The first press conference of the newly founded Global Pro-Wrestling Association was held at Pro-Wrestling NOAH office on 2006/09/11 by the representatives of the member organizations including: Mitsuharu Misawa (NOAH president), TAKA Michinoku (K-Dojo), Tatsukuni Asano (IWA Japan president), Kazunari Murakami (BML president), Shijiro Ohtani (ZERO1-Max), Sanshiro Takagi (DDT), Akinori Kawabata (El Dorado), and Yoshiyuki Nakamura (ZERO1-Max president). Misawa is the president of GPWA and Nakamura is the secretary-general.

GPWA will not be a promotion but rather be an alliance of promotions and wrestlers. The first joint card by GPWA will be held on Novermber 14th and aired live on Sports Channel G+ and on Nippon TV in the following week.

They are also approaching Muga World Pro-Wrestling and Hustle.

Members:

Promotions (Japan): NOAH, ZERO1-Max, IWA Japan, El Dorago, Kaientai Dojo, Kensuke Office, DDT, Big Mouth Loud

Promotions (overseas): European Wrestling Association, Ring of Honor, World League Wrestling, Pro-Wrestling World-1

Individuals: KikuTaro, Shiro Koshinaka, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshihiro Takayama, NOSAWA, Takaku Fuke, MAZADA, Tadao Yasuda