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WWE's UK-based brands. Preston City Wrestling (PCW) Preston: Steve Fludder 2011–present PROGRESS Wrestling: London: Jon Briley and Glen Joseph 2012–present Pro-Wrestling: EVE: London: Dann Read, Emily Read 2010–present Female-only wrestling promotion. [12] Pro Wrestling Pride: South West: Darren Saviour 2012–2017 [13] Revolution Pro ...
On November 15, 2015, an Insane Championship Wrestling show in Glasgow, Scotland, headlined by Grado vs. Drew Galloway, drew a sellout crowd of 3,802 fans and a $152,780 gate. It was the biggest crowd for a British-based promotion since 1982 and the largest UK gate of the "modern-era". [4]
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.
Founded as Wrestling Enterprises of Birkenhead in October 1970, it has also been known over the years as All Star Promotions and Big Time Wrestling. ASW tours theatres, leisure centres, town halls, holiday camps , and similar venues, many of which are the same locations that were used for televised wrestling in the UK from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Progress Wrestling (stylized as PROGRESS) is a British professional wrestling promotion that was established in 2011 by comedian Jim Smallman, events and comedy promoter Jon Briley, and later, actor Glen Robinson (professionally known as Glen Joseph). The company is now co-owned by Lee McAteer, Martyn Best, and Matthew Buczek.
The highest number of events on the list have been promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), the largest professional wrestling promotion in Japan. NJPW's Collision in Korea , a two-day interpromotional supercard co-hosted with World Championship Wrestling , was the first-ever pro wrestling event held in North Korea and remains the most ...
This is a category for professional wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
The introduction of American wrestling to the UK and the eventual axing in 1988 by Greg Dyke of Wrestling shows on terrestrial TV saw the eclipse of Joint Promotions from its dominant position in the British wrestling scene. The promotion, renamed Ring Wrestling Stars (RWS) in 1991, continued to tour the old venues with Big Daddy in the ...