List of professional wrestling promotions in Europe
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This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Europe, sorted by country, and lists both active and defunct professional wrestling promotions.
All of Europe
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
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Active | |||||
New European Championship Wrestling | Nuremberg | Alex Wright | 2009– | Yes | [1] |
Union of European Wrestling Alliances | 2009– | Governing body[2][3] |
Europe
[edit]Austria
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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Active | ||||||
European Wrestling Association | Vienna | Chris Raaber Michael Kovac |
2002– | Yes | [4] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Catch Wrestling Association | Graz | Otto Wanz Peter William |
1973–2000 | Yes | [5][6][7][8] Originally known as the Internationalen Berufsringer Verbandes (IBV) |
Belgium
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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Active | ||||||
Banger Zone Wrestling | Frameries | 2019– | Yes | [9] | ||
Belgian Catch Wrestling Federation | Liège | Salvatore Bellomo | 2006– | Yes | Associated with Belgian Wrestling School | |
Flemish Wrestling force | Tessenderlo | Homeless tom | 2003- | yes |
Croatia
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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Active | ||||||
Prvi Hrvatski Kečeri | Zagreb | Antonio Ilić | 2005– | Yes | First Croatian promotion |
Denmark
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
BODYSLAM! Pro Wrestling | Aarhus | Kristian Buus Nielsen Søren Bjerg Nielsen |
2015– | Yes | [10] | |
Copenhagen Championship Wrestling | Copenhagen | Sebastian Krohn Børgesen | 2016– | Union of European Wrestling Alliances member.[11][12] | ||
Dansk Pro Wrestling | Randers | Kim Tinning | 2004– | Yes | Originally known as Danish Wrestling from 2004 to 2008.[13][14] Union of European Wrestling Alliances member.[15] | |
Nordic Elite Wrestling | Copenhagen | Crazy 8 | 2021– | Yes | ||
Defunct | ||||||
Premier Wrestling League | European Sports Promotion Ltd. | 2007–2009 | [16] | |||
Wrestling DK | Fredericia | 2011–2016 |
Finland
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
FCF Wrestling | Helsinki | Pro Wrestling Ry | 2003– | Yes | [17] | |
Slam Wrestling Finland | Porvoo | StarBuck | 2018– | Yes | [18] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Valhalla Pro Wrestling | Helsinki | Patrick Pesola | 2003–2005 | [19] |
France
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
Association les Professionnels du Catch | Nanterre | Fausto Costantino Fabio Costantino |
2004– | Yes | [20][21][22][23] |
Association Beauvaisienne de Catch et d'Athlétisme | Beauvais | M. Villeroy M. Queval Jean-Claude Grignon Olivier Grignon |
1956–1966 1966–1970 1970–1985 1985– |
Yes | Oldest ever-running pro wrestling school and promotion in France |
Association Biterroise de Catch | Béziers | Max Soulié | 2006– | Yes | Union of European Wrestling Alliances member.[24][25] |
Catch Connexion | Montpellier Perpignan |
Nicolas Broisseau Yannick Roussel |
2008– | Yes | |
Fédération Française de Catch Professionnel | Wissous | Henri Deglane Roger Delaporte Marc Mercier |
1933 1960–1989 2006– |
Yes | [26][27][28][29]Oldest pro wrestling promotion in France |
Fighters Revenge Pro Wrestling | Pessac | Ragnar Rök Ben Thundersky |
2011–2018 2022– |
Yes | [30] |
International Catch Wrestling Alliance | Laventie | Pierre Fontaine | 2002– | Yes | [31][32][33][34][35] |
La Bagarre | Ploudalnézeau | 2022– | [36] | ||
Ligue Nationale de Catch | Remiremont | Drommer Ludovic Xavier Christen |
2010– | Yes | [37] |
Nevez Web Catch | Brest | 2015– | |||
Rixe Catch | Mordelles | Albert Roche | 2019– | [38] | |
Wrestling Stars | Montereau | Flesh Gordon Jean-Marie Albouy-Guidicelli |
1979– | Yes | [39] |
Defunct | |||||
N'Catch | Tourcoing | Ludivine Hugot Philippe de Marsignac |
2009–2013 | Yes | [40][41] |
European Wrestling League Championship | Mérignac | Frédéric Juste | 2007–2021 | Yes | |
Ouest-Catch | Lamballe | Régis Béreschel | 2011–2019 | Yes | |
Fighting Spirit Federation | Toulouse | Laurent Pourrut Jerome Pourrut Sacha Puyssegur |
