Professional wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom

This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man) and lists both active and notable defunct professional wrestling promotions from the 1950s to the present day.

List

United Kingdom wrestling promotions

Promotion name	Location	Promoter(s)	Years active	Website	Notes
Active
4-Front Wrestling (4FW)	Wiltshire	David Sharp	2004-	Yes	[1][2]
Wrestlingstore (A-Merchandise)	Portsmouth	Mark Sloan	2008-	Yes	[3]
AMP Wrestling	Coventry	James Meikle Corey Vandal	2008-	Yes	Sister promotion of Triple X Wrestling[4]
All Action Wrestling (AAW)	North Shields	Tony Spitfire	2007-	Yes	[5]
All-Star Wrestling	Liverpool	Brian Dixon	1970-	Yes	The oldest active and longest-running UK wrestling promotion.[1][6][7]
ATTACK! Pro Wrestling	Birmingham Cardiff	Pete England	2011-	Yes
Alternative Wrestling World (AWW)	Birmingham	Kevin O'Neil	2003-	Yes	Originally known as Anti-Watershed Wrestling from 2003 to 2008.[8]
Basix Wrestling	Deeside	Mike Roberts	2007-	Yes
Bellatrix Female Warriors	Norfolk Essex	Saraya Knight	2006–2009 2011-	Yes	Female-only wrestling promotion originally known as World Association Of Women's Wrestling up until 1 January 2013.
Berkshire Superstar Wrestling (BSW)	Berkshire	John Shipley	2014 -	No
Best Of British Wrestling	All over the British Isles	Stuart Lake Steve Morocco	1996-	Yes	[9]
Britannia Wrestling Promotions	North Wales	Steve Saxon	2008-	No
British Championship Wrestling (BCW)	East Kilbride	Graham Mckay	2003-	Yes
British Extreme Championship Wrestling (BECW)	Croydon	Ben & Nicole Lawrence	2003-	Yes
British Empire Wrestling (BEW)	London	Declan Kellett Tim Birkett	2014-	Yes
British Real Attitude Wrestling League	Northamptonshire	Chris Peacock Jeremy Brown	2000-	Yes	[1]
British Wrestling Alliance (BWA)	Stoke-on-Trent	Chris Matthews	2006-	No	[1][10]
British Wrestling Evolution	Essex	Dan Shoesmith	2009-2011, 2015-	Yes	Closed doors in 2011, revived in 2015
British Wrestling Federation	Southampton	David Matthews	2012-	Yes
Celtic Wrestling	Cardiff	Anthony Thomas	2005-	Yes	[1][11]
Combat Sports Federation (CSF)	Avon	Stu Natt	1998-	Yes	[1][12]
Cornish Pro Wrestling (CPW)	Cornwall	Terry and Alice Speller	2015-	Yes
Complete Revolutionary Wrestling (CRW)	Newcastle upon Tyne	Ken Clarke	2009-	Yes
Coventry Pro Wrestling (CPW)	Coventry	Mr Richards	2013-	No
Devon Wrestling Association (DWA)	Devon	UK Dominator PJ Jones	2005-2007 2009-2013 2016-	No	Originally run by Joel Redman aka Oliver Grey in NXT[13]
Discovery Wrestling	UK	Alex Fowlis Alan Smith	2014-	Yes
Dragon Pro Wrestling (DPW)	Newport	Mike Bird	2008-	No
Dynamic Championship Wrestling:South West (DCW)	Crediton	Chris Andrews	2012-	No
Eastern Championship Wrestling	Blackpool	Shak Khan	1998-	Yes
Elite British Wrestling	Sheffield	Andrew Hogg, Mark Sanderson	2012 -	Yes
EPW European Pro Wrestling	Middlesbrough	Chris Diamond	2001	Yes
Fight Club: PRO	Wolverhampton	Trent Seven	2009-	Yes
Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA)	Essex London	Alex Shane Tony Simpson	1993-2007 2009-	Yes	Originally known as the Fratton Wrestling Association from 1993 to 1999. Closed in March 2007, but resumed operations in 2009.[1][14][15][16]
Future Championship Wrestling (FCW)	Midlands	Joel Allen Leemark Massey	2003-	Yes	[1][17]
Future Pro Wrestling (FPW)	Surrey	Steve Evans Lee Elmer Matt Burden	2010-	Yes
FutureShock Wrestling	Greater Manchester	Dave Rayne	2004-	Yes	[18]
Grand Pro Wrestling (GPW)	Greater Manchester	Johnnie Brannigan	2003-	Yes	[1][19]
Great Bear Promotions	Cheshire	Gerard Hall	2012-	Yes	[20]
Grimsby Wrestling Alliance (GWA)	Grimsby	Steve Cartwright	2012-	Yes [21]	Affiliated with Real Deal Wrestling (RDW), but they run their own monthly shows.
