Global Professional Wrestling Alliance

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Global Professional Wrestling Alliance
AcronymGPWA
Founded2006
Defunct2009
Style Puroresu
Headquarters Japan
Founders
OwnerYoshiyuki Nakamura
Website Official website

The Global Professional Wrestling Alliance (GPWA) was a cooperative group of professional wrestling promotions and wrestlers from around the world. Formed in 2006, the group was founded by the professional wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa, the founder of Pro Wrestling Noah. It was led by president Yoshiyuki Nakamura, co-owner of Pro Wrestling Zero1. The organization folded in 2009.

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Aims

The group was established in 2006 as a means to aid the many competing wrestling promotions in Japan. [1] Members would share resources including training facilities and their wrestlers themselves. They would also coordinate the arrangements of their shows in order to avoid clashes. In addition to this "super shows" would be run with wrestlers from the member promotions competing on the same shows, the first of which occurred on November 14, 2006.

Members

Promotions

PromotionRepresentativeCountry
Big Mouth Loud Kazunari Murakami Flag of Japan.svg Japan
DDT Pro-Wrestling Sanshiro Takagi Flag of Japan.svg Japan
European Wrestling Association Chris Raaber Flag of Austria.svg Austria
International Wrestling Association of Japan Tatsukuni Asano Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Kaientai Dojo Taka Michinoku Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Kensuke Office Hisako SasakiFlag of Japan.svg Japan
Pro-Wrestling Eldorado Noriaki KawabataFlag of Japan.svg Japan
Pro Wrestling Noah Akira Taue Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Pro Wrestling World-1 Steve Corino Flag of the United States.svg United States
Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max Shinjiro Otani Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Ring of Honor Cary Silkin Flag of the United States.svg United States
World League Wrestling Harley Race Flag of the United States.svg United States

Freelance wrestlers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Brief History of Japanese Professional Wrestling". nippon.com. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
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