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Darren Bennett (football player)

Darren Bennett (born 9 January 1965) is a former Australian rules football player and American football punter who played in the National Football League (NFL).

As an Australian rules footballer, he played for East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) between 1982 and 1987 and then in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the West Coast Eagles and the Melbourne Football Club. He was most successful at Melbourne, where he was named as one of the club's 150 Heroes of the last 150 years, kicking 208 goals from just 74 games for the club.

As an American football player, following a three-club career in the National Football League he is regarded as one of the greatest players of the 1990s and a member of the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team.

This combination made him notable as arguably the most successful of the Australian sportsmen linked to professional American football in history.

Australian rules football career
Born in Sydney, Bennett grew up in Perth, Western Australia, where he began playing Australian rules football, first playing senior football with East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League. His career with the Sharks was severely affected by injuries to his knee, which kept him out for over a season during 1985 and 1986 – in the interim denying him a WAFL premiership. However, training with former star Harry Neesham allowed Bennett to be fit for the 1986 finals, and in the second semi he became the first player ever to score ten goals in a WA(N)FL final.

As a consequence of his devastating late-1986 form, which included eleven goals in the last round against Claremont as well as his second semi effort, Bennett was recruited to be a member of the West Coast Eagles' inaugural squad in 1987. A serious knee injury curtailed his career with the Eagles after four games. Released by the Eagles, at the end of the 1988 season, he was drafted by the Melbourne Demons with the 13th selection in the 1988 VFL Draft. In both 1989 (34 goals) and 1990 (87 goals) Bennett led the Demons' goalkicking.

Bennett was known for kicking long goals, torpedo punts and taking strong marks.

Bennett was regarded as one of Melbourne's finest players in the early 1990s. But injuries caught up with him, and he played just two games in 1993. After the season, Bennett quietly retired from the Australian Football League, having totalled 78 games and 215 goals.

Most pre- or early 1990s Australian rules players had other jobs besides playing football; Bennett worked as a youth counsellor, and until being drafted by Melbourne planned to work on a shrimp boat. He participated in an exhibition match at SkyDome in Toronto in 1989; it is believed that Bennett was first exposed to American football during that trip.

Statistics

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NFL career
Bennett married in 1993. Having won airplane tickets to the US he and his wife went on their honeymoon to California in November 1993, where Bennett asked Chris Jones, his fitness coach at Melbourne to contact the coaching staff of the San Diego Chargers and asked for a tryout. While the coaches laughed at Bennett when the first snap hit him in the face, they liked his kicks and invited him to the 1994 minicamp. Bennett kicked during the 1994 preseason then spent the season with the Chargers' practice squad.

During the spring of 1995, the Chargers sent him to the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe, where he led the league in net punting average and earned all-league honours. That fall, he became the Chargers' regular punter. In his rookie season, he finished second in the NFL in punting average and made the AFC Pro Bowl team. He went on to establish himself as arguably the best punter in the NFL for the rest of the 1990s. Despite playing in the league for only half of that decade, he was named as the punter on the NFL's All-Decade Team for the 1990s.

Bennett's initial 1995 contract with the Chargers was, while the NFL rookie minimum of $119,000 plus a $30,000 Pro Bowl bonus, much more than the salaries of Australian rules players. On 7 August 1999, Bennett returned home with his adoptive sport and took part in Australia's first American Bowl in Sydney's brand new Stadium Australia against the Denver Broncos.

Bennett was named to another Pro Bowl team in 2000, and continued to be one of the league's leading punters well into the 21st century. Going into the 2004 season, he had averaged 43.8 yards per punt, averaged 27 punts per season inside the 20-yard-line, and had only three blocked punts in his career (two of which happened when the Chargers had only 10 men on the field). As a former Aussie rules player, and considerably larger than most specialist kickers in American football (6 ft and 235 lb), he did not shy away from physical contact on special teams. This willingness to hit, rare among kickers, was never more evident than when he knocked an opposing punt returner out cold in his rookie season. In 2004, after 144 games for the Chargers, he signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings, where he spent one season until being injured in pre-season and then cut in September 2005. However, he was recalled by the team in December 2005, after starting punter Chris Kluwe (who had replaced him on the Vikings squad) was injured; Bennett was signed to a temporary contract. He played one game before being released by the Vikings, having made his final NFL appearance after 15 Vikings games and a total of 159 NFL games.

Bennett is also credited for the introduction into the NFL of the "Aussie Rules kick" or "drop punt" as it is known in Australia. The technique was instrumental in the advancement of Australians into the NFL, and is a widely accepted punt now in all levels of football from NFL, NCAA and high schools around the country.

Bennett was named to the San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team in 2009. He was inducted into the Chargers Hall of Fame in 2012, the first time the Chargers allowed fans to decide the newest member.

Personal life
Bennett and his wife Rosemary reside in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and became US citizens in 2010. One of their sons, Thomas, followed Bennett into punting, and played college football at Baylor and Tulsa. Their other son, William, died in August 2020 at the age from 25 from Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Bennett is deeply involved with charities associated with that disease.

Bennett coaches high school kickers and punters in San Diego and Tulsa and mentors high school, NCAA and NFL players. Through a partnership with Puntfactory Australia, he mentors Australian punters playing NCAA football in the United States.

Bennett and fellow former punter Sav Rocca established a camp to help aspiring Australia punters.

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Onslow College

Onslow College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Johnsonville, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. In 2020 it had 1250 students. The current principal is Sheena Millar.

History
Onslow College opened in 1956 to serve Wellington's rapidly growing northern suburbs. It was named after the 4th Earl of Onslow, governor of New Zealand from 1889 to 1892.

The school roll grew from 201 third form pupils in 1956 to 1180 pupils in 1969.

The "Onslow Way" is difficult to define but a former principal Stuart Martin described it as "socially liberal but educationally conservative, decile 10 but physically run down". In 1969, Peggy-Anne Wendelken became New Zealand's first woman chair of a school board of governors; at this time Onslow's board had student representation, twenty years before this became a legal requirement.

The school has not had a school uniform since 1974 when it was abolished following student protest, despite the strong opposition of the Headmaster. In 2016 Onslow was one of the first schools in the region to have gender-neutral toilets for students.

Several staff have received awards for teaching excellence. Terry Burrell, received the prestigious Prime Minister's Science Teacher Prize in 2014, and the same year Esme Danielsen (Maths) received a Woolf Fisher Fellowship.

Onslow students won The Prime Minister's Future Scientist Prize in 2009, 2016 and 2018.

Music – Smokefree Rockquest Wellington regional finalists in 2021 were Obsidian Sun. In 2016 Onslow College bands and individuals took out 5 of the 8 awards the Regional Final: Best Vocalist – Raquel Abolins-Reid, Musicianship Award – Noah Spargo, Best Lyricist – Sarah Mc Bride, 3rd placed band – Bird on a Wire, 1st placed band and overall winners of the Wellington Regional Final – Retrospect.

In 2017 Onslow College won the Wellington regional "Festival Cup" for the school best representing the spirit of the Big Sing, a school choral festival organised by the New Zealand Choral Federation.

On 13 February 1997, 18-year-old former student Nicholas Hawker murdered 15-year-old St Mary's College student Vanessa Woodman on the school's grounds. Woodman was strangled, had her throat slit, and was stabbed 32 times. Hawker was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 10-year non-parole period. He was released on parole in 2015, but is not allowed in the North Island.

Principals
The school has had the following principals:

 * 2018–present Sheena Millar
 * 2010–2018 Peter Leggat
 * 2009–2009 Hamish Davidson (acting)
 * 2001–2009 Dr Stuart Martin
 * 1998–2000 Peter Smith
 * 1994–1998 John Carlyon
 * 1987–1993 Neale Pitches
 * 1979–1986 Bill Officer
 * 1977–1979 Harvey Rees-Thomas
 * 1966–1977 Dudley Hughes
 * 1956–1965 Colin Watt

Academia

 * James Belich – professor of history and writer
 * Mary Morgan-Richards – professor of wildlife evolution

The arts

 * Jackie van Beek – film and television director, writer and actor
 * John McDougall – guitarist-songwriter (The Holidaymakers)
 * Fazerdaze – singer-songwriter
 * Kate Camp – poet and author
 * Nick Bollinger – musician (Rough Justice, Windy City Strugglers), music critic and author
 * Peter Marshall – singer (The Holidaymakers)
 * Rosemary McLeod – writer
 * Sue Wootton – author
 * Taika Waititi – film director and actor. Academy award winner.
 * Leon Wadham – actor, writer and director
 * Riiki Reid – singer-songwriter
 * Ben Schrader – urban historian

Broadcasting and journalism

 * Ian Wishart – editor Investigate magazine
 * Rocky Wood – non-fiction author and freelance journalist
 * Warwick Slow – radio DJ

Public service

 * Catherine Delahunty – Green Party MP
 * Georgina Beyer – the world's first transgender mayor and later member of parliament.
 * Tāmati Coffey – Former TVNZ Breakfast weather presenter; Labour Party MP (2017–present)
 * Trevor Mallard – former Labour Party MP and Speaker Of The House
 * Sandra Lee-Vercoe – first Maori woman to win a general seat in Parliament

Sport

 * Alan Isaac – International Cricket Council President
 * Gavin Larsen – New Zealand cricket player
 * Jeremy Coney – New Zealand cricket player
 * Joe Wright – New Zealand Olympic Rower 2015
 * Martin Dreyer – New Zealand Chess Champion
 * Noah Billingsley – New Zealand football player
 * Richard Ussher – New Zealand multisport athlete & World AR champion 2005/2006

Notable staff

 * Jeremy Coney – New Zealand cricket player
 * Penny Kinsella – New Zealand cricket player
 * Tina Manker – German Olympic rower

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Beilschmiedia tawa

Beilschmiedia tawa, the tawa, is a New Zealand broadleaf tree common in the central parts of the country. Tawa is often the dominant canopy tree species in lowland forests in the North Island and the north east of the South Island, but will also often form the subcanopy in primary forests throughout the country in these areas, beneath podocarps such as kahikatea, matai, miro and rimu. Individual specimens may grow up to 30 metres or more in height with trunks up to 1.2 metres in diameter, and they have smooth dark bark. The Māori word "tawa" is the name for the tree.

