List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States

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This is a list of independent wrestling promotions in the United States, sorted by regional area, and lists both active and defunct "indy promotions" from the 1990s and 2000s. This list does not include the regional territories or promotions affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance.

Contents

There is no concrete definition on what constitutes an independent promotion. A general guideline would be that an independent promotion, as its name suggests, has no corporate sponsor or ownership providing funding for its operation. For example, Ring of Honor is owned by Tony Khan and Impact Wrestling is a subsidiaries of Anthem Sports, so they fall outside this definition. Another guideline would be a restriction, either by choice or by financial or logistical circumstances, to a particular geographic area, be it a state, a metropolitan area, or even a single town or arena.

Of lesser consideration is the promotion's fanbase. Fan attendance at live shows can be a factor, but is by no means a definite consideration. Most shows hosted by independent promotions have attendances anywhere from under fifty to a thousand or more, but Extreme Championship Wrestling in its heyday in the 1990s regularly hosted events of several thousand fans. Media exposure is also considered. Most independent promotions have very limited television exposure, if any, as they lack equipment or infrastructure to produce broadcast-quality programming. None have had any national television contract since ECW in the late 1990s. The most successful televised promotions release shows as syndicated programming, aired by one or several network affiliates in their local area.

New England

Connecticut

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Assault Championship Wrestling Waterbury Jason Knight 2000–present [1] [2]

Massachusetts

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNote
Century Wrestling Alliance Revere Ellen Magliaro
Tony Rumble 		1989–2007Formerly known as NWA New England from 1998 to 2007. Is the longest-running independent promotion under a single owner in New England [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Tony Rumble died in 1999.
Chaotic Wrestling North Andover Jamie Jamitowski
Killer Kowalski 		2000–2017 [8] [9] [10]
International Wrestling Federation Reading Killer Kowalski1979–1995Associated with Kowalski's wrestling school, a number of his early students competed in the promotion such as Perry Saturn, Joanie Laurer (later to be known as Chyna) and Paul Levesque (now better known as Triple H); later relocated to Burlington, Vermont [1] [3] [4] [5] [11]
International World Class Championship Wrestling Boston Joseph Savoldi 1984–1996Dominant independent promotion in New England during the 1980s; succeeded by Century Wrestling Alliance prior to its close in 1996 [1] [3] [5] [12]
Millennium Wrestling Federation Melrose Dan Mirade
Neil Manolian
2001–2013 [14]
New England Championship Wrestling Jamaica Plain Sheldon Goldberg2000–2019 [8] [15] [16] [17]
Top Rope Promotions Fall River Steve Ricard1984–(Last event was in 2017 so far)Formerly known as Yankee Pro Wrestling [8] [3] [4] from 1997 to 2004
World Wrestling Stars Rockland Mike Sparta1998–2010

New Hampshire

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Front Row Wrestling Rochester Scott C. Despres2003–2010Announced a merger with NWA Liberty States Wrestling in Massachusetts [18]

Rhode Island

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Power League Wrestling Pawtucket Jack Martin
Ralph Adams		1991–2016Oldest independent wrestling promotion in Rhode Island [8] [3] [19]

East Coast

Delaware

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
East Coast Wrestling Association Newark Jim Kettner
Mike Tartaglia [20] 		1967–presentLongest-running independent promotion in Delaware [3] [4] [5] [21]

Maryland

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Maryland Championship Wrestling Baltimore Dan McDevitt
Dick Caricofe
Dennis Whipwrecht		1998–2003
1998–2003		Founded by Dan McDevitt and Mark Shrader in 1998, it went on hiatus for three years before resuming operations in 2006 [3] [22] Caricofe died on May 14, 2021.
Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Essex Dennis Wippercht
Tim Burke 		1991–2004 [3] [4] [11] [23]

New Jersey

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Game Changer Wrestling New Jersey Brett Lauderdale1999–present
Independent Wrestling Federation Woodland Park Kevin Knight1998–2017 [3] [24]
Jersey All Pro Wrestling Bayonne Frank Iadeavia
Jeff Sharpio		1997–2018 [8] [3] [25] [26] Iadeavia died on September 23, 2015.
Phoenix Championship Wrestling Toms River Don Bucci2001–2003Promoted by the twin brother of Simon Dean, Donnie B, PCW was home to a number of future WWE stars, most notably Mike Bucci [27]
Women Superstars Uncensored Lake Hiawatha Sean Hansen2007–2012

Active Movers Wrestling Old Bridge NJ

New York

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Family Wrestling Entertainment Manhattan Jordan Schneider2010–2015
House Of Glory Ridgewood, New York City The Amazing Red
Brian XL
Master P 		2012–present
Northeast Wrestling Newburgh Mike Lombardi1994–present
Wild Zero Syracuse / Rochester Krist Worthless2017–present

