The Prairie Wrestling Alliance (PWA, formerly Prairie Wrestling Association) is an independent wrestling promotion based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, since 2001. The PWA is co-owned, operated, and promoted by Kurt Sorochan.

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is a former booker with the promotion.

History

The PWA was established in March 2001 by

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, and Hercules Ayala. Their first shows were outside of Edmonton due to the difficulty of getting a promoter's license. Their first show in Edmonton drew over 700 people. In 2003, they put on monthly events, which got mostly good reviews. The following year in 2004, however, they put on fewer shows due to scheduling conflicts. The company relaunched its shows in October 2004 with Night of Champions. The PWA currently runs shows monthly in Edmonton, AB at the Northgate Lions Senior Recreation Center & Calgary, AB at the Century Casino. On January 20, 2014, the PWA announced that they would start running shows in Red Deer, AB on May 22, 2014. On May 31, 2014 the PWA ran its first show in Lloydminster Sask/Ab.

Roster

Current Active Roster

*Michael Allen Richard Clark (PWA Champion) *Shaun Moore *"The Thickness" Reid Matthews (PWA Mayhem Champion) * * *Brandon Van Danielson *"God's Gift to Wrestling" Michael Richard Blais *Jack Pride *"The Omen" Gabriel Lestat *Mephisto *Sheik Akbar Shabaz *Chris Steele *Kenneth Anthony *Jeff Tyler *Bobby Sharp *Kenny Stryker (PWA Tag Team Champion) *Aiden Adams (PWA Tag Team Champion) *Colton Kelly *"Kid Chocolate" Mo Jabari *Nightmare *The Titan *"Spaceman" Beri Grayson *Maxton Flexwell *El Asesino

Women

*Kat Von Heez *Zoë Sager *Gigi Ray *Taryn from Accounting

Managers

*Dr. Kyoto - Millennial Rebels *Thaddeus Archer III - M.A.R.C & Andy Anderson

Factions

* *The Western Lions: Michael Richard Blais/Brandon Van Danielson *The Millennial Rebels: Kenneth Anthony/Colton Kelly/Dr. Kyoto *The Above Average Joes: Kenny Stryker/Aiden Adams/Zoë Sager

Staff

Referees

*Michael "The Fitz" Fitzpatrick *Robert Young *Gregory Thomas

Announcers

*What About Ivan *Big Bad Boris

Commissioners

*Edmonton: Thaddeus Archer III *Calgary: Duke Durrango

Alumni

Male wrestlers

* Abdullah the Butcher *

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* Bushwacker Luke *

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* Christian Cage * Johnny Devine * Devon * Mick Foley * Teddy Hart *

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* Frankie Kazarian * Jay Lethal * Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart * Samoa Joe * Tiger Singh(Jinder Mahal) * Harry Smith * Al Snow * A.J. Styles * TJ Wilson * Apoc *

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* Ravenous Randy *

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* Brett Morgan *

Female wrestlers

Nattie Neidhart Natalie Katherine Neidhart-Wilson (born May 27, 1982) is a Canadian-American professional wrestler and columnist. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Natalya. She is a two-time women's ...

* Velvet Sky * Angelina Love * Maria Kanellis *

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* KC Cassidy *

Krysta Lynn Scott Krista Hanakowski (born August 25, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler, known by her ring name Krysta Lynn Scott, who has competed both in Canada and the United States having worked for All-Star Wrestling, Grand Prix Wrestling, Extreme Canad ...

* Rachael Ellering * Gisele Shaw

PWA Hall of Fame

The PWA Hall of Fame is a professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the Prairie Wrestling Alliance. It was established in 2008 to honor select wrestling personalities, mostly alumni of the Edmonton-based promotion. The induction ceremony for the Class of 2008, the inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame, took place at the PWA's "Night of Champions VI" held at the NAIT Gymnasium on June 20, 2008. Duke Durango, a longtime "journeyman" wrestler and former PWA Champion, led the class, which included Stampede Wrestling mainstays Hercules Ayala, The Cuban Assassin, The Great Gama and

Gerry Morrow Gerard Etifier (born September 10, 1949), better known by his ring name as Gerry Morrow, is a Martinique-born Canadian professional wrestler. He is the brother of Eddie Morrow. Championships and accomplishments *Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling ** ...

. * – Entries without a birth name indicates that the inductee did not perform under a

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. * – This section mainly lists the major accomplishments of each inductee in the promotion.

Current champions

References

External links

PWA Official Website
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