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Acronym | 3PW |
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Founded | February 15, 2002 |
Defunct | June 18, 2005 |
Style | Hardcore wrestling |
Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Founder(s) | The Blue Meanie Jasmin St. Claire |
Owner(s) | The Blue Meanie Jasmin St. Claire |
Predecessor | Extreme Championship Wrestling |
Website | 3PWrestling.com |
Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling, or 3PW, was a hardcore professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Considered an attempt at reviving Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), it ran many shows from the former ECW Arena. [1]
The promotion was founded in 2002 by ECW alumni Jasmin St. Claire and Brian "The Blue Meanie" Heffron, later being joined by ECW founder Tod Gordon. Many former ECW veterans, such as Raven, The Sandman, Al Snow and Sabu, made up the roster of the promotion. The promotion closed in 2005 after encountering financial difficulties.
The promotion was founded by Jasmin St. Claire and Brian "The Blue Meanie" Heffron and they were later joined by former Extreme Championship Wrestling promoter Tod Gordon. [2] In the beginning, 3PW brought in wrestling greats like Dusty Rhodes, Terry Funk, Abdullah The Butcher and Bam Bam Bigelow to add to the roster. [3] [4] [5] The first 3PW shows ran at the ECW Arena, but when XPW Owner Rob Black signed an exclusive lease to the arena, [6] 3PW moved to The Electric Factory.
In 2004, 3PW had a show featuring a Blue World Order reunion with Blue Meanie and Stevie Richards. [7] The next month, 3PW hosted an NWA Florida X Division Championship match between Roderick Strong and Mikey Batts. [8]
In December 2004, however, problems began to surface. 3PW booker Tod Gordon resigned, walking out during a 3PW event following an argument with 3PW officials when there was apparently no money to pay wrestlers, security and other staff for the event. [9] In April, Jasmin St. Claire was officially replaced as CEO by Richard McDonald. [10] Rockin' Rebel took over as booker, but he and the Blue Meanie soon became involved in a business dispute with Pro Wrestling Unplugged owners Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid. [11] When St. Claire stopped receiving her royalty checks, she responded by putting the promotion up for sale in a one-day auction on Ebay.com although, no one responded to the $180,000 asking price. [12] Blue Meanie attempted to resurrect the company, but was unable to find an investor. The company's final show was on June 18, 2005. In 2007 Force Entertainment began Professionally repacking and distributing 3PW Events throughout Australia commercially and through the companies' websites, as such the DVD releases started turning up in supermarkets, video stores, and retail outlets.
Birth name: | Ring name(s): | Tenure: | Notes |
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Don Adelberg | Don E. Allen | 2004–2005 | |
Louis Almodovar | Damian Adams | 2002–2005 | |
Michael Altieri | Mikey Batts | 2004 | |
Nana Bandoh | Prince Nana | 2003 | |
Nicholas Berk | Nick Berk | 2003 | |
Scott Bigelow † | Bam Bam Bigelow | 2002 | |
Adam Birch | Joey Matthews | 2002–2004 | [13] [14] |
Julian Bradley | Kris Krude | 2005 | |
Phillip Brooks | CM Punk | 2002 | [13] |
Michael Brown | Dylan Knight / Mike Brown | 2002, 2005 | |
Wagner Brown | Slyk Wagner Brown | 2004–2005 | |
Terry Brunk | Sabu | 2002–2004 | [13] |
Steven Carrasquillo | Monsta Mack | 2003–2005 | |
David Cash | Kid Kash | 2002–2003 | |
Chris Chetti | Chris Chetti | 2002–2003 | [13] |
