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Accomplishments
The
following accomplishments are some of the reasons why the APW Boot Camp
has become the #1 Wrestling School in the country:
- Cheerleader Melissa
joins Taylor from ToughEnough on ARSION tour
in Japan.
- APW BOOT CAMP signs
Shawn Michaels trainee and former WWF Developmental
contract wrestler, American Dragon to become part of the
instructing team.
- Cheerleader Melissa is
selected as a semi-finalist by WWF/MTV for Tough
Enough2 and receives tryout in front of Al Snow, Bob
Holly and MTV executives.
- Giant Dalip Singh tours
for NEW JAPAN on a regular basis.
- Michael Modest,
Donovan Morgan, Bison Smith and Jardi Frantz
tour for PRO WRESTLING NOAH in Japan.
- New Japan management team
of former pro wrestling greats, Masa Saito and Brad
Rhengans visit the APW BOOT CAMP and scout Dalip Singh.
- Pro Wrestling NOAH's
President, Mitsuharu Misawa and managing partner, Mr.
Nikata plus the NOAH production crew and the Japanese press
visit APW Boot Camp to scout for pro wrestling talent.
- Spike Dudley signs WWF
contract.
- Michael Modest signs
WCW contract.
- Donovan Morgan is named "2001
Cauliflower Alley Future Legend". He is the second
recipient the first being WWF's Kurt Angle.
- Tony Jones tours for
BattleArts in Japan.
- Motion Picture "Beyond the
Mat" is released into theaters, home video, DVD and cable
television. APW Boot Camp was the training school selected
of all the schools to be featured in the film and two of its
graduates, Michael Modest and Tony Jones were in the
film as well.
- Kevin Sullivan of WCW
offers Michael Modest a tryout at a Nitro television
taping in Florida.
- WCW scout, Jim Barnett
comes to California to scout the APW Boot Camp.
- Michael Modest signs
Urban Wrestling League contract.
- Michael
Modest is named #1 independent wrestler in the U.S. and Canada by
a panel of five independent wrestling experts on the WHOO! Top 50
- Crash Holly joins WWF.
- "Brown
Bomber" Robert Thompson turns down a second offer to join ECW
to stay with All Pro Wrestling
- Vic
Grimes and Erin
O'Grady receive a Developmental contract from the WWF 1998
- Tony
Jones and Michael
Modest recieve a WWF tryout match during their "Raw is
War" program in September of 98
- Maxx
Justice, Donovan
Morgan, Robert Thompson and Michael
Modest all receive a tryout match on WCW's "Monday Nitro"
in July of 98'. WCW Talent Scout, Paul Orndorf was vocal
about his pleasure in watching the men wrestle, and invites them back
for a future date
- Vic
Grimes and Erin
O'Grady receive a tryout on the WWF program "Raw is War"
in February 98'. Following the tryout, both men sign conditional contracts
with the promotion
- Matt Hyson,
all 150 pounds of him, started wrestling for ECW in September 96
- Otto
Wanz inquired about the
graduates from this camp. Mr. Wanz promotes pro wrestling all over Europe
including Germany and Austria
- Mike Diamond
received a tryout with the WWF in October 1996
- Mike
Modest received a tryout
with the WWF in January 1996
- WWF
management was impressed
by and requested the use of students at future television tapings. This
happened at the Superstars tapings in California following the Royal
Rumble tour
- Mike
Diamond & Mike
Modest made their debut as La Migra (Border Patrol) at the
famous L.A. Forum in November 1995 for IWC/EMLL major lucha show headlined
by Negro Casas vs. El Hijo del Santo
- Super
Diablo was booked in a
dark match at "When Worlds Collide" pay-per-view in Los Angeles
in November 1994 against Al Snow
- Mike
Diamond makes pro debut
with the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF) at the famous Dallas Sportatorium
back in September 1993
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Cheerleader Melissa

"Vicious"
Vic Grimes

Spike
Dudley
(Matt Hyson)

Michael
Modest

Erin
O'Grady
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