Millennium Wrestling Federation
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The Millennium Wrestling Federation (MWF) is a New England
independent professional wrestling promotion
based in Melrose, Massachusetts
. Founded in January 2001 by promoters Dan Mirade & Neil Manolian, the MWF is one of the top promotions in the Northeastern United States
along with Chaotic Wrestling
, New England Championship Wrestling
and Yankee Pro Wrestling
.
Among the wrestlers who have appeared in the promotion include independent wrestlers Abyss
, A.J. Styles
, Brimstone
, Slyck Wagner Brown
, Kofi Kingston
,[Jesse James sr.], Joey Mercury
, Antonio Thomas
, Chris Sabin
, Alex Shelley
, Rick Fuller
, Homicide
, "Hurricane" John Walters
and manager Jade Chung
.
Due to its close working relationship with World Wrestling Entertainment
, the promotion is one of several on the independent circuit
to regularly feature a large number of former World Wrestling Federation
veterans including "Road Dog" Jesse James Armstrong
, Scotty 2 Hotty, Al Snow
, Kamala, Demolition
(Ax
and Smash
) and manager Paul Bearer. Former WWF World Heavyweight Champion
The Iron Sheik also serves as the MWF Lt. Commissioner. Others who have also made appearances include The Missing Link
, Bob Orton, Jr.
and Ox Baker
, manager of Ox Baker's Army.
John Cena, Sr.
, the father of multi-time World Heavyweight Champion John Cena
, took control of the promotion in September 2007 after buying out
Neil Manolian's majority stock in the company.
, and held their first show on September 28 of that year. Based in Melrose, Massachusetts
, the promotion regularly began running shows in the greater Boston area for over a year before the debut of its weekly half-hour television program MWF Xtra on Labor Day
weekend. The show was hosted by Dan Mirade and MWF on-air personalities The Jackal & Dr. Brad Von Johnson as well as special guest Tiger Mulligan, who would later win the promotion's Heavyweight Championship defeating "2Xtreme" John Brooks in the tournament finals of the "Soul Survivor" competition at the Soul Survivor '03 supercard to crown the first MWF Heavyweight Champion and was presented the championship belt by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
.
On October 5, 2002, Gary Michael Cappetta
& Superstar Billy Graham appeared at a MWF benefit show at the America Civic Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts
. The card also featured Road Dogg, Inferno and Judas Young.
A second show, MWF ULTRA, was also introduced with its first episode on October 12, 2003 but eventually became a monthly, one hour special in October 2004. Its guests have included Johnny Fabulous, Karl Lauer, Scotty 2 Hotty, Demolition Smash
, The Iron Sheik, Percy Pringle and actress Brigitte Nielsen
. In addition to its wide use of public-access television
cable TV throughout the New England-area, the promotion also began broadcasting its shows via internet broadcast
and in-demand
in May 2005 and became available in over 50 countries. That same year, the two more championships were created with "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards
winning a tournament for the MWF Television Championship and, at MWF Iron Sheik Appreciation Night, Todd Hanson and Beau Douglas won a Tag Team Royal Rumble eliminating The Islanders for the titles. The MWF Heavyweight Championship, which had since become vacant, was won by Dylan Kage when he defeated Slyck Wagner Brown
on the first episode of MWF ULTRA.
On November 11, 2005, the Soul Survivor '05 supercard featured MWF Television Champion Eddie Edwards defending his title against Billy Kidman in the main event in Lynn, Massachusetts
. The show also featured Test, The Sandman
, Jake "The Snake Roberts
, The Missing Link
, Ox Baker
and Percy Pringle III. Later that month, NWA Ireland wrestler Fergal Devitt
appeared at several MWF events while in New England during his 2005-2006 US tour. Facing Eddie Edwards and John Walters in a triple treat for the MWF TV Title, the match ended after 15 minutes when Edwards pinned Walters for the title. This match, as well as those in Chaotic Wrestling
and Defiant Pro Wrestling, gained considerable attention on the US independent scene.
Involved in fundraising and other community projects, the Millennium Wrestling Federation's on-going Keep The Kids Off The Streets Campaign presents live wrestling events in inner city neighborhoods. Its efforts in fundraising activities has raised thousands of dollars for a number of charities and non-profit organizations including the American Red Cross
, the Special Olympics
and has received extensive press coverage from The Boston Globe
, The Howard Stern Show, KISS 108 FM
, the Eddie Andelman Show
, CN8 Sports Pulse and ESPN Radio
. The promotion has also been involved in promoting other non-wrestling events in Boston such as hosting the Boston premiere of The Condemned
(including a Q&A with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
) and The Iron Sheik's appearance on Toronto
's Hi-Fi Network and promoting the Wrestling's Living Legends reunion on the morning of WrestleMania 23
in Windsor, Ontario
. The event also featured Demolition
(Ax
and Smash
) in their first appearance in sixteen years.
In September 2007, Neil Manolian sold his share of the promotion to John Cena, Sr., giving him majority control of the company, and as a result, was named MWF President three months later, replacing on-air personality The Jackal who had been appointed to the position at the beginning of the year. On September 20, manager Steve Ashworth died after suffering a major heart attack. He had been a manager in Tony Rumble
's Century Wrestling Alliance
during the mid-1990s and had been with the MWF since its first show. Prior to his death, he managed a number of wrestlers in the MWF including Little Guido, Christopher Nowinski, Chris Chetti, Kamala, The Outpatient and Brian Milonas.
During the first half of 2008, a number of wrestlers from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
appeared for the promotion. On March 29, the promotion held its first show in Nashua, New Hampshire
at Live Free or Die. The show had MWF Heavyweight Champion Todd Hanson against Eddie Edwards in the main event while MWF Television Champion Tommaso Ciampa faced Slyck Wagner Brown in the semi-main event while Abyss also made his MWF debut.
