Philippine Wrestling Revolution

Philippine Wrestling Revolution^[1]

Acronym	PWR
Founded	December 22, 2013
Style	Professional wrestling
Founder(s)	Yusuf Meer (President - PWR) Jason Dimayuga (Co-Vice President - PWR) Mark Javellana (Co-Vice President - PWR) Ouel Babasa (Creative Director - PWR) Bombay Suarez (Head Trainer - PWR) Camille Alonzo (Human Resources - PWR)
Owner(s)	Sports Entertainment Philippines Manila Ring Fights Promotion
Website	http://www.pwrcentral.com

Philippine Wrestling Revolution (PWR) is a Filipino independent professional wrestling promotion founded in 2013.

History

Professional wrestling in the Philippines started in 1989 through the short-lived show called "Pinoy Wrestling". It aired on national television via PTV-4, with character actor Johnny Revilla as host.

Its roster consisted of locally-trained wrestlers such as Joe Pogi, King Cobra, Macho Franco, Caloy Bakal, and Max Buwaya. There were also tag teams such as The Smoky Mountain Brothers, The Bakal Boys, and Dr. Q’s henchmen The Brusko Brothers, Kamikaze Kid and Roboto. Women wrestlers like Aerobica and Pinay Wonder and midgets such as The Mikrobyos and The Tureritos were also featured. Other wrestlers include Juan Duwag, Waway The Wild Man, Turko Turero, Pinoy Ranger, Sultan Bato, Iggy Igorot, Lawin and Zorro. The show was discontinued in the early part of 1990.^[3]

In 2012, the idea of forming PWR was born in a Facebook group. Wrestling fans from different parts of the country linked up and were added to the group to establish a wrestling company, discuss fantasy bookings, and conceptualize characters and gimmicks. This came about despite pro wrestling not being as popular in the Philippines since the end of the WWE Attitude Era in the late 1990s and early 2000s as well as the exposure of kayfabe. The upstart promotion got an assist from veteran American pro wrestler Joe E. Legend, who helped them in the preparations.

Sometime between late 2013 and early 2014, the group was contacted by a Japanese promoter Ankei Tamashiro doing a show in the Philippines for WNC-Reina, where two of the main attractions were former WWE and ECW superstar Tajiri and half-Filipina triple crown champion Shuri Kondo.^[4] The Japanese promoter's representative in Manila found PWR's Facebook page and asked the group to assist them in setting up and promoting the show in the country. These events further encouraged the group to pursue the idea of setting up the first-ever wrestling promotion in the country.^[3][5]

The pioneer batch of aspiring professional wrestlers were officially trained by an American pro wrestler who goes by the name of Josh Bauserman, whom they met in Manila during the early stages of planning. The founders credit Bauserman for teaching them everything about pro wrestling, from in-ring maneuvers to backstage activities.

Events

The promotion held its inaugural event called Renaissance on September 27, 2014, at the Makati Square Arena, Makati City.^[6][7][8]

PWR then held subsequent events to complete its calendar: Terminus (December), Vendetta (February), and Wrevolution X (May), which is considered to be PWR's WrestleMania equivalent. ^[9]

On August 15, 2015, PWR held an event called PWR Live, still at the Makati Cinema Square Arena. Multiple events named PWR Live have been staged since.

To date, 2 PWR shows have been aired on television (on tape delay) via TV5: Terminus (2014)^[10] and PWR Live (August 2015)^[11]

After its second Renaissance event in September, PWR held a second PWR Live event in November, but in a new venue, at the iAcademy Auditorium in Makati City. Since then, all PWR events have been hosted there.

Celebrity guests who have been attendance in previous events include Quark Henares, Stanley Chi, Red Ollero, Darius Semaña, radio DJs Poch and Tino, Ryan Songalia, Mihk Vergara, King Palisoc, Miko Livelo, Brian Wilson of Juan Direction, Ramon Bautista, and Ryan Rems Sarita.

On February 5, 2016, PWR held a house show at the LBD Sports Arena in Candelaria, Quezon, its first outside Metro Manila.^[12]

List of events

2014

2015

2016

Upcoming events

Championships and accomplishments

Current championships

"The Senyorito" Jake de Leon

"Classical" Bryan Leo

Championship	Current champion(s)	Reign	Date won	Days held	Notes
PWR Championship	"Classical" Bryan Leo	2	February 20, 2016	70+	Defeated Ralph Imabayashi at Vendetta
Philippine Hybrid X (PHX) Championship	Main Maxx	1	April 23, 2016	7+	Defeated Bombay Suarez and Ken Warren at PWR Live: Road to Wrevolution X
MyPW Extreme Division Champion	Bombay Suarez	1	February 13, 2016	77+	Defeated JTJ in a hardcore match to become the inaugural MyPW Extreme Division Champion.

