Melbourne City Wrestling

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Melbourne City Wrestling
AcronymMCW
Founded16 October 2010
Style Professional wrestling
Lucha libre
Strong style
Sports entertainment
Headquarters Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Founder(s)Michael E. Jozis [1]
Owner(s)Hot Tag Network [2]
FormerlyAustralian Championship Wrestling (1990s-2010)
Website https://mcitywrestling.com.au/

Melbourne City Wrestling is an Australian independent professional wrestling promotion founded in 2010, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [3]

Contents

Melbourne City Wrestling currently has two major venues that they use. MCW hosts monthly events at the Essendon Ukrainian Hall which is fondly dubbed the "MCW Arena" by their loyal following of fans. MCW also hold their super card events, which are only held a few months of the year, within the grand ballroom at the Thornbury Theatre, dubbed "the birthplace of MCW" as the first MCW event was held here. [4]

History

Partnerships & affiliations

Promotion partnerships

In April 2018, Progress Wrestling co-promoted a show with Australian independent professional wrestling promotions Explosive Pro Wrestling, Melbourne City Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Australia. In June 2019, Melbourne City Wrestling held the cross-promotional event, Southern Rumble 2019, in partnership with Southern Pro Wrestling (SPW) in Invercargill, New Zealand [5]

Training affiliation

During Progress x Melbourne City Wrestling show on 20 April 2018, Melbourne City Wrestling announced the launch [6] of their own training academy.

Championships and accomplishments

Current championships

ChampionshipCurrent Champion(s)ReignDate wonDays held
MCW Heavyweight ChampionshipRicky South18 December 202426+
MCW Intercommonwealth ChampionshipRobbie Thorpe116 June 2024201+
MCW Tag Team ChampionshipThe Parea (Gabriel Aeros and Eli Theseus)28 December 202426+
MCW Women's ChampionshipEugenie18 December 202426+

Other accomplishments

AccomplishmentLatest winner(s)Date wonLocationEventNotes
Ballroom Brawl
[7] 		Ricky South16 June 2024 Melbourne, Vic.
( Thornbury Theatre )		Ballroom Brawl [Notes 1]
Jenny & Vera Memorial Cup
[8] [9] [10] [11] 		Kellyanne28 April 2017 Melbourne, Vic.
( Thornbury Theatre )		Clash Of The TitansDefeated Evie in the tournament final.
[Notes 2]
Invitational Tournament Steph De Lander 12 October 2019 Melbourne, Vic.
( Thornbury Theatre )		MCW NINE - Night 2Defeated Kellyanne in the tournament final. Also became the first MCW Women's Champion.
[Notes 3]

Roster

MCW wrestlers are freelance competitors, meaning they appear for multiple promotions either nationwide or worldwide as well as performing for Melbourne City Wrestling. The current roster are wrestlers who have appeared on the three most recent MCW shows, barring any who have announced they have left the promotion, while the list of alumni and notable guests is of wrestlers who have competed at MCW events in the past. [12]

Broadcast team

Media

DVD releases

Select events are made available for purchase on DVD from Melbourne City Wrestling Online Shop. [13]

Video on demand

In early 2014, Melbourne City Wrestling launched "MCW Encore: Video On Demand" on Vimeo, which includes MCW events held between 2010 and 2017, as well as some documentaries. The majority of the back catalogue of events are available for a monthly subscription fee, or events can be purchased individually. [14] [15]

On 25 January 2018, Melbourne City Wrestling launched "MCW Encore: Video On Demand" on Pivotshare. [16]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Past winners: Danny Psycho (2012); Carlo Cannon (2013); Elliot Sexton (2014); Tommy Hellfire (2015); Mr Juicy (2016); Jonah Rock (2017); JXT (2018); Adam Brooks (2019); Mitch Waterman (2021); Buddy Matthews (2022); Slex (2023).
  2. ↑ Past winners: KC Cassidy (2014).
  3. ↑ Past winners: Marty Scurll (2016), Dowie James (2017).

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  5. ↑ NZPWI - SPW Southern Rumble 2019. 14 January 2019
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  13. ↑ http://mcwrestling.bigcartel.com/ MCW Shop
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  15. ↑ "Home".
  16. ↑ "Home".
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