Melbourne City Wrestling

Australian independent professional wrestling promotion

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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 [1]
Owner(s)| Hot Tag Network [2]
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[edit]

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### Partnerships & affiliations[edit]

#### Promotion partnerships[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

### Current championships[edit]

Championship  | Current Champion(s)  | Reign  | Date won  | Days held  | Former Champion(s)  | Notes

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MCW Heavyweight Championship  | Buddy Matthews | 2  | 11 February 2023  | 213+  | Mitch Waterman  | This was Buddy Matthews Ballroom Brawl opportunity
MCW Intercommonwealth Championship  | DELTA  | 1  | 14 October 2023  | 3+  | Jarvis  | Defeated Jarvis
MCW Tag Team Championship  | The Parea (Eli Theseus & Gabriel Aeros)  | 1  | 9 September 2023  | 3+  | Big Business (Slex & Tommy Knight)  | Defeated Big Business (Slex & Tommy Knight) in a ladder match
MCW Women's Championship  | DELTA  | 1  | 14 October 2023  | 66+  | Jarvis  | Defeated Jarvis

### Other accomplishments[edit]

Accomplishment  | Latest winner(s)  | Date won  | Location  | Event  | Notes

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Ballroom Brawl
[7] | Buddy Matthews | 23 July 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.

## MCW World Heavyweight Championship[edit]

MCW World Heavyweight Championship[12]

Details
Promotion| Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW)
Date established| 21 August 2010
Current champion(s)| Buddy Matthews
Date won| 11 February 2023
Other name(s)

* MCW Heavyweight Championship
(2010 - 2019)
* MCW World Heavyweight Championship
(2019 - present)

| Statistics

First champion(s)| Danny Psycho
Most reigns| Dowie James, Gino Gambino and Slex (2 reigns)
Longest reign| Adam Brooks (854 days)
Shortest reign| TK Cooper (<1 day)
Heaviest champion| Gino Gambino (284 lb (129 kg))
Lightest champion| Slex (194 lb (88 kg))

### Reigns[edit]

Key  No.  | Overall reign number

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Reign  | Reign number for the specific champion
Days  | Number of days held
\+  | Current reign is changing daily
No. | Champion  | Championship change  | Reign statistics  | Notes  | Ref.

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Date  | Event  | Location  | Reign  | Days
1  | Danny Psycho  | 21 August 2010 | WWE Tournaments  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 172  | Defeated The Enforcer, Mike Petersen and Tommy Hellfire in an Elimination four-way match to become the final ACW Heavyweight Champion.When MCW was launched Danny Psycho retained the championship with it being renamed the MCW Heavyweight Championship.  | [13]
2  | Slex  | 16 April 2011 | New Horizons  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 287  |  | [14]
3  | Matt Silva | 28 January 2012 | Vendetta  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 293  |  | [15]
4  | Mike Petersen  | 16 November 2012 | Worlds Collide  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 547  |  | [16]
5  | Carlo Cannon  | 17 May 2014 | Ballroom Brawl  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 280  |  | [17]
6  | KrackerJak  | 21 February 2015 | Vendetta  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 91  |  | [18]
7  | Elliot Sexton | 23 May 2015 | Ballroom Brawl  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 559  |  | [19]
8  | Dowie James  | 2 December 2016 | Final Battle  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 225  |  | [20]
9  | TK Cooper  | 15 July 2017 | Fight To Survive  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | <1  |  | [21]
10  | Mr. Juicy  | 15 July 2017 | Fight To Survive  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 21  | Mr Juicy cashed in his Ballroom Brawl MCW Heavyweight Championship opportunity.  | [21]
11  | Jonah Rock | 5 August 2017 | Ballroom Brawl  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 133  | This was originally scheduled as "Mr Juicy vs Dowie James", however Jonah Rock cashed in his Ballroom Brawl MCW Heavyweight Championship opportunity making it a Triple Triple Threat Match.  | [22]
12  | Dowie James  | 16 December 2017 | Final Battle  | Thornbury, Victoria | 2  | 126  | This was a Steel Cage match.  | [23]
13  | Gino Gambino | 21 April 2018 | Ballroom Brawl  | Thornbury, Victoria | 2  | 329  |  | [24]
14  | Slex  | 16 March 2019 | Clash Of The Titans  | Thornbury, Victoria | 2  | 238  | This was a Winner takes all match, where both Gambino’s Heavyweight Championship and Slex’s Intercommonwealth Championship were on the line.  | [25]
15  | Adam Brooks | 9 December 2019 | End Game  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 854  | This was a triple threat elimination match that also included Dowie James.  | [26]
16  | Mitch Waterman  | 12 March 2022 | Rite of Passage  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 336  | Mitch Waterman cashed in his Ballroom Brawl opportunity ahead of this match.  | [27]
17  | Buddy Matthews | 11 February 2023 | The House Always Wins  | Thornbury, Victoria | 2  | 338+  | This was Buddy Matthews' Ballroom Brawl opportunity

