Global Professional Wrestling Alliance
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The Global Professional Wrestling Alliance (GPWA) are a group of professional wrestling promotions and wrestlers from around the world who have come together to cooperate. Formed in 2006, the group is led by chairman Mitsuharu Misawa, a professional wrestler and owner of Pro Wrestling NOAH, and president Yoshiyuki Nakamura, co-owner of Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX.
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[edit] Aims
The group was established as a means to aid the many competing wrestling promotions in Japan. Members will share resources including training facilities and their wrestlers themselves. They will also coordinate the arrangements of their shows in order to avoid clashes. In addition to this "super shows" will be run with wrestlers from the member promotions competing on the same shows. This first of which occurred on 14th November, 2006.
It is also likely that in the future the promotions will donate part of their profits towards a fund which could supply a pension for retired wrestlers. This has been seen as a sign of the GPWA developing towards becoming a union, something which the professional wrestling industry has always lacked.
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[edit] Promotions
| Promotion | Representative | Country |
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| Big Mouth Loud | Kazunari Murakami | Japan |
| Dramatic Dream Team | Sanshiro Takagi | Japan |
| El Dorado Wrestling | Nariaki Kawabata | Japan |
| European Wrestling Association | Chris Raaber | Austria |
| IWA-Japan | Tatskuni Asano | Japan |
| Kaientai Dojo | TAKA Michinoku | Japan |
| Kensuke Office | Hisako Sasaki | Japan |
| Pro Wrestling NOAH | Mitsuharu Misawa | Japan |
| Pro Wrestling World-1 | Steve Corino | United States |
| Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX | Shinjiro Ohtani | Japan |
| Ring of Honor | Cary Silkin | United States |
| World League Wrestling | Harley Race | United States |
[edit] Freelance wrestlers
| Wrestler | Country |
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| Kikutaro | Japan |
| MAZADA | Japan |
| Minoru Suzuki | Japan |
| NOZAWA | Japan / Mexico |
| Shiro Koshinaka | Japan |
| Tadao Yasuda | Japan |
| Takaku Fuke | Japan |
| Yoshihiro Takayama | Japan |
[edit] Resources
Announcement of formation at Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX website
[edit] Links
- Pro Wrestling NOAH’s official English website
- Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX’s official English website
- Ring of Honor’s official website
- World League Wrestling’s official website
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