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Championship Pro Wrestling, also known as CPW, is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in the panhandle of West Virginia. The promotion ran its first show on April 19, 1997. CPW is currently owned by a combination of Michael Heimberger, Pat McNeill and John Ellifritz.

CPW currently runs fifteen professional wrestling shows per year. The promotion's "home" arena is the Keyser Fire Hall in Keyser, West Virginia. Other regular CPW venues include Moorefield High School in Moorefield, Big Bear Lake in Bruceton Mills, Riverbend Park in Falling Waters and New Creek Fire Hall in New Creek. Tickets for CPW shows usually cost between five and twelve dollars. CPW's shows usually take place on Saturday evenings, beginning at 7:30 PM.

The Championship Pro Wrestling website is located at CPWwrestling.com. The CPW website contains old episodes of CPW's online television program, "CPW Showdown", which is no longer in production.

Over the years, several former WWE wrestlers have appeared on CPW events. They include Tito Santana, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, The Masked Superstar, Demolition Ax, Nikolai Volkoff, Buddy Landell, The Patriot, The Barbarian, Jimmy Valiant, Leilani Kai, Tom Prichard, Al Snow, King Kong Bundy and The Iron Shiek. Through the years, CPW has also welcomed other prominent independent wrestlers, including Bobby Eaton, "The Stro" Rob Kellum, Christian York, Doug Delicious, Glen Osbourne, Jimmy Cicero, Sean Lei, Ruckus, Ashley Lane and Necro Butcher.

Championship Pro Wrestling has received some critical acclaim within the industry, and has a small but devoted group of fans. The promotion relies on a core group of personalities who have remained with CPW for the past several years, including "Sexy" Shane Shadows, "Jackpot" Jimmy Jessup, "Highwayman" Leslie Leatherman, Jake "The Machine" Davis, "The Prince of Pranks" Hyjinx, "Renegade" Richie Stevens, "The Living Nightmare" Griffin, Spike Callahan and "The Big Guy" Patrick Lawson.

While CPW is a small promotion, several performers have made the move from CPW to the national wrestling scene, including Mickie James, Christopher Nowinski, Drew "Festus" Hankinson and Julio Dinero.

CPW's current title holders are: - Jake Davis (CPW Unified Heavyweight Champion) - Chris Cline & Robbie Paige(CPW Tag Team Champions) - Gino Sammartino (CPW West Virginia Champion)