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Border City Wrestling (BCW) is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Windsor, Ontario. It is the base promotion for several Total Nonstop Action Wrestling superstars, including all of Team Canada, Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley. Many BCW employees were trained by Scott D'Amore, the owner and booker of BCW, in the Can-Am Wrestling School.
BCW was founded in 1993 by D'Amore, Chuck Fader and Doug Chevalier. After Chevalier left Ontario in 1994 and Fader left the company after being diagnosed with throat cancer in 2000, D'Amore became the sole owner. D'Amore closed BCW for several months in late-2000, but re-opened the company later that year.
In 2001, several Extreme Championship Wrestling employees who had been made redundant when ECW declared bankruptcy in April 2001 joined the company. On August 29, 2001, BCW held the "Mikey Whipwreck Retirement Bash" to honour the retirement of Mikey Whipwreck. Fader returned to BCW in late-2001 as a publicist when his cancer went into remission.
In 2004, BCW owner Scott D'Amore and partner, Jeffrey Scott, took over Ontario Championship Wrestling and took on an additional partner, James Trepanier, from OCW.
On September 15, 2005, several American wrestlers, most with TNA Wrestling, wrestled for BCW in an event called BCW International Incident. During the event, TNA employee Abyss won the BCW Canadian-American (Can-Am) Heavyweight Championship from Bobby Roode, and Rhino defeated A-1 to become number-one contender. In addition, TNA wrestler Jeff Jarrett challenged fellow TNA wrestler Raven for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. With the unexpected help of America's Most Wanted (who turned heel in the process), Jarrett won the title.
In the summer of 2006, BCW announced two new brand extensions, BCW: Sin City Wrestling and BCW: The Next Generation. Sin City is an adult-oriented show which the company promotes as 'R rated'. Next Generation is smaller scale shows featuring local talent and students from the Can-Am Wrestling School.
BCW holds most of its events in the Ciociaro Club in Oldcastle, a suburb of Windsor. They also operate Prime Time Wrestling in Detroit, Michigan, which uses several of the same wrestlers, including other TNA talent such as "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown, who is PTW's current Heavyweight Champion.
Current Champions
| Title Notes: | Current Champion(s) |
| BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship | Abyss (Chris Parks) |
| BCW Can-Am Tag Team Championship | Jimmy Jacobs and Phil Atlas |
| BCW Can-Am Television Championship | Petey Williams |
| Prime Time Wrestling Heavyweight Championship | "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown |
Roster
External links
- Border City Wrestling Official Website
- Prime Time Wrestling Official Website
Professional wrestling promotions | Sport in Ontario | 1993 establishments
"Border City Wrestling"