| Great Canadian Wrestling | |
| Acronym: | GCW |
| Established: | 2005 |
| Style: | Professional wrestling |
| Location: | Oshawa |
| Website: | http://gcwe.ca/ |
Great Canadian Wrestling (GCW) is an independent professional wrestling promotion company based in Oshawa, Ontario.[1] GCW was founded in 2005 and promotes shows throughout Southern Ontario.[1] [2] The company also hosts since 2005 an annual Great Canadian Wrestling Expo that takes place over several days and brings together a large group of wrestlers. Currently, four championships are defended at GCW events.
GCW events featured a roster of wrestlers who compete regularly for the promotion as well as occasional appearances by wrestlers currently signed with major promotions. In addition, a group of "legends", or veteran wrestlers from other promotions, also would compete on occasion for GCW.
On February 18, 2009, GCW began an online broadcast titled GCWtv.[3]
In November 2015, GCW rebranded itself as Infinity Wrestling.
GCW gives out the Ontario Indy Wrestling Awards annually, which is eligible to all wrestling promotions and wrestlers who perform in Ontario.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Beginning in 2005, the promotion's first year, GCW has assembled a group of wrestlers from various promotions to compete in a multi-day event known as the Great Canadian Wrestling Expo.[9] The first Expo attracted 600 visitors and included merchandise sales from a wide variety of vendors, an auction, and opportunities to meet with the wrestlers for autographs and photographs. Ed the Sock was named commissioner for the event and proceeds from the weekend were donated to the Sick Kids Foundation.[10] In 2006, the event was combined with the 10th Annual Anime North Convention.[11] The event featured primarily traditional wrestling matches but also included gimmick matches such as one between wrestlers competing as the Green Power Ranger and the Red Power Ranger for leadership of the Power Rangers, as well as an encounter between Team Sailor Moon and Team Rocket.[11] This cross-promotional event attracted 11,286 paid attendees.[12] Since 2006, GCW has continued to promote a series of shows along with Anime North.[13] [14]
Although GCW promotes matches with many wrestlers who have not appeared in major promotions, the organization also has an agreement with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) that facilitates events titled TNmAyhem, in which wrestlers from TNA compete. The first of these cards took place on May 24, 2007, and features appearances by such wrestlers as Raven, Christopher Daniels, and A.J. Styles.[15] GCW events also feature wrestlers who have gained fame in major American promotions, such as Billy Gunn,[16] The Honky Tonk Man,[17] and Koko B. Ware.[18]
GCW had a regular group of wrestlers that competed for the promotion; this includes both male and female wrestlers. In addition, many wrestlers made sporadic appearances for the company. On the company roster, GCW divides these occasional performers into two groups: legends (longtime wrestlers, many of whom are semi-retired) and superstars (wrestlers who currently compete, or have recently competed, for major promotions).
GCW's regular roster consisted of wrestlers who competed for the promotion on a regular basis:[19]
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The W.I.L.D. Division consisted of GCW's female wrestlers:[20]
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The GCW National Championship was a professional wrestling championship that serves as the major championship for Great Canadian Wrestling.
| width=20% | Wrestler: | width=0% | Times: | width=17% | Date: | width=20% | Location: | Notes: |
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| Michael Elgin | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| TJ Wilson | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Michael Elgin | 2 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Johnny Devine | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Jake O'Reilly | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Otis Idol | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Jake O'Reilly | 2 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Hayden Avery | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| RJ City | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Jaxon Jarvis | 1 | ? | Oshawa, Ontario | |||||
| Zakk Atticus | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Jaxon Jarvis | 2 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Steve Brown | 1 | ?? | Oshawa, Ontario | |||||
| Oshawa, Ontario |
In 2007, GCW National Champion Jake O'Reilly was injured but unwilling to vacate his title. As a result, an eight-man tournament was held to determine the first holder of the newly created GCW Interim Heavyweight Championship. O'Reilly, still holding his National Championship, returned in February 2008, and the two titles were unified when Otis Idol defeated O'Reilly in October 2008.[21]
| width=20% | Wrestler: | width=0% | Times: | width=17% | Date: | width=20% | Location: | Notes: |
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| Phil Atlas | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Otis Idol | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Oshawa, Ontario |
The GCW Ontario Independent Championship is a secondary title in the Great Canadian Wrestling promotion. It was created in May 2006, and a four-man tournament was held to determine the initial champion.[22]
| width=20% | Wrestler: | width=0% | Times: | width=17% | Date: | width=20% | Location: | Notes: |
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| Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Kris Chambers | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Jake O'Reilly | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Hayden Avery | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Cody Deaner | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Hayden the Destroyer | 2 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Cody 45 | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Xtremo | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Phil Atlas | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Brad 'Freakin' Martin | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Tiger Star | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| RJ City | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Rico Montana | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||
| Vacated | Oshawa, Ontario | |||||||
| Cody Deaner | 2 | Oshawa, Ontario |
The GCW Tag Team Championship was a championship that serves as the major tag team championship in the Great Canadian Wrestling promotion.
