This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Europe, sorted by country, and lists both active and defunct professional wrestling promotions.
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
New European Championship Wrestling | Nuremberg | Alex Wright | 2009– | Yes | [1] |
Union of European Wrestling Alliances | 2009– | Governing body [2] [3] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
European Wrestling Association | Vienna |
Chris Raaber Michael Kovac |
2002– | Yes | [4] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Catch Wrestling Association | Graz |
Otto Wanz Peter William |
1973–2000 | Yes | [5] [6] [7] [8] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Prvi Hrvatski Kečeri | Zagreb | Antonio Ilić |
2005– | Yes | First Croatian promotion |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
BODYSLAM! Pro Wrestling | Aarhus | Kristian Buus Nielsen
Søren Bjerg Nielsen |
2015– | Yes | [9] | |
Copenhagen Championship Wrestling | Copenhagen | Sebastian Krohn Børgesen | 2016– | Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [10] [11] | ||
Dansk Pro Wrestling | Randers | Kim Tinning | 2004– | Yes | Originally known as Danish Wrestling from 2004 to 2008. [12] [13] Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [14] | |
Nordic Elite Wrestling | Copenhagen | Crazy 8 | 2021– | Yes | ||
Defunct | ||||||
Premier Wrestling League | European Sports Promotion Ltd. | 2007–2009 | [15] | |||
Wrestling DK | Fredericia | 2011–2016 |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
FCF Wrestling | Helsinki | Pro Wrestling Ry | 2003– | Yes | [16] | |
Slam Wrestling Finland | Porvoo | StarBuck | 2018– | Yes | [17] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Valhalla Pro Wrestling | Helsinki | Patrick Pesola | 2003–2005 | [18] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
Association les Professionnels du catch | Nanterre | Fausto Costantino
Fabio Costantino |
2004– | Yes | [19] [20] [21] [22] |
Association Beauvaisienne de Catch et d'Athlétisme | Beauvais | M. Villeroy
M. Queval Jean-Claude Grignon Olivier Grignon |
1956–1966
1966–1970 1970–1985 1985– |
Yes | Oldest ever-running pro wrestling school and promotion in France |
Association Biterroise de Catch | Béziers | Max Soulié | 2006– | Yes | Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [23] [24] |
Catch Connexion |
Montpellier Perpignan |
Nicolas Broisseau Yannick Roussel |
2008– | Yes | |
Fédération Française de Catch Professionnel | Wissous |
Henri Deglane Roger Delaporte Marc Mercier |
1933 1960–1989 2006– |
Yes | [25] [26] [27] [28]Oldest pro wrestling promotion in France |
Fighter's Revenge Pro Wrestling | Pessac | Ragnar Rok
Ben Thundersky |
2011–2018
2022– |
Yes | [29] |
International Catch Wrestling Alliance | Laventie | Pierre Fontaine | 2002– | Yes | [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] |
La Bagarre | Ploudalnézeau | 2022– | [35] | ||
Ligue Nationale de Catch | Remiremont | Drommer Ludovic Xavier Christen |
2010– | Yes | [36] |
Nevez Web Catch | Brest | 2015– | |||
Rixe Catch | Mordelles | Albert Roche | 2019– | [37] | |
Wrestling Stars | Montereau |
Flesh Gordon Jean-Marie Albouy-Guidicelli |
1979– | Yes | [38] |
Defunct | |||||
N'Catch | Tourcoing | Ludivine Hugot
Philippe de Marsignac |
2009–2013 | Yes | [39] [40] |
European Wrestling League Championship | Mérignac | Frédéric Juste | 2007–2021 | Yes | |
Ouest-Catch | Lamballe | Régis Béreschel | 2011–2019 | Yes | |
Fighting Spirit Federation | Toulouse | Laurent Pourrut Jerome Pourrut Sacha Puyssegur |
2005–2007 | Yes | [41] [42] |
Force Francophone du Catch | Toulouse | Matthias Chalumeau | 2004–2010 | Yes | [43] |
Queens of Chaos | Toulouse | Jerome Pourrut | 2005–2007 | Yes | [44] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
German Wrestling Federation | Berlin | Ahmed Chaer, Crazy Sexy Mike | 1995– | Yes | |
New European Championship Wrestling | Nuremberg | Alex Wright | 2009– | Yes | [45] [1] [46] [47] [48] |
Verband der Berufsringer | Berlin | 1912–2005 | Oldest known wrestling promotion in the world. [49] | ||
Westside Xtreme Wrestling | Essen | wXw Europe GmbH Felix Kohlenberg, Tassilo Jung, Jörg Steinmetzler, Christian Michael Jakobi |
2000– | Yes | [5] [50] [51] [52] [53] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
