Manila Wrestling Federation (MWF) is an

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promotion based in the

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. MWF was founded in late 2014, and relaunched in 2018. MWF promotes itself as the home of ''"Aksyonovela"'' – a

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– representing the mix of athletic wrestling action and timely, relatable storytelling that the promotion presents.

History

MWF's beginnings came on the heels of another Philippine pro wrestling promotion,

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(PWR). Some of MWF's founders – like Mike Shannon, Robin Sane, Mr. Lucha, Tarek El Tayech, and William Elvin – had worked with PWR, but internal issues led to their departure from that company in late 2014. They then started laying the foundations of MWF along with co-founder Tala Haliya, recruited wrestlers and talents, and started wrestling training. MWF informally launched at History Channel's HistoryCon event in August 2016, staging wrestling matches across three days of the convention. MWF wrestlers were joined by wrestlers from

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(SPW), like The Eurasian Dragon, "The Statement" Andruew Tang, Alexis Lee, and The Thaibarrian. In April 2017, MWF produced its debut show, MWF Live, at the Makati Square Arena. After 4 more shows, MWF did a relaunch of its product in February 2018 at MWF Open House: Level UP, at the

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. Starting MWF 1: Kasaysayan, all of MWF's shows are numbered sequentially. MWF also produces an online weekly wrestling show, ''Aksyonovela TV'', on its

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channel. Its first episode aired on October 23, 2019. In November 2019, MWF started to tape episodes in front of a live audience.

Roster

Male wrestlers

Female wrestlers

Other personnel

Championships

MWF Championship

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Visiting international wrestlers

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*Michael Su *Nor "Phoenix" Diana *Shaukat *Sunny Z *

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References

External links

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