World Series Wrestling
Acronym | WSW |
---|---|
Founded | 2005 |
Defunct | 2010 |
Style | Professional wrestling |
Headquarters | Australia |
Founder(s) | Andrew McManus |
Owner(s) | Adrian Manera |
World Series Wrestling was an Australian professional wrestling promotion that ran tours in 2005, 2007 and 2010.[1] It was founded and promoted on its first run by Andrew McManus and owned by Adrian Manera.[2] It is not known who ran the 2010 tour under the WSW name.
Contents
History
The first tour in 2005, titled International Assault, visited three cities - Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle - in early October.[3] In Melbourne the first WSW heavyweight champion was crowned in a one off match between Rhino and Jeff Jarrett, with Rhino gaining the victory.[4] Also on the same night the first of a three match series was contested between A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels with Styles winning a 30-minute iron man match 1 fall to none. Rhino successfully defended his title against Jarrett in Sydney while Daniels leveled the three match series in Sydney,[5] but on the final night of the tour Jarrett defeated Rhino in Newcastle while Styles won the three match series.[6]
The second tour in 2007 was also titled International Assault and took place in early June - again visiting the same three cities.[7] The WSW heavyweight title was vacant and another one off match in Sydney was held to fill the vacancy. Bryan Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness for the title. Local Sydney promotion the Australasian Wrestling Federation allowed its Australasian title and tag team titles to be defended on the show, with then AWF champion TNT defending successfully against Billy Kidman.[8] In Melbourne, Danielson successfully defended his title against McGuinness,[9] but in Newcastle Danielson lost the title to Kidman.[10]
WSW Alumni
The following is a list of WSW alumni.
- Aaron Aguilera
- Austin Aries
- Billy Kidman
- TNT
- Christopher Daniels
- Bryan Danielson
- Devon Hughes
- Super Dragon
- Gail Kim
- Rhino
- Nidia Guenard
- Jon Heidenreich
- Jeff Jarrett
- Kid Kash
- Frankie Kazarian
- Mark LoMonaco
- Masato Tanaka
- Test
- Nigel McGuinness
- Nathan Jones
- Rove McManus
- Samoa Joe
- A.J. Styles
Championships and accomplishments
WSW Heavyweight Championship
The WSW Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship contested for in the heavyweight division of World Series Wrestling.[11]
# | Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | Rhino | 1 | October 5, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Vodafone Arena, Melbourne | Live event | Defeated Jeff Jarrett. | [12] |
2 | Jeff Jarrett | 1 | October 8, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales | International Assault | Holds the longest reign. | |
3 | Title vacated | 1 | May 1, 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Live event | WSW stripped Jeff Jarrett of the title due to his commitments with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ||
3 | Bryan Danielson | 1 | June 1, 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | The Roundhouse, Kensington, New South Wales | Live event | Defeated Nigel McGuinness to win the vacate title and holds the shortest reign. | [13] |
3 | Billy Kidman | 1 | June 3, 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Newcastle Panthers, Newcastle, New South Wales | Live event | Title Become Inactive when WSW Closed. |
Other Championships used by WSW
- AWF Australasian Championship
- AWF Tag Team Championship
See also
References
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