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{{Infobox Company
| Image=Ringside.gif
|type=Wrestling / Sports Entertainment
| Fedname=Ringside Wrestling
|name=<b>Ringside Wrestling</b>
| active=Open
|logo=[[Image:Ringside2.png]]
| years=
|foundation= February 13th, 2008
| RP=RP
|location=Staten Island, New York [[Image:Usa.png|United States of America]]
| fedhead=Matthew Lanier
|key_people=<b>[[John M. Blackburn]]</b>, President<br>
| PPV=Varies
|programming=<b>[[Tradition]]</b>, Saturday 9PM CST<br>Broadcast live on <b>[[HOTv]]</b>
| TV=TRADITION
|revenue=
| titles=3
|operating_income=
| website=http://www.ringsidewrestling.net
|net_income=
|num_employees=50 (as of 22nd March 2009)
|homepage=[http://www.ringsidewrestling.net/ Official Site]<br />[http://hotv.howrestling.com/ Television Network] <br />[http://www.youtube.com/ Internet Coverage]
}}
}}


Ringside Wrestling (rW) is a regional professional wrestling company currently touring the New England states in the United States of America. rW is owned and operated by Ringside Entertainment, LLC, with John Mark Blackburn as the current Chairman of the Board. Ringside Entertainment, LLC is a combination of Ringside, LLC and the Crowley Entertainment Group. The two companies merged in June of 2008 to form Ringside Entertainment, LLC.
'''Ringside Wrestling''' ('''rW''') is a rapidly expanding privately controlled integrated media (focusing in television, Internet, and live events) and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling operating out of Staten Island, New York in the United States of America. rW is owned and operated by [[Ringside Entertainment, LLC]], with [[John Mark Blackburn]] as the current Chairman of the Board. Ringside Entertainment, LLC is a combination of Ringside, LLC and the Crowley Entertainment Group. The two companies merged in June of 2008 to form Ringside Entertainment, LLC.


rW currently broadcasts one weekly show taped in an arena with a live audience to air on YouTube. A television deal is currently being worked out with the sports and outdoors channel, Versus.
The company currently broadcasts one weekly show ([[Tradition]]) taped in the [[Ringside Arena]] with a live audience which is broadcast live each Saturday night on the wrestling specific television network; [[HOTv]]. Previously the show was aired on the popular website; YouTube.


rW has three championships at this current time. They are the Ringside Championship, Commonwealth Championship and the Fellowship Championship.
rW boasts two active championships at this current time. They are the [[Ringside Championship]] and the [[Commonwealth Championship]]. The [[Fellowship Championship]] is currently inactive although the company has stated their intent to reinstate this division at some point in 2009.  


== History ==
== History ==
{{sectstub}}
Ringside Wrestling is a wrestling promotion owned by the Ringside, LLC and ran by John Mark Blackburn. The company began in February of 2008 and its base of operations was in Boston, Massachusetts. Ringside Wrestling aired its weekly broadcast, Tradition, on YouTube. These broadcasts were taped in local high school gymnasiums. As popularity of Ringside Wrestling began to grow, Tradition’s taping locations were moved from high school gyms to college and university arenas around the New England states.


== Championships ==
As Ringside Wrestling began to fill the arenas of the colleges and universities of the New England states, officials knew they needed to do something to make their broadcasts and live shows more exciting for the fans. Ringside, LLC began a partnership with the Crowley Entertainment Group, a production company out of Boston. The partnership improved Ringside Wrestling’s production value and eventually led to the Ringside, LLC acquisition of the Crowley Entertainment Group.
=== '''Current Champions''' ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
On September 10th, Ringside Wrestling began airing Tradition to a nationwide audience on the Versus television network from the larger arenas like Madison Square Garden. Ringside Wrestling was given an opportunity to air the broadcast after Versus received high ratings from a trial broadcast entitled No Giving Up, which featured Steven Holt taking on Myles Jake in the Main Event.
!Championship
 
!Champion(s)
Economic hardships began to fall on Ringside, LLC. Many of the top named talents began having to leave the company due to Ringside, LLC’s inability to afford the contracts the talent desired. Blackburn publically came out and expressed to the fans the situation that the company was in. Rumors of layoffs began to pop up that would include both talent and staff.
!Defeated
 
