High Impact Wrestling

High Impact Wrestling

Acronym	HIW
Founded	1998
Defunct	2019
Style	American Wrestling
Headquarters	Regina, Saskatchewan
Founder(s)	Charles Pichette
Owner(s)	Canadian Wrestling's Elite
Sister	High Impact Wrestling Wildside
Formerly	World High Impact Pro Wrestling
Website	http://www.hiwcanada.com

High Impact Wrestling Canada (HIW) was a professional wrestling promotion, based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Known for its hard hitting "Saskatchewan Style", the HIW roster consisted of nearly 40 regular performers. On January 1, 2019, the company celebrated its 21-year anniversary. This anniversary made High Impact Wrestling one of the oldest continuously active pro-wrestling companies to run in Canada. HIW partnered with Access 7, a TV station in Regina, SK, in January 2014 to begin producing a weekly TV show which aired every Tuesday at 8 pm. The Access television program aired for five consecutive seasons. HIW closed on October 25, 2019, after 21 years of operation. It was announced on September 20, 2019, that the company would be absorbed by Winnipeg based Canadian Wrestling's Elite.

History

Early history

In 1998, following the demise of the Hardcore Wrestling circuit that ran from 1996 – 1998, wrestler Charley Pichette, opted to open up a pro-wrestling training school which would also run periodic live events. Pichette named the company "World High Impact Pro-Wrestling" or "WHIP Wrestling" for short. Training would take place in an old, rundown building on Quebec Street in Regina, Sk. Original members of the promotion included Pichette (who was then known as Charley Hayes), Todd Myers, Scotty Simms, Crusher Carlson, and Rex Roberts, with all members taking part in the training of young hopefuls. The training school began to pick up steam and added a number of new trainees. After enough local performers had joined and been trained, Pichette rounded out the roster with out of Province talent and ran some of the first WHIP Wrestling events. The first handful of events turned out decent crowds and Pichette continued to expand the roster with new trainees and ran a few live events a year.

At the end of 2003, Pichette decided that the company had grown enough in terms of roster size and fan base that the time had come to begin running regular monthly events in Regina. Monthly events took place at the Saskatchewan Veterans Hall on 12th Avenue in Regina. Pichette would run a matinee afternoon card that was geared towards family and a younger audience, and an evening card which was intended to cater to an older and livelier audience. The low ceiling in the building often hindered performers from being able to utilize top rope maneuvers as part of their arsenal, but the shows were still high energy and the company began to fill the building to capacity during its evening events. Two championship belts were wrestled for during this period, the Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship (which serves as the promotion's top title), and the Great Plains Provincial Title.

High Impact Wrestling

In 2004, after several months at the Vets Hall, Pichette moved his monthly events to the Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange on 8th Avenue. The new venue was smaller in capacity but a higher ceiling allowed for higher risk moves by the performers. It was at this time that Pichette decided to give the product a fresh look, and began running the company under the name "High Impact Wrestling Regina" or "HIW Regina". Pichette continued to run matinee and evening cards, although the matinee cards often drew few spectators and eventually Pichette decided to do away with the matinee. The "up close and personal" atmosphere at the Exchange became synonymous with the live HIW Regina events, and gave fans a very interactive experience. The Canadian Tag Team titles were added to the list of championships and were originally won by Thryllin’ Dylan and Screaming Eagle in a tag team tournament. Soon, the company was filling the building on a regular basis and the time was coming to find a larger home for the monthly shows.

Pichette settled on a new venue and in 2005 HIW Regina began running monthly events from the Regina German Society Harmonie Club on St. John Street. The new venue was much larger than the previous and looked empty for many events even though the crowd numbers were very similar to those when the company ran at the Exchange. By 2006, the shows were drawing more and more spectators. In March of that year, an event featuring the Honky Tonk Man drew nearly 400 fans, an indoor record for the company at the time. A short lived decision to expand into Saskatoon, Saskatchewan prompted Pichette to briefly run the company as both "HIW Regina" and "HIW Saskatoon" dependent on which city the events were held, but after a disappointing audience in Saskatoon, the idea was put on the shelf. The decision was made to rename the company "High Impact Wrestling Canada" or "HIW Canada" to give the promotion a more "National" feel. Merchandise was produced including T-shirts, tank tops, toques, and even select women's underwear which featured the HIW Canada logo.

The company continued to draw large crowds to the German Club through 2007 and 2008, but the relationship between the club and HIW Canada began to sour. In 2009, despite the fact that the company had sold out 9 straight events at the venue, club management decided to end its business relationship with Pichette and his promotion. During the final event at the German Club in June 2009, veteran performer Big Daddy Kash grabbed the microphone before his match and delivered an infamously scathing rant directed towards the club president who was standing at ringside. Following the end of the relationship with the German Club, Pichette took two months off from running shows to find the company a new venue.