Buddy Matthews was formerly known as Matt Silva

| [28]

### Combined reigns[edit]

Rank  | Champion  | Reigns  | Combined Days

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1  | Adam Brooks | 1  | 854
2  | Elliot Sexton | 1  | 559
3  | Mike Petersen  | 1  | 547
4  | Slex  | 2  | 525
5  | Buddy Matthews/Matt Silva | 2  | 631+
6  | Dowie James  | 2  | 351
7  | Mr. Juicy/Gino Gambino  | 2  | 350
8  | Mitch Waterman  | 1  | 336
9  | Carlo Cannon  | 1  | 280
10  | Danny Psycho  | 1  | 172
11  | Jonah Rock | 1  | 133
12  | KrackerJak  | 1  | 91
13  | TK Cooper  | 1  | <1

## MCW Intercommonwealth Championship[edit]

MCW Intercommonwealth Championship[29]

Details
Promotion| Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW)
Date established| 13 June 2015
Current champion(s)| Jarvis
Date won| 9 September 2023
| Statistics

First champion(s)| Dowie James
Most reigns| Adam Brooks (4 times)
Longest reign| Caveman Ugg (434 days)
Shortest reign| Dowie James & Will Ospreay (14 days)
Heaviest champion| Mr. Juicy (284 lb (129 kg))
Lightest champion| Adam Brooks and Robbie Eagles (176 lb (80 kg))

### Names[edit]

Name  | Years

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Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) Intercommonwealth Championship | 8 August 2015 – present

### Inaugural MCW Intercommonwealth Championship Tournament[edit]

| Quarter Final
(13/06)[30] | | | Semi Final
(11/07)[31] | | | Final
(8/08)[32] |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| 1 | Marcius Pitt | Pin | | |
| 2 | JXT | (13/6) |
| | Marcius Pitt | (11/07) |
|  |
| | | Mr Juicy | Pin |
| 3 | Fox Grinder | (13/06) |

| 4 | Mr Juicy | Pin |
| | Mr Juicy | (8/08) |
|  |
| | | Dowie James | Pin |
| 5 | Josh Shooter | (13/06) | |

| 6 | Dowie James | Sub. |
| | Dowie James | Sub. |
|  |
| | | Damian Slater | (11/07) |
| 7 | Damian Slater | Pin |

| 8 | TK Cooper | (13/06) |

### Reigns[edit]

Key  No.  | Overall reign number

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Reign  | Reign number for the specific champion
Days  | Number of days held
\+  | Current reign is changing daily
No. | Champion  | Championship change  | Reign statistics  | Notes  | Ref.

