All Pro Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion and training school, based in Hayward, California. The company was founded by Roland Alexander and managed by him until his death on November 5, 2013. It is located 45 miles southeast of San Francisco, 15 miles south of Oakland, and 35 miles north of San Jose.
History All Pro Wrestling opened in 1991 under the name, "Pacific Coast Sports". The school and its "Gym Wars" events maintained a strong local following throughout the 1990s, but it wasn't until professional wrestling's Attitude Era that APW gained national notoriety.
In 1999, All Pro Wrestling (APW) was featured as part of the documentary film, Beyond the Mat. Roland Alexander, along with wrestlers Tony Jones and Michael Modest appeared, as they were having a tryout match with the World Wrestling Federation. The spot in the film was said to have tremendously boosted the school's "Boot Camp" sign ups.
APW suffered a wrongful death lawsuit to the family of APW Boot Camp trainee, Brian Ong. On May 28, 2001, Ong was training with fellow trainee Dalip Singh, despite suffering from an earlier concussion. Singh delivered a flapjack to Ong twice, with his head striking the mat and worsening his concussion. He was pronounced dead on arrival to a local hospital. Ong's family sued APW for reckless behavior. The case was filed in September 2002, and the trial was underway on June 10, 2005. After a three-week trial, on July 12, the jury voted unanimously in favor of the Ong family. APW was forced to pay $1.3 million to the Ong family.
After a dispute with Roland Alexander in 2002, most of the APW roster, including trainers Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan, and Frank Murdoch left the company to start a training facility known as the Pro Wrestling IRON Tetsu Academy (now defunct). In April 2008, booker and promoter Gabriel Ramirez left the company to start his own promotion, Pro Wrestling Revolution. Former wrestling manager John LaRocca took over as head booker for the company.
In October 2005, future WWE champion Becky Lynch (using the ring name Rebecca Knox) appeared at the APW affiliated promotion ChickFight III.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
In December 2009, APW began televising taped shows All Pro Wrestling Gym Wars on Saturday mornings on Channel 50 / Cable 199 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
On December 14, 2011, All Pro Wrestling and Vendetta Pro Wrestling announced the Vendetta Pro Tag Team Titles will now be booked in All Pro Wrestling as well. The title was renamed the APW-Vendetta Pro "Unified" Tag Team Championship and be defended on Vendetta Pro and APW events. At that time "Dos Perfectos" (Greg Hernandez and Jesse Jimenez) were the Vendetta Pro Tag Team Champions and were crowned the first APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team Champions.
Alexander died on November 5, 2013, following heart and diabetes issues, aged 59.
The company is now run by head booker Markus Mac and is currently holding events at the Bayshore Community Center in Daly City, California. After the closing of the APW Garage head trainer Jeckles opened his own school, the Puppet Masters Dojo, in Hayward, California.https://www.facebook.com/ALLPRODOJO
APW Alumni
Wrestlers Ring nameAdam ThornstoweBoyce LeGrandeBoom Boom CominiBuddy RoyalChastityCheerleader MelissaChris MastersColt CabanaDaniel TorchDalton FrostDamien GrundyDave DutraDonovan "Future Legend" MorganDylan DrakeForsaken - Wicked WayzJake AtlasJECKLESJeffrey CobbJoey RyanJody KristoffersonJ. R. KratosJulio PedrozaJungle BoyKid ChromeLevi ShapiroLuster the LegendMark "Bison Smith"/Super Destroyer 2000Matt CarlosMarcus LewisMike "The Natural One" ModestMVPOmegaRik LuxurySione FinauTony "The Shooter" JonesTommy DrakeVinnie MassaroVirgil FlynnWicked WayzPowerhouse Hobbs
Managers and valets Markus Mac Brian Zane (The Classic Connection- Levi Shapiro & Buddy Royal) Caesar Black Lucian D. Light Buddy Cotello, Esq.
Staff Markus Mac
Sparkey Ballard Shane Mai
APW Championships/Accomplishments
Current championships Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days held Location NotesAPW Universal Heavyweight ChampionshipLuster the Legend2September 17, 2024 Sparks, Nevadadefeated Marcus Lewis, Boyce LeGrande and Jheri Giggalow at Hardcore August Fights.WWW YouTube ChampionshipKaine Jaiden1January 18, 2025 Eugene, OregonDefeated Levi Shapiro at POW! Heel the World.APW Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipChris Bey1September 03, 2022 Daly City, CADefeated Dave Dutra, Marcus Lewis and Midas Kreed to win the vacant title at Bay Area Bash.APW Tag Team ChampionshipCory Dayton and Frank Lee Gorgeous1September 06, 2023 San Francisco, CADefeated The Bad Boys (Derek Slade and Dominic Teixeira).
Defunct Championships ChampionshipChampionPreviousDate WonDate Retired APW Above The Law/Future Legends Championship Cheerleader Melissa Mariko Yoshida May 3, 2005 Fall 2005APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team ChampionshipOchoa JoshuaPink Mink, Inc. October 26, 2013January 2014APW Worldwide Internet ChampionshipLevi ShapiroWill HobbsJune 15, 2019September 27, 2019
Tournaments/Special events List of All Pro Wrestling tournaments
APW Junior Heavyweight Championship
Reigns
Combined reigns As of , . †Indicates the current champion RankWrestlerNo. ofreignsCombineddays1 Steven Tresario 1 10102 Chris Bey † 1 +3 "Jungle Boy" Nate Coy 1 3024 Chris Cole 1 1465 Super Diablo 1 1136 Jake Atlas 1 807 Erin O'Grady 1 49
See also List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States
References
External links All Pro Wrestling official website All Pro Wrestling Youtube Channel All Pro Wrestling's Top Graduates