Acronym BWF Headquarters São Paulo, Brasil Owner(s) Bob Junior | Founded 2002 Founder(s) Bob Junior | |
Style Professional wrestling
Sports entertainment | ||
Brazilian Wrestling Federation (BWF) is a Brazilian professional wrestling association, the largest in the country. The federation holds one internet show, the BWF Telecatch.
History
The BWF was founded in 2002 by Bob Junior. The first televised match was in 2009 and concerts were also broadcast via the official site and YouTube channel.
The company was the first to support a wrestler to compete outside the country. The wrestler Bia fought under the name Bianca in a match at Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) in 2003 alongside Sabian, fighting Joker and Mercedez Martinez.
In 2012, BWF became a stage of the “Torneio Sul-Americano de Luta Livre” and in its first year brought wrestlers like Super Crazy and Zumbi to Brazil.
In 2013, BWF has been more visible in the media. The company announced the participation of stars including KENTA, Eddie Edwards, Naomichi Marufuji, Taiji Ishimori and other international wrestlers for the "Torneio Latino Americano de Luta Livre".
On April 27, 2014 BWF debuted a special event called "Convocado Para Lutar" that was attended by WWE Superstar and NXT agent William Regal and Director of Development Canyon Ceman as part of the assessment of BWF wrestlers for a tryout in WWE.
BWF was present at an anime convention in 2014 and announced the debut of BWF Rookies, a group of young talents who will form the "new wrestlers" division.
In 2015, a new tournament called "Backyard Arena" was presented, and bring some Brazilian independent wrestlers to fight for a BWF contract. The winner of tournament was Death Rider.