HCW

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Hardcore CAW Wrestling
HCW, or Hardcore CAW Wrestling, is a CAW League originally created by Heath Ammons and Daniel Barber, known as formerly RCW and OFW. Most of the history happened under the accounts of haduke and OFWWrestling, but thanks in part to General Dingos, and the 6699, those events have been erased, but are still officially recognized as the events were recorded as a caw league back in 2008. You can find HCW on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/HCWCAWLeague

HCW is an original caw league, similar to the ones of DWF, ECW, and many more. This caw wikia is still in current process of more info being released so it has not been complete yet.

The Beginning of RCW
Redneck Championship Wrestling began as a backyard wrestling promotion put on by Heath Ammons and a few of his friends. Ammons funded the money needed for the materials to build a backyard wrestling ring, and he also run the promotion. The actual promotion itself got it's beginning in late April of 1996. At first RCW was just for fun and was made up to be a get together thing to do. Heath and his friends mimicked their favorite WCW and WWF wrestlers and basically just played out a wrestling show and recorded it on camera. The first ring used was nothing more than a few bull ropes tied to 4x4's which were dug into the ground. The guys wrestled on the dirt the first time they decided to do this.

It wasn't until after a few of them went back and watched what they had done on home video that they got the idea to create a full fledged backyard fed and compete on a weekly basis. So in June of 1996, Ammons used what money he had at the time to purchase enough lumber to build a wrestling ring in his own backyard. Complete with aprons, turnbuckles, and even a bell! Redneck Championship Wrestling was well on it's way and would continue to be a neighborhood attraction for the next two years. It was in April of 1998 that RCW had it's final show. After RCW had closed down for good, most of the guys who participated in the backyard league went on their own paths. However, Ammons would continue his dream of running and competeing in his own wrestling promotion several years later with the creation of the RCW CAW League. The only wrestlers who would be used in the CAW version of RCW that had competed in the REAL LIFE RCW were as follows:

Wu Tang Man

Mr. Cool Daddy

Skullrider

Though the backyard version of RCW was long gone, Ammons had a vision to recreate the league once again and to make it bigger and better. And that is how the RCW CAW League was born.

The Rebirth in 2008 as a CAW League
In June of 2008, Ammons began going by the name of HADUKE and he created RCW once again. This time it was done as a CAW League.

RCW got it's start on the PS2 version of Smackdown vs Raw 2008. Haduke made his first show with a very small 8 man roster consisting of Wu Tang Man, Mr. Spectacular, Johnny J, Mr. Vengeance, The Locomotive, Hulk, Homer Simpson, & Mr. Incredible. An eight man tournament began on the first ever episode of RCW Rampage. This tournament would go on to crown the first ever RCW World Champion since RCW had become a CAW League.

It should be noted that the first RCW Commissioner was Mr. T. Mr.T had made an alliance with Mr. Spectacular and did all that he could to guarantee him to win the World Championship. However, at RCW Great American Bash, Johnny J would emerge as the first RCW World Champion by defeating Mr. Spectacular inside of the steel cage.

Leading up to The Great American Bash, which was RCW's first ever CPV event, a few other people had joined the ranks of RCW. QMducho had shown great interest in the brand and had submitted two of his own wrestlers. Dagger and Fire were the first wrestlers that were not originally created by Haduke that would join the full roster for RCW. After QMducho joined up, others began to show interest in the league as well. By the time RCW had it's second CPV event, RCW Summer Slam, the roster was blooming with an incredible amount of stars.

The beginning of HCW and something epic
Throughout the success of RCW, Haduke met another CAW owner who had started his league at the same time RCW began.

Daniel Barber was the original owner of OFW (Online Frenzied Wrestling), and Haduke had shown great interest in his work. After watching OFW's first CPV event, OFW Crashdown, Haduke approached Daniel with a business proposition that would put both leagues into the future.

