Lee Jordan Builds Battleground Wrestling

Kanawha Valley Hustlers · May 12, 2026 · 1m

In this episode of the Kanawha Valley Hustlers podcast, I talk with Lee Jordan about Battleground Wrestling and how he built an independent wrestling promotion here in West Virginia. Lee started with a love of wrestling and turned it into a live event business that now runs about six shows a year. Battleground Wrestling has held events across the state, but its home base is now in Winfield.

Lee walks me through the early days, when the whole thing was a labor of love. The first big step was buying an 18-foot ring. From there, he helped launch House of Rage wrestling school, where new…