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Not to be confused withWorld Wrestling Network,the short-lived early-to-mid 1990sNational Wrestling Alliance-affiliated promotion founded by promoterJim Crockett, Jr.& owned by him & fellow promoterPaul Heyman.
World Wrestling Network
AcronymWWNLive
Founded2001 (DVD company)
2010 (Governing body)
HeadquartersUnited States
Founder(s)Sal Hamaoui
Owner(s)Sal Hamaoui
Websitehttp:// wwnlive /

TheWorld Wrestling Networkis an Americanprofessional wrestlingorganization known for and branded after itsvideo streaming service,WWNLive.[1]WWNLive hosts content both from WWN's "brands", includingFull Impact Pro(FIP) andShine Wrestling,as well as content from third-party organizations.[2]

History

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World Wrestling Network was founded by Sal Hamaoui and Tony Valamontes in 2001 as a DVD company before it later evolved into an internet streaming andvideo on demandbusiness.[1]In 2003, WWNLive began producing FIP DVDs.[1]

In November 2014,Evolve Wrestling,Dragon Gate USA(DGUSA),Full Impact Pro(FIP) andShine Wrestlingheld a tour ofChinaunder the WWNLive banner.[3]The following month, WWNLive announced a long-term deal with Great-Wall International Sports Management for regular tours of Asia, starting in the spring of 2015.[4]

In 2015, WWNLive opened a training facility inTrinity, Floridanamed the "World Wrestling Network Academy".[5]That year, Evolve began a partnership withWWE.Evolve's wrestlers were featured on WWE,[6]whileNXTwrestlersSami Zayn,Chad GableandJason Jordantook part in Evolve events in non-wrestling roles.[7][8]In January 2016, NXT General ManagerWilliam Regaland WWE COOTriple Hattended Evolve 54.[9]As part of the relationship, it was announced in March 2016 that Evolve would hold qualifying matches for WWE'sCruiserweight Classic.[10]

On October 24, 2016, WWNLive and FloSports announced a new streaming service to launch on November 4. Through the service, subscribers can access both live streaming events as well as events from WWNLive's on-demand library, dating back to 2003.[11]

On November 22, 2016, it was announced that WWNLive would be debuting a new promotion namedStyle Battleon January 7, 2017.[12]Also announced was the creation of theWWN Championshipon April 1, 2017.[13]

On September 21, 2017, it was reported that FloSports had filed a $1 million lawsuit against WWNLive for breach of contract and alleged misrepresentation of iPPV and VOD buyrates.[14]WWNLive, meanwhile, claimed that FloSports had failed to live up to their contractual obligations. Because of the lawsuit, FloSports pulled all future WWNLive events from its streaming service.[15]The following December, WWNLive launched a replacement streaming service,Club WWN.[16]

In July 2020, Evolve's assets were sold to WWE and Sapolsky left WWN.[17]A few weeks later, WWN announced the creation of Grindhouse, a new brand promoted byEddie Kingston.[18]

Brands

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Active

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Promotion Key People State Years
American Combat Wrestling 5th Avenue Entertainment Port Richey, Florida 2001–present[19]
Full Impact Pro Sal Hamaoui Largo, Florida 2009–present
Grindhouse Eddie Kingston 2020–present
Shine Wrestling Dave Prazak Ybor City, Florida 2012–present
Viva La Lucha Ruben Zamora[20] San Diego,California[20] 2006–present[21]

Defunct

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Promotion Key People State Years
Dragon Gate USA Gabe Sapolsky Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2009–2015

(Library owned by WWE)

Evolve Wrestling Gabe Sapolsky Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2009–2020
Style Battle Gabe Sapolsky Ybor City, Florida 2017–2020

Championships

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Active
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days Location Previous champion(s)
FIP World Heavyweight Championship Jon Davis 2 February 21, 2020[22] 1,648 Ybor City,Florida Anthony Henry
FIP World Tag Team Championship The Island Kings
(Jaka and Sean Maluta) 		1 November 1, 2019 1,760[23] Ybor City,Florida The Precipice
(Chance Auren and Omar Amir)
FIP Florida Heritage Championship Troy Hollywood 1 May 22, 2021[24] 1,192 Ybor City,Florida Vacant
Shine Championship Ivelisse 3 December 14, 2019 1,717 Chicago,Illinois Allysin Kay
Shine Tag Team Championship BTY
(Jayme Jameson andMarti Belle) 		2 January 19, 2020 1,681 Fern Park, Florida Team Aye
(Aja Perera andBig Swole)
Shine Nova Championship Amber Nova 1 December 10, 2023 260 Clearwater,Florida Ivelisse
ACW Combat Championship Danny Vincent 1 February 2, 2019 2,032 Port Richey, Florida Sawl Clover
ACW Cruiserweight Championship Sage Scott 1 September 7, 2019 1,815 Port Richey, Florida Bobby Flaco
ACW Heavyweight Championship Damien Angel 1 December 1, 2018 2,095 Port Richey, Florida Mitch Mitchell
ACW Tag Team Championship OAO
(Hunter Law and Troy Hollywood) 		1 July 6, 2019 1,878 Port Richey, Florida The International Superstars
(Blanco Loco and Joey Ozbourne)
ACW Women's Championship Avery Taylor 2 July 6, 2019 1,878 Port Richey, Florida Natalia Markova
Defunct
Championship Final champion Date retired Days held Notes
WWN Championship Austin Theory November 9, 2019 119 The title was then retired without an official announcement