The beginning of this business deal saw a newcomer join the ranks of RCW going by the aledged name of The Masked Assassin. RCW was involved in a tournament to crown a new World Champion, and the tournament was set to conclude at RCW Unforgiven, RCW's 3rd CPV Event. The finals would pit Johnny J against The Masked Assassin for the title. It wasn't until the near end of the match that the world would be shocked beyond belief. Johnny J was able to unmask The Masked Assassin and show everyone that he was Ryan from OFW. Despite this showing, Ryan was still able to pick up the victory and become the first person to ever win the RCW World Championship outside of RCW!

After this matchup concluded, the reality of the situation sunk in as RCW was now without a World Champion! Ryan was still able to compete in RCW, but he was still an OFW wrestler. So Ryan found himself defending the title on both brands for quite some time.

RCW/OFW Uprising
The fueding between RCW and OFW continued all the way to the first ever joint CPV event, RCW/OFW Uprising. Going into Uprising was the stage for the most epic matchup in the history of both brands. Wu Tang Man had won the OFW World Title a few months earlier and he was set to defend it against Paul "The Rock" Barber, who had secured the RCW World Title in a matchup against Ryan. This matchup was billed as a 3 stages of hell match with the winner unifying the titles and becoming the first HCW World Champion.

RCW/OFW Uprising can be seen on youtube and it is one of the fewest shows that HCW was able to save on youtube, thanks to the false flaggings.

OFW
OFW is a former caw fed formerly owned by Daniel Barber, who helped combine his fed with RCW to make the new HCW. Unfortunately OFW events are not able to be seen again thanks to the CAW Flaggings in 2009. More information of OFW will be posted soon.

HCW Title History
This is the history of all RCW/OFW/HCW Championships that lead up to the official unification and recognition of RCW & OFW merging to create HCW. A little less than a year later, HCW started over from scratch with HCW 2.0. This is the entire championship history for RCW/OFW/HCW leading up to HCW 2.0. If I miss anything, or if anything is wrong, please feel free to correct me in a PM on the forums.

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RCW World Heavyweight Championship/HCW World Championship

Johnny J won an 8 man tournament - RCW Summerslam July 2008 Mr. Spectacular defated Johnny J - RCW Rampage August 2008 Ryan defeated Johnny J in the finals of the 16 man tournament - RCW Unforgiven September 2008 Mr. Spectacular defeated Ryan - HCW Live Wire October 2008 Paul Barber defeated Spectacular in a special tag match - RCW Rampage October 2008
 * Paris Hilton stripped Mr. Spectacular of the title and started a 16 man tournament to crown a new champion.


 * At Uprising in November of 2008, Paul Barber defeated Wu Tang Man to merge the RCW & OFW World titles and create the HCW World title. However, the merge between RCW and OFW was put on hold. OFW created a new world title for their show.

Mr. Spectacular won an elimination chamber match - RCW Rampage January 2009 Smokey defeated Mr. Spectacular - RCW Rampage May 2009 Dagger defeated Smokey - RCW Revenge June 2009 Osiris cashed in his HCW:Survivor win and defeated Dagger at HCW Halloween Massacre - October 31, 2009 Osiris was brutally attacked and injured at the hands of WTM & Paul Barber. Due to the injury, he was not able to defend this title within the 31 day period and was thus stripped of the title. - December 10, 2009
 * Title was recognized once again as the RCW World Championship
 * The RCW World title was renamed the HCW World Championship after the merge of RCW & OFW.

A triple threat HIAC match was held at HCW Holiday Heatwave to determine a new HCW World Champion.

