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18-781: On March 18, 2010 the BCW Can-Am Championship was unified with the BSE Pro and Neo Spirit Pro-Wrestling Championships to form the Maximum Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Championship . On August 24, 2012 the Can-Am Championship was splintered from the Triple Crown with its defense on the debut event of BCW off-shoot promotion Can-Am Rising . Since then the title has been referred to it original title name

36-540: A Fatal 3way against Chris Sabin and Petey Williams , as well as featuring Bobby Roode . 2005 was completed with a show in Mississauaga on 30 October, featuring Bobby Roode, Traci Brooks and Chris Kanyon , as well as a main event match between Chris Sabin and Petey Williams. On February 5, held their first show of 2006 in Sudbury , Ontario , during which Chris Kanyon revealed that he was homosexual. Throughout

54-670: A free show in Mississauga, Ontario in association with The Discovery Channel 's Guinea Pig show. The show's host Ryan Stock took part in the main event Extreme Rules match against Franky the Mobster. The show was recorded for broadcast on the Discovery Channel at a later date. In August 2008, BSE embarked on a cross-provincial wrestling tour, in support of the United Way . Spanning Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan,

72-725: A partnership with Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah to exchange talent between Japan and Canada. On December 5, 2017, D'Amore and Don Callis were announced as Impact Wrestling 's (known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2004–2016, and 2024–present) new executive vice presidents. As a result, the two promotions began to work together, with content from BCW becoming available on Impact's streaming service, and most BCW events serving as television tapings for both Impact's eponymous weekly program and Xplosion . Border City Wrestling announced their 25th Anniversary show in July 2018, on October 6 at St. Clair College . The event

90-641: Is a professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by Border City Wrestling. It was established in 2009 to honor select wrestling personalities, mostly alumni of the Ontario-based promotion. The induction ceremony for the Class of 2009, the inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame, took place at BCW's "War Without Honour" held at the Windsor Armories on November 13, 2009. Doug Chevalier and Chuck Fader,

108-563: Is an independent professional wrestling promotion owned and booked by Scott D'Amore , and based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada . Many of the promotion's employees were trained at the Can-Am wrestling school . After the promotion briefly merged with BSE Pro to create Maximum Pro Wrestling in 2010, an offshoot promotion named after the school would be launched in 2012. BCW would resume holding shows later that year. Border City Wrestling

126-860: The BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship , predominantly defending under the BCW banner. BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship 645 560 339 BSE Pro BSE Pro (formerly Blood Sweat and Ears or BSE Wrestling ) was a Canadian independent professional wrestling organization, founded in 2005. It held 10-12 events a year in the Greater Toronto Area , as well as quarterly tours to Northern Ontario cities such as Timmins , Sudbury , Iroquois Falls , Kirkland Lake and North Bay . It evolved into Maximum Pro Wrestling after it merged with fellow Canadian promotion Border City Wrestling in 2010. BSE's first show

144-614: The United States . From 2002 to 2003, BCW had a weekly television series that was produced for Cogeco Cable and aired in several Ontario markets. In 2004, BCW would merge with Ontario Championship Wrestling (OCW). At BCW's International Incident event on September 15, 2005, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling founder Jeff Jarrett defeated Raven to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with help from D'Amore. On February 3, 2010, it

162-650: The new BCW Champion . In October of that year, BCW returned with its first show since breaking off from the BSE merger. One year later, on October 19, 2013, BCW held their 20th anniversary show at St. Clair College. On May 9, 2014, BCW presented a special event titled East Meets West , featuring talent from New Japan Pro-Wrestling . The event featured appearances by Shinsuke Nakamura , Kazuchika Okada , Karl Anderson , and Hiroshi Tanahashi . BCW's "Excellence" event, held in October 2014 and headlined by Bret Hart drew

180-521: The new banner, Maximum Pro Wrestling . The BSE promotion is partnered with Squared Circle Training, a pro wrestling school in Toronto run by Rob Fuego and Steve Cvetkovich (Kobra Kai). Alumni include TNA Knockouts Gail Kim , Angel Williams , Traci Brooks and Shantelle Taylor aka Taylor Wilde , as well as a number of independent wrestlers such as Tiana Ringer , Xtremo and Brian Youngblood. Border City Wrestling Border City Wrestling (BCW)

198-492: The promotion's largest crowd to date. As a result, it would become a reoccurring, annual event. The second Excellence event would be held at St. Clair College the following October in 2015. In the Spring of 2016, BCW revived their BCW Can-Am Tag Team Championship through a tournament, which was won by Phil Atlas & Brent Banks after defeating The Fraternity at Spring Loaded 2016 on May 28, 2016. In March 2017, BCW formed

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216-487: The remainder of 2006, BSE brought in more outside stars including Eric Young, Tommy Dreamer, Abyss, Christian Cage, Gail Kim, AJ Styles, Monty Brown, Steve Corino, Senshi , Lance Storm and Pat Tanaka , a tactic that saw the number of fans at shows rise from 200 to around 750. BSE Wrestling was brought to the attention of a wider audience at the 2008 CHIKARA King of Trios tournament. Team BSE, consisting of Kobra Kai, La Sombra Canadiense and Super Xtremo were involved in

234-431: The second night of matches, facing Elite Pro Wrestling 's representatives Da Soul Touchaz (Acid Jaz, Willie Richardson & Marshe Rockett ) in the first round. However, as the three were not natural teammates, and were instead put together as a team to promote BSE Wrestling, they did not work as a team and were eliminated by Da Soul Touchaz after Willie Richardson pinned La Sombra Canadiense. On July 22, BSE announced

252-498: The tour included characters Randy and Mr. Lahey from the Trailer Park Boys , Joe E. Legend , Rhino , and Tracy Brooks during certain stops. On February 3, 2010 it was announced that Windsor's Border City Wrestling owner Scott D'Amore has left TNA Wrestling and has announced that his promotion, will be merging with BSE Pro, to become one of North America's largest and longest running independent wrestling company under

270-443: Was announced that D'Amore had left TNA Wrestling and that BCW would be merging with Toronto's BSE Pro , run by Jason A. Brown, to become Maximum Pro Wrestling . This merger would ultimately last for two years. In August 2012, an offshoot of BCW known as CAN-AM Rising debuted featuring up-and-coming talent as well as past graduates from BCW's Can-Am Wrestling School. On the debut show. Phil Atlas defeated Tyson Dux to become

288-680: Was filmed as part of Impact's One Night Only series for the Global Wrestling Network . On February 7, Anthem Sports & Entertainment , TNA's parent company, terminated their contract with Scott D'Amore. Despite this, TNA talent would continue to be featured at BCW events. After D’Amore acquired the trademarks to Maple Leaf Wrestling , and announced a revival of the brand called Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), MLP's new YouTube and social media platforms would begin uploading classic content from BCW. Current Champions: Retired Championships: The BCW Hall of Fame

306-497: Was founded in late 1992 by Scott D'Amore , Chuck Fader, and "The Canadian Destroyer" Doug Chevalier. The promotion's home base was LaSalle's Centennial Arena, with most their shows being held at this venue. The promotion was known for featuring a mix of local talent and stars from major promotions, such as WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in

324-593: Was held on July 10, 2005, at the Nashville North nightclub in Norval, Ontario . As was usual at the start of the promotion, the show was split between wrestling and music, with local band Severity playing two sets. The main event that night featured Rhyno . Also appearing were The Highlanders , Shantelle Taylor and Tiana Ringer . The next show, in August, featured a main event pitching Christopher Daniels in

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