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Date  | Event  | Location  | Reign  | Days
1  | Dowie James  | 8 August 2015 | Crowning A Champion  | Melbourne, Victoria | 1  | 189  | Dowie James defeated Mr Juicy in the tournament final to become the first MCW Intercommonwealth Champion.  | [33][32]
2  | Adam Brooks | 13 February 2016 | At Our Best  | Essendon, Victoria | 1  | 77  |  | [34]
3  | Dowie James  | 30 April 2016 | Ballroom Brawl  | Thornbury, Victoria | 2  | 14  | This was a TLC match.  | [35]
4  | Jonah Rock | 14 May 2016 | New Horizons  | Essendon, Victoria | 1  | 91  |  | [36]
5  | Mr. Juicy  | 13 August 2016 | Fight To Survive  | Essendon, Victoria | 1  | 111  |  | [37]
6  | JXT  | 2 December 2016 | Final Battle  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 225  |  | [20]
7  | Adam Brooks | 15 July 2017 | Fight To Survive  | Essendon, Victoria | 2  | 21  |  | [21]
8  | Will Ospreay | 5 August 2017 | Ballroom Brawl  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 14  |  | [22]
9  | Adam Brooks | 19 August 2017 | New Horizons  | Carlton, Victoria | 3  | 119  | Defeated previous champion Will Ospreay and Robbie Eagles in a Three Way match to become both the MCW Intercommonwealth Champion and the PWA Heavyweight Champion.  | [38]
10  | Robbie Eagles | 16 December 2017 | Final Battle  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 70  | Defeated Adam Brooks in a Singles match to become both the MCW Intercommonwealth Champion and the PWA Heavyweight Champion.  | [23]
11  | Slex  | 24 February 2018 | Clash Of The Titans  | Melbourne, Victoria | 1  | 223  | This was a Ladder match.  | [39]
12  | Adam Brooks | 5 October 2018 | New Horizons  | Thornbury, Victoria | 4  | 43  |  | [40]
13  | Slex  | 17 November 2018 | End Game  | Thornbury, Victoria | 2  | 175  |  | [41]
—  | Vacated | 11 May 2019 | Brewery Brawl  | Thornbury, Victoria | —  | —  | After successfully defending both his Heavyweight and Intercommonwealth titles, Slex vacated the Intercommonwealth Championship.  | [42]
14  | Danny Psycho  | 20 July 2019 | Ballroom Brawl  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 196  | Defeated Lochy Hendricks in the final match of a tournament to win the vacant title.  | [43][44]
15  | Caveman Ugg  | 1 February 2020 | Clash Of The Titans  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 434  |  | [45]
16  | Lochy Hendricks  | 10 April 2021 | Fallout  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 91  |  | [46]
—  | Vacated | 1 July 2021 | —  | —  | —  | —  | Vacated after Lochy Hendricks announced his resignation from MCW.  |
17  | Rocky Menero  | 10 July 2021 | Winter Warfare  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 162  |  | [47]
18  | Royce Chambers  | 19 December 2021 | MCW/PWA Worlds Collide  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 111  |  | [48]
—  | Vacated | 9 April 2022 | —  | —  | —  | —  | Vacated after Royce Chambers was unable to defend the Intercommonwealth Title due to injury.  |
19  | Mick Moretti  | 9 April 2022 | Vendetta  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 231  | Defeated Matt Hayter to win the vacant title.  | [49]
20  | Emman Azman  | 26 November 2022 | 12  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 287  | This was a Triple Threat match which also included Adam Brooks  | [50]
21  | Jarvis  | 9 September 2023 | Ascension  | Thornbury, Victoria  | 1  | 35  | This was also for the MCW Women's Championship  | [51]
22  | DELTA  | 14 October 2023 | Fight To Survive  | Thornbury, Victoria  | 1  | 93+  | This was also for the MCW Women's Championship

DELTA became the first women to hold the title

| [52]

### Combined reigns[edit]

Rank  | Champion  | Reigns  | Combined Days

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1  | Caveman Ugg  | 1  | 434
2  | Slex  | 2  | 398
3  | Emman Azman  | 1  | 287
4  | Adam Brooks | 4  | 260
5  | Mick Moretti  | 1  | 231
6  | JXT  | 1  | 225
7  | Dowie James  | 2  | 203
8  | Danny Psycho  | 1  | 196
9  | Rocky Monero  | 1  | 162
10  | Mr. Juicy  | 1  | 111
Royce Chambers  | 1
11  | Jonah Rock | 1  | 91
Lochy Hendricks  | 1
12  | Robbie Eagles | 1  | 70
13  | Jarvis  | 1  | 35
14  | DELTA  | 1  | 16+
15  | Will Ospreay | 1  | 14

## MCW Tag Team Championship[edit]

MCW Tag Team Championship[53]

Details
Promotion| Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW)
Date established| August 18, 2012
Current champion(s)| The Parea (Eli Theseus & Gabriel Aeros)
Date won| 9 September 2023
| Statistics

First champion(s)| Hard Way Inc. (Jay Andrews and Mike Burr)
Most reigns| The Brat Pack (Mitch Waterman and Nick Bury) (4 times)
Longest reign| The Brat Pack (Mitch Waterman and Nick Bury) (616 days)
Shortest reign| The World's Friendliest Bastards (KrackerJak and Lochy Hendricks (43 days)
Heaviest champion| Gino Gambino (284 lb (129 kg))
Lightest champion| Jett Armstrong (158 lb (72 kg))

