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Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.  (June 2020)New Zealand Wide Pro WrestlingAcronymNZWPWFounded2003Founder(s)Martin StirlingFormerlyWellington Pro WrestlingWebsitenzwpw.com       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling (NZWPW) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Petone and later Wainuiomata in New Zealand. The promotion entered a hiatus in 2018,[1][2] when former NZWPW wrestler, Jay Marshall left the promotion to start Capital Pro Wrestling.[3] Since 2020, professional wrestling and training in Wainuiomata is now run by former NZWPW wrestler, Hayden Thiele with his Valiant Pro promotion. This promotion has many former wrestlers from NZWPW such as Axl Stirling, “Rufguts” Roddy Gunn, Chad Howard and Jade Priest.[4]Table of Contents       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4History[edit]Formation[edit]Expansion[edit]Martial arts[edit]Triangle TV[edit]Invasion[edit]Championships[edit]Current Champions[edit]NZWPW Heavyweight Championship[edit]NZWPW Tag Team Championship[edit]He Toa Cup[edit]Title history[edit]List of combined reigns[edit]Non-Wrestling Personnel[edit]Powerplay history[edit]Powerplay (2004)[edit]Powerplay II[edit]Powerplay III[edit]Powerplay 6[edit]Powerplay VII[edit]Powerplay XI[edit]5 on 5 Elimination Tag Team mtch[edit]Powerplay 2017[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]Formation[edit]  NZWPW logo used from 2005 to 2013NZWPW was formed in October 2003 by martial arts trainer, former New Zealand Sumo Wrestling champion and head of Petone’s He Toa Sports Association, Martin Stirling. Stirling noticed a new generation of wrestling fans, brought up on WWF action. With a wrestling ring already set up at his He Toa gym, Stirling sent an invitation for prospective Wrestlers. Four men answered the call, X-Rated, Juice, Inferno and D-Hoya, with these four pioneers, NZWPW was born. Wrestlers trained by Stirling first performed at the Armageddon Convention on 20 September 2003, as part of an Impact Pro Wrestling show, and the promotion was launched under the name Wellington Pro Wrestling (WPW). WPW’s first show was held on 14 November 2003 in Petone. Throughout 2004, more wrestlers joined and small shows were held at community venues around the Hutt Valley. Soon, Stirling, was inundated with prospective wrestlers and had to hold training weekends to find the best talent.[5]WPW then got re-branded to New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling in January 2005. This was partly because the domain name for WPW was already used and to reflect the growing interest in touring New Zealand (Christchurch, Masterton, Levin, Gisborne, Hastings and Auckland) as well as the Wellington area. By May 2005, NZWPW had a presence on the internet and thirty five active wrestlers. On 25 March 2005 NZWPW held the Powerplay 2 event at the Lower Hutt Town Hall with over 300 fans in attendance[5]Expansion[edit]NZWPW performed shows in Christchurch, Palmerston North, Porirua, Otaki, Levin, Paraparaumu, Blenheim and many others major centres up and down the country making it the most widely touring New Zealand promotion and the only one to perform regularly in both New Zealand’s North Island and South Island. Wrestlers from NZWPW have also wrestled for Australian promotion Impact Pro Wrestling Australia (formerly Major Impact Wrestling).[6] Female wrestler Misty also competed in the all women’s Australian promotion PWWA.