About SEA Wrestling

Where this came from

SEA Wrestling began as an idea in mid 2024 after a simple observation. We were sitting in VAIB Studios for Vietnam Pro Wrestling’s Ultimate Collision 2024, watching genuinely excellent matches in front of sold-out rooms, and then finding almost nothing written about any of it afterwards. Wrestling media covers America, Japan and Mexico in enormous detail. Southeast Asia was getting a line here and there, usually only when a well-known international name passed through.

Through the next 6 months, more and more of Southeast Asia’s established and rising talent would pass through VPW’s doors. During that time an idea was floated past one of Singapore’s top teams of their being a website that covered Southeast Asian Wrestling in depth.

So the coverage started as simple news site with a few additional features. But, within a few weeks an idea came almost out of nowhere. Rather than another “newz” site, what if SEA Wrestling became a magazine, a print and digital way to tell the stories of Southeast Asian wrestling through words and pictures (yes the definition of a magazine!).

Since then we’ve grown to 9 printed issues of the magazine, almost daily updates on social media and a huge international following.

What we cover

We follow professional wrestling in Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. That means news, event previews, show reviews, interviews and longer features about the people involved.

We are not trying to be a record book or a database, and we are not here to hand out star ratings or rank promotions against each other. In our opinion that kind of coverage does very little for a region that is still building its audience. What matters more is that a show in a small venue in Saigon or Bangkok gets written about, with the same passion that a big card anywhere else would receive.

The magazine

SEA Wrestling Magazine is the centre of what we do. Nine issues have been published so far, with more on the way. Each one carries reviews, features, interviews, photography from around the region and coverage you will not find anywhere else. Issues are available online, and printed copies appear at shows when we can get them there.

Online

The website carries news and results as they happen, along with previews before shows and reviews afterwards. The newsletter, SEA Wrestling Weekly, pulls the important parts together for anyone who does not want to check a site every day. Our social channels post match news, results and short pieces about the talent.

How we work

It is worth being honest about this. For the most part, SEA Wrestling is one person. One person watching the shows, writing the reviews, laying out the magazine, running the socials and answering the emails, usually around a full-time job.

That has consequences. Some weeks are quieter than others. Some shows get covered later than we would like. Some promotions get more attention simply because they are easier to reach. We are not pretending otherwise, and we would rather say it plainly than have readers wonder.

And then there’s the hard part to admit. Sometimes things aren’t clear, sometimes we catch a story too early or too late. This can lead to mistakes, inaccuracies or a skewed message being released unintentionally. Sometimes these messages may not be retracted as fast as we like. In that case we would like to just remind everyone we are not a profit based company, we are not a large team and things can get in the way.

We do not believe that rumor, innuendo, aggression or indirect comments ever achieve anything. If SEA Wrestling has caused you offence or you notice a correction being needed please reach out via email or DM’s. The world is full of unkindness and talking can often resolve a lot of issues.

We will never cover the wider mainstream wrestling world. We may at times look further afield than Southeast Asia but we will focus as much of our coverage on the region as possible.

Where we want this to go

The aim of SEA Wrestling Magazine is to push Southeast Asian wrestling, tell the stories and do our very best to help elevate the region by supporting the wrestlers.. Some of our achievements have included.

• Putting over half a million eyes on Southeast Asian wrestling content in the past 18 months.

• Producing the VPW Official Event Program and Ares Spotlight Magazine to generate further revenue for wrestlers and promotions.

• Supporting the medical costs of wrestlers.

• Being acknowledged by Post Wrestling, Fightful and Chris Jericho.

• Supporting the development of an article for Monthly Puroresu.

Get involved

We welcome anyone who wants to contribute. Writers, photographers, artists, translators, wrestlers, promoters, referees, ring crew, trainers and long-time fans. If you have a story about wrestling in Southeast Asia, or you want to be interviewed, or you simply think we have missed something we should be covering, tell us.

You do not need experience or a portfolio. You just need something to say.

Email us at contact@seawrestling.net or message us on any of our social channels.