Wrestling Revolver

The Wrestling Revolver (REVOLVER), formerly known as Pro Wrestling Revolver (PWR) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Des Moines, Iowa founded by Sami Callihan.

History

Early years (2016–2019)

On June 10, 2016, Revolver held their first show titled The Debut at the 7 Flags Event Center in Clive, Iowa. The event featured various notable wrestlers such as Scotty 2 Hotty, Tommy Dreamer, Billy Gunn, Bob Holly, and Rhyno. On April 1, 2017, Revolver crowned their first champion when Jason Cade was crowned the inaugural PWR Scramble Champion at the Pancakes & Piledrivers event at the Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive hotel in Orlando, Florida during WrestleMania 33 weekend. On April 3, 2017, Revolver teamed up with WrestleCircus (WC) to present the Midnight-Ish After Mania pay-per-view at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida which featured matches for the WrestleCircus Ringmaster Championship, the WC Lady of the Ring Championship, and the WC Sideshow Championship which AR Fox won in an elimination match. On May 5, 2017, the DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship was defended at Revolver's Plead The Fifth event at the 7 Flags Event Center in Clive, Iowa as Joey Ryan defeated AR Fox to win not only the PWR Scramble Championship but also the WC Sideshow Championship. On August 4, 2017, Revolver teamed up with Rockstar Pro Wrestling to present the Catalina Wrestling Mixer event from the Rockstar Pro Arena in Dayton, Ohio which was headlined by a tournament to decide the inaugural PWR Catalina Wrestling Mixer Champion. On February 16, 2018, Revolver crowned the inaugural PWR Tag Team Champions as the Besties in the World (Davey Vega] and Mat Fitchett) were crowned the inaugural champions in a four way match.

On May 5, 2018, Revolver teamed up with Impact Wrestling to present Penta Does Iowa from the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines, Iowa which was streamed live on Twitch with the main event being Pentagon Jr. defending the Impact World Championship against Jimmy Jacobs. On December 28, 2018, Revolver held a tournament during their Holiday Hangover to crown the inaugural Revolver champion in which Matt Palmer was crowned the inaugural champion in a four way match against Larry D, Shane Strickland, and Trey Miguel. On April 6, 2019, Revolver presented the third annual Pancakes & Piledrivers 3 pay-per-view from the Hilton New York Midtown hotel in New York City as part of WrestleMania 35 weekend and featured Rich Swann defending the Impact X Division Championship against Chuck Mambo. On October 4, 2019, Revolver teamed up with Impact Wrestling to present the Tales From The Ring 3 event which was streamed live on Twitch. During the event, there was also a dark match for the Revolver Championship in which Killer Kross defeated champion Larry D and Madman Fulton to win the title. On December 7, 2019, the two promotions presented their final cross-promotional event in the form of No Surrender which featured Revolver owner Sami Callihan defending the Impact World Championship against Rich Swann.

Full-time move to livestreaming and FITE TV/Triller TV, and brief hiatus (2020–2026)

On February 14, 2020, Revolver presented its first event to be streamed live on FITE TV titled the Valentine's Day Massacre. Beginning with this show, Revolver shifted to a full time livestreamed pay-per-view format. However, this would be the last show before a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 30, 2021, Revolver made its return with the Tales from the Ring 4 pay-per-view at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa in which three new champions were crowned after the promotion's championships were deactivated including the PWR Tag Team Championship and the Revolver Championship which were won by The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) against Infrared (Logan James and Tyler Matrix) and Rich Swann against Jake Manning, JT Dunn, and Trey Miguel along with crowning the inaugural PWR Remix Champion in which Ace Austin defeated Alex Zayne to be crowned the inaugural champion. On May 27, 2022, Revolver presented its first co-produced show with Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW) from the Silver Nugget Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The following night, Revolver presented their Vegas Vacation pay-per-view from the same venue which featured Matt Cardona defending the Impact Digital Media Championship against Rich Swann.

On November 17, 2023, recently released WWE wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey made her Revolver debut during the promotion's Unreal pay-per-view in Los Angeles, California in a tag team match in which she teamed up with Marina Shafir against Athena and Billie Starkz. On July 8, 2023, Revolver made its Texas debut with the Texas Toast’D pay-per-view at The Epic in Grand Prairie, Texas which featured Mike Bailey fighting against JD Griffey in a no ropes fight pit match as the main event. On October 8, 2024, Revolver held the inaugural Women's Grand Prix tournament which was an all-women's professional wrestling tournament which featured Billie Starkz, Marina Shafir, Vert Vixen, Trish Adora, Allysin Kay, Rachel Armstrong, Janai Kai, and Emi Sakura. On April 5, 2024, Revolver teamed up with House of Glory (HOG) to present the Revolver x HOG pay-per-view at the Trinity Center for Urban Life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which featured Mustafa Ali defending the TNA X Division Championship against Amazing Red, Mike Santana defending the HOG Heavyweight Championship against Alex Shelley who was defending the Revolver Championship, Carlos Ramirez defending the HOG Crown Jewel Championship against 1 Called Manders, and The Mane Event (Jay Lyon and Midas Black) defending the HOG Tag Team Championship against The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz), the Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson), and RED (Alex Colon and Rickey Shane Page). On November 22, 2025, Revolver presented the WrestleKombat pay-per-view in association with Arrival Wrestling at the Heart Ballroom in Newark, New Jersey which also featured Steve Maclin defending the TNA International Championship against Kevin Blackwood.

Move to YouTube (2026–present)

On April 22, 2026, Revolver announced that they would be leaving Triller TV in favor of streaming their events for free on YouTube beginning with Revolver Strong which took place on April 25, 2026 at the Calumet Center in Dayton, Ohio. The event featured the Revolver debuts of EC3 who had recently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, the former Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) Tag Team Champions and the Outbreak and their manager Barnabas the Bizarre and the retirement match for Jeremy Ganger.

Championships and other accomplishments

Current champions

Golden Ticket

List of winners

Cash-in match

Won the title Failed to win the title

Tournaments

Championship tournaments

Inaugural Revolver Championship tournament

This nine-person single-elimination tournament was held to crown the inaugural Revolver Champion. It took place at Holiday Hangover on December 28, 2018. The winner of the tournament and inaugural Revolver Champion was Matthew Palmer.

Revolver Texas Title Tournament

This eight-person single-elimination tournament was held to crown the inaugural Revolver Texas Champion. It took place at Texas Title Tournament on June 28, 2025. The winner of the tournament and inaugural Revolver Texas Champion was Brick Savage.

The F'n Catalina Wrestling Mixer Tournament

2017

2018

2019

Women's Grand Prix Tournament

Jerry Lynn Invitational

The Jerry Lynn Invitational is a single-elimination tournament that featured 15 male and female wrestlers. The tournament was created to honor Jerry Lynn, who served as the referee in the tournament final. The tournament was split into two shows, both held on the same day, August 9, 2025; the first round took place in the first show, while the semifinals and final were held in the second show. The tournament was won by Rich Swann.

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