List of professional wrestling promotions in Great Britain and Ireland

This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Great Britain and Ireland, including England, Scotland, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the Isle of Man and lists both active and notable defunct professional wrestling promotions from the 1950s to the present day.

England
Promotion name Location Promoter(s) Years active Notes
1 Pro Wrestling Doncaster Steven Gauntley, Danny Rodd 2005–2011 [1][2][3]
4 Front Wrestling (4FW) Wiltshire David Sharp 2004–present [1][4]
5 Star Wrestling Sheffield, Liverpool Daniel Hinkles 2015–2018
All Star Wrestling Liverpool Brian Dixon 1970–present Longest-running UK wrestling promotion.[1][5][6]
ATTACK! Pro Wrestling Bristol, Cheltenham Chris Brookes & Mark Andrews 2011–present Founded by Pete Dunne & Jim Lee in Birmingham in 2011. They also currently run shows in Cardiff in Wales.
Bellatrix Female Warriors Norfolk, Essex Saraya Knight 2006–2009, 2011–present Female-only wrestling promotion originally known as World Association of Women's Wrestling
British Wrestling Association Harringay Atholl Oakeley 1930-1954 Dominant promotion of 1930s/1940s until supplanted by Joint Promotions
British Wrestling Federation London Paul Lincoln and partners 1958-1970 Alliance of opposition promoters who continued to recognise Bert Assirati as champion
EDW Shrewsbury, Shropshire and Telford, Shropshire Liam O'Rourke, Kieran O'Rourke. 2009–2012 EDW was also known as Severn Pro Wrestling.
Fight Club: PRO Wolverhampton Martin Zaki, Trent Seven 2009–present
Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) Portsmouth, Essex, London Elisar Cabrera, Mark Sloan, Alex Shane, Tony Simpson 1993–2007, 2009–2012 [1][7][8][9]
HOPE Wrestling Mansfield Harvey Dale, Liam Morley 2013–present
International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK) Portsmouth, Essex, London Daniel Edler, Billy Wood, Paul Hopkins 2004–present
Joint Promotions / Ring Wrestling Stars London Les Martin and Dale family cartel

The Hurst Syndicate
Jarvis Astaire
William Hill plc
Max Crabtree

 1952–1995 [5][10]
LDN Wrestling London Sanjay Bagga 2004–present [11]
Lucha Britannia London Garry Vanderhorne 2006–present
New Generation Wrestling (NGW) Hull Richard Dunn 2008–present [12]
NWA UK Hammerlock Kent Tony McMillain 1993–2014
NXT UK (WWE) London, Cardiff, Blackpool Triple H
Vince McMahon		 2018–present WWE's UK-based brands.
Preston City Wrestling (PCW) Preston Steve Fludder 2011–present
Premier Promotions Worthing John Freemantle 1987–present . Second oldest active UK promotion. TV coverage on Johnny Vaughan's BBC3 show Johnny Vaughan's World of Sport
PROGRESS Wrestling London Jon Briley and Glen Joseph 2012–present
Pro-Wrestling: EVE London Dann Read, Emily Read 2010–present Female-only wrestling promotion.[13]
Pro Wrestling Pride South West Darren Saviour 2012–2017 [14]
Revolution Pro Wrestling London

Hampshire

 Andy Quildan, Andy Simmonz 2012–present
The Wrestling Alliance Southampton Scott Conway 1989-2003 [15]
All Star Wrestling's chief rival old school promotion in late 1990s/early 2000s after closure of Joint Promotions
United Kingdom Pro Wrestling Medway Anton Green 2003–present
World Association of Wrestling (WAW) East Anglia Ricky Knight 1993–present [1][16]

Ireland
Name Location Owner(s) Years active Notes
Irish Whip Wrestling Dublin Ray Rooney 2002–present
Fight Factory Pro Wrestling Dublin Phil Boyd 2004–present
Over the Top Wrestling Dublin/Belfast Joey Cabray 2014–present

Scotland
Name Location Owner(s) Years active Notes
Insane Championship Wrestling Glasgow Mark Dallas & Duncan Gray 2006-present

Wales
Name Location Owner(s) Years active Notes
ATTACK! Pro Wrestling Cardiff Chris Brookes & Mark Andrews 2011–2021 Founded by Pete Dunne & Jim Lee in Birmingham in 2011.
Basix Pro Wrestling Deeside Mike Roberts 2005-present
Britannia Wrestling Promotions Prestatyn Alan Ainsworth & Ryan Ainsworth 2008-present Owned by Steve Saxon until July 2020.
British Wrestling Federation Rhyl Orig Williams 1960s - circa 2002 Produced "Reslo" TV show for Welsh language S4C channel 1982-1995
Dragon Pro Wrestling Newport Mike Bird, Benjamin Harris, Mike Hitchman 2009-present
Exist Pro Wrestling Swansea Jezz Gardner 2018-present
Exposure Wrestling Entertainment Newport Nigel Fleming 2015-
Pro Wrestling Karnage Port Talbot Daniel Thomas, Aaron Blanchard & Kai Sandbrook 2021-present
Royal Imperial Wrestling Port Talbot PJ & Duncan 2011-present
Slammasters Wrestling Beddau Jonathan Walker 2019-present
Vertigo Pro Wrestling Aberdare Unknown 2015-present Founded in Cardiff in 2015.
Welsh Wrestling Wales Alan Ravenhill 2005-present [17]

See also

References
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  11. "About - LDN Wrestling". www.ldnwrestling.com. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  12. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "New Generation Wrestling". Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  13. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Pro-Wrestling: EVE". Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
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  15. https://www.cagematch.net/?id=8&nr=169
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