Smackdowns and salvation: Inside the UK church where wrestling is worship

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Smackdowns and salvation: Inside the UK church where wrestling is worship  At St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Shipley, UK, pro wrestling is performed at a monthly event to bring people closer to God. The initiative was founded by Gareth “Angel” Thompson, who overcame childhood trauma and homelessness.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/07/smackdowns-and-salvation-inside-the-uk-church-where-wrestling-is-worship  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00I was always looking for a way to tell stories in the ring as a professional

00:26wrestler. What we do in here is very much good versus evil and when I

00:31became a Christian and I started seeing the wrestling world through a Christian

00:35lens, I started seeing David and Goliath, I started seeing Cain and Abel, I started

00:40seeing Esau having his heritage stolen from him and I'm like we could tell

00:45those stories.

00:49Wrestling's always been in my life. I used to watch it with my grandmother on

00:53a Friday night when I was escaping whatever was going on at home in my

00:56childhood so it's always been an escape for me and like a release and a way to

01:00get away from stuff but then God has obviously turned that around now and

01:04it's become this passion and this release of other people into the world

01:10of wrestling and engaging them with the Christian faith and teaching them about

01:14Jesus.

01:23I think it's great. I think, you know, thank you Lord. Praise God for this team

01:37of people who've come in. Thank you Jesus. Just pray that it'll go okay. I think

01:42it's absolutely wonderful.

01:53you

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