AWC back on the map 13th February 2010
The Atlantic Wrestling Club, defunct since late 2006, has emerged once more as a topic of popular discourse ever since Garbage Bag Johnny was listed as "AWC Transatlantic Champion" in the inaugural edition of the revamped Primetime Central Wrestler Rankings. Garbage Bag, who despite his absence from televised action charted at #8 in the rankings off the back of an impressive run in GTT7, is a two-time Transatlantic Champion and still holds the belt having won it back from Darcy Crisis at the non-televised reFresh! shows at the end of 2007. He has claimed to represent AWC ever since, and it is clear that with Garbage Bag so heavily in the public eye (he contests the GTT7 final against Desade and Violence Jack later this month) the long-dead promotion is benefitting from renewed exposure. Website hits have quadrupled since 2009 and it is strongly rumoured that a North American television network has proposed "AWC: The Rewatch" for its summer 2010 schedule. While there is no hint of any rebirth, the Club remains fondly remembered by fans who insist that no promotion since has rivalled the blend of excellence and outlandishness which brought the likes of The Illustrious Face-Eater, Ellis Nash and Mike Wade to worldwide fame.