ZMAK Greek Pro Wrestling | Piraeus | Petros Polychronides | 2016– | Yes | |
Greek Wrestling Association | Athens | Antonis Remve
Panagiotis Gaziotis |
2022– | ||
Greek Wrestling House | Tripoli | George Konstas | 2021– | ||
Hellenic Pro Wrestling Association | Athens | HPWA Board | 2018- |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Hungarian Championship Wrestling | Budapest | Aaron Kiss David Turger Ben Szalay |
2010– | Yes | [54] | |
Xtreme Wrestling Promotion | Salgótarján | Ron Corvus | 2019– | Yes | [55] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Pro-Wrestling Magyarország | Budapest | Kirill Michurin † | 2016–2020 | [56] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Pro Wrestling Malta | Malta | Wayne Pace |
2014– | Yes | First Maltese promotion [57] |
Czech Republic
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Art of Wrestling | Prague | Michal Petrgal | 2016– | Yes | ||
VcV Original Wrestling | Prague | VcV Original Wrestling | 2012– | Yes | First Czech promotion |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Maniac Zone Wrestling | Wrocław | Shadow | 2014– | [58] | ||
Kombat Pro Wrestling | Gdynia | Kombat Pro Wrestling | 2015– | Yes | KPW was created in the place of Do or Die Wrestling, which ceased operations in 2015 [59] | |
PpW Ewenement Wrestling | Warsaw | PpW Ewenement Wrestling | 2020– | Yes | Started as a backyard wrestling promotion in 2010, transitioned into pro wrestling in 2020 [60] | |
Prime Time Wrestling | Chorzów | Arkadiusz "Pan" Pawłowski Marcin "Rzeźnik" Rzeźniczek |
2021– | Yes | [61] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Do or Die Wrestling | Gdańsk | Don Roid | 2009–2015 | First Polish promotion [62] | ||
Total Blast Wrestling | Poland | Total Blast Wrestling | 2009–2011 | [63] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Defunct | ||||||
Corporación Internacional de Catch |
Madrid Barcelona |
1930s-1975 | Dominant Spanish wrestling promotion of the 20th century [64] | |||
Luchadores Independientes de Europa | c.1991-1996 | Revivalist promotion, formed in repsonse to WWF's early 1990s success in Spain. [64] |
This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Europe, sorted by country, and lists both active and defunct professional wrestling promotions.
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
New European Championship Wrestling | Nuremberg | Alex Wright | 2009– | Yes | [1] |
Union of European Wrestling Alliances | 2009– | Governing body [2] [3] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
European Wrestling Association | Vienna |
Chris Raaber Michael Kovac |
2002– | Yes | [4] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Catch Wrestling Association | Graz |
Otto Wanz Peter William |
1973–2000 | Yes | [5] [6] [7] [8] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Prvi Hrvatski Kečeri | Zagreb | Antonio Ilić |
2005– | Yes | First Croatian promotion |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
BODYSLAM! Pro Wrestling | Aarhus | Kristian Buus Nielsen
Søren Bjerg Nielsen |
2015– | Yes | [9] | |
Copenhagen Championship Wrestling | Copenhagen | Sebastian Krohn Børgesen | 2016– | Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [10] [11] | ||
Dansk Pro Wrestling | Randers | Kim Tinning | 2004– | Yes | Originally known as Danish Wrestling from 2004 to 2008. [12] [13] Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [14] | |
Nordic Elite Wrestling | Copenhagen | Crazy 8 | 2021– | Yes | ||
Defunct | ||||||
Premier Wrestling League | European Sports Promotion Ltd. | 2007–2009 | [15] | |||
Wrestling DK | Fredericia | 2011–2016 |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
FCF Wrestling | Helsinki | Pro Wrestling Ry | 2003– | Yes | [16] | |
Slam Wrestling Finland | Porvoo | StarBuck | 2018– | Yes | [17] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Valhalla Pro Wrestling | Helsinki | Patrick Pesola | 2003–2005 | [18] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
Association les Professionnels du catch | Nanterre | Fausto Costantino
Fabio Costantino |
2004– | Yes | [19] [20] [21] [22] |
Association Beauvaisienne de Catch et d'Athlétisme | Beauvais | M. Villeroy
M. Queval Jean-Claude Grignon Olivier Grignon |
1956–1966
1966–1970 1970–1985 1985– |
