- Real Quality Wrestling
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company_name= Real Quality Wrestling
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company_type= Public
foundation=2005 - present
location=Dagenham ,Essex , U.K
key_people= Len Davies, Chairman
industry=Professional wrestling
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homepage= [http://www.realqualitywrestling.tv/ Official Site]Real Quality Wrestling (RQW) is a British
professional wrestling umbrella promotion which was established in2005 byprofessional wrestling promoter , Lloyd Ryan andprofessional wrestler ,Phil Powers [http://www.britwres.com/news/163740218.shtml "RQW: News & Rumour"] on Britwres.com] .Ryan soon left the company but was quickly replaced by Len Davies. Powers left the company in
2006 , leaving Davies to become the majority owner and chairman.(IPW:UK),
World Association of Wrestling (WAW) andSAS Wrestling (SAS) are the promotions working under the RQW banner.The promotion currently holds four
championships (made in Reggie Parks Championship Belts in theUSA ),RQW Heavyweight Championship ,RQW Womens Championship ,RQW Crusierweight Championship and RQW British Tag Team Championships (now known asUnified British Tag Team Championship ).The company's
headquarters andtraining school are located inDagenham ,Essex . RQW's sister company, "Spectrum Multimedia" (also owned by Len Davies), are responsible for the creation of theirTV programming ,DVD s, music and Show Graphics.Company history
2005-2006
Real Quality Wrestling was established in
2005 byprofessional wrestling promoter , Lloyd Ryan andprofessional wrestler ,Phil Powers . Len Davies quickly replaced Ryan and Powers left the company in2006 , leaving Davies to become the majority owner and chairman.The company's first high profile event was "A New Beginning" which took place at
Waltham Abbey ,London onNovember 18 , 2005 and had implications on its future with the winner of theBattle Royal (Eamon O'Neill ) getting the chance atHeavyweight Championship glory.The company soon had two
championships made in 2006 by Reggie Parks Championship Belts in theUSA ,RQW Heavyweight Championship andRQW Womens Championship . These were then won byRobbie Brookside (defeated Billy Kidman) and Erin Angel (defeated Sweet Saraya) at "A Night of Champions" onApril 29 , 2006.On
January 28 , 2006 "No Pain - No Gain" was held at The Fleming Park Leisure Centre inEastleigh ,Southampton which had implications on its future with the winner of its main event going on to meet Eamon O'Neill for the newly created RQW Heavyweight Championship. Domino defeated Phil Powers, UK Kid andHade Vansen (who had defeated Spiro earlier in the night to get the chance to participate) in aTables, Ladders and Chairs match .It was announced that RQW would hold back on producing any show during the
FIFA World Cup 2006 but would return with an event known as "Summer Brawl". The event would involvePro Wrestling NOAH stars,Go Shiozaki and SUWA. Summer Brawl would also see a match to determin cruiserweight ranking within the promotion with the top 4 getting a future chance at becoming the first ever "RQW Crusierweight Champion".The company would be involved in the inter-promotional British National Under 23's Championship on November 18, 2006. Bubblegum was to represent RQW in the tournament to crown the first champion.
In November, 2006, Real Quality Wrestling secured the prestigious
York Hall , a premierBoxing venue inBethnal Green ,London for events leading into 2007. The company would also be given the permission to use the venue to host monthly shows which would be featured as TV Tapings for the promotions TWC show. This change of location gave new life to the promotion who began to change its image from a mere promotion to consider itself aconcept in wrestling.The first York Hall event under RQW was on
November 11 and was known as "Rebirth".On
December 4 , 2006, TWC (now known as The Fight Network) announced that it would be regularly showing RQW as part of its line-up on Wednesdays at 23:00. The airing of RQWTV soon stopped in2008 .RQW's second event at York Hall was on
December 16 and was known as "Not Just For Christmas", the event was in association with the national charity, Crisis, where the tickets for the show were being given out for free as aChristmas present . The event featured an inter-promotionaltournament to crown the new "RQW Heavyweight Champion"; which Martin Stone won, making him the company's new heavyweight champion as well as their representative into theKing of Europe Cup tournament.2007-2008
During 2007 the company soon had another two championships made by Reggie Parks Championship Belts, RQW Cruiserweight Championship and RQW British Tag Team Championship (now known as Unified British Tag Team Championship).
A week prior to "No Pain - No Gain 2007" on
January 12 , fellow British promotion1 Pro Wrestling went intoliquidation ; meaning that their proposedJanuary 13 show "No Turning Back", featuring the UK debut of The Great Muta (Keiji Mutoh), was to be cancelled. Immediately, supershow promoterAlex Shane jumped in to save the deal and, with the help of Len Davies, secured the appearance of Keiji Mutoh and otherAll Japan Pro Wrestling stars who were to be making the trip. [ [http://www.wrestling101.com/101/newsitem/3676/ "RQW: Latest Card For This Friday's Show Now Featuring Muta"] wrestling101.com] Despite needing to change the advertised card, Davies vowed to honour all tickets for the 1PW show as well as those printed specifically for RQW. Subsequently, Real Quality Wrestling became the first UK promotion to feature The Great Muta on their card. The show, known as "No Pain - No Gain 2007" would also see the first crowning of theRQW Crusierweight Championship (Bubblegum - he then vacated the title) as well as feature formerWWE Superstar Kid Kash .From
February 17 , 2007 until January 13, 2008, a tournament was held to crown the first ever RQW British Tag Team Champions, which Team Charming won.8TeamBracket | RD1=Quarterfinals| RD2=Semifinals| RD3=Final
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RD1-team5=The Hated Heroes
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RD1-team7=Madder Than You
RD1-team8=Darren Burridge andKikutaro
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May 2007,Dean Ayass was made Head booker of Real Quality Wrestling.It was announced during
July that RQW would hold their live television tapings atThe Mick Jagger Centre inDartford ,Kent . The first Mick Jagger Centre RQW event that was broadcast on TWC Fight! onSky Channel 427 was "Summer Brawl 2007" which was carried on from the previous years, "Summer Brawl 2006"."No Pain No Gain 2008" was the first show of 2008 and the
main event saw Martin Stone and Brett Meadows face Ricky Knight and Zebra Kid in a "No Rules -Street Fight match" in which Stone and Meadows, won. Damned Nation also became new RQW British Tag Team Champions defeating Team Charming.Martin Stone and
Ulf Herman began a feud inWeinheim ,Germany in November, 2007. The feud continued when Herman said a few weeks later, "He was not finished with Stone" and challenged him to a championship match for theFebruary 9 ACW show. Stone accepted but wanted the match to be "AWinner Takes All match". Herman accepted and on February 9, 2008 Ulf Herman retained his ACW Championship and won the RQW Heavyweight Championship stripping Stone of his 1 year reign as heavyweight champion.It was announced in
April thatWorld Association of Wrestling (WAW) and (IPW:UK) had made a deal that saw them become the two benchmark promotions under the Real Quality Wrestling banner. Each promotion earned aEurope an television deal with a leading GermanTV station and potential worldwide recognition through plannedlicense deals. It was announced a few weeks after thatSAS Wrestling (SAS) were to be included in this deal as well.A Six Sided Ring was purchased during 2008. While "RQW House" is set to become the new home for the "RQW Training School" and "Spectrum Multimedia"; though suffering from delays [ [http://www.wrestle-zone.co.uk/british-news-and-results/36-british-news-and-results/940-real-quality-wrestling-update-2nd-july-2008.html "Real Quality Wrestling Update 2nd July 2008"] wrestle-zone.co.uk] [ [http://www.wrestle-zone.co.uk/british-news-and-results/36-british-news-and-results/1116-rqw-house-update.html "RQW House update!"] wrestle-zone.co.uk] it is expected to opens its doors on
September 01 .Roster
For a complete list of wrestlers that are currently competing in RQW and others associated with the company see:
Real Quality Wrestling roster .Current champions
References
External links
* [http://www.realqualitywrestling.com RQW Official Website]
* [http://rqw.proboards50.com/ RQW Fan Forum]
* [http://www.spectrum-multimedia.com Spectrum Multimedia Official Website]
* [http://albums.britishwrestlingpictures.com/index.php?cat=80 RQW Show Pictures]
* [http://www.titlehistories.com/Real_Quality_Wrestling.htm RQW Title Histories]
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