Grand Prix Wrestling


Grand Prix Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion run and owned by Emile Duprée. It toured parts of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. It has no connection with Paul Vachon's Grand Prix Wrestling promotion of Montreal in the 1970s.

History

Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling

Originally known as Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, the regional circuit has been around since the early 1960s. During the 60s and the 70s AGPW was so popular it became a hit in the Maritimes. AGPW cards were held in Moncton, New Brunswick on Monday nights, Montague, Prince Edward Island on Tuesday nights, Halifax, Nova Scotia on Thursdays, Berwick, Nova Scotia on Saturday evenings and along other small towns in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Every summer, there were two big championships up for grabs: The United States Heavyweight Championship and the North American Tag Team Championship. Others included the European Heavyweight Championship and the Maritime Heavyweight Championship. The European Heavyweight Championship was held more by Killer Karl Krupp than any other wrestler and The Maritime Heavyweight Title was held most often by Stephen Petitpas. During the late 1980s, the United States Heavyweight Championship was changed to the International Heavyweight Championship.

Rising Sun In The Maritimes Tour

Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling returned to the Maritimes in 2013 for a summer tour. The roster featured former WWE wrestler Rene Dupree, All Japan Pro Wrestling star Seiya Sanada, She Nay Nay, Bellatrix star Erin Angel, midget wrestlers Lil' Fabio and Lil' Poppa Pump, The Masked Thunderbolt, Kwan Chang, Jeremy Prophet, Bobby Sharp, Spiderman and Japanese star, Daiki Inaba. The tour kicked off in Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island with a show featuring a special guest appearance by Japanese legend The Great Muta.
The tour continued with Prince Edward Island shows in Souris and O'Leary. Nova Scotia shows included: Springhill, Bridgewater, two in Berwick, Tatamagouche, Truro, Cheticamp, North Sydney, Baddeck and Antigonish. The New Brunswick portion of the tour included shows in: Cocagne, Neguac, Lameque, Chipman, Fredericton Junction, Blacks Harbour, Baie St. Anne, Minto, Petit-Rocher, Doaktown and Sunny Corner. The tour was very successful and it brought a lot of escalation toward what is now known as the 2014 New Era Tour that featured Rene Dupree, Yasufumi Nakanoue, Butcher Vachon, Bobby Sharp, Jeremy Prophet, the return of the Cuban Assassin and many more. Towns featured on the tour included Neguac, Black's Harbour and Minto, O'Leary, Borden-Carleton and Souris, and Sydney, Baddeck, Berwick, Truro and Springhill.

Eastern Canada Tour

In May 2015, AGPW held a tour across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Alumni