Tawa produce small inconspicuous flowers followed by 2–3.5 cm long fruit of a dark red plum colour. With such large fruits, tawa is notable for the fact that it relies solely on the New Zealand pigeon (kererū) and (where present) the North Island kokako for dispersal of its seed. These are the only remaining birds from New Zealand's original biota large enough to eat the fruits of this tree and pass the seeds through their guts and excrete them unharmed. Tawa can also support significant epiphyte gardens in their canopies, which are one of the few habitats known to be frequented by the enigmatic, arboreal striped skink.

This tree gives its name to a northern suburb of Wellington, Tawa.

Uses
The wood of this tree can be used for attractive and resilient floorboarding. Although largely protected in conservation areas and by robust environmental legislation, licences are occasionally granted for the odd fallen tree to be milled for its timber.

The kernel of the tawa berry was used by Māori as food. The berries were steamed in a hangi (earth oven) for two days, then washed to remove the turpentine-flavoured pulp. The dried kernels were stored. When required, they were soaked in hot water and pounded, sometimes flavouring being added to the mashed meal.

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Luigi R. Einaudi

Luigi Roberto Einaudi (born March 1, 1936) is an American career diplomat. He assumed the post of Acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in October 2004 upon the resignation of Secretary General Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.

Early life and education
An Italian American, Einaudi was born to Mario and Manon Einaudi on 1 March 1936 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Educated at Harvard University, he attained a Bachelor of Arts in 1957 and completed his PhD from Harvard in 1967.

Career
He served in the US Army between 1957 and 1959. Following his military service, Einaudi was at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Between 1962 and 1974, he was a researcher at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, attaining his PhD from Harvard in 1966. From the 1970s onward, Einaudi served as the United States Department of State' policy-planning chief for Latin America. While at the US State Department, Einaudi met with Vladimiro Montesinos – then a captain in the Peruvian Army – during a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operation that brought Montesinos to Washington, D.C., which later resulted with the army captain's temporary imprisonment.

Einaudi has taught at Harvard University, Wesleyan University, University of California, Los Angeles and Georgetown University, and lectured at other universities and other societies in the United States, Latin America and Europe. A published author, Einaudi has written articles and monographs. He was the principal author of the book Beyond Cuba, Latin America Takes Charge of Its Future (1974).

From 1989 to 1993, Einaudi was the US Ambassador to the Organization of American States. He was elected as Assistant Secretary General in June 2000 by a 27–7 vote of the member states at the 30th regular session of the OAS General Assembly, held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He assumed the post of Acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in October 2004 upon the resignation of Secretary General Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.

Today Einaudi is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is on the board of educational and non-profit institutions in the United States and Italy, particularly the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi (Turin), named for his grandfather, the second postwar President of Italy.

Personal life
Einaudi is married to Carol Ann Peacock, a lawyer specialising in intellectual property. They have four children and ten grandchildren.

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Talk:Kenenisa Bekele

Picture Caption
Sentence in question: "Bekele followed by Abraham Chebii and his brother Tariku at the XXV Cross Internacional de Itálica" should possibly be edited. Chebii's brother, or Bekele's? The pronoun in unclear.

NPOV
Removed: These claims must be disattributed and presented as the views only of those attributed. the Additionally, counterclaims should be presented. 119 06:27, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC) he is a pimp
 * Only 22, he is widely acknowledged as the best young distance runner in the world.
 * He is considered the heir to Haile Gebrselassie, widely considered to be the best distance runner in the history of mankind.
 * ...Haile Gebrselassie who looked past his best...

Added: Mention of world records in first sentence. Reason: An introductory statement about Kenenisa Bekele should explain why he is notable. The POV comments described above seem to have been motivated by the previously lackluster opening of the article. It is POV to state that he is the "best young distance runner in the world," but it is relevant and impartial to note that he has run the fastest races ever.

Not sure where to put this, but this sentence just seems kind of non-encyclopedic "And while this victory was just one step toward healing his broken spirit, it is among the greatest emotional and physical triumphs in Athletics history." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Diddyeinstein (talk • contribs) 17:32, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

World Cross Country Championships Medals
Bekele's medals from the World Cross Country Championships should be included in his medal record on the top right-hand corner of the page.

Three points
I'm too tired to trust myself to edit, so I'll quickly mention these:

 * 1) Steve Cram on the BBC commentary mentioned repeatedly that Bekele is unbeaten over 10,000m. If this is indeed true, it should be mentioned.
 * 2) Both "metres" and "meters" are used in the article. They should all be "metres", as that form predominates and was used first.
 * 3) Bekele should be referred as such throughout, not as simply "Kenenisa" as he is more than once in the "2005 - 2008" section.

86.132.143.188 (talk) 03:31, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Steve Cram notwithstanding, the article itself states that "Gebrselassie defeated Bekele on ... the 2001 Great Ethiopian Run 10 km." So I am being bold and adding the caveat "Since 2003," for his "undefeated" status. -Eliyahu S Talk 10:31, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 10,000 m is a track event, while 10 km is a road event - not the same. GregorB (talk) 02:12, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Vital Stats
Are stats like height, age and weight not typically put in the top right summary box for runners? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BMAH07 (talk • contribs) 13:06, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Ethiopian Proper Names
The norm for Ethiopian names is for the given name to be the proper name. The father's name follows, and when a full name is written, the grandfather's (given) name is added. There is no surname as such. Therefore when one refers to "Bekele", one is talking about Kenenisa's father, not Kenenisa Bekele. It is always appropriate to write Kenenisa or Kenenisa Bekele when referring to the subject.213.55.72.14 (talk) 07:25, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Since the English Wikipedia is a worldwide encyclopedia, we should stick to what is generally acceptable. It is obvious that in an article describing the career of Track & Field athlete Kenenisa Bekele, no confusion can arise about his identity, when in the following text he is referred to as 'Bekele'. In those cases any doubts could arise, one should add the first name, not replace the family name. Regards, Piet.Wijker (talk) 07:58, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * After being instructed by user SFB (see also my discussion page) I have come to the conclusion, that my former remark was incorrect in the case of Ethiopian surnames. Therefore I undid my earlier revert. Regards, Piet.Wijker (talk) 09:40, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

10k road race record
I have seen that Bekele's road race record for 10k was listed as 27:58 from Nijmegen (2008). Accordingly, I have replaced it with his time of 27:49 from Dublin (2011). However, I don't know if his previous record was correct (I realize he does not run many road races, but it seemed very slow by comparison, and it is not mentioned as a PB here: http://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2012/0415/317143-bekele/ ). TSawala (talk) 22:34, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Bekele and Bikila
I have to admit some curiosity if the names Bekele and Bikila are related, like the given names Frederick and Frederich.

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Greatest distance runner of all time ?
The lead says "many consider him to be the greatest distance runner of all time". No doubt his achievements are amazing, but who are these "many"? The only source offered is Ryan Fan, a part-time writer on medium.com. Personally I don't think he qualifies as a WP:RS. The sentence should be removed, or at least toned down to something like, "it has been suggested that he is the greatest distance runner of all time", or better sources found. Adpete (talk) 04:32, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Here is a far better ref . And this -- a readers' poll, but in a published magazine -- where he came third (behind Haile Gebrselassie and Emil Zatopek). Adpete (talk) 02:53, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

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this synopsis is lousy. please fix it. Kingturtle 06:27, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * The synopsis is excellent. Nixdorf 07:10, 2004 Dec 13 (UTC)

http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Ms_Fnd_in_a_Lbry

-came from here

 * Yes other advertised-driven encyclopedias often copy content from Wikipedia, are you surprised? Nixdorf 15:19, 2005 Apr 27 (UTC)

 * Isn't it sad that some people are thinking Wikipedia is leeching content from these other websites, when it is actually the other way around? *sigh* ☢  Ҡ i∊ ff   ⌇  ↯  17:49, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Link to text doesn't work. This:

http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/humor/Ms_fnd_in_a_Lbry.html

does work — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.244.87.129 (talk) 14:48, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

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Bug-eyed monster

The bug-eyed monster (BEM) is an early convention of the science fiction genre. Extraterrestrials in science fiction of the 1930s were often described (or pictured on covers of pulp magazines) as grotesque creatures with huge, oversized or compound eyes and a lust for women, blood or general destruction.

In the contactee/abductee mythology, which grew up quickly beginning in 1952, the blond, blue-eyed, and friendly Nordic aliens of the 1950s were quickly replaced by small, unfriendly bug-eyed creatures, closely matching in many respects the pulp cover clichés of the 1930s which have remained the abductor norm since the 1960s.

Popular culture

 * The Daleks from Doctor Who. When the show was created, the BBC producers stated that Doctor Who would be a "hard" science fiction show, and there would be no bug-eyed monsters – explicitly stated by show creator Sydney Newman. Writer Terry Nation created the Daleks in the show's second serial, much to Newman's disapproval.
 * In "What Is This Thing Called Love?", Isaac Asimov's parody of both pulp fiction and the bug-eyed monster idea, a woman captured by aliens for the purposes of study keeps using the term when referring to her captor.
 * In "The Gap Cycle" of books by Stephen R. Donaldson, the alien creatures are referred to by the main characters as BEMs.

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Michael Clarke

Michael or Mike Clarke may refer to:

 * J. Michael Clarke, British acoustic and electroacoustic musician
 * Michael Clarke (skier) (born 1970), Australia's first world champion in a winter sport
 * Michael Clarke (academic), British academic who specialises in defence studies
 * Michael Clarke (Australian politician) (1915–2002), member of the Victorian Legislative Council
 * Michael Clarke (Barbadian cricketer) (1913–1982)
 * Michael Clarke (Canadian politician), a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate
 * Michael Clarke (cricketer) (born 1981), former captain of the Australian national cricket team
 * Michael Clarke (musician) (1946–1993), American musician
 * Michael Clarke (ornithologist), Australian ornithologist
 * Michael Clarke (priest) (1935–1978), Anglican provost
 * Michael Clarke Duncan (1957–2012), American actor
 * Mike Clarke (ice hockey, born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Michael Clarke (jockey), Australian jockey
 * Michael E. Clarke, Australian political scientist
 * Mick Clarke, British guitarist, member of Killing Floor

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Cover for album Glow Stars by Heather Nova.

