The Ladies Professional Wrestling Association (LPWA) was a women's professional wrestling promotion which operated in the early 1990s (ca. 1989–1992). It was considered a successor to such women's promotions as Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW), but it differed in that, while GLOW slanted more toward WWF-style sports entertainment, the LPWA treated its product seriously and put its primary emphasis on in-ring athletics.

History Thurston John "Tor" Berg (1938–2011) founded the company ca. 1989. An incident occurred in March 1991, where Berg promised Jumping Bomb Angels member Noriyo Tateno that he would give her a permanent job in the new company if she retired in Japan and moved to the United States. Berg, however, later backed out on the deal, and Sherri Martel made the incident public.

The LPWA produced two television series, The Super Ladies of Wrestling and Ladies Championship Wrestling from 1990 to 1992. Many of their matches were also distributed and sold on VHS tapes. They held their first and only pay-per-view, Super Ladies Showdown, on February 23, 1992, before closing down operations shortly after.

Berg planned on promoting a second Super Ladies pay-per-view event in 2000, but the event was canceled. The pay-per-view was scheduled to feature women from around the world, including American wrestlers Debbie Malenko, Sherri Martel, Sweet Destiny and Missy Hyatt; Japanese wrestlers Chikako Shiratori, AKINO, Chapparita Asari and Ayako Hamada; and Australian wrestlers Amy Action, Raya Riot, and former LPWA Champion Susan Sexton.

Super Ladies Showdown

LPWA Super Ladies Showdown was a professional wrestling pay-per-view from the LPWA. It took place on February 23, 1992, from the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota. It was the only PPV from the LPWA, which folded shortly after the event. The main event was a match for the LPWA Singles Championship, in which Terri Powers faced Lady X. The event also featured a tournament for the LPWA Japanese Championship.

Results

Championships

LPWA Championship The LPWA Championship was a professional wrestling title created in early 1990.

LPWA Japanese Championship The LPWA Japanese Championship was a professional wrestling title created in 1992. The inaugural (and only) champion was Harley Saito, who won an eight-woman tournament held during the Super Ladies Showdown pay-per-view event.

Inaugural championship tournament (1992)

LPWA Tag Team Championship The LPWA Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title created in early 1990.

LPWA Mixed Tag Team Championship The LPWA Tag Team Championship was an existing professional wrestling tag team title recognized in early-mid 1990. In 1973, Adrian Street and Miss Linda won the World Mixed Tag Team Championship by defeating Don Kovaks and Suzie Parker in Germany. Street and Linda were still undefeated as champions when they joined the LPWA in 1990 and continued to defend the championships in the promotion.

Alumni

Wrestlers

Female wrestlers

Allison Royal () Alona Star Alma Alvarez Babyface Nellie Bad Girl Bambi () The Beast () Black Venus () Brandy Wine Brittany Brown Candi Devine () Cheryl Day Cheryl Rusa () Comrade Orga Stalinska Dawn Marie () Dangerous Debbie T Wild Denise Storm Desiree Petersen Despina Montagas Diane Von Hoffman Eagle Sawai Flame Harley Saito Heidi Lee Morgan Judy Martin () Kimmie Kozak La Gata Lady Lilith () Lady X () Leilani Kai () Lisa Starr Madusa Miceli () Magnificent Mimi () Malia Hosaka Mami Kitamura Midori Saito Miki Handa Miss Linda Misty Blue Simmes () Mizuki Endoh Nasty Kat () Nasty Linda () Reggie Bennett () Rockin' Robin () Rusty "The Fox" Thomas Samantha Pain Shelly Francis () Shinobu Kandori Sindy Paradise Susan Green Susan Sexton Sweet Georgia Brown () Terri Power () Tina Moretti () Wendi Richter Yukari Osawa

Male wrestlers Adrian Street () Barry Horowitz Tim Horner

Tag Teams Bambi and Malia Hosaka Bad Black and Beautiful () The Glamour Girls (The Queen's Court) () Locomotion () The Mighty Mites () The Nasty Girls () New Team America () Rockin' Robin and Wendi Richter Team America ()

Mixed Tag Teams Adnan Al-Kaissie and Sheba Adrian Street and Miss Linda Barry Horowitz and Lisa Starr Tim Horner and Malia Hosaka

Other on-air talent Commissioner Wally Karbo

Managers Adnan Al-Kaissie () Ashley Kennedy () Boogaloo Brown Jonathan Blue Norman () "Queen" Christopher Love ()

Announcers Jim Cornette Joe Pedicino Ken Resnick Mick Karch Nick Bockwinkel Sgt. Slaughter ()

Interviewer Boni Blackstone

References

Further reading Galloway, Paul. "Sexy Sindy's Unlikely Hold on Female Wrestlingdom". Washington Post. 6 May 1990 Rowh, Mark and William Ray Heitzmann. Careers for Sports Nuts & Other Athletic Types. Chicago: McGraw-Hill Professional, 1997.

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