Riot City Wrestling
Acronym | RCW |
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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 Hindmarsh.[12] Wrestlers who have competed for RCW include WWE NXT tag team champion Buddy Murphy,[13] and Voodoo, who competes for Grand Pro Wrestling.[14]
Championships
Championship | Current champion(s) | Date won | Previous champion | Reference |
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RCW Championship | Nick Armstrong | July 15th 2017 | Grimm | [15][16][17] |
RCW Women’s Championship | Vacant | March 2017 | Demi Bennett | [18][19] |
RCW Tag Team Championship | The Rude Ones (Bulldog & Marvel) | 15 July 2017 | The Savage Gentlemen (Big Brodie Marshall & Tyler Daniels) | [20] |
Tournaments
Tournament | Current winner(s) | Date won | Previous winner | Reference |
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RCW Strength Cup | Zak Sabbath | 22 April 2017 | Jett Armstrong | [21] |
RCW Key to the City | Tyler Daniels | 10 October 2016 | Brad Smyth | [22] |
See also
References
- 1 2 "About RCW". Riot City Wrestling. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ↑ "Riot City Wrestling". Riot City Photos. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- 1 2 Stokes, Wade (2011-02-11). "Riot City Wrestling Returns to the Adelaide Fringe". Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Riot City Wrestling". Goodwood Saints FC. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ↑ "Goodwood Saints FC presents Riot City Wrestling" (PDF). Goodwood Saints FC. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
- ↑ "GFW Global Partners". Global Force Wrestling. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Lewis, Rod (2011-05-23). "Riot City Wrestling: Rites of Passage 2011". Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ↑ "Ballroom Brawl". OnlyMelbourne.com. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ↑ "Newsletter #286: What's On this Week". OnlyMelbourne.com. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ↑ "Riot City Wrestling Academy". SACommunity.org. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Warrington Wrestler Voodoo Is Back Home and Ready for Action". Warrington Guardian. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
- ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3184
- ↑ http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=titles&titel=3025
- ↑ http://www.australianwrestling.org/index.php/title-histories/108-rcw-championship-sa
- ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3170
- ↑ http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=titles&titel=3515
- ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3185
- ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=173188
- ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=162798
External links
- Official website
- Riot City Wrestling on Twitter
- Riot City Wrestling on Facebook
- Riot City Wrestling on Instagram
- Riot City Wrestling's channel on YouTube
- Cagematch profile