WWNLive

World Wrestling Network
Acronym WWNLive
Founded 2001
Headquarters United States
Founder(s) Gabe Sapolsky Sal Hamaoui
Owner(s) Gabe Sapolsky
Website http://www.wwnlive.com/

The World Wrestling Network (WWNLive) is a professional wrestling governing body in the United States.[1][2][3][4]

History

In early 2010, Sapolsky co-founded Evolve Wrestling along with WWN COO Sal Hamaoui. EVOLVE started out with the idea of featuring the upcoming wrestlers that weren't in DGUSA. Since that time, Sapolsky has honed his booking style. August of 2014 saw a relaunch of EVOLVE, which has established a unique identity with the top talent going today.

EVOLVE and Dragon Gate USA are both under the parent company of WWN. In 2011, WWN launched its own groundbreaking live iPPV streaming service, www.WWNLive.com. Sapolsky helped market and produce content for WWNLive.com.

2014 saw WWN hold its first "Supershows" with a historic two week tour of China. The first WWN Supershow in the United States also took place in 2014. The idea behind the WWN Supershow is to combine title matches and talent from all the WWN brands as well as special guest attractions.

Dragon Gate USA held its last event in 2014 and is currently dormant. Sapolsky is now the Vice President Of Talent Relations, Creative and Marketing of WWN with his main concentration on EVOLVE and WWN Supershows. Sapolsky also helps market the other WWN brands, including Full Impact Pro and SHINE, an all women's promotion.

In November 2014, Evolve, along with Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA), Full Impact Pro (FIP) and Shine Wrestling, all under the WWNLive banner, held a tour of China.[5] The following month, WWNLive announced a long-term deal with Great-Wall International Sports Management for regular tours of Asia, starting in the spring of 2015.[6]

In 2015, WWNLive opened a training facility in Trinity, Florida named "World Wrestling Network Academy", which Evolve shares with DGUSA, FIP and Shine.[7]

On June 10, 2015, rumors began to make the rounds that WWE were in talks with Evolve, either for a deal between Evolve and WWE's developmental system, NXT, or a potential buyout of the company. The rumors, specifically about a deal between Evolve & NXT, were later confirmed when NXT superstar Sami Zayn was scheduled for a special appearance in the 49th and 50th edition of Evolve.

Members

World Wrestling Network currently has members in the United States, Canada, England and Australia.[8]

Promotions

Promotion Representative State Years
Dragon Gate USA Gabe Sapolsky Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2009-2015
(Defunct)
Evolve Wrestling Gabe Sapolsky Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2010-present
Full Impact Pro Sal Hamaoui Largo, Florida 2003-present
Shine Wrestling Dave Prazak Ybor City, Florida 2012-present

Championships and accomplishments

Current champions

Championship Champion(s) Previous Date Won Location
Evolve Championship Timothy Thatcher Drew Galloway July 10, 2015 Tampa, Florida
Evolve Tag Team Championship Catch Point
(Drew Gulak and Tracy Williams)		 Drew Galloway and Johnny Gargano April 2, 2016 Dallas, Texas
Championship Champion(s) Defeated Date Won Location Event
FIP World Heavyweight Championship Caleb Konley Rich Swann July 3, 2015 Tampa, Florida Declaration of Independence 2015[9]
FIP Tag Team Championship The Hooligans (Devin Cutter and Mason Cutter) Savages (Eddie Graves and Teddy Stigma) August 7, 2015 Tampa, Florida Heatstroke[10]
FIP Florida Heritage Championship Maxwell Chicago Chasyn Rance February 20, 2015 Tampa, Florida Ascension 2015[11]
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Previous champion(s)
Shine Championship Taylor Made 1 December 11, 2015 Santana Garrett
Shine Tag Team Championship Better Than You
( Jayme Jameson and Marti Belle )		 1 (1) (!) December 11, 2015 The Kimber Bombs
(Cherry Bomb & Kimber Lee)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Keith Harris (11 June 2015). "WWE in negotiations with WWNLive for loose affiliation, is it linked to heat with Ring of Honor?". Cageside Seats.
  2. ↑ "PWTorch.com - DEVELOPING STORY: Update on WWE and WWNLive working together after WWE personnel attend EVOLVE show".
  3. ↑ Nick Paglino (15 October 2015). "EVOLVE Talent Featured on WWE Website, WWN Live Issues Statement on WWE Relationship". Wrestlezone.
  4. ↑ http://www.wwnlive.com/about.html
  5. ↑ Johnson, Mike (2014-09-19). "Evolve heading to China (no, really)". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-09-19. WWNLive, the parent company of Evolve, Shine, FIP and Dragon Gate USA.
  6. ↑ Caldwell, James (2014-12-03). "Newswire: WWNLive announces long-term China plan, Ross talks importance of Tokyo Dome, New Japan's subscription goals, latest World Tag League standings, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  7. ↑ Caldwell, James (2015-02-19). "WWNLive news: Official new training facility announced". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  8. ↑ "pwipro-2014". pwipro-2014.
  9. ↑ Trionfo, Richard (2015-07-04). "FIP Declaration of Independence report: Swann versus Konley for the world title, Savages versus Solow and Cade for the tag titles, ladder match, and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  10. ↑ "SHOW RESULTS - 8/7 FIP in Ybor City, Fla.: New tag champs, Caleb Konley defends FIP Hvt. Title, So Cal Val, Trina, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. August 7, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  11. ↑ "FIP Florida Heritage Championship". Cage Match. Retrieved March 20, 2016.

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