Mach One Wrestling
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Mach One Wrestling is an American
United States
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 professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 promotion based in Anaheim, California
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...

 and promoting events throughout Southern California. The company is owned by Jon Ian.

History

In 2008, Jon Ian, long time wrestling ring announcer and creative team member for several organizations, created Mach One Wrestling as an associate of NWA Pro Wrestling. Promoting events throughout Orange County, M1W quickly became one of the most successful promotions in the area. In 2009 M1W opened a training school in Anaheim, CA with Joey Ryan as head trainer. They also began hosting weekly Friday Fight Night events at the school.

Highlights

The first M1W event took place on June 1, 2008 at Santa Ana High School in Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....

. The event featured a defense of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the National Wrestling Alliance. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to Georg Hackenschmidt's 1905 title and...

 by Adam Pearce
Adam Pearce
Adam Pearce is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is the current NWA World Heavyweight Champion in his fourth reign and the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He is also a former PWG Champion....

. Pearce, with his manager C. Edward Vander Pyle
Marty Lurie
Marty Lurie , is in his 8th year as an American professional wrestling manager and commentator better known by his stage name C. Edward Vander Pyle or Mr. Vander Pyle...

, narrowly defeated TJ Perkins to retain the title. Despite the loss, Perkins went on to the main event to win a Battle Royal
Battle royal (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...

 to claim the NWA Heritage Championship
NWA Heritage Championship
The NWA Heritage Championship is a title controlled by the National Wrestling Alliance and defended in the NWA, NWA Pro and NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood.-Title history:-External links:**...

, ironically left vacant when Pearce became World Champion.

In addition to future defenses of the NWA Heritage Championship, M1W wrestling also hosted a successful defense by Los Luchas
Los Luchas
Los Luchas is a Mexican professional wrestling tag team that consists of Phoenix Star and Zokre. They are best known for their reign as NWA World Tag Team Champions and their tenure in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .-History:...

 of the NWA World Tag Team Championship
NWA World Tag Team Championship
The National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Championship is the professional wrestling world tag team championship within the NWA framework.-History:...

 against the Cutler Brothers on August 2, 2008 at Santa Ana High School.

M1W ran an event in conjunction with the Long Beach
Long Beach, California
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 Comic-Con
Comic-Con
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 that included a double main event of Joey Ryan facing Scotty 2 Hotty and James Morgan defending the M1W Championship against Paul London
Paul London
Paul Michael London is an American professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment ....

. Ryan, with assistance from Vander Pyle, defeated Scotty 2 Hotty then attacked Morgan after he upset London to retain the title. After London came to Morgan’s aid, Scotty 2 Hotty gave his signature W.O.R.M. to both Ryan and Vander Pyle.

The Mach One Wrestling school’s Wrestling 101 has featured several guest speakers and trainers including Terry Taylor
Terry Taylor
Terry Taylor , is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation...

, Frankie Kazarian
Frankie Kazarian
Frank B. Gerdelman is an Armenian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Frankie Kazarian or simply Kazarian. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...

, Paul London, Brian Kendrick
Brian Kendrick
Brian David Kendrick is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under his real name. Before joining TNA he spent several years wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, where he wrestled under his name, as Spanky, and finally as "The" Brian Kendrick...

 and Ryan Sakoda. Additionally, the school hosted a seminar by Chris Hero
Chris Hero
Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...

 in January 2010.

Mach One Tag Team Titles

The Mach One Tag Team Championship was first crowned in a 16 Team Tournament that took place throughout January 2010.
  • Participants:
  • Dan Moore & Alex Kingston
  • The Ballard Brothers (Shannon & Shane)
  • Ric Ellis & Devin Sparks
  • Willie Mack
    Willie Mack (wrestler)
    Willie Mack is an American professional wrestler. Willie is best known for his work with National Wrestling Alliance and their Southern California associates Alternative Wrestling Show and Mach One Wrestling...

     & Jerome “LTP” Robinson
  • Natural Selection (Brian Cage & Shawn Rickers)
  • Mikey Callahan & David flex
    David Flex
    David Byers is an American professional wrestler, who wrestles under the name David Flex on the west coast independent wrestling scene.-The Beginning:...

  • The Cutler Brothers (Dustin & Brandon)
  • Todd Chandler & Locura
  • Andrew Hellman & Sonny Samson
  • Ryan Taylor
    Ryan Taylor (wrestler)
    Russell "Ryan" Taylor is an American professional wrestler, who is currently working for several independent wrestling promotions on the west coast of the United States and continues to travel outside the country to Mexico City and Japan...

