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Israeli professional wrestling promotion and school
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| Acronym | IPWA |
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| Founded | 2001 (school) 2003 (first professional event) |
| Style | Technical wrestling |
| Headquarters | Netanya, Israel |
| Founder | Gery Roif |
| Owner | Gery Roif (2001–) |
| Website | IPWA-WRESTLING.COM |
Israeli Pro Wrestling Association is an independent wrestling promotion, operating from Israel.
IPWA was founded on October 17, 2001 by Gery Roif and ran a few exhibition matches on national TV before holding the initial Summer Splash event in summer 2002.[1] Roif was crowned its first champion after defeating Texas Wrestling Academy graduate Joey “The MOALM” Tylec in a televised match in the summer of 2003.[2]
Subsequently, the IPWA gained a fair amount of recognition worldwide;[where?] toward the end of 2003 Total Wrestling magazine[who?] started publishing its rankings on a monthly basis.
Summer Splash 3 in 2004 featured FWA star Aviv Maayan making a one-night appearance to team up with Hawaii Allen and take on Jumping Lee and Yossi The Bull with Joey Tylec finally defeating Gery Roif to win the IPWA title.
In 2005 almost the entire IPWA roster starred in a wrestling/social satire sitcom series “Makkat Medina” (“The Land Under Attack”), gaining further recognition in Israel. Both Kevin Von Erich and Bret Hart visited the crew during taping.
In the beginning of 2006, the IPWA Wrestlenovella event was aired on The Wrestling Channel. In June 2009, the promotion had an event that got aired on the local Ego Total channel under the title of Israeli Wrestling.
In the summer of 2011 Rabbi Swissa defeated Israel’s Survivor reality show winner, Nathan Bashevkin.
In 2011 the promotion ran a series of monthly events, from “Makat Shemesh” at June to “Makot Besukut” at November.
On August 16, 2012 Tatanka main evented the Wrestling Super Show as he defeated Rabbi Swissa to win the IPWA Heavyweight Championship. Two months later the match was shown on Israeli sport channel ONE.
On April 19, 2014 former two time WWE Cruiserweight champion and two time ECW Tag Team champion, Little Guido defeated Rabbi Swissa in IPWA’s traditional Passover Bash which was the last show of the promotion.
In April 2019 however, IPWA returned with an additional Passover Bash event,[3] which featured Jay Lethal against David Starr.[4] Originally, Lethal was scheduled to defend the ROH World Championship against Starr, but Lethal lost the title to Matt Taven in a Three-way ladder match, which included Marty Scurll as well at G1 Supercard event on April 6, 2019.[5][6] The card also featured Gery Roif defending the IPWA Heavyweight Championship against Matt Sydal.[7]
IPWA special events
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The IPWA events feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[8]
| IPWA Passover Bash | |||
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| Promotion | Israeli Pro Wrestling Association | ||
| Date | 21 April 2019 | ||
| City | Lehavot Haviva | ||
| Venue | Berale | ||
| Attendance | 200 | ||
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On 21 April 2019, IPWA put on their return event, IPWA Passover Bash. It was held at Berale in Lehavot Haviva and drew 200 people.
IPWA Wrestling Party
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| IPWA Wrestling Party | |||
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| Promotion | Israeli Pro Wrestling Association | ||
| Date | 26 August 2019 | ||
| City | Lehavot Haviva | ||
| Venue | Berale | ||
| Attendance | ~80 | ||
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On 26 August 2019, IPWA put on their second return event, IPWA Wrestling Party. It was held at Berale in Lehavot Haviva and drew approximately 80 people.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 1 | Hadar Horovitz and Guy Landau defeated The Leopards (The Black Leopard and The White Leopard) | Tag team match | 15:17 | ||
| 2 | Idan Boulder defeated Ori Avram (with Amit Magnezi) | Singles match | 6:09 | ||
| 3 | Yuval Goldshmit defeated Rixon Ruas | Singles match | 6:45 | ||
| 4 | Shay Blanco defeated Lior Libman | No disqualification match | 14:14 | ||
| 5 | Gaya Glass defeated Nadia Sapphire | Singles match | 4:55 | ||
| 6 | Rabbi Swissa defeated Tye Clodd | Singles match | 9:47 | ||
| 7 | Yuval Goldshmit won by last eliminating The Black Leopard | 21-man Battle royal match to determine the #1 contender to the IPWA Heavyweight Championship | 30:52 | ||
| 8 | Matt Sydal (c) defeated Yuval Goldshmit | Singles match for the IPWA Heavyweight Championship | 16:41 | ||
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IPWA at Cinema City
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| IPWA Cinema City Wrestling | |||
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| Promotion | Israeli Pro Wrestling Association | ||
| Date | 15 December 2019 | ||
| City | Ramat Hasharon | ||
| Venue | Cinema City | ||
| Attendance | 300 | ||
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On 15 December 2019, IPWA put on their third return event, IPWA Cinema City Wrestling. It was held at Cinema City in Ramat Hasharon and drew over 300 people.
