Posted on 5/31/126 by Colin Vassallo
In a post on their social media, Soft Ground Wrestling in
Uganda thanked WWE champion Cody Rhodes for keeping his
promise and purchasing a wrestling ring for them.
“Huge thank you to Cody Rhodes for purchasing and donating
our wrestling ring to SGW,” SGW wrote on X. “The ring is now
being used to train and develop the next generation of
wrestlers in Uganda. Your support is making a real
difference.”
The group running the promotion received a lot of following
online after videos were uploaded showing them wrestle on
soft mud ground. They eventually received several donations
from different wrestlers, but shipping a ring to Uganda was
not going to be an easy task.
In 2024, Rhodes promised the promotion to get them a ring
and said that he found someone in Uganda who could build one
for them as sending in a boat, things could be tricky.
“When it gets done, send the bill to me. It is on me. My
gift to you,” Rhodes said at the time. “The wrestling
business has literally given me everything in my life that I
could possibly dream of. And I would just like to give
something back to you guys. Welcome you officially into this
big wide world of pro wrestling. I can’t wait to see what
you do with it.”