Scott Colton | Colt Cabana | 2002 | [13] |
Steve Corino | Steve Corino | 2002 | |
John Corson | Zandig | 2003 | |
Daniel Covell | Christopher Daniels | 2004–2005 | |
James Cox | James Storm | 2005 | |
Benito Cuntapay | B-Boy | 2005 | |
Michael Depoli | Amish Roadkill | 2002–2005 | [13] |
Pat DiGiacomo | White Lotus | 2002 | [13] |
Michael Durham † | Johnny Grunge | 2002, 2004 | |
Nelson Erazo | Homicide | 2003, 2005 | [14] |
Thomas Farra | Tommy Suede | 2005 | |
Chris Ford | Crowbar | 2002 | |
Paul Fuchs III † | Paul E. Normous | 2002 | |
Jim Fullington | The Sandman | 2002–2004 | |
Terry Funk | Terry Funk | 2003 | |
Chris Guy | Ace Steel | 2002 | [13] |
Chris Hamrick | Chris Hamrick | 2002 | |
Chris Harris | Chris Harris | 2005 | |
Joshua Harter | Chris Sabin | 2004–2005 | |
Donald Haviland † | Hack Meyers | 2002 | [13] |
Brian Heffron | The Blue Meanie | 2002–2005 | [15] [16] [17] |
Curtis Hennig † | Curt Hennig | 2002 | |
John Jirus | Xavier | 2003 | [14] |
Allen Jones | A.J. Styles | 2003–2005 | |
Matthew Kaye | Matt Striker | 2002–2005 | |
Pat Kenney | Simon Diamond | 2004–2005 | |
Ronnie Killings | Ron Killings | 2002 | |
Ronald Knight | Jason Knight | 2002 | |
Brian Knighton † | Axl Rotten | 2002 | |
Jerry Lawler | Jerry "The King" Lawler | 2002–2003 | |
Scott Levy | Raven | 2003–2004 | [14] |
Chris Lindsey | Roderick Strong | 2004 | |
Dan Lopez | Mafia | 2003 | |
Jerry Lynn | Jerry Lynn | 2003–2004 | |
James Maritato | Little Guido | 2002 | |
Claude Marrow | Ruckus | 2003–2005 | |
Nate Mattson | N8 Mattson | 2004–2005 | |
Michael Mayo Jr. | Mike Kruel | 2003–2005 | |
Angel Medina | Angel | 2002 | [13] |
Gregory Whitmoyer | Greg Matthews | 2005 | |
Dan Morrison | Danny Doring | 2002 | [13] |
Kazushige Nosawa | NOSAWA | 2002–2003 | |
Christopher Parks | Abyss | 2005 | |
Ted Petty ‡ | Rocco Rock | 2002 | |
Peter Polaco | Justin Credible | 2003, 2005 | [14] |
Matthew Polinsky | Sterling James Keenan | 2005 | |
Matt Prince | Wifebeater | 2003–2004 | |
Jonathan Rechner | Balls Mahoney | 2003 | |
James Reiher | Jimmy Snuka | 2003 | |
Charles Renner | Devon Moore | 2005 | |
Ken Rinehurst | Jack Victory | 2003–2004 | |
Virgil Runnels Jr. † | Dusty Rhodes | 2002–2003 | |
Allen Sarven | Al Snow | 2004 | |
Charles Scaggs | 2 Cold Scorpio | 2004 | |
Larry Shreve | Abdullah the Butcher | 2002–2003 | [13] |
Brandon Silvestry | Low Ki | 2003–2004 | |
Jason Spence | Christian York | 2002–2003 | [13] [14] |
Chris Spradlin | Chris Hero | 2002 | |
Dennis Stewart | Derek Wylde | 2004 | |
Robert Strauss | Rob Eckos | 2002–2005 | |
Kevin Sullivan | Kevin Sullivan | 2002–2003 | [13] |
John Toland | Tank Toland | 2002 | |
Eric Tuttle | Towel Boy | 2002 | |
Ephraim Vega | Ricky Vega | 2003–2004 | |
Michael Verdi | Trent Acid | 2003, 2005 | |
Sean Waltman | Syxx-Pac | 2002 | [13] |
William Welch | The Messiah | 2005 | |
Billy Wiles | Bill Wiles / Bilvis Wesley | 2002 | |
Chuck Williams | Rockin' Rebel | 2002–2005 | [13] |
John Williams | Ian Rotten | 2002–2003 | |
Gary Wolfe | Pitbull #1 | 2002–2004 | [13] [18] [19] |
Jerome Young † | New Jack | 2002 | |
Unknown | Caesar Smalls | 2005 | |
Unknown | CJ O'Doyle | 2003–2005 | |
Unknown | Dead Man Walking | 2002 | [13] |
Unknown | Del Tsunami | 2002 | |
Unknown | Dirk Ciglar | 2005 | |
Unknown | Drew Blood | 2005 | |
Unknown | Greg Spitz | 2005 | |
Unknown | Jay Money | 2005 | |
Unknown | Josh Daniels | 2002–2003, 2005 | [13] |
Unknown | Jeff Rocker | 2003 | |
Unknown | JT Moses | 2005 | |
Unknown | Judas Gray | 2005 | |
Unknown | Matt Vandal | 2002 | |
Unknown | Mike Austin | 2002 | |
Unknown | Murder One | 2002 | |
Unknown | Orion | 2002 | |
