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In April 2014, in anticipation of their first WrestleMania event at the Woolshed venue, the first episode of Low Blows was released hosted by Nash and Don Marnell (now commentator for OTT Wrestling), an inductee of the company's hall of fame from the year prior.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/WWEIreland/posts/421021428035441|title=4 DAYS UNTIL #WoolshedMania! A special... - Low Blows Wrestling Parties {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-20}}</ref>
In February 2016, in an effort to distance themselves away from WWE and cultivate the Low Blows brand established with the podcast and their [
In June 2016, the company hosted a campaign on behalf of a five-year-old Max Birmingham, who was then suffering from a relapse of stage four [[Neuroblastoma|neuroblastoma cancer]]. Because of his fascination with wrestling, Max's mother contacted the company asking for any spare memorabilia that people could give while Max is in treatment as a means of distraction from his treatment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/wrestling-toys-for-max-2813842-Jun2016/|title=A campaign wants you to give old wrestling toys to a five-year-old boy who has cancer|last=Hosford|first=Paul|work=TheJournal.ie|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en}}</ref> In response, the company's Money in the Bank party was labelled with '[https://twitter.com/search?q=%23memorabiliaformax&src=typd #MemorabiliaForMax]', and there was a collection of toys made to be donated to Max. Nash had to say on the matter "“Max and his family aren’t looking for money, just toys that people already have and can afford to give away. It’s something so small for people, but it’d make a huge difference".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://uk.lalalay.com/news/world/ireland/-15064-a-campaign-wants-you-to-give-old-wrestling-toys-to-a-five-year-old-boy-who-has-cancer/|title=A campaign wants you to give old wrestling toys to a five-year-old boy who has cancer|work=СМИ Express|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en}}</ref> The event was so impactful that it drew the attention of [[Mick Foley|WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley]], who tweeted his support for the event saying "Please let me know where I can send Max some cool things".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/RealMickFoley/status/740974684443975680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw|title=Mick Foley on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en}}</ref>
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2017 marks the first time a live band will appear preceding one of the company's events. The Low Blows Band, a [[house band]] curated by the hosts of the podcast, will be performing a full concert based around wrestler's theme songs prior to their WrestleMania 33 party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/irelands-first-ever-wrestlemania-viewing-partyconcert-set-take-place-april-582153|title=Ireland's first ever Wrestlemania viewing party/concert is set to take place in April {{!}} JOE.ie|work=JOE.ie|access-date=2017-03-20|language=en}}</ref>
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