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A legitimate black belt in tae kwon do, he knocked out IPW wrestler "Handsome" Danny Jacobs with a superkick during the "Eliminator" battle royal. Held on 12 August 2006, at the Lynfield YMCA, McCracken served as IPW's colour commentator at the event.
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Five months later, they participated in the 2006 NZPWI Invitational, a major interpromotional event promoted by .nz founder Dion McCracken, which included New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling, Kiwi Pro Wrestling and Australia's Major Impact Wrestling. Taking its show on the road, IPW hosted New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling at Capital Punishment in Wellington in March 2006. In May 2005, TVNZ's Hadyn Jones conducted an interview with The Economist and The Machine at their Auckland gym. They also had one of the largest rosters with approximately 25 wrestlers in Auckland. Within two years, IPW was holding regular shows not only in Auckland but throughout the country. Chevalier in May 2004, IPW began staging monthly shows in central Auckland. With the acquisition of a new ring and training facilities, IPW was prepared to achieve its first goal of running regular house shows in the Auckland area. National expansion and IPW Ignition (2004–2007) It was at this event that the promotion held its first-ever "Armageddon Cup" supercard with The Economist eliminating Joey Kinkade in an interpromotional battle royal between wrestlers from IPW and New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling. That year, they held their first event outside Auckland appearing at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington for 2003 Armageddon Expo. After a year's worth of fundraising, they were able to purchase a custom-built wrestling ring and a training facility where they began running monthly shows soon after. In 2003, a new promotion was formed by a core group of MPW wrestlers under Cameron "The Economist" Bailey, Chuck "The Machine" Warner and Nick "Daddy Kool" Fergusson who pooled their money to start Impact Pro Wrestling.
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Peter's years of experience proved an invaluable asset to the maturing wrestling of the new breed of New Zealand Professional Wrestler.Įarly years of Impact Pro Wrestling (2003–2004) At this time Peter Lane, a former New Zealand wrestling talent from the 'On the Mat' era, was introduced to the company as a new training figure. The beginning of 2003 saw a management change take place, as the company was rebranded MPW. IPW would eventually become a regular feature attraction at the pop culture event holding its annual "Armageddon Cup" every year since then. Their performance proved popular with the crowd and were invited back by promoters for the 2003 expo. The following year, they held an exhibition show at the Aotea Centre for the 2002 Armageddon Expo. IPW was first formed in 2000 by a group of aspiring independent wrestlers then training under the Steve Hodgson at Mania, an Auckland-based gym which specialised in training female martial artists and stunt actors, and began promoting events locally under the banner of Mania Pro Wrestling. The promotion is home to several of New Zealand's top independent wrestlers including Jamie Tagataese, Candy Lee, Reuben de Jong, Kingi, and Vinny Dunn, all of whom having been featured in the New Zealand national media, as well as appearances from major American stars such as Christy Hemme, Rob Van Dam, Raven, Disco Inferno, The Sandman, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Mana Mamau aired its final episode in 2012. In 2011 IPW began a new weekly show entitled Mana Mamau which aired on Maori Television to replace Ignition.
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It was later picked up by Canterbury Television and Triangle TV in late 2008, shortly before ALT TV's demise, and remains the longest-running wrestling series in New Zealand. That same year, the promotion signed a deal with Sky Network Television's ALT TV to broadcast a weekly television show, IPW Ignition, which aired throughout the country as the first wrestling program seen in New Zealand since Steve Rickard's On the Mat during the 1980s. IPW frequently visited Australia during the early 2000s, in conjunction with Peter Ball's Gold Coast-based Major Impact Wrestling, and the two companies merged to form a sister promotion, Impact Pro Wrestling Australia, in 2007. It has promoted regular events throughout the country and abroad in the last several years and is credited for being the first to bring live wrestling shows to cities, such as Hamilton and Whangarei, in over two decades.Ī staple of Armageddon Expo since 2002, its annual "Armageddon Cup" supercard has been a major attraction at the event in subsequent years. Impact Pro Wrestling ( IPW) is a New Zealand professional wrestling promotion. Not to be confused with Impact Wrestling.
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