Extreme Wrestling Corporation

**Extreme Wrestling Corporation™.** d/b/a **Extreme Wrestling Corporation (EWC)** is a professional wrestling promotion based in New York, New York in the USA, Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada and London, England in the UK.

EWC was founded in 1997 by Danny Mac, who is also the company's sole owner. EWC runs 2 major shows, Monday Night Brawl and Friday Night Rampage, 2 developmental shows Future Stars of Wrestling and PRIME. In 2018 they announced a supershow Thunder that would run 3-5 times a season.

## History

Originally established in March of 1997, the Extreme Wrestling Corporation was the brainchild of a young Wrestler and Entrepreneur Danny Mac, who had dreams of creating a Wrestling Promotion that would mix the theatrics of World Wrestling Entertainment (then WWF) and the life of a real professional Wrestler / Combat Fighter.

Being only sixteen at the time, Danny did not have the capital, time or resources to launch a Wrestling Promotion on his own. So he met with Vince McMahon, Promoter of the WWE and a man with deep pockets and many resources and connections. Danny pitched his idea to Vince, which was met with great scrutiny. However with WWE being completely scripted, Vince did not view this as competition to his Promotion and decided to fund Danny's dream project along with placing Max Powers in charge as the Face and CEO of what would become the Extreme Wrestling Corporation.

The EWC started off in small venues across Canada. After only two live events, the Roster quickly grew from 8 members to 30. Before anyone knew what was happening, the EWC became the talk of the sports world, captivating audiences for it's incredible story-lines and real life finishes. Never before had people bore witness to a non-scripted Wrestling Promotion such as the EWC.

Soon the EWC expanded into the United States and Over-seas. The flag-ship show Monday Night Brawl had quickly found its way onto regular broadcasting through the likes of TSN in Canada and ESPN in the United States. With the Roster growing bigger and bigger, the EWC added a second show, at the time known as Thursday Night Rampage, which went onto move to Saturdays and then found it's permanent home on Fridays.

In 2001, at just 20 years of age, Danny Mac was named the youngest CEO of a multi-million dollar company in North American history. Max Powers had caused some considerable damage to the EWC brand as he grew more and more power hungry and forced his own ways down peoples throats. Many sponsors threatened to leave, which led to Danny Mac having to fire Max Powers in a very public manor.

In March of 2003, on the 6th year anniversary of the EWC, President Danny Mac announced that the Extreme Wrestling Corporation would become a publicly traded company on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchange. The EWC opened at $8 per stock, and has grown to an incredible $606.25 per unit in September 2015.

Throughout the years, President Mac has built over 30 EWC Stadiums and counting in over 30 Cities across the globe. The Stadiums are paid out of pocket and are used by the Cities for Concerts and other events when not in use for the EWC.

The EWC was in-active in 2011, 2012, and 2014.

As of the 18th Season in 2015, the Extreme Wrestling Corporation now also has it's own Broadcast Network and Subscription service (EWCTV), an Official Development brand known as Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW), and also owns HardCoreWrestling, Canadian Wrestling Association, German Wrestling Alliance, Florida Wrestling Association and New Japan Fighting Championship.

At the Start of the 2017 Season (Year 20) President Mac announced a new brand called EWC PRIME. PRIME is a first-of-its-kind live show that airs bi-weekly on Sundays. Showcasing the very best of the Indy Wrestling Circuit .. each match on the card takes place in separate locations all around the world. The venues will feature Wrestling matches that wont air on TV, except for a featured EWC sanctioned match that airs on the EWC PRIME event. EWC PRIME is also the first ever EWC Brand to feature an all female commentary team

In 2019, the EWC made the decision to move all regular programming to Bi-Weekly scheduling, marking the first time in its 22 year history that Monday Night Brawl shifted from Weekly to Bi-Weekly. The schedule now features EWC programming twice a week, every week with the exception being PPV weeks. For the first time ever, the EWC Rumble moved on from New York (Rumble In The Bronx) and traveled to Texas. EWC Rumble will move to a new location every year. The 2019 season also saw WrestleFest XVII turn into a 4-Day Wrestling Festival. The event was a giant success, exceeding all expectations and securing itself as a annual occurrence set to return for the 2020 season.

The 2020 season is set to bring in a re-imagining of EWC favorite "StableWars". The annual PPV event which has aired 11 times (1999 - 2018) is known as the 'Survivor Series' of the EWC. The event will be returning in 2020 under the new name Parabellum. From Latin para bellum (from para! ‘prepare!’ (imperative of parare ) + bellum ‘war’) in the phrase si vis pacem, para bellum ‘if you want peace, prepare for war’. The event will take place during the "Asia Tour" and will be held beach side on Phuket Island, Thailand.