Grand Prix Wrestling
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| Grand Prix Wrestling | |
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| Details | |
| Acronym | GPW |
| Established | 1977; 2001 |
| Location | Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Founder(s) | Emile Dupree |
| Owner(s) | Emile Dupree (1977-1986?; 2001-) Paul Peller (1986-1992?) Mike Zinck (2001) |
| Formerly | Altantic Grand Prix Wrestling (1977-1991) Canadian Championship Wrestling (1992) |
Grand Prix Wrestling is a wrestling promotion run and owned by Emile Duprée. Grand Prix Wrestling is currently run in parts of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia.
[edit] History
Originally known as Altantic Grand Prix Wrestling, the promotion has been around since the early 60's. During the 60's and the 70's AGPW was so popular it became a hit in the Maritimes. AGPW was mostly in Moncton, New Brunswick during Monday nights, Halifax, Nova Scotia during Thursday's, Berwick, Nova Scotia on Saturday evenings and along other small towns in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
Every summer, there were two big titles in challenge, those being: The United States Heavyweight Title and the North American Tag Team Title. Other titles being the European Heavyweight Title and the Maritime Heavyweight Title. The European Heavyweight Title was held more by Killer Karl Krupp than any other superstar and The Maritime Heavyweight Title was held more by Stephen Petitpas. During the Late 80's, The United States Heavyweight Title was changed to the International Heavyweight Title.
AGPW was held during May and September with wrestlers such as: Hubert Gallant, Bobby Kay, Willie Davis, Leo Burke, Stephen Petitpas, Antonio Rico, Great Malumba, Rocky Stone, The Beast and the promoter Emile Duprée as the faces ("good guys"), and the Cuban Assassin, Goldie Rogers, the "Alaskan Bear" Jay York, Chin Lee, David Von Shultz, Bobby Bass, Paul Peller, the Sheik of Arabia, Sweet Daddy Siki, and Red Shadow as the heels ("Bad guys").
[edit] External links
- SLAM! Wrestling: Grand Prix does down by Greg Oliver
- SLAM! Wrestling: Grand Prix stares down newcomer Real Action - The pending fight over The Maritimes by Greg Oliver
- SLAM! Wrestling: Grand Prix a learning environment by Greg Oliver
- SLAM! Wrestling: Grand Prix restarts June 7 in Maritimes by Greg Oliver
- SLAM! Wrestling: Pat Casey's Grand Prix Photo Gallery
- Regional Territories: Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling by Serge Niles
- Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling at Online World of Wrestling
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