- Texas Wrestling Academy
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name=Texas Wrestling Academy
acronym=TWA
established=1999
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location=San Antonio, Texas
founder=Shawn Michaels Paul Diamond Rudy Boy GonzalezJose Lothario
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formerly=Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy
website=|The Texas Wrestling Academy (formerly known as The Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy) is a
professional wrestling training school that was operated byShawn Michaels and Rudy Boy Gonzalez (who is the sole operator of the school now). The school has produced many well-known wrestlers such asBrian Kendrick ,Paul London ,Bryan Danielson ,Lance Cade ,Shawn Hernandez andMatt Bentley .History
After briefly retiring from active wrestling in 1998 after back surgery,
Shawn Michaels opened the "Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy" in 1999 withPaul Diamond , Rudy Boy Gonzalez, andJose Lothario .cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Wrestlemania20/2004/03/14/381421.html|title=Shawn Michaels, still the show-stopper|author=Jaya Roopansingh|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2008-03-29] They also started awrestling promotion to go along with the school called the Texas Wrestling Alliance (TWA).In 2001 in
San Antonio, Texas , Shawn Michaels was found passed out from dehydration at a TWA show. A few months later, Rudy Gonzalez became the sole operator of the company.List of former students
*"American Dragon" Bryan Danielson
*Brian "Spanky" Kendrick
*Lance Cade
*Matt Bentley
*Paul London
*Simply Lusciouscite web|url=http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/SimplyLuscious/SL.asp|title=Simply Luscious' profile|publisher=G.L.O.R.Y|accessdate=2008-06-15] - sole female graduateReferences
External links
* [http://www.texaswrestlingentertainment.com/TWEHome.htm Official website]
* [http://www.texaswrestlingacademy.com/TWAgraduates.htm Texas Wrestling Academy graduates]
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