Pennsylvania

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
CHIKARA Allentown Mike Quackenbush 2002–2020 [8]
Combat Zone Wrestling Philadelphia D. J. Hyde 1999–present [3] [28]
Dragon Gate USA PhiladelphiaSatoshi Oji
Gabe Sapolsky 		2009–2015American affiliate of the Japanese puroresu organization Dragon Gate
Extreme Championship Wrestling Philadelphia Tod Gordon
Paul Heyman 		1992–2001 [3] [15] [4] [5] [11] [29]
Extreme Rising Philadelphia Shane Douglas
Kevin Kleinrock
Steve O'Neill		2012–2014
Keystone State Wrestling Alliance Pittsburgh Bobby O2000–present
Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling Philadelphia The Blue Meanie
Jasmin St. Claire 		2002–2005Also known as 3PW; featured many former stars from Extreme Championship Wrestling following its close in 2001 [30] [31]
Pro Wrestling eXpress McKeesport Jim Miller1994–present [32]
Steel City Wrestling PittsburghNorm Connors1994–2000Promotion closed after Conners entered the mortuary business; became promoter for the International Wrestling Cartel in 2001 [3] [4] [5] [33]
World Xtreme Wrestling Allentown Afa Anoa'i 1996–presentAssociated with Afa Anoa'i's Wild Samoan Pro Wrestling Training Cente.r [8] [3] [34]
International Wrestling Cartel PittsburghJustin Plumer2001–Present [35]

Midwest

Illinois

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
All American Wrestling BerwynChicago

LaSalle

Danny Daniels2004–presentIn 2018 began branching out to Austin, Texas.
American Wrestling Federation Chicago Paul Alperstein 1994–1996 Tito Santana and Sgt. Slaughter were bookers for the promotion [3] [36]
Shimmer Women Athletes Berwyn Dave Prazak
Allison Danger 		2005–2021 [37]
Warrior Wrestling Chicago Heights Steve Tortorello 2018–present
Windy City Pro Wrestling Chicago Sam DeCero 1988–2010 [3] [15] [4] [5]
Women's Wrestling Army ChicagoBobby Cruise
Maria Kanellis 		2022–present

Indiana

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
IWA Mid-South Clarksville Ian Rotten 1996–2022 [8] [3] [38] [39]
Main Event Championship Wrestling Evansville Jason Daniel2009–present

Iowa

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
National Wrestling Alliance Waterloo Billy Corgan 1948–2012 2017-Present

Kansas

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Metro Pro Wrestling Kansas City Chris Gough2010–2016Sold to the National Wrasslin' League in December of 2016

Michigan

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Juggalo Championship Wrestling Detroit Shaggy 2 Dope
Violent J 		1999–present [40]

Minnesota

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Pro Wrestling America Minneapolis Eddie Sharkey 1985–1998 [3] [11] [41] [42]

Missouri

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
National Wrasslin' League Kansas City Major Baisden2016–2018
World League Wrestling Troy Harley Race (former)1999–presentAssociated with the Harley Race Wrestling Academy; formerly affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance [8] [3] [43]

Ohio

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Heartland Wrestling Association Cincinnati Cody Hawk

Jack Kimble Chad Dillefeld

1996–2015Founded by Les Thatcher [8] [3] [44] [45]
World Wide Wrestling Alliance Columbus Richard Arpin
Dave Nelson		2004–2005Originally known as NWA Ohio [46]

Southeast

Florida

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Full Impact Pro Largo Sal Hamaoui2004–presentSister promotion of Ring of Honor from 2003 to 2009; talent exchange agreement with Dragon Gate USA [47] [48]
Future of Wrestling Fort Lauderdale Bobby Rogers1998–2003Associated with Rusty Brooks' School of Hard Knocks. [3] [49]
Shine Wrestling Tampa Sal Hamaoui2012–presentSister promotion of Shimmer Women Athletes. Runs events regularly on internet pay-per-view.
Continental Championship Wrestling Jacksonville Chris Turner1989–1991Sister promotion of Continental Championship Wrestling (Alabama). Runs events regularly on YouTube.

Georgia

NameLocationOwnersYears ActiveInformation
Deep South Wrestling McDonough Jody Hamilton 2005–2007WWE developmental territory from 2005 to 2007 [50] [51]
National Championship Wrestling Cornelia Steve Martin1997–1999Merged with NWA Georgia to form NWA Wildside [3] [52]
Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling Marietta Dusty Rhodes 2000–2003Featured many former stars from World Championship Wrestling following its close in 2001 [53]

Kentucky

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Ohio Valley Wrestling Louisville Al Snow 1998–presentAffiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance from 1998 to 2000 and a WWE developmental territory from 2000 to 2008; also has an affiliate promotion, Derby City Wrestling, which it used to train students as its wrestling facility [3] [54] [55]

