Professional wrestling promotion
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A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that performs regular shows involving professional wrestling for monetary gain.
Currently, the only major wrestling organizations left in North America are World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) (a former NWA member that is still loosely linked to that organization), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. Of these, WWE is by far the largest and most influential. However, outside North America, there are other federations throughout Europe and also in Japan, South America, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the rest of the Caribbean. However there are also a number of small independent wrestling organizations that are upstarts. Or they are the creations of former wrestlers from the bigger promotions. Some of the smaller organisations include Ring of Honor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling and Border City Wrestling
Contents
Australia
- [Australian Wrestling Federation] (AWF)
- World Series Wrestling (WSW)
Defunct
- International Wrestling Alliance (IWA)
- NWA Australia * Now merged with Joint Promotions Pro Wrestling.
- World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA)
- World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
Canada
- AWA Canada
- Border City Wrestling (BCW)
- CPW International
- Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW)
- Inter Species Wrestling (ISW)
- International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS)
- Prairie Wrestling Alliance (PWA)
- Northern Championship Wrestling (nCw)
- (ECCW)
- Real Canadian Wrestling (RCW)
- Stampede Wrestling
- UWA/PWA Hardcore Wrestling
Defunct
- Action Wrestling Entertainment (AWE)
- Apocalypse Wrestling Federation (AWF)
- Real Action Wrestling (RAW)
Germany
- German Stampede Wrestling (GSW)
- westside Xtreme wrestling (wXw)
Finland
France
- International Catch Wrestling Alliance (ICWA)
- Queens of Chaos
- Wrestling Stars (IWSF)
Israel
- Makat Medina
- Israeli Pro Wrestling Association (IPWA)
Italy
- Nu-Wrestling Evolution (NWE)
- Italian Championship Wrestling (ICW)
Japan
- All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW)
- Big Japan Pro Wrestling
- Dragon Gate
- Dramatic Dream Team
- HUSTLE
- International Wrestling Alliance Kakutoushijuku (IWA Kakutoushijuku or Kokusai Promotion)
- International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan)
- Jd'
- JWP Project
- Kaientai Dojo (K-DOJO)
- Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling (LLPW)
- Major Girl's Fighting A to Z
- Michinoku Pro Wrestling
- New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)
- Osaka Pro Wrestling (OPW)
- Pancrase
- Pro Wrestling NOAH
- Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX
- Riki Pro
- Wrestling Marvelous of the Future (WMF)
Defunct
- All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (also known as "Zenjo")
- dragondoor
- Fighting Network RINGS (RINGS)
- Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling
- Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling (FMW)
- GAEA Japan
- International Pro Wrestling (International Wrestling Enterprise, IWE)
- Japan Women's Pro Wrestling
- Japan Wrestling Association (JWA)
- Kingdom
- Pro Wrestling Wrestle Association (WAR)
- Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE
- Super World of Sports (SWS)
- Tokyo Pro Wrestling (TPW)
- Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF)
- UWF International (UWFI)
- Wrestling Association "R" (WAR)
- Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING)
- World Entertainment Wrestling (WEW)
Mexico
- Asistencía Asesoria y Administración (AAA)
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
- ENESMA
- International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG)
- Toryumon Mexico
- Universal Wrestling Association (UWA)
Defunct
- International Wrestling All Stars (IWAS)
New Zealand
Defunct
- New Zealand Wrestling Union
- NWA New Zealand
Norway
- Norges Wrestlingforbund (NWF)
Pacific
- Hawai'i Championship Wrestling (HCW)
- NWA Hawaii
- AWA Hawaii
Defunct
- Polynesian Pacific Wrestling (PPW)
- World League Wrestling (WLW)
- Hawaii Pro Wrestling (HPW)
- Pro Wrestling Hawaii (PWH)
- Island Xtreme Wrestling Federation (IXWF) *Partially joint with NWA Hawaii
- World Pacific Championship Wrestling (WPCW)
Puerto Rico
Defunct
- Americas Wrestling Federation (AWF)
Sweden
- GBG Wrestling (GBGW)
