Rules

Managers & Squads

• Each team has a manager who stays at ringside during matches, sat in their dugout or staying within their technical area.
• Managers may be assisted by unlimited guest coaches throughout the season.
• Managers will sign a minimum of two wrestlers before the start of the season. Once signed, wrestlers cannot switch teams.
• Managers can sign new wrestlers throughout the season, as long as they have not competed for different team.

Match rules

• Each singles or tag team match is 15 minutes with a half-time break.
• Teams score falls via pinfall, submission, disqualification and count out.
• The team with the most falls at full-time is the winner.

Discipline

• Referees can issue yellow and red cards for unsporting behaviour.
• A yellow card is a warning.
• A second yellow card results in a red card.
• A red card is a disqualification and awards opposing team a fall.
• Red cards can be issued directly for serious offences.

League rules

• Every matchweek teams face each other in two separate singles or tag team matches.
• Three points are gained for each match win and one point is awarded to each team for a draw.
• If teams are level on points they are separated by 'fall difference'.
• The team at the top of the league after matchweek 5 are the National Wrestling League Champions.
• The team at the bottom of the league is relegated and replaced by a new team next season.

The Cup

• The final live event of the season will feature a one-night tag team tournament.
• The tournament will feature the six teams that competed in the league, plus the newly promoted team and an international guest team.
• Cup matches will follow the same rules as the league, but if the match ends in a draw then there will be sudden death extra time.