Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling Originally known as
Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (AGPW), 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 (three times), 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 (New Brunswick), O'Leary, Borden-Carleton and Souris (Prince Edward Island), and Sydney, Baddeck, Berwick, Truro and Springhill (Nova Scotia).
Eastern Canada Tour In May 2015, AGPW held a tour across
Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island. ==Alumni==