United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
- 1 Pro Wrestling
- 3 Count Wrestling (3CW)
- All-Star Promotions
- [Anti Watershed Wrestling] (AWW)
- British Championship Wrestling (BCW)
- British Wrestling Alliance (BWA)
- British Wrestling Federation (BWF)
- Combat Sports Federation (CSF)
- [Extreme Pro Wrestling Entertainment] (EPWE)
- [Elite Wrestling Academy] (EWA)
- Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA)
- [Future Championship Wrestling] (FCW)
- International Championship Wresting (ICWUK)
- (IPW:UK)
- Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF)
- Irish Whip Wrestling (IwW)
- K-Star Wrestling (KSW)
- [The Legend Wrestling League] (LWL)
- Main Event Wrestling (MEW)
- Midlands Professional Wrestling (MPW)
- NWA Ireland
- NWA UK Hammerlock
- Real Quality Wrestling (RQW)
- Rebel Pro Wrestling (RPW)
- The Wrestling Alliance
- Ulster Championship Wrestling (UCW)
- [Ultimate Wrestling League] (UWL)
- Varsity Pro Wrestling (VPW)
- Wrestling Association of Rugby (WAR)
Defunct
United States of America
- Adrenaline Unleashed (AU)
- All Pro Wrestling (APW)
- American Wrestling Association (AWA Superstars)
- Ballpark Brawl
- [Carolina Championship Wrestling] (CCW)
- [Chaotic Wrestling] (CW)
- Championship Pro Wrestling (CPW)
- Christian Wrestling Alliance (CWA)
- Christian Wrestling Federation (CWF)
- Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW)
- [Connecticut Championship Wrestling] (CCW)
- East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA)
- Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF)
- [Extreme Wrestling Federation] (EWF)
- Florida Wrestling Federation (FWF)
- [French Lake Wrestling Association] (FLWA)
- Full Impact Pro (FIP)
- Gateway Championship Wrestling (GCW)
- Hawai'i Championship Wrestling (HCW)
- Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA)
- [House of Pain Wrestling Federation] (HoPWF)
- [Incredibly Strange Wrestling] (ISW)
- Impact Pro Wrestling (IPW)
- [Independent Championship Wrestling] (ICW)
- Independent Professional Wrestling (IPW)
- [Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South] (IWA Mid-South)
- International Wrestling Cartel (IWC)
- Jersey All-Pro Wrestling (JAPW)
- Live Action Wrestling (LAW)
- Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW)
- Memphis Wrestling
- Mid Eastern Wrestling Federation (MEWF)
- Midwest Pro Wrestling (MPW)
- Minnesota Independent Wrestling (MIW)
- National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
- National Wrestling Federation (NWF)
- [National Wrestling League] (NWL)
- Neo-Pro Wrestling
- New England Championship Wrestling (NECW)
- New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC)
- Northeast Wrestling (NEW)
- NWA Anarchy
- NWA Battle Zone
- NWA Bluegrass
- NWA Cold Front
- NWA East
- NWA Florida
- NWA Hawaii
- NWA Main Event
- NWA Mid-Atlantic
- NWA Mid-South
- NWA Midwest
- NWA Mountain State
- NWA New England
- NWA New Jersey
- NWA North Jersey
- NWA Shockwave
- NWA Southwest
- NWA Tri-State (Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia)
- NWA Virginia
- NWA Wisconsin
- NWA West Virginia
- NWA Worldwide
- New World Wrestling (NWW)
- Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW)
- Pacific Northwest Pro Wrestling (PNPW)
- Phoenix Championship Wrestling (PCW)
- Portland Wrestling {PW)
- Pro Wrestling Evolution (PWE)
- Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG)
- Pro Wrestling eXpress (PWX)
- Ring of Honor (ROH)
- SHIMMER Women Athletes
- Southern Championshp Wrestling (SCW)
- Southern States Wrestling (SSW)
- Steel Domain Wrestling (SDW)
- Susquehanna Wrestling Organization (SWO)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
- Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW)
- United Wrestling Association (UWA)
- Universal Wrestling Alliance (UWA)
- West Coast Wrestling Connection (WC on TV)
- Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW)
- Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW)
- World League Wrestling (WLW)
- World Wide Wrestling Alliance (WWWA)
- World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- World Wrestling Legends (WWL)
- World Xtreme Wrestling (wXw)
- WrestleReunion
- Wrestling Society X (WSX)
- Xtreme Fight Club (XFC)
Defunct
- All-Pro Wrestling (APW)
- American Wrestling Association (AWA)
- American Wrestling Federation (AWF - Alperstein)
- American Wrestling Federation (AWF - Scozzari)
- Big Time Wrestling (BTW)
- Century Wrestling Association (CWA)
- Championship Wrestling U.S.A.
