Pro Championship Wrestling (PCW UK) is a

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owned

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established as Preston City Wrestling in 2011. It was re-branded as Pro Championship Wrestling in 2020, and is still stylised as PCW. PCW runs the majority of its shows in Preston, in the county of

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History

Pro Championship Wrestling UK was founded in 2011 as Preston City Wrestling by Steven Fludder in

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. Their first event was held on 26 August 2011 in Preston and they crowned their first PCW champion during the second show on 23 September. Many other notable British talents have also wrestled at PCW including

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and Doug Williams. In 2013, it was announced that former boxing champion

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would sign his first contract with PCW and wrestle his first match in March 2014. However, on 14 December 2013, Preston City Wrestling announced on their Facebook Page that Bowe would no longer be appearing due to a disagreement with Bowe`s new agent. At ''"Tribute to the Troops"'' in 2014, approximately 2000 people were in attendance for the free (non paid) show, a record for a wrestling show in the United Kingdom outside of WWE or WCW shows. In June 2014 they announced their partnership with

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(ROH) and presented their first show together called ''"Supershow of Honor"'' in November. In July 2015 it was announced that another four wrestling shows co-promoted by both organizations would occur in November 2015. On 27 November

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became the first Ring of Honor wrestler to gain a PCW title, winning the PCW Cruiserweight Championship from

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. It was announced on Twitter that

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signed with PCW for ''"Road To Glory 2016"'' show in February along with Tajiri. On 25 June 2016, PCW hosted the first HD iPPV in European wrestling history. In September 2016, PCW withdrew from its relationship with ROH and announced they were now working with American promotions Beyond Wrestling and

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(CZW) and German promotion

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(wXw).

Championships

Current champions

Tournaments

Road To Glory winners

*2013:

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*2014:

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*2015:

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*2016:

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*2018:

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*2019: Joey Hayes

PCW Heavyweight Championship

The PCW Heavyweight Championship is a

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owned by the Preston City Wrestling (PCW)

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. The title was created and debuted on 23 September 2011. The current champion is Joey Hayes, who is in his second reign.

Combined reigns

PCW Tag Team Championship

The PCW Tag Team Championship is a

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owned by the Preston City Wrestling (PCW)

. The title was created and debuted on 17 August 2012. The current champions are The Buy Out (

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and Sheikh El Sham), who are in their second reign.

Combined reigns

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PCW Cruiserweight Championship

The PCW Cruiserweight Championship is a

owned by the Preston City Wrestling (PCW)

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PCW Women's Championship

The PCW Women's Championship is a

owned by the Preston City Wrestling (PCW)

. The title was first awarded on 26 August 2017 when Lucy Cole defeated Lauren, Nightshade, Rhio, Sammii Jayne, and Sierra Loxton in a six-way elimination match at Girl Power 2. The current champion is Lizzy Styles, who is in her first reign {, class="wikitable" , - , # , Order in reign history , - , Reign , The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed , - , Event , The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won , - , — , Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! # !Wrestlers !Reign !Date !Days
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References

External links

Preston City Wrestling official website
{{City of Preston culture British professional wrestling promotions Sport in Preston