### Names[edit]

Name  | Years

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Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) Tag Team Championship | 18 August 2012 – present

### Inaugural MCW Tag Team Championship Tournament[edit]

| Quarter Final
(18/8; 31/8; 14/9; 28/9) | | | Semi Final
(28/9; 26/10) | | | Final
(16/11) |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| 1 | KrackoLantern
(Jacko Lantern and KrackerJak) | Pin | | |
| 2 | SexRock
(Elliot Sexton and J-Rock) | (18/8) |
| | KrackoLantern
(Jacko Lantern and KrackerJak) | Pin |
|  |
| | | The BFFs
(Carlo Cannon and Ryan Rollins) | (28/9) |
| 3 | The BFFs
(Carlo Cannon and Ryan Rollins) | Pin |

| 4 | The Armstrong Brothers
(Jett Armstrong and Nick Armstrong) | (31/8) |
| | KrackoLantern
(Jacko Lantern and KrackerJak) | (16/11) |
|  |
| | | Hard Way Inc.
(Jay Andrews and Mike Burr) | Pin |
| 5 | TMDK
(Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) | (14/9) | |

| 6 | Reckless Air
(Robbie Eagles and Adam Brooks) | Pin |
| | Reckless Air
(Robbie Eagles and Adam Brooks) | (26/10) |
|  |
| | | Hard Way Inc.
(Jay Andrews and Mike Burr) | Pin |
| 7 | Hard Way Inc.
(Jay Andrews and Mike Burr) | Pin |

| 8 | Josh Shooter and Percy[Notes 4] | (28/9) |

### Reigns[edit]

Key  No.  | Overall reign number

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Reign  | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
Days  | Number of days held
\+  | Current reign is changing daily
No. | Champion  | Championship change  | Reign statistics  | Notes  | Ref.

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Date  | Event  | Location  | Reign  | Days
1  | Hard Way Inc.

(Jay Andrews & Mike Burr)

| 16 November 2012 | Worlds Collide  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 239  | Hard Way Inc. defeated KrackoLantern in the tournament final to become the first MCW Tag Team Champions.  | [16]
2  | The Armstrong Brothers

(Jett Armstrong & Nick Armstrong)

| 13 July 2013 | Fight To Survive  | Tullamarine, Victoria | 1  | 140  |  | [54]
3  | The Loose And Wreckless

(Adam Brooks & Dowie James)

| 30 November 2013 | Final Battle  | Melbourne, Victoria | 1  | 378  |  | [55]
4  | The World's Friendliest Tag Team

(Lochy Hendricks & TD)

| 13 December 2014 | Final Battle  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 119  | This was a Three-way Tag Team match which also includes Hard Way Inc. (Jay Andrews and Mike Burr)  | [56]
5  | The South Australian Serial Killers

(Hartley Jackson & Jonah Rock)

| 11 April 2015 | Hostile Takover  | Essendon, Victoria | 1  | 154  |  | [57]
6  | The Loose And Wreckless

(Adam Brooks & Dowie James)

| 12 September 2015 | Clash Of The Titans  | Melbourne, Victoria | 2  | 63  |  | [58]
7  | The Estate

(Cousin Ali & Emanuelle)

| 14 November 2015 | Fifth Anniversary Extravaganza  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 119  |  | [59]
8  | Juice X-T

(Mr. Juicy & JXT)

| 12 March 2016 | Ascension  | Essendon, Victoria | 1  | 63  |  | [60]
9  | TMDK

(Marcius Pitt & Slex)

| 14 May 2016 | 202  | Essendon, Victoria | 1  | 202  |  | [36]
10  | Alan Payne & Johnathan Preston  | 2 December 2016 | Final Battle  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 147  |  | [20]
11  | The World's Friendliest Bastards

(KrackerJak & Lochy Hendricks (2))

| 28 April 2017 | Clash Of The Titans  | Northcote, Victoria | 1  | 43  | The World's Friendliest Bastards defeated Payne and Preston in a Ladder Match to become the new MCW Tag Team Champions.  | [61]
12  | The Brat Pack

