MXW Pro Wrestling MXW Pro Wrestling ( MXW ) is an independent professional wrestling promotion founded and operated by former ECW manager and color commentator Joel Gertner . The company is based in New York , New York , but has presented the majority of its live events in Connecticut . History . 2004 - 2005 . After the cancellation of ECW on TNN , a weekly prime - time cable TV program which ran from 1999 to 2000 on the network currently known as Spike , Joel Gertner became active on the independent circuit . After working with several promotions in the New York Tri - State and New England regions , Gertner launched MXW Pro Wrestling in late 2004 . Their premiere event was held at Crystal ' s Night Club in Bristol , Connecticut on November 5 , 2004 and featured an appearance by Matt Striker as Muscles Marinara and saw ECW Triple Crown winner Mikey Whipwreck defeat Maverick Wild and " Sudden Impact " Dylan Kage in the main event . They returned to the same venue for their second show on January 30 , 2005 , at which Boogalou defeated Jay Lethal in the main event . Following this event , the company went on hiatus for approximately one year . 2006 . MXW returned in early 2006 and announced that their third show would be held on April 1 , 2006 at Crystal ' s Night Club . This event included the first match between Jason Blade and Xavier and the MXW debuts of Plazma ( Trent Barretta ) and Josh Daniels . MAYhem . They returned to the same venue for their fourth event and presented " MXW MAYhem " on May 27 , 2006 . Featuring a quadruple main event , this event saw Mercedes Martinez pin Cindy Rogers in the first MXWomen ' s Match , Xavier pin the debuting " Hurricane " John Walters , and the first MXW appearance of Antonio " The Promise " Thomas . The Gaijin Battle Series , an original MXW concept which spotlights American combatants who wrestle for different Japanese wrestling organizations in competition against one another , was launched at this show . In the final match of the evening , Josh Daniels , who represented Pro Wrestling Zero - One , defeated " Die Hard " Eddie Edwards , who represented Pro Wrestling NOAH , to earn one point for his Japanese home promotion . InterPromotional Incident . On July 8 , 2006 , they presented their fifth event , titled " InterPromotional Incident " , at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Wallingford , Connecticut . The main event was the Gaijin Battle X match , in which Low Ki , who represented Pro Wrestling NOAH , defeated " The Fallen Angel " Christopher Daniels , who represented Pro Wrestling Zero - One , which tied the Gaijin Battle Series at one point for each promotion . Prior to the start of the show , Daniels participated in the first " Heroes With Heroes " event where he had lunch with fans during an hour - long question and answer session . Also featured on this show was the inception of the Lightning Match , a stipulation in which competitors must win within a ten - minute time limit . In the first such contest , J . D . Michaels and Kristian Frost battled to a time limit draw when neither was able to achieve victory within the ten minute time frame . This event also marked the beginning of working relationships with several other independent promotions , including Pro Wrestling WORLD - 1 and CHIKARA . Following this event , MXW began producing a weekly 30 - minute TV program known as " MXW Momentum , " which was cablecast in the Waterbury , Connecticut and Wallingford , Connecticut areas . Golden Quest . In late July 2006 , MXW announced a 32 - athlete single elimination tournament , comprised of the MXW top 20 and 12 at - large bids , to crown the first MXW Champion . The MXW top 20 was determined by win / loss records during the period from April 1 , 2006 through July 8 , 2006 and the results of fan voting ( top 15 ballots ) submitted to the company ' s website , known as the " MXW Fan 15 " . The at - large bids were the remaining candidates eligible for the top 20 that placed below the cutoff point , wrestlers that appeared prior to the April 1 , 2006 event , and / or wrestlers that had not previously appeared in MXW . Their sixth live event , " Golden Quest " , emanated once again from Wallingford ' s Knights of Columbus Hall on August 25 , 2006 and focused on the primary stage ( first round ) of the tournament . Eight tournament matches were announced and Eddie Edwards , Archadia , Luis Ortiz , Bobby Fish , John Walters , Josh Daniels and Jason Blade ( who defeated Billy Kidman ) were victorious in their primary stage matches . The eighth tournament match was to be Low Ki vs . Jay Lethal , however , as the curfew for the evening approached , the semi - main event was still ongoing between Frankie Kazarian , Sonjay Dutt and Azrieal . Lethal ran into the ring , followed soon after by Low Ki , turning the three - way match into an impromptu 5 - way encounter . The match was stopped by MXW officials after approximately thirteen minutes and Low Ki and Dutt were declared co - winners by Gertner . Their position in the tournament was never resolved . Prior to Golden Quest , MXW had announced the September Scramble Tour , which was to be a weekend of live events scheduled to take place in Springfield , Massachusetts and Albany , New York in late September . However , due to Joel Gertner being hospitalized during this period , the shows were cancelled . Capital Collision . The company returned on November 10 , 2006 when they presented " Capital Collision " in Albany , New York at the historic Washington Avenue Armory . This event was headlined by the debut of the Kings of Wrestling in two singles matches , collectively known as The Royal Relay , as well as the continuation of the MXW Championship Tournament . Claudio Castagnoli wrestled Antonio Thomas in a first round tournament match and , in the main event , Chris Hero wrestled Josh Daniels . Also debuting on this show were several stars from Montreal ' s International Wrestling Syndicate , namely Beef Wellington , Sexxxy Eddy , and Player Uno . Additional contests saw Bobby Fish pin the debuting " Fabulous " John McChesney and Romeo Roselli pin the debuting Slyk Wagner Brown . Brass City Battle . Two days later , on November 12 , 2006 , MXW presented " Brass City Battle " , its first live event in Waterbury , Connecticut at the Albanian - American Cultural Center . This event was headlined by a Gaijin Tag Battle , the continuation of the Gaijin Battle Series , in which the wrestler that scored the pinfall would earn two points for their Japanese home promotion . It was announced as Team Zero - One ( Steve Corino and Josh Daniels ) vs . Team NOAH ( Low Ki & Eddie Edwards ) , however , when Corino was unable to attend , the match was changed to Low Ki and Daniels vs . Team Sabotage ( Eddie Edwards and D . C . Dillenger ) . Josh Daniels pinned Dillenger for the win , bringing the Gaijin Battle Series tally to Zero - One ( 3 points ) and NOAH ( 1 point ) . Three first round tournament matches were held at this show . Ricky Landell , Mercedes Martinez ( who defeated Nikki Roxx ) , and Ron Zombie ( who defeated Homicide in an " all - out war " match ) were victorious . In October 2006 , MXW announced a show entitled " Level Next " would take place on November 18 , 2006 in New Haven , Connecticut . The company would later cancel this event , citing non - committal status of the building . After these events , the company went on hiatus until early 2010 . 2010 . On February 22 , 2010 , MXW relaunched their website and announced their comeback event , entitled " Come What May " . It will be headlined by a one night , sixteen man , random draw single - elimination tournament . It is scheduled for May 16 , 2010 at Toad ' s Place in New Haven , Connecticut .