In September 2009, High Impact Wrestling Canada made its debut at the Victoria Club on Victoria Avenue. The Victoria Club was a much smaller venue, and in order to house the larger audiences that filled the German Club, Pichette decided to run a Friday evening card as well as a Saturday evening card in succession. The two cards would feature different matches but would still allow fans who weren't able to see the first show an opportunity to catch an HIW card the same weekend. Fans filled the building for both cards in the first series of weekend events but in the following months this would change. The Friday night events continued to draw good size audiences but smaller crowds would come out for the Saturday night card. Eventually, the Saturday events were scrapped, and HIW Canada would run Friday nights exclusively.

Television Program 2010

In 2010, High Impact Wrestling and Access Communications began producing a weekly television program that would air weekly on the Access 7 channel. Live events were split into two halves and two episodes were taped at each monthly event at the Victoria Club in Regina, SK. The episodes would only be available to Regina Access 7 cable subscribers. The program was short lived and was removed from regular scheduling on Access 7 by 2011.

Sale of HIW Canada

Following the end of the television program, Pichette continued to run moderately successful shows from the Victoria Club through 2011, also touring the northern part of the Province a handful of times throughout the year. In 2012, Pichette expanded the company to tour to the cities of Saskatoon, and Yorkton once a month. He also began touring northern centers more extensively and ran in excess of 35 live events during the course of the year. In December 2012, after nearly 20 years of involvement in professional wrestling, Pichette decided to sell High Impact Wrestling Canada and take a leave from the sport. The company was sold to Mike Roberts, who performs under the name "King Kash". Since taking over the company, Roberts has continued the company's expansion to include several new Saskatchewan centers. HIW Canada continued to run regular live events from the Victoria Club until June 2013, when the company moved to its current home venue in Regina, SK, the Hungarian Club.

High Impact Wrestling Wildside Brand / Wildside Division / HIW Wildside Wrestling

On June 14, 2013, HIW management announced that a second brand under the "High Impact Wrestling" banner called "HIW Wildside" was to be launched and would begin running live events in the fall of that year. The two brands would run their own event calendar but would co-host the "Big Three" events (Spring MELTDOWN, Pile O' Bones Rumble, and King's Challenge). The Wildside roster would employ a separate roster from the HIW Canada roster and feature a younger mix of up and comers with a handful of veteran performers.

Wildside's first involvement in an HIW event was Pile O' Bones Rumble XVIII in which the new brand co-hosted the annual Rumble event with the HIW Canada brand. The event took place On July 19, 2013, at the Hungarian Club in Regina, SK.

In August 2013, HIW Wildside hosted a portion of the "Blood Wars" Tour, a four-day tour that featured Wildside performers, HIW Canada performers, and Gangrel. The Wildside brand hosted their lone date on the tour on August 24, 2013, at the Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw, SK.

The first HIW Wildside brand event was held at the Victoria Club in Regina, SK on Friday, September 27 and was entitled "The Future Begins". The event was well received and plans to continue hosting regular events were given the go-ahead.

The "Road To Gold" event on November 22, 2013, featured a 4-way match to crown the first ever Wildside Provincial Champion. Performers in the 4-way championship match included Ethan Hawks, Ace Riviera, Rockstar, and then Great Plains Provincial Champion Michael Allen Richard Clark. Ethan Hawks was eliminated first, then the Rockstar, leaving Ace Riviera and Michael Allen Richard Clark. Clark eventually defeated Riviera to become the first champion in Wildside history. The Great Plains Provincial title and the Wildside Provincial title were subsequently unified the following day on November 23, 2013.

The Wildside brand currently runs monthly events at the Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw, SK and periodically in Regina, SK. The Cultural Exchange became the new home venue for Wildside in the Queen City and regular events will be hosted there.

On Saturday, September 20, 2014, HIW Wildside celebrated its one-year anniversary at the "NIGHT OF THE WILD" event at the Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw, SK. The show featured the brand's first ever Ladder Match which pitted Wildside's originals Ethan Hawks and Ace Riviera against one another.

On Thursday, January 21, 2015, the High Impact Wrestling parent office announced that the HIW Canada brand had absorbed the HIW Wildside brand in a move intended to further strengthen the all around product. Coming off the heels of the most successful year in company history, the absorption concept was on the table as a method to add more strength to the legs of High Impact Wrestling's continued expansion throughout Central Canada. It was also announced that despite the fact that Wildside would no longer run as a separate brand, it would now operate as a division within High Impact Wrestling with the Wildside Provincial Championship and its lineage continuing to represent the division.