References

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  1. ^abc"About".WWNLive.Archived fromthe originalon 6 April 2016.Retrieved22 July2016.
  2. ^"Brand Pages".
  3. ^Johnson, Mike (2014-09-19)."Evolve heading to China (no, really)".Pro Wrestling Insider.Retrieved2014-09-19.WWNLive, the parent company of Evolve, Shine, FIP and Dragon Gate USA.
  4. ^Caldwell, James (2014-12-03)."Newswire: WWNLive announces long-term China plan, Ross talks importance of Tokyo Dome, New Japan's subscription goals, latest World Tag League standings, more".Pro Wrestling Torch.Retrieved2014-12-04.
  5. ^Caldwell, James (2015-02-19)."WWNLive news: Official new training facility announced".Pro Wrestling Torch.Retrieved2015-02-19.
  6. ^Melok, Bobby (2015-10-15)."NXT's next breakout stars?: Meet the 5 Evolve wrestlers you need to know".WWE.Retrieved2016-07-22.
  7. ^"10/17 Evolve 49 Results – Zayn, Gargano, more".Pro Wrestling Torch.2015-10-17.Retrieved2016-07-22.
  8. ^"NXT GM & Tag Team to appear at Evolve show".Pro Wrestling Torch.2016-01-11.Retrieved2016-07-22.
  9. ^"Evolve 54 iPPV results: HHH & William Regal make an appearance".Wrestling Observer Newsletter.2016-01-24.Retrieved2016-07-22.
  10. ^"WWE to hold GCS matches at future EVOLVE event".Pro Wrestling Torch.2016-03-19. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-20.Retrieved2016-07-22.
  11. ^Nason, Josh (2016-10-24)."FloSports announces deal with WWNLive, launches pro wrestling streaming service".Wrestling Observer Newsletter.Retrieved2016-10-24.
  12. ^Currier, Joseph (2016-11-22)."WWNLive debuting new Style Battle promotion on FloSlam".Wrestling Observer Newsletter.Retrieved2016-11-22.
  13. ^Johnson, Mike (2016-11-23)."WWNLive launching new title, new brand".Pro Wrestling Insider.Retrieved2016-11-24.
  14. ^Radican, Sean (2017-09-21)."Breaking: FloSports files lawsuit against WWN for misrepresentation of iPPV & VOD buyrates, WWN planning countersuit (w/Radican's Analysis)".Pro Wrestling Torch.Retrieved2017-09-21.
  15. ^Currier, Joseph (2017-09-22)."Evolve events pulled from FloSlam schedule".Wrestling Observer Newsletter.Retrieved2017-09-22.
  16. ^Currier, Joseph (2017-12-20)."WWN launches new on-demand service".Wrestling Observer Newsletter.Retrieved2017-12-20.
  17. ^"411MANIA".Gabe Sapolsky Says Goodbye To Independent Wrestling.
  18. ^"411MANIA".WWN Launching New Brand Eddie Kingston’s Grindhouse, Will Debut Next Month.
  19. ^"411MANIA".WWN Live to Create New WWN Championship to be Defended Across All Promotions.
  20. ^abKreikenbohm, Philip."Viva La Lucha! (VLL)".cagematch.net.Retrieved2017-05-31.
  21. ^"Viva La Lucha on WWNLive".WWNLive.Retrieved2017-05-31.
  22. ^Trionfo, Richard (2015-07-04)."FIP Declaration of Independence report: Swann versus Konley for the world title, Savages versus Solow and Cade for the tag titles, ladder match, and more".Pro Wrestling Insider.Retrieved2015-07-04.
  23. ^"Cagematch|The Internet Wrestling Database".cagematch.net.Retrieved2021-11-19.
  24. ^"FIP Florida Heritage Championship".Cage Match.RetrievedMarch 20,2016.
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