CZW/Chikara wrestler Drew Gulak visits Israel (for hebrew, read the
Blog)
This wednesday (december 30th) Drew Gulak, a jewish-american
that wrestles in Chikara Pro, CZW and Big Japan Wrestling, visited Israel.
You can view his profile here
at CZW`a site. The 22 year old was trained by Mike Quakenbush, Chris Hero
and the legendary luchador Jorge "Skayde" Rivera. Drew, who resides in
Philly and performs a lot at the famous ECW arena, made his debut in 2004
and amongst other accomplishments is a former 2 times CZW Tag Team champion.
Although CZW has a reputation for being "garbage" and "ultra-violent" wrestling,
Drew`s matches mostly concist of clean, pure wrestling. While at our training
facility, Drew praised the IPWA stars and shared some of his great knowledge
of the game that he learned through-out his wrestling career. IPWA couldn`ve
asked for a better guy to deliver us a "clinic"! In addition to being one
of the nicest and most respectable people you`ll ever meet, Drew is a true
inspiration to Indy wrestlers all around the world - Drew works, studies
for a degree and fulfils his dream as a pro-wrestler. Drew is a young man
with a great passion for the business, with great respect and appreciation
for the basics and the old school way of thought, while he`s just as good
at all the modern day tricks that today`s fans go crazy for. We thank Drew
for the great time we had and hope to have him back with us in the future,
maybe even part of a show.
IPWA Hannukkah Classic (december 16th) full report in hebrew at the
IPWA
Blog Quick results: Israeli celeb Sharon Volov & Da Style
over The Tough & the Furious (Tough Asaf & Furious Ace) via Volov
Torture Rack on Ace ; IPWA Academy match saw Goldman&Ken Kerbis take
the win home over Shay Blanco&Yossi Kingston,Neo&Guy Landau ; Iceman
Rozin & Sharon Palty beat IPWA champ, Yossi the Bull & Idan Boulder.
Rozin pinned the champ, thus will get a title shot at Passover Bash 2010
; BBoy Adrenaline & Valentino beat the Leopards ; Mr. L defeated Evgeny
Lyder in a 2/3 falls match.
Sukkot Brawl 2009: Full report in hebrew with pictures from the show
here
at the IPWA Blog Quick results: Black Leopard over White Leopard, "Da
Style" beat Mr. L, Ben "Iceman" Rozin defeated BBoy Adrenaline with help
from Neta "The Queen" Mashav, Shay Blanco won the Young Lions Elimination
Rumble, Chris Korvinn vs. Evgeny Lyder`s Hardcore match ended in a draw
when Lyder submitted to Korvinn`s submission hold while his shoulder were
counted on the mat, Eyal Smiley upset Big Bokstein. During the match Smiley
nailed a dangerous plancha over the ropes to the outside that almost took
out the entire locker room curtain, mega celeb Killer Degani beat Devil
Stormy with help from Chuchu and Simon, IPWA champ Yossi the Bull retained
against Tough Asaf.
Pro
Wrestling began in Israel in early 70s with Rafael Halperin, who wrestled
for Vince Sr.`s Capitol Wrestling in the 50s. Halpern vs. "Abu Antar" sold
out the "Yad Eliyahu" arena. The 80s brought Von Erichs' WCCW and WWF programming
to Israel via Lebanese, Middle East and Jordanian TV. Von Erichs came for
a very successful tour that engraved their name into Israeli culture and
history. A decade later, after wandering through foreign networks WWF started
airing on Israeli Sports channel. In the mid 90s WWF made their way to
the holy land as well. Since then pro wrestling programming has been wandering
between various local and foreign channels.
In late 2001 lifelong wrestling fan Gery Roif, who lead the campaign
that brought back WWE programming to Israel, created the first wrestling
promotion in Israel - "Israeli Pro Wrestling Association". Gery Roif also
became the first IPWA champion by defeating Shawn Michaels` Academy graduate,
Joey Tylec on the 24th of July, 2003 during an Israeli MMA event that aired
on Israeli-Russian channel 9.
IPWA
ran in the Netanya area and received national exposure via various TV appearances
and newspaper articles. IPWA "Passover Bash" 2004 coverage on Channel 2
evening news was watched by over million Israelis. IPWA`s biggest event
"Summer Splash" III in the summer of 2004 featured FWA British wrestling
superstar Aviv Maayan, who teamed up with Hawaii Allen against Yossi The
Bull and Jumping Lee, with Joey Tylec finally beating Gery Roif for the
IPWA title in the main event. "Summer Splash III" was filmed for Cable
News and got the promotion even more publicity.
