List of professional wrestling halls of fame

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This is a list of professional wrestling hall of fames. There are many pro wrestling-related halls of fame. Most are (or were) run by a particular promotion, often honoring alumni of that promotion or its predecessors, though some are independent. Most professional wrestling halls of fame do not have a physical building, existing instead merely as a "conceptual" hall of fame, with a notable exception being the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum founded in Amsterdam, New York. [1]

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Halls of fame

General

NameFounderMaintained byYears activeLocationWebsiteNotesRef.
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Tony Vellano1999– Wichita Falls, Texas Yes
International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Seth Turner2019– Albany, New York Yes

Continental

NameFounderMaintained byYears activeLocationWebsiteNotesRef.
CAC Hall of Fame Cauliflower Alley Club New York City Yes [2]

National

NameFounderMaintained byYears activeLocationWebsiteNotesRef.
Canadian Pro-Wrestling Hall of FameChris Maloney2021–present Yes
National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum 1976– Stillwater, Oklahoma Yes
NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes Greg Price2007– Charlotte, North Carolina Yes
Glorias de Lucha Libre Los Villanos2014- Mexico [3]
The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame for ScotlandBradley Craig2015- Scotland [4]
Nippon Puroresu Hall of Fame Genichiro Tenryu 2020- Japan [5]

Regional

NameFounderMaintained byYears activeLocationWebsiteNotesRef.
Kingsport Wrestling Hall of Fame Beau James Southern States Wrestling 1999– Kingsport, Tennessee No
Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame Randy Hales
Jerry Jarrett
United States Wrestling Association 1994–1997 Memphis, Tennessee No
New England Wrestling Hall of Fame Joseph BruenAction Packed Championship Wrestling2008– Providence, Rhode Island Yes
Pittsburgh Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Lou Zygmuncik
Bobby Orkwis
Keystone State Wrestling Alliance 2008– Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Yes
St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame Larry Matysik 2007– St. Louis, Missouri Yes
Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame Cincinnati Red
Jason Peterson
Steven Bryant
SoCalUNCENSORED.com2001– Anaheim, California Yes
Southern Wrestling Hall of Fame David FullerIconic Heroes Wrestling Excellence2009– Fort Worth, Texas Yes
Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame Pat Laprade [6] Alquebec.ss38.ca2005– Yes [7]
Okanagan Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Big West Wrestling 2015–No [8]

Promotions

NameFounderMaintained byYears activeLocationWebsiteNotesRef.
AAA Hall of Fame Joaquín and Dorian Roldán Lucha Libre AAA World Wide 2007–2009; 2011– Mexico City, MexicoNo
ACW Hall Of FameAthletik Club Wrestling2008–2013 Weinheim, Germany Yes
AJW Hall of Fame Takashi Matsunaga
Kunimatsu Matsunaga
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling 1998Tokyo, JapanNo
BCW Hall of Fame Border City Wrestling 2003– Yes [9]
Chaotic Wrestling Hall of Fame Jamie Jamikowski Chaotic Wrestling 2006– Lowell, Massachusetts No
CWE Hall of Fame Canadian Wrestling's Elite 2015No [10]
CZW Hall of Fame John Zandig Combat Zone Wrestling 2004, 2009, 2014 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yes
ECWA Hall of Fame Jim Kettner East Coast Wrestling Association 1982– Newark, Delaware Yes
EWP Hall of FameChristian EcksteinEuropean Wrestling Promotion2010, 2012– Hanover, GermanyNo
HIW Hall of Fame High Impact Wrestling Canada 2010–2019 Yes
MCW Hall of Fame Dan McDevitt
Mark Shrader
Maryland Championship Wrestling 1998– Dundalk, Maryland Yes
NEO Hall of Fame Kyoko Inoue NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling 2005, 2010Yokohama, JapanNo
NJPW Greatest Wrestlers Hall of Fame Naoki Sugabayashi New Japan Pro-Wrestling 2007, 2009–2011 Tokyo, Japan Yes
NCW Hall of Fame Northern Championship Wrestling 2005–No [11]
NWA Hall of Fame R. Bruce Tharpe National Wrestling Alliance 2005– Yes
PWA Hall of Fame Prairie Wrestling Alliance 2009– Yes
Pro-Wrestling: EVE Hall of Fame Dann Read and Emily Read Pro-Wrestling: EVE 2018 United Kingdom No [12]
SCW Hall of Fame Greg Mosorjak Southern Championship Wrestling 1997–2004 Raleigh, North Carolina Yes
Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame Bruce and Ross Hart Stampede Wrestling 1999–2001 Calgary, Alberta Yes
ROH Hall of Fame Ring of Honor 2022- Garland, Texas Yes
Impact Hall of Fame Dixie Carter Impact Wrestling 2012– Yes
WSU Hall of Fame Women Superstars Uncensored 2009–present
WCW Hall of Fame World Championship Wrestling 1993–1995No
WWE Hall of Fame Vince McMahon WWE 1994–1996; 2004– Yes
wXw Hall of Fame Peter Wiechers Westside Xtreme Wrestling 2005; 2009–2012 Oberhausen, Germany Yes
WXW Hall of Fame Afa Anoa'i World Xtreme Wrestling 2013–2016 Minneola, Florida Yes

Type

NameFounderMaintained byYears activeLocationWebsiteNotesRef.
Hardcore Hall of Fame 2300 Arena 2002, 2005, 2007–2011, 2014–2015, 2021– Philadelphia, Pennsylvania No
Independent Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame2005– Yes
Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame The Cutting Room 2022- Manhattan No
George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Mike Chapman1999– Waterloo, Iowa NoBecame part of the Dan Gable International Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007. [13]
Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame 2021- Yes

Journalistic

NameFounderMaintained byYears activeLocationWebsiteNotesRef.
Online World of Wrestling Hall of FameJason Deadrich and David BucklerOnlineWorldofWrestling.com2002– Yes [14]
Pro Wrestling Report Hall of FameDameon Nelson and Dave Herro Pro Wrestling Report 2013No
SLAM! Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame Greg Oliver Canadian Online Explorer 2005– Yes [usurped]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame Dave Meltzer Wrestling Observer Newsletter 1996– Yes

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