The Global Professional Wrestling Alliance (GPWA) was a cooperative group of
professional wrestling promotions and wrestlers from around the world. Formed in 2006, the group was founded by the professional wrestler
Mitsuharu Misawa, the founder of
Pro Wrestling Noah. It was led by president Yoshiyuki Nakamura, co-owner of
Pro Wrestling Zero1. The organization folded in 2009.
Aims
The group was established in 2006 as a means to aid the many competing wrestling promotions in Japan.[1] Members would share resources including training facilities and their wrestlers themselves. They would also coordinate the arrangements of their shows in order to avoid clashes. In addition to this "super shows" would be run with wrestlers from the member promotions competing on the same shows, the first of which occurred on November 14, 2006.
Japan
Austria
United States
