Chaotic Wrestling

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Chaotic Wrestling
Acronym CW
Founded 2000
Style Professional wrestling
Headquarters Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Founder(s) Jamie Jamikowski
Owner(s) Jamie Jamikowski
Website ChaoticWrestling.com
Brandon Locke wrestles Mikey Webb at a Chaotic Wrestling event in Massachusetts

Chaotic Wrestling (CW) is an American independent wrestling promotion owned by Jamie Jamitkowski and operating throughout New England, with its home base in Woburn, Massachusetts

Adam Booker's "Frog Splash" onto Scotty Slade at a CW event.

History

The Chaotic Wrestling roster is composed mainly of independent wrestlers and established veterans from major wrestling promotions. Chaotic Wrestling has run events every two or three weeks since opening in 2000.[1] In the promotion's first year of operation, Chaotic Wrestling was featured at New England's Locobazooka music festival. The wrestlers competed alongside musical acts such as Days of the New and Disturbed at the event, which was attended by an estimated 15,000 people.[2]

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Brandon Locke's dropkick on Sean Burke at CW's Breaking Point in Stoneham, MA

Chaotic Wrestling has been described as a “feeder fed[eration]”[3] for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Because of this relationship, WWE has been known to contact CW when they are in need of people to appear on WWE programming.[4] Chaotic Wrestling was selected in 2006 to host a large WWE tryout session,[5] and several Chaotic Wrestling competitors, including Kofi Kingston,[6] were later employed by WWE.[7] Former Chaotic Wrestling referee and booker Todd Sinclair has also worked for WWE and currently works for Ring of Honor.[4]

Newcomers, Flip Gordon and Brick Mastone wrestle at an outdoor event in 2015 to benefit wounded vets.

Chaotic Wrestling has also employed several wrestlers who had previously gained fame with major promotions. World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer Tony Atlas has competed for the promotion.[8] After his previous employer, Extreme Championship Wrestling, went out of business, Spike Dudley joined Chaotic Wrestling and held the tag team championship before signing with WWE.[9][10] Other notable wrestlers that have appeared for Chaotic Wrestling include Brutus Beefcake, King Kong Bundy, and WWE Hall of Famers Bret Hart, Tito Santana, Jimmy Snuka, and Ricky Steamboat.[11] Chaotic Wrestling has also participated in a talent exchange program with the East Coast Wrestling Association, an independent promotion that has been operating since 1967.[12] This program allowed wrestlers from each promotion to compete in both CW and ECWA.[13]

Some wrestlers competing for Chaotic Wrestling have been noted for their unusual gimmicks. Writing for The Boston Phoenix, columnist Sean Bartlett commented on the "baroque characters" and wrestlers wearing "vinyl boots and fluorescent hot pants".[1] Boston Magazine's Benoit Denizet-Lewis pointed to the "ambiguously gay" two-time Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Champions One Night Stand (Ronnie D. Lishus & Edward G. Xtasy) as well as Arch Kincaid, a man resembling a "1980s porn star" who "lectures about existentialism and philosophical theory" at Chaotic Wrestling events, as an example of the promotion's appeal.[14] In a story about the promotion for The Boston Globe, Danielle Dreilinger described how a referee searched a wrestler named Psycho for foreign objects prior to a match. The referee was forced to confiscate many weapons, including a hula hoop and a slice of pizza.[15]

Chaotic Wrestling owner Jamie Jamitkowski states that the promotion has no desire to compete with Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment, preferring the "tight-knit community of wrestlers and fans". He views Chaotic Wrestling as an affordable alternative to major promotions and says that fans are able to feel more involved at independent wrestling shows.[14] He also states that the promotion has benefited in some ways from the late-2000s recession, as more fans are attending independent shows run by independent promotions like CW rather than paying for more expensive tickets to attend WWE events.[15] This increase in ticket sales has allowed Chaotic Wrestling to operate more shows and expand their market into new cities.[15]

In May 2007, Chaotic Wrestling and Fabulous Productions announced a special charity event featuring then-World Wrestling Entertainment Champion John Cena acting as special guest referee between two of CW's wrestlers, Brian Milonas and "Big" Rick Fuller.[16] Cena’s father, who works for Chaotic Wrestling as an announcer, was in Fuller’s corner. During the match, WWE CEO Vince McMahon made a surprise appearance, attacking Cena, only to receive an FU from him.[17] The event also featured WWE wrestler Eugene competing against Handsome Johnny. Funds from the event went to the Newbury Police Association and several other charities.[16]

Chaotic Wrestling later hosted another fundraiser event to help with the medical bills for WWE Hall of Famer and former Chaotic Training Center operator Killer Kowalski.[18]