(Mitch Waterman & Nick Bury)

| 10 June 2017 | Hostile Takeover  | Essendon, Victoria | 1  | 189  |  | [62]
13  | The Prehistoric Death Cult

(Caveman Ugg & Syd Parker)

| 16 December 2017 | Final Battle  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 217  |  | [23]
14  | The Brat Pack

(Mitch Waterman & Nick Bury)

| 21 July 2018 | 99: Homecoming  | Thornbury, Victoria | 2  | 175  |  | [63]
15  | The Loose And Wreckless

(Adam Brooks & Dowie James)

| 12 January 2019 | Vendetta  | Thornbury, Victoria | 3  | 63  | This was a Three-way Tag Team match that also included SexRock (Elliot Sexton and Jonah Rock).  | [64]
16  | The Brat Pack

(Mitch Waterman & Nick Bury)

| 16 March 2019 | Clash Of The Titans  | Thornbury, Victoria | 3  | 84  |  | [25]
17  | The Natural Classics

(Stevie Filip & Tome Filip)

| 8 June 2019 | Tensions Rising  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 84  |  | [65]
18  | The Brat Pack

(Mitch Waterman & Nick Bury)

| 31 August 2019 | New Horizons  | Thornbury, Victoria | 4  | 616  |  | [66]
19  | The Natural Classics

(Stevie Filip & Tome Filip)

| 8 May 2021 | New Horizons  | Thornbury, Victoria | 2  | 490  | This was a Tornado Tag Team match.  | [67]
20  | Big Business

(Slex & Tommy Knight)

| 10 September 2022 | New Horizons  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 364  |  | [68]
21  | The Parea

(Eli Theseus & Gabriel Aeros)

| 9 September 2023 | Ascension  | Thornbury, Victoria  | 1  | 128+  | This was a Ladder match  | [69]

### Combined reigns[edit]

#### By team[edit]

Rank  | Champions  | Reigns  | Combined Days

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1  | The Brat Pack

(Mitch Waterman & Nick Bury)

| 4  | 1,064
2  | The Natural Classics

(Stevie Filip & Tome Filip)

| 2  | 528
3  | The Loose And Wreckless

(Adam Brooks & Dowie James)

| 3  | 525
4  | Slex & Tommy Knight  | 1  | 364
5  | Hard Way Inc.

(Jay Andrews & Mike Burr)

| 1  | 239
6  | The Prehistoric Death Cult

(Caveman Ugg & Syd Parker)

| 1  | 217
7  | TMDK

(Marcius Pitt & Slex)

| 1  | 202
8  | The South Australian Serial Killers

(Hartley Jackson & Jonah Rock)

| 1  | 154
9  | Alan Payne & Johnathan Peterson  | 1  | 147
10  | The Armstrong Brothers

(Jett Armstrong & Nick Armstrong)

| 1  | 140
11  | The World's Friendliest Tag Team

(Lochy Hendricks & TD)

| 1  | 119
The Estate

(Cousin Ali & Emanuelle)

| 1
12  | Juice X-T

(Mr. Juicy & JXT)

| 1  | 63
13  | The World's Friendliest Bastards

(KrackerJak & Lochy Hendricks)

| 1  | 43
14  | The Parea

(Eli Theseus & Gabriel Aeors)

| 1  | 3+

#### By individual[edit]

Rank  | Champion  | Reign  | Combined Days

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1  | Mitch Waterman  | 4  | 1,064
Nick Bury  | 4
2  | Stevie Filip  | 2  | 574
Tome Filip  | 2
3  | Slex  | 2  | 566
4  | Adam Brooks  | 3  | 525
Dowie James  | 3
5  | Tommy Knight  | 1  | 364
6  | Jay Andrews  | 1  | 239
Mike Burr  | 1
7  | Caveman Ugg  | 1  | 217
Syd Parker  | 1
8  | Marcius Pitt  | 1  | 202
9  | Lochy Hendricks  | 2  | 162
10  | Hartley Jackson  | 1  | 154
Jonah Rock  | 1
11  | Alan Payne  | 1  | 147
Johnathan Peterson  | 1
12  | Jett Armstrong  | 1  | 140
Nick Armstong  | 1
13  | TD  | 1  | 119
Cousin Ali  | 1
Emanuelle  | 1
14  | Mr. Juicy  | 1  | 63
JXT  | 1
15  | KrackerJak  | 1  | 43
16  | Eli Theseus  | 1  | 3+
Gabriel Aeros  | 1

