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Defiant Wrestling is a British professional wrestlingpromotion, founded in 2016 by the members of WhatCulture Wrestling, a YouTube subsidiary of WhatCulture.com, based in Newcastle.[1] The promotion was originally called What Culture Pro Wrestling (WCPW), named after the YouTube channel WhatCulture; and following the departures of several on air talents from WCPW, the new on-screen general manager, Stu Bennett, announced that the promotion was going to rebrand as Defiant Wrestling.[2]
The promotion was founded on 26 May 2016 by members of WhatCulture Wrestling, a YouTube subsidiary of WhatCulture.com, as a result of the channel's burgeoning popularity.[1] The promotion held its first shows in June 2016.[3]
In February 2017, WCPW launched the Pro Wrestling World Cup, as part of which they co-promoted shows in Canada and Germany with Smash Wrestling and the German Wrestling Federation, respectively.[4] During the 2017's WrestleMania weekend WCPW traveled to the United States to held their event State of Emergency.[5][6][7] On 24 April 2017, it was announced a working partnership with Revolution Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, with WCPW and NJPW co-presenting the Japanese qualifiers for the Pro Wrestling World Cup Tournament.[8] On 22 May, WCPW was forced to cancel the return of Loaded due to a YouTube policy that considered wrestling violent.[9] WCPW would later create a pay-per-view named Fight Back whilst creating a petition to change the YouTube policy to bring back Loaded.[10][11][12] The petition was a success and this led to the return of Loaded on 25 July.[13]
Following the departures of former management, WCPW announced Stu Bennett as the new on-screen General Manager for the promotion.[2] It was also announced that WCPW would rebrand as Defiant Wrestling in December, with Defiant holding their first pay-per-view WeAreDefiant.[2] This also led to the end of Loaded that aired its final episode on 20 October, before the relaunch.[14] Also in December 2017, Defiant Wrestling launched their on-demand service, Access Defiant, which includes the old WCPW events.[2] Defiant also announced that they would start weekly broadcasting shows on YouTube, replacing Loaded.[15]
This is a list of Defiant Wrestling events, detailing all professional wrestling cards promoted as specific events by professional wrestling company Defiant Wrestling. From being originally active in 2016, the promotion currently books most of its events in Newcastle with occasional events in Manchester. As the company grows, it has expanded to the rest of the UK, having held events in London and Birmingham with shows in Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham and Edinburgh and Motherwell booked in several venues and they also booked outside of the United Kingdom including United States, Germany and Canada.
This was the 30 Man Rumble match, in which Drew Galloway defended the title. Galloway was eliminated by Joe Hendry, who was later eliminated by Kirby.[52]
Cashed in his Magnificent Seven Briefcase during a singles match between Joe Hendry and Will Ospreay, thus making it a three way match. The title was renamed to Defiant Championship on 4 December 2017 following the reabranding of What Culture Pro Wrestling.[2][52]
Defeated Viper, who replaced Priestley in the match. The title was renamed to Defiant Women's Championship on 4 December 2017 following the rebranding of What Culture Pro Wrestling.[57][2]
This episode aired on tape delay on 13 October 2017. The title was renamed to Defiant Tag Team Championship on 4 December 2017 following the rebranding of What Culture Pro Wrestling.[2][58]