Yes | Oldest ever-running pro wrestling school and promotion in France |
Association Biterroise de Catch | Béziers | Max Soulié | 2006– | Yes | Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [23] [24] |
Catch Connexion |
Montpellier Perpignan |
Nicolas Broisseau Yannick Roussel |
2008– | Yes | |
Fédération Française de Catch Professionnel | Wissous |
Henri Deglane Roger Delaporte Marc Mercier |
1933 1960–1989 2006– |
Yes | [25] [26] [27] [28]Oldest pro wrestling promotion in France |
Fighter's Revenge Pro Wrestling | Pessac | Ragnar Rok
Ben Thundersky |
2011–2018
2022– |
Yes | [29] |
International Catch Wrestling Alliance | Laventie | Pierre Fontaine | 2002– | Yes | [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] |
La Bagarre | Ploudalnézeau | 2022– | [35] | ||
Ligue Nationale de Catch | Remiremont | Drommer Ludovic Xavier Christen |
2010– | Yes | [36] |
Nevez Web Catch | Brest | 2015– | |||
Rixe Catch | Mordelles | Albert Roche | 2019– | [37] | |
Wrestling Stars | Montereau |
Flesh Gordon Jean-Marie Albouy-Guidicelli |
1979– | Yes | [38] |
Defunct | |||||
N'Catch | Tourcoing | Ludivine Hugot
Philippe de Marsignac |
2009–2013 | Yes | [39] [40] |
European Wrestling League Championship | Mérignac | Frédéric Juste | 2007–2021 | Yes | |
Ouest-Catch | Lamballe | Régis Béreschel | 2011–2019 | Yes | |
Fighting Spirit Federation | Toulouse | Laurent Pourrut Jerome Pourrut Sacha Puyssegur |
2005–2007 | Yes | [41] [42] |
Force Francophone du Catch | Toulouse | Matthias Chalumeau | 2004–2010 | Yes | [43] |
Queens of Chaos | Toulouse | Jerome Pourrut | 2005–2007 | Yes | [44] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
German Wrestling Federation | Berlin | Ahmed Chaer, Crazy Sexy Mike | 1995– | Yes | |
New European Championship Wrestling | Nuremberg | Alex Wright | 2009– | Yes | [45] [1] [46] [47] [48] |
Verband der Berufsringer | Berlin | 1912–2005 | Oldest known wrestling promotion in the world. [49] | ||
Westside Xtreme Wrestling | Essen | wXw Europe GmbH Felix Kohlenberg, Tassilo Jung, Jörg Steinmetzler, Christian Michael Jakobi |
2000– | Yes | [5] [50] [51] [52] [53] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | |||||
ZMAK Greek Pro Wrestling | Piraeus | Petros Polychronides | 2016– | Yes | |
Greek Wrestling Association | Athens | Antonis Remve
Panagiotis Gaziotis |
2022– | ||
Greek Wrestling House | Tripoli | George Konstas | 2021– | ||
Hellenic Pro Wrestling Association | Athens | HPWA Board | 2018- |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Hungarian Championship Wrestling | Budapest | Aaron Kiss David Turger Ben Szalay |
2010– | Yes | [54] | |
Xtreme Wrestling Promotion | Salgótarján | Ron Corvus | 2019– | Yes | [55] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Pro-Wrestling Magyarország | Budapest | Kirill Michurin † | 2016–2020 | [56] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Pro Wrestling Malta | Malta | Wayne Pace |
2014– | Yes | First Maltese promotion [57] |
Czech Republic
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Art of Wrestling | Prague | Michal Petrgal | 2016– | Yes | ||
VcV Original Wrestling | Prague | VcV Original Wrestling | 2012– | Yes | First Czech promotion |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active | ||||||
Maniac Zone Wrestling | Wrocław | Shadow | 2014– | [58] | ||
Kombat Pro Wrestling | Gdynia | Kombat Pro Wrestling | 2015– | Yes | KPW was created in the place of Do or Die Wrestling, which ceased operations in 2015 [59] | |
PpW Ewenement Wrestling | Warsaw | PpW Ewenement Wrestling | 2020– | Yes | Started as a backyard wrestling promotion in 2010, transitioned into pro wrestling in 2020 [60] | |
Prime Time Wrestling | Chorzów | Arkadiusz "Pan" Pawłowski Marcin "Rzeźnik" Rzeźniczek |
2021– | Yes | [61] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Do or Die Wrestling | Gdańsk | Don Roid | 2009–2015 | First Polish promotion [62] | ||
Total Blast Wrestling | Poland | Total Blast Wrestling | 2009–2011 | [63] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Defunct | ||||||
Corporación Internacional de Catch |
Madrid Barcelona |
1930s-1975 | Dominant Spanish wrestling promotion of the 20th century [64] | |||
Luchadores Independientes de Europa | c.1991-1996 | Revivalist promotion, formed in repsonse to WWF's early 1990s success in Spain. [64] |