In December 2016, the HIW office announced that a Wildside brand would be relaunched in May 2017. The new brand would run as a stand-alone brand based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, while Regina and Southern Saskatchewan would feature its own brand, the more traditional HIW Canada brand. A talent draft was announced and would take place in early 2017, the draft would include talent both currently employed by High Impact Wrestling at the time and non-HIW contracted talent. The first overall pick by the newly formed Wildside Wrestling office would be "God's Gift to Wrestling" Michael Richard Blais. In a situation that created some controversy, then-Wildside champion Mike McSugar and then-Central Canadian heavyweight champion Michael Allen Richard Clark would be granted split brand contracts because they technically were never drafted and were forced to represent the respective brands of the championships they held. The new brand would present its own events with "Battle Arts" being the centerpiece event of its yearly schedule. The two brands would be jointly featured on the Spring Meltdown and Pile O' Bones Rumble events. HIW Wildside Wrestling ran its first event on May 11, 2017, with an event called "The Arrival". The HIW Wildside brand runs events across the northern portion of Saskatchewan while the HIW Canada brand covers events across the southern portion.

Return To Television

On January 1, 2014, HIW Canada announced that it would be returning to television in 2014 with a weekly hour-long program on Access 7. The first episodes were taped on January 17, 2014, at an event entitled "Pride & Glory" and began airing on March 4, 2014. The show was well received and wrapped up the taping of its first season on Friday, April 25, 2014. Taping for the second season began on January 30, 2015, and the first episode of the second episode aired on February 10. Tapings for the 5th season wrapped on August 31, 2018. The show aired weekly every Tuesday evening at 8:00 pm with replays on Sunday at 1pm on Access 7 across Saskatchewan, and was also accessible through its On-Demand section.

HIW Renegade Wrestling brand extension

On Sunday, February 16, 2016, it was announced that High Impact Wrestling and Saskatchewan-based Renegade Wrestling had come to terms on a partnership agreement that will see Renegade Wrestling operate as an extended brand of the High Impact Wrestling parent company. Under the agreement, Renegade Wrestling would be re-branded as "HIW Renegade Wrestling" and would now operate under the High impact Wrestling banner. As an extended brand, the company will continue to run as an independent entity but with the benefit of promotional support from the parent company, as well as continued talent-sharing and a number of other unnamed amenities.

Renegade Wrestling operated independently for a number of years, running periodic live events across Saskatchewan with a focus on aboriginal communities. Renegade Wrestling and High Impact Wrestling had a loose working arrangement for a number of years in which HIW talent would be loaned to Renegade Wrestling for events, but no official agreement had ever been pursued until recently.

The first Renegade Wrestling event under the HIW banner took place on Wednesday, February 24, 2016, at Ochapawace First Nation, Saskatchewan. The event was announced as a High Impact Wrestling event throughout the show but since the event took place before the official agreement had been announced, it was not promoted as an HIW sanctioned event.

This would mark High Impact Wrestling's second foray into brand extension, the first being with the "HIW Wildside" brand that ran from mid-2013 until December 2015 before being absorbed by the parent company and becoming a competitive division within High Impact Wrestling.

Internet TV

On March 24, 2018, the Wildside brand released the first episode of its show "Wildside TV" on the High Impact Wrestling YouTube channel. The show was well received and new episodes have continued to be released weekly every Saturday morning.

45 episodes of "Wildside TV" were released, with the last episode being aired on February 16, 2019.

The HIW Canada brand announced that it would be launching its own program on the YouTube channel. Tapings for "Friday Night Impact" were expected to begin at the January 18th, 2019 live event in Regina, Saskatchewan and air weekly every Friday evening. No episodes were ever recorded.

Closing and absorption by Canadian Wrestling's Elite (CWE)

After 21 years of operation The HIW Canada Brand closed after Monster Brawl VI on October 25, 2019. This event featured Mexican professional wrestler Super Crazy. HIW announced on September 20, 2019, that it would be absorbed by Winnipeg Based Canadian Wrestling's Elite.

The "Big Four"

High Impact Wrestling's "Big Four" refers to the four major annual events the company hosted each year and consists of "Spring MELTDOWN", "Battle Arts", "Pile O' Bones Rumble", and the "King's Challenge".

Spring MELTDOWN

Spring MELTDOWN (as it is stylized) was an annual pro-wrestling event that took place in April of every year. The event grew to become the largest and most publicized event of the "Big Four" annual HIW events. There have been eight "Spring MELTDOWN" events to date, the most recent held on Friday, April 27, 2018. The first Spring MELTDOWN event in 2011 and its successor in 2012 were originally intended as a supplementary lead-in to the long running annual Pile O' Bones Rumble event, but the 2013 edition firmly established MELTDOWN as HIW's annual flagship event.

