Melbourne City Wrestling
Melbourne City Wrestling is an Australian independent professional wrestling promotion founded in October 2010, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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.
History
Partnerships & affiliations
Promotion partnerships
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 in Invercargill, New ZealandTraining affiliation
During Progress x Melbourne City Wrestling show on Friday 20 April, Melbourne City Wrestling announced the launch of their own training academy.Championships and accomplishments
Current championships
Other accomplishments
- The list of Melbourne City Wrestling Triple Crown winners can be found here.
MCW Heavyweight Championship
Names
Reigns
Combined reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined successful defences |
| 1 | Elliot Sexton | 1 | 559 | 11 |
| 2 | Mike Petersen | 1 | 547 | 7 |
| 3 | Slex | 2 | 525 | 5 |
| 4 | Dowie James | 2 | 351 | 4 |
| 5 | "Mr Juicy" Gino Gambino | 2 | 350 | 6 |
| 6 | Matt Silva | 1 | 293 | 5 |
| 7 | Carlo Cannon | 1 | 280 | 4 |
| 8 | Danny Psycho | 1 | 238 | 3 |
| 9 | Adam Brooks † | 1 | + | 0+ |
| 10 | Jonah Rock | 1 | 133 | 4 |
| 11 | TK Cooper | 1 | <1 | 0 |
MCW Intercommonwealth Championship
Names
Inaugural MCW Intercommonwealth Championship Tournament
Reigns
Combined reigns
MCW Tag Team Championship
Names
Inaugural MCW Tag Team Championship Tournament
Reigns
Combined reigns
by team
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined successful defences |
| 1 | The Brat Pack † | 4 | + | 11 |
| 2 | The LAW | 3 | 504 | 4 |
| 3 | Hard Way Inc. | 1 | 239 | 3 |
| 4 | The Prehistoric Death Cult | 1 | 217 | 3 |
| 5 | TMDK | 1 | 202 | 1 |
| 6 | The South Australian Serial Killers | 1 | 154 | 2 |
| 7 | Payne and Preston | 1 | 147 | 0 |
| 8 | The Armstrong Brothers | 1 | 140 | 4 |
| 9 | The World's Friendliest Tag Team | 1 | 119 | 2 |
| 9 | The Estate | 1 | 119 | 2 |
| 11 | The Natural Classics | 1 | 84 | 1 |
| 12 | Juice X-T | 1 | 63 | 2 |
| 13 | The World's Friendliest Bastards | 1 | 43 | 1 |
By individual
MCW Women's Championship
Names
Inaugural MCW Women's Championship Tournament
Reigns
Roster
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. '- Adam Brooks
- Alan Payne
- Ali
- Caveman Ugg
- Dowie James
- Emanuelle
- Fun Time Phil
- Jake Andrewartha
- Jake Lindo
- Johnathan Preston
- JXT
- Julian James
- "Loverboy" Lochy Hendricks
- Mitch Waterman
- “Mr Juicy” Gino Gambino
- Nick Bury
- Robbie Eagles
- Robby Heart
- Slex
- Stevie Filip
- Syd Parker
- Tome Filip
- Avary
- Erika Reid
- Kelly Anne
- Riebell
- Shazza McKenzie
- Steph De Lander
- Lindsay Howarth
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- Helter Skelter
' - The Brat Pack
' - The Prehistoric Death Cult
Media
DVD releases
Select events are made available for purchase on DVD from Melbourne City Wrestling Online Shop.Video on demand
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.On 25 January 2018, Melbourne City Wrestling launched "MCW Encore: Video On Demand" on Pivotshare.