Underground Wrestling Compound | |
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![]() Official logo of Underground Wrestling Compound (circa 2012) | |
Founded | February 29, 2004 |
Type | Angle with original characters |
Style | Professional wrestling |
Headquarters | Sonoma, California |
Founder(s) | Lenny Cross |
Underground Wrestling Compound (UWC) is an American developmental professional wrestling promotion based in Sonoma, California. The promotion, while serving as a training ground for those attempting to join the business and be under the guidance of its owner, Lenny Cross.
History[]
Lenny Cross opened and founded Underground Wrestling Compound after retiring from everyday in-ring competition in 2003. The school's operations are ran on the same land owned by Cross located in Sonoma, California, just north of San Francisco, which where he lives on his 6,400-acre ranch. The facility itself is inside of a barn that houses one wrestling ring, a fully-stocked training area with exercising machines and weight rooms, and an indoor spa area for rest and recuperation purposes.
The school would become a developmental program to a newly created independent promotion by Cross, named the Underground Wrestling Federation, touring throughout the southwest portion of the United States. The promotion, however, folded just months later and UWC returned to its status as a school for aspiring wrestlers living in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout Northern California.
Notable UWC graduates include Alex Cross, Bobby Caldwell, and Johnny Caldwell. The nephew of UWC's founder, Alex Cross graduated in 2006 and wrestled for Total Non-stop Action Wrestling and All Magnitude X Wrestling before dying in an automobile accident in 2012. Bobby Caldwell also graduated in 2006, competing in All Magnitude X Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling before dying from a drug overdose later in the same year. Bobby's younger sibling, Johnny, graduated in 2011 and went onto appearing in Empire Wrestling, World Elite Wrestling, and Global Wrestling Association where he is currently signed as an active member of the GWA roster since 2012.
Notable graduates[]
- Alex Cross
- Amanda Martinez
- Bobby Caldwell
- Cameron Banks
- Derek Caldwell
- Johnny Caldwell
- Luke Henderson
- Nicole Guerrero
- Patrick Fischer
- Ricky Stevens