;Male wrestlers
Birth name:Ring name:Tenure:Notes
The Cuban Assassin / The Cuban Commando1979–1980
1982
1984–1985
1989
1992
1999–2000
The Cuban Assassin / Cuban Assassin #21999
2005–2006
2008
Mentallo2001
Bill Cody1982–1983
Bobby Bass1980
1982
Dino Ventura1987-1988
Frenchie Lamont2005–2006
Vinnie Valentino1988
Bob Brown1983
1988
1990
Rick Valentine1982–1983
Tokyo Chono1988
Bad News Brown1997
Sexton Hardcastle1997
Leo Burke1979–1980
1982–1983
1988–1992
1998–1999
Rudy Kay1982–1983
Bobby Kay1982–1983
1990
The Beast1982
1988–1990
1999–2000
Danny Young1984
Covey Christ, Maritime Messiah2017
Hercules Ayala Cortez1982
Scott D'Amore / Masked Super Warrior #21997–1998
Rick the Bruiser1998
Gerry Morrow1989
Phil Atlas2008
Wayne Gillis1988–1989
Farmer Brooks1988
Rudy Diamond1988
Frenchy Martin1983
Wildman Austin1997
1998–2000
2005–2006
Hubert Gallant1980
1982–1983
Damian Gibbs2015
Lenny Montana1983–1984
Emile Dupre1979–1980
1988
Jeff Duprée2005–2006
2008
René Duprée / René Rougeau1998–2001
2006
2008
2015
2017
Tony Russo1983–1984
Archie Gouldie1984
T Gregory Windham1987-1989
Giant Pharaoh2015
Big John the Quebec Lumberjack1982
Sonny Two Rivers1997–1998
Joe E. Legend1998–1999
Steve Casey1989
Mike Hughes1999
2004
Scott Savage2005
The Spoiler1983
Duke MacIsaac2005
Bull Johnson1983
Buddy Lane1984–1985
1988–1990
Yusuke Kodama2015
Flesh Gordon2001
Jody Kristofferson2015
Glen Kulka1997
The Great Malumba1982–1983
1988
Mike Lozanski1990
Lincoln Steen2005
2006-2017-
The Acadian Giant / Kurrgan1991–1992
1999–2000
Hans Schultz2000–2001
Vance Nevada2001
Hans Herman1985
Karl Von Krupp1979
1982
Hannibal2017
Ron Starr1989
1991
Eddie Watts1988–1989
1991–1992
2000
2005
Ole Olsen1991
Paul Peller1979–1980
1982–1983
1988–1990
1992
Chi Chi Cruz1990
1999–2000
Steve Petitpas1979–1980
Jos LeDuc1984
Lanny Poffo1983
Buddy Austin2008
Timothy Flowers1990
Christian Cage1997
Jay Youngblood1983
Bobby Roode2000
Vic Rossitani / Vic Rossi1983
Marko Estrada2005
2015
André the Giant
Seiya Sanada2015
Spiderman2015
Ruffy Silverstein2001
Rip Rogers1988
1990
1997
Bobby Sharp2015
Man Mountain Mike1985
Goldie Rogers1979–1980
1991–1992
Sweet Daddy Siki1983–1984
Chuck Simms1999
Bobby Blaze1991–1992
The Mighty Hercules1998–1999
The Super Destroyer1985
Rick Patterson1985
1992
Butcher Vachon1988–1990
1992
1998–1999
2006
2008
Sailor White1988
1991
Chad Dick2006
The Alaskan1979
1982–1983
Alex North / The French Mystic / The French Mystique2008
The Brute1979
1981
Carlos Valderama2017
Cliff McDonald2000
Greg Evans1997
Jesse Bieber2015
Iron Mike Lyons2006
Jonathan Holliday1988
Jon Michaels1997
Julien Young2005
Markus Burke2015
Mike McFly / Mad Dog McFly / Mad Dog Neilson / Stan Neilson2000–2001
Pat Brady1989
Randy Scott1983
The Rebel2006
Rico Frederico1991
Robert Scarpino2001
Rock Evans2001
Rodney Blackbeard1997
Russian Bigfoot1988
Ryan Rogan2017
Ryan Storm/Wrestling Spider-Man2005–2006
Scott Sandlin1989
Sexton Phoenix2006
T.G. Stone1983
Titus2005–2006
Todd Douglas2000
2005–2006
Todd McPhee1991–1992
Tommy Osbourne2006
The UFO1979
1988
Z-ro2006

;Female wrestlers
Birth name:Ring name:Tenure:Notes
She Nay Nay2006
2008
Krysta Kiniski2006
Peggy Lee1983
Erin Angel2008
Joyce Grable1982–1983
Éve2017
Kat Von Heez2015
Penny Mitchel1982
Stacy Thibault2017
Tessa Blanchard2015

;Midget wrestlers
Birth name:Ring name:Tenure:Notes
Little Tokyo1983
Sky Low Low1980
1988
Cowboy Lang1983
Little Louie1999

;Stables and tag teams
Tag team/Stable(s)MembersTenure
The BurkesBobby Kay and Rudy Kay1982
The Cuban AssassinsAngelo Castro and Raiul Castro1982
The Cuban CommandosThe Cuban Assassin and Gerry Morrow1989
The Masked Super WarriorsMasked Super Warrior #1 and Masked Super Warrior #21997
The Rock 'n' Roll Rebel ExpressDino Ventura and Kid Dynamite1987

Championships

;Key
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the championship was won
N/AThe specific information is not known
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
Indicates that a title change took place "no later than" the date listed.
Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation