List of women's wrestling promotions

This article is about women's professional wrestling promotions. For an international listing, see List of professional wrestling promotions. For a list of National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated promotions, see List of National Wrestling Alliance territories.

This is a list of women's professional wrestling promotions, sorted by country's and lists both active and defunct "indy promotions" and major promotions.

Japan

Main article: List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Notes
Actwres girl'Z	Tokyo	Super Project Co. Ltd	2015–present
Ice Ribbon	Warabi	Neoplus	2006–present
Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling	Tokyo	Rumie Kazama Shinobu Kandori	1992–present	[1]
Oz Academy	Tokyo	Mayumi Ozaki	1998–present
Pro Wrestling Wave	Tokyo	Zabun Co, Ltd.	2007–present
Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling	Sendai	Meiko Satomura	2005–present
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling	Tokyo	CyberFight (CyberAgent)	2012–present	Founded by Tetsuya Koda and Nozomi. Sister promotion to DDT Pro Wrestling, became a standalone entity in 2015.
World Wonder Ring Stardom	Tokyo	Bushiroad	2010–present	Founded by Rossy Ogawa, Nanae Takahashi and Fuka. Acquired by Bushiroad in October 2019 and became a sister promotion to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. [2] [ unreliable source? ] [3] [ unreliable source? ]
Defunct
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling	Tokyo	Kunimatsu Matsunaga Takashi Matsunaga	1968–2005	[4] [5] [6]
Arsion	Tokyo	Hiroshi Ogawa	1997–2003	[7] [8]
Gaea Japan	Tokyo	Yuka Sugiyama	1995–2005	[4] [9] [10]
Jd'	Tokyo	Yoshimoto Kogyo Company J Office Group	1995–2007	[11]
JWP Joshi Puroresu	Tokyo	Kiyoshi Shinozaki Masatoshi Yamamoto	1992–2017	[12] [13]

United Kingdom

Main article: Professional wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom

Name	Location	Owner(s)	Years active	Notes
Bellatrix Female Warriors	Norfolk Essex	Saraya Knight	2006–present	Female-only wrestling promotion originally known as World Association of Women's Wrestling up until 1 January 2013.
Pro-Wrestling: EVE	All over Great Britain	Dann Read	2010–present

United States

Main article: List of women's wrestling promotions in the United States

Promotion name	Location	Promoter(s)	Years active	Notes
Mission Pro Wrestling	Buda, Texas	Thunder Rosa	2020–present
Professional Girl Wrestling Association	Raleigh, North Carolina	Randy Powell	1992–present
Queens of Combat	Charlotte, North Carolina	Josette Bynum	2004–present
Shimmer Women Athletes	Berwyn, Illinois	Dave Prazak and Allison Danger	2005–present
Shine Wrestling	Ybor City, Florida	Dave Prazak and Lexie Fyfe	2012–present	WWNLive brand and sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes
Spark Joshi Puroresu of America	Santa Fe, New Mexico	"Chibi C.B." C.B. Liffer and Francis Jay	2023–present
Sukeban	New York, New York	Dream Slam Productions	2013–present
Ultimate Women of Wrestling	Los Angeles, California	Rampage Jackson	2022-present
Women of Wrestling	Los Angeles, California	David McLane	2000–2001; 2012-present
Women Superstars United	New Jersey	Jac Sabboth (2006–2007) Sean McCaffrey (2007–2012) Drew Cordeiro (2012–2014) D. J. Hyde (2013–present)	2006–present	Sister promotion to Combat Zone Wrestling and member of the United Wrestling Network
Women's Wrestling Army	Chicago, Illinois	Maria Kanellis	2022-present
Women's Wrestling Revolution	Providence, Rhode Island	Drew Cordeiro	2016-present	Sister promotion to Beyond Wrestling
Defunct
ChickFight	San Francisco, California	Jason Deadrich	2004–2008
Dangerous Women of Wrestling	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Steve O'Neill, Dan Kowal	1999–2007	Formerly "Gorgeous Ladies of Outrageous Wrestling" until 2003
Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (G.L.O.W.)	Las Vegas, Nevada	Meshulam Riklis (1986–2001) Ursula Hayden (2001-2003)	1986-2003
Ladies Major League Wrestling	Florida	Howard Brody	1989–1992
Ladies International Wrestling Association	North Carolina	The Fabulous Moolah	1990-2000
Ladies Professional Wrestling Association	Laughlin, Nevada	Tor Berg	1989–1998
Naked Women's Wrestling League	Las Vegas, Nevada	Howard Mann	2004–2009
Powerful Women of Wrestling	Indianapolis, Indiana	David McLane	1987–1990
Rise Wrestling	Naperville, Illinois	Kevin Harvey	2016–2020	Sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes
Women's Extreme Wrestling	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Dan Kowal, Greg Bagarozy, Steve Karel	2002–2008
World Women's Wrestling	Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts	Sheldon Goldberg	2006–2010
World Women's Wrestling Association	Los Angeles, California	Mildred Burke	1950–1960
Wrestlicious	Tampa, Florida	Jonathan Vargas, Johnny Cafarella, and Jimmy Hart	2009–2010

Other countries

Promotion name	Location	Promoter(s)	Years active	Notes
Femmes Fatales	Montreal, Canada	François Poirier Phil Bélanger	2009–present	Formerly known as nCw Femmes Fatales.
Women's Wrestling Syndicate	Montreal, Canada	LuFisto	2023–present
Defunct
Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance	New South Wales, Australia	Madison Eagles	2007–2013

References

1. "Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
2. "NJPW Parent Company Bushiroad Purchases Stardom - Wrestling Inc". www.wrestlinginc.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-19.
3. "More On Bushiroad Purchasing Stardom, WWE Trying To Buy The Promotion, Stardom - NJPW". Wrestling Inc. 17 October 2019.
4. "Japanese Promotions". Promotions. OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
5. "All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
6. Duncan, Royal and Gary Will; Brian Westcott (2004). "AJWPW – All Japan Womens' [sic] Pro-Wrestling". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
7. Samuel Eanes; Earl Oliver; Hisaharu Tanabe; Brian Westcott (2004). "AtoZ/ARSION". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
8. "ARSION". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
9. "GAEA Japan". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
10. Samuel Eanes, Brian Westcott & Hisaharu Tanabe (2004). "GAEA Japan". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
11. "Jd'". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
12. "JWP Project". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
13. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary; Westcott, Brian; Tanabe, Hisaharu (2004). "JWPP – Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.