Wrestlers with Disabilities Take to the Ring in Derry's Foyle Rumble
Wrestlers with learning and physical disabilities performed at the third Foyle Rumble on Saturday evening, 7 November, at St Columb's Hall in Derry. The show was scheduled for 6pm, and many of its performers have disabilities, according to The Guardian.
The Foyle Rumble is a joint initiative of two organisations. The Tuned In Project is a Derry-based non-governmental organisation, meaning a group that is independent of government, which creates opportunities for disabled adults. Its programme manager is Phil Conn. Complete Anarchy Wrestling (CAW), an event promoter based in County Donegal, is the other partner.
The first show was held in 2024. The event sold out in each of the two years that followed, and the November 2026 edition was billed as Foyle Rumble 3: Dead End in Derry. It was promoted as a fundraising show. The third edition was the most ambitious so far, drawing hundreds of spectators and dozens of performers, some of whom do not have disabilities.
Among the performers are Keelan O'Hagan, 24, who wrestles as Kellio, and Brian Walsh, 44, who is blind and performs as Brian Brogue. SJ Murray competes under the name Siren.
The show's storyline set heroic characters against The Fault, a black-clad entity.
Stephen Campbell, a gymnastics teacher and wrestling coach with CAW, coaches students from the Tuned In Project.