| No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beverly Hills Gangstas | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW | Defeated The Lunatics (Crazzy Steve & Gutter) in the finals of an eight-team tournament at Final War. | [23] [24] | |||||
| 2 | The Lunatics | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW Last Chance | Crazzy Steve defeated Cody 45 in a one-on-one title match at Last Chance | [25] | |||||
| 3 | Jake O'Reilly & Michael Elgin | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW Season's Beatings | Defeated Lunatics (Crazzy Steve and Gutter) at Season's Beatings; on January 12, 2007, Jake O'Reilly attacked Michael Eligin, thus vacating the title. | [26] | |||||
| Vacated | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||||||
| 4 | Michael Elgin & Havok | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW Canadian Invasion | Defeated Jake O'Reilly & Joe Doering, but Havok dropped the title at Ugandan Invasion | [27] | |||||
| 5 | Michael Elgin & Derek Wylde | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | Derek Wylde accepted Michael Elgin's invitation to become co-holder of the Tag Team Championships at Veni | Vidi! Vici | Jake O'Reilly & Crazzy Steve defeated Michael Elgin & Derek Wylde at Anarchy in Angus but the decision was reversed | [28] | ||||
| 6 | Hayden Avery & Cody Deaner | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW Beyond The Limit | Defeated Derek Wylde & Andrew Davis (substituting in for the injured Michael Elgin) at Beyond the Limit | [29] | |||||
| 7 | The Flatliners | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW Genesis | Defeated Hayden Avery & Cody Deaner at Genesis 11:25:07 | [30] | |||||
| 8 | 2 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW 2nd Anniversary Show: Game Over | Defeated The Flatliners in a Tag Team Cage Match at Game Over | [31] | ||||||
| 9 | The House of Virtue | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW Random Acts Of Violence 2008 | Defeated Hayden Avery & Cody Deaner at Random Acts of Violence | [32] | |||||
| 10 | The ProStars | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW Veni! Vidi | Vici! | Defeated The House of Virtue at Veni | Vidi! Vici | [33] | |||
| 11 | Cody 45 (2) & Ashley Six | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW Final War | Defeated The ProStars, Josh Alexander and Tyler Tirva at Final War 09 | [34] | |||||
| 12 | Michael Elgin (4) & Ashley Six (2) | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||||
| Oshawa, Ontario |
The GCW WILD Championship is a professional wrestling championship that serves as the major women's championship in the Great Canadian Wrestling promotion.
| width=0% | width=21% | Wrestler | width=0% | Reign | width=15% | Date | width=5% | Days held | width=13% | Location | width=15% | Event | width=54% class="unsortable" | Notes | |
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| 1 | Sirelda | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | W.I.L.D. Tournament 2006 | Sirelda defeated Nattie Neidhart in the finals of an 8–woman tournament to become the inaugural champion.[35] | ||||||||||
| 2 | Miss Danyah | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | Ugandan Invasion | |||||||||||
| 3 | April Hunter | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | Veni! Vidi | Vici! | ||||||||||
| 4 | Cherry Bomb | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | Anarchy in Angus | This was a fatal four–way, also involving Hailey Rogers and Miss Danyah. | ||||||||||
| 5 | Miss Danyah | 2 | Oshawa, Ontario | Random Acts of Violence | |||||||||||
| 6 | Portia Perez | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | W.I.L.D. Tournament 2007 | Portia Perez defeated LuFisto in the finals of an 8–woman tournament. | ||||||||||
| 7 | Miss Danyah | 3 | Oshawa, Ontario | Final Night | |||||||||||
| 8 | Deanna Conda | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | W.I.L.D. '08 - Supershow | Deanna Conda defeated Jamie D in the finals of an 8–woman tournament. | ||||||||||
| 9 | PJ Tyler | 1 | 117 | Oshawa, Ontario | W.I.L.D. '09 - Showdown | PJ Tyler defeated Deanna Conda in the finals of an 8–woman tournament. | |||||||||
| 10 | Anthony Darko | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | GCW 100 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Skylar Rose | 1 | ? | Oshawa, Ontario | |||||||||||
| 12 | Kaitlin Diemond | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Skylar Rose | 2 | ? | Oshawa, Ontario | |||||||||||
| 14 | Beautiful Beaa | 1 | Oshawa, Ontario | ||||||||||||