the CDR Punjab team.
Three-time women’s world champion Adeline Gray from the US has called
the League as “historic move in International wrestling’’. Gray said that “by
bringing Pro event with huge sums of money, Indian organizers have taken a bold
step in popularizing wrestling at the world level’’.
Mood is upbeat in India too. Double Olympic medallist
Sushil Kumar is confident that the League would be a big boost to Indian
wrestling.
“It will be a great boost when the cream of world wrestling
comes to India .
This will be a great opportunity for our players to travel with them and learn
a lot. Besides the League will keep the focus on the sport and motivate the
upcoming wrestlers,’’ said the legend.
The bid for the Olympic and World Championship winners will
start at the base price of US$50,000. "Each team has a player auction
purse of Rs 2 crore. We are sure that all players picked will be delighted with
the financial reward to play in the league," Mr Singh added.
Each team will have a marquee player. The bid for marquee
player too will start at the base price of US$ 50,000. As many as 60 players
will find buyers since each of the six teams will have a 10 players, including
4 women – a maximum of 4 overseas players and 6 Indians.
The PWL is a joint venture of Wrestling Federation of India
and their commercial partners – Pro Sportify Pvt Limited, who are the promoters
and organizers of the league.
Press release
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