PWR Championship

Reigns

As of February 2016, there have been 3 titleholders of the PWR Championship with a total of 4 reigns. The inaugural champion was "The Senyorito" Jake de Leon, who won it at Wrevolution X in May 2015.

"Classical" Bryan Leo is the current champion, in his second reign. He defeated Ralph Imabayashi at Vendetta 2016.

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	"The Senyorito" Jake de Leon	1	May 23, 2015	<1	Makati City	Wrevolution X	Defeated Bombay Suarez to become the inaugural champion.
2	"Classical" Bryan Leo	1	May 23, 2015	210	Makati City	Wrevolution X	Used the opportunity that Mr. Sy gave to Bryan Leo on the same night, after defeating Mayhem Brannigan.
3	Ralph Imabayashi	1	December 19, 2015	63	Makati City	Terminus	Imabayashi won the #1 contender's match at PWR Live 2 to face Leo at Terminus.He is the first ever Japanese PWR Superstar to win the PWR Championship.
4	"Classical" Bryan Leo	2	February 20, 2016	70+	Makati City	Vendetta

Philippine Hybrid X Championship

Reigns

As of March 2016, there have been 3 titleholders of the Philippine Hybrid X (PHX) Championship, with a total of 2 reigns. The inaugural champion is "The Social Media Sinister" Ken Warren, who defeated Ralph Imabayashi in the finals of an 8-man tournament at Renaissance 2015.

The second champion is Bombay Suarez, who defeated Warren and Chris Panzer in a three-way match at PWR Live: Manila Madness on March 5, 2016.

The current champion is the "Perfect Ten" Main Maxx. He was inserted in the one-on-one contest between Ken Warren and the champion Bombay Suarez. The match then became a Three-way match when the lawyer of Maxx demanded that he is not officially eliminated.

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	"The Social Media Sinister" Ken Warren	1	September 26, 2015	161	Makati City	Renaissance	Defeated Ralph Imabayashi in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
2	Bombay Suarez	1	March 5, 2016	56	Manila	PWR Live: Manila Madness	Defeated Chris Panzer and Ken Warren in a three-way match. He is also the MyPW Extreme Division Champion at that time.
3	Main Maxx	1	April 23, 2016	7+	Parañaque	PWR Live: Road to Wrevolution X	Defeated Bombay Suarez and Ken Warren in a three-way match. Main Maxx's lawyer demanded that he wasn't officially eliminated at The Path of Gold contest , this made Maxx to be inserted in PHX title match

Reign	The reign number for the wrestler listed
Location	The city in which the title was won
Event	The event in which the title was won
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Other accomplishments

Accomplishment	Latest winner(s)	Date won	Event	Notes
Path of Gold trophy	"The Senyorito" Jake de Leon	December 19, 2015	Terminus (2015)	Eight-man gauntlet-like match. Last eliminated Peter Versoza to win.
MyPW Extreme Division Championship	Bombay Suarez	February 13, 2016	MyPW Uprising (2016)	Defeated JTJ in a hardcore match to become the inaugural MyPW Extreme Division Champion.

Roster

Wrestlers

Mayhem Brannigan

Bombay Suarez

The Apocalypse

Ring Name	Notes
The Apocalypse [27]
Bombay Suarez [28]	Also head trainer MyPW Extreme Division Champion (Current)
"Classical" Bryan Leo [29]	Current PWR Champion
Chino Guinto [30]	Member of The Network
Chris Panzer [31]
Crystal [32]	Also ring announcer and backstage interviewer
"The Senyorito" Jake de Leon [33]
James "Idol" Martinez [34]	Leader of The Network
Joey Bax [35]	One half of Fighters 4 Hire; bodyguard for Ken Warren
"Cutthroat" John Sebastian [36]
Kanto Terror [37]	One half of Beer Promdi
"The Social Media Sinister" Ken Warren [38]
"The Perfect 10" Main Maxx [39]	Current Philippine Hybrid X Champion
Mark D. Manalo [40]	One half of Beer Promdi
"The Machine" Mavericc Knight [41]
Mayhem Brannigan [42]	Inactive due to shoulder injury
Miguel Rosales [35]	One half of Fighters 4 Hire
Peter Versoza [43]
Ralph Imabayashi [44]
Rederick Mahaba [45]
SANDATA [46]
Vintendo [47]

Other personnel

Mr. Sy

Name	Notes
Mr. Sy [48]	General Manager
Bruno Bernardo	Member of The Network; bodyguard for James "Idol" Martinez
Scarlett [49]	Valet for "Classical" Bryan Leo, Main Maxx, Peter Versoza and John Sebastian (The Royal Flush)
Pocholo Estrada	Ring announcer
Lucas Hunter	Senior Referee
Matt Roxas	Senior Referee
Paulo Agudelo	Referee
Ben Vitacion	Referee
Francis Fabregas	Commentator
Victor E. Manuel	Commentator

Alumni

• Barry Navarro
• Draven Sloane
• Epitaph
• Mike Shannon
• Mike Vargas
• Mr. William Melvin
• THE Nelson Borman Jr.
• Robin Sane

PWR Bootcamp

The promotion has posted various campaigns on most social media platforms for pro-wrestling training on both males and females ages 18 and above for their scheduled bootcamp.

