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This section lists notable professional wrestling promoters during the "Golden Age of Professional Wrestling" following the creation of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1948. While most promoters operated specific wrestling "territories" as members of the NWA, a number of so-called "outlaw" promotions were also prominent during this period.
Ladies Professional Wrestling Association: Laughlin, Nevada: Tor Berg 1989–1998 Naked Women's Wrestling League: Howard Mann 2004–2009 Powerful Women of Wrestling: Indianapolis, Indiana: David McLane: 1987–1990 Rise Wrestling: Naperville, Illinois: Kevin Harvey 2016–2020 Sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes: Women's Extreme Wrestling
Women Superstars United: Jac Sabboth (2006–2007) Sean McCaffrey (2007–2012) Drew Cordeiro (2012–2014) D. J. Hyde (2013–present) 2006–present Sister promotion to Combat Zone Wrestling and member of the United Wrestling Network: Women's Wrestling Army: Chicago, Illinois: Maria Kanellis: 2022-present Women's Wrestling Revolution ...
Professional wrestling is a dramatic enactment of wrestling as a spectator sport. [1] As is the norm for this sport, women's professional wrestling is organized by wrestling federations called promotions. Some promotions are exclusively for women, while others have separate divisions for women.
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 and present professional wrestling promotions.
Mickey Duff, British boxing promoter; Al Farb (1905–2005), US, boxing promoter of championship bouts including Floyd Patterson vs. Brian London [152] [153] Joel Gertner, US, professional wrestling promoter [154] Paul Heyman, US, professional wrestling manager & promoter [155] Mike Jacobs, US, boxing promoter [156] Sam Muchnick, US, wrestling ...
The time appears right for an all-women’s promotion to hit the big time, which is why Buss, considered by many the most powerful woman in sports, has lent her support to the Women of Wrestling ...
The Hall of Fame was founded in 2022 by Angel Orsini, Christopher Annino, Gary Wolfe and Sue Green. [1] It started as an offshoot of a documentary Orsani and director Annino have been making about women's professional wrestling titled Circle of Champions.