Riot City Wrestling

Riot City Wrestling
Acronym RCW
Founded January 2006[1]
Style Professional wrestling
Lucha libre
Strong style
Headquarters Adelaide, South Australia
Website http://riotcitywrestling.com/

Riot City Wrestling (RCW) is an Australian independent professional wrestling promotion founded in January 2006 in Adelaide, South Australia. It runs shows independently, in conjunction with local festivals, as well as with other organizations and wrestling promotions.

History

Riot City Wrestling was founded in Adelaide in January 2006.[1][2] In 2010, RCW appeared at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, hosting the STRENGTH Cup tournament, and was voted one of the festival's top five attractions by the Adelaide Advertiser.[3] They returned to the festival in 2011, hosting the tournament again.[3] For the 2014 festival, the company promoted a lucha libre-themed show.[4]

On 1 July 2012, the Goodwood Saints Football Club of the South Australian Amateur Football League hosted RCW for a special fundraiser.[5] RCW wrestlers the Basso Boys, who competed at the event, had previously played C Grade Australian Rules Football.[6] As of August 2014, Jeff Jarrett's American-based Global Force Wrestling announced working agreements with Riot City Wrestling.[7] That month, during a WWE tour of Australia, several RCW wrestlers were also invited to participate in a WWE training camp.[8]

Wrestling reviewer Rod Lewis has noted the promotion for its "high octane acrobatics" as well as "the comical theatrics and surprising plot twists".[9] RCW has built an alliance with Melbourne City Wrestling, which has featured a rivalry between wrestlers from the two promotions.[10][11]

RCW runs a training academy, which is located in Wingfield.[12] Wrestlers who have competed for RCW include WWE NXT tag team champion Murphy,[13] and Voodoo, who competes for Grand Pro Wrestling.[14]

Championships

Championship Current champion(s) Date won Previous champion Reference
RCW Championship Big Brodie Marshall 9 May 2015 Nick Armstrong [15][16]
RCW Women’s Championship Savannah Summers 11 April 2015 Harley Wonderland [17]

Tournaments

Tournament Current winner(s) Date won Previous winner Reference
RCW Strength Cup Jett Armstrong 3 March 2016 Big Brodie Marshall [16]
RCW Key to the City Brad Smyth 10 October 2015 Nick Armstrong [16]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About RCW". Riot City Wrestling. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  2. ↑ "Riot City Wrestling". Riot City Photos. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  3. 1 2 Stokes, Wade (2011-02-11). "Riot City Wrestling Returns to the Adelaide Fringe". Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  4. ↑ Fewster, Sean (2014-02-20). "Riot City Wrestling Goes Mexican for the 2014 Adelaide Fringe with a Night of Lucha Libre Action". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  5. ↑ "Riot City Wrestling". Goodwood Saints FC. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  6. ↑ "Goodwood Saints FC presents Riot City Wrestling" (PDF). Goodwood Saints FC. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  7. ↑ "GFW Global Partners". Global Force Wrestling. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  8. ↑ Fewster, Sean (2014-07-20). "Adelaide's Riot City Wrestling Crew Will have Shot at Global WWE Stardom in Melbourne Next Month". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  9. ↑ Lewis, Rod (2011-05-23). "Riot City Wrestling: Rites of Passage 2011". Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  10. ↑ "Ballroom Brawl". OnlyMelbourne.com. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  11. ↑ "Newsletter #286: What's On this Week". OnlyMelbourne.com. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  12. ↑ "Riot City Wrestling Academy". SACommunity.org. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  13. ↑ Fewster, Sean (2015-02-15). "Australian-Born Wrestler Matt 'Buddy Murphy' Adams Makes History by Winning Championship with Global Leader WWE". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  14. ↑ "Warrington Wrestler Voodoo Is Back Home and Ready for Action". Warrington Guardian. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
  15. ↑ "RCW Championship". AustralianWrestling.org. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  16. 1 2 3 "Results". Riot City Wrestling. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  17. ↑ Lockwood, Rhi. "New RCW Women's Champion!". NHBGirls. Retrieved 2015-07-06.

External links

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