The first edition of the event took place on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Victoria Club in Regina, SK and featured a 3-Way dance for the Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship between Rex Roberts, Cannonball Kelly, and then-champion, King Kash. The event was well received and drew a sell out audience. The second edition of the event was held on Friday, April 20, 2012, and once again received positive reviews and drew a large audience.

In 2013, the Spring MELTDOWN event became the first event to take place at High Impact Wrestling's new home venue in Regina, SK, the Hungarian Club. All expectations were surpassed as the event drew a crowd of nearly 400 and broke a High Impact Wrestling indoor attendance record. In the main event, Robbie Gamble defeated Thryllin' Dylan and Rex Roberts to retain the Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship.

The 2014 edition, like its predecessors, drew a sellout crowd and featured a main event match between Bull Bodnar and Rex Roberts for the Central Canadian Heavyweight title. Bodnar won the match and his first heavyweight title. The 2014 edition of Meltdown is remembered most often for a brutal Street Fight between El Asesino and then-HIW Wildside Champion, Michael Allen Richard Clark, that featured weapons such thumb tacks, tables, and barbed wire bat. The match is widely considered one of the most violent in HIW history. Spring Meltdown 2014 would be the first edition ever taped for HIW's weekly television program and aired over the course of three episodes as the season finale.

Spring MELTDOWN 2015, which took place on Friday, April 24, 2015, broke an HIW indoor attendance record with 610 fans in attendance. The event saw several matches including a 7-Man scramble match in which Alexander Prime became the youngest champion in HIW history by winning the HIW Wildside Provincial Championship. The event was headlined by a steel cage match between Cannonball Kelly and HIW CEO King Kash.

The 2016 edition of Spring MELTDOWN took place at the Highland Curling Club in Regina, SK on Friday, April 29 and for the second year in a row hosted a record breaking crowd of 653, moving ahead of the old record set in 2015 by 610 fans (the record would only hold up for 28 days before being broken on May 27 at "Battle Arts III" in Saskatoon, SK). The event was headlined by former WWE and TNA Impact star, Montel Vontavious Porter.

The 2018 edition of Spring MELTDOWN took place on April 27 in Regina, SK. It was headlined by Ryback. A fourth championship was sanctioned by HIW. Charles T. Champ declared himself the Internet Champion, but it was never officially recognized. After various HIW stars started going after the title, it was declared by HIW management that it would become an officially sanctioned title. The first official champion was determined in a ladder match as Charles T. Champ took on Davey O'Doyle.

Pile O' Bones Rumble

The Pile O' Bones Rumble was an annual pro-wrestling event featuring a "Rumble" style battle royal match in which competitors are eliminated when they are forced over the top rope and to the floor by other participants. Two competitors start in the ring while a timer counts down to a predetermined amount of time. Once the time runs out, another competitor joins the match. Once all other participants have been eliminated and only one remains, that lone participant is declared the winner. The Pile O' Bones Rumble is the only annual event that predates the company itself and celebrated its 19th anniversary in 2014. The original "Rumbles" varied in number of participants from year to year and rules and stipulations of the match itself have undergone several changes over the years. The event historically takes place in either July or August. Currently, the winner of the Rumble receives a title match against the Central Canadian Heavyweight Champion and the runner up receives a title match against the Wildside Provincial Championship.

The first Pile O' Bones Rumble took place in the summer of 1996 at Wascana Park in Regina, SK. The event would continue to be a part of the outdoor "Pile O' Bones" festivities that took place at Wascana park every year until organizers discontinued the festival after the 2003 edition.

In 2004, the first indoor Pile O' Bones Rumble was held at the Cultural Exchange in Regina.

Pile O' Bones Rumble XV in 2010, which took place at the Victoria Club in Regina, saw a rule change to the "Rumble" match in which participants entered the Rumble in teams of 3. Teams would enter every 3 minutes but participant would be eliminated individually as in past Rumble matches. This would mark the only year the Rumble would feature this variance in rules and the following year returned to the familiar format from past Rumbles.

On Tuesday, July 17, 2012, WWE Hall of Fame inductee, Tito Santana, performed on the Pile O' Bones Rumble XVII event as he was defeated by the Rex Roberts via DQ. Santana also wrestled on the other two stops of the Tour De Rumble defeating Jumpin' Joe on July 16 in Yorkton, SK and earning a victory over King Kash on July 18 in Saskatoon.