- ^ Lior Libman was injured few days before the event and therefore he was unable to compete in the match.
IPWA WrestleMitzvah
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| IPWA WrestleMitzvah | |||
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| Promotion | Israeli Pro Wrestling Association | ||
| Date | 13 June 2022 | ||
| City | Ramat Hasharon | ||
| Venue | Cinema City | ||
| Attendance | 300 | ||
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On 13 June 2022, IPWA put on their fourth return event, IPWA WrestleMitzvah. Just like the last event, It was also held at Cinema City in Ramat Hasharon and drew over 300 people.[9]
- ^ after winning battle royal, Yarin Elkarif is challenged by Rabbi Swissa for a retirement match.
| IPWA Ring Warriors | |||
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| Promotion | Israeli Pro Wrestling Association | ||
| Date | 18 November 2025 | ||
| City | Tel Aviv | ||
| Venue | ZOA House TLV | ||
| Attendance | ~300 | ||
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On 18 November 2025, IPWA held an event called IPWA Ring Warriors. It was also held at ZOA House TLV in Tel Aviv and drew approximately 300 people.
| IPWA Wrestling in the Kibbutz | |||
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| Promotion | Israeli Pro Wrestling Association | ||
| Date | 26 November 2025 | ||
| City | Shefayim | ||
| Venue | Kibbutz Shefayim Dining Room | ||
| Attendance | 370 | ||
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On 26 November 2025, IPWA held an event called IPWA Wrestling in the Kibbutz. It was also held at the dining room of Kibbutz Shefayim and drew 370 people. The event was produced by Yuval Goldshmit, who was born in the kibbutz. He was scheduled to compete for the IPWA championship, but suffered a legitimate injury.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 1 | David Blade defeated Matan Esosa Erhabor | Singles match | 05:35 | ||
| 2 | Lenny Levi defeated “Massive” Barak Malloul | Open challenge match | 03:15 | ||
| 3 | Yahav “The Death” Havok defeated Oscar Vice, Guy Shaked and White Leopard | Fatal four-way match | 13:10 | ||
| 4 | Lior Libman defeated Niv Barbunia | Singles match | 06:25 | ||
| 5 | Adam Rabinovitz & Ori Sankari defeated Bar Barina & Matan Katz | Tag team match | 10:25 | ||
| 6 | Avizov (c) defeated Hadar Horwitz & It’s Gal | Triple Threat match for the IPWA Heavyweight Championship | 08:35 | ||
| 7 | Shira Sinai defeated Diana Tano | Singles match | 06:40 | ||
| 8 | Yonatan Goldshmit defeated Arthur | Singles match | 13:00 | ||
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IPWA Heavyweight Championship
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| IPWA Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Israeli Pro Wrestling Association | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | July 24, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Avizov | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | September 9, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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The IPWA Heavyweight Championship is the only professional wrestling championship in the Israeli Pro Wrestling Association promotion. At the end of 2002, Israeli professional wrestler Gery Roif announced a match between himself and Joey “The Moalm” Tylec to determine the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion. The current champion is Avizov, who is in his first reign.
From the IPWA Heavyweight Championship’s inception in 2003,[10] there have been thirteen different title holders, combining for eighteen championship reigns.[11]
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Matt Sydal | 1 | 1,968 |
| 2 | Gery Roif/Rabbi Swissa | 6 | 1,072 |
| 3 | Sharon Palty | 1 | 704 |
| 4 | Yossi the Bull | 1 | 476 |
| 5 | Hawaii Allen | 1 | 466 |
| 6 | Avizov † | 1 | 445+ |
| 7 | Joey Tylec | 1 | 296 |
| 8 | Lior Libman | 1 | 223 |
| 9 | Hellboy | 1 | 182 |
| 10 | Omry Balely | 1 | 103 |
| 11 | Evgeny Lyder | 1 | 49 |
| 12 | Tatanka | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Nadav Arbel | 1 | <1 |
| New York Rosenfeld | 1 | <1 |
