World Series Wrestling

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.

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.

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.
1 Rhino 1 October 5, 2005 3 Vodafone Arena, Melbourne Live event Defeated Jeff Jarrett. [12]
2 Jeff Jarrett 1 October 8, 2005 570 Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales International Assault Holds the longest reign.
3 Title vacated 1 May 1, 2007 31 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 2 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 89 Newcastle Panthers, Newcastle, New South Wales Live event Title Become Inactive when WSW Closed.

Other Championships used by WSW

See also

References

  1. ↑ "International Assault 2010 - Thebarton Theatre : Theatres in Torrensville, Adelaide". My247.com.au. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  2. ↑ "World Series Wrestling (WSW)". cagematch.net. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  3. ↑ "Events < World Series Wrestling (WSW)". cagematch.net. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  4. ↑ "WSW International Assault Tour Melbourne". cagematch.net. 2005-10-05. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  5. ↑ "WSW International Assault Tour Sydney". cagematch.net. 2005-10-07. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  6. ↑ "WSW International Assault Tour Newcastle". cagematch.net. 2005-10-08. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  7. ↑ "Events << World Series Wrestling (WSW)". cagematch.net. 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  8. ↑ "WSW International Assault Tour Sydney". cagematch.net. 2007-06-02. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  9. ↑ "WSW International Assault Tour Melbourne". cagematch.net. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  10. ↑ "WSW International Assault Tour Newcastle". cagematch.net. 2007-06-03. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  11. ↑ "Solie's Title Histories: WSW- World Series Wrestling". Solie.org. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  12. ↑ "10/5 WSW in Australia: Samoa Joe vs. Test, Styles vs. Daniels, Team 3D (Dudleys), Jarrrett". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  13. ↑ "unsw: International Assault 2 - This Friday!". Unsw.livejournal.com. 2007-05-29. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
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