Ring Warriors
Founded | 2011 Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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Style |
Sports Entertainment Professional wrestling |
Headquarters | Las Vegas, NV |
Founder(s) |
Howard T. Brody Larry Brannon Paul Jones |
Owner(s) |
Howard T. Brody (co-owner)[1] Larry Brannon (co-owner) Paul Jones |
Formerly | NWA Ring Warriors |
Website | www.ringwarriors.net |
Ring Warriors is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Las Vegas, NV. Ring Warriors was initially a member promotion of the National Wrestling Alliance from its inception in September 2011, but in 2012, Ring Warriors separated from NWA.
History
In the early 1990s Howard Brody was a business partner with the late wrestling great Hiro Matsuda and together they created an Americanized version of New Japan Pro Wrestling's World Pro Wrestling Japanese TV show for U.S. TV called "Ring Warriors. While the goal of Ring Warriors was to eventually create a U.S.-based promotion with the same philosophy and style as what was presented on TV, Matsuda died before that goal was realized. Brody, along with partners Larry Brannon (a.k.a. Vito DeNucci) and Paul Jones intend for this incarnation of Ring Warriors to realize that goal. Howard T. Brody, in 1997 partnered with the now defunct VDO and Webstar (ISP), Scott Crompton and George Zhen broadcasting one of the first video based websites. Shot on location in Tampa Bay, Florida. Howard Body and Scott Crompton shot and produced three one hour episodes with Hosts Bruno Samintino and Sir Oliver Humperdink. With the Internet in such an infancy, technology and bandwidth could not support the endeavor so the broadcast only lasted the three episodes. Unofficially, Ring Warriors was the first television show to be broadcast on the Internet. .[2]
On March 29, 2012, Jim Cornette brought out a mystery opponent, Ring of Honor's Adam Cole, at an NWA Ring Warrior event to challenge then NWA World Heavyweight Champion Adam Pearce.[3]
On May 2013, Ring Warriors announced a restructuring of its organization. Paul Jones, who had been Chief Executive Officer of Ring Warriors, LLC since it was first established in September 2011, was moved to business development advisor for the company and consultant on the Ring Warriors executive board. In addition to his new duties at Ring Warriors, Jones was the Battling Bombshells CEO and President. Also, the managing partners Larry Brannon and Howard T. Brody assumed the roles of COO and CEO respectively and the company also announced it has secured Angel Financing from a private funding group that has offices in South Florida and Las Vegas. The private funding enabled Ring Warriors to begin its long-awaited foray into television production and the company planning its first set of tapings in South Florida in July 2013.[4] On March 20, 2014, Ring Warriors announced an international TV distribution deal with Fighting Spirit.[5] In April 2015, Ring Warriors held a 6-hour TV taping at WPBT-TV Studio. The company planned to broadcast the show in India, Singapore and Thailand.[6] On August 15, 2015, Ring Warriors announced an TV Taping deal at Tampa Letter Carriers Hall in Tampa, Florida. However, the promotion closed in 2016. On June 9, 2018, it was announced Ring Warrioirs would return on August.[7] On July 23, 2018 through their Facebook live; Ring Warriors announced their national television partnership with cable media conglomerate, WGN America
On September 15, 2018, Ring Warriors made its national TV debut, airing on WGN America, with a weekly time slot of Saturday mornings at 8 a.m. Eastern.
Champions
Championship | Current champion(s) | Date won |
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Grand Championship | Vacant | |
Global Tag Team Championship | Vacant | |
Battling Bombshells Championship | Vacant |
Grand Championship
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | Bruce Santee | 1 | March 29, 2012 | ?? | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | NWA Ring Warriors Battle Of The Belts | Santee defeated The Giant Titan to become the inaugural champion.[8] |
Deactivated | 2016 | Promotion ceased operations |
Global Tag Team Championship
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | Wes Brisco & Cassidy Riley | 1 | September 8, 2012 | 168 | Hollywood, Florida | NWA Ring Warriors September Storm | Brisco and Riley defeated The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher) to become the inaugural champion.[9] |
2 | Billy Fives & Scoot Andrews | 1 | February 23, 2013 | 903 | Pembroke Pines, Florida | Ring Warriors February Fury | |
3 | Eddie Rios and Jay Cruz | 1 | August 15, 2015 | ?? | Tampa, Florida | Live event | Rios and Cruz defeated Andrews and Simon Sez |
Deactivated | 2016 | Promotion ceased operations |
Bahamian Championship
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | Chance Prophet | 1 | May 30, 2012 | 494 | Nassau, Bahamas | NWA Ring Warriors Battle In The Bahamas: Invasion Of The Ring Warriors | Prophet defeated The Giant Titan to become the inaugural champion.[10] |
2 | Alex Chamberlain | 1 | October 6, 2013 | 416 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Ring Warriors TV Episode 5 | |
Deactivated | November 26, 2014 | [11] |
Battling Bombshells Championship
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | La Rosa Negra | 1 | July 14, 2012 | 56 | Hollywood, Florida | NWA Ring Warriors Hollywood Heat Wave | Negra defeated Sienna DuVall and Su Yung to become the inaugural champion.[12] |
2 | Sienna DuVall | 1 | September 8, 2012 | 21 | Hollywood, Florida | NWA Ring Warriors September Storm | |
3 | La Rosa Negra | 2 | September 29, 2012 | 910 | Nassau, Bahamas | NWA Ring Warriors Battle In The Bahamas 2: Return Of The Ring Warriors | |
4 | Santana Garrett | 1 | March 28, 2015 | ?? | Lake Worth | Live event | Garrett's NWA Women's Championship was also on the line.[13] |
Deactivated | 2016 | Promotion ceased operations |
See also
References
General
- Rodolfo Roman (9 April 2015). "The Roman Show: Eddie Martinez, David Branch, Nick Newell, Howard Brody". BlogTalkRadio.com (Podcast). The Roman Show. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
Specific
- ↑ https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=119065
- ↑ Jay Cal (18 February 2012). "Howard Brody of NWA Ring Warriors". BlogTalkRadio.com (Podcast). The Alliance Guys Podcast. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ↑ "3/29 NWA Ring Warriors in Florida: ROH wrestler challenges Adam Pearce for the NWA Title, Billy Gunn, The Headbangers, Robbie E, Stevie Richards, Jim Cornette, Jesse Neal, and more". ProWrestling.net. March 29, 2012.
- ↑ Csonka, Larry (May 23, 2013). "Florida Ring Warriors Promotion Announces Restructuring, TV Taping Plans". 411mania.com.
- ↑ Johnson, Mike (March 20, 2014). "RING WARRIORS ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL TV DISTRIBUTION DEAL". PWInsider.com.
- ↑ "PRO WRESTLING: Howard Brody, Ring Warriors on The Roman Show". Miami Herald. April 10, 2015.
- ↑ https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=118004
- ↑ "Ring Warriors Grand Title (Florida)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2012.
- ↑ "Ring Warriors Global Tag Team Title (Florida)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2012.
- ↑ "Bahamas Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
- ↑ Johnson, Mike (November 26, 2014). "RING WARRIORS ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR MATSUDA CUP". PWInsider.com.
- ↑ "Ring Warriors Battling Bombshells Division Title (Florida)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2012.
- ↑ "Ring Warriors". Facebook.com. March 30, 2015.