Ring Warriors Ring Warriors is an American wrestling promotion in Fort Lauderdale , Florida . History . The name “ Ring Warriors ” is not new . In 1993 the late wrestling great Hiro Matsuda , who is best known for training such men as Hulk Hogan , Paul Orndorff , the Great Muta and many others , used his merchandise company , Matsuda Enterprises , to fund a new wrestling venture . Matsuda , along with his assistant Howard Brody ( who served as president of the National Wrestling Alliance from October 1996 to October 2001 ) , created an Americanized version of New Japan Pro Wrestling by taking their footage from TV Asahi and adding English commentary ( Craig DeGeorge and Sir Oliver Humperdink ) and editing the matches to make them have a more global appeal ; they concentrated on using non - Japanese stars and masked wrestlers . When the concept became successful thanks to a licensing agreement with the multi - language station Eurosport , World Superstars of Wrestling , Inc . was incorporated in early 1994 . While the “ WSW ” brand was getting recognition across the European continent , there was some confusion as to if there was affiliation with World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) or World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , which had a show on the air called “ WWF Superstars ” at the time . So , on the advice of a New York marketing company , the TV program changed its name to one that would have a more universal appeal by staying away from federation - type names – thus the birth of Ring Warriors . With a new brand name and a new lead announcer ( the legendary Gordon Solie replacing Craig DeGeorge ) , the Ring Warriors brand quickly became the most successful pro wrestling television brand across the European continent and throughout parts of Asia and Africa , drawing more viewers than either World Championship Wrestling or the World Wrestling Federation . As a reward for his hard work , Matsuda made Brody his business partner with a small percentage of ownership . In late 1997 , in an attempt to break into the U . S . market , Ring Warriors became the first wrestling brand in the world to attempt online video streaming of its matches with a three - man announcing team of Gordon Solie doing play - by - play , Bruno Sammartino doing color analysis and Sir Oliver Humperdink doing an interview segment . Unfortunately the technology just wasn ’ t what it is today and the concept failed . While the goal of Ring Warriors was to create a U . S . - based promotion with the same philosophy and style as what was presented on TV but using U . S . born performers , Matsuda passed away in late 1999 before that goal was realized . Throughout the years Brody has maintained the Ring Warriors name with periodic shows at county fairs and other venues as a means to pay homage to his former business partner and mentor . When approached in mid - 2011 to do a new wrestling project by longtime friend and associate Paul Jones , Brody could think of no other name that would be best suited for such a venture . And so along with another longtime friend and associate , Larry Brannon ( former NWA tag team champion Vito DeNucci ) , who was brought into the partnership fold , the trio launched Ring Warriors with the intention to realize Matsuda ’ s goals . Paul Jones , who has held positions as a corporate executive in the financial and loss prevention sectors for some of the largest retail and Web based companies in the world during the past 25 years , serves as Ring Warriors Chief Executive Officer and oversees all aspects of the company ’ s day - to - day operations including corporate and legal issues , financial resources , licensing and merchandising . Howard T . Brody holds the position of Ring Warriors Chief Operations Officer ( Business ) and oversees all aspects of the company ’ s live events , promotions , sponsorships , marketing , advertising , public relations , communications and all electronic mediums including the Web . Larry Brannon , a three - time NWA world tag team champion who has owned and / or managed several companies in a variety of customer - facing industries , serves as Ring Warriors Chief Operations Officer ( Talent ) and is responsible for finding and booking talent , matchmaking , creating and writing storylines and executing the creative direction of the company in a strategic manner . While the short term plan for the promotion is to run several high - profile Ring Warriors events each year , the promotion would like to expand that to six or eight events each month , with the ultimate goal of producing a weekly television program sometime during the next 12 to 18 months .