1 Pro Wrestling
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Acronym | 1PW |
Established | 2005 |
Location | Doncaster |
Founder(s) | Steven Gauntley, Rosie Gauntley |
Owner(s) | Steven Gauntley, Rosie Gauntley |
Parent | 1 Up Games |
1 Pro Wrestling (or 1PW) is an English professional wrestling promotion based in Doncaster. It is run by a leading UK wrestling store, 1 Up Games and chaired by Steven Gauntley.
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[edit] History
1PW was formed at the beginning of 2005, with the aim of becoming Britain's number one wrestling promotion (hence the name). It soon attracted big-name stars such as D'Lo Brown, Matt Hardy and Abyss. Joe Dombrowski and Anthony Kingdom James, then part of the announce team for International Wrestling Cartel, were hired. 1PW announced that its first show was to be held on October 1, 2005 and was to be called '1PW A Twist Of Fate' as a thank you to Matt Hardy for appearing.
More well-known American independent wrestlers signed up to be part of 1PW, such as Low-Ki and Chris Sabin, as well as former WWE/WCW/ECW star Raven. Several UK wrestlers also signed on the dotted line; Jody Fleisch and Jonny Storm to name but two.
All seemed well until, based on fan reaction, World Wrestling Entertainment re-signed Matt Hardy, who subsequently cancelled all his independent wrestling dates. 1PW lost its main draw for the night, (although the promoter insisted to the fans with days to go that Matt Hardy would be appearing even though he knew that Hardy would not) and, with that, a lot of casual fans and the show name (WWE trademarked "Twist Of Fate"). It also left Abyss with no opponent. With mere days to spare, it was announced that The Phenomenal AJ Styles had signed a contract to work the main event at the renamed A Cruel Twist Of Fate. Notably, Styles had agreed to work the show despite having been booked originally for a Ring Of Honor show on the same weekend - the logic being that, whilst the ROH show would not have suffered greatly by Styles' absence, 1PW would benefit hugely from his appearance.
A Cruel Twist Of Fate was a successful debut for 1PW. They announced their next shows, entitled No Turning Back, to be held on January 7, 2006 at the Doncaster Dome and January 8, 2006 at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, England. Five major new superstars were signed to appear on both nights: The Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels, Samoa Joe, Charlie Haas, FMW Legend Masato Tanaka and Sabu. However, the Blackpool show was quickly cancelled due to legal complications with the Winter Gardens, so a second show was added on January 6, 2006, also at the Doncaster Dome. 1PW's increased reputation meant that it sold out the 1600 seat Doncaster Dome [1], as well as 450 Q&A tickets for the Saturday afternoon.
On February 18, 2006 it was announced that 1PW had been given a 4-hour Supercard spot on Sky's The Wrestling Channel in the UK, which aired on April 2, 2006. The Wrestling Channel and 1PW felt the quality of this first show was sub par. This led to the firing of 1PW's production team, Idigicon, and the forming of a working relationship with Mark Sloan to film the events for DVD and TV. However in November 2006 it was announced that due to poor ratings 1PW's TV show would no longer air on The Wrestling Channel.
1PW continued to produce more shows that involved more international talent and were often plagued with last minute card changes due to other wrestlers being recalled to their various promotions. On May 31, 2006, it was confirmed that 1PW would begin a fortnightly two-hour slot at 9pm Fridays on The Wrestling Channel presented by Adam Curtis. The magazine style show, featured a blend of music videos, interviews and wrestling. Curtis would also go on to host 1PW's Radio show, along with Brett Steadman.
During May 2006, at the Know Your Enemy shows a 1PW Tag Title Tournament began that involved the teams of AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels, Team SHAG (Colt Cabana& Darren Burridge), Andy Boy Simmonz & Lance Storm, Jonny Storm & Jody Fleisch, Southern Comfort (Tracy Smothers & Chris Hamrick), Austin Aries & Roderick Strong, The Job Squad (Al Snow & Blue Meanie), and Chad Collyer & Ricky Reyes. The tournament and titles were won by Storm & Fleisch, after they defeated Styles & Daniels in the finals.
Through out the rest of 2006, 1PW continued to produce several shows amongst rumours of financial trouble, hosting a 1 year anniversary show as well as numerous weekend events. A crowning of a 1PW Openweight Champion was also announced for November, at the Fight Club 4 show.
