Border City Wrestling

Independent professional wrestling promotion

Border City Wrestling (BCW) is an independent professional wrestling promotion owned and booked by Scott D'Amore, and based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Many of the promotion's employees were trained at the Can Am wrestling school. After the promotion briefly merged with BSE Pro to create Maximum Pro Wrestling in 2010, an offshoot promotion named after the school would be launched in 2012 before BCW would resume holding shows later that year.

Border City Wrestling was founded in late 1992 by Scott D'Amore, Chuck Fader, and "The Canadian Destroyer" Doug Chevalier. The promotion's home base was LaSalle's Centennial Arena, with most their shows being held at this venue. The promotion was known for featuring a mix of local talent and stars from major promotions, such as WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States. In 2004, BCW would merge with Ontario Championship Wrestling (OCW). On February 3, 2010, it was announced that D'Amore had left TNA Wrestling and that BCW would be merging with Toronto's BSE Pro, run by Jason A. Brown, to become Maximum Pro Wrestling. This merger would ultimately last for two years. One year later, on October 19, 2013, BCW held their 20th anniversary show at St. Clair College. On May 9, 2014, BCW presented a special event titled East Meets West, featuring talent from New Japan Pro Wrestling. The event featured appearances by Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada, Karl Anderson, and Hiroshi Tanahashi. BCW's "Excellence" event, held in October 2014 and headlined by Bret Hart drew the promotion's largest crowd to date. As a result, it would become a reoccurring, annual event. The second Excellence event would be held at St. Clair College the following October in 2015. In the Spring of 2016, BCW revived their BCW Can Am Tag Team Championship through a tournament, which was won by Phil Atlas & Brent Banks after defeating The Fraternity at Spring Loaded 2016 on May 28, 2016. In March 2017, BCW formed a partnership with Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah to exchange talent between Japan and Canada. On December 5, 2017, D'Amore and Don Callis were announced as Impact Wrestling's new executive vice presidents. As a result, Impact and BCW began to work together, with content from BCW becoming available on Impact's streaming service, and most BCW events serving as television tapings for both Impact's eponymous weekly program and Xplosion. Border City Wrestling announced their 25th Anniversary show in July 2018, on October 6 at St. Clair College. The event was filmed as part of Impact's One Night Only event series for the Global Wrestling Network. On February 7, 2024, BCW and TNA would end their working relationship after D'Amore's contract with TNA was terminated.

Ring nameNotesA 1Aiden PrinceOne half of the BCW Tag Team ChampionsBen BooneBrad "Freakin" MartinBrent BanksAlso known as Brent BBhupinder GujjarCaleb StillsFormerly known as GutterCody DeanerChanning DeckerOne half of The FraternityEl ReversoOne half of the BCW Tag Team ChampionsGisele ShawIdris AbrahamFormerly known as Abe "Action" JacksonJade ChungJake O'ReillyJake SomethingCurrent BCW Can Am ChampionJoe ColemanJoe DoeringJohn E. BravoJohnny DevineJohnny PlayboyJohnny SwingerMember of The Syndicate Jon BolenMember of The SyndicateJimmy JacobsK. C. SpinelliKarouKongo KongMember of The SyndicateKrimsonFormerly known as "CK3" Conrad Kennedy IIIKurt HendrickMatrox'Psycho' Mike RollinsMooseMysterious Movado'Amazing' N8 MattsonPetey WilliamsRaj SinghOne half of The Desi Hit SquadRandy ReignRJ CityRohit RajuOne half of The Desi Hit SquadRyan WrightRosemarySebastian SuaveScott D'AmoreOwner, promoter, and booker. Also member, wrestler, and manager of The SyndicateSheldon JeanSiennaStone RockwellTarikTrent GibsonOne half of The FraternityTyson Dux