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Beatdowns and bravado in the UK’s pro-wrestling scene

Rumble — The sport, which blends brawling and physicality with entertainment-focused choreography, is growing in popularity around the UK. Tom Ringsby’s new zine dives into its weird and wonderful world.

  • Sport
  • Isabelle Blakeney
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Sumo’s away day shook London. Could it ever take off?

Hakkeyoi — Touching down at the Royal Albert Hall, the Grand Sumo Tournament marked the second time an official five-day tournament has ever taken place outside of Japan. Ella Glossop investigates whether the sport could ever find mainstream success on British soil.

  • Sport
  • Ella Glossop

A peek behind the scenes of the UK’s village hall wrestling community

For the latest issue of Huck, photographer Adj Brown captures the transformation of a sedate Cornish village hall into a sell-out wrestling show.

  • Huck 81
  • Josh Jones

Inside a Texan neighbourhood Mexican wrestling club

Photographer Tom “TBow” Bowden went along to the iconic East Houston venue to capture a striking window into the Latinx subculture.

  • Photography
  • Isaac Muk

Brutal portraits showing the realistic side of pro-wrestling

Photographer Michael Watson explains how his candid backstage images capture the raw energy and larger than life personalities of some of wrestling's biggest stars.

  • Photography
  • Sean Neumann

David Arquette: 'Nearly dying on film gave me PTSD'

Wrestling for redemption — Following the release of a new film documenting the actor's eventful foray into professional wrestling, Arquette speaks to Huck about returning from the brink of death, running into bar brawls, and ketamine therapy.

  • Film
  • Daniel Dylan Wray

Meet the world’s first hijab-wearing champion wrestler

Nor Diana, aka ‘Phoenix’ — At five-feet tall and around 94lbs, the 20-year-old doesn’t look like your typical wrestling star – but that hasn’t stopped her yet.

  • Magazine
  • Beth Webb

Huck 73: The Sanctuary Issue

Out now! — We were ready to release our new issue back in March. Then the world fell off a cliff. Five months later, we have a magazine that exists freely between Then and Now: a collection of stories about hope and resilience, at a time when we need them more than ever.

  • Culture
  • Huck

Wrestling's LGBTQ stars are fighting for their future

A Matter of Pride — A Matter of Pride is helping LGBTQ+ wrestlers make their mark in an industry that has for so long treated them as a punchline. Jake Hall meets the queer stars of the squared circle.

  • Outdoors
  • Jake Hall

The androgynous wrestler who inspired glam rock

Merchant of Menace — David Bowie copied him. Jimmy Savile got battered by him. Wrestling never saw anything like him, before or since. This is the story of Exotic Adrian Street, a flamboyant brawler who blurred the lines between athlete and artist.

  • Culture
  • Cian Traynor

Huck: The Hedonism Issue

Out now! — This issue is a celebration of pleasure-seeking at its purest: the lessons learned when ‘excess’ and ‘extreme’ become a way of life.

  • Magazine
  • Huck

In the ring with the amateur wrestlers of Essex

Go hard or go home — For his latest project, photographer Steven Holmes enters the world of Dropkixx – an inclusive amateur wrestling academy uniting the local community.

  • Outdoors
  • Tobin Carey-Williams

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