History
IPWA was founded in late 2001 by Gery Roif and ran a few exhibition matches on national TV before holding the initial Summer Splash event in summer 2002. 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.
Subsequently, the IPWA gained a fair amount of recognition world wide; 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 August 16, 2012 Tatanka main evented the Wrestling Super Show as he defeated Rabi Swissa to win the IPWA Heavyweight Championship. Two months later the match was shown on Israeli sport channel ONE.
The promotion runs monthly shows in the Central area of Israel in front of small crowds of about 100-150 people; its wrestlers mostly perform in an old school/technical style.
Read more about this topic: Israeli Pro Wrestling Association
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