To celebrate the end of 2016 (finally! And man, the hell with 2016, seriously!), here is a run down of current title holders at the end of the year in several wrestling promotions active in the Northwest / Northern Indiana area. Feel free to let me know what I’ve screwed up. I’ve attached as many links as I can to Youtube videos featuring these performers; the videos are likely not from the wrestling promotions listed, but they are there for folks to put faces to names. After the list of title holders is a list of some upcoming events in early 2017, and some guests or matches announced for them.

Year End Title Holders

Adrenaline Ringside Wrestling (ARW Pro)  

Lionheart Division Champion – Dakota Prodigy
Tag Team Champions: The Picture Show (Marcus Portrait and Johnny Showtime)
Indiana State Champion – Colin Cambridge
ARW Champion – Mr 3% Jon Hudson

Fire Pro Wrestling (FPW)

Tag Team Champions: Blackout (Mustafa, Drex O’Dell)
FPW Intercontinental Champion: Greg Glover
FPW Heavyweight Champion: Jeremy Hadley

Funkdafied Wrestling (FWF)

FWF Tag Team Champions: Jack Thriller and Chase Matthews
FWF Cruiserweight Champion: Roger Lanier
FWF World Heavyweight Champion: Kongo Kong

Pro Wrestling King (PWK)

Tag Team Champions: Spirit of Detroit (Cassidy and Jon’Tae Kieth)
Michiana On-Line Champion: Tony Thunder
PWK Kingdom Heavyweight Champion: Ames

Revolution Championship Wrestling (RCW)

RCW Tag Team Champions: The Police Department
RCW US Champion: Kevin Storm
RCW Heavyweight Champion: Jack Thriller

Smashmouth Pro Wrestling (SPW)

SPW Tag Team Champions: Marshe Rockett and Acid Jaz (Da Soul Touchaz)
SPW North American Champion: Anthony Toatele
SPW World Champion: Dru Skillz

Strong Style Wrestling (SSW)

SSW World Champion: Kongo Kong

Also at the end of the year, SSW had fan voting with the following results:

Most Hated Wrestler of the Year: The Police Department
Female Wrestler of the Year: Heidi Lovelace
Most Popular Tag Team of the Year: Horror Show
Most Popular Wrestler of the Year: Shane Mercer
Wrestler of the Year: Kongo Kong

Big Shows Coming Up in the New Year

Strong Style Wrestling’s Third Birthday Bash – Saturday Jan 7th, Century Center, South Bend, IN

• Shane Douglas
• Sugar Dunkerton
• Roscoe Eat Lisa vs Guns and Aggression
• Brother Reed vs Zachary Wentz (CZW)
• Brutus Dylan vs Dru Skillz

FWF New Year’s Funk III – Sat Jan 14th, Kosciusco County Fairgrounds, Warsaw IN

• Kongo Kong vs. Ross Jones vs. Shane Mercer for FWF Heavyweight Championship
• Jack Thriller / Chase Matthews vs Police Dept, Tag Team Championship match
• Roger Lanier vs. JD Smooth – Cruiserweight Championship Match

SSW / RCW / PWK When Worlds Collide III – Saturday Feb 4th, Century Center, South Bend

• Special General Manager Teddy Long
• Jack Thriller vs. Swoggle (RCW World Title match)
• Full Blooded Italians vs. Spirit of Detroit (PWK Tag Team titles)
• Matt Cross vs Davey Richards
• Angeline Love
• Rikishi
• Joey Ryan
• Mascarita Sagrada
• Brian Christopher

SPW Smashfest – Saturday April 8, Inman’s Recreation Center, Valparaiso, IN

• Tyson Dux vs Anthony Toatele (SPW NA Title Match)
• Adam Rose vs Jon Hudson
• Mordecai vs Lightning Bolt Johnson
• Decay vs Midwest Monsters (Monsters Ball Match)
• Chase Stevens vs Colin Cambridge
• Ryan Howe vs The Mexicutioner
• Dru Skillz vs. Sugar Dunkerton vs. Troy Miller vs. DJ Zema vs. Will Huckaby (SPW Heavyweight Title Match)
• Colin Delaney vs. Eric Wayne
• Trevor Murdoch & Ames vs. JC Bunyan & Cody Deaner
• Davey Richards vs Tony Kozina
• Kongo Kong & Abdullah the Butcher vs The Bambino Family
• Da Soul Touchaz vs Legion (SPW Tag Team Title Match)
• Rosemary vs. Shawna Reed vs Angelina Love vs Jazz
• The crowning of a new 24/7 hardcore champ