List of professional wrestling promotions in South America

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

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South America

Argentina

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotesRef.
Active
Titanes en el Ring Buenos Aires Paulina Karadagian1963– Yes [1]
Catch Argentino Buenos Aires Pablo Javier Falcon2013– Yes [2]
Federacion Argentina de Catch Buenos Aires Rocky Rolando1990– Yes [3]
Federacion Argentina de Lucha Caseros, Buenos Aires Javier Guerrero2012– Yes Also Called "Superestrellas de la Lucha" [4]
Lucha Extrema La Plata, Buenos Aires Jeff Aaliya2012– Yes
Lucha Fuerte Buenos Aires 2017– Yes Previously Run on 1975 and 1988/1989
Defunct
100% Lucha Buenos Aires 2006–2010 Yes [5]

Bolivia

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotesRef.
Active
Fighting Cholitas No
Luchadores Independientes de Enorme Riesgo (Lider) El Alto Yes
Lucha Libre con Altura Bolivia (LLA) La Paz Halcon Dorado Yes [6] [7]

Brazil

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotesRef.
Active
Brazilian Wrestling Federation (BWF) São Paulo Bob Junior2002– Yes [8]
Action Pro Wrestling São Paulo Rony "Kidd" Goulart2019No [9]
Evolution Wrestling Force (EWF) Sapucaia do Sul KaOz2013– Yes [10]
Federação Internacional de Luta Livre (FILL) Rio de Janeiro Tytan2007– Yes [11]
Gigantes Do Ringue (GDR) São Paulo Michel Serdan1986– Yes [12]
South Wrestling Unión (SWU) Porto Alegre Rusher2011– Yes [13]

Chile

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotesRef.
Active
Accion Sin Limites (ASL) Concepción 2010– Yes [14]
Arica Lucha Libre (ALL) Arica 2007– Yes [15]
Campeonato Nacional de Lucha Libre (CNL) Santiago 2015– Yes [16]
Chile Lucha Libre (CLL) Santiago 2006– Yes [17]
Federacion Nacional de Lucha Libre (FNL) Santiago 2015– Yes [18]
Federacion Universitaria de Lucha Libre (FULL) Antofagasta Darko Navarro2002– Yes [19]
FULL Calama Calama Guillermo Contreras2015– Yes [20]
Fenix Lucha Libre (FNX) Quilpue 2012– Yes [21]
Generacion Lucha Libre (GLL) Santiago Gibson Eduardo Basualdo Molina2008– Yes [22]
Guerreros de la Lucha Libre (GDLL) Independencia 2011– Yes [23]
League of Wrestling Chile (LWC) Santiago 2016– Yes [24]
LEGION Santiago Braulio Moreno2013– Yes [25]
Lucha Factory Bio Bio Concepción Rana & Anibal Wilson2017– Yes [26]
Magallanes Lucha Libre (MLL) Punta Arenas Milivoj Marusic & Roberto Araya2016– Yes
MAX Lucha Libre Rancagua 2006– Yes Formerly known as Asociacion Machalina de Lucha Libre. [27]
Nueva Alianza Guerrera (NAG)Quilpue2009– Yes [28]
Never Stop Fighting/NSF Full Lucha Libre San Clemente 2004– Yes [29]
NGEN Lucha Libre La Cisterna 2017– Yes [30]
Puerto Montt Lucha Libre (PMLL) Puerto Montt 2016– Yes
Revolucion Lucha Libre (RLL) Santiago 2004– Yes [31]
Valparaiso Lucha Libre (VLL) Valparaíso 2009– Yes [32]
Xplosion Nacional de Lucha Libre (XNL) Santiago 2010– Yes [33]
Xtreme Club Lucha Libre Santiago Santiago Sangriento2011– Yes [34]
Zona De Combate Concepción, Chile 2009– Yes [35]
Defunct
Chile Wrestling NowEsteban Gutierrez Yes
Hardcore Wrestling Revolution Yes
Impacto Fuerza y AdrenalinaCalama2016–2019No [36]
Lucha Libre Calama (LLC)Calama2013–2020 Yes [37]

Colombia

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotesRef.
Active
Colombian Wrestling Superstars (CWS) Cali 2001– Yes [38]
Warriors Action Total (WAT) Bogotá Yes
Society Action Wrestling-Wrestling Acción Garantizada (SAW-WAG) Bogotá 2001– Yes

Ecuador

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotesRef.
Active
Wrestling Alliance Revolution (WAR) Guayaquil 2007– Yes [39]

Peru

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotesRef.
Active
GeneraXion Lucha Libre (GLL) Lima 2011– Yes [40]
Imperio Lucha Libre Lima 2017– Yes [41]
Leader Wrestling Association (LWA) Santiago de Surco Flavio Moran, Otto Vidal & Giancarlo Moyano2006– Yes [42]

Venezuela

NameLocationOwner(s)Years activeWebsiteNotesRef.
Active
NGV Lucha Libre Caracas Gabriel Vásquez "Dragon Noics"2016– yes

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