Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (AGPW) is a wrestling promotion run and owned by Emile Duprée, AKA Golden Boy Dupree (father of Rene Dupree). Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling currently runs in parts of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. A wrestling promotion is a company or business that performs regular shows involving professional wrestling for monetary gain. ... He is the father of the WWE Smackdown Superstar Rene Dupree ... René Goguen (born December 15, 1983), better known by his ring name René Duprée, is a French Canadian professional wrestler competing for World Wrestling Entertainments ECW brand. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope restored) Official languages English, French Flower Purple Violet Tree Balsam Fir Bird Black-capped Chickadee Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Shawn Graham (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 10 10 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked... Motto: Parva Sub Ingenti The Small Protected By The Great) Official languages English Flower Ladys Slipper Tree Red Oak Bird Blue Jay Capital Charlottetown Largest city Charlottetown Lieutenant-Governor Barbara Oliver Hagerman Premier Pat Binns (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 4 4 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Official languages none (English, French, Gaelic de facto) Flower Trailing arbutus Tree Red Spruce Bird Osprey Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 11...

Some of the most famous wrestlers to compete in AGPW include Killer Kowalski (trainer of Triple H), Andre The Giant, Randy Savage, and many more including the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Wladek Kowalski Wladek (Walter) Killer Kowalski was a professional wrestler. ... Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, Triple H, an abbreviation of his former monicker, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. ... André the Giant (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993) was a professional wrestler and actor, born André René Roussimoff in Grenoble, France. ... Randall Mario Poffo, (born November 15, 1952), better known by his ring name Macho Man Randy Savage, is a professional wrestler who achieved prominence in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and later World Championship Wrestling. ... Ric Flair (born on February 25, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee, and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), better known by his ring name The Nature Boy, is an American professional wrestler currently with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its RAW brand. ...

AGPW began operations the early 1960s. During the 1960s and the 1970s, AGPW was so popular it became a hit in the Maritimes. AGPW mainly ran shows in Moncton, New Brunswick during Monday nights, Halifax, Nova Scotia during Thursdays, Berwick, Nova Scotia on Saturday evenings and along other small towns in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The Maritime provinces See also Maritime province for disambiguation. ... Moncton (46°6′ N 64°46′ W) is the second largest city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick and is at the heart of the fastest growing urban area in the province. ... Motto: {{Unhide = {{{}}}}} E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: Location City Information Established: April 1, 1996 Area: urban area 79. ... Berwick is a town on the Cornwallis River in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada. ...

Championships

Every summer, there were two major championships up for grabs, those being the United States Heavyweight title and the North American Tag Team title. Other titles in AGPW included the European Heavyweight title and the Maritime Heavyweight title. The European Heavyweight title was held more by Killer Karl Krupp than any other AGPW star, and the Maritime Heavyweight title was held the most by Stephen Petitpas. During the late 1980s, the United States Heavyweight title was changed to the International Heavyweight title. Stephen Petitpas (born November 14, 1957 in Soest, Germany, is an Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Big Stephen Petitpas. ...

As far as is known, there was no active championships in AGPW.

The 1980s

AGPW's season ran between May and September with wrestlers such as Hubert Gallant, Bobby Kay, Willie Davis, Leo Burke, Stephen Petitpas, Antonio Rico, Great Malumba, Rocky Stone, The Beast and the promoter Emile Duprée as the faces ("good guys"), and the Cuban Assassin, Goldie Rogers, the "Alaskan Bear" Jay York, Chin Lee, David Von Shultz, Bobby Bass, Paul Peller, the Sheik of Arabie, and Red Shadow as the heels ("Bad guys"). This article or section needs to be wikified. ... Stephen Petitpas (born November 14, 1957 in Soest, Germany, is an Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Big Stephen Petitpas. ... He is the father of the WWE Smackdown Superstar Rene Dupree ... In professional wrestling, a face is a character who is portrayed as being moral or approving (that is, faces are good guys or crowd favorites). The vast majority of wrestling storylines (though not all) place a heel (or bad guy) against a face. ... David Schults is a retired professional wrestler who billed himself as Dr. D. He gained his biggest notoriety after a 1984 incident involving 20/20 reporter John Stossel. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humorously referred to as evil. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are often bad guys in pro wrestling storylines. ...