List of professional wrestling promotions

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling that has little relationship to the rules of the amateur olympic form. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event (see promoter). Within the convention of the show, the company is a sports governing body which sanctions wrestling matches and gives authority to the championships and is responsible for maintaining the divisions and their rankings. In truth, the company serves as a touring theatre troupe, as well as event promotion body for its own events.

This article is about professional wrestling promotions from throughout the world. For a list of National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated promotions, see List of National Wrestling Alliance territories.

Most promotions are self-contained, organized around one or more championships and do not acknowledge or recognize the legitimacy of other promotions' titles unless they share a working agreement. Governing bodies, such as the CyberFight, United Wrestling Network, WWNLive, Allied Independent Wrestling Federations, Pro Wrestling International and, previously, the National Wrestling Alliance, act as an umbrella organization which governs titles that are shared among multiple promotions. During the 1950s, the National Wrestling Alliance oversaw many wrestling territories such as Mid-Atlantic Wrestling and NWA San Francisco, in a business model known as the "territory system".[1]

This is a list of the most notable past & present professional wrestling promotions.

Australia

Active

  • Australasian Wrestling Federation
  • Explosive Pro Wrestling
  • Impact Pro Wrestling Australia
  • International Wrestling Australia
  • Melbourne City Wrestling
  • Riot City Wrestling
  • World Series Wrestling

Defunct

  • I-Generation Superstars of Wrestling
  • Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance
  • World Championship Wrestling
  • World Wrestling All-Stars

Canada

Active

  • Border City Wrestling
  • Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling
  • Great Canadian Wrestling
  • High Impact Wrestling Canada
  • International Wrestling Syndicate
  • Northern Championship Wrestling
  • nCw Femmes Fatales
  • Prairie Wrestling Alliance
  • Real Canadian Wrestling

Defunct

  • BSE Pro
  • Eastern Sports Association
  • Hart Legacy Wrestling
  • International Wrestling Alliance
  • Lutte Internationale
  • Maple Leaf Wrestling
  • Maximum Pro Wrestling
  • NWA: All-Star Wrestling
  • Stampede Wrestling

Japan

Active

  • Action Advance Pro Wrestling
  • All Japan Pro Wrestling
  • Big Japan Pro Wrestling
  • CyberFight
    (umbrella brand)
    • DDT Pro-Wrestling
    • Pro Wrestling Noah
    • Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling
    • Ganbare Pro-Wrestling
  • Dradition
  • Dragon Gate
  • Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
  • Ice Ribbon
  • Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling
  • Lion's Gate Project
  • Michinoku Pro Wrestling
  • New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  • Osaka Pro Wrestling
  • Oz Academy
  • Pro-Wrestling Basara
  • Pro Wrestling Noah
  • Pro Wrestling Wave
  • Pro Wrestling Zero1
  • Pure-J
  • Real Japan Pro Wrestling
  • Seadlinnng
  • Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
  • Tokyo Gurentai
  • World Wonder Ring Stardom

Defunct

  • All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
  • Apache Pro-Wrestling Army
  • Arsion
  • Battlarts
  • Diamond Ring
  • Federacion Universal de Lucha Libre
  • Fighting Network Rings
  • Gaea Japan
  • Global Professional Wrestling Alliance
  • Hustle
  • Inoki Genome Federation
  • International Wrestling Enterprise
  • IWA Japan
  • Japan Pro-Wrestling
  • Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
  • Japan Wrestling Association
  • Jd'
  • JWP Joshi Puroresu
  • Kingdom
  • NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling
  • Never (professional wrestling)
  • Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi
  • Riki Pro (WJ)
  • Smash
  • Super World of Sports
  • Tenryu Project
  • Tokyo Pro Wrestling
  • Universal Wrestling Federation
  • Union Pro Wrestling
  • UWF International
  • Wrestle Association "R"
  • Wrestling International New Generations
  • Wrestle-1
  • Wrestling New Classic

Mexico

Active

  • Alianza Universal De Lucha Libre
  • Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
    (Triple A)
  • Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • International Wrestling Revolution Group
  • The Crash Lucha Libre
  • Toryumon Mexico

Defunct

  • International Wrestling League
  • Los Perros del Mal
  • Lucha Libre Elite
  • Nación Lucha Libre
  • Promo Azteca
  • Universal Wrestling Association
  • World Wrestling Association
  • Xtreme Latin American Wrestling

United Kingdom & Ireland

Active

  • 4 Front Wrestling
  • All Star Wrestling
  • Attack! Pro Wrestling
  • Bellatrix Female Warriors
  • Fight Factory Pro Wrestling
  • Grand Pro Wrestling
  • Insane Championship Wrestling
  • Irish Whip Wrestling
  • Lucha Britannia
  • New Generation Wrestling
  • NXT UK (WWE brand)
  • One Pro Wrestling
  • Over the Top Wrestling
  • Premier British Wrestling
  • Preston City Wrestling
  • Progress Wrestling
  • Pro-Wrestling: EVE
  • Revolution Pro Wrestling
  • Welsh Wrestling
  • World Association of Wrestling (WAW)
  • World of Sport Wrestling

Defunct

  • 5 Star Wrestling
  • All England Championship
  • British Wrestling Federation (Orig Williams Version)
  • Frontier Wrestling Alliance
  • International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom(IPW:UK)
  • Joint Promotions
  • Pro Wrestling Pride
  • X Wrestling Alliance
  • Defiant Wrestling|What Culture Professional Wrestling]]

