Border City Wrestling Border City Wrestling ( BCW ) is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Windsor , Ontario . It is the base promotion for several Total Nonstop Action Wrestling superstars , including all of the former Team Canada , Chris Sabin , and Alex Shelley . Many BCW employees were trained by Scott D ' Amore , the owner and booker of BCW , at the Can - Am Wrestling School . BCW merged with BSE Pro Wrestling on February 3 , 2010 to form Maximum Pro Wrestling . History . Border City Wrestling was founded in 1993 by Scott D ' Amore , Chuck Fader , and " The Canadian Destroyer " Doug Chevalier . After Chevalier ' s departure of Ontario in 1994 as well as Fader leaving the company due to his diagnosis with throat cancer in 2000 , D ' Amore became the sole owner of the company . D ' Amore closed BCW for several months in 2000 , but re - opened the company later that year . In 2001 , BCW began utilizing several Extreme Championship Wrestling employees who had been left without full - time work when ECW declared bankruptcy in April of that year . On August 29 , 2001 , BCW even held the " Mikey Whipwreck Retirement Bash " to honour the retirement of Mikey Whipwreck . After his cancer went into remission in late 2001 , Fader returned to BCW as a publicist and their kayfabe Commissioner . In 2001 , BCW merged with Maximum Pro Wrestling ( MXPW ) out of Detroit . BCW / MXPW put on a few shows under the MXPW banner , however , the merger ended up being quite short - lived . After another short hiatus the previous year , BCW returned in the Spring of 2004 after merging with rival promotion Ontario Championship Wrestling ( OCW ) and taking on a new partner in OCW founder James Trepanier . After the merger , BCW began running regular smaller scale shows at OCW ' s former venue in Windsor . On December 12 , 2004 , BCW , and their partner promotion from Michigan , Prime Time Wrestling , held A Night of Appreciation for Sabu , to raise funds to assist Sabu in paying the costly medical bills he had incurred with his serious back injury and viral infection that year . The show featured many BCW and TNA wrestlers , and the main event featured Shane Douglas vs . Raven with special Guest Referee Mick Foley . 2005 was a banner year for BCW as they held 3 landmark shows in the company ' s history . On January 21 they held the " 4th Annual Doug Chevalier Memorial " where the main event featured the culmination of a long running BCW feud between Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley for the BCW Can - Am Television Championship refereed by Mick Foley . The show also featured Abyss and Jimmy Hart . On July 22 they held their annual " WrestleFest " show which was headlined by a four - way Can - Am Television Championship match between Chris Sabin , Petey Williams , Alex Shelley , and A . J . Styles that has been since praised as one of the greatest matches in BCW history . Even more notably , the show featured one of the first reunions of the original Hart Foundation of Bret " Hitman " Hart , Jim " The Anvil " Neidhart , and Jimmy Hart . On September 15 , BCW held " International Incident " which featured TNA wrestler Jeff Jarrett defeating Raven for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with the unexpected help of America ' s Most Wanted ( who turned heel in the process ) only 2 weeks before TNA returned to national television on Spike TV . This event was highly publicized as well and became known as " Controversy in Canada " to TNA fans worldwide . After their WrestleFest event in the summer of 2006 featuring Christian Cage , BCW once again went on a hiatus , not holding a show for nearly 2 years . On May 3 , 2008 , BCW held its return show , ' Awakening ' , in Windsor , Ontario . The show featured Al Snow in the Main Event . Since their 2008 revival , BCW has returned to running regularly in Windsor and the surrounding area . This has included an ECW themed show entitled ' A Night of Extreme ' on October 4 , 2008 featuring Team 3D , Jerry Lynn , and Little Guido Maritato as well as their 15th anniversary show on December 13 , 2008 , featuring Kevin Nash . In 2009 , BCW ran several successful 3 - show tours in Southwestern Ontario featuring the likes of " Hacksaw " Jim Duggan and The Highlanders on a regular basis . On February 3 , 2010 it was announced that owner Scott D ' Amore has left TNA Wrestling and has announced that his Border City Wrestling , will be merging with Toronto ' s BSE Pro , run by Jason A . Brown , to become one of North America ' s largest independent wrestling company under the new banner , Maximum Pro Wrestling . In August 2012 , an offshoot of BCW known as CAN - AM Rising debuted featuring up - and - coming talent as well as past graduates from BCW ' s Can - Am Wrestling School . On the debut Can - Am Rising show Phil Atlas defeated Tyson Dux to become the new Can - Am Heavyweight Champion . In October 2012 Border City Wrestling returned with its first show in 2 years featuring former WWE stars Kevin Nash & Carlito . The main event saw recently crowned champion Phil Atlas successfully defend his title against former champion Tyson Dux in a brutal and bloody Steel Cage Match . BCW had a 20th Anniversary show October 19 , 2013 .