Fair use rationale for

 * It is believed that the use of this image on the English-language Wikipedia to illustrate an article on the audio recording in question falls under the "Non-profit educational" clause of the Fair Use doctrine currently upheld by United States law. (17 U.S.C. § 107)
 * The image is irreplaceable; a free analogue is impossible to produce as the original will be covered by copyright for the foreseeable future
 * Owing to the limited web-resolution of the image, only a small portion of a copyrighted work is used
 * For the same reasons, the portion of the copyrighted work used is of inherently lower quality than the original, reducing the risk of competitiveness and therefore the effects of this copy on the market for or value of versions held by the owner of the copyright

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Altec Lansing

Altec Lansing, Inc. is an American audio electronics company founded in 1927. Their primary products are loudspeakers and associated audio electronics for professional, home, automotive and multimedia applications.

Engineers at Western Electric, who later formed Altec Services Company, developed the technology for motion picture sound that was introduced in 1927, with the release of The Jazz Singer.

Originally, Altec Services Company serviced the theater sound systems the company founders had helped develop. In 1941, the Altec Services Company purchased the nearly bankrupt Lansing Manufacturing Company and melded the two names, forming the Altec Lansing Corporation, and with the manufacturing capabilities of the former Lansing Manufacturing Company, they quickly expanded into manufacturing horn loudspeakers.

In 1958 the Altec Lansing Corporation was purchased by James Ling who made it part of LTV Ling Altec. LTV spun off Altec which it loaded down with debt first. By 1974, the company was saddled with debt. It was reorganized under Chapter 11 as Altec Corporation and continued for 10 years. Altec filed a second bankruptcy. In 1984, Gulton Industries purchased the brand out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Gulton was acquired by Mark IV Audio. Since then, there has been a string of owners, purchased in 1986 by Sparkomatic, with the Pro equipment still made by Mark IV Audio, Mark IV sold out to Telex, who closed down the Pro division and folded its products into Electro-Voice. In 2005 Altec Lansing Technologies was acquired by Plantronics, 2009 bought by Prophet Equity, and has been owned since 2012 by the Infinity Group, a company which acquires struggling companies.

Popular loudspeakers included the Altec Lansing Duplex 600-series coaxial loudspeaker, studio monitors from the 1940s to the 1980s, and the Altec "Voice of the Theatre" line of loudspeakers widely used in movie theaters, concert halls, and also in rock concerts from the 1960s to the 1990s, such as custom designs used at Woodstock Festival.

Conception and early products
In 1930 AT&T's Western Electric established a division to install and service loudspeakers and electronic products for motion-picture use. Named Electrical Research Products, Inc. and commonly referred to by the acronym ERPI, it became the target of an anti-trust suit brought by Stanley K. Oldden. By 1936, Western Electric had shed its audio-equipment manufacturing and sales division, bought by International Projector and Motiograph, and was looking to dissolve the associated service division. ERPI was purchased as part of a consent decree in 1937 by a group of ERPI executives, including George Carrington Sr., Leon Whitney "Mike" Conrow, Bert Sanford Jr., and Alvis A. Ward, with funding from three Wall Street investors. They reincorporated as "Altec Service Company", the "Altec" standing for "all technical". Company executives promised they would never make or sell audio equipment.

The Altec Services Company purchased the bankrupt Lansing Manufacturing Company and melded the two names, forming the Altec Lansing Corporation on May 1, 1941. The first Altec Lansing power amplifier, Model 142B, was produced that same year. James Bullough Lansing worked for Altec Lansing, then in 1946 he left to found the James B. Lansing Company (JBL), another manufacturer of high-quality professional loudspeakers, which competed with Altec Lansing. Altec Lansing produced a line of professional and high-fidelity audio equipment, starting with a line of horn-based loudspeaker systems. First developed for use in motion-picture theaters, these products were touted for their fidelity, efficiency and high sound-level capability. Products included "biflex" speakers (where frequency range was increased by a flexible "decoupling" of a small center area of the speaker's cone from a larger "woofer" area) and the 604-series of coaxial speakers (which employed a high-efficiency compression driver mounted to the rear of the 604's low-frequency magnet, and exited through a multicellular horn that passed through center of the woofer's cone).

Altec Lansing also made the Voice of the Theatre systems. The design resulted from a collaboration between John Hilliard and Jim Lansing. Douglas Shearer didn't hesitate to approve the Hilliard's proposal and authorized "any reasonable budget". Hilliard became the team leader of this new project. Hilliard immediately recruited Lansing Manufacturing, Robert Stephens, a design draftsman on MGM's staff, and Harry Kimball. The speaker was named the Shearer horn. Later on, a more refined model, the VOTT, was introduced. The smallest model, the A-7, used a large-sized sectoral metal horn for high frequencies, which featured dividers (sectors) to provide control sound dispersion, plus a medium-sized wooden low-frequency enclosure, which functioned as a hybrid bass-horn/bass-reflex enclosure.

The most often used Voice of the Theatre system was the A-4, many of which are still in use in motion picture theaters measuring 9 feet tall. . The efficiency of all of these products originally provided high sound pressure levels from the limited amplifier power available at the time. The original Voice of the Theatre series included the A-1, A-2, A-4, and the A-5. The A-7 and A-8 were designed for smaller venues.

Bill Hanley used Altec high frequency drivers and horns along with JBL bass drivers in his custom-built loudspeaker system for the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Some professional Altec Lansing products remained in use well into the 1990s.

Altec Service Co. and Altec Lansing Professional audio products
James Ling purchased the Altec Lansing Corporation from the ailing George Carrington Sr., in 1958. By the time James Ling spun Altec Lansing off in 1974, his company, LTV-Ling-Altec, had heavy debts. In 1984, Gulton Industries, Inc., purchased the Altec Sound Products Division from the Altec Lansing Corporation, which was operating under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Included with the purchase were the tooling, parts and product inventories, distributor network, designs, patents, and assets of the Sound Products Division of Altec Lansing. The motion picture theater sound installation and repair business, Altec Service Co., was sold to J. Bruce Waddell, then head of Altec Service, and comptroller Robert V. Gandolfi. They established it as A.S.C. Technical Services in Richardson, Texas.

The Altec Lansing Corporation was formed by Gulton Industries as part of the purchase and headquartered in Oklahoma City, the site of the University Sound factory built by Jimmy Ling when he moved there from White Plains, New York. Prior to the purchase, Altec Lansing had been headquartered in Yorba Linda, California, but it was moved as part of an effort to reduce operating costs.

Altec Lansing Corporation produced professional audio products until 1995, when Telex Communications, who had purchased Altec Lansing's parent company, EVI Audio, Inc., in 1997, consolidated all of their electronics manufacturing facilities into one location in Minnesota.

Post-1996
In 1996, Altec Lansing Technologies Multimedia established an R&D center in Kfar Saba, Israel. The center, known as ALST Technical Excellence Center, cooperate with STMicroelectronics (ALST = Altec Lansing + STMicro) and focused on advanced multimedia technologies such as USB audio, surround sound and wireless audio as well as on handheld video. The center was closed in 2001 and the development activities moved to the Milford headquarters. In May 2000, Altec Lansing's Professional division was closed by Telex and the Altec Lansing was later sold to Sparkomatic and renamed Altec Lansing Technologies. The Altec Lansing Professional line was relaunched in April 2002 by Altec Lansing Technologies using a few former executives and sound engineers of the old Oklahoma City-based Altec Lansing Corporation, bringing Altec's professional and consumer products under the same roof for the first time since 1986. The company later dropped the professional audio products and Altec Lansing Professional's Oklahoma City offices were closed in late 2006 and all remaining activities relocated to the headquarters in Milford, Pennsylvania.

On 30 April 2001 Altec Lansing Technologies launched their first line of headphones named as the AHP series. This series of headphones had various different designs and price ranges. In February 2004, Altec Lansing Technologies reissued a number of loudspeakers starting with the A7 Voice of the Theatre, manufactured in the US with some changes to the enclosure. Similarly, Altec Lansing Technologies reissued the 510, 508 and 305 loudspeakers. Very few were actually made. On July 11, 2005, Altec Lansing Technologies announced that it was to be acquired by Plantronics for approximately $166 million. On September 10, 2008, Altec Lansing Technologies went through a corporate makeover changing its name to Altec Lansing LLC and its logo from a "whirlpool" to an abstraction of a multi-cellular horn.

On 1 October 2009 Altec Lansing LLC announced that it was to be acquired by Prophet Equity for approximately 18 million dollars. In July 2011, Altec Lansing LLC announced the opening of new West Coast headquarters in San Diego, California. Brendon Stead joined as Vice President of Product Management and Engineering. Stead was formerly the General Manager and Vice President of Harman International and Labtec. On October 18, 2012, The Infinity Group bought Altec Lansing for $17.5 million at auction thus saving the company from bankruptcy. Infinity specializes in acquiring and turning around struggling or bankrupt consumer brands.

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Victoria, Laguna

Victoria, officially the Municipality of Victoria, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 43,408 people.

It is southeast of Laguna de Bay, 76 km south of Manila and 11 km from Santa Cruz. It is bordered by the Municipality of Calauan to the south-west, Nagcarlan to the southeast and Pila to the north-east. The municipality has a total land area of 22.83 sqkm which is 1.30% of the total land area of the province of Laguna.

Duck Raising Capital of the Philippines, or Victoria, is a municipality offering some of the most bizarre yet delicious dishes including goats’ and ducks’ meat. The town is bordered by Calauan, Nagcarlan, and Pila. Following the town's nickname, the Itik Festival is celebrated, along with the town's founding anniversary, to give honor and to know more about the products that come from itik (duck).

Etymology
The name of Victoria means "victory" in Spanish. It got its name from Victoria Quirino, the daughter of former President Elpidio Quirino under whose presidency the municipality was established. The younger Quirino also served as the First Lady as her father was a widower.

History
Prominent citizens and civic leaders found new hope to make Nanhaya, then a barrio part of Pila, a town, when the Americans granted the Philippines Independence in 1946. They revived the move to separate from Pila. During this time, citizens proposed to name the town Trinidad, after the young republic's First Lady, the wife of then-President Manuel Roxas. Strong oppositions shelved the proposal once more.