Herts And Essex Wrestling (HEW)	Bishops Stortford	Sam Knee	2005-	Yes	[22]
House of Pain Wrestling	Nottingham	Styxx	2006-	Yes	[23]
House of Pain:Evolution Wrestling (HOPE)	Derby	Dale Harvey	2013-	Yes	[24]
HXC Wrestling	Manchester	Mike Hough	2013-	Yes	[25]
Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF)	Newcastle	Martin McGurk Steven Winnie	2000-	Yes	[1][26]
Infinite Promotions	Liverpool	Ciarán McConnell Zack Gibson	2012-	Yes	[1][27]
Ironfist Wrestling	Worcestershire Herefordshire	Jake Gittens	2011-	No
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW)	Glasgow	Mark Dallas	2006-	Yes
International Championship Wrestling UK	Lancashire	Kevin Iddon	1999-	Yes
Kamikaze Pro	Birmingham	James Gallagher (Marshall X)	2013-	Yes
Leicester Championship Wrestling (LCW)	Leicester	John Shipley	2011-	Yes
LDN Wrestling	North London	Sanjay Bagga	2004-	Yes	[1][28]
Lincoln Fight Factory Wrestling (LFFW)	Lincoln	Hayden "Dutch" Loeve	2013-
Live Wrestling Entertainment (LWE)	Essex	Phil Powers	2006-	No	[29][30]
Main Event Wrestling (MEW)	Newcastle Upon Tyne	Daniel Fitch Drew Shardlow Micheal Brown	2005-	No
Maximum Pro Wrestling (MPW)	Gateshead	Mark Anthony	2001-	No
New Generation Wrestling (NGW)	Hull	Richard Dunn	2008-	Yes	[31]
North East Wrestling Society	County Durham	Paul Fahey	2010–	Yes
PFP Promotions	Lincoln, Lincolnshire	Phil Fogg	2008-	No
Phoenix Pro Wrestling	West Bromwich	Chris Liston	2011-	Yes
Pitbull Pro Wrestling	Folkestone	Unknown	2013-	No
Plymouth Wrestling Association (PWA)	Plymouth Saltash	Kreiger	2009-	Yes
Power Trip Wrestling	Luton	Peter Staniforth	2007-	Yes	[32]
Premier British Wrestling (PBW)	All over Scotland Cumbria Northumberland	Ross Watson	2006-	Yes
Premier Promotions	Sussex	John Freemantle	1987-	Yes	[1][33]
Preston City Wrestling (PCW)	Preston	Steve Fludder	2011-	Yes
PROGRESS Wrestling	London	Jim Smallman, Jon Briley & Glen Joseph	2012-	Yes
Pro Evolution Wrestling (Pro EVW)	Gloucestershire Avon	Lee Hall	2006-	Yes
Pro-Wrestling: EVE	All over Great Britain	Dann Read	2010-	Yes	Female-only wrestling promotion.[34]
Pro Wrestling Kingdom (PWK)	Birmingham and the West Midlands	Ryan Smile	2013-	No	Pro Wrestling Kingdom aim to showcase nothing but the upper echelon of talent from right here in the UK.