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4In May 2006 a number of NZWPW wrestlers, led by former NZWPW booker The Punisher and WCW\/NWA star Rip Morgan, left to set up a rival promotion called Kiwi Pro Wrestling. Since then NZWPW has had an on-again-off-again working relationship with Auckland-based promotion Impact Pro Wrestling. In 2008 NZWPW featured on the television show ‘Good Morning’ which is a nationally seen show on TV One to promote Powerplay V with all profits being donated to the Te Omanga Hospice. It continued on its charity work in 2009 when it ran a show to raise funds for the Movember foundation. NZWPW also co-promoted a show with the Australasian Wrestling Federation featuring Raven. In 2009 Chris Masters featured at Powerplay VI, making numerous television appearances to promote the event including ‘Good Morning’ and ’20\/20′.Martial arts[edit]Thanks to Martin Stirling’s martial arts background, NZWPW made much of its links with New Zealand’s martial arts scene. Many of their early shows featured demonstrations of fighting styles such as karate and kickboxing.[7] Shows have also been co-promoted with major Sumo events such as the 2005 Oceania Sumo Championships[8] and the 2006 New Zealand Open Sumo Championships.[9]Also in 2006, NZWPW co-sponsored sumo wrestlers Sio Sakaria and Mark Tanu to attend the Junior World Championships in Estonia, where they won silver and bronze medals respectively.[10]In 2009 NZWPW wrestlers Travis Banks and Tykade both won gold medals at the Oceania Sumo championships in Australia.[11][12]This was backed up in 2010 when numerous NZWPW wrestlers took part in the Oceania Sumo Championships (this time held in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand). With Tykade once again taking out the open and heavyweight divisions, Rufguts and Ben Mana were also in the medals in the heavyweight and open divisions.Travis Banks, Tykade and Rufguts went on to compete at the World Combat Games in China in August 2010.Triangle TV[edit]Invasion[edit]New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling Invasion previously aired on Triangle TV & Stratos.[13] The show debuted on 21 August 2008[14] at 11pm.[15] Invasion includes touring of NZWPW and was officially kicked off on 16 August in Wainuiomata and occasionally, Upper Hutt. The show ended prior to the New Year of 2009.Championships[edit]Current Champions[edit]ChampionshipChampion(s)Date wonDays heldLocationEventPrevious ChampionNZWPW Heavyweight ChampionshipBryant14 September 20181,676EpuniFriday Night Live Pro WrestlingWayne La PerfeccionNZWPW Tag Team ChampionshipThe Wainui Express(Hayden and Jade Priest)20 July 20181,732EpuniFriday Night Live Pro WrestlingVacantHe Toa Cup“The Spartan” Sam Black15 June 20181,767EpuniFriday Night Live Pro WrestlingCam Owens The ThirdNZWPW Heavyweight Championship[edit]The NZWPW Heavyweight Championship was the top professional wrestling championship title in the New Zealand promotion New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling (NZWPW). It was the original super heavyweight title of Wellington Pro Wrestling and introduced as the WPW Super Heavyweight Championship on 3 December 2004. The inaugural champion was Ruamoko, who defeated Les Barrett in a tournament final in Lower Hutt, New Zealand on 25 April 1992. The title became vacant when Ruamoko suffered an injury in early-2005 and, after the promotion became New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling, it was replaced by the current heavyweight championship first won by Island Boy Si on 25 March 2005.NZWPW Tag Team Championship[edit]The NZWPW Tag Team Championship was the top professional wrestling tag team championship title in the New Zealand promotion New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling. The title was first won by The Superlatives (Jean Miracle and Nick Silver), who won a tournament final at Power Play IV in Lower Hutt, New Zealand to win the titles on 14 April 2007. It was the first title of its kind to be established by a major promotion since the NWA Australasian Tag Team Championship during the early 1980s and was the oldest active tag team championship in New Zealand.He Toa Cup[edit]He Toa CupThe final He Toa Cup holder, “The Spartan” Sam BlackPromotionNew Zealand Wide Pro WrestlingDate established10 December 2011Date retired17 November 2018First champion(s)Ben ManaFinal champion(s)“The Spartan” Sam BlackMost reignsChad Howard & Axl (2)Longest reignAxl (595 days)Shortest reignDream Catcher (35 days)The He Toa Cup was the secondary singles professional wrestling championship in the New Zealand promotion New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling. The cup was first won by Ben Mana on 10 December 2011 in Petone, New Zealand. From 2011 \u2013 2013, the cup was defended at every NZWPW show held in the He Toa Gym in Petone. The final champion was “The Spartan” Sam Black, who was in his first reign.Title history[edit]KeyNo.Overall reign numberReignReign number for the specific championDaysNumber of days heldNo.