Rex Roberts, Charlie Hayes, and "Tailormade" Todd Meyers are the only multiple-time winners of the Pile O' Bones Rumble match, each with two Rumble victories. Roberts and Hayes earned their respective Rumble victories in consecutive years, Hayes winning the 1998 and 1999 editions, and Roberts winning the 2012 and 2013 editions.

Since 2013, the annual Rumble match had incorporated a 30-participant system.

On Friday, August 7, 2015, the Pile O' Bones Rumble celebrated its 20th anniversary in Regina, SK. It is currently the oldest annual pro-wrestling event in Canada.

Pile O'Bones Rumble XXIII took place on August 31, 2018. It was headlined by Mick Foley. On May 14, 2018; HIW announced that the winner of the Pile O'Bones Rumble would become the first ever HIW Canadian Grand Champion. Shaun Moore won the Rumble, and became the first holder of the championship.

Tour De Rumble

The "Tour De Rumble" was an annual tour based around the Pile O' Bones Rumble event. The first "Tour De Rumble" took place in 2012. The tour stopped in Yorkton, SK on Monday, July 16, Regina, SK on Tuesday, July 17th (Pile O' Bones Rumble), and Saskatoon on Wednesday, July 18 and featured Tito Santana.

The second "Tour De Rumble" took place the following year in 2013, and made stops in Weyburn, Saskatoon, Regina (Pile O' Bones Rumble) and Melville, Saskatchewan. Each event featured an over the top rope battle royal.

In 2014, the "Tour De Rumble" featured 13 live events in 15 days making it the largest tour in company history and covered a large portion of Central Canada. Tour stops included Wawota, SK (August 1), Melville, SK (August 2), North Battleford, SK (August 3), Prince Albert, SK (August 4th), La Ronge, SK (August 5), Regina, SK (August 7 - Pile O' Bones Rumble), Moose Jaw, SK (August 8), Gordon First Nation, SK (August 9), Dauphin, MB (August 11), Kamsack, SK (August 12), Saskatoon (August 13), Esterhazy (August 14), and Regina, SK (August 15th). The tour was broken into 2 separate wings and each wing hosted a different special attraction performer. The first wing featured former World Championship Wrestling and TNA Wrestling star, April Hunter and the second wing featured Matt Striker.

The 2015 edition of the tour covered less distance than the previous but was still the second longest in the tour's history hitting six locations across Saskatchewan over the course of a week. Locations included Regina, SK (August 7 - Pile O' Bones Rumble XX), Melville (August 8), Rosthern (August 12), Prince Albert (August 13), Saskatoon (August 14), and Moose Jaw (August 15).

King's Challenge

The King's Challenge was an annual pro-wrestling event that featured a one-night single elimination "Lethal Lottery" tag team tournament. 16 performers were randomly selected onto 8 teams of 2 and were paired off in quarter final tag round matches. The first round winners moved on to the four team semi-final tag round. The two winners moved on to the final tag round and compete to decide the tournament finalists. Once winners were decided, the two members of the winning team then must square off immediately in the Final Challenge to decide the King's Challenge winner.

The first King's Challenge was a single match on an event entitled "King's Koronation" which took place Friday, October 29, 2010, at the Victoria Club in Regina. King Kash had become Central Canadian Heavyweight champion after defeating Bucky McGraw at the "Back To Business" event on October 1 and subsequently sending McGraw on a year-long hiatus from the ring. A "coronation" was planned to crown the new "King". During the coronation, King Kash called out the undercard performers on the HIW roster and berated them. He then laid down a challenge to any former Central Canadian Heavyweight champions who thought they could beat him. The Chief (now known as "Big Sweet") answered the challenge but would eventually lose to the King.

The Second King's Challenge was an event unto itself and was held at the Victoria Club on November 18, 2011. Among the other matches on the card, the "King's Challenge" was once again issued by King Kash, who had held the belt for a full calendar year at that point. The challenge was answered by the returning Bucky McGraw, the man who Kash had beaten for the title a year earlier. Kash defeated McGraw to win his second straight King's Challenge.

In 2012, the King's Challenge event was moved to December and would now feature a one night, single elimination tournament to crown a new King's Challenge winner. The tournament was called the "Tournament of Champions" and would feature only former Central Canadian Heavyweight Champions and Great Plains Provincial Champions. The winner of the Challenge would receive a shot at the Central Canadian Heavyweight champion. After winning 3 straight matches in one evening, Thryllin' Dylan won his first King's Challenge, and became the first Challenge winner to earn a title shot.