After Roxas's death, Elpidio Quirino took over the presidency. Nanhaya's residents remained undaunted. They tried once more, intensifying the campaign. Most prominent and wealthiest family of the town is the Fernandez clans, Judge Jose Fernandez, then Mayor Alejandro Fernandez, Atty. Ramon H. Fernandez Sr., Andres Franco, Dr. Agrifino Oca, Gregorio Herradura, and Leonardo Rebong stood for the proposal. On November 15, 1949, President Elpidio Quirino signed into effect Executive Order No. 282, segregating barrios Nanhaya, Bancabanca, Daniw, Masapang, San Benito, San Felix, San Francisco, and San Roque from Pila and formed a new independent municipality.

After Pateros became highly urbanized and densely populated, Victoria became a destination of balut traders and became the "Duck Raising Center of the Philippines". The town was featured as the detour challenge of Leg 11 of the 5th Season of The Amazing Race. Victoria celebrates the Itik Festival every second week of November.

The municipal seat of Pila was once located in Barangay Pagalangan, now one of Victoria's barangays. The remains of Pila's original parish church can still be found in Pagalangan, which in the past made that community a target of treasure hunters seeking antiques. Pagalangan ceased to be Pila's capital when the town center was relocated due to frequent flooding.

Barangays
Victoria is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Currently, there are two barangays which are classified as urban (highlighted in bold).
 * Banca-banca
 * Daniw
 * Masapang
 * Nanhaya (Poblacion)
 * Pagalangan
 * San Benito
 * San Felix
 * San Francisco
 * San Roque (Poblacion)

Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Victoria, Laguna, was 43,408 people, with a density of undefined PD/km2.

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Glow Stars

Glow Stars is the debut studio album by Heather Nova, released in 1993.

Critical reception
AllMusic wrote: "'Ear to the Ground' and the title track shimmer with sweet acoustic guitars, while tracks like 'Bare' and 'Spirit in You' prance around dark melodies steeped in hollow dreamscapes."

Track listing
All songs written by Heather Nova.

 * 1) "Bare" – 4:24
 * 2) "My Fidelity" – 4:21
 * 3) "Spirit in You" – 4:00
 * 4) "Shell" – 4:10
 * 5) "Glow Stars" – 3:07
 * 6) "Ear to the Ground" – 4:40
 * 7) "Second Skin" – 3:48
 * 8) "Mothertongue" – 3:24
 * 9) "All the Way" – 1:10
 * 10) "Frontier" – 4:13
 * 11) "Shaking the Doll" – 3:50
 * 12) "Talking to Strangers" – 3:23

Personnel

 * Heather Nova – guitar, keyboards, vocals
 * David Ayers – guitar
 * Danny Hammond – guitar
 * Colin Payne – keyboards

Production

 * Felix Tod – producer, engineer, mixing
 * Colin Payne – string arrangements
 * Andy Vella – cover photo

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Al Purdy

Alfred Wellington Purdy (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years. His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence, in addition to his posthumous works. He has been called English Canada's "unofficial poet laureate" and "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture."

Biography
Born in Wooler, Ontario, Purdy went to Albert College in Belleville, Ontario, and Trenton Collegiate Institute in Trenton, Ontario. He dropped out of school at 17 and rode the rails west to Vancouver. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. Following the war, he worked in various jobs until the 1960s, when he was finally able to support himself as a writer, editor and poet.

In 1957, Purdy and his wife Eurithe moved to Roblin Lake in Ameliasburgh, Ontario (southeast of Trenton, in Prince Edward County), where they built an A-frame cottage, and this became his preferred location for writing. In his later years, he divided his time between North Saanich, British Columbia, and his cottage at Roblin Lake.

In addition to his poems and novel, Purdy's work includes two volumes of memoirs, the most recent of which was Reaching for the Beaufort Sea. He also wrote four books of correspondence, including Margaret Laurence - Al Purdy: A Friendship in Letters and radio and television plays for the CBC. He was writer-in-residence at several Canadian universities; contributed to Acta Victoriana, literary journal of Victoria College; and edited a number of anthologies of poetry.

He wrote the introduction to the last book of poetry by his friend Milton Acorn, The Whiskey Jack. Purdy was also a long-time friend of American author Charles Bukowski. Bukowski once said: "I don't know of any good living poets. But there's this tough son of a bitch up in Canada that walks the line."

However, acclaim is not universal. Noted Canadian formalist poet James Pollock, when asked to "Name one poet, living or dead, it seems everyone loves but you," answered: "In Canada, Al Purdy. The emperor has no clothes."

Al Purdy died in North Saanich. His final collection of poetry, Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy, was released posthumously in the fall of 2000.

Memorial
A grass-roots movement to preserve Purdy's A-frame cottage in Ameliasburgh has been organized by Jean Baird (wife of poet George Bowering) and Purdy's publisher Howard White of Harbour Publishing, who together founded the A-Frame Trust with the intent of raising $1 million to preserve the house as a memorial to Purdy and a writing retreat for other writers. The campaign is profiled in Brian D. Johnson's 2015 documentary film Al Purdy Was Here.

In 2016 it was revealed in Toronto Life that John Hofsess contributed to the assisted suicide of Purdy when the poet was dying of cancer.

Awards and recognition
Honours and awards Purdy received include the Order of Canada (O.C.) in 1982, the Order of Ontario in 1987, and the Governor General's Award, in 1965 for his collection The Cariboo Horses, and again in 1986 for The Collected Poems of Al Purdy. The League of Canadian Poets gave Purdy the Voice of the Land Award, a special award created by the League to honour his unique contribution to Canada.

Purdy's collection of poems, Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems, 1962–1996, was chosen for inclusion in Canada Reads 2006, where it was championed by poet Susan Musgrave. On May 20, 2008, a large bronze statue of Purdy was unveiled in Queen's Park in downtown Toronto.

Poetry

 * The Enchanted Echo. Vancouver: Clarke & Stuart, 1944.
 * Pressed on Sand. Toronto: Ryerson, 1955.
 * Emu, Remember!. Fredericton, NB: U of New Brunswick P, 1956.
 * The Crafte So Longe to Lerne. Toronto: Ryerson, 1959.
 * The Blur in Between: Poems 1960-61. Toronto: Emblem, 1962.
 * Poems for All the Annettes. Toronto: Contact P, 1962.
 * The Cariboo Horses. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1965.
 * North of Summer: Poems from Baffin Island. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1967.
 * About Being a Member of Our Armed Forces — 1967
 * Wild Grape Wine. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1968.
 * Love in a Burning Building. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1970.
 * The Quest for Ouzo. Trenton, ON: M. Kerrigan Almey, 1969.
 * Hiroshima Poems. Trumansburg, NY: Crossing P, 1972.
 * Selected Poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1972. ISBN 0-7710-7198-1
 * On the Bearpaw Sea. Jean Wong illus. Burnaby, BC: Blackfish Press, 1973. Toronto: Red Maple Foundation, 1974. ISBN 0-9698687-0-7
 * Sex & Death. McLelland & Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-7200-7, ISBN 0-7710-7201-5
 * In Search of Owen Roblin. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974. ISBN 0-7710-7202-3
 * The Poems of Al Purdy. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. ISBN 0-7710-9510-4
 * Sundance at Dusk. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976.
 * A Handful of Earth. Coatsworth, ON: Black Moss P, 1977. ISBN 0-88753-022-2 ISBN 0887530230 ISBN 0-88753-024-9
 * At Marsport Drugstore. Sutton West, ON: Paget P, 1977. ISBN 0-920348-02-5
 * No Other Country. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977. ISBN 0-7710-7208-2
 * Moths in the Iron Curtain. Abridged edition. Cleveland, OH: Black Rabbit Press, 1977.
 * No Second Spring. Coatsworth, ON: Black Moss P, 1978. ISBN 0-88753-038-9
 * Being Alive: Poems 1958–78. Toronto: McClelland & Steward, 1978. ISBN 0-7710-7207-4
 * Moths in the Iron Curtain. Illustrated by Eurithe Purdy. Sutton West, ON: Paget P, 1979. ISBN 0920348084 ISBN 9780920348086 ISBN 0920348106 ISBN 9780920348109
 * The Stone Bird. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1981.
 * Bursting Into Song: An Al Purdy Omnibus. Windsor, ON: Black Moss, 1982. ISBN 0-88753-085-0
 * Birdwatching at the Equator: The Galapagos Island Poems. Sutton West, ON: Paget P, 1982. ISBN 0-920348-27-0
 * Morning and It's Summer. Quadrant Editions, 1983. ISBN 0-86495-032-2 ISBN 0864950225
 * Piling Blood. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984. ISBN 0-7710-7213-9
 * The Collected Poems of Al Purdy. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1986. ISBN 0-7710-7215-5
 * The Woman on the Shore. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. ISBN 0-7710-7217-1
 * Two Poems - Broadside - Pie Tree Press 1990 - Limited to 100 copies & 26 lettered copies
 * Collected Poems. [Audio cassette.] Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. ISBN 978-0-7710-7031-0
 * Naked with Summer in Your Mouth. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1994. ISBN 0-7710-7221-X
 * Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems 1962-1996. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1996. ISBN 1-55017-148-8
 * To Paris Never Again. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-55017-173-9
 * The Man Who Outlived Himself — 1999 (with Doug Beardsley)
 * Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-55017-225-5
 * Home Country: Selected Poems. Parry Sound, ON: Church Street P, 2000.