On June 21, the MWF held the final professional wrestling event at the Good Time Emporium in Somerville, Massachusetts
prior to its close at the end of the month. The "Night of Champions" supercard included MWF Heavyweight Champion Todd Hanson defending his title against Rick Fuller
in the main event. The undercard featured a lumberjack match between MWF Television Champion Tommaso Ciampa and Jay Lethal
, MWF Tag Team Champions The Canadian Superstars against Beau Douglas and a mystery partner and a Monster's Ball match between Abyss, Rick Fuller, Islander Makua and "Ox Baker's Executioner" Brian Milonas. The event also had the debut of Homicide
and the return of Chris Sabin
. This was followed by a VIP Q&A session and an autograph/photo fanfest with Abyss, Jay Lethal, Homicide, Chris Sabin and Leticia Cline as well as a special appearance by MWF President John Cena, Sr. and the Iron Sheik. The promotion also held a raffle in which the winner would receive a free lunch with the Iron Sheik. The event was originally scheduled to be held on March 29, however the promotion was forced to reschedule the event when Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
needed Jay Lethal, Chris Sabin and Homicide for an additional television taping of TNA Impact!
during WrestleMania
weekend in Orlando, Florida
.
The following night at Road to the Gold, the MWF held its first show in Nashua, New Hampshire
which had "Hurricane" John Walters
and MWF Heavyweight Champion Todd Hanson in the main event. Other matches included MWF Television Champion Tommaso Ciampa vs. Chris Sabin and Team Cena against The Uprising.
. The Iron Sheik had allegedly caused a disturbance at the event earlier refusing to sign autographs or to actively participate in the show. Both he and Von Johnson were later treated at a local hospital and the Iron Sheik later claimed he might never wrestle again.
In March 2005, during an MWF studio shoot interview
with Dan Mirade, the Iron Sheik went on a tirade when asked about his appearance at WrestleMania III
with Nikolai Volkoff
and their match against The Killer Bees
(B. Brian Blair
and Jim Brunzell) making several controversial and derogatory statements in reference to Brian Blair. This interview was later released on a three-hour DVD
and has since become popular on websites such as YouTube
.
In 2007, the MWF conducted another shoot interview with the Iron Sheik. Similarly released on DVD, it also included a bonus disc featuring his Christmas challenge to Kramer
, footage from the infamous Iron Sheik Appreciation Night and a supposed "drug induced" telephone interview. After returning to his home in Atlanta, Georgia, the Iron Sheik claimed he had gotten alcohol poisoning
when an MWF cameraman had given him beer
in his hotel room.
which was to raise money for Butch Miller
, better known as Bushwhacker Butch of The Bushwhackers
, who was hospitalized from an untreated staph infection
. Among those who headlined the show included Road Dogg
and ECW wrestlers Little Guido
, Super Nova
and Chris Chetti
. Tough Enough
finalist Christopher Nowinski
also made a surprise appearance.
A few weeks prior to the event, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
contacted the promotion via e-mail
offering to appear at the show. Neidhart also said he would donate an official Hart Foundation
leather jacket
for the raffle being held. In exchange, the promotion agreed to provide transportation. When the company was unable to afford to fly him in from Calgary
, which would cost at least $1,200 (more than the cost of the actual fundraiser), Neidhart offered $500 for his frequent flyer miles which the promotion accepted.
The promotion received no contact from Neidhart after that point and, on the day of the fundraiser, Neidhart did not arrive. According to owner Dan Mirade, he was later told that Neidhart had been planning on coming to Boston to spend Christmas week with a "ring rat
". When she decided to spend Christmas with her family down south, Neidhart stayed in Calgary and did not return the money he received from the promotion.
Receiving no response to their e-mail and telephone messages, the promotion posted Neidhart's home phone number on the front page of the MWF website. The promotion, which had gotten a number of replies from fans asking for an explanation for Neidhart's absence, explained that they had not received word from Neidhart and suggested fans to confront Neidhart themselves.
Neidhart got in contact with the promotion soon after this and claimed that he had intended to send the money back, but now refused because they had "upset him". Neidhart eventually claimed in a later e-mail that he had sent the $500 to Butch Miller, however this was denied by both Butch Miller and longtime tag team partner Luke Williams
. Soon after seeing him on the Raw 15th anniversary show, Dan Mirade wrote about the incident on his website and challenged Neidhart for an explanation however Neidhart has not responded.
" as well as steroid
and drug abuse
which has resulted in the deaths of a high number of professional wrestlers. Dan Mirade also criticized certain ethical standards and business practices, particularly after the ring death of independent wrestler Dan Quirk
, advocating some sort of system to regulate the professional wrestling industry.
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, a wrestler and longtime wrestling promoter in the New England area throughout the 1990s. This was one of the first major events held by the MWF during its early years with the first show being held at the Wrestleplex in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
on November 22, 2003. This was the last live event held at the venue prior to its closing.
The next battle royal was held at the MWF's Soul Survivor '04 and won by Bull Montana
, a close friend of Tony Rumble, on November 13, 2004. The third show was co-hosted by the MWF and AWA New England which was won by 72-year-old Ox Baker
. This was his first wrestling match in several years. On August 4, 2007, Rick Fuller won the 4th annual Tony Rumble Memorial Battle Royal.
|-
!Year
!Name
!Date
|-
|2003
|Todd Hanson
|November 22, 2003
|-
|2004
|Bull Montana
|November 13, 2004
|-
|2005
|Ox Baker
|November 6, 2005
|-
|2007
|Rick Fuller
|August 4, 2007
|-
|2008
|Chase Del Monte
|November 15, 2008
|}
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"width=21%|Championship
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"width=21%|Current Holder:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"width=21%|Won From:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"width=21%|Location:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"width=21%|Date:
|-
|MWF Heavyweight Championship
|"Slyck" Wagner Brown
|Shelton Benjamin
|June 4, 2011
|Brigeport, CT
|-
|MWF Television Championship
|"Straight Edge" Brian Fury
|"Black Machismo" Jay Lethal
|November 15, 2008
|Melrose, MA
|-
|MWF Southern Heavyweight Championship
|Dylan Kage
|
|November 13, 2010
|Pembroke, NC
|-
|MWF Tag Team Championship
|Brian Milonas & "Big" Rick Fuller
|J-Busta & Antonio Thomas
|March 1, 2011
|Melrose, MA
|-
|Tony Rumble Memorial Battle Royal
|Chase Del Monte
|
|November 15, 2008
|Melrose, MA
|}
New England
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independent professional wrestling promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
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based in Melrose, Massachusetts
Melrose, Massachusetts
-Government:Robert J. Dolan is the mayor. Melrose is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by Paul Brodeur . Katherine Clark is the state senator for wards 1 through 5 and Thomas McGee is the state senator for wards 6 and 7. Melrose is part of the seventh Congressional...
