List of independent wrestling promotions in Canada

This article is about independent professional wrestling promotions in Canada. For an international listing, see List of professional wrestling promotions. For a list of National Wrestling Alliance-affiiated promotions, see List of National Wrestling Alliance territories.

This is a list of independent wrestling promotions in Canada, sorted by regional area, and lists both active and defunct "indy promotions."

West Coast

British Columbia

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
All-Star Wrestling	Vancouver	Parm Singh Athwal	2007–	Yes	Continuation of NWA: All-Star Wrestling. [1]
Big West Wrestling	Kelowna	Chris Olson	2011–	Yes
Nation Extreme Wrestling	Vancouver	Rob Fai and Chris Parry	2021-	Yes
Thrash Wrestling	Okanagan	Nick Szalanski	2004–	Yes	[2]
Vancouver Island Pro Wrestling	Nanaimo	Brent LaPlante, Cody Washington	2013–	Yes
Defunct
All-Star Wrestling	Vancouver	Cliff Parker (1949–1968) Rod Fenton (1950–1968) Sandor Kovac (1968–1977) Gene Kiniski (1968–1983) Al Tomko (1977–1989)	1962–1989	No
Canadian Wrestling Alliance	Chilliwack	Dave Bruce Judy Bruce Dillon Powers	1993–1994	No
Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling	Vancouver	Dave Republic (1996–2010) Michael Sweetser (2010–2012) ECCW Entertainment, LTD (2010–)	1996–2020	Yes	Formerly Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling.
International Championship Wrestling	Vancouver	Tim Flowers	1996–2010	No
Pacific Coast Championship Wrestling	Vancouver	Rocky Dellaserra Fred Roselli	1989–1994	No
Pro Wrestling Canada	Vancouver	Cobra Moondog Manson	2004–2005	Yes
Pure Wrestling Association	Campbell River	Mike Becherer	2013–??	No
Top Ranked Wrestling	Abbotsford	Grunt Layne Fontaine	2004–2005	No
Universal Wrestling Alliance	Vancouver	Al Tomko	1985–1989	No
Victoria City Wrestling	Victoria	Vid Vain	2005	No
West Coast Championship Wrestling	Vancouver	Mark Vellios	1991–1996	No
BCW Pro Wrestling / Power Pro Wrestling	British Columbia	Shaun Myall (Dirty Money)	1997-2003(BCW) 2005-2009(PPW)	No

Canadian Prairies

Alberta

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
Can-Am Wrestling	Calgary	Steve Gillespie Otto Gentile Steve Wilde	1997–2002 2021-	Yes
Monster Pro Wrestling	Edmonton	Sean Dunster	2002–	Yes
Love Pro Wrestling	Edmonton	Spencer Love	2021–	Yes
Pure Power Wrestling	Lethbridge	Kevin Farrell Kyle Kristiansen Jim Kristensen Richard Rainey	2010–	Yes
Real Canadian Wrestling	Edmonton	Steven Ewaschuk	2003–	Yes
Wild Rose Sports Association	Calgary	Jay Sullivan	2022–	Yes
Defunct
Can-Am Wrestling	Grand Prairie	Martin Boroditsky	1989	No
Canadian All-Pro Wrestling	Calgary	Tim Stein	2011–2012	No
Canadian Championship Wrestling	Edmonton
Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling	Calgary	Darryl Harty Ed Langley	1992–1995	No
Canadian Wrestling Coalition	Red Deer	Dylon Featherstone	2015-2019	No	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.
Canadian Wrestling Connection	Calgary	Bob Pupetz	1989–1992	No
Hart Legacy Wrestling	Calgary	John Oniston (2013) Smith Hart (2015–2017) Stacey Angel	2013-2017	No
Power Zone Wrestling	Lethbridge	Tim Strom	2005–2009	No
Revolution Pro	Edmonton	Justin Sczembora	2013–2014
Stampede Wrestling	Calgary	Stu Hart (1948–1984) Vince McMahon (1984–1985) Bruce Hart (1985–1989, 1999–2005) Ross Hart (1999–2005) Bill Bell (2005–2008)	1948–1989 1999–2008	No

Saskatchewan

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
Best Entertainment Wrestling	Saskatoon		2020-	Yes
Prairie Pro Wrestling	Saskatoon	Roberto Ureta	2020-
Ringside Wrestling	Moose Jaw	Joe Neustaeter	2014–	Yes
Defunct
Gold Dragon Wrestling	Moose Jaw	Jan and Michelle Armstrong	2008–2014	Yes
Hardcore Wrestling/Wild West Wrestling	Regina	Scott Wheatley	1996–1998	Yes
High Impact Wrestling Canada	Regina	Charles Pichette (1996–2012) Mike Roberts (2012–2019)	1998–2019	Yes	Split Brand: HIW Wildside
High Impact Wrestling Wildside	Regina/Saskatoon	Mike Roberts	2014–2015 and 2017–2019	Yes	Split Brand: HIW Canada
Professional Outlaw Wrestling	Saskatoon	Crash Crimson	2001–2005	Yes