Prose

 * The Bukowski/Purdy Letters 1964–1974. Seamus Cooney ed. Sutton West, ON: Paget Press, 1984. ISBN 0-920348-26-2 ISBN 0920348254 ISBN 0-920348-28-9
 * The Woodcock/Purdy Letters 1964–1974. George Galt ed. Toronto: ECW, 1988. ISBN 978-1-55022-006-3
 * A Splinter in the Heart. a novel. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. ISBN 0-7710-7218-X
 * Reaching for the Beaufort Sea: An Autobiography. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1993. ISBN 1-55017-088-0
 * Margaret Laurence — Al Purdy: A Friendship in Letters. John Lennox ed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1994. ISBN 978-0-7710-5256-9
 * Starting from Ameliasburgh: The Collected Prose of Al Purdy. Sam Solecki ed. Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-55017-127-5
 * No One Else is Lawrence! (with Doug Beardsley). Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-55017-194-1
 * Yours, Al: The Collected Letters of Al Purdy. Sam Solecki ed. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 2004. ISBN 1-55017-332-4
 * We Go Far Back in Time: The Letters of Earle Birney and Al Purdy, 1947-1987. Nicholas Bradley ed. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 2014. ISBN 978-1-55017-610-0

Edited

 * The New Romans: Candid Canadian Opinions of the U.S.. New York, Edmonton: St. Martin's P, Hurtig, 1968.
 * Fifteen Winds: A Selection of Modern Canadian Poems. Toronto: Ryerson, 1969.
 * Storm Warning: The New Canadian Poets. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. ISBN 0-7710-7191-4
 * Storm Warning 2: The New Canadian Poets. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. ISBN 0-7710-7204-X

Posthumous

 * More Easily Kept Illusions. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier P, 2006. ISBN 978-0-88920-490-4
 * The Al Purdy A-Frame Anthology - 2009
 * Unexplored Country - 2009, Alden Press, Clinton, B.C. 3 Broadside poems. Limited to 60 copies.

In media
A CBC Radio recording of a 1968 reading by Purdy of his poem Quinte Hotel at a gathering conference of Canadian poets in Toronto was adapted as an animated short film At the Quinte Hotel, which received the Canadian Film Institute Award for best Canadian animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

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International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)

The International Wrestling Association is a conglomerate of professional wrestling promotions that originated in Puerto Rico and currently operates there. Founded in 1994 by wrestler promoter Víctor Quiñones and wrestler Miguel Perez Jr. it quickly entered an agreement to serve as a development territory for the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE) that lasted until 2001. During its first decade, IWA grew to rival the long-standing World Wrestling Council (WWC). Its business model relies on pushing younger talents, using veterans and foreign wrestlers to get them over with the public.

Besides a number of alliances with foreign promotions that included Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, International Wrestling Association of Japan (which Quiñones also co-founded in 1994), IWA Mid-South, and Ring of Honor (ROH), the company was also a member of the National Wrestling Alliance between 2007 and 2008. The original incarnation ceased operations in 2012. On October 24, 2018, the reopening of IWA-PR was also announced.

IWA-WWF (1999–2000)
The International Wrestling Association had a working agreement with the World Wrestling Federation in the first year of operations from 1999 to 2000. During that time some developmental and regular WWF talent often appeared on IWA Puerto Rico shows. That included The Rock's first and only wrestling match in Puerto Rico on April 28, 2000, at Paquito Montaner Stadium in Ponce, Puerto Rico when he teamed with Kane against the Dudley Boyz. During that year IWA began promoting two of their most popular annual events, IWA Christmas in PR and Histeria Boricua. On the second night IWA Christmas in PR Histeria Boricua on January 6, 1999 at "Juan Pachin Vicens Auditorium" on Ponce, Puerto Rico with Kane vs. The Undertaker on the main event drew 15.000 fans, the largest crowd for a wrestling event in Ponce.

IWA-PR vs. WWC
IWA adopted a strict protocol of expelling problematic fans, such as those that threw objects to the ring. On April 1, 2001, the IWA parodied Jovica's accent and referred to WWC as an independent company with mediocre performers in a segment of El Tocotón. In June 2001, the IWA held a joint show along independent promotion Puerto Rico Wrestling Association. On July 28, 2001, it was published that the promotion had extended the contract of their top stars Ricky Banderas and Apolo for five years plus another additional year of no competing in case of abandoning the promotion. In August 2001, the IWA made efforts to exploit The Invasion angle being featured in WWF by bringing members of the regular roster and The Alliance such as Mike Awesome, Billy Gunn, Justin Credible, Tajiri, Tommy Dreamer, Hugh Morris, Steve Blackman, Hakú, Scotty 2 Hotty or Shawn Stasiak. This was combined with a move to bring Balls Mahoney, another ex-ECW figure to the company. On October 10, 2002, an extension of the contract between IWA and Telemundo was made public. On October 13, 2002, both promotions announced a card to be held on the same date and venue for October 18. Ultimately, IWA presented its event, while WWC did not hold one on that day. In 2003, Savio Vega tried to bring Randy Savage to IWA-PR. In May 2003, the Wrestling Observer reported that Dutch Mantel, the IWA's creative head, had applied for work at WWE and been declined. He responded by expressing that Meltzer was “100% wrong” and that he only had informal conversations with the promotion in the past. In May 2003, Rivera and Eddie Colón encountered each other in a restaurant, entering into an argument about the practices and product of their respective promotions. The IWA turned this into an angle, where they belittled Colón as a “fan” of Armando Gorbea. On May 29, 2003, a copy of a letter that WWC sent to Telemundo in response for its use of the name “TNT” was made public. In June 2003, the IWA began an onscreen storyline where Víctor Quiñones would sell the company to an unnamed buyer in order to expand and begin an internationalization of the brand. This was a tie in to a legitimate expansion, in which the promotion reached an agreement with Sunshine TV, a network based in Florida, to begin the transmission of an English version of their programming. The taped show was named IWA: Total Impact, and was narrated by Dutch Mantell and Mario Savoldi. The program was produced by the latter's filming studios. Prior to Summer Attitude 2003, the promotion contacted several small businesses to sell the tickets from the event, avoiding its regular distributor, Ticket Center. After contracting José Huertas González, the IWA used him to promote their Summer Attitude card in Telemundo's programming, including a variety show named Atrevete.

Broadcasting abroad
IWA: Total Impact debuted the first week of July, being broadcast by Sunshine Network in Florida and Latin TV in New York. During its initial run, the program was complimented by classic footage from the USWA. The promotion was expected to employ this to create a fan base in the United States, eventually hosting cards in these states. In this show, Rivera was referred to as “The Boss” instead of “Savio Vega” due to copyright claims by WWE. The show was quickly retransmitted in other stations throughout the United States, including WCYB - TV (Bristol, Virginia), KTUD-TV (Las Vegas, Nevada), AIN Cresson (Texas), WBGN-TV (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), XCVS-TV (Shreveport, Louisiana), KBBR-TV (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), KBCB-TV (Bellingham, Washington), WRCX-TV (Dayton, Ohio), WVII-TV (Bangor, Maine), WPXT-TV (Portland, Maine), KLDT-TV (Lewisville, Texas), WBQP-TV (Pensacola, Florida), WBII-TV (Ashland, Mississippi), WBGT-TV (Rochester, New York), WYCS-TV (Louisville, Kentucky), WYLE-TV (Sheffield, Alabama), WCOM-TV (Griffin, Georgia), WLOT-TV (New York) and Comcast (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). At its peak, this internationalization effort grew to include more that 100 chanels. On August 27, 2003, it was reported that a series of conversations between the promotion and TNA-NWA were in an advanced stage. The idea was to bring talent from the IWA to perform in the latter's X Division as a promotional stunt to attract Latin American audiences. In September, the promotion created a second show directed to the United States public titled Zona Impactante. Produced by Hector Moyano and Axel Cruz, the show was televised through Telemundo 40 in Orlando and América Azteca in Kissimmee. Several other stations were reportedly interested in the promotion's product. In September, the promotion lost Mantell as booker when he signed with TNA-NWA, despite the loss, both parts parted on good terms. Soon afterwards, these programs were retransmitted locally.

Apolo lawsuit
The promotion held its first show abroad for October 7, 2003, in the Kissimmee Civic Center in the city of Kissimmee, Florida. During this event, Kein Kelly joined the promotion. After participating in this card, Figueroa decided to stay in that state, being removed from the promotion's storylines. Weeks later, Figueroa made an appearance in a local promotion, No Name Wrestling (NNW) being also scheduled for a subsequent appearance the following month. Figueroa then revealed that he had left the promotion unsatisfied with a situation involving the health of one of his daughters and expected to relocate to Florida permanently. The promotion retaliated by sending a letter to NNW, TNA and WWE, informing them of the wrestler's ongoing contract and that the ring name “Apolo” was registered.

2004 opened with German Figueroa returning to NWA-TNA as part of a talent exchange, but there soon was a setback in the promotion's agreement, which was precipitated by an exclusivity clause that prevented NWA-TNA talent from appearing in an IWA cable PPV. Nonetheless, IWA continued its plans to do the PPV with its own talent and distribute it through both cable and Dish Network. The event's name was changed to “Total Impact” after being taped and prior to its distribution began on March 5, 2004. The event was sold for $19.95 and was rerun on March 6 and 11. During this month, Mantell approached the promotion and offered his services as a consultant, but the approach was declined. Shortly afterwards, Mantell signed with WWC and the promotion's working agreement with NWA-TNA was cancelled, reportedly because of disagreements regarding IWA's incursion in the PPV market. The rivalry between promotions also resulted in occasional confrontations to ensure the availabilityof a venue. On the other hand, the promotion also held friendly relations, and even some degree of working relationships, with local independent promotions such as CWF. The promotion also benefited from its previous ties with WWE, who allowed Val Venis to make a campaign for it due to not possessing any plans for him at the moment. However, it lost its narrator and producer, Hector Meléndez, to NWA-TNA, when Mantell recruited him for the same purpose. Following the death of close collaborator Miguel Aponte, the promotion held a series of special events in his honor. The IWA responded by contacting NWA-TNA and prohibiting the use of contracted wrestler Apolo, while they had a working relationship with WWC.

