END OF AN ERA...

La Habra Heights, CA. - At IWL's "New Era 4" on Saturday, April 11th, PWU Owner Jimmy Quinn entered the ring to make a momentous announcement.

"New Era 4 is the beginning of a new era for IWL, but unfortunately it is also the end of an era for Pro Wrestling Uprising," Quinn said to the crowd. "Effective immediately, PWU is officially closing its doors."

Mr. Quinn thanked the audience and the wrestlers for two and a half years of good memories and for working so many benefit and charity shows.

As PWU World Champion Cast Iron Cothern was about to retire the belt to Quinn, Quinn stopped him and called out IWL Owner "Slic" Vic Luna. Luna came to the ring, at which time, Quinn said "I never wanted my company to go out like this. I didn't want to go out with a whimper. I wanted to go out with a bang. I don't want the legacy of this title and everything I have worked for to just disappear. I propose a title unification match between PWU World Champion Cast Iron Cothern and the IWL World Heavyweight Champion."

Vic Luna has accepted the challenge and a World Heavyweight Championship Unification Match will be seen at an upcoming IWL Show.

Pro Wrestling Uprising is officially closing. The company started on December 10, 2006 and officially ended on April 11, 2009. The PWU World Championship was defended in numerous promotions in California and also took a tour of the Midwest this year as Cothern took it through a few Oklahoma promotions.

The PWU websites and myspaces will close soon, although there may be a page that stays open as a historical record of PWU and HDCW footage. PWU and HDCW DVDs will still be found for sale at some Southern California shows, and there are plans for a retrospective DVD to come out later this year.

We would like to thank all the fans and wrestlers who supported and fought for Pro Wrestling Uprising.

Mr. Quinn says that although PWU is dead, he is not finished with the professional wrestling business.