Chaotic Training Center

Chaotic Wrestling also operated the Chaotic Training Center until July 1, 2011, also known as the Killer Kowalski School of Wrestling. Kowalski, who has been described as one of the “most respected trainers”[19][20] in the world and trained such wrestlers as Big John Studd, Triple H, Perry Saturn, and Chyna,[20] oversaw training at the school prior to his death.[18]

At the Chaotic Training Center, the students were trained by Chaotic Wrestlers Brian Milonas, Brian Fury and Todd Smith (Handsome Johnny).[21] The school has also hosted many guests from the wrestling industry including John Cena, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, The Rock and Goldberg, Tom Prichard, Tommy Dreamer, Percy Pringle, Nunzio, Charlie Haas and others.[21]

On July 1, 2011 Chaotic Wrestling released a statement saying it had reached an agreement with trainer Brian Fury to sell the school to him. At this time, the promotion has no affiliation with any pro wrestling school.[21]

Notable graduates

Several graduates have appeared on WWE television, wrestled tryout matches, signed developmental contracts, or have appeared on TNA programming.

Championships

Current championships

Championship Current champion(s) Previous champion(s) Date won Location
CW Heavyweight Champion Chase Del Monte Julian Starr October 17, 2015 Stoneham, MA
CW New England Champion Brandon Locke Sean Burke May 21, 2015 Woburn, MA
CW Tag Team Champions Team Friendship (Mark Shurman & Scotty Slade) The Milonas Bros. (Brian & Jimmy James Milonas) July 17, 2015 Woburn, MA
CW Women's Champion Alexxis Mistress Belmont October 17, 2015 Stoneham, MA
Chaotic Wrestling 'King of Chaos' Elia Markopolous Ali Muhammad August 14, 2015 Woburn, MA

Retired and defunct championships

Championship Final champion(s) Date retired Location
Chaotic Wrestling Television Championship Dukes Dalton February 16, 2002 Lowell, Massachusetts
Chaotic Wrestling Light Heavyweight Championship Dukes Dalton February 16, 2002 Lawrence, Massachusetts

Roster

Current

Ring name Real name Notes
Alexxis Alisha Inacio CW Women's Champion
Adam Barisano Adam Barisano Manager
Adam Booker Mark Booker
Anthony Greene Anthony Greene
Brandon Locke Brandon Locke CW New England Champion
Brian Fury Brian Phillips
Brian Milonas Brian Milonas
Brick Mastone Drew Mastone
Bryan Logan Bryan Logan
Cam Zagami Cameron Zagami
Chase Del Monte Kevin Bowe
Davienne Davienne Long
Donovan Dijak Christopher Dijak
Elia Markopolous Evan Markopolous 2015 King of Chaos Winner
Jimmy Preston James Abreau
Johnny Vegas John Vitale
Julian Starr Julian Moreno CW Heavyweight Champion
Kasey Ray Kasey Mercurio
Mark Shurman Mark Shurman CW Tag Team Champion
Matt Logan Matthew Logan
Mikey Webb Michael Webb
Mistress Belmont Cathy Bazylewicz
Pat Mathews Patrick Bogonis
Rich Palladino Rich Palladino Ring Announcer and Broadcast Commentator
Scott Reed Scott Reed
Scotty Slade Michael Phelan CW Tag Team Champion and former referee
Sean Burke Sean Burke
Hanson Todd Smith
Tony Omega David Tombari

Referees

Ring name Real name Notes
Mike Crockett Micheal Crockett
Tony S. Tony Stevens
Dan Tanaka Dan Tanaka
Kevin Quinn Kevin Quinn

Alumni

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Chaotic Wrestling Hall of Fame

The Chaotic Wrestling Hall of Fame is an American professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the Lowell-based promotion Chaotic Wrestling (CW). It was established in 2006 to honor wrestlers who have wrestled for the promotion.[24]

Inductees
# Year Ring name
(Birth name)[Note 1]		 Notes[Note 2]
1 2006 Luis Ortiz Won the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (2 times), Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship (3 times), and Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time)
2 2008 Arch Kincaid
(Nick Dealy)		 Won the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship (1 time), Chaotic Wrestling Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship (2 times)
3 2008 Dukes Dalton
(James McCarthy)		 Won the Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship (2 times) and Chaotic Wrestling Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
4 2009 Mike Hollow Head instructor at Chaotic Wrestling's training facility
5 2009 John Walters
(John Stagikas)		 Won the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (2 times), Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship (1 time), and Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time)
6 2010 Gino Martino
(John Ferraro)		 Won the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
6 2011 Killer Kowalski
(Walter Kowalski)		 Trained many of Chaotic Wrestling's top stars through his "School of Professional Wrestling".
  1. ↑ Entries without a birth name indicates that the inductee did not perform under a ring name.
  2. ↑ This section mainly lists the major accomplishments of each inductee in Chaotic Wrestling.

References

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  24. ↑ Cold Fury 5 – DVD ChaoticWrestlingStore.com

External links

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