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radio show and television series, carried by

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and

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under

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arrangements in

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. PWR is produced by Dameon Nelson and is based out of

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. Nelson announced the closure of PWR on April 28, 2018, but the show returned in March 2020 on

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History

The show was created by Dameon Nelson, who cohosts the show with booker Dave Herro. Herro is a POWW Hall of Famer. Frank Cossentino was a sporadic contributor but dedicated most of his time to hosting a Fantasy Football show on ESPN Radio. The first broadcast of the ''Pro Wrestling Report'' took place on March 18, 1998. The show was originally a 30-minute call-in show but was changed to an hour-long pre-taped show in 1999. PWR later aired on

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cable after airings of ''

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''. In June 2008, PWR began broadcasting a two-hour radio show on 540 ESPN while streaming shows internationally online. In 2006, PWR began uploading episodes to

; in 2012 PWR celebrated 10 million YouTube views with an hour-long special. PWR began broadcasting weekly television shows on My 24 in September 2011. From 2011 to 2018, PWR hosted a "Shenanigans Party" during WWE WrestleMania in its host city.

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hosted each event. PWR gives annual awards and recognition at the end of each year to wrestlers whose achievement is noteworthy. Co-host Dave Herro also named a Star of the Week on every Saturday night TV broadcast. The PWR Lifetime Achievement Award was introduced in 2009, when

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was recognized for the award. PWR awarded a prolific wrestling personality every year since with

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( Ax and Smash),

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, and Kevin Nash being given the honor in subsequent years. In 2013, PWR announced the creation of the PWR Hall of Fame, with

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and Demolition joining the inaugural class. The induction ceremony took place on April 5, 2013, two days before

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. Nelson announced the closure of PWR in a Facebook post on April 28, 2018. Herro was reunited with Nelson on February 29, 2020 at

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pay-per-view. In March 2020, new episodes were released on

's website.

References

External links

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