Section II: Promoters and Officials
1.) Qualifications For Promoters
Persons authorized to promote PCW sanctioned wrestling events must be responsible citizens of the nation in which they do business, or non-resident businesspersons who are in compliance with the standards set forth for doing business by local authorities. They must be persons of good reputation and good moral character, and shall not be fugitives from justice.
a.) The above standards shall likewise apply to the officers of partnerships and corporations promoting PCW sanctioned wrestling.
b.) Any and all records and papers, financial, contractual or otherwise relevant to the promotion of PCW sanctioned wrestling events, shall be subject to inspection by any properly-designated officer of the PCW. Said officers will respect the private nature of these records and will not release the information contained therein to the press or to the public except in the case of significant irregularity as determined by review of the PCW President.
c.) Promoters shall assume responsibility for obtaining the services of qualified wrestlers and officials and for securing buildings or outdoor arenas adequate for the purpose of holding wrestling events.
d.) It shall be the promoter’s responsibility to ensure that the following are provided: dressing rooms, showers, locker and toilet facilities. At least two dressing rooms shall be available at each event. If both men and women wrestlers are on hand, separate facilities for opponents of both sexes shall be available. Unauthorized persons are not permitted in the dressing room areas.
e.) Promoters shall be responsible for obtaining a regulation wrestling ring and personnel to ensure proper set-up and tear-down.
f.) Promoters will secure adequate liability insurance with a reputable firm for all wrestling events held under PCW sanction.
g.) Promoters may, if they choose, initiate contracts with individual wrestlers or managers, or this function may be delegated to a matchmaker. In the latter case said matchmaker shall likewise be a person of good reputation, good moral character and shall not be a fugitive from justice.
h.) Promoters shall be responsible for publicizing wrestling events in a tasteful manner and for avoiding any false or misleading advertising.
i.) Promoters are responsible for paying wrestlers, officials and other personnel involved in wrestling events in accordance with existing contracts or verbal agreements.
j.) Promoters will report any misbehavior on the part of athletes or other significant irregularities in writing to PCW headquarters within five working days of any such incident. Promoters are advised to make preliminary telephone reports in cases wherein prompt official action would be advisable.
2.) Qualifications for Referees.
Referees shall be persons who are thoroughly familiar with the rules and regulations pertaining to professional wrestling and competent to see that these rules and regulations are properly enforced. Referees shall be persons of good moral character and shall not be fugitives from justice.
a.) Referees shall be approved by an officer of PCW before being authorized to officiate at any PCW sanctioned wrestling event.
b.) The referee shall be in complete charge of any wrestling match to which he is assigned. He may disqualify an individual wrestler or team for infractions of the rules as outlined herein. He may, at his discretion, stop a match to prevent serious injury to a participant.
c.) Prior to each match, the referee shall determine that the contestants are not concealing any unauthorized gear (”foreign objects”) and that they do not have their bodies coated with excessive oil or grease which would make it unduly difficult for an opponent to maintain a legal hold. Referees conducting pre-bout checks of wrestlers of the opposite sex are cautioned to use proper discretion in their attempts to locate possible concealed objects.
3.) Qualifications For Timekeepers.
Timekeepers shall be persons who are familiar with the rules and regulation of professional wrestling as applicable to this specialized function. Timekeepers shall be persons of good moral character and shall not be fugitives from justice.
a.) Timekeepers shall be approved by an officer of PCW before being assigned to any PCW sanctioned event.
b.) The timekeeper assigned to a PCW sanctioned wrestling event shall be in possession of an accurate timepiece, which he shall use to determine the assigned duration of each individual match.
c.) The timekeeper shall signal the beginning of a match or fall by ringing a bell at the referees instruction or at the end of a designated rest period. The timekeeper shall likewise signal the end of a fall or a match when so instructed by the appointed referee, or when the designated time limit has elapsed.
d.) The timekeeper assigned to a match shall keep the referee and contestants apprised of elapsed time and/or time remaining at regular intervals, or when requested by the referee.
4.) Vested Interests.
