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Other WPW Information

Promotions that the WPW Formerly Known As

Name Year
Superstar Wrestling Federation September 1983 -
All-Professional Wrestling (Ohio) March 1999 - February 2000
World Professional Wrestling September 2000 - present

  Presidents of Sports Entertainment Productions

Name Served
Rick Cave 1983 - present
Jon Cave (Senior VP; Promoter, Ohio Championship Wrestling) 1983 - 1988

Promoters of the WPW

Name Served
Rick Cave 1983 - present
Jon Cave 1983 - 1988

Current Bookers for WPW

Name Responsibility
Rick Cave Day-To-Day Booking Decisions
James Glover Scouting Director
Sir Unsworth Script the storylines; VP in Charge of Talent
Glenn Shaw Script the storylines; VP, Business Relations
Roy Tingle Script the storylines; VP, Media Relations
Dr. Crooks Script the storylines
Sheila Green Advisor for TV production crew
Chandler Fullick Scripts the interviews
John England Scripts the interviews
Adolf Hill Road Agent
Jessica Tarrent Road Agent
Emma Molleneaux Road Agent
Phoebe Davis Script the storylines; Women's Talent Director
Arthur Trobe Television producer and coordinator
Kevin Flanders Director, Television, Production truck
Styn Green International Tour Agent
Ian Gray International Tour Agent

"Commissioners" of WPW

Name Served
Bret Hart 2000-2001
Wahoo McDaniel 2001-2001
Dusty Rhodes 2001-2003
Rick Steamboat 2004-2004
Stan Hansen 2005-

WPW Owen Hart Memorial Tournament Winners

Name Location Date
The Rock N/A Fall 2000
Yoshihiro Takayama Mobile, AL May 20, 2001
Chris Jericho Cornelia, GA May 19, 2002
Torrie Wilson Helsinki, Finland May 24, 2003
Genichiro Tenryu Oshawa, Ontario May 9, 2004
Kaz Hayashi Manchester, NH May 14, 2005
L.A. Park Houston, TX May 13, 2006
Batista Miami, FL May 19, 2007

Caged Fury Winners

Name Location Date
Masahiro Chono Hollywood, CA November 19, 2000
Mike Barton Ypsilanti, MI October 21, 2001
Shane Douglas Atlantic City, NJ October 13, 2002
Charlie Haas Fort Myers, FL October 25, 2003
Goldberg Bossier City, LA October 24, 2004

Women Winning Men's Titles

Name Title Length of Reign
Chyna (Joanie Laurer) World Cruiserweight Title September 25 - October 4, 2000
Chyna (Joanie Laurer) World Cruiserweight Title October 7 - 21, 2000
Madusa World Cruiserweight Title December 4 - 12, 2002
Madusa World Cruiserweight Title December 28, 2002 - March 1, 2003
Madusa World Television Title February 2 - 15, 2003
Madusa World Television Title February 18 - March 13, 2003
Madusa World Cruiserweight Title March 2 - April 2, 2003
Joanie Laurer (with RVD) United States Tag Team Titles April 8 - 14, 2003
Joanie Laurer (with RVD) World Tag Team Titles April 14 - 29, 2003
Madusa World Cruiserweight Title April 26 - May 19, 2003
Madusa World Television Title April 28 - May 26, 2003
Joanie Laurer (with RVD) United States Tag Team Titles May 5 - 7, 2003
Joanie Laurer (with RVD) World Tag Team Titles May 24 - August 12, 2003
Madusa World Television Title May 27 - June 10, 2003
Madusa World Television Title June 13 - 16, 2003
Madusa World Television Title June 20, 2003 (lost same day)
Madusa World Television Title June 30 - July 26, 2003
Madusa World Television Title August 8 - 12, 2003
Madusa World Cruiserweight Title August 27 - 29, 2003
Madusa World Cruiserweight Title June 6 - July 19, 2004
Joanie Laurer (with Tiger Mask IV) World Tag Team Titles May 14 - August 21, 2005
Melina & Torrie Wilson World Tag Team Titles November 25 - December 23, 2006

