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This is a list of independent wrestling promotions in the United States, sorted by regional area, and lists both active and defunct "indy promotions" from the 1990s and 2000s. This list does not include the regional territories or promotions affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance.
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.
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit (often shortened to the indie circuit or the indies) is the collective name of independently owned promotions which are deemed to be smaller and more regionalized than major national promotions. Independent promotions are essentially viewed as a minor league or farm system for the larger ...
While SMW was forced to shut down in 1995, ECW survived to become a national touring promotion as part of the "Big 3" in pro wrestling. By the early-21st century, a new generation of independent companies had emerged. The most prominent of these were Ring of Honor, Major League Wrestling, Northeast Wrestling and Juggalo Championship Wrestling.
List of professional wrestling promotions. List of independent wrestling promotions in Canada; List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States. List of National Wrestling Alliance territories; List of professional wrestling organisations in Australia; List of professional wrestling promotions in Europe; List of professional ...
American independent professional wrestling promotions (9 C, 7 P) American women's professional wrestling promotions (3 C, 18 P) American Wrestling Association (4 C, 12 P)
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.
The promotion was sold to Real Canadian Wrestling in early 2019 and they did a few co-hosted shows under "RCW/CWC" through that year but after their August 2019 show they announced their official closure and dropped the "CWC" from their initials, thereby marking the end of the Canadian Wrestling Coalition.