No official shall have any vested interest in the outcome of a match to which he is assigned.
Persons authorized to promote PCW sanctioned wrestling events must be responsible citizens of the nation in which they do business, or non-resident businesspersons who are in compliance with the standards set forth for doing business by local authorities. They must be persons of good reputation and good moral character, and shall not be fugitives from justice.
a.) The above standards shall likewise apply to the officers of partnerships and corporations promoting PCW sanctioned wrestling.
b.) Any and all records and papers, financial, contractual or otherwise relevant to the promotion of PCW sanctioned wrestling events, shall be subject to inspection by any properly-designated officer of the PCW. Said officers will respect the private nature of these records and will not release the information contained therein to the press or to the public except in the case of significant irregularity as determined by review of the PCW President.
c.) Promoters shall assume responsibility for obtaining the services of qualified wrestlers and officials and for securing buildings or outdoor arenas adequate for the purpose of holding wrestling events.
d.) It shall be the promoter’s responsibility to ensure that the following are provided: dressing rooms, showers, locker and toilet facilities. At least two dressing rooms shall be available at each event. If both men and women wrestlers are on hand, separate facilities for opponents of both sexes shall be available. Unauthorized persons are not permitted in the dressing room areas.
e.) Promoters shall be responsible for obtaining a regulation wrestling ring and personnel to ensure proper set-up and tear-down.
f.) Promoters will secure adequate liability insurance with a reputable firm for all wrestling events held under PCW sanction.
g.) Promoters may, if they choose, initiate contracts with individual wrestlers or managers, or this function may be delegated to a matchmaker. In the latter case said matchmaker shall likewise be a person of good reputation, good moral character and shall not be a fugitive from justice.
h.) Promoters shall be responsible for publicizing wrestling events in a tasteful manner and for avoiding any false or misleading advertising.
i.) Promoters are responsible for paying wrestlers, officials and other personnel involved in wrestling events in accordance with existing contracts or verbal agreements.
j.) Promoters will report any misbehavior on the part of athletes or other significant irregularities in writing to PCW headquarters within five working days of any such incident. Promoters are advised to make preliminary telephone reports in cases wherein prompt official action would be advisable.
2.) Qualifications for Referees.
Referees shall be persons who are thoroughly familiar with the rules and regulations pertaining to professional wrestling and competent to see that these rules and regulations are properly enforced. Referees shall be persons of good moral character and shall not be fugitives from justice.
a.) Referees shall be approved by an officer of PCW before being authorized to officiate at any PCW sanctioned wrestling event.
b.) The referee shall be in complete charge of any wrestling match to which he is assigned. He may disqualify an individual wrestler or team for infractions of the rules as outlined herein. He may, at his discretion, stop a match to prevent serious injury to a participant.
c.) Prior to each match, the referee shall determine that the contestants are not concealing any unauthorized gear (”foreign objects”) and that they do not have their bodies coated with excessive oil or grease which would make it unduly difficult for an opponent to maintain a legal hold. Referees conducting pre-bout checks of wrestlers of the opposite sex are cautioned to use proper discretion in their attempts to locate possible concealed objects.
3.) Qualifications For Timekeepers.
Timekeepers shall be persons who are familiar with the rules and regulation of professional wrestling as applicable to this specialized function. Timekeepers shall be persons of good moral character and shall not be fugitives from justice.
a.) Timekeepers shall be approved by an officer of PCW before being assigned to any PCW sanctioned event.
b.) The timekeeper assigned to a PCW sanctioned wrestling event shall be in possession of an accurate timepiece, which he shall use to determine the assigned duration of each individual match.
c.) The timekeeper shall signal the beginning of a match or fall by ringing a bell at the referees instruction or at the end of a designated rest period. The timekeeper shall likewise signal the end of a fall or a match when so instructed by the appointed referee, or when the designated time limit has elapsed.
d.) The timekeeper assigned to a match shall keep the referee and contestants apprised of elapsed time and/or time remaining at regular intervals, or when requested by the referee.
4.) Vested Interests.
No official shall have any vested interest in the outcome of a match to which he is assigned.