North Carolina

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
CWF-Mid Atlantic Wrestling Burlington Danny Wenkel2000–2019Also known as the Carolina Wrestling Federation; affiliated with AWA Superstars from 2005 until 2007, and Pro Wrestling International since 2009 [8] [3] [56] [57]
Deadlock Pro-Wrestling North Carolina Anthony Douglas James Darnell John Blud2021–present
OMEGA Championship Wrestling Cameron Matt Hardy
Jeff Hardy 		1997–1999
2013–present		Promotion closed when Matt and Jeff Hardy joined the World Wrestling Federation, later reopened
South Atlantic Pro Wrestling Winston-Salem Paul Jones
Frank Dusek 		1990–1992Founded as North American Wrestling Association by George Scott, John Ringley and Mike Lamberth [3] [58]
Premiere Wrestling Xperience Charlotte Brian Kanabroski2003–presentFounded in 2003 as Carolina Wrestling Association. Renamed in 2008 as Premiere Wrestling Showcase. Since 2010, it has been known as Premiere Wrestling Xperience.

Tennessee

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Global Force Wrestling Nashville Jeff Jarrett Karen Jarrett 2014–2017
Innovate Wrestling Kingsport Tony Givens2004–presentWas known as Championship Wrestling Alliance from 2004–2011 and NWA Smoky Mountain/NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling from 2011–2017.
Memphis Championship Wrestling Memphis Terry Golden2000–2001WWE developmental territory from 2000 to 2001; revived as Memphis Wrestling in 2003 [59]
Smoky Mountain Wrestling Knoxville Jim Cornette 1991–1995 [3] [29] [60] [61]
Southern States Wrestling KingsportBeau James1991–presentFormerly known as NWA Championship Wrestling [8] [3] [4] [5] [62]
United States Wrestling Association Memphis Jerry Jarrett
Jerry Lawler 		1988–1997Promotion formed when regional promotions the Continental Wrestling Association and the Dallas-based World Class Wrestling Association merged in 1989 [3] [4] [5] [11] [63] [64]

Virginia

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance Arlington Shyte Pan Dan
Stinky Steve		1995–1999Also known as the Independent Pro Wrestling Alliance [3] [4] [65]

West Virginia

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Mason-Dixon Wrestling Nutter Fort Jim Hawkins1997–2010 [3] [66]

South Central

Texas

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Global Wrestling Federation Dallas Max Andrews
Grey Pierson		1991–1994 [3] [67] [68]
Reality of Wrestling Houston Booker T 2006–present
Texas All-Star Wrestling Humble Bob Murphy1994–presentThe first successful promotion since the close of World Class Championship Wrestling in 1990 and the Global Wrestling Federation in 1994, it is currently the oldest independent promotion in Texas [3] [4]
Texas Wrestling Alliance San Antonio Rudy Gonzales1999–presentFounded with Shawn Michaels as part of his Texas Wrestling Academy wrestling school [3] [69]
Warriors 4 Christ Wrestling San AntonioCurtis Stone1999–present

West

California

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
All Pro Wrestling Hayward Roland Alexander1991–present [70] Featured in the 1999 documentary Beyond the Mat [3] [71] [72]
Empire Wrestling Federation San Bernardino Jesse Hernandez
Bill Anderson		1996–present [3] [71] [73]
Incredibly Strange Wrestling San Francisco Johnny Legend
August Ragone		1995–2003
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Los Angeles Excalibur
Joey Ryan
Scott Lost
Super Dragon 		2003–present [71] [74]
Ultimate Pro Wrestling Los AngelesRick Bassman1998–2007The home promotion for many current stars of TNA, WWE and Zero One; as of 2005, is an official talent scout for the WWE [71] [75] [76]
Wrestling Society X Los Angeles Kevin Kleinrock
Cody Michaels
Vampiro 		2006–2007Produced by Big Vision Entertainment, it was briefly aired on MTV in 2007 [77]
Xtreme Pro Wrestling Sherman Oaks Rob Zicari
Tom Byron 		1999–2003, 2021–present [78] [71] [79]
PCW Ultra Torrance Mike Scharnagl2015–present

Nevada

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Ladies Professional Wrestling Association Laughlin Tor Berg1989–1992Based in Laughlin, Nevada the promotion held its only pay-per-view in Minnesota. [80]

Oregon

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Portland Wrestling Uncut Portland Pete Schweitzer

Roddy Piper Don Coss

2012–2014The promotion aired on KPTV and KPDX. [81] [82] [83]
West Coast Wrestling Connection Salem Jeff Manning

Pat Kelly

2005–presentWeekly television broadcast on KPDX-TV [84]

Utah

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeNotes
Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero Salt Lake City Steve Neilson2002–presentAffiliated with AWA Superstars from 2005 to 2007 [85] [86]

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