Owner(s) Tamera Halbeisen Headquarters Denver | Website IWF Promotions.com Founded 2001 | |
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Style Professional wrestling, Sports entertainment, Lucha Libre Founder(s) Tamera Halbeisen, Larry Shelton, Alan Carnill | ||
IWF Promotions is an independent professional wrestling company based in Denver, Colorado that was founded in 2001 by Tamera Halbeisen. IWF is the only known wrestling company in the United States that is owned by a Hispanic Woman. Showcasing two styles of professional wrestling including American professional wrestling and the Mexican style; Lucha Libre with over 25 high-impact live events yearly in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area.
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History
IWF Promotions was started July 14, 2001 by Tamera Halbeisen, Larry Shelton and Alan Carnill. Hosting shows with a Rock and Wrestling theme, booking local bands and independent professional wrestling at events held at the Gothic Theater in Denver, Colorado. Continuing to cross promote independent wrestling IWF joined with Knockout Events, a regional Toughman organization throughout 2002 and 2003 and then again in 2005.
Beginning in 2003 a series of semi-monthly events were held at the Sheridan Recreation Center, Sheridan, Colorado. Professional wrestlers involved in these events included The Honky Tonk Man, Superfly Jimmy Snuka, Beautiful Bobby Dean, Kato, Beetlejuice (Alan Carnill), breaking ground for many independent wrestlers such as Prodigee & Shocktherapy.
January 25, 2004 Co-Founder Alan Carnill was killed after he was thrown from a car in which he was a passenger. The car went out of control on an icy bridge before flipping over outside Hays, Kansas on his way back home to Colorado after working a wrestling show the night before in Hoisington, Kansas. The other passengers in the car include Larry Shelton, Carrie Mathews, Joseph McDougal and Gerald Krueger.
IWF continued to run semi-monthly events in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area, as well in the rocky mountain region including Gillette, Wyoming, Pueblo and Fairplay, Colorado until closing in January 2005.
After a year and a half hiatus IWF resumed operations as IWF Premier Pro Wrestling by booking monthly wrestling shows and opened The Butcher Shop, a professional wrestling training gym located in Commerce City, Colorado. IWF Promotions currently runs monthly wrestling shows under IWF Premier, IWF Lucha Libre & Primos Hardcore & Wrestling throughout the metro Denver, Colorado area.
IWF Promotions was sold to the man FORMERLY KNOWN AS Joseph McDougal, now he is #IAmThePROVIDER, #JOEYSEXTINCT...in August 2011 and he runs it exclusively under the Primos Hardcore & Wrestling name, Joseph also runs and has maintained the Butcher Shop Pro Wrestling Gym in Commerce City.
The Butcher Shop
The Butcher Shop trains both American or Sports Entertainment and Lucha Libre style wrestlers. Guest trainers have included Dennis Condrey, Jerry Lynn, Big Van Vader (Leon White), Mad Man Pondo (Kevin Canady), and Colt Cabana (Scott Colton). The Butcher Shop is located at 6810 E 53rd Pl in Commerce City, Colorado.
Publicity
In 2008 the Butcher Shop was featured by the Westword Newspaper.
The Greeley Tribune featured High Flying Wrestling action at the Fiesta
IWF was featured in the Independent film Faces and Heels: A Real Look at Independent Wrestling [1] by Daniel R. Beehler