     & Chris Kadillak
  • Peter Avalon & Mr. Biggz
  • Terex & Jarek Matthews
  • Brandon Parker
    Brandon Parker
    Brandon Parker is an American professional wrestler. Brandon is best known for his work with NWA Pro Wrestling and their Southern California associates Alternative Wrestling Show, Mach One Wrestling and primarily for the Empire Wrestling Federation.-Career:Brandon Parker trained under the...

     & Kyle Webb
  • The RockNES Monsters (Johnny Yuma & Johnny Goodtime)
  • Los Luchas
    Los Luchas
    Los Luchas is a Mexican professional wrestling tag team that consists of Phoenix Star and Zokre. They are best known for their reign as NWA World Tag Team Champions and their tenure in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .-History:...

     (Phoenix Star & Zokre)
  • Scorpio Sky
    Scorpio Sky
    Schuyler Andrews, better known as Scorpio Sky, is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is best known for his appearances on MTV's Wrestling Society X, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and Lucha Vavoom, but has also worked in Japan, Germany and England. Sky has held titles in the...

     & Mr. Excitement

2.

First Round matches took place at Friday Fight Night on January 8 and January 15. Second Round matches took place on January 22. The Third Round and Final matches took place on January 29.

NOTE: To date, Natural Selection are the only Mach One Tag Team Champions

Current Male Wrestlers

  • Andrew Hellman
  • Angel Lopez
  • Brandon Parker
    Brandon Parker
    Brandon Parker is an American professional wrestler. Brandon is best known for his work with NWA Pro Wrestling and their Southern California associates Alternative Wrestling Show, Mach One Wrestling and primarily for the Empire Wrestling Federation.-Career:Brandon Parker trained under the...

  • Brian Cage
  • Brian Weston
  • Cedric the Hitman
  • Tha Chef
  • David E. Jones
  • Disco Machine
    Disco Machine
    Disco Machine is an American professional wrestler from Southern California.-Career:He kicked off his wrestling career working for Revolution Pro, a prominent SoCal promotion, in 1998. In 2003, Disco Machine became one of the six owners of brand new SoCal promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla,...

  • Eric Watts
  • Famous B
  • Hawaiian Lion – M1W Tag Team Champion
  • James Morgan
  • Jarek Matthews - M1W Champion
  • Joey Ryan
  • Johnny Goodtime
  • Johnny Yuma
  • Josh Rozay
  • Kyle Webb
  • Leo Blaze
  • Luis Tapia
  • Mikey O'Shea
  • Mr.Biggs
  • Navajo Warrior – M1W Tag Team Champion
  • Nick Madrid
  • "Pretty" Peter Avalon
  • Ridiculoso
  • Ruben Iglesias
  • Ryan Stone
  • Ryan Taylor
    Ryan Taylor (wrestler)
    Russell "Ryan" Taylor is an American professional wrestler, who is currently working for several independent wrestling promotions on the west coast of the United States and continues to travel outside the country to Mexico City and Japan...

  • Scorpio Sky
    Scorpio Sky
    Schuyler Andrews, better known as Scorpio Sky, is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is best known for his appearances on MTV's Wrestling Society X, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and Lucha Vavoom, but has also worked in Japan, Germany and England. Sky has held titles in the...

  • Shaun Ricker
  • Terex
  • Todd Chandler
  • Willie Mack
    Willie Mack (wrestler)
    Willie Mack is an American professional wrestler. Willie is best known for his work with National Wrestling Alliance and their Southern California associates Alternative Wrestling Show and Mach One Wrestling...



Tag Teams/Stables

  • Anchors Away (Ryan Stone and David E. Jones)
  • The Cole-lition (Christian Cole, James Morgan, Andrew Hellman, Leo Blaze and Josh Rozay)
  • Eric Cross and Jonathan Suave
  • Luis Tapia and Angel Lopez
  • Natural Selection (Brian Cage and Shaun Ricker)
  • Ridiculously Bigg (Ridiculoso and Mr.Biggs)
  • The RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma)
  • The Tribe (The Navajo Warrior and Hawaiian Lion)
  • Young Hollywood (Todd Chandler and Brandon Parker)

Non-Wrestlers and Managers

  • Angelo Trinidad – Ring Announcer
  • Christian Cole - The Cole-ition's Manager
  • Jon Ian - Owner
  • Joshua Waldrop - Announcer

Current champions

Championship Champion(s) Previous Date Won Location
M1W Heavyweight Championship
M1W Heavyweight Championship
The M1W Heavyweight Championship is a heavyweight wrestling championship defended in Mach 1 Wrestling.The first champion was James Morgan who won it on February 21, 2009 in an 11 man battle royal.-Title history:...

Jarek Matthews James Morgan August 19, 2011 Anaheim, CA
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...

M1W Tag Team Championship The Tribe

External links

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