Pro Championship Wrestling

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Pro Championship Wrestling
AcronymPCW
Founded2011 [1]
Headquarters Preston, Lancashire, England [1]
Founder(s)Steven Fludder
Owner(s)Steven Fludder [1]
Website facebook.com/PCWlive

Pro Championship Wrestling (PCW UK) is a British owned independent professional wrestling promotion established as Preston City Wrestling in 2011. It was re-branded as Pro Championship Wrestling in 2020, and is still stylised as PCW. PCW runs the majority of its shows in Preston, in the county of Lancashire in England.

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History

Pro Championship Wrestling UK was founded in 2011 as Preston City Wrestling by Steven Fludder in Preston, Lancashire. [2] Their first event was held on 26 August 2011 in Preston and they crowned their first PCW champion during the second show on 23 September. [3] Many other notable British talents have also wrestled at PCW including Magnus, Drew Galloway, [4] Rampage Brown, Andy Wild, Dave Mastiff, Jack Jester, James Mason, Lionheart, Rockstar Spud, Leyton Buzzard, Noam Dar, Kris Travis, Tyler Bate and Doug Williams. [5] [6] [7] In 2013, it was announced that former boxing champion Riddick Bowe would sign his first contract with PCW and wrestle his first match in March 2014. [8] However, on 14 December 2013, Preston City Wrestling announced on their Facebook Page that Bowe would no longer be appearing due to a disagreement with Bowe`s new agent. At "Tribute to the Troops" in 2014, approximately 2000 people were in attendance for the free (non paid) show, a record for a wrestling show in the United Kingdom outside of WWE or WCW shows. [9] [10] In June 2014 they announced their partnership with Ring of Honor (ROH) [10] and presented their first show together called "Supershow of Honor" in November. [11] [12] In July 2015 it was announced that another four wrestling shows co-promoted by both organizations would occur in November 2015. [13] On 27 November Adam Cole became the first Ring of Honor wrestler to gain a PCW title, winning the PCW Cruiserweight Championship from El Ligero. [14] It was announced on Twitter that Billy Gunn signed with PCW for "Road To Glory 2016" show in February along with Tajiri. [15] On 25 June 2016, PCW hosted the first HD iPPV in European wrestling history. [16] In September 2016, PCW withdrew from its relationship with ROH and announced they were now working with American promotions Beyond Wrestling and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). [17]

Championships

Current champions

ChampionshipCurrent championsDate wonEventPrevious championsDays held
PCW Heavyweight ChampionshipBig T14 July 2025PCW Mega 4Philip Michael38+
PCW Tag Team ChampionshipDeath Row (Dan Whyte and Kane Korso)18 March 2023PCW Road to Glory 2023The Sausage Rolls (Axel Strife & Big Ste)851+
PCW Cruiserweight ChampionshipJordan Kane21 September 2024PCW 13th Anniversary ShowCJ Banks298+
PCW Women's Championship Commander Stephanie Sterling 18 March 2023PCW Road to Glory 2023Lizzy Styles851+

Tournaments

TournamentCurrent winnerDate wonEvent
Road To GloryRP Davies15 March 2025Road to Glory 2025
Kris Travis Memorial Bubblegum February 26, 2017Kris Travis Memorial Day 3

Road To Glory winners

References

  1. 1 2 3 "PCW UK (Pro Championship Wrestling)". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "In The Spotlight: Preston City Wrestling: The Expert Of Imports". WrestleTalk. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Preston City Wrestling Shows 1 and 2". PW Ponderings. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. ↑ McIntyre, Drew; Edworthy, Sarah (2021). My Story: A Chosen Destiny. Gallery Books. p. 265. ISBN   978-1-9821-8505-3 . Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Preston City Wrestling : Britain's fastest growing company". International Sports in the UK. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Pro Championship Wrestling (PCW) » All-Time Roster Year 2012". CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Pro Championship Wrestling (PCW) » All-Time Roster Year 2015". CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "FSM Exclusive: Former Heavyweight Boxing Champ Heading To PCW". Fighting Spirit Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "PCW's Steven Fludder - Preston City Wrestling had 4000!". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Preston City Wrestling Announce Partnership with Ring of Honor". The Wrestling Forum News. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "UK SUPERSHOW OF HONOR". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Preston City Wrestling/Ring of Honor Evening Supershow Of Honor Report 11.29.14". 411 Mania. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ring of Honor and Preston City Wrestling stars to clash this autumn". Mirror. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Ring of Honor/PCW Supershow of Honor 2 Results: Jay Lethal vs. Noam Dar". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Billy Gunn Post-WWE Appearances Announced, Zahra Schreiber Uses The Curb Stomp (Video), Batista Note". Wrestling Inc. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  16. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "PCW Tribute To The Troops 3 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  17. ↑ "U.K. indie Preston City withdraws from working relationship with ROH, announces replacements". Pro Wrestling Torch. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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