United States

Active

  • All American Wrestling
  • All Elite Wrestling
  • All Pro Wrestling
  • !Bang!
  • Chaotic Wrestling
  • Combat Zone Wrestling
  • East Coast Wrestling Association
  • Empire Wrestling Federation
  • Funking Conservatory
  • Game Changer Wrestling
  • Harley Race's Wrestling Academy
  • House of Hardcore
  • Impact Wrestling
  • Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
  • Juggalo Championship Wrestling
  • Lucha VaVOOM
  • Major League Wrestling
  • MCW Pro Wrestling
  • Millennium Wrestling Federation
  • National Wrestling Alliance
  • New England Championship Wrestling
  • Northeast Wrestling
  • Ohio Valley Wrestling
  • Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • Reality of Wrestling
  • Revolutionary Championship Wrestling
  • Ring of Honor
  • Shimmer Women Athletes
  • Southern States Wrestling
  • Texas All-Star Wrestling
  • Texas Wrestling Alliance
  • Top Rope Promotions
  • Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero
  • United Wrestling Network
    (governing body)
    • Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
  • Warrior Wrestling
  • West Coast Wrestling Connection
  • Women Superstars United
  • Women of Wrestling
  • World League Wrestling
  • World Wrestling Network
    (governing body)
    • Full Impact Pro
    • Shine Wrestling
  • World Xtreme Wrestling
  • WWE
    Brands:
    • Raw
    • SmackDown
    • NXT

Defunct (Modern-era)

  • American Wrestling Federation
  • Assault Championship Wrestling
  • Century Wrestling Alliance
  • Chikara
  • CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling
  • Deep South Wrestling
  • Dragon Gate USA
  • Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • Extreme Rising
  • Evolve
  • Family Wrestling Entertainment
  • Florida Championship Wrestling
  • Front Row Wrestling
  • Future of Wrestling
  • Global Force Wrestling
  • Hardcore Homecoming
  • Heartland Wrestling Association
  • Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling
  • Incredibly Strange Wrestling
  • Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance
  • Independent Wrestling Federation
  • IWF Promotions
  • Jersey All Pro Wrestling
  • Lucha Libre USA
  • Lucha Underground
  • Main Event Championship Wrestling
  • Mason-Dixon Wrestling
  • Memphis Championship Wrestling
  • Memphis Wrestling
    (governing body)
  • Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
  • Naked Women's Wrestling League
  • National Championship Wrestling
  • OMEGA Championship Wrestling
  • Phoenix Championship Wrestling
  • Power League Wrestling
  • Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
  • Resistance Pro Wrestling
  • Rise Wrestling
  • Southern Championship Wrestling
  • Steel City Wrestling
  • Texas Wrestling Alliance
  • Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling
  • Ultimate Pro Wrestling
  • Warriors 4 Christ Wrestling
  • Women of Wrestling
  • Wrestling Society X
  • Wrestling Superstars Live
  • Wrestlicious
  • Xcitement Wrestling Federation
  • Xtreme Pro Wrestling
  • World Wide Wrestling Alliance
  • World Women's Wrestling
  • World Wrestling Stars
  • World Wrestling Legends
  • WrestleReunion

Defunct (Territory-era)

  • All-Star Championship Wrestling
  • American Wrestling Association
  • Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • Championship Wrestling from Georgia
  • Continental Championship Wrestling
  • Continental Wrestling Association
  • Georgia Championship Wrestling
  • Global Wrestling Federation
  • Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
  • Heart of America Sports Attractions
  • International Championship Wrestling
  • International World Class Championship Wrestling
  • International Wrestling Association
  • International Wrestling Federation
  • Jim Crockett Promotions
  • Ladies Professional Wrestling Association
  • Mid-South Wrestling
  • Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club
  • National Wrestling Association
    (governing body)
  • National Wrestling Federation
  • Pacific Northwest Wrestling
  • Powerful Women of Wrestling
  • Pro Wrestling America
  • Pro Wrestling USA
  • Smoky Mountain Wrestling
  • Southern Championship Wrestling (Georgia)
  • Southwest Championship Wrestling
  • St. Louis Wrestling Club
  • United States Wrestling Association
  • Universal Wrestling Federation
  • Windy City Pro Wrestling
  • World Championship Wrestling
  • World Class Championship Wrestling
  • World Wrestling Association
  • World Wrestling Network
  • Worldwide Wrestling Associates

Other

Active

  • Africa Wrestling Alliance
  • All Wrestling Organization
  • Brazilian Wrestling Federation
  • Continental Wrestling Entertainment
  • Impact Pro Wrestling
  • Irish Whip Wrestling
  • Israeli Pro Wrestling Association
  • IWA Puerto Rico
  • La Liga Wrestling
  • New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling
  • Oriental Wrestling Entertainment
  • Philippine Wrestling Revolution
  • Singapore Pro Wrestling
  • Southern Pro Wrestling
  • Westside Xtreme Wrestling
  • WWC
  • World Wrestling Professionals

Defunct

  • Catch Wrestling Association
  • Dominion Wrestling Union
  • Ring Ka King
  • Israeli Wrestling League
  • Ultimate Wrestling Israel

See also
  • List of professional wrestling rosters
  • List of women's wrestling promotions
  1. "The History of Wrestling's Territories Era". ArcGIS StoryMaps. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
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