SPW has been a member of the Allied Independent Wrestling Federations for quite a while now but not much is known about this agreement or about the AIWF. First things first…what is the AIWF?
Like the NWA 30 years ago the AIWF is an umbrella promotion that has affiliates or members around the world. Each member promotion is run independently of the other but they are all members of the AIWF and represent a specific territory or region of their respective countries. As a whole AIWF members recognize the AIWF World Title as the main prize. In all the AIWF have more than 20 members across the United-States and the United Kingdom with SPW being its only Canadian member.
As a promotion the AIWF has official website with news on its members, they have a message boards for fans around the world to get together and they recently launched their very own TV series that features matches from all the AIWF members called AIWF WorldWide TV. They also have an official AIWF on-line store that sells AIWF and AIWF member merchandise.
Looking at the AIWF website you can see that SPW is one of its biggest new contributors with regular editions of the SPW News & Notes right on the main page and in their archived news links. What’s disappointing in that the AIWF has never had a strong presence in SPW and they have yet to send their “World Champion” to defend his title in Canada and in SPW. If any promotion should have a “World Title” defence, it’s Steeltown Pro.
As a promotion SPW is very active with monthly TV tapings and a weekly TV series. The website is always updated and they are active users of social media. In fact in almost all instances, SPW has more Facebook, YouTube and Twitter users following SPW than AIWF. Between SPW’s level of activity and their presence in AIWF news updates you’d think they would want their “World Champion” to make an appearance and help raise the awareness of the AIWF World Title. Unfortunately that has not happened yet.
I can think of several SPW wrestlers that would make a good AIWF World Champion such as Chi Chi Cruz, Matt Fairlane, Ike Idol, Rob Stardom or Marius. Like the SPW Heavyweight Title the AIWF World Title could be defended in different provinces and even south of the border in Minnesota, North Dakota and beyond. After all, how could you have a “world wrestling title” that has never been defended in Canada, a country known for its high level of grapplers and rich pro wrestling history? And what better time to have a SPW based AIWF World Champion than now, where it can be featured weekly on SPW SHOWDOWN on GoFightLive.tv as well as AIWF WorldWide TV?
I say its time that the AIWF World Champion makes a visit to the great white north and defends his championship in Steeltown Pro Wrestling!