Manitoba

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
Canadian Wrestling's Elite	Winnipeg	Danny Warren	2009–	Yes
Premier Championship Wrestling	Winnipeg	Andrew Shallcross	2002–
Primos Wrestling Canada	Winnipeg	Graeme Keam	2010–	No
Union of Wrestling	Winnipeg		2016-	No
Winnipeg Pro Wrestling	Winnipeg		2018-	No
Defunct
Action Wrestling Entertainment	Winnipeg	Jeff Dyck	2005–2006	No
Canadian Wrestling Federation	Winnipeg	Ernie Todd	1979–1984	No
International Wrestling Alliance	Winnipeg	Joan McGuire Tony Condello	1974–2000	No	Originally known as the West Four Wrestling Alliance from 1974 to 1994.
New Wrestling Nation	Île-des-Chênes	Dan King	2006–2011
Steeltown Pro Wrestling	Selkirk	Rob Stardom TJ Bratt	2007–2013	Yes
Supercard Wrestling	Winnipeg	Walter Shechyk	1979–1984	No	Formerly known as New Brand Wrestling.
WFX Wrestling	Winnipeg	Jeff Dyck	2007–2010	No

Central Canada

Ontario

Cody Deaner posing with the Classic Championship Wrestling Heavyweight belt

Josh Alexander with Zero Gravity belt and the Alpha-1 Alpha Male championship belt

