List of professional wrestling promotions in Europe
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[]
Name | Owner(s) | Years Active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
New European Championship Wrestling | Alex Wright | 2009- | Yes |
Europe[]
Austria[]
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Catch Wrestling Association | Graz | Otto Wanz Peter William |
1973-2000 | Yes | [1][2][3][4] |
Croatia[]
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[]
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
BODYSLAM! Pro Wrestling | Aarhus | Kristian Buus Nielsen
Søren Bjerg Nielsen |
2015- | Yes | [5] | |
Copenhagen Championship Wrestling | Copenhagen | Sebastian Krohn Børgesen | 2016- | [6] | ||
Dansk Pro Wrestling | Randers | Kim Tinning | 2004- | Yes | Originally known as Danish Wrestling from 2004 to 2008.[7][8] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Premier Wrestling League | European Sports Promotion Ltd. | 2007-2009 | No | [9] | ||
Wrestling DK | Fredericia | 2011-2016 | No |
France[]
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Association les Professionnels du catch | Nanterre | Fausto Costantino | 2004- | Yes | [10][11][12][13] | |
Association Beauvaisienne de Catch et d'Athlétisme | Beauvais | Olivier Grignon | 1956-today | Yes[permanent dead link] | ||
Association Biterroise de Catch | Béziers | Max Soulié | 2006- | Yes | [14] | |
Fédération Française de Catch Professionnel | Wissous | Henri Deglane Roger Delaporte Marc Mercier |
1933 1960-89 2006- |
Yes | [15][16][17][18] | |
Ligue nationale de catch | Remiremont | Drommer Ludovic Xavier Christen |
2010- | Yes | [19] | |
Ouest-Catch | Lamballe | Régis Béreschel | 2011- | Yes | ||
N'Catch | Tourcoing | Ludivine Hugot | 2009- | Yes | [20][21] | |
International Catch Wrestling Alliance | Laventie | Pierre Fontaine | 2002- | Yes | [22][23][24][25][26] | |
Wrestling Stars | Montereau | Flesh Gordon Jean-Marie Albouy-Guidicelli |
1979- | Yes | [27] | |
Queens of Chaos | Toulouse | Jerome Pourrut | 2005- | Yes | [28] | |
Catch Connexion | Montpellier Perpignan |
Nicolas Broisseau Yannick Roussel |
2008- | Yes | ||
European Wrestling League Championship | Mérignac (Gironde) | Frédéric Juste | 2007- | Yes | ||
Defunct | ||||||
Fighting Spirit Federation | Toulouse | Laurent Pourrut Jerome Pourrut Sacha Puyssegur |
2005-2007 | Yes | [29][30] | |
Force Francophone du Catch | Toulouse | Matthias Chalumeau | 2004-2010 | Yes | [31] |
Germany[]
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New European Championship Wrestling | Nuremberg | Alex Wright | 2009 - | Yes | [32][33][34][35][36] |
Verband Der Berufsringer | Berlin | 1912-2005 | Yes | Oldest known wrestling promotion in the world.[37] | |
Westside Xtreme Wrestling | Oberhausen | Felix Kohlenberg, Tassilo Jung, Jörg Steinmetzler, Christian Michael Jakobi | 2000- | Yes | [1][38][39][40][41] |
Greece[]
Name | Location | Owner's | Years Active | Website | Notes |
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Active | |||||
Hellenic Pro Wrestling Association | Peristeri | Spyros Koyrsaris | 2013- | The first pro wrestling school in Greece | |
ZMAK Greek Pro Wrestling | Piraeus | Petros Polychronides | 2016- | Yes | First Greek official promotion |
Hungary[]
Name | Location | Owner's | Years Active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Hungarian Championship Wrestling | Budapest | Aaron Kiss David Turger Ben Szalay |
2010- | Yes | [42] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Pro-Wrestling Magyarorszag | Budapest | Kirill Michurin† | 2016-2020 | [43] |
Malta[]
Name | Location | Owner's | Years Active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Pro Wrestling Malta | Malta | Wayne Pace |
2014- | Yes | First Maltese promotion[44] |
United Kingdom[]
See also[]
- List of professional wrestling attendance records in Europe
- List of women's wrestling promotions
- List of professional wrestling promotions in South America
References[]
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- ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=8&nr=1746
- ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=8&nr=1546
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