- Continental Wrestling Association (CWA)
- Continental Wrestling Federation (CWF)
- Dangerous Women of Wrestling (DWOW)
- Deep South Wrestling (DSW)
- East Coast Championship Wrestling (ECCW)
- East Coast Professional Wrestling (ECPW)
- Elite Wrestling Alliance (EWA)
- Epic Professional Wrestling (EPIC)
- Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) (Revived as a WWE brand in 2006)
- Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW)
- Florida Wrestling Alliance (FWA)
- Florida Wrestling Council (FWC)
- Future of Wrestling (FOW)
- Global Wrestling Association (GWA)
- Global Wrestling Federation (GWF)
- Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW)
- Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (GCCW)
- Hardcore Homecoming
- Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA)
- Independent Superstars of Professional Wrestling (ISPW)
- International Championship Wrestling (ICW) (promoted by Angelo Poffo)
- International Championship Wrestling Association (ICWA)
- International World Class Championship Wrestling (IWCCW)
- International Wrestling Federation (IWF)
- Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP)
- Juggalo Championshit Wrestling (JCW)
- Ladies Pro Wrestling Association (LPWA)
- Lunatic Wrestling Federation (LWF)
- Main Event Championship Wrestling (MECW)
- Major League Wrestling (MLW)
- Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW)
- Memphis Power Pro Wrestling (PPW)
- Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Alliance
- Mid-South Wrestling
- Midwest Championship Wrestling (MCW)
- Midwest Territorial Wrestling (MTW)
- Motor City Wrestling (MCW)
- Music City Wrestling (MCW)
- National Championship Wrestling (NCW)
- National Wrestling Council (NWC)
- National Wrestling Federation (1970's)
- NWA 2000
- NWA Georgia
- NWA Tri-State (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
- NWA Wildside
- Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA)
- Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW)
- Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling (PCW)
- Powerful Women of Wrestling (POWW)
- Premier Wrestling Federation (PWF)
- Pro-Pain-Pro Wrestling (3PW)
- Pro Wrestling America (PWA)
- Pro Wrestling Express (PWX)
- Pro Wrestling Federation (PWF)
- Pro Wrestling International (PWI)
- Pro Wrestling USA
- Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW)
- Southeast Championship Wrestling
- Southern California Championship Wrestling (SCCW)
- Southern Professional Wrestling Federation
- Southwest Championship Wrestling (SCW)
- Steel City Wrestling (SCW)
- Texas Wrestling Alliance (TWA)
- Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling (TCW)
- Tri-State Wrestling Alliance (TWA)
- United States Wrestling Association (USWA)
- Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF - Bill Watts)
- Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF - Herb Abrams)
- Women of Wrestling (WOW)
- World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
- World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW)
- World Wrestling Association (WWA)
- Wrestle America 2000 (WA2K)
- World Wrestling Organization (WWO)
- WXO
- X Wrestling Federation (XWF)
- Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW)
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