Cherry Bomb holding up the Tri-City Wrestling's Women's title

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
Acclaim Pro Wrestling	Ottawa	Chaz Lovely (2010–) Brent Doherty (2010–)	2010-	Yes
Barrie Wrestling	Barrie	Shawn Gibson	2015–	Yes
Big Time Pro Wrestling	Ottawa	Joe Dunlap Pat Paquette	2004–	Yes	Associated with Bodyslammers Gym. Head trainer Claude Prest and trainers Crimson X and Hangman.
Border City Wrestling	Windsor	Scott D'Amore	1993–	Yes
Border Town Pro Wrestling	Fort Erie	Chris Snieg	2018–	Yes
Capital City Championship Wrestling (C*4)	Ottawa	Mark P.	2007–	Yes
Canadian Pro Wrestling	Woodstock	Robbie McAllister	2011–	Yes
Canadian Wrestling Federation	St. Catharines	Frank Ryckman	2014–	Yes
Chem Valley Wrestling	Sarnia	Arron Sisson	2019-	No
Chinlock Wrestling	Kingston	Jan Murphy	?–	Yes
Classic Championship Wrestling	Southern Ontario	Jay McDonald	2009–	Yes
CrossBody Pro Wrestling	Kitchener	Ben Ortmanns Chris Tidwell	2016-
Crossfire Wrestling	St. Catharines	Chris LaPlante	2012–	Yes
Deathproof Fight Club	South-Western Ontario	Chad Gowing	2009–	Yes
Demand Lucha	Toronto	Jordan Matthew Marques	2015-	Yes
Destiny Wrestling	Mississauga	Emilio Albi	2014-	Yes
Great Canadian Wrestling	Oshawa	David Lorne	2005–	Yes
Greektown Wrestling	Toronto	Channing Decker [3]	2015-	Yes
Independent Pro Wrestling	Brantford	Mike Shea	2002-	Yes
Magnificent Championship Wrestling	Brantford	Nick Mercante	2010–	Yes
Maple Leaf Wrestling	Toronto	Scott D'Amore	2024-	Yes
Northland Wrestling	North Bay	Dann Pigozzo	2016-	Yes
Northumberland Pro Wrestling	Northumberland County	Derek Sharp, Lionel Poizner, Rob MacArthur	2019-	Yes
Ontario Elite Wrestling (OEW)	North Bay	Steve Lavictoire, Rhyan Tourout	2022-
Pro Wrestling Eclipse	Oshawa	Sean Murley	2010–	Yes
Pure Wrestling Association	Kitchener Guelph	Mike Becherer	2005–	Yes
PWA Niagara	Niagara Region	Pete Stalmach	2006–	Yes
Smash Wrestling	Toronto		2011–	Yes
Superkick'D Live	Toronto	Ashley Sixx, Kris Chambers [4]	2015–	Yes
Union of Independent Professional Wrestlers	Toronto	Anthony Kingdom James	2007; 2012–2014; 2019-	Yes
Defunct
Alpha-1 Wrestling	Hamilton	Julian Micevski (2010–) [5]	2010–2021		This company was on an indefinite hiatus as of their show on October 21, 2012, due to financial issues that are related to thefts totaling at least $1,350. It resumed in 2013 with REHAB.
Apocalypse Wrestling Federation	Toronto	Ron Hutchison	1998–2004; 2008	Yes
BSE Pro	Toronto	Dave Blezzard	2005–2010	No	Merged with Border City Wrestling to form Maximum Pro Wrestling in 2010.
Canadian Grand Prix Wrestling		Joe Dunlap	2003–2007	Yes	[6]
Canadian Wrestling Action	Cornwall	Greg Ezard	2007–2015	Yes
Canadian Wrestling Revolution	Toronto	Frank Greco	2007-2010	Yes
Championship Wrestling International	Brantford	Nick "Nitro" Wyman	1998–	Yes
Conflict Wrestling	Kitchener	Jeffery Marsh	2011–2014, 2016	Yes	Formerly known as Tri-City Wrestling
Extreme Wrestling League Show	Brooklin	Darryl Swoffer	2007–2014	Yes
Fight! Brand	Toronto	Ashley Sixx	2011–2014	Yes
Fringe Pro Wrestling	Hamilton	Cameron Banks	2013–2016	No
Great White North Wrestling	Hamilton	Jack Kinsella	2007–2013	Yes
Hogtown Wrestling	Toronto	Jay Nadler	2012–2017	Yes	Formerly known as Victory Commonwealth Wrestling.
Maple Leaf Wrestling	Toronto	Jack Corcoran (1930–1939) John Tunney (1939) Frank Tunney (1939–1983) Jack Tunney (1983–1986) Eddie Tunney (1983–1986)	1930–1986	No
Maximum Pro Wrestling	Toronto Windsor	Scott D'Amore Arda Ocal Jason Brown Jeffrey Scott James Trepanier Dave Blezard	2010–	Yes
Neo Wrestling	Niagara Falls	Jesse Friskey (2002–2006) [7] Jesse Scott (2002–2006, 2011–) [8]	2002-2006 2011- [9]	Yes	Formerly known as Neo Spirit Pro Wrestling
Niagara Pro Wrestling	Fort Erie	Aaron Thompson	2010–2013	Yes
Mecca Pro Wrestling	Cornwall		2010–2016	Yes
Moonshine Branded Wrestling	Welland	Matthew Terry	2011–2014, 2016	Yes
Ontario Championship Wrestling	Kingston	Roy Demerchant	2016–2019	Yes
Pro Wrestling Xtreme	Tillsonburg	Jay McDonald/Dan Vandekerckhove	2004–2009	Yes
Rage Wrestling Entertainment	Ottawa	Damian Styles	2005–2012	Yes	Merged with Big Time Pro Wrestling in 2012.
Sault Area Wrestling	Sault Ste. Marie	Rob Zagorc	2007–2014	Yes
Squared Circle Wrestling	Toronto	Rob Fuego	2010–	Yes
Steel City Pro Wrestling	Hamilton		2014 - 2017	Yes
TWA Powerhouse	St. Catharines	Frank Ryckman	2008–2013	Yes
Twin Wrestling Entertainment	Toronto	Jian Magen Page Magen	1999–2011	Yes
WrestleCrisis	Toronto	Ross Aitken [10]	2011-2014	Yes
Wrestling Abaddon	Toronto	Osiris	2015–2016	Yes

Quebec

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
BATTLEWAR	Montreal	James McGee Mike Daponte	2012–	No
Federation de Lutte Québécoise / Théâtre Extrême	Montréal	Carl Leduc	2001–	Yes
Granby Entertainment Wrestling	Granby	Sébastien Maltais	2002–	Yes
Inter Species Wrestling	Montreal	Mike Rotch	2005–	Yes
International Wrestling Syndicate	Montreal	Manny Eleftheriou	1998–2010; 2014–	Yes
La Descente du Coude	Montreal	Maxime Thifault Julien Ethier Guillaume Maltais	2017-	Yes
nCw Femmes Fatales	Montreal	François Poirier Phil Bélanger	2009–	Yes
Northern Championship Wrestling	Montreal	François Poirier Phil Bélanger	1986–	Yes
North Shore Pro Wrestling	Quebec	Steve Boutet	2011–	Yes
Gatineau Pro wreslting (GPW)	Gatineau	Dereick Clement Martin villeneuve Stephane Gauthier Denis Gauthier	2019-	No
Defunct
Canadian International Wrestling		Mike Vachon Paul Vachon	1994	No
Elite Wrestling Revolution	Quebec City	Eric Picard Patrick La Rue Claude Provost	2004–2005	No
Grand Prix Wrestling	Montreal	Lucien Gregoire Gary Legault Paul Vachon	1971–1974	No
International Wrestling Association	Montreal	Eddie Quinn (1935–1964) Bob Langevin (1965–1975) Johnny Rougeau (1965–1975)	1935–1975	No	Originally known as the American Wrestling Association from 1935 to 1965.
Lutte Internationale	Montreal	Andre the Giant (1980–1984) Gino Brito (1980–1987) Frank Valois (1980–1987)	1980–1987	No
Royal Wrestling Ring	Verdun	Alain Field	1994–1997	No
World All-Star Wrestling	Montreal		1994–1995	No

