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.”
