Global Professional Wrestling Alliance
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| Acronym | GPWA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Style | Puroresu |
| Headquarters | Japan |
| Founder(s) | Mitsuharu Misawa Yoshiyuki Nakamura |
| Owner(s) | Yoshiyuki Nakamura |
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.
Aims
The group was established as a means to aid the many competing wrestling promotions in Japan. 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
| Promotion | Representative | Country |
|---|---|---|
| AAA | Dorian Roldán | Mexico |
| American Combat Wrestling | Sal Hamaoui | United States |
| AWA Superstars of Wrestling | Dale Gagner | United States |
| Big Mouth Loud | Kazunari Murakami | Japan |
| Big Japan Pro Wrestling | Eiji Tosaka | Japan |
| Diamond Ring | Akira Hokuto | Japan |
| Dragon Gate | Takashi Okumura | Japan |
| DDT Pro-Wrestling | Sanshiro Takagi | Japan |
| El Dorado Wrestling | Noriaki Kawabata | Japan |
| European Wrestling Association | Chris Raaber | Austria |
| Frontier Wrestling Alliance | Mark Sloan | United Kingdom |
| Full Impact Pro | Sal Hamaoui | United States |
| International Wrestling Association of Japan | Kishu Asano | Japan |
| Kaientai Dojo | Taka Michinoku | Japan |
| Kensuke Office | Hisako Sasaki | Japan |
| Pro Wrestling Noah | Akira Taue | Japan |
| Pro Wrestling World-1 | Steve Corino | Canada |
| Pro Wrestling Zero1 | Shinjiro Otani | Japan |
| Ring of Honor | Cary Silkin | United States |
| Shimmer Women Athletes | Dave Prazak | United States |
| World League Wrestling | Harley Race | United States |
Freelance wrestlers
| Wrestler | Country |
|---|---|
| Kikutaro | Japan |
| Mazada | Japan |
| Magnitude Kishiwada | Japan |
| Minoru Suzuki | Japan |
| Nosawa | Japan Mexico |
| Shiro Koshinaka | Japan |
| Tadao Yasuda | Japan |
| Takaku Fuke | Japan |
| Yoshihiro Takayama | Japan |
See also
References
External links
- Pro Wrestling Noah’s official English website
- Pro Wrestling Zero1’s official English website
- Ring of Honor’s official website
- World League Wrestling’s official website
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