international pro wrestling united kingdom international pro wrestling united kingdom s logo acronym ipw uk founded 2004 style professional wrestling sports entertainment headquarters margate united kingdom owner s daniel edler website ipwuk.com international pro wrestling united kingdom ipw uk ipwuk is a british professional wrestling promotion . vince russo is the promotions current executive in power and daniel edler is the majority owner chairman and founder of the company . the company was established in 2004 and currently hold monthly shows across kent and the south east ; notably in tonbridge swanley snodland and selsdon . they also have a pro wrestling training school . contents 1 company history 2 champions 3 british under 23 s championship 3.1 tournament 4 see also 5 references 6 external links company history edit the promotion made its debut in september 2004 with a show called extreme measures at the orpington halls in orpington kent . the show included an iron fist match between jonny storm and pro wrestling guerrilla s super dragon . other memorable early shows for ipw uk would include the best of british series which would see matches to determine the best wrestlers in the uk of a certain class high flyers and heavyweights . the promotion would soon reach a deal with the wrestling channel to broadcast a weekly one hour television show . in august 2006 frontier wrestling alliance allowed ipw uk to participate in its second frontiers of honor show which also involves american promotion ring of honor . this working relationship with fwa would seem to take a turn for the worse when several incidents involving ipw uk using fwa talent when the same talent were scheduled to appear in fwa events and promoting fwa title defences without asking for permission from the fwa management team . however these seemingly legit incidents were worked into an inter promotional feud that would see then ipw uk champion martin stone be stripped of his fwa tag team title siding with ipw uk in preparation to face semi retired fwa star alex shane in a promotion vs. promotion winner takes all match at broxbourne on 16 march 2007 . this was later changed to the orpington halls vs. flash barker on 25 march an event which ipw uk won . in early 2007 ipw uk announced that from october 2007 to september 2008 they would be running a year long 64 person tournament entitled the british national championship . this culminated in a final bout between johnny moss and terry frazier with frazier coming out on top as the winner of the bnc and the new all england champion . in mid 2007 ipw uk were contacted by channel 4 s endemol regarding working with big brother s little brother and former big brother contestant billi lightning bhatti . after successful training days ipw uk were featured heavily on the bblb program and have continued to work with billi ever since featuring him on several of their live events . ipw uk returned to its core values in 2012 with daniel edler in sole control helping to develop new characters for the uk wrestling scene . they now run multiple shows around the country with a home base swanley kent . ipw uk have a training school available at http www.ipwuktraining.com . champions edit championship current champion s 1 date won location previous champion days ipw uk world championship jimmy havoc august 9 2015 tonbridge kent bad bones 432 ipw uk tag team championship the swords of essex paul robinson & scott wainwright august 21 2016 brixton greater london dnd danny duggan and cieran donnelly 54 ipw uk all england championship sammy smooth september 19 2015 tonbridge kent jimmy havoc 391 ipw uk women s championship mickie james october 9 2016 rochester kent tennessee honey 5 british under 23 s championship edit national under 23 s championship information promotion british wrestling united brand s hosted by ipw uk date 18 november 2006 attendance 100 venue drill hall city ware hertfordshire the national british under 23 s championship was an inaugural professional wrestling event hosted by international pro wrestling united kingdom on 18 november 2006 at the drill hall in ware hertfordshire to crown the first ever british under 23 s champion . the event showcased young talent from over 12 united kingdom promotions and though the event was hosted by ipw uk it ran under the british wrestling united bwu banner with the intention for the belt to then be defended on various companies shows around the country for the foreseeable future . several guest matches from promotions took place on the afternoon card before the tournament in the evening where competitors do not need to meet the under 23 age qualifier . results stipulations times 1 william grange c defeated martin kirby and kid richie triple threat guest match for the 3cw young lions championship n a 2 david sharp defeated ashton brown 4fw guest match n a 3 jexodus jekkel and exodus defeated jimmy havoc and zack sabre jr. txw tag team guest match n a 4 aviv maayan defeated ollie burns fwa tournament qualifier guest match n a 5 lt summers subbing for injured champion andy simmonz defeated tom demorey singles match for the ipw uk championship n a 6 el ligero 4fw defeated charlie rage xs w chris recall celtic wrestling and chris stone lpw four way elimination 1 contender match for the british under 23 s championship . n a tournament edit eight wrestlers chosen or qualified from eight separate promotions around the country will face off in a single elimination one night tournament to ultimately crown the first national british under 23 titleholder . quarterfinals semifinals final waw sam slam 21 pin fwa spud 21 waw sam slam pin rqw bubblegum rqw bubblegum 22 1 pin 3cw chris whitton waw sam slam7 pin ipw uk paul robinson fwa a aviv maayan 22 2 ipw uk paul robinson 18 3 pin ipw uk paul robinson pin fwa a aviv maayan6 ldn marty scurll 18 nc5 txw stiro 17 4 1 bubblegum won a 9 man elimination match to qualify as rqw s entrant at rqw summer brawl 2006 on 18 august 2006 . 2 aviv mayaan qualified in an fwa a guest match against ollie burns during the afternoon show . 3 robinson qualified as ipw uk s entrant after defeating aviv maayan at ipw uk s 2nd anniversary on 24 september 2006 . 4 stiro defeated zack sabre jr. to qualify as txw s entrant . 5 match ends in a no contest after interference from aviv maayan and lt summers with both men being taken out of the tournament . 6 aviv mayaan filled the empty semi final spot . 7 sam slam becomes the first british under 23 s champion . see also edit ipw uk roster references edit ipw uk champions . international pro wrestling united kingdom . retrieved 2011 12 06 . external links edit ipw uk website ipw uk training school website v t e professional wrestling in the united kingdom national promotions all star wrestling insane championship wrestling new generation wrestling revolution pro wrestling notable independent promotions dragon gate uk extreme world wrestling frontier 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