Israeli Pro Wrestling Association

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

Israeli Pro Wrestling Association
AcronymIPWA
Founded2001 (school)
2003 (first professional event)
StyleTechnical wrestling
HeadquartersNetanya, Israel
Founder(s)Gery Roif
Owner(s)Gery Roif (2001–)
WebsiteIPWA-WRESTLING.COM

History

IPWA was founded on 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 a 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.

In 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.

In April 2019 however, IPWA returned with an additional Passover Bash event,[3] which featured Jay Lethal against David Starr.[4] Originally, Lethal was scheduled to defend the ROH World Championship against Starr, but Lethal lost the title to Matt Taven in a Three-way ladder match, which included Marty Scurll as well at G1 Supercard event on April 6, 2019.[5][6] The card also featured Gery Roif defending the IPWA Heavyweight Championship against Matt Sydal.[7]

IPWA special events

The IPWA events feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[8]

IPWA Passover Bash
IPWA Passover Bash
PromotionIsraeli Pro Wrestling Association
Date21 April 2019
CityLehavot Haviva
VenueBerale
Attendance200
IPWA chronology
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—		 Next →
IPWA Wrestling Party

On 21 April 2019, IPWA put on their return event, IPWA Passover Bash. It was held at Berale in Lehavot Haviva and drew 200 people.

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Lior Libman defeated Shay BlancoSingles match—
2Max Havok defeated Hadar HorovitzSingles match—
3Yuval Goldshmit defeated The Black Leopard and Idan BoulderTriple threat match—
4Ariel Mor and Landau defeated Tal Bar-On and Idan DaganTag team match—
5Matt Sydal defeated Rabbi Swissa (c)Singles match for the IPWA Heavyweight Championship—
6Jay Lethal defeated David StarrSingles match25:18
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

IPWA Wrestling Party
IPWA Wrestling Party
PromotionIsraeli Pro Wrestling Association
Date26 August 2019
CityLehavot Haviva
VenueBerale
Attendance~80
IPWA chronology
← Previous
IPWA Passover Bash		 Next →
IPWA Cinema City Wrestling

On 26 August 2019, IPWA put on their second return event, IPWA Wrestling Party. It was held at Berale in Lehavot Haviva and drew approximately 80 people.

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Hadar Horovitz and Guy Landau defeated The Leopards (The Black Leopard and The White Leopard)Tag team match15:17
2Idan Boulder defeated Ori Avram (with Amit Magnezi)Singles match6:09
3Yuval Goldshmit defeated Rixon RuasSingles match6:45
4Shay Blanco defeated Lior LibmanNo disqualification match14:14
5Gaya Glass defeated Nadia SapphireSingles match4:55
6Rabbi Swissa defeated Tye CloddSingles match9:47
7Yuval Goldshmit won by last eliminating The Black Leopard21-man Battle royal match to determine the #1 contender to the IPWA Heavyweight Championship30:52
8Matt Sydal (c) defeated Yuval GoldshmitSingles match for the IPWA Heavyweight Championship16:41
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

IPWA at Cinema City
IPWA Cinema City Wrestling
PromotionIsraeli Pro Wrestling Association
Date15 December 2019
CityRamat Hasharon
VenueCinema City
Attendance300
IPWA chronology
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IPWA Wrestling Party		 Next →
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On 15 December 2019, IPWA put on their third return event, IPWA Cinema City Wrestling. It was held at Cinema City in Ramat Hasharon and drew over 300 people.

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Tal Bar On defeated Shay Blanco, Black Leopard, Ori Gold, Amit MagneziFatal five way15:17
2White Leopard defeated Gal BarkaySingles match7:56
3Idan Boulder and Rixon Ruas defeated "Iceman" Ben Rozin and Sharon "Platinum" PaltyTag team match10:10
4Gaya Glass defeated Molly SpartanSingles match6:02
5Darby Allin (c) defeated Rabbi SwissaSingles match for the NEW Heavyweight Championship2:02
6Sammy Guevara defeated Yuval GoldshmitSingles match9:32
7Hadar Horovitz defeated Ken Kerbis[Note 1]Singles match7:25
8Matt Sydal (c) defeated "Bad Ass" Billy GunnSingles match for the IPWA Heavyweight Championship14:31
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
  1. Lior Libman was injured few days before the event and therefore he was unable to compete in the match.