Collaborations
On May 15, 2004, it was announced that “El Café del Milenio”, a television segment that originally aired in WWC's Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre, was being brought to IWA's programming. The promotion also held a benefic wheelchair basketball game. On June 20, 2004, one of the promotion's talents, Víctor Rodríguez, died of a heart attack. The promotion then changed all of its schedule to hold a number of homages to the wrestler. From this point onwards, the momentum gained during the year was lost and the assistance was irregular. During the 2004 Summer Olympics, the promotion was forced to change the horary of its programs to accommodate Telemundo's coverage of the event. During the summer of 2004, IWA collaborated with Ring of Honor (ROH) in a talent exchange, where several of the latter's wrestlers came in representation. On September 11, 2004, two of the promotion's talents, Carlos Cotto and Slash Venom, competed in a ROH card. The passing of tropical storm Jeanne over Puerto Rico affected the organization of cards during this month. Besides its ongoing relationship with ROH and the rekindled agreement with NWA-TNA, the IWA also tried to bring professional boxers into the promotion as special referees, unsuccessfully approaching Félix Trinidad and Miguel Cotto (who is the cousin of Carlos Cotto). During this timeframe, the IWA prevented the participation of some of its talents in a card held by independent promotion NWG, deviating from its previous cooperation with independents. For Histeria Boricua 2005, the promotion contacted several international talents, including Abdullah the Butcher and Nidia. After Figueroa wrestled with independent promotion CWF, the IWA threatened the company with legal action. During the offseason, the promotion modified the horary of their shows to accommodate special programming in the channel. Leading to Histeria Boricua 2005, the IWA aired special programming to promote the event. The promotion also repackaged the content of their PPV as a DVD. The IWA also readjusted the days in which secondary wrestlers were used. In February 2005, the promotion held a massive tryout. On March 24, 2005, the IWA rekindled its relationship with WWE, reaching an agreement that would see some developmental talent arrive to the promotion without it being considered a territory itself. Along their previous working relationships with NWA-TNA and ROH, this meant that the promotion had reached accords with all three major North American promotions. Locally IWA and NWS joined forces for the Juicio Final 2005 card. Entering the summer, the IWA began coordinating a show in collaboration with International Gladiators of Wrestling, to be held at the Coliseum of Puerto Rico. As part of its alliance with WWE, Eugene was brought for the Víctor Rodríguez Memorial Cup. In July 2005, it was announced that Shane Sewell would jump from the IWA to NWS. The acquisition of an active maineventer lead to the cancellation of the collaboration between both promotions. The IWA responded by filing a legal complaint over the ownership of a ring, but the case was dismissed. In August 2005, it was reported that WWE had further plans for both IWA and WWC. In August, reports noted that the promotion was having issues running shows in its habitual venue, the José Cestero Court. However, this issue was solved within weeks. During this month, the promotion also faced other difficulties including a lawsuit filed against them by the family of Víctor Rodríguez and losing their narrator, Willie Urbina. On March 18, 2006, independent promotion PWA accused the IWA and NWS of sabotaging one of its cards, with both promotions reflecting the blame.

Death of Víctor Quiñones
On April 2, 2006, the IWA lost its founder and owner, when Víctor Quiñones suddenly died of a heart attack at the age of 46. The event lead to a series of cross-promotional homages by wrestlers and corporations that knew him, including some that were actively competing with IWA-PR at the moment such as WWC's Rico Suave and several of NWS’ employees. Advertisers and promoters also joined on the condolences. On their part, severalwrestlers that began their career at IWA-PR reacted expressing both grief and gratitude. Former employees such as announcer Hugo Savinovich, referee Eliezer Rosado and managers Jorge Casanova and Joe Don Smith reacted the same. Foreign wrestlers such as Fidel Sierra, the Youngbloods, Tahitian Warrior, Angel Mexicano, Bret Sanders and Andy Anderson also made public statements. On April 8, 2006, the IWA held its own homage to Quiñones.

In June 2006, Figueroa appeared in a NWS show despite remaining under contract. The IWA responded with a number of legal actions involving the use of the wrestler and his character. On July 9, 2006, it was reported that the IWA administration and the WWC administration had discussed the possibility of cooperating with each other, even discussing a potential interpromotional angle. During the first week of August, IWA and NWS offshoot World Wrestling Stars (WWS) announced an alliance where both promotions would share cards and cooperate on the television product. Later in the month, the promotion recovered Sewell from NWS and González made his return after a hiatus. After acquiring Joan Guzmán from WWC, the IWA debuted a new section named La Chercha, which aired along IWA classics. In November, the promotion collaborated with independent NWG in a community activity. In December 2006, it was announced that the promotion's programming would air in the western coast of Puerto Rico through WOLE-TV. Parallel to this, Zona Caliente moved to the 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. slot in Telemundo. During this time, the promotion also emphasized a lack of support from the public during its storylines, making reference to a real decline in assistance. Outside of wrestling, the promotion was involved in visits to hospital where children suffering cancer were treated. In January 2007, the IWA debuted a new television segment hosted by Los Rabiosos. During this month, one of the IWA's talents, John Moxley, performed for WWE Heat. On February 7, 2007, the IWA announced that in March they would be hosting their first cards at Ecuador, also announcing an alliance with local promotion WAR. In March 2007, WWC and Mario Savoldi broke their working relationship, with the IWA capitalizing by bringing in the agent and Billy Kidman and Psychosis, both of which were announced to perform in their rival's cards. On April 7, 2007, Zona Caliente returned to its original 1:00 p.m. slot. On June 2, 2007, independent promotion Puerto Rico Wrestling Alliance (PRWA) accused the IWA of preventing one of its talents from performing there. On June 5, 2007, Miguel Pérez was sued in his role as IWA promoter by DRD, who cited faults to articles IX and XVI of a regulation that had just been approved by the agency. On June 9, 2007, the IWA introduced a new intro for its shows. One of the promotion's wrestlers, Joan Guzmán, became WWS Heavyweight Champion. On June 14, 2007, the IWA joined NWG, WWR and WWS in a card named Junte para la Historia in memorial of deceased wrestler Omar Pérez Barreto. In July, the IWA held an angle where one of its wrestlers would win a WWE contract due to the impending departure of Colossus to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

La Rabia, heist of the Universal Championship
The final week of the month, the promotion aired a special programming titled Mega Momentos de la IWA. However, the same day WWC contacted several wrestlers with ties to Hector Meléndez and filmed a segment with them concealing their identities. During this time, the NWA also began considering hosting the finals of a tournament to crown the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion in an IWA card, being a finalist along New York and Los Angeles. Faced with losing their talent, IWA reinforced its roster with foreign wrestlers such as Vampiro, Ricky Vega and Vito. Of the performers that left, Cotto returned weeks later. IWA was ultimately selected to host the NWA final, with Bryan Danielson and Adam Pierce being the contenders. However, after the former underwent eye surgery he was replaced by Brent Albright. Afterwards, it was announced that Danielson would be the guest enforcer. In the event titled NWA Weekend held on September 1, 2007, Pierce became the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion. During this timeframe, the promotion made several adjustments such as holding cards every two weeks and firing several talents, including the entire Women's Division, which had been irregularly used for months. In October, the IWA continued downsizing, firing Venom due to unspecified differences. On November 22, 2007, the IWA collaborated with NWG in organizing Thanksgiving Riot. In December 2007, Williams suddenly left his office as IWA booker. On January 11, 2008, IWA announced that Zona Caliente would be airing on Video Max.

On January 5, 2008, WWC announced that Rubysnky had opted to sign with IWA following failed negotiations, in the process revealing both the character that he would take as well as the storyline. All of his teammates at los Templarios left for IWA as well. None of La Rabia members made their scheduled appearances for the first date of the Euphoria tour. Following the absences, it was reported that there had been conversations between the group and IWA during the offseason. On January 6, 2008, Big made a surprise appearance at Histeria Boricua while carrying WWC's Universal heavyweight Championship belt and challenged the IWA World Heavyweight Champion, his former partner Lozada, to an unification match. After he made his initial appearance, WWC's merchandising executive José Roberto Rodríguez entered the building and demanded that the belt was returned, but IWA personnel had taken the belt elsewhere and Salovi confronted him. For the unification, Big carried the Revolution X-Treme wrestling belt that belonged to Rivera and lost the match to Lozada. In an interview with mainstream newspaper Primera Hora, Colón Sr. denied that Big was still champion and warned that they would pursue a case for illegal appropriation if the belt was not immediately returned. The promoter also claimed that Meléndez and La Rabia were aware that they would be fired and decided to do a preemptive strike. For its following program, IWA announced that they would air footage of the event, which was done in an edited fashion. In an NWA Report, the IWA announced that they would retire the old belt and introduce a new one to represent the Undisputed Championship. WWC responded by airing a segment where it boasted putting down La Rabia (which is translated as “The Rabies”) and aired a segment where the commission and insisted that Big was not champion at Histeria Boricua. The same month, IWA announced the acquisition of Cassandra and The Bad Boys from Hell's Kitchen. In February, IWA continued with its roster moves, firing Joan Guzmán and bringing in The Amazing Kong and Jeffreys. However. Weeks later Guzmán was contracted again and La Chercha was included in the programming.

Lawsuit against Mario Savoldi
On March 22, 2008, reports noted that Mario Savoldi had unilaterally moved the IWA headquarters without informing Pérez or Rivera, who learned of the move when they arrived at their former offices and found them vacant. This division left Telemundo without new programming, with old shows being aired in the meanwhile. Pérez and Rivera retained control of the webpage, the production truck and the ring and the following day they published their account of the events, which they called “a coup against IWA“, claiming that production materials and the film library were moved to a warehouse in the process and that they would take legal action. During this time period, there were doubts that about which part would retain the IWA's name. Despite this, Pérez and Rivera began considering the option of forming a new group and contacted several members of the roster towards this goal. A schism happened within the talents, with Huertas, Los Aéreos, The Naturals, Shane Sewell, Ricky Vega and Toledo siding with Savoldi, most remaining with Pérez and Rivera, and a neutral group led by Ray González and Bison also emerging. Savoldi also made attempts to stop the holding of further cards for the moment. Pérez and Rivera then announced that they would shoot on the situation during the next card. Despite facing serious economic difficulties due to the situation, Pérez and Rivera retained the Telemundo spot and resumed their programming. Meanwhile, Savoldi considered running under the name of International Wrestling Entertainment. On March 29, 2008, the IWA held a card where the conflict was turned into an angle and Rivera was apparently arrested by corrupt cops. On April 6, 2008, IWA announced that the IWA World Heavyweight and Extreme Cruiserweight titles were vacated due to the allegiances of the wrestlers. The following day, Rivera and Pérez won their lawsuit against Savoldi, who was ordered to return the equipment. While new material could be edited, the IWA aired old shows with a current promo. On May 10, 2008, the IWA announced the acquisition of Ricky Vega from Savoldi's group, which had stagnated. In May 2008, the IWA held negotiations with Ramón Álvarez. In June, the IWA announced an acquisition by reviving the “hooded” gimmick, later revealing Joe Bravo.