Pro Wrestling Live (PWL)	West Midlands	Matt Powell (Mad Dog Maxx)	2007-	No
Pro Wrestling Pride (PWP)	South West	Darren Saviour	2012-	Yes
Pro Wrestling Ulster (PWU)	Belfast	Andi Thompson	2007-	Yes	[35]
RAD:PRO	South Shields	Georgie Leggett	2010-	Yes	[1][36]
RCWA Saturday Night Wrestling	Essex	William Ospreay	2012-	No
Real Quality Wrestling (RQW)	London	Len Davies	2005-	Yes	[1][37]
Reckless Intent Wrestling	Scotland	Jason McKinley	2013-	Yes
International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom	Kent	Daniel Edler	2004-	Yes	[1][38]
Revolution Pro Wrestling	London & Hampshire	Andy Quildan	2012-	Yes
Royal Imperial Wrestling (RIW)"	Port Talbot	PJ Schultz Johnny Harris	2011-	No
Scottish Wrestling Alliance (SWA)	All over Scotland	SWA Committee	2002-	Yes
Scottish Wrestling Entertainment (SWE)	Blairgowrie, Perthshire	David Low Charles Riddell	2002-	Yes
Shooting Star Wrestling (SSW)	Rotherham	Jon Von Diesel	2008-	Yes	[39]
Southside Wrestling	Cambridgeshire	Ben Auld	2010-	Yes
Superstars Of Wrestling	Cheltenham	Matt Jarrett	2007-	Yes	[40]
Target Wrestling	Carlisle, Cumbria	The Nattrass Brothers	2013-	Yes
This Is Wrestling	Mansfield	Unknown	2008–2009 2012-	No	[41]
Thunderslam Wrestling	Harlow	Charlie Rage	2006-	Yes	Originally known as Playhouse Wrestlefest from 2006 to 2008.[42]
Total Action Wrestling (TAW)	Milton Keynes	Samson	2010-	Yes	Originally known as Anglian Championship Wrestling from 2003 to 2009.
Triple X Wrestling (TXW)	Coventry	Quentin Hyde-Styles Corey Vandal	2006-	Yes	[43]
Ultimate Championship Wrestling (UCW)	Wiltshire	Gareth Humphries	2003-	Yes	[1]
Ultimate Wrestling Alliance (UWA)	Essex	Paul Tyrell Jonny Storm	1998–	No
Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW)	Dorset Somerset	Andy Evans Mark Fry	2014-	Yes
United Kingdom Independent Promotion	Rochester	Ray Cist	2012–	No
Varsity Pro Wrestling (VPW)	Hampshire	Thomas "UK Kid" Jones	2005-	Yes	[1][44]
VII Pro Wrestling	Telford Shrewsbury	Deryn O'Sullivan	2012-	Yes	Formerly known as Shropshire Wrestling Alliance, merged with Shrewsburys' VII Underground to become VII Pro Wrestling
Wrestling Association North Kent	Kent	Wayne Kerr	2013	No
WRP Wrestling	Derbyshire	Jacob Padget	2014 -	No
Welsh Wrestling	All over Wales	Alan Ravenhill	2005-	Yes	Originally known as Pro Power Wrestling from 2005 to 2009.[1][45]
Wild Wrestling Promotions	Midlands Scotland	Carl Conroy	1999-	No	Formed in mid-1999 by Carl Conroy, Darren Levy & Allan Blackstock. Debut event was 17 October 1999 at Northfield YMCA in Birmingham. WILD have since run several hundred events across the UK. WILD have enjoyed close working relationships with both CSF (Wiltshire) and W3L (Fife) in the past, often booking concurrent dates and sharing visiting talent from elsewhere in the country.
Wrestlezone	Aberdeen Nairn Fraserburgh	WrestleZone Committee	2008-	Yes	WrestleZone is largely based in Aberdeen but runs shows all year round throughout the North East of Scotland as well as running their own training school.
The Wrestling League	Essex Harwich Colchester	Mark Young	2014-	Yes	The Wrestling League is based out of East Anglia. They focus on British talent mainly but on occasion use imported stars which have included Sting.
