All Pro Wrestling is an American

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and training school, based in Hayward,

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. The company was founded by Roland Alexander and managed by him until his death on November 5, 2013. It is located 45 miles southeast of

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, 15 miles south of

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, and 35 miles north of San Jose.

History

All Pro Wrestling opened in 1991 under the name, "Pacific Coast Sports". The school and its "Gym Wars" events maintained a strong local following throughout the 1990s, but it wasn't until professional wrestling's

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that APW gained national notoriety. In 1999, All Pro Wrestling (APW) was featured as part of the documentary film, ''

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''. Roland Alexander, along with wrestlers Tony Jones and

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appeared, as they were having a tryout match with the

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. The spot in the film was said to have tremendously boosted the school's "Boot Camp" sign ups. APW suffered a wrongful death lawsuit to the family of APW Boot Camp trainee, Brian Ong. On May 28, 2001, Ong was training with fellow trainee Dalip Singh, despite suffering from an earlier

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. Singh delivered a flapjack to Ong twice, with his head striking the mat and worsening his concussion. He was pronounced dead on arrival to a local hospital. Ong's family

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APW for reckless behavior. The case was filed in September 2002, and the trial was underway on June 10, 2005. After a three-week trial, on July 12, the jury voted unanimously in favor of the Ong family. APW was forced to pay $1.3 million to the Ong family. After a dispute with Roland Alexander in 2002, most of the APW roster, including trainers Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan, and Frank Murdoch left the company to start a training facility known as the Pro Wrestling IRON Tetsu Academy (now defunct). In April 2008, booker and promoter Gabriel Ramirez left the company to start his own promotion, Pro Wrestling Revolution. Former wrestling manager John LaRocca took over as head booker for the company. In October 2005, future

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(using the ring name Rebecca Knox) appeared at the APW affiliated promotion

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III. In December 2009, APW began televising taped shows ''All Pro Wrestling Gym Wars'' on Saturday mornings on Channel 50 /

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199 in the

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. On December 14, 2011, All Pro Wrestling and Vendetta Pro Wrestling announced the Vendetta Pro Tag Team Titles will now be booked in All Pro Wrestling as well. The title was renamed the APW-Vendetta Pro "Unified" Tag Team Championship and be defended on Vendetta Pro and APW events. At that time "Dos Perfectos" (Greg Hernandez and Jesse Jimenez) were the Vendetta Pro Tag Team Champions and were crowned the first APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team Champions. Alexander died on November 5, 2013, following heart and diabetes issues, aged 59. The company is now run by head booker Markus Mac and is currently holding events at the Bayshore Community Center in Daly City, CA. After the closing of the APW Garage head trainer Jeckles opened his own school, the Puppet Masters Dojo, in Hayward, CA.https://www.facebook.com/ALLPRODOJO

Roster

Wrestlers

Managers and valets

* Markus Mac * Caesar Black * Brian Zane * Lucian D. Light * Buddy Sotello(Master of the contract. attorney to George Steinbrenner, Woody Allen, Leona Helmsley and Donald Trump managed Vinnie Massaro and Bison Smith.

Staff

* Markus Mac * Sparkey Ballard * Shane Mai

APW Championships/Accomplishments

Current championships

APW Junior Heavyweight Championship

Reigns

Defunct Championships

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, May 3, 2005 , Fall 2005 , - , APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team Championship , Ochoa Joshua Champions 2011 WWE ,

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, October 26, 2013 , January 2014

Tournaments/Special events

* List of All Pro Wrestling tournaments

References

External links

All Pro Wrestling official website

All Pro Wrestling Youtube Channel

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