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Acronym
  
UPW

Defunct
  
2007

Founder(s)
  
Rick Bassman

Founded
  
1999

Headquarters
  
California

Owner(s)
  
Rick Bassman

Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) was a California-based independent pro wrestling company owned and operated by Rick Bassman, that operated from 1999 to 2007 .

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The company had working relationships with Pro Wrestling Zero1 and World Wrestling Entertainment. It served as a developmental company for WWE, where they would scout wrestlers and send others for training, from 2006 to 2007. Some of the major names to go on to stardom are, John Cena, Samoa Joe, The Miz and Christopher Daniels. The promotion was featured on a Discovery Channel special called Inside Pro Wrestling School.

Notable alumni

  • Melina Perez/Kyra
  • Rick Bassman
  • B-Boy
  • Mike Bell
  • The Blue Meanie
  • Cheerleader Melissa
  • Christian
  • Melissa Coates
  • Steve Corino
  • Christopher Daniels
  • Tommy Dreamer
  • Edge
  • Scott Hall
  • Head Bitch in Charge
  • Jon Heidenreich
  • Molly Holly
  • Horshu
  • Tom Howard
  • Ivory
  • Tony Jones
  • Evan Karagias
  • Al Katrazz
  • Frankie Kazarian
  • Mike Knox
  • Konnan
  • Paul London
  • Scott Lost
  • Jerry Lynn
  • Juventud Guerrera
  • The Miz
  • Michael Modest
  • Donovan Morgan
  • Chris Mordetzky
  • Kevin Nash
  • Nova
  • Sean O'Haire
  • Human Tornado
  • Shinjiro Otani
  • Diamond Dallas Page
  • Chuck Palumbo
  • Adam Pearce
  • Roddy Piper
  • The Prototype
  • Psicosis
  • Daniel Puder
  • Tyler Reks
  • Puma
  • Quicksilver
  • Road Warrior Animal
  • Road Warrior Hawk
  • Ricky Reyes
  • Davey Richards
  • Rikishi
  • Rocky Romero
  • Ruckus
  • Joey Ryan
  • Keiji Sakoda
  • Samoa Joe
  • Scorpio Sky
  • Babi Slymm
  • Ken Shamrock
  • Bison Smith
  • Spanky
  • Jimmy Snuka
  • Solo Snuka
  • Masato Tanaka
  • Sylvester Terkay
  • Rob Van Dam

    • Tag Teams:

  • The Ballard Brothers (Shane and Shannon) and Cheerleader Melissa
  • Los Cubanitos (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero)
  • Edge and Christian
  • Evolution (Frankie Kazarian and Nova)
  • Hardkore Inc. (Adam Pearce, Hardkore Kidd, and Al Katrazz)
  • Kevin Nash and Scott Hall
  • The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)
  • Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire
  • Team Emblem (Keiji Sakoda, Masato Tanaka, and Shinjiro Otani)

    • Championships

  • UPW Heavyweight Championship
  • UPW Lightweight Championship
  • UPW Tag Team Championship
  • UPW Southern California/Shoot Championship
  • UPW No Holds Barred Championship
  • NWA/UPW/Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship

    • UPW Internet Championship

    retired. Upw was bought out by NXT

    UPW Women's Championship

    retired upw was bought out by NXT

    References

    Ultimate Pro Wrestling Wikipedia
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