Jonathan Gresham Launches New Wrestling Promotion ROUND 1

Former ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham is launching ROUND 1, a new professional wrestling promotion built around his Modern Age Grappling style, with its first event set for Saturday, January 9, 2027 . Gresham announced the project Monday on X, framing M.A.G. as the style and ROUND 1 as the promotion. He called it "a new platform" and "a different approach," created "in collaboration with 1FW & PRODUCE." "We're creating a space for another expression of professional wrestling to exist," Gresham wrote. "This is the beginning." A promotional video accompanied the announcement, showing a packed, intimate crowd with fans and family at ringside and a muscular wrestler wearing a gold medal cutting an impassioned promo before the clip closes on the ROUND 1 logo. No venue, opening card, or ticketing details have been announced. Who's Behind ROUND 1 Both partners already have ties to Gresham. 1FW (1 Fall Wrestling) is QT Marshall's Georgia promotion, relaunched in 2025 and released weekly on TrillerTV+ and MyAEW. Gresham wrestled Jay Lethal, his former ROH World Tag Team Championship partner, at a 1FW taping in Atlanta on July 17. PRODUCE is the New York wrestling series presented by Or...