The King's Challenge IV which took place on December 6, 2013, saw a variance in the tournament format and featured a one night 16 man tag team tournament. 8 teams would be randomly selected from the pool of 16 and would square off in tag team matches. After the initial 4 rounds, one team would remain. The two members of the winning team would then square off to decide the Challenge winner. Bull Bodnar became the winner of the fourth King's Challenge when he defeated tournament partner, Cam!!ikaze.

The Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship was awarded to the winner of the Lethal Lottery tournament at the fifth annual King's Challenge on December 5, 2014. The title had been vacated in controversial fashion in September 2014, and HIW management opted to crown a new champion at the Challenge. This marked the first time a title has been awarded for winning the tournament.

The King's Challenge VI, which took place on December 11, 2015, saw changes to the tournament format. For the first time ever (as per stipulation put in place by HIW CEO King Kash), Cannonball Kelly's Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship would be on the line throughout the entire tournament, meaning that if Kelly, or Kelly's team, lost at any point in the tournament, the championship would immediately be vacated and awarded to the eventual winner of the tournament. As in previous years, the first round utilized "Lethal Lottery" rules and featured 16 participants randomly paired up into 8 teams in a single elimination bracket-style tournament with winners from each of the four 1st round matches moving on. As opposed to teams remaining in their original pairings as in KC-IV and KC-V, "Lethal Lottery" rules would apply to the round and the remaining 8 participants would be randomly regrouped into 4 teams with the winners moving on to the "Final Challenge". The "Final Challenge" would be a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match in which all four remaining participants would square off with each other with all four being in the ring at the same time. An elimination would take place whenever there was a pinfall or submission. "Lion Warrior" Bobby Sharp would eventually win the "Final Challenge" to earn his first Central Canadian Heavyweight championship. The event broke a King's Challenge attendance record with over 300 fans.

Battle Arts

Battle Arts was an annual High Impact Wrestling event that took place in Saskatoon, SK in May every year. It was the newest event to be added to the list of major yearly HIW events. It's also the only one of the "Big Four" annual events that took place outside of Regina, SK, HIW's home market. The event was generally co-promoted and hosted by both High Impact Wrestling and Honor Fight! Promotions, an MMA company based in Saskatoon, SK.

The first Battle Arts event took place on Friday, May 6, 2014, at the Sutherland Curling Club in Saskatoon, SK. The event featured 6 bouts including a Three-Way "Guaranteed Contract On-A-Pole" match between Jeff Tyler, Ace Riviera, and El Asesino, in which the winner would earn a guaranteed contract to wrestle the HIW Wildside champion which could be "cashed in" at any time decided upon by the contract holder. The event was headlined by a two-ring "Double Jeopardy" battle royal with the winner receiving the #30 entrant spot at the annual Pile O' Bones Rumble event. The first Battle Arts event was well received and a second edition was planned for the following year.

On Friday, May 21, 2015, the second Battle Arts event took place at the same venue as the previous year, the Sutherland Curling Club in Saskatoon, SK. A similarly large crowd to the previous year's event took in the show. The event featured multiple title matches and once again included a "Guaranteed Contract On-A-Pole" match with the same stipulation but with four competitors instead of three like the previous year. The #30 entrant spot for the 2015 Pile O' Bones Rumble was once again up for grabs in a battle royal main event which the "Zombie Hunter" Mentallo won.

The third installment of the Battle Arts event took place on Friday, May 27 at the Sutherland Curling Club in Saskatoon, SK. The event shattered the HIW indoor attendance record with 1,239 in attendance, breaking a record that was set only 28 days earlier at Spring Meltdown 2016 in Regina, SK.

Battle Arts V took place on May Long Weekend at the Sutherland Curling Club in Saskatoon once again, and featured a main event match between Michael Allen Richard Clark and the "American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes. Battle Arts VI took place on August 17, 2019. It featured Jay Lethal challenging Bobby Sharp for the HIW Wildside Provincial Championship.

Former personnel

Former personnel consisted of wrestlers, managers/valets, ring announcers, and broadcast team.