. Founded in January 2001 by promoters Dan Mirade & Neil Manolian, the MWF is one of the top promotions in the Northeastern United States
Northeastern United States
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along with Chaotic Wrestling
Chaotic Wrestling
Chaotic Wrestling is an American independent wrestling promotion based in North Andover, Massachusetts owned by Jamie Jamitowski and formerly Killer Kowalski prior to his death in August 2008. In addition to the promotion is the Chaotic Training Center, a professional wrestling school where...
, New England Championship Wrestling
New England Championship Wrestling
New England Championship Wrestling was an independent professional wrestling promotion based in the Northeastern United States and has promoted events since 2000...
and Yankee Pro Wrestling
Top Rope Promotions
Top Rope Promotions, formerly known as Yankee Pro Wrestling, is a Northeastern independent professional wrestling promotion based in New Bedford, Massachusetts and is the largest promotion in the southern New England-area rivaling other Northeastern promotions including Chaotic Wrestling, the...
.
Among the wrestlers who have appeared in the promotion include independent wrestlers Abyss
Chris Parks
Christopher J. "Chris" Parks , better known by his ring name "The Monster" Abyss, is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
, A.J. Styles
A.J. Styles
Allen Neal Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
, Brimstone
Brimstone (wrestler)
William M. Kucmierowski is an American professional wrestler, actor, author, and philanthropist who is better known by his shortened name Will Kaye or his ring name, Brimstone....
, Slyck Wagner Brown
Wagner Brown
Wagner Brown is a professional wrestler better known by his ring name of Slyck Wagner Brown. He currently wrestles in the independent circuit in the Northeastern United States....
, Kofi Kingston
Kofi Kingston
Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah , is a Ghanaian American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kofi Kingston. He is currently signed to WWE and works on its Raw brand where he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Evan Bourne as Air Boom...
,[Jesse James sr.], Joey Mercury
Adam Birch
Adam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment , and training in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, as Joey Mercury...
, Antonio Thomas
Tom Matera
Thomas "Tom" Matera is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Antonio Thomas. He is best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on the Raw brand as one half of The Heart Throbs....
, Chris Sabin
Chris Sabin
Joshua Harter is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Sabin. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he currently teams with Alex Shelley as The Motor City Machine Guns.After being trained by Scott D'Amore, Sabin debuted in 2000 for...
, Alex Shelley
Alex Shelley
Patrick Martin , is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Shelley. He wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he currently teams with Chris Sabin as The Motor City Machine Guns. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for...
, Rick Fuller
Rick Fuller
Richard Fuller is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances World Championship Wrestling. He would later be featured in several video games including WCW Nitro and WCW/NWO Thunder....
, Homicide
Nelson Erazo
Nelson Rodriguez Erazo is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent, better known by his ring name, Homicide...
, "Hurricane" John Walters
John Stagikas
John Stagikas is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Hurricane" John Walters and in Lucha Libre USA as RJ Brewer, the kayfabe son of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer...
and manager Jade Chung
Jade Chung
Jade Chung is a Canadian professional wrestler and wrestling manager who has appeared in Border City Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, the National Wrestling Alliance, Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla...
.
Due to its close working relationship with World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
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, the promotion is one of several on the independent circuit
Independent circuit
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to regularly feature a large number of former World Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment
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veterans including "Road Dog" Jesse James Armstrong
Brian Gerard James
Brian Gerard James is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE as an agent and producer. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation as "The Road Dogg" Jesse James or simply Road Dogg...
, Scotty 2 Hotty, Al Snow
Al Snow
Allen Ray Sarven is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent.-Early career:Sarven...
, Kamala, Demolition
Demolition (professional wrestling)
Demolition is a professional wrestling tag team most prominent during the late 1980s / early 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation made up of Ax , Smash , and later Crush . In WWF, Demolition were three-time Tag Team Champions, and hold the records for both the single longest tag title reign...
(Ax
Bill Eadie
Bill Eadie is a professional wrestler who has competed under the names of Ax as part of Demolition and The Masked Superstar...
and Smash
Barry Darsow
Barry Darsow is a former American professional wrestler who is known as Smash, one half of the tag team Demolition, and as Krusher Kruschev, Repo Man, and The Blacktop Bully...
) and manager Paul Bearer. Former WWF World Heavyweight Champion
WWE Championship
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The Iron Sheik also serves as the MWF Lt. Commissioner. Others who have also made appearances include The Missing Link
Dewey Robertson
Byron James John "Dewey" Robertson was a professional wrestler, known best for his ring name The Missing Link....
, Bob Orton, Jr.
Bob Orton, Jr.
Robert Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. He is the father of wrestler Randy Orton, who is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment...
and Ox Baker
Ox Baker
Douglas A. Baker better known professionally as Ox Baker, is an American former professional wrestler and actor, and was feared for his dreaded finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes called the "Hurt Punch", after Baker's famous catchphrase "I love to hurt people!" He has appeared in several...
, manager of Ox Baker's Army.
John Cena, Sr.
John Cena
John Felix Anthony Cena is an American professional wrestler, actor, rapper, and television personality. He is currently signed to WWE as a member of its WWE Raw brand....
, the father of multi-time World Heavyweight Champion John Cena
John Cena
John Felix Anthony Cena is an American professional wrestler, actor, rapper, and television personality. He is currently signed to WWE as a member of its WWE Raw brand....
, took control of the promotion in September 2007 after buying out
Buyout
A buyout, in finance, is an investment transaction by which the ownership equity of a company, or a majority share of the stock of the company is acquired. The acquiror thereby "buys out" control of the target company....
Neil Manolian's majority stock in the company.
History
The Millennium Wrestling Federation was founded by Dan Mirade & Neil Manolian in January 2001, partly founded in memory of longtime Boston promoter Tony RumbleTony Rumble
Anthony David Magliaro was an American professional wrestler and manager, known by the ring name "Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble. He competed on the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic independent circuit during the 1980s and 90s...
, and held their first show on September 28 of that year. Based in Melrose, Massachusetts
Melrose, Massachusetts
-Government:Robert J. Dolan is the mayor. Melrose is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by Paul Brodeur . Katherine Clark is the state senator for wards 1 through 5 and Thomas McGee is the state senator for wards 6 and 7. Melrose is part of the seventh Congressional...