In
2005 Gery Roif, Renan Gluzman and Ishai Ravid developed a satiric wrestling
series for Israel`s comedy channel "Bip", called "Makkat Medina". During
the filming of Makkat Medina both Bret Hart and Kevin Von Erich visited
Israel and met with the crew. The
show featured some of the best moments in Israeli Pro Wrestling (Rabi Swissa
vs. Vladimir, Mr. Weiss vs. Amit Romem and others), yet was also ridiculed
in some of the worst levels. Makkat Medina received lots of publicity in
the media, for better or for worse. After the show wasn`t picked for 2nd
season, IPWA tried to rebound with producer Ben Hilfer by holding events
in night clubs and taping "Wrestlenovella" for the British Wrestling Channel
that aired in early 2006.
With WWE announcing a tour in Israel in the summer of 2006 promoter
Gery Roif arranged internal
tryouts for Israeli Wrestlers with the winner being looked at by WWE agents
upon their arrival. With
hopes high IPWA and Allen Razam managed to promote "Summer Splash" V on
Herzlya beach, feauturing Yossi the Bull vs. Gery Roif in an Iron Man match
and Hawaii Allen vs. Jumping Lee for the IPWA title. However, WWE had to
cancel their tour due the 2nd Lebanon war.
In
2007 IPWA teamed up with Maccabi Tel-Aviv boxing club and FLIX website
for "Summer Splash" 2007 with Israeli celebs Michal Gavrielov, Zohar Israel,
Dror Nobleman, as well as Bret Hart`s ex Julie Hart, feauturing Omry Balely
vs. Gery Roif and a championship match between Sharon Palty and Yossi the
Bull.
In late 2007 TNA announced a tour in Israel as well. Promoter
Gery Roif was also scheduled to host TNA`s press conference upon TNA`s
arrival. However, due low ticket sales TNA shows were cancelled as
well.
Since then IPWA has settled in at Maccabi Tel-Aviv`s boxing club, holding
weekly training sessions at the facility, as well as presenting 4 annual
events at the club: Passover Bash, Summer Splash, Sukkot Brawl and Hannukkah
Classic.
IPWA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Name
Date
Location
Gery Roif
July 24th, 2003
Herzliya, ISRAEL
Evgeny Lyder
February 24th, 2004
Netanya, ISRAEL
Gery Roif [2]
April 13th, 2004
Netanya, ISRAEL
Joey Tylec
July 6th, 2004
Netanya, ISRAEL
Gery Roif [3]
April 28th, 2005
Netanya, ISRAEL
Omry Balely
November 17th, 2005
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
Hawaii Allen
February 28th, 2006
Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL
Sharon Palty
June 9th, 2007
Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL
Yossi the Bull
May 13th, 2009
Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL
IPWA EVENT HISTORY:
IPWA Summer Splash I - June
8th, 2002 Tzvika Messing & Max Christian
Jericho defeat Gery Roif and Bar Peled in the main event.
Channel 9: Roif vs. Tylec
for the IPWA title, July 24th, 2003 Gery Roif beats Joey Tylec for
the IPWA Heavyweight Championship
IPWA Summer Splash II, July 28th,
2003 Unger over Messing; Max Christian
Jericho over Lyder; Roif retains title against Tylec
IPWA Netanya Havoc, February
24th, 2004 Championship tournament: Lyder
beats Tylec ; Arbel beats Roif for title ; Lyder beats Arbel and becomes
champ
Channel 2 News: IPWA Passover
Bash, April 13th, 2004 NYR beats Lyder for title ; Roif
cheats Tylec out of win in a #1 contenders match to advance to title match
; Hawaii Allen debuts; Yossi the Bull over Sharon Palty ; Roif beats
NYR and wins title for 2nd time
Channel 3 Hot News: SUMMER
SPLASH III - July 6th, 2004 FWA`s Aviv Maayan teams up with
Hawaii Allen against Jumping Lee and Yossi the Bull; Sharon Palty over
Evgeny Lyder ; Joey Tylec defeats Gery Roif and finally becomes IPWA Heavyweight
champion
IPWA Kosher Clash - November
16th, 2004 Bar Peled beats Omry Balely ; Jumping
Lee over Lyder ; IPWA Heavyweight champion, Joey Tylec makes his first
successful title defense against Hawaii Allen
IPWA Passover Bash - April 28th,
2005 "Fïghting to Survive" Evgeny Lyder beats Omry Balely
; Bar Peled defeats Rom Unger ; Red Executioner makes debut; Bulldozer
Zeedan faces Gery Roif ; NYR squares off against Sharon Palty ; Gilad Daliot
and "Tough" Asaf debut ; Gery Roif wins IPWA title for 3rd time in a Triple
Threat match between himself, Tylec and Hawaii Allen when guest referee,
Yossi the Bull interferes.