2005–2007 | Yes | [42][43] |
Force Francophone du Catch | Toulouse | Matthias Chalumeau | 2004–2010 | Yes | [44] |
Queens of Chaos | Toulouse | Jerome Pourrut | 2005–2007 | Yes | [45] |
Germany
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
German Wrestling Federation | Berlin | Ahmed Chaer, Crazy Sexy Mike | 1995– | Yes | |
New European Championship Wrestling | Nuremberg | Alex Wright | 2009– | Yes | [46][1][47][48][49] |
Verband der Berufsringer | Berlin | 1912–2005 | Oldest known wrestling promotion in the world.[50] | ||
Westside Xtreme Wrestling | Essen | wXw Europe GmbH Felix Kohlenberg, Tassilo Jung, Jörg Steinmetzler, Christian Michael Jakobi |
2000– | Yes | [5][51][52][53][54] |
Greece
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
ZMAK Greek Pro Wrestling | Piraeus | Petros Polychronides | 2016– | Yes | ||
Defunct | ||||||
T.W.T. (Thessaloniki Wrestling Team) | Thessaloniki | George Xaros | 2016-2018 | https://twt982.webnode.gr/ | ||
Hellenic Pro Wrestling Association | Athens | HPWA Board | 2018-2022 | |||
Greek Wrestling House | Tripoli | George Konstas (Claude Makelele) | 2021– 2021 | This is not an actual Wrestlig Promotion, it is a Youtube channel. | ||
Greek Wrestling Association | Athens | Anonymous General Manager | 2022– 2023 | This is not an actual Wrestlig Promotion, it is a Youtube channel. |
Hungary
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Hungarian Championship Wrestling | Budapest | Aaron Kiss David Turger Ben Szalay |
2010– | Yes | [55] | |
Xtreme Wrestling Promotion | Salgótarján | Ron Corvus | 2019– | Yes | [56] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Pro-Wrestling Magyarország | Budapest | Kirill Michurin † | 2016–2020 | [57] |
Italy
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
Italian Championship Wrestling | Bergamo | Nino Baldan
Emilio Bernocchi |
2000– | Yes | Oldest Italian wrestling promotion still active |
Milano Wrestling | Milan | Gaetano Durante | 2019– | Yes | |
Wrestling Torino | Turin | Violenzo | 2023– | Yes |
Malta
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Pro Wrestling Malta | Malta | Wayne Pace |
2014– | Yes | First Maltese promotion[58] |
Czech Republic
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Art of Wrestling | Prague | Michal Petrgal | 2016– | Yes | ||
VcV Original Wrestling | Prague | VcV Original Wrestling | 2012– | Yes | First Czech promotion |
Netherlands
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Dutch Pro Wrestling | Hazerswoude-Rijndijk | Mark Kodiak | 2004- | yes | ||
Pro Wrestling Holland | wormer | Jordy te Braak | 2006- | yes | ||
Live Action Wrestling | Rico Bushido | 2023- | ||||
Defunct | ||||||
Freestyle Championship Wrestling | Bas Jussen | 1997 - 2011 | no | |||
Pro Wrestling Showdown | 2004-2019 | no |
Poland
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Maniac Zone Wrestling | Wrocław | Shadow | 2014– | [59] | ||
Kombat Pro Wrestling | Gdynia | Kombat Pro Wrestling | 2015– | Yes | KPW was created in the place of Do or Die Wrestling, which ceased operations in 2015[60] | |
PpW Ewenement Wrestling | Warsaw | PpW Ewenement Wrestling | 2020– | Yes | Started as a backyard wrestling promotion in 2010, transitioned into pro wrestling in 2020[61] | |
Prime Time Wrestling | Chorzów | Arkadiusz "Pan" Pawłowski Marcin "Rzeźnik" Rzeźniczek |
2021– | Yes | [62] | |
Legacy of Wrestling | Katowice | Legacy of Wrestling | 2024- | [63] | ||
Defunct | ||||||
Do or Die Wrestling | Gdańsk | Don Roid | 2009–2015 | First Polish promotion[64] | ||
Total Blast Wrestling | Poland | Total Blast Wrestling | 2009–2011 | [65] |
Spain
[edit]Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Defunct | ||||||
Corporación Internacional de Catch | Madrid Barcelona |
1930s-1975 | Dominant Spanish wrestling promotion of the 20th century[66] | |||
Luchadores Independientes de Europa | c.1991-1996 | Revivalist promotion, formed in response to WWF's early 1990s success in Spain.[66] |
United Kingdom and Ireland
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of professional wrestling attendance records in Europe
- List of women's wrestling promotions
- List of professional wrestling promotions in South America
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