Israeli Pro Wrestling Association

Israeli Pro Wrestling Association
Acronym IPWA
Founded 2001 (school)
2003 (first professional event)
Defunct 2014 (as a promotion, still active as a school)
Style Technical wrestling
Headquarters Netanya, Israel
Founder(s) Gery Roif
Owner(s) Gery Roif (2001–)
Website IPWA.co.il

Israeli Pro Wrestling Association was an independent wrestling promotion, operating from Israel.

History

IPWA was founded in October 17, 2001 by Gery Roif and ran a few exhibition matches on national TV before holding the initial Summer Splash event in summer 2002.[1] Roif was crowned its first champion after defeating Texas Wrestling Academy graduate Joey "The MOALM" Tylec in a televised match in the summer of 2003.[2]

Subsequently, the IPWA gained a fair amount of recognition worldwide; toward the end of 2003 Total Wrestling magazine started publishing its rankings on monthly basis. Summer Splash 3 in 2004 featured FWA star Aviv Maayan making a one-night appearance to team up with Hawaii Allen and take on Jumping Lee and Yossi The Bull with Joey Tylec finally defeating Gery Roif to win the IPWA title.

In 2005 almost the entire IPWA roster starred in a wrestling/social satire sitcom series "Makkat Medina" ("The Land Under Attack"), gaining further recognition in Israel. Both Kevin Von Erich and Bret Hart visited the crew during taping. In the beginning of 2006, the IPWA Wrestlenovella event was aired on The Wrestling Channel. In June 2009, the promotion had an event that got aired on the local Ego Total channel under the title of Israeli Wrestling. In the summer of 2011 Rabbi Swissa defeated Israel's Survivor reality show winner, Nathan Bashevkin.

On 2011 the promotion ran a series of monthly events, from "Makat shemesh" at June to "Makot besukut" at November.

On August 16, 2012 Tatanka main evented the Wrestling Super Show as he defeated Rabbi Swissa to win the IPWA Heavyweight Championship. Two months later the match was shown on Israeli sport channel ONE.

On April 19, 2014 former two time WWE Cruiserweight champion and two time ECW Tag Team champion, Little Guido defeated Rabbi Swissa in IPWA's traditional Passover Bash which was the last show of the promotion.

Roster

Last known roster

Alumni

IPWA Heavyweight Championship

IPWA Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Israeli Pro Wrestling Association
Date established July 24, 2003

The IPWA Heavyweight Championship is the only professional wrestling championship in the Israeli Pro Wrestling Association promotion. At the end of 2002, Israeli professional wrestler Gery Roif announced a match between himself and Joey "The Moalm" Tylec to determine the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion.

From the IPWA Heavyweight Championship's inception in 2003,[3] until it closed in 2014, were twelve different title holders, combining for sixteen championship reigns.[4] The title was retired in February 2008 when the promotion closed but in May 2009 the title became active once again with the promotion relaunching.

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Gery Roif 2003-07-24 N/A Herzliya, Israel 1 215 Defeated Joey Tylec to become the first champion
2 Nadav Arbel 2004-02-24 N/A Netanya, Israel 1 0 Defeated Gery Roif in the semifinals of a tournament in which the title is on the line in every match that the champion is in
3 Evgeny Lyder 2004-02-24 N/A Netanya, Israel 1 49 Defeated Nadav Arbel in the same tournament's final
4 New York Rosenfeld 2004-04-13 N/A Netanya, Israel 1 0
5 Gery Roif 2004-04-13 N/A Netanya, Israel 2 84
6 Joey Tylec 2004-07-06 N/A Netanya, Israel 1 296
7 Gery Roif 2005-04-28 N/A Netanya, Israel 3 203
8 Omry Balely 2005-11-17 N/A Tel Aviv, Israel 1 103
9 Hawaii Allen 2006-02-08 N/A Tel Aviv, Israel 1 466
— Vacated 2007-06-09 — — — — Hawaii Allen was stripped of the belt
10 Sharon Palty 2007-06-09 N/A Tel Aviv, Israel 1 704 Defeated Yossi The Bull in a tournament final
11 Yossi the Bull 2009-05-13 N/A Tel Aviv, Israel 1 476 Defeated Sharon Palty
— Vacated 2010-09-01 — — — — Yossi the Bull was stripped of the belt in September 2010
12 Rabbi Swissa (Gery Roif) 2011-07-14 N/A Netanya, Israel 4 399 Defeated Lior Libman in the finals of an 8 man tournament
13 Tatanka 2012-08-16 N/A Netanya, Israel 1 7
— Vacated 2012-08-23 — — — — Tatanka was stripped of the title after he couldn't defend it
14 Rabbi Swissa (Gery Roif) 2012-08-23 N/A Netanya, Israel 5 151 Defeated Ken Kerbis in the finals of a ten men Gauntlet match
15 Hellboy 2013-01-21 N/A Tel Aviv, Israel 1 182
— Vacated 2013-07-22 — — — — Hellboy was stripped of the title in July 22, 2013
16 Lior Libman 2013-09-08 N/A Kalya, Israel 1 223
— Deactivated 2014-04-19 — Jerusalem, Israel — — The IPWA ceases promoting events in April 19, 2014

Combined reigns

Rank Champion No. of reigns Combined days
1 Gery Roif/Rabbi Swissa51,052
2 Sharon Palty1704
3 Yossi the Bull1476
4 Hawaii Allen1466
5 Joey Tylec1296
6 Lior Libman1223
7 Hellboy1182
8 Omry Balely1103
9 Evgeny Lyder149
10 Tatanka17
11 New York Rosenfeld10
12 Nadav Arbel10

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/g/gery-roif.php
  2. ↑ "Pro Wrestling / Blue-and-white Style / Welcome to the Haus". Haaretz. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  3. ↑ "Solie's Title Histories: IPWA - ISREALI [sic] PRO WRESTLING ASSOCIATION". www.solie.org. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  4. ↑ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "I.P.W.A. Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
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