!Show
On November 3rd, 2008, it was announced that Ringside, LLC headquarters would be making a move from Boston to the new Ringside Complex on Staten Island in New York City. Ringside purchased an building almost thirty thousand square feet and turned it into an arena to seat sixty five hundred people. They also purchased a three story office tower. The Ringside Arena along with the Ringside Tower, make up the Ringside Complex.
!Date
 
|-  
After a couple of months of broadcasting on Versus, ratings began to drop for Tradition, and the arenas were not selling out of tickets like they were in the past, Versus finally made the decision to end the ‘season’ of Tradition on Ringside on November 19th, 2008, after Ringside Wrestling aired their super card, REVIVAL.
| '''[[rW Ringside Title]]''' || [[Eugene FitzPatrick]] || [[Derek Barlow]] || Tradition 33 ||  February 7, 2009
 
== Champions ==
 
<center>
[[rW Championship Histories]]
{| border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2"
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Image:Ringside-championship.jpg|Ringside Wrestling's Ringside Championship]] || || || || <center>[[Image:Commonwealth-championship.jpg|Ringside Wrestling's Commonwealth Championship]]</center> || || || || <center>[[Image:Fellowship-championship.jpg|Ringside Wrestling's Fellowship Championship]]</center>
|-
|-
| '''[[rW Commonwealth Title]]''' || [[Tyler Justice]] || [[Infamous]] || New Year's Eve || December 31, 2008
! <center>'''[[Ringside Championship]]'''</center> || || || || <center>'''[[Commonwealth Championship]]'''</center> || || || || <center>'''[[Fellowship Championship]]'''</center>
|-
| '''[[rW Fellowship Titles]]''' || [[Vacant]] || N/A || N/A || N/A
|-
|-
| <center>[[Eugene FitzPatrick]]</center> || || || || <center>[[Tyler Justice]]</center> || || || || <center>Vacant</center>
|}
</center>
== Current Roster ==
=== Singles Competitors ===
<center>
{|
|
*[[Jimmy Bonafide]]
*[[Gianluca Cassano]]
*[[Tom Elijah]]
*[[Lori Equinox]]
*[[Eugene FitzPatrick]]
|
         
|
         
|
*[[Avis Flyfield]]
*[[Marshall Hamilton Foxe]]
*[[William Gwynn]]
*[[Myles Jake]]
*[[Tyler Justice]]
|
         
|
         
|
*[[Mark Knight]]
*[[Rejection]]
*[[SurReal]]
*[[Keisuke Takashi]]
*[[Jimmy Thunder]]
|}
|}
</center>
=== Fellowship Division ===
* Currently inactive
== Programming ==
:''Main Article: [[rW Programming]]''
rW currently hosts one weekly show, [[Tradition]], which airs every Saturday evening on the HOTv network.
The company also holds a several pay-per-view supercards throughout the course of the year.
== Staff ==
[[Image:Blackburn.jpg|frame|<center>rW President [[John Mark Blackburn]]</center>]]
=== Board of Directors ===
*[[John Mark Blackburn]] - Ringside Wrestling President
=== Production Staff ===
*Chuck Thompson - Broadcast Announcer
*Howard Sanford - Broadcast Announcer
*Nicole Conway - Ring Announcer
*Kayla Brown - Backstage Interviewer
*Silas Eneas - Backstage Interviewer
*Sam Worth - Senior Referee
*Joe Stevenson - Referee


===Back of House Staff ===
*Lance Fremont - Head of Security
*Miggy Hernandez - Head of Environmental Services
*Kazuyoshi Nakamura - Global Talent Scout
*Austin Andrews - Online Content Manager
*Brian Cannon - Road Agent
*Jinsei Nakamura - Road Agent


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Latest revision as of 03:52, 8 May 2010

Ringside Wrestling
Type Wrestling / Sports Entertainment
Founded February 13th, 2008
Headquarters Staten Island, New York United States of America
Key people John M. Blackburn, President
Programming Tradition, Saturday 9PM CST
Broadcast live on HOTv
Employees 50 (as of 22nd March 2009)
Website Official Site
Television Network
Internet Coverage

Ringside Wrestling (rW) is a rapidly expanding privately controlled integrated media (focusing in television, Internet, and live events) and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling operating out of Staten Island, New York in the United States of America. rW is owned and operated by Ringside Entertainment, LLC, with John Mark Blackburn as the current Chairman of the Board. Ringside Entertainment, LLC is a combination of Ringside, LLC and the Crowley Entertainment Group. The two companies merged in June of 2008 to form Ringside Entertainment, LLC.