References

1. "Philippine Wrestling Revolution". pwrcentral.com.
2. "Philippine Wrestling Revolution". pwrcentral.com.
3. Nissi Icasiano. "PWR: Reviving pro wrestling in the Philippines". Rappler.
4. "Ex-WWE star Tajiri wows crowd in Manila wrestling event". philstar.com.
5. "30 in 30 Reborn: Philippine Wrestling Revolution’s Channel - The Johnson Transcript". The Johnson Transcript.
6. "PWR Renaissance: Breaking down the revival of Pinoy wrestling". Rappler.
7. "Philippine Wrestling Revolution Presents "Renaissance" Pro-Wrestling Event (Raffle)". geekypinas.com.
8. "Renaissance: Philippine Wrestling Revolution Inaugural Event". When In Manila.
9. "Renaissance: Philippine Wrestling Revolution live event". ASTIG.PH.
10. "PWR Terminus - Main Event: JDL and Bombay vs. Royal Flush". Sports5 Portal.
11. "PWR: Episode 1.1". Sports5 Portal.
12. "PWR invades Quezon". facebook.com.
13. "PWR: Renaissance – 5 Awesome Things from PWR’s Pinoy Pro Wrestling Revival". When in Manila. 2014-09-28.
14. "PWR: Terminus – Pinoy Pro Wrestling Event Ends 2014 With a Bang!". When in Manila. 2014-12-14.
15. "Philippine Wrestling Revolution ends 2014 on high note with ‘Terminus’". Rappler. 2014-12-18.
16. "PWR: Vendetta – The Event That Made Philippine Pro Wrestling History". When in Manila. 2015-05-24.
17. "Going over the edge at PWR’s Vendetta event". Rappler. 2015-02-27.
18. "PWR: Wrevolution X – The Crowning of the First PWR Champion". When in Manila. 2015-05-24.
19. "The best of the best at PWR Wrevolution X". Rappler. 2015-05-26.
20. "The Smark Henry Wrevolution X Review". Smark Henry. 2015-05-26.
21. "PWR Live – Adding More Gold to the Philippine Pro Wrestling Scene". When in Manila. 2015-08-17.
22. "The Smark Henry Review of PWR Live". Smark Henry. 2015-08-17.
23. "The best of the best at PWR Live". Rappler. 2015-08-21.
24. "PWR Renaissance – Lightning Strikes Twice For PWR’s Second Renaissance Event". When in Manila. 2015-09-29.
25. "The Smark Henry Review of PWR Renaissance". Smark Henry. 2015-09-30.
26. "PWR Renaissance 2015 In Summary". What's A Geek. 2015-10-02.
27. "The Apocalypse". PWR Central.
28. "Bombay Suarez". PWR Central.
29. "Classical Bryan Leo". PWR Central.
30. "The Network's newest member". facebook.com.
31. "Chris Panzer". PWR Central.
32. "Crystal - PWR". facebook.com.
33. "Jake de Leon". PWR Central.
34. "James “Idol” Martinez of The Network". PWR Central.
35. "Fighters 4 Hire". PWR Central.
36. "John Sebastian". PWR Central.
37. "Kanto Terror". PWR Central.
38. "Ken Warren". PWR Central.
39. "Main Maxx". PWR Central.
40. "Mark D. Manalo". PWR Central.
41. "The Machine Mavericc Knight - PWR". facebook.com.
42. "Mayhem Brannigan". PWR Central.
43. "Peter Versoza". PWR Central.
44. "Ralph Imabayashi". PWR Central.
45. "Rederick Mahaba". PWR Central.
46. "SANDATA". PWR Central.
47. "Vintendo". PWR Central.
48. "General Manager Mr. Sy". PWR Central.
49. "Scarlett". PWR Central.

External links

• Official website
• Philippine Wrestling Revolution on Facebook
• Philippine Wrestling Revolution on Twitter
• Philippine Wrestling Revolution's channel on YouTube
• Philippine Wrestling Revolution on Instagram
• PWR Google Plus
• The Smark Gilas-Pilipinas Podcast