Northern Rumble match

The Northern Rumble match is a professional wrestling match based on the classic Battle Royal match and the WWE's Royal Rumble in which a number of wrestlers (traditionally 30) aim at eliminating their competitors by tossing them over the top rope, with both feet touching the floor. The match is typically the main event of BCW's July pay-per-view event known as the Northern Rumble. As the name implies the event is traditionally held in a northern city. The winner of the event is the last wrestler remaining after all others have been eliminated. Will Ospreay is the only wrestler to have won the match on more than one occassion winning the inaugural event in 2016 and again in 2019. In 2023 Kanji became the first person to win from the number one spot, to date no male wrestler has won from number one with the earliest winner, Jordan Devlin in 2020, entering at number four. Winning the match earns the winner a match for either the BCW World Championship or BCW Women's Championship at BCW's premier event the Anniversary Show on September 9.
==Dates, venues, and winners==
List of Northern Rumble dates, venues, and winners
Event	Date 	City 	Venue 	Winner 	Winner	Winner 	Winner
Event	Date 	City 	Venue 	Men 	No. 	Women 	No.
2016 	July 9 	Blackpool, England 	Empress Ballroom	Will Ospreay 	7 	colspan="2" 	
2017 	July 16	Sheffield, England 	Sheffield Arena 	Travis Banks 	14 	Jamie Hayter 	11
2018 	July 15	Glasgow, Scotland 	SSE Hydro 	Cody 	21 	Zoe Lucas 	23
2019 	July 14	Sheffield, England 	Sheffield Arena 	Will Ospreay 	19 	Laura Di Matteo 	10
2020 	July 12	Derby, England 	Derby Arena 	Jordan Devlin 	4 	Session Moth Martina	9
2021 	July 11	Manchester, England	AO Arena 	Chris Brookes 	23 	Nina Samuels 	14
2022 	July 9 	Manchester, England	AO Arena 	Ricky Knight Jr.	30 	Dani Luna 	5
2023 	July 9 	Liverpool, England 	Anfield 	Michael Oku 	28 	Kanji 	1
===Male Northern Rumble winner's championship opportunity===
Championship 	Wins	Losses	Total	Success rate
BCW World Championship	4 	4 	8 	50.00%
: – Anniversary Show victory
: – Anniversary Show loss
 	Winner 	Event 	Year	Championship match
1	Will Ospreay 	1st Anniversary Show	2016	Ospreay lost his match against Big Damo.
2	Travis Banks 	2nd Anniversary Show	2017	Banks lost his match against James Harrison.
3	Cody 	3rd Anniversary Show	2018	Cody successfully defeated Will Ospreay to win the title.
4	Will Ospreay 	4th Anniversary Show	2019	Ospreay successfully defended his title shot against Jordan Devlin at Proving Ground.Ospreay lost his match against Flash Morgan Webster.
5	Jordan Devlin 	5th Anniversary Show	2020	Starting in this year Northern Rumble winners were required to defend theirtitle shot at Proving Ground, Devlin defended his right against Mark Andrews.Devlin defeated Cara Noir to win the title.
6	Chris Brookes 	6th Anniversary Show	2021	Brookes defended his title shot against Flash Morgan Webster at Proving Ground.Brookes lost his title match against James Harrison, before Mark Andrews won the titleafter cashing-in his Royal Case.
7	Ricky Knight Jr.	7th Anniversary Show	2022	Knight defended his title shot against Mark Andrews at Proving Ground.Knight won the title from Will Ospreay at the 7th Anniversary Show.
8	Michael Oku 	8th Anniversary Show	2023	Oku defended his title shot against Zak Knight at Proving Ground.
Oku won the title from Knight Jr. at the 8th Anniversary Show
===Female Northern Rumble winner's championship opportunity===
Championship 	Wins	Losses	Total	Success rate
BCW Women's Championship	1 	6 	7 	14.29%
: – Anniversary Show victory
: – Anniversary Show loss
 	Winner 	Event 	Year	Championship match
1	Jamie Hayter 	2nd Anniversary Show	2017	Hayter defeated Laura Di Matteo in a no holds barred match to win the title.
2	Zoe Lucas 	3rd Anniversary Show	2018	Lucas lost her match against Raven Creed.
3	Laura Di Matteo 	4th Anniversary Show	2019	Di Matteo lost her match against Dani Luna
4	Session Moth Martina	5th Anniversary Show	2020	Starting in this year Northern Rumble winners were required to defend theirtitle shot at Proving Ground, Martina successfully defender her title shot againstRhia O'Reilly at Proving Ground. Martina lost her match against Jamie Hayter
5	Nina Samuels 	6th Anniversary Show	2021	Samuels defended her title shot against Millie McKenzie at Proving Ground.Samuels lost her match against Emersyn Jayne.
6	Dani Luna 	7th Anniversary Show	2022	Luna defended her title shot against Zoe Lucas at Proving Ground.Luna lost her match against Emersyn Jayne.
7	Kanji 	8th Anniversary Show	2023	Kanji defender her title shot against Emersyn Jayne on August 15, 2023 episode of Meltdown.
Kanji lost her match against Millie McKenzie.