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.DateEventLocationReignDays1Ben Mana10 December 2011Final Countdown (2011)Petone1120Ben Mana became the first He Toa Cup champion[16]2Jakob Cross8 April 2012Bringing Down The HousePetone1257[16]3JC Star21 December 2012Bringing Down The HousePetone198[16]4Dream Catcher29 March 2013Bringing Down The HousePetone135[16]5Chad Howard3 May 2013Bringing Down The HousePetone1168[16]\u2014VacatedN\/ARight 2 Challenge (2013)Otaki\u2014\u2014Chad Howard exchanged the cup for a match against Ben Mana for the NZWPW Championship[17]6Mikey28 February 2014Bringing Down The HousePetone1119[18]7Mr Silver27 June 2014Beat Down (2014)Petone185[19]8Axl20 September 2014Road to Rescue (2014)Waikanae1167Axl defeated Mr Silver in a Loser Wears a Dress match[20]9Chad Howard6 March 2015Bringing Down The House \u2013 End of an EraPetone2204Chad Howard won a He Toa Cup Rumble[21]10Jade Priest26 September 2015Live Pro Wrestling \u2013 Featuring A Cosplay ContestWainuiomata1181[22]11Axl25 March 2016NZWPW Returns To MastertonMasterton2595[23]12Kartik10 November 2017Powerplay 2017Epuni1140Kartik won a Battle Royale for the He Toa Cup[24]13Cam Owens The Third30 March 2018Friday Night Live Pro WrestlingNgaio177Cam Owens The Third won a Royal Rumble Match for the He Toa Cup[25]14“The Spartan” Sam Black15 June 2018Friday Night Live Pro WrestlingEpuni1155[26]List of combined reigns[edit]RankChampionNo. of reignsCombined days1Axl27622Chad Howard23723Jakob Cross12574Jade Priest11815“The Spartan” Sam Black11556Kartik11407Ben Mana11208Mikey11199JC Star19810Mr Silver18511Cam Owens The Third17712Dream Catcher135Adam AvalancheAxlAmy St. ClereBen ManaBryantCDChad HowardChromeCorey DallasCreedD-HoyaDan StirlingFred The GreatGI JayGoldH-FlameHarry PetersHayden ThieleInfernoIsland Boy SiIvan DragunovJakob CrossJade PriestJames ShawJay MarshallJC StarJean MiracleJimmy SparxJohnny IdolJonnie JuiceLes BarrettLolly LaneMatt RyderMacBethMatarikiMax Damage  Former NZWPW Heavyweight Champion, Axl and final champion, BryantMikey RaveMistyMr SilverNOSOsirisPaul SayersRoddy GunnRuamokoSandstormScarlettScravengeSilky LoveSkull KidSonya MeyersStellar HammerTankThe NerdThe PunisherThe RamShane SinclairThorTravis BanksTykadeUmlautX-RatedNon-Wrestling Personnel[edit]Chris Ferguson (Referee)Damian Skyfire (Referee)Danny Sol (Referee)Martin Stirling (Owner)Phil Woodgate (Chief Wrestling Officer)Rehua (Commentator)Roneel Kumar (Commentator)Powerplay history[edit]Powerplay was NZWPW’s biggest and longest running event. A Powerplay event had been held almost every year of the promotion’s existence.Powerplay (2004)[edit]No.ResultsStipulations1Les “The Slammer” Barrett defeated ChromeSingles match2H-Flame defeated “Silencer” Jean MiracleSingles match3The Ram defeated Creed by disqualificationSingles match4Gold & Dal Knox defeated Inferno & Jonnie JuiceTag team match5X-Rated defeated D-Hoya (c)Singles match for the WPW Catchweight Championship6Jonnie Juice defeated Les “The Slammer” Barrett, Blade, Chrome, Creed, D-Hoya, AJ Freely, Gold, H-Flame, Inferno, Dal Knox, “Silencer” Jean Miracle & The Ram13-man Crusade match(c) \u2013 refers to the champion(s) heading into the matchPowerplay II[edit]No.ResultsStipulations1The Ram defeated “The Hype” Bobby CoolSingles match2X-Rated defeated Dan “The Man” StirlingSingles match3Island Boy Si defeated Max “The Axe” DamageNZWPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final4Ivan Dragunov vs. The Rookie ended in a drawSingles match5The Punisher defeated Harvey DollarsNZWPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final6Inferno & H-Flame defeated Jonnie Juice & “Silencer” Jean MiracleTag team match7D-Hoya (c) defeated NOSSingles match for the NZWPW Catchweight Championship8Island Boy Si defeated The PunisherNZWPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship Tournament Final(c) \u2013 refers to the champion(s) heading into the matchPowerplay III[edit]No.ResultsStipulations1“Shining” Nick Silver vs. Dan Stirling ended in a drawSingles match2Chrome defeated AnarchySingles match3Adam Avalanche defeated CD & Jimmy SparxTriple threat match4The Ram defeated InfernoSingles match to determine the Number 1 Contender to the NZWPW New Zealand Championship5TNT defeated Angel of DestructionSingles match6D-Hoya defeated Jonnie Juice (c)Singles match for the NZWPW New Zealand Championship7“Silencer” Jean Miracle & Max Damage def. H-Flame & NOSTag team match(c) \u2013 refers to the champion(s) heading into the matchPowerplay 6[edit]No.ResultsStipulations1El Montana defeated AxlSingles match2The Nerd defeated Travis BanksSingles match3MacBeth & Misty defeated Carmella Caprice & MatarikiTag team match4Ben Mana & Tykade defeated The Circus of Tragedy (Osiris & Phil Woodgate) (c)Tag team match for the NZWPW Tag Team Championship5CD defeated Dan StirlingSingles match6D-Hoya (c) defeated JC StarSingles match for the NZWPW Heavyweight Championship7Chris Masters defeated Adam Avalanche and RufgutsTriple threat match(c) \u2013 refers to the champion(s) heading into the matchPowerplay VII[edit]No.ResultsStipulations1G.I. Jay defeated Fred The GreatSingles match2Thor defeated Axl, Mikey Rave & The NerdFour way match3Red Dragon def. Kid MystiqueSingles match4“Shining” Nick Silver defeated Travis BanksLance Storm Tournament Final5Corey Dallas vs. JC Star ended in a drawSingles match6Jon E. King & “The One” Vinny Dunn defeated Corey Dallas & JC StarTag team match7Ben Mana defeated Adam AvalancheSingles match8Chi-Tah defeated Misty, Carmella Caprice & Stella HammerFour way match9Chad Howard defeated Johnny IdolHair vs. Mask Match10Tykade defeated Rufguts (c)Singles match for the NZWPW New Zealand Championship(c) \u2013 refers to the champion(s) heading into the matchPowerplay XI[edit]No.ResultsStipulations1The Wainui Express (c) defeated Rodeo DriveTag team match for the NZWPW Tag Team Championship2“The Standard Hero” Graham Hughes defeated Kade Morgan 3GSingles match3Franke Quinn defeated Scarlett (c)Singles match for the KPW Women’s Championship4Charlie Roberts defeated Shane SinclairSingles match. Hughes Academy Champion vs. KPW Champion5Misty (c) defeated Krystal KayneSingles match for the Hughes Academy Women’s Championship6Team Warriors (Ben Mana, Paul Sayers, Hayden Thiele, Jade Priest & Mr. Silver defeated Team Nobodies Drive (Bryant, Chad Howard, Axl, XXX-Rated & “Dreamcatcher” Phil Woodgate)5 on 5 elimination tag team match(c) \u2013 refers to the champion(s) heading into the match5 on 5 Elimination Tag Team mtch[edit]EliminationWrestlerEliminated by1BryantDisqualification2Ben ManaCountout2AxlCountout3Mr. SilverPinfall4Jade PriestPinfall5Hayden ThielePinfall6Chad HowardPinfall6XXX-RatedPinfall6“Dreamcatcher” Phil WoodgateSubmissionSurvivor(s):Paul SayersPowerplay 2017[edit]No.ResultsStipulations1Cam Owens the Third defeated Sam BlackSingles match2Shane Sinclair defeated “Rufguts” Roddy Gunn via DisqualificationStirling Rules match3Wayne la Perfeccion defeated Paul SayersSingles match4Katrik defeated Bryant, Misty, Umlaut, Jay Marshal, Axl (c), Robbo “The Aussie Dreamboat” Smith, and “The Standard Hero” Graham HughesBattle Royale for the He Toa Cup5Jade Priest defeated “Thunderbird” Daniel MartinsSingles match6Charlie Roberts defeated Chad Howard (c)Singles match for the NZWPW Heavyweight Championship7Axl defeated Charlie Roberts (c)Singles match for the NZWPW Heavyweight Championship(c) \u2013 refers to the champion(s) heading into the matchSee also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/new-zealand-wide-pro-wrestling\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling"}}]}]