WWE-style wrestling hits Bangkok - with a Thai twist

This photograph taken on July 30, 2022 shows wrestlers performing in the ring during a match at the SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling show in Bangkok. The part-sport, part-show from SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling has been slowly gaining popularity in Thailand, where it hopes to carve out a space for local wrestlers using distinctively Thai characters. - AFP

BANGKOK, Aug 2, 2022 (AFP): A fighter bursts through a flimsy tarpaulin curtain and bounds into the ring wearing a helmet and the unmistakable bright orange jacket of a Bangkok motorbike-taxi rider -- it's Thailand's take on WWE wrestling.

The 25-year-old wrestler with the stage name "P'Suchart" was one of almost 20 individuals slapping, slamming and smacking one another at SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling.