Riot City Wrestling

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.

Riot City Wrestling
AcronymRCW
FoundedJanuary 2006[1]
StyleProfessional wrestling
Lucha libre
Strong style
HeadquartersAdelaide, South Australia
Founder(s)Joe Greco
Websitehttp://riotcitywrestling.com/

History

Riot City Wrestling was founded in Adelaide in January 2006.[1][2] In 2010, RCW appeared at the Adelaide Fringe, 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 former NXT tag team champion Buddy Murphy,[13] Voodoo, who competes for Grand Pro Wrestling,[14] and Rhea Ripley.[15]

Championships
Championship Current champion(s) Date won Previous champion Reference
RCW Championship Rocky Menero 24 May 2019 Zak Sabbath [16]
RCW Women’s Championship Izzy Shaw 10 October 2020 Vacant [17]
RCW Tag Team Championship The Parea (Eli Theseus and Gabriel Aeros) 19 September 2020 World Class Egos (Chris Basso and Matt Hayter) [18]

Names
Name Years
RCW Heavyweight Championship April 30, 2006 - December 13, 2019
RCW Championship December 13, 2019 - Present

Reigns
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Dregan February 24, 2006 Epidemic Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 1133 Dregan defeated Johnny Kash in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion [19]
2 Johnny Kash June 17, 2006 Devil's Reign Modbury North, South Australia, Australia 1 315- This was a Five Way match also including TJ Rush, Mimic and Jack Williams [20]
3 Damon Matthews April 28, 2007 Scarstruck Modbury North, South Australia, Australia 1 259- [21]
— Vacated January 12, 2008 — — — ——
4 Damon Matthews March 29, 2008 Transgression North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 1264 This was a tournament final including Mimic and GD Grimm [22]
5 Mimic August 2, 2008 Ascension North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 3086 This was a Four Way match also including GD Grimm and VOODOO. [23]
6 GD Grimm June 6, 2009 Rites of Passage North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 3438 GD Grimm previously won the title as Dregan. [24]
7 TJ Rush May 15, 2010 Rites of Passage North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 983 [25]
8 Jacko Lantern August 21, 2010 Ascension - Key to the City II North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 2593 This was a triple threat match also including GD Grimm. [26]
9 Del Taurino May 7, 2011 Rites of Passage North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 911 [27]
10 Rocky Menero August 6, 2011 Ascension North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 1262 [28]
11 Mimic December 10, 2011 Battle for Supremacy North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 2244 [29]
12 Marvel July 21, 2012 Dark Days North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 1122 [30]
13 Voodoo November 10, 2012 Powertrip North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 1472 [31]
14 Chris "Mimic" Basso April 6, 2013 RCW 100 Wayville, South Australia, Australia 3 280 [32]
15 Voodoo May 4, 2013 Transgression Wayville, South Australia, Australia 2 2173 This was a triple threat match also including Brodie Marshall. [33]
16 GD Grimm December 7, 2013 Battle For Supremacy Wayville, South Australia, Australia 3 1482 [34]
17 Adam Brooks May 4, 2014 Transgression Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 2162 [35][36]
18 Nick Armstrong December 6, 2014 Battle for Supremacy Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 1541 [37]
19 Brodie Marshall May 9, 2015 Rites of Passage Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 3643 [38]
20 Brad Smyth May 7, 2016 Rites of Passage Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 420 [39]
21 Brodie Marshall June 18, 2016 Ultimatum Wayville, South Australia, Australia 2 1681 [40]
22 Matt Basso December 3, 2016 Battle for Supremacy Wayville, South Australia, Australia 4 2243 This was a triple threat match also including Dean Brady. Matt Basso previously won the title as Dregan and GD Grimm. [41]
23 Nick Armstrong July 15, 2017 Dark Days Wayville, South Australia, Australia 2 1403 [42]
24 Davey Green December 2, 2017 Battle for Supremacy Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 560 [43]
25 Nick Armstrong January 27, 2018 Reanimated Wayville, South Australia, Australia 3 1391 [44]
26 Chris Basso June 15, 2018 Superclash Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 4 1761 [45]
27 Zak Sabbath December 8, 2018 Battle for Supremacy Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 1674 [46]
28 Rocky Menero May 24, 2019 Superclash 2 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 622+8 [47]

Combined reigns
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Grimm 4 828
2 Rocky Menero † 2 748+
3 Chris Basso 4 736
4 Brodie Marshall 2 532
5 Nick Armstrong 3 433
6 Damon Matthews 2 385
7 Andy VOODOO Roy 2 364
8 Johnny Kash 1 315
9 Jacko Lantern 1 259
10 Adam Brooks 1 216
11 Zak Sabbath 1 167
12 Marvel 1 112
13 TJ Rush 1 98
14 Del Taurino 1 91
15 Davey Green 1 56
16 Brad Smyth 1 42

Names
Name Years
RCW Women's Championship May 26,2012 - Present

Reigns
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Savannah Summers May 26, 2012 Rites of Passage North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 1681 Savannah Summers defeated Miami in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [48]
2 Eliza Sway November 10, 2012 Powertrip North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 3923 [49]
— Vacated December 7, 2013 — — — —— Vacated due to injury.
3 Savannah Summers December 7, 2013 Battle For Supremacy North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 3022 Savannah Summers defeated Izzy Shaw to win the vacant title. [50]
4 Demi Bennett May 10, 2014 City Chicks Unleashed Wingfield, South Australia, Australia 1 1894 [51]
5 Harley Wonderland November 15, 2014 City Chicks Unleashed 3 Wingfield, South Australia, Australia 1 1472 [52]
6 Savannah Summers April 11, 2015 Strength Wayville, South Australia, Australia 3 4516 [53]
7 Miss Fortune May 7, 2016 Rites of Passage Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 1682 [54]
— Vacated October 22, 2016 — — — ——
8 Demi Bennett October 22, 2016 Key to the City Wayville, South Australia, Australia 2 3082 Demi Bennett defeated Savannah Summers and Quinn Beauregard to win the vacant title. [55]
— Vacated August 26, 2017 — — — —— Vacated when Demi Bennett signed with the WWE.
9 Casey Johns August 26, 2017 Powertrip Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 2936 Casey Johns defeated Amity Row, Eliza Sway and Izzy Shaw to win the vacant title. [56]
10 Indi Hartwell June 15, 2018 Superclash Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 3432 [57]
11 Miki Fortune May 24, 2019 Superclash 2 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 5051 Miki Fortune previously won the title as Miss Fortune [58]
— Vacated October 10, 2020 — — — —— Vacated due to injury.
12 Izzy Shaw October 10, 2020 Red Dawn Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia 1 117+1 Izzy Shaw defeated Savannah Summers to win the vacant title. [59]

Combined Reigns
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Savannah Summers 3 9 921
2 Miki Fortune 2 3 673
3 Demi Bennett 2 6 497
4 Eliza Sway 1 3 392
5 Indi Hartwell 1 2 343
6 Casey Johns 1 6 293
7 Harley Wonderland 1 2 147
8 Izzy Shaw † 1 1 117+

Names
Name Years
RCW Tag Team Championship October 22, 2016 - Present

Reigns
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 The Rude Ones
(Bulldog McKenzie and Marvel)		 October 22, 2016 Key to the City Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 1822 The Rude Ones defeated #bestos (Adam Brooks and Kellyanne) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. [60]
2 The Savage Gentlemen
(Brodie Marshall and Tyler Daniels)		 April 22, 2017 Strength Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 840 [61]
3 The Rude Ones
(Bulldog McKenzie and Marvel)		 July 15, 2017 Dark Days Wayville, South Australia, Australia 2 2803 This was a "Losing Team Must Disband" match [62]
4 The Millennials
(Dean Brady, James Kray and Tom Byrne)		 April 21, 2018 Megaslam Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 1331 This was a six person inter-gender tag team match. All three members of The Millennials were recognised as champions and defended the title under the Freebird Rule. [63]
5 The Parea
(Eli Theseus and Gabriel Aeros)		 September 1, 2018 RCW 200 Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 1752 This was a Four Way TLC match as including Gods and Monsters (Brodie Marshall and Grimm) and The Rude Ones (Bulldog McKenzie and Marvel) [64]
6 The Armstrongs
(Nick Armstrong and Jett Armstrong)		 February 23, 2019 RCW Live #45 Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia 1 902 [65]
7 The Parea
(Eli Theseus and Gabriel Aeros)		 May 24, 2019 Superclash 2 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 420 [66]
8 Gods and Monsters
(Brodie Marshall (2)) and Grimm)		 July 5, 2019 Long Live The King Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1 2182 [67]
9 World Class Egos
(Chris Basso and Matt Hayter)		 February 8, 2020 Reanimated XV Wayville, South Australia, Australia 1 2242 [68]
10 The Parea
(Eli Theseus and Gabriel Aeros)		 September 19, 2020 The Price is Fight! Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia 3 138+1 [69]

Combined Reigns

By Team

† Indicates the current champions
Rank Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 The Rude Ones
(Bulldog McKenzie and Marvel)		 2 5 462
2 The Parea†
(Eli Theseus and Gabriel Aeros)		 3 3 355+
3 World Class Egos
(Chris Basso and Matt Hayter)		 1 2 224
4 Gods and Monsters
(Brodie Marshall and Grimm)		 1 2 218
5 The Millennials
(Dean Brady, James Kray and Tom Byrne)		 1 1 133
6 The Armstrongs
(Jett Armstrong and Nick Armstrong)		 1 2 90
7 The Savage Gentlemen
(Brodie Marshall and Tyler Daniels)		 1 0 84

By Wrestler

† Indicates the current champions
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Bulldog McKenzie 2 5 462
Marvel
3 Eli Theseus† 3 3 355+
Gabriel Aeros†
5 Brodie Marshall 2 2 302
6 Chris Basso 2 2 224
Matt Hayter
8 Grimm 1 2 218
9 Dean Brady 1 1 133
James Kray
Tom Byrne
12 Jett Armstrong 1 2 90
Nick Armstrong
14 Tyler Daniels 1 0 84

Accomplishments
Accomplishment Current winner(s) Date won Previous winner Reference
RCW Strength Cup Kurt Baron 27 April 2019 Chris Basso [70]
RCW Key To The City Havok 17 January 2021 Cadie Tre
Riot City Rumble Matt Hayter 16 January 2021 Brodie Marshall

Roster
  • Adam Brooks
  • Ace Wilson
  • Amber Switch
  • Anti-Virus
  • Barren
  • Blair Alexis
  • Brandon Black
  • Brodie Marshall
  • Cadie Tre
  • Cayden Cornell
  • Chris Basso
  • Dean Brady
  • Delta
  • Downunder
  • Eli Theseus
  • Gabriel Aeros
  • Havok
  • Izzy Shaw
  • James Kray
  • Jensen Hunt
  • Jett Armstrong
  • Jonathan Corvidae
  • Kit Condor
  • Mat "Grimm" Basso
  • Matt Hayter
  • Mike Boomer
  • Miki Fortune
  • Nick Armstrong
  • Party Guy Ty
  • Redshaw
  • Rocky Menero
  • Savannah Summers
  • Tony Toro
  • Tyler Daniels
  • Zak Sabbath

Tag Teams and Stables
  • Gods and Monsters (Brodie Marshall, Mat "Grimm" Basso and Miki Fortune)
  • Kings of Ruin (Mike Boomer and Zak Sabbath)
  • The Family (Rocky Menero, Tyler Daniels, Eli Theseus and Gabriel Aeros)
  • Nick Armstrong and Tony Toro
  • The Parea (Eli Theseus and Gabriel Aeros)
  • World Class Egos (Chris Basso and Matt Hayter)

Others
  • Andrew Anderson (Ring Announcer)
  • Benjamin Rosenthal (Manager of Havok)
  • Luke Hazard (Commentary)
  • Michael Kent (Senior Referee)
  • Nick Savage (Referee)
  • Paul Roberts (Backstage Interviewer/Commentary)
  • Sean Fewster (Commentary)
  • Jimmy C (Part-Time Commentator and Manager)
  • Skinny Ref (Referee)

Alumni

See also

Notes

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