Grand Prix Wrestling

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  (Redirected from Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling)
Jump to: navigation, search
Grand Prix Wrestling
Acronym GPW
Founded 1977; 2001
Headquarters Moncton, New Brunswick
Founder(s) Emile Duprée
Owner(s) Emile Duprée (1977-1986?; 2001-present)
Paul Peller (1986-1992?)
Mike Zinck (2001)
Formerly Altantic Grand Prix Wrestling (1977-1991)
Canadian Championship Wrestling (1992)

Grand Prix Wrestling is a wrestling promotion run and owned by Emile Duprée. Grand Prix Wrestling has currently stopped touring due to heavy traveling costs. When the promotion was active, it would tour parts of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia.

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling

Originally known as Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (AGPW), the promotion has been around since the early 1960s. During the 60s and the 70s AGPW was so popular it became a hit in the Maritimes. AGPW was mostly in Moncton, New Brunswick during Monday nights, Halifax, Nova Scotia during Thursdays, Berwick, Nova Scotia on Saturday evenings and along other small towns in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

Every summer, there were two big titles in challenge, those being: The United States Heavyweight Title and the North American Tag Team Title. Other titles being the European Heavyweight Title and the Maritime Heavyweight Title. The European Heavyweight Title was held more by Killer Karl Krupp than any other superstar and The Maritime Heavyweight Title was held more by Stephen Petitpas. During the late 1980s, the United States Heavyweight Title was changed to the International Heavyweight Title.

[edit] 2005–present

Since making its big return in 2005, Grand Prix has teamed with World Wrestling Entertainment to provide as a training ground for new talent in the Maritimes and to also allow WWE talent to take place in the shows. The 2008 tour of Grand Prix also has included Total Nonstop Action Wrestling talent, most recently former TNA wrestler, A1 made an appearance in the first show in the main event of Grand Prix's 2008 tour fighting against René Duprée. Robert Maillet (also known as Kurrgan in the world of professional wrestling) who acted in the film 300, recently made an appearance for current promoter and founder of Grand Prix, Emile Duprée. This is not the first time Kurrgan would wrestle in the Grand Prix ring as Kurrgan is Maritime born and actually became well known in the professional wrestling world because of Grand Prix when Grand Prix was in its prime, in which the WWE became interested in Kurrgan and was signed to a contract with them.

After a July 2008 tour that had both large and small crowds, Grand Prix elected not to run a second tour in August 2008. Emile Dupre has not yet ruled out a tour in 2009.

[edit] Roster/alumni

[edit] External links

Portal icon Professional wrestling portal
Canada Professional wrestling in Canada
Active
Major promotions
Independent promotions
Governing bodies and
interpromotional alliances
Defunct
Major promotions
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Prix_Wrestling&oldid=460112282"
Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export