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.

Contents

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]

Croatia

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Prvi Hrvatski Kečeri Zagreb Antonio Ilić
2005– Yes First Croatian promotion

Denmark

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
BODYSLAM! Pro Wrestling Aarhus Kristian Buus Nielsen

Søren Bjerg Nielsen

2015– Yes [9]
Copenhagen Championship Wrestling Copenhagen Sebastian Krohn Børgesen2016–Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [10] [11]
Dansk Pro Wrestling Randers Kim Tinning2004– Yes Originally known as Danish Wrestling from 2004 to 2008. [12] [13] Union of European Wrestling Alliances member. [14]
Nordic Elite Wrestling Copenhagen Crazy 82021– Yes
Defunct
Premier Wrestling LeagueEuropean Sports Promotion Ltd.2007–2009 [15]
Wrestling DK Fredericia 2011–2016

France

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Association les Professionnels du catch Nanterre Fausto Costantino

Fabio Costantino

2004– Yes [16] [17] [18] [19]
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. [20] [21]
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 [22] [23] [24] [25] Oldest pro wrestling promotion in France
Fighter's Revenge Pro Wrestling Pessac Ragnar Rok

Ben Thundersky

2011–2018

2022–

 Yes [26]
International Catch Wrestling Alliance Laventie Pierre Fontaine2002– Yes [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
La Bagarre Ploudalnézeau 2022– [32]
Ligue Nationale de Catch Remiremont Drommer Ludovic
Xavier Christen		2010– Yes [33]
Nevez Web Catch Brest 2015–
Rixe Catch Mordelles Albert Roche2019– [34]
Wrestling Stars Montereau Flesh Gordon
Jean-Marie Albouy-Guidicelli		1979– Yes [35]
Defunct
N'Catch Tourcoing Ludivine Hugot

Philippe de Marsignac

2009–2013 Yes [36] [37]
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 [38] [39]
Force Francophone du Catch Toulouse Matthias Chalumeau2004–2010 Yes [40]
Queens of ChaosToulouseJerome Pourrut2005–2007 Yes [41]

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 [42] [1] [43] [44] [45]
Verband der Berufsringer Berlin1912–2005Oldest known wrestling promotion in the world. [46]
Westside Xtreme Wrestling Essen wXw Europe GmbH
Felix Kohlenberg, Tassilo Jung, Jörg Steinmetzler, Christian Michael Jakobi		2000– Yes [5] [47] [48] [49] [50]

Greece

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
ZMAK Greek Pro Wrestling Piraeus Petros Polychronides2016– Yes
Greek Wrestling AssociationAthensAntonis Remve

Panagiotis Gaziotis

2022–
Greek Wrestling HouseTripoliGeorge Konstas2021–
Hellenic Pro Wrestling Association Athens HPWA Board2018-

Hungary

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Hungarian Championship Wrestling Budapest Aaron Kiss
David Turger
Ben Szalay
2010– Yes [51]
Defunct
Pro-Wrestling Magyarország Budapest Kirill Michurin †2016–2020 [52]

Malta

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Pro Wrestling Malta Malta Wayne Pace
2014– Yes First Maltese promotion [53]

Czech Republic

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
VcV Original Wrestling Prague VcV Original Wrestling2012– Yes First Czech promotion

Poland

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Active
Maniac Zone Wrestling Wrocław Shadow2014– [54]
Kombat Pro Wrestling Gdynia Kombat Pro Wrestling2015– Yes KPW was created in the place of Do or Die Wrestling, which ceased operations in 2015 [55]
PpW Ewenement Wrestling Warsaw PpW Ewenement Wrestling2020– Yes Started as a backyard wrestling promotion in 2010, transitioned into pro wrestling in 2020 [56]
Prime Time Wrestling Chorzów Arkadiusz "Pan" Pawłowski
Marcin "Rzeźnik" Rzeźniczek		2021– Yes [57]
Defunct
Do or Die Wrestling Gdańsk Don Roid2009–2015First Polish promotion [58]
Total Blast Wrestling Poland Total Blast Wrestling2009–2011 [59]

Spain

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotes
Defunct
Corporación Internacional de Catch Madrid
Barcelona 		1930s-1975Dominant Spanish wrestling promotion of the 20th century [60]
Luchadores Independientes de Europac.1991-1996Revivalist promotion, formed in repsonse to WWF's early 1990s success in Spain. [60]

United Kingdom and Ireland

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