After the unprecedented success of cricket, hockey, football, tennis and kabaddi leagues, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) also launched its league — Pro Wrestling league (PWl) — in a glittering ceremony here on Monday.
Well-known rapper Apache Indian launched the theme song of the league as the grapplers, flanked by models, walked the ramp.
The likes of Sushil, Yogeshwar Dutt, Geeta Phogat, Babita would now be seen competing against some of the best wrestlers of the world on the Indian soil at the PWl, which is slated to be held between November 8 and 29 across six cities.
There would be six city-based teams with the world’s top 66 wrestlers. Each team will consist of 11 players — six male and five female. Per team will have six Indians and five foreigners. Out of five foreign players, four can be part of a tie.
The league will be played on the best of nine format but all the bouts would be contested during the league phase. Each bout will have three rounds of three minutes each, separated by a one-minute break.
Every team will play others at least once over the 21-day event, in which 15 league games, two semifinals and the final will take place. The base price for each team is set at `3 crore and the six franchises would be finalised by September 7, while the host broadcaster would be decided by August 30.