Wu Tang Man defeated Smokey & Osiris in HIAC - December 31, 2009

Osiris used his rematch clause and defeated Wu Tang Man - December 31, 2009

Final HCW World Champion - Osiris (2nd Reign)


 * See HCW 2.0 Topic for updated Championship Info

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 OFW/HCW Championship 

Paul Barber defeats Rex Smith in the finals of an 8 man tournament - OFW Crashdown July 2008 Wu Tang Man defeated Paul Barber- OFW Extreme! October 2008


 * At Uprising in November of 2008, Paul Barber defeated Wu Tang Man to merge the RCW & OFW World titles and create the HCW World title. However, the merge between RCW and OFW was put on hold. The unified title went with Paul Barber over to RCW, and OFW decided to create a new title for their show.


 * The new title was contested in a triple threat match.

Marc Hawkins defeated Fire and Hulk - OFW Extreme! November 2008


 * After RCW & OFW merged, the OFW World Championship was renamed the HCW Championship.

Adam Stryker defeated Mark Hawkins at HCW Halloween Massacre - 10/31/09

Mark Hawkins defeated Adam Stryker at Holiday Heatwave - 12/31/09

Final HCW Champion - Mark Hawkins (2nd Reign)


 * See HCW 2.0 Topic for updated Championship Info

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RCW Intercontinental Championship/RCW Rampage Champion


 * Dagger won the first ever RCW Rampage Championship by winning a 10 man battle royal match. The title was later changed to the RCW Intercontinental Championship and Dagger defended it successfully over the course of 8 months. Once Dagger won the RCW World Championship at RCW Revenge in June of 2009, the Intercontinental title was retired.

Retired Champion - Dagger

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HCW Intercontinental Championship


 * After the merge of RCW and OFW, HCW Extreme decided to create a new Intercontinental Championship. So they renamed the OFW TV Title to the HCW Intercontinental Championship. AJ Hawk lost this title to Matt Kidman at HCW Halloween Massacre.

Matt Kidman defeated AJ Hawk at HCW Halloween Massacre - 10/31/09

Final HCW Intercontinental Champion - Matt Kidman


 * See HCW 2.0 Topic for updated Championship Info

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HCW US Championship/RCW US Championship/RCW Shockwave Championship

Hulk won an 8 man tournament - Rampage July 2008
 * Hulk was moved to RCW Shockwave which was originally planned as an all celebrity show. He successfully defended the title against Mr. T and the title was briefly recognized as the RCW Shockwave Championship. Shockwave was canceled and Hulk brought the title back to Rampage with him and it was then recognized once again as the RCW US Title.

Hancock defeated Hulk - RCW Rampage September 2008 Hulk defeated Hancock - RCW Rampage September 2008 Smokey defeated Hulk - RCW Rampage October 2008 Johnny J defeated Smokey - RCW Rampage November 2008
 * Johnny J was drafted to OFW and the title was then changed to the OFW US Title.


 * When RCW Season 2 began, an 8 man tournament started to crown a new RCW US Champion.

Anton Ivanov defeated Johnny J in the finals - RCW Revenge June 2009


 * Anton Ivanov was found to have a forged passport and was deported back to Russia. The US title was then vacated. The RCW US title was changed to the HCW US Title when RCW & OFW merged.

Wu Tang Man won a fatal four way match - HCW Rampage 08/19/09

Masa Haragouchi defeated Wu Tang Man - HCW Holiday Heatwave 12/31/09

Retired HCW US Champion - Masa Haragouchi


 * See HCW 2.0 Topic for updated Championship Info

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HCW Hardcore Championship

Krimzon won a 10 man battle royal - RCW Unforgiven August 2008 Chaser defeated Krimzon - RCW Unforgiven August 2008 Krimzon defeated Chaser - RCW Rampage September 2008 Chaser defeated Krimzon - RCW Rampage October 2008 Skullrider won a fatal 4 way - Uprising November 2008 Mr. Cool Daddy defeated Skullrider - Uprising November 2008 Chaser defeated Mr. Cool Daddy - RCW Rampage May 2009


 * The RCW Hardcore championship was renamed the HCW Hardcore Championship after the merge of OFW and RCW.

