| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Professional wrestling |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Portsmouth |
| Key people |
Daniel Edler, Chairman Andy Quildan Promoter |
| Website | Official Site |
International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK) is a British professional wrestling promotion. Daniel Edler is the majority owner, chairman and founder of the company. The company was established in 2004 and since their foundation they have held monthly shows in Orpington, Kent. They now hold shows in Hampshire, Hertfordshire and Kent.
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The promotion made its debut in September, 2004 with a show called Extreme Measures at the Orpington Halls in Orpington, Kent. The show included an Iron Fist match between Jonny Storm and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Super Dragon. Other memorable early shows for IPW:UK would include the Best of British series which would see matches to determine the best wrestlers in the UK of a certain class (High Flyers, and Heavyweights). The promotion would soon reach a deal with The Wrestling Channel to broadcast a weekly one-hour television show.
In August, 2006, Frontier Wrestling Alliance allowed IPW:UK to participate in its second Frontiers of Honor show which also involves American promotion Ring of Honor. This working relationship with FWA would seem to take a turn for the worse when several incidents involving IPW:UK using FWA talent when the same talent were scheduled to appear in FWA events, and promoting FWA title defences without asking for permission from the FWA management team. However, these seemingly legit incidents were worked into an inter-promotional feud that would see then IPW:UK Champion Martin Stone be stripped of his FWA Tag Team Title, siding with IPW:UK in preparation to face semi-retired FWA Star Alex Shane in a Promotion vs. Promotion – Winner Takes All Match at Broxbourne on March 16, 2007. This was later changed to The Orpington Halls, on March 25 - an event which IPW:UK won.
On November 18, 2006, IPW:UK held a historic tournament which featured wrestlers from several British promotions to crown the first British National Under 23s Champion; the event was won by Sam Slam. In Mid-2007, IPW:UK announced that from October, 2007 to September, 2008, they would be running a year-long, 64 person tournament entitled the "British National Championship". In 2008, Real Quality Wrestling announced a deal that saw them become a benchmark promotion under the company banner. With IPW:UK earning a Europe television deal with a leading German TV station and potential worldwide recognition through planned license deals. In mid-2007 IPW:UK were contacted by Channel 4's Endemol regarding working with Big Brother's Little Brother and former Big Brother contestant Billi "Lightning" Bhatti. After successful training days, IPW:UK were featured heavily on the BBLB program and have continued to work with Billi ever since, featuring him on several of their live events.
IPW is booked by referee Andy Quildan, although he passed on his responsibilities to Sam Gardiner (Exodus / Blok Busta / Voodoo) in 2007. At this point IPW reached a creative low, and Quildan soon returned as IPW booker. During his absence running the shows, he still refereed.
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Date won | Location | Previous Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPW:UK British Unified Championship | Sha Samuels[1] | May 15, 2011 | Sittingbourne, Kent | Dave Mastiff |
| British National Championship3 | Terry Frazier[2] | October 26, 2008 | Bromley, Kent | First (defeated Johnny Moss) |
| National Under-23 Championship2 | Sam Slam[1] | September 17, 2006 | Ware, Hertfordshire | First (defeated Paul Robinson) |
| British Tag Team Championship4 | The All Stars (Robby Dynamite and Mikey Whiplash)[1] |
September 10, 2010 | Hoddelston, Essex | The Leaders |
1 Sam Slam was the reigning All-England Champion going into the British National Championship tournament organised by IPW:UK. Sam Slam retained his title twice but lost the title to Johnny Moss in the Quarter Finals. The final saw Terry Frazier defeat Johnny Moss to become All-England and British National Champion.
2 Promoted jointly with 16 other promotions under the British Wrestling United banner.
3 British National Championship was a year long tournament organised by IPW:UK to crown the British National Champion (the winner was Terry Frazier). All All-England and National Under-23 Champions were required to defend their titles in each round; however, the reigning champions (Andy Boy Simmonz, Terry Frazier, Sha Samuels and Sam Slam) were automatically put through to the second round of the tournament.
4 The RQW British Tag Team Championship was unified with the IPW:UK Tag Team Championship while The Kartel were the reigning champions of both championships. The title from 2008 was known as the Unified British Tag Team Championship.
| National Under 23's Championship | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | British Wrestling United |
| Brand (s) | Hosted by IPW:UK |
| Date | November 18, 2006 |
| Attendance | 100 |
| Venue | Drill Hall |
| City | Ware, Hertfordshire |
The 'National (British) Under 23's Championship was an inaugural professional wrestling event hosted by International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom on November 18, 2006 at the Drill Hall, in Ware, Hertfordshire, to crown the first-ever British Under 23's Champion. The event showcased young talent from over 12 United Kingdom promotions and though the event was hosted by IPW:UK it ran under the British Wrestling United (BWU) banner with the intention for the belt to then be defended on various companies' shows around the country for the foreseeable future. Several "Guest Matches" from promotions took place on the afternoon card before the tournament in the evening, where competitors do not need to meet the Under 23 age qualifier.
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Grange (c) defeated Martin Kirby and Kid Richie | Triple Threat Guest match for the 3CW Young Lions Championship | n/a |
| 2 | David Sharp defeated Ashton Brown | 4FW Guest match | n/a |
| 3 | Jexodus (Jekkel and eXodus) defeated Jimmy Havoc and Zack Sabre Jr. | TXW Tag Team Guest match | n/a |
| 4 | Aviv Maayan defeated Ollie Burns | FWA: Tournament Qualifier Guest match | n/a |
| 5 | LT Summers (subbing for injured champion Andy Simmonz) defeated Tom Demorey | Singles match for the IPW:UK Championship | n/a |
| 6 | El Ligero (4FW) defeated Charlie Rage (XS:W), Chris Recall (Celtic Wrestling) and Chris Stone (LPW) | Four-Way Elimination #1 Contender match for the British Under 23's Championship. | n/a |
Eight wrestlers, chosen or qualified from eight separate promotions around the country, will face off in a single-elimination one-night tournament, to ultimately crown the first National British Under 23 titleholder.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| WAW | Sam Slam(21) | Pin | |||||||||||
| FWA | Spud (21) | ||||||||||||
| WAW | Sam Slam | Pin | |||||||||||
| RQW | Bubblegum | ||||||||||||
| RQW | Bubblegum (22)1 | Pin | |||||||||||
| 3CW | Chris Whitton | ||||||||||||
| WAW | Sam Slam7 | Pin | |||||||||||
| IPW:UK | Paul Robinson | ||||||||||||
| FWA:A | Aviv Maayan (22)2 | ||||||||||||
| IPW:UK | Paul Robinson (18)3 | Pin | |||||||||||
| IPW:UK | Paul Robinson | Pin | |||||||||||
| FWA:A | Aviv Maayan6 | ||||||||||||
| LDN | Marty Scurll (18) | NC5 | |||||||||||
| TXW | Stiro (17)4 | ||||||||||||
1 Bubblegum won a 9-Man Elimination match to qualify as RQW’s entrant at RQW Summer Brawl 2006 on August 18, 2006.
2 Aviv Mayaan qualified in an FWA:A guest match against Ollie Burns during the afternoon show.
3 Robinson qualified as IPW:UK’s entrant after defeating Aviv Maayan at IPW:UK's 2nd Anniversary on September 24, 2006.
4 Stiro defeated Zack Sabre, Jr. to qualify as TXW’s entrant.
5 Match ends in a no contest after interference from Aviv Maayan and LT Summers with both men being taken out of the tournament.
6 Aviv Mayaan filled the empty semi final spot.
7 Sam Slam becomes the first British Under 23's Champion.
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