Cobra promotions
During this timeframe, promoter Edwin Vázquez Ortega had presence in television and was involved in a number of angles. Referred on screen by the title of “El Promotor”, he was given a role as an authority figure, with power to order matches. Vázquez was given other roles, such as facilitating storylines by getting attacked by Lozada, who disagreed with his actions as promoter. In general, his skits sided him with the heroic, or “face”, characters. For the following months, matches that were “ordered by the promotor” we’re ubiquitous in IWA-PR's cards. He was involved in storylines with Los Dueños de la Malicia and Joe Bravo. Vázquez was involved in the angle for the IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship, stripping Bravo and declaring it vacant. His role in storylines involving Los Dueños de la Malicia, Gilbert and others continued being pervasive in IWA-PR's programming and events.

In July, IWA announced that Savio Vega had been contacted by TNA to work as an agent. On July 31, 2008, IWA announced that Zona Caliente would return in August and be available to the clients of local cable companies.

In August, both WWC and IWA lost talent to a re-branded Extreme Wrestling Organization (EWO), in the case of this promotion it lost both of their announcers, some referees and wrestlers. On August 23, 2008, IWA announced that Impacto Total was returning to its former slot on Telemundo. On September 4, 2009, several IWA talents joined independent performers in a charity card. In October, the promotion cancelled a card citing weather reasons due to the passing of Omar through the region. It also released announcer and commenter Héctor “Voz de Trueno” Meléndez. The new set of rules was enforced in titular matches. In November, IWA announced that they had lost communication with Noriega after reaching an agreement and that he no-showed an event, that part of its talent would wrestle abroad and the integration of Figueroa. For Christmas in PR, Vázquez Ortega made a special offer for tickets preordered at his own business, Cobra Music Center.

For Histeria Boricua 2009, IWA announced that it was making a significant investment in set, which also included bringing TNA talents including the incumbent Legends Champion Booker T and LAX. Greet and meet events were held. At Histeria Boricua, the promotion announced the arrival of Samoa Joe. It also made arrangements to bring back Chet Jablonski. In February, IWA announced the return of Banderas and Sewell.

The promotion was then active in a talent exchange with DWE of the Dominican Republic, but also a localcard. The working agreement between RXW and IWA lead to Panamanian talents appearing in Puerto Rico in March. After IWA announced the return of Sewell to its roster, WWC made arrangements so that he would join them instead. In April, the issues with the television show continued, forcing the IWA to cancel a card. On April 4, 2009, IWA debuted a segment called Malicia TV hosted by Dennis Rivera and Noel Rodríguez. Luke Williams was also featured in the product. During this time, the IWA held an agreement with independent promotion NWG, allowing some of its talents to wrestle there. In May the promotion rearranged the alignments of the wrestlers to compensate for dates outside Puerto Rico and unclear long-term contractual situations. In June the promotion was forced to cancel a card. In June, Vázquez Ortega officially became the IWA's promoter.

Tenth anniversary
For its anniversary event, IWA brought talent from the TNA Knockouts division. In the lead up to the tenth anniversary event, the IWA booked OBD to a future date despite her scheduled appearance at WWC's Aniversario 2009, airing a promo segment. For the event, the promotion resigned Bryan and Castillo. For its own Tenth Anniversary event, the IWA brought back Banderas and involved him in an angle with Dennis Rivera. A press conference was held prior to the event, which featured meet and greet events with the Beautiful People, Banderas, Bryan and Cotto, among others. On August 7, 2009, the IWA announced the return of Dutch Mantell, who resumed creative functions. The promotion became involved in a number of non-profit events, helping charities and high school classes. Towards this end, they collaborated with other promotions such as Manny's Wrestling authority by loaning their talents. On October 10, 2009, Rivera addressed the crowd informing of an expansion to South American television. The IWA began promoting the future integration of Banderas, Apolo and “two other world champions”. In November, WWC began promoting the “unimaginable”, later revealed to be the debut of Ricky Banderas for the promotion. The arrival marked the latest in a series of attempts to take the wrestler away from the IWA, and served to set a match against Carly Colón to open the 2010 season. In December, reports of an internal restructuration surfaced, including the integration of a new investor. Among these changes, there were issues with the permanency of Mantell, a situation complicated by health issues being faced by Luke Williams. Prior to Christmas in PR, the reinstallation of Vázquez Ortega as promoter was announced. After WWC spoiled that Sewell had left to join to join the IWA and make a surprise appearance at Christmas in PR, they responded by filing a lawsuit prohibiting the use of the character of “Ricky Banderas” and forcing the use of “El Triple Mega Campeón“ as replacement. WWC's own Gorbea refuted the content of the press release, becoming involved in a public dispute with BJ. During the offseason, the promotion loaned talent to be used in the season closer of independent promotion HWR. As the issues with Mantell persisted, the IWA contracted Luis Santiago to perform the role of booker. It also brought in Booker T and Colossus and placed them in a first contender's match. On January 15, 2010, the IWA loaned several talents to a CWF charity card, including the incumbent Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion, Shane Sewell. The promotion then experienced several difficulties, including issues with its program and a cancelled card. In April 2010, IWA announced that Impacto Total was moving to a new time slot, Saturdays from 2 to 4. The company also lost its champion, Shane Sewell, to the PRWA. In June 2010, IWA postponed the José Miguel Pérez Cup due to weather conditions, a situation that also affected its production of Impacto Total. Approaches to Vega by WWC eventually concluded in a skit where he appeared along Carlos Colón in a television show insulting Carlito. This segment was well received, receiving an approval of 64% among polled wrestling fans. IWA emphasized it in its programming, while WWC did not. Ultimately, the angle was abandoned before Aniversario. On its part, the IWA celebrated its 11th anniversary in Summer Attitude. In August 2010, IWA prevented several of its talents from participating in the MMA reality show Fighting for Real, produced by Shane Sewell. The company made several changes to its programming, removing Joe Bravo from his on-screen role as GM and incorporating the commission with more frequency. For Golpe de Estado 2010, IWA featured WWE superstar Daniel Bryan, who wrestled twice against both of the Rivera brothers. Afterwards, the promotion released Joe Bravo and Mostro and added interviewer Keila Huertas to Impacto Total. IWA continued collaborating with NWG. In November 2010, booker Luis Santiago and announcer Frankie Berdecia left IWA.

Ricky Banderas lawsuit
IWA claimed ownership of the character of “El Mesías” Ricky Banderas, forcing WWC to bill the wrestler as “El Hombre que ellos llaman El Mesías Ricky Banderas” and “El Mega Campeón”. In December 2010, Axel Cruz, Bryan and Eric Escobar returned to IWA. Impacto Total returned to its original slot. As rumors swirled about negotiations with a number of performers, the promotion discarded several in a public statement. The change in slot brought several issues in its implementation during January 2011. The return of Ray González, as Rey Fénix, at Histeria Boricua was well received. IWA was forced to cancel a card. During the final months of 2010 an investor joined IWA, which allowed them to brought in some wrestlers.

Citing “technical problems”, IWA aired Impacto Total online despite claiming that it continued in Telemundo and was working with some “beneficial changes”. The issue persisted in April, while the company “worked things out” with the station. In the meantime, Impacto Total aired on Play TV. Afterwards, IWA released a press statement in which it announced that it would stay in Telemundo. After another program failed to air as scheduled, the promotion revealed that it was trying to continue working with the station, but admitted that if that was the case it would be relegated to Punto Dos. Instead, IWA-PR opted to expand its deal with Play TV by reintroducing Zona Caliente. However, the internal issues of the promotion continued and a card was cancelled without prior notice and lost backstage staff. Another was cancelled citing the weather conditions.

La Invasión
Days before the celebration of Aniversario 2011, WWC began teasing about an “explosive” storyline. Savio Vega initially denied the implication that he was involved. Instead, as references were made to IWA in Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre, Thunder and Lightning appeared. Vega once again denied that the “invasion” was going on. Despite this, both sides continued in negotiations and ultimately reached an agreement late in the final week, with Vega appearing in Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre. Thunder and Lightning remained the storyline representatives of IWA in WWC. IWA hyped the arrival of WWC wrestlers to Summer Attitude, mentioning Carlito. The angle was well received by the wrestling fans of Puerto Rico. Vega mentioned that both Miguel Pérez and Víctor Jovica opposed to the idea, though he stated that Pérez later warmed up to it. He also confirmed that for the time being its programming was going to continue on Play TV. Four chairs were reserved for IWA the first night of Aniversario 2011, with Thunder and Lightning hinting that they were not alone. The main night of Aniversario, Los Fujitivos wrestled Thunder and Lightning to a no contest in a match were two referees, representing WWC and IWA, counted at the same time. Afterwards, Savio Vega accompanied by a host of IWA wrestlers including Dennis Rivera, Noel Rodiguez, Spectro, Hiram Tua and Carlos Cotto attacked them. He insulted Shane Sewell, Mr. Big and Blitz due to their association with WWC at the moment and insulted Carlito. At IWA Summer Attitude, Gilbert interrupted an homage to Víctor Quiñones, promting a confrontation with Savio Vega. He was backed by WWC wrestlers Díaz, Los Rabiosos, Los Fujitivos and Shane Sewell. The invading team was repelled by the IWA-PR roster, but accepted a challenge issued by Vega. WWC recorded the intervention. Impacto Total continued moving slots at Play TV. On his part, WWC aired footage of its wrestlers at Summer Attitude. Colón answered the insults thrown at him by Savio Vega in Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre. The collaboration was cancelled when both promotions failed to reach an economic agreement. Another card was cancelled due to a tropical storm. IWA cancelled Golpe de Estado. Despite the failure of the collaboration, Los Dueños de la Malicia appeared in Superestrellas and challenged Los Fujitivos for the WWC World Tag Team Championship. At Septiembre Negro they won the match, immediately leaving the venue afterwards. WWC used the commission as a plot device to declare the titles held up, reaffirming the posture later in Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre. Despite refusing to return the belts to WWC, when interviewed by mainstream media outlet NotiCel Los Dueños de la Malicia assured that they “had not stolen anything” and were the legitimate champions per the rules of professional wrestling. The report also noted that the actions that followed the event were not part of a storyline. WWC later changed the official result of the match through the commissioners, declaring it null and declared that Los Fujitivos remained champions. IWA moved its programming to Mega TV. More issues emerged when it went off air, with IWA uploading its shows to YouTube. In December, they announced the return of the show to MegaTV. To open 2012, IWA postponed Histeria Boricua. Savio Vega reappeared in WWC, challenging Carlito both in Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre and Euphoria. Afterwards, Carlito answered.