, the promotion regularly began running shows in the greater Boston area for over a year before the debut of its weekly half-hour television program MWF Xtra on Labor Day
Labor Day
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weekend. The show was hosted by Dan Mirade and MWF on-air personalities The Jackal & Dr. Brad Von Johnson as well as special guest Tiger Mulligan, who would later win the promotion's Heavyweight Championship defeating "2Xtreme" John Brooks in the tournament finals of the "Soul Survivor" competition at the Soul Survivor '03 supercard to crown the first MWF Heavyweight Champion and was presented the championship belt by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
Bobby Heenan
Raymond Louis "Ray" Heenan , better known as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan , is a former American professional wrestling manager and color commentator, best known for his time with the American Wrestling Association , World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation...
.
On October 5, 2002, Gary Michael Cappetta
Gary Michael Cappetta
Gary Michael Cappetta is an American professional wrestling ring announcer, author, voice over artist, screenwriter and stage performer...
& Superstar Billy Graham appeared at a MWF benefit show at the America Civic Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts
Wakefield, Massachusetts
-History:-Geography:The diagram above shows what is to the east, west, north, south, and other directions of the center of Wakefield. Towns with population above 25,000 are in bold italics.-Demographics:-Notable residents:...
. The card also featured Road Dogg, Inferno and Judas Young.
A second show, MWF ULTRA, was also introduced with its first episode on October 12, 2003 but eventually became a monthly, one hour special in October 2004. Its guests have included Johnny Fabulous, Karl Lauer, Scotty 2 Hotty, Demolition Smash
Barry Darsow
Barry Darsow is a former American professional wrestler who is known as Smash, one half of the tag team Demolition, and as Krusher Kruschev, Repo Man, and The Blacktop Bully...
, The Iron Sheik, Percy Pringle and actress Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen
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. In addition to its wide use of public-access television
Public-access television
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cable TV throughout the New England-area, the promotion also began broadcasting its shows via internet broadcast
Streaming media
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and in-demand
IN DEMAND
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in May 2005 and became available in over 50 countries. That same year, the two more championships were created with "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards (wrestler)
Eddie Edwards is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling with Ring of Honor , where he is a former ROH World Champion. He also had previous reigns as a former ROH World Tag Team Champion with his partner Davey Richards as The American Wolves and as the inaugural ROH World...
winning a tournament for the MWF Television Championship and, at MWF Iron Sheik Appreciation Night, Todd Hanson and Beau Douglas won a Tag Team Royal Rumble eliminating The Islanders for the titles. The MWF Heavyweight Championship, which had since become vacant, was won by Dylan Kage when he defeated Slyck Wagner Brown
Wagner Brown
Wagner Brown is a professional wrestler better known by his ring name of Slyck Wagner Brown. He currently wrestles in the independent circuit in the Northeastern United States....
on the first episode of MWF ULTRA.
On November 11, 2005, the Soul Survivor '05 supercard featured MWF Television Champion Eddie Edwards defending his title against Billy Kidman in the main event in Lynn, Massachusetts
Lynn, Massachusetts
Lynn is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 89,050 at the 2000 census. An old industrial center, Lynn is home to Lynn Beach and Lynn Heritage State Park and is about north of downtown Boston.-17th century:...
. The show also featured Test, The Sandman
Jim Fullington
James "Jim" Fullington better known by his ring name Sandman, is an American professional wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling , where he developed into a "Hardcore Icon"...
, Jake "The Snake Roberts
Jake Roberts
Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr. is a second-generation American professional wrestler, the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith...
, The Missing Link
Dewey Robertson
Byron James John "Dewey" Robertson was a professional wrestler, known best for his ring name The Missing Link....
, Ox Baker
Ox Baker
Douglas A. Baker better known professionally as Ox Baker, is an American former professional wrestler and actor, and was feared for his dreaded finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes called the "Hurt Punch", after Baker's famous catchphrase "I love to hurt people!" He has appeared in several...
and Percy Pringle III. Later that month, NWA Ireland wrestler Fergal Devitt
Fergal Devitt
Fergal Devitt is an Irish professional wrestler currently contracted by New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is currently in his second reign as the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion...
appeared at several MWF events while in New England during his 2005-2006 US tour. Facing Eddie Edwards and John Walters in a triple treat for the MWF TV Title, the match ended after 15 minutes when Edwards pinned Walters for the title. This match, as well as those in Chaotic Wrestling
Chaotic Wrestling
Chaotic Wrestling is an American independent wrestling promotion based in North Andover, Massachusetts owned by Jamie Jamitowski and formerly Killer Kowalski prior to his death in August 2008. In addition to the promotion is the Chaotic Training Center, a professional wrestling school where...
and Defiant Pro Wrestling, gained considerable attention on the US independent scene.
Involved in fundraising and other community projects, the Millennium Wrestling Federation's on-going Keep The Kids Off The Streets Campaign presents live wrestling events in inner city neighborhoods. Its efforts in fundraising activities has raised thousands of dollars for a number of charities and non-profit organizations including the American Red Cross
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S...
, the Special Olympics
Special Olympics
Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 3.1 million athletes in 175 countries....
and has received extensive press coverage from The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
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, The Howard Stern Show, KISS 108 FM
WXKS-FM
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, the Eddie Andelman Show
Eddie Andelman
Eddie Andelman is an American sports radio talk show host. He has worked over 40 years in sports talk radio in Boston and has appeared on over 100 sports stations all over the country.- Career :...
, CN8 Sports Pulse and ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
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. The promotion has also been involved in promoting other non-wrestling events in Boston such as hosting the Boston premiere of The Condemned
The Condemned
The Condemned is a 2007 action film, co-written and directed by Scott Wiper, and starring "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone, Madeleine West and Rick Hoffman....
(including a Q&A with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Steve Austin , better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American film and television actor and retired professional wrestler...
) and The Iron Sheik's appearance on Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
's Hi-Fi Network and promoting the Wrestling's Living Legends reunion on the morning of WrestleMania 23
WrestleMania 23
WrestleMania 23 was the twenty-third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on April 1, 2007 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan...
in Windsor, Ontario
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...
. The event also featured Demolition
Demolition
Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use....
(Ax
Bill Eadie
Bill Eadie is a professional wrestler who has competed under the names of Ax as part of Demolition and The Masked Superstar...
and Smash
Barry Darsow
Barry Darsow is a former American professional wrestler who is known as Smash, one half of the tag team Demolition, and as Krusher Kruschev, Repo Man, and The Blacktop Bully...
) in their first appearance in sixteen years.