BIP TV: Makkat Medina:
June-July, 2005 First Israeli Satiric Wrestling
TV Series featuring IPWA Superstars, created by Renan Gluzman, Ishai Ravid
and Gery Roif that ran on cable`s Bip channel from july to november 2005.
Adam Shoken vs. MC Nammer, Rabi Swissa vs. Vladimir, Amit Romem vs. Mr.
Weiss, Inga vs. Adina vs. Sheik and more... In the finale, it was Mr. Weiss
who won the Makkat Medina cup by winning a big Battle Royal.
IPWA 5th Dimension Catch - November
17th, 2005 Balely wins 4Way Elimination match
between Hawaii Allen, Palty and champ Roif to become IPWA Heavyweight champion.
Bull and Tylec go at it and Korvinn tears the club down with Lyder.
TWC: IPWA WrestleNovella
- January 10th, 2006 champion, Omry Balely retains against
Evgeny Lyder ; Yossi The Bull beats Joey Tylec, Hawaii Allen wins #1 contenders
match against Sharon Palty, Gery Roif defeats Noam Amit
IPWA Holy Land Havoc - February
28th, 2006 Hawaii Allen defeats Omry Balely
for the IPWA championship, but his celebration is cut short by the Oligarchs
(Jumping Lee, Palty and Roif) ; Tylec finally beats Yossi the Bull in a
submission match ; Daliyot and Asaf tear the house down.
IPWA Election Day Anarchy -
March 28th, 2006 Hawaii Allen retains IPWA championship
against Gery Roif ; Yossi the Bull beats Evgeny Lyder, Palty over Tylec;
Jumping Lee defeats Omry Balely
3rd Annual IPWA Passover Bash
- April 17th, 2006 Hawaii Allen & Yossi the Bull
vs. Oligarchs (Sharon Palty & Jumping Lee) blow the roof off ; The
Red Executioner wins #1 contenders Battle Royal
IPWA Collision - June 21st, 2006 Jumping Lee beats Yossi the Bull
in a #1 contenders match with help from returning Gery Roif ; Red Executioner
beat champion Hawaii Allen via DQ
IPWA SUMMER SPLASH 2006 - August
14th, 2006 Hawaii Allen retains title against
Jumping Lee, Yossi the Bull beats Gery Roif 2:1 in an Iron Man match,
Red Executioner pins Sharon Palty,
Furious Ace over Gilad Daliyot, Idan Boulder defeats the Black Leopard,
Joey Tylec over Eveny Lyder, Rosenfeld & Gluteus /w Mr. Unger beat
Tough Asaf and Omry Balely in a Tornado tag match
IPWA Sukkot Brawl - October 15th,
2006 Balely over Shaman from Yaman.
Post match: Omri Ilan and Tough Asaf brutally attack Omry Balely; Yossi
the Bull awins, Palty beats the Black Leopard, Boulder over Rosenfeld,
Lyder entertains, Oligarchs break up, the Bull in action, Hawaii Allen
retains against Roif and Red Executioner.
IPWA Passover Bash 2007 - april
7th Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals
of the IPWA Championship Tournament. Including Balely over Black Leopard,
Palty beating Balely, Yossi the Bull over Lyder and Boulder.
IPWA SUMMER SPLASH 2007 - june
9th Palty beats Yossi "The Bull" and
wins title ; Michal Gavrielov beats Dror Nobleman and Zohar Israel ;
Balely beats Roif ; Allen and MC
Nammer return, Bret Hart`s ex-Julie Hart visits.
Israeli Catch Wrestling 2007
- December 8th , Ben Rozin debuts beating the
Stylist, Omri Ilan over Izzy Rosenfeld, Idan Boulder beats Yossi the Bull
; Leopard over Lyder ; Jezebel over actress Michal Gavrielov ; Sharon Palty
retains title over Omry Balely
EGO TOTAL: ISRAELI WRESTLING
2009 - May 13th Yossi the Bull finally beats Sharon
Palty and becomes IPWA Heavyweight champion ; Boulder beats BBoy Adrenaline,
Lyder pins Eyal Smiley, Hous. P beats The Stylist, Neta beats Tiny, Bootylicious
beats Croft.
