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A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event. Within the convention of the show, the company is a sports governing body which sanctions
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.
Unlike modern independent promotions, the territories were regarded as major promotions and often collaborated with other NWA members. In 1993, [ 1 ] the NWA was reorganized following the withdrawals of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), with the majority of new NWA territories being small independent promotions.
The first successful promotion since the close of World Class Championship Wrestling in 1990 and the Global Wrestling Federation in 1994, it is currently the oldest independent promotion in Texas [3] [4] Texas Wrestling Alliance: San Antonio: Rudy Gonzales 1999–present
Aniversario de EMLL) was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 22, 1944, in Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 11th anniversary of EMLL, which would become the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The ...
The unorthodox style of moves, controversial storylines, and intense bloodthirst of ECW made it immensely popular among many wrestling fans in the 18-to-25-year-old demographic. Its intense fanbase, albeit a small constituency, reached near-cultism in the late 1990s and inspired the "hardcore style" in other wrestling promotions, namely WWF and ...
Verband der Berufsringer was a German professional wrestling promotion founded in 1912. It is the oldest known wrestling promotion in the world. It is the oldest known wrestling promotion in the world.
Promotion No. of episodes Ref. Hollywood Wrestling United States: Syndicated: 1947–1955 NWA Hollywood Wrestling: Wrestling from Marigold United States: DuMont: 1949–1955 WGN-TV: 1955–1957 Fred Kohler Enterprises: Le Catch France: RTF/ORTF Antenne 2 FR3: 1951-1987 FFCP: Portland Wrestling United States: Syndicated: 1953–1992 Pacific ...