Melbourne City Wrestling

Melbourne City Wrestling
	Melbourne City Wrestling logo
Acronym	MCW
Founded	16 October 2010
Style	Professional wrestling; Lucha libre; Strong style; Sports entertainment
Headquarters	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Founder(s)	Michael E. Jozis
Owner(s)	Hot Tag Network
Formerly	Australian 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]

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 ever 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

Championship	Current Champion(s)	Reign	Date won	Days held
MCW Heavyweight Championship	Slex	3	10 February 2024	164+
MCW Intercommonwealth Championship	Robbie Thorpe	1	16 June 2024	37+
MCW Tag Team Championship	Adam Brooks and Rocky Menero	1	11 February 2024	163+
MCW Women's Championship	Erika Reid	1	4 May 2024	80+

Other accomplishments

Accomplishment	Latest winner(s)	Date won	Location	Event	Notes
Ballroom Brawl ^[7]	Ricky South	16 June 2022	Melbourne, Vic. (Thornbury Theatre)	Ballroom Brawl	^{[Notes 1]}
Jenny & Vera Memorial Cup ^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]	Kellyanne	28 April 2017	Melbourne, Vic. (Thornbury Theatre)	Clash Of The Titans	Defeated Evie in the tournament final. ^{[Notes 2]}
Invitational Tournament	Steph De Lander	12 October 2019	Melbourne, Vic. (Thornbury Theatre)	MCW NINE - Night 2	Defeated Kellyanne in the tournament final. Also became the first ever MCW Women's Champion. ^{[Notes 3]}

The list of Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) Triple Crown winners can be found here.

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] (Correct as of January 13th, 2018 - MCW Vendetta)

Adam Brooks
Anth Cava
Caveman Ugg
Charli Evans
Edward Dusk
Emman The Kid
Gore
Jake Andrewartha
Jessica Troy
Mitch Waterman
Mikey Broderick
Nick Bury
Robbie Eagles
Rocky Menero
Royce Chambers
Slex
Skylar Cruize
Stevie Filip
Tome Filip
Tony Villani
Tyson Baxter

Broadcast team

Lindsay Howarth
(Commentator)
Lord Andy Coyne
(Commentator & Ring Announcer)
Sebastian Walker
(Commentator)

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]

Notes

^ 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).
^ Past winners: KC Cassidy (2014).
^ Past winners: Marty Scurll (2016), Dowie James (2017).

References

^ "Women enjoy wrestling smackdown in Melbourne". heraldsun.com.au. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "Current details for ABN 49 636 107 198; ABN Lookup". Abr.business.gov.au. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "Melbourne City Wrestling draws hundreds to Essendon". 10 July 2015.
^ "Domain Parked With VentraIP Australia". melbournecitywrestling.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ NZPWI - SPW Southern Rumble 2019. 14 January 2019
^ "Melbourne City Wrestling". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MCW Ballroom Brawl 2024 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MCW Clash Of The Titans 2017 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
^ "Jenny & Vera Memorial Cup « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ "Women wrestle for breast cancer support network in Melbourne's first all-female fight - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ "Women wrestle for breast cancer - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ "All-Time Roster « Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) « Promotions Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ http://mcwrestling.bigcartel.com/ MCW Shop
^ "Melbourne City Wrestling". Vimeo.
^ "Home".
^ "Home".

External links

[8] 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).

[13] Past winners: KC Cassidy (2014).

[14] Past winners: Marty Scurll (2016), Dowie James (2017).

[1] "Women enjoy wrestling smackdown in Melbourne". heraldsun.com.au. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[2] "Current details for ABN 49 636 107 198; ABN Lookup". Abr.business.gov.au. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[heraldsun.com.au-3] "Melbourne City Wrestling draws hundreds to Essendon". 10 July 2015.

[4] "Domain Parked With VentraIP Australia". melbournecitywrestling.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

[5] NZPWI - SPW Southern Rumble 2019. 14 January 2019

[6] "Melbourne City Wrestling". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

[7] Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MCW Ballroom Brawl 2024 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.

[9] Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MCW Clash Of The Titans 2017 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.

[10] "Jenny & Vera Memorial Cup « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[11] "Women wrestle for breast cancer support network in Melbourne's first all-female fight - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[12] "Women wrestle for breast cancer - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[15] "All-Time Roster « Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) « Promotions Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[16] ttp://mcwrestling.bigcartel.com/ MCW Shop

[17] "Melbourne City Wrestling". Vimeo.

[18] "Home".

[19] "Home".

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