Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup

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The Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup is a yearly tournament (that started in 1999) held by Maryland Championship Wrestling. The premise is that twelve wrestlers are placed in six one-on-one matches at the beginning of the show the tournament is held on, and the six winners advance to an elimination match, which is the show's main event.

The tournament's namesake, Shane Shamrock, was a popular MCW wrestler who was shot and killed by police officers in 1998. The officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call. Shamrock was the first and only MCW Light Heavyweight Champion, having won the belt in a six-way match.

When MCW closed its doors in 2003, they asked Ring of Honor, when it made its debut in the Baltimore area, to carry on the tradition of the Shane Shamrock Cup. At ROH The Last Stand, it was announced ROH would continue the Shane Shamrock Cup on June 24, 2004. In March 2004, Rob Feinstein was forced to step down as owner of ROH when his legal problems became public. Less than a week before the tournament, Feinstein sold his share of ROH to Cary Silkin, proving he had actually had stake in the company for the past three months. This upset Maryland promoter Dick Caricofe, who was letting ROH use his Maryland Promoter's License, so he pulled out of the show. ROH was forced to move the show to Philadelphia, PA and renamed the show Survival of the Fittest.

When MCW reopened in February 2006, it was announced that they were bringing back the Shane Shamrock Cup. On July 9 in Dundalk, MD, the 2006 Shane Shamerock Memorial Cup took place. Ruckus ended up winning the tournament and also won the MCW Cruiserweight title during the match.