Wrestling Association of Rugby	Rugby	Andrew Platt Stuart Platt	2001-	Yes	[1]
World Association of Wrestling (WAW)	East Anglia	Ricky Knight	1993-	Yes	[1][46]
World War Wrestling (WWW)	South East	Brett Meadows	2014-	Yes
X Wrestling Alliance (XWA)	Morecambe	Greg Lambert Mark Kay	2007-	Yes	[47][48]
Notable Defunct Promotions
1 Pro Wrestling	Doncaster	Danny Rodd	2005-2011	No	[1][49][50]
AWA United Kingdom	Ware	John Chapman	2005–2006	No	Originally known as Chapman Promotions until 2006.[51]
British Wrestling Evolution	Essex	Jacob Burtenshaw	2009-2012	No
British Wrestling Federation	London	Paul Lincoln	1958–1966	No	Continued to back Bert Assirati as rightful British Heavyweight Champion after he was stripped of the title by Joint Promotions. Later switched recognition to Shirley Crabtree
Dynamic Pro Wrestling	Morley	Ricc Dombrowski	2008-2011	No	[52]
Euro Pro American Wrestling	Wolverhampton	Julio Torres	2006	No	[53]
Headlock Championship Wrestling	All over Great Britain	John Stallard	1998–2005	No	[54]
Joint Promotions / Ring Wrestling Stars	London	cartel led by the Dale family and Les Martin (1952-late 1960s) The Hurst Syndicate (late 1960s) Jarvis Astaire William Hill plc (subsidiary 1970s-1986) Max Crabtree (1986-1995)	1952–1995	No	[6][55]
Legend Wrestling League	Wolverhampton	Matthew Stark	2005–2008	No	[56]
Limited Edition Promotions Wrestling (LEP)	South West England	Daniel Walsh	2013-2015	Yes	No longer produces shows but still runs as an Academy
Midlands Professional Wrestling	Coventry	Majik "Psycho" Steve Edwards	2002–2006	No	[1][57]
New Era Wrestling	County Durham	Martin Bean	2007–2008	No	[1][58]
Northern Wrestling League	Greater Manchester	Brad Flash	2007–2008	No	[59]
NWA UK Hammerlock	Kent	Tony McMillain	1993-2014	No
NWA Wales	Newport	Unknown	2006–2007	No	Affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance and NWA UK Hammerlock.[60]
Orig Williams Promotions/ Orig Williams British Wrestling Federation	Rhyl	Orig Williams	1966-2000	No	[61] Orig Williams continued to promote WWF tribute shows and occasional traditional British shows until his death in 2009
Original Pro Wrestling Organisation	Blackpool	Kriss Sprules Melicious	2005–2006	No	[1][62]
Professional Organised Wrestling	Brixham	Dan Walsh	2005–2009	No
Pro Wrestling 101	Doncaster	Stephen Gauntley	2009–2010	No	[63]
Revolution British Wrestling	London	Ron Sands	2002–2007	No	Originally known as WrestlingUK.[1][64]
Severn Wrestling Company	Caldicot	Unknown	2008	No
South Wales Championship Wrestling	Rhymney	Chris Roberts	2006-2010	No	[65]
Sovereign World Wrestling Alliance	Midlands	"Crush" Mellor	1994–2009	No	Originally known as Sovereign Championship Wrestling from 1994 to 2009. One of the longest running wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom.[1]
Summit Wrestling	Norfolk	Nick Aldis	2006–2008	No	[66]
The Wrestling Alliance	All over England	Scott Conway	1989–2003	Yes	[67]
Triple Team Promotions	Cumbria	The Nattrass Brothers	2006–2008	No	[68]
Ulster Championship Wrestling	Belfast	Unknown	2003–2007	No	[69]
United Kingdom Wrestling Alliance	Liverpool	Andrew Huntington	2003–2004	No	Affiliated with Revolution British Wrestling.[1]
X-Sports:Wrestling	Gloucester	Dann Read	2006–2008	No	[70]

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