In late 2006 Steve Corino left his position as head booker of 1PW, being replaced by Steven Gauntley and Dean Ayass
[edit] Roster
as of October 14, 2006
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[edit] Tag Teams
- Generation Next: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong
- Jonny Storm & Jody Fleisch
- Abyss & Sterling James Keenan
- Southern Comfort: Tracey Smothers & Chris Hamrick
- The Rottweilers: Homicide & Ricky Reyes
- Team SHAG: Colt Cabana & Darren Burridge
- Pain Inc.: Ruffneck & Joey Hayes
- T2K: Darkside & Wolfgang
- Team Supreme: Jack Storm & Dave Moralez
- EntouRAGE: Ollie Burns & Mark Sloan
- Maximum Head: Dan Head & Maximum Voltage
- Chris Whitton & Kid Richie
[edit] Stables
- Old School X: Steve Corino, Tracy Smothers & Chris Hamrick
- The Chavs: Dan James, Mark Haskins & Harry Mills
- The Damned Nation: Gabriel Grey, Dragon Aisu & Majik
[edit] 1PW Tournaments
1PW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament
- All Or Nothing Night 1 (4/3/06)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
Abyss | |||||||||||||
Darren Burridge | 2:00 | ||||||||||||
Abyss | |||||||||||||
Chris Daniels | 10:56 | ||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels | |||||||||||||
Jerry Lynn | 11:20 | ||||||||||||
Abyss | |||||||||||||
AJ Styles | 13:03 | ||||||||||||
Samoa Joe | |||||||||||||
Austin Aires | 12:55 | ||||||||||||
AJ Styles | |||||||||||||
Samoa Joe | 13:25 | ||||||||||||
AJ Styles | |||||||||||||
Sterling James Keenan | 10:26 |
- Qualifying Rounds
- No Turning Back Night 1 (6/1/06)
- Jerry Lynn beat Petey Williams in 11:13
- SJK beat Ulf Herman in 5:32
- Darren Burridge beat Doug Williams in 9:10
- Abyss beat Sabu in a Survival Of The Sickest match in 11:05
- No Turning Back Night 2, (7/1/06)
- Steve Corino beat Charlie Haas in 9:08
- Chris Daniels beat Low Ki & Elix Skipper in 12:14
- Samoa Joe beat Masato Tanaka in 5:27
- AJ Styles beat Jeff Jarrett in 19:19
1PW Tag Team Title Tournament
- Know Your Enemy Night 1 & 2 (27/5/06 - 28/5/06)
Quarterfinals Night 1 |
Semifinals Night 2 |
Final Night 2 |
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Jonny Storm & Jody Fleisch | |||||||||||||
Austin Aires & Roderick Strong | |||||||||||||
Jonny Storm & Jody Fleisch | |||||||||||||
Southern Comfort | |||||||||||||
Southern Comfort | |||||||||||||
The Job Squad | |||||||||||||
Jonny Storm & Jody Fleisch | |||||||||||||
AJ Styles & Chris Daniels | |||||||||||||
AJ Styles & Chris Daniels | |||||||||||||
Lance Storm & Andy Boy Simmonz | |||||||||||||
AJ Styles & Chris Daniels | |||||||||||||
Team SHAG | |||||||||||||
Team SHAG | |||||||||||||
Ricky Reyes & Chad Collyer |
[edit] 1PW titles
1PW World Heavyweight Championship: Abyss
1PW World Tag Team Championship
- Jonny Storm & Jody Fleisch (1)
- Beat: AJ Styles & Chris Daniels in a tournament final
- Event won at: Know Your Enemy Night Two
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- Title Defences
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- Defeated Team Supreme at Fight Club 2
- Defeated Spud & SJK at Devil's Due
- Drew with TEAM SHAG at Invincible
- TEAM SHAG (1)
- Beat: Jonny Storm & Jody Fleish, and Southern Comfort, in a three way ladder match
- Event won at: 1PW Anniversary Show
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- Title Defences
1PW World Openweight Championship
- Pac (1)
- Won the 20-Man Fight for the Future Rumble Match at Fight Club 4 last eliminating Jonny Storm.
[edit] Events
- All Or Nothing II @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 31 March 2007
- No Turning Back II @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 13 January 2007
- Fight Club V @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 13 January 2007
- Fight Club IV @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 26 November 2006
- First Anniversary Show @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 14 October 2006
- Fight Club III @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 14 October 2006
- Invincible @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 19 August 2006
- Devils Due @ Hull, East Yorkshire 27 July 2006
- Fight Club II @ Barnsley, South Yorkshire 1 July 2006
- Know Your Enemy Night 2 @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 27 May 2006
- Know Your Enemy Night 1 @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 26 May 2006
- Fight Club @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 26 May 2006
- All or Nothing Night 2 @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 5 March 2006
- All or Nothing Night 1 @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 4 March 2006
- No Turning Back Night 2 @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 7 January 2006
- No Turning Back Night 1 @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 6 January 2006
- A Cruel Twist of Fate @ Doncaster, South Yorkshire 1 October 2005