Foreign use of the brand
Since at least May 19, 2011, independent Mexican wrestler Exorcista had made the claim of being the "IWA Puerto Rico Champion" in social media, being billed as such in appearances throughout the summer, wearing an unlicensed belt (with a sideplate globe design similar to that of the IWA World Tag Team Championship's centerplate) to sell the ruse. On August 5, 2011, Mexico City-based independent promotion Lucha Libre Mexicana del Sureste teased the participation of the purported "IWA World Heavyweight" and CMLL World Middleweight within the promotion. For its first defense that took place two days later, the name of the bootleg title was amended to the fictional "IWA World Lightweight Championship", although it was still promoted as a heavyweight championship afterwards. For another appearance that took place on September 17, 2011, LLMS used the IWA's actual logo to promote the card. On October 12, 2012, former Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Enrique "Ricky" Cruz denounced that the brand had been appropriated in a message to his followers in Mexico (where he performed for International Wrestling Revolution Group), since a backstory had been created for the "IWA Lightweight Championship" where Exorcista had won it from him.

On November 10, 2011, promoter José E. Mateo launched an independent offshoot named IWA Florida with the approval of Savio Vega, basing it in the city of Orlando in the eponymous American state where a significant portion of the Puerto Rican diaspora is located. Although the company's actual name was Independent Wrestling Association, it used the same logo as IWA Puerto Rico due to their inter-promotional affiliation. During its run (2011–2012), Vega also performed as part of the roster.

Recess, interpromotional events and bankruptcy (2011–2012)
In ate 2011 the company took a recess to restructure the company and return a few months later in 2012 and make inter-promotional shows with WWC and EWO, but the administration confronted economic problems and announced that it would enter another recess. IWA continued an interpromotional angle with EWO for months, which eventually led to title unifications. In June 2012, IWA announced the postponement and later cancellation of Juicio Final. IWA main figure Savio Vega then started working for WWC as wrestler and occasional booker.

World Wrestling League (2014–2017)
When the World Wrestling League (WWL) shifted its focus from international tours to more home events in 2014, it acquired several locals including Savio Vega and Dennis Rivera. An invasion by IWA talents began at the 2015 International Cup, where Vega made his intentions of taking over and renaming the promotion clear. However, two days after the event owner Richard Negrín announced that the promotion was shutting down as part of a public diatribe, entering a period of inactivity that lasted until June and aborting the angle. Vega was brought back in March 2016, beginning another angle that hinted at his intentions of taking over WWL and relaunching IWA, which included having an edition of WWL High Voltage replaced with Impacto Total.

In July 2016, with the angle still unfinished, Negrín entered another sabbatical citing health issues and Vega acquired the promotion. WWL retained its acronym and initially served as a spiritual successor to the IWA, first using flashbacks of his work as General Manager to place him in a similar role as president and then resuming and concluding an unfinished storyline from 2006. The year was concluded with the revival of Christmas in PR, in which the downfall of the IWA was used as a plot element. In May 2017, Golpe de Estado was also reintroduced, with the backlash of Vega's long history of authority abuse dating back to the IWA as the main storyline behind a coup d'état by long running booker Héctor "MoodyJack" Meléndez, in which both him and Dennis Rivera were ousted from the company.

Team IWA's invasion of WWL (2018)
The passing of hurricane Maria over Puerto Rico forced WWL into an eight-month hiatus, with Juicio Final being revived to serve as its return show. In the event, Vega and Rivera made their return along Noel Rodríguez and announced themselves as Team Savio/IWA (later completed by Richard Rondón and Roxy Tirado). WWL president Manny Ferno opposed them in representation of WWL, along the stable known as Puros Machos that he led. When the promotion for Golpe de Estado 2018 began, the brand was formally reintroduced with the unveiling of a new logo and the reintroduction of several titles. The event featured the first confrontation between factions, with Team Manny/WWL emerging victorious and preventing the name change in the first attempt. However, the storyline continued with Ferno intending to "destroy" the legacy of the brand after "breaking the man" and grew to include Shane Sewell and Slash Venom, in representation of IWA.

Former Impacto Total/Zona Caliente narrator Axel Cruz was brought in to join WWL's High Voltage team, while the segment El Tocotón also made a comeback led by Stefano. A rematch was pushed, while emphasis was placed on the fact that Team Savio had only one of the wrestlers that headlined the IWA during its peak (himself) and that one of the members (Roxy Tirado) had never been part of the promotion. IWA picked two straight wins over WWL at Summer Blast (later being joined by Jesús Castillo Jr.) and War in the West, with a returning Apolo being approached by Vega and a disappointed Mr. Big by Ferno. The storyline, however, was written off following a skit where the leader of Puro Macho supposedly ordered an "accident" on his counterpart.

On July 20, 2018, a relaunch of IWA Florida was announced, this time with the inclusion of narrator Willie Urbina to the staff. Additionally, a tournament to fill the vacancies for the Undisputed World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships was scheduled. This initiative ultimately led to Savio Vega leaving WWL, of which he was a minority owner, to focus on the first card to be held under the brand in more than six years.

Corporate revival (2018–2019)
On October 24, 2018, Savio Vega announced the return of the original incarnation of the International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico, with its return show scheduled for 2019. This followed the reactivation of its official accounts earlier that week. On the other hand, IWA-FL held its first set of tapings on October 27, 2018. In November, the spinoff announced that it would host Histeria Boricua in 2019, in a revelation that also featured the debut of longtime rival headliner Carly Colón under the brand.

On November 29, 2018, Vega announced that the first series to be held by IWA-PR, Impacto Total: El Tour, which was scheduled for January. The IWA also reached agreements with several other local promotions (including WWC and Champion Wrestling Association, which had replaced EWO as the largest independent in the scene in the years since) for the use of classic roster talents that had moved on during the hiatus. To close the book on WWL, Puro Macho was brought in and featured in a confrontation against Vega, Sewell, Apolo and Dennis Rivera over the angle that had been dropped months before. As part of its relaunch, IWA-PR became involved with charity events. Savinovich was brought back, promoting the event in the media. In June 2019, IWA announced the return of flagship show Impacto Total, which would stream on the internet. However, the promotion cancelled Summer Attitude and rescheluded for Golpe de Estado.

Alliances with WWC and MLW; UPLL (2020–2021)
On February 13, 2020, a video where Ray González extended an invitation to Savio Vega to attend a WWC to present him with a proposal that would be mutually beneficial was posted in the IWA-PR's social media platforms. After some anticipation, the summon was accepted in a subsequent segment aired in Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre. On February 15, 2020, Vega accepted a copy of the document from González and informed that he would give his final answer at the IWA-PR event Histeria Boricua 2020. During this skit, the heel faction known as Dynasty (composed by Eddie Colón, Gilbert and Peter John Ramos) where placed in antagonism to the agreement. The COVID-19 pandemic pauses the progression of the storyline, but both promotions passively helped each other by sharing their weekly shows.

After Savio Vega's arrival to Major League Wrestling (MLW) in June 2019, a de facto collaboration between both promotions began, with the emergence of angles involving the IWA Caribbean Heavyweight Championship and Salina de la Renta. In addition, the eventual arrival of MLW World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael (collectively known as Contra Unit) to IWA-PR was announced prior to the global outbreak, this as part of a collaboration with PCW Ultra.

In July 2020, the creation of a regional alliance known as the Unión Panamericana de Lucha Libre (lit. “Pan American Union of Professional Wrestling”) was announced, with IWA-PR joining Society Action Wrestling (SAW-WAG) of Colombia, Súper Lucha Panamá of Panama, ARENA Fight: El Renacer Maya of Nicaragua and Renegados Lucha of Costa Rica as founding members.

In October 2020, IWA-PR's association with MLW evolved into a formal strategic alliance for the “celebration of inter-promotional events, direct support to the events of each of the companies and collaboration in other types of promotions”. It was later incorporated into a storyline between Vega and Salina de la Renta over the acquisition by a shady entity known as Azteca Underground.

IWE Takeover IWA (2021–2022)
In 2021, IWA began holding cards in bubble format, also televising the pre-recorded Histeria Boricua through MEGA-TV. To close the summer of 2021, IWA aired its iPPV La Gran Amenaza. A rise in COVID-19 cases due to variants and government restrictions forced IWA to postpone Histeria Boricua and then film the event without fans and air on iPPV. The promotion made its return card on March. In mid, end of 2021 Fernando Tonos Alongside of Many Ferno revived the International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), Tonos says he get a percentage of control on IWA and after the group won all the IWA Championships they rename it and claim as part of IWE rename it all as IWA/IWE.

In Juicio Final the company IWA announce they were going to crown new champions (New IWA World Heavyweight, New IWA Intercontinental Champion & New IWA Tag Team Champions) after the event the company got 2 champions in all divisions except for the Caribbean Championship. (As part of IWE takeover IWA angle) In an attempt to break a world record for oldest champion in professional wrestling, IWA booked Huertas to defeat Ferno for the World Heavyweight Championship at Juicio Final.

Throughout 2022, Epico Colón’s Latin American Wrestling Entertainment (LAWE) was IWA-PR’s direct competition, temporarily displacing WWC in ticket sales and successful events. The sudden folding of this promotion allowed others to pick wrestlers that were previously contracted. IWA-PR secured LAWE World Heavyweight Champion Pedro Portillo III, who began appearing masked and carrying the belt inside a black pouch, as Noriega had done with the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship in 2008.

Annual events

 * Histeria Boricua
 * Noche de Campeones
 * Jucio Final
 * José Miguel Pérez Memorial Cup
 * Summer Attitude
 * Armagedon
 * Golpe De Estado
 * Halloween Mayhem
 * Hardcore Weekend
 * IWA Christmas in PR