In September 2007, Neil Manolian sold his share of the promotion to John Cena, Sr., giving him majority control of the company, and as a result, was named MWF President three months later, replacing on-air personality The Jackal who had been appointed to the position at the beginning of the year. On September 20, manager Steve Ashworth died after suffering a major heart attack. He had been a manager in Tony Rumble
Tony Rumble
Anthony David Magliaro was an American professional wrestler and manager, known by the ring name "Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble. He competed on the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic independent circuit during the 1980s and 90s...
's Century Wrestling Alliance
Century Wrestling Alliance
The Century Wrestling Alliance, formerly known as NWA Cold Front and NWA New England, is a New England-based American independent wrestling promotion located in Boston, Massachusetts...
during the mid-1990s and had been with the MWF since its first show. Prior to his death, he managed a number of wrestlers in the MWF including Little Guido, Christopher Nowinski, Chris Chetti, Kamala, The Outpatient and Brian Milonas.
During the first half of 2008, a number of wrestlers from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
appeared for the promotion. On March 29, the promotion held its first show in Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...
at Live Free or Die. The show had MWF Heavyweight Champion Todd Hanson against Eddie Edwards in the main event while MWF Television Champion Tommaso Ciampa faced Slyck Wagner Brown in the semi-main event while Abyss also made his MWF debut.
On June 21, the MWF held the final professional wrestling event at the Good Time Emporium in Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located just north of Boston. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 75,754 and was the most densely populated municipality in New England. It is also the 17th most densely populated incorporated place in...
prior to its close at the end of the month. The "Night of Champions" supercard included MWF Heavyweight Champion Todd Hanson defending his title against Rick Fuller
Rick Fuller
Richard Fuller is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances World Championship Wrestling. He would later be featured in several video games including WCW Nitro and WCW/NWO Thunder....
in the main event. The undercard featured a lumberjack match between MWF Television Champion Tommaso Ciampa and Jay Lethal
Jay Lethal
Jamar "Jay" Shipman better known by his ring name Jay Lethal, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Ring of Honor , where he is the ROH World Television Champion...
, MWF Tag Team Champions The Canadian Superstars against Beau Douglas and a mystery partner and a Monster's Ball match between Abyss, Rick Fuller, Islander Makua and "Ox Baker's Executioner" Brian Milonas. The event also had the debut of Homicide
Nelson Erazo
Nelson Rodriguez Erazo is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent, better known by his ring name, Homicide...
and the return of Chris Sabin
Chris Sabin
Joshua Harter is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Sabin. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he currently teams with Alex Shelley as The Motor City Machine Guns.After being trained by Scott D'Amore, Sabin debuted in 2000 for...
. This was followed by a VIP Q&A session and an autograph/photo fanfest with Abyss, Jay Lethal, Homicide, Chris Sabin and Leticia Cline as well as a special appearance by MWF President John Cena, Sr. and the Iron Sheik. The promotion also held a raffle in which the winner would receive a free lunch with the Iron Sheik. The event was originally scheduled to be held on March 29, however the promotion was forced to reschedule the event when Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
needed Jay Lethal, Chris Sabin and Homicide for an additional television taping of TNA Impact!
TNA iMPACT!
Impact Wrestling is a professional wrestling television program for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that currently airs in the United States and Canada on Spike...
during WrestleMania
WrestleMania
WrestleMania is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced annually in late March or early April by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut...
weekend in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
.
The following night at Road to the Gold, the MWF held its first show in Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...
which had "Hurricane" John Walters
John Stagikas
John Stagikas is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Hurricane" John Walters and in Lucha Libre USA as RJ Brewer, the kayfabe son of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer...
and MWF Heavyweight Champion Todd Hanson in the main event. Other matches included MWF Television Champion Tommaso Ciampa vs. Chris Sabin and Team Cena against The Uprising.
Iron Sheik
A regular on the independent circuit since the early 1990s, the Iron Sheik became associated with the MWF soon after its establishment and was later named the MWF Lt. Commissioner. On August 5, 2003, the Iron Sheik and MWF Commissioner Dr. Brad Von Johnson were involved in a serious car accident when they were hit head on by a drunk driver following a show, Iron Sheik Appreciation Night, in Blackstone, MassachusettsBlackstone, Massachusetts
Blackstone is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,026 at the 2010 census. It is formally a part of the Providence metropolitan area. Blackstone is the only municipality in Massachusetts to employ automatic cameras in traffic enforcement.- History :This...
. The Iron Sheik had allegedly caused a disturbance at the event earlier refusing to sign autographs or to actively participate in the show. Both he and Von Johnson were later treated at a local hospital and the Iron Sheik later claimed he might never wrestle again.
In March 2005, during an MWF studio shoot interview
Shoot (professional wrestling)
A shoot in professional wrestling is a term that refers to any unplanned, unscripted or real-life occurrence within a wrestling event. Contrary to popular belief, the name does not originate from "shooting in" for a takedown, as in amateur wrestling - rather it is a carny term shortened from...
with Dan Mirade, the Iron Sheik went on a tirade when asked about his appearance at WrestleMania III
WrestleMania III
WrestleMania III was the third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation . The event was held on March 29, 1987 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan....
with Nikolai Volkoff
Nikolai Volkoff
Josip Nikolai Peruzović , better known by his ring name of Nikolai Volkoff, is a professional wrestler who is best known for his performances for the World Wrestling Federation...
and their match against The Killer Bees
The Killer Bees (professional wrestling)
The Killer Bees was a tag team composed of "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell and B. Brian Blair in the World Wrestling Federation from 1985 to 1988 and later on in the independent circuit...
(B. Brian Blair
Brian Blair
Brian Leslie Blair is a local politician in Florida, who gained fame as a professional wrestler especially as a part of the Killer Bees.-Career:...
and Jim Brunzell) making several controversial and derogatory statements in reference to Brian Blair. This interview was later released on a three-hour DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and has since become popular on websites such as YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
.
In 2007, the MWF conducted another shoot interview with the Iron Sheik. Similarly released on DVD, it also included a bonus disc featuring his Christmas challenge to Kramer
Michael Richards
Michael Anthony Richards is an American actor, comedian, writer and television producer, best known for his portrayal of the eccentric Cosmo Kramer on the television sitcom Seinfeld....