Wrestlers

Birth name:	Ring name(s):	Notes:
Garth Rivers	Ace Riviera
Enes Ahmetovic	Aiden Adams/Zarif Metovic
AJ Larocque	AJ Sanchez
Nathan Trotman	Alexander Prime
Unknown	Allie Zwicker
Amir Jordan	Amir Jordan
Anderson Tyson Moore	Anderson Tyson Moore
Andy Bird	Andy Bird
Unknown	Antonio Scorpio Jr.
Unknown	Arabian Executioner/Arab X
Chad Blind	Big Chief
Unknown	Billy Bones
Bobby Sharp	Bobby Sharp
Unknown	Brandon VanDanielson
Brayden Parsons	Brayden Parsons
Bevan Boychuck	Brett Evans
Brett Morgan	Brett Morgan
Brice Sova	Brice "Slammer" Sova
Unknown	Bucky McGraw
Unknown	Bull Bodnar
Brian Wickens	Bushwhacker Luke
Cameron Toms	Cam!!ikaze
Kelly Gower	Cannonball Kelly
Cathie McKay	Cathy Cougar
Charlie MacDonald	Charles T. Champ/Charles The Ref
Charles Pichette	Charley Hayes
Chelsea Green	Chelsea Green
Unknown	Chris Summers
Brian Bailey	Crash Crimson
Keith Shewchuck	Crazy Horse
Unknown	Curtis Knievel
Danny Warren	Danny Duggan
Davey O'Doyle	Davey O'Doyle
Unknown	Dick Richards
Unknown	Dixie Dragon
Ethan Hawks	Ethan Hawks
Filmon Kassa	Fil Deadly
Robbie Araujo	Giant Araujo
Gisele Mayordo	Gisele Shaw
Justin Sczembora	Heavy Metal
Unknown	Jacob Creed
Unknown	Jackie Lee
Jeff Sawatsky	Jeff Tyler
Jesse Gladue	Jessie Youngblood/Jess Youngblood
Joshua Nelson	Jude Dawkins
Joe Neustaeter	Jumpin' Joe/Joey Vendetta
Unknown	Kat Von Heez
Kevin Larry Fontaine	Kevy Chevy
Mike Roberts	King Kash/Big Daddy Kash
Unknown	Leo London
Leon Grayson	Leon Grayson
Unknown	Mark Posey
Matt Levy	Matt The Ringboy/Matt Levy
Matthew Kaye	Matt Striker
Kevin Ali	Mentallo
Unknown	Merle Graves
Michael Allen Richard Clark	Michael Allen Richard Clark
Unknown	Michael Richard Blaise
Jonathon Bonar	Mike McSugar
Mo Jabari	Mo Jabari/Kid Chocolate
Unknown	Mortimer Graves
Unknown	Musculo/El Musculo
Unknown	Nightmare
Lindsay Duncan	Nikki Matthews
Chad Straza	Plum Loco
Unknown	Prairie Snake
John Kevin Cozman	Principal Richard Pound/Principal Pound
Troy Hazen	Rex Roberts
Rob Koroluk	Robbie Gamble
Unknown	Rockstar/Rockstar Side
Unknown	Scotley Crue
Unknown	Scott Justice
Unknown	Sgt. Sadistic
Unknown	Shao Ming
Unknown	Samael Graves
Shaun Trotman	Shaun Moore
Dan DiLucchio	Short Sleeve Sampson
Dylan Robson	Thryllin' Dylan/Dylan Robson/Noah Madd
Ali Saif	Tiger Ali
Phil Koldyk	Titan Tower
Unknown	Titus Graves
Todd Meier	Todd Myers
Curt Campbell	Tommy Lee Curtis
Tony Gurshinder Singh Gill	Tony Cage
Connor Esperance	Tony Novak
Tyler Colton	Tyler Colton
Vern May	Vance Nevada
Vernon McDonald	V.I.P.
Veronika Glesc	Veronika Vice
Unknown	Violet
Wavell Starr	Wavell Starr
Darren Sarapu	Zack Mercury

Tag Teams and stables

Tag team/Stable(s)	Members	Tenure(s)
Best Tag Team on the Prairies	Brett Evans and Dixie Dragon	2011-2013
The Bromantics	Cannonball Kelly and Mike McSugar	2013-2014
The Brotherhood	Dixie Dragon and Jacob Creed	2015-2016
Crown Corporation	King Kash, Michael Allen Richard Clark, Mike McSugar	2014
Death by Chocolate	Fil Deadly and Kid Chocolate	2017-2018
Dogs of War	Cannonball Kelly and Sgt. Sadistic	2005-2006
Graves Family	Merle Graves, Mortimer Graves, Samael Graves, Titus Graves	Unknown
Intelli-Gents	Bucky McGraw and Jeff Tyler	2007-2008 2012-2018
Los Rudos	Dice Steele and El Asesino	2016-2018
Mentallo and Jeff Tyler	Mentallo and Jeff Tyler	2014-2015
Rambunctious Boys	Dice Steele and Thryllin' Dylan	2013-2014
Shanghai Knights	Scott Justice and Jackie Lee	Unknown
Team Flex Appeal	Michael Allen Richard Clark and Mike McSugar	2015-2019
The Western Lions	Brandon VanDanielson and Michael Richard Blais	2018
World Class Renegades	Ace Riviera and Shaun Moore	2016-2017

Managers/valets

Birth name:	Ring name(s):	Notes:
Keith Shewchuck	Crazy Horse
Vern McDonald	V.I.P.

