Professional Championship Wrestling (Australia)
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| Acronym | PCW |
| Established | 1999 |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
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| Owner(s) | Ken Rock Anne Rock |
Professional Championship Wrestling (PCW) is an professional wrestling promotion established in 1999. It is based in Melbourne, Australia and puts on monthly events in Rowville as well as shows in Keysborough and Frankston.
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[edit] Events
PCW holds monthly events at the Polish Club in Rowville and the War Memorial Hall in Tullamarine. They also hold a "Saturday Night SLAM" show most weeks of the month at the Powerhouse in Keysborough. Shows in Rowville have been run in Rowville since 1999 but stopped doing shows in Rowville until June 2004 where they held "Reincarnation". Tullamarine hosted its first event ever in February 2005
[edit] Carnage Controversy
In September 2002 at PCW Carnage, Lobo faced off against Mad Dog McCrea in the first-ever barbed-wire match down under. The event was billed as a "Great Family Night Out", however before the bout an announcer warned parents to take their children from Rowville area if they were upset by blood.
The match saw real blood, fake glass and one contestant setting fire to a chair. The ring ropes were replaced with barbed wire and a man tipped a bucket of thumb tacks on the ring floor. Much of the controversy surrounded rumors about the event, suggesting that the outpour of blood was so intense that it 'splattered' onto members of the crowd. Much of this can be attributed to people who had heard about the match giving their take of it on the Internet. These rumors were usually followed up by something along the lines of 'Well, that's what I heard, anyway'.
Despite the fact that this event was well publicized as having a gory match and the preceding warning, people complained that the match in question was 'too much'. A concerned mother called Melbourne Talkback radio station 3AW, and a wrestler heard this call and also rang in. This resulted in the main media outlets covering the story. A number of statements were made that more than the actual events took place[citation needed]. For the record, neither of the wrestlers were seriously injured.
Nevertheless, this would be the final PCW event in Rowville until June 2004.
[edit] Training School
PCW runs the Powerhouse Training School and is located in Keysborough. The trainers are Pitbull, Joel Bateman, Jeric Craven, Trikki D and Daniel Swagger. Students compete on the Saturday Night SLAM cards allowing the students to gain experience and exposure in front of about 20 people.
[edit] Champions
| Championship | Current champion(s) |
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| PCW Heavyweight Champion | Daniel Swagger |
| PCW Commonwealth Champion | Jeric Craven |
| PCW Tag Team Champions | Vacant |
| PCW Softcore Champion | Mr. Big |
| SLAM Champion | Joel Bateman |
| SLAM Tag Team Champions | Flying Dynamite & Young Angus |
[edit] Roster
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Heavyweights
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Cruiserweights
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Midget Wrestlers
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