Reverof defeated Chaser - HCW Rampage - 08/19/09


 * Reverof was stripped of the HCW Hardcore Championship after he failed to renew his contract within the company.


 * HCW Rampage reinstated the HCW Hardcore title in a six man elimination match on December 4, 2009. Keith Cutler defeated five other individuals to pick up the title.

Keith Cutler wins 6 man elimination match - 12/04/09

Trevoc defeated Keith Cutler and 4 others in a Championship Scramble Match - 12/31/09

Keith Cutler defeated Trevoc on HCW Rampage - January 23, 2009

Final HCW Hardcore Champion - Keith Cutler (2nd Reign)


 * See HCW 2.0 Topic for updated Championship Info

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HCW Extreme Championship

After the merge of RCW & OFW, the OFW Hardcore Championship was renamed the HCW Exteme Championship. Scott Razor was the holder of the title at that time.

Ryan defeated Scott Razor at HCW Extreme - November 27, 2009 Scott Razor defeated Ryan at HCW Extreme - December 4, 2009

Final HCW Extreme Champion - Scott Razor (2nd Reign)


 * See HCW 2.0 Topic for updated Championship Info

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HCW Cruiserweight Championship

The Lizzard - July 2008 Billy Ray Cyrus - August 2008 Koby Johnson - September 2008 Richie Simmons - September 2008 Nacho Hogan - November 2008 Koby Johnson - January 2009 John Jones - March 2009 Masa Haragouchi - May 2009 Travis Banks - September 2009 Masa Haragouchi - October 2009


 * After the merge of RCW & OFW, the OFW Cruiserweight Title was changed to the HCW Cruiserweight Title. Masa Haragouchi held the title at that time.

Chaos Blaze defeats Haragouchi at HCW Extreme - November 27, 2009

Steven Clark defeats Chaos Blaze in a dark match at HCW Holiday Heatwave - 12/31/09

Final HCW Cruiserweight Champion - Steven Clark


 * See HCW 2.0 Topic for updated Championship Info

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HCW Featherweight Championship

HCW created the Featherweight division for the smaller guys on HCW Rampage. The title was introduced at HCW Holiday Heatwave and The British Kid defeated five other men to claim the title.

The British Kid won a 6 Man Battle Royal Match at Holiday Heatwave - 12/31/09

Retired HCW Featherweight Champion - The British Kid


 * See HCW 2.0 Topic for updated Championship Info

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RCW/HCW Rampage Tag Team Championship

Daggers of Fire defeated The Headhunters - RCW SummerSlam August 2008 Osiris & Reverof defeated Daggers of Fire - RCW Unforgiven September 2008 Osiris defeated Reverof - RCW Rampage October 2008 USA Today defeated Osiris & Krimzon - Uprising November 2008 Vegas' Most Wanted defeated USA Today - RCW Rampage December 2008
 * Osiris and Reverof split up after Osiris joined The Corporation. As a result, they had a match and the winner would recieve both tag titles and get to chose a new partner.
 * Osiris chose Krimzon as his new partner
 * Adam Stryker was drafted to HCW Extreme after RCW & OFW merged. Chris Campbell remained on HCW Rampage, therefor they were stripped of the RCW World Tag Team Titles. The RCW World Tag Team Titles were then renamed the HCW Rampage Tag Team Titles.

A Round Robin Championship tournament was created to crown to new tag team champions for HCW Rampage. After four weeks of competition, it came down to The Big Shots vs Spectacular and Johnny J. Johnny J had been injured and could not compete in the match, but it did not matter because Aaron Fletcher turned on his partner, Travis Taylor, and together won the HCW Rampage Tag Team Championships with Spectacular before joining The Main Event Nation.

Final HCW Rampage Tag Team Champions - Aaron Fletcher & Spectacular


 * See HCW 2.0 Topic for updated Championship Info

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OFW/HCW World Tag Team Championship

The Punks - July 2008 El Migeto & El Destroyer - ? ? ? The Punks - ? ? ?

