Metro Pro Wrestling (MPW) was an independent wrestling organization operating out of Kansas City, Kansas. The company began with its first television taping event on June 5, 2010, and has since put on monthly events which are all taped and aired on . Metro Pro Wrestling was founded in 2010 by Chris Gough. It became the first wrestling organization to be based out of Kansas City and hold monthly shows, in 25 years. The last promotion to call Kansas City home was Heart of America Sports Attractions (a.k.a. Central States Wrestling), which ran shows out of the historic Memorial Hall (site of the first Metro Pro TV taping).