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unusual facts about Independent circuit


Eric Angle

In August 2003, Angle returned to wrestling in a local Pittsburgh independent promotion, International Wrestling Cartel (IWC).


Chaotic Wrestling

Chaotic Wrestling (CW) is an American independent wrestling promotion owned by Jamie Jamitkowski and operating throughout New England, with its home base in both Woburn, Massachusetts and Lowell, Massachusetts.

Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas

The eventual winners were the team of Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli, the Kings of Wrestling who defeated Milano Collection A.T. and Skayde (Team DragonDoor) in the finals of the tournament to be crowned the first Campeones de Parejas.

Los Infernales

After leaving CMLL Fuentes became a wrestling promoter, promoting shows in smaller arenas around Naucalpan, while also forming a new Los Infernales trio on the Mexican Independent circuit, teaming with his son who wrestled as "MS-1, Jr." and "MS-2", who was often played by various local wrestlers and not one specific person.

UWC Heavyweight Championship

The United Wrestling Coalition (UWC) Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the American independent professional wrestling promotion United Wrestling Coalition.


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Daniel OmielaƄczuk

After winning eleven in a row on the independent circuit, Omielanczuk made his UFC debut at UFC 165 against Nandor Guelmino and won by KO (punch) in the third round.

Ricky Lawless

In 1987, Leon was featured in an article for The Charlotte Observer in which he discussed his career and his experiences on the independent circuit.

The Bad Crew

Forming "The Pack" with "Dirty Deeds" Darren Wyse and The Hungarian Barbarian, the stable would dominate several East Coast independent promotions during the late 1990s including National Championship Wrestling before the stable broke up with Bad Crew fighting Wyse and The Hungarian Barbarian for several years in one of the longest running feuds on the independent circuit.

Unskinny Bop

In his book A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex, professional wrestler Chris Jericho states that he used Unskinny Bop as his entrance theme in his first professional match, and continued to use it as theme music while wrestling on the Canadian independent circuit in the early 1990s.