Atlantic

New Brunswick

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling	Shediac	Emile Duprée (1977–1986, 2001– Present) Paul Peller (1986–1992) Mike Zinck (2001)	1977–1992 2001–Present	No	Also referred to as "Grand Prix." Runs intermittently.
Innovative Hybrid Wrestling	Greater Moncton	Julien Young (2005–) Mathieu Titus (2005–) Serge Doucet (2005–2013) Dave Cawley (2005–2015) Kevin Tyler (2013–2018) Peter Smith (2018–) Sandra Taylor (2018–) Chris Glidden (2018–)	2005–	Yes
North Pro Canadian Wrestling	ased in Greater Moncton, New Brunswick	Eric Doucet	2015–	No	Also Referred to as "North Pro Wrestling or North Pro"
Defunct
NWE Pro Wrestling	Miramichi, Sussex, St.John	Sean Nelson, Isaac Malley	2013–2021	Yes	Also Referred to as "Next Wrestling Entertainment"

Nova Scotia

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
Downtown Wrestling	Halifax	Ryan Fried	2022-	Yes
EPIC Pro Wrestling	South Shore	Kasey Krypt	2022-	No
Kaizen Pro Wrestling	Halifax / Dartmouth	Covey Christ	2019-	Yes
Relentless Wrestling		Dana Christie Sophie Marie	2022-	No
Ultimate Championship Wrestling	Spryfield	Chuck "Coalminer Chuck" Martin	2007–	Yes
Pro Wrestling Unleashed	Halifax	Harold Kennedy	2020-	No
Defunct
Canadian Championship Wrestling	Berwick	Paul Peller Stephen Petitpas	1990–1992	No
East Coast Pro Wrestling	Kingston	Sheldon MacLean	2005–2010	No
Eastern Sports Association	Halifax	Al Zink (1969–1975) Rudy Kay (1969–1975) Bobby Kay (1975–1976)	1969–1976	No
New Breed Wrestling	Truro	Chris Cooke & Tyson Hamilton	2008–2012	Yes	No
WrestleCentre	Halifax	Jason Mosher	2014–2016	Yes

Newfoundland and Labrador

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
Inner City Wrestling	Bonavista	Brady Hobbs Kyle Durdle	2023-	Yes
New Evolution Wrestling	St. John's	Travis Canning Sheldon Bishop	2015-	Yes
Newfoundland Championship Wrestling	St. John's	Bennett Brothers	1998–2005 2023-	No
Defunct
Cutting Edge Wrestling	St. John's	Sailor White Gord Glynn	1998–2007 2011–2019	No
Newfoundland Pro Wrestling	St. John's	Steve Clarke	2013–2015	No

Prince Edward Island

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
Red Rock Wrestling	Stratford	Mike Hughes	2009–	Yes

See also

• Canada portal

• Professional wrestling in Canada

References

1. Wilson, Daniel (2012). "B.C.'s All-Star Wrestling reaches into the past". slam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 21 April 2012. Mark Vellios
2. "Former WWE star Gangrel headlining Thrash Wrestling". bclocalnews.com. 2012-04-12. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
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4. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Superkick'D « Promotions Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
5. van der Griend, Blaine (2012-01-18). "Ontario indy Alpha-1 lands TV deal". slam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
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8. Cheevers, Melinda (2011-08-11). "Wrestling's Wylde Card takes centre stage". niagarathisweek.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
9. Cino, Sam (2011-02-09). "Neo spirit Pro Wrestling to make a comeback". niagara-news.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
10. Semley, John (2011-04-08). "Video Game Wrestlers Go For Broke". torontoist.com. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

Further reading

• Nevada, Vance (2011). "Promotion/Promoter profiles". Wrestling in the Canadian West. Gallatin, Tennessee: Crowbar Press. ISBN   978-0-9745545-9-4.

External links

• Canadian Promotions at OWW.com