, footage from the infamous Iron Sheik Appreciation Night and a supposed "drug induced" telephone interview. After returning to his home in Atlanta, Georgia, the Iron Sheik claimed he had gotten alcohol poisoning
Short-term effects of alcohol
Short-term effects of alcohol on the human body can take many forms. The drug alcohol, to be specific ethanol, is a central nervous system depressant with a range of side-effects. The amount and circumstances of consumption play a large part in determining the extent of intoxication; for example,...
when an MWF cameraman had given him beer
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
in his hotel room.
Jim Neidhart
On December 28, 2001, the promotion held its second live event in Revere, MassachusettsRevere, Massachusetts
Revere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and located approximately from downtown Boston. It is named after the American patriot Paul Revere. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 51,755.- History :...
which was to raise money for Butch Miller
Butch Miller (wrestler)
Butch Miller is a retired professional wrestler best known as one half of the tag team known as "The Sheepherders" on the independent scene and in the National Wrestling Alliance and as one half of The Bushwhackers in the WWF.-Career:Butch Miller started wrestling for NWA New Zealand in 1964 where...
, better known as Bushwhacker Butch of The Bushwhackers
The Bushwhackers
The Bushwhackers were a professional wrestling tag team that also competed as The Sheepherders during their long career. They wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation and Jim Crockett Promotions as well as a nearly 40 year run on the independent wrestling circuit...
, who was hospitalized from an untreated staph infection
Staphylococcal infection
Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria which includes several species that can cause a wide variety of infections in humans and other animals through either toxin production or invasion....
. Among those who headlined the show included Road Dogg
Brian Gerard James
Brian Gerard James is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE as an agent and producer. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation as "The Road Dogg" Jesse James or simply Road Dogg...
and ECW wrestlers Little Guido
James Maritato
James Maritato is an American professional wrestler, of Italian origin, currently working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring names Little Guido Maritato and Nunzio.-Starting out:While...
, Super Nova
Mike Bucci
Michael "Mike" Bucci is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. Bucci is probably best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Nova, Super Nova, and "Hollywood" Nova and World Wrestling Entertainment as Simon Dean...
and Chris Chetti
Chris Chetti
Christopher "Chris" Chetti is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1996 and 2000.-Extreme Championship Wrestling :...
. Tough Enough
WWE Tough Enough
WWE Tough Enough is a professional wrestling reality television program produced by WWE wherein participants undergo professional wrestling training and compete for a contract with WWE. There were two winners per season for the first three seasons, all of which aired on MTV...
finalist Christopher Nowinski
Christopher Nowinski
Christopher John Nowinski is an author and a former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment. Nowinski is renowned for being WWE's first Harvard alumnus, as he graduated with an A.B. in sociology. He is also recognized as the youngest Hardcore Champion in WWE history...
also made a surprise appearance.
A few weeks prior to the event, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
Jim Neidhart
James Henry "Jim" Neidhart is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation as Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart. Jim is the father of WWE Diva Natalya...
contacted the promotion via e-mail
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
offering to appear at the show. Neidhart also said he would donate an official Hart Foundation
The Hart Foundation
The Hart Foundation referred to several teams or stables in the World Wrestling Federation , usually consisted of members or close friends of the Hart wrestling family from Canada....
leather jacket
Leather jacket
A leather jacket is a type of clothing—a jacket-length coat—usually worn on top of other apparel, and made from the tanned hide of various animals. The leather material is typically dyed black, or various shades of brown, but a wide range of colors is possible...
for the raffle being held. In exchange, the promotion agreed to provide transportation. When the company was unable to afford to fly him in from Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, which would cost at least $1,200 (more than the cost of the actual fundraiser), Neidhart offered $500 for his frequent flyer miles which the promotion accepted.
The promotion received no contact from Neidhart after that point and, on the day of the fundraiser, Neidhart did not arrive. According to owner Dan Mirade, he was later told that Neidhart had been planning on coming to Boston to spend Christmas week with a "ring rat
Groupie
A groupie is a person who seeks emotional and sexual intimacy with a musician or other celebrity. "Groupie" is derived from group in reference to a musical group, but the word is also used in a more general sense, especially in casual conversation....
". When she decided to spend Christmas with her family down south, Neidhart stayed in Calgary and did not return the money he received from the promotion.
Receiving no response to their e-mail and telephone messages, the promotion posted Neidhart's home phone number on the front page of the MWF website. The promotion, which had gotten a number of replies from fans asking for an explanation for Neidhart's absence, explained that they had not received word from Neidhart and suggested fans to confront Neidhart themselves.
Neidhart got in contact with the promotion soon after this and claimed that he had intended to send the money back, but now refused because they had "upset him". Neidhart eventually claimed in a later e-mail that he had sent the $500 to Butch Miller, however this was denied by both Butch Miller and longtime tag team partner Luke Williams
Brian Wickens
Brian Wickens is a professional wrestler best known as Luke Williams, one half of the tag team known as "The Sheepherders" on the independent scene and in the National Wrestling Alliance and as The Bushwhackers in the WWF.-Career:Luke Williams started wrestling for NWA New Zealand in 1964...
. Soon after seeing him on the Raw 15th anniversary show, Dan Mirade wrote about the incident on his website and challenged Neidhart for an explanation however Neidhart has not responded.
Criticism of the professional wrestling industry
In recent years, the company has been increasingly outspoken against both the increasing violence of "hardcore wrestlingHardcore wrestling
Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that eschews traditional concepts of match rules in favor of matches that take place in unusual environments, using foreign objects that are not normally permitted...
" as well as steroid
Steroid
A steroid is a type of organic compound that contains a characteristic arrangement of four cycloalkane rings that are joined to each other. Examples of steroids include the dietary fat cholesterol, the sex hormones estradiol and testosterone, and the anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone.The core...
and drug abuse
Drug abuse
Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, refers to a maladaptive pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependent. The term "drug abuse" does not exclude dependency, but is otherwise used in a similar manner in nonmedical contexts...
which has resulted in the deaths of a high number of professional wrestlers. Dan Mirade also criticized certain ethical standards and business practices, particularly after the ring death of independent wrestler Dan Quirk
Daniel Quirk
Daniel Michael Quirk was an American professional wrestler, known by his ring name Spider, who competed in several Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions including Assault Championship Wrestling, CHIKARA, the Millennium Wrestling Federation, the National Wrestling Alliance, World...
, advocating some sort of system to regulate the professional wrestling industry.
- "What most fans of mainstream wrestling don't realize is what a corrupt business it is that they're fans of... Back in the 'good ole days' not EVERYONE that wanted to be a professional wrestler could be one... There are dozens if not hundreds of 'schools' in operations in this country. How many of them are operated by a mark [a fan who believes that some or all of professional wrestling is real] that belongs sitting at home watching it on TV, someone that was never trained properly themselves?
