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The W*ING storyline carried on for three years before the stable was forced to disband on September 28, 1997. Since 1995, Ibaragi has held several one-off W*ING reunion shows until 2010. Mr. Pogo formed an offshoot promotion in 2001 called World W*ING Spirit (WWS), which would last until his death on June 23, 2017. Notable W*ING alumni
Michael James Penzel (September 7, 1957 – December 22, 2021) was an American professional wrestler and United States Army paratrooper. [2] He was best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Corporal Kirchner in the mid-1980s, as well as his appearances in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, W*ING ...
Houston. Booker T. 2006–present. Texas All-Star Wrestling. Humble. Bob Murphy. 1994–present. The first successful promotion since the close of World Class Championship Wrestling in 1990 and the Global Wrestling Federation in 1994, it is currently the oldest independent promotion in Texas [3] [4] Texas Wrestling Alliance.
The W*ING Alliance was a Japanese professional wrestling group that existed in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) between 1994 and 1997. The group consisted of wrestlers from the W*ING promotion, which ended in March 1994 due to FMW hiring the top tier talent of W*ING and the W*ING alumni wanted to avenge the demise of the company from FMW and the company's owner Atsushi Onita in storyline.
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling that has little relationship to the rules of the olympic form. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event.
It aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and featured wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event hosted the finals of both the 23rd King of the Ring tournament and the second Queen of the Ring tournament, with the last tournaments for each held in 2021.
After sports commentator José Antonio Géigel and a group of wrestlers founded the first promotion based in Puerto Rico, the discipline has consistently remained being broadcast in local television. Originally a mixture of foreign wrestling styles, the Puerto Rican wrestling style developed into a unique form of performing.
The promotion followed in the footsteps of organizations such as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING), and the International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan), who helped popularise a hard-hitting, violent and bloody style of wrestling known as the Deathmatch, or in more recent years ...
History W*ING Kanemura was the inaugural Independent Heavyweight Champion.. FMW requested a new customized FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship belt for Atsushi Onita to defend it against Hayabusa in the former's retirement match at 6th Anniversary Show on May 5, 1995, but the title could not be created at that time.
Rochester, New York, United States. Trained by. Larry Sharpe [1] Debut. October 28, 1987 [5] Retired. January 5, 2012 [6] Joseph D'Acquisto (born October 30, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1996 to 1998 under the ring name Roadblock (also spelled ...