Unknown | Pierce St. John | 2002 | |
Unknown | Rapid Fire Maldonado | 2002 | |
Unknown | Ric Blade | 2002–2003 | |
Unknown | Robert Pigeon | 2002 | |
Unknown | Ron Zombie | 2004–2005 | |
Unknown | Shawn Donavan | 2002 | |
Unknown | Shirley Doe | 2002 | |
Unknown | Super Hentai | 2002 | |
Unknown | Teddy Fine | 2005 |
Tag team/Stable(s) | Members | Tenure(s) |
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America's Most Wanted | Chris Harris and James Storm | 2005 |
The Bad Breed | Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten | 2002 |
The Bad Street Boys | Christian York and Joey Matthews | 2002 |
Blackball'd | Greg Matthews and The Rockin' Rebel | 2005 |
Da Hit Squad | Monsta Mack and Mafia | 2003 |
Danny Doring and Roadkill | Danny Doring and Roadkill | 2002 |
Notorious Inc. | Devon Moore and Drew Blood | 2005 |
Pitbulls 2004 | Gary Wolfe and Mike Kruel | 2004 |
The Primetime Players | Mike Brown and Teddy Fine | 2005 |
The Public Enemy | Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock | 2002 |
Birth name: | Ring name(s): | Tenure: | Notes |
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Stephanie Bellars | George Frankenstein | 2003 | |
Rhea Calaveras | Jasmin St. Claire | 2002–2003 | [13] [18] |
April Hunter | April Hunter | 2004–2005 | |
Melissa Hiatt | Missy Hyatt | 2002–2003 | [13] |
Jamie Lynn Szantyr | Talia | 2004–2005 | |
Unknown | Diana | 2002 | |
Unknown | Miss Candie | 2002 |
Birth name: | Ring name(s): | Tenure: | Notes |
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Bill Apter | Bill Apter | [20] |
Birth name: | Ring name(s): | Tenure: | Notes |
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Rhea Calaveras | Jasmin St. Claire | 2002–2003 | Promoter [17] [21] |
Tod Gordon | Tod Gordon | 2002–2004 | Booker [22] |
Brian Heffron | The Blue Meanie | 2002–2005 | Promoter |
Notes | |
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† ^ Indicates they are deceased. | |
‡ ^ Indicates they died while they were employed with 3PW. |
Wrestler | Times | Date | Place | Notes |
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Gary Wolfe | 1 | August 24, 2002 [23] | Philadelphia, PA | Won an 8-man tournament to become the 1st 3PW Champion. |
Sabu | 1 | October 19, 2002 [24] | Philadelphia, PA | |
Gary Wolfe | 2 | December 28, 2002 [25] | Philadelphia, PA | |
Terry Funk | 1 | June 21, 2003 [26] | Philadelphia, PA | |
Justin Credible | 1 | August 16, 2003 [27] | Philadelphia, PA | |
Raven | 1 | November 22, 2003 [28] | Philadelphia, PA | |
Joey Matthews | 1 | April 17, 2004 [29] | Philadelphia, PA | [30] |
Christopher Daniels | 1 | August 21, 2004 [31] | Philadelphia, PA | |
Slyk Wagner Brown | 1 | February 19, 2005 [32] | Philadelphia, PA | |
Amish Roadkill | 1 | May 21, 2005 [33] | Philadelphia, PA | |
Titles became defunct when the promotion closed down. |
Wrestler | Times | Date | Place | Notes |
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Slyk Wagner Brown & April Hunter | 1 | August 21, 2004 [31] | Philadelphia, PA | Won a battle royal to become 1st champions. |
Pitbulls 2004 (Gary Wolfe & Mike Kruel) | 1 | October 16, 2004 [34] | Philadelphia, PA | |
Wolfe was stripped of the title due to a backstage incident. | ||||
Mike Kruel & Simon Diamond | 1 | February 19, 2005 [32] | Philadelphia, PA | Diamond was awarded the title to replace Wolfe |
Title vacated on March 29, 2005 when Kruel left 3PW. | ||||
Blackball'd (Rockin' Rebel & Greg Matthews) | May 21, 2005 [33] | Won a battle royal to win the vacant titles. | ||
Titles became defunct when the promotion closed down. |
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