J.W Lauer

Jonah Wilhelm Lauer (born October 24, 1942) is an American retired professional wrestler and businessman. He is best known as the man who created JW's Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career
Lauer began his short wrestling career in NWA. He is a 2 time NWA champion. In 1979, he wrestled his last match and lost to promptly retire from wrestling. After retiring, Lauer announced he was going to open his own wrestling company.

JW's Wrestling (1980-)
On April 7, 1980, Lauer opened up his own wrestling company, called JW's Wrestling, which catered to people ages 13-35. Lauer is responsible for coming up with the match stipulations and event names. He said that even though a lot of his work is based on the WWE, he does not want the company to be all like it. He doesn't believe in scripts and teams dictating how someone should express their characters. All of the action seen live is unplanned and the outcomes are not predetermined. The promos and interviews are all done by improv and the wrestlers decide their own gimmicks and characters.

Lauer has been praised for opening a wrestling company in Staten Island, a place notorious for having at least no landmarks or special places. In 2011, Lauer announced that he took away division separation and that all age groups will be fighting each other. However, he has a filter, and will not allow a 13 year old kid to fight a 35 year old grown man. This also applies to the divas.

JW's also had a divas division that ran from 1980 to 1999. In 1999, the divas division was closed down because of an incident where a male wrestler had sexually assaulted a diva. In the summer of 2013, Lauer made a huge announcement saying the divas division was back in business.

Personal life
Lauer married his wife Roberta Lauer in 1974. They had 2 kids, a son and a daughter. In 1988, his wife died in a car accident. Lauer is also a grandfather of 4. In 2006, he got remarried to a much younger woman. They are still together this day.

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves


 * Hangman's facebuster


 * Signature moves


 * Standing Sea Fire