GCW

GCW

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Active/Inactive

Years Open

Active

Seven

RP/Angle

RP

Fedhead

Steven Caldera

PPV's a year

4

Weekly TV Show

WorldWide

Number of Titles

4

Website

GCW

Global Championship Wrestling is an active federation that is part of the Primetime Community. It is owned and operated by Caldera Enterprises, Incorporated, headed by GCW Founder and President Steven Caldera. GCW was started in 2001 and has run on and off since then.

Pre-History

Steven Caldera began in 2000 in a federation called the American Championship Wrestling Federation. GCW fans may recognize the anagram as the very same as GCW's most legendary match. The ACWF was short lived, but it gave Caldera the contacts necessary to begin forming the core for GCW. There he first worked with Mr. Danger, Khan, Octavian, and best friend The Jhub.

During his time in the ACWF, Caldera suffered a severe knee injury that hampered him for the remainder of his career. Due to the nature of the injury, Caldera opted to find his next job as a leader rather than a wrestler. Caldera brought his ACWF friends to the Krotzer's CWU. The CWU operated very successfully under Caldera's guidance, but eventually a leadership dispute caused the CWU to close. Caldera took an expanded core, now including such originals as Toxic, Toad and Rich Rollins to his new promotion. GCW was born in 2001 from this core.

History

GCW got off to a strong start, airing its first television broadcast, Meltdown, on February 12, 2001. Meltdown earned excellent ratings, quickly establishing GCW on the national radar. GCW continued to grow, eventually joining Primetime Central later in 2001 for its first stint.

Television

Current

GCW's current television program is WorldWide. It airs at 8PM EST on X:TV.

Former

GCW's former television program was Meltdown. It aired on Thursdays on USA before moving to X:TV.

Pay Per View

Rampage

Main Article: Rampage

January: Featuring GCW's Rampage Tournament scoring the winner a GCW World Title shot.

Warpath

Main Article: Warpath

May: The first GCW PPV ever annually pays homage to the birth of Global Championship Wrestling.

Dangerous Games

Main Article: Dangerous Games

August: GCW's most popular event, featuring a 30-wrestler battle royal for a World Title shot.

NC-17

Main Article: NC-17

November: The signature event on the GCW calendar, NC-17 features the best and biggest matches of the year.

Supercards

GCW also hosts eight supercards throughout the course of the year, aired on X:TV.

Championships

Current Champions

Championship	Current Champion	Won From
GCW World Heavyweight Title	Lia Ambrosi	Bryan Mayhem
GCW United States Title	Shaman	Jordan White
GCW Tag Team Titles	Banned & Exiled~!	UNITE
GCW Television Title	Jay Terror	Jimmy Thunder

Defunct Championships

GCW Hardcore Title
GCW Vanguard Title
GCW Cruiserweight Title
GCW Women's Title