The Emma Butler Memorial Wrestling Show

You can donate to Emma`s charity at the link below:

https://emmascancercharity.org...

ICW Central West and Emma`s Tongue Cancer Charity present:

THE EMMA BUTLER MEMORIAL WRESTLING SHOW 2025-Saturday October 11th-doors open 5:45pm/show starts 6:30pm (running time 2-3 hours including show closing ceremony and meet and greet)Food and drink sales outside venue from 5pm. Merchandise and raffle sales outside external doors from 5:30pm weather permitting. In the case of rain raffle and merchandise will be moved into the entrance lobby. 

Our 2024 event sold out weeks in advance, so don't delay! NO REFUNDS FOR CHANGE 0F MIND, TICKET HOLDER UNAVAILABILTY OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT FOR EVENT POSTPONEMENT OR CANCELLATION

The 3rd memorial wrestling show held to commemorate the late girlfriend of promoter and Cowra based wrestler James "High Octane'' Lanham (and 7th full scale event promoted by ICW Central West, 10th event in total including matches held as part of major community events) will be held in our amazing and incredibly welcoming venue the Uniting Church Hall in Cowra NSW! 

This event will be raising awareness of Tongue Cancer and awareness and funds for Emma`s Tongue Cancer Charity, a registered charity started by the family of the wonderful Emma Butler, the girlfriend of the event host who sadly passed away from tongue cancer at the age of 34 having had no risk factors or lifestyle choices that would lead to this cancer. Our previous memorial event raised funds that were used to purchase early cancer detection scopes that were donated to doctors and dentists in Cowra as well as Emma`s hometowns of Dubbo and Wellington. $1 from every ticket sold as well as proceeds from the raffle will be donated to the charity! We also plan to sell T-shirts with the Emma`s Tongue Cancer Charity logo on them at the event to help raise additional funds for the charity. 

This is a family friendly, all inclusive pro wrestling show featuring exciting, over the top entertainment with a diverse line-up of wrestlers from all different walks of life travelling from all over to country to be part of this very special event! Joining local wrestler and event promoter James ''High Octane'' Lanham are ICW Australia president and undisputed Canberra wrestling Kingpin Rex, Aussie wrestling`s most iconic figure and Emma Butler Memorial champion ''Birdman'' Phil Picasso, former Cowra boy and local celebrity and current ICW Central West champion Barry ''the Swooper'' Blake, spectacular high flyer Benny Whiplash, the impressive and imposing Big James, John Crossfire, Addicus Slain, Craig Drayton and many more who will be tying each other up like pretzels, jumping off the top rope, dishing out impactful strikes and  throwing each other around the brand new wrestling ring purchased especially for these events!

Complete with all the theatrical entrances, theme music, live commentary, out there personas, easily identifying character roles and interesting storylines our loyal fans have come to expect the only group more diverse than our talent is our audience who come from all demographics, you will see young kids and their parents, grandparents, teenagers, adults and everyone from the casual wrestling fan to the dedicated aficionado in our crowds. Go in curious and come out a fan guaranteed! Our events are heavily patronized by the local special needs community many of whom find our wrestlers to be good role models to really become emotionally invested in, as do others within our audience.

Doors open: 5:45pm/Show starts: 6:30 pm with an estimated end time of between 8pm and 9pm. There is currently not planned to be an intermission. Cowra Community Enterprise will be selling cold drinks and snacks before the show. There will be merchandise such as T-shirts and posters available as well as a raffle to raise funds for the charity as well as an auction. After the final match there will be some special presentations, the drawing of the raffle and a meet and greet where fans can get photos and autographs from the talent! Line up and event information subject to change without notice, especially in the case of injuries to talent closer to the event and unforeseen scheduling conflicts.  

Ticket sales and venue information:

In the interest of fairness, because we have had to raise ticket prices slightly to cover the ever increasing running costs and smaller venue capacity than our pre-2022 venue, we have added a concession ticket option for all four general public price tiers, which not only is cheaper than the full priced tickets for this year, but is cheaper than full priced tickets last year when we weren`t offering a concession rate. Due to the intimate nature of the venue, companion card packages (1 complimentary ticket for a carer with 1 paid for ticket for a person with a companion card) are available for but are limited so the event does not run at a huge loss. 

This venue has a smaller capacity than our previous venue so we do recommend booking tickets at your earliest convenience to avoid missing out! Our previous events all pre-sold more than this venues capacity. At this stage we are only planning to sell tickets online before the event and our first show at this venue sold out weeks in advance. We endeavor to offer an all inclusive and easily accessible environment so if you have any concerns about someone attending with mobility issues or other requirements please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate within the limitations of the smaller venue.

Where possible we do ask that ticket buyers try not to leave individual seats between groups of purchased seats. Unfortunately due to limited floor space no prams or similar carriages are allowed. Children under 3 are admitted free of charge without a ticket so long as they sit on a parent/guardian`s lap and do not occupy their own seat.

Event proudly supported by: Cowra Community Enterprise, Cowra Hire, Club Cowra, DJ Wild Entertainment, Cowra Men`s Shed, Crossfire Graphics and 131 Pizza
Conditions of entry:

NO REFUNDS EXCEPT FOR IN THE CASE OF EVENT CANCELLATION SO PLEASE CHOOSE CAREFULLY! NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED ANYWHERE ON CHURCH GROUNDS! PROMOTER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ENTRY OR TICKET PURCHASE! TICKET HOLDERS MAY BE SUBJECT TO BAG CHECKS. EVENT WILL BE FILMED AND PHOTOGRAPHED. NO ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, NEGATIVITY OR CHANTS OR VERBAL TAUNTS THAT RUIN THE ALL INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WE OFFER TO OUR AUDIENCE AND TALENT, THIS INCLUDES RACISM, SEXISM,BODY SHAMING, HOMOPHOBIA , ABELISM, BAD LANGUAGE OR ANYTHING THAT BRINGS THE VIBE DOWN. BEHAVIOUR OF THIS TYPE WILL RESULT IN EJECTION WITHOUT REFUND! PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THE CHURCH, TALENT, OTHER AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN EVENT TO COMMEMORATE A LOVED ONE OF MANY IN ATTENDANCE!