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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| Acronym | PCW |
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| Founded | 2011[1] |
| Headquarters | Preston, Lancashire, England[1] |
| Founder(s) | Steven Fludder |
| Owner(s) | Steven Fludder[1] |
| Website | www.prestoncitywrestling.com |
History edit
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 edit
Current champions edit
| Championship | Current champions | Date won | Event | Previous champions | Days held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCW Heavyweight Championship | Sheikh El Sham | 10 September 2021 | PCW 10 Years Strong | Tel Banham | 1,940+ |
| PCW Tag Team Championship | Death Row (Dan Whyte and Kane Korso) | 18 March 2023 | PCW Road to Glory 2023 | The Sausage Rolls (Axel Strife & Big Ste) | 450+ |
| PCW Cruiserweight Championship | Rossy Rascal | 10 December 2022 | PCW Live Wrestling | Philip Michael | 548+ |
| PCW Women's Championship | Commander Stephanie Sterling | 18 March 2023 | PCW Road to Glory 2023 | Lizzy Styles | 450+ |
Tournaments edit
| Tournament | Current winner | Date won | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road To Glory | Joey Hayes | 16 February 2019 | Road to Glory 2019 |
| Kris Travis Memorial | Bubblegum | February 26, 2017 | Kris Travis Memorial Day 3 |
Road To Glory winners edit
- 2013: Noam Dar
- 2014: Chris Masters
- 2015: Bubblegum
- 2016: Rampage Brown
- 2018: Dean Allmark
- 2019: Joey Hayes
| PCW Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Preston City Wrestling (PCW) | ||||||||||
| Date established | 23 September 2011 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Joey Hayes | ||||||||||
| Date won | 17 February 2019 | ||||||||||
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PCW Heavyweight Championship edit
The PCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Preston City Wrestling (PCW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on 23 September 2011.
The current champion is Joey Hayes, who is in his second reign.
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| Rank | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Bone | 1 | 23 September 2011 | 329 | PCW Road To Glory | Defeated Noam Dar in Tournament final.[18] | |
| 2 | Lionheart | 1 | 17 August 2012 | <1 | PCW One But Not Forgotten - 1st Anniversary | This was a Four way match also involving Davey Richards and Dave Mastiff.[19] | |
| 3 | Kris Travis | 1 | 17 August 2012 | 154 | PCW One But Not Forgotten - 1st Anniversary | [19] | |
| 4 | T-Bone | 2 | 18 January 2013 | 133 | PCW More Bang For Your Buck | [20] | |
| 5 | Doug Williams | 1 | 31 May 2013 | 63 | PCW No Retreat, No Surrender - Show 1 | [21] | |
| 6 | Lionheart | 2 | 2 August 2013 | 238 | PCW Too Good To Be Two - 2nd Anniversary | [22] | |
| — | Vacated | — | 28 March 2014 | — | — | — | Lionheart had to vacate the title due to injury. |
| 7 | Danny Hope | 1 | 28 March 2014 | <1 | PCW Who Dares Wins | Won in a 30-man Royal Rumble match.[23] | |
| 8 | Joey Hayes | 1 | 28 March 2014 | 126 | PCW Who Dares Wins | [23] | |
| 9 | Chris Masters | 1 | 1 August 2014 | 120 | PCW I Want To Break Three | Lionheart was Special Referee.[24] | |
| 10 | Uhaa Nation | 1 | 29 November 2014 | 105 | PCW/ROH SuperShow Of Honor - Show 3 | This was a Three way Elimination match also involving Dave Mastiff.[25] | |
| 11 | Chris Masters | 2 | 14 March 2015 | 119 | PCW Road To Glory 2015 - Show 3 | This was a Loser Leaves PCW No Disqualification Match.[26] | |
| 12 | Dave Mastiff | 1 | 11 July 2015 | 210 | PCW Tribute To The Troops 2 | [27] | |
| 13 | Sha Samuels | 1 | 6 February 2016 | 140 | PCW Road To Glory 2016 - Show 3 | This was a Street Fight[28] | |
| 14 | Noam Dar | 1 | 25 June 2016 | 91 | PCW Tribute To The Troops 3 | This was a three-way match also involving Drew Galloway.[29] | |
| 15 | Iestyn Rees | 1 | 24 September 2016 | 398 | PCW Dar Wars - The Final Chapter | This was a three-way match also involving Sha Samuels.[30] | |
| 16 | T-Bone | 3 | 27 October 2017 | 203 | PCW Fright Night 2017 | [31] | |
| 17 | Lionheart | 3 | 18 May 2018 | 92 | PCW Better Than A Bollard | This was a three-way match also involving Sha Samuels.[32] | |
| 18 | Dean Allmark | 1 | 18 August 2018 | <1 | PCW Seventh Anniversary: Stairway To Seven | [33] | |
| 19 | Tel Banham | 1 | 18 August 2018 | 183 | PCW Seventh Anniversary: Stairway To Seven | Tel Banham cashed in his Money In The Bank contract.[33] | |
| 20 | Joey Hayes | 2 | 17 February 2019 | 391 | PCW Road To Glory 2019 - Day 2 | ||
| 21 | CJ Banks | 1 | 14 March 2020 | — | PCW Road To Glory 2020 - Day 2 | ||
| 22 | Will Kroos | 1 | — | — | — | No record of having won the championship from CJ Banks | |
| 23 | Sheikh El Sham | 1 | 10 September 2021 | 1,004+ | PCW 10 Years Strong |
