World Wrestling Professionals World Wrestling Professionals ( WWP ) is a South African professional wrestling promotion created in 2002 . The internationally televised promotion is owned by Mark Beale and Abdul Kader , and is heavily influenced by American mainstream wrestling . History . Establishment . World Wrestling Professionals was formed in 1990 in the Eastern Cape City of Nelson Mandela Bay . It hosted a number of local shows all year round , and slowly grew to the No 1 Wrestling Federation in South Africa . I t was formed by former professional wrestler Mark Beale , with the goal of taking South African wrestling to another level . In 2004 after years of hard work on the Road of hard work in the hope of getting the product noticed , his idea for a wrestling show was picked up by the South African Broadcaster and was given a National Contract by SABC 2 . This Show called WWP Thunderstrike ran for a number of years on the Channel , and was eventually put on hold due to in house politics . The WWP then moved on to India to film a Weekly show on colors TV called 100 % De Dhana Dhan , which established the WWP Brand in the Middle East . The WWP Branded Show WWP G - Force was then filmed and distributed to various networks , and has been shown all over Africa . The WWP continues to do massive Roadshows through South Africa and African and currently has a strong presence on the Continent . WWP Thunderstrike . The promotion , which is managed by Mark Beale , aired 1 - hour pre - recorded episodes for SABC2 known as WWP Thunderstrike in the 18 : 30 - 19 : 30PM time - slot every Saturday . It recently completed its fourth season , which began on 13 December 2008 and ended on 28 April 2009 . The fourth season was taped during May . WWP Thunderstrike signed a 5 - year TV contract with SABC2 during June , 2009 that will allow them to show over 50 episodes a year until 2012 . WWP Thunderstrike made its television premiere in December , 2004 . After just four months of airing and being the top rated sports show on SABC2 , Thunderstrike was pushed one hour forward into a primetime slot ( from 14 : 30 to 15 : 30 ) . Deon Potgieter , a renowned international author and producer , was responsible creatively for the name along with many of the original storylines and wrestler personas in WWP Thunderstrike ' s early years . After producing and writing the first 67 episodes , Deon Potgieter withdrew his involvement from the show to produce , direct and write both seasons of the SAFTA winning hit sitcom " Family Bonds " . The WWP creative team now consists of Mark Beale , Steve Debbes and Abdul Kader . Television tapings took place in the Urban Brew Studios in Johannesburg and each season was usually filmed for up to seven days in a row . The venue is referred to by the promotion as the " Dome of Doom " . The first and second seasons aired on Saturday afternoons . The third series moved to a Wednesday night slot at 22 : 00 , where the show attained its highest ratings to date . In season highlights , current WWE developmental star Ray Leppan , who went by the name " Dameon Duke " , defended his newly - won WWP Heavyweight World Title for most of the season and engaged in a three - match title rivalry with Joe " " Fury " " Steyn , who won the championship in the third match . In the season finale , WWP main eventers took part in an eight - man tag team match with the kayfabe South African defenders taking on the foreign WDP faction . For the fourth season , SABC2 pushed the show to a primetime slot on Saturday . PJ Black , who later went on to sign a WWE contract , was given a prominent position in the main event and feuded with Mikey Whiplash throughout the season . He went on to challenge for the WWP Heavyweight World Title against Joe E Legend but subsequently lost . The current and 2 - time WWP World Heavyweight Champion Tornado formed a dream team with former arch - rival The Skull and feuded with the leaders of the WDP faction , The Weasels , with the WWP Tag Team World Title at stake during many of their matches . 100 % De Dhana Dhan . World Wrestling Professionals airs 1 - hour pre - recorded episodes of 100 % De Dhana Dhan for Colours TV every Saturday and Sunday . It recently completed its first season , which began on 29 August 2009 , and ended on 20 December 2009 . 100 % De Dhana Dhan is a hybrid of reality television and wrestling based on 100 % Lucha , and sees wrestlers from India facing wrestlers from South Africa in faction warfare . The kayfabe plot of the show involved the Indian wrestlers being trapped in South Africa and stumbling upon an underground fight league headed by Mark Beale and WWP . WWP wrestlers Tornado , Jason Steele and Ananzi were involved in training many of the wrestlers from India . In the middle of 2009 , WWP held a tryout in Bombay , India , searching for athletic candidates for the show . They selected twelve candidates to be trained before the 100 % De Dhana Dhan television tapings in August and September . Bollywood film stars Isha Koppikar and Sharat Saxena had roles in the show . Khoppikar participated as a live presenter while Saxena was the kayfabe manager of the Indian team . In highlights from the first season , Tornado became the 100 % Heavyweight Champion on the second show and defended the championship for most of its run until being dethroned by the much larger competitor Goonga in the final episode . Tornado won a tournament where the winner would be awarded the WWP Heavyweight World Title , but seeing as he was already the champion he retained the championship . Sando Paaji defeated Tornado to win the 100 % Championship but refused to accept the title and it was awarded back to Tornado . Ananzi and Jason Steele were featured prominently on the show , with Steele winning a title contender ' s tournament that lasted several weeks and Ananzi winning a crucial ladder match against Angelico that awarded the winning team keys to a new vehicle . A controversial angle aired where one of the wrestlers competing on the Indian team died in the ring as a result of injuries inflicted by the Nigerian wrestler Kilimanjaro , which later led to an angle where the passed wrestler returned . Roster Split ( 2004 - 2006 ) . The roster was previously divided into two factions , namely " Alkebulan " and " Def Faxion " . The kayfabe storyline entailed that the factions adopted different cultural beliefs , with " Def Faxion " being based on modernity and materialism , while " Alkebulan " bore opposite traits , deeply rooted in myth and tradition . Each faction had a championship which was regularly competed for on the " WWP Thunderstrike " show . The final Def Faxion Heavyweight Champion was The Blacksmith and the final Alkebulan Heavyweight Champion was Ananzi . In late 2006 with the premiere of the third season , the factions were dropped and focus was placed on traditional Heavyweight , Tag Team , Female and Cruiserweight divisions . Touring . Despite the promotion being mainly a product produced for television since 2004 , it regularly holds road show tours in various parts of the world such as India , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Nigeria , Greece , Venezuela , Paraguay , and in their home country of South Africa . In November , 2008 , WWP drew a sell - out crowd at Carnival City in Johannesburg , South Africa , a first for a South African wrestling promotion since the 1980s wrestling boom . In July , 2009 , WWP drew a record 20 , 000 fans in Lubambashi , DRC , their biggest attendance to date . Training Facilities . World Wrestling Professionals has five training facilities scattered across South Africa . Shows are sometimes independently held by the training facilities in their respective regions showcasing their top students . Roster . Other On - Air Talent . WWP Referee ' s ( current )