- "These schools, will continue to mis-train and horrible shows will continue to ruin what the pros used to do... What's even sadder... is that there are many Dan Quirk situations waiting to happen. For his sake and his family's sake, I hope that wrestling can police itself and weed out those that don't belong."
Male Wrestlers
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- "The Promise" Antonio ThomasTom MateraThomas "Tom" Matera is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Antonio Thomas. He is best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on the Raw brand as one half of The Heart Throbs....
- "The Dynasty" Beau Douglas
- Benny Juxx
- "The Manliest Man" Biff Busick
- "The Shaft" Bobby Ocean
- "Straight Edge" Brian Fury (MWF Television Champion)
- "The Executioner" Brian Milonas (MWF Tag Team Champion)
- Chase Del Monte
- "The East Coast Cowboy" DJ Dubay
- Shelton BenjaminShelton BenjaminShelton James Benjamin is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment. Benjamin has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling in high school and at the University of Minnesota. In addition, Benjamin has acted...
- Dylan Kage (MWF Southern Heavyweight Champion)
- Elia Markopolous
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- "The Candyman" Jerry Seavey
- "Hurricane" John WaltersJohn StagikasJohn Stagikas is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Hurricane" John Walters and in Lucha Libre USA as RJ Brewer, the kayfabe son of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer...
- Julian Starr
- "PlayBoy" Jimmy James
- "The Enforcer" Max BauerMax Bauer (wrestler)Max Bauer, is an American professional wrestler, who is currently wrestling on the independent circuit in the Northeastern United States.Bauer has primarily competed in the Chaotic Wrestling and New England Championship Wrestling promotions, but has wrestled for numerous other independent...
- "The Superstar Of Sin" Scott Reed
- Slyck Wagner BrownWagner BrownWagner Brown is a professional wrestler better known by his ring name of Slyck Wagner Brown. He currently wrestles in the independent circuit in the Northeastern United States....
(MWF Heavyweight Champion) - The BoogeymanMarty WrightMartin "Marty" Wright is an American professional wrestler and actor best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name The Boogeyman.-Tough Enough:...
- Todd HansonTodd Smith (wrestler)Todd Smith better known by his ring name Handsome Johnny, is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling in the independent circuit in the Northeastern United States as well making occasional appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment...
- "The Million Dollar Investment" Tommaso Ciampa
- Tony "The Fonz"" DelFonzo
- Jay Lethal"Black Machismo"
Female Wrestlers
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- Alexxis
- Amber
- Awesome Kong
- Luscious Von Johnson
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- Nikki Valentine
- ODB
- "The Kat" Stacy CarterStacy CarterStacy Carter , better known as Miss Kitty or The Kat, is an American former professional wrestling valet.During her tenure in the World Wrestling Federation, she held the Women's Championship once, although she was not a trained wrestler...
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Managers
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- Bull Montana (Manager of Beau Douglas)
- Iron Sheik
- John "Bradshaw" Layfield (Leader of The Uprising)
- Paul Bearer (Manager of The Trifecta of Terror)
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Tag Teams & Stables
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- The Trifecta of Terror (Rick Fuller, Dylan Kage and Brian Milonas)
- The Uprising (Tommaso Ciampa, Slyck Wagner Brown and Antonio Thomas)
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Officials
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- Dan Mirade (Co-Founder; Commentator, MWF Television)
- Neil Manolian (Chairman)
- Lucinda Kodzis (Chief Executive Officer)
- John Cena, Sr. (President & Majority Owner)
- Dr. Brad Von Johnson (Commissioner)
- Rafito Joseph (Executive Vice President, Live Events)
- Tim Schmitt (Executive Vice President, Marketing)
- Patrick J. Doyle (Executive Vice President, Television Production)
- Hassan Thomas (Executive Vice President, Fundraising)
- Brandon Jay (Junior Ambassador)
- Devaughn Brent (Junior Ambassador)
- Rich Palladino (Ring Announcer)
- Tony S. (Senior Official; Executive Vice President, Internet Production)
- Dan Tanaka (Referee)
- Nick Anderson (Referee)
|}
Alumni
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- "The Monster" AbyssChris ParksChristopher J. "Chris" Parks , better known by his ring name "The Monster" Abyss, is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
- "The Phenomenal" AJ StylesA.J. StylesAllen Neal Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
- Al SnowAl SnowAllen Ray Sarven is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent.-Early career:Sarven...
- Alex ShelleyAlex ShelleyPatrick Martin , is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Shelley. He wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he currently teams with Chris Sabin as The Motor City Machine Guns. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for...
- April HunterApril HunterApril Hunter is an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet and fitness and glamour model. She has appeared in many publications, from MuscleMag International to Playboy Magazine and even has her own comic book series, Code Red by Pickle Press.-World Championship Wrestling :In...
- "Cowboy" Bill Watts
- "Cowboy" Bob OrtonBob Orton, Jr.Robert Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. He is the father of wrestler Randy Orton, who is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment...
- Chris ChettiChris ChettiChristopher "Chris" Chetti is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1996 and 2000.-Extreme Championship Wrestling :...
- Chris SabinChris SabinJoshua Harter is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Sabin. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he currently teams with Alex Shelley as The Motor City Machine Guns.After being trained by Scott D'Amore, Sabin debuted in 2000 for...
- Demolition SmashBarry DarsowBarry Darsow is a former American professional wrestler who is known as Smash, one half of the tag team Demolition, and as Krusher Kruschev, Repo Man, and The Blacktop Bully...
- "Die Hard" Eddie EdwardsEddie Edwards (wrestler)Eddie Edwards is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling with Ring of Honor , where he is a former ROH World Champion. He also had previous reigns as a former ROH World Tag Team Champion with his partner Davey Richards as The American Wolves and as the inaugural ROH World...
- Eric BischoffEric BischoffEric Aaron Bischoff is an American entrepreneur, and professional wrestling booker and on-screen personality currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
- Frankie KazarianFrankie KazarianFrank B. Gerdelman is an Armenian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Frankie Kazarian or simply Kazarian. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
- Harley RaceHarley RaceHarley Leland Race is a retired American professional wrestler and current promoter and trainer. During his career as a wrestler, he held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 7 times...