Commentators, interviewers, and ring announcer

Birth name:	Ring name(s)	Notes:
Bobby Munson	Bobby Munson	Commentator for Wildside TV
Cathy McKay	Cathie Cougar	Ring announcer
Joe Muller	J.G. Muller	Ring announcer for HIW Wildside Wildside Out updates
Mike McQuire	Mike McQuire	Ring announcer for HIW Canada
Unknown	Papa Smokes	Colour commentator for Wildside TV

Championships and accomplishments

Championship	Final champion	Date retired	Location retired
HIW Canadian Grand Championship	King Kash	October 25, 2019	Regina, Saskatchewan
HIW Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship	Brett Evans	October 25, 2019	Regina, Saskatchewan
HIW Canadian Tag Team Championship	Team Flex Appeal (Michael Allen Richard Clark and Mike McSugar)	October 25, 2019	Regina, Saskatchewan
HIW Wildside Provincial Championship	Rex Roberts	October 25, 2019	Regina, Saskatchewan
HIW Internet Championship	Wavell Starr	October 25, 2019	Regina, Saskatchewan

Pile O' Bones Rumble Winners

Rumble	Winner	Year
I	Todd Myers	1996
II	Scotty Simms	1997
III	Charley Hayes	1998
IV	Charley Hayes	1999
V	Mentallo	2000
VI	Crusher Carlson	2001
VII	Titan Tower	2002
VIII	Plum Loco	2003
IX	Curtis Knievel	2004
X	Antonio Scorpio Jr.	2005
XI	The Chief	2006
XII	Bucky McGraw	2007
XIII	King Kash	2008
XIV	Principal Pound	2009
XV	Todd Myers	2010
XVI	Robbie Gamble	2011
XVII	Rex Roberts	2012
XVIII	Rex Roberts	2013
XIX	Wavell Starr	2014
XX	Cannonball Kelly	2015
XXI	Michael Allen Richard Clark	2016
XXII	Jeff Tyler	2017
XXIII	Shaun Moore	2018

King's Challenge Winners

Challenge	Winner	Year	Runner-Up
I	King Kash	2010	The Chief
II	King Kash	2011	Bucky McGraw
III	Thryllin' Dylan	2012	Dixie Dragon
IV	Bull Bodnar	2013	Cam!!ikaze
V	Wavell Starr	2014	Robbie Gamble
VI	Bobby Sharp	2015	Cannonball Kelly
VII	Alexander Prime	2016	El Asesino
VIII	Los Rudos (Dice Steele & El Asesino)	2017	The World Class Renegades (Ace Riviera & Shaun Moore)
IX	Michael Richard Blais	2018	Raj Singh, Davey O' Doyle, El Asesino

HIW Hall of Fame

#	Year	Ring name (Real name)[a]	Inducted by	Inducted for	Notes[b]
1	2010	Sgt. Sammy Sadistic	Charles Pichette	Wrestling	Won the HIW Wildside Provincial Championship (1 time)
2	2012	Charles Pichette	King Kash	Promoting and Wrestling	Founder of HIW Canada
3	2013	The Victoria Club	Cathie Cougar	Venue	Original home arena for HIW Canada
4	2013	Crusher Carlsen	King Kash	Wrestling	CWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time), CWF Tag Team Championship (2 times), NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (1 time) and NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
5	2013	Short Sleeve Sampson (Daniel DiLucchio)	Crazy Horse	Midget Wrestling
6	2014	Bob Leonard	Ross Hart	Announcing	Longtime ring announcer and photographer for Stampede Wrestling
7	2015	Plum Loco (Chad Straza)	Thryllin' Dylan	Wrestling	Won the Canadian Unified Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time), HIW Great Plains Provincial Championship (1 time) and HIW Canadian Tag Team Championship (1 time)
8	2016	"Principal" Richard Pound (John Cozman)	Bob Leonard	Wrestling	Won the HIW Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship (4 times), HIW Great Plains Provincial Championship (1 time), HIW Tag Team Championship (2 times), Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
9	2016	Phil Alderson		Wrestling Fan
10	2019	Rex Roberts (Troy Hazen)		Wrestling	Won the HIW Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship (4 times), HIW Wildside Provincial Championship (1 time) and HIW Canadian Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• ^a – Entries without a birth name indicates that the inductee did not perform under a ring name.
• ^b – This section mainly lists the major accomplishments of each inductee in the promotion.

External links

• HIW Canada Official Site
• High Impact Wrestling on Twitter
• High Impact Wrestling on Facebook
• High Impact Wrestling on Facebook - HIW Wildside