This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Europe, sorted by country, and lists both active and defunct professional wrestling promotions.
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
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New European Championship Wrestling | Nuremberg | Alex Wright | 2009– | Yes | [1] |
Union of European Wrestling Alliances | 2009– | Governing body[2][3] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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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] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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Active | ||||||
Prvi Hrvatski Kečeri | Zagreb | Antonio Ilić |
2005– | Yes | First Croatian promotion |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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Active | ||||||
BODYSLAM! Pro Wrestling | Aarhus | Kristian Buus Nielsen
Søren Bjerg Nielsen |
2015– | Yes | [9] | |
Copenhagen Championship Wrestling | Copenhagen | Sebastian Krohn Børgesen | 2016– | Union of European Wrestling Alliances member.[10][11] | ||
Dansk Pro Wrestling | Randers | Kim Tinning | 2004– | Yes | Originally known as Danish Wrestling from 2004 to 2008.[12][13] Union of European Wrestling Alliances member.[14] | |
Nordic Elite Wrestling | Copenhagen | Crazy 8 | 2021– | Yes | ||
Defunct | ||||||
Premier Wrestling League | European Sports Promotion Ltd. | 2007–2009 | [15] | |||
Wrestling DK | Fredericia | 2011–2016 |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
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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 Soulié | 2006– | 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 Fontaine | 2002– | 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 Roche | 2019– | [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 Juste | 2007–2021 | Yes | |
Ouest-Catch | Lamballe | Régis Béreschel | 2011–2019 | Yes | |
Fighting Spirit Federation | Toulouse | Laurent Pourrut Jerome Pourrut Sacha Puyssegur |
2005–2007 | Yes | [38][39] |
Force Francophone du Catch | Toulouse | Matthias Chalumeau | 2004–2010 | Yes | [40] |
Queens of Chaos | Toulouse | Jerome Pourrut | 2005–2007 | Yes | [41] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
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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 | Berlin | 1912–2005 | Oldest 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] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes |
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ZMAK Greek Pro Wrestling | Piraeus | Petros Polychronides | 2016– | Yes | |
Greek Wrestling Association | Athens | Antonis Remve
Panagiotis Gaziotis |
2022– | ||
Greek Wrestling House | Tripoli | George Konstas | 2021– | ||
Hellenic Pro Wrestling Association | Athens | HPWA Board | 2018- |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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Hungarian Championship Wrestling | Budapest | Aaron Kiss David Turger Ben Szalay |
2010– | Yes | [51] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Pro-Wrestling Magyarország | Budapest | Kirill Michurin † | 2016–2020 | [52] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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Pro Wrestling Malta | Malta | Wayne Pace |
2014– | Yes | First Maltese promotion[53] |
Czech Republic
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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VcV Original Wrestling | Prague | VcV Original Wrestling | 2012– | Yes | First Czech promotion |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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Maniac Zone Wrestling | Wrocław | Shadow | 2014– | [54] | ||
Kombat Pro Wrestling | Gdynia | Kombat Pro Wrestling | 2015– | Yes | KPW was created in the place of Do or Die Wrestling, which ceased operations in 2015[55] | |
PpW Ewenement | Warsaw | PpW Ewenement | 2020– | Yes | Started as a backyard wrestling promotion in 2010, transitioned into pro wrestling in 2020 | |
Prime Time Wrestling | Chorzów | Arkadiusz "Pan" Pawłowski Marcin "Rzeźnik" Rzeźniczek |
2021– | Yes | [56] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Do or Die Wrestling | Gdańsk | Don Roid | 2009–2015 | First Polish promotion[57] |
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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Defunct | ||||||
Corporación Internacional de Catch | Madrid Barcelona |
1930s-1975 | Dominant Spanish wrestling promotion of the 20th century[58] | |||
Luchadores Independientes de Europa | c.1991-1996 | Revivalist promotion, formed in repsonse to WWF's early 1990s success in Spain.[58] |
Main article: List of professional wrestling promotions in Great Britain and Ireland |