The company currently broadcasts one weekly show (Tradition) taped in the Ringside Arena with a live audience which is broadcast live each Saturday night on the wrestling specific television network; HOTv. Previously the show was aired on the popular website; YouTube.

rW boasts two active championships at this current time. They are the Ringside Championship and the Commonwealth Championship. The Fellowship Championship is currently inactive although the company has stated their intent to reinstate this division at some point in 2009.

History

Ringside Wrestling is a wrestling promotion owned by the Ringside, LLC and ran by John Mark Blackburn. The company began in February of 2008 and its base of operations was in Boston, Massachusetts. Ringside Wrestling aired its weekly broadcast, Tradition, on YouTube. These broadcasts were taped in local high school gymnasiums. As popularity of Ringside Wrestling began to grow, Tradition’s taping locations were moved from high school gyms to college and university arenas around the New England states.

As Ringside Wrestling began to fill the arenas of the colleges and universities of the New England states, officials knew they needed to do something to make their broadcasts and live shows more exciting for the fans. Ringside, LLC began a partnership with the Crowley Entertainment Group, a production company out of Boston. The partnership improved Ringside Wrestling’s production value and eventually led to the Ringside, LLC acquisition of the Crowley Entertainment Group.

On September 10th, Ringside Wrestling began airing Tradition to a nationwide audience on the Versus television network from the larger arenas like Madison Square Garden. Ringside Wrestling was given an opportunity to air the broadcast after Versus received high ratings from a trial broadcast entitled No Giving Up, which featured Steven Holt taking on Myles Jake in the Main Event.

Economic hardships began to fall on Ringside, LLC. Many of the top named talents began having to leave the company due to Ringside, LLC’s inability to afford the contracts the talent desired. Blackburn publically came out and expressed to the fans the situation that the company was in. Rumors of layoffs began to pop up that would include both talent and staff.

On November 3rd, 2008, it was announced that Ringside, LLC headquarters would be making a move from Boston to the new Ringside Complex on Staten Island in New York City. Ringside purchased an building almost thirty thousand square feet and turned it into an arena to seat sixty five hundred people. They also purchased a three story office tower. The Ringside Arena along with the Ringside Tower, make up the Ringside Complex.

After a couple of months of broadcasting on Versus, ratings began to drop for Tradition, and the arenas were not selling out of tickets like they were in the past, Versus finally made the decision to end the ‘season’ of Tradition on Ringside on November 19th, 2008, after Ringside Wrestling aired their super card, REVIVAL.

Champions

rW Championship Histories

Ringside Wrestling's Ringside Championship
Ringside Wrestling's Commonwealth Championship
Ringside Wrestling's Fellowship Championship
Ringside Championship
Commonwealth Championship
Fellowship Championship
Eugene FitzPatrick
Tyler Justice
Vacant

Current Roster

Singles Competitors

Fellowship Division

  • Currently inactive

Programming

Main Article: rW Programming

rW currently hosts one weekly show, Tradition, which airs every Saturday evening on the HOTv network. The company also holds a several pay-per-view supercards throughout the course of the year.

Staff

rW President John Mark Blackburn

Board of Directors

Production Staff

  • Chuck Thompson - Broadcast Announcer
  • Howard Sanford - Broadcast Announcer
  • Nicole Conway - Ring Announcer
  • Kayla Brown - Backstage Interviewer
  • Silas Eneas - Backstage Interviewer
  • Sam Worth - Senior Referee
  • Joe Stevenson - Referee

Back of House Staff

  • Lance Fremont - Head of Security
  • Miggy Hernandez - Head of Environmental Services
  • Kazuyoshi Nakamura - Global Talent Scout
  • Austin Andrews - Online Content Manager
  • Brian Cannon - Road Agent
  • Jinsei Nakamura - Road Agent


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