## MCW Women's Championship[edit]

MCW Women's Championship[70]

Details
Promotion| Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW)
Date established| 13 June 2015
Current champion(s)| DELTA
Date won| 26 November 2022
| Statistics

First champion(s)| Steph De Lander
Most reigns| All titleholders (1 reign)
Longest reign| Avary (434 Days)
Shortest reign| Steph De Lander (112)

### Names[edit]

Name  | Years

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Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) Women's Championship | 31 August 2019 – present

### Inaugural MCW Women's Championship Tournament[edit]

| Quarter Final
(11/10) | | | Semi Final
(12/10) | | | Final
(12/10) |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| 1 | Candy Lee | Pin | | |
| 2 | Xena | (11/10) |
| | Candy Lee | (12/10) |
|  |
| | | Steph De Lander | Pin |
| 3 | Avary | (11/10) |

| 4 | Steph De Lander | Pin |
| | Steph De Lander | (12/10) |
|  |
| | | Kellyanne | Pin |
| 5 | Kellyanne | (11/10) | |

| 6 | Kingsley | Pin |
| | Kellyanne | Pin |
|  |
| | | Jessica Troy | (12/10) |
| 7 | Tarlee | Pin |

| 8 | Jessica Troy | (11/10) |

### Reigns[edit]

Key  No.  | Overall reign number

|

Reign  | Reign number for the specific champion
Days  | Number of days held
\+  | Current reign is changing daily
No. | Champion  | Championship change  | Reign statistics  | Notes  | Ref.

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Date  | Event  | Location  | Reign  | Days
1  | Steph De Lander | 12 October 2019 | Ninth Anniversary Extravaganza - Day 2  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 112  | Defeated Kellyanne in the tournament final to become the first MCW Women's Champion.  | [71][72]
2  | Avary | 1 February 2020 | Clash Of The Titans  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 434  |  | [45]
3  | Kellyanne | 10 April 2021 | Fallout  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 208  |  | [46]
—  | Vacated | 5 November 2021  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Kellyanne retired from wrestling  | [73]
4  | Jessica Troy  | 19 December 2021 | MCW/PWA Worlds Collide  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 342  | This was a Ballroom Blitz match which also included Aysha, Chanel Phoenix, Cherry Stephens, DELTA, Kingsley, Lily Blaze & Skylar Cruize  | [74]
5  | DELTA  | 26 November 2022 | 12  | Thornbury, Victoria | 1  | 224  | This was a 30 Minute Iron Women match  | [75]
6  | Jarvis  | 8 July 2023 | Ballroom Brawl  | Thornbury, Victoria  | 1  | 98  | This was a Title vs. Hair match

Jarvis became the first man to win the title

| [76]
7  | DELTA  | 14 October 2023 | Fight To Survive  | Thornbury, Victoria  | 2  | 93+  | This was also for the MCW Intercommonwealth Championship  | [77]

### Combined Reigns[edit]

Rank  | Champion  | Reigns  | Combined Days

|
|
|

1  | Avary  | 1  | 434
2  | Jessica Troy  | 1  | 342
3  | DELTA  | 2  | 240+
4  | Kellyanne  | 1  | 208
5  | Steph De Lander | 1  | 112
6  | Jarvis  | 1  | 98

## Roster[edit]

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

* Adam Brooks
* Anth Cava
* Caveman Ugg
* 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[edit]

### DVD releases[edit]

Select events are made available for purchase on DVD from Melbourne City Wrestling Online Shop.[79]

### Video on demand[edit]

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.[80][81]

On 25 January 2018, Melbourne City Wrestling launched "MCW Encore: Video On Demand" on Pivotshare.[82]

## See also[edit]

* Australia portal

* Professional wrestling in Australia
* List of professional wrestling organisations in Australia

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ 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).
2. ^ Past winners: KC Cassidy (2014); Not held (2015); Not held (2016).
3. ^ Past winners: Marty Scurll (2016), Dowie James (2017), Not held (2018).
4. ^ Originally scheduled to be The Vanity Project (Josh Shooter and Seth Taylor), however Seth Taylor was unable to make the show.

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