Combined reigns edit
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Bone | 3 | 665 |
| 2 | Iestyn Rees | 1 | 398 |
| 3 | Lionheart | 3 | 338 |
| 4 | Joey Hayes † | 2 | 2,066+ |
| 5 | Chris Masters | 2 | 239 |
| 6 | Dave Mastiff | 1 | 210 |
| 7 | Tel Banham | 1 | 183 |
| 8 | Kris Travis | 1 | 154 |
| 9 | Sha Samuels | 1 | 140 |
| 10 | Uhaa Nation | 1 | 105 |
| 11 | Noam Dar | 1 | 91 |
| 12 | Doug Williams | 1 | 63 |
| 13 | Danny Hope | 1 | <1 |
| 14 | Dean Allmark | 1 | <1 |
| PCW Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Preston City Wrestling (PCW) | ||||||||||
| Date established | 17 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | The Buy Out (Bram, Danny Hope and Sheikh El Sham) | ||||||||||
| Date won | 22 June 2019 | ||||||||||
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PCW Tag Team Championship edit
The PCW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling) owned by the Preston City Wrestling (PCW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on 17 August 2012.
The current champions are The Buy Out (Bram, Danny Hope and Sheikh El Sham), who are in their second reign.
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| Rank | Team | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fight Club (Kid Fite and Liam Thompson) | 1 | 17 August 2012 | 287 | PCW One But Not Forgotten - 1st Anniversary | This was a Three way match also involving Disco Madness (Mad Man Manson and Sam Bailey) and MOB (Keith Myatt and Ruffneck).[34] | |
| 2 | The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) | 1 | 31 May 2013 | 1 | PCW No Retreat, No Surrender - Show 1 | [35] | |
| 3 | Team Single (Rampage Brown and T-Bone) | 1 | 1 June 2013 | 1,211 | PCW No Retreat, No Surrender - Show 3 | This was a Three way match also involving Fight Club (Kid Fite and Liam Thompson)[36] | |
| 4 | Martin Kirby and Joey Hayes | 1 | 24 September 2016 | 155 | PCW Dar Wars - The Final Chapter | Martin Kirby and Joey Hayes cashed-in their Money In The Bank contract.[30] | |
| 5 | The Spirit Squad (Kenny and Mikey) | 1 | 26 February 2017 | 35 | PCW Kris Travis Memorial Tournament 2017 - Day 2 | This was a triple threat match also including UK Hooligans (Roy Knight & Zak Knight)[37] | |
| 6 | UK Hooligans (Roy Knight & Zak Knight) | 1 | 2 April 2017 | 258 | PCW Who Dares Wins | This was a Career vs Titles match.[38] | |
| — | Vacated | — | 16 December 2017 | — | PCW Festive Fury 2017 | Stripped due to inactivity.[39] | |
| 7 | Team Single (Rampage Brown (2) and T-Bone (2)) | 2 | 10 February 2018 | 57 | PCW Road To Glory 2018 - Show 2 | Defeated Big T. Justice and Tel Banham in the tournament final for the vacant titles.[40] | |
| 8 | Kings Of Leon (Lionheart and Sha Samuels) | 1 | 8 April 2018 | 20 | PCW Who Dares Wins 2018 | This was a Four way match also involving New Age Kliq (BT Gunn & Chris Renfrew) and Polo Promotions (Jackie Polo & Mark Coffey).[41] | |
| 9 | The Kinky Party (Jack Jester and Sha Samuels (2)) | 1 | 28 April 2018 | 182 | PCW Springslam 2018 | Defeated Lionheart and CJ Banks for the titles.[42] | |
| 10 | The Buy Out (Bram, Danny Hope and Sheikh El Sham) | 1 | 27 October 2018 | 238 | PCW Fright Night 2018 | Bram and Sheikh El Sham won the match, but Danny Hope is also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.[43] | |
| 11 | Joey Hayes and Iestyn Rees | 1 | 22 June 2019 | 0 | PCW Heatwave | ||
| 12 | The Buy Out Danny Hope (2) and Sheikh El Sham (2)) | 2 | 22 June 2019 | 1,815+ | PCW Heatwave | Sheikh El Sham and Danny Hope defeated Iestyn Rees and Joey Hayes to regain titles having lost them earlier on the show |
Combined reigns edit
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Single (Rampage Brown and T-Bone) | 2 | 1,268 |
| 2 | Fight Club (Kid Fite and Liam Thompson) | 1 | 287 |
| 3 | UK Hooligans (Roy Knight & Zak Knight) | 1 | 258 |
| 4 | The Buy Out† (Danny Hope and Sheikh El Sham) | 1 | 1,815+ |
| 5 | The Buy Out (Bram, Danny Hope and Sheikh El Sham) | 1 | 238 |
| 6 | The Kinky Party (Jack Jester and Sha Samuels) | 1 | 182 |
| 7 | Martin Kirby and Joey Hayes | 1 | 155 |
| 8 | The Spirit Squad (Kenny and Mikey) | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Kings Of Leon (Lionheart and Sha Samuels) | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Joey Hayes and Iestyn Rees | 1 | <1 |
| PCW Cruiserweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Preston City Wrestling (PCW) | ||||||||||
| Date established | 17 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Dave Birch | ||||||||||
| Date won | 7 April 2019 | ||||||||||
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PCW Cruiserweight Championship edit
The PCW Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Preston City Wrestling (PCW) promotion. The title debuted on 17 August 2012.