Roster

Last known roster

Alumni

IPWA Heavyweight Championship
IPWA Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionIsraeli Pro Wrestling Association
Date establishedJuly 24, 2003
Current champion(s)Matt Sydal
Date wonApril 21, 2019
Statistics
First champion(s)Gery Roif
Most reignsGery Roif (6 times)
Longest reignMatt Sydal 1,648 days+
Shortest reignNew York Rozenfeld (34 minutes)
Oldest championHawaii Allen (28 years)
Youngest championOmry Balely (16 years)
Heaviest championTatanka (255 lb (116 kg)
Lightest championGery Roif (160 lb (73 kg)

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. The current champion is Matt Sydal, who is in his first reign.

From the IPWA Heavyweight Championship's inception in 2003,[9] there have been thirteen different title holders, combining for eighteen championship reigns.[10]

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 July 24, 2003 N/A Herzliya, Israel 1 215 Roif defeated Joey Tylec to become the inaugural champion.
2 Nadav Arbel February 24, 2004 IPWA Netanya Havoc Netanya, Israel 1 <1 Arbel defeated Gery Roif in the semifinals of a tournament in which the championship was on the line in every match that the champion is in.
3 Evgeny Lyder February 24, 2004 IPWA Netanya Havoc Netanya, Israel 1 49 Defeated Nadav Arbel in the same tournament's final.
4 New York Rosenfeld April 13, 2004 IPWA Passover Bash Netanya, Israel 1 <1
5 Gery Roif April 13, 2004 IPWA Passover Bash Netanya, Israel 2 84
6 Joey Tylec July 6, 2004 IPWA Summersplash Netanya, Israel 1 296
7 Gery Roif April 28, 2005 IPWA Passover Bash Netanya, Israel 3 203 This was a three-way match, also involving Hawaii Allen.
8 Omry Balely November 17, 2005 IPWA 5th Dimension Catch Tel Aviv, Israel 1 103 This was a four-way match, also involving Hawaii Allen and Sharon Palty.
9 Hawaii Allen February 28, 2006 IPWA Holy Land Havoc Tel Aviv, Israel 1 403
— Vacated April 7, 2007 — — — — Hawaii Allen was stripped of the championship.
10 Sharon Palty June 9, 2007 N/A Tel Aviv, Israel 1 704 Palty defeated Yossi The Bull in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
11 Yossi the Bull May 13, 2009 IPWA Israeli Wrestling 2009 Tel Aviv, Israel 1 476
— Vacated September 1, 2010 — — — — Yossi the Bull was stripped of the championship in September 2010.
12 Rabbi Swissa July 14, 2011 IPWA Summersplash Netanya, Israel 4 399 Swissa defeated Lior Libman in the finals of an eight man tournament to win the vacant championship.
13 Tatanka August 16, 2012 IPWA Wrestling Supershow Netanya, Israel 1 7
— Vacated August 23, 2012 — — — — Tatanka was stripped of the championship after he couldn't defend it.
14 Rabbi Swissa August 23, 2012 IPWA Summer Splash Netanya, Israel 5 151 Swissa defeated Ken Kerbis in the finals of a ten-men gauntlet match to win the vacant championship.
15 Hellboy January 21, 2013 IPWA Music and Wrestling Tel Aviv, Israel 1 182
— Vacated July 22, 2013 — — — — Hellboy was stripped of the championship.
16 Lior Libman September 7, 2013 IPWA Wrestling In The Dead Sea Kalya, Israel 1 224 Libman defeated Leonardo to win the vacant championship.
— Deactivated April 19, 2014 — Jerusalem, Israel — — The IPWA ceases promoting events on April 19, 2014.
17 Rabbi Swissa April 1, 2019 N/A Netanya, Israel 6 20
18 Matt Sydal  April 21, 2019 IPWA Passover Bash Lehavot Haviva, Israel 1 1,648+

    Combined reigns
    † Indicates the current champion
    Rank Champion No. of
    reigns    		 Combined
    days
    1 Matt Sydal †11,648+
    2 Gery Roif/Rabbi Swissa61,072
    3 Sharon Palty1704
    4 Yossi the Bull1476
    5 Hawaii Allen1466
    6 Joey Tylec1296
    7 Lior Libman1223
    8 Hellboy1182
    9 Omry Balely1103
    10 Evgeny Lyder149
    11 Tatanka17
    12 Nadav Arbel1<1
    New York Rosenfeld1<1

    See also

    References
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    6. "Wrestler Starr slams Sinclair in politically charged promo, removes it - World News - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
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