Titles Changing Hands on DQs or Countouts

Date Championship Former Champ New Champ
September 2, 2006 World Tag Team Titles Jun Akiyama & Johnny Kurt Angle & Sabu
September 11, 2006 World Heavyweight Title Jerry Lynn Dr. Wagner Jr.
October 22, 2006 World Brass Knuckles Title Eric Young Hiroyoshi Tenzan
November 11, 2006 Women's Television Title Victoria Stacy Keibler
November 19, 2006 Women's Television Title Stacy Keibler Mickie James
December 9, 2006 World Cruiserweight Title Christopher Daniels Johnny Nitro
December 10, 2006 World Heavyweight Title Tiger Mask IV Chase Stevens
December 16, 2006 World Heavyweight Title Chase Stevens Batista
December 17, 2006 Women's Television Title Trish Stratus Torrie Wilson
March 3, 2007 United States Title Christian Cage John Cena
March 19, 2007 World Women's Title Victoria [2] Stephanie McMahon
April 30, 2007 World Heavyweight Title Jay Briscoe Christopher Daniels
May 19, 2007 United States Title Satoshi Kojima Sting
July 9, 2007 World Women's Title Nattie Neidhart Mickie James [2]
July 28, 2007 United States Title Kaz Hayashi Triple H
August 18, 2007 World Cruiserweight Title Jay Briscoe [2] Nigel McGuinness
October 6, 2007 United States Title Satoshi Kojima [2] Samoa Joe
October 15, 2007 World Women's Title Daizee Haze Lexie Fyfe
November 9, 2007 United States Title Vince McMahon D. H. Smith
November 26, 2007 Women's Television Title Sara Del Ray Nidia
December 8, 2007 World Women's Title Lexie Fyfe Kelly Kelly

War Games Winners

Winning Team Overall Score
Old School - 2006 200
Team Spirit - 2007 200
The Kings - 2007 203

 

Ring Winners Number
Satoshi Kojima 2
Chavo Guerrero 1
Christian Cage 1
Giant Bernard 1
Justin Credible 1
Layla El 1
Jerry Lynn 1
Maria 1
Matt Striker 1
Mike Mondo 1
Nigel McGuinness 1
Ruckus 1
Sabu 1
Samoa Joe 1
Super Crazy 1
Sumie Sakai 1
Triple H 1

 

Most wins, single L.A. Park (1) 33
Most wins, team The Phenominons (II) 117
Most losses, single Rory McAlister (II) 30
Most losses, team Team X-Factor (1) 115
Most points, single Kane (1) 67
Most points, team The Kings (III) 203
Least points, team Attitude (III) 80

Interesting Notes

WPW has had co-op relationships with the following promotions:  National Wrestling Alliance (1983-1991, 1994-present), World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (1983-present; the RAW and SmackDown! "brands" since 2001, the ECW "brand" since 2006), American Wrestling Association (1983-1990), World Class Wrestling Association (1983-1988), Mid-South Wrestling Association (1983-1989), Georgia Championship Wrestling (1983-1985), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1983-1988), Florida Championship Wrestling (1983-1988), Pacific Northwest Wrestling/USA Wrestling (1983-1995), Mid-Southern Wrestling-Memphis/CWA/USWA (1983-1998), World Championship Wrestling (1988-2001), Global Wrestling Federation (1988-1992), Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling (1992-2001), Ohio Valley Wrestling (since 2001), Ring of Honor (since 2002), New Japan Pro Wrestling (1995-present), All-Japan Pro Wrestling (1995-present), Pro Wrestling NOAH (2001-present), Total Nonstop Action (2002-present) as well as Mexican promotions AAA and EMLL.  Under the co-op agreements since 1983, wrestlers from competing promotions could appear and compete in SWF/APW/WPW, and although the promotions' titles were recognized, they were not allowed to be brought to WPW events.  In May 2002, The Undertaker (Mark Calloway) challenged the agreement by bringing the WWE Unified World Heavyweight Title to WPW televised events until he lost the belt to The Rock in July 2002.
WPW, originally known as the Superstar Wrestling Federation, became a nationally active wrestling promotion in 1984 based out of Ohio.  All other subsequent promotions leading up to WPW were nationally active.
In January 2001, Sports Entertainment Productions, the parent company of World Professional Wrestling, purchased Prime Time Sports, the parent company of the National Wrestling Alliance.  The NWA was run as a separate entity from WPW, with its own organizational structure.  The NWA was closed in October 2004, replaced by Total Nonstop Action, which ran under the NWA banner.  TNA also used the NWA titles until June 2007, when the NWA was given back its World Heavyweight and Tag Team titles.  TNA then created its own Heavyweight and Tag Team titles.
In May 2002, WPW began its women's division, promoting inter-gender matches as well as normal women's matches.  Within the scope of the inter-gender matches, Madusa (Debra Miceli) has held the men's Television and Cruiserweight Titles, and Joanie Laurer (Chyna) has won the World Tag Team Titles (with Rob Van Dam) and the Cruiserweight Title.  In 2004, by order of Commissioner Rick Steamboat, inter-gender matches were eliminated.  In January 2005, new Commissioner Stan Hansen reinstituted the inter-gender matches, stating, "If these gals can prove they're as tough as the fellas, then they should be able to tussle with 'em as well."
In September 2006, Stan Hansen eliminated the disqualification rule for title matches.  Under the new guidelines, any champion being disqualified or counted out in title defenses lose their titles to their opponents.

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