The current champion is Dave Birch, who is in his first reign.
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noam Dar | 1 | 17 August 2012 | 168 | PCW One But Not Forgotten - 1st Anniversary | This was a Six way match involving Bubblegum, Dean Allmark, Joey Hayes, Martin Kirby and Steven Walters.[34] | |
| 2 | Dave Rayne | 1 | 1 February 2013 | 182 | PCW Road To Glory 2013 - Tag 1 | [44] | |
| 3 | April Davids | 1 | 2 August 2013 | 238 | PCW Too Good To Be Two - 2nd Anniversary | [45] | |
| 4 | Bubblegum | 1 | 28 March 2014 | 582 | PCW Who Dares Wins | [46] | |
| 5 | El Ligero | 1 | 31 October 2015 | 27 | PCW Fright Night 4 | This was a Three way Elimination match involving Noam Dar.[47] | |
| 6 | Adam Cole | 1 | 27 November 2015 | 195 | PCW/ROH SuperShow Of Honor #2 - Show 1 | This was a Three way Elimination match involving Bubblegum.[48] | |
| — | Vacated | — | 9 June 2016 | — | — | — | Adam Cole was stripped of the title due to lack of defenses.[49] |
| 7 | Bubblegum | 2 | 6 August 2016 | 125 | PCW 5th Anniversary Show | Defeated El Ligero for the vacant title.[50] | |
| 8 | Ashton Smith | 1 | 9 December 2016 | 190 | PCW The Feed Me More Tour - Day 1 | [51] | |
| 9 | Dean Allmark | 1 | 17 June 2017 | 427 | PCW/IPW:UK The Confrontation: PCW Vs. IPW:UK | [52] | |
| 10 | Tel Banham | 1 | 18 August 2018 | 232 | PCW Seventh Anniversary: Stairway To Seven | Tel Banham cashed in his Money In The Bank contract.[33] | |
| 11 | Dave Birch | 1 | 7 April 2019 | 1,891+ | PCW Who Dares Wins 2019 | Birch defeated Banham in an open challenge |
PCW Women's Championship edit
| PCW Women's Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Preston City Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Commander Stephanie Sterling | ||||||||||
| Date won | March 18, 2023 | ||||||||||
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The PCW Women's Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Preston City Wrestling (PCW) promotion. The title was first awarded on 26 August 2017 when Lucy Cole defeated Lauren, Nightshade, Rhio, Sammii Jayne, and Sierra Loxton in a six-way elimination match at Girl Power 2.
The current champion is Commander Stephanie Sterling, who is in their first reign.
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Cole | 1 | 26 August 2017 | 112 | PCW Girl Power 2 | Cole defeated Lauren, Nightshade, Rhio, Sammii Jayne, and Sierra Loxton in a six-way elimination match to become the inaugural champion.[53] | |
| — | Vacated | — | 16 December 2017 | — | PCW Festive Fury 2017 | Vacated due to injury. | |
| 2 | Rhio | 1 | 16 December 2017 | 112 | PCW Festive Fury 2017 | Rhio defeated Nightshade to win the vacant title.[54] | |
| 3 | Viper | 1 | 7 April 2018 | 1 | PCW Live In Halifax | [55] | |
| 4 | Rhio | 2 | 8 April 2018 | 131 | PCW Who Dares Wins 2018 | This was a Triple Threat match also including Nightshade.[41] | |
| 5 | Nightshade | 1 | 17 August 2018 | 435 | PCW Ready Wrestler One | This was a Ladder match.[56] | |
| 6 | Lizzy Styles | 1 | 26 October 2019 | 1,239 | PCW Fright Night 2019 | Title vacated on March 18, 2023. | |
| 7 | Commander Stephanie Sterling | 1 | 18 March 2023 | 450+ | PCW Road To Glory 2023 | Defeated Harley Hudson to win the vacant title.[57] |