After OFW merged with RCW, a tag team tournament was held to crown new HCW World Tag Team Champions.

The New Foundation won a Tag Team Tournament - ? ? ? Gold N' Black defeated The New Foundation - Halloween Massacre October 31st

Adam & Beelzebub defeated Gold N' Black at Holiday Heatwave - 12/31/09

Final HCW World Tag Team Champions - The Ministry (Adam & Beelzebub)


 * See HCW 2.0 Topic for updated Championship Info

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 OFW Super Sexy Title/OFW Divas' Title/HCW Glamourosity Title 

Rose defeated Latina - Uprising November 2008 Latina defeated Rose - OFW Heat January 2009 Sapphyre Krueger won a Fatal Four Way Match over Ivory, Latina, and Rose - ?


 * After the merge or RCW & OFW, OFW dropped it's divas division and it was picked up by a third owner of the HCW franchise. An all divas show was created and the OFW Divas title was renamed the HCW Glamourosity Championship.

Trixie Healey defeated Sapphyre Krueger on Glam. ep. 3 in an impromtu match Sapphyre Krueger defeated Trixie a minute later to reclaim the title using her rematch clause on the spot.

Retired Glamourosity Womens' Champion - Sapphyre Krueger (2nd reign)

HCW 2.0 Championship History
This is the official championship history for HCW 2.0. HCW 2.0 was started on March 7, 2010 at HCW Out of The Ashes. Champions going into this CPV event were forced to either defend their prior HCW championships, or merge them to create new HCW 2.0 champions.

  HCW Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship 

At HCW Out of The Ashes on March 7, 2010, Osiris won an elimination chamber match to merge the HCW and HCW World Championships.

Osiris - March 7, 2010 HCW Out of The Ashes

At HCW Crashdown 2010 on April 17, 2010, Marc Hawkins won a triple threat match by rolling Osiris up and holding a fist full of tights. Marc Hawkins then became only the 2nd person in HCW history to become a three time World Champion.

Marc Hawkins - April 17, 2010 HCW Crashdown 2010

After Hawkins won the world title, HCW Owner, HADUKE, forced him to defend the title against the returning Wu Tang Man. Wu Tang Man defeated Marc Hawkins and won his third World Championship in HCW history.

Wu Tang Man - April 17, 2010 HCW Crashdown 2010

Current HCW Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion - Wu Tang Man

 HCW Intercontinental Championship  

At HCW Out of The Ashes on March 7, 2010, Paul Barber won a triple threat match to capture the HCW Intercontinental Championship.

Paul Barber - March 7, 2010 HCW Out of The Ashes

On the 3rd episode of HCW Livewire, Paul Barber was scheduled to defend the HCW Intercontinental title against Ryan. However, Paul Barber failed to appear for the match and HCW owner, H.A. Duke had no other choice but to strip Barber of the title and award it to Ryan.

Ryan - April 4, 2010 HCW Livewire Episode 3

At HCW Crashdown 2010 on April 17, 2010, Ryan put his title on the line inside of a steel cage against Smokey. Smokey pretty much dominated the match and defeated Ryan to become the new HCW Intercontenintal Champion.

<p style="text-align:center">Smokey - April 17, 2010 HCW Crashdown 2010

<p style="text-align:center">Current HCW Intercontinental Champion - Smokey

<p style="text-align:center"> HCW Undisputed World Tag Team Championship  <p style="text-align:center">

At HCW Out of The Ashes on March 7, 2010, Aaron Fletcher and Mr. Spectacular won an eight team tag team tournament to unify the HCW Rampage and HCW World Tag Team Championships.

<p style="text-align:center">Spec & Fletch - March 7, 2010 HCW Out of The Ashes

<p style="text-align:center">At HCW Crashdown 2010 on April 17, 2010, Spec & Fletch defended their tag team titles against Johnny J and a mystery partner in a TLC match. The mystery partner turned out to be the returning Travis Taylor to HCW. JJ and Taylor won the match and became the new HCW Tag Team Champions.