Sukkot Brawl 2009 - October 7th Black Leopard pins the White Leopard,
Da Style beats Mr. L, Ben Rozin over Bboy Adrenaline, Shay Blanco wins
the IPWA Academy Elimination Rumble, Lyder vs Korvinn ends in a draw, Eyal
Smiley over Big Bockstein, IPWA champ Yossi the Bull retains against Tough
Asaf
IPWA Hannukkah Classic 2009 - december 16th Sharon Volov & Da Style over Tough Asaf &
Furious Ace, Kerbis & Goldman beat Blanco&Kingston,Neo&Guy
Landau; Ben Rozin & Sharon Palty beat champ Yossi the Bull & Idan
Boulder (Rozin pins, becomes #1 contender), Bboy Adrenaline & Valentino
over The Leopards, Mr. L defeats Evgeny Lyder in a 2/3 falls match
IPWA Founder and Head Trainer Gery Roif in action
against Omry Balely
Ego Total 2009
Moadon Sport 2009
Channel 10 News - 2009
Sport 5+ commercial 2009
Neta on "Layla Be Kef" 2009
Channel 2 News 2007
Rabi Swissa(Gery) vs. Vladimir (Evgeny) from Makkat Medina
2005
Shik vs Inga from Makkat Medina 2005
Makkat Medina Promo 2005
Makkat Medina on Guy Pines 2005
Makkat Medina pilot - november, 2004
WrestleNovella TWC promo 2006
Roif, Balely and Ehud on channel 3 Exit 2006
IPWA on Channel 2`s Tal Berman show 2006
IPWA on Channel 10 Morning Show 2006
IPWA on Channel 2 Morning Show 2006
IPWA on Channel 10 Evening News 2006
Telenovella Inc. Episode 88 - 2005
Channel 1, Hanan Azran Show 2005
Channel 3 Cable News cover Summer Splash III 2004
Backstage at Summer Splash III
Interview with FWA`s Aviv Maayan post Summer Splash III
Channel 2 Evening News cover Passover Bash 2004
Roif vs Tylec - July 24th, 2003 to determine first IPWA
champion
Chris Korvinn vs. Evgeny Lyder 5th Dimention Catch 2005
Sharon Palty vs Omry Balely Passover Bash 2007
Yossi vs. Sharon for the title Summer Splash 2007
Michal Gavrielov vs Dror Nobleman vs Zohar Israel - Summer
Splash 2007
Pro
Wrestling began in Israel in early 70s with Rafael Halperin, who wrestled
for Vince Sr.`s Capitol Wrestling in the 50s. Halpern vs. "Abu Antar" sold
out the "Yad Eliyahu" arena. The 80s brought Von Erichs' WCCW and WWF programming
to Israel via Lebanese, Middle East and Jordanian TV. Von Erichs came for
a very successful tour that engraved their name into Israeli culture and
history. A decade later, after wandering through foreign networks WWF started
airing on Israeli Sports channel. In the mid 90s WWF made their way to
the holy land as well. Since then pro wrestling programming has been wandering
between various local and foreign channels.
IPWA
ran in the Netanya area and received national exposure via various TV appearances
and newspaper articles. IPWA "Passover Bash" 2004 coverage on Channel 2
evening news was watched by over million Israelis. IPWA`s biggest event
"Summer Splash" III in the summer of 2004 featured FWA British wrestling
superstar Aviv Maayan, who teamed up with Hawaii Allen against Yossi The
Bull and Jumping Lee, with Joey Tylec finally beating Gery Roif for the
IPWA title in the main event. "Summer Splash III" was filmed for Cable
News and got the promotion even more publicity.
In
2005 Gery Roif, Renan Gluzman and Ishai Ravid developed a satiric wrestling
series for Israel`s comedy channel "Bip", called "Makkat Medina". During
the filming of Makkat Medina both Bret Hart and Kevin Von Erich visited
Israel and met with the crew. 
The
show featured some of the best moments in Israeli Pro Wrestling (Rabi Swissa
vs. Vladimir, Mr. Weiss vs. Amit Romem and others), yet was also ridiculed
in some of the worst levels. Makkat Medina received lots of publicity in
the media, for better or for worse. After the show wasn`t picked for 2nd
season, IPWA tried to rebound with producer Ben Hilfer by holding events
in night clubs and taping "Wrestlenovella" for the British Wrestling Channel
that aired in early 2006.
With
hopes high IPWA and Allen Razam managed to promote "Summer Splash" V on
Herzlya beach, feauturing Yossi the Bull vs. Gery Roif in an Iron Man match
and Hawaii Allen vs. Jumping Lee for the IPWA title. However, WWE had to
cancel their tour due the 2nd Lebanon war.
In
2007 IPWA teamed up with Maccabi Tel-Aviv boxing club and FLIX website
for "Summer Splash" 2007 with Israeli celebs Michal Gavrielov, Zohar Israel,
Dror Nobleman, as well as Bret Hart`s ex Julie Hart, feauturing Omry Balely
vs. Gery Roif and a championship match between Sharon Palty and Yossi the
Bull.
