# ‘No matter what, he doesn’t quit’: disabled wrestlers draw strength from ring alter egos

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-08T15:37:54+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/08/disabled-wrestlers-derry-foyle-rumble
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/no-matter-what-he-doesn-t-quit-disabled-wrestlers-draw-strength-from-r-6ac10f/

Scheme in Derry aims to sow confidence by getting people with learning and physical disabilities into wrestling The music thumped, the lights blazed and from the ring the announcer did a countdown. “Who is ready to rumble?” he roared. The bellows and cheers indicated that the crowd at St Columb’s Hall in Derry on Saturday night was more than ready for the Foyle Rumble, and so began a wrestling ext

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