<p style="text-align:center">Johnny J & Travis Taylor - April 17, 2010 HCW Crashdown 2010

<p style="text-align:center">The new HCW Tag Team Champions of Johnny J & Travis Taylor had very little time to celebrate their victory. Shortly after winning the titles from Spec & Fletch, they were challenged by Daggers of Fire. Dagger had won a special tag team MITB match earlier that evening and decided to cash in. Although JJ showed a lot of heart in the match, Daggers of Fire were just too much for him and Daggers of Fire became tag team champions for a 2nd time in HCW History.

<p style="text-align:center">Daggers of Fire - April 17, 2010 HCW Crashdown 2010

<p style="text-align:center">At HCW Decimation, Daggers of Fire put their tag team titles on the line against the newly formed team of Reckless Abandon. Chris Campbell found himself a new partner in David Webster, and the two were able to defeat DOF to become the new HCW Tag Team Champions.

<p style="text-align:center">Reckless Abandon - May 30, 2010

<p style="text-align:center">Current HCW Undisputed World Tag Team Champions - Reckless Abandon

<p style="text-align:center"> HCW Hardcore Championship  <p style="text-align:center">

At HCW Out of The Ashes on March 7, 2010, Blackdust won a ten man battle royal match to capture the HCW Hardcore Title from the previous champion, Keith Cutler.

<p style="text-align:center">Blackdust - March 7, 2010 HCW Out of The Ashes

<p style="text-align:center">At HCW Crashdown 2010 on April 17, 2010, Blackdust defended his hardcore championship against a suprise opponent. The suprise opponent ended up being Skull Raider who had made his return to HCW. Skull Raider ended up defeated Blackdust and became the new HCW Hardcore Champion.

<p style="text-align:center">Skull Raider - April 17, 2010 HCW Crashdown 2010

<p style="text-align:center">On HCW Livewire Episode Five which aired on May 12, 2010, there was a six man elimination match for the HCW Hardcore Championship. The six men involved in the match was Oshujax, Blackdust, Riley Taylor, Lino, Keith Cutler, and the defending champion, Skull Raider. Once all the dust had settled, it was Lino who picked up the final pin over Blackdust to become the new HCW Hardcore Champion.

<p style="text-align:center">Lino - May 12, 2010 HCW Livewire Episode Five

<p style="text-align:center">At HCW Decimation, Skull Raider used his rematch clause and won back the HCW Hardcore title from Lino.

<p style="text-align:center">Skull Raider - May 30, 2010

<p style="text-align:center">Current HCW Hardcore Champion - Skull Raider

<p style="text-align:center"> HCW Cruiserweight Championship  <p style="text-align:center">

At HCW Out of The Ashes on March 7, 2010, Steven Clark won a fatal four way ladder match to unify the HCW Cruiserweight and HCW Featherweight Championships.

<p style="text-align:center">Steven Clark - March 7, 2010 HCW Out of The Ashes

<p style="text-align:center">On episode three of HCW Livewire, The British Kid challenged Steven Clark for the HCW Cruiserweight Championship and defeated him for it.

<p style="text-align:center">The British Kid - April 4, 2010 HCW Livewire Episode 3

<p style="text-align:center">Title Retired - May 15, 2010

<p style="text-align:center">FINAL HCW Cruiserweight Champion - The British Kid

<p style="text-align:center"> HCW Royal Rumble Champion  <p style="text-align:center">

HCW Decimation held it's first ever 30 Man Royal Rumble match with the winner recieving a world title match in the main event of Uprising 2. Jaysin Richardson entered the match at number 16 and ended up tossing out 7 men to win the match.

<p style="text-align:center">HCW Royal Rumble Winner - Jaysin Richardson - May 30, 2010