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Details on Melbourne City Wrestling Women's Championship Tournament

Melbourne City Wrestling has announced the upcoming MCW Invitational Tournament to crown the inaugural MCW Women’s Champion at MCW NINE on October 11 & 12th.

The first match will see Candy Lee making her MCW debut to take on one-half of LUX – Xena!

Candy Lee is from New Zealand and recently made her debut in North America when she wrestled at RISE Wrestling’s Pride & Joy show over Pride Weekend in Chicago, Illinois. Lee is also the longest-reigning IPW New Zeland women’s champion holding the title for 518 days before losing it to current champion Kellyanne.

Xena is from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and was trained by Madison Eagles, Robbie Eagles, and Mick Moretti. She regularly teams up with fellow Australian wrestler Kingsley to form LUX.

Avary will take on Steph De Lander in the first round of the tournament. Avary will be returning from a tour of Japan with STARDOM that saw her compete in the 5STAR Grand Prix Tournament.

Steph De Lander has made a huge impact in Melbourne City Wrestling – having attacked and sent Indi Hartwell out of Australia. The python powerhouse is looking to cement her dominance by becoming the first-ever women’s champion.

Another tournament match will see reigning PWWA Champion Jessica Troy take on Tarlee in the first round.

Jessica Troy has had quite the rise in wrestling over the past few months, spreading her wings with appearances in America for SHIMMER, CHIKARA, and RISE to name a few. While she regularly teams with Charli Evans she has broken out as a singles competitor, becoming one of Australia’s top females.

Her opponent Tarlee was trained by WWE superstar Seth Rollins and Marek Brave. She has worked for promotions such as Venom Pro Wrestling, Future Wrestling Australia, and Newy Pro Wrestling to name a few.

The final first-round tournament match will see Kellyanne take on Kingsley.

Kellyanne is a graduate of Lance Storm’s Wrestling Academy’ in Canada and was also trained by Teddy Hart. She started training at age 14. She has wrestled in Australia, North America, Mexico, Canada, and the UK. She currently holds the IPW New Zealand Women’s Championship and the Wrestling GO! Silver Medal.

Kinglsey hails from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and was trained by Madison Eagles, Robbie Eagles, and Mick Moretti. She regularly teams up with fellow Australian wrestler Xena to form LUX.

The Melbourne City Invitational returns and this time they’ll crown a women’s champion. Eight of the top female wrestlers will do battle to become the first-ever MCW Women’s Champion.

Mikey Jay, the owner of MCW recently confirmed to On the Turnbuckle Podcast that the Tournament Final will be the Main Event for Night 2 He also confirmed that there will be four women’s matches each night!

More information and tickets are available here.