Kuala Lampur, July 18 -- In 2014, Ayez Shaukat Fonseca Farid took a leap of faith and opened Malaysia's first-ever wrestling school/promotion - Malaysia Pro Wrestling (MYPW) with just four students under his wing.

Back then, he didn't even have any proper experience when it came to professional wrestling. He was an avid fan of the sport growing up, and did stunt choreography for several local movies like KL Gangster 2, where he choreographed the final fight and was also the action director for Juvana 2 and 3.

While working and studying, Shaukat was always looking for wrestling promotions to go to and watch, but to his dismay could not find any events locally.

"I tried googling wrestling promotions in Malaysia but there was nothing. The...