List of professional wrestling promotions in Europe

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This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Europe, sorted by country, and lists both active and defunct professional wrestling promotions.

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All of Europe

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
New European Championship Wrestling Nuremberg Alex Wright 2009– Yes [1]
Union of European Wrestling Alliances2009–Governing body [2] [3]

Europe

Austria

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
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]
Originally known as the Internationalen Berufsringer Verbandes (IBV)

Belgium

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Banger Zone Wrestling Frameries 2019– Yes [9]
Belgian Catch Wrestling Federation Liège Salvatore Bellomo 2006– Yes Associated with Belgian Wrestling School
Flemish Wrestling force Tessenderlo Homeless tom2003- yes

Croatia

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Prvi Hrvatski Kečeri Zagreb Antonio Ilić2005– Yes First Croatian promotion

Denmark

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
BODYSLAM! Pro Wrestling Aarhus Kristian Buus Nielsen
Søren Bjerg Nielsen		2015– Yes [10]
Copenhagen Championship Wrestling Copenhagen Sebastian Krohn Børgesen2016–Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [2] [11]
Randers Kim Tinning2004– Yes Originally known as Danish Wrestling from 2004 to 2008. [12] [13] Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [2]
Nordic Elite Wrestling Copenhagen Crazy 82021– Yes
Defunct
Premier Wrestling LeagueEuropean Sports Promotion Ltd.2007–2009 [14]
Wrestling DK Fredericia 2011–2016

Finland

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
FCF Wrestling Helsinki Pro Wrestling Ry2003– Yes [15]
Slam Wrestling Finland Porvoo StarBuck 2018– Yes [16]
Defunct
Valhalla Pro Wrestling Helsinki Patrick Pesola2003–2005 [17]

France

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Association les Professionnels du Catch Nanterre Fausto Costantino
Fabio Costantino		2004– Yes [18] [19] [20] [21]
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 Soulié2006– Yes Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [2] [22]
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 [23] [24] [25] [26] Oldest pro wrestling promotion in France
Fighters Revenge Pro Wrestling Pessac Ragnar Rök
Ben Thundersky		2011–2018
2022–		 Yes [27]
International Catch Wrestling Alliance Laventie Pierre Fontaine2002– Yes [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]
La Bagarre Ploudalnézeau 2022– [33]
Ligue Nationale de Catch Remiremont Drommer Ludovic
Xavier Christen		2010– Yes [34]
Nevez Web Catch Brest 2015–
Rixe Catch Mordelles Albert Roche2019– [35]
Wrestling Stars Montereau Flesh Gordon
Jean-Marie Albouy-Guidicelli		1979– Yes [36]
Defunct
N'Catch Tourcoing Ludivine Hugot
Philippe de Marsignac		2009–2013 Yes [37] [38]
European Wrestling League Championship Mérignac Frédéric Juste2007–2021 Yes
Ouest-Catch Lamballe Régis Béreschel2011–2019 Yes
Fighting Spirit FederationToulouseLaurent Pourrut
Jerome Pourrut
Sacha Puyssegur		2005–2007 Yes [39] [40]
Force Francophone du Catch Toulouse Matthias Chalumeau2004–2010 Yes [41]
Queens of ChaosToulouseJerome Pourrut2005–2007 Yes [42]

Germany

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
German Wrestling Federation Berlin Ahmed Chaer, Crazy Sexy Mike 1995– Yes
New European Championship Wrestling Nuremberg Alex Wright 2009– Yes [43] [1] [44] [45] [46]
Verband der Berufsringer Berlin1912–2005Oldest known wrestling promotion in the world. [47]
Westside Xtreme Wrestling Essen wXw Europe GmbH
Felix Kohlenberg, Tassilo Jung, Jörg Steinmetzler, Christian Michael Jakobi		2000– Yes [5] [48] [49] [50] [51]

Greece

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
ZMAK Greek Pro Wrestling Piraeus Petros Polychronides2016– Yes
Defunct
T.W.T. (Thessaloniki Wrestling Team)ThessalonikiGeorge Xaros2016-2018 https://twt982.webnode.gr/
Hellenic Pro Wrestling Association Athens HPWA Board2018-2022
Greek Wrestling HouseTripoliGeorge Konstas (Claude Makelele)2021– 2021This is not an actual Wrestlig Promotion, it is a Youtube channel.
Greek Wrestling AssociationAthensAnonymous General Manager2022– 2023This is not an actual Wrestlig Promotion, it is a Youtube channel.

Hungary

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Hungarian Championship Wrestling Budapest Aaron Kiss
David Turger
Ben Szalay
2010– Yes [52]
Xtreme Wrestling Promotion Salgótarján Ron Corvus2019– Yes [52]
Defunct
Pro-Wrestling Magyarország Budapest Kirill Michurin †2016–2020 [53]

Italy

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Italian Championship Wrestling Bergamo Nino Baldan

Emilio Bernocchi

2000– Yes Oldest Italian wrestling promotion still active
Superior Italian WrestlingCascina (Pisa)Alex Flash2018- https://siw.show/ Most followed Italia promotion, with a weekly youtube show and 2 yearly big events
Milano Wrestling Milan Gaetano Durante2019– Yes
Wrestling Torino Turin Violenzo2023– Yes
DREAM Pro WrestlingSalernoMax Peach2021-
BREAK Pro WrestlingRomaAndrea Ballarin2022-
Squash A JobberMilan
Italian Wrestling AssociationFrosinone

Malta

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Pro Wrestling Malta Malta Wayne Pace
2014– Yes First Maltese promotion [54]

Czech Republic

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Art of Wrestling Prague Michal Petrgal2016– Yes Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
VcV Original Wrestling Prague VcV Original Wrestling2012– Yes First Czech promotion

Netherlands

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Dutch Pro Wrestling Hazerswoude-Rijndijk Mark Kodiak2004- yes
Pro Wrestling Holland wormer Jordy te Braak2006- yes
Live Action WrestlingRico Bushido2023-
Defunct
Freestyle Championship WrestlingBas Jussen1997 - 2011no
Pro Wrestling Showdown2004-2019no

Poland

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Maniac Zone Wrestling Wrocław Shadow2014– [55]
Kombat Pro Wrestling Gdynia Kombat Pro Wrestling2015– Yes KPW was created in the place of Do or Die Wrestling, which ceased operations in 2015 [56]
PpW Ewenement Wrestling Warsaw PpW Ewenement Wrestling2020– Yes Started as a backyard wrestling promotion in 2010, transitioned into pro wrestling in 2020 [57]
Prime Time Wrestling Chorzów Arkadiusz "Pan" Pawłowski
Marcin "Rzeźnik" Rzeźniczek		2021– Yes Archived 2022-05-28 at the Wayback Machine [58]
Legacy of Wrestling Katowice Legacy of Wrestling2024- [59]
Defunct
Do or Die Wrestling Gdańsk Don Roid2009–2015First Polish promotion [60]
Total Blast Wrestling Poland Total Blast Wrestling2009–2011 [61]

Spain

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Defunct
Corporación Internacional de Catch Madrid
Barcelona 		1930s-1975Dominant Spanish wrestling promotion of the 20th century [62]
Luchadores Independientes de Europac.1991-1996Revivalist promotion, formed in response to WWF's early 1990s success in Spain. [62]

United Kingdom and Ireland

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