10 Things Fans Should Know About House Of Glory Wrestling

These days, pro wrestling fans have a ton of options when it comes to promotions to watch. Outside of major promotions like WWE, All Elite Wrestling, and Impact Wrestling not to mention international promotions like New Japan Pro-Wrestling and AAA there are countless indie promotions, including New York-based House of Glory Wrestling.

These days, pro wrestling fans have a ton of options when it comes to promotions to watch. Outside of major promotions like WWE, All Elite Wrestling, and Impact Wrestling — not to mention international promotions like New Japan Pro-Wrestling and AAA — there are countless indie promotions, including New York-based House of Glory Wrestling.

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Founded in 2012, HOG has been flying under the radar for about a decade, showcasing some of the top stars of the indie and international scenes, and introducing the world to up-and-comers who have performed for AEW. Let’s take a look at what fans should know about House of Glory.

10 Co-Founded by Amazing Red

One of the names behind House of Glory Wrestling is one that die-hard fans know pretty well: Amazing Red. Trained by ECW legend Mikey Whipwreck, Amazing Red debuted in 1998 and made his biggest splash performing for Impact Wrestling, where he captured three X Division Titles during his time there as well as the NWA World Tag Team Championship alongside his kayfabe brother Crimson.

A high-flyer who introduced the wrestling world to the Code Red maneuver, Amazing Red is considered one of the great aerial innovators of the 21st century.

9 Co-Founded by Brian XL

Amazing Red’s partner in starting up House of Glory may be less known to all but the most die-hard of die-hards. Also hailing from New York, Brian XL was also trained by Mikey Whipwreck, and debuted in 1999.

Fans may remember him best from his appearances in Combat Zone Wrestling and Ring of Honor, where he took part in many multi-man scramble matches during ROH’s early days, including at the first show, The Era of Honor Begins, and had bout against Eddie Guerrero at the company’s third show, Night of Appreciation.

8 Ricochet Was The First HOG Heavyweight Champion

House of Glory started up in 2012, but didn’t introduce its top title, the HOG Heavyweight Title, until 2014. The inaugural champion was determined in an eight-man tournament at Quest for Glory, with a lineup including Drew Gulak, Shane Strickland (a.k.a. AEW’s Swerve Strickland), JT Dunn, Anthony Gagone, Marq Quen, Dan Maff, and Ricochet.

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Appropriate to a promotion started by Amazing Red, the beloved high-flyer Ricochet would beat Drew Gulak in the finals of the tournament, holding the belt for 125 days until he dropped the belt to Brian XL.

7 Four Championships

In addition to the HOG Heavyweight Championship, House of Glory has three other championships wrestlers can fight for. The company’s secondary singles title — which has overtaken the Heavyweight Title in prominence in recent years - the Crown Jewel Championship, originally called the Elite Championship.

Along with Tag Team Championships (see below), House of Glory’s latest belt is the HOG Women’s Championship, which was introduced in 2016, and has been held by five champions to date.

6 The Young Bucks Were The First Tag Team Champions

Matt and Nick Jackson — collectively known as AEW stars The Young Bucks — were early adopters of House of Glory, having performed on the company’s first show, High Intensity, in May of 2012.

They also have the distinction of being HOG’s first Tag Team Champions after beating Homicide and Hernandez in a tournament final to kick off a 182-day reign that would end at the hands of Crimson and Amazing Red in May, 2014. Since then, a number of well-known tag teams have held the belts, including The Lucha Brothers, Santana and Ortiz, and The Briscoes.

5 Streams On FITE TV

House of Glory went on hiatus in December of 2019 only to return nearly two years later in November 2021 with the appropriately named show Born Again. Streamed on combat sports streaming service FITE TV, Born Again featured a landmark main event, with Amazing Red coming out of retirement to take on New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Will Ospreay.

Since then, HOG shows have continued to stream on FITE, including May 2022’s Holy Grail and Janugary 2022’s all-female show Who Runs The World? Girls.

4 Anthony Gangone Is The Longest Reigning Heavyweight Champion

While Ricochet's inaugural Heavyweight Title reign is the shortest at 125 days, the longest reign actually goes to a homegrown star. Trained by Amazing Red and Brian XL, two-time champion Anthony Gangone beat Amazing Red to capture the HOG Heavyweight Championship for a second time in 2018, holding the belt for 1,374 days.

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However, much of that time was because Gagone wasn’t able to defend it since 2019. In May 2022, the title was vacated, with House of Glory announcing a tournament to crown a new champion, with a lineup including JONAH, Jeff Cobb, and Eddie Kingston.

3 Has a Training School

Predating the House of Glory wrestling promotion is the House of Glory Wrestling School, which opened in 2010, predating the promotion itself by a couple of years. With Amazing Red and Brian XL as head trainers, the HOG school’s website boasts guest instructors including Low-Ki and Jay Lethal.

As for wrestlers who have trained in the school, House of Glory is responsible for introducing the world to Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy, better known as Private Party, as well as Sasha Banks as she was preparing for her landmark NXT matches against Bayley.

2 Co-Promoted Show With Impact

Given that Amazing Red was a memorable part of Impact Wrestling in the 2000s, it’s only appropriate that House of Glory have some kind of relationship with Impact. Together, the two promotions put together a co-promoted show called Code Red that aired on Impact’s streaming service, Impact Plus, in May, 2019.

Relevant matches include Anthony Gangone defending the HOG Heavyweight Title against Impact’s Moose and fellow HOG performer Ken Broadway, and a six-man scramble match for the X Division title featuring Impact stars Ace Austin, Trey Miguel, and champion Rich Swann alongside HOG wrestlers Evander James, Smiley, and Mantequila.

1 Owned By Master P

In October of 2019, House of Glory made headlines in the wrestling world and beyond with a major announcement: that rapper Master P had bought a majority stake in the promotion and was reportedly bringing in his production team to improve the look of HOG’s product.

Of course, long-time fans may remember Master P for his prior venture into wrestling, heading the short-lived No Limit Soldiers stable in World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s. As part of the announcement, Master P posted a video taunting Vince McMahon on Instagram.

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