Preston City Wrestling

Preston City Wrestling
Acronym PCW
Founded 2011[1]
Headquarters Preston, Lancashire, England[1]
Founder(s) Steven Fludder
Owner(s) Steven Fludder[1]
Website www.prestoncitywrestling.com

Preston City Wrestling (PCW) is a British owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2011. PCW runs the majority of its shows in Preston, in the county of Lancashire in England.

History

Preston City Wrestling was founded in 2011 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 and Doug Williams.[4] 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.[5][6] 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 shows.[7][8] In June 2014 they announced their partnership with Ring of Honor[8] and presented their first show together called "Supershow of Honor" in November.[9][10] In July 2015 it was announced that another four wrestling shows co-promoted by both organizations would occur in November 2015.[11] 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.[12] It was announced on Twitter that Billy Gunn signed with PCW for "Road To Glory 2016" show in February along with former WWE superstar Tajiri.[13]

Championships

Current champions

Championship Current champions Date won Event Previous champions Notes
PCW Heavyweight Championship Sha Samuels 6 February 2016 Road to Glory 2016 Show 3 Dave Mastiff This was a Street Fight
PCW Tag Team Championship Team Single (Rampage Brown and T-Bone) 1 June 2013 No Retreat, No Surrender Show 3 The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) This is was three-way tag match, also involving Fight Club (Kid Fite & Liam Thomson).
PCW Cruiserweight Championship Adam Cole 27 November 2015 Supershow of Honor II Show 1 El Ligero This was a three-way match, also involving Bubblegum.

Tournaments

Tournament Current winner Date won Event Previous winner Notes
Road To Glory Rampage Brown 6 February 2016 Road to Glory 2016 Bubblegum

Road To Glory winners

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Preston City Wrestling". Cagematch. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  2. ↑ "In The Spotlight: Preston City Wrestling: The Expert Of Imports". WrestleTalk. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  3. ↑ "Preston City Wrestling Shows 1 and 2". PW Ponderings. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Preston City Wrestling : Britain's fastest growing company". International Sports in the UK. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  5. ↑ "Riddick makes his wrestling Bow". The Sun. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  6. ↑ "FSM Exclusive: Former Heavyweight Boxing Champ Heading To PCW". Fighting Spirit Magazine. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  7. ↑ "PCW’s Steven Fludder - Preston City Wrestling had 4000!". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  8. 1 2 "Preston City Wrestling Announce Partnership with Ring of Honor". The Wrestling Forum News. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  9. ↑ "UK SUPERSHOW OF HONOR". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  10. ↑ "Preston City Wrestling/Ring of Honor Evening Supershow Of Honor Report 11.29.14". 411 Mania. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  11. ↑ "Ring of Honor and Preston City Wrestling stars to clash this autumn". Mirror. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  12. ↑ "Ring of Honor/PCW Supershow of Honor 2 Results: Jay Lethal vs. Noam Dar". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  13. ↑ "Billy Gunn Post-WWE Appearances Announced, Zahra Schreiber Uses The Curb Stomp (Video), Batista Note". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved 2015-11-28.

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