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- HomicideNelson ErazoNelson Rodriguez Erazo is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent, better known by his ring name, Homicide...
- "Boston Bad Boy" Jason Rumble
- "The Platinum Playboy" J-Busta
- "Road Dogg" Jesse JamesBrian Gerard JamesBrian Gerard James is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE as an agent and producer. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation as "The Road Dogg" Jesse James or simply Road Dogg...
- "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka
- Joey MercuryAdam BirchAdam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment , and training in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, as Joey Mercury...
- Kofi KingstonKofi KingstonKofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah , is a Ghanaian American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kofi Kingston. He is currently signed to WWE and works on its Raw brand where he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Evan Bourne as Air Boom...
- "Future Legend" Luke Robinson
- Nick BockwinkelNick BockwinkelNicholas Warren Francis "Nick" Bockwinkel is a retired American professional wrestler. He mainly competed in the American Wrestling Association in the United States...
- Paul ElleringPaul ElleringPaul Ellering is a retired professional wrestling manager.-Professional wrestling career:Before entering the wrestling business, Ellering was an accomplished weightlifter...
- Rhino
- RikishiSolofa FatuSolofa F. Fatu, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Rikishi.-The Samoan Swat Team:...
- Scotty 2 Hotty
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
- Tito SantanaTito SantanaMerced Solis better known by his ring name Tito Santana, is an American professional wrestler whose heyday spanned from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, though he continues to appear on the independent circuit. He is best known from his time in the World Wrestling Federation...
|}
Tony Rumble Memorial Battle Royal
The Tony Rumble Memorial Battle Royal is the main event held at the semi-annual memorial show for the late Tony RumbleTony Rumble
Anthony David Magliaro was an American professional wrestler and manager, known by the ring name "Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble. He competed on the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic independent circuit during the 1980s and 90s...
, a wrestler and longtime wrestling promoter in the New England area throughout the 1990s. This was one of the first major events held by the MWF during its early years with the first show being held at the Wrestleplex in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Woonsocket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 41,186 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state. Woonsocket lies directly south of the Massachusetts border....
on November 22, 2003. This was the last live event held at the venue prior to its closing.
The next battle royal was held at the MWF's Soul Survivor '04 and won by Bull Montana
Bull Montana
Bull Montana , was a professional wrestler and American actor.Lewis Montagna came to the U.S. as a child. The hulking, plug-ugly Montagna became a professional wrestler under the name of Bull Montana...
, a close friend of Tony Rumble, on November 13, 2004. The third show was co-hosted by the MWF and AWA New England which was won by 72-year-old Ox Baker
Ox Baker
Douglas A. Baker better known professionally as Ox Baker, is an American former professional wrestler and actor, and was feared for his dreaded finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes called the "Hurt Punch", after Baker's famous catchphrase "I love to hurt people!" He has appeared in several...
. This was his first wrestling match in several years. On August 4, 2007, Rick Fuller won the 4th annual Tony Rumble Memorial Battle Royal.
Winners
{| class="wikitable"|-
!Year
!Name
!Date
|-
|2003
|Todd Hanson
Todd Smith (wrestler)
Todd Smith better known by his ring name Handsome Johnny, is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling in the independent circuit in the Northeastern United States as well making occasional appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment...
|November 22, 2003
|-
|2004
|Bull Montana
|November 13, 2004
|-
|2005
|Ox Baker
Ox Baker
Douglas A. Baker better known professionally as Ox Baker, is an American former professional wrestler and actor, and was feared for his dreaded finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes called the "Hurt Punch", after Baker's famous catchphrase "I love to hurt people!" He has appeared in several...
|November 6, 2005
|-
|2007
|Rick Fuller
Rick Fuller
Richard Fuller is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances World Championship Wrestling. He would later be featured in several video games including WCW Nitro and WCW/NWO Thunder....
|August 4, 2007
|-
|2008
|Chase Del Monte
|November 15, 2008
|}
Championships
{| class="wikitable"!style="background: #e3e3e3;"width=21%|Championship
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"width=21%|Current Holder:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"width=21%|Won From:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"width=21%|Location:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"width=21%|Date:
|-
|MWF Heavyweight Championship
MWF Heavyweight Championship
The MWF Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Millennium Wrestling Federation. The title was created when Tiger Mulligan defeated John Brooks in a 17-man "Soul Survivor" competition in Lynn, Massachusetts on May 31, 2003. The title is primarily...
|"Slyck" Wagner Brown
Wagner Brown
Wagner Brown is a professional wrestler better known by his ring name of Slyck Wagner Brown. He currently wrestles in the independent circuit in the Northeastern United States....
|Shelton Benjamin
Shelton Benjamin
Shelton James Benjamin is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment. Benjamin has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling in high school and at the University of Minnesota. In addition, Benjamin has acted...
|June 4, 2011
|Brigeport, CT
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|MWF Television Championship
MWF Television Championship
The MWF Television Championship is a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Millennium Wrestling Federation. The title was created when "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards defeated "Mr. 630" Jerelle Clark in the finals of a championship tournament to crown the first MWF Television...
|"Straight Edge" Brian Fury
|"Black Machismo" Jay Lethal
|November 15, 2008
|Melrose, MA
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|MWF Southern Heavyweight Championship
|Dylan Kage
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|November 13, 2010
|Pembroke, NC
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|MWF Tag Team Championship
MWF Tag Team Championship
The MWF Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Millennium Wrestling Federation. The title was created when Todd Hanson & Beau Douglas defeated The Islanders in a Texas Tornado match at Iron Sheik Appreciation Night in Blackstone, Massachusetts on...
|Brian Milonas & "Big" Rick Fuller
|J-Busta & Antonio Thomas
|March 1, 2011
|Melrose, MA
Melrose, Massachusetts
-Government:Robert J. Dolan is the mayor. Melrose is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by Paul Brodeur . Katherine Clark is the state senator for wards 1 through 5 and Thomas McGee is the state senator for wards 6 and 7. Melrose is part of the seventh Congressional...
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|Tony Rumble Memorial Battle Royal
|Chase Del Monte
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|November 15, 2008
|Melrose, MA
Melrose, Massachusetts
-Government:Robert J. Dolan is the mayor. Melrose is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by Paul Brodeur . Katherine Clark is the state senator for wards 1 through 5 and Thomas McGee is the state senator for wards 6 and 7. Melrose is part of the seventh Congressional...
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