Two players climb into oversized padded sumo wrestling suits, strap on
the helmets, and try to wrestle each other off the mat. Touch down with
anything other than the soles of your feet and the bout is lost, and
the padding takes the falls. The set needs a flat 15ft square and no
power socket at all, so it goes up on exhibition floors and in
hard-floored halls as easily as it does in a marquee. Hire from £124.17
plus VAT.
How a Bout Works
The suits are padded and stitched, sized for adults, with a headpiece
in the style of a sumo topknot and a belt in red or blue so you can
tell the two wrestlers apart. The job in the ring is to stay on your
feet and get your opponent off theirs, and a bout ends the moment
someone touches down with a hand, a knee or anything else that isn't a
sole. The crash mats underneath look after the landings, so the falls
that end each bout are the soft sort.
Because the rule is that simple, nobody needs much coaching before
their first bout, and spectators can follow it from the back of the
room, which helps on a busy stand.
Most things that draw a crowd on a stand need a blower running all day
and a socket to plug it into. The sumo suits need neither - the padding
is stitched in, not blown up - so the whole kit is a 15ft square of
mats and two suits, and it works in a shell-scheme hall at the
NEC Birmingham or a feature area at
ExCeL London without anyone having to find
the venue electrician. The set is adults only, which happens to match
most exhibition guest lists.
The suits take artwork for stands too: a branded back panel at £99,
12 branded buttons at £49, or both for £125, printed and fitted by our
in-house branding team. Between the branded kit and the
sight of two visitors wrestling in padded suits, the stand tends to
collect an audience.
If the space is a 3m shell scheme instead of an open floor, the
stand-sized games fit the room better
and we can say which after a quick look at the floorplan.
Where It Gets Booked
Exhibition halls and feature areas
A 15ft square of mats with no power draw, so it can sit in a hall or feature area without anyone rearranging the electrics for it.
Brand activations and product launches
A branded back panel and buttons put your logo on the wrestlers themselves, and head to head bouts in front of a stand pull their own audience.
Corporate promotions and fun days
Head to head, adults only and easy to pick up, which suits a guest list made up of staff and customers.
Team building and competitions
Our attendant can run the same two suits as a ladder or knockout with a leaderboard, which stretches two suits across a whole afternoon of rounds.
Evening socials and award nights
The mats go down on a hotel floor or in a marquee once the conference day is done, and the suits carry on into the evening.
Shopping centre and venue promotions
The mats protect the floor underneath, the queue forms on its own, and the branding works from the sidelines while the bouts run.
What's Included
Two adult padded sumo wrestling suits with helmets, one red belt and one blue
Crash mats for the floor, plus the headpieces
Full £5 million public liability insurance as standard, with indemnity to principal cover when our staff are supplied
A trained attendant to run the bouts hands-free if you want one
Risk assessments and method statements emailed to you or your venue before the event
Delivered in our own vehicles and set up by our own team before guests arrive
Hire is from £124.17 plus VAT, and a minimum spend may apply depending
on where the event is. Keeping the kit overnight is an extra £25 flat
for everything on the booking. We can usually discount multiple items
on the same delivery - contact us for a quote.
We have been hiring games out of a 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Rotherham
since 1999, five minutes off the M1, A1 and M18, and around 95% of the
kit we list is owned and maintained in-house, suits and mats included.
The exhibition venues get several deliveries a week from us - the
NEC Birmingham, Manchester Central and
ExCeL London among them - and larger
packages travel nationwide. Jennie Talbot hired the suits alongside
other kit for an event and said afterwards: "The equipment was in great
condition, everything was delivered and set up on time."
Where It Works
Surfaces
Indoors:
hard floors or artificial grass
Outdoors:
grass or hard standing, with the mats underneath
Not suitable:
concrete, a grass-and-hard-standing mix, or wood chip
What we are really booking against is a flat 15ft square with 6ft of
headroom. If you are not sure whether your venue's floor fits that,
send the details with your enquiry and we will confirm before you
commit.
What It Needs
A flat area around 15ft x 15ft with 6ft of clear height, mats down
No power socket anywhere near it - there is nothing to plug in
Adults only; the set is not sized for children
A responsible adult (18+) supervising throughout, or a trained attendant from us to run the bouts for you
Sumo Suit Hire Questions
Does the sumo ring need power?
No. Nothing on the set plugs in - no blower, no cable and no
generator to plan for - which makes it one of the few crowd-pullers
we can put in the middle of a hall floor without asking the venue
for a single socket.
Is it adults only?
Yes, this set is sized for adults and is not suitable for children.
Supervision is a responsible adult (18+) throughout, or a trained
attendant from us to run the bouts if that is easier for you.
How much space does it need?
A flat 15ft x 15ft area with 6ft of headroom. It works indoors on
hard floors or artificial grass and outdoors on grass or hard
standing with the mats underneath. It does not go on bare concrete,
a grass-and-hard-standing mix, or wood chip.
Can we brand the suits for our stand?
Yes. Artwork goes on a branded back panel, on 12 branded buttons,
or on both, and our in-house team prints and fits it for your
dates. The prices are in the exhibition section above, and we can
price the branding into the same quote as the hire.
Pairs Well With
The suits sit in the same corner of the kit list as the games below -
big enough to spot from across a hall and simple enough to explain in a
sentence. The zorbs with inflatable surround
are the other one we reach for when a client wants a spectacle with
people visible inside it, and the rest of them suit a multi-game field
or a feature area. Tell us the shape of the day and we will suggest a
combination that fits the space and the budget.
Send the dates, the venue and what the floor is made of, along with a
rough idea of the clear space you have. We will confirm the 15ft square
fits, price any branding into the same quote, and add the £25 overnight
option if you want the kit to stay put between days.
