row founded 2005 style sports entertainment headquarters houston texas 1 founder s booker t owner s booker t sharmell 2 formerly pro wrestling alliance website http www.realityofwrestling.com reality of wrestling row is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in houston texas . it was established as pro wrestling alliance pwa in 2005 by wwe hall of famer booker t. contents 1 history 1.1 pro wrestling alliance 1.2 reality of wrestling 2 current champions 3 references 4 external links history edit pro wrestling alliance edit the pro wrestling alliance s first show was held in december 2006 . owner booker t has stated that the promotion was opened with the intent to give professional wrestlers the opportunity to properly train as well as to keep the legacy of paul boesch s houston wrestling alive . 2 1 the money made at shows is donated to the booker t. fights for kids foundation which helps kids stay off the streets and shows them the benefits of a better life . 3 monthly events were held at the pasadena convention center in pasadena texas and later at the clear lake recreation sports center in clear lake texas . in december 2007 rob van dam wrestled his first match after leaving wwe against booker t for the pwa and the match is included on the dvd the best of rvd tv vol 1 dvd in the extras . 4 reality of wrestling edit on march 9 2012 after seven years as the pro wrestling alliance the promotion was re launched as reality of wrestling row . 1 the name change was a spontaneous decision of booker t. 2 in december 2013 the promotion almost closed with christmas chaos planned as the last show . 2 however last minute investors and partners helped the promotion continue to run . 2 the promotion produces a weekly youtube show with tapings taking place once monthly at their live events in clear lake . row later launched a local television program in houston texas that originally aired on kube tv channel 57 and currently airs on sunday mornings on kiah tv channel 39 . 2 in february 2014 row partnered with the soul of the south network to air the show in 20 cities . 2 they aired their first internet pay per view in july 2014 . 2 the promotion also includes a school that has a two year training program for beginning professional wrestlers as opposed to the more traditional three and six month programs at other schools . 5 current champions edit championship current champion s date won days won from notes row heavyweight championship evan snow august 20th 2016 56 j.j. blake in a number 1 contenders match for the title at summer of champions 3 row tag team championship ryan davidson & alex reigns october 8th 2016 6 bartek and cameron cole live event texas city texas row television championship rex andrews 2 february 27th 2016 231 bryan keith ippv row diamonds championship kylie rae march 19th 2016 210 ivory robin ippv references edit a b c damante mike 2013 03 26 . booker t brings reality of wrestling to houston suburb . the houston chronicle . retrieved 2015 04 26 . a b c d e f g h pendergest sean 2014 04 02 . booker t s reality of wrestling gets a second chance just as he did . houston press . retrieved 2015 04 27 . eck kevin 2007 06 21 . q & a with king booker . the baltimore sun . retrieved 2015 04 26 . ward marshall 2009 09 17 . get your van dam fill through rvd tv . slam wrestling . retrieved 2015 04 26 . ryan nathan 2014 07 04 . world wrestling entertainment on the hunt for more australian talent . fox sports . retrieved 2015 04 26 . external links edit row homepage v t e professional wrestling in the united states active promotions national promotions ring of honor total nonstop action wrestling wwe notable programs impact wrestling lucha underground ring of honor wrestling wwe nxt wwe raw wwe smackdown notable independent promotions and wrestling territories all american wrestling all pro wrestling championship wrestling from hollywood chaotic wrestling chikara combat zone wrestling cwf mid atlantic 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