Revolutionary Championship Wrestling is a Midwestern independent professional wrestling promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...

 based in Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Scioto County. The municipality is located on the northern banks of the Ohio River and east of the Scioto River in Southern Ohio. The population was 20,226 at the 2010 census.-Foundation:...

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History

It was formed in early 2002 by Dirk Cunningham who had left the Superstar Wrestling Federation (SWF), after creative differences with SWF owner Andy Runyon. Soon afterwards several other wrestling stars left the SWF as well due to creative differences with the company.

In mid 2002 Cunningham acquired a ring, and a promoters license, and set forth with a booking committee featuring himself, Jerry Davis, Jason Taylor, V.L. Stricklett, Ace Gigolo, Jay Vastine, Chris Smith and Exotic E.. The first show was booked for West Union, Ohio

West Union, Ohio

West Union is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,903 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Adams County....

 on November 29, 2002 and was titled "RCW: The Gathering". Notable appearances at the show included a surprise appearance by SWF stars "The King" Randy Allen, The Notorius Jay Vastine, The Livewire Chris Smith and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...

 tag team champion, "Wildcat" Chris Harris

Chris Harris (wrestler)

Christopher Eric "Chris" Harris is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he was formerly one-half of the tag team America's Most Wanted along with partner & Former TNA World Heavyweight Champion James Storm.-World Championship...

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RCW currently produces a half hour TV program called RCW: Wrestling Shadows which broadcasts on over the air TV station The Zone on channel 59 in Chillicothe, Ohio

Chillicothe, Ohio

Chillicothe is a city in and the county seat of Ross County, Ohio, United States.Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio and is located in southern Ohio along the Scioto River. The name comes from the Shawnee name Chalahgawtha, meaning "principal town", as it was a major settlement of...

, and channel 66 in Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Scioto County. The municipality is located on the northern banks of the Ohio River and east of the Scioto River in Southern Ohio. The population was 20,226 at the 2010 census.-Foundation:...

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RCW Roster

• Flash Fury
• Vance Desmond - Retired
• Onyx
• Ace Gigolo - Retired
• "American Idol" Dirk Extreme- RCW North American Champion
• "Bad News" Keith Hamblin
• Jimmy "Pretty Boy" Malloy -
• "Captivating" Corey Mason - *El Nino
• "Genuine" Jock Samson
• Heavy Metal
• JD Santos
• Judas Thorn -
• The Juggulator- RCW World Heavyweight Champion
• "Livewire" Chris Smith
• "The Natural" Chad Cruise
• Nikki Tyler
• Randy "The King" Allen
• Trik Nasty
• Tyson Rogers
• Otto Von Boogeymeister
• "Big Guns" Jeff Cannon
• "Freebird" Brian Cross
• "The Black Irish Saints" - RCW World Tag Team Champions

RCW Staff

• Chris Jones - RCW Cameraman
• Chuck Chronic - RCW Cameraman
• Dustie King - RCW Audio Engineer
• Eric Schomburg - RCW Photographer
• John Reuben - RCW Senior Referee
• "Loony" Mike Horton - RCW Snitch
• The Mastermind - RCW Commissioner
• The Phoenix (Al Snow) - RCW Owner
• RangerBob - RCW Play-By-Play Commentator
• Steve Helphenstine - RCW Referee
• "WWWorld Famous" Kenny Young - RCW Ring Announcer

Superstars That Have Appeared

• Al Snow
  Al Snow
  Allen Ray Sarven is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent.-Early career:Sarven...
  
  
• "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton
  Bobby Eaton
  Robert Lee "Bobby" Eaton is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, who made his debut in 1976. Eaton is most famous for his work in tag teams, especially his days as one-half of the team the Midnight Express. Under the management of Jim Cornette, Eaton originally teamed with Dennis...
  
  
• Big Van Vader
• Demolition Ax
• "Dr. Death" Steve Williams
• The Honky Tonk Man
  The Honky Tonk Man
  Roy Wayne Farris , better known by his ring name The Honky Tonk Man, is an American professional wrestler. A 1975 graduate from University of Memphis with a B.S. degree in Education. Coached high school football 2 seasons at Munford High School in Munford, Tennessee...
  
  
• Jerry "The King" Lawler
  Jerry Lawler
  Jerry O'Neil Lawler is an American professional wrestler, wrestling commentator, musician, businessman, commercial artist and film actor, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is currently signed to WWE, working on its Raw brand as the color commentator and occasional...
  
  
• Mad Man Pondo
  Kevin Canady
  Kevin Canady , better known by his ring name Mad Man Pondo, is an American professional wrestler best known for his hardcore wrestling style. Canady has wrestled for various wrestling promotions, including Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Combat Zone Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling,...
  
  
• "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff
• "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff
  Nikita Koloff
  Nikita Koloff is a retired American professional wrestler,. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, he wrestled as "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff, which was a play on the nickname of fan favorite "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes .Nikita was brought into the National...
  
  
• "Wildcat" Chris Harris
  Chris Harris (wrestler)
  Christopher Eric "Chris" Harris is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he was formerly one-half of the tag team America's Most Wanted along with partner & Former TNA World Heavyweight Champion James Storm.-World Championship...
  
  
• Eugene
  Nick Dinsmore
  Nicholas "Nick" Dinsmore , better known by his ring names Eugene and U-Gene, is an American professional wrestler...
  
  

External links

• Official Revolutionary Championship Wrestling website